Monday, October 8, 2018

Natural Disasters


Benjamin Chung Typhoon is not a punishment from God. It is a natural thing. It is like catching a cold. It is a viral infecy, not a punishment from God.
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巧蓮 李 I don't agree with you!
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巧蓮 李 Judgement to Nation already started, God could use any natural disaster to judge unrighteousness people or Nation, according to Revelation, God even release high ranking fallen angels from hell to judge the unrighteousness ! Thus, a lot great destroying such as war, terrorism and etc and Pandemic is coming will be causing by evil fallen angels.
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Benjamin Chung this idea is wrong. Natural events are beyond our own theological interrpetation. During the WWII, Jews did not die because of their sins. They were good Jews, kosher and Sabbath abiding people. They were destroyed by an evil man and God did not come to their aid, despite the OT teaching that God comes to the aid of hsi people. The tsunami of 2009 (I think) that killed 300,000, again has nothing to do with God since it is a natural event, the shift of tectonic plates. Same as the 9-2 earthquakes in Taiwan. My uncle died in that. he was the most filial pious and devout Christian. what sins has he committed to warrant his death by being crush by the falling beams. God is not punishing him, it is likely that God was unable to prevent the death of his own children. Some would say God is weak and absent in our suffering. God is blind. etc. But that is not my point. My point is, do nto attribute the natural events and destruction to God who is innocent and has nothing to do with drowning, killing of elderly and young infants and children. 

You have to think about it, but not to cal Chinese people evil, or their ancestors evil. You are Chinese and with Chinese blood flowing through your veins. What evil has your father and mother done? And for 5 thousand years, even before the birth of Christ, what evil has Chinese done? I say, none, because China is not an atheistic nation back then and you can tell by history, they worship one true God, and this was before the introduction of Buddhism. Even with the new Buddhist faith, they were the minority. The majority of Chinese worship God and they weer no evil people. 

The natives of Taiwan were not atheists either. They too worship God. It is just they did nt have the words of modern Christianity, meaning that they were evil/ 

Cursing your own ancestors and attribute to them as evil and sinners, is a form of grievous sin. It is as bad as sinning against the holy ghost, since that ghost would have been working in these people, preparing them to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

St Paul wrote in Romans about them. They have Gods law governing them and they are righteous people, apart from the laws of the Jews. Romans 2, read it yourselves/

You have these Chinese preachers, scaring others about their lack of faith and how their ancestors are cursed, these are demonic teaching, and not the teaching of Jesus Christ. You need to repent and stop watching these sinners making egregious claims about God and Christ our Lord. Rev Chow has erred many times preaching the gospel in his message or his life. He needs to repent and come to the true know;edge of God and Christ/ Just look at him, he is cursed of God and shall exhibit that curse by taking money from people and saying things that are not true, and making claims that even Jesus could not verify.

You should not go against Chinese communist government, They are ordained by God to rule China. Your job is to become obedient to it, if you are a Chinese citizen living in China. Take down churches and crush the cults. That is Gods teaching.
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Benjamin Chung 求主赦免台灣,特別是我們個人、家庭和君王的罪,我們犯了淫亂,用別的人事物代替我們的兒女、家庭,心不回轉,以致得罪神,求主赦免,因基督赦罪的寶血,洗淨我們在這片土地上的罪惡過犯。

This is totally wrong, and God have mercy on this sinner who claims wrongfully about our ancestors.
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巧蓮 李 Benjamin Chung I already unfriend you, and I did not read your comment, as I regard you as a false teacher, and I am not interested to read your comment.

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Benjamin Chung 巧蓮 李 dear young lady, you should think about these things. Natural disasters are not about God punishing people. It has something to do with change of climate, and severe storms formed because of it. You should worship God and stay home and read the words of the saviour and live by it. These end time talk is nothing but a speculation., It is not real. These preachers are evil men who cause mass hysteria and fear. They shall receive a greater punishment .

