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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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Blog entries Table of Content, categorized (click on them below to read)

LATEST 3 ARTICLES___________________________WORDS FOR ALL SEASONS (click ME)

1. Much one is forgiven, much one can love
2. Much grace and mercy, much one can love

1. I prayed and God grew the leg
2. Rheumatoid Arthritis healed
3. Painful Elbow healed

Divine Healing
Meetings/Services










FULL LISTING
Unclassified
1.   What is high.expressions all about
2.   Is Satan a reality?
3.   Carbon-dating and the Bible
4.   From the Lord to the Lord this Valentine morn
5.   Were Mary Magdalene and Mary Bethany the same person?
6.   Liz has passed on (6th Oct 2011)
7.   Carolyn Quek has passed on, too (31 Dec 2011)
8.   Initial Return to Zion
9.   Who killed Goliath?
10. Spiritual food
11. Doing more, for the Lord

Against questionable teachings
18. Overly-grace is now hyper-grace, and it is still as heretic as before (as against hyper-grace)
17. Will be saved but as one who has passed through fire (as against hyper-grace)
16. Keeping oneself (as against hyper-grace)
15. Parable of the Lost Sheep pointed to Universalism - Wrong!
14. If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything
      (1 John 3:20 – NIV2011) (as against hyper-grace)
13. Romans 8:1 is NOT unqualified! (as against hyper-grace)
12. Seeking after God {Only non-believers need to be seeking?  Cannot be!} (as against hyper-grace)
11. NOT just right standing, live right  (as against hyper-grace)
10. Who are the overcomers? Part II (correctly dividing 1 John 5:4-5) (as against hyper-grace)
9. Correctly dividing John 5:24 (as against hyper-grace)
8. Ananias and Sapphira - NOT believers, how convenient! (as against hyper-grace)
7. Secret of Obed Edom, faulty premise more likely
6. If Stars are stars, and sand is sand, the tree of good and evil is no tithe! {Can, meh?} (as against hyper-grace)
5. Stars are stars, sand is sand {be careful when we teach & preach}
4. Please, 1 John 3:9 does not mean a believer cannot (unable to) sin! (as against hyper-grace)
3. Lordship
3(i). Luke 6:46 - Part I - Salvation and Lordship are together (You cannot ignore Lordship)
3(ii). Luke 6:46 - Part II - As Christians we are to obey His commands (His Lordship demands obedience)
2. Ye are NOT gods (Hyper-grace believers claiming we are gods) (as against hyper-grace)
1a. 1 John 1:9 is for believers {some say, NOT} (A MUST READ article) (as against hyper grace)
1b. 1 John 1:9 - Q&As (as against hyper-grace)

Salvation, Gospel

29. Will be saved but as one who has passed through fire
28. Keeping oneself
27. Parable of the Lost Sheep pointed to Universalism - Wrong!
26.  If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything
      (1 John 3:20 – NIV2011)
25. Romans 8:1 is NOT unqualified!
24. Our peculiar passage
23. Last Supper - When did Jesus' symbolisms start?
22. Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matt 22:1-14)
21. I don't know you (you evildoer) - Part I
20. About being known by God
19. Turning away from wickedness, a must
18. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head
17. Correctly dividing John 5:24
16a. Who are the overcomers? - Part I
16b. Who are the overcomers? - Part II (correctly dividing 1 John 5:4-5)
16c. Who are the overcomers? - Part III (On-going overcoming expected of us)
16d. Who are the overcomers? - Part IV (What can help you to overcome)
15. My sheep "hear my voice"
14. What does God desire for the living man?
13. The natural supernatural
12. Please, you have to continue to love God
11. Beauty of Good Friday
10. Sinner's Prayer - Sample
9. Works of redemption by Our Lord
8. Animals do not go to Heaven
7. Correct understanding of salvation, and relationships between salvation, grace, faith, and good works
6(i). Luke 6:46 - Part I - Salvation and Lordship are together
6(ii). Luke 6:46 - Part II - As Christians we are to obey His commands
5. Psalm 16 - King David's profession of faith
4. 1 John 1:9 is for believers.
3a. Salvation as Justification and Sanctification
3b. What about propitiation, forgiveness, and appropriation?
2. No one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit
1. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me(John 12:32)
   *Want to know more about God, just hop over to the section below.

