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  Ecclesiastes 12:1 [1]Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no delight in them"; Joshua 24:15 [15]If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve... but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." The youth is the hope of the Father Land, sabi ni Rizal . Well Christian youth is the hope of the Church.  A Church with inactive youth will die.  For simple reason: this youth will be the future adult members of the church. They will decide the direction of the local church.  Kung ngayon pa lamang ay nahuhumaling ang mga Cristianong kabataan sa sanlibutan , siguradong kapag sila ay full adults na, hindi sila magiging aktibo sa simbahan.  Ang sanlibutan ay maraming pang-akit sa mga kabataan. Ang pita ng laman ay nakikipagtulungan sa sanlibutan upang dayain ang mga Cristiano.  Ang pagnanasa ng mata , ang pagnan...

  Everybody want success but are you willing to pay the price?  Ang success ay hindi nahuhulog mula sa langit. Ito ay bunga ng pagtitiyaga, pagpupuyat at pagsasakripisyo ng kasakuluyang layaw kapalit ng tagumpay sa huli. Higit sa lahat ito ay bunga ng pagtitiwala sa Diyos.  Ang tanong ay anong uri ng tagumpay ang iyong nais?  Sa akin lang ito pero ang pansamantalang tagumpay is not appealing. What is 40 years of success if in the end you will end up a loser.  Alam kong alam ninyo ang patutunguhan ng blog na ito. Anumang tagumpay na galing sa sanlibutan ay pansamantala- nauubos ang pera, nawawala ang pagkilala at kinakalawang ang mga pag-aari. Higit sa lahat kung naniniwala ka sa Biblia, darating ang panahong lahat ay susunugin (2 Pedro 3).  So ang tunay na tagumpay ay ang mga eternal na pagpapahalaga . Yung gantimpala mula sa Bema . Yung mga espirituwal na pagpapalang nakabase hindi sa nagbabagong sirkumstansiya ng tao kundi sa hindi nagbabagong biyaya at ...

  First and foremost sana nagbabasa ka ng Biblia . Honestly as a lifelong reader and student of the Bible, hindi ko ma-imagine ang isang araw na hindi nagbasa o nag-aral ng Biblia. Madalas akong ma-suspend ni FB sa walang sawang pag-post o pag-share ng Bible lessons. But to answer the question: No reading the Bible is not require to Heaven.  Ang nag-iisang kundisyon upang magkaroon ng buhay na walang hanggan ay ang manampalataya kay Cristo . Kahit sinong nanampalataya kay Cristo ay may buhay na walang hanggan, magbasa man siya o hindi ng Biblia.  Ang tulisan sa krus ay hindi nagbasa ng Biblia ngunit siya ay naniwalang si Jesus ang magdadala sa kaniya sa Kaharian sa araw ding iyon.  In fact wala kahit sinuman sa Luma o Bagong Tipan ang naligtas sa pagbabasa ng Biblia for a very simple reason- the Bible is still being written. Instead they believe whatever revelation they have at that time. Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. Paul beli...

  I have no problem with refuting errors. But I don't want to be known for what I am against than what I am for.  This is true for all aspects of life. There are so many political critics but few advocates of alternatives . Spiritually, there are people who are fond of pointing the errors of other religions but have no doctrine to teach.  Instead of bashing what you hate, a more productive use of time is to teach what you believe. In a marketplace of ideas the best way to disarm a contrary idea is to teach the correct idea.  I can preach against sin all day (and we should preach against sin), but without a positive teaching of holiness , it is unlikely my listeners will benefit. They will just add another thing to hate in their hate list.  But if I preach Christ , and my listeners come to believe and love Him, they are likelier to forsake sin. We all have experienced loving someone so much we are willing to give up certain things that annoy our loved ones. We s...

  In this life we can buy favors by giving money. Many will not be blatant about it but some people they can buy their salvation. Probably very few will be upfront in saying one can buy salvation. To these people money is all you need because if you have money you can buy charity which will buy them their salvation. In their view if their good works outweighs their bad works, they will enter heaven. Many people rightly reject this view. God cannot be bribed. One cannot bribe his way to heaven.  Pero may mas subtle na version ito. Ito ay ang pagbili ng indulhensiya . While it may not be as common as the 15th century (this launch the Reformation ), many are doing modern versions of this, and unfortunately even among evangelicals.  It looks like this: if I give money to the mission, I am earning good points for heaven. If I am generous in my giving, God will be generous in giving eternal and temporal blessings, a form of prosperity gospel .  Others buy their salvation n...

