Q - Tito para sa inyo po anu ang:
-paguugali
-pananalita
-paiisip
-paggawa
ng isang compromised "christian"?
A -
Actually may aspect ng "compromised" Christian na gusto ko:
yung diplomatic, hindi dogmatic, polite, at open-minded. hahahah
Mas tolerable pa ang "compromised" kesa "dogmatic" hahahaha
Q - May mga boring pong tao pag kausap mo. Ano po ang common qualities ng mga boring?
A -
1. Monotone ang voice?
2. Isa o very limited lang ang topics na gusto/kayang pag-usapan?
3. Puro salita, ayaw makinig.
4. Puro pakinig, ayaw magsalita.
5. Sobrang opinionated.
6. Wala man lang opiniion.
7. Hindi nakikinig talaga; walang kino-contribute sa discussion.
8. Walang bagong alam; yun at yun lang ang range.
9. Ang haba ng sentences; walang breaks, hindi ka makasingit.
10. Verbose: ang daming words na sinasabi kahit pwedeng konti lang.
11. Ang tagal ng gaps between words pag nagsasalita.
12. Isang tanong mo, isang daang sagot.
Q - Tito parang gusto ko pong magpa-abort.
Ang dami ko na pong naging bf pero walang tumototoo sa akin.
Binubuntis lang po ako at iniiwan.
Naka-ilang abortion na rin ako.
Kasi ano naman ang magiging future ko kung single mother?
A -
Huwag kang gaga pamangkin.
Abortion is a crime under the law of God and of the Republic of the Philippines!
Kung walang tumototoo sa yong lalake, mas dapat mong ituloy ang pregnancy mo.
At least magkakaanak ka na!
Wala ka mang maging husband, may anak ka naman.
Posibleng magka-manugang, apo, etc. ka pa.
Pag nagpaabort ka pa ulit, baka hindi ka na magbuntis pa ever,
kahit pa may magpakasal sa yo.
Baka sobra nang nagasgas ang matriz mo hija.
Preserve, conserve whatever else is left of/with you.
At huwag kang tihaya nang tihaya para di ka mabuntis-buntis ng mga lalakling lasing!
Hindi lang natural beauty and value for money ang dapat i-consider pag may lugar na pupuntahan para mamasya o magbakasyon:
CONSIDER THE AVAILABILITY OF MEDICAL SERVICES should emergencies arise.
Mas exotic, mas "natural", mas "away from it all",
mas mahirap makpagpagamot pag may emergency.
Don't only go to a beautiful place;
maximize the possibility of being able to go back home
alive and well
by choosing places with hospitals, medical services or at least efficient, available and reliable transport to medical facilities when need arises.
Just recently, a tourist died for lack of medical services in a very beautiful place. He stepped on a sea creature, got poisoned and died without getting medical attention.
Ang ganda-ganda ng lugar pero walang medical services for emergencies.
Q - Tito para sa inyo po anu ang:
-paguugali
-pananalita
-paiisip
-paggawa
ng isang compromised "christian"?
A -
Actually may aspect ng "compromised" Christian na gusto ko:
yung diplomatic, hindi dogmatic, polite, at open-minded. hahahah
Mas tolerable pa ang "compromised" kesa "dogmatic" hahahaha
Q - Di po ba ang symbol ng crescent moon ay ginagamit ng mga occult at ng ibang relihiyon at kung gayon ay nabahiran na nila? Pwede po bang gamitin yon ng mga Christians?
A -
Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Psalm 24:1 (NIV)
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
Lahat ng nasa langit at nasa lupa ay gawa ng Diyos,
pati na ang buwan at lahat ng phases nito, ke crescent/bago o full o
o palusaw.
God's people inherit God's creation.
Marapat lang at siempre puedeng-puedeng gamitin ng mga anak ng Diyos ang lahat ng nilikha ng Diyos ---kahit sino pa man ang nakikigamit sa mga ito.
Kaya nagkaka-iskwater ay dahil hindi ginagamit/tinirhan ng tunay na may-ari ang lugar/bagay na bigay sa kanyan ng magulang nya.
