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came back frm BS yesterdae. learnt abt repentance. ive learnt tt repentance has nothing to do with emotions or feelings. it's not abt how much u cry, or how much e feel hurt or sorry for urself, but rather, its:
repentance-[INWARD DECISION (change of mind/thinking) + OUTWARD actions] -> FRUITS and RADICAL CHANGE.
saying sorry is not jus enough, we have to take action, and produce fruits, good fruits. e.g. a WMD mfg. plant. not only e products of tt factory (WMD) have to be destroyed, e entire factory/plant has to be closed down. similarly, making a decision to change is not enough, we have to completely remove the bad habit/sin. also learnt tt each time we sin, we are nailing Jesus on e cross all over again. and the further we drift from God, e closer we are to Satan himself.
there will come a time where we have drifted so far, that there is no longer room for repentance. Judas went too far away frm e Light, there was no turning back eventually he hanged himself. he may have felt all e regret of betraying Jesus, yet there was no true repentance.
a small cut is painful, but a large open wound becomes numb. similarly, when we first do somethin bad, we feel bad abt it. and we will tell ourselves not to do it again. yet when we keep on doing it, as the Holy Spirit keeps on reminding us, yet there will come a time when our conscience becomes numb, where we no longer feel sorry for what we have done.
this morning read a bk on spiritual warfare. its rather interesting. =) ive never known what the phrase 'the third heaven' means until i read this bk. well, i din actualli finish reading e entire bk yet...haha. it speaks of spiritual warfare in the 'heavenlies'. there are 3 heavens:
1st heaven: the stars and the sky (the visible heaven)
3rd heaven: paradise; where God himself dwells.
e only thing left out is the second heaven, e one in between. e Bible oftens speaks of Satan being 'thrown down' or 'cast down' or 'fallen'. therefore,
2nd heaven: fallen angels; Satan's headquarters.
in Job it says tt Satan had access to the presence of God, he was with the angels in heaven accusing the believers, tts y he is still called 'the accuser'. e most staggering thing is when we pray. as we pray, it says tt our prayers go up to heaven. e 1st, 2nd and 3rd, where God hears. tts why when we pray things happen in e spiritual realm because not only does God hears our prayers, Satan and his fallen angels hear it too. that's y Paul emphasised the importance of the baptism of e Holy Spirit and praying in e Spirit, cos when we pray in e spirit, we are praying directly to God and the Devil cannot decode what we are saying. thank God we have Jesus, who INTERCEDES for us in our prayers. =)
well, ive gotten my ctest results, OS-69, PSP2-67, EVP-A+, BIS-NIL...lol cos i was sick on tt day and couldnt come to sch. but i did submit my mc howeber..haa...=D praise God for good results!...yea...;)
repentance-[INWARD DECISION (change of mind/thinking) + OUTWARD actions] -> FRUITS and RADICAL CHANGE.
saying sorry is not jus enough, we have to take action, and produce fruits, good fruits. e.g. a WMD mfg. plant. not only e products of tt factory (WMD) have to be destroyed, e entire factory/plant has to be closed down. similarly, making a decision to change is not enough, we have to completely remove the bad habit/sin. also learnt tt each time we sin, we are nailing Jesus on e cross all over again. and the further we drift from God, e closer we are to Satan himself.
there will come a time where we have drifted so far, that there is no longer room for repentance. Judas went too far away frm e Light, there was no turning back eventually he hanged himself. he may have felt all e regret of betraying Jesus, yet there was no true repentance.
a small cut is painful, but a large open wound becomes numb. similarly, when we first do somethin bad, we feel bad abt it. and we will tell ourselves not to do it again. yet when we keep on doing it, as the Holy Spirit keeps on reminding us, yet there will come a time when our conscience becomes numb, where we no longer feel sorry for what we have done.
this morning read a bk on spiritual warfare. its rather interesting. =) ive never known what the phrase 'the third heaven' means until i read this bk. well, i din actualli finish reading e entire bk yet...haha. it speaks of spiritual warfare in the 'heavenlies'. there are 3 heavens:
1st heaven: the stars and the sky (the visible heaven)
3rd heaven: paradise; where God himself dwells.
e only thing left out is the second heaven, e one in between. e Bible oftens speaks of Satan being 'thrown down' or 'cast down' or 'fallen'. therefore,
2nd heaven: fallen angels; Satan's headquarters.
in Job it says tt Satan had access to the presence of God, he was with the angels in heaven accusing the believers, tts y he is still called 'the accuser'. e most staggering thing is when we pray. as we pray, it says tt our prayers go up to heaven. e 1st, 2nd and 3rd, where God hears. tts why when we pray things happen in e spiritual realm because not only does God hears our prayers, Satan and his fallen angels hear it too. that's y Paul emphasised the importance of the baptism of e Holy Spirit and praying in e Spirit, cos when we pray in e spirit, we are praying directly to God and the Devil cannot decode what we are saying. thank God we have Jesus, who INTERCEDES for us in our prayers. =)
well, ive gotten my ctest results, OS-69, PSP2-67, EVP-A+, BIS-NIL...lol cos i was sick on tt day and couldnt come to sch. but i did submit my mc howeber..haa...=D praise God for good results!...yea...;)
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