My Sunday Scripture 2009.3.29
Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the feast. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me. I am troubled now. Yet what should I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it and will glorify it again." The crowd there heard it and said it was thunder; but others said, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered and said, "This voice did not come for my sake but for yours. Now is the time of judgment on this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself." He said this indicating the kind of death he would die.
Saint John 12,20-33.
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My Reading Notes:
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If it dies, it produces much fruit. And this is the ultimate truth about life.
What if we never die. What if we are preserved and refrigerated. That means
a useless death. The real meaning of life is to produce.
2009年3月29日 星期日
2009年3月22日 星期日
People Preferred Darkness to Light
My Sunday Scripture 2009.3.22
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.
Saint John 3,14-21.
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My Reading Notes:
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Jesus was sent to the world to save the world.
He had brought us light.
But people, always perfer darkness.
What is light?
Love is light.
It is so simple a matter, however, we have to use
so mush effort to learn it.
If we choose love, then we have light, then we are saved.
It is as simple as that.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.
Saint John 3,14-21.
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My Reading Notes:
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Jesus was sent to the world to save the world.
He had brought us light.
But people, always perfer darkness.
What is light?
Love is light.
It is so simple a matter, however, we have to use
so mush effort to learn it.
If we choose love, then we have light, then we are saved.
It is as simple as that.
2009年3月15日 星期日
Spiritual is holy and should never be intruded by Material
My Sunday Scripture 2009.3.15
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." His disciples recalled the words of scripture, "Zeal for your house will consume me." At this the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?" But he was speaking about the temple of his body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the scripture and the word Jesus had spoken. While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, many began to believe in his name when they saw the signs he was doing. But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all, and did not need anyone to testify about human nature. He himself understood it well.
Saint John 2,13-25.
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My Reading Notes:
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Holy is the spiritual. Holy is the temple. Holy is the mind.
Spiritual matter shouln never be tainted by worldly and material
matter.
Every aim on earth should be considered this way.
It is not to neglect material matters, it is not to do away trades, and
markets. But we should always remember: we are living on the wisdom of God,not on money.
Only on such basic consideration, could we understand the phase:
"Zeal for your house will consume me."
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." His disciples recalled the words of scripture, "Zeal for your house will consume me." At this the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?" But he was speaking about the temple of his body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the scripture and the word Jesus had spoken. While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, many began to believe in his name when they saw the signs he was doing. But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all, and did not need anyone to testify about human nature. He himself understood it well.
Saint John 2,13-25.
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My Reading Notes:
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Holy is the spiritual. Holy is the temple. Holy is the mind.
Spiritual matter shouln never be tainted by worldly and material
matter.
Every aim on earth should be considered this way.
It is not to neglect material matters, it is not to do away trades, and
markets. But we should always remember: we are living on the wisdom of God,not on money.
Only on such basic consideration, could we understand the phase:
"Zeal for your house will consume me."
2009年3月7日 星期六
This is my beloved son
My Sunday SCripture 2009.3.8.
After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, "Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified. Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; then from the cloud came a voice, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them. As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant.
Saint Mark 9,2-10.
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My Reading Notes:
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God has sent us His son, as our Savior. And God had requested us to "Listen to Him".
The utmost important thing is to know: What did Jesus say? We are to listen to
what?
I think that Jesus had taught us LOVE. Love is above everything,
we are to love each other, we are to love our neighbours and enemies.
We love not only our relatives. We must love each other and every one another.
It is important to learn this, as Confucius only told us to love our blood-related kins and that is the only way to foolishness.
After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, "Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified. Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; then from the cloud came a voice, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them. As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant.
Saint Mark 9,2-10.
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My Reading Notes:
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God has sent us His son, as our Savior. And God had requested us to "Listen to Him".
The utmost important thing is to know: What did Jesus say? We are to listen to
what?
I think that Jesus had taught us LOVE. Love is above everything,
we are to love each other, we are to love our neighbours and enemies.
We love not only our relatives. We must love each other and every one another.
It is important to learn this, as Confucius only told us to love our blood-related kins and that is the only way to foolishness.
2009年3月1日 星期日
The Kingdom of God is at hand
My Sunday Scripture 2009.3.1
At once the Spirit drove him out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.
Saint Mark 1,12-15.
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My Reading Notes:
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What will happen in the near near future?
What will happen very very soon?
We will soon be on the hands of God.
Don't we forget this.
At once the Spirit drove him out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.
Saint Mark 1,12-15.
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My Reading Notes:
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What will happen in the near near future?
What will happen very very soon?
We will soon be on the hands of God.
Don't we forget this.
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