Saturday, 28 November 2020
Friday, 27 November 2020
Thursday, 26 November 2020
righteousness.chismis?!
Q- Ano po kaya ang source or pinagmumulan ng ugali ng ibang church people na pag may nabalitaang nagkamali, lalu na sa area ng sex like adultery, pre-marital pregnancy, etc ay takam na takam at sarap na sarap silang mag-chismis?
A - 1. Envy? Naiinggit sila sa sexcapades ng iba at ipinagbubunyi nila pag napahiya o gusto nilang ipahiya? Marami sa mga sexually deprived ay chismosa. Kasi ay tigang, uhaw at salat sa kasiyahan. Kung masaya ang tao, wala na sigurong masyadong energy na sasayangin sa negative activities like chismis.
2. Inferiority Complex? In many areas of their lives they feel inferior to to others. Ngayon, pag may nadapa, at least ay mayroon na silang daig, talo. They could have a false sense of superiority.
3. Power trip? They could feel superior to and therefore more powerful than the victims of their gossip? By their tongue, they prove that they have the power to destroy others and they would gleefully wield that dark "power" to hurt, to wound and damage others. Just to use power.
In this area, the family and friends of the powerful are also the target.
People who could not attack a strong/powerful person would delight in attacking people who are close to that person.
4. Deep Inner Poverty? They are so deprived of values, self-respect and dignity that they would feast on other people's pain.
5. Guilt? When people are guilty, in deed or in thought, they feel good by condemning other people. Psychologists call this PROJECTION. To avoid self-condemnation, they initiate the condemnation of others. By making others look bad, they think they could look good.
Anything BUT Righteousness. Chismis cannot come from righteousness. So, pag chismosa, kahit pa nga nagbabanal-banalan at lalu kung nananakit ng kapwa, siguradong hindi righteous. Righteousness does not gossip.
- Ed Lapiz
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Applicable pa po ba mag save for the future like insurance
Q - Applicable pa po ba mag save for the future like insurance, investing in properties, and stocks kung sabi nila malapit ng bumalik ang Lord anytime?
A - Very applicable.
Eh pano kung hindi pa bumalik agad? Two thousand years na ngang nakaabang ang ilan. Ano naman ang problema kung abutan ka ng pagbabalik nya na may investments?
Remember the parable of the talents.
Napagalitan ng returning master yung hindi nag-invest at hindi napatubo ang binigay sa kanyang talent/money.
Kaya nung dumating yung Master, napagalitan sya?
- Ed Lapiz
BARAHIN ANG ABUSADONG CHURCH BULLIES! - Ed Lapiz
Q - Ano po ang dapat reaction sa CHURCH BULLIES--- mga kapwa members/leaders na laging nakabantay sa bawat pagkakamali mo, kakulangan sa perfection, kasuotan, kilos, salita, etc?
Nakakasakal po sila at nakaka-oppress!
A -
1. Suriin kung may point sila, kung tama sila. Kung sa tingin mo ay tama sila, pakinggan at mag-improve ka ayon sa pamumuna nila.
2. Kung sa tingin mo ay sobra na sila, masyadong perfectionist, unrrealistic o kaya ay pakialamera/o sa personal life, choices and style mo,
IGNORE THEM.
Sila ang mamuhay ayon sa standards nila; huwag nilang igiit ang sarili nilang tastes at pananaw sa kapwa. Buntot nila, hilahin nila!
3. Kung sobra na silang intrusive and oppressive, do not suffer in silence.
SAGUTIN MO!
Walang silang karapatang ipabuhat sa yo ang burdens na gusto nila para sa sarili nila.
Wala silang karapatang "pabanalin" ka ayon sa standards nila.
Pag sinagut-sagot mo sila ng buong tapang, titigl sila sa pakikialam. 
Promise, wala silang magagawa hahahahah!
BARAHIN ANG ABUSADONG CHURCH BULLIES!
- Ed Lapiz
Matthew 6. 28-34 JESUS: "DO NOT WORRY."
JESUS: "DO NOT WORRY."
Matthew 6. 28-34 Jesus:
25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
* God provides.
27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
* It is useless /unhelpful to worry.
31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
* God knows our situation.
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
* Let God's peace reign in your heart.
Believe /Hope in God to enjoy his reign of peace, inner joy
and contentment.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
* Just attend to the needs of today.
God's provisions are enough for today.
* Do not overthink and over worry about tomorrow.
God is God today and tomorrow and forever.
KAPAMILYA O KAPALA NILA
Q - Taga malayo pong probinsya ang relatives ng magiging husband ko at kilala sila sa pakikitira on extended periods sa mga bahay-bahay ng mga kamag-anak dito sa Manila twing lumuluwas sila (na madalas). Mahigit pong 5-7 days kung makituloy sila!
Ngayon pong ikakasal na kami ni BF at mamamahay ng bukod (uupa lang naman po), malamang na ako naman ang susunod na gawing KABAYAN HOTEL ng mga kamag-anak nya. PANO PO AKO MAKAKAIWAS nang hindi masyadong halata?
