PANGKALAHATANG KABULUKAN NG TAO

PANINIWALA SA TOTAL DEPRAVITY, o “PANGKALAHATANG KABULUKAN” NG TAONG NASA KASALANAN

ISINALIN MULA SA INGLES, SULAT NG BEREA BAPTIST BANNER NOBYEMBRE 5, 1999

Ang salitang, “pangkalahatan” ay nangangahulugan ng buong-buo, sagaran, at ang salitang “Kabulukan” ay tumutukoy sa kalikasan ng tao, kasama na diyan ang puso, kaluluwa, desisyon, konsiyensya, pag-iisip tungo sa katwiran, kabanalan, kadakilaan ng Diyos.  

Samakatwid, kapag sinabi natin na ang buong sangkatauhan ay lubog sa “pangkalahatang kabulukan”, naniniwala tayo na bawat isa ay makasalanan, walang matuwid kahit isa, at lahat ay nasa estado ng rebelyon laban sa Manlilikha.  Kaya ang tingin sa tao ng Manlilikha ay marumi.  At ang karumihan na ito ay kalat sa kanyang buong pagkatao.  Dahil dito, ang isang taong nasa kasalanan ay walang kakayanang sumunod sa Diyos.

Ang kabulukang ito ay umaabot sa bawat kagustuhan ng puso at isipan. (Boyce)

Ngunit sabi ng iba, “hindi iuutos ng Diyos sa tao ang hindi niya kayang gawain”  Ang kaisipang ito ay taliwas sa katotohanang tanging si Kristo lamang ang nakasunod ng LAHAT ng Kautusan ng Diyos.  Sa Kanyang pakikipag usap kay Nikodemo, sinabi Niya, “Katotohanan, katotohanan, sinasabi ko sa iyo, maliban ang isang tao ay ipanganak na muli, hindi niya makikita ang kaharian ng Diyos” (Juan 3:3)  Sinabi Niya rin sa mga Pariseo, “Bakit hindi ninyo naiintindihan ang aking mga sinasabi?  Sapagkat hindi ninyo marinig ang aking mga salita” (Juan 8:43).

Ang mga taong hindi pa ipinanganak sa Espiritu, ay tanging ang kanilang pisikal na kakayanan lamang ang magagamit sa pakikinig, kaya di nila maiintindihan o magagagap ang salita ng Diyos.  Ito ay sapagkat ang salita ng Diyos ay pumapatungkol sa mga bagay na spiritwal at ang laman ay walang kakayanang umakyat mula sa kamulatang pang-laman.

Dahil ang tao ay may “PANGKALAHATANG KABULUKAN” may alitan sa pagitan ng Manlilikha at ng tao kaya nga’t ang wika ni Hesus ay ganito, “Walang taong makakalapit sa akin, maliban ang aking Ama na nagsugo sa akin ay hilahin siya: at akin siyang ibabangon sa huling araw” (Juan 6:44).  Sinabi pa ng Panginoong Hesus, “Ang Espiritu ang nagbibigay-buhay; ang laman ay walang napapakinabangan:  ang mga salitang winiwika ko sa inyo, ang mga ito ay espiritu, at ang mga ito ay buhay.” (Juan 6:63-65)

Maaari nating sabihin na ang pagbibigay-buhay ng Espiritu ay tumutukoy sa Kanyang pagkilos na kung saan ang mga taong may sakit ng “PANGKALAHATANG KABULUKAN” ay lumilipat “mula sa kamatayan tungo sa pagkabuhay” (Juan 5:24).  Sabi pa nga ng Panginoon, “Gaya rin na ang aking Ama ay ibinabangon ang mga patay, at binibigyang buhay sila; gayon din naman ang Anak ay nagbibigay buhay sa sinumang gusto Niya” (Juan 5:21)

