Don't think we are talking about being law breakers or breaking the Law.
We need to understand the design and purpose of God's Law. why it's there and for what purpose.

The Law cannot make you holy, If it can, Jesus need not come, it is unbending and inflexible. You break 1 is as good as breaking all of them.
If you want to keep the law, you will need to keep it perfectly.

Read 1 Corinthians 15:56 & Romans 7:8. It will help you to understand the connection between the power of sin and the law.
If you try to keep the Law, you will magnify the power of sin. The more you try and more you end up doing the evil, you did not want to do.

The purpose of the Law is to show Sin in our lives. Nothing more nothing less. The law is there to drive us on our knees to make the end of all our efforts, will and strength to finally admit, we cannot keep the law. It is a custodian or tutor to lead us to Christ.

When we accept Christ, we need to take our eyes off from the Law and look to His Grace and the HS to guide us in our lives. If you insist that we need to keep the Law, I can guarantee you, you will fall and not be able to keep it. Your cycle of repentance will increase even more.

We all want to live rightly, the only way is God's Grace, not the law. Because in there is no condemnation and Sin is detached powerless.

This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 21 2015, 02:41 PM

Every Age in there, lies a picture of our Lord Jesus Christ, the ark for example is one. Joseph and David was also a pictograph of Christ.

God was giving hints and teaching us, to look to his son in this generation, hence why we have the OT to study.

There is a book by marilyn hickey on Seeing Jesus in every book of the OT. Interesting read.

http://www.amazon.com/Bible-Encounter-Gene...im/B0018T8XWY/2



This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 21 2015, 01:30 PM

The high priest Melchizedek who appeared to Abraham.

The commandment in this context is not referring to the OT Ten commandments because you read John 15, the following chapter of John 14, Jesus explained what this commandment is.

John 15:12 (NIV) - My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

King James says it like this:

King James Bible (KJV) - This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

What is the point of God mentioning; THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT if indeed, it was referring to the OT laws?

Galatians Says it better

Galatians 5:14 (NIV) - For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Problem is, you don't understand why Jesus raised all the bars in Matthew 5, for example:

Matthew 5:20 - For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Think about it. If truly our righteousness need to surpass that of the pharisee, If we can keep the law through the 10 commandment, then does why Jesus need to die on the cross?
Because if we go by your line of reason, we can justify our own righteousness.

The reason for all those verse in Matthew 5, The purpose of the Law is to show Sin in our lives. Nothing more nothing less. The law is there to drive us on our knees to make the end of all our efforts, will and strength to finally admit, we cannot keep the law. It is a custodian or tutor to lead us to Christ.

This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 21 2015, 04:59 PM

God has been faithful and true to his word. It was very specific. So it's not ambiguous.

One such miracle that I cannot deny was my healing encounter with God. I went to a private Clinic and Government clinic, BOTH confirm with X-Ray confirmation, that I must do a minor surgery otherwise the thing that affects my nerve pain in my head will not go away. I couldn't live as normal, couldn't drive, couldn't work, the pain was excruciating.

I prayed specifically to God to move the specific part into a "position" because the doctor told what was the cause. That was many years ago and I never did any surgery. God healed me.

Psalm 30:2
LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.

1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins" in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; "by his wounds you have been healed.



Another instance of God undeniable miracle is material providence. I don't do any sales call, I don't do cold calling, knocking on doors, extra money on top of what I am already earning just come in, just like that.

Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Philippians 4:19
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.


God is so good that has blessed me with much more than these 2 testimonies (I've lost count) that I can testify to his Glory, very very specific prayers so it's not luck or coincidence.
What have I done to deserve all these? I can tell you, nothing, it because I readily and open accept his grace and He make me a son. A father will always love his son. And you can say God is a self centred fool? No, my friend you don't know what you're talking about. You are the fool who have been misled with erroneous doctrine.

