DEDICATION TO MY ONLY GOD, JESUS

If there’s one thing I have to live for,
That’s for My God who gives me all.
I will not worry about my family,
He’ll take care of them happily.

I need not worry about my future,
I have a God who’ll make it fruitful.
I need not worry about anything,
I know God is my everything.

My very wish in life is to be,
His greatest child of destiny.
To be with Him is my desire,
A burning hope when I retire.

I need not worry about our food,
I need not worry about our shelter,
I need not worry about anything,
Because, God gives me everything.

To Him I sing a song of love.
To Him I sing a song of praise.
To Him I sing a song of thanks.
To Him I sing this song forever.

The Wrath of God

Do you know the reasons why God punished Israel? Do you know what happened to the Jews?

We all know that Israel has God's favor. It was His chosen people, but why did the Jews underwent great sufferings.  The Book of Jeremiah and Lamentations showed the great sufferings of the Jews :from famine to brutal slavery in another country and death.

Imagined mo kinakain nila pati anak nila sa sobrang gutom. It was so appalling , if you can imagined kung ano nararanasan nila sa mga panahong yun. Yung iba unti unting pinapatay tulad ng binabalatan hanggang sa mamatay. Siguro, kahit panoorin mo sa TV hindi mo kakayaning makita. Ano nangyari?

From the beginning the Israel people were hard headed. They have seen signs of miracles and wonders of the works of God, but still they went their way and disobeyed God. Di ba they made a calf made of gold. Dahil lang ba hindi nila nakita or nakikilala ang Dios, pinalagay nilang ang imaheng yun ang nagligtas sa kanila. When they created the calf image, they were thinking that was God who saved them from Egypt because they have not seen Him.

Have not God made the Commandments : 20 And God spoke all these words:2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.3 “You shall have no other gods before me.4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments(Exodus 20).

In our contemporary society, man still do the same thing. They disobeyed God. They forget the number one commandment of God: Luke 10: 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.

In the Old Testament was the full order of God's command and was still the number 1 commandment of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Bakit po ito and  number 1? Because if you follow that commandment hindi ka maliligaw? Look around what's happening? People are lost. Have you watched "Seklusyon"? It's a story of blind  fanaticism through religious idolatry. Idolatry, is the number one reasons for people to get lost and be separated from God.

The commandment of God was very clear to not make any form or image in heaven or in earth or below waters. Anu ano ba ang nasa heaven at earth : men, stars, moon, animals, plants, sun, etc. And God continued to say to not bow or worship them. Psalm 115 states:

1 Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
2 Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?”
3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
6They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.
7 They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
8Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

No wonder Jesus said that , many will try to enter the gate, but only few will make it. The rest will wrestle in hell. This was how Jesus described hell :

48 where“‘the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.(Mark 9:48)’

Just imagined the heat of flame burning you , you can feel it and worms that crawl over your body forever in that place.Gusto niyo po bang mapunta dito? Magisip po tayo?Bakit di natin kilalanin ang tunay na Dios. God's grace is still open. When will you decide? Sabi nga ni God, pag narining mo ang balita, do it now.

Sa akala mo lang kaya mong tanggapin na mapunta sa hell, because you are enjoying your life now. What about if you meet accident and die tomorrow or will be diagnosed with terminal cancer? What will be your chance? Wala na po kapag nangyari yun.

What happened to the Quiapo fanatics was so appalling: so many lost souls. They cried out to the image who is not God who can save them. Satan can also make miracles and fanatics of this image tend to credit miracles to the image. Is there anything as black Jesus or called Jesu Padre Nazareno in the Bible?

Naging panatiko din ako ng Quiapo. Bata pa po ako nun, pero sa Quiapo lang kami umiikot. However today, sobrang pagtutulakan sa kapal ng tao at umaabot na hanggang Luneta. Maraming galing pa ng malalayo. Anong nangyari? Nakakalungkot at nakakaawa pong pagmasdan sa mga taong ito na naghahanap ng kasagutan sa kanilang mga problema. Satan rules these people, because they were blinded to see the true Living God.

