=august 3, 2020=
=28 years old=
i'll try to keep this short :) [i have many things i want to say but i'll say only what is important :) you can comment down below for questions, clarifications, opinions, comments
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-MY STORY-
in my 28 years of life. since i was a kid. i lived in darkness, not because of the hardships i face, but because what i thought i know as right was not actually right.
even as a kid i was taught of many religious practices, superstitions and human morality [or what is right and wrong in human eyes].
sunday service. communion. rosary. saints sculptures/artifacts. all the religious stuff/practices. i was taught that we attend Church during sunday then what happens the rest of the week was fine as long as i confess my sin, ["God is loving and He forgives everything" or "pray 100 hail marys to be forgiven"] was taught that as long as i go to church and do good deeds i will go to Heaven. that all humans are children of God. was taught prayer and service as a routine [digging deeper is only for priest and pastor, a layman should just attend or come to church whenever and pray and thats it], taught stuff that was not in the Bible.
jumping at the new year, eating 12 round fruits at new year, counting money at new year, feng shui, and many many more luck base teachings. was also taught that as long as i dont hurt others, whatever i do was right. [homosexuality was right, unforgiveness was right, passive aggresive was right, white lies were right, masterbation was right, porn was right, cursing or saying bad words was right. as long as i am not hurting others physically or verbally just to name a few] but in what basis? whose standard? human standard. i standard that is subjective or relative. standard that changes depending on who is who and what is what. standard that changes every year, every millennia. accepting what was wrong as right and what was right as wrong. no absolute truth. no black and white but just grey. that right and wrong was relative.
[but when i grow up i learned as i encountered God that most of these, if not all of these, was wrong.]
not saying that they intentionally teach me what was wrong. but they also thought it was all right as well. as the majority of human being believe it was right.
in those 18 years of life. [until feb 2010] i claim i know God, that i love God. for it was what i was taught.
i remember being asked "have you received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savor?" back in 2008/2009. and i just answered "yes, since birth" because i thought i did. i go to Church, attend Bible study and sunday school since grade 6, read and memorized Bible verses [reading without understanding fully and truly but just superficial meaning], pray the rosary in my elementary years [my mother is roman catholic, father is methodist by religion], pray memorized prayers.. all the religious stuff.. but then later i found out that i did not truly know God yet until i encountered Him february 2010
then as i get to know God. everything change.
i learned that many of the things taught as religious stuff or way of worship or way to know God are not in the Bible (rosary, praying to saints and so on).
that the Bible, God's Word, is the only basis of Truth and is our users manual (2timothy3:16-17) and not human knowledge/standard, which is actually sin, an act of rebellion (romans1:18-32).
that digging deeper into the Word of God is not only for priests, pastors or leaders but for every believer (acts2:42, matthew4:4, 2timothy3:16-17).
that meeting together as believers/fellowship is not only limited to sunday alone (acts2:46)
that our only basis of Salvation is faith in Jesus Christ alone and not our own deeds (ephesians2:8-9, john14:6, acts4:11-12, isaiah64:6). that only those who accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior are given the right to be children of God (john1:12).
and many more
Christianity is not a ritual. not a religion. but relationship, deep intimacy, with God.
-THE REASON FOR THIS SPECIFIC BLOG/ENTRY-
Life does not end here on earth or when we die. life continues in eternity. and there are only two destinations: Heaven or hell
we need a Savior and that is Jesus alone. ourselves can't save us. our good works can't save us.
When we display our righteous deeds,
they are nothing but filthy rags.
Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall,
and our sins sweep us away like the wind..." isaiah64:6 [NLT]
we need Jesus. and only Jesus, to be saved.
"...For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says,
‘The stone that you builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.’[psalms118:22]
There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved...” acts4:11-12 [NLT]
"..God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it..." ephesians2:8-9 [NLT]
Receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior is not the end. but the beginning. we should continually grow in our relationship with God. with fellow believers. with the right doctrine/statement of faith until He comes. and fulfill the great commission (matthew28:18-20), bringing many to God, saving more souls before the coming judgement. His 2nd coming is near. we don't know when exactly He will come. but He commands us not to decipher when [because only God knows when and not man nor angels], but, to be ready until He comes.
"...You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected..." matthew24:44 [NLT]
Receiving Him is a must. NOW. for we don't know what tomorrow will bring nor when Jesus will come. we must be ready. receive Jesus NOW :)
and as it is written as well, troubles and tribulation will come before His 2nd coming. more worse than coid19. that is why we must be ready. be ever growing in Him and Him alone. AGAIN. we can't save ourselves. WE NEED JESUS :)
~~all verses copy and pasted from https://www.biblegateway.com/~~
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