A - Ang piliin nyong bahay ay yung super liit, kipot, sikip para wala nang space for extra people?
O kaya ay yung may extra room with its own door, kitchenette and bathroom para dun na lang sila pag makikitira at hindi nyo kahalo pag nariyan sila?
Nakabuntis
Q - May nabuntis po ako at gusto kong panagutan ung babae pero ang masaklap don gusto nyang ipalaglag sabi ko sa kanya tau ang may kasalanan at wag natin idamay ang unborn baby. Hind ko na po alam ang gagawin ko kasi malayo po ako sa kanya ngaun.
A - Pigilan mo, lalu at gusto mo naman palang panagutan!
Grabe naman...makikipag-do tapos pag nabuntis ipapalaglag???
Q - Pinipigilan ko kaso sabi niya buo na daw loob nyang ipalaglag kasi daw natatakot daw siya sa papa niya kasi graduating pa lang daw sya at wala daw trabaho.
A - Makakaadjust din ang papa nya at buong family sa pregnancy nya.
NATATAKOT SYA SA PAPA NYA PERO SA DIYOS HNDI??!!
Ang tapang nyang makipag-sex tapos takot pala sya sa papa nya?
- Ed Lapiz
real close friend?
Q - Sino po ang matatawag/maituturing nyong real close friend?
A - Yung
- pag kasama ay hindi kailangang pag-ingatan ang pagsasalita kasi maiintindihan nya at iingatan nya ang sinasabi mo?
- hindi kailangan i-impress at hindi rin nagpapa-impress sa yo?
- kung sumasalungat man sa yo ay para lang sa ikabubuti mo?
- relaxed ka sa kanya at relaxed sya sa yo?
- wala kayong pretense sa isat-isa.
- kahit hindi laging agree sa yo, gusto ka pa ring kasama and vice versa.
NOTA! None Of The Above!
1. Nanay ng anak ko, hindi kami kasal at wala na kami matagal na.
2. Married woman, sumasakay ng barko ang husband, nagmamahalan kami ng 2 years na twing nasa barko ang husband nya pero lagi akong tinatakot na iiwan nya ako.
3. Isang lady counselor ko na nung iniwan ako ni No. 2 ay sya bigla ang tumihaya at ibinigay ang lahat ng gusto ko. Pero di ko sya mahal. Mapagbigay lang talaga sya kaya may nangyayari sa amin.
SINO PO TITO ANG PIPILIIN KO?
A -NOTA! None Of The Above!
Yung nanay ng anak mo (1), wala na kayo. Yung minahal mo (2), may asawa at ganyan ang ugali. Yung adviser mo (3) , di mo naman talaga gusto/mahal.
Lumayo ka muna sa lahat sa kanila para ka matahimik, manalangin at makapag-isip, pamangkin.
Zero ang love life ko?
Q - Tito, bakit po kaya hindi naman ako Coke eh Zero and love life ko?
A - Ganun talaga ang buhay, pamangkin.
Minsan mabuti pa ang
- post, nala-like.
- socks, may kapareha.
- target, nami-miss.
- lotto outlet, pinipilahan.
- ulam, tinitikman.
Pero maraming nilalang,
dine-dedma.
SADYANG GANYAN ANG BUHAY.
pamahiin?
Q - Paano po ba dapat ideal ng isang Christian ang mga pamahiin?
Mapamahiin po kasi ang mga tao sa barrio namin?
A - Respect people and their beliefs. Di dapat laitin, bale-walain o sadistahin at lalu pang suwayin. Especially kung aral ka nang aral ng Bible. Dapat ang unang talab at bunga say o ang kabaitan, kabutihan, kagandahang asal.
very important mark of civilized persons?
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.
Word of God?
Q - Di po ba dapat panindigan at ipaglaban and Word of God?
A - May 2 big words sa question mo: "God" and "Word" (of God)
Let's tackle muna yung "God".
Kung ang God na tinutukoy mo ay the same God din na tinutukoy ko,
magugustuhan mo ang sagot na YES.
(Panindigan at ipaglaban NATIN ang "word" ng God NATIN.)
Pero kung magkaiba tayo ng God na tinutukoy at pinaniniwalaan,
(and there are many religions with their own Gods)
magugustuhan mo pa ba ang YES answer ko?
Kasi magiging magkalaban tayo.
We will attack and destroy each other, using/obeying/fighting for the "word"
of our kanya-kanyang "Gods".
kuntento at makuntento?
Q - Di po ba dapat ang Christian kuntento at makuntento?
A - Makuntento kung nagawa mo na ang lahat ng kaya at yun na talaga ang bunga ng best effort mo.
PERO wag naman makuntento agad kung
- wala ka pang nagagawa
- ang konti pa lang ng effort mo
- pinagkakaitan ka ng dapat ay deserved mo.
