Alvin Daily

Questions Christians should Answer

2010-03-16T15:20:00.000-07:00

My friends, are you Christian? Do you really love Jesus? Have you been born again? Are you sure that Holy Spirit dwell within you? Are you sure that you already have eternal life?

My friends, do you really loves Jesus? Do you read the Bible regularly? Do you love reading Bible? I wonder to see many Christians say that they love Jesus, but never read Bible, the Word of God. Do you know that Jesus is the Word of God who became flesh? Logically, if you said that you love Jesus, you should also love the Word of God, which means that you should love the Bible. So, if you say that you love Jesus but never read the Bible regularly, you are a great liar, you never love Jesus. “Well did Isaiah prophecy about you, saying: These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines, the commandments of men (Matthew 15:8-9).” So, my friends, if you don’t want Isaiah’s prophecy fall on you… don’t say that you love Jesus, unless you love also the Word of God. We live in the last days where there are lots of false teachers, false prophets, and false apostles. If we never read Bible how can we differentiate them and the most important thing is how can we understand God? We need to read God’s Word and obey it.

My friends, do you really a born again Christian? If you are really a born again Christian, you should have experienced your life changes drastically and there will be regeneration in your life, not through making many commitments (our effort), but supernaturally (God’s grace). It is not because of your works, for by grace we have been saved through faith, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). God will give you a new heartand put a new spirit within you; He will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. He will put His Spirit within you and cause us to walk in His statutes, and we will keep His judgment and do them (Ezekiel 36:26-27). You will no longer struggle to read the Bible, you will find that your prayers will no longer stuck on the roof, you will long to have fellowship with other believers, you will find that worshipping God and doing Christian life are sweet. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). Just as a baby born in this world, having a birthday, you will know by yourself, when your spirit being quickened by God, when all things have become new, when His Spirit enter your heart and your old-self has passes away. So, my friends have you been born again or you just a good person who know Jesus Christ but never allow Him to live His live in you? Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart.

Are you sure that Holy Spirit dwells within your heart? Do you know what the meaning of HOLY? If Christians say that they have Holy Spirit within them but still living in sins, continue falling into the same sins, having the sinful nature, they must be liars. They should question the spirit within them, “Is it Holy Spirit or unclean spirits? Why if it is Holy Spirit I still living in sins?” The only answer is: it is a deceptive spirit with the heaven that never exist. For if we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth (1 John 1:6). “He who says “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him (1 John 2:4)” “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God (1 John 3:9).” My friends, if you continue living in sins and still claim that you have Holy Spirit within you, repent and ask God’s forgiveness, submit yourself to God and believe that Jesus has died for you not only to be your Savior but also to be your King, your Lord.

You are His servants, no more of yourselves, surrender all unto Him: your life, your future, your everything. Believing that your old-self has been crucified with Christ, that you have died to sin and to the world, that you were buried with Him through the baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. So, my friends, are you sure that Holy Spirit is within you or your heart has deceived you all this time? Bible said, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it (Jeremiah 17:9)?” Do you already have this newness of life?

My friends, why you do good Christian life? Because you should do it? Because you think that it is necessary to be saved? Because you want to enter heaven? Because you are grateful that you are saved? Or because it is Christ who dwells in you who does that? The problem most Christians have is: they have begun in the Spirit, but now they are being made perfect by the flesh. They have been born again, they have obtained salvation. I believe that they have genuine experience. But then, they try to please God with their own flesh, they start doing good based on commitments, promises to please God and they struggle with it. They can’t keep up with God’s standard. They try to be holy, to be full of love, to be humble, to be patience, etc. These are where they start doing wrong, they start trying to please God with their flesh after they have begun in the Spirit. God main objective is: to make us know that nothing good can come out from us, but human thought is: we should try our best to please God; with our commitments, with our promises, with our flesh to become holier, more righteous, more loving, etc. My friends, God wants us to know that we can’t please God. We are unholy, impatient, and selfish, cannot love others, cannot forgive others, and cannot do anything good from ourselves. God wants us to allow His begotten Son, Jesus Christ, lives in us, to have His Holiness, His Love, His Forgiveness, His Humility, His Righteousness, His Strength, His Power, and His Life in us. He must increase, but I must decrease (John 3:30). It is Christ who forgives, who loves, who is pure, who is holy, who is righteous, who is humble, and who is patience, not us. It is Jesus Christ in us that please God’s standard, God’s righteous demand. It is God’s grace. So once again, doing Christian live is sweet, we are not trying to please God with our effort, our own flesh, but Christ does it in our lives. Praise God. So, my friends, are you still trying to please God with your own flesh? Why don’t you stop trying and start asking Jesus to have His way in your life, to bring His life into your life? And this is eternal life, that they might know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You sent (John 17:3).

May these questions bring godly sorrow lead to repentance in you. Jesus loves you.

Alvin Su (AS)

Is Christ divided?

2010-03-16T02:36:00.001-07:00

My friends, can you tell me why there are lots of denominations in Christendom? Can you tell me which denomination is the most biblical one? Can you tell me why there are lots of different name of churches in one street? Can you tell me the reason why people start putting their names as the name of the churches? Each time I heard sermons about doctrinal issues, the preachers will say, “According to the tradition of the church, baptism by sprinkling is not baptism at all, only by immersion,” or “You must speak in tongues if you want to join our church,” etc. Why people should follow the tradition of the church or rules of men, instead of the Bible?

Bible said, “Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits (Hebrews 6:1-3). So, brethren should we continue quarreling ourselves about the Word, about the doctrine of baptisms (immersion, sprinkling, etc)?

What about speaking in tongues in the church? Should the whole community of the church speak in a tongue at once? Bible said, “If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God (1 Corinthians 14:27-28).” “Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind (1 Corinthians 14:23)? But why I hardly see the churches which follow the instruction of the Bible, can’t they count? Are they really out of their mind? Does not the Bible clearly state ‘at most three’?

My friends, do you know what the last dying prayer of our Lord Jesus Christ was? He wants His Church to be one as He and His Father are One. His eternal will is to present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27).

Jesus prays for all believers, “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word, that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one, I in them, and You in Me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me (John 17:20-23). Jesus also said, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or houses divided against itself will not stand (Matthew 12:25).”

But what exactly happen in our Christendom right now? Can the world see that we are one? Can the world see God’s love toward them through us? Are we fulfilling Christ’s dying prayer? The fact that we are not one, the fact thatwe divide among ourselves through many denominations are not Jesus’ will. Each of us says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ”. Paul knew it very well and for this reason he rebuked them sharply, “Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul (1 Corinthians 1:12-13)?”

Each one of us proudly says, “I am of Martin Luther (Lutheran),” or “I am of John Calvin (Calvinist),” or “I am of Arminius (Armenian),” or “I am of John Wesley (Methodist),” or “I am of Menno Simons (Mennonite),” or “I am of General Booth (Salvation Army), or ”I am of John Smyth (Baptist Church),” or “I am of Holy Spirit (Pentecostal Church and Charismatic Church),” etc. Many of us didn’t realize that we are dividing the Body of Christ, that we are carnal, babes in Christ. Were Wesley, Luther, Simons, Booth, Moody, Arminius, Calvin crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Wesley, Luther, Simons, Booth, Moody, Arminius, Calvin?

Paul said, “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food, for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able, for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, not he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers, you are God’s field, you are God’s building (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)”.

We are full of ourselves, we are short-sighted, and we are proud people. Do you know that sectarianism is carnal? It comes from our flesh and it could hinder us from entering the kingdom of God? “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outburst of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like, of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19-21).”

So, if you really love Jesus, if you really a servant of God, you will honor His Word more than the tradition of the church or rules of men, will you not? He wants us to be one with other believers. How? No matter which denomination they come from, as long as we see Jesus in them and we believe that we have Jesus in us, we are one, and we are the Body of Christ. How about our different theological views? How can we co-operate with other denominational churches? Bible said, “As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend (Proverb 27:17).” God uses brethren around to sharpen us. So, when we see something in opposite, why don’t we in humility and in love, kneel down and ask God to enlighten us? For we know in part and we prophecy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of three is love (1 Corinthians 13:9-13).”

Does the love of God, peace from our Lord Jesus Christ reign in our heart? Do you know when two or three believers gather together in Jesus’ name, He is there with us? He who is Perfect will do away anything that divide us as brethren and by doing it, we will grow mature, no more as a child who need milk, but as a man, who eat solid food. Praise God!! But if we are always being subjective; believing that we are something, which in fact we are nothing… we would always divide the body of Christ. In other words: we are still babes in Christ, spoke as a child, understood as a child, thought as a child. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil (Hebrews 5:12-14).

I would also say that believers who never have fellowship with other brethren, who think highly of themselves, who believe that Holy Spirit only teaches them and speaks to them more than to the others are the poor Christians. They are the lone-rangers, the lonely prophets. They have lost their contact with the church, the Body of Christ. Do you understand what the body means? Can eyes hear? Can ear see? Of course not, right? And for those lone-rangers, assume that they are just an eye… do you think that they can do all hearing, smelling, walking, talking, breathing, thinking by themselves without helps from other body-parts? Have you ever seen a real eye with height 1.80 m and weight 80 kg? Never, right? For such thing will never occur in life, but spiritually speaking: we see many of them around us. What will happen if eye choose to be independent from the body? They will surely die.

My friends, let us walk toward perfection, hand in hand fulfilling the last dying prayer of our Lord Jesus Christ to become one, no more dividing His body, forget about denomination, about traditions of the church. I don’t mean that you should separate yourselves from any denominational churches and create a new denomination, called ‘non-denominational church’. That’s just the same principle; we are dividing the body of Christ. How then? What God exactly really wants? Bible only says about local churches. Corinthians (church of God which is at Corinth), Romans(church of God which is at Rome), Ephesians (church of God which is at Ephesus), Church in Thessalonia, Church inPhilippi, Church in Smyrna, Church in Pergamos, Church in Thyatira, Church in Sardis, Church in Philadelphia, Church in Laodicea, etc. All of them are the name of the cities. God wants local churches, not Billy Graham’s ministry, Joyce Meyer’s Ministry, etc.

If we live in Rome, no matter what denomination our brethren in Rome come from, as long as they have Jesus and we have Jesus, we are one and when we move to Milan, we should join with other believers in Milan worshipping God. We leave the Church of Rome and join Church of Milan, they are the same, just different name of place. That’s what God really wants. Can the church bigger that a local city, like Church of England, Church of America, or even worst, Roman Catholic Church (who rules over the world within one gigantic system)? No, there is no smaller or bigger than local city church.

Some people will say, “Yes, that’s biblical. But how can we realize it? We can’t see those kinds of churches.” My friends, you may not see it right away but I believe that God is bringing that to happen so that He will present to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27). He will do anything necessary to make that happen, even through persecution, natural disasters, wars, false prophets, false teachers, antichrists, heresies, etc.

I believe that this time is time for purification of the church. God is purifying His Church and we will see those denominational churches will come hand in hand bringing the Kingdom of God here on earth, and there will be no more division of the Body of Christ, but we will become one as Christ and the Father are One so that the world will know that the Father loves them as the Father loves Jesus. God bless you all.

Alvin Su (AS)

God is my Father and The Lord is my Provider

2010-03-12T18:41:00.000-08:00

When the world tempts me, “It is profit not to be God’s servants, especially when you have good educational background with bright future ahead. You can gain the world.” Bible said, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever (1 John 2:15-17). ”

When the world tempts me, “You ruin your future. You have MSc degree from Germany; you are Chemical Engineer, you can work in an international company, raise a family and enjoy life.” With the strength from the Lord, I would say, “My future is at the Lord’s hands.Marriage is an initiative from God; He will provide all I need at His perfect time. Bible said, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble (Matthew 6:33-34).”

When the world tempts me, “Hey, Alvin you are so naïve. In this world nothing is free. How can you support your own need if you continue preaching for free and you don’t have other job for you financial support? Nobody will help you forever.” Bible said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). He also said, “And as you go, preach, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts, nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for the worker is worthy of his food (Matthew 10:7-10).

When the world tempts me, “You are such a fool. You go against the world. Much learning is driving you mad!” Bible said, “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world (1 Corinthians 1: 18-19)?” Bible also said, “Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men (1 Corinthians 1: 25).”

When the world tempts me, “You are helpless. You will lose everything because of your faith. You are irrational.” Bible said, “But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from Godby faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead (Philippians 3:7-11).”

When the world tempts me, “You will die soon because of your faith. You are not only crazy, but also dead meat.”By the grace of God, I will say, “I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20).

I have served the Lord since I was born again in 15 April 2007. Assuredly, I say to you. The Lord has been gracious to me. He provides all I need, not only that “eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him (1 Corinthians 2:9).” My friends, trust the Lord with all your heart for He is faithful, He will never forsake you nor leave you. He is our Father and Provider.

As servants of God, we should not submit ourselves to mammon. We cannot serve God and riches for Bible said, “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (Matthew 6:24).” When the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word and make us unfruitful like the seed which fell among thorns, please ask the Lord to give you strength and increase your faith. Otherwise, leave your ‘pastor, shepherd, reverent’ title and start your own business because if we commercialize the Church of God, treading their milk and wool for our own benefit because mammon has captivated our heart like Judas Iscariot’s, the Chief Shepherd will fight against you for He will defend His own precious sheep. Be strong in grace, my friends for the Bible said, “No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things (2 Timothy 2:4-7). God bless you.

Alvin Su (AS)

Apa Tujuan hidupmu

2010-03-11T06:29:00.000-08:00

My friends, pernah terpikir kalau hidupnya sapi lebih beruntung daripada kita sebagai manusia? Hah... gimana ceritanya sapi lebih beruntung daripada manusia? Kalau kita memperhatikan hidupnya sapi, dia tahu tujuannya dia hidup, dia hidup untuk menghasilkan susu buat manusia dan kalau dia tidak lagi memproduksi susu, dia tahu bahwa waktunya telah tiba untuk dipotong dan diambil dagingnya. Dia dengan jelas tahu kalau dia ada di dunia ini untuk menghasilkan daging dan susu bagi manusia. Nah kita sebagai manusia, untuk apa kita hidup? Kapan kita tahu kalau waktu kita untuk dipanggil pulang ketemu Bapa di surga telah mendekat?

Ada yang bilang, “Tujuan hidupku: Aku ingin membahagiakan orang tua.” Itu bagus,nothing wrong with that. Tapi sebagaimana sapi siap dipotong kalau dia telah selesai memberikan susu buat manusia, siapkah Anda dipanggil pulang kalau orang tua Anda telah bahagia? Anda telah mendapatkan apa yang selama ini menjadi tujuan hidup Anda, harusnya Anda telah puas hidup di dunia ini dan siap dipanggil pulang alias mati, bukankah begitu? Bagaimana kalau karena satu dua hal, sebelum tujuan itu terlaksana, orang tua Anda telah dipanggil duluan? Masihkah Anda memiliki tujuan hidup?

Ada yang bilang, “Tujuan hidupku: Aku ingin mempunyai rumah dan mobil mewah, impian masa kecilku” Sama halnya dengan pernyataan di atas. Bagaimana kalau karena jalan hidup Anda yang terang benderang, pada umur 40 tahun, Anda telah dapat memiliki semua itu. Apakah Anda telah siap dipanggil pulang karena tujuan hidup Anda telah tercapai?”

