His Love Is Perfected In Us

Christmas and New Year is a season of giving and giving is one of many ways that we can express our love.

1 John 4:12 ~ No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.

I want to love others, and I long for others to love me too. The ability to love is inside every created things on earth. The desire to love is in man. Ever since I have become a believer, the felt of the need to love others become stronger because of the many verses stated in the Bible about love. Especially with the verses from 1 John chapter 4. I felt the need to love others more or at least, I was taught that this is the basic requirement from the Lord for a believer. From the way we used to read the Bible, we might conclude that loving others is also a sign to show that we are believers! Because of the way we are brought up in the Christian circle, we do not really know the true meaning of what is “we love because He first love us”.

After I have been enlightened by the grace of God, I gradually learn that we are actually the subject of His love and men are created for His love.  Men are created to be loved by Him and we are created to receive His love. Even though the teaching on the grace of God has overturned the inception that was rooted in me on how men should love each other, and even though I have been proclaiming the verse “we love because He first love us” over and over again, the Lord is still showing me through my circumstances that I still do not really know what is He trying to say...

It was after I have been led to learn on how to engage my heart to receive His revelation a few months ago; I started to receive new insight on what kind of love this really is. Incidentally, this revelation was immediately confirmed by a Christmas card given by a sister in which 1 John 4:12 was quoted: “No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.”

This kind of love is not our human kind of love. It is His love which perfected in us. We all know we have to love, but without knowing that when we are using our own effort in trying to love, we are doing it out of our flesh (brain), i.e. the dogs that God asked us to be aware of. At the end of the day, we murmur and we are not satisfied with others responses in respect of our “love” for them.  We have seen this over and over again and do not even realize that we are using our own effort to love each other. We did not love others out of the overflow of His love which is perfected in us.  We do not love others out of His love for us.

On the 31st of October last year, our church declared that, the church offering collection of that day would be used as a love gift to three of the churches in Israel . Through this event, the Lord revealed to me the meaning of “His love perfected in us”.

As believer, we have our Jewish brothers in the holy land. These are the kind of brothers that we never know of and we have never seen them before. But as we know more about the message of His grace, the desire of this kind of love to our Jewish brothers grow stronger each day. This is what we call the "supernatural love" from our Lord because our Jewish brothers are His chosen people and our Lord loves them very much. As such, this "supernatural love" is His love perfected in us.  If we have this kind of love towards our Jewish brothers, His love is already perfected in us! If we know that His love is perfected in us, we can rest assure that we can love and we shall love.

The only problem is on how are we going to dispense this perfect love to each other?  Perhaps the only solution to this problem is how much we can rest in Him. When we rest in Him, this perfect love shall flow in and through us. When this perfect love is flowing, we are in the flow of loving each other with the love that He perfected in us. And now, we love because He first loves us.

Understand that once we have put our faith in Him, His love is already perfected in us. Rest in Him and let this perfect love flow in and through you by His grace. After all, we love because His first loves us and only His grace can bring us there...

Let's Say Grace

Do you say grace before you partake of your meal?

Have you ever asked yourself these questions? Before partaking of our meal, why do we Christians have to say grace…? It is because we are Christian, and we are obligated to say grace? Is it because of other Christians do the same thing, so we also have to say grace? Or because it is a Christian tradition...?

Recently I have a revelation on saying grace in the midst of my preaching when I was expounding on the Finished Work of our Lord… This revelation could also be related to a status update posted by my friend in his Facebook and without me knowing it, this act of exchaging comments has became an inception to me...

My friend posted this question in his Facebook status…

Question: Which crab can run faster… a crab that is black in colour or a crab that is red in colour?

Answer: The black one.

Reason: Because the one in red has been cooked!

So, in respond to his status, I wrote this comment: "Hahaha... Let’s say grace…"

Delicious Black Pepper Crab (the loser) available in Padungan Bay

So, why do we have to say grace…?

