Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Nobela- join the club cover by abby
abby's song ─ginawa para panoorin ko^^
...upload daw nya sana sa FB kaso hindi madownload
"she said" ako na daw bahala ano gawin ko so>>>
in-edit ko at in-upload ko...
and to share how blessed i am to have Abby...
thank you so much sa effort *wink.
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
Pastor Ed Lapiz Isang Tanong Isang Sagot and Timeline post
Q - May tita po kami na dati ay mahilig mag-organize ng family events na sya ang gumagastos. Lately, hindi na po nya ginagawa. Bakit po kaya?
A -
1. Baka walang masyadong funds lately?
2. Baka may nagawa kayo o ang ilan sa inyo na naka-offend sa kanya?
At ayaw naman nyang magorganize ng event na selective ang invites kaya wala na lang for everyone?
3. Baka may iba syang pinagkaka-abalahan?
4. Baka bored / sawa na sya?
5. Baka ni hindi man lang kayo tumutulong o nagpapa-consuelo sa kanya?
The challenge for enlightened and evolved thinkers are to:
1. Share enlightenment with others and possibly
a. Shock / disorient / disturb them.
b. Get misunderstood and vilified
c. Get at least some to be enlightened too.
2. Keep the light to themselves and at least stay safe and peaceful from attacks of the mob who love darkness.
3. Fly trial balloons of new ideas and test the wind/ the mob.
Some truly enlightened ones stick their heads out; some bury their heads in the sand, hoping to play it safe.
When you hear an idea that is
- new
- foreign to you
- different from your thought /belief
there is no need to always
- go against it
- demolish it
- replace it with "your truth".
Just consider it.
Let is tease, challenge, enhance your mind.
Process it right away OR freeze it for now till you are ready and willing to really study it.
People develop and grow more WHEN they "change" their mind --- when they receive new wine in new wine skins than WHEN they just stubbornly cling to old wine in their old wineskins.
FB BIBLE STUDY #1
John 1.1-14
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John 1 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
The Word of Life
1 In the beginning was the one
who is called the Word.
The Word was with God
and was truly God.
2 From the very beginning
the Word was with God.
3 And with this Word,
God created all things.
Nothing was made
without the Word.
Everything that was created
4 received its life from him,
and his life gave light
to everyone.
5 The light keeps shining
in the dark,
and darkness has never
put it out.
STUDY -----------------------------------
The "Word" refers to Jesus.
READ JOHN 1.1-5 AGAIN AND SUBSTITUTE "JESUS" for 'WORD."
WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT JESUS? (Answer yourself.)
NOTE:
Some seekers also try to substitute "the Concept Idea / Essence of Perfection"
with "the Word".
This approach opens up an interesting possibility in interpreting the persona and ministry of Jesus.
But many find simple peace in just substituting "Jesus" for "Word".
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6 God sent a man named John,
7 who came to tell
about the light
and to lead all people
to have faith.
8 John wasn’t that light.
He came only to tell
about the light.
9 The true light that shines
on everyone
was coming into the world.
STUDY:
John was to clear the way for Jesus.
NOTE: John is the FIRST PROPHET of the New Covenant = Love of God through Jesus.
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10 The Word was in the world,
but no one knew him,
though God had made the world
with his Word.
11 He came into his own world,
but his own nation
did not welcome him.
STUDY
Jesus had always been the Light, but the world ---including the Jews and their religious system---did not know/receive him.
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12 Yet some people accepted him
and put their faith in him.
So he gave them the right
to be the children of God.
13 They were not God’s children
by nature
or because
of any human desires.
God himself was the one
who made them his children.
STUDY
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD
- by faith.
- not by genetics/ biological birth.
- not by ethnicity or race.
- NOT BY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION or membership
but by personal faith in him.
Therefore all who believe in Jesus become children of God no matter what their human / natural ancestry is.
*** People do not have to be/become Jews or any other race/culture to become children of God
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14a The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
STUDY
The "Word"/JESUS, from being God eternal, was born as a human being to be with humans and to turn humans into children of God (like him the Son of God) when they believe in him.
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14b We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him all the kindness
and all the truth of God
have come down to us.
STUDY:
JESUS IS THE ONLY SON /IMAGE /REFLECTION /REPRESENTATION
OF GOD ---- NO ONE ELSE!
EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE KNOWN ABOUT GOD'S TRUTH AND KINDNESS
- HAVE BEEN REVEALED
- COULD BE KNOWN - IN / THROUGH JESUS /the Word.
Not through
- any other person / prophet / teacher . religious leader, etc.
- the religious system / teachings of the Jews.
NOTE:
IF THE RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS AND SYSTEM OF THE JEWS
were correct and satisfactory to GOD, why send Jesus /the Word to
- correct?
- teach?
- be sacrificed?
JESUS WAS SENT BY GOD BECAUSE
the world --- including and especially Israel --- was in darkness.
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NOTE:
There are several layers of meaning or various ways to read and interpret who/what the "Word" is.
As much as people
- have eyes and ears, they san see and hear more.
- ask, seek and knock more, they will be given more, will find more and the door would be opened to them more widely.
--------------------------------- ITUTULOY!
PM YOUR QUESTIONS / COMMENTS.
For reference, the first words of your PM should be: FB BS #1
BLESSINGS MGA PAMANGKIN!
My dear pamangkins, may God bless you this new year with this type of blessing:
1 Corinthians 2:9 (CEV)
9 But it is just as the Scriptures say,
“What God has planned
for people who love him
is more than eyes have seen
or ears have heard.
It has never even
entered our minds!”
This 2016,
MAY YOU FIND WHAT YOU LIKE
and/or
MAY YOU LIKE WHAT YOU FIND!
Ang pagkakaron ng "ministry" sa church ay hindi dahilan para ma-exempt sa ministries sa bahay/pamilya!
Q - Tito Ed balita po ngayon ang CEO / Owner ng isang sikat coffee shop is devil worshipper, tama or okay lang po ba bumili sa coffee shop na yon?
A -
First VERIFY. Baka paninira lang ng competitor?
May mga ganyang nang umusong suspicions and fears many years ago about a certain brand of consumer goods.
Hindi naman na-verify pero boycott agad ang mga religioso.
Dapat verified ang mga ganyan kasi God is Truth and lies are not of God.
Unfair to anyone who gets accused wrongly.
Q - How can I make people love me?
A -
By not "making" them love you?
By loving them first?
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?
Q - Is it desirable to be conservative?
A -
The conservative lives in the formula of the past and in the imagined safety of that formula.
But a formula thrives only in context: in the immediate reality surrounding it.
The formula that worked before ---in the past and gone contexts ---could not be rleied upon to be as effective in the present as in the past because the context surrounding it had changed.
The conservative exists in a bubble that seeks predictability, regularness, sameness.
That approach to life would cause so much stress and tension with the elements of the present.
Q - Ano po ang gagawin ko sa isang anak ko na ibang-iba sa mga kapatid nya ang pag-iisip at mga hilig? Parang hindi sya nagbe-blend? Musmos pa lang po sya ay ganun at kakaiba na.
A -
Bayaan sya, basta hindi destructive sa kapwa at sa sarili.
Hindi naman sya kailangang mag-blend by making him conform and be untrue to himslef in the process.
Contrast could also be wonderful.
AT kung in-born o likas and uniqueness nya,
hindi yan mababago. Mapapagod, mahihirapan at mabibigo lang kayo.
Jeremiah 13:23 (NIV)
Can an Ethiopian[a] change his skin
or a leopard its spots?
Baka lumayo pa ang loob nya.
Instead of stressing him and yourself plus your whole family,
relax and enjoy your son's personality.
LIkha sya ng Diyos.
And God is God of Variety; not of sameness.
Q - Bakit po kaya maraming citizens ngayon ang tolerant and accepting to some public personalities' "bad manners" and foul language? In the past, hindi yun acceptable sa marami.
A -
SAWA, DALA AT INIS na kasi ang marami sa
- hypocrisy
- pagmamalinis
- double-talk
- pa-cute
- pambobola
at pakitang-tao
ng maraming public personalties who are like white-washed tombs:
clean on the outside but inside are full of rotten bones?
Ang gagalang at fino ang manners and social deportment, OA mangOPO sa public, tapos sobra palang magnakaw sa bayan at nasa loob ang grabeng kulo?!
Q - Pag daw po ang isang pastor ay hindi mo personal pastor sa sarili mong church, hindi mo dapat tawaging pastor; "brother" na lang daw po ang itawag kasi hindi mo naman sya actual pastor?
A -
Eh di kung may doctor na hindi mo personal physician,
dapat wag mo ring tawaging "doctor" at tawagin mo ring brother/sister?
At ang president ng ibang bansa hwag mong tawaging "president" kasi hindi mo naman sya presidente?
"Pastor" is a professional / ministerial title ---very often a hard-earned title.
Not to call pastors properly and correctly, kahit hindi ka nya member at hindi mo sya personal shepherd, could be rude and offensive.
Napakadamot naman na pati ang hard-earned title ay ipagkait sa deserving ministers. Hindi mo ikamamatay o ipangangayayat ang paggalang sa mga lingkod ng Diyos. (Unless you do not consider pastors of other congregations worthy of the title.)
Q - Ano po ang best gift na ibigay sa special someone?
A -
Kung
- hindi mo naman alam kung ano ang gusto nya o bagay sa kanya.
- wala ka namang maisip.
- wala kang special specific gift in your hands
- hindi mo naman afford ibigay yung talagang gusto nya --- CASH na!
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Q - malaki po ba ang talent fee nyo pag nag speak kayo sa isang congregation or conference or mentoring?
Yung mag speak po sa amin sa mentoring fixed na love gift na 30,000 pesos.
A -
Wala tayong rate. Kahit libre hahahah!
Kaya lang schedule and availability ang challenge.
And the topic.
Pag usual topics, lalu na yung asak na asak na, parang hindi wise investan ng oras? smile emoticon
But its kind and respectful naman kung ang ibang mga professionals or experts or nagsanay na mga tao ay bigyan natin ng appropriate love gifts, especially kung yun na talaga ang fulltime livelihood nila.
Q - Ano po ang magandang kawtiran or policy ngayong kapaskuhan?
A -
Don't spend more than what you earned or saved for the season.
Live and spend within your means.
Do not incur debt.
Whoever controls the DOCTRINE of your religion could control your mind.
Q - Kawawa naman po ang mga seniors na walang pera pag Pasko.
Ang daming namamasko?! Stressed ang seniors!
A -
Pag sa seniors pupunta sa Pasko para magmano,
SILA ANG REGALUHAN.
Pag senior na ang tao, hindi lang sa VAT exempted;
pati na rin sa pagreregalo, pagpapamasko, etc.
Graduate na sila dapat sa mga ganyang pagbibigay.
Harvest time na sila.
Q - Tito bakit po may mga sobrang kontra sa Christmas and Christmas symbols?
A -
1. Sincere but misguided iconoclalstic zeal?
2. May mga seemingly innocent, even well-meaning and "Bible-based" teachings that aim to destroy all symbolisms associated with traditional Christianity.
Beware!
This could be the first in the two-step process to convert Christians from Christian traditions to other traditions of other nations/races/religions?
BANTAYAN kung ipinapasok naman nila ang mga symbols and festivals ng isang particular country/ culture. (For example: That of modern-day Israel)
Pag na-convert ka na sa symbols, kasunod ang conversion sa ideas / teachings / philosophy / ideology --- and POLITICS, probably even religious warfare!
Kaya puede kang ma convert from Christianity to, say, contemporary Judaism which could be a morph of the Idumean-based Phraiseeic Judaism that Jesus constantly criticized and opposed.
