Evangelistic Musical Concert

Praise and thank the Lord for His provision as the church I serve planned and organised her first musical concert with her limited resources for everything since incorporation one year ago.

In the prior few weeks of planning,  God has answered all our prayer for the availability of venue, funds, good turnout of unsaved friends and relatives, and good weather especially.  The psi reading of the haze was unhealthy for the last 2 days. It read a healthy 70 when the concert started.  Praise and thank the Lord that the weather did not become an obstacle discouraging attendees from turning up for the concert.

What a harvest as many made their decision of their lives by the grace of God ! Hallelujah ! All glory and honour to Him ! What wonderful unity in the church when everyone gave his or her best for His glory.

Brother Asaph hailed from Shanghai is a gospel singer and composer par excellence. An overcomer himself, he testified he would end up on the road to destruction if not for the grace of God. What a testimony, excellent gospel songs and great voice !

Thank the Lord for answering my personal prayer to deliver the gospel message and conduct the Lord’s supper in double quick time without compromise of solemn consecration.

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Delivering the gospel message and conducting the Lord"s Supper.

Delivering the gospel message and conducting the Lord”s Supper.

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Several made the decision of their lives for Christ.

Several made the decision of their lives for Christ.

 

Ministry in Bagan Batu, Riau, Sumatra

Praise the Lord for His divine guidance that I finally made the ministry trip to Bagan Batu, Riau. God’s timing is always right. Praise the Lord for allowing my faith to grow and have a deeper rest in Him.

Despite traveling to the main haze disaster area at this time, we witnessed the wonderful journey mercy of our Lord God and to trust Him wholeheartedly. We arrived on Saturday 26 Sept 2015 when the psi reading of the haze was way above 500.

We prayed for good weather on Sunday and our prayer was granted. The psi reading went down to 100 in the morning in time for the Sunday worship service. The bad haze condition returned in the afternoon and we prayed again. And the skies suddenly poured to clear the haze for the evening service. Hallelujah ! Praise the Lord !

On Monday, we traveled to another town to share in the revival meeting there and the psi reading remained at 100.

On Wednesday early morning when we returned home, the haze condition was so bad. The visibility on the road to the port Dumai was only 50 metres. (See the difference between the mask I used that day and a new one for comparison.)

In a town where there is only 3000 Christians among a population of 70,000 of predominantly Muslim, I have to commend Pastor Siregar and his wonderful wife, Mastiur Silitonga, before God and give Him all the glory and honor, for their tireless labor of love to evangelize this town.

They also set up a Christian mission school there since 8 years ago and the enrolment is now about 800. This is the most wonderful ministry of sharing the gospel in such a town when the young are educated in the knowledge of the truth of the living Son of God.  (The students only pay annual school fee of USD 5 while they support nearly 50 teachers !  What a ministry of faith and love !)

They also invested in a broadcasting radio station 89.1 FM to broadcast the word of God to several cities.

Praise the Lord for allowing me to be the vessel in partnering His wonderful faithful servants and leading me to share the Word of God there to encourage the churches to rise up to set the city on fire for Him. I believe the town will see spiritual awakening soon.

All glory and honor to our Lord Jesus Christ !

 

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Christian Mission School

Christian Mission School

Teachers of Christian mission school

Teachers of Christian mission school

City Revival Meeting 29 Sept 2015

City Revival Meeting 29 Sept 2015

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Revival meeting in another town 28 Sept 2015

Revival meeting in another town 28 Sept 2015

Prayer For The Sick

James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

While we can pray for the sick without being present, nevertheless, when we go and pray in the presence of the sufferer, the prayer is heartfelt and fervid, and the love of one another is so strongly felt as well. It is important to note that we should not assume the elders have a special anointing or gift of healing but rather the elders are representing the whole church in being present with the sufferer.

As we are flesh and blood as well as spirit, the sacrament of oil anointing gives the sufferer a heartfelt presence of the Spirit of our Lord, though we have to be reminded again that there is no magical power in it. Psalms 23: 5.

The sheep in the Middle East are often annoyed by the numerous flies flying around them. And when the shepherd anoints their head with oil, it soothes them so much that they do not bash their heads in frustration against the bushes.  When a baby is feeling discomfort and cries,  the physical touch of the mother is so soothing and comforting.   So likewise, when we feel the presence of the Spirit of our Lord amidst intense suffering, the close communion with our Lord in His soothing touch comforts and uplifts our spirit man.