Before we can partake of our meal, we must be aware that there are dishes on the table… right? The dishes on the table must have been carefully prepared and well cooked to their finest stage… any further cooking or under cooking would have spoiled those dishes… These fine dishes with splendid aroma are actually a reflection of the finished work of our Lord at the Cross. He had cry out: “It is finished!”

2 Corinthians 3:17 ~ Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Praise the Lord for opening my eyes to look for the Spirit of our Lord in Moses. The killings of animals for foods was first introduced to Noah after the flood. These ordinances on killing of animals for food were recorded in Moses. Before the cross, the killing of animals for food was a virtual to point people to the scarifying Lamb that is yet to come and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom!

We are now under the grace dispensation and we are after the cross… Instead of looking forward to the cross, we are now looking back to the Cross. What we are partaking on our table is a "finished product" of fine aroma and these are foods for our temple, the temple of the Holy Spirit! This revelation gives yet another beautiful insight on discovering the Spirit of our Lord in our everyday life. With this beautiful insight, saying grace and giving thanks before meals become more meaningful...

Well..., let’s say grace!

Where Do You Stand...?

How well we can see is very much determined by the position that we are in. Therefore, the angle of our sight will affect the way we believe, the way we talk and the way we behave…

John 1:17 ~ For the law was given  by Moses, but grace and truth  came by Jesus Christ.

The law stands alongside with Moses, while grace and truth stands alongside with Jesus. Law is standing at the different mountain with grace and truth. Law is at Mount Sinai while grace and truth is at Mount Zion. Law is the word of God but Grace is the word of Christ (He is the Way, the Truth and the Life... no one comes to the Father except through Him!). Therefore, the way we interpreted the Bible also demonstrate to us the mountain that we are camping on…

If we see in the Bible that we need to obey the Law to be righteous and holy, we are standing alongside with Moses and we are dancing with the Pharisee and the Sadducee. This is the attitude of a servant. From this angle, we can never understand that our righteousness is from our Lord Jesus Christ. From this angle, we are actually using our mind to comprehend what the Bible says. We reap what we have sowed. We do good, we get good, we do bad, we get beat.  Though we are zealous for God, but our zeal is not based on knowledge. Since we did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish our own, we did not submit to God's righteousness. We cannot comprehend that Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Because of our ignorant, we have insulted God grace.... We have slapped Jesus on His face... We are saying  His death meant nothing to us!

My friend, concerning law, Jesus only used His finger to write on the stones… when come to Grace, He  gave up His whole body on the Cross.

Grace is unearned and unmerited favor from God. We cannot use our effort to earn God’s grace. We have to humble ourselves before Him to receive His grace. This is the kind of humility that is pleasing in God’s eye... and this kind of humility is definitely not the kind of humility that is advocated by any legalistic preacher. 

If you are a legalistic preacher and you are now facing the ever increasing pressure from this grace revolution that is happening all over the world, I think the most difficult thing for you to do now is to humble yourself and preach against all your past teachings. You may try to use the word “Grace” in your preaching, but your motive is to further implant an inception into your "sleep walking" congregation… 

I am going to share with you a little revelation and I hope this revelation can help you to wake up from your sleep walking as well...

If you can understand that Saul the Pharisee was definitely more legalistic than you, there is still hope for you. God loved him as much as He loved Paul. It was the grace of God that converted Saul the Pharisee into Paul the Apostle. The Apostle Paul was called the Apostle to the Gentile and he wrote two third of the New Covenant. He even personalized this gospel of grace as “his gospel”! He was called the Apostle of Grace for his revelation of God's grace... like the late Datuk Ramsay Jitam, he was called the Apostle of Loving Tears for when he preached, his tears would fall when he was overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit...

If we are saying we believe in Jesus, do stand alongside with Him… Be a believer that acknowledge and glorifies His finished work. Be a believing believer…

Inception - 101 Lies Taught in Church Every Sunday

If  the act of "inception" is to secretly implanting an idea in a person's mind so as to change the course of that person’s action, I think there is a conspiracy going on in the body of Christ for the past two thousand years...