Samakatwid ay maaari nating sabihin na ang pagbibigay-buhay at ang pag-hila ay tumutukoy sa iisang bagay.  Ang radyo o telebisyon ay di makakatanggap ng programang nakapalibot dito mula sa hangin, kung ito ay patay.  Gayon din naman ang isang tao ay walang matatanggap na bunga ng kaligtasan mula sa Diyos kung siya ay hindi pa binibigyang buhay sa kanyang espiritu.  At ito ang aral ng 1 Korinto 2:14, “ang taong nasa kalikasan niya, ay hindi tumatanggap ng mga bagay ukol sa Espirito ng Diyos: sapagkat kahangalan lamang ang mga ito sa kanya:  ni hindi niya ito kayang alamin, sapagkat ang mga ito ay naiintindihan sa espiritu.”  At sinabi pa sa Roma 8:7 na “ang isipang sa laman ay kaaway ng Diyos, sapagkat hindi ito nagpapasakop sa batas ng Diyos, hindi kailanman”.  At si Apostol Pablo ay binigyang-diin ang mga ito sa pagsasabing, “Walang taong magsasabing si Hesus ay Panginoon, maliban sa Banal na Espiritu” 1 Korinto 12:3.  Ang ating Panginoon ay may sinabi din kay Pedro na, “Pinagpala ka Simon na anak ni Jonas:  sapagkat hindi laman at dugo ang naghayag sa iyo nito, kundi ang Aking Ama na nasa langit” (Mat 16:16-17)

Sa ating lipunan, sinuman na may kapansanang pangkalahatan ay hindi inaasahang magtrabaho.  Humahanap sila ng ibang paraan para makapagpatuloy sa buhay.  Gayundin naman, ang taong may “PANGKALAHATANG KABULUKAN” ay dapat lamang ilayo ang tingin nila sa kanilang sarili at ibaling ang kanilang pagtingin sa Panginoong Hesus, na Siyang gumawa ng lahat ng bagay


Sa usaping ito, ang sinabi ni Pablo ay, “Sapagkat sa biyaya kayo nangaligtas sa pamamaraang pananampalataya, at hindi mula sa inyong sarili:  ito ay regalo ng Diyos: hindi mula sa gawa, upang walang sinuman ang magmalaki.” (Efeso 2:8,9)

Kapag sinuri ang salita ng Diyos ukol sa “PANGKALAHATANG KABULUKAN” malilinawan na ang isang taong nasa kasalanan ay hindi makakaita (Juan 3:3-7) hindi makakapasok sa kaharian ng Diyos kung walang bagong kapanganakan (Juan 3:3-7); hindi makakarinig ng salita ng Diyos (Juan 8:43); hindi lalapit kay Kristo (Juan 6:44); hindi kayang sumampalataya kay Kristo (Juan 12:39-40) hindi magpapasakop sa kautusan ng Diyos (Rom. 8:7) hindi kayang makaintindi ng mga katotohanang espiritwal (I Cor. 2:14); hindi kayang magsabi na si Hesus ay Panginoon (I Cor. 12:3) hindi kayang makapagbigay ng katuwaan sa Diyos (juan 3:6; Rom. 8:8).

Samakatwid, ang mga nasa kasalanan ay nasa kalagayang nakatanikala at pagka-alipin at walang kakayanang palayain ang kanilang sarili.  Ang kanilang tanging pag-asa ay nakasalalay kay Kristo Hesus.

Ang totoo, sinasabi ng banal na kasulatan na “Sapagka't ang kautusan ng Espiritu ng buhay na kay Cristo Jesus ay pinalaya ako sa kautusan ng kasalanan at ng kamatayan.” Romans 8:2

THE HIGHEST KIND OF LOVE IN THE UNIVERSE

WHY DID I SAY THAT THE HIGHEST LOVE IS THAT BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON?

God loves the Son

He made all things for Him (Col. 1:16)

He loves  him fom eternity to eternity

Even in His forsaking in the cross it was for His glory

Whatever is His Son's is loved by God

Does God hate the sin but loves the sinner?

Proverbs 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.  

God hates the sin but loves the sinners?

I don't think so.
— Nilo del Mundo (@baptistinriyadh) December 16, 2013

GLEANINGS FROM THE INSTITUTE

THREE BIG BASIC QUESTIONS OF LIFE

1. Where did I come from?
2. Why am I here?
3. Where am I going?

What your answers are determine your world view

YESTERDAY
We understood a concept of sin
Federal, Seminal, and combination of both

We talked about the HOLY THING placed by the HOLY GHOST inside Mary's womb
It was not a combination egg cell sperm cell.
It was a whole Son of Man, Son of God, Holy living thing already whole and placed inside a woman's womb for sustenance by natural gestation periods of a human being.