Yung kuntento agad-agad kahit hindi dapat makuntento ay
- walang ambisyon
o
- tamad
o
bulag ang katwiran.
Hindi ganyan ang tunay na believer.
Monday, 23 November 2020
Temptasyon/Temptation
Q -May isang bagay lang na nahihirapan ako na alisin at patuloy pa rin po ako nagkakasala. May asawa na po ako pero patuloy pa rin po ako nagnanasa sa ibang babae.
A - Ang magnasa naman ay normal, up to a point kasi tao ka at talagang namang ang tao ay sexual beings.
Ang dapat lang ay hindi matupad, hindi tuluyang gawin ang ninanasa.
Huwag mong patagalin ang tukso pag pumasok sa isip mo.
Itaboy mo agad.
Hindi kasalanang matukso. Kasalanan lang pag sinunod mo ang tukso.
Kaya parang langaw ang tukso; pag dumapo, hindi mo kasalanan.
Pero pag hindi mo binugaw at itinaboy, responsible ka na.
Relax. Don't over react and condemn yourself needlessly.
Just put temptation under control.
Never allow it to dwell in your mind.
Taboy agad.
Q - Ginagawa ko po pero ang problema ko parang napakahina ko sa tukso.
Pabalik balik po ito, parang sexual addict na po ako.
Gusto ko na po iwasan lalo na po ngayon andito ako sa abroad at hindi ko po kasama ang aking asawa.
A - Hindi naman yan nawawala habang buhay ang tao, lalu na kung bata pa.
Learn to live with it; just do not obey it.
At hwag kang sobrang mag-guilt trip at mahiya o matakot sa Diyos.
God is your Creator; he remembers that you are dust and he loves and understands you.
- Ed Lapiz
Sunday, 22 November 2020
Saturday, 21 November 2020
Friday, 20 November 2020
LAGING NAAAPI?!
Q - Lagi po akong naaapi, nababale-wala, hindi pinakikinggan, hindi nasusunod at nagiging sunud-sunuran na lang ako sa gusto ng iba. Ano po ang pwede kong gawin para hindi maapi?
A - 1. Huwag kang kimi; huwag masyadong polite lalu na sa harap ng mga astig-astigan. Sabihin mo ang gusto mong sabihin; huwag kang sumang-ayon kung ayaw mo; express your opinion; disagree with people if really are in disagreement.
Stand up to domineering people and bullies.
2. Be more assertive. Speak louder, clearer. Don't allow people to cut you when you speak.
3. Dress well. Look good. If you like to be treated with resepct, look the part.
4. Be good at what you do; be an authority. Huwag kang sobrang submissive sa "authority" lalu hindi ka naman nila palamon. Hindi komo may rank or edad ay bow ka na agad.
5. Make money, a lot of it. Money talks. And when it does, people listen.
Thursday, 19 November 2020
major contents / messages
Q - Anu-ano po Tito ang major contents / messages ng posts nyo?
FOR WHAT do you post?
A - Anyone can observe that:
1. Practical, kind, loving, JESUS STYLE applications of biblical teachings in daily life. Spiritual growth unto JESUSNESS.
2. Freedom from oppressive, UN-Jesus religious teachings and practices, including suppressive and repressive traditions and social practices.
Appreciation and enjoyment of earthly life while enriching and growing the spirit the JESUS WAY.
3. Emotional rest, peace and serenity.
4. Forgiveness, understanding, acceptance, appreciation of and love for kapwa-tao. Celebration of humanity.
5. Intellectual growth and development and personal / professional productivity and fruitfulness.
6. Appreciation, enjoyment, love for and promotion of culture and the arts. The refinement and celebration of life!
7. Love for animals and the environment.
8. Love for country, ang Pilipinas nating mahal.
ATBP 
:-)
:-)2020 ISANG TANONG ISANG SAGOT
Q - Ngayong retired na ang asawa ko sa trabaho...biglang nagsulputan ang mga kawatan, hahaha. Feeling nila may pinatago silang pera at gusto na e-withdraw. Ano po ba ang magandang isagot sa mga ganitong tao e wala pa naman siya hawak na akala ng iba nagdadahilan lang hay...
A - Tell them plainly na wala kayong resources?!
Na wala talaga kayong perang pampamigay. At huwag mamigay.
Retired na nga sya, ibig sabihin greatly diminished na ang earning power nya.
Q - Tito, what types of comments on your posts would you delete?
A - Yung nakaka-NEGATE or nakaka-DISTRACT from the message.
Example:
Ang main message ng post ay "Have a peaceful sleep."
tapos may magko-comment ng "Ingat po sa bangungot..." DELETE pronto!
Kasi nine-negate yung message of peace at pinapalitan ng worry /concern!
Yan kasing "Ingat!" as comment or greeting or concern inevitably focuses on danger and thus stirs fear.
May mga words na sa biglang tingin ay parang para ka magkaroon ng peace, pero ang underlying effect ay takot at anxiety.
