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3/22/2020 Under His wings Psalm 91
During this time, Christians have been sending Psalm 91 to each other to encourage and comfort each other. Yes, we desperately need the peace and protection from God. Psalm 91 is such an important Psalm for us to hold on to during times like this. So, today let’s go to this Psalm to see what God wants us to do. Today I will point out 10 things God is calling us to do in Psalm 91.
I. Draw near to God– “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, (v. 1a)
God is calling us to draw near to Him, because we cannot dwell in the shelter of the Most High without drawing near to God. How can we draw near to God? James 4:8 tells us: “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” Brothers and sisters, we can’t draw near to God unless we first cleanse our hands and purify our hearts. God is asking us to examine ourselves, whether Jesus is truly the Lord of our life. Our old sinful self has been crucified with Jesus Christ on the cross. We have been spiritually resurrected with Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. God has given us the power to say no to sin. Believe in the power of Christ in you, the power of the Holy Spirit, will help cleanse your hands and purify your hearts. The Hebrew for “dwells” means to rest, to remain, to sit down. We are to rest, remain, and sit down in God’s shelter, in the secret place to hide from danger. Where is this shelter? It is also translated as the secret place, like in the Chinese version. This is the most holy place. In the Old Testament, it is the holy of holies. It is behind the veil, where the Ark of the Covenant sits. No one dares to come near to this place without God’s permission. Only the High Priest is allowed inside once a year. However, 2000 year ago, when Jesus died on the cross, the veil was torn from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51), opening the holy of holies to all who will believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Brothers and sisters, we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the veil, that is, his body. (ref. Hebrews 10:19-20). Jesus opened the way for us to go to the shelter. And Jesus is that shelter. Jesus is that secret place. Jesus is that hiding place. Psalm 119:114 in KJV says “Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.” Through Jesus, we can pray to our Heavenly Father who is in secret, to have the intimate and personal communion with God. The Holy Spirit lives in us, so we can draw near to God, to dwell in the shelter of the Most High, the One who is over all, through all, and in all. Everything in heaven and on earth are under His control.
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2/4/2020
Judges 14:1-3 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. 2 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”
3 His father and mother replied, “Isn’t there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?”
To my single friends: I think one of the hardest tests for young singles is to listen to your parents’ suggestion/advice when it comes to dating/marriage. However, remember God made them your parents for a reason and can speak to you through them. They know you well. So, think twice before rejecting their suggestion/advice. Shalom. :) -Mike

2/5/2020
Judges 15:18-19 Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the LORD, “You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” 19 Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi.

It really encourages me to see no matter the sins/mistakes of Samson, when he cried out to the LORD, the LORD hears his prayers. No matter what sins/mistakes you have done in the distant past or even just now, God cares how you are relating to Him at this moment. Are you willing to turn to Him, cry out to Him, receive His mercy and grace to continue to live for and serve Him?

2/6/2020
Judges 16:4-5 Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. 5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

Judges 16 is packed with lessons for us through the story of Samson and Delilah. Actually, the story is not about Delilah (a lost sinner in need of the knowing of God) but about Samson’s sins unchecked which lead to his ultimate downfall. Some lessons: 1) Giving our heart to someone who is opposed to God is dangerous 2) Samson was blinded by his lust before ever being blinded physically by his enemies 3) Get out of an abusive dating relationship quickly 4) Samson forgot his abilities by the grace of God 5) God’s grace is available even when we have ruined our life.

2/7/2020
Judges 7:1-2 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”

Then his mother said, “The LORD bless you, my son!”

Judges 17 certainly recorded some strange things: 1) A son steals from his mom 2) A mom encourages her son to make an idol 3) A Levite (Priest) goes rogue and sells his service to whoever would hire him 4) All these things happening while they are correctly calling God’s name - LORD (translate from Hebrew “Yaweh”).
The writer of Judges knows the people reading this would think this is weird, so he explains in vs. 6 “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.”

Could these things happen today? You bet. As long as people don’t make a habit of checking their decisions with God’s word, they can easily fall into similar sins - stealing, idolatry, spiritual corruption, etc.. Most importantly is asking God, what are things I have not checked with Your word and done them my own way? May the LORD guide all of our decisions - big and small. Shalom. :)

2/8/2020
Judges 18:19 They answered him, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” 20 The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people.

What lessons can we learn from the corrupt Levite priest? The love of fame, power, money, and pleasures have always been the snares of mankind from the beginning of history. Only by the grace of God and the Spirit of God can we escape these temptations. Even people who don’t know the LORD should know that it is by the grace of God that they can escape these traps. I can only credit the grace of God that before I became a Christian, God by His mercy and grace protect me from many sins. Take a moment to thank the LORD for the multitude of sins He has rescued you from in your life! Shalom. :)

2/9/2020
Judges 19:22 While they were celebrating, behold, the men of the city, certain worthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house that we may have relations with him.” (NASB)

This scene in Judges 19 is strikingly similar to what Lot encountered when the 2 angels visited him before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19). No one would imagine Sodom and Gomorrah could happen again among the 12 tribes. Yet it did, except this time God did not judge them in the same way. Let’s pray today that Sodom and Gomorrah will not happen in our days. Pray for God to cleanse people and bring them back to a right relationship with Him.