Ada yang bilang, “Tujuan hidupku: Aku ingin anak cucuku sukses dan bahagia.” Kalau emang Anda punya anak, kalau tidak? Semua harta benda yang Anda dapatkan seumur hidup Anda akan beralih ke tangan kerabat Anda atau bahkan ke panti sosial. Atau, siapa yang tahu kalau semua yang telah Anda kumpulkan selama hidup Anda dengan menahan segala keinginan mata Anda demi anak cucu, akhirnya habis tidak bersisa di tangan anak Anda sendiri? Apakah Anda mau bersusah payah selama hidup Anda supaya anak Anda bisa menikmatinya dengan berfoya-foya? Kalau emang itu tujuan hidup Anda, Anda termasuk orang yang sangat baik sekali, tapi sekaligus bodoh. Artinya: Anda bekerja sampai mati, Anda tidak menikmatinya tetapi orang lain, meskipun itu anak Anda sendiri. Itu bukan panggilan hidup manusia, tapi kuda. Itulah yang kuda lakukan seumur hidupnya, bekerja sampai mati.

Ada yang bilang, “Tujuan hidupku: Aku ingin jadi orang yang berguna untuk masyarakat, untuk memajukan bangsa dan negara. Aku hidup untuk negeriku.” Suatu pendapat yang make no sense. Itu sama seperti daun berkata, “Aku ingin hidup supaya melalui aku pohon tempatku bernaung mendapat manfaatnya.” Hubungan antara Anda dengan negeri Anda ituseperti daun dan pohon. Tanpa Anda pun, negeri Anda dapat terus berjalan sebagaimana adanya. Anda mungkin dapat menjadi presiden untuk sementara waktu… tapi setelah masa jabatan Anda, another king will reign. Apa yang akan dia lakukan? You’ll never know, dia dapat merusak buah pekerjaan Anda yang telah Anda tekuni bertahun-tahun ataupun meneruskannya. Tapi apakah Anda telah mencapai tujuan hidup Anda?

Ada yang bilang, “Tujuan hidupku: Aku hidup untuk mempertahankan garis keturunan leluhurku. Aku dari turunan ningrat dan aku adalah generasi ke-sekian dari keluarga kerajaan A.” My friends, kalau leluhurmu sendiri tidak mengerti untuk apa mereka hidup, tidak ada gunanya untuk melahirkan generasi selanjutnya.

Pertanyaan mengenai “Apa sih tujuan hidup kita di bumi ini?” adalah pertanyaan yang sangat penting, tapi kelihatannya semua orang mengabaikan hal tersebut. Semua orang sepertinya hidup seolah-olah memiliki tujuan, tapi pada kenyataannya: mereka tidak. Mereka tidak mengerti mengapa mereka dilahirkan di dunia ini dengan sejuta masalah dan pergumulan, melihat keributan, perang, kelaparan, bencana alam, kekerasan dimana-mana. Mereka hanya hidup seperti kebanyakan orang lain hidup, tanpa arah, tanpa tujuan, semuanya monoton. Mau bukti?

Lihat siklus binatang: dilahirkan,bertumbuh menjadi anak, menjadi muda dan dewasa, berkembangbiak, melahirkan generasi selanjutnya, menjadi tua dan mati. Singkatnya: lahir – bertumbuh – berkembang biak – tua – mati. Bagaimana dengan manusia? Tidak jauh berbeda: dilahirkan, bertumbuh menjadi anak, remaja, dewasa, menikah dan berkeluarga, memiliki anak, menjadi tua dan mati. Singkatnya: lahir – bertumbuh – berkembang biak – tua – mati. Sama bukan?

Sekarang kalau dipikir-pikir sejak kita bayi, belajar berjalan, berbicara, menjadi batita. Lalu? Kalau orangtua kita punya cukup uang, masuk playgroup… kalau tidak, langsungTaman Kanak-kanak (TK) atau SD. Lalu? Teruskan ke SMP. Lalu? Teruskan ke SMA. Lalu? Kalau kita memiliki kesempatan, bisa lanjut D3 atau S1 atau kalau tidak, bekerja di sebuah perusahaan. Sebenarnya tujuannya sama, mempersiapkan diri untuk berkeluarga, yang satu menempuh jalur professional, satunya jalur akademik. Lalu? Menikah dan memiliki keturunan. Lalu? Berusaha mencapai kemapanan, kalau dapat… bersyukur, kalau tidak… apa boleh buat, berusaha hidup dari hari ke hari. Lalu? Mata mulai buram, gigi mulai tanggal, jalan mulai bungkuk, badan mulai sakit-sakitan. Lalu? Mati. Semua orang menempuh jalan hidup yang seperti itu bukan? Apakah ini arti dan tujuan hidup?

Sekarang lihat siklus mingguan: Senin ada di kampus atau di kantor, Selasa ada di kampus atau di kantor bedanya kalau hari Senin di kampus belajar Ekonomi, Etika, Manajemen, hari Selasa belajar Fisika Dasar, Kimia Dasar, Kalkulus. Hari Rabu? Sama, ada di kampus atau di kantor, Kamis ada di kampus atau di kantor, Jumat ada di kampus atau di kantor, Sabtu ada di kampus atau di kantor. Hanya Minggu yang sedikit berbeda, sedikit bisa santai, beristirahat. Hidup itu sepertinya: Senin – Selasa – Rabu – Kamis – Jumat – Sabtu – Minggu – dan kembali lagi ke Senin – Selasa - …. .

Belum lagi siklus harian: Bangun tidur, mandi, sikat gigi – sarapan pagi – berangkat kuliah, kerja atau sekolah sampai siang – makan siang – kembali kerja, kuliah atau beristirahat di rumah – mandi – makan malam – nonton TV – tidur. Besoknya kejadian yang sama berulang. Apakah ini arti hidup, my friends? Apakah kita tidak merasa seperti tikus yang berlari dalam roda berputar. Sepertinya kita bergerak dengan kecepatan yang luar biasa, kita terlihat ada kemajuan, padahal kalau dipikir-pikir, hidup kita tidak mengarah kemana-mana. Kita bergerak di tempat, tanpa arah, tanpa tujuan, hanya menyibukkan diri sendiri dan menunggu ajal menjemput.

Jadi apakah tujuan hidupmu, my friends? Apakah Anda puas hidup sebagaimana Anda hidup sekarang? Anda mungkin telah hidup lebih dari 50 tahun, Anda pasti sangat aware mengenai arti kehidupan, so tell me “Apakah Anda menjalani hidup Anda dengan tujuan yang jelas atau hanya berputar-putar tanpa arah?” Atau Anda mungkin baru melihat dunia selama 20 tahunan, also tell me, “Apakah Anda mau menghabiskan sisa hidup Anda yang kemungkinan masih sangat panjang, mungkin 40 atau 50 tahun lagi tanpa arah dan tujuan?” Hidup ini sudah sulit, setiap hari ada masalah baru, masalah yang satu belum selesai, datang masalah lain yang lebih pelik dan begitu seterusnya sampai kita kembali menjadi tanah. Apakah Anda sanggup menjalani hidup Anda yang seperti itu untuk 50 tahun mendatang? Think about it.

My friends, mungkin banyak dari Anda yang tidak sependapat dengan tulisan di atas, tapi itu semua sekali lagi untuk membuktikan perkataan Alkitab dalam kitab Pengkotbah : “kesia-siaan belaka, segala sesuatu adalah sia-sia” (Pengkotbah 1:2) adalah benar. Aku membulatkan hatiku untuk memeriksa dan menyelidiki dengan hikmat segala yang terjadi di bawah langit. Itu pekerjaan yang menyusahkan yang diberikan Allah kepada anak-anak manusia untuk melelahkan diri (Pengkotbah 1:13).

Jika kita pernah melihat film tentang Zombie, seperti Resident Evil. Kita banyak melihat zombie-zombie berkeliaran di kota, mereka berjalan, memakai baju, baca koran, duduk bersama-sama. Mereka melakukan aktivitas layaknya manusia hidup, tapi mereka sebenarnya mati. Sama seperti kebanyakan kita, kita sepertinya beraktivitas, tapi itu semua monoton. Kalau diibaratkan, itu seperti detak jantung manusia yang tidak bernafas,semuanya datar, monoton. Tapi lihatlah detak jantung manusia sehat, ada gunung dan lembah, ada perubahan, ada kehidupan.

Kalau Anda merasa tergugah dan ingin lepas dari kemonotonan dan kesia-siaan hidup, ingin hidup Anda memiliki arti, arah dan tujuan. Anda perlu mencari tahu terlebih dahulu penyebabnya. Satu yang pasti, God is Life, tanpa Dia tidak ada kehidupan, diluar Dia tidak ada kehidupan. Kenapa hidup kita kosong, tampaknya mati? Penyebab utamanya adalah karena hubungan kita dengan Dia bermasalah. Dia adalah Tuhan Pencipta kita, jadi kalau mau tahu apa tujuan kita datang ke bumi ini… mengapa kita tidak bertanya kepadaNya, apa maksud hatiNya menjadikan kita ada? Yesus berkata, “Dan kamu akan mengetahui kebenaran, dan kebenaran itu akan memerdekakan kamu (Yohanes 8:32), Dia juga berkata, “Aku datang supaya mereka mempunyai hidup, dan mempunyainyadalam segala kelimpahan (Yohanes 10:10b). Yesus telah memberikan hidupNya di kayu salib bagi kita supaya kita yang tadinya binasa dan mati dapat beroleh kehidupanNya;kehidupan yang berkemenangan, kehidupan yang memerdekakan. Pertanyaannya: Maukah Anda menerima anugerahNya, menjadikan Dia Tuhan dan Raja?

Sebagai penutup: carilah Tuhan selagi kita dapat, datanglah kepada Yesus selama masih ada Hari Ini sebab daripadaNya lah segala arti dan tujuan hidup kita berasal. “Lihatlah, yang kuanggap baik dan tepat ialah, kalau orang makan minum dan bersenang-senang dalam segala usaha yang dilakukan dengan jerih payah di bawah matahari selama hidup yang pendek, yang dikaruniakan Allah kepadanya, sebab itu adalah bagiannya. Setiap orang yang dikaruniai Allah kekayaan dan harta benda dan kuasa untuk menikmatinya, untuk menerima bagiannya, dan untuk bersukacita dalam jerih payahnya – juga itu pun karunia Allah(Pengkotbah 5:17-18). Akhir kata dari segala yang didengar ialah: takutlah akan Allah dan berpeganglah pada perintah-perintahNya, karena ini adalah kewajiban setiap orang. Karena Allah akan membawa setiap perbuatan ke pengadilan yang berlaku atas segala sesuatu yang tersembunyi, entah itu baik, entah itu jahat (Pengkotbah 12:13-14). Jesus loves you.

Alvin Su (AS)

Why people don’t have time?

2010-03-10T22:27:00.000-08:00

Wives say, “My husband changed. Before we married, he loved to give his time for me, but now? Not even 1 hour of private moments a day. He always says, “I am busy” “My boss call me to have a meeting” “I have an appointment with Mr.A Very urgent one, we need to cancel our dinner”, etc.

Children say, “My parents are so busy. When I wake up in the morning, they have already left to their office, when I fall asleep at night, they haven’t come back home. I have everything, but I don’t have their time. They said that they have to do it for me. But, please. I have enough. I don’t need anything else, just their care, their love, their time.”

Husbands say, “My wife changed. At the beginning of our marriage, she was so lovely, she cooked, she prepared the bathroom, etc. But now? She is so busy with her talkative friends: spending the whole day gossiping. She has no more time for me.”

Others say, “My friends have no time for me. They will spare their time if only I made appointment with them 1 week before. They are so busy with themselves.”

It seems to be that 24 hours a day is much less than what it should. God should add more hours a day, should He not? But why don’t we sit down and think how the people some decades ago lived. How could they manage their time?

Mr A lived in the 17^th century. He was a businessman and lived in Hamburg. Once he had to make a deal in Munich. Assume that at that time most people traveled not by cars, trains or aeroplanes, but horses. The journey Hamburg-Munich took 6 days by horse, then in Munich because of some difficulties he needed to spend another 2 days and as soon as he finished the deal he immediately went back home, another 6 days were needed, so in total for making a deal Hamburg-Munich, people of old needed 14 days. But how long the modern people need? Not more than 2 hours. We can send them through email, they sign the deal and fax back to us. Very fast. Logically, if we are businessmen in 21th century and we are making a deal Hamburg-Munich, we save 13 days 22 hours each contract, can you imagine how many days we can save if every weekday we make 10 contracts? You count it by yourself. Do people have arguments to say that they have no time? Do you think people of old had more hours a day than us so that they could manage it? Of course not, so why in this very fast civilization, people have less time? We should have more than them, should we not?

If you are a housewife, how many minutes to defrost the freezing meat by microwave? Count it 15 minutes. What about at our grandma’s time? She needed to boil the water, put the meat inside, waited for 2 hours. Another example: Mrs A, who lived in 17^th century, got salary from his husband. She had planned to buy some vegetables in the market, shoes in the shoe market, and fish in the fish market. So in the morning, she went to local market bought some vegetables, and then went to fish market, bought some fishes, finally in the noonday she could go to shoe market and bought shoes. Why she had to do that? Because at that time there were no one stop shop like in our time. There were no Carrefour, Wal-Mart, REAL, etc. How many hours she needed to do them all? Count it 6 hours, but how about us nowadays? We could just go to Wall-mart and buy everything there within 1 hour. Imagine if this case happens all days… how many hours we, modern people, could save than people of old? But where is the time? It seems to me that we are busier than before. Everybody says, “I don’t have time.”

We are like mouse in the wheel. It seems to us that we are moving forward, but if we are honest to ourselves. We are going nowhere. The world will continue running normally, even if we cease to work, cease to live. One generation passes away and another generation comes, but the earth abide forever (Ecclesiastes 1:4).

Can you answer that? It seems to me that somebody always shouts at our back “Go. Go. Go. Don’t stop, keep moving. You are not there yet. Forget about your wife, your children, your family. Work! Work! Work!” If only we can sit down and think. Why should we go and go and go without end but forget people we love. We are so absorbed by it. Don’t you see that everything is chasing after the wind? Vanity of vanities? Think about it. Jesus loves you

Alvin Su (AS)

One million dollars question to answer (English)

2010-03-10T18:03:00.000-08:00

“Why in this crowded world, full of people there are lot of people feel lonely?”

They say:

“Nobody cares” “Nobody loves me” “There is me… or without me… nothing different” “nobody wants to be my friend” “I feel lonely, I feel so bored” “my life is boring”

Their life:

While other people are sleeping in the night, they dress up with their fancy suit, and then go to a place where they have to pay for the entry ticket… sit down, having one or two bottle of alcohol… watching people go mad. The later the night, the crazier the people, men and women are alike. And if they are able to dance, they will dance in the dance floor… with someone they never met before, and then go to hotel. Why? Because they can’t stand the night alone. Depression, loneliness, guilt, sadness, emptiness will always haunts them when the night comes. They can’t simple face the night alone. So what they do? For them, it’s better to pay some amount of money to enter the night club or bar, pay high price of alcohol, sacrifice their sleep than to sleep alone. Have you ever thought about it? If they want to drink alcohol… they can buy it in the market with normal price, by doing it… they can save some amount of money. And they can save more by drinking it at home instead in the club. Also, we are human, not a nocturnal animal… since the days of old we do our activities during the day and sleep at night… but why these people sleep during the day and do their activities at night? Do you know why this happen?

