RETURN OF THE SOWER

Yes I know it sounds like " Return of the King"...
Lord Of The Rings.

Who is the King?

I will look forward to your answer.

Why am I writing about the Sower.

This morning I openned my Bible and my eyes fell on the parable and mystery.

Jesus said he gave some the ability to know the mystery.

And for some he put the mystery in a parable so that they may one day understand

And believing, their sins would be forgiven

What sins?

Ofcourse we are sinful.

The thing is some of our sinfulness is not even obvious to us... I mean we sin without knowing...

"Father forgive them,...they do not know what they do.."

These are the words of Jesus at the cross.

Now I am beginning to realize that a dangerouse and insidious sin is intellectualism.

I am really sorry to offend any on you.. but what the heck... a blog is where I tell it like it is.

And you are free to respond if you wish.

I saw a title for a book: "THE DELUSION OF GOD"

Well, first it called to mind what Obama said in one of the debates in his campaign.

"People say I am deluded.."

As I pondered on this concept of delusion I have to tell you I got a clear idea of Satan weaving

yet another attractive journey for those who are logically inclined.

Jesus defies logic. He is PARALOGIC.. if there is such a word... beyond logic.

I must invite you to read the post " The question bugging him" and all the comments.

Jallin pointed out that only those touched by the Holy Spirit have faith.

SOS THE BELOVED wrote a comment about how logic cannot bring us to Salvation.

Jesus speaks to me everyday.. and today he spoke to me about the sower... twice He has asked me to see the mystery in the parable of the sower.

Mark 4:11 "He said unto them. Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

verse 14 And these are they by the wayside, where the word was sown: but when they have heard , Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts

( How? I see that Satan uses intelectualism and complacency...)

( In religion... cos I do not see religion as knowing God...it can take the form of being legalistic... so we worship the creature instead of the CREATOR as Paul put it. What do I mean by creature. I mean man made rules...I believe in listening to Jesus and prayer and the Word )

v18 And these are they that are sown among thorns; such as hear the word. And the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word and it becometh unfruitful"

( As I read this I began to see lust as coming from flesh and flesh includes the mind...the intellectualism that led to academics becoming uncomfortable with the grasping God...Jesus can be experienced...My Kingdom is not of this world, He said...

My thoughts take me to

John Chap 1

" V 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

V5 In Him was life and the life was the light of men.

V5 And the Light shineth in Darkness; and the Darkness comprehendeth it not.

V14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

V17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ

Today is the Global Day Of Prayer.

Earlier I had said I would pray for those who are not free to believe.

Now I see that the UNFREE include those seduced by the clever arguments of Satan...

Arguments that appeal to our need for a neat anwer to the question of creation and intelligent design.

I pray that these do not become distractions to the vital journey to salvation.

Lord I pray that you move us to reach out and show us how to reach out.

TEARS AND PRAYER

I felt my tears flow instantly

as soon as the song began

"Days of refreshing...."

I can hear the melody now

but here

my eyes are not wet...

It was overpowering

The presence of Him

My heart was swelling

My mind peacefull

All the mysteries that made me stumble

Made sense...

I thank you Father

for being here

being so present

I have no questions tonight

Just a deep gratitude


My heart longs to be with

the many who do not know you.

I did not know you

even though I had my chance.


Well, this is my second chance...


What about those who do not have a chance to find you

You will find them

wont you?

You will use us

wont you?


Lord walk with us

Teach us


To share who you are

And why there is no time to waste

For eternity is near

GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER

Thank you SOS THE BELOVED...

If not for you I would not have known
that 31 May is the Global Day Of Prayer.

What would you pray for?

For me my heart cries for all who are not free to believe.

LEARNING MORE ABOUT DIIGO

http://www.diigo.com/index

Dear Blog friends

I have been trying to teach myself how to use this tool.

It has a lot of potential and I am a slow learner.

But I feel the need to get the hang of it.

It's like the Holy Spirit is telling me to move beyond my comfort zone.

With the help of a friend I found a demo tutorial on how to use diggo so I have made a link for you.

Try and learn the skill known as bookmarking. It means you go to the web to find an article that is related to something you are concerened about. Then you click "bookmark" and it will be kept in your bookmark record. Thus when your friends whom you have invited to be connected to you, go to your profile, they will see a list of articles they can read too.

Well I have invited a small group of friends to be in my diigo group. If you are interested just let me know your e mail and I will invite you to join us.