Another example:
Ang message ng post of a photo of Tito sleeping under a tree is "REST IN NATURE" tapos may comment na "Tito, saan po yan?" Or "Anong age nyo po sa photo?" DE-LETE agad! The actual location or my age are NOT the points but the idea of resting in natural surroundings.
Ang posts ng Tito ay ministry: mayrong well-thought out goals and objectives for the benefit ng mga pamangkin. Pinag-iisipan. Mayroong message.
Hindi lang para mag-post for the sake of posting.
Kaya dine-delete ang comment na nakaka-distract.
AT ! Yung may 2 options for LIKE tapos gagawa sya ng 3rd option nya! Hahahahahah! Nasisira yung intention to POLARIZE thought for clear choice.
Q - Pano ko po ihahandle ang mga fears ko?
A - Kundi nakakamatay, gawin mo lahat ---isa-isa.
The only way to conquer your fears is to face and overcome them.
What you fear become walls that imprison you.
Q - Tito I am in a very obviously one-sided relationship. By BF does not care for me even 15% of how much I care for him. Ako na lang ng ako ang thoughtful, kind, patient, etc. He gets and forgets while I give and forgive.
Sobra po akong lugi! Mahal po kaya nya ako talaga?
A -
HINDE!
Hindi-hindi ka nya mahal enough kung ganyang less than 15% ng love mo for him ang love nya for you.
Why keep this one-sided relationship?
GUMISING KA, MARUyA!
Get out of that unhealthy, unedifying, unsatisfying and unfair relationship.
Q - Ang hirap maging malaya, Tito!
Paano po ba di maging takot sa sasabihin at iisipin ng iba!?
A - Wag kang umasa sa kanila; at kung di ka nila palamon....di mo kailangang masyadong pahalagahan ang iniisip o sasabihin nila.
Q - Paano po kaya tutulong ang church namin sa flood victims?
A -
IF you do not have the
- knowledge, skills and equipment to keep your members safe from the viral infection,
- material tools to navigate the flood,
- health experts to train and lead you,
- necessary government permits and clearances particularly permits to travel and mix with crowds,
BETTER SEND YOUR HELP TO/THROUGH ACCREDITED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NGO's.
Iba ang situation ngayon dahil may threat of viral infection.
DO NOT ENDANGER YOUR WORKERS NA
- MAGKAHAWAHAN SILA-SILA,
- MAHAWAHAN NILA YUNG MGA TUTULUNGAN NYO,
- MAHAWAHAN KAYO NG MGA PUPUNTAHAN NYO o ng mga ibang mga tumutulong din.
Q - Pag po ba nag-asawa muli ang isang widow/widower, unfaithfulness po ba yon sa deceased spouse?
A -
Physical death cuts/voids the Marriage Contract and sets both the departed and the surviving person free from it.
At sa kabilang buhay,
- hindi na sila mag-asawa.
- wala nang mag-asawa ---SABI NI JESUS!
The surviving (former) spouse is free to marry
AS a single person.
Mark 12:18-25 ERV
18 Then some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that no one will rise from death.) They asked him a question: 19 "Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and had no children, his brother must marry the woman. Then they will have children for the dead brother. 20 There were seven brothers. The first brother married but died. He had no children. 21 So the second brother married the woman. But he also died and had no children. The same thing happened with the third brother. 22 All seven brothers married the woman and died. None of the brothers had any children with her. And she was the last to die. 23 But all seven brothers had married her. So at the time when people rise from death, whose wife will she be?"
24 Jesus answered, "How could you be so wrong? It's because you don't know what the Scriptures say. And you don't know anything about God's power. 25 When people rise from death, there will be no marriage. People will not be married to each other. All people will be like angels in heaven.
Luke 20:34 ERV
34 Jesus said to the Sadducees, "On earth, people marry each other. 35 Some people will be worthy to be raised ffrom death and live again after this life. In that life they will not marRY.
Q - Gusto ko pong mag GROW spiritually ---REALLY GROW. Any advice po?
A -
To GROW you must OUTgrow something.
You want to really grow spiritually?
OUTgrow ---grow out of ---many religious constructs/ boxes
in your mind.
WAG MATAKOT MAGBAGO NG ISIP.
REVIEW
QUESTION
DECONSTRUCT
every religious thought na isinaksak sa utak mo.
Tapos, yung natira matapos magsala,
RECONFIGURE
RECONSTITUTE
RECONSTRUCT
into your new spiritual awareness /consciousness.
This time, pinag-isipan mo, hindi lang isinaksak sa utak mo ng iba.
Q - Lumubog po kami sa utang dahil sa kabibigay ng palihim ng misis ko sa pamilya nya. Based on my salary and capacity to pay, three years to pay po ang credit card utang namin. Ano po ang dapat kong gawin? Umamin po si misis at humihingi ng tawad.
A - Itali mo si misis sa langgaman for three years, habang nagbabayad ka ng utang na palihim nyang ginawa?