Other people will do anything to have companion. They will treat them with meal, luxury, drink, or money… During the day, they work hard getting the money and at night… they spend it with someone who seems to care about you, nice to talk with… just kill a time so that the morning will come soon. Why? They are afraid of being lonely facing the darkness of the night? You guess…

Others, they will join some community… in the real world or in the cyber world. They will join every community they know… using lot of fake ID… sometimes they become an actress, sometimes a student… sometimes a teenager, sometimes business woman… inviting lot of people they never know… and try to build relationship… it’s really happen in our society. But why this can happen?

Let see the history. Ask our grandma this question, “Grandma… I believe that in your youth, people were not as many as today. They lived quite far from each other for there were lots of spaces, especially at that time most of people were farmers so usually in between 2 houses, there was a big gap as wide as the farm. In my opinion… you should meet people less often than this day… don’t you feel lonely? And also… in your time there was no computer, no TV or for rich people a black and white one with few programs (not like in our time), no telephone (everything done through mails), no Wii, PS3, etc. Don’t you find your life so boring those days?” To my surprise… she will simply answer, “No, I didn’t. I had a big family; we usually spent the days together in the field and the nights gathered together with relatives. Life was interesting.”

So, my question is… why in this civilized, cultured era there are many people who feel lonely? They have family; they have colleagues in the school, work, church, and they must have neighbors. In our time… people build the house next to one another, facing each other and not only that… people build apartments, sky crappers, etc. The logic says that there should be no lonely people in our time since we see people every time. We are not alone, not like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. We live together with more than 6.7 billions of people on this planet.

Can somebody tell me… is there any real Friend in this world? Friend that we don’t have to pay or to do something for their companion? Friend that I can meet not only during the night while others are sleeping, but every time He will always be with me? Friend with whom I can share everything with, I can talk to about my life, my passion, my burden, my foolishness, even my dark secrets? If you have already had… you are blessed for many people in this world are looking for Him. God bless you

Zaman Serba Instan koq Ga Punya Waktu?

2010-03-09T18:15:00.000-08:00

My friends, pernah ga terpikir pertanyaan seperti itu? Bayangin aja… di zaman yang serba cepat, serba instan, serba mudah koq orang-orang malah semakin kekurangan waktu.

Istri-istri pada mengeluh, “Suamiku telah banyak berubah. Dulu waktu pacaran dia rela nungguin aku seharian penuh, sekarang setelah menikah… Jangankan seharian penuh, 2 jam private moment aja uda ga ada untukku. Kita ga pernah lagi punya waktu untuk bicara dari hati ke hati kayak dulu. Alesannya: ada urusan mendesak lah, ada meeting lah, ada dinas luar kota lah, dsb.”

Anak-anak juga protes, “Papa mamaku selalu sibuk bekerja, tiap hari mereka nyari uang ampe lupa waktu. Aku bangun tidur, mereka uda berangkat kerja, aku tertidur, mereka belon pulang. Mereka ga punya waktu untukku.”

Suami-suami juga ga kalah sewot, “Istriku waktu awal-awal menikah, orangnya menyenangkan. Dia seneng masak di dapur, suka ngasih teh anget begitu aku pulang, siapin bak mandi, dll. Tapi sekarang? Dia sibuk ngurusin sinetron dan acara gosipnya. Dia ga punya waktu lagi untukku.”

Temen-temen juga kalo diajakin ngumpul ato maen bareng sering jawab, “Sori, schedule gua uda full, gua uda ada janji sama orang laen. Laen kali aja ya.” Waktu tiap-tiap orang tuh kayaknya berharga banget, kayaknya sehari 24 jam itu kurang. Pernah ngerasain yang begitu? Menyedihkan bukan?

Coba deh bandingin keanehan ini dengan cara hidup orang zaman dulu. Alkisah di zaman baheula di suatu daerah di Bandung ada seorang pengusaha bernama Pa Budi. Suatu hari ia hendak mengadakan perjanjian bisnis dengan seseorang di Surabaya. Waktu itu masih belum ada mobil, kereta api, apalagi pesawat terbang; kemana-mana dia harus naek kuda. Karena perjanjian ini begitu penting, maka pagi-pagi buta dia telah mulai menempuh perjalanan Bandung-Surabaya. Anggep aja butuh waktu 6 hari perjalanan, trus di Surabaya karena satu dua hal dibutuhkan waktu 2 hari untuk tandatangan perjanjian dan setelah semuanya selesai, pulanglah Pa Budi kembali ke Bandung yang mana kembali dibutuhkan 6 hari lagi. My friends, bisa kalian bayangkan jaman dulu untuk urusan bisnis Bandung-Surabaya dibutuhkan 14 hari. Tapi coba sekarang… di zaman yang serba canggih dan express ini… ada computer, email, internet, fax, telepon… urusan seperti itu bisa selesai dalam 30 menit doank…tinggal kirim email, di-print, ditandatangani, kemudian di-fax deh, urusan beres. Jadi seharusnya manusia modern tuh (dalam hal ini) punya kelebihan waktu 13 hari 23 jam 30 menit dibanding manusia kuno. Tapi ternyata? Ga ada tuh… waktu berasanya selalu kurang. “Gua ga punya waktu” adalah kata-kata yang paling sering terdengar.

Kasus lain: Bu Budi barusan nerima gaji suaminya. Dia uda lama pengen beli baju, sepatu, peralatan dapur juga peralatan mandi. Jadinya? Pagi-pagi dia beli sepatu di Cibaduyut, siangnya ke Cihampelas beli baju, selanjutnya meluncur ke Dalem Kaum beli peralatan dapur dan peralatan mandi. Bisa kalian bayangkan gimana rasanya idup di zaman dulu? Harus pindah dari satu tempat ke tempat lain karena belum zamannya one stop shopping kayak sekarang. Dulu, untuk beli kebutuhan pokok aja butuh waktu seharian, tapi sekarang? Tinggal pergi ke Giant ato Carrefour, muter-muter disana, 2 jam semuanya bisa kebeli. Seharusnya ada penghematan waktu yang cukup signifikan bukan? Tapi kemana larinya waktu itu? Koq masih sempet-sempetnya ada orang yang bilang “Maaf, saya sedang sibuk, tidak punya waktu.”

Berasa ga sih adanya suatu tenaga yang besar yang selalu nyuruh kita bergerak, jangan diam, trus bekerja, dia trus bisikin “go, go, go” ke telinga kita… sampe-sampe kita ga bisa duduk diam, ngobrol santai bareng orang-orang yang kita kasihi, bicara dari hati ke hati, berbagi kasih, dll. Anehnya, orang-orang zaman sekarang, bukan hanya ga punya waktu untuk orang-orang di sekitarnya, bahkan untuk dirinya sendiri pun dia ga punya waktu. Jadi kalo uda begitu sih, jangan harap dia punya waktu untuk Tuhan Penciptanya. Ga pernah berdoa, ga pernah bersekutu, ga pernah saat teduh, ga pernah baca Alkitab, dll. Alesannya ya sekali lagi, “Gua sibuk!! Laen kali aja”

Kalau kita peka dengan kondisi kita sekarang, tenaga yang besar itu sama seperti tenaga yang terdapat dalam rokok, film porno, minuman keras, narkoba, gossip, uang, dll. Meski hanya sekedar benda mati yang ga ada nafasnya, tapi rokok dengan ukuran sekitar 8 cm, terbuat dari tembakau dan kertas sanggup menumbangkan seorang pria paling gagah sekalipun. Pria ini dengan kekuatannya mampu menghajar 5 orang dengan tangan kosong, tapi dia selalu jatuh kalah, tak berdaya melawan daya tarik rokok yang ukuran ga sebanding dengan ukuran 5 orang. Sama halnya dengan uang… sebenernya itu cuma kertas biasa, malahan ada banyak kertas yang lebih bagus kualitasnya, tapi kenapa kita kalo disuruh bakar ato robek kertas tersebut, kita dengan mudahnya sanggup merobeknya, tapi kita bakal mengalami pergumulan berat untuk merobek uang kertas 100 ribuan? Ada kekuatan apakah dibaliknya? Kekuatan yang sanggup menaklukkan kebanyakan pria hanya dengan menggunakan kertas dan tembakau, kepingan plastik bundar berbentuk DVD, dsb? Kekuatan yang sanggup menggerakkan orang untuk bekerja tanpa henti-hentinya dari pagi hingga malam dan besoknya begitu lagi, ga ada waktu istirahat, 7 hari seminggu, dst sampe dia mati.

Padahal kalo dipikir-pikir, kita datang telanjang keluar dari rahim ibu kita, kita pun pulang telanjang, yang bayarin tanah kuburan dan peti mati juga kemungkinan besar bukan kita, tapi orang-orang yang kita tinggalin. Tapi koq manusia ga sadar-sadar ya? Buat apa terus-terusan memperbudak diri di bawah kuasa Mamon, kuasa uang, yang sebenernya ga kita bawa mati.

Sadarkah kita bahwa begitu kita mati, semua harta kita bakal kita tinggalin, rumah kita mau semewah apa, mobil kita mau sebanyak apa, istri kita mo secantik apa… semua ditinggalin. Tubuh kita mati, harta benda kita tertinggal, tapi tinggal roh kita kembali menghadap Sang Pencipta, Sang Hakim yang adil, untuk diadili berdasarkan segala perbuatan kita di dunia, kalo Sang Hakim bilang tidak, ya Neraka telah menanti kita, kalo Sang Hakim bilang “Well done, my faithful servant” ya selamanya berbahagia bersama Sang Penciptanya di surga kekal sana.

Anehnya, orang-orang sekarang lebih mementingkan sesuatu yang sifatnya fana, yang sementara… ketimbang hidup kekal, keselamatannya. Yakin ga kita kalo Allah Bapa mengenal kita? Doa aja jarang-jarang, baca Alkitab apa lagi tapi masih berani berharap dapet hidup kekal. Mending pikir ulang deh, cari tau prioritas idupmu selama masih ada kesempatan. Tuhan Yesus memberkati.

Alvin Su (AS)

One million dollars question to answer

2010-03-08T18:58:00.000-08:00

Kenapa ya di jaman yang serba crowded ini masih banyak orang yang merasa kesepian?

Keluhan mereka:

“Ga ada yang peduli gua”, “Ga ada yang sayang gua”, “Ada gua, ga ada gua… sama aja” “Ga ada yang mau jadi temen gua”, “Gua kesepian, ga ada kegiatan”, “Idup gua boring”, dll.

Kehidupan mereka:

Pada waktu orang lain sedang enak-enaknya tidur, jam 1 pagi dengan pakaian glamor (bukan piyama sebagaimana seharusnya) ditambah sedikit seprotan dari parfum paling wangi (bukan lagi wangi kasur dan bantal) mereka pergi dari rumah masing-masing ke tempat yang lumayan jauh, bayar uang masuk beberapa puluh ribu rupiah kemudian bergoyang deh mengikuti irama musik sambil menunggu datangnya pagi. Goyang-goyang ga jelas, sama sapa aja yang penting orang. Kalo ngga pinter goyang, ya… disana duduk-duduk doank sambil sedikit bosan ngeliatin cowo-cowo yang mulai berubah dari manusia menjadi binatang dengan tarian seksinya berusaha godain cewe-cewe, trus ada juga cowo yang sukanya tebar pesona ke sana sini cari cewe yang bisa diajak tidur, ditambah ada yang uda agak tipsy dengan lidahnya menjalar kemana-mana minta disetrika, belon lagi ada cewe-cewe cantik nan imut malah obral tubuh sana sini (beli baju di toko aja musti bayar, ini cuma gara-gara ngerasa ada yang mau nemenin ngobrol langsung deh obral besar-besaran, selonjoran di ranjang). Dunia ini emang uda gila, koq bisa-bisanya uda disuruh bayar tiket masuk, harga minumannya selangit, ditambah ganggu waktu tidur tapi tetep aja ada orang yang rela keluar rumah malem-malem cari temen biar tau-tau pagi aja. Alesannya: mereka tuh merasa paling takut kalo gelapnya malam uda datang, soalnya banyak pikiran-pikiran buruk mulai berdatangan, rasa sepi, rasa bersalah, rasa kesepian juga ga ketinggalan, ikutan datang berkunjung. It’s true, my friends.

Itu untuk orang yang cukup berduit, yang bisa bayar untuk masuk tempat dugem, berparty-party ria. Nah, untuk orang yang dompetnya pas-pasan ada cara laen untuk ngatasi kesepiannya. Misalnya: anak kost… malem-malem keluar cari makan bareng anak-anak yang laen padahal benernya sih ga laper soalnya tadi uda makan, cuma supaya rame… berbondong-bondonglah kayak semut cari gula. Ga percaya? Coba aja sendiri… kalo ada yang ngajakin makan tengah malem, coba aja ditolak. Paling-paling dianya masuk kamar lagi, selimutan, ato untung-untung kita malah ditraktir makan soalnya dia sebenernya bukan cari makan, tapi cari temen ngobrol… kesepian lagi deh ujung-ujungnya.

Nah, itu tadi kan untuk anak kost, kalo anak sekolahan dengan uang jajan seadanya gimana? Ya gampang, beli aja pulsa 10 ribuan (kalo bisa, cari yang ada gratisan SMS juga telponan irit) trus ngapain? Mulailah mereka melakukan serangan gerilya, taro umpan dimana-mana (maksudnya: kirim SMS model gini “Hi, boleh kenalan ga?” “Hi, lagi apa?”) kirim ke sembarang nomor ato kalo rada nekat dikit… langsung telpon, yang intinya ngajak kenalan. Ntar kalo ada yang kemakan umpan tersebut, mulai deh penjajakan lebih lanjut. Biasanya yang kemakan beginian: ya..orang-orang kesepian juga, orang-orang yang butuh temen. Kasian kan dunia ini???

Ada lagi yang senengnya surfing internet seharian, dari buka mata sampe tutup mata duduk diam, tinggal tenang di depan komputer. Pokoknya setiap ada kesempatan kosong langsung deh update berita. Twitter, FB, Friendster, pokoknya semua jejaring sosial ditambah pula dengan YM ato Live Messenger ga ada yang terlewat. Ngapain? Buat ID sebanyak-banyaknya, taro foto yang beda-beda (kadang jadi cowo kadang jadi cewe, kadang jadi polisi kadang jadi anak band) lalu mulai deh invite orang sebanyak-banyaknya. Tujuannya? Ada temen ngobrol, buang-buang waktu, biar ga bosen sendirian. Ngaku aja..banyak toh yang model begini keliaran di dunia maya? Lagi-lagi kesepian.

Mau tau solusinya untuk ngatasin masalah loe? Sebelum kita bahas sampe kesana.. pernah ga nanya ke orang-orang jaman baheula yang sekarang uda agak-agak bau tanah, nanyanya begini: “Mbah, dulu waktu jaman mbah muda… TV kan belon ada, kalo adapun paling cuma TVRI (item putih pula), siaran radio juga ga ada musik yang bagus kayak sekarang (RRI pula), ditambah game online, internet, game console (kayak Wii, PS3, dll) semuanya masih belum diproduksi. Apa idup mbah ga ngebosenin? Apalagi kan jaman mbah dulu jarak antar tetangga yang satu ke yang lain pastinya lebih dari sepelempar batu (istilah baheula), tetangga jarang.. di kampung sepi, masih pada pake petromak.. cuma ditemenin ayam, sapi, kuda..kerjaannya maen gundu (kelereng) sama loncat tali”. But to my shock.. dari hasil survei membuktikan.. umumnya jawaban mereka: “Ga tuh, dulu mbah biasa kumpul sama si buyut.. bantu-bantu di dapur ato di sawah.. maen-maen sama kakak adek mbah, malah seneng tuh. Ga ngerasa sepi.”

