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Q - Dapat po ba talagang hindi muna patayuin sa pulpito ang isang pastor na magulo ang relasyon sa kaniyang pamilya sa ngayon?

 Q - Dapat po ba talagang hindi muna patayuin sa pulpito ang isang pastor na magulo ang relasyon sa kaniyang pamilya sa ngayon?

A -

UNFAIR naman yan.

Hindi naman yun ang kailangan para sya makatayo sa pulpit kundi marunong ba sya sa Bible at mahusay ba syang mangaral.

Sa tingin ko, hindi naman dapat requirement yang perfect family life sa pastor.

PANO KUNG YUNG FAMILY MEMBERS NYA ANG MAGULO/ may kasalanan?

You would hold it against the pastor?

At paano/bakit mo nalamang magulo ang family life nya? Through chismis?

Pag ganyan, eh di huwag ding padaluhin at paupuin sa pews ang members na magulo ang buhay? Bakit yung pastor lang?

AT ISALI NA RIN ANG MGA BIBLE STUDY TEACHERS, Sunday School Teachers, Singers, Instrumentalists, Ushers, etc. Pag may gulo sa pamilya nila, tanggalan ng ministry! Siguradong WALANG MATITIRANG NAGLILINGKOD.

Kaya hindi lumalago at namumunga ang church, we punish those who serve with unrealistic expectations and unkind treatment!

Ganito ang marami that why we lose so many good pastors or discourage many potential pastors from being in the ministry.

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Q - Di po ba dapat tanggalin sa ministry ang isang pastor na magulo ang pamilya? Ayon sa

1 Timothy 3.4?

A -

Let's study the verse. It is part of

1 Tim 3.1-5 (CEV)

It is true that anyone who desires to be a church official wants to be something worthwhile. That’s why officials must have a good reputation and be faithful in marriage. They must be self-controlled, sensible, well-behaved, friendly to strangers, and able to teach. They must not be heavy drinkers or troublemakers. Instead, they must be kind and gentle and not love money.

Church officials must be in control of their own families, and they must see that their children are obedient and always respectful. If they don’t know how to control their own families, how can they look after God’s people?

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The context tell us that the pastor or church official must do his part to have a godly family. The verses emphasize what the church leader should do.

So, they become unqualifed/ disqualified ONLY IF they willfully NOT do or try to achieve these ideal family situations. Like if they are personally ungodly or negligent in teaching and leading their families.

However, if they are doing their best to effect these AND IT IS THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS who do not cooperate, the fault is no longer with the responsible family head /church leader and he should NOT be disqualified from ministry because of the free-will exercise of his wife or children to NOT be orderly and godly themselves!

You disqualify the leader only IF he DOES NOT do what he must to be godly

and to lead his family to/ in godliness, NOT because his family members, on their accord, live ungodly lives.

Even God holds us accountable only for our PERSONAL behavior, not for the behavior of others, even they might be our family members!

Romans 14:12 (NIV)

So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

YOU DO NOT PUNISH PETER FOR THE SIN OF JOHN!

BAWAL MAMIESTA AT KUMAIN NG MAY DUGO?

 BAWAL MAMIESTA AT KUMAIN NG MAY DUGO?

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Q - Bawal daw pong mamiesta kasi “Don’t eat meat offered to idols?

Bawal din daw kumain ng Dinuguan?”

A -

1. Ang mga pista at sa Pilipinas at ang mga “patron saints” ng pista ay hindi one and the same as the religious feasts and “idols/demons” na tinukoy ni Paul sa Corinthians.

2. Sa mga feasts sa Corinth at iba pang bayan nang panahong yon ay literal na inihahadog sa idols ang food. At may “immoral” sexual activities na kasama sa feast.

Sa mga pista sa Pilipinas ay wala namang formal na ritual offering and dedicating the foods to idols.

Ang food ay handa para sa mga taong kakain ---hindi handog sa idols!

(Wag sapilitang ikonek!)

SO, MAGKA-IBA. Wag gawing isa. Hindi kailangan at hindi contextually correct to exactly apply sa Pilipinas fiestas

ang teachings sa Corinthians noong unang panahon.

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The Jews considered foods to be spiritually UNCLEAN

BY 1. ASSOCIATION if offered to idols and eaten as part of religious ritual that usually also featured sexual activities.