Q - Does God control people?
A -
No.
People choose to obey or not.
God gave people free will.
GOD DOES NOT CONTROL PEOPLE; SOME RELIGIONS DO!
Q - totoo po bang may nag-eexist pa din na mga prophets sa panahon ngayon?
A -
Puedeng merong konti, pero maraming guni-guni lang nila na prophet sila?
Q - what is God's stand about Christmas?
A -
Celebrating the birth of Jesus is good, kahit anu pang date ang piliing araw ng celebration!
Q -
I believe in Christmas. It just so happened na may dalawa akong friend na sinasabihan ako na di naman dapat yun sinecelebrate. Di ko naman po maiexplain. Wala daw po kasi sa bible. Sabi ko na lang, kung ganoon po kako yun edi wag na lang din pong icelebrate yung mga birthday natin. Di din naman nasabi yun sa bible. Bookish lang
A -
may point ka.
kung ayaw nila eh di wag sila magcelebrate.
kung gusto mo, go!
Q - Masama po bang uminom ng wine ang Christian?
A -
Ang hindi maganda ay ang malasing!
Q - Kalingan po ba talagang wasakin ang religious images pag na-born again ka? Kasi po si Gideon, winasak nya ang mga ganyan.
A -
Tulad ng hindi ka si Noah, kaya hindi mo kailangang gumawa ng ark,
hindi ka si Gideon kaya hindi mo rin kailangang manira.
(At hindi naman born-again si Gideon!)
Hindi naman kailangang sirain, basta wag mo lang sambahin.
At hinding-hindi DAPAT sirain kung hindi mo personal property.
At kahit peronal property mo, hindi magandang sirain kung may sentimental, heritage or artistic value.
Q - Sino po ang madalas ay opposed to Filipinized Christianity?
A -
Yung ang gusto ay Americanized or Koreanized or Judaized, etc Christianity?
Q - What is your observation on the fellowship that happens between Christians and Jews?
A -
In that situation, the Jews seem to remain Jewish and do not become like Christians
but the Christians seem to lose their identity and are progressively becoming like Jews?
Q - What can you say about the combined Jewish - Christian "Messianic" beliefs?
A -
Make sure the Christian side is not confused.
Ask them and be sure to get a clear answer IF the Messiah they are waiting for is one and the same as the Jesus Christ of Christianity?
Are they waiting for the (second) coming of the same Jesus or are they waiting for the first coming of another distinct person, THE Messiah of the Jews (who did not and still do not believe in the Jesus Christ of Christians).
It is important to clarify if they believe in and refer to THE SAME person/ messiah.
Q - Ano po ba ang magandang explanation sa mga violent and bloody commandments in old testament? HINDI PO TALAGA DEFENSIBLE!
Why would our God be so "cruel" to command these things if He is Love? Why God commanded His people to kill people including women, children, and infants (not to mention the livestocks), genocides during OLD T.?
A -
Some scholars think na hindi naman talaga ang Diyos ang may utos ng mga ganyan kundi yan ang gustong mangyari ng priests and leaders at sinasabi lang nila na yan ang utos ng Diyos para ma-justify ang violent tribalist agenda nila, particularly sa pakikipag-agawan nila sa lupain.
That is why Jesus came to "correct" all those "erroneous" teachings/ beliefs and "misrepresentations" that promote violence "from God" just for acquisition of earthly possessions like land.
Jesus gave just one law: LOVE.
And Jesus is the one and only perfect personification of the Father.
So, marapat na ang bigyan ng pansin at diin ay ang pagtuturo at pagpapakilala ni Jesus tungkol sa God the Father.
Kung perfect at tama ang representation ng mga nauna, bakit pa kinaiangang dumating si Jesus para maging tunay na "daan"??
John 1 (CEV)
1 In the beginning was the one
who is called the Word.
The Word was with God
and was truly God.
2 From the very beginning
the Word was with God.
14 The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him all the kindness
and all the truth of God
have come down to us.
Would you rather
1. Unbendingly insist on "inerrancy" of religious documents that teach and promote violent, unkind and unfair actions in the name of God (effectively misrepresenting His love and mercy) then try to endlessly apologize for
God,
OR would you rather
2. Insist on the inerrancy of the loving, kind and fair God and apologize instead for erroneous verses that promote violence, unkindness and genocide in the name of God?
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Would you rather defend the "inerrancy" of religious documents at the expense of God and just apologize for him?
OR
Would you rather defend the inerrancy of God, isolate him from erroneous documents that misrepresent him and apologize FOR THE DOCUMENTS instead?
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Would you rather assign inerrancy to religious documents that paint a bad picture of God or would you assign inerrancy to God even if that would paint an imperfect and inerrant image of religious documents?
Kung pipili, alin ang mas katanggap-tanggap:
1. Tama ang lahat ng religious documents na pagpapakilala (raw) sa Dios at ang Dios lang talaga ang may mali ayon na rin sa mga sinasabi at pakilala ng documents?
(Inerrancy of documents and errancy of God?)
OR
2. Tama ang Dios at may mali lang talaga ang ilang religious documents sa pagpapakialla sa Dios?
(Inerrancy of God and errancy of documents?)
THE WORLD DRAMA OF RELIGIONS 1, 2 and 3
Religion 1
- quarrels with Religion 2.
- pretends to be friendly with Religion 3.
- deceives Religion 3 into believing that they have a common heritage, common hero/champion, a common destiny although to be ruled eventually by Religion 1.
Religion 1 does not really believe in the hero/champion of Religion 3 but deceives Religion 3 into thinking so.
Actually, the hero/champion of Religion 1 is not the same as that of Religion 3.
They only seem so.
Think:
If Religion 1 rejected the hero/champion of Religion 3, why would Religion 1 believe now?
Religion 1
- influences Religion 3 to become like Religion 1 first in culture then in ideology and finally in political and military stand against Religion 2.
- makes Religion 3 support Its fight against Religion 2.
- will eventually try to make Religion 3 do the most if not all the fighting with Religion 2
- will turn its own war with Religion 2 a war between Religions 3 and Religion 2.to make
RELIGIONS 2 and 3 DESTROY AND ANNIHILATE EACH OTHER.
Very shrewdly, Religion 1 will
- remain unscathed, barely bruised, standing strong while and after Religions 3 and 2 are tricked into destroying each other.
- dominate and rule the world under its system of One Religion and One Champion.
Think Think Think.
There could be a big difference between
1. What God thinks and
2. What "prophets" think and say God thinks and
3. What "scripture" readers think and say the "prophet" thinks and says that God thinks and says.
4. What hearers of preachers think and say the preacher thought and said about what the prophet thought and said about what God thought and said.
IN OTHER WORDS, PUEDENG ANG LAYU-LAYO NA NG NARIRINIG MO SA MGA PREACHERS MULA SA TUNAY NA SINABI NG DIOS!
Q - Meron po kaming churchmate, galing n rin sa ibat ibang religion. He doesnt believe in a major article of faith ng church namin. Saportion po ng service na testimony sometimes nagsasalita sya abouthis different belief. . Ano po kaya maganda gawin to make it stop kasi kinokontra nya ang stand ng church?
A -
1. Wag na syang pagsalitanin in public?
IT IS UNETHICAL TO ATTACK THE BELIEFS Of A CONGREGATION right from its own pulpit and at its official public activities.
Yung may salungat na paniniwala, kung gusto nilang ituro yon, ay marapat gumawa ng sarili nyang event, sa sarili nyang time and space.
2. Alisin na lang ang testimony portion para walang opportunity ang iba na salungatin ang official beliefs ng church? (o magkwento non-stop, o mag-glorify ng bloody details of their colorful lives, o magsalaysay ng kanyang talambuhay, etc?) Maraming disadvantages and danger ang uncontrolled testimony portion.
Q - Bawal po sa church members namin na manood ng sine. Morally dangerous daw po?
A -
Mas marami pa yatang "dangerous" na mapapanood sa internet kesa sa cine?
Know and appreciate (where possible) your church's rationale sa pagbabawal?
Q - Pano po pag nagsasawa na sa karelasyon? what's the best thing to do?
A -
Pag pareho kayong nagsasawa: eh di maglayo (muna).
O baka kailangan lang ng break, ng spice?
ng konting distance?
Q -
parang cool off po?
A -
Depende sa degree ng pagsasawa.
KAYA KUNG MAHALAGA ANG RELASYON / TAO,
DAPAT CREATIVE AND RECREATIVE ANG SAMAHAN.
Yung may fun. variety, growth.
Para hindi magsawa.
Dalawa ang masigasig na sumalalungat sa Christmas celebrations:
1.
Christians who are fundamentalists whose interpretation of Scripture frowns upon the usual, traditional celebrations and symbols of many fellow Christians because they consider such celebrations "paganistic". In other words, they oppose Christmas as sign of their belief in and faithfulness to Jesus.
2.
Non-Christians who like to eradicate ("paganistic") Christian traditions not because they are faithful to Jesus but because they do not believe in Jesus! They do not want any Jesus-centered celebrations whether such celebrations are biblical or not.
Q - Bakit po ang dami-dami ngayong opposition to and issues against what used to be common Christian traditions like Christmas? Bakit naging "problem" lately ang mga ganitong bagay?
A -
1. May mga namomroblema dahil Christian sila : because of fundamentalist Christian faith?
2. May mga sumasalungat dahil HINDI sila Christians; para mabura ang Christian traditions at MAPALITAN NILA ng KANILANG traditions and symbols.
Beware!
Hindi lahat ng pagsalungat sa mga Christian traditions and symbolisms ay nagmumula sa totoo / conservative Bible-believing Christians.
Puedeng magmula ito sa mga reliyihoso PERO HINDI CHRISTIAN at may ibang religious/faith system na gustong pausuhin.
Q - Bakit po kaya ang nagbibigay ng regular financial support sa parents namin na matatanda na ay yung mga kapatid kong babae lang? Hindi po regular nagbibigay ang mga kapatid kong lalake. Puro may mga asawa at anak na po sila at may mga nasa abroad as OFWs and/ or as immigrants.
(Bunso po ako at sobrang mas bata sa mga kapatid ko.)
A -
1. Yun lang mga babaeng anak ang sinanay/nasanay noon ng parents nyong maging helpful and supportive?
2. Hindi thoughtful
and generous to your parents ang mga kapatid mong lalake? (AS MANY SONS ARE NOT, LALU NA PAG NAG-ASAWA NA!)
3. Maramot
ang mga hipag mo at ayaw nilang mag-support sa parents mo ang mga kapatid mong lalake (At nakokontrol naman ng wives ang husbands?)
4. Your sisters in law,
(as daughters themselves) support THEIR own parents and not or at the expense of their husbands' (your brothers") parents?
WHY don't you remind your brothers to support your parents?
MARRIED MEN: Do not forget your parents dahil lang may asawa na kayo at (mga) anak!!!
Q - Yun pong isang leader sa church namin ay napakahusay pero sabi ng kapatid nya mismo ay hindi raw tunay na mabuting tao ang kapatid nya (leader ng church). Dapat po bang pakinggan ang sinasabi ng kapatid nya na ito?
A -
Maraming kapatid o kamag-anak o kababayan, atbp
ang may masamang sinasabi tungkol sa kapamilya nilang nagiging sikat o mayaman o makapangyarihan.
Ang dapat timbangin ay yung performance/ output / record ng tao, hindi yung sinasabai tungkol sa kanya ng kamag-anak nya.