About God
15. There is a Creator God I can identify with, says the cichlid fish, what about you?
14. God's love is max. out; ours to grow
13. 'ahab love - love unto righteousness
12. Why Cain's offering was rejected, and Abel's, accepted
11. Agape's meanings need to be expanded - Part I
10. Agape's meanings need to be expanded - Part II
9. We are without excuse
8. He is NOT just Father
7. Did God create evil?
6. About God's compassion (Ps 145:9 and Rom 9:15-16)
5. Why I think Isaiah 53 was about Jesus
4. God is gender-neutral, He is spirit
3. The Lord as papa eagle - a vision of faithfulness, comfort and assurance
2. Who are the Three Vistors/Men? (Gen 18:1-23)
1. God also exercises faith!

- Holy Spirit
4. Be led by the Holy Spirit - Part I
3. The Holy Spirit is the peace - John 14:26-27
2. Are these the same, the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, and the Spirit of Christ?
1. Adoption Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

About Man
6. Do we exist to please God, glorify and honor Him?
5. God knows man through man's spirit; for believers, most intimately by His indwelling Spirit
4. They call it the view of Hell
3. Ye are NOT gods
2. The Fall of Man (3-part article)
     Part I - The Need for understanding of the topic, background, and the fall
     Part II - The Consequences of The Fall
     Part III - Controversial issues of The Fall

1. Man is body, soul and spirit (Tripartite Man)

Holiness series
9. Please, you have to continue to love God
8. You must choose to cleanse yourself from ignoble
7. Peter's call to holiness
6. 1 John 1:9 is for believers.
5. The Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Luke 16:1-15) note the kind of shrewdness
4a. Do you know why Moses did not enter the Promised Land?
4b. Wilderness Death Decree - Who were covered under it?
3. Be holy because I am holy
2. Way of Holiness - The Way of the Lord
1. What is holiness?

Righteousness series
14. Forgiveness (framed) against justice and righteousness
13. Persevering of hope and faith
12. NOT just right standing, live right
11. Must God's love being seen in me?
10. Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matt 22:1-14)
9. Why Cain's offering was rejected, and Abel's accepted
8. Agape's meanings need to be expanded - Part I
7. Agape's meanings need to be expanded - Part II
6. Turning away from wickedness, a must
5. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt 6:33, KJV)
4. Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part I
3. Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part II
2. Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part III
1. Anyone in OT ever righteous since Jesus was not yet manifest then?

Aspects of Biblical love
8. Must God's love being seen in me?
7. God's love is max. out; ours, to grow
6. as her great love has shown
5. Matt 22:36-39 - No oxymoron here, but the very essence of love
4. `ahab love - love unto righteousness
3. Agape's meanings need to be expanded - Part I
2. Agape's meanings need to be expanded - Part II
1a. Secret to the well-being of a believer
1. Secret to our well-being