We also talked about the concept, the reality, the people thrown in hell for all eternity that will give glory to God

In what way?  God's execution of perfect justice glorifies Him


The title Theotokos
1. Adoption at the Third Ecumenical Council
As a title for the Virgin Mary, Theotokos was recognized by the Orthodox Church at Third Ecumenical Council held at Ephesus in 431. It had already been in use for some time in the devotional and liturgical life of the Church. The theological significance of the title is to emphasize that Mary's son, Jesus, is fully God, as well as fully human, and that Jesus' two natures (divine and human) were united in a single Person of the Trinity. The competing view at that council was that Mary should be called Christotokos instead, meaning "Birth-giver to Christ." This was the view advocated by Nestorius, then Patriarch of Constantinople. The intent behind calling her Christotokos was to restrict her role to be only the mother of "Christ's humanity" and not his divine nature.

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— Nilo del Mundo (@baptistinriyadh) December 13, 2013

Important notes that Christians should be aware of

1. You must read:

• Sinners in the hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards
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What are the true riches

•Why do people want to be rich?

•Pro_14:20 

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•The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. 

Having many friends. What a delight. When you go to any place, they know you, they wave at you, they want to take a picture with you, they want your autograph, they listen intently to your words, they buy your books, they read your articles in the magazines, they shut up when you speak, they allow you to talk harshly to them and they are okay with that, they write to you, seeking your advice.

THAT IS THE LIFE OF A RICH MAN

But a poor man, oh, no one wants to be the friend of a loser. When you go to your neighbour, he closes his door because he assumes that you will ask for something. When you speak, he assumes it is just one of your excuses for being poor, so he prepares a contrary word even before you finish.  He is offended at your presence near his area, so he is seeking that you should transfer somewhere else or your neighbor is planning to transfer so he won't see you anymore.

THAT IS THE LIFE OF A POOR MAN

But glory to God, I was poor, but now I am rich.

Rich in grace, all spiritual blessings, an heir of a vast Kingdom, property that will not lose its value for all eternity, but most of all, many things that money can't buy.  Forgiveness of sins, return to life - after I die, and never ending JOY with the most beautiful Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  Oh Glory.

The abuse of FACEBOOK

What is the abuse of FB?

When you are there all the time, trying to promote yourself, take pictures of yourself, let all your friends see how great you are, engage in vanity things, like your fingernails colored, your tattoo, your new gadgets

But when you use FB to invite friends to listen to preaching, to inform of Christian knowledge, to recommend, to help, to engage the misled, to oppose vanity, to post what is good and acceptable like THE WORD OF GOD, and the good commentaries of men about the WORD OF GOD, to invite friends to come to church, to witness, to exalt Christ. To reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering in a PRIVATE MESSAGE.

That is not abuse.

It is the same as talking to a large group of people all at once. It is one of the mediums WE are conscious that private things should not be shared in FB, silly things and display of bitterness is immature.

 We don't condemn those who don't use FB

But those who don't use FB must not also condemn those who use it for God's glory.

PUTTING YOUR NAME ON THE OFFERING ENVELOPE

WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT SAY WE SHOULD PUT OUR NAMES IN THE OFFERING ENVELOPE?

We can not find word for word every practice that we have today in the Lord's churches. Neither should we require it of every pastor or deacon or church, that before we vote or implement certain matters, we should first find the exact word for word in a book, chapter and verse.

There are many things that we can do, that we can say it is BIBLICAL, even without finding the exact "word".  The definitions, the meanings, the principles, the implications, the analogy, the exegesis are there and very plain.

Take for example the use of Musical Instruments.  Where do we see that the New Testament Apostles used a guitar, a piano, or a drum?  Well, we would never use live drums in our congregational worship, but we have used the Piano, and we still use the guitar.  So have we violated Scripture?  Have we become an unscriptural church?

NO!

You can take water direct to your mouth from a flowing stream, you can also use your hand to scoop water and bring it to your mouth, or you can use the modern cup.  What is important is the water, the hand, the cup, are just means to take the water to your mouth.

So also the Musical Instruments are just means to let our mouths Praise our God.

Let's go to our main topic now:

WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT SAY WE SHOULD PUT OUR NAMES IN THE OFFERING ENVELOPE?  Or where do we find that the Apostles ever put their names or decreed that the members should put their names?

Let me answer by saying this:
It is not sinful, it doesn't reduce your humility, it is not pride, if the brethren knows how much you gave.
In fact, it is even endorsed somewhat by the Holy Spirit, when He caused to be written these verses:


And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
(Act 4:35-37)

The whole church knew, who was poor, who lacked, who does not have any land or possessions, (net worth), and who are those who having land or property sold it.  The giving was not in secret, keeping it anonymously in an unmarked envelope. But it was very public, because those who had the large sums of money, came forward where the Apostle's where, and put the sum in front of them.