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Vision Of 9/11 At WTC On 8 September 2001

“As an engineer by profession in the early years of my career, statistics and probability were something we worked with every day.  We designed experiments and implemented control systems or screening tests based on the probability of the outcome deduced from the statistical data collected from the experiments.

I knew it would be too much of a coincidence for my vision of the attack to happen to occur right before the actual attack,  considering the odds of all the following events occurring altogether :

I had the vision just three days before the actual event;

I was at the exact place of the vision;

I had a vision of the actual terror attack using planes – which was unprecedented – and on the World Trade Center and not the United Nations Building;

It happened on my birthday on 11 September.

The probability of all these events occurring will be so miniscule as to be mere coincidence.

I was sure God was giving me a message.”

–  Anthony Ho,  The Coming Economic Flood, Page 5.   Published by Creation House, a Charisma Media Company,  2014.

Thanks be to God for giving me the message that pulled me out of the road to destruction into life in Christ Jesus my Lord and Savior.

Postscript :  Thought I lost the photos taken at WTC in the afternoon of 8 September 2001 and I searched for them after the book was published.

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Great Political Stability And Economic Prosperity Masks The Coming Judgment

Jeroboam II reigned as King of Israel from 789 BC to 748 BC. Despite being an evil king, who continued the politically motivated idolatry of his forefather Jeroboam, son of Nebat, God was gracious to Israel and gave her great political and economic prosperity during his reign as a last chance. (Eventually the deportation of Israel by the Assyrians came in 722 BC.) 2 Kings 14.

Archaeology revealed a time of great political power and economic prosperity. Jeroboam II recovered a lot of land from the Syrians. The houses were built much bigger than previous times and the rich could afford both winter and summer houses.

But the prosperity ended in abuse in being weighed down with living in dissipation and oppression of the poor. Amos the prophet denounced against the abuse and prophesized God’s judgment on all their trophies of prosperity – their large and great winter and summer houses of ivory splendor. Amos 3:13-15.

Israel was sinful yet she was thinking all the time that they were in God’s favor because of the tremendous political and economic prosperity. Isaiah 58: 1- 4.

Many false prophets also arose and preached feel good messages against the dire warning by God’s prophets during that time.

Right now, with all the political stability and economic prosperity in all the First World cities, is it so difficult for Christendom in these cities to take a hard look at herself whether she has sinned against God if she so claims to be so fervent in seeking God’s face ?

Whether we are proud that our hands and our leaders have given us this prosperity ? Whether we have excess of food or over-fed ? Whether we are living in care less or prosperous ease ? Are we indifferent to helping the indigent poor believing they are lazy and should work harder and not expect welfare ? Ezek 16:49-50. These are the four root sins of Sodom which God did away with her.

The fruit of sodomy and lawlessness are almost ripe in all these cities drunk with easy money making and pleasure and has heaped all the way to heaven. Rev 18.

God will judge all this wealth of this Babylonian system in one hour. Rev 18:17.  Three groups will weep – kings of the earth (governments), merchants (MNCs, SMEs) and those who make their living by the sea (global seaports cum financial centres).

God’s people will rejoice over this judgment. Rev 18;20.  David Pawson, a very prominent Bible teacher, asked whether we are citizens of Babylon or citizens of God’s new Jerusalem in his lecture, The Church and the End Times. If we do not rejoice or even want to hear such a message, frankly, which citizenship do we really hold ?

Has The End-game Begun ?

In my book, The Coming Economic Flood, I stated one of two possible causes of the collapse is the sovereign debt default.

Is the IMF confirming it now ?  Will it begin by end of September 2015 ?

The economies of the major blocs are so terminally sick and beyond remedy.

It does not really matter to know when it will happen but to know it will happen very soon within months and not years.   And to be prepared spiritually and physically for its economic devastation.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-04/imf-just-confirmed-nightmare-scenario-central-banks-now-play

 

Sharing The Word Of God In Changchun

While attending the Global Economic Leaders Summit in Changchun, I went to visit the leaders of an established church in the evening last Tuesday hoping to warn about the coming economic flood.

Through word of mouth, many turned up and a special worship service was organized instead. The mass rapid transit (MRT) system has yet to be operational and the bus service ends early. If the worship ends late, those who turn up will have to stay overnight in the church quarters.

Praise the Lord for such exemplary hunger for His Word !

