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Sunday, January 08, 2006

Today's message was 'Jesus, the Alpha & Omega'. Although the speaker was a little extreme in his views, which my dad did not agree with, there were some interesting points he made.

Firstly, Jesus is infinite, eternal and unchangeble. He is the great ' I am, the generator/terminator of physical life and the provider/depriver of spiritual life.

Ever wondered how the name 'Jehovah' came about? Well it means 'the One who is' which is actually the condensed form of ' I am that I am' (Exodus 3:14) in Hebrew. Now God is different from us humans, in the fact that He exists not just everywhere but also in every time. For us, yesterday it is "I was", today, "I am" and tomorrow, "I will be". But for God, yesterday it is " I am", today, "I am" and tomorrow, "I am". God is the same yesterday, today and forever whereas we are changing every single moment. The past make us who we are today and who we are today will determine who we become in the future.

I was discussing certain medical issues with Leslie and he told me some doctors promote euthanasia as they believe that everyone of us has the right to our own life. Now, doesn't that make committing suicide legal? But it isn't! In fact, committing suicide is the same as murder, as you have taken away a person's life, be it your own. The question is, do our lives belong to us? To those who say yes, let me ask whether you gave yourself life. Take an object for example, the only person allowed to destroy it is the same person who owns/created it. We did not give ourselves life, Christ did, and hence only He has the right to take it away. Believe it or not, the reason we exist is because Christ allowed it and should we die, it is because Christ decided on it. For all things are created by Christ, for Christ.

Christianity is about God's mercy and love but we must not forget that He is holy, just and capable of wrath. Our God is the same God who destroyed the whole earth because of its wickedness with a great flood except for Noah and his family. Matthew 10:28 - And fear not them(people) which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him (God)which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. However, many of us Christians, do not live in fear of God and only donate a fraction of our lives to him. Often He is only given what remains of our hectic life when He should have all of it. In every aspect of our life, we should always ask whether what we do pleases Him. Sounds extreme? Not when we and everything we have belong to Him. Unfortunately, it is very easy to get caught up in the ways of the world and put God in the sidelines. I myself have done that numerous times, thus I know that I need God's help to always put Him first.

P.S. We sang 3 songs during service today that struck a chord in my heart, echoing my reflections of the past year. They are 'God Makes No Mistakes', 'Not My Will' and 'Lord, I Need You'. Only managed to find the lyrics of the first song, so would really appreciate if anyone is able to help me find the lyrics for the other 2. Tomorrow, I will share with you my thoughts on the first song =)

Lydea blogged at 2:16 PM

May your light shine...
in the darkness...