Talk About the B*** of the Church

There was something about the Church, which is the Body of Christ, that has been on my mind for quite awhile, and that is: if the butt (buttocks) were a part of the Church, I wonder what kind of people are they?

At first, I sometimes jokingly thought "You know those more difficult people in the church? Someone's gotta be the butt." 
No doubt, there ARE difficult kinds of people in the Body of Christ who are, sad to say, just a pain in the bumbums. And sometimes I do briefly think, hmm why ya? Why do these "butt-people" need to exist, or what kind of role do they play?

If it is just because of the fact that no one is perfect, and there is no perfect earthly church, so I guess maybe those are the more "imperfect" parts of the church? But still, no matter what, we are still one body so.. *shrugs~

1 Corinthians 12v12, 18:

12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

18But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

Boy check out verse 18, so.. the Bible meant to say that God is the one who hand-picks whoever is which part of the body? Even the butt? 

*whistles...~ O-kay... 

However, when I give more thought to this, I realised, and was reminded of how crucial the butt is. Rather than being the troublesome poopie-holes, they are the ones who actually get the s*** out of the body. 
They are the ones who work hard and with utmost urgency to keep the bad out of the Body of Christ. 
Or rather, DUMP out the bad that was produced inside the body. 

Now that I think of it, maybe being the bumbums of the Church isn't so bad after all. In fact, it is somewhat noble and too many a time, the Body of Christ lacks members who are in this position...

Helping to keep the peace between members...
Being there to reconcile and help resolve matters...
Willing to just clean up the mess, remove what is unhealthy, restore a "clean and clear" environment...

I am sure there are many more functions but my brain could not think of any more for now. 

 1 Corinthians 12v24-25: 

...But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

Indeed, no matter what role you play or what you are in the church, let us have the same care for each other, because

26If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. 

-- 1 Corinthians 12v26

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request.

1 Chronicles 4v10

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.

My condition is able to change, God is able to change my condition.

Can He heal me? Can He speak to me like how He did to this person?

Yes, He can. Can He only heal colds but not heal critical illness? Can He only speak in a certain way and not speak more? Is that all God can do?

No, He can do more. A lot more than we can ever imagine. He can make miracles, then why do you think that He can't help me?

How can I be a blessing if I don't feel blessed? How can I change my situation and feelings to feel blessed?

Its not over yet, my condition does not stop here.

I am blessed to bless.

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.

Frozen Hair Girl

Frozen Hair Girl

The picture depicts a girl with frozen hair, so long its frozen to the ground of ice all around, she has a strand of gold hair and appears to be praying but its hard to tell what is her expression because her mouth is not clearly visible. 

Words are expressions of the heart, in this picture the frozen hair represents words that are cold and self-centered. These words are usually expressed from a hardened heart, but it would only make one stuck at a place,without freedom and alone. In the picture the girl's hair is starting to thaw from the top of her head, indicating a change of heart.

As the girl's hair thaw her gold hair shows. The gleaming gold strand shines beautifully, like words that are decorated beautifully and nice to listen. But they come from a heart stubborn with pride, expressed in such a way it is covered up to make them sound nice it is almost convincing. It is not natural, anyway, gold isn't hair, it's metal. 

The girl is kneeling, showing humility and looks as if she is praying, probably sorry for the unpleasant words she had said, hoping to change her character for the better. Words are versatile expressions of the heart whether helpful or not, good or bad. Who knows what the mouth is capable of and what will it say next? After all, it is not drawn in the picture.

~Inspired by a vision from a relative in February, picture drawn on 25th March 2014. 

Be blessed * 

Again, I Cry for Malaysia

Okay~ it’s been a really REALLY long time since I posted/ blogged something long. I have no idea what’s taking so long for Blogger to load the “New Post” page, but anyway, back to the reason I’m typing this. Hehe~

Alright, so I’m typing some thoughts sempena (in conjunction with) Malaysia’s 13th General Election. Nothing really political in this post actually, just thoughts and some personal experience, any info on what’s going on in my country you are welcomed to Google Search. XD *ching smile~

So here goes…

A.S.H.: “Celina, don’t you read the news?? You should learn to read the newspaper, watch the news… there’s so much going on out there and so many problems, if you don’t know, how are you going to pray for the nation?”