As for your second complain, it's because you don't understand the purpose of the Old Testament, the whys whats and when. Jesus and Father God are one. The God of the NT where you see abundance of Grace is the same God of the OT. Why horrible things happened in the OT and not in the NT is to testify when Man wants things to go his own way, all those that you see in the OT are the result of it.

Same thing to what is happening in this world right now where Man deny God, then you see the pervasive evil that is happening. It has everything to do with Grace Vs Law.

The core essence of God is that He is a good God and He wants Man to live in Love and Peace, proven many times consistent in the scripture. He is the God who loves to bless people. But why is that people don't see that? I'll tell you why, it's because people hate Him without reason and deny him out of pride and self righteousness.

You can deny this as well, deny all you want but deep down inside you'll know what I say is true.

This just means that when the last gentile person has come to accept our Lord Jesus, Father God will close the door and sound the call.

Those who remain here will have a harder time.

God has been giving chance after chance since the beginning of time but there will come a time, enough is enough, those who are constantly rebellious denying God, the devil will claim their live for eternal condemnation.

I think the correct thing to say is that there are no more prophets as in the prophets of the old days who represent God.

Hebrews 1:1 (NIV) - In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
Numbers 12:6 (NIV) - he said, "Listen to my words: "When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.

I believe Jesus has been instituted by God to be his last representative in fact He is the EXACT representative, so there is no more need for Prophets.

Hebrews 1:2-3 - but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

However it does not mean there are no more prophecy. There will still be prophecy and it can be given to anyone among his people willed by God, however it doesn't mean they are prophets in the OT sense.

Joel 2:28 (NIV) - And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

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Worrying will drive you crazy. Worry is the problem and hindrance, I know you will say it's not easy but I also went through it.

I got family to take care also. I mean worse come to worse, you are already almost at rock bottom, worrying is not going to change your situation so why not stop worrying and dare to believe?

Being at peace is very important because it will help you to make better decisions. Wisdom can be prayed for anyway. The peace that accompany your decision can be a sign.

A sifu once taught me. Whatever decision we make in life, dare to fail. When we make our decision, we stick to it. Whether fail or success, we go through it.

Now there is a difference, even if we make mistake, we have God. and that means a lot of difference. He can restore even if the mistake is our own mistake.

Life is like that. God does not create us to be robots. We need to learn to make decision. God will not choose them for us.

My sifu add in one last statement: Be a Man.

I feel malu tat time bcos quite young, Was in my 20's when he gave that advice. And 20 years later, what he said, IMO is quite true.

This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 22 2015, 10:52 AM

Yup, you don't need a prophet for that. That is what I said. Any of God's people can prophesy as enable by the HS.

This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 22 2015, 10:29 AM

If I were you, get close to God and complain as a child to a Father.

Father God you promise me...........

take this chance and spend time solid time with him.

Put a bible in front of you, close the door, spend time in meditation and quiet time, ask God to speak to you.

Not true.

Do you know that in God's heart, He wills and and longs for everyone to be save and not condemned? This is proven even in the book of genesis at the very beginning When God announced to Satan of his Salvation plan. That alone destroy the notion that God predestine or wants people to end up in hell.

You have the power to choose, you can either deny God or receive Him, contrary to your understanding God will not twist your arm with regard to this matter. The yes or no lies with you not with God.

In our understanding, we think that the negative side of predestine means God confirms and forces us to rebel Him before birth when in actual fact it's the corruption of sin that causes us to behave as such. Having such corruption does not mean we are bound like robots unable to choose. Everyone starts from this end, myself included.

The gospel is an offer for you to change that. It is God's idea to save you. While you being ungodly, being god hater, He sent his son to die so that you too can have salvation as with the rest of us.

Romans 5:8 (NIV)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Sorry Bro but this is very clear and unambiguous.



Now to address your other questions.

