My Sunday Scripture 2009.5.31.
When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
Saint John 15:26-27.16:12-15
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My Reading Notes:
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We wish to know all truth on earth, or in the universe always. But our wisdom can not bear it. Jesus wanted to tell us all. However, we can not bear it. Thus He had sent the Spirit of Truth to us. Through the Spirit of Truth, we could reach all the needed knowlege, and we could know what we are going to do.
By the help of the Advocator, we can know a little more and more.
And my point is: Knowing is doing. To know more, we can dedicate more.
2009年5月31日 星期日
2009年5月24日 星期日
Consecrate them in the truth
My Sunday Scripture 2009.5.24
And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are. When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you. I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely. I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.
Saint John 17:11-19.
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My Reading Notes:
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I have found it difficult to understand. Jesus has consecrated himself for us.
and he meant consecrated us in truth. Is it that he has given us truth?
Yes.
Jesus has come to the world. He had guarded us against the son of destruction.
and He has given us the truth. In my understanding, the truth means love, or at least in the time being, it is love. We as a being on earth, the mission is to love each other. And this is what Jesus has taught us.
And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are. When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you. I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely. I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.
Saint John 17:11-19.
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My Reading Notes:
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I have found it difficult to understand. Jesus has consecrated himself for us.
and he meant consecrated us in truth. Is it that he has given us truth?
Yes.
Jesus has come to the world. He had guarded us against the son of destruction.
and He has given us the truth. In my understanding, the truth means love, or at least in the time being, it is love. We as a being on earth, the mission is to love each other. And this is what Jesus has taught us.
2009年5月16日 星期六
What is the mission for human being?
My Sunday Scripture 2009.5.17.
As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another.
Saint John 15:9-17.
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My Reading Notes:
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This may be the most important teaching we got from Jesus.
It includes every thing we need to know, at least, for the present.
Love is so important for human being. That is the ultimate difference of a human and an animal. Love is the only remedy for human, if we wish to live in the planet.
And Jesus has set the standard for love. To lay down one's life, is the highest standard. This is the most beautiful thing could have happened on earth: to use up your whole, to serve your friends, to dedicate. And that is the meaning of life.
If we could see this point through the theory of evolution, there are two stages:
one, the animal stage. the next, human stage.
In the animal stage, the animals strike for a better living through killing.
Now we are in the next stage. We strike for a better living through love.
We must love each other. This is the "reason" that, I love you.
As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another.
Saint John 15:9-17.
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My Reading Notes:
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This may be the most important teaching we got from Jesus.
It includes every thing we need to know, at least, for the present.
Love is so important for human being. That is the ultimate difference of a human and an animal. Love is the only remedy for human, if we wish to live in the planet.
And Jesus has set the standard for love. To lay down one's life, is the highest standard. This is the most beautiful thing could have happened on earth: to use up your whole, to serve your friends, to dedicate. And that is the meaning of life.
If we could see this point through the theory of evolution, there are two stages:
one, the animal stage. the next, human stage.
In the animal stage, the animals strike for a better living through killing.
Now we are in the next stage. We strike for a better living through love.
We must love each other. This is the "reason" that, I love you.
2009年5月10日 星期日
Remain in the Power Source
My Sunday Scripture 2009.5.10
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.
Saint John 15,1-8.
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My Reading Notes:
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To day I attended a mass in St.Anthony's Church, The priest Simon Lam has a very good explanation of this scripture. He said it is just like an electric fan. You must plug it into the socket. If it is not plugged, it is useless.
We are one of the universe, but if we are not connected, we will lose our living power.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.
Saint John 15,1-8.
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My Reading Notes:
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To day I attended a mass in St.Anthony's Church, The priest Simon Lam has a very good explanation of this scripture. He said it is just like an electric fan. You must plug it into the socket. If it is not plugged, it is useless.
We are one of the universe, but if we are not connected, we will lose our living power.
2009年5月2日 星期六
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
My Sunday Scripture 2009.5.3.
I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd. This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father."
Saint John 10,11-18.
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My Reading Notes:
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What is a Life? Here is the ultimate truth about life.
Life is composed of two parts. One is the shepherd, the
other is the sheep. The valuable life is the use of it.
If you are for the people, then you are dedicated, you
can use your whole life to fulfill that goal.
If you are not for the people, then you are nothing.
Life without a serving purpose, is not life.
I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd. This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father."
Saint John 10,11-18.
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My Reading Notes:
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What is a Life? Here is the ultimate truth about life.
Life is composed of two parts. One is the shepherd, the
other is the sheep. The valuable life is the use of it.
If you are for the people, then you are dedicated, you
can use your whole life to fulfill that goal.
If you are not for the people, then you are nothing.
Life without a serving purpose, is not life.
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