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!
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