SAKIT NG LIPUNANG PILIPINO --- AT GAMOT
Q - Ang dami po nating social and governance problems. Ano po ang major cause ng mga social ills natin? At ano po ang solution?
A -
CAUSE OF SOCIAL ILLS:
Lack of national /nationalistic /community spirit.
Kanya-kanya as
- individuals
- families /clans
- tribes / ethnic groups
- regions
- religious groups
- etc.
pero kulang na kulang sa sense of community and nation.
Kulang na kulang sa nationalism.
National vice: hamakin ang sarili at sambahin ang foreign / foreigner.
Alipin ng "imported".
SOLUTION:
REEDUCATION
..... Dapat magturo ang family, church, school, media and the government ng
- HISTORY : "Ang di lumingon sa pinanggalingan, di makararating sa .......paroroonan."
- GOOD
MANNERS
CITIZENSHIP
- PRODUCTIVITY /SELF-RELIANCE (Huwag tamad at umasa sa iba)
- JUSTICE: Punish the bad, reward the good.
- DISCIPLINE. "Sa ikauunlad ng Bayan, disiplina ang kailangan."
- GOOD GOVERNANCE.
.....Implement the Law: Punish lawbreakers
WAKASAN ANG SOBRANG PAGLUHOD SA ELITE:
namely the religious, political and financial ruling classes.
Dapat lumaya ang isip.
Sobrang medieval / backward and lipunan natin:
Dominated by the religious and political elite.
OA ang dating ng mga amo; at ang daming busabos.
Mis-education, under-education or non-education had created a nearly mindless citizenry.
Ang daming isip-busabos, asal-busabos at kung hindi nagpapabusabos at sya namang namubusabos sa kapwa Pilipino.
KAILANGAN NG
- PAGNINILAY-NILAY / PAGMUMUNI-MUNI
- PAGBABAGONG-LOOB
- PAGHUHUNUS-DILI
- PAGBABALIK-LOOB SA SARILI AT SA BAYAN
dahil tayong isang bayang NAWAWALA SA SARILI.
Q - Ano po ang pinagkaiba-iba ng body, soul and spirit?
A -
One way to define those words/ ideas:
Spirit comes from God. It is eternal.
Soul is personality / emotion/etc. it is only earth-bound; not eternal.
Body is physical; it comes from the earth
TO HELL?
Q - Totoo po bang pupunta sa hell ang sinumang
1. Hindi member ng totoong church? o
2. Member ng totoong church na
a. tinanggal o itinakwil ng church? o
b kusang lumabas / umalis sa church?
A -
1.
Alin ba talaga ang TOTOONG church? Lahat naman ay yan ang claim, na sila LANG ang totoo.
2.
Kung (current/active) membership sa "totoong" church ang ticket to heaven o daan para di mapunata sa hell:
a.
Suriin ang DATE na nagkaron ng/ natatag ang "totoong" church na yan.
Ibig sabihin, BEFORE that date ay WALANG totoong church?!
So, lahat ng taong isinilang at namatay bago natatag ang "totoong" church ay napunta sa hell kasi nga wala pang church?
Sa ganyang pangangatwiran, kasama na sa pupunata sa hell ang lahat ng tao mula kay Adam hanggang kina Peter, Paul, Mary the mother of Jesus, etc and even after, kasi sa panahon nila ay waya pa sa mundo ang ni isa sa mga existing churches today that claim na sila ang totoong church!
(Of course they would all claim to have descended from the original first-generation believers! But that's only a CLAIM that cannot be historically proven. And even if those original believers were the "true" church, simple historical descent from or connection to them does not make one church today "true". Hindi naman namamana ang pagiging totoong believer. Personal yun.
So puede kang maging totoong believer/church kahit wala kang membership in any existing organized religion!
Jesus said in
Matthew 18:20 (NIV)
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
Basta may 2 or more believers, naron si Jesus therefore mayrong church!
Wag padala sa mga nagtuturong outside of them, there is no church/salvation!
b.
Suriin kung BAKIT makakaya/masisikmura ng church leaders na magtanggal o magtakwil ng member kung iyan ay maghuhulog sa tao sa hell.