1. I never deny there are supernatural experiences in other religion. I'm coming from the pov that it does not matter what their experiences are, what matter to me is that if the other religion form of salvation/nirvana/enlightenment depends on the /performance/effort of the person by what he/she does, I'm of the view that there is no assurance in that religion because Man is flawed and imperfect. One moment he may performed good, in the next split second, bad, so in calculation of the ups and downs, we don't know how many brownie point need to be earned to pass that gate of salvation/nirvana/enlightenment. Who keep tracks of it? What are the passing mark? 70%? 80%? We don't know. I find that only in Christianity, God gives us that assurance that Salvation is not depending on our effort.

2. That is why I'm here to show them the way. Different Christians have different ministry. And you are wrong, I'm nothing special that God favors my life, there are tons of other Christians who have tasted such miracle, just so happened that they are not in this forum. Just because you don't see them in your life, doesn't mean there aren't. You have not seen the entire Christian world. Many of us have so we know. This is not just UW experiencing this so maybe it's just his personal imagination.

3. Doesn't matter what changes. The thing that you don't understand is that, we think from eternal perspective. What we see with our eyes are just temporal, it will not last, to us what is unseen in the spiritual realm of God is eternal, things invisible to our physical eyes. With that being said, This is just a temporary home, doesn't matter because we will all die anyway. Our treasure is not in this corrupted and fallen world, Eternal utopia is in the Kingdom of God, Heaven not here.

I'm of the opinion, if anyone deserve worship it is God ALONE, why? because He is the creator of Heaven and Earth and He created all life, even yours.

I'm sure you will respect when say, your company invite dignitaries to your company or let say in another example, you invited special guest.
I'm sure you would be honored if let say the president of the USA comes to your house. We are talking about God, the one who created this entire Universe. If you think that He doesn't deserve to be worship it only proves that you completely do not know who is God, He completely alien to you.

Funny that I don't find his character inconsistent in the OT. I believe I've already explained this for the umpteen time.

The OT is about us. We are the one who chose to be judge according to our conduct and not God's grace. So how can you pin and blame it on God when He oblige what we ask for? And The people in there were all judged according to their conduct.

For the record, I've prayed for all of you early this morning at altar of God in my Church.

Everyone is included with specific prayers for each.

When you are sad or despair, breath easy because God Almighty is close to the broken-heart. This is not merely nice saying to feel better but an opportunity for you to exercise your faith to see the change that God can bring in your life and the life of your love ones.

Your Faith will give God the opportunity to act in your life.
Don't give the devil that chance.


This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 24 2015, 07:54 PM

We do to the best that we can.

The greater load always belong to the Lord.

When we trust Him in this manner we make Him to be God.

Have you noticed the design of the supposedly "UFO" of the 60's compared to the UFO's found today?

Seem so similar to the way how cars are designed.


I mean if Alien are suppose to be far more intelligent, their craft's design should have been way ahead of time back in the 60's shots.




go figure.

This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 26 2015, 09:53 AM

I think it's just man's creative hoax.

It's kinda obvious.

60's UFO designed are so 60's.


So far I see nothing convincing.

read this:

http://www.space.com/28256-ufo-sightings-c...2-aircraft.html



This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 27 2015, 08:47 AM

Jesus is the same Yesterday Today and forever.

When we accept Grace over Law, He will always gives us the grace first. Then He will ask us to do the things his grace enables us.

God is not cruel to ask us to do something we are unable. His grace always comes first in super abundance over our shortcomings.

Bro, you know He's just trying to get "reactions" from you.

Just ignore him lah, the more you react, the more He will like sort of increase his troll.

Sigh.

Yeah but don't throw that "pearl"

He can do whatever he wants but if He cannot affect your peace, he has lost the battle.

There is also another forum member who keep tagging me for the purpose of mocking me, I've ignore him from day 1 and I know he gets irritated when he couldn't get me to react not even 1 time.

It's the best feeling really when you know nothing shakes you, you're solidly unmovable. What matter is you and Father God. Nothing else really matter.

This post has been edited by unknown warrior: May 28 2015, 09:11 AM