Christian Living
88. Will be saved but as one who has passed through fire
87. Keeping oneself
86. Parable of the Lost Sheep pointed to Universalism - Wrong!
85.  If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything
      (1 John 3:20 – NIV2011)
84. Romans 8:1 is NOT unqualified!
83. Do we exist to please God, glorify and honor Him?
82. Seeking after God {Only non-believers need to be seeking? Cannot be!}
81. They know the truth, but they don't attempt to live it
80. Pleasing God - walking in faith
79. Forgiveness (framed) against justice and righteousness
78. Persevering of hope and faith
77. Praying in the name of Jesus
76. Praise and worship is an invitation for God to come
75. NOT just right standing, live right
74. Must God's love being seen in me?
73. Be led by the Holy Spirit - Part I
72. Is Satan a reality?
71. Where is the works in Ps 23?
70. Rejoice in the Lord, always - what's involved?
69. Our peculiar passage
68. Be careful of pride
67. Issachar Spirit
66a. Ps 23:1 - The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want
66b. Ps 23:2-3 - The leading of the LORD, my Shepherd
66c. Ps 23:4-6 - The LORD, as our Shepherd, is with us in our troubles
65. God's love is max out; ours, to grow
64. as her great love has shown
63. Last Supper - When did Jesus' symbolisms start?
62. How do we fend off anxiety?
61. 'ahab love - love unto righteousness
60. Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matt 22:1-14)
59. Why Cain's offering was rejected, and Abel's, accepted
58. I don't know (you evildoer) - Part I
57. About being known by God
56. Agape's meanings need to be expanded - Part I
55. Agape's meanings need to be expanded - Part II
54. Are you seizing every opportunity?
53. Turning away from wickedness, a must
52. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head
51a. Who are the overcomers? - Part I
51b. Who are the overcomers? - Part II (correctly dividing 1 John 5:4-5)
51c. Who are the overcomers? - Part III (on-going overcoming expected of us)
51d. Who are the overcomers? - Part IV (What can help you to overcome)
50. The Holy Spirit is the peace - John 14:26-27
49. My sheep "hear my voice"
48. What does God desire for the living man?
47. Hard, but must still forgive and love one another
46. Ananias and Sapphira - NOT believers, how convenient!
45. Seizing the opportunities - part I
44. The natural supernatural
43. Please, you have to continue to love God
42. Stressful troubles, how?
41. Run with perseverance the RACE
40. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt 6:33, KJV)
39a. Secret to the well-being of a believer
39b.Much one is forgiven, much one can love
39c. Much grace and mercy, much one can love
39d. Much obedience, much one can love
39. Secret to our well-being
38. Methods as opposed to intent
37. Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part I
36. Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part II
35. Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part III
34. Don't be a fool, wise up, ...
33. 7 things we can learn from Nehemiah's Prayer (this turns out to be quite popular!)
32. Matt 22:36-39 - No oxymoron here, but the very essence of love
31. He is NOT just Father
30. Good works explained (Part I)
29. Good works explained (Part II)
28. The potter and the clay - His sovereignty (many read this!)
27. You must choose to cleanse yourself from ignoble
26. It is a tug of war
25. Works of redemption by Our Lord
24. Grace of God means this, too!
23. Psalm 143 - David's refusal to despair
22. Did God say we are not to judge?
21. Psalm 34 - I will teach you the fear of the LORD
20. To enter into the kingdom, we need to be like little children
19. Psalm 62 - God and only God matters
18. Who are the sheep, and who are the goats (Recommended reading)
17. Hold on, for the grace of God
16. Peter's call to holiness
15a. 1 John 1:9 is for believers (A MUST READ article)
15b. 1 John 1:9 - Q&As
14. Durian or papaya?
13. Modus Operandi of Satan
12. Seeking the face of God when one is afflicted by wicked people - Psalm 9
11. Don't play, play, words from the mouths of favored men of God can be powerful
10. God also exercises faith!
9. About being delivered – Psalm 116
8. About wickedness, sin, & righteousness, & the consequences, in a nutshell – Psalm 1
7. The Lord as papa eagle - a vision of faithfulness, comfort and assurance
6. The Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Luke 16:1-15)
5. I can do all things through him [Jesus Christ] who gives me strength (Phil 4:13)
4. Reserve glory and worship for God, practise honor, and grow in favor with God
3. Psalm 42 - What to do when discouraged
2. Trials and temptations (James 1:2-18)
1. More of 'O' less of 'I'

