Thursday, March 23, 2023

Ano po sa tingin nyo ang pinakamadalas at pinakamahal ang bayad na pagkakamaling nagagawa ng tao laban sa kapwa?

 Lack of effort to understand the other person—to see things from the other person’s point of view. We break up, quarrel, fight, lose people, hurt and get hurt NEEDLESSLY simply because we insist on looking at things ONLY OUR WAY. We assign and impose meanings on what people say or do, do not say or do not do without bothering to check if we are right. We take offense when we should not. We become defensive when we should be open. We become offensive when we should have been more caring. All because of our limited, narrow, myopic viewpoints which are usually proven wrong over time. All because of our self-serving attempts at protecting ourselves from non-existent threats. All because we are too engrossed with ourselves. SAYANG ANG MGA RELASYON. Sinisira ng ating mga katangahan.


Paano malalaman kung ang bf/gf ay takda ng langit?

 Your chemistry will tell you. And your shared convictions, beliefs and aspirations. I do not think na “may itinakda” na specific person for each human being. Pero may mga types of persons na PWEDE/ BAGAY/ TUGMA/ TUGMANG-TUGMA.

So, kilalanin at damhin yung candidate. Get counsel from parents, friends and spiritual people. Ipanalangin at makiramdam sa sagot.

Mayroon po akong sariling pananaw at paniniwala tungkol sa paggunita ng kamatayan. Second death anniversary po ng lolo ng asawa ko, di nap o ako sumama at naki-celebrate, pinagbigyan ko na po siya last year. Ang biyenan ko po halos isumpa ako at ang lola nya na nakatira sa amin ay galit din po. Napakasama ko po bang tao at kasalanan po bas a Diyos yun?

 Ano ba naman ang mawawala sa iyo kung makikisama sa isang gawain once a year? Kaysa naman masira ang relasyon mo sa mga nabubuhay?!


Kung binibigyan ka ng balato sa jueteng samantalang lagi mong sinasabi na masama yun, okay lang ba na tanggapin?

 Kung ibinibigay naman sa inyo in good spirit and in good faith, baka naman ma-offend yung tao kung tanggihan nyo. Hindi ito policy at hindi ito theology, pero sa biglang tingin, siguro tatanggapin ko kasi ibinigay eh. Kesa naman tanggihan ko, baka ibigay pa niya sa masamang tao, magamit pa sa mali.

So palagay ko, tatanggapin ko. Ngayon, hindi ko sinasabing tanggapin nyo. Ako kasi, pag involved ang spirit ayokong i-judge. Tulad nito: Merong member sa church na nagbigay ng tithes. Yung pinanggalingan eh, questionable, isusuli nyo ba? The point is, nirerekisa ba natin ang lahat ng tinatanggap natin at inuusisa pa natin kung saan nanggaling yun? If it is given in good faith, personally, I do not want to be judgmental. At kung nagkamli ako sa pagtanggap noon, tatanggapin ko na lang siguro yung responsibility kung may discipline sa akin si Lord. Kasi mga gray areas ito. Hindi ka makakasabi talaga kung dapat o hindi dapat. Pero I will not want to judge the people na sa kalooban nila ay gusto nilang gumawa ng mabuti. Para sa akin, desisyon na yan ng bawat pastor kung tatanggapin nila or not.

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Why does the Lord allow suffering?

 Actually wala dapat suffering. But the whole system was destroyed because of sin.


So, lahat yan, resulta ng sinfulness. Not only of an individual person but of humanity. Pag sinabi mo, 

Innocent naman siya, bakit siya magsa-suffer? Part kasi siya ng buong pakyaw, part siya ng buong system.

So you cannot escape it. The whole world is corrupted and has fallen into sin. How can anyone escape the claws of sin?

Kaya naaapektuhan pati yung mga hindi directly involved. Pero ang maganda non, the Lord Jesus Christ joined us in our sufferings.

Bumaba Siya mula sa langit to suffer for our sins and think no one of us has suffered more than He did.

Kaya huwag nating i-question si Lord na Bakit may suffering?  Ang i-question natin, Lord, bakit dinamayan nyo pa kami sa suffering na ito? Dapat naman, kami lang. Kaya salamat kay Lord.

Masama bang magalit ang isang Kristiyano?

 Hindi naman masama, depende lang kung paano tayo nag-e-express ng galit.


 Kung nagagalit tayo at ang ating tendency ay saktan ang ating kinagagalitan, masama yon.

Nagagalit tayo sa mali at ang goal ng galit sa mali ay para itama ito. 

Kung minsan, tamang magalit tayo pero ang pagdadala natin ng galit, mali.

Kaya pare-pareho na lang tayong mali.

Titiyakin nyo na hindi kayo nadi-disqualify na mali dahil sa pagha-handle nyo ng galit nyo.

 Dahil kung ganun, eh di pareho na lang kayong mali.