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The Coming Economic Flood (Chinese Version ) 经济洪灾的到来 Chapter 1 第一章

第一章
第一个异象

只等真理的圣灵来了,他要引导你们明白(注:原文作“进入”)一切的真理,因为他不是凭自己说的,乃是把他所听见的都说出来,并要把将来的事告诉你们。
约16:13
2001年9月3日

我正在新加坡国际机场要前往美国纽约市出席季度例常全球销售会议。我当时是受雇于新视野电子企业(Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.),是一家在美国科技版上市的公司,是全球性的电子配件代理商(公司在2010年被Arrow Electronics Inc. 收购)1,我是远东子公司的首席执行员。从新加坡经中东迪拜飞往美国纽约的纽沃(Newark Airport)机场共花24小时的飞行时间。往常我都是带销售主任一同出席,但这次我却把亚洲子公司所有的经理都带去出席会议,因为那是一个非常好的财政年,所以我要奖赏他们的功劳。

其实这远东子公司是总公司与我个人一同合资的。我早在1993年就成立了一间公司来代表东南亚电子配件厂商。当1997年亚洲金融风暴来袭时,我需要从美国厂商中找寻新的生意伙伴。我当时与新视野电子企业及她的子公司NIC Components Corp.及在亚洲的Titan LogisticsInc.合作而获取了一份业务订单。在1999年,因着在亚洲的业务有实质发展,我就向总公司提出合资建议,同年合资子公司就此成立了。

在9月4日至7日我们在总公司有季度的销售会议。与往常一样,当几天从早到晚的会议之后,来到周末我们就会到曼哈顿松懈身心。

这实在是那么的美妙的欢乐时光;那些第一次到纽约的人就会有机会游览曼哈顿、自由女神像,与及自然历史博物馆。到了晚上,我们就会在最好的餐馆享用晚餐,借着就是到百老汇看演出。

2001年9月7日

9月7日下午,我们入住与世界贸易中心比邻的酒店。牛排晚餐之后,我们到百老汇看演出,接着就到爵士酒吧消遣一整夜。到了深夜才回到酒店。
2001年9月8日

早餐过后,我们各自分散。负责台湾市场的经理约了她在曼哈顿工作的要好朋友,其他人选择逛街去。在我们酒店的对面街就有一间厂商直销店正在促销上一季节的雨果波士(Hugo Boss)的外套。

我也跟着大伙去购物。下午我们来到了世界贸易中心地面层的咖啡座,其他人后来也到来。当时与我同在一起的经理有:新加坡市场经理、亚洲销售主任、我另外一间公司的销售经理、与及负责台湾市场的女经理。负责香港与中国的两位经理已回国。

当天早上我已经有所预感将会有恐怖袭击这个城市,所以当我们在咖啡座聊天的时候,我就向他们透露了这个不详的预感。我告诉他们不要上了望层去,万一哪里发生恐怖袭击。

我的这些经理们难以接受我说的事情,他们也不知道在1993年世界贸易中心曾发生过炸弹袭击。根据一些的报道,该次的袭击原先是针对联合国大厦的,但因着哪里的戒备森严。我也讲述了美国动作影片“和平之子”的情节(“Peacemaker”starring George Cooney and Nicole Kidman)。故事讲述一位南斯拉夫人认定联合国必须负起该国战争的全责而向她采取报复,因为他的妻儿都在战争罹难。男主角仿冒波斯尼亚外交官一员成功的将一颗细小的核子弹走私进美国。

当我越是叙述恐怖袭击,我的经理们也开始感到不安。我甚至建议采取可能的对应措施,如若是见到一辆卡车高速的行驶过前面的街道,我们就立即跑到附近的21世纪大厦。又或者躲藏在坚固的建筑结构中或是跑到空旷之处以避过倒下的建筑物。在当时我有强烈的预感世界贸易中心将会倒下。

我们过去都不携带照相机出来,但这一次我的女经理携带了一架。我想大概她是要与她的要好朋友留影而携带照相机。我的另一位建议我们以世界贸易中心为背景而拍照做个纪念万一它真的有一天倒塌了下来。他躺下帮我们拍了以整座世界贸易中心为背景的照片。

当晚我们出席了美国东岸销售经理的喜宴,餐厅地点位于岸边的一座大厦第四层,正好面向世界贸易中心。我当时因着预感将要发生恐怖袭击而感到紧张;当我站在露台面向着世界贸易中心一边品尝着鸡尾酒时,我看见了一幅异象:一架载着弹药的飞机撞向世界贸易中心!我当时就知道了将不会是装着弹药的大卡车而是飞机!
2001年9月9日