Me: “erm… ehheh~”

I don't really read news, I'm not really interested in politics and stuff, and I admit I'm ignorant to some extend concerning nation, world, bad or ANY news that are always reported. Hmm...Yeah happy-go-lucky Celina…

No. I do read news. Not a lot but yeah, I can’t really remember what I read though, sometimes >< Many think that I don’t care, matter of fact is I don’t like reading the news because often times if I do read and THINK about it I feel very shaken and sad. I don’t like feeling sad. Even small news like bullying in school would make me come to tears when I pray. So I read, then I try not to think about it, and life moves on. I know I shouldn’t be like this, oh God forgive me.

Hearing the stuff about what Barisan Nasional (especially the ex-Prime Minister) had done I was like “What~??! That’s just so ego!” I mean, come on if you really care for the people you would’ve realize you’re not doing so much of a good job and let someone else take over. It’s just selfish and obviously you don’t really love Malaysia enough to let Malaysia be in better hands. That ego will definitely bring any leader down, as the Bible says

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18 [ESV]). 

Indeed, 

“For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.” (1Timothy 6:10 [NLT]).

Again, I cried for Malaysia. Just the last Thursday night we had prayer meeting at church, Freda let us watch a video of prophecies over Malaysia from a group of brothers and sisters in Jerusalem. I just can’t hold back my tears as I hear of God’s mercy and grace over Malaysia, that there will be great change, so much so that I myself couldn’t really believe it. Besides things considering about our government, there is also declarations of Salvation in Malaysia and alliance with Israel, only God’s people would understand the magnitude of this significance.

The ring I wear is a commitment to God to be a Prayer Pillar, however much I don’t like to cry and feel heartbroken I will say yes to Him to feel His heartbeat for Malaysia and to use my tears, lament and travailing for His glory. Not just a Prayer Pillar but also a Gatekeeper. So cool, Gatekeeper~ haha XD
Was Google-searching “prophetic word for Malaysia” and look what I found ^^ check out these links:

http://allenstae.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-three-prophecies-on-malaysia-by-rev.html

http://limpohann.blogspot.com/2013/03/heeding-prophecy-for-malaysia.html

Be encouraged everyone. God bless Malaysia!

The Real Thing

When I hear the thunder

I think of You, God

Standing on the plains

Where all I can see is just the work of

Your Hands

The sky, the land,

With no man, nor man-made thing in

sight

This, is the real thing

This, is my God.

Amplified:

 

When I hear the thunder

I think of You, God

I know that I’m okay

That I will be okay

For my life lies in the Hands of Powerful Almighty God

Standing on the plains

Where all I can see is just the work of

Your Hands

In the centre of Nature

Your creation

I am in awe and wonder of the beautiful landscapes,

Flora and fauna

The sky, the land,

With no man, nor man-made thing in

sight

When the imperfections and exaltations of man

The distractions of the world with its lights

Are no more

What’s left are the things that exists from the dawn of time

Moreover the One whom existed before the beginning

This, is the real thing

This, is my God.

--Inspired by the thunder and rain on a midnight in May 2012

STPM results are OUT?

Not yet XD

Haha~! Soon, soon >< Argh... I'm excited yet nervous yet anxious yet... like that lorh~

I don't even dare simply pray about the matter, it's like there's nothing much, nothing really relevant to pray about. If I pray to get what I deserve, manatau (what do you know) I deserve ZERO "A"s.

Aah~ scary.

Had a dream of when STPM results are out. Nightmare. All I know I woke up in the morning feeling so grey and mom was just standing by the door, not really knowing what to say when I gloomily half-mumbled about my dream to her while folding something on my bed.

But you know what, thinking back of how far I've came, being obedient to God on staying back, in the past 1 & 1/2 years He had never let me down. So I confidently say, why won't He do it again for the last time in this phase of my life? XD *ching smile~

I took the 1st step of faith and obedience to His will, and I've enjoyed SO MUCH MORE from my good God just because of this step. In the future, if I answer "YES SIR!" to Him all the way, who knows what great measure of blessings and all the indescribable awesomeness awaits for me!

Here's a question: Can you profit, in ANY way, for disobeying God?

No way.

Remember this as I make it clear to you:
There is NO WAY you can profit for disobeying God.