Christian Service
39. Doing more, for the Lord
38. Will be saved but as one who has passed through fire
37. Do we exist to please God, glorify and honor Him?
36. Forgiveness (framed) against justice and righteousness
35. Praying in the name of Jesus
34. Praise and worship is an invitation for God to come
33. Is Satan a reality?
32. Issachar Spirit
31. as her great love has shown
30. Are you seizing every opportunity?
29. Turning away from wickedness, a must
28. Seizing the opportunities - part I
27. The natural supernatural
26. Run with perseverance the RACE
25. At cross-road, then suddenly, I am encouraged
24. Update on ministry at church services
23. Update on ministry at church services - Part II
22. Prophecy in pictures
21. Methods as opposed to intent
20. Characteristics of a called minister
19. Matt 22:36-39 - No oxymoron here, but the very essence of love
18. You need faith, and you need love
17. Why do you NOT want to pray for the sick?
16. Good works explained (Part I)
15. Good works explained (Part II)
14. The potter and the clay - His sovereignty
13. You must choose to cleanse yourself from ignoble
12. Works of redemption by Our Lord
11. Psalm 66 - Intercede, but cherish not sin in your heart
10. Psalm 62 - God and only God matters
9. Who are the sheep, and who are the goats
8. Basics of Divine Healing
7. It may be wrong to say that God's spiritual gifts are irrevocable
6. Twice Paul was warned, yet he still went to Jerusalem (Recommended for those who move in prophecy and words of knowledge)
5. Don't play, play, words from the mouths of favored men of God can be powerful
4. God also exercises faith!
3. The Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Luke 16:1-15)
2. Reserve glory and worship for God, practise honor, and grow in favor with God
1. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me(John 12:32)

Jesus' Teachings on Prayers (Luke 11:1-13)
3. Jesus' teachings on prayers (Luke 11:1-13)[Part I]
2. Jesus' teachings on prayers (Luke 11:1-13)[Part II]
1. Jesus' teachings on prayers (Luke 11:1-13)[Part III]

About Divine Healing
17. Keeping oneself
16. Healing of sickness in the Atonement
15. Divine Healing Ministry Door is NOT shut
14. The natural supernatural
13. Please, you have to continue to love God
12. Stressful troubles, how?
11. Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part I
10. Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part II
9.   Do I have to forgive (another man)? Part III
8a. Secret to the well-being of a believer
8. Secret to our well-being
7. It is God CAN heal and God DOES heal (Part I)
6. It is God CAN heal and God DOES heal (Part II)
5. People are NOT healed all the time, why we still pray
4. Why do you NOT want to pray for the sick?
3. Sickness, good? Nay
2. Sickness and God
1. Basics of Divine Healing

Concerning my little "ministry"
20. Doing more, for the Lord
19. Since that last article
18. At cross-road, then suddenly, I am encouraged
17. Update on ministry at church services
16. Update on ministry at church services - Part II
15. You need faith, and you need love
14iiHide NOT under filthy rags - Part II
14i Hide NOT under filthy rags - Part I
13. Lord, what are you saying in these?
12. Keeping Christmas (Put here, for I believe, this is part of that little ministry)
11. If I have not love, I am nothing
10. It is so good to hear that people have been healed
9. Intercede for others - and you'll be blessed too!
8. More variations have come
7. The Lord as papa eagle - a vision of faithfulness, comfort and assurance
6. Another testimony of God's healing for me
5. I too must testify to the goodness of God
4. Thank you Lord, for the affirmation again
3. Thank you Lord. You are still affirming
2. More Lord, more
1. A Special Resurrection Sunday indeed

Judges series
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Psalms expositions
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An associated blog site (Say It Like This) - shorter articles
5. Beauty of Good Friday
4. Don't be a fool, wise up, ...
3. Characteristics of a called minister
2. Restedness does NOT mean no work
1. Ye are being legalistic if ye say there should be no laws whatsoever

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

Judges series

Listing of articles (by Anthony Chia). Please click at individual article to read.
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1. Judges series - Judges 1 (background to series)
2. Judges series - Judges 2 (Israelites broke Covenant with God)
3. Judges series - Judges 3 (3 minor judges)
4. Judges series - Judges 4 (on Deborah, battles against Jabin & his men)
5. Judges series - Judges 5 (Song of Deborah)
6. Judges series - Judges 6 (on Gideon, on being called)
7. Judges series - Judges 7 (on Gideon, battle against Midianites)
8. Judges series - Judges 8 (on Gideon, the 2 last kings,etc and life's brief)
8a. Judges series - Recap of all points learnt from story of Gideon (recap of all points learnt)
9. Judges series - Judges 9 (Abimelech, a king who was not)
10. Judges series - Judges 10 (on Tola, Jair, and return to great evil, again)
11. Judges series - Judges 11 (on Jephthah, a not so glorifying judge?)
12. Judges series - Judges 12 (focus still on Jephthah)
13. Judges series - Judges 13 (birth of Samson)
14. Judges series - Judges 14 (Samson's marriage)
15. Judges series - Judges 15 (on Samson, vengence on the Philistines)
16. Judges series - Judges 16 (on Samson, presumptuousness kills)
16a. Judges series - Samson as type to Jesus (also, on Samson's riddle)
17. Judges series - Judges 17 (Micah, his mother & Levite)
18. Judges series - Judges 18 (State of disregard, of things of the LORD)
19. Judges series - Judges 19 (A Levite and his concubine) (this 3-part articles get hits!)
20. Judges series - Judges 20 (A Levite and his concubine [continuation])
21. Judges series - Judges 21 (A Levite and his concubine [final part])