Minsan ang kamag-anak ay
1. Mali; hindi marunong o malinaw mag-isip o manuri.
2. Inggit pala kaya naninira.
3. Kulang sa pansin at nang-aagaw ng atensyon sa pamamgitan ng paglalahad ng mga bagay na kaakit-akit sa tenga ng madla ----kahit mali o kaya ay labis o kulang ang report nya.
4. Kulang sa kaliwanagan at hindi alam na ginagamit sila ng mga lihim na kaaway ng kapamilya nilang kilala.
Ang mahalaga ay yung actual performance, hindi ang sabi-sabi tungkol sa leader nyo.
Q - Lagi po akong lugi pag Pasko: I give more gifts than I receive.
Parang ayoko nang magregalo!
A -
Hindi kalugihan yun.
1.
You could not give IF you had not received first.
Ano ang ibibigay mo kung wala ka munang nauunang natatanggap mula sa Dios?
2.
Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive.
BASTA KUNG magbabawas ka man ng pagbibigay, huwag dun sa hindi nakapagbibigay din sa yo dahil kapos kundi dun sa hindi marunong magpahalaga sa ibinibigay mo o sa yo mismo
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For your enjoyment: GALATIANS PINOY VERSION
Read this very important letter of Paul in contemporary TAGLISH.
Published by the Philippine Bible Society.
Serialized a la FB Serye dito sa wall natin.
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GALATIANS
1
1-3 Sa mga members ng churches sa Galatia, si Paul to. Kumusta kayo dyan? Kinukumusta din kayo ng mga kasama ko dito. Sana okay kayo at nararanasan nyo ngayon ang sobrang kabaitan ng Diyos Ama at ng Lord Jesus Christ.
Hindi lang karaniwang tao ang pumili o nagpadala sa akin. Pinili akong maging apostle ni Jesus Christ at ng Diyos Ama na syang bumuhay kay Jesus mula sa kamatayan.
4 Sinunod ni Jesus Christ ang ating Diyos Ama at sinacrifice nya ang sarili nya para sa mga kasalanan natin. Ginawa nya yun para maligtas tayo mula sa kasamaan ngayon ng mundo. 5 Purihin ang Diyos magpakailan man! Amen.
Ang Nag-iisang Gospel
6 Sobrang nashock ako sa inyo. Ang dali nyo namang tinalikuran ang Diyos. Imagine, sobrang bait nya at pinadala nya si Christ sa atin. Ang Diyos mismo ang pumili sa inyo, tapos ngayon, inentertain nyo ang ibang gospel?! 7 Sa totoo lang, wala naman talagang ibang gospel, yung mabuting balita tungkol kay Christ. Pero may ibang tao dyan na binabago yun at ginugulo kayo. 8 Parusahan sana ng Diyos kung sino man silang magpreach ng gospel na iba sa prineach na namin sa inyo. Wala akong pakialam kung kasamahan namin yun o anghel galing sa langit. 9 Sinabi ko na dati sa inyo at uulitin ko ngayon: Parusahan sana ng Diyos kung sino man ang magpreach ng ibang gospel.
10 Sino ba ang piniplease ko, ang tao ba o ang Diyos? Syempre ang Diyos! Kung tao nga, di ako deserving maging servant ni Christ.
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GALATIANS
1
Paano naging Apostle si Paul
11 Mga kapatid, gusto kong malaman nyo na hindi gawa-gawa ng simpleng tao yung gospel na prineach ko. 12 Di din to binigay o tinuro sa akin ng kung sino man. Si Jesus Christ mismo ang nagbigay ng gospel nung nireveal nya sa akin to.
13 Narinig nyo naman siguro yung buhay ko dati nung panatiko pa ako ng Jewish religion. Sobrang pinahirapan ko nun ang church ni God. Gusto ko talaga itong wasakin. 14 Kung Jewish religion din lang ang pag-uusapan, walang mas gagaling sa akin sa mga kaedad ko. Talagang sinunod ko lahat ng sinabi ng ancestors ko.
15 Imagine, kahit ganun ako, ang bait pa din ng Diyos! Pinili pa din nya akong makapagserve sa kanya bago pa ako pinanganak. 16 At noong nireveal ng Diyos sa akin ang anak nya para ipreach ko ang gospel sa mga Gentiles, hindi ako humingi ng advice kahit kanino. 17 Ni hindi nga ako pumunta sa Jerusalem para makipagkita sa mga apostles na nauna sa akin. Dumeretso agad ako sa Arabia, at pagkatapos bumalik sa Damascus.
18 Three years pa bago ako pumunta sa Jerusalem para makausap si Peter. Two weeks kaming magkasama dun. 19 Nakita ko din dun si James, ang kapatid ng Panginoon. Bukod sa kanilang dalawa, wala ng ibang apostle dun. 20 Totoo lahat ang sinusulat ko. Hindi ako nagsisinungaling. Alam ng Diyos yan!
21 Tapos, pumunta ako sa Syria at Cilicia. 22 Hindi pa talaga ako personal na nakikita ng mga members ng churches sa Judea. 23 Narinig lang nila na yung dating nagpapahirap sa kanila ay nagpipreach na ngayon. Tapos yung pinipreach pa nya ay tungkol kay Christ na gusto nya dating wasakin. 24 At dahil sa akin, nagpuri sila sa Diyos.
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Chapter 2
Si Paul at ang Ibang mga Apostles
1 After 14 years, bumalik ako sa Jerusalem kasama si Barnabas at si Titus. 2 Nireveal kasi sa akin ng Diyos na dapat pumunta ako dun. At sa isang private meeting, inexplain ko sa mga leaders sa Jerusalem ang gospel na pinipreach ko sa mga Gentiles. Ayaw ko kasing mawalan ng kwenta yung mga nagawa ko na at yung mga gagawin ko pa.
3 Ang kasama ko ngang pumunta dun na si Titus, Greek yun ha, pero di nila pinilit magpacircumcise. 4 Meron kasing mga sumali sa grupo namin para magspy. Kunyari mga believers sila. Yun pala, gusto lang nilang malaman kung bakit hindi na slaves ng Jewish Law ang mga taong na kay Christ. Malaya na tayo! Gusto nilang maging slaves pa rin kami, 5 pero hindi talaga kami pumayag sa gusto nilang mangyari. Iniingatan namin ang totoong sinasabi ng gospel para hindi yun mawala sa inyo.
6 Wala namang nadagdag ang mga kinikilalang leaders sa Jerusalem sa message na pinipreach ko. (Di importante kung sino sila. Wala namang paborito ang Diyos.) 7 Nirecognize pa nga nila na pinagkatiwalaan ako ng Diyos para ipreach ang gospel sa mga Gentiles, at si Peter naman ang pinagkatiwalaang magpreach sa mga Jews. 8 Pareho kaming pinili ng Diyos na maging apostle. Ako sa mga Gentiles, si Peter naman sa mga Jews. 9 Nirecognize nina James, Peter at John na binigay talaga sa akin ng Diyos ang ministry na to. Silang tatlo yung mga kinikilalang church leaders. Kinamayan pa nga nila kami ni Barnabas bilang sign na partners nila kami sa ministry. Napagkasunduan din na kami ni Barnabas ang para sa mga Gentiles at sila naman sa mga Jews. 10 Request lang nila na wag naming kalimutan ang mga mahirap na believers sa Jerusalem. Dati ko pa naman talagang ginagawa yun.
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Chapter 2.11-21
Pinagalitan ni Paul si Peter
11 Nung bumisita si Peter sa Antioch, pinagalitan ko talaga sya sa harap ng mga tao. Mali kasi sya. 12 Pano ba naman, nung di pa dumadating yung mga taong pinapunta ni James dun, kumakain pa sya kasama ng mga Gentiles. Pero nung dumating na sila, lumayo sa kanila si Peter. Natakot kasi sya na baka kung ano pa ang isipin nung mga Jews na yun. Sila yung mga Jews na nagrerequire pa din ng circumcision sa mga Gentiles. 13 Gumaya tuloy sa kaplastikan ni Peter ang ibang mga Jews, pati si Barnabas gumaya na din. 14 Di consistent yung ginagawa nila sa totoong message ng gospel. Kaya nung nakita ko yun, pinagalitan ko talaga si Peter sa harap nilang lahat. Sabi ko nga, "Kung ikaw nga para kang Gentile, e Jew ka naman talaga. Gentiles sila, bakit mo sila pinipilit na mabuhay na parang Jew?"
Tinanggap Sila dahil Nagtiwala Sila kay Jesus Christ
15 Ipinanganak kaming mga Jews. Hindi kami mga Gentiles na tinatawag nila na 'mga sinners'. 16 Pero alam namin na tatanggapin ng Diyos ang tao dahil nagtitiwala sya kay Jesus Christ at di dahil sumusunod sya sa Jewish Law. Kaya, tinanggap kami ng Diyos dahil nagtiwala kami kay Jesus Christ.
17 Pero sa pagsisikap naming matanggap ng Diyos, nagtitiwala kami kay Christ. E kaso, para sa Jewish Law makasalanan kami. So, ang ibig bang sabihin nun si Christ ang promotor ng kasalanan? Hindi kaya!!! 18 Kung pagpipilitan ko pa ding itayo yung mga bagay na winasak ko na, ibig sabihin nagkamali nga talaga ako nung una. 19 Kung Jewish Law lang ang pag-uusapan, di na ako nabubuhay para dun, wala nang epekto yun sa buhay ko. Hindi na kasi yun ang basis para matanggap tayo ng Diyos. Ngayon, pwedeng-pwede na akong mabuhay para sa Diyos. Namatay na yung dating ako kasama ni Christ sa cross. 20 Hindi na ako ang may hawak ng buhay ko, si Christ na ang nabubuhay sa akin. At nabubuhay ako ngayon na nagtitiwala sa Anak ng Diyos. Minahal nya ako at binigay nya ang buhay nya para sa akin. 21 Sino ako para tanggihan ang sobrang kabaitan ng Diyos? Kung may makakapagsabing pwede syang tanggapin ng Diyos dahil sumusunod sya sa Jewish Law, walang kwenta ang pagkamatay ni Christ.
Pag maramot ka at wa-es, you teach others to protect themselves from your abuse so they become less kind.
Pag generous ka, you inspire others to also bring out their kind and generous side.
Q - Mayron po ba kayong Dec 31 New Year's Eve or Jan 1 New Year's Day activity sa Day By Day church?
A -
Wala, even on Christmas Eve/Day and Holy Week.
I like to give people time and space to be with their families,
Kasi hindi naman laging buo-buong pamilya ang members ng church.
Pag gumawa tayo ng activities na kasabay/katapat ng important family-centered hollidays, mahahati ang mga pami-pamilya.
Kakalinganin pa ng church members na pumili kung saan sila dadalo:
sa church o sa family event. Pag pinili ng church members ang church event, magtatampo/magagalit pa sa kanila yung ibang kapamilya nila na hindi members ng church.
Marami namang panahon for church activities; hindi na lang natin ginagawa in ways that will needlessly divide families.
"Do not steal from Peter to give to John."
Huwag puro ministry sa church tapos napababayaan ang duties and responsibilities sa bahay.
Parehong gawin ng mabuti!
Q - mga kapatid ko member ng youth ministry, ng praise and worship at isa sa mga youth leader. Wala na sila ginawa kundi mag meeting at umalis ng bahay. Tipong araw-araw hihingi ng pamasahe at wala ng nagagawa sa bahay. Kapag sinasabihan ibabalik pa sa amin ang salitang. Para naman sa Diyos 'yun by doing that wala na kami maisagot to them. What should I do to at least minimise it?
A -
Balanced dapat ang spiritual service at pagiging responsible family members!