Siguro hindi mo naman kayang gawin yan kaya ito na lang:
1. Do you best best na mabayaran AGAD LAHAT ng credit card utang kasi ay napakalaki ng INTEREST NYAN pag minimum payment lang ang ibabayad mo sa loob ng 3 years. Baka lumaki at humaba pa ang bayaran.
2. Tanggalan mo si misis ng credit card use privilege at kontrolin mo personally ang finances ninyo. Obviously, you cannot trust her in that department.
Q - Problemado po ako about love life. Dahil sa tukso po sa akin sa edad ko. Single pa po ako. Lagi po akong umiinom dahil lang dun kasi po nainlove po ako sa sobrang bata. Binlock pa po nya ako sa fb kaya parang naghahabol tuloy ako sa kanya.
Q - Relax ka lang.
Kahit gaano ka-intense ng love, lumilipas din.
Do not damage yourself or others dahil sa emotions na malamang ay lilipas din pagdaan ng panahon.
Get busy with other productive things.
Pray for God's strengbthening.
PAMANGKINS: LET' S PRAY FOR THIS PINSAN OF YOURS.
Q - Tito Ed, bata po akong Pastor, I am 22, graduated with a degree in Theology. I feel less because I graduated with this degree. Alam ko po mali, pero parang nahihiya po ako sa tinapps ko. Siguro po dahil sa hirap na nararanasan ko ngayun sa ministry. Samantalang yung kasabayan ko po may mga gainful employment na. Tulungan niyo po ako please.
A - When you can, get another degree para mas maging well-rounded ang knowledge mo. Bata ka pa, so much to know, do and accomplish.
Wag kang masiraan ng loob. Mahirap talaga ang magsimula.
Basta isipin mo: nagtatanim muna ang tao bago umani.
Huwag kang ma-inggit sa iba: kanya-kanyang calling at misyon ang mga tao.
I'm glad you are in the ministry, pamangkin!
BROAD-MINDED ?
Q - Mukha po kayong very broad-minded sa beliefs and theological stand, liberal at maluwag sa pangunguna sa flock. Have you always been like that?
A - In my more than 40 years of non-stop ministry, study and observation, I have seen it all, I have done it all: I have gone full circle.
I have been militantly Pharisaic, super strict about what songs are sung and what tunes are played at worship; what everyone wore; etc. No long hair for men, no short hair for women, etc; nobody could serve if there was a slightest hint of indiscretion.
I have kept and put out of the ministry not a few excellent persons because of "morality" issues. I have lost some precious friends because of theological differences.
Been there; done that.
But I realized perhaps a bit of what Solomon learned after a lifelong study: Everything is Vanity/Meaningless; a chasing after the wind.
Like what he said in
Ecclesiastes 9:11 (NIV)
11 I have seen something else under the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
---
Ganun din ang nakita ko sa ministry:
Church growth is not always to the most outwardly holy;
Spiritual battle is not always won by the conservative and dogmatic;
Blessings do not always come to the "authoritative" and "anointed";
Heavenly favor does not always go to the seemingly righteous;
Religiosity does not always mean godliness;
Studying the Bible especially formally as a specialty does not always create good character;
Making war for doctrine does not always mean correctness;
Narrow and strict compliance with and imposition of one's theological stand does not always translate into personal righteousness;
Etc Etc Etc
Conservative or liberal;
Ano man ang Bible version na ginagamit;
Ano man ang outward appearance;
Ano man ang preferences sa buhay;
Sinuman ang minamahal o nagmamahal;
Paano man nagpabautismo;
Ano man ang kinakain at iniinom sa Lord's Supper;
May Pasko man o wala;
Linggo man o Sabado sumasamba;
Ano man ang denominasyon;
Etc Etc Etc
Pare-pareho lang ang lahat:
Puro may kulang, may sakit, may sugat: iba-iba lang nga.
Lahat makasalanan pa rin, marumi pa rin,
mapagbalat-kayo lang,
kulang at umaasa lang sa habag at pag-ibig ng Diyos.
So, bakit hindi magiging mahabagin at maibigin?
Bakit magiging Phariseeic at church bully?
Bakit laging magagalit at makikipag-kagalit?
Bakit laging hahanapan ng mali ang kapwa?
Bakit laging itataas ang sarili?
Bakit mananakit ng damdamin para sa "doctrine"?
Bakit manghuhusga at magtatakwil ng kapwa na kapareho lang namang kulang?
So I learned from more than four decades of dedicated, focused and studious ministry.
I learned from Solomon and Jesus.
"Everything" is meaningless.
Even to Jesus, all the laws are meaningless kaya isa lang ang ibinigay nyang bagong utos pamalit sa lahat-lahat ng utos: LOVE.
Sabi nya: "Everyone who has gone before me was a thief."
Ang problema, matapos ituro ang pag-ibig ni Jesus,
biglang ibabalik at isisingit muli ang tambak-tambak na laws!
I understand modern-day Pharisees: I've been there; I've done that.
