Do You Love God?

A Jewish teacher of the Old Testament asked the Lord, ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?’ Matt. 22. 36. The Jews loved to argue about the finer points of their law. The Lord responded, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment’, Matt. 22. 37, 38. To love God is not a commonly found religious requirement. Most religions are based on fear. The god or gods must be appeased so they will not hurt you. They are viewed as powerful and cruel, gods to be feared, but surely not to be loved. Worship consists of gifts and deeds to earn favour with these awesome, fearful spirits. To placate them some people have offered human sacrifices, even their own children. ‘They burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods’, Deut. 12. 31. Moses spoke to Israel of their God, saying, ‘He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen’, Deut. 10. 21. He is a God characterized by holiness and love, He ‘loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing’, Deut. 10. 18.
David later writes, ‘For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him’, Ps. 103. 11. Holy, loving, merciful, compassionate – this is the God the Old Testament believers came to know and to love. The God presented in the New Testament is no different. Yet, still there was a mystery that men often pondered in those early days. Job asked, ‘How then can a man be righteous before God?’ Job 25. 4. How can a holy God love and accept a sinful man? The mystery is solved when the sinner stands at the foot of the cross of the Lord Jesus, understanding that Christ died to pay for his sins. ‘Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures’, 1 Cor. 15. 3. God can forgive the sinner justly because Christ has paid the full penalty. It is at this moment of conversion that the reality of God’s love sweeps over one’s soul. The Almighty, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, loves me! Amazing love! The ‘beloved’ apostle put it like this, ‘In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins’, 1 John 4. 9-10.
God’s love for us, pouring like a torrent into our souls by the Holy Spirit, moves us to become loving persons. 1 John 4 verse 19 clearly teaches that we love God in response to His own passionate love for us. We also now love fellow Christians, 1 John 5. 1. And that love overflows out to those who are lost and perishing in their sins. Did not Christ love the sinner ‘when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them’, Matt. 9. 36? So then, the selfish sinner should become a loving soul when he accepts Christ

24 -Switchfoot

Twenty four oceans
Twenty four skies
Twenty four failures
Twenty four tries
Twenty four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
Twenty four drop outs
At the end of the day
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty four hours ago
Still I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
And I'm not who I thought I was twenty four hours ago
Still I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
Twenty four reasons to admit that I'm wrong
With all my excuses still twenty four strong
See I'm not copping out not copping out not copping out
When You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man
Oh, oh I am the second man now
Oh, I am the second man now
And You're raising these twenty four voices
With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies
In twenty four parts
But I wan to be one today
Centered and true
I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man
Oh, oh I am the second man now
Oh,I am the second man now
And You're raising the dead in me
I want to see miracles, see the world change
Wrestled the angel, for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
And You're raising the dead in me
Twenty four voices
With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies
In twenty four parts.
I'm not copping out. Not copping out. Not coppingout.

Welcome back!

Heard our brother guna is back today.. Happie... Thank you Lord for his safe journey and that he could finally return to his loving wife...

Its my blog rite? I'm suppose to write about myself?

Anyone wanna help me with this?

Holland??France??KGC???

News update, it is said that a local brethren church in Kajang, the Kajang Gospel Centre(KGC) youths, have recently made a change to their football jersey.. At first they claim it to be similar to Holland's away jersey but then it turned out to be that it resembles the france(home) jersey even more.. A brother(NCH..guess who?) announced that the jersey would cost in the range of RM40-45... The package consists of a jersey, shorts and soccer socks.. For further inquiries please proceed to the information counter(there isn't one) or call Mr.NCH at 016-6656996 to be enlightened. Thank you.. End of newsflash..

Starting to miss you guys..

By the time this post goes public, you guys should already left kajang.. Thank you so much for an amazing experience in form6 and also for letting me be apart of your lives.. It was an honour and i enjoyed every bit of it.. Now, no matter where you guys are, remember that we are still friends forever.. Can't wait to see you guys in your holidays.. Love you guys.. Take care always..