Ibig sabihin wala silang love?
Si Jesus nga namatay para magligtas,
sila naman magtitiwalag para sadyaing ihulog ang tao sa hell?
SINIKAP NILANG RECRUIT-en at maging member nila para "maligtas"
tapos pag nagalit sila sa tao, sila rin mismo ang magtatanggal ng kaligtasan at maghuhulog sa tao sa hell?
Bakit pa nila inakit sumali sa kanila kung ganito lang ang kauuwian?
May kapangyarihan ba talaga ang tao na magdala sa heaven o sa hell sa kapwa tao?
At bakit ka naman aanib sa church na kung ayaw na nila sa yo,
kung kapusin o magkamali ka,
ay sila mismo ang magtatanggal ng "kaligtasan" mong ipinillit nilang makamit mo noong una at matapos ang lahat ay sila rin ang magtutulak sa yo sa hell?
MAG-ISIP-ISIP!
MONEY OR PEACE AND HAPPINESS?
Q - I have a very good high paying job. The past year, I have been extremely stressed and have been unhappy with the people I work for. I have been loosing sleep and gaining so much weight. The challenges of the job used to be rewarding for me but not anymore. I am scared that I won't ever find a job that would pay this much but I feel that the job has become so emotionally unhealthy for me. Pastor I have been praying and consulting with my family and elders at the Church, sa mga sitwasyon po na ganito ano po and tamang way na sa palagay nyo na makakatulong pa sa aking decision making?
A -
The Arabs have a saying: "Close the door that brings in the draft."
Jeus says "Man does not live by bread alone."
IF YOU MUST CHOOSE, be happy instead of moneyed! smile emoticon
With your knowledge/skill/experience and other charms,
you would find other fruitful things to do ---minus the hell that your present suicidal job brings!
You might make less money but who cares?
More money does not always mean more happiness.
And besides, when you make more money,
other people would only spend it for you. (Solomon)
But they don't suffer with you in the workplace!
And who knows, you might even make more elsewhere?
If you can't stand the heat, leave the oven.
Joey Crespo Are you convinced na ang stress or depression na nararamdaman mo is really job related? Kelangan ma identify ang cause. Dito sa Pinas mahirap mag resign. Baka in the end, loosing your job will cause you more depression.
1. Check your lifestyle.
2. What do you eat and drink.
3. Surroundings (Family, Neighbohood, Place where you live)
4. What movies, sounds , games, books do you enjoy.
5. Check your personality
If you are so sure, it is your work then go. Mas magandang mag resign ka nalang magpahinga ka muna then if you are ready look for another job. Kesa kung ano pa mangyari sayo..
But then again. Depression comes anywhere, and anytime. You can fight depression once you identified the cause.
Q - NAIINIS po ako twing makikita ko ang posts ng cousins at friends ko na puro kain sa labas, pasyal at shopping ang mga pamilya nila! Grrrr!
Any verse I should read?
A -
Genesis 4:6-7 (CEV)
6 The Lord said to Cain:
What’s wrong with you? Why do you have such an angry look on your face? 7 If you had done the right thing, you would be smiling.[a] But you did the wrong thing, and now sin is waiting to attack you like a lion. Sin wants to destroy you, but don’t let it!
DON'T BE INGGIT, PUSIT!
LALALA LAng ang kaLALAgayan mo!
Q - At my middle age, ang dami ko na pong dinaluhan at tiniis na mga debut parties, kasalan, birthday parties, etc.
Parang nasasayangan ako sa oras when I could have done the things I really love to do.
A -
Be thankful that you get invited.
Do your best to really enjoy the events you attend.
If you really dislike being in such events, then excuse yourself.
Don't attend.
Use your time for the activities you really love.
But if you could, send your gift/s.
Q - Bakit po may mga Christians, especially leaders, na parang sila na lang ang tama, pure, holy, etc at halos lahat na lang pinipintasan nila.
Sasabihin nila pag
- maganda kang manamit, puro ka fashion instead of passion.
- enjoy ka kumain, glutton ka.
- pag maganda at maayos ang bahay mo, worldly ka.
