i know i'm loved by the King, and it makes my heart want to sing.
most Christian songs, i mean.
i guess because it would make our words less meaningful, because it would be just like saying the pledge, or singing a nation's anthem - hardly anyone really means it.
i sat here, thinking of how He has blessed me, and how is really is here for me, like in Exodus, the way Caleb had expressed it - that He will see me through. will. for He is with "us"
wow. (:
lately i've been thinking, about some recent issues that stir this up in me,
that there is so much proof for the faith.
not just faith.
intelligent design and the "unending" questioning of man for the "meaning of life" points to Him.
the fact that none can fulfill but our Christ, our Lord, implies that each of us is made with a hole that only God can fill. that's why people always go "i feel so empty."
it's something we repeat over and over, but we don't do anything about.
again, the trend, talk > walk.
i guess it's just the way we are, you know.
without Him, we are nothing. - this is my ultimate favourite phrase, and my ultimate motto.
that He is my everything.
today i went for this seminar at hc about rights
and he said that rights, as in political rights, the laws and acts concerning rights were political tools to ensure that every man is treated fairly and just. that everyone is at least protected and given their basic right - to live, to have shelter, to consume (f&b-wise)
and he basically said that political rights came about because of religious wars, i.e. crusades, etc. but he kept saying it was because of religion. (he was talking of 16th-18th century western era)
it was because of religion that rights have to be established?
i beg to differ.
i believe it is because of "religious" wars that rights have been established. note: wars. w.a.r.s. focus is on that word.
whether Christianity is just a name or a behaviour is the question. whether a Muslim is "legally" a "Muslim" and actually practices Islam is a different story. same for Buddhism, and any other religion out there.
to me, the "religious" wars were proof. living proof of human nature.
that humanity chooses to focus more on it's pride, than on God.
say for the crusades and the seperation of the Catholics and Protestants, all are under the same God, and does it say in the new testament to go out and kill those against your "religion"? does it say to kill fellow Christians because they don't follow your laws? note : your. laws. your.
no, it says to love. it says to even love the one who persecutes you and say a prayer for them.
it says in John 14 even. i think it's 14. either that or 15. that 'by your love for each other, all the world should know that you are my disciples'. love.
so are these people really Christians? or are they pharisees using the name for glorification of their own laws and beliefs based on human logic and reasoning?
the question is rhetoric, the answer, obvious.
so don't tell me you don't want to be a Christians because they are farce. and hypocritical.
i say the wars were proof of the fact that humanity is fallen. all have sinned. humanity is flawed. and hence point to the need for a Saviour. that is The Christ.
without Him, we are all nothing but, dare i say, farce.
there is no meaning to this existence if He is out of the picture.
humanity can glorify itself for all it cares. too bad. (did you know, it is said in Romans 1 something about God tearing down human wisdom and showing itself how flawed it is? quite cool. i liked that.) you can work to be the --est in whatever you want, but what are you doing it for?
nothing. you're gonna "die" -in body- anyway.
which is why, Ιησούς είναι κύριοσ/Iesu Dominus (Jesus is The Lord). (Iēsous estin Kyrios - mentioned in that same paul washer sermon. the jews/christians said it to the roman soldiers who demanded allegiance to caesar.)
it reminds me of this Paul Washer sermon i found so very true. it was on evangelism
that humanity is centred on relativism (the belief that everything is relative), humanism (the glorification and uplifting of man on his own pedestal through technology and science, aka "logic"/intelligence) and pluralism (the belief that everything is right in its own sense)
that it is by the Spirit of God that a man is converted. not by human logic.
faith > reason.
another concept to keep track of.
Here I am, Oh God
I bring this sacrifice--my open heart.
I offer up my life.
I look to You, Lord.
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
And by faith, I will walk on, Lord
Then I`ll see beyond my calvary one day,
And I will be complete in..
I look to You, Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
In your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
I know your love dispels all my fears.
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And I pray I will hold on, Lord
Then I`ll see beyond my calvary one day
And I will be complete in
I will be complete in
I will be complete in You