“Bawal kainin” yung meat kasi para kainin yun, dapat sumali

sa idol worship and group sex or sex with temple prostitutes as way to be in union with the idol. Yes, may mga female and male temple “prostitutes”; ang ibig makipag-union with a god/goddess/idol ay, by substitution, makikipag-union/sex with a temple prostitute.

Sa ganitong sex galit na galit si Paul:

Sex with a temple prostitute to be in union with a god/idol kasi idolatrous sex na yun!

The Jews also considered foods to be spiritually UNCLEAN

BY 2. MANNER OF PREPARATION.

Dapat KOSHER or hindi binigti ang animal kasi may matitirang blood with the flesh: dapat igang-iga /completely drained out ang blood dahil sa:

Leviticus 17:10-13 ERV

“I will turn against those who eat blood… This is because the life of the body is in the blood….you must not eat blood.

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At dyan pumapasok ang isyu about meat bought from the markets: Baka nai-offer sa temple bago itininda o baka galing sa

/sobra sa mga temple eating rituals at itininda sa palengke!?

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Ito ang issues nung panahon ni Jesus. Ang daming meats na suspects ---kaya hindi tuloy makain, while so many people were hungry and malnourished. At dahil may mga hindi makatiis (ng gutom or appetite), kinakain nila ang mga ganitong suspect meats kaya tuloy nahuhusgahan at naka-cancel sila ng madla sa pangunguna ng Pharisees.

Ang DAMI-DAMING GULO dahil sa

unclean foods issues.

ENTER JESUS.

Ephesians 2:14-15 ERV

… By giving his own body, Christ ENDED the law with its many commands and rules.

The CEV says “Christ DESTROYED the Law with all its rules and commands…”

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JESUS DECLARED ALL FOODS TO BE CLEAN TO EAT.

Pampagaan ng buhay, pampalaya sa Law.

Matthew 15:11-20 ERV

It is not what people put in their mouth that makes them wrong (unclean). It is what comes out of their mouth that makes them wrong.”

Then the followers came to Jesus and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees are upset about what you said?”

Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. STAY AWAY FROM THE PHARISEES. They lead the people, but THEY ARE LIKE BLIND MEN LEADING OTHER BLIND MEN. And if a blind man leads another blind man, both of them will fall into a ditch.”

Peter said, “Explain to us what you said earlier to the people.”

Jesus said, “Do you still have trouble understanding? Surely you know that all the food that enters the mouth goes into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body. But the bad things people say with their mouth come from the way they think. And that’s what can make people wrong… These are the things that make people wrong. Eating …will never make people unacceptable to God.”

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AFTER JESUS HAD RETURNED TO GOD, marami pa ring naging problems sa young church about Jewish teachings and traditions, including food issues ---kung ano na by then ang lugar ng Law sa emerging “Christianity”. Maraming dahil Jewish ang paniniwala at culture, ipinilit nilang i-import into Christianity ang maraming Jewish laws and practices especially circumcision ---and food!

Acts 15:5 ERV

Some of the believers in Jerusalem had BELONGED TO THE PHARISEES. They stood up and said, “The non-Jewish believers must be circumcised. We must tell them to obey the Law of Moses!”

• PHARISEES INFILTRATED THE JESUS “CHURCH” to-be

very early on, and insisted imposing the Law (THAT JESUS CAME TO DESTROY /END) on the just-emerging “Christian” faith.

AT SINABI NA NGA NI JESUS NA "STAY AWAY FROM THE PHARISEES", remember?

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Acts 15:1-21 ERV

Then some men came to Antioch from Judea and began teaching the non-Jewish believers: “You cannot be saved if you are not circumcised as Moses taught us.” (RE-ENTER MOSESNESS!)

Paul and Barnabas were against this teaching and argued with these men about it. So the group decided to send Paul, Barnabas, and some others to Jerusalem to talk more about this with the apostles and elders.

5 Some of the believers in Jerusalem had belonged to the Pharisees.

(AYAN, ENTER THE PHARISEES SA

CHRISTIAN CHURCH!)

They stood up and said, “The non-Jewish believers must be circumcised. We must tell them to obey the Law of Moses!”

(BALIK- MOSESNESS /PHARISEENESS)

6 Then the apostles and the elders gathered to study this problem. 7 After a long debate, Peter stood up and said to them, 10 “So now, why are you putting a heavy burden

(MOSESNESS /PHARISEENESS)

around the necks of the non-Jewish followers of Jesus? Are you trying to make God angry? We and our fathers were not able to carry that burden. 11 No, we believe that we and these people will be saved the same way—by the grace of the Lord Jesus.”