You seemed to me a good Chinese. You should be proud to be a Chinese and worship God as a Chinese, and not to be confused by these preachers.


Source:  http://krtnews.tw/chinese-church/local/article/19022.html

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Eternal Damantion

 Eternal Damnation

Eternal damnation is not a doctrine taught by Christ 'for all,' otherwise we would have to subscribe to this doctrine here. Jesus as an apocalyptic preacher was more interested in the Kingdom of God, than to preach all must be burn in hell. This Kingdom of Heaven was supposedly soon to be realized in his life time, and all his adherents were to benefit from it, his their lifetime. It was not until the rejection of this message, that people of his time did not subscribe to this message, that Jesus' message became increasingly desperate, and violent, as seen in the parable of the King who invites guests, and they did not want to come. In that story, you have these rebellious subject seized the prince, killed him, and the King ended up killed those, and burned their cities, again, no eternal damnation was mentioned, or taught here.The Kingdom of God was that marriage feast that no one cared for, Again, no eternal damnation as mentioned here. Another parable refers to the last harvest, where wheat and tares were left along to both grow in the field, and like the harvest, wheat was gathered, and the tares were collected to be burnt on the field. What has not been discussed here, is the agricultural methods, burning off the rest of the tares, weeds and bails of straws, was to rejuvenate the land so that next year, the harvest would be possible. It is to put the nutrients back into the land, and this is not the 'eternal punishment' but rather an agricultural practice, here and now. Again, the doctrine of hell is not mentioned here.

Yes, I am aware of the verses by Jesus about 'the flames never goes out' and 'into the flames reserve for the angels, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:" (Mathews 25:41). In this case, it is not salvation by grace or faith in the death of Christ, etc. It is rather focused narrowly on these followers who claimed faith in Christ, and failed to followed through in his teaching, eg to feed the poor, to visit the sick, and to clothe the naked, etc. These acts lead them to the Kingdom of God, not faith in Christ alone. The fire mentioned here, is a parable, which means it is a good story. The moral is that if you failed to live these teachings, you will not inherit the Kingdom. Again,. this teaching by John MacArthur here is not mentioned. He does not deserve anything in the Kingdom of Heavens, if he failed to do those things Jesus mentioned here, eg,. John here is not a man who would go out to the poor, feed the hungry or clothe the naked. He benefits obviously in this type of teaching, selling his messages for profit, collects money for his own use, and gaining support and fame for the 'supposed' teaching of Christ. If anyone would be in danger of 'fire and eternal flame' it would be this John here. There is no grace, no 'saving faith' that would prevent him from being served fire and eternal flame. He deserves these not because he did not accurately believe in a Christ. but that his life and his faith in practice failed to come through. This Jesus in Mathew is very clear about it. When I mentioned this to Barry Donnelly, he failed to come up with a theological argument to support his doctrines of grace. Rather, I would propose it here, this doctrines of grace, this concept of unconditional election, this irresistible grace, these are doctrines by the demons to detract people who want to follow Christ. St Paul espoused a doctrine so different from Christ I wondered whether he dreamed this it up all by himself. Because in him, we find this doctrine of faith and justification by faith alone. This concept of grace, that one needs to accept the Lord and believe in his heart God raised him from the dead. It is not a teaching by Jesus of Nazareth. and when I asked Barry Donnelly to come up with a teaching by Jesus of Nazareth, a quote or something, he could not. I was dead earnest to ask him since he is the one who posts it here and tells everyone they deserve hell unless, they are chosen and elected by God with gives them this grace. This Calvinian teaching and the foundation of the Reformed Church has erred. I merely asked a question, is this the teaching of Christ, and they would not and could not answer me.