Anthony Chia

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Words for all seasons

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Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”   - (2 Tim 2:19) dd 22/08/2012


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Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.” - (2 Tim 2:19) dd 22/08/2012

This how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother. - (1 John 3:10) dd 12/07/2012

Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. - (1 John 3:7) dd 19/06/2012

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. - (1 Pet 4:12) dd 03/05/2012

But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.  - (Matt 6:15) dd 18/04/2012

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? - (2 Cor 13:5) dd: 10/04/2012

“Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. - (Eze 3:20) dd: 19/01/2012.

"23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does." - (James 1:23-25) dd 15/11/2011

"The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. ” - (Prov 17:3) dd: 09/11/2011

"He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God” - (Romans 14:6) dd: 11/10/2011 - in remembrance of Liz Mah

"{God} Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” - (Acts 4:30 - prayer of believing Jews) dd: 15/09/2011

"Fruit-bearing is not servile work; but easy, natural, blessed.” - (F.B. Meyer) dd: 17/08/2011

"Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.”
- (Ps 100:4-5) dd: 01/08/2011

"With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.” - (Isaiah 26:9, KJV) dd: 28/07/2011

"We must be careful to do our part with reverence and godly fear, remembering that God must work in realms we cannot touch, and to issues we cannot reach, before our poor exertions can avail.” - (F.B. Meyer) dd: 07/07/2011

"You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.” - (James 2:22) dd: 16/06/2011

"1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— 2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” - (1 Tim 2:1-4) dd: 01/06/2011

"24The sins of some men are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. 25In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not cannot be hidden.” - (1 Tim 5:24-25) dd: 20/05/2011

"Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.” - (Jer 5:24-25, KJV) dd: 12/05/2011

"{The LORD is He} who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited,’ of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be built,’ and of their ruins, ‘I will restore them,’” - (Isaiah 44:26 {words in curly brackets mine}) dd: 28/04/2011

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” - (1 Cor 1:18) dd: 21/04/2011

"As long as we palliate and excuse our sins, and, dream that there is much in us which is noble and lovely, we are not fit subjects for God's sawing grace. But when we take our place as helpless and undone, without one plea or one redeeming trait, we are in the position in which the free grace of God can have its blessed way with us.” - (F.B. Meyer) dd: 14/04/2011

"UNTIL WE ALL REACH unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God AND BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.” - (Eph 4:13, capitalization mine, point to emphasize, we have NOT arrived on born-again) dd: 31/03/2011

““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” - (Matt 7:21) dd: 17/03/2011

“Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.” - (1 John 3:7 {KJV}) dd: 24/02/2011

“Whoever claims to live in him {Jesus} must walk as Jesus did.” - (1 John 2:6) dd: 11/02/2011

“As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he[the Lord] who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."” - (1 Pet 1:14-16) dd: 01/02/2011

“When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.” - (Eze 33:18 KJV) dd: 26/01/2011

“To know God, and to be known by Him, is to possess all things. All that is lovely, strong, or right, in any human being was in the Creator before it entered the creature; having God, you possess all things in Him.” - (F.B. Meyer) dd: 19/01/2011

“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.” - (Proverbs 16:8) dd: 11/01/2011

“because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? When he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.” - (Exodus 22:27) dd: 05/01/2011

“For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” - (2 Tim 4:3-4) dd: 29/12/2010

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” - (1 Peter 3:12) dd: 21/12/2010

“If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.” - (1 Cor 3:17) dd: 06/12/2010

“Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?” - (Prov 20:6) dd: 29/11/2010

“The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread”
- (Isaiah 8:13) dd: 22/11/2010

“A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of things that he possesseth; but in his purity, truth, tenderness, and the properties of his soul. The fruit of the Spirit must ever be manifest in the life of the believer "Love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance."” - (F.B. Meyer) dd: 18/11/2010

“For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” - (Isaiah 41:13) dd: 09/11/2010

“Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.”- (Phil 2:12) dd: 25/10/2010

“The progress of evil within us is a matter of unconsciousness, largely because we are quick to discover reasons to justify our decadence. We gloze over the real state of affairs. We call sins by other names. We insist on considerations which in our eyes appear to justify our conduct.”- (F.B. Myer) dd: 19/10/2010

“Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”- (Matt 7:21) dd: 04/10/2010

“The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but those of the pure are pleasing to him.”- (Proverbs 15:26) dd: 27/09/2010

“Beware of taking on the color of the ground on which you lie.”- F.B. Meyer dd: 21/09/2010

“Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.”- (Luke 3:8) dd: 31/08/2010

“Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”- (2 Cor 7:1) dd: 24/08/2010

“If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.”- (1 Cor 3:17) dd: 16/08/2010

“Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”- (John 14:6) dd: 11/08/2010

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”- (2 Tim 3:16) dd: 31/07/2010

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”- (1 Cor 1:18) {emphasis, mine} dd: 21/07/2010

“In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.”- (Heb 12:4) dd: 24/06/2010

“It is better, if it is in God’s will, to suffer for doing good, than for doing evil.”- (1 Peter 3:17) dd: 14/06/2010

Not clever-ness, but cleanliness, is the prime condition of service. Jesus will not put throne-water into impure and polluted receptacles.- (F.B. Meyer) dd: 07/06/2010

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.- (Matthew 6:20-21) dd: 26/05/2010

Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right {in doing good}, you are blessed.- (1 Peter 3:13-14a) dd: 18/05/2010

Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.- (Proverbs 28:6) dd: 10/05/2010

But your hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.- (1 Kings 8:61) dd: 03/05/2010

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world - (James 1:27) dd: 27/04/2010

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? {think about it} - [in curly bracket, my suggestion to you](James 2:14) dd: 15/03/2010

Anyone who serves Christ in righteousness, and with the peace and joy of the Holy Spirit, is pleasing to God, and approved by men- (paraphrased from Romans 14:18) dd 08/03/2010

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. - (James 4:3) dd: 01/03/2010

The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread,
and {yet} he will be a sanctuary;
- Isaiah 8:13-14a (curly brackets mine) dd: 18/02/2010

if we are faithless {believe not}, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.- 2 Timothy 1:13 (curly brackets mine) => God is reliable and faithful. Even as God is love, He is also faithfulness - one of the trustworthy sayings of the Apostle Paul dd: 05/02/2010

You do not need to shine all the time before men, let others shine too, and you will shine even brighter before the Lord.- Anthony Chia, revelation believed confirmed from Judges 8:1-3 dd: 25/01/2010

At the base of it all, love is a choice.- Anthony Chia, revelation believed confirmed from Romans 8:20-21 dd: 18/01/2010

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28 dd: 11/01/2010

he who wins souls is wise - Proverbs 11:30b dd: 31/12/2009
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Luke 6:46 - PART I – Salvation and Lordship are together

Why do you call me, “Lord, Lord” and do not do what I say? (Luke 6:46)
A sister quoted the above, and posed a question of whether or not it is possible? She then answered it as “Yes”. Indeed, it is possible (many people are like that, NOT it is right). But of course, by asking that question as in Luke 6:46, Jesus was exhorting us to do what He said (and is saying).

Separation, it is not
I have spent some time looking at the theology of Free Grace (and variations thereof), which is increasingly being expounded to be the true core theology of the Christian faith, but regrettably in my view, much of such doctrines is flawed. One of the core doctrines of Free Grace is the separation of Salvation and Lordship (Savior and Lord). When one is born again, one is typically led to say this, “I accept Jesus Christ as my (personal) Savior and Lord {or Lord and Savior}”. In my view, this Free Grace’s core doctrine of separation is flawed. Although the living out of our submission, which is the proof of submission and acknowledgment of His Lordship, takes time, lordship goes hand in hand with salvation {Free Grace is being promoted by GES (Grace Evangelical Society) founded by Bob Wilkin}.

