God is not saving the world...

There are a lot of times that i don't want to meditate on the truth.

There are a lot of times that i don't want to hear what God really says because it could be very inconvenient and uncomfortable and scary. I have tried to reject the truth about Hell many times because I don't want, I can't imagine people going to Hell if God really loves us. Then the truth sank deeply in my heart that God Himself does not like that truth as well. So, even though very inconvenient for Him, He stripped off His Majestic robe and became man to carry our sins so that we don't have to be punished of our sins in the judgement day. He is being patient for our sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. (2 Peter 3:9)

He was strong enough to solve the problem of sin, willing enough to face the inconvenience of carrying the weight of the sin of the world into Himself and die for us. He is a God who is stronger than any sin, way more loving than anyone could define love.

Now, one might wonder, why can God just let humans die and face no judgment at all? Like when we die, that's it, like no soul or spirit or anything like that. Like life here in this world is all there is. Why the fuss about Hell and Heaven?

My friend, let me remind you that God created us in His own image. (Genesis 1:27) Of all creatures, it is only us, humans whom God breathed into. (Genesis 2:7) He planted eternity in our human heart (Ecclessiastes 3:11) We are created for eternity. You know it's true. All of us are longing for it. It is no wonder then that EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE IS JUST LIKE A DREAM IN THE END OF THE DAY. It was not meant to be like that. We were meant to live for so much more. Have we lost ourselves?

"Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality."- Abraham Lincoln

Now, with all honesty, nobody really likes the thought of Hell. I don't. God doesn't. He is patient for our sake. If keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die. (Galatians 2:21)

Jesus faced the inconvenience with the thought of Hell and He did not back down. He did not compromise with sin. Instead, He took the matters into His own hands and solved it once and for all.

Look at us, humans, we avoid the topic of Hell and quickly judge God that He is evil because Hell exists. Again, it is never His will for anyone to die.

"God is not saving the world, it is done. Our business is to get men and women to realize it."-
Oswald Chambers

Understand that when I speak of Christ,
I do not speak of judgment but of forgiveness.
I do not speak of death but of life.
I do not speak of anger but love.
I do not speak of religion but reconnecting to God Himself.
I do not speak of laws but of grace.
I do not speak of boasting but of humility because I was once under my own thinking, thinking that I was right and so I was proud. Now that I am under Christ's authority, I am humbled because I voluntarily tell myself that I give up. He knows better.

"Where, oh death is your victory, where, oh death is your sting?"- 1 Corinthians 15:5

Praise God. Praise God. Praise God.

orientation

So until now I am still excited with the fact that I moved to MICU (Medical Intensive Care Unit). I felt like a new nurse again. A lot of things are not familiar to me and I am so glad that I have 12 weeks to be personally trained by one of the best ICU nurses on the floor. I am finally a MICU nurse and I still don't know a lot but I'm confident that the learning part will come, what's more important is I am already in.

One day, a doctor asked me a lot of questions and complicated medical stuffs that I was not prepared to answer. He looked at me and his eyes were like saying "you are not a MICU nurse, you shouldn't be here." But my good preceptor defended my side, "He's still on orientation. He's new to the floor. You can ask me your questions." Awesome! It always feels good and humbling when someone helps you out.

Growing up, people have questions about my faith and I was not prepared to answer them. I know I am finally a Christian but I still don't know a lot but I'm confident that the learning part will come, what's important is I am already in Christ, I have no fear of judgment day for I am saved. (John 3:16)

Now, questions, doubts, skeptics will shake our faith. Do not be surprised. Stand firm and let nothing move you. We will hear God Himself saying something like "He's still on orientation. He's newly adopted to my Family. You can ask me your questions." Awesome! It never fails to make me feel secured and feel humbled every time God helps me out. Humbled, because as I learn, I look back to where I came from and remind myself that the might Hand of God took me where I am. That's really cool. I find no room for boasting. Our perspective of life is getting better and better, faith is getting stronger and stronger.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, we are still on orientation. We will always be. The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher. (Lord Jesus; Luke 6:40)

"When you are brought to trial in the synagogues and before rulers and authorities, don't worry about how to defend yourself or what to say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what needs to be said." (Lord Jesus; Luke 12:11-12)

"You must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it."- 1 Peter 3:15

"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know."- Jeremiah 33:3

(The doctor part was kinda fictitious. I find all people working in the MICU nice. I've heard a lot of negative comments about them but I believe that people would NORMALLY treat you back how you treat them.(See Luke 6:31))

Peace!

"Self improvement is masturbation."- Tyler Durden (Fight Club)

Self improvement or desire to be great in the eyes of people is meaningless if what we really want is to feel good about ourselves. Without love for others, what good are we really? 

The universe is almost infinite in size in our human perspective. The Amazing Creator could have easily given us one planet each to live in if He wanted to. We exist to serve others. This is not a genius idea. This is basic. Only a weak, dependent child does not understand this. 