But thank God for getting me out of that vicious religious cycle where everything and everyone outside of one's orbit is vilified, demonized, ridiculed and hurt in the name of "doctrine"!
Graduate na tayo dyan.
Papunta pa lang ang iba, salamat naman at pabalik/pauwi na tayo.
Nawa sa maiksing buhay na ito, makabalik at makauwi rin ang lahat para makapagpahinga naman at matahimik sa pag-ibig ni Jesus. ~
Q - Ano po ang magandang gawin ng sobrang talinong tao sa mga taong malapit sa kanya pero di kasing talino nya o hindi matalino at all?
A -
1. Mag-adjust. Yung mas matalino ang mag-aadjust kasi hindi yan kaya ng less matalino. Hindi naman ibig sabihi'y makisali sa mga level ng pag-iisip ng madla.
Adjust lang...hwag paghanapang masyado ang madla.
2. Dalahan/Babaan nya ng katalinuhan ang madla pero yun lang na kaya nilang maintindhan, tanggapin at ma-appreciate.
3. Huwag na nyang guluhin, ligaligin, ugain, yanigin, sindakin, etc ng katalinuhan ang madla. Malilito lang sila. Solohin na lang nya ang mataas na kaalaman at i-share na lang nya ang mga application na kayang lulunin at tunawin ng madla.
Jesus says in
Matthew 7:6 (NIV)
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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Talagang it could be lonely at the top ---especially at the top of the intelligence/ wisdom/ enlightenment pyramid.
Don't have a reputation for easy generosity, for being madaling lapitan, maluwag, mapera, mabait, etc KUNG AYAW MONG hindi ka tigilan, hindi tantanan, hindi lubayan, hindi pagpahingahin, hindi kahabagan ng mga palaasa, palahingi, paladaing at pabigat sa buhay hanggang ikaw ay mapagod, magsawa, mainis, manghina at maghirap.
Q - Tito, di po ba magandang ipayo ang pagiging mapagbigay, mabait at generous?
A - Para ano, para maapi, maabuso, matalo? No way.
I want my pamangkins to be free, to be winners, to be fruitful and happy.
Hindi ko kayo papayuhang magpaka-api, magpaka-kawawa, magdusa at maghirap.
All others give that payo already. Yung gusto ng ganung buhay, dun na lang magpa-counsel. I don't want my pamangkins to become victims of thieves!
John 10:10 (CEV) Jesus:
10 A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest.
Matthew 10:16 (CEV) Jesus:
16 I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Q - Sobra po akong disagree sa pamamalakad ng tatay ko sa pamilya namin.
Ayaw naman po nyang makinig at sobra syang authoritative.
Ano po ang magandang gawin?
A -
Kung hindi naman nakamamatay, live with it; live with him habang hindi ka pa independent.
Pag may sarili ka ng buhay,
pag nagsasarili ka na o naging tatay ka na,
dun mo gawin ang gusto mong pamamalakad ng buhay.
Q - Tito bakit po kaya ako nabubuhay?
A - Pamangkin, dapat mong sagutin yan sa sarili mo.
Pag may ibang nagbigay sa yo ng sagot,
baka mabuhay ka para lang sa sagot nila.
BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?
Q - Why can some very terrible "accidents",
grave illnesses, horrible crimes, tragic deaths, etc happen to or against very godly, good and kind people, even morally upright religious leaders?
Why doesn't God intervene to prevent such things from happening?
A -
The purest law of God is the law of nature.
God created nature and ordained natural laws to govern it.
Natural Law is above all man-made laws, including religious and moral law ---
all of which came much much later than Creation.
And one of Natural Law's most basic principles is Cause and Effect.
Morality and religiosity, even righteousness or rightness,
exempt no one from natural law especially the rule of Cause and Effect.
If "terrible" things happen, there are causes that make them happen.
When natural law is bypassed, over ruled or aborted, like when the natural and automatic "effect" is suppressed despite the "cause",
that is called by believers as a miracle.
A miracle is a suspension, bypassing, or superseding/cancellation of Natural Law.
The author of Natural Law should not be always expected to suspend it to accommodate various, sometimes even conflicting, individual or personal human agenda.
Q - Tito! Nakakainis po ang BF ko!! Sobrang maginoo!! Wala man lang kahit konting kabastusan!??? Boring po pala sa gurl pag sobra at laging iginagalang? Heeeelp!
A - Gusto mo ipakulong kita sa city jail na punung puno ng mga lalaking hindi laging magalang?
Q - Young / New preacher po ako Tito.
Any tip on how to be excellent?
A -
Study at least 10 hours for every one hour of preaching.
And unless you read the original Hebrew and Greek texts, you are surely reading only a translation.
And translations could be/are INTERPRETATIONS already.
So, by reading translations, you are immediately removed some distance from the original text, context and meaning.
UNDERSTAND THE TEXTS AS CLOSELY TO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE as possible.
Have excellent study sources that explain the text as the original language says.