2/10/2020
Judges 20:34 When ten thousand choice men from all Israel came against Gibeah, the battle became fierce; but Benjamin did not know that disaster was close to them. 35 And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel, so that the sons of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin that day, all who draw the sword. (NASB)

The tribe of Benjamin “did not know that disaster was close to them.” How can we know if disaster is close to us? Or in other words, how can we not know when disaster is close to us? Have you ignored anything God is saying to you? Have you ignored anything people have been saying to you? When we ignore warnings from God or people, then disaster may be close to us. Sometimes, the disaster takes a while, or sometimes it comes suddenly. Most importantly is do we heed the warnings and avoid the disaster? Shalom. :)

2/11/2020
Judges 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?” 17 They said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, young single people may be thinking about relationships. What is the purpose of marriage? It’s to raise up a godly family that would fear and serve the LORD. Sometimes the search can become so complicated. I remember as a young single Christian, when I meet sisters in the fellowship, I would be excited at first to know them, but after a while would start to see this flaw or that flaw in them, and then take them off my list. Is the goal to find the “flawless” person? Maybe that “flawless” person is just someone who is better at hiding their flaws. Regardless, the most important question is whether they have a relationship with the LORD? If so, God can take care of the details and just trust in Him! Shalom. :)

2/12/2020

Ruth 1:16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me.”

Ruth’s commitment to her dead husband’s mother-in-law is nothing short of extraordinary. What caused her to be so committed? I believe her commitment started the moment she, as a Moabitess, decided to marry an Israelite (God’s people) husband . She already decided to follow her husband when she got married. Even though her husband died, she continues to be committed to her decision to follow her husband’s family. May God give us wisdom from the example of Ruth. Shalom. :)
2/13/2020

Ruth 3:11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” (NIV)

May the LORD reward you for your faithfulness and struggles to keep His word. When you received Christ as your LORD and Savior, you have come under the wings of the LORD, the God of Israel to seek refuge. You have left the old way of life under the bondage of sin, being set free to serve the living God. In your struggles against sin and in keeping His word, remember your reward is from God, not from man. There may be encouragement from fellow brothers/sisters as you follow the LORD, but those are never the source of your satisfaction. Your satisfaction is in a deeper communion with the LORD.

2/14/2020
Ruth 3:5 “I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered. 6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
11 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.

Ruth has shown she is a woman of noble character by her commitment to her dead husband’s mother Naomi. She has embraced Naomi’s people and the God of Israel. She has followed all that her mother-in-law told her to do. She is truly a woman of noble character. We can be people of noble character - if we are submissive to the LORD and to each other in Christ, not seeking only our own interests, but also the interests of others, seeing others as more important than ourselves. May the LORD do a great work in our hearts to make us people of noble character. Shalom. :)

2/15/2020
Ruth 4:16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. 17 The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

The ultimate purpose of the Book of Ruth is to tell us how God provided the Redeemer for the world through the line of king David. Through the tragedy of the deaths of Naomi’s husband and sons, selflessness and commitment of Ruth to her mother-in-law, generosity and kindness of Boaz, obedience of Ruth to Naomi, and the supernatural acts of God to bring Ruth to Boaz and Boaz to redeem the inheritance of Naomi’s family, we see God’s hands in every single details of their lives. Do you see God’s hands in every single detail of your life? Whatever you went through and are going through right now will not be wasted if you place all of your life into God’s hands. May He weave a beautiful story in your life for His glory. Shalom. :)
2/16/2020
1 Samuel 1:22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “I will not go up until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD and stay there forever.” 23 Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you. Remain until you have weaned him; only may the LORD confirm His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

Reading again the story of Hannah praying for a son from God and vowing to dedicated her son to serve the LORD all the days of his life as a Nazirite, touched my heart to see how she kept her vow to the LORD even though it means giving up her first-born son to serve the LORD, not being with him and see him grow up in her home. Not only did Hannah keep her vow to God, but her husband agreed to keep her vow as well. In the OT, the husband can nullify the vow of his wife (refer to Numbers 30:13-15). Yet, Elkanah did not do that because he knows it is God’s will. May God help us to be people of integrity, let our “yes” be “yes” and “no” be “no.” Shalom. :)

2/17/2020
1 Samuel 2:29 Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’ 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now the LORD declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed.