I don't want to talk big on my results, honestly, I don't dare to >< But I did give my shot and not play play (too much XD) in where God had placed me, so whatever the results, I still thank my God :)

God says in the Bible:"I know the plans I have for you, they are to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" [Jeremiah29v11]


Put your trust in Jesus, He never lets you down :)

Life Up-Level-ing

More of the future unfolding...
"Sell" doesn't have to do with money.
More accurately, "sell the Gospel"
Staying in Bio stream?
Future spouse...whoa...
Prayer life revived, anointing needed to maintain.
Studies, gotta catch up.
Puzzles, a whole lot!
Greater things to come, with a great price to pay.
Look towards heaven, look beyond the horizon.
Praise God for new SF & Impactors committee (PS. XP, Jeremy's bro is now SF prez)
Everything is up-level-ing, from the inside out.
Be encouraged!
We're still in the race towards God's Kingdom, stay in the track of God's perfect will for each of us.
Update next time, not gonna online frequent... you know, STPM.
God bless~!

Emotional Attack? Or Is It...

Spiritual attack.

I don't like it. I don't want to say it but I had to be honest. I'm not happy.

NYRC is just tomorrow. And just within this week, my emotions were like riding a roller coaster.

No. It's not what you think. Things aren't just that simple. It's this and that, plus a whole lot in between.

Yes, each time, spending time with God builds a whole lot of strength. I feel good, confident that the devil is not gonna put me down because I'm victorious and he's the loser.

But I just hate it, the rare times I actually even use the word "hate", when he's such a pig-headed bad guy when I'm trying my best to be as hardcore as I can.

Stress. Depressed. Guilt. Loneliness. And more...

This is sick, the bad guy knows my weak points. Hitting me hard again and again when I'm trying to keep myself focus on the things of God.

Am I trusting in God? Am I relying on Him? Am I crying out to Him to help?

OF COURSE I AM!!! I'm always trying to put up a nice and cheerful front, not weighing you down with what's going on inside, smiling again the next morning.

OF COURSE I AM CRYING WITH MY SICK AND PAINFUL HEART DAY AND NIGHT!!!
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S THE WHOLE MESS GOING ON INSIDE EXCEPT GOD!!!

I'm still believing, something good, something even greater is prepared and will take place. NYRC will be my retreat/intensive "training" to "repair" and equip me for greater things to come.

God bless~

**NYRC = Northern Youth Revival Camp

If Only I Can Have The Whole Bible...

In my head.

Mid-year exam had just passed. On one of the days, while QT (quiet time), I was searching through the index/thematic section (theme search). As always, when I attempt theme searching through this particular study bible, my mind usually tries to search more…and there was just so much! And not enough bookmarks or fingers to hold the pages >< aah~

“If only I can have the whole Bible in my head!” I was thinking.

Then I thought, hey~ I never did thought of it this way towards any other book, especially in exam season and Form6 is really wide-ranged. Chemistry… Biology… Math… *sigh~ my 4FLAT dream is kinda like… a dream… *sobs~ T.T

NO! Never give up! Try harder >< but this isn’t the point now.

Okay the point is, the Bible, to me, is the only book that I really really need. (“GodGirl” helps a lot too ^^) I mean, it contains all the answers to life when its just so hard to go through without a guide, a reminder, a promise, a word. If anyone would offer me the ability to squeeze a whole book into my mind, my choice, the Bible. Not Chemistry or Biology or Math, though they’ll really help me in STPM…aah my ear is bleeding again…

Anyway, just thinking that its cool to have the whole bible contents + index/themes list + concordance + bible tips in my head ^^
Thank You God, for Your Word. :) God bless~! <><

More… Confessions or Flaw List?

This isn’t so much of a confession or another list of flaws, it’s just some stuff and thoughts that came up. Anyway, FYI, I did blog about some related stuff, interested? Just click to check them out:

So what....is your Flaw-List?
“Confessions” of a Leader

Wow~ it’s been nearly a year or more since I blogged these posts..felt like I did grow a bit since then. Cool~! ^^

In the last LYPG (Local Youth Prayer Gathering), Phoeb raised the keyword of the day – MORE.
The question was: what do you think you need more?