Q - Nahuhulog po ang loob ko sa officemate ko pero obvious na hindi naman nahuhulog ang loob nya sa akin. What to do, Tito?
A -
Damputin mo ang nahulog mong loob at itago / sarilinin mo na muna, pamangkin.
Huwag na huwag ihulog ang loob kung hindi naman nya dadamputin! Sayang!
Q - May kilala po akong tao na ang hirap-hirap at miserable ang buhay tapos may mga kapatid syang maginhawa at maluwag sa buhay pero parang hindi nila tinutulungan si mahirap na kapatid? Panay po ang daing ni poor kapatid sa mga kapitbahay at ibang tao? Masama po ba ang mga kapatid nya?
A -
You don't know a thing about their internal family matter, so you should not judge anyone.
Pag may hindi tinutulungan ng kapwa, lalu ng ng sariling kapatid, malamang na
1. may problema sa kanya mismo. Na sya ang problema. Kasi bakit umasenso ang mga kapatid nya at sya ay HINDI?
2. may mga ginawa o ginagawa sya na dumala at nagtaboy sa mga kapatid nya para sya tulungan o patuloy na suportahan?
Tingnan mo, panay ang paninira nya sa mga kapatid nya sa harap ng ibang tao. Kung matinong kapatid si poor one, hindi nya gagawin yun. Nagpapa-awa sya sa iba at the expense of his/her kapatids' reputation.
MALAMANG na tinutulungan naman sya pero hindi lang sa amount or frequency na gusto nya?
Natural tendency ng kapatid na tumulong sa kapatid. Pag may hindi tinutulungan, mas madalas na ang posibleng may kasalanan ay yung hindi (na) tinutulungan.
Be fair sa mga maluwag/may kaya or fruitful na mga kapatid. Know their side first before you judge them.
Q - Bakit po may biological kapatid na ibang-iba ang ugali o asal o mentality sa kapatid nya?
A -
Baka ibang ancestors ang pinagmanahan?
Napakaraming ninuno ang puedeng pagkunan ng pagkatao,
at kahit magkapatid, puedeng magkaibang set of ancestors ang pinagmanahan.
May malaking effect din ang personal experiences, education, training and pagmumuni-muni.
When given a chance to be "heroic",
fools pass up the rare opportunity
and choose to stay comfortable and lazy
and uninvolved.
The wise never miss an opportunity to
- do good
- be magnanimous
- be on the "giving end"
- love "sacrificially"
whenever possible,
especially if that opportunity was
rare or once-in-a-lifetime.
Mga Pamangkin: DO READ THIS. Mahalaga to; current interest. Crucial to understand.
Q - Ano po ang dapat munang linawin ng Christian bago makipag-fellowship sa Jewish Christians or Jewish sympathizers to Christianity?
A -
1. Linawin kung ang Messiah na hinihintay pa lang ng Jews na dumating ay one and the same as the Christ of Christianity na dumating na.
Jews who present themselves as "Christians" or as "believers in Jesus" should be able to clearly, unequivocally and categorically say that
a) they believe in the Christ of Christianity as THE Messiah.
b) they believe in Jesus as the human embodiment and full representation of God the Father.
That they believe in what John 1.14 says:
The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him all the kindness
and all the truth of God
have come down to us.
*** Dapat malinaw yun kasi kung dalawang magkaiba palang Messiah ang pinaniniwalaan eh di walang commonality.
2. Dapat ding tiyakin that the Christians will not be made to progressively become Jewish in belief, culture and practice.
Kasi mapapansin mo sa fellowship ng ilang Christians and Jews: THE JEWS REMAIN JEWISH AND DO NOT BECOME LIKE CHRISTIANS, BUT THE CHRISTIANS INCREASINGLY BECOME JEWISH IN WORLD VIEW AND PRACTICE.
3. Dapat ding tiyakin that Christian finances will not be used to promote Jewish causes. Better if you could see that Jewish resources are being used to support Christian evangelism. In reality, hindi ganyan ang nakikita nating nangyayari kundi ang Christians ay nagiging associates/handmaidens ng Jews
DAPAT MALINAW ANG MGA GANYAN BAGO MAKIAYON ANG CHRISTIANS SA JEWS at magpadala na meron ngang genuine fellowship na nagaganap o magaganap.
"Be innocent as doves but wise as serpents," sabi nga ni Jesus!
From a pamangkin:
Tito Ed,
My tita died dec 22 buried kahapon po dec 26. Nasa province po kami and so as a tradition we walked with the karo from the house where we had her wake up to the cemetery sa bayan. At dahil din tradition, people along the way threw coins at the karo. Sabi nila swerte daw sa mga naghagis ng barya,kaya siguro pagdaan nmin sa business district ang daming mga tindahang naghagis ng coins. kami nmn we took it as a sign of pakikiramay. But there is one girl who threw out her 5 peso coin at my tita's karo, one girl who touched our hearts and made us cry even harder maybe even more than when we cried as we grieve for the loss of my tita. Isa siyang pulubi. My daughter who had a better access to her approached her and embraced her. Siguro nagulat sya sa paglapit ng anak ko habang iyak nang iyak. She asked her name - Nona, then they prayed together. Having the same heart, kinuha ng anak ko yung hinanda kong malulutong na tig beinte pesos at ibinigay kay Nona. How happy she was we could see in her countenance, at tumakbo na nang mabilis. A few meters later sa aming nilalakbayang prosesyon ng patay, nakita nmin si Nona sa may tulay kasama ang ina at kapatid. Excitedly she was pointing at my daughter siguro sinasabi sa kanyang ina na iyon ang taong nagpala sa kanya. Little did she know na kami ang pinagpala nya. Who would even expect from what society considers pauper or worst "pabigat ng lipunan" - gamitin ng Diyos para iparamdam Nya ang kalapitan Nya sa aming pagdadalamhati. Salamat sa Panginoon may Nona kaming nakilala - isang mayamang karanasan sa aming paglakad sa Kanyang kalooban.
After the burial, binalikan namin si Nona di nya alam na may nakahanda kaming pasalubong sa kanya. Masarap na hapunan, complete with spoons and fork, tubig na malinis, iba iba pang biscuits candies and sitsiryang pinapangarap ng batang sabik sa "junk fud" hehehe...at higit sa lahat ang panalangin para sa kanya at pamilya nya na matagpuan at makilala nila ang Panginoong Jesus na Tagapagligtas di lamang ng kanilang kaluluwa maging sa kalagayan nila sa buhay dito sa lupa.
Thank you for taking time to read this Ptr Tito Ed - we just cant contain our joy. It's worth sharing it with you to glorify the Lord.
We had a really different kind of Christmas this year. God bless po.
Q - What is the difference between secular counseling and Biblical Christian counseling ?
A -
Posibleng pareho o magkaiba ng technique, approach and objective, depende sa knowledge, conviction and aim of the counselor.
Usually, a religious counselor has a religious agenda. Kaya puedeng mas biased ang counsel nya. Puede ring mas manipulative.
Usually tadtad ng verses (kahit hindi laging tama/ contextualized ang application) at ang ending ay religious conversion or "return",
AT puede ring mas effective ang ganito, depending on the mind / heart and need of the counselee.
Kahit pa nga hindi mo na kakailanganin ang damay ng kapwa,
dapat ka pa ring makiramay sa panahon ng kanilang pangangailangan.
Anu pa kung malinaw naman na hindi ka ganung kalakas
at tiyak na manganagilangan ng damay at tulong ng iba?
Paano mo magagawang ipagsawalang-bahala ang pagdamay sa kapwa?
LikeShare
e level of your GOODWILL with people keeps changing
with what you do or not do everyday,
especially in important moments.
With positive or negative behavior,
your standing and goodwill goes up or down.
Pag may edad na ang tao, dapat pahinga na sa
- pagpapa-impress
- pagpe-perform
- pagkukunwari
- galit
- selos
- inggit
- mga katangahan.
Relaxed na dapat.
Natanggap na ang dapat tanggapin
at naitaboy na ang dapat itaboy.
Panahon na para maging totoo.
(Konti na lang ang natitirang panahon,
sayang kung lulustayin pa sa pagpapanggap at
galit.)
Q - Byuda po ako at may nanlilgaw sa akin na byudo with young kids na kaedad ng anak ko. Sa pamamasyal po namin, pinagtawanan ng mga anak ng manliligaw ko ang anak ko; tinawag ng kung anu-anong pangalan ng mga di-kagandahang cartoon characters. Nawala po ako sa mood at di kumibo buong hapon.
A -
Ganun lang? di ka lang kumibo?
Baket, patay na patay ka ba sa byudo na ipina-api mo na ang anak mo sa mga anak nya?!!
Siguro may understanding na kayo ano? Kasi naman, bakit kayo mamamasyal with your respective children with you?
Kung hindi sinaway ni byudo ang mga anak nya sa panlalait sa anak mo,
pagwelgahan mo silang mag-aama. Layuan mo sila (kahit mukhang may tama ka kay byudo). Sarili mong anak, ipina-api mo?!
Magpakita ka kaya sa Tito para masabon ka mula ulo hanggang paa!?
Q - Invited po kami ng husband ko sa isang wedding at siguradong invited din at malamang na ka-table namin ang ex gf nya na haggang ngayon ay sobrang malambing sa mister ko.
Ano po ang gagawin ko? stressful po sa akin yun. At yung parents po ng ikakasal ay former classmates din nila at parang botong-boto kay Ex kesa sa akin?
A -
1. Don't attend --- both you and your husband--- unless you are sure that you won't be seated at the same table as Ms Ex.
2. Ikaw na lang ang umattend, puera na si husband. (Paglinisin mo na lang sya ng bahay.)
BUT ON SECOND THOUGHT: bakit mo naman liliitan ang mundo mo dahil kay Ms Ex?
Umattend kayo at kumalong ka kaya sa mister mo kung panay ang pa-sweet ni Ms Ex? smile emoticon
Q - Dumalo po kami ng husband ko sa isang dinner at napasama sa table namin ang isang couple na may kasamang batang anak. dinominate na po nila ang buong table, wala nang pinag-usapan kundi ang anak nila, at yung mga tanong, kwento at palabas ng bata ang naging kaisa-isang kaganapan sa mesa namin. Ano po ang pwedeng gawin sa mga ganung pagkakataon?
A -
1. pansinin ng kahit konti ang istariray na bata pero gumawa ng ibang conversations with the other people at the table?
2. Manahimik, kumain na lang nang kumain at huwag man lang tumingin sa nagaganap na eksena -- at dali-daling umuwi na lang?
3. Gumawa ka ng rival performance!? Bigla kang bumirit ng kumanta? Magsayaw? O tumawa nang tumawa nang malakas mag-isa habang sinasabunutan ang sarili (o ang ina ng bata)? Bala sakaling makita nila ang sarili nila sa yo at magkaron ng kaliwanagan?
Noong panahong kami ang mga bata,
BAWAL SUMABAT sa usapan ng matatanda ang mga bata.
Bawal magpa-star ang mga bata, kahit na gaano sila katalino o kahusay, liban na lang sa "talent portions" ng mga pagtitipon kung saan sila ay talagang tinatawag at pinagtatanghal. Tapos, ligpit na ulit sila.
Sa katunayan, ang mga bata ay hindi kasalo sa hapag-kainan ng matatanda;
sila ay kumakain sa dulang, or a special low table, among themselves ---with their yayas kung mayron.
Sa gayon, hindi naha-hijack ng mga children's antics ang conversation ng matatanda.
At hindi naging dahilan ang ganung disiplina para maging dungo o mahiyain o underdeveloped ang sinuman. In fact, naturuan sila, maaga pa lang, ng kagandahang-asal at pagpapaka-tao.