God has made His principle very clear - “for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed.” There is no way to get around this. No matter how great we become in our life, this principle remains. Whether we have done great things for God in the past or attain great positions in the world, we can’t escape this principle. In Eli’s case, he failed to discipline his sons for their disregard of the holy things of the LORD and even joined in what they were doing. May God grant us a humble heart, so that every day we will look to the LORD and say, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.”

2/18/2020
1 Samuel 3: 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him. 8 So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy. 9 And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

In 1 Samuel 3, we see the story of how Samuel was called to be a prophet of the LORD. Samuel did not yet have a personal relationship with the LORD, even though he was serving in the temple. He didn’t know it was the LORD who was calling him. The only one he knew would be calling his name is his boss - Eli the priest. Jesus’ disciples have the responsibility to help others to first have a personal relationship with the LORD, and then disciple them to listen to and obey the LORD through prayer, reading the Bible, spiritual counsel, and other ways God speaks. I learned a lot of this through the workbook “Experiencing God” by Henry Blackaby. May God help us to know Him more. Shalom. :)

2/19/2020
1 Samuel 4:3 When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that it may come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies.”
10 So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

In 1 Samuel 4, the LORD fulfilled His judgment on Eli and his 2 sons for their sins of not regarding the things of the LORD as holy. It started with the defeat of Israel by the Philistines. Then they made a huge mistake of taking the ark of the covenant of the LORD to the battle field. Not only were they defeated, but the ark was captured by the Philistines. Eli was worried about the ark even more than about his sons because he knows his chief responsibility is to guard the ark of God as the priest. There are a lot of things that can be said about what happened. Eli first lost control of his sons, then Eli lost control of his spiritual authority by letting the elders have their way with the ark, finally Eli lost his life after hearing the news the ark was taken, and Eli lost his daughter-in-law as she bears a son. His daughter-in-law lost all hope saying, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken.” (v.22)

What should we do after a major spiritual defeat? First, recognize God is not defined by the thing that failed, whether it is a ministry, spiritual commitments, relationships, etc... The spiritual defeat does not mean God is gone. God is still there and His glory will not be defined by anything that we can see. Even in utter darkness, God is still glorious. So, let us not look at anything in the world as what “defines” God for you. Whether it is a church, ministry, spiritual commitments, relationships, etc.. God’s glory remains if we are willing to continue seeking Him. Shalom. :)

2/20/2020
5:1 Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
6 Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the Ashdodites, and He ravaged them and smote them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.

After the Philistines captured the ark of God from Israel, they tried to first place it in their temple, but found their god’s statute was cut to pieces during the night. Then God started to afflict them with tumors and many Philistines died. Today, getting a tumor or cancer in the body is very scary. Yet, I hope through the story, you see that God is in control of the tumors. When we know God is in control of all these things, then we can have faith that our loving God will not leave us at the mercy of any deadly sickness, but He has power over all these diseases. Shalom. :)

2/21/2020
1 Samuel 6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we shall send it to its place.” 3 They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but you shall surely return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.”
5 So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land. 6 Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not allow the people to go, and they departed?
9 Watch, if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.”

During this time, 1 Samuel chapter 6 provides us some truths for us to reflect on.
The plague of the Philistines was an example from God to show the plagues of Egypt was a lesson for all nations not to oppress God’s people and allow them to worship Him. Notice this plague involved mice which ravaged the land.
The plagues of Egypt is the lesson for all nations to learn from when they experience a plague from God.
God is willing to accept guilt offerings even from pagan people and their rulers.
God wants the Philistines to know clearly that this plague was from Him and not “by chance”, not by accident.
God’s ultimate purpose for the plague is for all people to repent of their sins and know Him as their LORD and Savior.

2/22/2020
1 Samuel 7:5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you.” 6 They gathered to Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah.

7 Now when the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had gathered to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the sons of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 Then the sons of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9 Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel and the LORD answered him.

As we turned to the LORD in repentance and pray for His work of salvation and revival, there will inevitably be spiritual opposition. Why would Satan want people taken out of his dominion? In these verses, we see that the people prayed and fasted and repented before the LORD. This is all good. However, immediately, they were attacked. Then they kept crying out to God and offered up a whole burnt offering. The lamb represents the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. His blood cleanses us from our sins so that we can be holy vessels to serve the LORD. A whole burnt offering symbolizing a total dedication of a person to the LORD. What I see from these verses is that in spiritual warfare, either you totally dedicated yourself to the LORD, or don’t engage until you are ready. If you are only in it half-heartedly, don’t expect God to grant you victory. Of course, you may point out how half-hearted Jonah preached in Nineveh and the whole city repented. It just shows God can do anything to accomplish His purposes despite our sins. However, it is not an example for us to follow. Shalom. :)

02/23/2020
1 Samuel 8:7 The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them. 8 Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day—in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also.