I came up with a list though Phoeb said we take turns to share on just 1 thing we think we need. Actually I didn’t listen carefully that she said just ONE that’s why I end up with a list *oops~ >< oh well, it helps anyway XD so here’s my list;

What Do I Need More?
-Concentration
-Focus
-Punctuality
-Hardworkingness
- 自动自发(proactive, initiative)
-Patience
-Organized
-Integrity
-Do what I say/plan
-Maturity
-Wisdom
-Faith
-Leadership
-Growth

Try asking yourself, what do YOU need more?

Guess that’s about it for now. Convicted, reevaluate, change, grow. God help me ^^
God bless and God grows! ^^

Consistency.

Recently a very close friend of mine asked me of my reaction/response under different situation… “How would you react if… do you mean you’re not what you are in front of me?” Isn’t this weird coming from a close friend? I don’t think so, usually only friends like this care that much, to actually ask and know you better.

In my personal opinion and understanding, background, personality and the type of case/situation may be manipulating factors of my reaction/response/behavior.

Okay, I thank God that I’ve help clear some doubts of this dear friend of mine. Nice~ we’re happy^^ After reading some stuff on integrity written by John C. Maxwell, it got me thinking, especially the topic on CONSISTENCY.

Alright, being honest with myself, when it comes to consistency, I can’t be completely confident. It really depends on what’s the situation. For example, my blog. It’s been AGES since I blogged >< But things like going to church, SF, I can be quite consistent.

Those above are consistency in action and “duties”, so called. But now, the question on consistency is: are you the same person no matter who you are with?

What kind of answer are you expecting? Who? From me? Well this question is for you dear reader…haha~ Anyway I'll still give my answers.

Dishonest answer: No, I’m bipolar and I tend to change myself when I’m with different people.
OR
Of course I am, what you see is what you get.

Honest answer: I really don’t know how to answer to your expectations. If I say that I’m completely honest and consistent, then I’m as well as being dishonest and inconsistent. I can’t defend for myself on this case because it always depends on how OTHERS think of me, who I truly am? Only God knows for sure, because I’m not so sure myself.

So yeah, to my dear closer-than-brother friends, comrades, juniors, if I may cause or had caused any doubt in you on me, I’m sorry. Any misunderstanding is unintentional. I love you all for who you are :)
Jesus loves you more!

T.T

This doesn’t feel right.
I know, but yet I didn’t act accordingly.
My sins are like snakes in my guts, worms in my head.
Oh Lord, save me.
Emo? A little.
What am I doing? What was I thinking?
God, I am sinful, who am I to think I could help others?
I don’t like what’s lurking inside me.
Peace? Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
I claim myself to be a peacemaker, at least that’s what I think.
But I ask myself:

In what area of MY
life AM I attempting
to keep peace or make
peace? Thinking of a
conflict I AM currently
facing, what can I do
to “live in peace”? Do
I trust God to work
out the conflict or AM I relying on MY
own efforts?

*cries~ God, I don’t like the snakes and worms in me. Please take them away… please..

Faith The Size of A...Frog?

Okay I've not been blogging for a REALLLYYY long time. Now it's time for me to blog something (interesting and that inspires me) FINALLY~!

Just another nice day after school for a bath before lunch, the first splash of water...a blob of dark thingy pops out of the drain hole OO *wide eyed~ A FROG!?! *heart skips a beat~ Oh man, its almost the size of my fist. You know the hole in the bathroom floor where water drains out from? Yeah..

Ee. geli nia~ (geli: gross; i don't know how to explain nia)

Frog within 1 meter radius from me while I'm bathing, okay~ that's weird. Never mind, its hopping behind the toilet, just hurry up, get out and report. Sooo tempted to shout for mom, arghh! ><

(Moments later...)

Okay, just let me get my clothes on then I'll cabut (get away from somewhere really fast). Wait...It's hopping back? OO *wide eyed~ its looking at me! I hope its not a male.. (frog hops closer towards my direction) No No NO! cepat Celina cepat(quick).. Then the frog stops by the hole where it came from...*ding~ (idea-light bulb flashes in head) Hey, good time to exercise faith, come on Celina, speak to the "mountain"..

*points at frog~ "You shall go into the hole and never come out again! In Jesus' Name, Amen!!"