Usually, there will be more than one way to read and interpret it when you refer to the original language.
And many interpretations already choose ONE reading / interpretation for you!
(Some do include the other possible readings in footnotes.)
So, HAVE EXCELLENT REFERENCES TO CONSULT.
Or have a Hebrew and Greek language consultant that you could ask about other possibilities of reading and interpreting the text/original language.
Q - Para pong naasiwa akong aminin na matanda na ako?
Ni ayaw ko pong magpamano?
A -
Gusto mo ma-dedo nang bata pa para wala kang ika-asiwa?
Welcome and embrace senior age!
Privilege yan.
Hindi lahat humahaba ang buhay para abutin ang old age!
To deny, be embarrassed by and ashamed of old age is ingratitude and disrespect for God who extends life and gives breath and everything.
Pag itinago o ikinahiya ang edad, para mo nang sinabi sa Diyos na kunin ka na para hindi ka tumanda o mahalatang matanda!
Every year added to earthly life should be thanked for and celebrated, not hidden like some dark crime!
It is both a gift and an accomplishment!
LINDOL?!
Q - Ang lindol po ba ay gawa ng Diyos? Sabi ng iba ito daw ay galit ng Diyos dahil sa sobrang kasamaan na ng tao?
A -
Natural occurance yan. Automatic movements in/of Creation. Hindi naman dapat deadly kung ang tao at nasa safe na lugar o ang mga human made structures ay safe
Sa lagay twing may makasalanan lilindol? Eh di dapat nonstop lindol 24/7?
Q - Ang solusyon daw po po para di na lumindol ay kailangan magbalik loob sa Diyos ang lahat ng tao...
A - Magandang magbalik-loob ang tao sa Dios, pero ewan lang kung ano ang kinalaman nun sa Lindol.... Sa lagay nung wala pang tao sa mundo, walang lindol?
At nasan kaya ang verse na nagsasabing pag may makasalanan ay lilindol?
Magandang lumapit ang tao sa Dios, pero hindi para lang wag lumindol.
Twing may crisis, repentance ang solusyon?
Q - Bakit po twing may disaster sa Old Testament, ang prescription ng priests ay repentance from sin? NA SYANG GINAGAYA NG MARAMI NGAYON?
Twing may crisis, repentance ang solusyon?
A - Turo kasi noon ng priests sa Israel na sila ang mahal at paborito ng Diyos.
Kaya pag sila ay natatalo sa giyera, o nagkakaron ng crisis, nauuga at humihina yung teaching nila na yun. Hindi nila maipaliwanag kung bakit sa kabila ng pagiging "mahal at paborito sila ng Diyos" (sabi nila!) ay natatalo at nagkaka-crisis pa rin sila.
So, ang pinaka convenient excuse / way out / explanation ng religion ay SISIHIN ANG MGA TAO DAHIL MAKASALANAN SILA!
E dahil sa totoo naman na hindi sila nakatutupad sa mga turo at batas ng relihiyon nila ---madaling tanggapin ng madla na sila nga ang dahilan ng crisis ---kaya repentance ang hatol. Tuloy, nagiging CONDITIONAL and TRANSACTIONAL ang dating ng love of God for them: love sila pag obedient, at paparusahan pag disobedient.
So pag ganun, nasan na yung love at favorite sila?
Pero sa tulong ng teaching na yan, nakalulusot ang religious leaders sa
di-maipaliwanag na pagkalihis ng teaching nila and the reality on the ground.
Jeremiah 8.8 CEV
You say, "We are wise
because we have the teachings
and laws of the LORD."
But I say that your teachers
have turned my words
into lies!
Jeremiah 23.11 NIV
"Both prophet and priest are godless;
even in my temple I find their wickedness,"
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 23.30-32 CEV
These unfaithful prophets claim I give them their dreams, but it isn't true. I didn't choose them to be my prophets, and yet they babble on and on, speaking in my name, while stealing words from each other. And when my people hear these liars, they are led astray instead of being helped. So I warn you that I am now the enemy of these prophets. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Feeling lang yun.
Q - Ano po ang pwedeng gawin pag dumating ka na sa point na feeling mo di ka pinakikinggan ni Lord, yung feeling mo di ka naman Nya talaga mahal?
A - Feeling lang yun.
God loves us no matter what.
But God's love does not always equate to yes answers to your prayers.
Proverbs 23:33
Ang Number One TORTURER
ng marami ay ang SARILING ISIP.
Isip nang isip ng mga
- nakaka-disturb.
- nakaka-worry.
- nakaka-lungkot.
Tapos marami naman sa ini-isip ay IMAGINED: GUNI-GUNI lang.
*
Maawa sa sarili.
CHOOSE /FILTER what you allow to enter and dwell in your mind.
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Proverbs 23:33
You will see weird things, and your mind will play tricks on you.
Masama ang loob sa pagtulong?
Q - Masama po ang loob ko sa mga taong matapos kung tulungan ng bonggang-bongga ay nilimot lang ako!
