Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Not all critics of Harold Camping are on the side of righteousness. Many of them are just scoffers.

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On the day Harold Camping's "Bible-guaranteed" prediction failed, I went to his Facebook page to see what's happening on the wall. Those responses that call for his repentance are proper. Camping must be told about his folly.

Yet on Camping's wall, you could also read posts from wicked men. One such post is from a man named Ron Holden. He posted:

"The bible guarentees it" - You mean that work of FICTION that was LOOSELY based on hear-say that happened 300 YEARS before it was written?? You mindless, ignorant fuckin' lemmings. Drink the kool-aid and get off my planet.
Let's list what Holden believes about the Bible.
 i. it is a "work of FICTION"
 ii. the Bible was not written by first century eyewitness but a product of hearsay-- written in the 4th century.
 iii. its believers are as mindless and ignorant as a certain kind of rodent.

Another post, by Matin Sabz asserts:
Jesus was a bastard kid, his mom got knocked out before marriage and blamed it on G0d, 2011 years later, there are morons out there who believe this fairytale...
Sabz believes that:
i. Jesus was not Virgin-born
ii. he was a product of  pre-marital sexual relations
iii. Jesus' mother was a liar who claimed that the baby in her womb was from God.
iv. those who believe in the virgin birth are morons

So not all who criticize Harold Camping are on the side of righteousness. They don't know it, but false teachers like Camping and mockers like Holden and Sabz are on the same side-- the Devil's side. Long ago, the Apostle Peter prophesied about the advent of such mockers. He wrote:

"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 Pet. 3:3-4 NIV)

These mockers think that life will go on and on and on the same way. They reject the idea of a righteous God acting in history to judge the wickedness of men. Peter then assures his readers that just as the wicked world in Noah's day was judged by God through a cataclysmic global flood, this present world that mocks Christianity will also face God's judgment, this time not by water by fire.

Nobody listened to Noah, the Preacher of Righteousness during his time (2 Pet. 2:5). In every day that passes, life seems to be normal for the wicked. They were eating and drinking. Businessmen were selling. Consumers were buying. Lovers were getting married. Perhaps with mocking they talk about Noah, "that crazy old man is buiding an ark-- he is expecting a great flood" and together the wicked laugh out loud (LOL). But the day of the Lord came like a thief and destroyed them all-- except that family of eight inside the ark who believed the word of God.

And so will it be the same when the true judgment time comes.

"He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power" (2 Thess.1:8-9)

But what about us? What shall we do? The Bible instructs us not to join the mockers (Psalm 1:1). Instead, we are to believe and proclaim the gospel. We must warn everyone that God has set a day when he will judge the world (Acts 17:31).
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Bad Anthropology from that Facebook App

Mensahe daw ng Diyos...

"... that there are no bad people, only people with bad ideas. Have compassion towards such people, and help them sober up from the influence of bad ideas."

On the contrary, people are already bad by nature even before they have conceived any idea. The Bible reveals our sinful nature even while we were still in our mothers' womb. Psalm 51:5 says "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me." (NIV)

And because we are sinners by nature, our inclination is not to love godly ideas but to hate and suppress them (Rom.1:18). This is the reason why we need redemption that is in Christ Jesus-- the redemption that brings light to our darkened minds (2 Cor. 4:6)
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Monday, May 16, 2011

Ang Diyos at ang Pako sa Sapatos ng Kabayo

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Hindi maayos ang pagkakapako sa sapatos ng isang kabayo. Iyan ang nagdulot ng pagkasawi ng pinakamahusay na mandirigma. At dahil nasawi ang kanilang pinakamahusay na mandirigma, natalo sa digmaan ang isang bansa.

Ayon sa isang dayuhang kasabihan: "Para sa isang taong nakasuot ng salamin na kulay luntian, ang lahat ng bagay ay kulay luntian". Para sa isang taong nakasuot ng salamin na kulay ateismo (atheism), ang lahat ng kanyang makikita ay kulay ateismo. Babasahin niya ang mga aklat kasaysayan (history books) at ganito ang kanyang makikita: NAGKATAON lang na hindi maayos ang pagkakapako sa sapatos ng kabayo. NAGKATAON lang na ang kabayong iyon ay pag-aari ng pinakamahusay na mandirigma. NAGKATAON lang na nadisgrasya siya dahil sa isang maliit na pako. NAGKATAON lang na natalo ang isang bansa sa digmaan. NAGKATAON lang.

