My Sunday Scripture 2010.5.30.
I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now.
However, when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking of his own accord, but will say only what he has been told; and he will reveal to you the things to come.
He will glorify me, since all he reveals to you will be taken from what is mine.
Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I said: all he reveals to you will be taken from what is mine.
John 16:12-15
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My Reading Notes:
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Sometimes, when we tried to think in terms of our own human race, we will have lots of questions and puzzles. What is the ultimate truth about us and the universe?
There had been a moment, that God had send us his own son, to tell us what to do.
However, His son had had only a limited time. When His son left us, he had said the above line. He wanted us to know more. He said, "I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now."
Yes, I can believe that by our present day understanding ( I would say, two thousand years ago till now, we had made little progress), if all truth were revealed, we can hardly bear it.
That is why we need the Holy Spirit. He will guide us to find our what we CAN understand.
2010年5月29日 星期六
2010年5月22日 星期六
We are not thinking alone
My Sunday Scripture 2010.5.23.
We are not thinking alone
In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, 'Peace be with you,'
and, after saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord,
and he said to them again, 'Peace be with you. 'As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.'
After saying this he breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained.
John 20:19-23
My Reading Notes:
I think St Paul had put the question very straight:
"Live not by your natural inclinations, but by the Spirit, since the Spirit of God has made a home in you."(Romans 8:9)
by such proclamation, St.Paul had separated the flesh from the spirit.
The human spirit, aided by the Holy spirit, can have a better choice. Our natural inclination can always lead us astray, but the spirit could lead us to where we really wanted to go to.
And we can say, we are not thinking alone, but thinking together with the "whole".
With such a thought, we could be always in peace, and find our way.
We are not thinking alone
In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, 'Peace be with you,'
and, after saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord,
and he said to them again, 'Peace be with you. 'As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.'
After saying this he breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained.
John 20:19-23
My Reading Notes:
I think St Paul had put the question very straight:
"Live not by your natural inclinations, but by the Spirit, since the Spirit of God has made a home in you."(Romans 8:9)
by such proclamation, St.Paul had separated the flesh from the spirit.
The human spirit, aided by the Holy spirit, can have a better choice. Our natural inclination can always lead us astray, but the spirit could lead us to where we really wanted to go to.
And we can say, we are not thinking alone, but thinking together with the "whole".
With such a thought, we could be always in peace, and find our way.
2010年5月15日 星期六
What is the meaning of "One"
My Sunday Scripture 2010.5.16.
I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."
John 17:20-26
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My Reading Notes:
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We are all in one. Me, you, The Creator, The Creator's son, and many many.
We are actually one. We share bodies. We eat others. And we are eaten. Our bodies are composed from other bodies. And Jesus had made us to eat his body too. Every Sunday, people around the world, once they know God, they will share God's body together.
But, what is the meaning of One?
First we must think like one. We ought to raise our thinking level into the same measuring unit: the one. All other units, like "self", "nation", "family" are secondary. We are free once we have achieved this view.
Then we would have a second question. What shall we do when we are one???
Jesus had taught us that, we must love each other. We can die for each other. That is the real meaning of being one.
I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."
John 17:20-26
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My Reading Notes:
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We are all in one. Me, you, The Creator, The Creator's son, and many many.
We are actually one. We share bodies. We eat others. And we are eaten. Our bodies are composed from other bodies. And Jesus had made us to eat his body too. Every Sunday, people around the world, once they know God, they will share God's body together.
But, what is the meaning of One?
First we must think like one. We ought to raise our thinking level into the same measuring unit: the one. All other units, like "self", "nation", "family" are secondary. We are free once we have achieved this view.
Then we would have a second question. What shall we do when we are one???
Jesus had taught us that, we must love each other. We can die for each other. That is the real meaning of being one.
2010年5月8日 星期六
Paraclete
My Sunday Scripture, 2010.5.9.
Jesus replied: Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.
Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the Father who sent me.
I have said these things to you while still with you;
but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.
Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me say: I am going away and shall return. If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.
John 14:23-29
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My Reading Notes:
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Jesus had send us the Paraclete before he went back to the Father. And it has been one of my own habit, whenever I have difficult problems, I will ask for the Paraclete
to come to stay with my mind. And He will sure come, and I will have peace in mind and be well prepared to meet the challenges ahead.
In some difficult situations, I found it hard to handle, I found it uneasy to meet people, and I am not happy, then, I will call upon him, ask him to come, and he will surely come, and I have peace in mind and will be happy again. Only in very few times, when I found I could not be happy, and I ask him to help. And it came the strange answer. He will tell me, you ought to be sad. Then I will be really sad by then.
Jesus replied: Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.
Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the Father who sent me.
I have said these things to you while still with you;
but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.
Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me say: I am going away and shall return. If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.
John 14:23-29
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My Reading Notes:
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Jesus had send us the Paraclete before he went back to the Father. And it has been one of my own habit, whenever I have difficult problems, I will ask for the Paraclete
to come to stay with my mind. And He will sure come, and I will have peace in mind and be well prepared to meet the challenges ahead.
In some difficult situations, I found it hard to handle, I found it uneasy to meet people, and I am not happy, then, I will call upon him, ask him to come, and he will surely come, and I have peace in mind and will be happy again. Only in very few times, when I found I could not be happy, and I ask him to help. And it came the strange answer. He will tell me, you ought to be sad. Then I will be really sad by then.
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