Samuel felt really rejected that the people didn’t want him to judge over them, but wanted a king like the other nations. God comforted Samuel to let him know that the people didn’t reject Samuel, but they are rejecting God. God has His plan to raise up a king who would be after His own heart - who is King David. However, the people wanted a king first before God was ready to give them a king. Again, this shows sometimes we want something based on our own desires based on our own schedule, however, God has His own timing to prepare something better for us. Let us not reject the leadership and Lordship of the LORD, falling into the sins of forsaking the LORD and serving other gods. Shalom. :)

02/24/2020
1 Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor. 2 He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.

Why did God choose Saul to be the first king of Israel? From the description of Saul and his family background, he would be a natural choice. His father was a “mighty man of valor.” Saul was the most handsome and tallest man in Israel. A true stud! A man people will look up to and follow. Born to be a leader. But don’t God judge by the heart and not by outward appearance? Could it be God was just giving the people what they wanted? They wanted a king like the other nations, so God gave them what they wanted. Saul’s look and stature will satisfy questions about why God chose him to be king over Israel. Even Samuel did not ask God, “Why did you choose this person?” Samuel must have also been impressed with Saul’s appearance. This story really reminds us not to let “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life” (1 John 2:16) direct our life. That we will not be people who just look at the outward appearance and not at the heart. Shalom. :)

02/28/2020
1Samuel 13:10 As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. 11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, 12 therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.’ So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.” (NASB)

In our walk with the LORD, He tests us to see whether we will obey Him and wait for him instead of trying to “fix” things on our own. Saul knew he should wait for Samuel to come and it is not his role to offer the sacrifice, which only Samuel the priest can do. Yet, in the moment of fear and false urgency, Saul went ahead to “fix” the situation by himself, even though he is the king, not the priest. Today, God made us His priests on earth with different roles in the church, which we need to follow. In all things, we need to wait for God’s directions. Waiting for God’s directions is a big home work, but God is testing us to see whether we will trust Him to lead, instead of trying to “fix” things without Him. Shalom. :)

02/29/2020
1 Samuel 14:47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment. 48 He acted valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them. (NASB)

1 Samuel 14 chronicles the chaotic leadership of Saul. Even his own son did not consult him and went first to fight against the Philistines and God was with Jonathan and caused earthquakes to defeat the Philistines. Saul put the people under oath not to eat anything to satisfy his own desire to take out the Philistines as quickly as possible, not thinking how it will weaken his whole army so they won’t have the energy to keep fighting. God was still with Saul to accomplish his purposes. However, Saul did not reflect and repent of his own sins and this kind of unrepentant lifestyle leads to his downfall despite his “successes” in battle for the LORD. May we be ever sensitive to our sins and short-comings so we can constantly do course corrections to keep a straight path in following the LORD. Shalom. :)

03/02/2020
1 Samuel 16:18 Then one of the young men said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one prudent in speech, and a handsome man; and the Lord is with him.”

Saul was looking for someone who can play the harp to drive out the evil spirit that was tormenting him. One of the young men recommended David. We see David was 1) a skillful musician 2) a mighty man of valor 3) a warrior 4) one prudent in speech 5), and a handsome man. I believe we can possess these things as we faithfully follow the Lord. If we work hard to improve in the skills God has gifted us with, we can become skillful in what we do. By relying on God’s power, we can become people of valor. By faith we can become powerful prayer warriors. By submitting our thoughts and words to God’s word, we can become people who are prudent in speech. By cultivating a joyful and gentle spirit, we can become people who are attractive because we exhibit the beautiful characters of Christ in us. Shalom. :)

03/06/2020
1 Samuel 20:17 Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.(NASB)

When we hear Jesus say “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39), we immediately know it is not something we can truly do apart from the grace of God. If we want to know what loving “our neighbor as ourselves” means, we can look at the example of Jonathan - the way he loved David as he loved his own life. We see how Jonathan risked his own life to defend David in front of his father Saul, even though he almost got speared for it. He risked his life to tell David about his father’s evil intentions. Jonathan’s father warned him against helping David - “For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established.” (1 Samuel 20:31a) However, Jonathan considers David’s safety more important than keeping the kingship in his own family. This is a great example of unselfish love! May God’s word encourage our hearts to have this kind of love for others. Shalom. :)

03/12/2020
1 Samuel 26:24 Now behold, as your life was highly valued in my sight this day, so may my life be highly valued in the sight of the Lord, and may He deliver me from all distress.” (NASB)

In this chapter, Saul is again pursuing David even though David has already spared his life before. Can you remember a movie where the villain keeps going after the hero and the hero keeps sparing the villain’s life? That’s what David was doing because Saul kept wanting to get rid of him. Notice in this verse that David is not asking Saul to value David’s life, even though David highly valued Saul’s life. David is looking to God to highly value his life and looking to God to deliver him from all dangers. David learned from his time of fleeing from Saul that his only deliverance is not from man, but from God. May we learn this attitude that our deliverance is not from man, but from the Lord. Shalom. :)