A -
1. Baka walang masyadong funds lately?
2. Baka may nagawa kayo o ang ilan sa inyo na naka-offend sa kanya?
At ayaw naman nyang magorganize ng event na selective ang invites kaya wala na lang for everyone?
3. Baka may iba syang pinagkaka-abalahan?
4. Baka bored / sawa na sya?
5. Baka ni hindi man lang kayo tumutulong o nagpapa-consuelo sa kanya?
The challenge for enlightened and evolved thinkers are to:
1. Share enlightenment with others and possibly
a. Shock / disorient / disturb them.
b. Get misunderstood and vilified
c. Get at least some to be enlightened too.
2. Keep the light to themselves and at least stay safe and peaceful from attacks of the mob who love darkness.
3. Fly trial balloons of new ideas and test the wind/ the mob.
Some truly enlightened ones stick their heads out; some bury their heads in the sand, hoping to play it safe.
When you hear an idea that is
- new
- foreign to you
- different from your thought /belief
there is no need to always
- go against it
- demolish it
- replace it with "your truth".
Just consider it.
Let is tease, challenge, enhance your mind.
Process it right away OR freeze it for now till you are ready and willing to really study it.
People develop and grow more WHEN they "change" their mind --- when they receive new wine in new wine skins than WHEN they just stubbornly cling to old wine in their old wineskins.
FB BIBLE STUDY #1
John 1.1-14
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John 1 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
The Word of Life
1 In the beginning was the one
who is called the Word.
The Word was with God
and was truly God.
2 From the very beginning
the Word was with God.
3 And with this Word,
God created all things.
Nothing was made
without the Word.
Everything that was created
4 received its life from him,
and his life gave light
to everyone.
5 The light keeps shining
in the dark,
and darkness has never
put it out.
STUDY -----------------------------------
The "Word" refers to Jesus.
READ JOHN 1.1-5 AGAIN AND SUBSTITUTE "JESUS" for 'WORD."
WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT JESUS? (Answer yourself.)
NOTE:
Some seekers also try to substitute "the Concept Idea / Essence of Perfection"
with "the Word".
This approach opens up an interesting possibility in interpreting the persona and ministry of Jesus.
But many find simple peace in just substituting "Jesus" for "Word".
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6 God sent a man named John,
7 who came to tell
about the light
and to lead all people
to have faith.
8 John wasn’t that light.
He came only to tell
about the light.
9 The true light that shines
on everyone
was coming into the world.
STUDY:
John was to clear the way for Jesus.
NOTE: John is the FIRST PROPHET of the New Covenant = Love of God through Jesus.
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10 The Word was in the world,
but no one knew him,
though God had made the world
with his Word.
11 He came into his own world,
but his own nation
did not welcome him.
STUDY
Jesus had always been the Light, but the world ---including the Jews and their religious system---did not know/receive him.
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12 Yet some people accepted him
and put their faith in him.
So he gave them the right
to be the children of God.
13 They were not God’s children
by nature
or because
of any human desires.
God himself was the one
who made them his children.
STUDY
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD
- by faith.
- not by genetics/ biological birth.
- not by ethnicity or race.
- NOT BY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION or membership
but by personal faith in him.
Therefore all who believe in Jesus become children of God no matter what their human / natural ancestry is.
*** People do not have to be/become Jews or any other race/culture to become children of God
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14a The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
STUDY
The "Word"/JESUS, from being God eternal, was born as a human being to be with humans and to turn humans into children of God (like him the Son of God) when they believe in him.
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14b We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him all the kindness
and all the truth of God
have come down to us.
STUDY:
JESUS IS THE ONLY SON /IMAGE /REFLECTION /REPRESENTATION
OF GOD ---- NO ONE ELSE!
EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE KNOWN ABOUT GOD'S TRUTH AND KINDNESS
- HAVE BEEN REVEALED
- COULD BE KNOWN - IN / THROUGH JESUS /the Word.
Not through
- any other person / prophet / teacher . religious leader, etc.
- the religious system / teachings of the Jews.
NOTE:
IF THE RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS AND SYSTEM OF THE JEWS
were correct and satisfactory to GOD, why send Jesus /the Word to
- correct?
- teach?
- be sacrificed?
JESUS WAS SENT BY GOD BECAUSE
the world --- including and especially Israel --- was in darkness.
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NOTE:
There are several layers of meaning or various ways to read and interpret who/what the "Word" is.
As much as people
- have eyes and ears, they san see and hear more.
- ask, seek and knock more, they will be given more, will find more and the door would be opened to them more widely.
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BLESSINGS MGA PAMANGKIN!
My dear pamangkins, may God bless you this new year with this type of blessing:
1 Corinthians 2:9 (CEV)
9 But it is just as the Scriptures say,
“What God has planned
for people who love him
is more than eyes have seen
or ears have heard.
It has never even
entered our minds!”
This 2016,
MAY YOU FIND WHAT YOU LIKE
and/or
MAY YOU LIKE WHAT YOU FIND!
Ang pagkakaron ng "ministry" sa church ay hindi dahilan para ma-exempt sa ministries sa bahay/pamilya!
Q - Tito Ed balita po ngayon ang CEO / Owner ng isang sikat coffee shop is devil worshipper, tama or okay lang po ba bumili sa coffee shop na yon?
A -
First VERIFY. Baka paninira lang ng competitor?
May mga ganyang nang umusong suspicions and fears many years ago about a certain brand of consumer goods.
Hindi naman na-verify pero boycott agad ang mga religioso.
Dapat verified ang mga ganyan kasi God is Truth and lies are not of God.
Unfair to anyone who gets accused wrongly.
Q - How can I make people love me?
A -
By not "making" them love you?
By loving them first?
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?
Q - Is it desirable to be conservative?
A -
The conservative lives in the formula of the past and in the imagined safety of that formula.
But a formula thrives only in context: in the immediate reality surrounding it.
The formula that worked before ---in the past and gone contexts ---could not be rleied upon to be as effective in the present as in the past because the context surrounding it had changed.
The conservative exists in a bubble that seeks predictability, regularness, sameness.
That approach to life would cause so much stress and tension with the elements of the present.
Q - Ano po ang gagawin ko sa isang anak ko na ibang-iba sa mga kapatid nya ang pag-iisip at mga hilig? Parang hindi sya nagbe-blend? Musmos pa lang po sya ay ganun at kakaiba na.
A -
Bayaan sya, basta hindi destructive sa kapwa at sa sarili.
Hindi naman sya kailangang mag-blend by making him conform and be untrue to himslef in the process.
Contrast could also be wonderful.
AT kung in-born o likas and uniqueness nya,
hindi yan mababago. Mapapagod, mahihirapan at mabibigo lang kayo.
Jeremiah 13:23 (NIV)
Can an Ethiopian[a] change his skin
or a leopard its spots?
Baka lumayo pa ang loob nya.
Instead of stressing him and yourself plus your whole family,
relax and enjoy your son's personality.
LIkha sya ng Diyos.
And God is God of Variety; not of sameness.
Q - Bakit po kaya maraming citizens ngayon ang tolerant and accepting to some public personalities' "bad manners" and foul language? In the past, hindi yun acceptable sa marami.
A -
SAWA, DALA AT INIS na kasi ang marami sa
- hypocrisy
- pagmamalinis
- double-talk
- pa-cute
- pambobola
at pakitang-tao
ng maraming public personalties who are like white-washed tombs:
clean on the outside but inside are full of rotten bones?
Ang gagalang at fino ang manners and social deportment, OA mangOPO sa public, tapos sobra palang magnakaw sa bayan at nasa loob ang grabeng kulo?!
Q - Pag daw po ang isang pastor ay hindi mo personal pastor sa sarili mong church, hindi mo dapat tawaging pastor; "brother" na lang daw po ang itawag kasi hindi mo naman sya actual pastor?
A -
Eh di kung may doctor na hindi mo personal physician,
dapat wag mo ring tawaging "doctor" at tawagin mo ring brother/sister?
At ang president ng ibang bansa hwag mong tawaging "president" kasi hindi mo naman sya presidente?
"Pastor" is a professional / ministerial title ---very often a hard-earned title.
Not to call pastors properly and correctly, kahit hindi ka nya member at hindi mo sya personal shepherd, could be rude and offensive.
Napakadamot naman na pati ang hard-earned title ay ipagkait sa deserving ministers. Hindi mo ikamamatay o ipangangayayat ang paggalang sa mga lingkod ng Diyos. (Unless you do not consider pastors of other congregations worthy of the title.)
Q - Ano po ang best gift na ibigay sa special someone?
A -
Kung
- hindi mo naman alam kung ano ang gusto nya o bagay sa kanya.
- wala ka namang maisip.
- wala kang special specific gift in your hands
- hindi mo naman afford ibigay yung talagang gusto nya --- CASH na!
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Q - malaki po ba ang talent fee nyo pag nag speak kayo sa isang congregation or conference or mentoring?
Yung mag speak po sa amin sa mentoring fixed na love gift na 30,000 pesos.
A -
Wala tayong rate. Kahit libre hahahah!
Kaya lang schedule and availability ang challenge.
And the topic.
Pag usual topics, lalu na yung asak na asak na, parang hindi wise investan ng oras? smile emoticon
But its kind and respectful naman kung ang ibang mga professionals or experts or nagsanay na mga tao ay bigyan natin ng appropriate love gifts, especially kung yun na talaga ang fulltime livelihood nila.
Q - Ano po ang magandang kawtiran or policy ngayong kapaskuhan?
A -
Don't spend more than what you earned or saved for the season.
Live and spend within your means.
Do not incur debt.
Whoever controls the DOCTRINE of your religion could control your mind.
Q - Kawawa naman po ang mga seniors na walang pera pag Pasko.
Ang daming namamasko?! Stressed ang seniors!
A -
Pag sa seniors pupunta sa Pasko para magmano,
SILA ANG REGALUHAN.
Pag senior na ang tao, hindi lang sa VAT exempted;
pati na rin sa pagreregalo, pagpapamasko, etc.
Graduate na sila dapat sa mga ganyang pagbibigay.
Harvest time na sila.
Q - Tito bakit po may mga sobrang kontra sa Christmas and Christmas symbols?
A -
1. Sincere but misguided iconoclalstic zeal?
2. May mga seemingly innocent, even well-meaning and "Bible-based" teachings that aim to destroy all symbolisms associated with traditional Christianity.
Beware!
This could be the first in the two-step process to convert Christians from Christian traditions to other traditions of other nations/races/religions?
BANTAYAN kung ipinapasok naman nila ang mga symbols and festivals ng isang particular country/ culture. (For example: That of modern-day Israel)
Pag na-convert ka na sa symbols, kasunod ang conversion sa ideas / teachings / philosophy / ideology --- and POLITICS, probably even religious warfare!
Kaya puede kang ma convert from Christianity to, say, contemporary Judaism which could be a morph of the Idumean-based Phraiseeic Judaism that Jesus constantly criticized and opposed.
Q - Does God control people?
A -
No.
People choose to obey or not.
God gave people free will.
GOD DOES NOT CONTROL PEOPLE; SOME RELIGIONS DO!
Q - totoo po bang may nag-eexist pa din na mga prophets sa panahon ngayon?
A -
Puedeng merong konti, pero maraming guni-guni lang nila na prophet sila?
Q - what is God's stand about Christmas?
A -
Celebrating the birth of Jesus is good, kahit anu pang date ang piliing araw ng celebration!