Ang suot kong salamin ay kulay bibliya; dahil dito lahat ng aking natatanaw ay sinisikap kong ilagay sa balangkas ng Teolohiyang Kristiyano. Sa tuwing nagbabasa ako ng diyaryo o mga aklat kasaysayan, nakikita ko ang kamay ng Diyos. Ayon sa Efeso 1:11, ang Diyos ang nagsasagawa ng lahat ng bagay ayon sa kanyang pasya at kalooban. Ang Diyos ang kumikilos upang maganap ang maliliit na bagay tulad ng pagkatangay ng alikabok sa hangin hanggang sa pagdapo nito sa likod ng kalabaw. Ang Diyos rin ang kumikilos upang maganap ang malalaking bagay tulad ng pagbagsak ng isang hari mula sa kanyang trono.

Mula sa isang biblikal na pananaw, ang Diyos ang sanhi kung bakit hindi maayos ang pagkakapako sa sapatos ng kabayo. Siya rin ang sanhi kung bakit naaksidente ang pinakamahusay sa mandirigma. Siya ang sanhi kung bakit nasawi sa digmaan ang isang bansa.
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Monday, May 9, 2011

Babala: Mag-ingat kay Charles Capps

 Minabuti ng Diyos na ako ay makapasyal sa PCBS-Dagupan noong nagdaang araw ng Huwebes. Sa kagandahang-loob niya ay naka-diskuwento ako  sa ilang mga aklat.

Agaw-pansin naman ang mga aklat ni Charles Capps. Marami ang stock kaya't sa wari ko ay maraming naghahanap at bumubili ng mga aklat na iyon. Nakakalungkot sapagkat si Capps ay isang mapanganib na guro. Ang layunin ng paskil na ito ay bigyang babala ang mga mambabasa.

1. Si Capps ay isa sa mga tagapagturo ng Word of Faith Movement. Sa sistemang ito, ang mga sinasabi ng Diyos ay nagkakatotoo hindi dahil sa siya ay Makapangyarihan kundi dahil sa kanyang pananampalataya. Sa kanilang salin ng Mark 11:22, ito raw ay "Have the faith of God". Ang tanong diya eh, Kung ay Diyos ay may pananampalataya, kanino siya nananampalataya?

2. Tayo bilang mga tao ay may taglay ring kapangyarihan sa ating mga sinasambit. Kung ano raw yung sinabi mo, yun ang magkakatotoo. Kung Positive Confession ang sinabi mo tulad ng "Ako ay magkakaroon ng BMW", magkakatotoo nga 'yan.  Kung Negative Confession naman ang sinabi mo tulad ng "Malapit na akong mamatay", 'yan ang magkakatotoo.

3. Maging ang Diyos ay WALANG MAGAGAWA upang bigyang lunas ang bunga ng iyong Negative Confession. Sa kanyang aklat na The Tongue- A Creative Force, sinabi raw sa kanaya Diyos:

"Ikaw ay sinasalakay ng diyablo at WALA AKONG MAGAGAWA. Ako ay IGINAPOS ng iyong mga sinabi."

4. Sa kanyang aklat na Authority in Three Worlds, Isinulat ni Capps na ang Diyos ang namamahala sa daigdig noon; subalit nang magkasala si Adan, nalipat ang kapangyarihan kay Satanas. Hindi makakilos ang Diyos sa daigdig. Ang tanging paraan para makakilos ang Diyos sa daigdig ay gumawa ng mga hakbang na LEGAL ayon sa pananaw ng "SUPREME COURT OF THE UNIVERSE". Sa aral ni Capps, ang Diyos ay hindi ang Kataas-taasang Hukom; kailangan niyang magpasakop sa isang mas mataas na korte-- Ang "Supreme Court of the Universe"

Hindi ganito ang Diyos na ipinakikilala ng Bibliya. Ang Diyos ng bibliya ang siyang pinakamataas at pinakamakapangyarihan. Malaya niyang ginagawa ang lahat ng kanyang maibigan (Awit 115:3)