So although, we can not find chapter and verse, that they used offering envelopes, and put their names there, we have an example that the identity of someone who gave was published to the whole church.

Deceitful Work

Pro 11:18  The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

There are workers who work deceitfully in order to finish the job quickly; to earn more money than what is the real value of their work; or to hide their unprofessional skill.

That is why there are buildings and bridges that fall.  There are students who graduate yet do not know anything.  There are licensees who pass but do not have the skills.

This is all part of deceitful work.

It is sad to know that there are people who name Christ, and yet engage in the same deceitful work as the unregenerate.

Sadder still is to know that there are atheists who are more ethical than Christians.

God wants righteousness.

Even if a Christian earn a smaller income, the important thing is to sow righteousness in his work

Even if he fail in the exams, don't cheat, sow righteousness.

Even if others seem better than us at work, do what is right.  Instead of working deceitfully and pretending that you know everything.  Sow righteousness, sow truth, sow honest work.

AMEN

For BIBLE STUDY

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY THIS BIBLE STUDY

1. Ano ang pinaka importanteng dapat malaman ng tao?
2. Paano ba makaka-siguro na ako ay patungo sa piling ng Diyos at hindi sa kapahamakan?
3. Sabi nila, sumampalataya lang, maliligtas na, tama ba yon na kahit masamang tao, kahit hindi nagpakabait, sumampalataya lang, LIGTAS NA?
4. Bakit ang daming relihiyon, alin bas a kanila ang tamang relihiyon?
5. Di ba ang gusto ng Diyos ay igalang ang magulang at di dapat talikuran ang mga pinamulat nilang aral? Kaya hindi ko tatalikuran ang relihiyon na aking kinamulatan.

1.     Ano ang pinaka importanteng dapat malaman ng tao?

Importanteng malaman ng tao na ang mundo ay patungo sa kapahamakan. (Rom. 3:10-16). Ang normal at natural na tao ay patungo na sa matinding kahihiyan at masakit na parusa.  (Daniel 12:2; John 3:18).  Wala na siyang dapat pang gawaing Krimen o kawalanghiyaan para maging patungo sa impierno.  Ang lahat ng tao ay likas na makasalanan mula sa kapanganakan. (Psalm 58:3; Eph 2:3)

Dapat malaman ng tao na ang lahat ng kanyang ipinupundar sa ngayon, maliit man ito o malaki, pati na ang kanyang magandang pangalan  ay maglalaho, mababalewala, magiging abo lamang.  (2 Pet 3:10)

Dapat malaman ng bawa’t isa na pati ang mga gawang kabaitan, pagka-relihiyoso, paglilingkod, katapatan, pagiging masigasig para sa Diyos, pagsisisi, pag-iyak sa harap ng altar, pagbibigay ng salapi, pagpapatayo ng sariling bahay o bahay-sambahan, o pagbabagong-buhay man, ay walang maitutulong upang makaiwas sa kapahamakang darating sa mga tao. (Matt. 7:21-23)

Lahat ay sisirain, lahat ay mawawasak, lahat ay gugunawin.

Dapat malaman ng tao na ang kamatayan ng katawan ay hindi nangangahulugan na tapos na ang lahat ng responsibilidad.

1.      Ang pagka-agnas ng katawan ay hindi nangangahulugan nang pagkawala ng kamalayan (Luke 16:23)

2.      Pagkatapos ng buhay sa mundo, magpapatuloy ang lahat ng tao sa susunod na buhay  (John 5:28-29)  na walang katapusan. 

Ang mga tungo sa kapahamakan ay magdurusa, una sa kaluluwa, at pangalawa’t pangwakas, ang kaluluwang hindi nawawalan ng malay ay isisilid sa isang katawan na di nalulusaw ng matinding apoy.  Walang katapusang init, nagbabagang asupre, masakit sa balat, walang patid na hirap.  Umuusok ngunit di nauubos.  Walang pag-asa na may mahahabag. (Rev. 14:11)

Kabayan, ito ang iyong hahantungan, Ito ang iyong kahihinatnan,  Ito ang iyong bukas kung walang sasagip sa iyo.