13 When they finished speaking, James said, … 19 “… we should not make things hard for those who have turned to God from among the non-Jewish people. 20 Instead, we should send a letter telling them only the things they should not do:

Don’t eat food that has been given to idols.

This makes the food unclean.

(NA-CANCEL ANG TEACHING NI

JESUS THAT “ALL FOODS

ARE CLEAN AND MAY BE EATEN.”)

Don’t be involved in sexual sin.

(SEX IN TEMPLE WORSHIP ang

context.)

Don’t eat meat from animals that have been strangled or any meat that still has the blood in it.

(NA-CANCEL ANG TEACHING NI

JESUS:

BALIK-LEVITICUS, BALIK-LAW!)

21 They should not do any of these things, because there are still men in every city who teach the Law of Moses. The words of Moses have been read in the synagogue every Sabbath day for many years.”

(AYUN ANG REASON: MOSESNESS

pa rin!)

NAGTAGUMPAY ANG INFILTRATION

AND INFLUENCE NG PHARISEES

OVER THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN

CHURCH!

NA-CANCEL SI JESUS /ANG

JESUSNESS.

NAGPATULOY ANG

FOOD/JEWISHNESS /PHARISEENESS

ISSUES.

NAG-BACK SLIDE ANG

CHRISTIANITY TO MOSESNESS.

(And the backslide continued in the

following 2K years of Christian

history---until now, 2023.)

LET's LOOK AT

1 Corinthians 10.19-31 ERV PAUL TEACHES:

19… an idol is nothing, and the things offered to idols are worth nothing.

• “BALE-WALA /HINDI ISYU ANG FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLS.

.: OK LANG KUMAIN NITO.”

20 But I am saying that when food is sacrificed to idols, it is an offering to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to share anything with demons.

TAPOS BIGLANG OFFERED TO DEMONS NA ANG SAME FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLS?

.: BIGLANG HINDI NA OK ANG PAGKAIN NITO?

Ganyan talaga mag-isip at magsulat si Paul: Nakakalito sa marami.

23 “All things are allowed,” you say. But not all things are good. “All things are allowed.” But some things don’t help anyone. 24 Try to do what is good for others, not just what is good for yourselves.

• “PERO SASABIHIN NYONG ALL THINGS ARE ALLOWED NAMAN, SO WHY NOT

EAT?

OO NGA, ALL THINGS ARE ALLOWED, PERO HINDI NAMAN LAHAT NG ALLOWED AY USEFUL. MERONG MGA HINDI USEFUL SA IBA.

SIKAPING GAWIN KUNG ALIN ANG MAKABUBUTI SA KAPWA, HINDI LANG SA SARILI.

IOW: KAHIT ALLOWED NAMANG KUMAIN NYAN, KUNG HINDI MAKABUBUTI SA IBA ANG PAGKAIN NYO, WAG NA LANG.”

25 Eat any meat that is sold in the meat market. Don’t ask questions about it to see if it is something you think is wrong to eat. 26 You can eat it, “because the earth and everything in it belong to the Lord.”

• BIGLANG EAT ANYTHING NA NAMAN. “LAHAT NAMAN AY GAWA NG AT GALING SA DIOS.”

27 Someone who is not a believer might invite you to eat with them. If you want to go, then eat anything that is put before you. Don’t ask questions to see if it is something you think is wrong to eat.

• “EAT NA LANG NANG EAT.

KAHIT UNBELIEVER ANG MAG-INVITE, KAININ ANG ANUMANG IHAIN NILA.”

28 But if someone tells you, “That food was offered to idols,” then don’t eat it. That’s because some people think it is wrong, and it might cause a problem for the person who told you that. 29 I don’t mean that you think it is wrong. But the other person might think it is wrong. That’s the only reason not to eat it.

• “KUNG MAY MAGSABING DON’T EAT IT KASI OFFERED TO IDOLS

(SA PANINIWALA NYA AY BAWAL OR BAWAL PA RIN, PERO HINDI

SA PANINIWALA MO) WAG MO NA LANG KAININ KASI BAKA DI MAINTINDIHAN NUNG NAGSABI (NA PUEDE NAMAN TALAGA)

---AT MA-OFFEND SYA. YUN LANG ANG REASON NOT TO EAT,

HINDI DAHIL BAWAL TALAGA; CONSIDERATION LANG SA MABABAW ANG FAITH.”