03/13/2020
1 Samuel 27:1 Then David said to himself, “Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand.”
Did David lose this faith in God’s protection by escaping to the land of the Philistines? We see even David’s faith in God can be weak at times. However, from the Psalms, we see David still putting his trust in the Lord even when he was hiding in the Philistines territory. The question for us is, “Do we still trust in the Lord during our times of weakness?” Even when we are spiritually weak, do we still entrust ourselves to the Lord? May God give us that faith, even as small as the mustard seed, which can move mountains. Shalom. :)

03/14/2020
1 Samuel 28:1 Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, “Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men.” 2 David said to Achish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” So Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

It would be unimaginable for David to be fighting for Philistines against Israel, his own people. David, the Philistine giant slayer! Yet, through various unexpected turn of events and David’s own weaknesses, he was put into this position, which he has to go forward with, because he had been pretending to King Achish that he was fighting his own people. We will see how later how God rescued him from this predicament. Sometimes, “little” sins can pile up into our life until suddenly one day we are faced with a situation we would never imagined could happen. Let us take heed to address any sins before they balloon into something we would have a much harder time to deal with. Shalom. :)

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God's sign in the sky after 7th prayer bus tour around 1312 community. The sun represents the Father, cross represents the Son, and dove represents the Holy Spirit.

God's sign in the sky after 7th prayer bus tour around 1312 community. The sun represents the Father, cross represents the Son, and dove represents the Holy Spirit.
Connecting generations in truth and love
What does “speaking the truth” 說誠實話mean? Actually, in the original Greek, it is only one word ἀληθεύοντες alētheuontes (pronounced ale-theu-on-tes). This is a “participle” word分詞, which in English we would just attach an “ing” at the end. This word only occurs in one other place- Galatians 4:16. The root of the word is “truth.” It literally means “truth-ing”. I write Chinese as “真理-ing”. “Truth-ing” means to put truth into action. How can we put truth to action 把真理行动出来? It means we speak the truth of God; we confess the truth of God. The Chinese translation has the meaning of honesty and sincerity, which is what the word means - to be truthful, to tell the truth to someone. It also means “holding the truth” or “following the truth”. This is the opposite of what the false teachers were doing – promoting error異 端and practicing “deceit.” 詭計和欺騙. Ephesians 4:14 says: “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.” We are to live in the truth and to love the truth, and not listen to deceit (詭計和欺騙). When we continue to speak the truth of God in love, it will build up our unity, our faith, our knowledge, and our maturity in Christ.
Speaking the truth in love should govern (管制) all what we do as Christians. A Bible commentator said, “Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.” “沒有愛的真理就是殘酷,沒有真理的愛就是偽善。” A pastor in a book on marriage said, “Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.” “沒有真理的愛就是感傷; 它支持並肯定了我們,但使我們否認自己的缺陷。 沒有愛的真理就是苛刻。 它為我們提供了信息,但以一種我們無法真正聽進去的方式。
How can we connect the generations in truth and love? I would like to mention 3 things today. First, we need to speak the truth with understanding.
I. Speak the truth with understanding (用認知的心說誠實話)
An important part of loving someone is to understand them. That’s why 1 Peter 3:7 says for the husbands to “live with your wives in an understanding way.” 你們作丈夫的,也要按情理(原文是知識)和妻子同住. We need to understand how people use words today. In a book by a father and son Christian apologists辯護士, they wrote how words like tolerance寬容, respect尊重, and acceptance接受have different meaning in today’s secular culture, where moral truth道德真理is determined by the individual.
Word字 Biblical Understanding
聖經的理解 Contemporary Cultural Understanding
現今文化的理解
Tolerance
寬容 Recognize and respect others when you don’t share their values, beliefs, and practices.
當您不認同他人的價值觀,信念和做法時,要看重並尊重他人。 Recognize and respect that every individual’s values, truth claims, beliefs, and practices are equally valid.
認可並尊重每個人的價值觀,真理主張,信念和做法都是同等正確的。
Respect
尊重 Give due consideration to others as valuable human beings, without necessarily endorsing their beliefs and lifestyle choices.
適當考慮將他人視為有價值的人,而不必認可他們的信念和生活方式選擇。 Wholeheartedly approve of others’ beliefs or lifestyle choices as equally valid.
全心全意地認可他人的信念或生活方式選擇都是同等正確的。
Acceptance
接受 Embrace people regardless of their beliefs and lifestyle choices.
擁抱人們,無論他們的信念和生活方式如何。 Not only endorse, but actually praise others for their beliefs and lifestyle choices.
不僅認可而且實際上讚美他人的信念和生活方式選擇。