Now regarding desire to be great, to my brothers and sisters in Christ: Not so with us. Instead, whoever wants to become great among us must be the servant of all, and whoever wants to be first must be the slave— just as Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:26-28)

"Do everything in love."- 1 Corinthians 16:14

"Whoever does not love does not know God for God is love."- 1John 4:8

Confidence

Growing up in my Christian faith, i was not so confident with my belief, i honestly perceived Christ as weak and i thought i would not be able to defend my faith.. Now that i am grown up and still continuously growing ("The Spirit is given with no limit." John 3:34 Our faith is not sky is the limit but literally has no limits. Boom!)
i realized that i don't have to defend Him, we don't defend a lion, we unleash the Lion and let the Lion defend itself. How we perceive Him shows how strong or weak our faith in Him.

In the same way, we should not worry about defending God's word. We believe because the Holy Spirit in us tells us that is true. It's that unexplainable feeling that you know it's true but you just can't express it. It's like the sense of smell trying to describe what the eye is seeing. Our flesh does not explain it, but the Spirit in us is giving us CONFIDENCE that Jesus whom we believe is true even though we were not there physically 2000 years ago. It doesn't really matter.

"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”- John 20:29

Now, one of the reasons this group exists is because I want to see my fellow believers in Christ confident in their faith. Yet, humble enough to respect other people's worldview or religion. We are all work in progress. There is always much to learn.

"And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen."- John 21:25 Boom!

Invite people. We all need each other in our relationship with God. We don't have to wait until Sunday to get in touch with other believers. WE can do it all the time especially with our technology.

"Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers."- Galatians 6:10

A patient has the right to refuse medication and treatment.

A patient has the right to refuse medication prescribed by a good doctor to make him healthier. A man has the right to refuse Jesus who will save him from judgment day.


He may refuse maybe because he firmly believes he does not need Him because he has not sinned. The wages of sin is death. (a) God is kinda saying something like:
"If you are good enough for your standard, well that's good for you. That's cute, but you know you will not judge yourself in the end. I will;(b) under my standards and the judgment is entirely the consequence of your choice. (c) You have been warned. Another day, another warning(d) that you are heading the wrong way, further away from Me.

You are not only spiritually sick but the truth is you are spiritually dead because of sin.(e) The condition was so hopeless that I had to take your sins upon Me to make you alive again.(f) This I did all because of my love for you."(g)

My friends, I love you all and that's exactly the reason why I share Jesus. I am not sharing my belief, I am sharing the truth. There is a difference. Truth is inconvenient,yes. But it will set us free from our thinking that we are correct just because it is convenient for us.(h)

Now, tell the world about the medicine and remember, a patient has the right to refuse med. Move on quickly to the next patient and offer the med. We'll not "shove down" the med down their throat. Whether people refuse Jesus or not, we'll keep sharing.(i) With God's patience and the encouragement from one another, we will NOT stop.

"Today, if you will hear His voice: "Do not harden your hearts,"- Psalm 95:7-8




a) Romans 6:23
b) Romans 14:10-12
c) Galatians 6:7
d) Hebrews 3:7-8
e) Ephesians 2:1
f) Ephesians 2:4-9
g) John 3:16-18
h) John 8:31-32, Luke 9:23
i) Matthew 28:19-20

Either or

If Heaven and Hell are real and the only way to get saved is through Christ, by all means  we need people to get saved.

If Heaven and Hell are not real and Jesus is a fraud, by all means let us shut him up and destroy Christianity because it is deceiving countless and hopeless souls.

One cannot overlook the claim of Jesus "I am the Truth." If he is really searching for the truth. Either he is or not.

But as for me, I confess that Jesus is the Truth. Let God be glorified.

i'm not gonna ask you to commit your life to Christ.

i'm not gonna ask anyone to commit their life to Christ;

in the same way i'm not gonna ask you to commit to breathe, drink, and eat. But we all do it anyways.

We have naturally committed our lives to these basic necessities to stay alive.
Now anyone who is in Christ is a new creation, the old has passed, the new has come. How can you go on living this new life if you don't commit your life to Christ?
It's either you are only spectating Christ and not really know Him, or your eyes are open to the understanding that you are forgiven of your sins and therefore needs Christ everyday of your life to stay a "CHRIST-ian."

Christ is invisible. Yes. But I do pray that the so called Christians live up to the standards that Christ has set, by His grace alone and not through own strength. Not because we please God by doing good but because by following Him, we show what character He has, which is loving, holy, wise, forgiving and all other words that we try to describe His character.

Now, i'm not going to ask you to commit your life to Christ. No, that would be burdensome to your part if you don't know Him. Instead, i will help you understand who He is. From there, i will let you decide which way to go- to be in Christ or out.

If ever you decide to believe. I would love to help you understand these things. God bless you, my friend.