喜宴之后我即刻回到酒店,因为我对所见到的异象深感到不安。我祷告。我失眠。凌晨三点,我致电我的秘书为我们所有人确定回国的机票。那是新加坡时间下午三点钟。

我安排了酒店服务员叫醒各人。我们用完早餐就即刻前往机场。这么短时间通知就把各人送回国实在不是很好受的。我相信我的经理们肯定想在曼哈顿多留一两天。

我们抵达新加坡已是9月10日的深夜。
2001年9月11日

我早上九点钟踏入了办公室,我的办公室员工给了我一个惊喜,因为他们为我办了一个生日会,那天是我的生日。晚上我和妻子在家附近的咖啡座。大约是在晚上十点钟或是十一点钟,我接到妈妈打来的电话问我是否还在纽约?她通知了我电视突发新闻,我当时无法听明白她想告诉我的事情。当我们回到家扭开电视机收看美国CNN新闻频道,我目睹了惊人的新闻事件!神要告诉我什么?

接近三千人丧命于这次的恐怖袭击!

若我们没有回家而还在美国曼哈顿,当世界贸易中心遭受袭击当时我们应该不会在那里。首先,我们在早上九点钟用早餐,若我们要到世界贸易中心购物,最早也要等到下午的时间。若有空闲,我们大概会在上午的时间前往博物馆参观。第二,我们已经决定不会上到世界贸易中心的了望层。

这样,神到底要告诉我什么?

早期是工程出身的我,曾经天天都离不开统计学及或然率。我们设计实验的过程,然后根据实验收集到的数据得出最大或然率的结果来制定应用系统。我知道我所见的异象与实际发生的事件难以相信是纯属巧合,尤其是考虑到以下非常独特的事件同时发生:我刚在前几天看见这异象;我刚在前几天身处事发地点;我在异象中准确的看见飞机被利用来袭击世界贸易中心(而非联合国大厦),这是未曾有过前例!并且是发生在我的生日。这些事件若是纯属巧合的话,那可能性是的多么微乎极微。

我很肯定神是在给我一个信息。

在接下来的几天,我从报章中阅读了几位新加坡人在那里的亲身经历。任何的亲身经历都具备了新闻价值。我也有种冲动想向报馆分享我所见的异象,我的经理们都可以为我的陈述作证。我当时还在为着所发生的事感到困扰。有好几个问题盘旋在我的脑海中,以致我放弃了向报馆透露:我要达到什么目的?我是否向人夸耀具备的特殊恩赐?藉着见证分享来发展神的国度不是我当时的考虑,虽然我肯定神已经给了我一个信息。

自从我在七十年代受洗,我一直以来都是个主日基督徒。我有非常体面的执行主管的装扮;我在事业上的成就令人羡慕;我赚到非常可观的金钱。在当时新加坡的社会,我是每一位母亲的梦想。我就读最好的中学、最好的工艺学院、最后以电子工程的荣誉学位毕业自本地顶尖大学。我谢绝了荣誉奖学金。才步入企业短短的十五年,我已经是企业界中的成功人士!

看来基督并没有叫我放弃一切来跟从祂。

这异象成了我的转戾点。我知道在特殊的时刻看见特殊的异象不可能是巧合。圣灵每一天在我里面的催逼使我无法继续在企业中生存。

在2002年底,我毅然辞职并把一切股份售卖给母公司。我开始寻求神并诚心的研读神的话。我早就知道无知的财主的故事,但却未发现自己也成了无知的财主2。我虽然在过去也曾捐献给贫穷人及慈善机构,但我脑海中一直都满了如何为自己的建更大的仓房来堆积我可观的收成,且告诉自己好好的安逸并沉溺在享乐中。

2003年至2005年期间我花许多时间默想神的话并祷告。圣灵透过祂的话语让我看见自己过去如何虚度了生命。我没有遵守主的吩咐去分享福音、叫瞎子得看见、叫被掳的得释放、并且叫被压制的得自由。3我就好象那五个愚昧的童女没有预备好迎接新郎的到来。4我自以为是主的门徒,然而许多东西较神的国度更加的占据了我的心,就如:我的家庭、自己、及我的拥有。5

我很年轻就结婚了,但我的第一个男孩是在婚后第七年(1994)才来到。因着神的恩典,我后来分别在2003及2004又添了两个孩子。他们是神垂听祷告奇迹般的结果。我妻子罹患了子宫内膜异位,她的妇科医生建议她再次怀孕已确保完全得医治。我妻子之前已把子宫里的囊肿切除,但它又再次长回。她当时的年龄已38岁,怀孕的面对的危险性比较高,然而,这位基督徒医生是极富盛名的医生,她建议我们采用试管受精的方式。

我不是很愿意的情形下同意了试管受精的方式,虽然我心想不会成功的。我告诉她神会垂听我的祷告,若神愿意,就无需试管受精这方式。(我不是反对神可以透过试管受精来使不孕的夫妻获得孩子,我乃是觉得这不适合我们的情况,我们把这事交托给神。)我们进行了两回卵细胞浆内单精子显微受精的步骤但都不成功。我和大儿子一起恳切的为我的妻子的得医治祷告,而神真的医治了她就是当她再次的自然受孕。感谢赞美神!