THE MISSING LINK

I was at a course for developping my skills as a trainer using online pedagogy.

Yes, you got it.

I was a slow learner.

One thing that freaked me out was when the trainer effortlessly clicked and moved from one window to another while I was still stuck at the window I was working on.

Not knowing how to navigate my way to the new window, I was lost while he explained the items in the new window.

This made me think of what happens when a non believer is searching and finds some information on Christianity but does not experience who Jesus is...

Sadly I heard many of my students and friends telling me about a religion known as Christianity and did not indicate that they knew what Christ was showing us...

The missing link seems to have been intentionally left out, plucked out and ( horror of horrors..) replaced. So.... they did not find Christianity just because of the missing link....

If you think you know what Christianity is.... do write in the comments....

INTEL ONLINE

I have learned new tools to help us to reach out.

One tool is diigo.

Have you used it?

THE MYSTERY OF FAITH

Now I am beginning to realize that faith is a mystery...

One day I found my bible in my computer bag at work and I openned it ....there it was, the parable of the sower... and as I read it ( I do not usually read my bible at work...) it seemed that Jesus was answering the questions that I had carried in me...

Those frustrating questions like... how la can I ever explain this to that man who asked me that question about why I believe Jesus is the Son of God.

As I read the parable..my eyes fell on the image of the birds taking away the seed...the seed of faith...I saw that the bird was Satan, who would intervene when we sow seeds of faith,...intervene and take it away...

Now how shall I handle this... of course it is tempting to say...plant and let the Holy Spirit water... and if it is Gods will it will grow. If not... well,...at least I tried.

But now I feel, there must be a better answer..

The seeds are being sown in the wrong way...

What should I do to sow seeds in a way that will make it fall on "fertile ground" as the parable depicts...

I am thinking that the ground is not fertile because it has been hardened by doctrines that are clearly designed by Satan to confuse.

Oh my! You may be saying. Why is she blaming Satan for everything...

Mm... well I have started to see Satan as a clever strategist who has layed the foundations of confusion and built up on man's weakness: his intellect. Yeap!

We are too smart to have faith.

So ironic.

I wana put the parable of the sower here for you to ponder on.

Perhaps you can see more answers in this parable and share them here...

LUKE 8:4-15: And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience..

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?

I went to watch Angels and Demons. It was captivating. I liked the play of different personalities.

One moment stood out for me.

The priest asked Langdon the symbologist, "Do you believe in God?"

Langdom muttered something about Religion. He was interrupted by the priest who said,

" I am not talking about what man has said about God. I am asking you , Do you believe in God?"

Langdon replied, "My mind tells me I will never understand God"

"And your heart?"

"My heart tells me faith is a gift I have yet to receive.."

I was touched by the way he put it.

That faith was a gift.

I felt thankful for this gift.

It has brought me joy, passion... and peace.

There were many moments in the movie that made me stop and think...the changes that we are going through....the role of the media in enhancing faith...

Or could the media destroy faith as well...

MIRI JAZZ FEST

MIRI JAZZ FESTIVAL

Watching the musicians from France, The Dites, I felt balanced and exhilarated.

Balanced?

Yes, I was rather affected by a friend’s comment that I shouldn’t think so much about religion.

Now I really don’t think I am thinking about religion.

But he was right.. I was thinking about it all the time.. like now…It’s late and I ought to be in bed and here I am typing a posting even though the net is stuck.

So I went to the Jazz festival to get balanced.

And guess what…God was there.

Yes I felt Him in the music and in the musicians.

I can’t say I felt Him in the audience.. well not in some of them..

But when I felt like dancing I could almost see God dancing too.

And I wondered why religion had divided us.

Where did religion come from? Not from God….

Do you know what I mean..?

Even Jesus had a problem with religion…

It was the religious leaders who rejected him.

Very telling I must say…

The next group was led by a South African guitarist.

For the life of me I didn’t know what he was singing.

But the music was hypnotic and prayerful.

Strange isn’t it….I wondered if anyone else felt that…

I wanted to lift my hands and worship…

But I only opened my palms in prayer as I always do when I feel the Holy Spirit.

Why was I was so happy…?

Was it the music?

Was it because I felt love?

He answered..because God was there…

JESUS IS HERE...

I would like to share my closest experience of Jesus.

I was not born again then. Yes I believed, but I did not feel like I do now.