Not works per se, but submission to His Lordship
Now, works per se (i.e. works without regard to lordship) is not necessary for salvation, but lordship is! Man is not asked to accept Jesus Christ as his Savior, but is asked to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord AND Savior. Works per se (without regard to lordship), no matter how good they are {for examples, giving away wealth, building orphanages, hospitals, etc, etc}, do not save you. Why? Because works per se and lordship are two separate matters! As far as God is concerned, if He tells you to give away the lunch pack in your hand to the crippled beggar who is before you, and you do it, that is lordship (your submission to his Lordship); but that you go and give a million dollars to an education fund without his direction, is just a work, devoid of any lordship element (although I am not saying the Lord cannot ask you to do just that, and in which case, it is submission, if you do it)! Good works is one of the products of a life of submission unto His Lordship.

Is Lordship really necessary?
Is Lordship necessary for salvation? Well, the Free Grace Christians deliberately separate salvation (Savior) and lordship (Lord), so as to justify their lens of looking at everything from their understanding of God’s free grace. When you remove Lordship from the equation, it becomes possible to take the position that all one needs to be concerned about, is to just accept salvation, and nothing whatsoever will rob you of your eternal life in Heaven in the future, not even God could “rob you” since He had not demanded any condition, in the first place, at least not under the Free Grace theology.

To me, at entering into salvation, it is necessary to acknowledge that we are willing to come under the Lordship of God. I believe, at the end of day, God is only admitting to Heaven those whom He knows will come under his Lordship. This is not an irrelevant argument; it is true whether or not, we accept God as our Lord, He is still Lord of all, but God is after a kingdom in Heaven of men who would embrace his Lordship wholeheartedly. If you are not, why should you be there? To oppose God, or to incur wrath in Him? This is theo-centric, a God-centred perspective.

Can’t God just “zap” me into complete submission?
God, in personhood, is first of all, God (then followed by Creator, Father,… etc, etc), and in nature, holiness and righteousness (then followed by love, faithfulness, …. etc, etc). So you cannot argue, “Why can’t God just zap me with complete submission to his Lordship, when the time comes?” Indeed, God can, and maybe He would, but is He to zap you only, or zap everybody? Can you expect to live your life (“proof of the pudding is in the eating”) ignoring His Lordship, and then expect God to “zap” you into one who is completely submissive, when it is time for you to go to Heaven or Hell, while ignoring those headed for Hell? Or are you then going to say, “Let no one go to Hell?” If God had intended to “zap” everybody, there is no need of all the hassle of Jesus Christ to come to die on the Cross, would there be?

{Added 08/09/2011 - Biblically, Romans 10:9 is very clear about salvation necessitate acknowledgement of Lordship.  This is what the verse says: "That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."  In addition, Jesus said these words, "“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." (Mark 8:34).  It is very clear, Jesus was saying He is the Lord, we have to obey Him; how else does one define "following someone"?}

{Added 24/01/2015 - Here, is how the Apostle viewed a believer - one who has received Jesus as Lord: Col 2:6-7 (NIV) - So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.}

Will I make the mark?
You might be tempted to say, “But brother Anthony, if it were the case, how do I know if I would make the mark {on submission to His Lordship}, and God will admit me?” We live in faith, through faith, and by faith. And faith is spelled as “R I S K”. I used to want that it should be a clear-cut issue, yes or no (it is common human tendency), but you know what, that is being legalistic! There is one thing, we cannot miss when we study the ministry of Jesus when He walked the earth, and that is He was against legalism. If it were 100%, or God MUST do it, it is not faith, it is legalism. Be careful of those who just preach grace, and nothing, but grace, it may be just another form of legalism. The Pharisees were so full of themselves, they insisted no work, 100% nothing, not even healing, saving, be done on Sabbath. Today, many of the overly grace believers, on the slightest hint of work, would accuse another of going down the slippery slope of works (for salvation). Does not that sound like legalism like that of the Pharisees?

