Hey guys!! this is DARYL SEE here. haha!
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hey guyyyyss!! lets really blog and share with each and one of us our revelations, encounters with God. something that Cheryl said was great. she said something like we share with each other things, and we learn from each other as well! so lets learn from each other through our own revelations and encounters! :)
haha! just wanna share with you guys something i have seen in the bible...
the verse starts in 1Corinthians 9:16-27(NLT)
16 Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News!
17 If I were doing this on my own initiative, I would deserve payment. But I have no choice, for God has given me this sacred trust. 18 What then is my pay? It is the opportunity to preach the Good News without charging anyone. That’s why I never demand my rights when I preach the Good News.
19 Even though I am a free man with no master, I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ. 20 When I was with the Jews, I lived like a Jew to bring the Jews to Christ. When I was with those who follow the Jewish law, I too lived under that law. Even though I am not subject to the law, I did this so I could bring to Christ those who are under the law. 21 When I am with the Gentiles who do not follow the Jewish law,I too live apart from that law so I can bring them to Christ. But I do not ignore the law of God; I obey the law of Christ.
22 When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some. 23 I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.
24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
yeah, so basically, this verse written by Paul had something to do with evangelism(yeah!)
If you guys have heard of it, we often say that when we want to integrate people, evanglise we always mention something like "exiting our world to enter theirs". maybe we might think that this is just a "method" of evangelising that we have come up with. but thats not true! God has even mentioned it here in v.16-23 about it. God encourages it! Paul said something that even though he is not a jew, but he lived like a jew, with the jew, and following the jewish law, even though he is not required to do so, but he do so to bring people to Christ! :)
something good in us in v.18 is this, that we do not demand for anything as reward as we bring friends to church and sharing the gospel, for God has given us this "sacred trust".
its amazing mann really! i just randomly flipped the bible and saw this. i was really impacted by it.
sometimes, when for example that our friends whom we are integrating likes to play dota, but you simply detest dota. but lets start making the effort to exit our own world, to enter theirs, just like Paul! He could have completely ignore or go against the jewish law, but he didnt so as to win some lives over to Christ! :D but however in the midst of it, we do not go against the law of God. :)
the bible is amazing! amazing revelations!
lets keep this revelations and encounters going on mann!!!
lets BLOG!
:)