The apologists wrote: “Cultural tolerance 現今文化的寬容and its narrative敘述about the truth of who we are as individual allow no differentiation between who a person is and that person’s beliefs, behavior, or lifestyle. If it were written as an equation, it would look like this:
Who I am = What I do
我是誰 = 我做的事
This is why if you object to their behavior, they feel you are rejecting them as a person. This is the opposite of the gospel, which says God loves us in spite of the sins we committed. Christ shows He loved us by not wanting us to stay dead in our sins. That’s why He came to save us, to give us a new life so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness使我們既然在罪上死,就得以在義上活. Even though the Heavenly Father hates our sins, but He loved us and chose us in Christ before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight從創立世界以前,在基督裡揀選了我們,使我們在他面前成為聖潔,無有瑕疵. This is real love! Amen?
The Bible is not just a reference 参考for us to form our “own truths.” Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: (John 14:6). The source of moral truth comes from God. God defines what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil, not us! We know what is right and wrong, good and evil by what God reveals to us through His word – the Bible.
To be loving is not a blanket endorsement一攬子認可of everything a person choose to do. No parent will agree to things not good for their children. If they agree with everything their children want to do, even if it is not good for them, that would unloving and uncaring. Amen?
The cultural sins we see today are the results and also the consequences of rejecting the authority of God and His ways. Romans 1:18-19,32 tell us: “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.”
If the sins we see today are the result of not knowing God and His ways, why are we fighting with people about them and not deal with it like a spiritual issue? Only God can change their hearts. This Thursday I was at a talk about God and the universe. The speaker made an interesting observation that God created animals for humans to tame. But who can tame humans? Only a being higher than humans can tame humans – which is God.
A Bible teacher wrote: “There has been a welcome rediscovery of the truth that we are engaging in spiritual warfare as we preach the gospel. But when Christians are faced with opposition by human forces, they often act with the same attitude they would use if they were fighting demonic forces. They are attacking people when they should be loving them.” 我們在傳福音時正從事屬靈的爭戰,這是一個受歡迎的重新發現。 但是,當基督徒面對人類力量的反對時,他們通常會以與惡魔勢力戰鬥時所使用的態度行事。 當他們應該愛他們時,他們就在攻擊人們。
Speaking the truth in love means we speak the truth with understanding. Ask the Holy Spirit to work in their hearts and give you words to speak that would be full of truth and compassion富有同情心的.

Happy 2020! Are you looking forward to 2020 with excitement? As you look back in 2019, what blessings/grace have you experienced?

As we prepare to go into 2020, do you expect to receive new things from God and do new things for God? If we want to do new things for God, we need to first know why we can do new things. We can do new things for God because we are a new creation.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
The Greek word for “creation” is used 19 times in New Testament. It can mean created thing 受 造之物(1), creation 造天地 (14), creature 造的人(3), and institution 制度(1). It is interesting 1 Peter 2:13 uses this word to mean institution制度, like in human institution (人的一切制度). However, in most cases, it means something created by God. Things created by humans are all created from God. Even Apple’s Steve Jobs in his biography admits “I didn’t invent the language or mathematics I use… Everything I do depends on other members of our species and the shoulders that we stand on.” Actually, everything depends on the Creator. God created humans and gave humans the ability to shape things from the world that He created out of nothing. We are just using the resources given to us by God who created us.
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, the new creation is also translated “new creature”. We can be called a new creature, just as it is translated in the Chinese Bible. We are the new creature God has created in Jesus Christ, people who have the Holy Spirit, who can bring the good news of salvation to the world, the salvation that comes through Jesus Christ? Being the new creation is the most important thing to the apostle Paul. In Galatians 6:15, Paul says, “Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.”

We need to distinguish between the old creation and the new creation. Romans 8:22 says the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. The whole creation has been subject to futility. The old creation is waiting for the new creation to come. Romans 8:23 says we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly. We are the new creation, but we are also looking forward to the new creation, when Christ will come back again and everything will be made new. Brothers and sisters, in Christ, you have experienced the new creation and will continue to experience more and more until it is fully realized when Christ comes back. What does it mean that we are a new creation? It means we have a new life; a regenerated life with God’s life in us; we have the eternal life in us; we are a new person no longer controlled by the sinful nature; we have the Holy Spirit living inside us; we have a new identity as God’s children; we are heirs of God; fellow heirs with Christ; adopted children of God; sons of God. We have been re-created in Christ through a new spiritual birth.

How should we carry this identity as a new creation into the new year? How should we live as a new creation in the new year? Let’s look at three things from verses 15, 16, and 20.
The first thing is that we should no longer live for ourselves but for the Lord.