At pakatandaan, ang galit ay dapat ipinapahayag sa lalong madaling panahon.

BE HAPPY!

  All people, good or bad, end up dying. Pero hindi naman ibig sabihin na maging masama ka na lang. Death levels  and renders everything useless. So habang buhay, be happy! That is his message! Inulit na naman niya—enjoy eating and drinking. Sabi niya, “Go! Eat your food with gladness! And drink your wine with joyful heart. For it is now that God favors what you do.” Kaya pag kumakain, huwag kayong nagmamadali. Enjoy your food. Huwag lunok nang lunok. Una, baka ka mabilaukan. Pangalawa, baka ka magkaroon ng indigestion. Pangatlo, ang pagkain masarap lang sa dila dahil nandun yung taste buds. Matapos lumampas yon at at nasa esophagus na, it is already tasteless. And then it becomes excess baggage. Kaya dapat hindi mo yan nilulunok agad kundi ninanamnam-namnam! Biruin mo, inilagay ng Diyos sa ating dila ang mga taste buds na yan. Magkalinya-linya pa yung taste ng asim, ng tamis, ng pakla, ng pait, ng alat. Linya-linya pa yan para talagang dahan-dahan mong nalalasap. Para masabi mo. “Wow! Ang sarap naman ng asim ng sukang Paombong! Napakasarap naman nitong asim ng magga at maalat ng bagoong.” Ang sarap-sarap! Tapos lulunukin mo lang agad? Kaya dapat, ninanamnam.

So, kung makikinig ka kay Solomon, dagdagan mo ang oras mo sa pagkain. Haba-habaan mo. Lalo na kung may mga kausap ka, when you have company. This is what life is all about. Kasi, sabi niya, baka bukas bigla ka nang matumba, mamatay ka na. So habang nandito ka, enjoy what is available. Sabi niya, be happy. It is important to be happy. Seize the moment. Huwag nang palampasin.
Maraming tao wala nang ginawa kundi magtipid. Tipid-tipid-tipid! “Kailan po tayo kakain ng masarap?” “Fifteen years from now anak. Makakakain na rin tayo ng masarap.” “Buhay pa ba tayo non?” I have seen so many people na walang ginawa kundi magtipid nang buong buhay nila. Nung namatay pinag-agaw-agawan lang tuloy yung namana ng kung sinu-sino. Do not allocate today’s blessings for tomorrow’s needs. Tomorrow’s needs will have tomorrow’s blessings. Kaya nga ang dasal, “Give us this day our daily bread.” Huwag nyo laging i-suspend o i-delay ang enjoyment. Kung minsan sadism na ang tawag don. Yung wala kang inisip kundi, “Balang araw mag-e-enjoy din ako.” Nandiyan ka pa ba non? Sigurado ka ba na nandiyan ka pa ba balang araw? Kaya importante, while we work and save for the future, we don’t neglect enjoying everyday. Today can be your last.

Tama ba na ang isang Kristiyano ay manood ng sine o pumasok ng sinehan?

Ang kabanalan ay wala sa lugar. Ito ay nasa puso. Pwedeng nakaupo kayo doon sa loob ng simbahan pero yun pala, mala-Sodom and Gomorrah ang takbo ng utak nyo.

Yung iba, kaya conservative tungkol sa sine ay dahil maraming himala ang nangyayari diyan sa kadiliman. Dalawang tao, iisa ang anino. Nung lumapit ka, Ay dalawa pala ito! Akala ko isa.

Depende rin yan sa pinanonood. Halimbawa, manonood kayo ng horror, I don’t think it’s good. Una, dahil nago-glorify yung gawa ng masasamang espiritu at ng kadiliman. Second, maaapektuhan din kayo, magkakaroon kayo ng fears. Third, ang pera nyo na galing sa Diyos, ibinibigay nyo sa mga producers ng horror movies.

 Anong gagawin nila? Magpro-produce pa ulit sila. Ganun din yung sex-oriented films. Yung pera nyo binibigay nyo sa gumagawa ng malalaswang pelikula. Eh, di siyempre ang ibig sabihin noon, gumawa pa ulit sila. So dapat pinipili  natin kung anong tinatangkilik. Pero kung sabi ng pastor nyo, huwag kayong magsine, sundin nyo siya, huwag ako.

Nawawala ba ang salvation?

