Infallible Assurance

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.Dan. 12:3.

Many, very many, will be terribly surprised when the Lord shall comesuddenly as a thief in the night. Let us watch and pray, lest comingsuddenly He find us sleeping. My soul is deeply stirred as I considerhow much we ought to do for perishing souls. The prediction of Daniel,"Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased" (Dan.12:4), is to be fulfilled in our giving of the warning message; many areto be enlightened regarding the sure word of prophecy. . . .

The salvation of souls should be our first consideration. I am troubledwhen I see many rejoicing in temporal prosperity, for those who possess worldly treasure seldom seek earnestly to secure the heavenly. They are in danger of falling into temptation and a snare, and into many foolishand hurtful lusts, which drown man in destruction. . . .

We need a more firm reliance upon a "Thus saith the Lord." If we havethis, we shall not trust to feeling, and be ruled by feeling. God asksus to rest in His love. It is our privilege to know the Word of God as asure and tried guide, an infallible assurance. Let us work on the faith side of the question. Let us believe and trust, and talk faith and hope and courage. Let the praise of God be in our hearts and on our lips oftener than it is.

"Who so offereth praise glorifieth me" (Ps. 50:23). Keep the mind stayedupon God, and know the love of Christ as the Word of God reveals it. This Word is life. Talk of Christ; call others to behold Him as yourRedeemer.

It is our privilege to rest in an active, living faith in Christ as theLife-giver. It is our privilege to comprehend with all saints, what isthe length and depth and height, and to know the love of God whichpasseth knowledge, and be filled with all the fullness of God. Let uscontemplate Christ as the One in whom all fullness dwells. Beholding Himas our personal Saviour, we shall appreciate the value of His savinggrace. We should think about Jesus more than we do. We should let Hispraise be in our hearts. We should speak of the love that has been soabundantly expressed for us. We certainly have every reason to praiseGod with heart and soul and voice, saying, I will praise the Lord forHis great love wherewith He hath loved me. . . .

Lift Him up, the Christ of Calvary; lift Him up, that the world maybehold Him. Talk of His goodness, sing of His love, and give Him thegrateful thanks of your hearts.

From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 255.

This was a great weekend, most of was spent at church, however Saturday evening was a special evening. As a special friend of mine called Paul Philbert invited me over to watch the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. It was beautiful. Although this was in no means my first time attending the orchestra I just had to make mention this on my blog. For those visiting Malaysia this would be just one of those things you just can not leave without attending. These guys are just brilliant.

http://www.malaysianphilharmonic.com/index.php

Paul Philbert

(Timpani Principle)

I must applaud and thank Pastor Ivor Myers and his great wife for putting this set of shows together so as to benefit many people like myself.

Escape from the Black Hole is a touching series which everyone can relate to and covers most aspects of the media which are being used to numb our senses against that which is bad and evil.

The series has the following episodes:

1. The Black Hole

2. Sorcery

3. Star Wars

4. The New Face of Spiritualism

5. Moved By The Spirits

6. Video Games

7. Killing Us Softly

8. Music

9. Flame On

10. Martial Arts

11. The Battle of Two Hills

12 Exodus From The Black Hole

I will just give you an insight to the one that had a great impact in my life and that is Star Wars. Well I guess you thinking of the movie right... but it isn't what this is talking about. It is talking about how we as people and Christians have been worshipping the Stars (Hollywood Stars) by allowing them to dictate the way we dress, walk, the way we live, our social structure etc. It brings to light that the devil has duped us into this Hollywood frenzy that has got us hooked. He was the bright morning star and wanted all the attention and he and his angels (in some texts refers to them as stars) were cast out of Heaven into the earth. He also brings about the idea that also some of these things may seem harmless in actual sense they are very harmful, only but if you look carefully. For example why are are people in Hollywood called stars, It is a method to draw our attention away from God to these stars that the devil wants and he has used the place called Hollywood to destroy society. There is a whole lot more but you really need to get this the way Pastor Ivor Myers presents it is just good.

http://www.powerofthelamb.com/

Hallo all ....... I has been a while since I updated my blog but never the less I have a spoke but controversial topic to post today.

Religion vs/or Culture

I know most of my friends and fellow Christians would argue that the two are separate but I would like to bring about a difference in thinking and attitude toward the two.

Would influences the other and which should take more precedent in a persons life, I would like to bring about the idea that your religion is your culture. Now Now Now hear me out before you shot this out of the sky. I have come to realise one thing about religion be it any religion it has a specific blue print to the way the people who adopt it should behave or live it has everything one needs to build character. This is the same with so called culture.

If you wear to look closely at most cultures they are built on a basis of worship of something or the reverence of something. Which in turns becomes a religion and also has the power to define ones self, as well as build a character that suits it.

Now Christianity or to me Adventisim so to speak is a culture. If one was to look at the Christianity as whole I mean a total package we would see that it has everything a person needs to influence every facet of ones life to build a character that is up right and reflective of what true Christianity is. Yes I would like to insinuate that to be a true christian we must adopt it as a culture because in true sense it is a culture. Christianity is not a life style it is a way of life. It dictates to us the way we ought to live our lives and instills a value system in us that highlights what is important and what should be our priorities. Not only that but it also point to the God Head as our focus of worship.

Now I know a lot of people would say I am wrong about this but think about it logically, We have become spiritual Jews to be able to enter Heaven that is why we accept the teaching of the Bible which is a record not only of history but a record of Jewish culture and revolutionary new concept to the way we should look at following Christ, bought about by Jesus. Yes the feasts of Leviticus were done away with but God did not scrap the way He wanted His people to live. Hence now we have Christianity which is Christs way of life most of it similar to the Jewish way of life. For Adventist I would say almost identical except for the difference in that we believe that Christ has come the 1st time already.

Now I look at myself who is a Ndebele by birth and say OK what does this mean, Well I guess it does mean I have to stop identifying myself with being a Ndebele as being a Ndebele has aspects within the culture which do not agree with my being a Christian. You may say well this is an aspect that you cant change but i refuse to believe that because I have seen the impact this has had on my life. Having adopted Christianity as a culture it has made me see Christianity in a different light. and has helped me try to shape my life as it should be driven by the love of Jesus and molded by Biblical principle.

Hence I would like to challenge you take stock of your life is it consistent with what u call religion if not you are not treating it as your culture or way of life and hence will not influence major portions of your life or your character.

Think about it is your religion your culture or your life style.