Eat Humble Pie
Monday, March 23, 2009

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Ever wonder if you are right and most people are wrong. That is scary. For one, you will be wondering how it could be. Especially when people who say that you are wrong are those of the main stream, or worst, they are the church leaders. You will be wondering if your heart have deceived yourself.

What do we do? Do we rise up and rebel or start a new crusade or should we quiet ourselves and let those who are the leader continue to preach what people think is right and behave as if they are right.

Jeremiah have something similar in here, as I see Jeremiah lived his life, we see a humble man who continue to preach what most people rejected. I come to one conclusion...

If you want to be right, eat your humble pie.

Do what need to be done, but remain humble.

Too many people have split up churches or start their empire because of that. But here we see a humble man who continue to cry to God. Jeremiah did not stop his massage, it fact it get more unacceptable.

Jeremiah in Chapter 27 told the king to do an unthinkable task. To accept an evil king advances since Jeremiah say that God is going to use him as his servant. Unthinkable, as this is the first time a Jewish King are given such advice..to work with a pagan King, a evil pagan king. To the rest of his collegue, they would think that Jeremiah is wrong and would advice the King, that as a Jews, a God Chosen race, will need to rise up against the King. Even as I first read it, I thought it would be a no brainer thing to fight this evil king.

I wander what "persecution" would Jeremiah face...I have my fair share of it, even my best supporting friend would turn against me...as if the holy spirit have stop prompting me. I know I have sinned and in many time, sinned so badly, does it make me someone who would not know God truth anymore.

It is when I realise that I have sinned and thus humbled myself, I see the error of people who would fight all the way for the truth to be people of pride. I begin to understand Jeremiah decision. My response would be similar to Jeremiah....to cry to God and face it along with those that stand against me.

Posted by Sheep In Wolf Clothing 8:50 AM    

How Romans change my life?
Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Year 2008 is a eye opening year...I can say I went to the dark side, coming out leave many remenent of things behind. We human are strange, only unless we know we are bad, will we be humbled and see God as almighty.

Only then will I realise how wrong I was in the pass, to view people who never seen to get out of their struggle, and maybe even enjoy their sin that they are struggling as lower level Christian. Of course, no one will outright say that, but we treat them like that. Eg. They can do anything in church but never to lead a Bible study, or never should they involve in life... it is like they are the failure of our Christiandom and nothing good can come out of them.

Would we say only young christian can fall and older one should not, if they do, then they are not older one? When an older christian sin, we ranked the sin to see if it is the serious one or just forgiveable one.

And if older christian did something unacceptable to the community, it is kept quiet at all cost, we may even remove the person as if he is not a soul that we should care for. Such dilemma...

It is in such time 3 books hold me on....1 is Romans, then 1 Thess and last is from John Piper, "When Darkness did not lift". I pray everyday for my full return to God...and I know I will...if he wants to kill me, why take so much trouble, why not just don't save me in the first place....i pray and continue to pray.

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Shin Mun birthday.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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The Return of the Eric
Thursday, September 06, 2007

Its have been many moon since i wrote this...i kind of let my younger leaders take over...be it willingly or complusory.

Well, its been about 2 years...and i am back since they no longer use this site for their communication...i hope to write my thoughts again.

As for personnally, i just got my 10 years award for my work place...thank God for this 10 years..n i pray tat he will substance me for another 10 more.

Posted by Sheep In Wolf Clothing 4:55 PM    

Why are you leading?
Saturday, May 20, 2006

Last year in “love joy peace” we shared the gospel to our students. This year in covering the book of Mark, we challenged our students to have a passion for God, since they said that they believe.

Our studies on being a “Woman of God” and “Men of God” are not about how to be a man or woman. Studying it from this perspective is just a means to an end. They are about how we can and should have a passion for Christ. Focus on this as your prepare your lessons. It’s not about how you can only relate to an issue as a man or a woman.

What are we doing when we go to ACJC every week? Is it just to go there and get it through? To sit down and keep quiet and let others lead? Are you leading because it’s your turn and you have to?

The real question I ask myself is: What am I doing here?

Why lead Sec2s? I’m teaching to change lives.




… so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. - Ephesians 4:12b-13

And that’s what we’re doing. We have some responsibility over how our students eventually turn out, and it’s about turning that ‘just believe’ into a passion for God.

I know it’s hard sometimes, wanting them to have a passion for God when we struggle to have a passion for God ourselves. I know I struggle too. We have a purpose to fulfill, so let’s not crash and burn.

Yipeng

Posted by yipeng 12:58 AM    

Mark 16
Saturday, May 06, 2006

As you can see we have 3 incident, so we will split to 3 groups.

First group to touch on 1-8, Second touch on 9-11, last group to touch on 12-13.

Ask these question for the group

1. In each case, how did the people receive the information that Jesus is risen?
2. How did the people response to the information?
3. Do you think the response is expected or surprising?

Then get each group to send a representative to read the passage given and give the answers of the above question.

Yipeng will sum up the first part. especially o the response in question 3. He will generally talk about people response to the gospel in today world.

- 1. We believe
- 2. We modify what we hear to suit whatever we do not believe.

Yipeng will also touch on that people know of Jesus is risen from someone telling them too.

Gather back to the same 3 groups and do- 14-20

Question
1- How did the discipler finally believe? Why do you think Jesus reproach them?
2. Summaries what Jesus say.

Basically, the summary must have this 2 pointers
1. Tell others of what happen to Jesus and what will happen to them.
2. The task for knowing all this is to perform the role of the prophet. To tell the truth of the kingdom of God.

( The second part would be difficult for the student, so you may need to step in to summarise for them. Notice 16-17 signs are all signs from the old testament prophets, from Isaiah who talk about the days where strange tougue would be spoken as a warning, and to Moses which in the event of bringing the people out of Egypt, handle snakes, and lastly, Jesus who heals the sick. All of them have 1 thing in common, to tell and bring people to God.

We must not get too engross with the detail of these things and ignore what is the real issue that need to bring out)

Gather back, and YiPeng will summaries. He will get the people to read Luke 24:13-16. That unless God open our eyes, we remain to be in disbelieve. He will also challenge them to consider the commission that Jesus is saying that we must consider to tell others if we believe. If we do not tell, what really are we saying of about ourselves?

Posted by Sheep In Wolf Clothing 7:14 AM    

lesson 9
Thursday, April 20, 2006

hey, pple!!..

i've already sent the lesson as a microsoft wrd attachment to your respectv emails..pls go read up!!..

if i've missed you out pls msg me 91272112 with your email add, ya??..thx

btw..wad i've sent you is jus a guide : dont need to follow 100%..if u feel certain qns are redundant, dont ask them..if u wanna add in qns of your own, be my guest..

happy reading & preparing!!

=]

megan

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