Bingung kan? Di jaman yang katanya serba cultured, civilized, rumah bukan hanya berjejer dari kiri ke kanan malah berhadap-hadapan (liat aja depan rumah loe, ada rumah juga kan?) bertingkat pula, ga tanggung-tanggung… tingginya aja ampe mau cakar langit (liat aja gedung-gedung di kota-kota besar kalo ga percaya). Secara logika: semakin besar kota, semakin banyak orang toh ya? Tapi kenapa koq malah orang-orang kota besar yang paling merasa kesepian? Padahal disebelah ada orang, di lingkungan kuliah, sekolah, kerja, beribadah, dll semuanya penuh dengan orang, orang itu ada dimana-mana. Koq bisa ya masih ada orang yang merasa kesepian? Merasa ga ada temen? Merasa ga ada yang peduli, ga ada yang perhatian? Ini dunia yang penuh keramaian, bung. Ga wajar kalo kita merasa kesepian, bener ga?

Ato jangan-jangan kita semua orang aneh… Coba kita merenung sebentar sambil liat ke sekitar kita, liat ke dunia kita yang nyata ini… ada begitu banyak orang lalu lalang, begitu banyak orang di sekitar kita tapi koq kita malah milih nyari temen di dunia maya… yang ga jelas IDnya, orangnya beneran ada ato ga, dll… padahal tetangga sebelah pun kita ga kenal? Temen sekelas yang duduk di pojokan sono pun kita ga tau idupnya gimana… koq kita malah pengen tau kehidupan orang yang kita sama sekali ga pernah ketemu, yang adanya cuma di dunia maya? Bukankah itu tanda-tanda orang kesepian?

Nah, kalo uda pada ngerasa begitu dan akhirnya mulai bertanya-tanya: Lalu apa donk yang harus dilakuin biar ga sepi, suntuk, bosen? Uda usaha temenan sama si A, si B, si C, semuanya mengecewakan, semuanya cuma ada untuk seneng-seneng, begitu giliran dicurhatin masalah berat, langsung pada ngibrit. Benernya ada ga sih Sahabat sejati di dunia ini? Ada ga sih Orang yang setia, yang ga pernah ninggalin waktu rasa sepi datang melanda, waktu temen-temen yang laen pada lari menjauh? Ada ga sih Temen yang bisa diajak cerita apa aja bahkan non-stop hingga dunia kiamat, maranatha nanti?

Jawabannya: Ada, namanya Yesus. Dia ga pernah sekalipun berbohong, berdusta. Dia bisa jaga rahasia kita, Dia bisa menghibur kita. Dia bisa terima kita apa adanya. Dia tau segala kelemahan dan kekurangan kita. Dia bahkan mau membantu kita untuk menjalani idup ini, yang penuh dengan masalah dan penderitaan. Kita sadar bahwa dalam idup kita, kita semua orang yang ga lepas dari dosa, tapi Yesus tau itu dan Dia telah menyediakan jalan keluar buat kita 2000 taun yang lalu. Jalan keluar supaya kita bisa bebas dari gelapnya malam, dari rasa bersalah yang setiap malem datang menghantui kita. Dia telah membayar dan menanggung semua utang dosa dan hukuman kekal kita di kayu salib. Dia dengan rela menerima hukuman salib, mati untuk tanggung dosa kita dan Dia telah bangkit dan duduk di sebelah kanan Allah Bapa. Dia hidup selamanya, Dia berkuasa di bumi dan di surga. Dan karena Dia hidup… kita pun dapat memiliki masa depan yang cerah, dapat memiliki hidup yang merdeka, lepas dari kesepian, lepas dari perasaan bersalah, lepas dari kuasa dosa dan kita bisa idup berkelimpahan… hidup kita dipenuhi sukacita dan damai sejahtera yang tidak pernah berhenti mengalir sampai kita melihat Yesus datang kembali dalam kemuliaanNya menjemput kita anak-anakNya. Praise Him!!

Gimana caranya supaya kita bisa kenalan sama Dia? Masuk ke dalam kamarmu, tutup pintu rapat-rapat dan mulailah berseru dalam doamu. “Yesus, kalau Engkau benar-benar Sahabat yang sejati. Ijinkan aku mengenalMu. Selama ini aku merasa sepi, aku membutuhkan teman yang setia. Aku butuh kasih, pengharapan. Aku butuh seseorang yang peduli dan memperhatikanku. Maukah Engkau menjadi Sahabatku?” My friends, Dia akan segera datang dan menjawab segala seru doamu. Dia adalah Allah Penciptamu, Dia peduli, Dia mengerti.

Alvin Su (AS)

Have you been brainwashed by the world?

2009-02-23T22:39:00.000-08:00

My friends, what do you think about the world? Do you think that we live in a simple, innocent, pure world or wicked and fallen world? Do you think that all things around us are in order, in the way they should be? Does everything still look normal for you? If you think like that, please open your eyes wider and look around you. If you still can't find any evil around you, let me help you to see the power of darkness. If you don't believe that the devil and spirits are exist, today is your day to start believing and get saved from them.

I believe that many of us live by sight not by faith and because of that we become short-sighted and easy prey of the devil. Many of us don't even know the truth and can't discern the spirits. Do you know that music, entertainment, porn industries have their own subliminal messages to blaspheme against God, to mislead people to darkness? They are trying to put sex, rebellion, racism, brutalism, etc into our brain.

Can you see the subliminal message in this picture? Can you see the legs and a woman is masturbating herself there? See the picture on the right and neglect the hand and the head, you will see something. And this is just one among thousand upon thousand of advertisement around you

I tell you the truth, when you see advertisement and it makes you want to buy their products, you have been under their influence, conciously or unconciously. The magic spell has been casted out on you. You will be bound unto it. Do you know the reason why companies spent lot of money just to advertise their products on television for 30 seconds in every 15-30 minutes , especially during prime time when all the family gathered together and watch television? It is because the simplest and most effective way to brainwash people's mind is by repetition.

For this reason, music that people always play again and again through their Ipod or radio; advertisement that in every some minutes always repeatedly played; movie/discovery that played for 1.5-2 hours are the best method to brainwash people.

If you heard one of the Pink's album "I wanna start a fight" and you listen it again and again, I believe sooner or later, you will conciously or unconciously become rebelious. Or "Rockstar" by Nickelback that says "we all just wanna be big rockstars and live in hilltop houses, driving fifteen cars, the girls come easy and the drugs come cheap" or 50 cents with "get rich or die trying", I believe sooner or later you will become the lover of money and drug addicts. Can you imagine what will happen if every hour you hear the same repetition? No wonder why people who always hear rock music become so rebelious and anti-society, etc. Music has changed their personalities.
If you watch the movies "War of the Worlds" or "The earth stand still", you will conciously and unconciously learn that aliens are exist, that the Bible is wrong in saying that the heaven and earth will pass away, that it will be destroyed by fire during God's wrath. Or movie about star wars, robot, etc, you will think that the world will become better and better place to live. Bible clearly said otherwise, the world is falling and it will end soon.
If you go to internet, you will find lot of advertisement of porn sites that anybody can access for free. Do you know that it is also the power of darkness try to lure you into sin, to tempt you and to make you fall? And if you go to that site, it is very difficult to come out unless you are satisfied. A spell has been casted out on you.

Do you realize now that the power of darkness can be found everywhere and always try to tempt you to commit sin? If you still can't agree with me, in the next 5 minutes you will see the power of darkness and get more wisdom and hopefully, you will be saved.

My friends, please bear in mind that anytime you watch movies for 1.5-2 hours, you are letting your mind to be intensively bombarded by the message that the producers want to pass. If they want to pass you subliminal messages, and there you are. The spells that you found in Harry Potter books have been casted out on you. If you listen to advertisement, for example "McDonald, I lovin' it", do you know that just with those simple words, anytime you are hungry, you will always try to find the nearest McDonald. Why? Because you are told to love it.

So, my friends, don't be surprise if everytime you see some movies, video clips or listen to music; lust, rebellious thought will start to arouse inside you. Disney films, Spongebob are part of them (please click the links for better proof). Most of the worldly music and advertisement are full of subliminal messages. Bible said that "the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:19-20)." My friends, if we don't have Jesus, we will never have understanding. Do you know that without knowledge and understanding people perish?

Let's see more about this power of darkness that has captived every aspect of life even to the little children who still can't distinguish good and bad

Children learn about Big Bang and Evolution in school. They are taught that God doesn't exist, that we come from apes. I have not seen any school that denies evolution theory and teach about creation. Evolution is taught during the biology class and we will get bad mark if we are against evolution and refuse to write about it on exam. Why people do that? Why even in the Christian school children are taught to deny God? Is He not our Creator? Do you believe that we just came out from lightning that hit the atmosphere? Do you believe that apes are our ancestor? That's non-sense, is it not?

And not only that, if you wrongly choose the school for your children, you will never know that they will be under influence of their friends to smoke, to use drugs, to watch porn, etc. Bible said "Bad company corrupts good character (1 Corinthians 15:33)." You won't even know that the ones who teach your children might be phedophiles or homosex, etc. Please don't hand all your responsibility to the school, they are your children, your own flesh and blood. Teach them the truth about God so that you will guard your children's future.

And in many cases, the parents themselves are their bad companies. You tell me how it is possible the children to grow in right manner if their own parents can't be the good examples of living? Divorce, smoking, tattoing, piercing, drinking, abusive, anger, hatred, etc?

And when the children finished their school and back at home, they are saturated with cartoon movies. My friends, don't be surprise if you see your little children who always run here and there all the day long, soon after Disney or Spongebob cartoons are played for them, they will become very quiet, they will abandon their homework, their bed-hour and watch attentively. It looks like that they are being captived, being hypnotized with the spiritual spell that we can't see. Actually in spongebob you will often see the big eyes on your fullscreen or spiral sign, you just missed it because you think there is nothing wrong with it. They are trying to hypnotize your children.

Later on, you will find out that your children will start quoting what their favourite characters said. You see it as funny thing but if you think it is okay for them to quote that, please keep in mind that they can also quote something that they shouldn't say: lust and sex. Why? Because even cartoon has their own subliminal messages too.

Why she has to uncover her dressing? Why the word "SEX" appeared there? If you still disagree with me, don't worry. With just a little more fact, you will now be able to see the evil around you.

This is what the the adult see

This is what the children see

As adults, we see them as cartoons but for little children, they see them as real. The makers of these movies play around with people subconciousness and put something dangerous for little children. Who are these makers? You can find out by yourself by typing "disney new world order" in your seach engine.

If you can't see nakedness in the children movies, I just afraid that when your children grow up, they will fall into freesex. Why? Because these movies always tell the story about "love" to the little children who can't even differenciate between love and lust. I have met many little children, 9 till 12 years old, asking me: "do you have girlfriend? have you kissed her?" I just amazed. It happened because since they were little children, they are taught about eros love (sexual love).

In Germany, many of 12 years old young girls have lost their virginity and some even more extreme, at the age of 15 they have already one child. Can you imagine that? Please, parents. Be careful with what your children see on television.

Don't you think that this kind of love (sexual love between man and woman) shouldn't be introduced to little children? Be careful of its spells, your child could be one of their victims

Or when they are a little grown up, they start wanting to play games. It is just no different, my friends. Many of the games are full of blasphemy against God, e.g: World of Warcraft. Sometimes the heroes speak the words that we can't understand, but if you have spiritual gift in interpreting the tongues (language), you will notice that they are blasphemying against God, you will also notice that they are also casting the spell on you so that you will never leave your seat and spend the whole day doing nothing, just playing. You forget about your study, your life, your future, you just want to play. The power of darkness has overtook you. Just see this logo of Super Mario Galaxy. Do you see the stars under the alphabets? Read only the alphabet who has star. What do you read?

If you can't get it. Here is the clue: U R MR GAY

Bible said, "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world (1 John 2:15-16). Bible is true and the more you read Bible, the more your eyes will be opened. Praise God.

My friends, if you love the world, you will fall into the trap of satan, he will become your father. You should hate this wicked, fallen world and feel like stranger and alien on earth who looking for a country of your own, the heavenly one, to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God (Hebrews 11:10).

Then when they become teenager, worldly music (rock, pop, R&B, metal, etc) saturated them. I believe that this age is the most crucial time in life, we were trying to find our own selves and many of us tried to adjust ourselves with the world so that we can be accepted by the society. Some of us want to be like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, David Beckham, and all other idols. Some of us want to be rich, some of us want to be genius, some of us want to be famous and nobody wants to be just normal. This age will determine our future. If you we ruin our life in this age, unless God change us, we will always fall trapped in the lowest bottom of society, despised and hated.

We love to read book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" "Born to be rich" "Born to be happy" "How to improve commucation skill" "How to get girlfriend in 10 days" and all other self-motivation books, etc. We love to read books about biography of rich people, famous people, great scientists, etc but we don't even care to read book about Almighty God, about our Salvation written in the Holy Bible. Why? Because we love the world more than we love God. Or for some Christians, we want to serve God but we also want to serve Mammon, we want to serve 2 masters in hope God overlook our hypocrisy and allow us to come to His holy Presence while we keep continue committing sins before Him. Nice try, but it won't work, my friends.

But once you choose to stand for the truth, the world will start mocking and calling you "nerd" "book worm" "fool" "mr nice guy", etc because you are not like them. Can you imagine that situation happen to your children? In home, they learn about Christian life but in school, the teaching of atheist (Big Bang, Evolution) saturated them and not only that: their friends, whose parents are ignorant or worldly, also influence them. If your children choose to stand firm in the foundation that you teach at home, their friends will start mocking them. It is difficult situation for them so parents, please encourage your children to stand firm in faith and pray for them.

This is what the teenager think that it is cool. Piercing, tatto, smoke, drugs, porn, heavy rock metal, emo, gothic, rebellion against rules, have a lot of boyfriends or girlfriends, etc. They should have some specific bags, suits, hair style, appearance, etc to be fitted into their community, otherwise they will not be accepted by their friends. They will feel lonely and desperate.

Bible said, "This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil (John 3:19). It is very very difficult for people to stand firm in the faith in today world. That's why I always confuse, why there are lot of "happy, joyful Christians" who never been persecuted? The only reason is: they have conformed to the world, so that the world love them as its own. It is very simple to be persecuted: speak the truth, hold onto the Bible, be like Jesus and people will start persecuting you.

In this world, people are judged by their appearance and because of that they try to be somebody else, if their friends think that they are ugly, they will do plastic surgery, breast implantation, etc. They will go to boutiques to find well-known brand (Gucci, Prada, Guess, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Armani, etc) or to hair stylist shop, cosmetic shop, etc just to be different, to attract much attention. Wearing big sun-glasses, big round earring that can make the dolphine pass through it. My friends, it is not wrong if you want to be beautiful or attractive, but please be yourself. Bible said, "Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment (John 7:24)."

Victim of plastic surgery

You are fearfully and wonderfully made by God, marvelous are His works (Psalms 139:14). Why you need to do plastic surgery? Why you need to colour your hair? Why you need to make your breast bigger? Do you think God made mistake when He created you with black hair, small breast, etc do you think God should create you with blonde hair and big breast? Let God be true, and every man a liar (Romans 3:4).

My friends, please stand firm in the faith, do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will (Romans 12:2). Do not let the world shape you to be like them. Jesus said, "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also (John 15:18-20).