My own freedom should not be judged by what another person thinks. 30 I eat the meal with thankfulness. So I don’t want to be criticized because of something I thank God for.

• TAPOS BIGLANG “MAY FREEDOM AKO AT DI AKO DAPAT I-JUDGE DAHIL SA INIISIP NG IBA. NAGPASALAMAT NAMAN AKO, SO AYOKONG MAPULAAN SAPAGKAIN NG IPINAGPASALAMAT KO NAMAN SA DIOS.”

31 So if you eat, or if you drink, or if you do anything, do it for the glory of God.

• “GAWIN MO NA LANG KUNG ALIN ANG GLORIFYING TO GOD:

WAG NA LANG KUMAIN KUNG MAY MAO-OFFEND.

1 Corinthians 8 ERV

1 Now I will write about meat that is sacrificed to idols.

4 So this is what I say about eating meat: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know that there is only one God. 6 ...and he is our Father.

• “IISA ANG DIOS. WALA NAMAN TALAGANG EXISTING DIOS-DIOSAN.”

1 Corinthians 8.7 But not all people know this. Some have had the habit of worshiping idols. So now when they eat meat, they still feel as if it belongs to an idol. They are not sure that it is right to eat this meat. So when they eat it, they feel guilty.

• “PERO HINDI ITO MALINAW SA LAHAT, LALU NA SA MGA NASANAY NA MAY IDOLS /GODS SA PANINIWALA NILA.

PAG ANG MGA GANITONG TAO AY KUMAKAIN NG FOODS OFFERED TO IDOLS, naiisip pa rin nilang polluted yung food. NAGI-GUILTY TULOY SILA.”

1 Corinthians 8.8 But food will not bring us closer to God. Refusing to eat does not make us less pleasing to God, and eating does not make us closer to him.

“PERO WALANG KINALAMAN ANG PAGKAIN SA RELASYON NATIN SA DIOS. HINDI TAYO NALALAPIT SA DIOS DAHIL SA PAGTANGGI NATIN SA PAGKAIN, AT HINDI RIN TAO NALALAYO DAHIL SA KUNG ANO ANG KINAKAIN NATIN.”

• “THEREFORE, hindi talaga isyu kung ano ang kinakain natin at hindi kinakain.

MALAYA TAYONG KUMAIN NG ANUMAN O HINDI KUMAIN NG ANUMAN.”

1 Corinthians 8.9 But be careful with your freedom. Your freedom to eat anything may make those who have doubts about what they can eat fall into sin. 10 You understand that it’s all right to eat anything, so you can eat even in an idol’s temple. But someone who has doubts might see you eating there, and this might encourage them to eat meat sacrificed to idols too. But they really think it is wrong. 11 So this weak brother or sister—someone Christ died for—is lost because of your better understanding. 12 When you sin against your brothers and sisters in Christ in this way and you hurt them by causing them to do things they feel are wrong, you are also sinning against Christ. 13 So if the food I eat makes another believer fall into sin, I will never eat meat again. I will stop eating meat, so that I will not make my brother or sister sin.

• PERO KUNG DAHIL SA PAGKAIN MO NG FOODS NA GANYAN AY MA-OFFEND ANG MGA TAONG KULANG ANG PANG-UNAWA NA PUEDE NAMAN TALAGANG KAININ YAN ---MAGKAKASALA KA SA KAPATID NA MAHINA ANG PANANAMPALATAYA SA KALAYAAN KAY JESUS NA KAININ YAN ---AT NAGI-GUILTY TULOY.

(PERO KUNG WALANG MAO-OFFEND, EH DI KUMAIN?)”

• Ang teachings ni Paul on foods offered to idols ay may context: the ritual worship to gods in Corinth featuring offering foods to the gods and then eating/sharing the food in a religious feast, usually involving sexual activities.

• And, at best, the teaching is social-ethical in nature and purpose ---paano makibagay sa sa mga taong bago o mahina pa lang ang faith in God’s grace and freedom in Jesus ---mga taong baka ma-offend, kahit hindi naman sila dapat ma-offend dahil actually ay puede naman talagang kainin yung food, kahit pa nga offered to idols.

• Ang pag-apply nito ay dapat personal, according to conviction and conscience. Hindi ito hard-core pagbabawal.