I was with my father in Mount Mirriam Hospital, a hospice.

He could no longer speak. He made a sound and those at his bedside turned to me. Without a second thought I said, he said he is going to die.

He made another sound, and again they turned to me. I said, he asked to see my brother.

The matron came and said he was not going to die.

I called my brother and my mother. My brother rushed to take the first plane to Penang.

While the matron reassured us that he would not die, I stayed by my fathers bedside.

Then I saw him look at someone above him.

Without a second thought I said, "Jesus is here"

Daddy openned his eyes so wide and went peacefully without any struggle..

I felt a peace that passeth understanding.

I did not cry.

The peace stayed with me throughout the time of mourning.

There were many tears .... but I did not cry.

I won't say I can't figure it out.

For me it was simple.

Jesus is here.

JESUS, KENAPA SOALAN INI DI TANYA?

It is 626 am. I have just read Jallin's comment on my post " The question bugging him"....

I had gone to the bottom of FEEDJIT to watch the life traffic on this blog.

Well it was my first time looking at where my readers were and what they read...

I noticed that I had a reader from USA when I wrote the post "Siapa Jesus?"

I wondered who the reader was and what were his questions. Were they questions that bug him?

Was he or she born again and able to see who Jesus was?

If you are reading this PLEASE COMMENT so that I can communicate with you.

For readers who do not understand Malay, my title means:

"Jesus, why was this question asked?"

I was refering to my earlier post about a man who asked me the question:

"Why do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God"

The thing that strikes me is that he asked me that question in a situation when I had not even identified myself as Christian. We were strangers just working together on a task.

This makes me think that the Holy Spirit is moving and people do hunger for Gods pressence.

If I were to write in Malay I would struggle... but here goes

"Jesus adalah anak Tuhan yang turun ke dunia supaya manusia dapat bersama Tuhan.

Jangan lah di ikat oleh fikiran manusia apabila kita ingin sentuhan Tuhan.

Sekiranya kita di lahir semula kita dapat lihat sesuatu kebenaran yang baru.

Hanya roh kudus yang dapat membawa anda kepada pengalaman yang di jelaskan sebagain kelahiran semula...

Sekiranya anda ingin tahu siapa Jesus, hanya mata yang baru dan hati yang baru boleh membuka kehidupan anda kepada jalan yang bawah anda ke syorga."

Jesus is the Son of God. he came to this world so that we can be with God.
Do not be tied to human thinking when we yearn to be touched by God.
If we are born again we will be able to see a new truth.
Only the Holy Spirit can bring you to an experience that is known as being born again.
If you want to know who Jesus is, only new eyes dan new hearts can open your life to a new path that will lead you to heaven

To my new friend, thank you for asking. It made me think.....

A Question Bugging Him

He starred at me from across the table. I didn't quite expect what he was going to ask me. It was so public you see. That's why I think it must have been bugging him.

"Why do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God?"

In the first place.... I never even talked to him about Jesus.. for obvious reasons.

( So I asked Jesus right there and then.. er Lord how shall I answer...)

I took a piece of A4 paper and started writing what I could remember...

"This is my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.."

John the Baptist. ( that is I was going to explain the context to him later)

"My Father and I are one"

"My Fathers house has many rooms..."

"Father why have you foresaken me..."

It was really difficult to explain... because soon I realized he saw it from a different perspective.
He said.."God cannot give birth..If he could He is not God..."
"Tell me what is the difference between Adam and Jesus?" he asked.

I told him Jesus was the second Adam...it was difficult to explain...

I asked him if he knew what was Salavation...he said he did... but I had my doubts.

I asked him if he knew who St Paul was...he said he did ...and said Paul was Jesus' friend..then I knew he didn't know Paul..

There was a lot he wanted to tell me and ask me..

But I told him.. we must get this done first ( our task )...give me your handphone I will txt you the exact sentence from the bible...

But he never did ..

He wrote on an A4 paper and gave it to me...with a look that said that it was more a question than a statement

In Malay he wrote:

"Tuhan

Tidak Bermula tidak berakhir
Tidak Beranak tidak diberanakan"

God

Does not begin does not end
Does not give birth is not born

So he could not see how the divine could be human

And I wrote

"In the beginning was the Word
And the Word was with God
and the Word was God
The Word came down from heaven
and dwellest among men
But men could not understand it
The word was the Light of the World
And darkness could not overcome it.'

I have not given it to him

But I will