During this ages, we are saturated with media, e.g: hard rock music, books, porn, etc. What about Harry Potter, Narnia, Lord of the Ring, etc? Are they not teaching us about witchcraft? The world love their books, their movies a lot and how about you? If you think Narnia is Christian movie because the writer, C.S. Lewis, is Christian, check again the author life and his doctrines. The simplest way to know about him is: go to search engine and type "...... heresy", e.g: "C.S Lewis heresy, Billy Graham heresy, Rick Warren heresy, etc" and with your Holy Spirit (if you have Him) try to discern spirits. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good (1 Thessalonians 5:21). "To prove" is different with "to believe".

I never said, "to believe all things" because you will also find that some of the true believers will have lot of enemies, the devil tries to discredit them, so that people's eyes will not be opened. The more you like Jesus, the more you will be hated by the world. As Jesus was called "possessed by Beelzebub" "blasphemy against God", etc, you will find out that many men of God are also hated by the world and given false testimonies, called "heretic", etc.

If you read the history of Spanish Inquisition, the people who were burned and called heretic are the true born again Christians who chose not to conform to the world and the ones who were called "men of God" are the Pharisees and the Scribes, the false prophets, etc. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Elijah, John the Baptist, etc were the public enemies at their time. People sincerely hated them. So, my friends please prove all things, gain wisdom and knowledge, test also the spirit of this person who wrote you.

And for adults, they are no different. The news they always watch on television is just government propaganda to shape public opinion. Or you will be saturated with sport of celebrities gossip everytime you watch movie. It always full of junks.

It is good to enjoy yourself, sitting in your family room and watch movie together. But please be careful because nowaday, I can hardly find the good movie without sex scene, without violence, without witchcraft, etc. Also in sport, another spirits work in it: idolatry, hatred, betting and drunkenness. Do you know that it will prevent you to inherit the kingdom of God?

Galatians 5:19-21

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

In Germany, no football game without beer. I have been in Dortmund Stadion, I just saw people drinking and drinking. They became crazy, became like animal, they peed on the street, they showed their genital to the mass and other took picture of it, they shouted and yelled, etc. If their team won, they will drink, if their team lose, especially when against the team from neighbourhood, they will drink even more. Vandalism is everywhere. And after watching football, they go to club, to party and start doing evil thing.

My friends, do you idolize some football clubs or football stars? Does your room full of poster of your idols? Do you think it is idolatry or not? Have you bet money for your team? Do you hate the supporter of your club's biggest rival? If you are MU fans, will you hate other english clubs fans, etc? If you still have that kind of behaviour, please read Galatians 5:19-21 and answer me: will you inherit the kingdom of God or not?

Celebrities gossip is also no different. Always talk about divorce, about violence in the home, about somebody has heartbreak, somebody change partner, somebody makes mistake, etc. Gossip is everywhere. You will also idolize some actresses or singers or dancers or whoever. Again, idolatry, gossip are surrounding you. Be careful of your eternity, my friends. MTV, fashionTV, celebrities gossip, news, sport have saturated us. We are brainwashed by the repetition. The same song can be heard everywhere, the same gossip can be heard everywhere, the same news can be heard everywhere until it affect our lives. As I said before, repetition is the best method to brainwash people.

The same thing happens in the church. If we are told "you are child of God" again and again just because we pray that simple sinner prayer, just because once on our lifetime we repeat the prayer led by the pastor, just because once in our lifetime we move forward during altar call, etc and after we pray that prayer somebody immediately shake our hand, hug and welcome us into the kingdom of God. I want to warn you that your pastors are highly possible not even saved, no matter how sincere he is, I believe that the reason he became pastor is not because of calling of God, but because another reason. Bible said, "Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit (Matthew 15:14)."

They could be sincere, in which I, personally believe that most of them are sincerely want you to be a better person, to go to heaven but they are just the product of the seminaries or Bible colleges. They just graduated from university and gained Bachelor or Master or even professor of Theology but without Holy Spirit inside them. Bible is not a textbook. Bible is not learned, but divine Word of God which need divine guidance from God alone, through Holy Spirit. It is practical, not doctrinal. Even the prostitutes, fishermen, tax collectors, murderers can become preachers, pastors, evangelists, teachers because God calls them to work in His vineyard, not your degree.

I always confuse, how can these Bible colleges treat Bible as textbook? They have exams, they give grade, etc and you know what? Some people get degree to be "pastor" because their grade is A, because they answered right 60%, because they pass the passing grade, etc. Bible is the all truth, not half truth. So, please help me justify why people with even 99.999999% right in answering the exams can be a pastor, except he is called by God?

Anyway, they will be angry if you told them that they lack of Holy Spirit, they will kick you out from the congregation. Just remember, Jesus opposed those who sit on Moses' seat, and see around you who are now sitting on the Moses' seat in your church? Be careful of their teaching, even the people in Berea always test Paul's teaching. Do not follow men, but God can also speak through men, through your pastors, and you better listen to it if you see Jesus is speaking through them. So, you better learn how to discern the spirits.

Check his life first, no matter how beautiful his messages, without Holy Spirit, your faith will never grow, you will end up with more confusion than understanding. Always test the spirits, be careful of people who lay hand on you, you will never know that the same hand is used also to masturbate. Always ask the blood of Jesus to cover you when somebody tries to lay hand on you, never ever allow your soul to be empty for it is the easiest way to put evil spirits inside you. If it is really from God, no matter how hard you try to resist it, you will never be able to.

Preaching the Word of God is calling from God. It is the greatest joy that somebody can have for it is God who hire you to do His business. I, personally have double respect to the true preacher of the Word. They are more honored than president of USA or any CEOs you can name for they stand firm in the gap between God and His people. If these men failed to stand firm, all of his flocks will be scattered. I respect those missionaries who go to prison, to dangerous part of the world to preach to Gospel, to the orphanage, to the disaster victim area because the testimonies of Jesus. If you want to be blessed, help them, not the pastors whose God is in their belly, who sell candies in the church. May the Lord rebukes them.

So please, my fellow brothers who have title in the church, it is calling from God, not because you are rejected by your girlfriend, not because you are rejected by the favourite universities and the only option left is Bible colleges (because the requirement is so low and also subsidized), not because you can't study science or economic and you don't have talent in music and sport, so you choose to be a pastor in hope that after you graduated, you can make your own company (church), sell you candy product (prosperity or false gospel) so that costumers ("born again Christians") will flock into your business, buy your products (books, holy water, CDs, etc) and you gain money (tithing and offering). You become manager of your own company, you keep trying to improve your company (live concert gospel band, mega stadium, big screen TV, etc) just to satisfy your audition. Nice, is it not?

Remember this, my fellow brothers: If you mislead one person to hell, his blood is upon your head, if you mislead 3 people to hell, their blood are upon your head. So if you running a mega-church and you always give them candy (peace and safety, blessing and prosperity, grace and joy) just to make them stay in your church, paying tithe and offering, so that your business can continue, all of their blood will be on your head. If you have 19000 people in your church, then the blood of 19000 people will drag you to the very bottom of the pit of hell. Make yourselves right before God or drop your title as "pastor" "preacher" "evangelist" "super-apostle", etc. Why? Because it is too heavy for you, you can't carry on, you just endanger yourselves. God will judge you more strictly.

My christians and non-christian friends, without repentance of the heart and without completely surrender to God, just repeating simple prayer with our mouth, we have been brainwashed by our own pastors to be the member of christian as religion, not as way of life. The true preachers of the Word will never tell people that they are saved until the hand of God touch the very deep of people's heart and convict them that they are child of God by pouring His Holy Spirit. God Himself who will write stories in our heart according to His perfect will, His good purpose that He has planned for us before the creation of the world.

So, now you have seen lot of subliminal messages that happen in the church and also in the world. We are spiritually and physically under attack by the devil. I can't imagine how can people who never read Bible, never know the truth are really confident in believing and having faith that can even move mountain that they will enter the kingdom of God. Their faith is futile. If you want to be saved, please start reading the Bible and you will never be able to understand Bible if you don't ask guidance from above, if you don't have Holy Spirit inside you. The first thing you need to do is: repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. The question is: have you been brainwashed? do you want to know the truth? Read your Bible and may the Lord bless you

Inconvenient Lies: Man-made Global Warming

2009-02-15T16:20:00.000-08:00

My friends, do you believe in God? I believe many of us can't have faith in Him unless we see Him with our own eyes first. Many of us live by sight, not by faith. It is easier for us to believe in scientific journals, in news report, in newspapers, in textbooks, in history books than to believe that God is exist.

Bible said, "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17)." And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). So, my friends, consider it as my joy to be your servant by trying to build your faith up through hearing the word of God. I really want you to be saved, to have God-pleasing life and to inherit the kingdom of God. Is that too much for you to spend some minutes reading?

Let us reason together. I believe that people will easily put their faith on something that they see it happening, especially when it is also supported by influential person and broadcasted around the globe by international mass media. You must sincerely believe that it is the truth, is it not? For example: global warming issues. You know it is happening right now, you feel that the world is getting hotter and hotter. It is a popular topic and it is endorsed by Al Gore, US 2004 presidential candidate and broadcasted around the globe through news report, newspaper, scientific journal, internet, etc. He said that it is man-made caused by CO2 emission.

So, my friends allow me to ask you simple question: Do you believe what Al Gore said? Are you sure that it is true or just government propaganda to create public opinion to support their plans? Do you think that what you see, what you hear, what you understand will always be right?

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

As Indonesian, I learn that even the history can also be manipulated by the goverment or rulers. We have been deceived from the truth that happened in 1965 when our second president revolted against the first one but we were taught in school that he did what best for the country, he became our national hero and he reigned as president for 32 years. Through his great power, influence and popularity among the people, he rewrote the history based on his perspective and wrote it in every national history book. He hid the truth from us and we never noticed it until the truth was revealed in 1997.

The same thing also happened during the Dark Age period in Europe when the church misused her authority to mislead people to agree with her political and religious stand. They hid the Bible from publicans and commoners and only allowed the priests and bishops to read it. They were so wicked and taught people to follow tradition and sacrament to be saved. People could do nothing because they had no access to the truth, because the papacy was so powerful and influential until the truth was revealed in 15th century when Wycliffe, Savarola, Hus, Luther, Wesley stood against the papacy like lions ready to give up their life for people's salvation.

So, from those experience we should learn that what is popular is not necessarily the truth and it would be very stupid for us to believe in everything that people, mass media, government, etc say without asking for proof. Bible teach us to prove all things; hold fast that which is good (1 Thessalonians 5:21). But the fact is: most of the people are stupid enough to believe everything told by the world, but choose to reject God's Word.

People are stupid enough to believe in everything written in scientific journals and they call themselves Professor, Scientist or Doctor. They just believe that the experiments done by other people are always right, even though they have no proof. When they do it on their own lab and always failed, they just think that their method is wrong, but they never questioning the possibility of getting the wrong source. They can't prove that theory of Big Bang and Abiogenesis are right, but they believe that it is the truth. They can't accept that God is exist, He is the Creator of this universe.
People are stupid enough to believe in whatever their medias, newspapers says without check it. If the newspaper said 102 people died drown under the sea because their ferry sank, they believe that 102 people died, they never ask about the pregnant woman who died, is she counted as one or two? what if there are some passengers whose names were not on the list but also died? My friends, why can you believe in newspaper but not the Bible? Bible clearly mention the name of the people lived at particular place and particular time and it is recorded and proven right, but you choose to refuse the truth.
People are stupid enough to believe in whatever their history books or textbooks say, e.g: Socrates was here on earth in 469 BC–399 BC, but they refuse that Jesus Christ was here on earth 7 BC - 26 AD. If they can believe that Socrates lived and existed long before Jesus came, why they can't believe that Jesus came and died on the cross, raised again on the third day?
People are stupid enough to believe that the earth was created 4.6 billion years ago without any scientific proof at all for nobody has lived on those days, and the prediction using isotope C14 is really absurd, even the age of the bones from the chicken you ate could probably reach 10000 years, which in fact it is no more than 6 months, but they reject Bible proof through the counting of the ages of people to the first man on earth, Adam, plus 6 days of creation. Bible stated that this earth is just about 6000 years.

So, to check whether you are clever or not, please answer this question: Do you sincerely believe that global warming is man-made like Al Gore said?

My friends, do you believe in this global temperature data? Assume that it is right for I also believe that the temperature is increasing, that the world is experiencing global warming. But about the cause: man-made or God-made; which one do you think that it is true?

In this topic, please bear with me to boast a little bit about my background. I am a chemical engineer, I have graduated from TU Dortmund, Germany and I have MSc degree. My thesis topic is "Simulation of CO2 Absorption using some chemical solvent". I dealt a lot with CO2 emission and Global Warming stuff and I also learned how to read graphs and made the right judgment. If I see that kind of graph,

I have the right to say "the tendency of that graph is similar with the pattern of world population so the increase of temperature must be caused by the increase of population".
Some fruit sellers could say, "the tendency of that graph is similar with the fluctuation of my apple price so the increase of temperature is caused by the increase of apple price"
Some brokers could say, "the tendency of that graph is similar with the fluctuation stochastic prediction of the market so the increase of temperature is caused by the increase of the activity in the stock market"
Some business men could say, "the tendency of that graph is similar with my factory profit data so the increase of temperature is caused by my factories growth".
And Al Gore said "the tendency of that graph is similar with CO2 emission so the increase of temperature is caused by CO2 emission.

People have their right to speak their mind, but the truth is only one. Who knows that I am right that the increase of temperature is really caused by the growth of population? Who knows that the fruit sellers are right? Everything could be the truth if you do not verify and prove it, right? We need to validate the data we have to know exactly what is the truth, don't we? So, why don't we go to NASA website and see what is happening also in Mars.

Don't be surprise if you find out that global warming not only occur on Earth, but also on Mars which has no population? So, if there is no man in Mars, how can be global warming is man-made caused by CO2 emission? And if it is not man-made, who made it? The only logical answer is: It is God who made it. It happened because He is the Creator of this Universe and He is preparing to pour out His wrath to those who refuse to know and to love the Truth.

Why do I believe that it is God-made? Because Bible, written since Moses lived on earth in 1391 BC - 1271 BC until Apostle John in first century, said so. It never failed even just once and it is Word of God for God indeed speaks to His people and spent almost 1500 years to write His Word in the Holy Bible and He preserves His Word even until now. If you see that every prophecy is being fulfilled, you will have no doubt that Bible is the Word of God.

Revelation 16:8-9

The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to scorch people with fire. They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.

If you see that pictures, would you start having faith in God, in His Word? It is God who caused global warming. It is God who sent His angel to make the sun getting hotter and hotter by pouring his bowl on it. It is predicted long time ago and we see the fulfillment right now, exactly works in perfection that it will only occur in the last days. Will the sun get hotter? Have you seen people cursed the name of God because the intense of the heat? Not really, is it not? People still don't believe that it is God-made. They still blame this to those chemical plants, etc. So, don't worry, my friends, we have not yet reached to the maximum point. The sun will go hotter and hotter even more. Praise God.

If you need scientific proof about God, you can test every prophecy written in the Bible and you will always see its fulfillment right in front of your own eyes. God is angry with most of the people on this earth. He is about to destroy the two-thirds of the population and they will perish without remedy. If one angel can destroy 70000 men of Israel (1 Chronicles 21:14-15) and two angels can destroy the whole Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:1). You should start having fear of the Lord because He has the armies of heaven, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand (Revelation 5:11). And one day, He will come with all of them and subdue the earth and destroy the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies who gathered together to make war against Him during Armageddon War.