 


The Bible says that when one person accepts Jesus as his Healer, Savior and Lord, the angels in heaven rejoice. If you prayed to receive Jesus and believe it in your heart, remember this day. Because Today, according to the Bible, your name is written in heaven. And if you commit sin, you will still be saved. The question is about the security of salvation. Is salvation lost when you commit a sin? Now, in fairness to scholarship, let me tell you that the Christian community has two ideas abou this. Several Bible scholars and theologians say yes, but there are also those who say no, it is not lost.
I think that we have to look at the two types on holiness, the legal and the actual holiness. When I accepted Jesus as my Savior and Lord I don’t become actually holy; I become legally holy. Meaning, what He did for me make me holy, what He did for me I cannot undo. I am given a legal status called clean. The Bible calls me clean. I’m now called a child of God. So, if I accept Jesus as my Savior and Lord,and then commit a sin while I’m alive, I have to pay for that sin here on earth. But I will not have to pay for that in the next life because that’s what Jesus paid for.
Ang tanong, na-save ba kayo dahil wala kayong kasalanan? Hindi! Sinlessness does not give you salvation. It is your faith in Christ that gives you salvation. Kung minsan nagkakasala ka nga pero hindi naman ibig sabihin nawala yung faith mo. Nagiging guilty ka nga eh! That means may faith ka pa and it is faith that gives you salvation. Our salvation is earned by what Christ did, not by what we do. What we do is irrelevant to salvation. It is only what Christ did that is relevant.
So, pwede na pala akong magkasala kasi hindi naman mawawala ang salvation ko? Yes, pwede. Pero matutulad kayo kay David na nawala ang joy of salvation.. Kaya, sabi niya, Return to me the joy of my salvation. Hinid niya sinabing Return to me my salvation. Alam niyang hindi nawala yung salvation, pero nawala yung joy. Predeng mawala ang blessing, mawala ang prosperity, mawala ang peace. Naaksidente ka, naputol ang dalawang kamay mo, naputol ang dalwang paa, nakapatong ka na lang diyan na parang lumpiang macao, buhay ka paQ Ang kaluluwa mo pag namatay ka, saved. Pero look at you life, parang impiyerno. So maraming mga Kristiyano, bagamat hindi pupunta sa impiyerno, parang nasa impiyerno ngayon. Kasi hindi sila nabubuhay sa kabanalan.
Kaya techinically, wala tayong kasalanan pagdating natin sa Siyos. Pagharap o sa Ama, wala Siyang makikita kundi kabanalan, perfection. Charged to Christ na lahat ng kasalanan mo! Kaya nga sabi ni John in John 1:29, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! Kinuha nan i Kristo lahat at inilagay sa katawan Nya.
While we are told that we should live a holy life, if we sin, 1 John 1:9 says, we should confess to Lord; because we have an advocate with the Father. That is why I react to that question—if a person accepts Jesus as Savior and Lord, will he not commit sin? It is different to commit sin nd it is different to live in sin. This is the actual difference between those who are in the Lord and those who are not. You commit sin like a sheep. Sheep are very particular about their cleanliness. Because they are walking on the ground, they get dirty. What they do is to scrub themselves against rocks, trees or naything o get the mud off their bodies. A pig behaves differently. A pig, in the morning, will look for a mud hole and stay there. You try to pull the pig out and the pig will squeal and stay there. So, if one accepts Jesus as Savior and Lord, he will still commit sin because he is still in the human frame. But he will not intentionally, continuously and stubbornly live in sin like those who are not in the Lord.

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Kasalanan ba ang kumain ng dinuguan?

 Blood was considered life in the Old Testament and was forbidden as food. But the New Testament declared that all foods sold in the meat market could be eaten. Was blood ever sold in the meat market in the Old Testament? Walang record na ganito sa Old Testament, so gray area. Pero malinaw sa New Testament na lahat ng pwede mong kainin na nabibili sa palengke ay puwedeng kainin.

 Kapag bumili tayo ng meat, sa totoo lang, wala namang guarantee na ito’y 100% na walang dugo. Sa Corinth, isa sa mga discussion nila ay ang Christian liberty. Isa lang ang gusto kong i-highlight or i-focus dito sa Christian liberty. Lahat ay pwede mong kainin pero alang-alang sa isang kapatid na hindi acceptable sa kanya ang pagkain ng dinuguan, huwag kang kumain nun.
Para huwag nang maging isyu at para hindi magulo ang buhay, kumain na lang kayo ng iba. Ang dami pa namang putahe sa mundo—merong  dinengdeng, kare-kare, bulanglang—ang dami pa! Kung umalis na siya, eh di kumain ka nang kumain ng gusto mo. Walang natitisod. Ang point is, meron kang freedom na gawin ito pero hindi mo siya gagawin kung merong kapatid na matitisod.
Napakalaking contention itong dinuguan na ito. Kaya ako mismo, tumigil na ring kumain nyan, dahil in the first place, talaga namang marumi ang dugo. (Pero paminsan-minsa’y napapakain din.)Kita nyo pag may sakit kayo, iba-blood test kayo, kita sa dugo nyo. Kaya hindi naman siguro napakalaking kawalan sa atin  na tumigil kumain nyan para na lang  matigil itong isyu na ito. Sinabi ni Lord sa Matthew 15:17-18, it’s not important what gets into the mouth but what gets out of it. Yet, let us not go to war on this issue. Marami pang higit na mahalaga.