I. We should no longer live for ourselves but for the Lord (vs. 15)
15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. (NIV)

The key here is Christ died for all so that we no longer have to live for ourselves. It is a great burden to live for yourself. Just think of all the burdens you have. Can you really make your children successful? Can you really make your marriage happy? Can you really guarantee your finances? When we start living for the Lord, we no longer have all these burdens. Jesus says, “my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:30). Decide this new year you will live for the Lord. Let the Lord be in control of your life. Give all your burdens to the Lord. You will no longer try to control others, but you can love others and let the Lord be in control. When your children come home, you can have a peaceful spirit and enjoy being with them. Your worries are not from the Lord. The Lord wants to give you rest. What pressures do you face here? What burdens you need to give to the Lord right now? You will be happy when you no longer live for yourself but for the Lord. Because Jesus died for all, we should no longer live for ourselves but for Him who died for us all and was raised again and was victorious over death. Amen?

The second thing is we should no longer look at Christ and people the same way.

II. We should no longer look at Christ and people the same way (vs. 16)

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. (NIV)
Do you see Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? What does it mean that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior? It means you have a master, right? It means you have Someone who rules over you, right? It means you have Someone who can save you, right? Do you see the Lord as Someone you can turn to whenever you have trouble or do you see the Lord as the One who truly knows what is best for you and can meet all your needs?

There is a a movie called “Tortured for Christ” based on the book by a Romanian Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, who was imprisoned and tortured for his faith during the Communist rule. He started the ministry that is now called the Voice of the Martyrs. He quoted Savonarola, an Italian Dominican friar and preacher during the time of the Renaissance in Florence. “He said there were two kinds of Christians: those who sincerely believe in God and those who, just as sincerely, believe that they believe. You can tell them apart by their actions in decisive moments.” ― Richard Wurmbrand, In God's Underground

This is a good question to ask ourselves. Do I sincerely believe in God or do I just sincerely believe that I believe in God? In other words, how real is God to me? Let us walk like the saints before us, so we can truly know how real God is to us. Amen?
In the coming new year, I hope God will give you a fresh pair of eyes as you look at people so you no longer focus on the differences, the things you don’t like, the things you are not familiar with, but you will see people as people you can serve, people you can help.

In Mark 8:22-25 there is an unusual story of a healing of a blind man, because the healing wasn’t immediate. Let’s read this story.
22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” 24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.” 25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Are we blind to the people around us? Are people just like walking trees to us? We need God to heal our sight completely so we can see people as they truly are and how precious they are in God’s sight.

The third thing is we are ambassadors for Christ.

III. We are ambassadors for Christ (vs. 20)

2 Corinthians 5:20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

You are in the world because God has a mission for you. What is God’s mission for you? You are an ambassadors for Christ. It is a high status in God’s eyes, but it is not something to be arrogant about. It means we need to the servant of all. Like Jesus, we are here to serve and not to be served. We are here to bring people to the Lord. Andrew told his brother Peter, “We have found the Messiah” (John 1:41) and then Philip found Nathanel and said, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote” (John 1:45). So we too have found the Savior of the world. How can we tell this good news to other people?

Are you an ambassador for Christ in your family, among your relatives, at your work, at your school? As the culture try to change the ways of God, we need to hold firmly to the word of God. Remember that we are God’s creation. We are here to glorify God, not to rebel against God’s design. Praise the Lord that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. We also need a clear message that communicates the grace and love of Christ to world. So much of the confusion today is confusing the freedom to sin or not to sin. We can use our freedom to live according to God’s ways. Yet, the emphasis now seems to be how to live contrary to God’s ways. The world desperately needs Christians to stand up for the truth in love, who can speak the words of grace and truth, just as Jesus is full of grace and truth.

We need to speak about our need for a Savior, Jesus Christ, God the Son, who came down to earth, born as a man, to give His life to die on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead on the third day to show us He has won the battle for us. We need to communicate the gospel more and more clearly starting from God’s creation, how God made men and women in His image to rule over the earth, how man sinned and rebelled against God, how God worked to save the world through His Son. Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in the hearts of the people. All over the world, people need the Lord! There is no hope for sinners apart from the salvation in Jesus Christ. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). The apostle Peter says in 1 Peter 4:12-14, “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.” Don’t be surprised or alarmed by what you see happening, but rejoice that you can live for the Lord, to represent the Lord, to speak for the Lord in this world. You are a new creation and ambassador for Christ. Amen?

Conclusion:
Being a new creation is the most important thing that happened in our life through our faith in Jesus Christ. Because we are a new creation, we have a new life, we have a new attitude, and we can do new things. Brothers and sisters, are you ready to do new things for the Lord in 2020? Are you willing to no longer live for yourself but for the Lord, to see the Lord and people differently, and be ambassadors for Christ in 2020? Let us pray right now to consecrate ourselves to God for the new year.


HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 FROM WBTI!