- mabunga ang ministry mo, compromiser ka kasi.
Parang wala nang tama kundi yung style lang nila ---na usually naman ay hindi mabunga at hindi effective.
A - Some people need to
1. put others down to put themselves up.
2. make others look bad to make themselves look good.
3. make others feel bad for them to feel good.
4. find excuses for their fruitless works ("kasi pure sila") and bad reasons for other people's fruitfulness ("Kasi compromisers, etc sila")
Madalas, inggit lang or insecure?
Q - Iisa naman po ang Bible at IIsa ang Diyos, pero ang dami-daming types and styles of churches --- all claiming to be "Bible-based and Christ-Centered" and mostly each claims to be the best or the only correct one.
Ano po ang dapat kong i-consider sa pag-anib para ako lumago, sumaya at makapamuhay ng maayos? Aside from the Bible and God that all of them share anyway, what singular distinctive factor should I consider in each religious/spiritual community that could affect my church and personal life?
A -
The leader/s?
His/Her/Their
- personality
- education
- training
- experience
- values
- aspirations
- plans for the church and the individual members
- biases
-personal ethics?
God and the Bible being the same for /in all the religious communities,
it is the personality of the leader/s that shape the differences among congregations.
Q - Bakit po pag nagiging Christian ang tao, nagiging pakialamera, judgmental at unkind to people they think are not as godly as they are? And they are well-armed with verses to justify their intrusive and annoying habits?
A -
Siguro ganun na ang nature nila BEFORE naging Christian.
Kaya lang nung nakabuklat ng Bible,
nakahanap/nakadikubre ng verses na napipilipit at nama-manipulate nila ang interpretation para magamit nila as weapons in their personality-based "crusades"?
Q - Bakit marami po sa mga elders sa family ay mukhang pera?
Pag maykaya ang bf ng mga anak/apo, gusto na agad. Pag mahirap ang bf, ayaw?
A -
Marami na silang nakitang problema sa buhay na dulot ng kahirapan at ayaw nilang maranasan ito ng mga anak/apo nila?
Q - Umasenso po ako at nahigitan ang karamihan sa mga kababata at mga classmates ko. Ngayon, marami sa kanila, twing nagkikita-kita kami ay palaging yung dating kahirapan ng pamilya ko, yung pagiging karaniwan at kawawa ko ang topic. Halos di nila ginagawang topic ang progress ng buhay ko at mga accomplishments ko.
A -
1. Baka inggit?
2. They feel empowered over you by the realities of the past and disempowered under you by the realities of the present?
3. Baka nagkukulang ka ng pagpapakumbaba kaya minamaliit nila ang mga accomplishments mo?
Q - What do you think of religious home schooling?
A -
"Schooling" should broaden the mind.
"Home" is very limited and limiting in terms of interaction with teachers, fellows pupils and the world at large.
"Religious" is even more limited and limiting.
In religious home schooling, the pupil has no
- choice what to study and learn.
- variety of teachers and learning tools.
- interaction with many people OF VARIOUS FAITHS who comprise the "real" world outside the home.
I think "religious home schooling" could complement, inform and guide a well-rounded, non-religious, "normal' schooling BUT NOT exclusively replace it
Q - Blessed na blessed po ako sa isang preacher, tapos sinisiraan sya ng isa kong kilala. May pangit daw pong nakaraan?
A -
Blessed ka pala kay preacher, just stay blessed.
1. Thank God you get blessed through that preacher.
2. Pray for him.
3. Do not problematize his past,
One: Totoo ba naman yung paninira?
Two: Kahit totoo, eh di ba past na? Tapos na?
Three: Kahit totoo at hindi pa completely past / tapos,
eh di ba lahat naman ng tao may hindi kagandahan sa psst --and present ---nila?
What maters is, nakaka-bless sila sa kapwa.
God uses whom he chooses.
God fed Elijah using ravens, "unclean" birds, who brought him food regularly.
God spoke to Balaam through a donkey!
Now, God speaks to you through that preacher;
be thankful and support him.
AT Sino naman kaya ang
- kumakausap sa yo through your mapanirang kilala?