Almost immediately the frog hopped into the hole and a short moment later it went back into a dark slit some where in the side. THANK YOU JESUS!!! *relieve~ after that I told Ben about it, he says: "I think its a toad, not a frog." heheh~ fine, you're smart, it's a toad. Later when Ben goes into the bathroom...

"Jie (big sis), I see what you mean."
"You saw the frog?"

"Yeah, I saw a black thingy, I think its the frog."
"Is it still inside the hole?"

"Yeah."

OH YEAH MAN! It really NEVER come out again! Faith that move mountains. Even frogs. That's good news for girls especially XD
Have faith! :)

Upper 6 Life!

It's just the end of 1 week...but it's...

Mad happening super fun WUNNERFUL!
I mean, WONDERFUL~ hehe.. XD

I super duper Thank-God-So-Much for MY L6S1.. I mean now it's U6S1...larh~... (To non-Malaysians, this "larh" expression is an extended expression of the expression "lah" which is sort of like a slang, an addition like "man" in "That's so cool man...". Another expression derived from "la" is "lah".)

So love Malaysia and it's LAH... Of course la~ XD

Anyway, I'm crazy thrilled to go to school and part of the reason is because of my class, L6S1. There's like so many kinds of people in it, all 24 (including me) unique with their own style or "pattern" though how quiet of soft the person might be.

1 moment there's a discussion on Maths..
Then suddenly there are laughs because of a guy's pink water bottle..
A bunch of girls doing their hair and talking about "beauty" stuff..
Guys suddenly fling CDs (really, movie CDs) at each other like it's some kind of weapon..
A group of us going out of class to find plant specimens for Bio at the students' car park..
One of the class' Miss 6th Form representative gets "violent" with 2 ex-basketball pros..
The Head Prefect comes back to class with a sudden loud "AAargh-ugh~"..
Some girls talking about Pokemon..
Some guys talking about Powerpuff Girls..
Girl says to guy: Jom! Let's go toilet.

I know it's wierd. But the real cool thing is, we're like a family. Don't mistaken our wierd behavior as those average-under in studies, we have real pros in studies, and if we're quiet, most of us could be labeled as "bookworms".

Talked with a friend from another class, found out that our class is quite the envy of the other classes because we mix around well with each other. When one cries, a number will comfort. When someone hurts someone, he/she will get over it and the other will still care for the person. Cleaning and decorating the class? It won't be a lone-ranger work. It's harmonious :)

Thank God so much for His direction, there's really no regrets following Him for His plans are to prosper and to give us a future and a hope :)

GOD BLESS U6S1!!! XD

2nd Day of 2011

The first day was really something for me, my new year started out not with a cheer but with fits, shouts, screams and tears. Sounds depressing, but this is what holds for me in this new year, new birth.

2010 was a wonderful year for me; I think that it’s the best year in my entire life so far! But something tells me that 2011 won’t be easy for me, first of all, partly because I’m having an important exam and my stress level might cost me another 2kg of my weight. Not gaining weight but losing weight, as I did in my SPM year.

Hey relax…It’s just SPM…
That’s what I told my friends WHILE sitting for SPM. I wonder if I have the guts to say that for STPM.

Anyway, new birth means pain, contraction, tension and tears. Lessons I had to bring into this new year is faith, trust, and patience. Very simple lessons, but God says I had to relearn them. It’s easy to have faith when it’s easy, when the issue isn’t on you, when you have the ASSURANCE that it’ll be okay and you’ll get the answer, SOON. But it’s a whole different thing when the going is tough; the issueS are ALL about you, and you have NO IDEA if it’s gonna be okay, NO IDEA when you’ll get the answer.

Trying not to be anxious. Wait. Trust.

God had been speaking so much to me through many different channels in 2010, thank God! But His “style” is such that He only reveals part here part there…to me I’m like *groan~ God, You’re very withholding You know? I know You know. Pfft~

Suspense… I have the entire year to look for answers…
Suspense… I HAVE to wait for perhaps the entire year to find out the answers…
Suspense… AARgh~ School barely started and I’m anxious like crazy! (Frankly speaking)

SILENCE!
PATIENCE!
God speaks.

Don’t be anxious about anything. Instead, tell God about everything. Ask and pray. Give thanks to Him. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds because you belong to Christ Jesus.