Not any lordship but His Lordship
You might again say, “But brother Anthony, are you saying therefore, one need not necessarily have to accept Jesus Christ as his Savior, and can still go to Heaven or has eternal life?” No. Submission is not blind or Lordship cannot be accidental. By submission is not blind, I mean one does not submit to nothingness, in other words, when one submits, one is submitting to someone or something, otherwise, it is not submission. Lordship is not accidental, is to mean you cannot say, “But, I also did that what, can’t you, God, just count it that I done it, in submission to you?” In the earlier example, when God said to give away your lunch pack to the beggar, you did it in submission to Him. Another, not having heard from the Lord, cannot likewise, claim that he, too, has given his lunch pack before, to a beggar, and so he too had been in submission to the Lord. No, the latter’s giving of his lunch pack was merely a work, maybe even a good work if he was with right motive, but not a submission; he did it of his own accord or due to reason known to himself. The act, though, the same as that of the former, was only accidentally the same as that which the former did. A believer of Jesus Christ may not be told in person by God, to show that act of love or kindness, but he acted from his understanding of God’s Word, and was holding out, always, God, and His Words before himself, he has acted in submission. A non-believer, on the other hand, say, one who subscribes to some philosophy that exhorted acts of kindness, can do the same act of kindness, but he has not acted in submission to the Lord, Jesus or God, and so it is not the same. This is support, to say why one has to accept Jesus as his Savior (and Lord), without going into the justification and other works of the Cross.

Back to the question. Why is it possible?
Of course, it is possible for a believer of Jesus Christ to call Him, “Lord, Lord”, and not do what He says or said. We have been created with a free-will, and that free-will is not taken away from us, upon our being born-again. God does not “zap” you into a robot under his command and control; He does not hollow you out and replace you with Jesus Christ. He puts His Holy Spirit in you to help you in your submission to His Lordship. With the help of the Holy Spirit, you are to live out your submission of that Lordship which you professed with your mouth when you invited Jesus into your life to be your Savior. The Holy Spirit is there to help you, not that He has wrestled the command and control from you. You are to choose to be sensitive to the Spirit’s leading. If we do not listen to what God has said in His Word, or through the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, our calling of Him, “Lord, Lord”, are just empty words to the Lord. Our sayings of we love God are also just empty words, because those who love the Lord, embrace wholeheartedly his Lordship over their lives. Jesus confirmed it in the Word: that those who love Him obey His commands, and those who obey His commands are the ones who love Him.

If you love me, you will obey what I command (John 14:15).
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me (John 14:21a).


{Added 16/11/2010: If it was not possible, there was no need of Jesus to say this in Matt 7:21 - “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."

Some things are immediate, some are not
Entering into salvation is immediate, lordship and love for God, starts with an acknowledgment, profession, and commitment, and need to be lived out. Even the Apostle Paul did not omit to say that we have to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (Phil 2:12). It is not works, per se, that we are exhorted to do, in working out of our salvation, it is our living out of the Lordship of God in our life, which we have acknowledged, professed, and committed. Clearly, insensitive separation of lordship from salvation harms the understanding of what God is trying to do in His salvation for mankind, and may even rob many of salvation!

How are you building your dream home?
It is possible to call Him, “Lord, Lord,” and not do what He says. But we are NOT to act that way. In that Luke passage, Jesus went on to talk about how 2 different persons’ houses would see different fates, one could not stand, a complete wash-out, when water of testing came, and another, could stand firm against that same water of testing because, it was built upon the foundation of Lordship of God; the former had no foundation (mere works), and it collapsed and was destroyed. Is your dream house built on the Lordship of God or is it built without foundation?


Anthony Chia – Lord, you know I believe I entered into salvation solely by your grace, your gift unto me, which I am eternally grateful. Yet, you have impressed upon my heart that you are after a kingdom of those who would wholeheartedly embrace your Lordship. May your desire be evermore fulfilled.

PS: For PART II, click this: Luke 6:46 - PART II - As Christians we are to obey His commands

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