In the whole land," declares the LORD, "two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it. This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God' (Zechariah 13:8-9)"

It is not my hobby to make something out, but if I see the chart of Christians percentage of world population, it is exactly 33% (one-third), I can argue no more that God is about to fulfill His Word in Zechariah 13:8-9. He will bring these Christians into fire and test them like gold through great tribulation that is about to come. Bible said, "Many are called, few are chosen (Matthew 22:14)" He who stands firm to the end will be saved (Matthew 24:13). Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved (Romans 9:27). I believe that many Christians will fall away and some of those who are still yet non-believers will also be purified and get saved.

Isaiah 13:11-13

I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.

If in the old time, God raised Babylonian and Assyrian armies (non God-fearing people) to bring judgment against rebellious Israel. Right now, God is raising the Ishmael's descendants through their Jihad spirit, who will sincerely kill Christians and Jews and believe that they offering sacrifice to God, who was only about 300 millions in 1960 but now 1.5 billions, the fastest growth religion in the world, to bring judgment against His church (Israel) because of her lukewarm.

My friends, you will see that though we have 2.1-2.2 billions "Christians", like the sand by the sea, but after God test them on the fire, after great tribulation comes, you will see that those who are able to stand firm to the end will be scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir. The remnant will be exactly the remnant.

Many of them will fall away from faith and start beating their fellow servants, they will betray and hate each other (Matthew 24:10). Some of them will follow the deceptive spirits in false prophets and false teachers (Matthew 24:11) and they will just end up receiving mark of the beast in their right hand or their forehead (Revelation 13:16-17). The beast will kill all who refused to worship the image (Revelation 13:15). Many of us will be martyrs for the Bible said, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on for they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them (Revelation 14:13).

Many genuine born again Christians will ask the Lord, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed (Revelation 6:10-11).

Bible said, "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name (Revelation 14:9-11).

If you see global warming as God's wrath on the people on the earth, I want to suggest you to repent and ask God's Spirit to reign in your life because only those who have been sealed with Holy Spirit for the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30) will be redeemed and others will be a dead body, carcasses eaten by the vulture. For the Bible said, "And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great (Revelation 19:17-18).

So, my friends if global warming proved us that Bible is Word of God, you need to prepare your eyes to see the world is getting worse and worse. Read book of Lamentation and Habakkuk, and begin to wonder, what it feels to be in the middle of that situation. There is no other way for you to escape this tribulation unless you repent, unless you hit your knees to the floor and start begging God's mercy and help you to show you the way, the truth and the life. Be deceive no more.

God loves everybody, including you and me but God hates sins. There is no other way for people to be saved unless God Himself came down from heaven above to this fallen world, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness, and being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death --- even death on a cross. His name is Jesus Christ.

We need Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit to be able to stand firm till the end. We can come to God not because we are good, we are perfect, but because we have Jesus Christ who has ransomed us and paid the price of our sins on the cross and He will generously give us His greatest gift, Repentance, Faith, and Salvation so that we can call Almighty God, "Abba, Father".

His Spirit will make us delight in godliness, in holiness, in righteousness, we will be able to do what we found it very difficult to do for our flesh is so weak, we always fall into temptation. When God pour out His Spirit to us, we will become a new creation, He will give us a new heart that has fear of the Lord, He will put His law and commandment into our heart, no more written in two blocks of stone, but in the heart of flesh and He will renew our mind and give us purpose of living.

He is a good Father to those who believe in Him and surrender all to Him, but He will be the angry Almighty God for those who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace. My friends, He will judge each of us and it is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:29-31). So, I hope you are wise enough and not put yourself to be enemy of God.

You must be born again, you must repent, you must grieve, weep and mourn, confess your sins and surrender all, believe by faith that Jesus Christ is the Lord and He died for your sins. Surrender all your life to Him, humble yourself before Him and He will raise you up. May the Lord open your eyes and increase your faith so that you will be able to stand firm till the end. God bless you.

Sure you want to go to heaven?

2009-02-10T02:11:00.000-08:00

My friends, if you don't mind, I want to ask you a direct question. Are you sure you want to go to kingdom of heaven? Please for some time forget about the place where there is no tear, no more death or mourning or crying or pain; the place where the walls are decorated with every kind of precious stone for I believe that everybody will like it. I want you to think about who will you meet there, what will you do there, etc. Let's talk about it and see whether you still insist to be there or not.

Well, of course in heaven you will see Almighty God, the One and Only True Living God whose footstool is the earth and His throne is heaven, whose Presence fill the universe and can't be contained by little goldy, woody, stony idols. You will live together with Almighty God, who by His Word the universe was created. The earth trembles, mountains smoke, sea roughs, lightning strike at the sound of His name. God is becoming your friends, not your enemies.

Only atheists who will not be happy when they see God since their condemnation is fixed: Lake of Fire. But every religious person would be very happy to see Almighty God because it is the reason why we have lot of religions. We just simply can't deny that God is exist and we try our best to know Him.

So my friends, if right now you are always get irritated when somebody talking to you about God and you have no time for God, etc; please don't suffer yourself by asking God to let you enter His kingdom for you will irritate more since there you will see God for eternity. You better choose to go to hell for that's the only place you can avoid God.

Some of us do a lot of sacrament, tradition, and all kind of teaching of men in hope that we can get closer to Him and know more about Him.

Some of us do good deeds, help the poor, the needy for rewards
Some of us fast once a week or the whole month for rewards
Some of us go to temple, mosque, church, holy land for obligation
Some of us pray continuously, even 5 times a day begging for mercy
Some of us offer food or animal sacrifices to plead with God for salvation
Some of us are circumcised in the flesh for tradition of forefather
Some of us worship God in humility and submission, abstain from some specific food, honor men (prophets, saints) for fulfilment of Holy Book

Rewards, mercy, salvation are our driving force in hope that God will generous enough when He sees our works and allow us to enter His Holy place. For that, we set for ourselves tradition, sacraments, rules and teaching of men written in our holy book as obligation to be fulfilled and we call it as religion, the way of men to reach out to God.

If you see these pictures, I believe that many of them are sincere, many of them are really good people who want to know God more and try their best to satisfy Him in hope He will show us mercy. They do what they believe. They have faith. They obey every commandment demanded by their religion. Some people said, "Religions are just the matter of favor. You like strawberry, I like grapes, others like oranges."

They are absolutely right, no matter how the form looks like, no matter what flavour are added, religions are just the same, meaningless. Religion has no value. God is Holy, Holy, Holy and none of us, the unholy things, is able to reach Him. There is no possibility for us, full of sins, to know God unless He humble Himself and choose to come down from His heavenly throne to this wicked and fallen world, made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness, and being found in appearance as a man (Philippians 2:6-8) and tell us about Himself, about the Truth, the Way and the Life.

My friends, do you believe in God or in religion? Let your life answer that question. Many of us do sacrament, tradition, etc not because we love God, not because He is worthy to be honored and glorified for He is our Creator but because we don't want to go to hell and since there is only heaven or hell, we choose to go to heaven. What will we do in heaven? We just don't care, the important thing is we have escaped our condemnation in hell.

The reason we don't commit sin is not because it is in our nature to hate sins and love God's commandment, but because we are afraid the penalty of our sins. Worshipping God seems so burdensome and forceful, it feels like obligation rather than joy. Is that what you feel, my friends?

If you still thinking like that, you should not ask God to allow you to enter His kingdom. If right now even to pray for just about 5 minutes already make you sleep, to read His Word more than one chapter already make you tired, to sing 2-3 songs already make your voice disappeared, to listen to preaching already make your ears itched. You better change your destination, my friends. Don't go to heaven because there you will always praise and worship Him, you will sing and make music for Him all days long for eternity, you will not grow tired in worshipping Him, in making Him exalted, in glorifying His name, and you will listen and talk with God all days long for eternity. Why you suffer yourself? If going to fellowship for about 2 hours a week already burdensome, why you burden yourself for eternity? Hell is better for you, is it not? There is no rules in hell, you can do anything you want to do.

If right now, you have racism of show favoritism, you hate some specific races of people. For example, you are white and you hate the black, you are tall and you mock the short, you are handsome or beautiful and you mock others, you are rich and you don't want to interact with the poors, you are clever and you limit yourself from the "fool", you are christians and you just want to be with your own, you are Chinese and you don't want to interact with non-Chinese, you want to keep your blood pure by marrying your own race, you are moslems and you hate Christians and the Jews, you better not go to heaven because in heaven you will interact with people from around the world, regardless their nationality, their appearance, etc. Why bother yourself to go to heaven if you can't love your brothers? God is love. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7).

Do you know that by having racism you insult God who created them to be like that? Do you know that from one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live (Acts 17:26). You are not white or black because of evolution or mutation or whatever, but because God is creative.

If you feel burdensome in worshipping God, still have favoritism, have no time for God, etc; it seems to me that you are idolizing "heaven" more than God. You are idolizing God's creation more than the Creator Himself. Do you know that God is a jealous God? He can't tolerate any idols and will not allow idolaters to inherit His kingdom. I can guarantee you that you will suffer being in heaven, if you want to go to heaven just because you don't want to go to hell. Heaven is the place only for the true worshippers, those who love God with all their heart, their soul, their mind and their strength. When they talk about God, when they praise and worship God, you can see joy, happiness shine in their eyes, tears of joy flow from their eyes. They are so grateful being known by God and having fellowship with Him. They want to go to heaven because they will meet with their Saviour, their Lover, their Bride.

So my friends, if you still don't have that experience, do you realize about the situation of your salvation, your faith? Have you built your faith on the strong foundation or just laid on the doctrines and teaching of men? But I will not force you to know the truth, you have freewill and wisdom, my friends. You can decide by yourself about your eternity. Will you keep looking for the truth until you are satisfied or you will continue following that tradition and sacrament?

But allow me to tell you what God said about the rules: "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!" Bible said, "These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an apperance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence (Colossians 2:22-23).

Religions are meaningless

My friends, Bible said that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it received with thanksgiving, because it is concencrated by the word of God and prayer (1 Timothy 4:1-5).

If you want to find the truth, if you want to find God, if you looking for a place to lay down your faith, no more laid on the weak human basic principles, but God's solid foundation, there is only one way: Ask Jesus Christ because He is the Word who became flesh, the Son of God, the image of invisible God. Jesus said, "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him (Luke 10:22)."

I know some of you will immediately get irritated when somebody mention about Jesus Christ. But whether you admit or not, Jesus is Son of God and He is God Himself, He is the owner the Kingdom of God. In heaven, you will see Jesus Christ, sit on the right hand of the Father, Almighty God. So, my friends if you are offended when you hear His name, why do you bother yourself to enter the kingdom of God? You will see Jesus for eternity. He will speak to you, talk to you, and you will humbly praise and worship Him. Don't you think that hell is better than you see Jesus in heaven?

He came to this world 2000 years ago bringing the Gospel. He came here to reconcile us to Almighty God. He came here to help His people, for this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, in order that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that He might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted (Hebrews 2:17-18).

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit (Ephesians 2:14-18).

This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us (1 John 4:9-12).

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation (Romans 5:6-11).

Jesus came for you and for me, for us to be saved. For us to escape from those false humility taught by teaching of men, rules of men, sacraments and traditions. He came to show us love of God, He died for us so that through His death, through His precious blood, our sins and guilt have been ransomed. He was forsaken so that we are forgiven, He was condemned so that we are loved by God, we are alive because His Spirit living in us, because He died and rose again, because death has no more power over us. Jesus is our Lord, our God, our Lamb of God. Jesus is Savior of the world. My friends, there is only one way to be saved: Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21)

Signs of End Times. Jesus is coming soon

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Warning: this will be the most important article I have ever published. It contains lot of controversies and information and I want you to bring them all to the Lord. It is quite long article for I can't bear to put some important issues out of it. It is so precious to me and I pray that this article will be utterly non-sense to people who are joking with God but it maybe a life-saving words for those who want to find the truth. Do not read it if you don't have time.

It is highly possible that this article is against many mainstream Christian churches for I believe most of them have already fell into Ecumenical Movement, into New Age Gospel and have conformed from the Bible sound doctrine to godless myths and old wives' tales, from "solid food" to "candy", just to satisfy those who have itching ears. Here I am trying to bring them back to Bible. I am nobody, just voice in the wilderness who love God with all my heart. I love everybody and want them to be saved.

The result of this article: you will hate me more, call me "false teacher" or you will love me even more. I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me (1 Corinthians 4:3-4). If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ (Galatians 1:10).

My friends, what do you think about our situation right now? Economic crisis, job loss, skyrocket price, etc. How can we continue living if the situation is like this? Will this crisis end soon? The Bible has prophecied about this long time ago and it is being fulfilled in our time and last year alone gave us many significant signs. Global warming, global oil crisis, global energy crisis, global food crisis, global economic crisis, pestilences, civil unrests, christians persecutions, natural disasters, even the american election and now middle east crisis.

Bible said, "All these are the beginning of birth pains". So, my friends we are still far away from getting all these problems fixed, instead the intense will continue to increase until Jesus second coming. We are in the beginning of the end. Let take our Bible and learn the sequences of the signs:

1. Antichrists (Matthew 24:4-5, Mark 13:5-6, Luke 21:8)

Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name, claiming, "I am he," and will deceive many. It is also represented by the opening of the first seal out of seven, the white horse in the book of Revelation 6:2. As Jesus will be the Rider on the White Horse in the last day (Revelation 19:11), antichrist will also come with white horse in hope that many people will be deceived and become his slaves.

1 John 2:18-19

Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us

My friends, many antichrists have come even when Apostle John in the first century wrote this epistle. Please do not think that antichrists are those who wear black suits with scary faces, long hairs, kill babies for ritual, etc --> they are agents of darkness to deceive the wicked people whose God is their flesh. But they are not capable enough to deceive most of the people in the world. They could only deceive people who don't have the right mind and think that these people are cool. People with sound mind will immediately run away from them shouting "I saw evil. I saw weirdo".

The powerful antichrists who can deceive many people in the world are the antichrists who went out from the church, from the body of Christ, from the believers, they know Bible but they do not practice it, instead they twisted it for their own benefit: to deceive even the very elect and the people who refuse to love the truth. There are many antichrists that have already come and antichrist who is to come, man of lawlessness. But allow me to speak boldly, "antichrist that is to come" will not come from moslems, hindus, buddhists, atheists, background but from us, as it is always be.

Do you know that someone out there is called "Holy Father" by an institution, an office of papacy; or in common word he is called "Pope" (Papa, Father) and he is also called "Vicar of Christ" (Representative of the Son of God)? See the statement in this picture.

Matthew 23:9

And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven

As the Bible said that they will deceive many, so do not marvel when you see that many people are being deceived, even the very elect - if that possible. Many believers are trapped in that institution, they worship and honor him. God sents His angel to tell His elects who still trapped in that institution, "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes (Revelation 18:4-5)."

Revelation 13:18

This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666

VICARIVS FILII DEI (Vicar of Christ) = 666

If you know Latin letters are also used in number I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500 and M = 1000, and others are 0, just add all of them. (5+1+100+0+0+1+5+0 +0+1+50+1+1 +500+0+1 = 666

Another Pope title "DVX CLERI" translated means "Captain of the Clergy" and "LVDOVICVS" translated means "Vicar of the Court" also counted 666. If you think I am just making this out, why don't you try to find out the truth by yourself? Go to search engine and browse there. My friends, please open your eyes and see, be deceived no more.

Can't you see antichrist symbol (inverted cross) there? You can also make that symbol when you make sign after you pray. Touch your forehead, your heart, your left chest and right chest. Can't you see that you just made another inverted cross?