This type of teaching erred from the ancient Christian faith by Jesus while he was alive. It destroys the will of anyone who comes into this faith to live a good life as defined by him. There are no changes before and after, the person of faith justifies his own action by attending church, and that is it. No change or reformation of characters, or taking care of the poor, or loving those illegals (strangers on the land), the sick. homeless, or the hungry. Their faith solely is into themselves. They make it sound intelligent and so seminary grants doctoral degrees, they congratulate themselves. they are fatten calves, ripe for slaughter as in the Parable of the Marriage feast. Which part of the gospel do you fail to understand that this doctrine of eternal damnation is not of God nor of Christ our Lord? If anyone 'deserved' hell, it would be these preachers who failed to follow Christ, or live his message of love and mercy to their fellow humans. If there is hell, that is it. Their 'eternal' damnation is here on earth.

Friday, October 13, 2017

悼念吾妹仁瑜

悼念吾妹仁瑜
二零一六年十一月十二日 於台北,台灣

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Benjamin Chung
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Note:  Christine my sister passed in Oct 11, 2016 (around that time).  I wrote this to commemorate her, and her faith, in the Evangelical language that both of us were brought up in. 

仁瑜是一個溫和又待人真誠的人.

她一生的志向就是跟隨她的救主,拿撒勒人耶穌.謹守遵行祂的教導.一九六八年五月四日出生於斗六,她是家裡最被疼愛的老么.幼年受洗成為基督徒,在台灣高雄三一基督長老教會學習聖經的知識一九八零年,十二歲的她隨著兩位兄長來到加拿大卑斯省溫哥華求學,開始了她人生一個新的階段.因為與父母分隔兩地,在溫哥華生活期間,只有二位兄長與四舅舅家人的陪伴安慰,能紓解她的思親思鄉之情.在基督教學校Temple Academy學院就讀,造就了小小年紀的她對基督更深一層的認識.開始的頭幾年裡,身為國際學生的她,由於英語說得並不流利,致使她從一個快樂活潑開朗的少女變成一個安靜不愛說話的人.英語已經是一個難以跨越的障礙,同學更是對她不友善.起初,她的朋友並不多.幸好,她還算蠻有本事的,總是有方法去結交新朋友.她甚至還跟小她幾歲的孩子一起玩跳房子.在學校的這一段期間,她決志信主,在主慈愛的膀臂裏找到她救主的愛與接受,從那時起,她的生命就再也不同了.
一九八四年,她進入亞伯塔省的Three HillsPrairie High School就讀.得到恩師「認識基督、彰顯基督」的諄諄教誨.她一生以此為志向,並且在日常生活
工作上更是實踐不怠.一九八七年搬到多倫多,家裡經營西裝成衣廠,在那擁擠的工作環境裡幫忙裁製西裝褲.她未曾忘記生命的意義和目的,就是要服事賜給她喜樂的救主. 為了能夠幫助他人,她選讀多倫多大學護理系.在一九九三年畢業.家裡經營的生意非常忙而且很累人,她一邊任勞任怨默默地幫忙照料父母的事業,一邊照顧年老患病的奶奶.

我那兩個比較年長的孩子,他們對姑姑的印象都是歡愉的.那時候,她來麻州Cape Cod,給孩子講「納尼亞傳奇」系列故事裏的「馬與男孩」.她編了一個小豆子的故事,用豆子在故事間來回跳竄,逗得他們哈哈大笑.那時他們大概才四、五歲吧!
仁瑜有感於自己痛苦的移民經驗,因此她決定要幫助新移民.就到多倫多天道神學院拿神學課.原本需要一些時日來完成這課程,卻在此時奉派回台灣去擔任賴教授的研究助理,最後還擔任了牙醫助理.之後,她回到多倫多攻讀完成輔導協談課程.因為得到一位基督徒協談師的輔導,從此便脫胎換骨,能夠從自己的經驗走出來,進而去幫助別人.她立定志向要效法他的救主「祂不吶喊,街上也不曾聽見祂的聲音; 壓傷的蘆葦祂不折斷,將殘的燈火祂不吹滅.」在攻讀基督徒協談師課程的同時,她也在當地的台灣移民中心打工.最後受聘於救世軍,協助各式各樣的患者面對壓力沉重的現代生活.