To God be the Glory , in Jesus name. AMEN.

What God Wants Us to Do

Saved in Order to Do Good

1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 

2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone. 

3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 

4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 

5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 

6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 

7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. 

Isaiah 58

6“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 

7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 

Look at Your Children

There are a lot of things to worry about our youth of today. To our beloved parents, be wary of what’s going on with your kid. According to Psychology, the critical age of a child is from 2-6 years old while others says 8. This years is the year that lays down the foundation of a child. Therefore, whatever he learns in those critical years will be his foundation which will mold a child. Therefore, as early as those age, let’s make sure that we introduce Jesus to them. Teach them about the life of Jesus. There are bibles for kids with wonderful colored pictures for their easy understanding and appreciation.

Let’s not introduce the modern gadgets such as cellphones and internets. Even if they know about these stuff, do not allow them to use it at such an early age. Limit their watch on movies and guide them in watching. Do not allow them to watch movies or shows that would infest their mind with worldly matters such as  MTVs, (MTV presents music that are worldly and remember that young people of today are conquered by the evil through music). Horror, lewd or sensual, fantasy with violent or sensual touch and drastic or violent movies should be taboo for them. Parents let’s watch them closely as they grow.

Our young kids are already involved in music. Everybody loves music and since this is a portal for evil to come to human, let’s make sure that our kids does not listen to music that implies sensual or sex, destructions, vulgar words , love of money, hatred, vengeance, and depressions. There are a lot of band groups and famous celebrity performers specially from Hollywood that is most admired by young kids of today ex: Britney spears, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, etc. There are a lot of them or perhaps almost all of these famous personality in music industry. You may play gospel songs in your house to invite good spirit and for your kids to remember and sing along with it.

Remember that our youth today holds the future.

Something about the Pope and the Vatican

Just to share a piece of information. I'm not sure if this is coincidental or was it
really the Pope of the Catholic is the 666 revealed in Revelation 13:16 of the Scripture.

The pope was designated as Vicarius Filii Dei or Vicar of Christ meaning a representative of God or tantamount as representation of Christ which is a
blasphemy of God. Nobody can substitute God, but Christ and nobody can
substitute Christ. God said, His glory is His and His alone.

In Revelation 13:1 1 And the dragon stood on the shore
of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven
heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

The pope has what we called Tiara on his head bearing these words:
IESV CHRISTI VICARIO INFALLIBILI- infallible vicar of Jesus Christ
ORBIS SVPREMO IN TERRA RECTORI - to the supreme governor of the world of earth .
REGVM ATQVE POPVLORVM PATRI - to the father of nations and kings.

When we say infallible, it is without sin or error. According to the Scripture, God
said that all had sinned and fall short to the Glory of God. It's only God Himself
that is without sin. Those tittles cannot be given to a man whom created by God,
but to God Himself only. Therefore, that alone is a big lie of satan to deceive people.

In Book of Revelation also stated about 7 hills. The vatican is situated within 7
hills:The Quirinal Hill,The Aventine Hill,The Caelian Hill,The Viminal Hil,lThe
Capitoline Hill, The Esquiline Hil,lThe Palatine Hill. The 10 horns with crown are
powerful individuals if not countries that involves in setting up and protecting
the Vatican. Remember in History we have the Allied countries such as : Allied
Powers composed of Empires and the famous are :France, Germany, Great Britain, Rome, Russia , USA, Poland, Japan, to name some. Perhaps these are powerful people that represents in any of those countries involved in protecting the Vatican.

How did the Vatican and the pope started had a lot of complicated stories. It is
the seat of the throne of the Papa who is the head of the catholic church all over
the world. In History you can remember that Constantinopole was the first Christian emperor. He was the one who declared Christianity through the Edict of Milan(remember History) as the main religion of the land after he won the battle of Mildivian for putting the sign of the Cross on their battleship. Rome was a pagan country remember, so when he declared Christianity, he paganized christian religion (combining christian with pagan practices)They claimed that Peter was the first pope. If you read the Bible , there's nowhere in the Bible that supports their claimed. When Paul thanks the people who assisted him in bringing up Jesus to the Romans, he never mentioned Peter, which simply means that Peter was not in Rome. It was also said in the Bible that Peter was the apostle for the Jews or the circumcised and Paul for the gentile or the uncircumcised. It only means that Peter did not even set his foot in Rome.