- nagsasalita through him/her?
God ba o si Satan kaya?
Nabebless ka rin ba through the mouth of that person na naninira?
Kung padadala ka sa chismis,
kanino ka pa makikinig?
How could you stay blessed?
Jesus said:
Matthew 6:6 (CEV)
When you pray, go into a room alone and close the door. Pray to your Father in private. He knows what is done in private, and he will reward you.
Luke 5:16 (CEV)
But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray.
Jesus taught, exemplified and modeled a prayer life that featured being
- alone and quiet
- restful and serene.
- spontaneous.
Why do some people turn prayer into
- grand public events?
- controlled and scripted productions?
- "warfare", even making the supplicants "prayer warriors"?]]
Proverbs 26:20 (CEV)
20 Where there is no fuel
a fire goes out;
where there is no gossip
arguments come to an end
KiLL GOSSIP!
Do not share / pass / forward / repost gossip whether you believe it or not.
Do not dignify gossip with comment, especially denial.
Do not forward gossip to its subject / object even just for information.
"For lack of firewood, the gossip fire goes out
Anyone who
- hates
- hurts
- harms and
- wrongs others in the name of Christ
and teach other believers to do the same,
if not just misguided/mistaken, could only be a
- wolf dressed in sheep's clothing.
- Pharisee masquerading as Christian.
- false prophet.
Ito ang tinutukoy ni Jesus.
Matthew 7:15-23 (Jesus speaks)
15 Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you. 16 You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes. 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that produces bad fruit will be chopped down and burned. 20 You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds.
21 Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in. 22 On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, “We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles.” 23 But I will tell them, “I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!”
Jesus invites people to follow him to
- find rest for their souls and
- love others.
Organized religion could reverse that and turn members into
- warriors and
- haters.
Pag lagi nating
- kakalkalin ang private life,
- susuriin under the microscope ang past
ng isang spiritual leader at
- hahanapn ng mali
- pipintasan
ang buhay nya:
WALA NANG TATANGGAP SA HAMON
na manguna, mangaral at magturo sa atin
kasi lahat naman ay may
- nakaraan,
- naging mali,
- kahinaan.
IF WE WOULD PUNISH with criticism INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT FACE THE PERILS OF LEADERSHIP,
we would all be orphaned as no one is righteous enough to lead ---or follow--- not even one
Religious extremism, no matter of / by what religion, cannot be from God---
especially when it is rude, unkind, cruel, violent or murderous.
1 John 4:7-8 (NRSV)
7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love
But note that:
Religious unkindness and violence is not committed only by followers of one religion against followers of ANOTHER religion.
Many Christians, in
- zealous sectarianism
- tribalist congregationalism
- dogmatic doctrinism
- petrified conservatism
- insensitive modernism
also hurt, harm or demolish one another.
Q - Bakit po pag France ang nabiktima ng violence, maraming nakikiramay.
Pag ibang bansa, halos walang pumapansin?
A -
Maraming puedeng dahilan, but let me cite only one for now: FREEDOM.
People have the freedom to sympathize and to express their sympathy when, where, however and for whom they like.
You exercise that freedom yourself.
Don't take offense at how others express themselves as long as
their ways are peaceful and non-violent.
The truly godly will pity and not hate or mock the ungodly.
Luke 19:41-44 (CEV)
41 When Jesus came closer and could see Jerusalem, he cried 42 and said:
It is too bad that today your people don’t know what will bring them peace! Now it is hidden from them. 43 Jerusalem, the time will come when your enemies will build walls around you to attack you. Armies will surround you and close in on you from every side. 44 They will level you to the ground and kill your people. Not one stone in your buildings will be left on top of another. This will happen because you did not see that God had come to save you.[a
MOCKING "SINNERS" WHO SUFFER / DIE
Q - Bakit po may mga Christians na parang walang awa at mukhang natutuwa at nanunuya pa pag ang mga "sinners" ay napapahamak o namamatay pa nga, especially in the act of committing sin?
Godly po ba ang ganung reaction?
A -
Jesus teaches us to love even our enemies.