  Napakaraming bagay na dinala ang Diyos sa aming buhay and for that I am thankful. Binigyan Niya ako ng asawang Cristiano , nakapasok ako sa pamilyang inuuna ang Diyos sa lahat ng bagay at may disente akong trabaho. Wala akong ibang masasabi kundi, "Thank You Lord." Ngunit may mga "pangit" na bagay ding dumating sa aming mga buhay. Nagkasakit ako sa baga , nawala ang aming kalamansian , nadisgrasya ang aming inahin at marami pang iba. God expects na kahit sa mga bagay na ito, tayo ay dapat magpasalamat. It could have been worse.  Even in the bad things there are reasons to thank God.  Naalala ko nang minsang naiwan ako ng bus. Nagmamadali ako dahil madilim na kaya inis na inis ako ng hindi ko abutan ang bus. Nakasakay ako sa sumunod na bus. Guess what? Nadaanan namin ang naunang bus (yung sasakyan sana namin) na nadisgrasya hindi kalayuan. Niligtas ako ng Diyos by making me miss the bus. Naturally I worship Him.  Nang magkasakit ako sa baga, it is one of the best t...

  Mababait lang ba ang aakyat sa langit?  I hope not. Dahil kung oo, wala akong pag-asang makarating sa langit.  Hindi ako mabait. At least sa sarili kong assessment ng aking sarili. I know that deep within me, kahit sa mga panahong gusto kong gumawa ng mabuti, may prinsipiyo ng kasamaan sa aking laman.  Kaya kapag may nagsasabing mabait daw ako, natatawa ako. Apparently hindi niya pa ako kilalang lubusan. Nakikita lang nila ang side ko sa work or sa church, not when I am at home or I am alone.  Or, nasabi nila ito dahil kinukumpara nila ako sa ibang tao. Kinukumpara sa mga pasaway sa lipunan. Mabait dahil hindi lasenggero, butanggero o tulisan. Mabait dahil hindi nananakit ng asawa o nagpapabaya sa mga anak.  Relative righteousness. Mabait o mabuti dahil kinukumpara sa iba.  Honestly that is a bit annoying. It is like saying pasado ka kasi naka-68 ka samantalang ang iba ay naka-65. As far as I am concerned, ang 68 gaano man kataas sa 65 ay bagsak pa r...

  Actually even a little will kill. Arrogance is a spiritual life killer.  Bakit ba tayo arogante? Well we can cite many reasons but the bottom line is this: kinuha natin ang prerogative na para lamang sa Diyos. We think we are gods that can determine our own destinies. That is why we refuse corrections and we are set to do our way.  Arrogance is telling God , "I don't need you to tell me how I run my life." This is like buying an appliance and refusing to read the manual because you know what to do. If we want to maximize our use of an appliance, we must have the humility to consult the manual.  Ganuon din sa spiritual life. God is the creator of the spiritual life. We are new creations. We need to consult the Bible to tell us how to operate as new creations.  Pride puts man in the place where God should be. If we are to be humble , we must put God first. Any place other than one is the wrong place for God. He must have the preeminence in all things. Practic...

  As a boxing hobbyist, mahalaga sa akin ang correction. Kahit maliit na feedback na makatutulong upang maimprove ang aking power, stamina o technique ay mahalaga.  Kung ii-ignore natin ang mga feedbacks that can correct our mistakes, we'll never improve.  I think lahat tayo ay naiintindihan iyan. We always need corrections sa ating work, sa ating pang-araw-araw na buhay.  But for some reasons, when it comes to spiritual life, correction becomes a burden. Ayaw nating kino-correct sa spiritual life. Part of it probably is the nature of spiritual life. We know intuitively that the spiritual life is the deepest aspect of our humanity. So any changes there fundamentally changes the "I," the person. Unlike sa work which is external to us, our spiritual life (or absence of it) is US.  So we feel threatened by corrections. It hurts our pride that there is something wrong at the core of our being. We don't want to admit that WE are wrong, that it is not only a matter of...