Saturday, July 19, 2008
"At the root of the Christian life lies belief in the invisible. The object of the Christian's faith is unseen reality" - AW Tozer in The Pursuit of God
"And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him." Hebrews 11:6 (NLT)
"To seek God does not narrow one's life, but brings it, rather to the level of highest possible fulfillment." - describing A. W. Tozer's discovery in the Introduction to "The Pursuit of God"
"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." - 1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV)
Let a man sanctify the Lord God in his heart and he can thereafter do no common act. All he does is good and acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. for such a man, living itself will be sacramental and the whole world a sanctuary. His entire life will be a priestly ministration. as he performs his never-so-simple task, he will hear the voice of the seraphim saying, 'Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.'" - A W Tozer in the Pursuit of God
Christ is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
"O God, quicken to life every power within me, that I may lay hold on eternal things. Open my eyes that I may see; give me acute spiritual perception; enable me to taste Thee and know that Thou art good. Make heaven more real to me than any earthly thing has ever been. Amen." - AW Tozer in the Pursuit of God
May my life be a sacrament and the world my sanctuary..
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship." Rom 12:1
"you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." 1 Pet 2:5My heart saddens to see this because I've been a disappointment. Yet God has always been merciful and good to me... holding me pure and precious in His sight.
The deeper you fall.. the greater the love of God to you. Do you realise no matter how much you achieve in life or try to be good to others, try to live a righteous life based on your own standard or societal standards, you can never escape the reality of death, of emptiness, of guilt, of sadness, of betrayal, of brokenness in relationships, in work, of incompetency, of unproductiveness...and the list goes on.
Do you realise the need for Jesus Christ?
"Cold" does not exist. It is not the opposite of hot, but the absence of heat.
"Dark" does not exist. It is not the opposite of light, but the absence light.
"Death" does not exist. It is not the opposite of life, but the absence of life.
Premise of duality doesn't prove the existence or non existence of God.
He's not finite.
Just as a thought cannot be explained,
magnetism & electricity cannot be fully understood,
God cannot be explained by science.
But Science can reveal God's intelligence & creativity.
"Evil" does not exist. It is not the opposite of good, but the absence of God.
A word has to be created to describe it.
God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:8
Signing off...Tingyu^^