So IT IS UNCHRISTIAN TO LAUGH AT OR MOCK PEOPLE WHO SUFFER ---even if they were"sinners" or if disaster struck them while they were commiting sin.
Christians should not say "Kasi makasalanan sila kaya napahamak/namatay" kasi ano naman ang sasabihin nila pag "godly" people ang napahamak, lalu na kung nasaktan o namatay habang gumagawa ng godly activity?
Perhaps some religious people become insensitive and mock sinners who suffer because
1.
There are verses that say God will mock sinners when they meet disasters in the act of committing sin. But it is God who said that and God IS and CAN BE God. People , mere recipients of God's goodness, do not have that prerogative.
2.
Religious people could be so tired of being "godly" that they find comfort / amusement or BAWI when the "ungodly" suffer.
ON the
contrary, wisdom says:
Don’t be happy
to see your enemies trip
and fall down.
The Lord will find out
and be unhappy.
Then he will stop
being angry with them.
- Proverbs 24:17-18 (CEV)
Q - Tito any tip on good manners na very important mark of civilized persons?
A -
Talk softly in public when you are not talking to everyone.
Do not be loud.
It is inconsiderate to fill everyone's ears with your voice.
Dapat yung kausap mo lang ang nakaririnig sa yo at hindi pati yung mga hindi mo kausap / kasama.
Heart-broken parent
Q - Sasabog po yata ang dibdib ko Tito.
Ang anak kong dalaga, nakipag-coffee with a guy na hindi nagpaalam sa akin!
Talagang hinart-to-hart tok ko po sya over buckets of tears!
Nangako naman pong hindi na uulitin.
A -
Hindi kaya overkill naman ang reaction mo, Motherhood?
Do not over-expect from your kids. and do not over react.
Lumalaki na ang anak mong sinta.
Parenthood is really about letting go.
Mula nang malagot ang pusod at birth,
nagsimula na ang paglikha ng buhay na independent from the parent.
Ayaw yang marinig ng magulang, pero yan ang Katotohanan.
If you love to keep someone, "let her go".
The quickest way to lose someone is by holding too tightly.
"Love is like a handsul of sand; relax and it stays.
Squeeze tightly and it slips through your fingers."
Pero tama namang makinig ang anak sa payo ng magulang.
Usually, parents really mean the best for their kids.
Yes, parents MEAN the best though their WAYS,
usually fraught with too much fear, overprotectiveness
and biases,
are not always guaranteed to be the best.
Q - Tagal ko na kc nag bible study pero ramdam ko parang wla pdin ako personal relation kay jesus. Parang puro sa isip lang po.
A -
love people.
love yourself.
Love is the best way to connect with Jesus,
not religious study.
What people believe in, kill or die for
is shaped by/ in their minds.
People's minds are shaped by
- nature /genes
- nurture / learning.
Imposibleng baguhin ang nature
at mahirap baguhin ang bunga ng nurture.
Madalas pa, kung gaano mo gustong baguhin ang kapwa
ay ganun din nya gustong baguhin ka.
KAYA MARAMING AWAY.
Q - Sabi po ng ibang Christians, pinaparusahan daw po ng Diyos ang USA kasi tinatanggal ang prayer sa public schools, ang display of Christian symbols in public places tulad ng Chritmas trees at hindi na raw po masyado centranl sa publlic discourse ang God? Ang parusa daw po, bumabagsak ang economy, gumagrabe ang crime at dumarami ang broken homes, etc?
A -
Hindi naman siguro ganun ka-pikon at ka-vindictive ang Dios? Baka ang may gusto ng ganung scenario ay ang mga Christian extremists who depict that kind of image/idol of God?
You mean pag tinaggal ang prayer in public school, God would cause all those shootings? Pag walang Christmas trees in public places (Ayaw din ng ilang Christian groups ang Christmas trees, ha!), ibabagsak ng Dios ang economy ng isang bansa?
Eh bakit ang China, walang public prayer, walang Christmas trees. etc ay umaasenso? Lalu namang hindi sila Christian worshipers! Ganun din ang Japan, hindi naman Christian country pero maunlad?