As a born again, Spirit filled believer, you are cordiality invited to consider the matters listed below...

In helping you to access to the matters, the link to the following videos by Dr. Steve Mcvey of Grace Walk Ministries are made available by clicking on the link. These video resources are from Grace Realized Website.

Matthew 16:6 ~ “Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

#1 Salvation Is You Giving Your Life To Christ

#2 A Christian Is Just a Sinner Saved By Grace

#3 When You Became A Christian, God Changed Your Life

#4 Becoming A Christian Means Having Your Sins Forgiven

#5 Our Sins Are Under The Blood Of Jesus

#6 Your Greatest Need Is To Love God More

#7 The Answer To A Weak Christian Commitment Is To Rededicate Yourself

#8 The Holy Spirit Convicts Unbelievers of Their Sins

#9 The Christian Life Is All Of Him And None Of Me

#10 You Can Go Too Far With Grace

#11 Grace Is A Very Important Doctrine

#12 Grace Can Lead To A Careless Attitude Toward Sin

#13 Your Greatest Responsibility Is To Serve God

#14 You Need To Try Hard To Please God

#15 Christ Wants To Have First Place In Your Life

#16 God Expects You To Do Your Best

#17 God Wants To Give You What You Need

#18 If You Resist Sin You Will Become More Godly

#19 There Are Certain Religious Rules We Need To Keep

#20 We Must Feed The New Nature And Starve The Old Nature

#21 We Need To Continually Ask God To Forgive Our Sins

#22 When We Do Wrong, We Are Out Of Fellowship With God

#23 You Should Live By The Teaching Of The Bible

#24 You Can Overcome Temptation By Being More Disciplined

#25 You Need To Find God's Perfect Will For Your Life

#26 Your Problems Are From The Devil

#27 The Answer To Our Nation's Needs Is A Return To God's Laws

#28 God Is Disappointed When You Do Wrong

#29 God Won't Put More On You Than You Can Bear

#30 Legalism Refers Only To The Belief That Salvation Is By Works

#31 You Should Go To Church

#32 Our Denomination Is The Right One And Everybody Else Is Off Base

#33 God Is Angry When You Sin

#34 The Christian Life Revolves Around What We Do For Christ

#35 God Punishes You When You Sin

#36 Attending Church Will Keep You From Growing Spiritually Cold

#37 You Should Be Ashamed When You Sin

#38 There Are Secular And Sacred Things In Life

#39 You Need To Think About The Sins You Have Committed

#40 We Need A Revival

#41 We Should Befriend Unbelievers In Order To Win Them To Christ

#42 You Need To Do Your Part In The Christian Life

#43 Evangelism Means Leading A Person To Pray For Forgiveness For Their Sins

#44 God's Patience Is Wearing Thin

#45 We Need To Pay The Price To Be Used By God

#46 We Need A Fresh Anointing

#47 God Will Bless Us Because We Keep His Commandments

#48 We Need To Speak Out Against Sin

#49 Repentance Brings God's Goodness Into Our Lives

#50 We Had Better Be Careful Or People Might Abuse Grace

#51 Grace And Truth Need To Be Kept In Balance

#52 We Should Pray To Be Stronger So God Can Use Us

#53 We Should Ask If An Action Would Be Right Or Wrong Before Doing It

#54 God Only Speaks Today Through The Bible

#55 It Is A Sin To Be Depressed

#56 We Need To Focus On Overcoming Our Sins

#57 You Shouldn't Express Negative Thoughts And Feelings Toward God

#58 If You Repent Of Your Sins, God Won't Condemn You

#59 Your Sins Alienate You From Your Heavenly Father

#60 You Must Make Jesus Lord Of Your Life

#61 The Spiritual Disciplines Are Things We Do For God

#62 We Need More Faith

#63 The Holy Spirit Convicts Us Of Our Sin

#64 Your Sins Can Disqualify You From Being Used By God

#65 We Should Ask Ourselves "What Would Jesus Do?"