Q -
I believe in Christmas. It just so happened na may dalawa akong friend na sinasabihan ako na di naman dapat yun sinecelebrate. Di ko naman po maiexplain. Wala daw po kasi sa bible. Sabi ko na lang, kung ganoon po kako yun edi wag na lang din pong icelebrate yung mga birthday natin. Di din naman nasabi yun sa bible. Bookish lang
A -
may point ka.
kung ayaw nila eh di wag sila magcelebrate.
kung gusto mo, go!
Q - Masama po bang uminom ng wine ang Christian?
A -
Ang hindi maganda ay ang malasing!
Q - Kalingan po ba talagang wasakin ang religious images pag na-born again ka? Kasi po si Gideon, winasak nya ang mga ganyan.
A -
Tulad ng hindi ka si Noah, kaya hindi mo kailangang gumawa ng ark,
hindi ka si Gideon kaya hindi mo rin kailangang manira.
(At hindi naman born-again si Gideon!)
Hindi naman kailangang sirain, basta wag mo lang sambahin.
At hinding-hindi DAPAT sirain kung hindi mo personal property.
At kahit peronal property mo, hindi magandang sirain kung may sentimental, heritage or artistic value.
Q - Sino po ang madalas ay opposed to Filipinized Christianity?
A -
Yung ang gusto ay Americanized or Koreanized or Judaized, etc Christianity?
Q - What is your observation on the fellowship that happens between Christians and Jews?
A -
In that situation, the Jews seem to remain Jewish and do not become like Christians
but the Christians seem to lose their identity and are progressively becoming like Jews?
Q - What can you say about the combined Jewish - Christian "Messianic" beliefs?
A -
Make sure the Christian side is not confused.
Ask them and be sure to get a clear answer IF the Messiah they are waiting for is one and the same as the Jesus Christ of Christianity?
Are they waiting for the (second) coming of the same Jesus or are they waiting for the first coming of another distinct person, THE Messiah of the Jews (who did not and still do not believe in the Jesus Christ of Christians).
It is important to clarify if they believe in and refer to THE SAME person/ messiah.
Q - Ano po ba ang magandang explanation sa mga violent and bloody commandments in old testament? HINDI PO TALAGA DEFENSIBLE!
Why would our God be so "cruel" to command these things if He is Love? Why God commanded His people to kill people including women, children, and infants (not to mention the livestocks), genocides during OLD T.?
A -
Some scholars think na hindi naman talaga ang Diyos ang may utos ng mga ganyan kundi yan ang gustong mangyari ng priests and leaders at sinasabi lang nila na yan ang utos ng Diyos para ma-justify ang violent tribalist agenda nila, particularly sa pakikipag-agawan nila sa lupain.
That is why Jesus came to "correct" all those "erroneous" teachings/ beliefs and "misrepresentations" that promote violence "from God" just for acquisition of earthly possessions like land.
Jesus gave just one law: LOVE.
And Jesus is the one and only perfect personification of the Father.
So, marapat na ang bigyan ng pansin at diin ay ang pagtuturo at pagpapakilala ni Jesus tungkol sa God the Father.
Kung perfect at tama ang representation ng mga nauna, bakit pa kinaiangang dumating si Jesus para maging tunay na "daan"??
John 1 (CEV)
1 In the beginning was the one
who is called the Word.
The Word was with God
and was truly God.
2 From the very beginning
the Word was with God.
14 The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him all the kindness
and all the truth of God
have come down to us.
Would you rather
1. Unbendingly insist on "inerrancy" of religious documents that teach and promote violent, unkind and unfair actions in the name of God (effectively misrepresenting His love and mercy) then try to endlessly apologize for
God,
OR would you rather
2. Insist on the inerrancy of the loving, kind and fair God and apologize instead for erroneous verses that promote violence, unkindness and genocide in the name of God?
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Would you rather defend the "inerrancy" of religious documents at the expense of God and just apologize for him?
OR
Would you rather defend the inerrancy of God, isolate him from erroneous documents that misrepresent him and apologize FOR THE DOCUMENTS instead?
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Would you rather assign inerrancy to religious documents that paint a bad picture of God or would you assign inerrancy to God even if that would paint an imperfect and inerrant image of religious documents?
Kung pipili, alin ang mas katanggap-tanggap:
1. Tama ang lahat ng religious documents na pagpapakilala (raw) sa Dios at ang Dios lang talaga ang may mali ayon na rin sa mga sinasabi at pakilala ng documents?
(Inerrancy of documents and errancy of God?)
OR
2. Tama ang Dios at may mali lang talaga ang ilang religious documents sa pagpapakialla sa Dios?
(Inerrancy of God and errancy of documents?)
THE WORLD DRAMA OF RELIGIONS 1, 2 and 3
Religion 1
- quarrels with Religion 2.
- pretends to be friendly with Religion 3.
- deceives Religion 3 into believing that they have a common heritage, common hero/champion, a common destiny although to be ruled eventually by Religion 1.
Religion 1 does not really believe in the hero/champion of Religion 3 but deceives Religion 3 into thinking so.
Actually, the hero/champion of Religion 1 is not the same as that of Religion 3.
They only seem so.
Think:
If Religion 1 rejected the hero/champion of Religion 3, why would Religion 1 believe now?
Religion 1
- influences Religion 3 to become like Religion 1 first in culture then in ideology and finally in political and military stand against Religion 2.
- makes Religion 3 support Its fight against Religion 2.
- will eventually try to make Religion 3 do the most if not all the fighting with Religion 2
- will turn its own war with Religion 2 a war between Religions 3 and Religion 2.to make
RELIGIONS 2 and 3 DESTROY AND ANNIHILATE EACH OTHER.
Very shrewdly, Religion 1 will
- remain unscathed, barely bruised, standing strong while and after Religions 3 and 2 are tricked into destroying each other.
- dominate and rule the world under its system of One Religion and One Champion.
Think Think Think.
There could be a big difference between
1. What God thinks and
2. What "prophets" think and say God thinks and
3. What "scripture" readers think and say the "prophet" thinks and says that God thinks and says.
4. What hearers of preachers think and say the preacher thought and said about what the prophet thought and said about what God thought and said.
IN OTHER WORDS, PUEDENG ANG LAYU-LAYO NA NG NARIRINIG MO SA MGA PREACHERS MULA SA TUNAY NA SINABI NG DIOS!
Q - Meron po kaming churchmate, galing n rin sa ibat ibang religion. He doesnt believe in a major article of faith ng church namin. Saportion po ng service na testimony sometimes nagsasalita sya abouthis different belief. . Ano po kaya maganda gawin to make it stop kasi kinokontra nya ang stand ng church?
A -
1. Wag na syang pagsalitanin in public?
IT IS UNETHICAL TO ATTACK THE BELIEFS Of A CONGREGATION right from its own pulpit and at its official public activities.
Yung may salungat na paniniwala, kung gusto nilang ituro yon, ay marapat gumawa ng sarili nyang event, sa sarili nyang time and space.
2. Alisin na lang ang testimony portion para walang opportunity ang iba na salungatin ang official beliefs ng church? (o magkwento non-stop, o mag-glorify ng bloody details of their colorful lives, o magsalaysay ng kanyang talambuhay, etc?) Maraming disadvantages and danger ang uncontrolled testimony portion.
Q - Bawal po sa church members namin na manood ng sine. Morally dangerous daw po?
A -
Mas marami pa yatang "dangerous" na mapapanood sa internet kesa sa cine?
Know and appreciate (where possible) your church's rationale sa pagbabawal?
Q - Pano po pag nagsasawa na sa karelasyon? what's the best thing to do?
A -
Pag pareho kayong nagsasawa: eh di maglayo (muna).
O baka kailangan lang ng break, ng spice?
ng konting distance?
Q -
parang cool off po?
A -
Depende sa degree ng pagsasawa.
KAYA KUNG MAHALAGA ANG RELASYON / TAO,
DAPAT CREATIVE AND RECREATIVE ANG SAMAHAN.
Yung may fun. variety, growth.
Para hindi magsawa.
Dalawa ang masigasig na sumalalungat sa Christmas celebrations:
1.
Christians who are fundamentalists whose interpretation of Scripture frowns upon the usual, traditional celebrations and symbols of many fellow Christians because they consider such celebrations "paganistic". In other words, they oppose Christmas as sign of their belief in and faithfulness to Jesus.
2.
Non-Christians who like to eradicate ("paganistic") Christian traditions not because they are faithful to Jesus but because they do not believe in Jesus! They do not want any Jesus-centered celebrations whether such celebrations are biblical or not.
Q - Bakit po ang dami-dami ngayong opposition to and issues against what used to be common Christian traditions like Christmas? Bakit naging "problem" lately ang mga ganitong bagay?
A -
1. May mga namomroblema dahil Christian sila : because of fundamentalist Christian faith?
2. May mga sumasalungat dahil HINDI sila Christians; para mabura ang Christian traditions at MAPALITAN NILA ng KANILANG traditions and symbols.
Beware!
Hindi lahat ng pagsalungat sa mga Christian traditions and symbolisms ay nagmumula sa totoo / conservative Bible-believing Christians.
Puedeng magmula ito sa mga reliyihoso PERO HINDI CHRISTIAN at may ibang religious/faith system na gustong pausuhin.
Q - Bakit po kaya ang nagbibigay ng regular financial support sa parents namin na matatanda na ay yung mga kapatid kong babae lang? Hindi po regular nagbibigay ang mga kapatid kong lalake. Puro may mga asawa at anak na po sila at may mga nasa abroad as OFWs and/ or as immigrants.
(Bunso po ako at sobrang mas bata sa mga kapatid ko.)
A -
1. Yun lang mga babaeng anak ang sinanay/nasanay noon ng parents nyong maging helpful and supportive?
2. Hindi thoughtful
and generous to your parents ang mga kapatid mong lalake? (AS MANY SONS ARE NOT, LALU NA PAG NAG-ASAWA NA!)
3. Maramot
ang mga hipag mo at ayaw nilang mag-support sa parents mo ang mga kapatid mong lalake (At nakokontrol naman ng wives ang husbands?)
4. Your sisters in law,
(as daughters themselves) support THEIR own parents and not or at the expense of their husbands' (your brothers") parents?
WHY don't you remind your brothers to support your parents?
MARRIED MEN: Do not forget your parents dahil lang may asawa na kayo at (mga) anak!!!
Q - Yun pong isang leader sa church namin ay napakahusay pero sabi ng kapatid nya mismo ay hindi raw tunay na mabuting tao ang kapatid nya (leader ng church). Dapat po bang pakinggan ang sinasabi ng kapatid nya na ito?
A -
Maraming kapatid o kamag-anak o kababayan, atbp
ang may masamang sinasabi tungkol sa kapamilya nilang nagiging sikat o mayaman o makapangyarihan.
Ang dapat timbangin ay yung performance/ output / record ng tao, hindi yung sinasabai tungkol sa kanya ng kamag-anak nya.
Minsan ang kamag-anak ay
1. Mali; hindi marunong o malinaw mag-isip o manuri.
2. Inggit pala kaya naninira.
3. Kulang sa pansin at nang-aagaw ng atensyon sa pamamgitan ng paglalahad ng mga bagay na kaakit-akit sa tenga ng madla ----kahit mali o kaya ay labis o kulang ang report nya.
4. Kulang sa kaliwanagan at hindi alam na ginagamit sila ng mga lihim na kaaway ng kapamilya nilang kilala.
Ang mahalaga ay yung actual performance, hindi ang sabi-sabi tungkol sa leader nyo.
Q - Lagi po akong lugi pag Pasko: I give more gifts than I receive.
Parang ayoko nang magregalo!
A -
Hindi kalugihan yun.