Hebrews 13:17

 Q - Sadly, ginagamit po ng pharisaic leaders ang verse na Hebrews 13:17 (Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account...) as basis na dapat kami daw ay mag 'submit' sa leadership... kung kinakailangan daw pag sinabi ng pastor na tumalon kami ay tatalon kami, at pag sinabi na tumuwad ay tutuwad kami, ganern hahaha...

Q - Submit to human leaders as long as they submit to Jesus. Obey human leaders AS THEY OBEY JESUS who commanded Peter (and all the other apostles/disciples, by extension) “Take care of my sheep, feed my sheep…” In other words, ”LOVE MY SHEEP.”

WALANG PINATALON O PINATUWAD SI JESUS! O inapi, inabuso, pinagod ng todo, ginutom, etc. PAG GANUN ANG HUMAN LEADER, unJesus ang ways and methods, dapat sundin o layasan?

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understanding about TITHING?

 Q - Pls add more understanding about

TITHING?

A - Promoters of tithing usually quote

Malachi 3:10

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house..." - sabi daw ng God.

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Sa original context sa Jewish Scriptures, "God's house" was understood to be the Temple or it's "branches" managed by the Levites /priests.

Bakit nagta-tithe sa kanila? Kasi nang paghati-hatian ng 12 tribes of Israel ang lupain, WALANG NAGING SHARE ANG TRIBE OF LEVITE. Ang naging assignment kasi nila ay to serve as priests, managing the temple /worship /prayer facilities. Therefore hindi sila magtatanim /mangangalakal para fulltime sila sa priesthood. Naging obligadyon ng 11 other tribes na suportahan sila ---with the Tithes, "First Fruits", Offerings, etc. Kaya malaking "crime" to not tithe faithfully ---noong panahon nila, sa culture nila. SILA ANG INUTUSANG MAG-TITHE.

TANONG PARA SA MODERN TIMES NATIN:

Mayron bang equivalent sa Christianity ngayon ang

1. "GOD'S HOUSE" noon?

Kung mayron, aling "house" /sect ?

AGAWAN NA!

2. "LEVITES" noon, na walang land or

trade kasi dedicated to managing the

Temple/"God's House"?

At kung may equivalent ngayon.

SINO?

PAPELAN NA! AGAWAN NA!

Legalistic /Formal /Strict TITHING

WAS a Jewish issue, tied to the

Temple-based sacrificial religious

system.

Dutiful tithing was part of the

Temple-Times Jewish history and

culture that provided support sa

Levites na wala ngang natanggap na lupain.

ANG KAUSAP NG "DIOS" SA MALACHI 3

were the 11 tribes of Israel who were required to support the landless Levites.

Tanong:

Ikaw/Kayo ba today ang kausap sa/ng Malachi 3.10?

Mayron pa bang "God's house" today, matapos gibain ang temple in Jerusalem na ang pagwasak ay prophesied/taught by Jesus sa

Matthew 24:1-2 NIV

Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.

“Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

NOTE:

Sobra-sobrang abused, exploited at pang-black mail ng religious leaders yang "house of God" press release na yan, kaya kahit noon pa mang OT and NT times, ipinamukha ng mga mulat na prophets-teachers ito:

Isaiah 66:1 NIV

This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne,

and the earth is my footstool.

Where is the house you will build for me?

Where will my resting place be?

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Acts 17:24-25 NIV

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything...

WALA RAW "HOUSE OF GOD" at HINDI KAILANGAN NG DIOS NA SYA AY "PAGSILBIHAN /PAGLINGKURAN".

IOW:

Press Release lang ng religion na

1. mayrong /sila ang "house of God" and therefore dalhin mo sa kanila ang kadatungan mo.

2. "mag-serve!" sa Dios, na ang tunay na ending ay mag-serve sa religion /sekta nila.

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WALANG PHYSICAL HOUSE OF GOD.

Kaya yung Temple sa Jerusalem ay giniba /ipinagiba /nagiba.

AT HINDI NA DAPAT ITAYONG MULI

NI GUMAWA NG BAGO, kasi ang temple of God/of the Spirit ay ang puso at isip ng taong mananampalataya.

1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?

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Of course, marapat at mainam na suportahan TODAY ang tunay na "house of God" = Ang mga gawain ni Jesus in obedience to Jesus' Command and works:

TEACH PEOPLE THE TEACHING OF JESUS: LOVE.

SAVE PEOPLE FROM JUDGMENT BY THE JEWISH LAW.