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Sacrifice of Thanksgiving (感謝祭)
12 If he offers it by way of thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of well stirred fine flour mixed with oil. 13 With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall present his offering with cakes of leavened bread. 14 Of this he shall present one of every offering as a contribution to the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.15 ‘Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning. (NASB)

In other English translations, we get more details about this offering. NIV calls this the Fellowship offering. It says the thin loaves are made without yeast and thick loaves of bread are made with yeast. This makes sense since the yeast makes the bread rise. The “flesh of the sacrifice” means the animal’s “meat.” The NET bible says the bread is ring-shaped, and is a grain offering. The KJV mentions this is a heave offering (舉祭). Heave offering (舉祭) means to present it in an up and down motion, lifting it up to the Lord and receiving it back from Him. The sacrifice of thanksgiving is a type of Peace or Fellowship offering, also called Praise offering. The Peace offering is the only offering with both unleaven and leaven bread. Usually you can only offer unleaven bread to God. Leaven is usually a symbol of evil. The unleaven bread represents the sinlessness of Christ, while the leaven bread may represent the sins of the people offering the sacrifice. Or someone says that we should thank God for both the good and bad, represented by the leaven and unleaven bread. In the thanksgiving sacrifice, God, the priest, the priests’ children, the worshipper, the worshipper’s family, and others who are ceremonially clean share in the meal together. How is this possible for everyone to fellowship with God? Because their sins have been atoned for. It is a Peace Offering because the worshippers have peace with God. It is a Fellowship Offering because the worshippers have fellowship with God. It is a Praise Offering because the worshippers can praise God for His goodness. Some sees the Priest represents Christ and the Priest’s children represents the church. Christ offered Himself as the sacrifice, so that we as the church can share in the peace and fellowship with God and offer God praise.
There are 5 main offerings in the Old Testament. (舊約5種獻祭) 1) The Burnt offering (燔祭) is for atonement of sin and complete dedication of a person to God, so the animal is completely burnt. 2) The Grain or Meal (素祭)offering accompanied all burnt offerings and is for thanksgiving to God and complete dedication of a person’s work to God. 3) The Peace or Fellowship offering (平安祭)is for fellowship between the worshipper and God. The 3 types are 1) Thank offering (感謝祭) to express gratitude for deliverance or blessing. 2) Votive offering (還願祭)to express gratitude for a blessing granted when a vow was made asking for the blessing. Hannah made this offering in 1 Samuel 1:24 after God granted her Samuel. 3) Freewill offering (甘心祭)to express gratitude to God without regard to any specific blessing. The sacrifice of thanksgiving is the first type of the Peace offering. 4) Sin offering (贖罪祭)is for atonement of sins committed unknowingly. 5) Trespass or Guilt offering (贖愆祭)is for atonement of sins committed unknowingly and some sins committed intentionally where restitution is possible. Atonement means to pay for the penalty of our sins to God. Jesus Christ did that for us on the cross by being the atonement for our sins. Nothing offered to God can atone for our sins except the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. We will never enter into God’s acceptance and fellowship based on any sacrifice we offer to Him. The only thing God will accept is the unblemished offering of Christ’ life. This is the gospel. This is the core of what Christians believe.

Christ is the peace of believers. His sacrifice on the cross brought us peace with God. All the animals used in the thanksgiving offering represent different aspects of the person of Christ: The cattle (牛) shows Christ is our burden-bearer. The lamb shows He is our perfect sacrifice. The goat shows He is the One who takes away sin. The inward parts of these animals offered shows God sees the inner parts of Christ are acceptable to Him. The death of Christ made peace and fellowship possible with God, made peace and fellowship possible with one another, and peace possible in our hearts.

Do you know where is the first time the word “thank” appeared in the Bible? It is in Lev. 7:12. The word in Hebrew is Todah. Even today, when you go to Israel, if you want to say “thank you” in Hebrew, you would say “Todah.”

The word todah has a richer meaning than just “thanks.” It means confession, praise, and thanksgiving. Confession means to tell about God’s goodness publicly. Praise means to declare God’s goodness publicly. The term thanksgiving basically means “public acknowledgement.” In thanksgiving, we are publicly acknowledging God’s goodness. Therefore, our whole life is a confession, praise, and thanksgiving to God for all that He has done for us.

Rabbi Wolicki, a Jewish Rabbi, wrote: “A thanksgiving sacrifice is not a spontaneous act at all. A thanksgiving sacrifice in the temple was an animal, usually an ox or a sheep, and it included many loaves of bread and cakes. As the verses above state, the entirety of the offering had to be eaten in one day. Considering the amount of meat and bread involved in this offering, it would be very nearly impossible for any one person to consume this quantity of food in a single day. Clearly, this offering was meant to be shared. In fact, thanksgiving offerings in temple times were an occasion for the person bringing the offering to invite friends, relatives, and probably even perfect strangers to partake of the celebration. After all, it was forbidden to leave any meat left over until the next day. Anything that wasn’t eaten would go to waste….the thanksgiving offering was an event that required planning and involved a significant financial commitment. The thanksgiving sacrifice was designed to give a person who has experienced God’s benevolence the opportunity – and responsibility – to include others in the celebration.”
-MHL for WBTI

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