Dahil ang tao ay nagkasala sa harap ng isang Napakabanal na Diyos, obligasyon ng Diyos na parusahan ang mga sumuway sa Kanyang mga makatwirang kautusan.  Samakatwid baga’y kalakip sa kalikasan ng Diyos ang magparusa sa mga suwail.  Ang pagpapakawala o pagbabalewala sa kasamaan ay gawain ng diyablo (Gen. 3:4) at hindi ito gagawain ng ating matuwid na Diyos. (Ex. 23:7, 34:7, Ps. 11:5, Nahum 1:3, Rom 2:9)

Pag-usapan natin ang iyong mga gawa.  Sa tingin mo sa iyong sarili, Ikaw ay mabait.

Subalit, tingni, ang bawa’t isa sa iyong mga ginawang kasinungalingan, maliit man o malaki, puti man o itim, para sa ikabubuti o ikasasama, biro man o totoo; ay may katampatang parusa at iyan ay huhukuman (Matt. 12:36).   Kilala ka ng Diyos, alam nya ang bawa’t salita na namutawi sa iyong bibig.  Pagbabayaran mo lahat ang ginawa mong kalapastanganan sa iyong mga magulang.  Pagbabayaran mo ang bawa’t malaswang isip, may malisyang pagtingin, pagnanasa sa gamit ng iba, pagluhod sa ibang diyos, paglilingkod sa sarili sa halip na pag gugol ng oras para sa Kataas-taasang Diyos.  Walang makakalusot sa Kanyang mapanuring mata sa Oras ng Pagtutuos. (Heb. 2:2,3)

Ano kamo?  Sinasabi mo ba na di ka naman masyadong masama?  Tinututulan ba nang iyong puso ang mga paliwanag ko sa iyo?  Ganyan nga ang puso ng tao.  Kung ang mga pangugusap na naririnig mo ay galing sa akin lamang, sa aba ko, at sa aba mo (I Thes. 2:13).  Nawa ay ang Diyos mismo ang kumausap sa iyo, sapagkat kung sa ganang akin lamang, ay balewala nga ang mga salitang ito (I Cor. 2:9,10).

Mas marami ba kamo na mas masama pa kaysa sa iyo (Luke 13:3, Rom.  3:9, 2 Cor. 10:12)?  Hindi mo ba alam na habang ipinagmamalaki mo ang iyong pagiging matuwid, ay lalo kang nababaon sa pagiging baluktot sa harap ng Banal na Diyos (Rom. 10:3)?

Subalit may mas malala pang problema ang tao...... (cont'd)

Damnable Ignorance

QUESTION:  What is the difference between the first and second commandments?

The command to have only one God and no other god appeals to the heart and mind, while the command prohibiting image making, bowing and serving appeals to the eyes and the senses.

God is not naturally observed by human senses.  That is part of God’s decree. He is a wonder, a mystery, an exalted being, unique in all things.  He is by nature glorious above all His creation.  He wants to stay that way. And the first commandment announces to all men that such is His will.  We already know what God does to whole nations of men who have other gods.  Even their ignorance of the One True God is not an excuse.  And God's displeasure and wrath unto all those who make the mistake of having other gods will soon be evident in the Lake of Fire.



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No other gods

We ought not to seek independence and freedom
Instead of seeking independence -- seek God dependence
Instead of seeking freedom -  seek slavery to Christ
Adam and Satan were autonomous
They sought to rule self but God set himself as the ruler of our life
So autonomy is a form of having a god before the Only True God
Self determination is having yourself as your god

"If you are not happy with God, you are making him look bad. Because you are not satisfied with Him. - PIPER"

Listen to this sermon on NO OTHER GODS by CAIRNS

How do you know if you really love God?

Do you seek to know God more than you seek to know about your wife?
Do you know more about cars than you know about God?
Do you spend more time in the television than in the Word of God?
Do you seek to please your boss more than you seek to please God?
Do you spend more money in games than you spend for God's work?

It is obvious that if you know more about sports, your skills in sports, your favorite athletes and champions, than you know about God, then you have not been spending time with knowing God and you have been spending a lot more time in magazines, websites, television shows to know MORE about your sport.

Of course you spend a lot more time with your spouse and kids than any other.  But in spending time with them you can spend time with God while with them. You can teach them about Christ and that means you should study Christ before you can teach them about Him.  The end result is seeking more about God than your kids and your wife.