在二零零七年奉父母之命再度移民回台灣.她留下來擔任英文教師,輔導安親班的學童.滿心歡喜、盡心盡力地工作.她更是以這些非基督教家庭出身的孩子們為傲.她用A-Beka (基督徒家教課程)的教材,也因此能夠向這些孩子們介紹她的救主耶穌基督.即便這是耗心耗力的工作,但她卻樂此不疲!她更在附近靈糧堂結識了一些好朋友.這也許是她生命中最美好的時光.她終於找到一個讓她覺得愜意的地方,特別是在國外生活一段時間之後,總算有回家的感覺了!和教會的朋友在一起禱告和分享生活的苦與樂,帶給她許多的歡樂.

仁瑜開始忙碌於工作的同時,也是她進入另一階段苦難的開始.二零一四年十月,體重急遽下降,經常肚子痛,經過診斷,是患了胰臟癌.她的教書工作頓時被打斷.她與死亡差肩而過,走出馬偕醫院,在接下來的兩年裏,依然能夠保持健康,專心抗癌,與病痛為友.禱告讚美救主拿撒勒人耶穌是她生活的重心.也正是因此,她能夠戰勝對死亡的恐懼,態度仍然是積極樂觀.這期間她沉默地接受治療,忍受極大的痛苦,在醫院進進出出.這期間,家人朋友的關心照顧,守護著她.來自北美的朋友,溫哥華,多倫多,蒙特婁的眾表兄姊們,美國的友人都趕回來探望陪伴.教會和小組的朋友,牧師們都紛紛來為她禱告.還有親人,堂表兄姊們,叔舅姑姨長輩們都在禱告中提名記念,為她守望.仁瑜的生命真的是充滿了喜樂與盼望.她祈求神的旨意在她生命與身體能夠成全,她已然證實了神的確恩待也醫治了她.神使她生命中不可能的事實現,並回應她的祈求.她不曾放棄神能夠使她痊癒的盼望,也就是讓她可以這一輩子全時間來服事神.

在短短的四十八年的生命中,她從沒忘記生命的使命.和善助人,要讓這世界成為一個更好的地方.或許,她能夠瞭解那令人肝腸寸斷的禱告「我的上帝,我的上帝,為何離棄我?為何祢與我的病痛苦難相隔那麼遙遠?」但她的盼望仍深植在那位復活的主,祂已經準備好了一個地方,一個住處.我要與你們分享神所賜給她的話語:

「因我活著就是基督,我死了就有益處.(腓立比書1:21)

義人要發旺如棕樹,生長如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。
他們栽於耶和華的殿中,發旺在我們神的院裡。
他們年老的時候仍要結果子,要滿了汁漿而常發青,
好顯明耶和華是正直的,他是我的磐石,在他毫無不義。(詩篇92:12-15)

如同路加福音書裡面所記載的聖徒西面,千古以來,流傳給基督徒的禱告,「主啊,如今可以照你的話,釋放你的僕人, 讓她安然去世!因為我的眼睛已經看見你的救恩,就是你在萬民面前所預備的,是照亮外邦人的光,又是你民以色列的榮耀.

我們的仁瑜 從地接受生命的呼喚,以此做為她今生最後的禱告:「父啊,如今我將我的靈魂交在祢的手中.」 和癌症奮戰了兩年,她寧靜安祥地安息在主的懷裏.

詩人大衛所寫的詩篇34:「凡仰望他, 信靠他, 便有光榮, 他們的臉必不蒙羞.」他們的臉的確是光彩耀人,因為神救祂的子民脫離苦難.是的,阿們!
克禮絲汀,鍾仁瑜,一九六八年五月四日生,二零一六年十月十七日蒙主恩召.儘管只有短短四十八年的生命,卻不枉此生! 如今她已經進入永恆的安息!


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