#66 You Will Be Blessed Because You Tithe

#67 We Are Saved To Serve

#68 We Need Spiritual Power

#69 We Should Work For God

#70 We Should Live By Christian Morals

#71 How You Behave Affects How God Feels About You

#72 Marriage Is A Fifty-Fifty Proposition

#73 Nobody Is Perfect

#74 Your Heart Is Desperately Wicked

#75 You Need Your Church (Or Pastor) To Be Your Covering

#76 You Need An Accountability Partner

#77 You Should Do Better

#78 God Wants To Give You The Victory

#79 You Grow In Holiness

#80 You Should Pray To Love Christ More

#81 Serving Christ Will Make You Closer To Him

#82 You Can Backslide From God

#83 We Are Positionally Righteous

#84 God Looks At You Through Jesus Christ

#85 God Wants You To Be Happy

#86 We Should Invite God's Presence Into Our Church Service

#87 We Should Do Everything Jesus Said

#88 Faith Requires That We Act Positively In Every Situation

#89 We Need God's Law To Reveal His Righteousness

#90 Christ Empowers Us To Keep God's Law

#91 God Doesn't Answer The Prayer of Non-Christians

#92 If You Don't Forgive Others, God Won't Forgive You

#93 We Shouldn't Do Anything That Might Offend Somebody

#94 God Needs You

#95 We Need To Let God Out Of The Box

#96 If You Pray Long & Hard Enough, You Can Change God's Mind

#97 The Truth Will Set You Free

#98 You Must Forgive And Forget

#99 It's Better To Burn Out For Christ Than To Rust Out

#100 We Should Keep Short Accounts With God

#101 Sunday Is The Christian Sabbath

The list might go on......

1 Corinthians 5:7 ~ Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 


Luke 8:18 ~ Therefore be careful how you hear. For whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have. 

Inception - Implanting of Idea

Inception?

Ya, inception…

From Hollywood…?

No, this is Holy Word…!

I watched this movie together with my family about a week ago after a strong recommendation from my sons. My two boys went with us again after they have watched this movie the night before. This movie was quite confusing at first, but Adrian was quick to guard me... to understand their dreams.

This film, a variant on the heist genre, centers on Dom Cobb, an "extractor", who enters the dreams of others to obtain information that is otherwise inaccessible. His abilities and questions about the death of his wife have cost him his family and his nationality, but he is promised a chance to regain his old life in exchange for planting an idea in a corporate target's mind. This process of planting of an idea, known as "inception", is less familiar and far more difficult than Cobb's usual job of "extraction".

This act of "inception" is to secretly implanting an idea in a person's mind so as to change the course of that person’s action. This idea could be a virus in a person’s mind when the bearer started meditating on it. The first inception in the entire human race took place in the Garden of Eden when the serpent implanted doubt into Eve’s mind.

Genesis 3:1b ~ Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the Garden?”

We can read in the Bible that God gave Adam and Eve freely all the trees in the Garden to eat from, including the Tree of Life which was in the midst of the Garden… except the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. In God’s eye, the Tree of Life is in the midst of the Garden. This mean to say He sees life in the midst of us and He put life as a center focus and that is why He offered up Jesus to give us this abundant life…

When the act of inception came from the serpent, instead of seeing the Tree of Life in the midst of the Garden, Eve saw the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst… Instead of speaking what God has spoken, she spoke contradictorily to what God has spoken.

Genesis 3:2-3 ~ The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruits from the trees in the Garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruits from the tree that is in the middle of the Garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die’”

Do not entertain doubt. Do not let anyone make you doubtful of the Father’s love for you. The Father had given up His One and Only Begotten Son just for you. He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL DAY LONG; WE ARE ACCOUNTED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER." Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Christ died on the cross to give us Good News, the Gospel of Grace. If anyone come preaching to you other than Good News, the Gospel of Grace, beware, an agent from the lying camp is on a mission of   “Inception”, trying to implant doubt into your mind…

Matthew 16:6 ~ “Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Have you been "incepted"?

1 Corinthians 5:7 ~ Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.