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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

New blogskin.. Makes up for the one that didnt suit me I guess..

Watched shinjuku incident with my brothers today. Oh yeah seems Jackie Chan can never acting as a real bad guy.

Ok here comes the more interesting parts alright?
Went for the healing rally at Singapore Indoor Stadium where the famous Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke preached the good news, as well as prayed for the sick. Zooming in on the event, I learnt many valuable lessons from this particular evangelist.
Psalm 124:7-8

⁷ We have escaped like a bird
out of the fowler's snare;
the snare has been broken,
and we have escaped.

⁸ Our help is in the name of the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

An evangelist should believe that Heaven is meant for each and every soul existing in this world, and Hell only for demons of the devil Satan. It is an evangelists' passion to spread the Gospel to all corners of the earth.
The preacher used an illustration of a Cage full of birds, and the Cage was named the Cage of sin. There were 2 types of birds.
#1 Those born in the cage.
#2 Those who were captured outside and put into the cage.
Let me elaborate more on the first type of birds. That of the birds born in the cage, are like those who have never tasted for themselves the Goodness of Christ. Remember when we were non-believers, when some point in time, we wondered to ourselves if that was all to life? These are the people who have never heard the truth of the Gospel, people who do not know what lies beyond the captivity of sin.
Hebrews 2:3
³how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
The second type of people are of those who have already known the truth, yet backslided from their commitment to the lord. Those are people who will never again find the joy and peace that resides in their heart until they come back to the presence of the lord.

Another example mentioned by the preacher was that of a rich Woman who entered into the scene whereby a preaching by a renown Evangelist and interrupted his teaching. The preacher, recognizing her, quickly interrupted his own teaching and began to change the topic. He said "One day, the devil, the world and jesus was auctioning for the soul of Lady Ann (the rich woman). So the auctioneer asked the devil. Satan! What do you offer for the Soul of lady ann? The devil replied that he offered her pleasures of this world, anything she dreamed of doing. So the auctioneer asked what satan would do on the day she dies. Satan replies and says that of course, he would take her together with him to the land of fire, to burn and pay for the penalty of her sins for eternity. The auctioneer proclaimed, "Satan! your offer is tempting, but you shall not have the soul of lady ann!" He turned to the world and asked, what the world would give for the soul of lady ann. The world offered properties, riches, fame, hollywood, all that the world could give. And the day she dies, these riches would not go with her to her grave, and she would suffer the penalty of her sins in hell. The auctioneer proclaims that the offer is high, but the world will not have the soul of lady ann. Finally, he turned to Jesus and asked him what he would give for the soul of lady ann. Jesus said that he would give his life, to pay for the penalty of her sins and offer her a brand new life, a life of peace and joy and contentment. The auctioneer asked jesus, what he would do with her soul on the day she dies. Jesus proclaims that he will bring her with him, to the heavens to spend an eternity in his holy kingdom to rule and reign with him. The auctioneer loudly says, "Jesus, your offer by far is the greatest and the highest, and thus you shall have the soul of lady ann" " Finishing his story, he turned to the lady saying "do you agree?" On that very same day, lady ann had come to know the love of Christ.
Through this simple story, we come to know that Jesus has paid the FULL price of our sins and opened the way to our salvation. God has the ability to open the cage we were once in and make us more than a conquerer. Once birds knocking against the metal bars of the cage, we can be free in the world of Jesus Christ, where all things are possible.
Once helpless and seemingly weak and frail people, God enters so that the weak can say I HAVE STRENGTH!
The question is,
Just how much will we surrender to God?

Let now the weak say I have strength.

Father in heaven,
I thank you today for the prescious lessons you have taught, and jesus who was crucufied on the cross for the sake of my own sins. I thank you for the blood that has cleansed my sins, and that erased the suffering i deserved. I bow down before you my king, in awe of what you have done, in captivity of your wonderous love. Father help me to be able to spread this gift to the nations, to the world so that we, once birds lost in that cage can be strong in you again, and we, whose birthright is to rule over this earth, has the power in you to do so once again. Father equip me and guide me, in Jesus name i pray, Amen

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