Is it necessary to send Jesus as his son to us?

My Sunday Scripture 2010.2.28


Now about eight days after this had been said, he took with him Peter, John and James and went up the mountain to pray.

And it happened that, as he was praying, the aspect of his face was changed and his clothing became sparkling white.

And suddenly there were two men talking to him; they were Moses and Elijah

appearing in glory, and they were speaking of his passing which he was to accomplish in Jerusalem.

Peter and his companions were heavy with sleep, but they woke up and saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

As these were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, 'Master, it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.' He did not know what he was saying.

As he was saying this, a cloud came and covered them with shadow; and when they went into the cloud the disciples were afraid.

And a voice came from the cloud saying, 'This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.'

And after the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. The disciples kept silence and, at that time, told no one what they had seen.

(Luke 9:28b-36)


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My Reading Notes:
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I had used to think that if God had ever created human being, he must had build in some connection inside the human body for us to communicate with him. This inborn connection, we may say, is the inner feeling about God, and about every other creature in the universe. We are connected from the very beginning. Of all the connections, of course, the most important one should be the one we connect with God.

Is it necessary to send Jesus as his son to us?

There might be something we can hardly understand. However, for the uncivilized human being, we will be easier to reach by something not within but from outside. In another word, we are foolish enough, that we can not understand things from within, thus God sent us his Son, making us to listen to Him better.

This is the same reason as we have a mind, but still we need to read books and to do every exploration to achieve anything.

How do we get to our wishes by avoiding the baits?

My Sunday Scripture 2010.2.21


Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert,

for forty days being put to the test by the devil. During that time he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry.

Then the devil said to him, 'If you are Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.'

But Jesus replied, 'Scripture says: Human beings live not on bread alone.'

Then leading him to a height, the devil showed him in a moment of time all the kingdoms of the world

and said to him, 'I will give you all this power and their splendour, for it has been handed over to me, for me to give it to anyone I choose.

Do homage, then, to me, and it shall all be yours.'

But Jesus answered him, 'Scripture says: You must do homage to the Lord your God, him alone you must serve.'

Then he led him to Jerusalem and set him on the parapet of the Temple. 'If you are Son of God,' he said to him, 'throw yourself down from here,

for scripture says: He has given his angels orders about you, to guard you, and again:

They will carry you in their arms in case you trip over a stone.'

But Jesus answered him, 'Scripture says: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'

Having exhausted every way of putting him to the test, the devil left him, until the opportune moment

Luke 4:1-13


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My Reading Notes:
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It is the things we needed, the vanities we wished, and the special magic we always hoped. The devil hope to use them as baits to catch us. And so many times we had forgotten, those are baits.

How do we get things we wanted? By working hard, and with the holy spirit guiding us, we can achieve our aim.

How blessed are you who are poor

My Sunday Scripture 2010.2.14

He then came down with them and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples, with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon

Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said: How blessed are you who are poor: the kingdom of God is yours.

Blessed are you who are hungry now: you shall have your fill. Blessed are you who are weeping now: you shall laugh.

'Blessed are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of man.

Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, look!-your reward will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.

But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now.

Alas for you who have plenty to eat now: you shall go hungry. Alas for you who are laughing now: you shall mourn and weep.

'Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.

(Luke 6:17, 20-26)

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My Reading Notes:
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I have never had any other comfort greater then the comfort from The Lord. Its the blessing coming from above. Its the ultimate blessing. By this blessing, we who are living in the up-side-down world will know, one day, darkness will be driven away, and light would be anywhere and everywhere, by then, we are all very happy.

We would rejoice for such a day.

And that is why I will keep on smiling, because I know that day will come.

Only in weakness do I weep, but once the cloud is over, I will smile like broad sunshine.

it is people you will be catching

My Sunday Scripture 2010.2.7

Now it happened that he was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God,

when he caught sight of two boats at the water's edge. The fishermen had got out of them and were washing their nets.

He got into one of the boats -- it was Simon's -- and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, 'Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.'

Simon replied, 'Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.'

And when they had done this they netted such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear,

so they signalled to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when these came, they filled both boats to sinking point.

When Simon Peter saw this he fell at the knees of Jesus saying, 'Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man.'

For he and all his companions were completely awestruck at the catch they had made;

so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. But Jesus said to Simon, 'Do not be afraid; from now on it is people you will be catching.'

Then, bringing their boats back to land they left everything and followed him.

Luke 5:1-11


My Reading Notes:

It might be difficult to get people back in believe, but it is sure that they will come back. Truth is always there, only sometimes the eyes are blind. Once the blinding elements removed, sight will be clear again.

People will see things as they are.