Whoohoo~! I feel the adrenaline of another adventure, like I’m starring in Spiderman4. EXCITED!!! XD By the end of this year I’m gonna look back again, and by God’s grace, be able to say, this is better than 2010.

ALL GOD’S PEOPLE CHEER!!!

'Fair Is Foul

and foul is fair’ chant the 3 witches in Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’. Shakespeare had a clear knowledge of Scripture and it’s highly likely that his inspiration for the witches’ chant came from this warning given by the prophet Isaiah hundreds of years before: ‘Woe to those who call evil good and good evil’ (Isaiah 5:20).

The above is an excerpt from a bible reading guide for youth called Bible Bytes. What situation or example can you think of when it comes to twisting good and bad?

I remember a teacher of mine once said something that had erased a whole lot of respect I had for him/her, I rephrased what was said: “If you want to be a politician, you got to know how to cheat, bribe and take bribery.”

That is so wrong!!! Hey guys, this is not right at all!

I wanted to scream my thoughts and correct that teacher right at that time but somehow I didn’t, all I did that time was just voice my objection to a classmate beside me. This still bothers me because many students liked that teacher! The immediate words Jesus said that comes to mind when I thought about it was:

It will be terrible for people who cause even one of my little followers to sin. Those people would be better of thrown into the deepest part of the ocean with a heavy stone tied around their neck! (Matthew 18v6)

As disgusting as the person leading someone to do wrong, there’s something to say about those who are supposedly “victims” as well as the rotten, out-to-be-thrown-into-the-sea people:

Don’t let anyone [trick; fool; deceive] you with [foolish talk; empty word; words that don’t mean anything]. God punishes everyone who [disobeys him; are disobedient] and says [or does] foolish things. So don’t [be partners; have anything to do] with them. (Ephesians 5v6-7)

You know something? I know I shouldn’t be saying this, that the teacher I mentioned, supposedly was a Christian (I heard). I’m gonna give you some … moment to let it sink in and for you to react any way you want (exclaim or go “eww...” or something) so here goes:

… … … …

Ready to continue? All right, breathe and read on!
I’ve been thinking often about the topic of Christians falling away from the faith, I know there’s a word for it – backsliding. In case you don’t really know what’s backsliding, no, it’s not sliding down the slide on your back; it means…erm…here are a bunch of meanings that I’ve found:

To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the
faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

Now what can we say about people who backslide, are backsliding or had backslidden? Often times we say that God is merciful and gracious that He’ll take back the lost sheep or prodigal son with open and loving arms and well, I agree, and its true! But in Hebrews 6v4-6, Paul the Apostle warns against falling away:

But what about people who turn away after they have already seen the light and have received the gift from heaven and have shared in the Holy Spirit? What about those who turn away after they have received the good message of God and the powers of the future world? There is [no way; impossible] to bring them back. What they are doing is the same as nailing the Son of God to a cross [all over again] and [insulting; bringing shame] on Him in public!

Did you see what it says? Impossible! You might wanna read the verses again.

Impossible to be brought back to repentance! Oh no… is this real? Can a believer fall away? What happened to “eternal security”? is this passage referring to people who never fully became Christians? Paul argued again in Hebrews 10, and verses 26-29:

No sacrifices can be made for the people who decided [deliberately] to [keep on] sinning after they [received the knowledge; find out] about the truth. They are God’s enemies, and all they can [expect; look forward to] is a terrible judgment and a furious fire [that will burn up His enemies]. If 2 or more witnesses accused someone of breaking the Law of Moses, that person could be put to death. But it is much worse to [dishonor, hate, trample under foot] the Son of God and to [disgrace; treat unholy] the blood of the promise that made us holy. And it is just as bad to insult the Holy Spirit, who shows us mercy [and brings God’s grace]. [Don’t you think people like that should be punished more [severely] than anyone else?]

Scary…

Wow… now back to the “eternal security” issue. Yes, Salvation is eternal and even though some of us are born again, we still make mistakes and sin but God will forgive (but there’ll be consequences) and help us get back to the right path. So what sin that God can’t forgive? There is NO sin God can’t forgive…

Wrong.

