There is a fruit.

To say that "you don't need God to do good" sounds to me like "the fruit can exist without the tree" or "there is a tree but it produces a different kind of fruit" which means "yes there is God but he is not good."

No one else is good but God.

Unbelievers do good things.
Yes that's true.
It is because humans are all created in God's image, unlike the other animals, we have moral accountability.

Now, doing good is not what will get us to where God wants us to be (Heaven). We all sinned and sin means death, separation from God.

We cannot buy our way back to God and so God reached out to us.

Man's attempt to please God is called religion.

God reaching out to man is called grace.

That is what exactly Jesus did when He became a man and suffered and died then resurrected for our sins. We can finally go back Home because our Lord paid the price for our sins.

Let this truth not depart from you my friends.

Submit

We are not given a lifetime to know the truth. We are instead given a lifetime to decide daily whether we follow the truth or not. To carry the cross or not to. Knowing the truth and not following it is futile and evil. We must submit to it.

You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even demons believe-and tremble! Do you know that faith without works is dead?

Brain

Oh my gosh! A kid accused me of literally not having a brain!

He said because I can't fully explain the complex structures and functions of how my 3lb brain works means I don't have a brain! I told him, "well we are having a conversation now which is an enough proof that I have a brain. Right???"

It was hopeless. He won't believe. He has a lot of questions, questions and questions. The more he asked, the more he made himself believe that he was right.

Now I was accused of believing in a "make-believe God" or the Trinity, just because I can't explain everything.

The more he asks, the more he thinks in his heart that he is smart.

But I pleaded with him,

"Please, I'm not even able to explain to you how my little 3lb brain works and now you are asking me how an Infinite God, who created not only my little brain but everything in Heaven and earth of what He is like? Well I can tell you a lot about Him but you won't believe me again. Right?"

I asked an obese patient if he was aware that exercise and diet would have saved him from obesity,  he looked offended when he answered "yes" but then he added, "well I just love to eat so get the f*ck outta here."

I asked the corrupt governor if he was aware that stealing is a sin. He looked offended as well, then said "I know. What the f*ck do I care? This is my life. We only live once. We gotta enjoy it to the fullest. I love my life. I don't care about people really. Can't you see it in my actions?"

I asked the prostitute while she was having sex with a customer that if she was aware that having sex just like that is a sin, she said, "F*ck you little kid. Don't talk to me about morals. I do good to other people. F*ck you twice! I love my life so I do what i wanna do. Come join us if u want. No one will find out. I'll do it for free."

Realize that people don't need facts. Humans are consumed by what he loves and surely he will reap the fruit of what he loves.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, this is to remind you that being a follower of Christ is not about answering all their questions about God. You can answer all their questions and have them fully convinced BUT in their heart they still love sin. Sin, when full grown, brings birth to death.

My Family, we are called to be witnesses, meaning we have experienced God. We have the confidence because we have His Holy Spirit in us giving us confidence as though we can literally see God. We have the Holy Spirit because we confessed our sins and accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

Only the Spirit can understand the Spirit of God. God is Spirit. No one is beyond the forgiveness of God. But why delay coming to Him?

Love the LORD our GOD with all our mind, with all our strength and with all our soul and with all our heart.

The life of faith in God is never about "to do's and not to do's" please let us get rid of that thinking.

"Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life."
- Lord Jesus

#allconversationsareofcoursefictional

Galaxy

Man looks to God and see Him boring or uninteresting. He gazes upon the seemingly infinite galaxy and is overcome with amazement. "Wowwwww!!!" He says in his heart.

God looks to His created majestic heavenly bodies or galaxies and is quite unimpressed maybe because He sees it as limited, big yet very limited creation.

God looks at man and says "Wow. I can see Myself in that little creature, the only creation that I breathed My life into. I can see My Spirit in him. I have created an immortal being, made to be with me for eternity. I am determined to keep him with me as long as I live."

No wonder God stepped out of His throne when sin corrupted us and snatched us away from God's love. Praise Jesus.

Religious

Just sharing about what happened today:

My patient was sick, has stage 4 lung Cancer and was breathing via 100% nonrebreather mask. He has chest tube at right side as well. (In layman's term- he's really sick.)

Like what I usually do, I talk to my patients cuz i want to develop a more personal yet professional relationship with them, to make them feel that they are not another workload in my eyes but a person just like myself to be treated with respect the way I treat myself. That's how I see everyone- equal, maybe not all the time but mostly.