A - Wag ka nang magsama-sama ng loob pamangkin.
God is just.
Yung dapat ay "sukli/bayad" nila sa kabutihan mo na hindi nila ibinigay/ibinibigay sa yo ay and Diyos ang
1. nagbabalik/nagdadagdag sa yo.
2. kumukuha/bumabawas mula sa kanila.
Galatians 6:7 (CEV)
7 You cannot fool God, so don’t make a fool of yourself! You will harvest what you plant.
If you plant goodness, you harvest goodness.
If they plant ingratitude, they will harvest its fruit.
How to minimize grief when a loved one dies?
Q - How to minimize grief when a loved one dies?
A - Give all the love you could give while they are alive. When they pass on, let go.
Be grateful for the privilege of having loved them.
illusion vs reality
Q - Gusto ko po laging kasama at kasabay ang mga mahal ko sa buhay!
A - Walang mga planeta, kahit dalawa lang, ang laging pareho ng spin, speed, orbit, o direction. So, bitawan mo na lang ang ilusyong yan!
Which one to choose, the Natural Law or God's Law?
Q - In our pursuit of sense of self worth, that is spending time with people who value/love us and ignoring / avoiding the ones who continually hurt or devalue us, do we contradict the teaching of Jesus in Mat 5:39" Do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also. ".
Which one to choose, the Natural Law or God's Law?
A-
Not all the verses share the same context with all other verses and therefore they will differ in application.
Kasi situational ang “truth”.
Like “there is a time to kill, for war, etc!"
Hindi naman laging time for love, for peace!
So pag may parang contradicting thoughts, or verses,
how do you find and apply Jesusness? Hanapin mo kung alin ang mas effectively loving and kind — to all concerned, even/ especially to you! Kasi “love others as you love yourself!”
If you wont avoid people who hurt you, loving pa ba yun to yourself!
Loving pa ba yun of justice if you would allow yourself to be wronged repeatedly?
All verses have their own unique context. They are not to be automatically “true” and applicable in all situations!
Choose the kindest contextual application.
A Lady with a past
A Lady with a past
Q - Pastor, I had a relationship before with a married man and I confessed and repented my sin and so grateful to God for His sufficient grace. Now I'm in a relationship that God has gifted me with. Should I still tell that person about that past sin?
A -
Kung hindi nagtatanong, baka hindi na kailanganng sabihan.
Pakiramdaman mo.
Kung sya ay magtapat ng past nya, eh di ikaw din.
Pag quiet sya eh baka mabuting quiet ka na rin? Makiramdam kang mabuti.
Pero baka mahalaga sa kanya ang virginity at inaakala nyang virgin ka, mabuting magtapat bago magpakasala para walang sisihan sa huli. Pero wala na lang details ang kwento. Just the general idea?
Kung hindi naman big deal sa kanya ang virginity, baka mas maganadang huwag nang hukayin ang mga multo ng nakaraan?
Q -
Yun lang po yung sinabi kong details Pastor. Na hindi na po ako virgin. Sinabi nya na sya rin daw po. We confided of our past pero generic lang po. Tama po ba yun?
Hindi na po detalyado.
A -
Tama na yun. Baka makasakit lang ng loob ang bloody details.
Blessings to the two of you.
40 years old pero mukhang batang-batang-bata pa!
Q - Tito, I'm more than 40 years old pero mukhang batang-batang-bata pa! (Salamat po, doctor!) Pero bakit kaya pag nagpopost ako ng magaganda, kaakit-akit at glamorosang pictures ko ay hindi man lang nagla-like ang mga female friends ko? Kinacareer ko naman po ang posing...kahit nga nung minsang kinecremate ang nanay ng BFF ko, nagpapicture ako sa isang sulok at ang ganda-ganda ng result. Dramatic kasi ang lighting. Maganda rin po palang background ang mga nakahelerang urns na wala pang laman. But my friends remain mysteriously silent? Inggit po kaya sila, Tito?
A - Puede, pamangkin.
At depende sa success ni Doctor, o sa dating ng mga urns, puede ring nandidiri, naasiwa o nahihiya for your sake?
Manalamin kang mabuti para masuri mo kung alin talaga ang dahilan ng kanilang mahiwagang pananahimik.
While others might refuse to comment out of envy, meron ding ayaw mag-comment kasi ayaw makasakit ng damdamin.
(At bakit naman pati sa crematorium ay nagpo-pose ka? Bakit di mo pa sinubukan dun sa pugon mismo?)
Q - PS. Minsan Tito, nagpose din po ako sa baha! Yes, tito, habang basang-basa ng ulan ang boobs ko at nakalubog ako sa baha hanggang waist level. Maganda rin pong background ang mga inaanod na basura. May texture. ......
A - Sino ba kasi ang nagturo sa yo ng photography at modeling pamangkin?
May texture-texture ka pa! Eh baha yun, di ka ba natakot na makuryente ng mga natumbang poste at lumubog na live wire?
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