God rewards economic enterprise and productivity, with or without Christmas trees. Violence happens anywhere, even in very religious states --and even inside religious congregations!
God hates idols becaus eidols MISrepresent him.
Mayron ding thological idols: Yung nagdo-drawing ng images of God that misrepresent the Divine and his loving nature.
Q - Saan po nanggagaling ang self-righteousness, judgmentalism, kasungitan, kalupitan ng ilang Christians, sa Bible po ba?
A -
Hindi sa Bible kundi sa twisted reading, interpretation, application and promotion of some theologians from powerful / influential seminaries abroad?!
Wala naman halos original theologians sa Pilipinas; madalas ay disciples/followers/ echoes ng konting schools abroad na malawak ang influence sa mundo.
Oversimplification
- tribializes complex realities.
- makes people or ideas seem only absolutely good or bad; in reality, wala namang ganung kasimple.
There is almost always a good AND a bad side to everyone and everything.
It's the same with oversimplified THEOLOGY:
Very good or very bad lang ang presentation of complex ideas.
Oversimplified ideas are twin sisters of lies and falsehood.
BEWARE of attempts from many interest groups to
JUDAIZE CHRISTIANITY.
Definition of JUDAIZE
: to adopt the customs, beliefs, or character of a Jew
: to make Jewish
John the Baptizer, Jesus and Paul very clearly, strongly and decisively practiced and taught Christianity as a marked departure from Jewish religious law and tradition
and very determinedly deconstructed ethnocentric Jewish doctrines of self-privilege and importance.
This same issue brought Paul and Peter into bitter opposition as Peter and James tried to Judaize the newly born Jesus movement.
See:
Matthew 3:9
Luke 4.16-29
Gal 2.11-21
Galatians, the whole book.
And so many more verses
Galatians 3:28 (CEV)
Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman.
Now, there are feverish attempts at
- JUDAIZING Christianity once more.
- over glorifying Jewishness, even names, words, festivals and material culture.
- demonizing "Greek/ Gentile" culture, even names and terminologies
- conditioning the Christian church first to become an admirer, then an imitator, then possibly an ally or supporter of CONTEMPORARY Jewish agenda -- which could include VERY POLITICAL BUT HIDDEN INTERESTS.
Remember, even the Israel that Jesus enaged and criticized is gone along with the Temple and its attendant animal-sacrifice-centered function.
Jesus even predicted the stone temple's destruction and the raising up of a new temple: His Body the spiritual Church and the body of Christian believers.
(So why even think of rebuilding the physical temple? What could be done there, animal sacrifices AGAIN? That would contradict the death and resurrection of Jesus.)
Let's be innocent as doves but wise as serpents!
JESUS WILL COME
into the world
or into the hearts of believers
whether or not people became imitators of Jews and Jewish culture or of any other people.
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1 Corinthians 7:20 (CEV)
So don’t try to change what you were when God chose you.
Mas maraming deception, illusion at imagination
na nangyayari sa mga HYPERSPIRITUAL:
Yung mga OA sa dami at dalas ng
- "visions"
- "revelations"
- "discernment"
at iba-ibanb pang "spiritual gifts"
that tend to make them IMPORTANT
kasi parang sila lang ang kinakausap ng Dios.
KUNG GUSTO KANG KAUSAPIN NG DIYOS,
BAKIT PA PADADAANIN SA IBA?
MAG-INGAT SA MGA GANYANG OA ANG "ESPIRITUALIDAD".
Mas maraming nadadaya sa ganyan.
Q - Ano po sa tingin nyo ang dahilan kung bakit may mga religious leaders na sobrang nakakasakal ang teachings?
A -
Madalas ay dahil sa
- mababaw
- makitid
- puta-putaki (partial and disconnected)
- mechanically literal
- congregationalist
- hand-me-down
reading, interpretation and application of Scripture ?
Q - Ano po ang magandang gawin ng sobrang nalulungkot?
A -
1. magsaya
2. maglibang
3. maging abala
4. gumawa ng mabubuting projects; tumulong sa kapwa
5. magdasal
6. Magbasa ng Bible (Hwag na muna Lamentations!)
At pag hindi pa rin nag-click ang mga ito, eh di ...
