Pastor Lapiz's Teachings

Yes! Kasi kung hindi tayo mananatili, paano natin makokorek yun?  You are probably one of those needed para maitama ang direction ng church.  So, huwag iiwan. Aalis lang kayo sa isang church at lilipat sa iba matapos na magawa ninyo ang lahat to contribute positively.  Tapos kung wala pa talagang nangyayari at nagsa-suffer na ang inyong personal growth and spirituality, doon pa lang kayo mag-consider moving to another church.  You don’t only concern yourself with what the church can do for you but also what you can do for the church.  We are the church and a church can only be as good as we make it.

Gaano ba dapat ka-passionate? Kissing and touching leads to sexual arousal and desire. The moment you treat the body of another person as a tool in gratifying your sexual desires, immoral na yun. Ginagamit mo na yung tao as a tool to satisfy a selfish feeling. To avoid all these, do not kiss. Kasi ang masama sa kissing na kay tagal-tagal, mamaya you get so warmed-up until you are filled with lustful feelings na. Kaya hindi maganda yun. And touching passionately is a definite no-no! Remember, sex belongs only in marriage. So, don’t do anything before marriage, anything that will lead you to sex. It breaks my heart so much when young people get married dahil pregnant lang si babae. That’s a very awkward way to get married. Kaya dapat hindi kayo gumagawa ng bagay that might lead to another, then to another and another until you lose control. And it’s so easy to lose control. So dapat ang ethics nyo sa date, mag-pray muna kayo and make a covenant with each other that you will not indul...

Pray for it and be delivered from the past. Maybe sometime in the past you got hurt, you got rejected, so you became oversensitive. Or maybe you’re just self-centered. Alam nyo, ang mga taong sensitive, self-centered. They want the whole universe to revolve around them, to consider them, to be thoughtful of them, to be nice to them. They want the best treatment from the world and that is selfishness.  Kailangan matanggal yan sa atin.

Kung pababayaan nyo pa ang inyong pamilya, eh di lalong nagkawatak-watak yan. Kung sinong may kakayahan, yun ang gumawa. To whom much is given, much is required. Marami akong kakilala, luluha kayo ng dugo pag nalaman nyo ang mga pahirap na dinaranas ng anak dahil sa kapabayaan ng magulang. Inaasa na talaga ang lahat sa kawawang anak. Pero ang pagsunod sa magulang at ang pagiging mabuting anak ay may kasamang blessing. Tutuwangan kayo ng Panginoon pag ang ginagawa nyo ay tama.

Ang nakita ko sa Bible na binanggit na sin against the Holy Spirit na hindi patatawarin—kasunod yun ng istorya na ang Panginoon ay nagpalayas ng mga diablo at pagkatapos pinagbintangang demonyo din Siya—ay to call the work of the Holy Spirit the work of the devil. There is a second reading to that. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to point to Christ, to convict us of sin and to convict us about Christ. So ano ang unforgivable sin againt Holy Spirit? When you do not believe in Christ, you ignore the very ministry of the Holy Spirit, which is to testify about Christ. It is unforgivable because you receive forgiveness only in Christ. Ni-reject mo si Christ, inisnab mo yung turo ng Holy Spirit, saan ka hahanap ng forgiveness eh wala kang Savior?

Pag ang asawa nyo ay palaselos, liban na lang kung siya ay abnormal o baliw, ikaw ang may kasalanan nun. Nagkukulang kayo ng patunay sa kanya na wala siyang dapat ipag-alala. Magseselos ba yun nang walang nararamdaman na insecurity? Obligasyon nyo, you make your spouse feel secure about your love. Kaya dapat magbigay kayo plalagi ng assurance, salita, gesture, regalo, presence, praises. Everything. Palagay ko, tama lang na magselos ang isang asawa. Alangan namang may nakakandong sa inyo tapos hindi siya magseselos? Para yatang mali yun. Pero kung meron lang naman nakipagkamayan sa inyo at mamaya ay inaaway na niya kayo, abnormal na yon. In other words, merong selos na righteous at merong unrighteous. Kaya kung yung selos niya ay tama lang, ikaw ang nagkukulang. Halimbawa, kung may kausap kayo at ang lagkit-lagkit ng inyong tinginan na parang mga pagkit ang inyong mga mata. O kaya eh may asawa kayong tao at laging may tumatawag sa inyo sa bahay na babae at hinahanap kayo sa dis-or...

Kaya tayo yumuyuko, it’s a symbol of humility. Well, kung gusto nyo tumingala, pwede, kaya lang nakakangawit naman yun. Alam nyo, ang Diyos ay nasa lahat ng dako. So it doesn’t really matter kung nakatingala kayo, nakatabingi o nakataob. Ang mahalaga, ang puso ninyo ay nakatuon sa Panginoon. Kadalasan, kaya tayo yumuyuko para huwag na nating makita yung iba. Para makapag-concentrate. Kasi kung nakatingin ka kung saan-saan, nadi-distract tayo. Sasabihin mo, Ay, si ano hindi nakayuko. Ay, hindi nagdarasal. Nagiging judgmental tuloy tayo. Kaya mabuti pa, manahimik at yumuko na.

Para rin talaga siyang sugal kasi ang taya mo eh, yung mga balu-balutan at sobre-sobre. Meron ka ring binibili, meron ka ring nilalagay doon sa pot, hoping na pag umikot ang kapalaran, sa’yo mapupunta lahat ng laman ng pots. Eh, di sugal din yon. Kahit pa talaga namang bumibili ka ng ganung product, ke may contest o wala. The point is, because of the way they hype-up this promo, ang dami ngayong kababayan natin ang nahuhumaling. Halimbawa, Nanay, bakit ang ulam natin ngayon ay toothpaste? Eh, nag-iipn ako ng balutan eh! Napunta na lahat ng pera sa toothpaste. Hindi na na-balance ang budget dahil sa kagustuhang manalo. Parang text games and contests. Yung bayad nyo sa call ang taya! Tapos sabi nila, nagkakagulo ang mga tao sa pagpila and everything. Alam nyo, I’m very uncomfortable with theat kasi nasa-sacrifice yung human dignity. Ang katawan ng tao ay tahanan ng Espiritu ng Diyos kaya dapat tayong kagalang-galang at iginagalang. Kung nagkakagulo kayo, halos mag-riot para manalo ng...

Kailan ba ang Sabbath? Linggo ba yun? Saturday ba yun? You know what the word Sabbath means? Seventh. When you count starting from Sunday, ang seventh nyo, Saturday. When you count starting from Monday, ang Sabbath nyo nagiging Sunday. Eh, kung nag-count kayo starting ng Thursday? Eh di, Wednesday. What I’m trying to say is, hindi naman sinabi ng Diyos na ang Sabbath ay araw ng Sabado o araw ng Linggo. Sabi niya sa Exodus 20:9,10. Six days you shall work and the seventh is a Sabbath in the Lord. Meaning? Kung nagtatrabaho ako mula Miyerkules, eh di ang Sabbath ko, dapat Martes! What God is concerned with is not the schedule of the Sabbath but what should happen in the Sabbath—that you should break every six days of work with one day of rest, that you should not abuse yourself. God likes us to break six days of work with a day of rest. Does it matter when? Do you think God, in His greatness, is concerned about when? He just likes you to rest. That’s really the point. So just take ...