1.
You could not give IF you had not received first.
Ano ang ibibigay mo kung wala ka munang nauunang natatanggap mula sa Dios?
2.
Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive.
BASTA KUNG magbabawas ka man ng pagbibigay, huwag dun sa hindi nakapagbibigay din sa yo dahil kapos kundi dun sa hindi marunong magpahalaga sa ibinibigay mo o sa yo mismo
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For your enjoyment: GALATIANS PINOY VERSION
Read this very important letter of Paul in contemporary TAGLISH.
Published by the Philippine Bible Society.
Serialized a la FB Serye dito sa wall natin.
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GALATIANS
1
1-3 Sa mga members ng churches sa Galatia, si Paul to. Kumusta kayo dyan? Kinukumusta din kayo ng mga kasama ko dito. Sana okay kayo at nararanasan nyo ngayon ang sobrang kabaitan ng Diyos Ama at ng Lord Jesus Christ.
Hindi lang karaniwang tao ang pumili o nagpadala sa akin. Pinili akong maging apostle ni Jesus Christ at ng Diyos Ama na syang bumuhay kay Jesus mula sa kamatayan.
4 Sinunod ni Jesus Christ ang ating Diyos Ama at sinacrifice nya ang sarili nya para sa mga kasalanan natin. Ginawa nya yun para maligtas tayo mula sa kasamaan ngayon ng mundo. 5 Purihin ang Diyos magpakailan man! Amen.
Ang Nag-iisang Gospel
6 Sobrang nashock ako sa inyo. Ang dali nyo namang tinalikuran ang Diyos. Imagine, sobrang bait nya at pinadala nya si Christ sa atin. Ang Diyos mismo ang pumili sa inyo, tapos ngayon, inentertain nyo ang ibang gospel?! 7 Sa totoo lang, wala naman talagang ibang gospel, yung mabuting balita tungkol kay Christ. Pero may ibang tao dyan na binabago yun at ginugulo kayo. 8 Parusahan sana ng Diyos kung sino man silang magpreach ng gospel na iba sa prineach na namin sa inyo. Wala akong pakialam kung kasamahan namin yun o anghel galing sa langit. 9 Sinabi ko na dati sa inyo at uulitin ko ngayon: Parusahan sana ng Diyos kung sino man ang magpreach ng ibang gospel.
10 Sino ba ang piniplease ko, ang tao ba o ang Diyos? Syempre ang Diyos! Kung tao nga, di ako deserving maging servant ni Christ.
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For your enjoyment: GALATIANS PINOY VERSION - Part 2
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Published by the Philippine Bible Society.
Serialized a la FB Serye dito sa wall natin.
Part 2
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GALATIANS
1
Paano naging Apostle si Paul
11 Mga kapatid, gusto kong malaman nyo na hindi gawa-gawa ng simpleng tao yung gospel na prineach ko. 12 Di din to binigay o tinuro sa akin ng kung sino man. Si Jesus Christ mismo ang nagbigay ng gospel nung nireveal nya sa akin to.
13 Narinig nyo naman siguro yung buhay ko dati nung panatiko pa ako ng Jewish religion. Sobrang pinahirapan ko nun ang church ni God. Gusto ko talaga itong wasakin. 14 Kung Jewish religion din lang ang pag-uusapan, walang mas gagaling sa akin sa mga kaedad ko. Talagang sinunod ko lahat ng sinabi ng ancestors ko.
15 Imagine, kahit ganun ako, ang bait pa din ng Diyos! Pinili pa din nya akong makapagserve sa kanya bago pa ako pinanganak. 16 At noong nireveal ng Diyos sa akin ang anak nya para ipreach ko ang gospel sa mga Gentiles, hindi ako humingi ng advice kahit kanino. 17 Ni hindi nga ako pumunta sa Jerusalem para makipagkita sa mga apostles na nauna sa akin. Dumeretso agad ako sa Arabia, at pagkatapos bumalik sa Damascus.
18 Three years pa bago ako pumunta sa Jerusalem para makausap si Peter. Two weeks kaming magkasama dun. 19 Nakita ko din dun si James, ang kapatid ng Panginoon. Bukod sa kanilang dalawa, wala ng ibang apostle dun. 20 Totoo lahat ang sinusulat ko. Hindi ako nagsisinungaling. Alam ng Diyos yan!
21 Tapos, pumunta ako sa Syria at Cilicia. 22 Hindi pa talaga ako personal na nakikita ng mga members ng churches sa Judea. 23 Narinig lang nila na yung dating nagpapahirap sa kanila ay nagpipreach na ngayon. Tapos yung pinipreach pa nya ay tungkol kay Christ na gusto nya dating wasakin. 24 At dahil sa akin, nagpuri sila sa Diyos.
For your enjoyment: GALATIANS PINOY VERSION - Part 3
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Published by the Philippine Bible Society.
Seralized a la FB Serye dito sa wall natin.
Part 3
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Chapter 2
Si Paul at ang Ibang mga Apostles
1 After 14 years, bumalik ako sa Jerusalem kasama si Barnabas at si Titus. 2 Nireveal kasi sa akin ng Diyos na dapat pumunta ako dun. At sa isang private meeting, inexplain ko sa mga leaders sa Jerusalem ang gospel na pinipreach ko sa mga Gentiles. Ayaw ko kasing mawalan ng kwenta yung mga nagawa ko na at yung mga gagawin ko pa.
3 Ang kasama ko ngang pumunta dun na si Titus, Greek yun ha, pero di nila pinilit magpacircumcise. 4 Meron kasing mga sumali sa grupo namin para magspy. Kunyari mga believers sila. Yun pala, gusto lang nilang malaman kung bakit hindi na slaves ng Jewish Law ang mga taong na kay Christ. Malaya na tayo! Gusto nilang maging slaves pa rin kami, 5 pero hindi talaga kami pumayag sa gusto nilang mangyari. Iniingatan namin ang totoong sinasabi ng gospel para hindi yun mawala sa inyo.
6 Wala namang nadagdag ang mga kinikilalang leaders sa Jerusalem sa message na pinipreach ko. (Di importante kung sino sila. Wala namang paborito ang Diyos.) 7 Nirecognize pa nga nila na pinagkatiwalaan ako ng Diyos para ipreach ang gospel sa mga Gentiles, at si Peter naman ang pinagkatiwalaang magpreach sa mga Jews. 8 Pareho kaming pinili ng Diyos na maging apostle. Ako sa mga Gentiles, si Peter naman sa mga Jews. 9 Nirecognize nina James, Peter at John na binigay talaga sa akin ng Diyos ang ministry na to. Silang tatlo yung mga kinikilalang church leaders. Kinamayan pa nga nila kami ni Barnabas bilang sign na partners nila kami sa ministry. Napagkasunduan din na kami ni Barnabas ang para sa mga Gentiles at sila naman sa mga Jews. 10 Request lang nila na wag naming kalimutan ang mga mahirap na believers sa Jerusalem. Dati ko pa naman talagang ginagawa yun.
For your enjoyment: GALATIANS PINOY VERSION - Part 4
Read this very important letter of Paul in contemporary TAGLISH.
Published by the Philippine Bible Society.
serialized a la FB Serye dito sa wall natin.
Part 4
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Chapter 2.11-21
Pinagalitan ni Paul si Peter
11 Nung bumisita si Peter sa Antioch, pinagalitan ko talaga sya sa harap ng mga tao. Mali kasi sya. 12 Pano ba naman, nung di pa dumadating yung mga taong pinapunta ni James dun, kumakain pa sya kasama ng mga Gentiles. Pero nung dumating na sila, lumayo sa kanila si Peter. Natakot kasi sya na baka kung ano pa ang isipin nung mga Jews na yun. Sila yung mga Jews na nagrerequire pa din ng circumcision sa mga Gentiles. 13 Gumaya tuloy sa kaplastikan ni Peter ang ibang mga Jews, pati si Barnabas gumaya na din. 14 Di consistent yung ginagawa nila sa totoong message ng gospel. Kaya nung nakita ko yun, pinagalitan ko talaga si Peter sa harap nilang lahat. Sabi ko nga, "Kung ikaw nga para kang Gentile, e Jew ka naman talaga. Gentiles sila, bakit mo sila pinipilit na mabuhay na parang Jew?"
Tinanggap Sila dahil Nagtiwala Sila kay Jesus Christ
15 Ipinanganak kaming mga Jews. Hindi kami mga Gentiles na tinatawag nila na 'mga sinners'. 16 Pero alam namin na tatanggapin ng Diyos ang tao dahil nagtitiwala sya kay Jesus Christ at di dahil sumusunod sya sa Jewish Law. Kaya, tinanggap kami ng Diyos dahil nagtiwala kami kay Jesus Christ.
17 Pero sa pagsisikap naming matanggap ng Diyos, nagtitiwala kami kay Christ. E kaso, para sa Jewish Law makasalanan kami. So, ang ibig bang sabihin nun si Christ ang promotor ng kasalanan? Hindi kaya!!! 18 Kung pagpipilitan ko pa ding itayo yung mga bagay na winasak ko na, ibig sabihin nagkamali nga talaga ako nung una. 19 Kung Jewish Law lang ang pag-uusapan, di na ako nabubuhay para dun, wala nang epekto yun sa buhay ko. Hindi na kasi yun ang basis para matanggap tayo ng Diyos. Ngayon, pwedeng-pwede na akong mabuhay para sa Diyos. Namatay na yung dating ako kasama ni Christ sa cross. 20 Hindi na ako ang may hawak ng buhay ko, si Christ na ang nabubuhay sa akin. At nabubuhay ako ngayon na nagtitiwala sa Anak ng Diyos. Minahal nya ako at binigay nya ang buhay nya para sa akin. 21 Sino ako para tanggihan ang sobrang kabaitan ng Diyos? Kung may makakapagsabing pwede syang tanggapin ng Diyos dahil sumusunod sya sa Jewish Law, walang kwenta ang pagkamatay ni Christ.
Pag maramot ka at wa-es, you teach others to protect themselves from your abuse so they become less kind.
Pag generous ka, you inspire others to also bring out their kind and generous side.
Q - Mayron po ba kayong Dec 31 New Year's Eve or Jan 1 New Year's Day activity sa Day By Day church?
A -
Wala, even on Christmas Eve/Day and Holy Week.
I like to give people time and space to be with their families,
Kasi hindi naman laging buo-buong pamilya ang members ng church.
Pag gumawa tayo ng activities na kasabay/katapat ng important family-centered hollidays, mahahati ang mga pami-pamilya.
Kakalinganin pa ng church members na pumili kung saan sila dadalo:
sa church o sa family event. Pag pinili ng church members ang church event, magtatampo/magagalit pa sa kanila yung ibang kapamilya nila na hindi members ng church.
Marami namang panahon for church activities; hindi na lang natin ginagawa in ways that will needlessly divide families.
"Do not steal from Peter to give to John."
Huwag puro ministry sa church tapos napababayaan ang duties and responsibilities sa bahay.
Parehong gawin ng mabuti!
Q - mga kapatid ko member ng youth ministry, ng praise and worship at isa sa mga youth leader. Wala na sila ginawa kundi mag meeting at umalis ng bahay. Tipong araw-araw hihingi ng pamasahe at wala ng nagagawa sa bahay. Kapag sinasabihan ibabalik pa sa amin ang salitang. Para naman sa Diyos 'yun by doing that wala na kami maisagot to them. What should I do to at least minimise it?
A -
Balanced dapat ang spiritual service at pagiging responsible family members!
Q - Nahuhulog po ang loob ko sa officemate ko pero obvious na hindi naman nahuhulog ang loob nya sa akin. What to do, Tito?