Of course you must know your trade, your chosen field, your career, because it is where your bread and butter comes from.  But in each instance you can seek to know how God will bless, if you are in the right relationship with God while on the job, if you are doing the right thing in your decisions in business, if you are seeking to please men rather than God, and you can be more appreciative of the LORD GOD as you meet each challenge with success because it is He who gives you power to get wealth.

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Law and Grace

Luther said: "We read Moses not because he applies to us, that we must obey him, but because he agrees with the natural law and is conceived better than the Gentiles would ever have been able to do. Thus the Ten Commandments are a mirror of our life, in which we can see wherein we are lacking, etc

By following Christ and obeying Christ we are exceeding the requirements of the laws of Moses because Christ is greater than Moses.

Galatians 5:18 -> Romans 6:14,15 (KJV)
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

What did God do for me

He planned my salvation before the world began
He sent His Son to die for me before I was born
He sent men to prepare the preaching of the gospel for me
He sent a specific man to tell me what I need to hear about Christ and His love for me
He made me alive from the deadness of my spirit
He opened my heart to receive His truth and His Son
He gave me faith to believe That Jesus is the Christ the Son of the Living God
He made me conscious of sin, all of which cause damnation
He changed my mind about my own righteousness which is never enough to please Him
He justified me and forgave me of all my sins
He gave me eternal life
He indwelt me thru the Spirit
He sealed me with the Holy Spirit of promise that I am an heir

MORNING PRIVATE DEVOTION

EARLY IN THE MORNING

WILL I SEEK THEE

TETELESTAI

The Greek Letters you see means

PAID IN FULL

TETELESTAI was marked to a PAPER, a list of debts, once the debt is paid and should be cancelled.

TETELESTAI is also the word used by the LORD while He was on the cross.
It is usually translated in LATIN, "consummatum est" or "It is finished" in English

It means all the debts of those in Christ, whom Christ loves, whom Christ wanted to save, are now cancelled.

Abuse of success

A combination verse I got from SGBC (Northport, AL)

 2Ch 26:5 and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. 

2Ch 26:16  But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction

says a lot of things about those of us whom God allows to be prosperous.

Immediately after the success, comes the wide ear, the blown up heart, the chair which you carry up to a pedestal to lift up yourself above others.  Our carnal hearts make sure that it happens. Our old man whispers louder and louder.

"Look at you now, you are different from them, they are nothing but you are something else"

God will have His glory for Himself alone, and He will not share it.

Isa_42:8  I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another,

Sometimes, the vanity of man will cause him to abuse success.  He will take as much of it as he can.  Like the Israelites taking the MANNA in abundance, even though they know they can't consume that much.  So God made the decree of making the excess as wormy bread in the morning.

This is a picture of a CASH CASH PINOY offer.  Unlimited CRISPY PATA meal for only 488 PHIL PESOS.
Watch out, if you abuse it, you will do it to your own destruction.
You might die right there in the restaurant.

PRAYER MEETING

We are praying for you
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Please send your requests and thanksgivings

Preach only love not doctrine?

1 Thessalonians 2:2 (KJV)
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

Someone told me that the law condemns but the gospel loves, saves and gives grace.

This is the twisting of some truths that we should hold on to.

First, the law takes us to Crist and it will convict the elect to believe the gospel but the depraved will be condemned. The law is not evil. It is holy and good.

Second, even the preaching of the gospel of God's grace is not just loving and condescending. It is also contending. This is the essence of I Thes 2:2

When we say contending, that can only be done thru doctrine.

So yes preach love but more than that preach doctrine with love.

Never put out the fire

Leviticus 6:13 (KJV)
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

Christians have been brainwashed that we can "accept" the Lord and then live a carnal life for years but still remain saved and then later on pick up the spiritual life before death.

This is not Bible teaching.

A man in Christ departs from iniquity
He is a new creature
He has new garments because he puts off the old man and puts on Christ
He has the Holy Spirit, a holy person living inside of him

Therefore the fire shall ever be burning upon the altar of his life because his body is now a temple of the Holy Ghost

