The Truth

  Pernahkah Anda bertanya-tanya mengapa Yesus berkata, “Ikutlah Aku” dan bukannya “Ikutlah Kita”. Saya telah menanyakan pertanyaan itu cukup lama sampai akhirnya saya mendapatkan jawabannya pagi ini. Jawabannya sangat sederhana sekali. Yesus ingin membuat perbedaan yang jelas antara Aku dan Kita. Ini contoh yang pernah saya berikan. Anda telah membaca postingan saya tentang kelompok atau denominasi Kristen yang jumlahnya sangat banyak di seluruh dunia, lebih dari 45.000, tetapi hanya ada satu Yesus. Anda masih ingat? Itu begitu karena umat Kristiani mengikuti “Kita” dan bukannya mengikuti “Aku”. Jutaan orang Kristen telah mengikuti Yesus, Paulus, Petrus, dan sebagainya, sampai ke Perjanjian Lama. Tidakkah itu membuat Anda heran? Itulah alasan mengapa ada lebih dari 45.000 denominasi Kristen. Anda ingin tahu berapa banyak denominasi Islam yang kita miliki di dunia? Budha, Hindu, dan lainnya? Silakan, dan lakukan pencarian di Google. Apa pelajaran yang kita bisa pelajari dari angka ...

  Have you ever wondered why Jesus said, “Follow Me” and not “Follow Us” ? I had been asking that question for quite a while until I got the answer early this morning. The answer is quite simple. The answer is very simple. Jesus wants to make a clear distinction between Me and Us. Here is an example. You have read my posting about a staggering number of Christian groups or denominations globally, over 45,000, but only one Jesus. Do you still remember? That was because Christians have been following “Us” and not following “Me”. Millions of Christians have been following Jesus, Paul, Peter, and so forth. It goes back even as far as to the Old Testament time. Doesn’t that amaze you? That is the reason why we have over 45,000 Christian denominations. Do you want to know how many Islam denominations we have in the world? Buddhist, Hindu, and everything else? Go ahead, and do a Google search. So, what do the number 45,000 and one Jesus tell us? Confusion Bro, nothing but confusion! Luc...

Today is Friday, September 29, 2023. The time is 12:45 AM. I want to write a brief message to my readers that I love. If you are not preachers, pastors, or Bible teachers I strongly encourage you to serve only one Master, and His name is Jesus Christ. But if you are a pastor, Bible teacher, and preacher, you have no choice but to serve multiple masters because that is your business, serving multiple masters; the more masters, the merrier. And that's how you can make money by selling Jesus and Paul and others. However, I have to remind you what Jesus said, " No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow ...

Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding, and they were not willing to come. Again, he sent out other servants, saying, `Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle [are] killed, and all things [are] ready. Come to the wedding. But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. And the rest seized his servants, treated [them] spitefully, and killed [them]. But when the king heard [about it], he was furious.  And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then he said to his servants, `The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. `Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'  So those servants went out into the highways and gathered to...

Today I want to write about a topic that the majority of Christians used to avoid work - Old Covenant vs New Covenant. The Old Covenant makes Christians do the work. But in the New Covenant Jesus does the work for them, so they think. Is that not a pile of dung? Here is what one Biblical Scholar wrote, “what the difference actually is: not  a different law, but the location of the law, now written in hearts and not on stone .” Dr. Joshua Martin. When God gave the law to Moses, the original law was written on stone. But Jeremiah says that God  “will put the law within them, and I will write it on their hearts.”  I agree that placing the law in our hearts is better than placing the law on stone. But Christians do not want to see the law on stone or in their hearts. They want to abolish the law altogether. That’s what they believe Paul says. No law, no work, period. Just grace through faith.  But we know that no one receives grace without work except the thief of the c...

Brothers and Sisters. Do you have faith in Jesus? If you do, I am happy for you. I am happy to hear that you have faith in Jesus. Now, let me ask you one or two more questions. Does Jesus have faith in us? Or, does Satan also have faith in us? If you do not know or are not sure what the answer is, don’t feel bad because you are not alone. Many Christians do not know it either. I suggest that when you go to Sabbath School, Sunday School, or when you see your preacher this weekend, ask them how they or you can know if Jesus has faith in you. The answer to this question is critically important! Why? If Jesus has no faith in you, and your Sabbath School, Sunday School, and Pastor don’t know the answer either, why waste your time and money going to church? Why? If your Sabbath School, Sunday School, or preacher says that you know that Jesus loves you through faith , show them this text below from the Bible. "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heav...

Many Christians took for granted that if they have faith in Jesus, He will grant them salvation (grace). Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again! Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness! '” Matthew 7:21-23. They are not doing what God wants them to do. When we are not doing what God wants us to do, that is a sin. These men/women have great, but Jesus rejected them and and sent them straight to hell. Jesus gave them no appeal right. Jesus gave them no second chance. Jesus has no faith in them. Jesus doesn't trust them! Do you why? Because these are the same people who abolished God's law . "Not everyone wh...

Yesus berkata, "Tidak seorang pun dapat mengabdi kepada dua tuan; karena dia akan membenci yang satu dan mengasihi yang lain, atau dia akan setia kepada yang satu dan meremehkan yang lain. Kamu tidak dapat mengabdi kepada Allah dan mamon.” Matius 6:24 Menurut perkiraan PEW pada tahun 2020, umat Kristen berjumlah 2,38 miliar dari populasi dunia  Menurut Pusat Studi Kekristenan Global , ada lebih dari 45.000 kelompok atau denominasi Kristen di seluruh dunia. Mengapa sebanyak itu? Sebabnya adalah karena gereja Anda dan gereja saya, SDA, mempunyai dua tuan, Yesus dan Paulus. Kita mengikuti ajaran Guru Yesus dan guru Paulus. Guru Yesus mengajari kita cara-Nya bagaimana kita bisa diselamatkan, dan guru Paulus mengajari kita cara dia bagaimana kita bisa diselamatkan. Dan kedua cara berbeda, tidak sama. Tidakkah itu membuatmu bingung? Inilah cara bagaimana kita dapat diselamatkan menurut Guru Yesus, Dan lihatlah, seorang ahli Taurat berdiri dan menguji Dia sambil berkata, "Guru,...

Jesus said, "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” Matthew 6:24. According to a PEW estimation in 2020, Christians made up 2.38 billion of the worldwide population.  According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity , there are more than 45,000 Christian groups or denominations globally. Why that many? The reason is that your church and my church, the SDA, have more than one master, Jesus, Paul, Peter, etc. We follow the teachings of Master Jesus and all the disciples of Jesus. Master Jesus teaches us His way of how we can be saved, master Paul teaches us his way of how we can be saved, and master Peter teaches us something else. And they are different. They are not the same. Doesn’t that confuse you? Do you see now why Jesus said we cannot serve two masters? Here is how we can be saved according to Master Jesus: And behold, a certai...