This institution deliberately mislead many people to go against God by teaching them to worship idols, "Mother and Child" cults. They teach another gospel, another Jesus, another Bible, another Holy Spirit. They teach people to do works (tradition of the church and sacraments) to be saved. They teach people to bow down in front of idols, to pray to the dead saints and for the dead. They make people to think that they are already in heaven just because they fulfill their obligation to the church (being baptized, praying, confessing sins to the priests, joining eucharist, cathecist, and going to church weekly). All of their works and deeds are just for their salvation and the church, not because they love God.

They changed their name from "Roman Empire" to "Roman Catholic Church", from "Roman Paganism" to "Sacred Tradition", from "Caesar" to "Pope", from "Jupiter" to "Peter", from "Venus" to "Mary". This church is antichrist church, they don't want you to submit to God, they don't care about your salvation, they just want all of you to go to hell. If you want to learn more about why Roman? why Rome? why Catholic exists? what's wrong with Catholicism? why Catholic has so many symbols? just click on the links.

My Catholic friends, if you really love the truth, if you really want to know about the truth, if you really care about your salvation, if you really value your eternity, I suggest you to stop following men, but God alone. Stop reading books about Bible, quotation of saints, Catholic prayer book, but Bible alone. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Your eternity is at stake.

This papacy, this antichrist church through its Ecumenical Movement is trying to bring all religions to be under the umbrella of Vatican to establish one world religion. They have society of killers, named "Society of Jesus" or "Jesuit Order" that will do anything even killing people who oppose their Mother Church, their Queen of Heaven and their "Holy Father", they declare Jesuit Oath to make havoc in the churches who have the Holy Spirit, who behave like Jesus, who preach the true Gospel.

Seal of the Society of Jesus

If you read history: Crusade, Spanish Inquisition, Colonialism and Imperialism (Gold, Glory, Gospel), Holocaust, Communism, etc you will find that it will always related to Roman Catholic Church. They killed lot of people just to fulfill their political plans to control and gain power over the world. They used Spain and Portugal to make Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, and other South America countries because Catholic based countries. You can ask your friends there about how terrible the situation is: people is literally crucified in Philippines, people prayed to "death saint" or "santa muerte" consist skull and bones in Mexico, etc.

My friends, can't you see that many antichrists (265 popes) have already come and soon the man of lawlessness, the man doomed to destruction will also come as "the abomination that causes desolation"? He will reign in the God's temple that the Jewish people is preparing to be rebuilt right now and he will exalt himself, proclaiming to be God. The Middle East Crisis is one of their strategy to capture Jerusalem so that they can destroy Al-Aqsa mosque and bring hatred between Christians-Moslems-Jews.

They will try to harm every fundamentalist either from Christians or Moslems or Jews who believe that there is only One true God. They claim that these 3 religions are source of conflicts and they are trying to eliminate all of them so that they can preach their new age gospel, their paganism, full of idols and statues. I believe that the next pope will be the beast. The moment there is a new Pope, I just know that the time is so short for Jesus second coming. My friends, you don't have much time to repent. Stop hardening your heart, confess your sins, grieve, mourn and weep before it is too late.

2. Wars, rumors of wars and Revolutions (Matthew 24:6-7, Mark 13:7-8, Luke 21:9-10)

When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom (Luke 21:9-10). It is supported by Revelation 6:3-4 about the fiery red horse. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword. This is the second seal.

So, don't be surprise about France and Spain civil unrest, Srilanka crisis, Zimbabwe crisis, Thailand's Red Khmer threat, Philippine moslem separatists movement, Kuba-Venezuela-US tension, US-Russia tension, Pakistan-India, Europe-Russia, China-Taiwan, Israel-Palestine, etc. It must happen first and it is happening right now.

Can you see that peace has been taken from the earth and men will continue to slay each other?

3. Great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences

There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places and fearful events and great signs from heaven (Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11). Global food crisis, tsunami, earthquakes in China, Indonesia, Costa Rica, even in Europe, pestilences (SARS, Bird flu, HIV, cholera, Ebola, etc). About food crisis, let me ask you how much is the price of wheat per quart/liter? Is that already a day's wages?

Revelation 6:5-6

When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"

Can't you see the impact of economic crisis, food crisis? In my country, Indonesia, many people can't even get 60€ per month. Can't you see that it is already a day's wages for food price right now? Are we not in the beginning of birth pains yet? First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation (2 Peter 3:3-4)." Please open your eyes and see, my friends.

4. Death everywhere

When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, pale horse with its rider, named Death and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by wild beasts of the earth (Revelation 6:7-8).

Don't be surprise if you see death toll of natural disasters, wars victims, famine victims, pestilence victims, etc is about a fourth of the earth. It is written in the Bible. God is bringing judgment upon the world for we have greatly sinned. He is angry with us. Repent, my friends. The time is short. At the time of the end many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand (Daniel 12:10). I hope you are the wise, so that you can understand.

5. Christian persecutions and many false prophets (Matthew 24:9-14, Mark 13:9-13, Luke 21:12-19, Revelation 6:9-11)

Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come (Matthew 24:9-14).

Jesus said, "All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved (Mark 13:13). "All this I have told you so that you will not go astray. They will put you out of the synagogue, in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God (John 16:2).

It is marked by the opening of the fifth seal. Apostle John said, "I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our bloods? Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed (Revelation 6:9-11).

These people are raised by God to purify His churches, to try all inhabitants that dwell on the earth during the hour of temptation (Revelation 3:10). I believe that they are raised by God to destroy 39000+ denominations and make the remnant of believers to be one in complete unity, to be a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless (Ephesians 5:27).

I believe that those who have not been sealed by Holy Spirit, who have not experienced God's Presence, who has no deep conviction that God's Spirit dwell inside them, who just fulfill obligation, sacraments and traditions, who believe God because they want to go to heaven and avoid hell, all of them will fall away from faith and start betraying their brethrens, they will start beating other fellow servants. Those who worship and praise God, not because they love God with all their heart, but because they are afraid of hell and idolize "heaven" will not be able to stand firm till the end.

Many of us are just like Peter, who said to Jesus "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you (Mark 14:31)" but in less than one day he had disowned Him three times. How can you be strong enough when gun is put on your head or dagger is on your neck if everytime "sex, drugs, cigarrette, porn, etc" are put in your mind, you always fall, you always choose to deny Jesus for those little pleasure? Tell your persecutor, "Don't put gun on my head for I will not fall, but put porn or drugs and I will fall".

Bible said, "For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And, "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner (1 Peter 4:17-18). Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able (Luke 13:24). And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30). Holy Spirit is our seal, if you still don't have it, go and ask God.

My brothers and sisters in the Lord, if you still don't know much about God, I don't want to discourage you, instead I want to pull you up, to grow higher in the Lord, to desire more about Jesus, more about Him. I really care about your salvation and the time is coming when your faith will be tested. I want you to be part in those who stand firm till the end, not fall away from faith. My beloved, please continue to grow and learn more about how to listen to Him (reading Bible, having fellowship) and talk to Him (praying). Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). Find the church (Bible-believers) with whom you can learn more about God. Always test the spirits and prove all things.

Stop acting tough and strong, my friends. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up (James 4:9-10). Hit your knee to the floor and repent!!! Start asking Jesus to increase your faith. The reason God hasn't allowed anybody to come to you and persecute you is because He is still giving you time to grow stronger and bear much fruits. God loves you and He knows your strength, He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it (1 Corinthians 10:13).

You need to grow and bear fruit of Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) so that you will be able to resist the devil and one day He will allow devil to test you and the whole world who live on earth, the hour of trial is coming (Revelation 3:10). Like He tested Noah, Abraham, Moses, Job, David, Daniel and his friends, and all of those people who lived by faith in Hebrews 11, He will also test everyone of us. During that time, every lukewarm Christian will be spewed out.

If you want to be qualified to enter university or fill the job vacancy, you will be first tested. The same thing also happen when you want to enter the kingdom of God, Bible said, "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him (James 1:12). Show God your faith with your love to Him and to His people!

If right now, you can't boldly preach about Jesus, you can't tolerate being mocked by people, losing friends, etc which mean you still love your life, you still far from being mature in the Lord, you need to eat more solid food, my beloved, otherwise please don't say that you will be able to stand when persecution comes for you will not. You will be just like Peter who declared things because of his zeal, not because of his maturity in faith and in the Lord. Bible said, "The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life (John 12:25).

The reason I write like this is not to mock you, I really love you and I want you to stand till the end. I want you to examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test (2 Corinthians 13:5)?

God will use decendants of Ishmael to judge the churches, just like God raised armies of Assyrians and Babylonians (non God-fearing people) to judge Israel, God will also raise unbelievers to judge the churches for their mess-up. God has prophecied about Ishmael, "He will be a wild donkey of a man, his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers (Genesis 16:12). So don't be surprise if his decendants with their spirit of jihad will kill people, who refuse to convert to their religion just to test our faith and those who stand till the end will be saved.

My moslems friends, I know the church is messed up but if you can, please don't be involved in shedding blood of any people, allow God Himself to judge His people. I know some of you think that by killing Jews and Christians, you are offering a pleasing sacrifice to God. Please tell me, do you really think that the real true living God will allow you to take other people's life? Is He not the One who give people life, so He is also the One who has right to take them, is He not? But why you kill in God's name? That God must be satan, evil, idol because the real and living God wants us to love one another, to forgive one another, and in humility consider others better than ourselves (Philippians 2:3).

The same thing for Christians friends, do not approve any wars in any part of the world. Just because they have jihad spirit who wants to conquer the world under Islam, we start to have fear in our heart. Do you know that fear is not from God? For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). God is using them as His instruments, He is raising armies to bring judgment to His people. Islam was just 300 million in 60's, but now 1.5 billion, the fastest growing religion in the world.

Bible teaches us that if they slap us in the right cheek, give another one, if our enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, we will heap burning coals on his head. God wants us to love everybody, including our enemies and to bless those who persecuted us.

I just tired seeing people killing each others, they are so blind and foolish in shedding the blood of innocent people. Palestines, Israelites, Westerns, Asians, Africans, Australians, Europeans, all of them are created by God, they have the same flesh and blood like everyone of us. All of them need Saviour, need Jesus and how can you bring them Gospel if you have hatred toward them, if you don't want to interact with them, if you are afraid of them?

See these innocent people, are they not your brothers and sisters who are still lost? Don't your heart have great desire and burden to bring them home, to be united with God, our Creator and together we praise and worship Him? The more the merrier, is it not? Faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Preach the Gospel to them, they are salvable and God loves them. This is good, and pleases God our Saviour, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:3). Preach the Gospel to them!!

Why people need to kill each other? Why hatred dwell in every heart of people? Why people can't be satisfied and be content with what they have? Why people can't share what they have to those who are lack? Why there is no love left again? To whom should I pour out my heart? This world is not the world that God planned in the beginning. I am tired of this world. Sins have reigned in everyone of us, repent, repent, repent, my friends. Come back to your senses, know the Lord as your heart always testifies!!!

Whether Islam religion of peace or not, it is the fact that many Christians are now undergoing persecution all around the world, especially in moslem majority countries. So if you still being "happy joyful Christians" who love God when everything goes fine and then immediately forget about Him. You will just start looking for Him again when you are in trouble and immediately you will hate Him when He doesn't give you what you want. Hello, my "happy, joyful Christians" you better repent or I believe sooner or later you will drop your status as "Christian" willingly.

Praise God, His Kingdom is not for mediocres, not for weak-willed people but for those who see that the world is not worthy of them. They are looking for a country of their own, they admit that they are aliens and strangers on earth, they are looking for a city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. They are longing for a better country --- a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them (Hebrews 11:16).

I want to warn those who believe in pre-tribulation rapture, where the believers will be taken away before persecution and tribulation comes to read your Bible more. You can keep continue satisfying your itching ears, but let me warn you when there is still time. Please my friends, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees, and when you see antichrist reign and force you to deny Jesus or die which your pastors never mentioned about it before because your pastors believe that all Christians will be raptured and those who left behind are just the lukewarm Christians. Please don't fall away from faith, for it does not mean that you have missed the rapture when you see antichrist reigns, but because you have misinterpreted the Bible. Keep strong and stand firm till the end.

Jesus last dying prayer is "My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one (John 17:15). Being taken away from the world to heaven (out of the world) for seven years and come back again when God has finished pouring out His wrath on earth is a wishful thinking and very irresponsible acts of Christians. The world we see today, full of evil, occur to be like this is not because the world behaving like the world, they are in darkness since beginning, they are blind in the first place.

It is not their fault, but our fault as Christians, who said that we love Jesus, children of the light, we don't act as what God expected from us. We don't share our light, we don't tell our neighbours that God loves them but hates their sins and wants them to be saved, we just idle, busibodied and full of pride and hypocrites and right now we still hope that we can escape from the judgment of God caused by our own mess up. We still hope to be raptured before something bad happened to us, the churches with 39000+ denomination that full of faction, liars, hypocrites, self-righteous people, don't you think that you ask too much to God, my friends? Please bring this case to the Lord, ask Him, "Lord, can I agree with this mad man, Alvin? or he is trying to poison me with false teaching?"

6. Jerusalem surrounded and trampled (Luke 21:20-24).

When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in fulfullment of all that has been written. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. They will fall by sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 21:20-24).

Bible again said, "So when you see standing in the holy place "the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of through prophet Daniel -- let the reader understand -- then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak (Matthew 24:15-18)

I know that Jerusalem has been trampled in 70 AD by Titus and I know that the rebirth of Israel in 1948 plays significant sign, not because they are special people, but because God is about to fulfill His prophecies as it is happening right now. The nation of Israel that we see in Middle East is now being surrounded by armies. It happens in Gaza, in Judea. And God wants those who are there to flee to the mountains, not to come back there.

I believe that this is the point where we are right now. We have seen the fulfillment until the fifth seals and for your information, Bible said that they are just beginning of birth pains. We have not yet even reach to the point of great tribulation. Soon we will enter it, which is in my belief, the moment the Pope is changed to a new one, the "abomination that causes desolation" will be revealed. He will be the successor of Pope Benedict. I have my reason here, it could be wrong because I am not a prophet, I am just nobody, voice in wilderness, who love God and long to have my personal relationship with Him closer and closer. I am learning in listening His voice better.

And if you are taught by your pastors that Jerusalem, Israel (as a nation) will be protected by God, just be careful that your pastors might be zionists or someone who don't understand that in New Testament the Israel means the Abraham's descendants, the Jews and the Gentiles, they are alike, who believe and have faith in Jesus Christ and sealed by Holy Spirit, have been circumcised in heart, not in flesh, the church, the body of believers, not the land or the state in Middle East, which use paganism symbol "Star of David" as a flag.

There are no different between Jews and the other people who live in every parts of the world. Bible said, "there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise (Galatians 3:28-29). We are all the same, we have flesh and blood and we need Saviour. God shows no favoritism (Romans 2:11).

I would like to clarify my statement again for I know somebody always try to find my mistake to shoot me down. I don't hate Jewish people, instead I love them as I love everybody in the world. I want all the people to be saved, to come to the knowledge of the truth, but I don't have favoritism for God forbid. If you insist that Israel as a state (full of Judaism who don't believe in Jesus Christ) will be defended by God, you have your own freewill, but I do hope that you will still have great faith and will not fall away when you see Israel trampled by the Gentiles as the Bible has prophecied. Please don't think that God is lying and His Word doesn't stand when you see Jerusalem trampled. Please don't think that God is sleeping because Jerusalem is trampled. It is written, but your pastors teach otherwise.