SAVE PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY TO THE LAW.

SET PEOPLE FREE FROM THE LAW.

GIVE PEOPLE REST FROM KAPAGOD RELIGION.

GIVE PEOPLE PEACE of mind FROM GUILT AND FEAR caused by the LAW and promoted by modern-day PHARISEES.

TEACH PEOPLE THE TRUE IMAGE OF GOD AS REVEALED AND MODELED BY JESUS: LOVING, CARING AND GENTLE.

Yan ang mga true teachings and works of Jesus.

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PAANO ANG TAHIMIK AT PAYAPANG BUHAY 🌷🌷🌷 ED LAPIZ

WHY/WHEN GOD HATES DIVORCE by Pastor Ed Lapiz

UNAHIN TALAGA ANG CHURCH MINISTRY???

 UNAHIN TALAGA ANG CHURCH MINISTRY???

Q - Matthew 6:33

“Seek first the kingdom of God”.

Ibig sabihin po ba ay unahin ang church and ministry above all others? Na ibigay ang lahat ng Time, Talent and Treasure

sa church; wag aabsent kahit ano ang dahilan? Isuko sa church ang dreams, plans, ambitions, wants, desires, etc.?

A - Noooo!

“Kingdom” does not mean “church” or church work! Ang “Kingdom of God” ay ang isip at puso ng tao na pinaghaharian ng God’s peace of mind and emotional rest.

Sabi ni Jesus, “The Kingdom of God is in you —within you!”

So hindi church yung “kingdom”.

Lalung hindi church work na madalas ay sya pa ngang stressful at kapagod.

Unahin daw kung ano ang nagbibigay ng peace and rest kesa sa vexing, troubling. magulo at kapagod na materialism.

Unahin ang payapa at restful na paghahari ng Dios sa kalooban kesa ang paghahari ng gulo pag materialistic.

Mas pahalagahan ang peace of mind higit sa guilt feelings; yung wag gumawa ng uusig sa budhi kahit pa nga mas magbibigay ng material gain/fortune or fame. Wag unahin yung "lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life" kung makagugulo naman sa isip at makakasasakit ng damdamin o makakapagpa-worry.

Makuntento sa konti at simple kesa naman maghabol sa marami at marangya pero nagpapagulo ng isip o nagpapagulo ng samahan at pakikipagkapwa-tao. Kaya:

Proverbs 15:17 NIV

Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.

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Mas pahalagahan ang peace of mind and rest of the heart higit sa anu pa mang material gain.

JESUS SETS FREE:

Nagkakalag, hindi nagtatali.

Nagapapalaya, hindi nagkukulong.

Nagpapaluwag, hindi nananakal.

Nagpapagaan, hindi nagpapabigat.

Matthew 11:28-30 ERV

“Come to me all of you who are tired from the heavy burden you have been forced to carry. I will give you rest. Accept my teaching. Learn from me. I am gentle and humble in spirit. And you will be able to get some rest. Yes, the teaching that I ask you to accept is easy. The load I give you to carry is light.”

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APPLY THIS SA ---especially sa---"MINISTRY".

Hindi dapat nagtatali, nagkukulong, nananakal, nagpapabigat, nagli-limit,

namimilit ang ministry/church.

Sabi ni Jesus:

Mark 2:27 NIV

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

OR

Mark 2:27 ERV

Jesus said to the Pharisees,

“The Sabbath day was made to help people. People were not made to be ruled by the Sabbath.

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THE CENTRAL IDEA /The teaching of Jesus: "Unahin ang kapakanan at ikabubuti ng tao above

- the Sabbath.

= religious laws.

= non-work or work

= ministry."

Substitute

"MINISTRY" for "SABBATH"

=

“MINISTRY was made for man, not man for MINISTRY.

OR

Mark 2:27 ERV

Jesus said to the Pharisees,

“MINISTRY" was made to help people. People were not made to be ruled by MINISTRY.

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DO NOT LET MISUNDERSTANDING,

MISINTERPRETATION and MISAPPLICATION of Matthew 6.33

rob you (in Jesus' name pa naman!) of ALL Time, Talent, Treasure, rest, freedom and fullness of life that Jesus himself wants for you.

Do not let "church/ministry" be another "god" or an oppressive taskmaster in place of GOD/JESUS.

Galatians 5:1 ERV

We have freedom now, because Christ made us free. So stand strong in that freedom. Don’t go back into slavery (under religion and religious laws) again.