He was sick and I was already concerned with him although I don't personally know him. I had conversation with him:

Me: so, do you have any kids?
P: yeah..
Me: Cool. Are they coming to visit you?
P: No. I don't think so.
Me: How old are they?
P: 9 and 13.
Me: oh wow.

Cancer is no joke so I thought it would be very bad if he would pass away and leave his family like that.  Now I began to feel really more concerned. He was sick and here I am, confessing stuffs like "THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD."

I know I can do more than giving meds and doing my nursing stuff. I claim to believe in a literally impossible God in an ordinary man's perspective. I do know that God is able to heal him. I have no doubt. So I thought of praying for him. I was reluctant because I normally don't do that. I usually say, "ill be praying for you." Go home, sleep then completely forget. I was tempted to do that but I was moved out of love. It is a sin for me not to do what is right if I knew what was right.

Being aware of how Americans are when it comes to God,  I closed the curtain and gathered my courage and asked him,

Me:I normally don't do this but do you want me to pray for your healing?
Patient: sure, if that helps.
Me: ok let's do it now.
Patient: nevermind. (Shook his head and put his oxygen back on)
Me: ok. (A little frustrated)

So I opened the curtain and asked, "just wondering, why did you not want it?" He said because he is not religious. I said "you don't really have to be religious to pray" in a little frustrated voice. (To believe in God is not to be religious if you can relate) "I'm not making you believe what I believe. It's just like I'm offering you your med. You know.."

If only he have prayed with me, beyond a shadow of doubt,  he would be healed, DEFINITELY not necessarily immediately. I was so confident that he will be healed that if it did not happen, the very first thing I would do when I get to Heaven is tell God that He lied about it. I just know. I just have full confidence that he would be healed. The diagnosis or word from the doctors would have been easily overriden by the Word of God saying "I can heal Him and I am willing." He created us and able to do all things.

He did not have to believe in it. My faith alone would have been more than enough to be honored by God. If we prayed, he would have been healed and his case would have made it to the "miracles or unexplainable wonders in medicine" stuff. My intention was good and selfless (by God's grace). I wasn't even gonna tell him to believe what I believe. I just want him healed because I'm concerned and I love him.

But he refused.

Because he is not religious.

Now I understand and respect that. The Bible nowhere says to force my belief in other people. I present God as who He is and it is up to people to believe or not. Praise God if you believe, if not praise God for His patience and mercy. Whatever the situation is I praise God.

I am just concerned that by saying "I am religious and I have a different spirituality. I just don't wanna talk about it.", I'm afraid that we are making a god out of our own idea just because it is convenient for us. We don't wanna talk about it because we will immediately find out how weak our belief is and that is inconvenient. We normally don't want inconvenience. Not in this pampered country especially.

The 1st commandment is not to have other gods before Him. God reveals Himself. He does not want us to guess what He is like. That's why we have the Bible. I personally don't want to form an idea of who you are. I could be wrong. I would be most likely wrong. I have to talk to talk to you and know you personally. Same with God. We need to know Him personally and we can.

Now there is an increasing persecution of Christians here in USA and I praise God for that. I believe that persecution is the missing ingredient of church growth.

I'm hearing that a Christian would get in trouble for sharing the gospel which is the message of God's love reaching out to us by forgiving our sins. To reject the gospel or Jesus is to reject God's love.

Don't be surprised then my friends if I ever go to prison for my faith. It is my Master's promise that the world will hate me for His name's sake. I am not afraid.

I fear God and not man. I am not of this world. When I die, I'm going Home. To be alive and share Christ or to die and be  with Him- either way I am in a win-win situation. Praise God.

Convenience

The problem is not that man doesn't know the truth but he does NOT WANT to know it because he is living conveniently in his own belief.

A simple evidence would be how easily we violate or do the things we are not supposed to do just because it's easier and more convenient for us.

Truth sets us free from our own wrong thinking.

Almost hired

One day the employer of the job I was applying for finally told me,
"Congratulations. You're hired!" with a big smile.

I smiled too and shook my head saying "Thank you. I trust you but I don't trust your word." I thought I made sense. So silly me, I didn't get the job that's freely offered to me.

I told my friend, don't fear death because God promises through Jesus that you will have eternal life with Him. Bible is God's written word.

My friend smiled and shook his head saying "I believe God but I don't believe in the Bible and Jesus." He thought he was making sense.

Now I am praying for you my friend. I pray this will open your understanding.