If you would check and read the Bible, the doctrines that the Catholic is teaching
is none existing in the scripture. If that would be originated from the teachings
of the apostle Peter, it would have been the same as the scripture which is the
same before and is still the same today. In the scripture, there was no teachings
about indulgence, to do penance for sins, confessions to a priest, praying the
rosary, venerating Mary and saints, the process of baptism, the ceremonial mass.
In fact, they actually is contradicted to the teachings of the Bible.

There were lots of secrets in the Vatican, but as God said, there is no hidden things that will not come to light. There were news about sexual abuse among members of the choirs which are boys.It started to come out in 2010 and there was investigations, but nothing happened until now.

If you read history about Reformation or Protestant Reformation, it was the darkest period of Christianity. In the St Bathomew Massacre, there were millions of Huguenotes(these were French protestants who was regarded as heretics by the Catholic leaders of that time) who died.

I'm sharing these information for you to open your eyes to what is the truth.

Jeremiah 29:13New International Version (NIV)
13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

TO ALL CHRISTIANS

We know that Jesus teaches in parables. Here is one of the parables Jesus taught His disciples.

Book of Mark 4:3-8

3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 

4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 

5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 

6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 

8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.” 

9 Then Jesus said,“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

This teaching of Jesus is incomprehensible to people whose  Kingdom of Heaven is not revealed to. To people who diligently search God in his heart will easily understands the parables. Maraming nagpapahayag ng salita ng Dios bilang pagtupad sa pinaguutos ni Jesus in Mark 16:15“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Marami ding nakikinig, nagbabasa ngunit’ hindi lahat ng ito ay tumitimo sa kanilang puso at isipan,  That is the summary of the Parables.

The man who scatters the seed is the one who shares(preacher, evangelist, pastor, teacher of the words) the words of God.

1)Seeds that fell along their path were eaten by the birds-itong mga taong ito nakarinig ng salita, pero binabalewala. Parang  pumasok sa isang tenga , lumabas sa kabila. Walang dating  ang Salita ng Dios sa kanila , at ganyan ang marami specially those sa mga taong may ibang paniniwala. The reason, it’s either not their priority or they do not believe in the words of God. Kaya yung mga kasama sa distro na hindi binabasa ang mga sinishare ko, God knows them and I know them, too. Naaawa lang ako sa kanila. Di ba sabi ni Jesus, 9 Then Jesus said,“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

2). Seeds that fell on the rock-siyempre mabato at mababaw ang mga rocky soil. It does penetrate though, but no deep penetration. So dahil nasa batuhan at nasa bilad ng init ng araw madali itong namamatay. Some people joyfully received the words of God, but when trials in life come to them, nawalan sila ng tiwala sa Salita ng Dios or which is God Himself, and they went back to their old self. Maraming ganito sa mga  born again Christians, They go to church, nakinig , nagbasa, but the words  did not penetrate in them, dahil hindi malalim ang kanilang intimacy kay God nung dumating ang problema, hindi nakayanan, nawala ang tiwala sa Dios at bumalik siya sa dati.  

In Hebrewws 4:12 ¹² For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 

The words did not penetrate in them. Kung nagpatuloy lamang siya, he will know the meaning of the preceding verse.

3).Other seeds fell among thorns. You know if we are among thorns- which means worldly cares such as : riches, business, family, careers, fame, etc. There are also many Christians na ganito. They go to church, yet one foot is still on earth. So he’s not totally surrendered to the Words of God because he cannot avoid the pleasures of richness, success in career, family, fame, etc. Hindi ba may isang mayamang lumapit kay Jesus at nagtanong kung paano siya makakapunta sa Heaven. Jesus said na, ipamigay ang kanyang kayamanan sa mga mahihirap at sumunod sa Kanya. Living a true Christian life is not at all pleasurable, but you can feel the joy of being a servant to Him, of being close to God.