My friends, if you are in Israel right now, you better flee for your life, out from Judea, out from the city as the Bible said. The time is coming where Israel will be defeated. I wonder why Christian mainstreams support Zionism to bring Jews back to Israel, to build the third temple, to pray for the troops who are in the battlefield there. They sent people to die, they approved that people can kill other people. We, Christians, don't need third temple, because Bible said, "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you (1 Corinthians 3:16)?" Apostle John in his revelation said, "I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple (Revelation 21:22)."

If you support your country to send troops to Middle East, just like George Bush that is endorsed by preacher John Hagee, who has hatred toward Palestine and Arab world, who support war in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Do you think that you really have love, my friends? Imagine if Jesus is here with us, will He treat the Palestine and Arab world as enemies or "samaritan woman"? Jesus will weep for them, cry for them and want them to be saved as He did, He died for all of us, you and me, including them. But many of us reject Him, do you know what will happen? We will fall into the hands of angry God and it is a dreadful thing to be. It happens because we have trampled the Son of God under foot, we have treated as an unholy thing the blood of covenant that sanctified us, and we have insulted the Spirit of grace. Repent, repent, repent, my friends.

Christians should never ever support war, should never support people to kill one another. Christians should show love to people, even to enemies, even to those who persecute us. We should bless them and forgive them because they do not know what they are doing. Christians should never ever show favoritism, like pro-Israel, anti-Israel, etc. God is One, He is God of the Jews and the Gentiles. What Christians should do is help the poor, defend the fatherless, the widows, the oppressed, the hungry people, the needy, the victims of war, famine, and those who lack of shelter, etc.

We, Christians, should pray for them, for the victim of wars, both from the Israel and Palestine side, we are all brothers and sisters, many of them are still lost, please instead of waging war against flesh and blood, why don't you try to bring them back home to God Almighty? If you still have hatred, you yourself in great danger of hell because God is love and how can somebody say I love God, who he hasn't seen if he can't love his brothers, who he has seen (1 John 4:20).

God is great. This zionism works according to His will to fulfill all the prophecies He has spoken long time ago. Antichrist will rule in Jerusalem, in the Jewish third temple. One thing that always make me wonder: why Jewish people is inviting their own doom by supporting Zionism while the Bible said when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, those who are in Judea flee to mountain, etc? And the saddest thing is Christians play no less impact in sending them to grave because of wrong teaching of mainstream Christians, they also send their youth, young soldiers to die in the desert of middle east. Repent America, repent all the people around the world!!! Read your Bible, do not follow men, follow God alone. If you can't understand Scripture, hit your knees to the floor and pray, ask God's guidance and He will help you.

If you still depend so much on your pastors and believe in everything he said, never prove all things, never test his spirits, God will send strong delusion to you because you refuse to love the truth, because you choose to follow man than to follow Him, because you choose man to direct your path, instead asking God to direct you. You have eyes but you can't see, you have ears but you can't hear, you have heart but you can't understand. Spirit of stupor will overtake you once you refuse the truth. Do not joke with God. Fear the Lord and gain wisdom and understanding, knowledge of the Holy One.

I don't say that God can't speak through pastors, preachers, etc. I even believe that God can speak through suckling babes or stones can cry out to preach the Gospel, your keyboard can write by itself, a hand can just appear and start writing in the wall asking you to repent, I believe them all. God is unlimited. He can speak through pastors or whoever, and if you hear He is speaking through people, you better listen and obey. But please, my friends learn how to discern who is speaking to you, God or that person's flesh is popping up.

7. False Prophets and False Christs (Matthew 24:24)

Jesus said, "For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect --- if that were possible (Matthew 24:24). The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).

Do you read that verses? God Himself will send strong delusion to those who refused to love the truth. How? By blinding your eyes through His Word, by hardening your heart, by giving you spirit of stupor. He said to Isaiah, "Go and tell this people: Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving. Make the heart of this people calloused, make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed (Isaiah 6:9-10). With His Word, God will have mercy on whom He has mercy, and God will have compassion on whom He has compassion, but He will also harden whom He wants to harden.

Those who are humble, who like to take everything to the Lord, instead go to pastors or Christian books, or Bible commentaries, etc, but hit the knees to the floor and ask guidance from heaven above and read their own Bible, those who prove all things, and hold fast to which is good, who always test the spirits including spirit of this person, Alvin, who write to you and not only in this article but in all his articles. By doing that, you guard your salvation and also my salvation. I love to be rebuked, if you read that I publish non-sense, please discuss with me. I would love you even more if you show me my wrongdoing. I don't want to worship God in vain. I don't want if I have labored so much for God, I myself am disqualified.

But you have your freewill, my friends, you can insist to continue following men (pastors, evangelists, preachers, etc) instead of God, if you insist to be petted by them and don't want to grow mature in the Lord by receiving guidance from God Himself, you will highly possible miss the track. If you know the fact that there are 39000+ denominations and each denomination has hundreds or even more pastors, preachers, etc. Wow, you are so brave and confident in putting your eternity on their hands. One preacher oppose others and each of them think that they are the servant of God.

Listen, my friends, I never ask you to follow me, I ask you to bring everything to the Lord and ask His guidance. If you follow me blindly, you are in danger. I am human being, my flesh can pop up anytime. I need you to rebuke me when you see that so that I help you and you help me. We grow together in the Lord.

Preachers, pastors, teachers,etc are God's servants, they should point you out to Jesus Christ, the Word who became flesh, the image of invisible God, God Himself. They shouldn't teach men to follow them, but follow their good Shepherd, they shouldn't take the glory for themselves, but to give glory to God, otherwise they will be the people whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

Everyhing happens in this world is under God's control. If God allow it to happen it will happen, if not, it will not. It is God Himself who allow false prophets and false teachers to be among us to be His instrument for the wicked, to be His strong and powerful delusion, to deceive those people who are lazy to find out the truth, who never read Bible, who never pray, who have itching ears, who love God just because of His blessing, His prosperity, who go to the church to fulfill obligation, who don't have hunger and thirsty in the knowledge of the truth. I know that it would be very difficult to bring those people out from the strong delusion that God has sent to people, sometimes when I pray about someone, my mind just go blank, I don't have any words for that person, no matter how I tried, God just shifted my prayers to anything else.

It feels to me that He wanted me to stop praying for this person like He said to Jeremiah, "So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you. Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger. But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame (Jeremiah 7:16-19)?

God is a jealous God, when you start worshipping idols, start following men and stop listening to Him, stop loving the truth, stop following Him; in His anger He will send strong delusion so that no matter how the people try to save you, you just dumb, dull.

If you have the same case about people around you, that no matter how you have tried to speak to them, it will just mean foolishness and they will be mad at you and stop the conversation before it even started. They will just want to believe the lie and their condemnation is fixed. I don't want to discourage you, but I want you to have fear of the Lord. You can fast and bring two or three people to agree together in His name to deliver the people you love who are under strong delusion, but the decision is in God's hand. So, if you pray for your unbeliever friends or family and you still have words for them, it means that they are not yet under God's powerful delusion. Keep praying for them until something happened.

If you think God never sent strong delusion (2 Thessalonian 2:10-12), if you think God never sent lying spirit (1 King 22:20-23), maybe your eyes already calloused and I know it would be very difficult for you to understand what I am talking right now. Do you know that God wants His name to be glorified? He wants people to worship Him only, to follow Him only, to obey Him only, He is a jealous God, He can't share His glory to anybody. He has prepare lake of fire for His angels who rebeled against Him and He allows these angels to deceive as many as the people who also choose to rebel against God, who want to be God themselves, who don't want to submit to Him, who choose to idolize pastors, preachers, or any men on earth. God will not allow people who idolize heaven or any men more than Him, He will destroy them all.

He is a loving Father but He is also Almighty God, God of Justice, He saved only 8 people but destroyed all the ancient worlds, He saved only 4 people but destoyed Sodom and Gomorrah, He sent His angels who rebeled against Him to hell. Fear Him, my friends. Do not put yourself as His enemies. You are in great danger because you choose the wrong opponent, you are against your own Creator. Fear Him and be trembled before Him.

If you worship God because you are afraid of hell and want to escape it by going to heaven, you are not there yet. As long as you idolize "heaven", you will highly probably have not been saved yet. God is a jealous God. Never forget about that. He wants people to love Him with all their heart, their mind, their soul, their strength and also love other people, their neighbours. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). He wants us to be saved, how much more you expect from Him before you submit yourself to Him and start thanking for His grace, His mercy, His love? We love Him, because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). God wants you to love Him with all your heart, your soul, your mind and your strength and love your neighbours. Can you do that, my friends?

Stop reading books about Bible (The Purpose Driven Life, Your Best Life Now, Become a Better You, In Pursuit of Peace, Miracle of Healing, etc). Those kind of books contain poison, they teach you to focus on yourself, how you change yourself to be a better you not how God can change you. Yes, the books are full of encouragement messages that you never think about it before, because they are trying to make you to be gods (little gods), they are encouraging you to full of yourself, some of them even guarantee you that within 40 days you will find your purpose.

Do you know what God will do? He will say to you, "Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord", will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?" Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers! (Matthew 7:21-23).

The more you like the world, the more the world will love you as its own. The more the preachers loved by the world, their books become best seller books, the more they sell "candy", not even "milk" than "solid food". When Jesus preached, His followers reduced drastically from more than 5000 people to just twelve. When Paul preached, many people thought that he was stupid, foolish, crazy, possessed, etc. Nobody clapped his hands like today church, instead many people weep and cry, begging for mercy and others started picking up stones and gathering the mass to force him out of the city. Riots happened in every city Paul visited. Preachers should be the most hated people by this world for men love darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

Preachers of righteousness are just like the people who have signed their death contract, they are dead to themselves and live for Christ. To die is gain, and to live is for Christ. That kind of preachers are very rare in today world. You can be one of them and turn around the situation around you, if you ready to be dealt with, if you really want to be an empty vessel, if you allow God to do anything He wants to do to you. Humble yourselves before Him and He will raise you up. But please count the cost first. And if you see those kind of preachers around you, please learn from them, see how is their life and pray for them.

Mark 8:38

If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."

My friends, I want you to stop following men (pastors, preachers, evangelists, etc) and start following God and learning from Him directly. I don't want you to risk your own eternity on somebody's hand. Your eternity is too precious to be ignored or put under somebody's care. Don't be lazy, my friends. I just want you to be careful, the more the world love their message, the more they have conformed to the world. Preachers should never try to entertain their own flocks. Preachers are not salesmen who give what people like so that they will buy their product. Preachers always just want to satisfy their Master, their Lord, not people.

If you think that I have bad, ill mouth, you have your right, my friends. I will not defend myself, just kick me out from your contact list and let today be the mark that at least in your lifetime, you have met somebody who love you so much and want you to follow God alone, but you refused. My only intention is for you to be more aware. I want you to be among the remnants that will be saved. If all mega-church preachers are true Bible believers, 2.1 billions Christians will enter the kingdom of God, that's not remnants anymore.

8. Great tribulation (Matthew 24:21-28, Mark 13:19-23)

For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now-- and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

The sixth seal will be opened. Bible prophecied "there was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountains and island was removed from its place (Revelation 6:12-14). It will be followed by seven trumpets and and seven bowls of God's wrath that will happen to those who don't have seal of Holy Spirit, who don't have deep conviction that Holy Spirit dwell inside them.

How long is this Great Tribulation? Not long, for it will be shortened for the sake of the elects. Bible said, "From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1290 days. Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1335 days (Daniel 12:11-12).

When great tribulation comes, it means the hour of temptation, the hour of trial to test all of the people who live on earth. Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand (Daniel 12:10). For the sin lover, wicked, evil people, great tribulation means game over. They will hide in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand (Revelation 6:16)?" During those days men will seek death, but will not find it, they will long to die, but death will elude them (Revelation 9:6). They will die when they have suffered enough for their multitude of sins.

Bible said that before Jesus second coming, many people would have died. Prepare your eyes to see more distress in these short future. "Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather (Matthew 24:28)." I believe that during great tribulation period, there will be great falling away as the Scripture has prophecied. First, from those "happy, joyful Christians" who go to church just for blessing and fulfilling obligation, second, Christians who believe in pre-tribulation rapture who are not ready to face tribulation, to see antichrist reigns and they are forced to deny Christ or die, and at last those Christians who have some measure of faith, who believe that Jesus is Lord, but hasn't experienced Holy Spirit, have not sealed by Holy Spirit, who are still infant in the Lord. This great tribulation, either will make them stronger or will make them fall away because the persecution and tribulation will be unbearable for them.

My friends, since we have not entered the great tribulation yet, I would encourage you to be bold in Christ, to desire more of Him. During this time, God is sealing His elects with Holy Spirit from all around the world. But doctrines of the church have deceived so many of us and blinded our eyes, many of us don't have deep conviction about Holy Spirit but we are told that Holy Spirit already dwell inside us. I was among the people who were deceived until God opened my eyes and poured out His Spirit unto me.

If you really want to receive His Holy Spirit, you just need to go to your room, lock the door and start praying to your Father who is unseen, hit your knees on the floor, confess all of your sins and surrender all, allow God to have free course in your life. Keep pouring out your heart to Him, admit to Him that you can't help yourself, you need His help, believe that Jesus has died for your sins and rose up again. Wrestle with Him, like Jacob plead with God that He will not allow Him to leave unless He blessed him. Don't get easily discourage when you can't find Him. Charles Finney needed hours until God was satisfied with Him and since that day, he was a different person. God's Presence in his life brought many people to repentance toward God and faith toward Jesus Christ. Wrestle with God until He is satisfied, not until you are satisfied. God sees your heart and everybody is salvable, including you.

My friends, you are naked in His eyes, He knows everything about you, He just want you to be honest to Him and when He is satisfied with you, He will pour out His Spirit and since that time, you can be sure that you have been sealed, otherwise you are not there yet. If you are still infant in the Lord, still need milk, until when you will be like that? Why don't you have desire to eat solid food?

My friends, you don't have much time left to repent and to grow, if you haven't had deep conviction that Holy Spirit dwell inside you, please humble your heart and ask Him to help you otherwise you will easily fall away when persecution, trial, tribulation comes. Kingdom of God is not for mediocres, but for people who have built themselves up in their most holy faith and pray in Holy Spirit (Jude 20). At great tribulation, the Branch of the Lord, the righteous people, the children of living God, the true genuine born again Christian will brightly shining. Even though their eyes see distress and death everywhere, they will be able to stand till the end for God keep them saved. His angels of death will pass over them for God's blood cover them all.

Like the time when Israelites saw 10 Plagues happened in Egypt but they themselves didn't taste God's wrath, the righteous will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem (Isaiah 4:2-3). Those who stand firm till the end will be saved (Matthew 24:13).

We still about to see

hail and fire mixed with blood and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. First trumpet
something like huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. Second trumpet
a great star, blazing like torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water --- the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter and many people died from the waters that had become bitter. Third trumpet
a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night. Fourth trumpet
the sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. Fifth trumpet
the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. Sixth trumpet
God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm. Seventh trumpet

9. Jesus second coming and our being gathered to Him (Matthew 24:27-31, Mark 13:24-27, Luke 21:25-28)

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed -- in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18).

For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. Immediately after the distress of those days, "the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken." At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

I hope you will be there when you see Jesus second coming, not end up in the winepress of wrath of God. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. The ones that taken earlier are the evil ones. But the righteous will remain and see Jesus comes, either as dead person who will be resurrected or as the remnant that able to stand till the end. God bless you