I tell you that any sinful thing you do or say (blasphemy) can be forgiven. Even if you speak against [the Son of Man; God; Jesus], you can be forgiven. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven, either in this life or in the life to come. (Matthew 12v31-32)

As Bible Bytes put it, “NO FORGIVENESS FOR THIS SIN!” No forgiveness, no mercy, no grace, ever while you’re alive till even after you’re dead. Now what is the link between this huge mistake and the impossible-backslide-case?

Let’s talk about what it means to speak against the Holy Spirit by referring to what happened that made Jesus said those words in the verses above (check out Matthew12v22 onwards). Jesus healed a blind and mute guy who happened to be demon-possessed. Cool right? But the leaders/scholars known as the “Pharisees” at that time thought that it’s totally weird, witch-y and demonic even. They even said that Jesus healed the guy with powers from Beelzebub (the prince of demons).

Alright let’s fast forward a bit to Matthew12v38 onwards. Here, this bunch of I-think-I’m-so-smart guys asked Jesus for a miracle. But Jesus answered no; none will be given except the sign of Jonah. He even called them “wicked and adulterous (unfaithful; eg. Cheating in a relationship)”

Ooh~ what’s the big idea? What’s the sign of Jonah thingy about? The sign of Jonah refers to the miracle of Jesus rising from the dead after 3 days. You see, at first the “smart guys” called Jesus a fake when He did a miracle and yet after that they wanted another miracle or a “sign” so-called from Jesus. So Jesus did die and rose again after 3 days, their reaction?

Those crazy-unbelieving-sucker head “smart guys” still didn’t believe it though they witnessed the whole nail-on-the-cross and KNOW Jesus is alive!(You can find out how they chase Jesus' followers all over the place in the book of Acts) This is like saying air doesn’t exist but you’re breathing air and this is what speaking against the BIGGEST MIRACLE DONE BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ALL ABOUT! *spits~ I’ll just call them nuts.

Hey you may be laughing or chuckling now, but this is the unforgivable-impossible-to-save sin. You might have witnessed the work of the power of the Holy Spirit, but you could have still, in your stiff-necked-block-headedness, turn away from the truth.

Are you guilty of unbelieving? Doubting the move of the Spirit? Saying something against the faith of Christians with whom we might disagree? Hey I'm not saying I'm completely blameless or holy, just to pose a few questions to ask ourselves.

Think about it. Sometimes we might be playing “fair is foul and foul is fair” when we don’t know it.

Note to readers: if you’ve never experience this awesome truth of God’s saving grace in your life, there’s the “ABCs” of Salvation at the end of my previous blog post "Exposing Christianity".
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If you want to rededicate your life to God, get help from a fellow Christian you can trust, or leave me a comment, I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

OOPS~

I just realized that my title for the last post "11th & 12th Dec" was wrong. It supposed to be "6th & 7th Dec" ><>scatterbrain~ @@ hello Celina? what were you thinking?

Anyway, some say I think too much, some say I don't think... I wonder which is true or neither of them are >< hmmm....

Dumdeedumdum~ "God made me who I meant to be, He loves me just the way I am...and for this simple reason, I am happy to be me! Whoa-oh Whoa-oh~..." Hillsong Kids really have the simplest and best lyrics! But give me Donut Man anytime XD

*sigh~ some kids just don't grow up don't they? This is what I call "child-like faith"! Haha~^^

Rejoice always~!

Reminiscing NSCFL Camp ‘07

I think it’s exactly 3 years since then, I’ve taken out the “goodie bag” a while ago and look through the stuff.Some pictures from NSCFL (National School Christian Fellowship Leaders) Camp at "Seminari Theologi Malaysia" in Seremban:





The Teams with their cheer!









Devotion:






Picnic lunch! XD




more pictures~



HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARISSA!


Talk about rebel, and promises:



MUAHAHA~ Games time! XD










Great time of worship and coming before God~






My favorite part of the camp, "Selah" day, praying for CFs around the country (featuring: feet washers):

















Here’s part of the letter from the Scripture Union team which reflects about their thoughts on the event.I also almost forgot about the note of promise to God that we wrote during camp. Have you made any promises to God before that you had forgotten or had just put aside?I heard the main character of a series called “F.B. Eye” quoted something like this:
“Sometimes, we need to take a step back to see how far we have gone.”
I think it’s really true. Take a break when you’re tired, look back and reflect, and see how far God has brought you.

Be blessed~