4)Seeds fell on good soil, of course, namumunga. It produce crops at dumarami if properly taken care of such as continuous watering, fertilizers, etc. These are the true Christians whose words of God has penetrated to their very soul (windows of sin ang soul natin). If words of God is penetrated in our soul. We cannot be moved by  any aweful situations which would cause us to fall away from God.

Sometimes being a true Christian is tantamount to bear the sufferings just like what happened to Paul and Peter.  Hindi ba’t maraming dinanas na pagdurusa si Paul while serving the Lord and he even died in an aweful manner-he was beheaded under the reign of Nero. 

Although there are a lot of Christians who believe that God does not allow His children to suffer, however this is opposite of what Jesus said. 

In Matthew 16: 24-26 

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 

25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 

26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

A true Christian looks forward for a  reward from the Kingdom of God, which is not of this world. You may suffer on earth, but you will feel the joy of it because you know that God is with you and you will observe with your eyes the sufferings of the wicked because you choose to follow Him. ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?

A Story of God's Miracle in Elijah

We used to see God’s miracle during the time of Moses. Here in the Book of 1 Kings, God has again show His miracles to the people  of Israel.

During that time the Israelites turned away from God , and instead give honor to their god Baal.  One time, Elijah, one of the prophets of whom God was pleased, told the prophets of Baal to meet them at Mount Carmel to have a Faced-Off, and to give proof who’s god is really God. So, all  four hundred fifty Baal prophets went and joined together to prove to the people that their god Baal is god. They have to offer  a bull, cut into pieces and whose offer will be burned without setting fire on it, is the true God. The 450 prophets of Baal were the first to perform. They shouted to Baal, offered dance from morning till noon, till they slashed with swords and spears their body till blood flowed from them.  When the evening comes and no answered from Baal came, to burn their offerings, Elijah told them to come and he will have his turn. So he prepared the  altar putting 12 stones representing the 12 tribes of Israel. He dig a ditch around the woods and  pour water on it. He put the cut bull at the middle of the woods , and he began to pray.

1 Kings 18,3:36-37, “LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”

38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!” Everybody cried out with surprise.

You see , Elijah just simply pray to the Lord  and he was answered. Do you know how to pray? Why was Elijah's prayer answered right away?

In Matthew 6:9-13, Jesus taught His disciples how to pray. ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.’ 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

The prayer is just a pattern of how we should pray to our Almighty Father and not really to say it word for word. First ,(HALLOWED BE THEY NAME) we have to Honor the name of Our Father(God loves to be Honored). As God Almighty has many names,we can say, the Almighty, omnipotent, everlasting God,The God of Miracle, The Healing  God, The Alpha and Omega, God Creator of Heaven and earth, The God of Prophets, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Jehovah Jireh,  Jehovah Rafa, The Healing God, God of Light, God of Love, Abba Father, Our King Most High, our One True God , The Infinite God, etc. There are so many things, good adjectives that will describe Our Father. The first part of the prayer is very important. We have to  acknowledge and honor God, then you can say your request(that will be in line with His Will) We have to ask forgiveness and to forgive people who has offended us. We have to end it by giving thanks through our Lord Jesus Christ.

In Matthew 16:23-24, 23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete

Why was the prayer of Elijah was right away answered by God. First, the request was in line with the Will of the Father-for people to know that He is God. God was pleased with Elijah who  has great intimacy with Lord. I think, I have already mentioned about INTIMACY with the Lord. How do we do this? By constant prayer, reading His words, declaring His goodness in your life, and feel His love. Some people would pray  4 hours just like the Korean Christians. I also mentioned before on my previous email, my sister's friend who put up a ministry inside the ship they worked for. She has great intimacy with Lord God and so her desire's and prayers was right away granted.