QR CODE OF THE BEAST

Beware of marks in your body

Petitions Answered

I would like to thank God for answering my prayers

Our workers transferred these heavy machines succesfully

There were lots of chances that it would fall down

But the Lord honored the prayers done in the Name of His Son

There were no damages. Amen

DIFFERENCES IN OUR FAITH

	CATHOLIC	PROTESTANT, PENTECOSTAL, BORN AGAIN	(BCA) BAPTIST
BAPTISM	Holy Baptism  is the door of the spiritual life; for by it we are made members of Christ and incorporated with the Church. The instrumental cause is the minister who confers the sacrament exteriorly, then if the act exercised by the minister be expressed, together with the invocation of the Holy Trinity, the sacrament is perfected. The effect of this sacrament is the remission of all sin, original and actual; likewise of all punishment which is due for sin.	III. Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but Baptism is rightly administered by pouring, or sprinkling water upon the person. IV. Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ,  but also the infants of one, or both, believing parents, are to be baptized.	2. Those who do actually profess repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience to, our Lord Jesus Christ, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance. 4. Immersion, or dipping of the person in water, is necessary to the due administration of this ordinance.

Similarities of our Faith

	CATHOLIC	PROTESTANT, PENTECOSTAL, BORN AGAIN	(BCA) BAPTIST	BIBLE
BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD	The Bible not only contains the word of God; it is the word of God.  (www.newadvent. org/ cathen /02543a.htm)	The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added. (WCF)	The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added. (PBCOF)	2Ti_3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
ONE GOD IN TRINITY	The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion — the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these Three Persons being truly distinct one from another.	In the unity of the Godhead there be three Persons of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost	In this divine and infinite Being there are three subsistences, the Father, the Word or Son, and Holy Spirit, of one substance, power, and eternity, each having the whole divine essence, yet the essence undivided:	1Jn 5:7  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Ignorance is not an excuse

Leviticus 4:27-28 (KJV)
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; [28] Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

When we offend someone, the offense causes some damage, some breach. Even if we did it ignorantly, innocently, with all good intentions, an offense is an offense. There are some people who are offended wrongly. One time, I wanted to help a man get out of his problem of always cursing. So every time he curses in front of me, I reminded him that it is wrong to do that. One day he just got fed up with me and cursed me in front of people.

In the case of our God, it is impossible for us to offend Him wrongly. When God is offended, it is an offense indeed. So here we have God's prescription for the Old Covenant people. If they sin willfully they should have an atonement for that and even if the sin was through ignorance they should have an atonement for that too once it is discovered.

Applying that to our generation, we should have the same confession of sins, the same repentance actions, the same restitutions, the same feelings of remorse, the same words of asking for restoration both for the sin with full knowledge and sin through ignorance. Christ atoned for both on our behalf.

Calling of the Elect

This promise of Christ and the salvation which comes by Him, is revealed only by the Word of God. The works of creation and providence with the light of nature do not reveal Christ or His grace even in a general or obscure way. How much less, therefore, can those who are devoid of the revelation of Christ by the promise (or the Gospel) be enabled by the light of nature to arrive at saving faith or repentance

COMMENTS TO THIS ARTICLE FROM THE BAPTIST CONFESSION OF FAITH

Salvation comes only through the merits of Christ. Other persons excepted
The Word of God is the only way people know of Christ. Other literature excepted
We deny that by looking at nature man can have enough saving knowledge of Christ.
We deny that Christ comes today through direct visions without the Scriptures.

JAMES says no to Careless Statements

JAMES 3:5-10  Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  (6)  And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.  (7)  For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:  (8)  But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.  (9)  Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.  (10)  Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Sad to say, the man in the silhouette is a real person and his real recent words were

"Dapat buwagin na ang BCA"

Which means, it is time for the Baptist church in Arabia to be disbanded.

And he spoke this because he was excluded by the BCA in obedience to Christ in Matt. 18

This man claims to praise God with the same mouth

And then insults God by declaring that one of His churches should be destroyed.

A power and prerogative which the Lord preserves only to Himself.

JAMES 4:11  Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 

The SUPER POWERS OF THOSE IN CHRIST

Men have powers that other beings have not.  Animals can’t talk, they can't walk upright, they can't make designs, and they have no morality.  Animals have only instincts.

But a saved man, born again, a child of the Almighty God, creator, is not only above animals, but have powers other humans have not.

In that sense, those in Christ have SUPER POWERS.

If you claim to be saved and experience no super power, it could be because of Ignorance; indifference; prayerlessness; slothfulness.

Act 1:7-8  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.  (8)  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.


THOSE IN CHRIST HAVE THE SUPER POWER TO SPEAK LIFE TO DEAD SOULS
AND CHRIST WILL QUICKEN THEM WHO ARE HIS LOST SHEEP TO LIFE EVERLASTING