7. Malungkot!
Ganun talaga, pana-panahon.
May panahon ng saya, may panahon ng lungkot.
Mauubos din ang lungkot na yan!
Q - Meron po kaya talagang mga taong spiritually gifted to see visions, dream dreams, etc?
A -
Puede.
AT meron ding talagang ang psychological profile ay swak sa mga ganyang pag-iisip.
Marami ay puedeng guniguni o kaya ay may deep psychological or psychiatric reasons kaya ganun ang isip at pag-iisip.
Mas unang kong kino-consider ang mental and emoitonal background bago ko isiping genuine spiritual gift nga yun.
The Spirit of God won't be offended being tested first.
Only the illusionary would take offfense at caution.
1 John 4:1(CEV)
Dear friends, don’t believe everyone who claims to have the Spirit of God. Test them all to find out if they really do come from God. Many false prophets have already gone out into the world,
Q - How do you deal with people who come up to you and say na may revelation and message ang Diyos para sa inyo na napanaginipan o nareveal sa kanya through dreams or vision or prayer?
A -
I TELL THEM na hihintayin kong sabihin / i-reveal sa akin ng Diyos
- directly
- personally
kasi kung para sa akin ang message, bakit sa kanila padadaanin?
???!!!
May mga ganyan na gusto ka lang
- makausap
- makasarilinan
- mapapaniwalang kailangan mo sya/sila sa buhay or ministry mo.
THEY NEVER GET TO BASE 1 smile emoticon
Mas maraming deception, illusion at imagination
na nangyayari sa mga HYPERSPIRITUAL:
Yung mga OA sa dami at dalas ng
- "visions"
- "revelations"
- "discernment"
at iba-iba pang "spiritual gifts"
that tend to make them IMPORTANT
kasi parang sila lang ang kinakausap ng Dios.
KUNG GUSTO KANG KAUSAPIN NG DIYOS,
BAKIT PA PADADAANIN SA IBA?
MAG-INGAT SA MGA GANYANG OA ANG "ESPIRITUALIDAD".
Mas maraming nadadaya sa ganyan.
JESUS WILL COME
into the world
or into the hearts of believers
whether or not people became imitators of Jews and Jewish culture or of any other people.
-----
1 Corinthians 7:20 (CEV)
So don’t try to change what you were when God chose you.
Q - Ok po ba na mgkaroon ng khit 3 or 5 general questions and answers after ng sermon? Pra yung my question na matagal ng nakatago ay masagot na po?
Q
magmumukhang seminar ang worship!?
but a good idea.
we have been considering that for the longest time.
hanggang naisipang gumawa ng seekers' fellowship precisely for that purpose.
pero naisip na incorporate na lang sa message proper ang "difficult" issues para marining ng lahat.
Q - Masama raw po ang Christmas tree according to Jeremiah 10.2-4?
A -
Huh!
Ano ang kinalaman ng verse sa Christmas Tree eh ni wala pang Christmas nung sinulat yun?
Jeremiah 10:2-4 (CEV)
2 Don’t follow the customs
of those nations
who become frightened
when they see
something strange
happen in the sky.
3 Their religion is worthless!
They chop down a tree,
carve the wood into an idol,
4 cover it with silver and gold,
and then nail it down
so it won’t fall over.
These verses are about religous idols, not Christmas Trees!
Q - May dating pong asawa ang ka church ko na hiwalay na sila mga 10 yrs ago na, then may Gf sya dito sa abroad magkasama na sa bahay at active sila sa simbahan, tama po ba na pahintuin sila ng churhc na magsimba dahil sa hndi sila kasal at kasal sa iba ang lalaki?
Q -
Bakit naman hahadlangan ang pagsamba nila at bakit din pinakikialaman ang personal, private life nila? Ang puede lang bang mag-church ay ang "sinless"?
Marami pang ibang types of "sins" like pride, arrrogance, judgmentalism, lying,
self-righteouness, stealing, dishonesty, etc. Bakit yun lang may kinalaman sa sexual /romantic life ng tao ang pinag-iinitan?