A -
Damputin mo ang nahulog mong loob at itago / sarilinin mo na muna, pamangkin.
Huwag na huwag ihulog ang loob kung hindi naman nya dadamputin! Sayang!
Q - May kilala po akong tao na ang hirap-hirap at miserable ang buhay tapos may mga kapatid syang maginhawa at maluwag sa buhay pero parang hindi nila tinutulungan si mahirap na kapatid? Panay po ang daing ni poor kapatid sa mga kapitbahay at ibang tao? Masama po ba ang mga kapatid nya?
A -
You don't know a thing about their internal family matter, so you should not judge anyone.
Pag may hindi tinutulungan ng kapwa, lalu ng ng sariling kapatid, malamang na
1. may problema sa kanya mismo. Na sya ang problema. Kasi bakit umasenso ang mga kapatid nya at sya ay HINDI?
2. may mga ginawa o ginagawa sya na dumala at nagtaboy sa mga kapatid nya para sya tulungan o patuloy na suportahan?
Tingnan mo, panay ang paninira nya sa mga kapatid nya sa harap ng ibang tao. Kung matinong kapatid si poor one, hindi nya gagawin yun. Nagpapa-awa sya sa iba at the expense of his/her kapatids' reputation.
MALAMANG na tinutulungan naman sya pero hindi lang sa amount or frequency na gusto nya?
Natural tendency ng kapatid na tumulong sa kapatid. Pag may hindi tinutulungan, mas madalas na ang posibleng may kasalanan ay yung hindi (na) tinutulungan.
Be fair sa mga maluwag/may kaya or fruitful na mga kapatid. Know their side first before you judge them.
Q - Bakit po may biological kapatid na ibang-iba ang ugali o asal o mentality sa kapatid nya?
A -
Baka ibang ancestors ang pinagmanahan?
Napakaraming ninuno ang puedeng pagkunan ng pagkatao,
at kahit magkapatid, puedeng magkaibang set of ancestors ang pinagmanahan.
May malaking effect din ang personal experiences, education, training and pagmumuni-muni.
When given a chance to be "heroic",
fools pass up the rare opportunity
and choose to stay comfortable and lazy
and uninvolved.
The wise never miss an opportunity to
- do good
- be magnanimous
- be on the "giving end"
- love "sacrificially"
whenever possible,
especially if that opportunity was
rare or once-in-a-lifetime.
Mga Pamangkin: DO READ THIS. Mahalaga to; current interest. Crucial to understand.
Q - Ano po ang dapat munang linawin ng Christian bago makipag-fellowship sa Jewish Christians or Jewish sympathizers to Christianity?
A -
1. Linawin kung ang Messiah na hinihintay pa lang ng Jews na dumating ay one and the same as the Christ of Christianity na dumating na.
Jews who present themselves as "Christians" or as "believers in Jesus" should be able to clearly, unequivocally and categorically say that
a) they believe in the Christ of Christianity as THE Messiah.
b) they believe in Jesus as the human embodiment and full representation of God the Father.
That they believe in what John 1.14 says:
The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him all the kindness
and all the truth of God
have come down to us.
*** Dapat malinaw yun kasi kung dalawang magkaiba palang Messiah ang pinaniniwalaan eh di walang commonality.
2. Dapat ding tiyakin that the Christians will not be made to progressively become Jewish in belief, culture and practice.
Kasi mapapansin mo sa fellowship ng ilang Christians and Jews: THE JEWS REMAIN JEWISH AND DO NOT BECOME LIKE CHRISTIANS, BUT THE CHRISTIANS INCREASINGLY BECOME JEWISH IN WORLD VIEW AND PRACTICE.
3. Dapat ding tiyakin that Christian finances will not be used to promote Jewish causes. Better if you could see that Jewish resources are being used to support Christian evangelism. In reality, hindi ganyan ang nakikita nating nangyayari kundi ang Christians ay nagiging associates/handmaidens ng Jews
DAPAT MALINAW ANG MGA GANYAN BAGO MAKIAYON ANG CHRISTIANS SA JEWS at magpadala na meron ngang genuine fellowship na nagaganap o magaganap.
"Be innocent as doves but wise as serpents," sabi nga ni Jesus!
From a pamangkin:
Tito Ed,
My tita died dec 22 buried kahapon po dec 26. Nasa province po kami and so as a tradition we walked with the karo from the house where we had her wake up to the cemetery sa bayan. At dahil din tradition, people along the way threw coins at the karo. Sabi nila swerte daw sa mga naghagis ng barya,kaya siguro pagdaan nmin sa business district ang daming mga tindahang naghagis ng coins. kami nmn we took it as a sign of pakikiramay. But there is one girl who threw out her 5 peso coin at my tita's karo, one girl who touched our hearts and made us cry even harder maybe even more than when we cried as we grieve for the loss of my tita. Isa siyang pulubi. My daughter who had a better access to her approached her and embraced her. Siguro nagulat sya sa paglapit ng anak ko habang iyak nang iyak. She asked her name - Nona, then they prayed together. Having the same heart, kinuha ng anak ko yung hinanda kong malulutong na tig beinte pesos at ibinigay kay Nona. How happy she was we could see in her countenance, at tumakbo na nang mabilis. A few meters later sa aming nilalakbayang prosesyon ng patay, nakita nmin si Nona sa may tulay kasama ang ina at kapatid. Excitedly she was pointing at my daughter siguro sinasabi sa kanyang ina na iyon ang taong nagpala sa kanya. Little did she know na kami ang pinagpala nya. Who would even expect from what society considers pauper or worst "pabigat ng lipunan" - gamitin ng Diyos para iparamdam Nya ang kalapitan Nya sa aming pagdadalamhati. Salamat sa Panginoon may Nona kaming nakilala - isang mayamang karanasan sa aming paglakad sa Kanyang kalooban.
After the burial, binalikan namin si Nona di nya alam na may nakahanda kaming pasalubong sa kanya. Masarap na hapunan, complete with spoons and fork, tubig na malinis, iba iba pang biscuits candies and sitsiryang pinapangarap ng batang sabik sa "junk fud" hehehe...at higit sa lahat ang panalangin para sa kanya at pamilya nya na matagpuan at makilala nila ang Panginoong Jesus na Tagapagligtas di lamang ng kanilang kaluluwa maging sa kalagayan nila sa buhay dito sa lupa.
Thank you for taking time to read this Ptr Tito Ed - we just cant contain our joy. It's worth sharing it with you to glorify the Lord.
We had a really different kind of Christmas this year. God bless po.
Q - What is the difference between secular counseling and Biblical Christian counseling ?
A -
Posibleng pareho o magkaiba ng technique, approach and objective, depende sa knowledge, conviction and aim of the counselor.
Usually, a religious counselor has a religious agenda. Kaya puedeng mas biased ang counsel nya. Puede ring mas manipulative.
Usually tadtad ng verses (kahit hindi laging tama/ contextualized ang application) at ang ending ay religious conversion or "return",
AT puede ring mas effective ang ganito, depending on the mind / heart and need of the counselee.
Kahit pa nga hindi mo na kakailanganin ang damay ng kapwa,
dapat ka pa ring makiramay sa panahon ng kanilang pangangailangan.
Anu pa kung malinaw naman na hindi ka ganung kalakas
at tiyak na manganagilangan ng damay at tulong ng iba?
Paano mo magagawang ipagsawalang-bahala ang pagdamay sa kapwa?
LikeShare
e level of your GOODWILL with people keeps changing
with what you do or not do everyday,
especially in important moments.
With positive or negative behavior,
your standing and goodwill goes up or down.
Pag may edad na ang tao, dapat pahinga na sa
- pagpapa-impress
- pagpe-perform
- pagkukunwari
- galit
- selos
- inggit
- mga katangahan.
Relaxed na dapat.
Natanggap na ang dapat tanggapin
at naitaboy na ang dapat itaboy.
Panahon na para maging totoo.
(Konti na lang ang natitirang panahon,
sayang kung lulustayin pa sa pagpapanggap at
galit.)
Q - Byuda po ako at may nanlilgaw sa akin na byudo with young kids na kaedad ng anak ko. Sa pamamasyal po namin, pinagtawanan ng mga anak ng manliligaw ko ang anak ko; tinawag ng kung anu-anong pangalan ng mga di-kagandahang cartoon characters. Nawala po ako sa mood at di kumibo buong hapon.
A -
Ganun lang? di ka lang kumibo?
Baket, patay na patay ka ba sa byudo na ipina-api mo na ang anak mo sa mga anak nya?!!
Siguro may understanding na kayo ano? Kasi naman, bakit kayo mamamasyal with your respective children with you?
Kung hindi sinaway ni byudo ang mga anak nya sa panlalait sa anak mo,
pagwelgahan mo silang mag-aama. Layuan mo sila (kahit mukhang may tama ka kay byudo). Sarili mong anak, ipina-api mo?!
Magpakita ka kaya sa Tito para masabon ka mula ulo hanggang paa!?
Q - Invited po kami ng husband ko sa isang wedding at siguradong invited din at malamang na ka-table namin ang ex gf nya na haggang ngayon ay sobrang malambing sa mister ko.
Ano po ang gagawin ko? stressful po sa akin yun. At yung parents po ng ikakasal ay former classmates din nila at parang botong-boto kay Ex kesa sa akin?
A -
1. Don't attend --- both you and your husband--- unless you are sure that you won't be seated at the same table as Ms Ex.
2. Ikaw na lang ang umattend, puera na si husband. (Paglinisin mo na lang sya ng bahay.)
BUT ON SECOND THOUGHT: bakit mo naman liliitan ang mundo mo dahil kay Ms Ex?
Umattend kayo at kumalong ka kaya sa mister mo kung panay ang pa-sweet ni Ms Ex? smile emoticon
Q - Dumalo po kami ng husband ko sa isang dinner at napasama sa table namin ang isang couple na may kasamang batang anak. dinominate na po nila ang buong table, wala nang pinag-usapan kundi ang anak nila, at yung mga tanong, kwento at palabas ng bata ang naging kaisa-isang kaganapan sa mesa namin. Ano po ang pwedeng gawin sa mga ganung pagkakataon?
A -
1. pansinin ng kahit konti ang istariray na bata pero gumawa ng ibang conversations with the other people at the table?
2. Manahimik, kumain na lang nang kumain at huwag man lang tumingin sa nagaganap na eksena -- at dali-daling umuwi na lang?
3. Gumawa ka ng rival performance!? Bigla kang bumirit ng kumanta? Magsayaw? O tumawa nang tumawa nang malakas mag-isa habang sinasabunutan ang sarili (o ang ina ng bata)? Bala sakaling makita nila ang sarili nila sa yo at magkaron ng kaliwanagan?
Noong panahong kami ang mga bata,
BAWAL SUMABAT sa usapan ng matatanda ang mga bata.
Bawal magpa-star ang mga bata, kahit na gaano sila katalino o kahusay, liban na lang sa "talent portions" ng mga pagtitipon kung saan sila ay talagang tinatawag at pinagtatanghal. Tapos, ligpit na ulit sila.
Sa katunayan, ang mga bata ay hindi kasalo sa hapag-kainan ng matatanda;
sila ay kumakain sa dulang, or a special low table, among themselves ---with their yayas kung mayron.
Sa gayon, hindi naha-hijack ng mga children's antics ang conversation ng matatanda.
At hindi naging dahilan ang ganung disiplina para maging dungo o mahiyain o underdeveloped ang sinuman. In fact, naturuan sila, maaga pa lang, ng kagandahang-asal at pagpapaka-tao.
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