虽然我妻子的健康问题及多两位孩子的到来占据了我的关注,但神垂听祷告的福坚定了我对神的信心,也得着了我生命的委身于祂。

我所看见的异象对我产生非常大的震撼,使我认真的考虑生命的意义。圣灵感动在我内心使我察觉到自己还没有重生。我还没有一个新的心和新的灵使我舍己、背起十字架来跟从主,作我生命的主。6 放下企业的人生及物质上的丰富是在基督里新生命的起点。接下来殷勤研读圣经及圣灵的引导帮助我真正的找到在基督里的道路、真理与生命。

我继续求神向我启示异象的信息而恳切的祷告。当我在2005年第二次看见异象的时候才对异象的信息有了眉目。

The Coming Economic Flood (Chinese Version ) 经济洪灾的到来 Preface Page 序言

All thanks be to God for availing a brother to translate this given book message into Chinese.  Over the next few weeks,  I will be posting the translated version here in installments as soon as I receive the translated installments.

献给

这本书首先要献给我挚爱的救主耶稣基督,因祂把我从引致毁灭的道路中拯救进入在祂里面的生命中。愿一切的尊荣都归于祂直到永远!

我也要把这本书献给我的妻子安妮及我的三个孩子阿尔万、阿蕾娜及亚设,他们是我的爱与喜乐,当我们需要一同过简朴的生活时,他们都一直支持着我。我也要将这本书献给我亲爱的朋友,他们以各种的方式鼓励并支持我的事工,特别是陈金伟、杨格里、张彭顺、吴彼得及已故万保罗文生。
目录

序言
1 第一个异象
2 产痛的开始
3 第二个异象
4 基督的宣告
5 全球金融体系的崩溃
6 洞见
7 预备

注释
关于作者

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弟兄们哪,可见你们蒙召的,按著肉体有智慧的不多,有能力的不多,有尊贵的也不多。 神却拣选了世上愚拙的,叫有智慧的羞愧;又拣选了世上软弱的,叫那强壮的羞愧。 神也拣选了世上卑贱的,被人厌恶的,以及那无有的,为要废掉那有的, 使一切有血气的,在 神面前一个也不能自夸。 (林前1:36-29)

经历了十年全时间的事奉,我发觉到“敬虔”的意义竟然被属灵的骗徒扭曲为财务上的获利、名望、及权势。如雨后竹笋般冒起的假师傅为了私利而窜改了福音正是主耶稣所说的产痛的预兆的起点。几乎每一天都传出神迹奇事的报道。先知性的事工也茂盛了起来,针对一般或个别信徒发预言。

在这样的一个背景下,我有两个考虑因素在我书写我所领受的异象及神在好一些日子以前赐给我的信息时感到踌躇。第一、这些事看起来是那么的不可思议,第二、我不是在传统主流体系下培养出来的基督工人,因此我所发表的应该不容易被接受。我可不想被视为另一个属灵骗子要利用我的事工来捞取巨富。靠主的恩典,这些年来事工的经费及在亚洲一带的宣教旅费都全是借着主内的爱心奉献及个人过去的储蓄。若我有所夸口的,我情愿夸自己的软弱。

神不断的提醒我,若我不把信息分享出来,我的双手将沾满了血。无论我的信息是否太过奇异?又是否会被接受?都不应该是我所应当关心的。我因此愿意顺服神的心意,近年来神也很奇妙的带领我到区域性的牧者聚会中分享信息。也因此感觉到应该把信息写下来,这远比在聚会中一、两个小时的分享来得仔细。

神透过祂的话来鼓励我。祂提醒我重要的不是我是否有能力去办这事?乃是要忠心。不是我的资格,也不是这事的大小。神故意拣选世上看为愚拙的,这样无人可以在祂面前自夸;祂故意拣选软弱的,叫哪些自以为强壮的蒙羞。1

在我阅读了一些有类似的异象与洞见的美国牧者的著作,如约拿单坎的“预警”(The Harbinger)及约翰哈吉的“四个血月”(Four Blood Moons),使我深受鼓舞来分享自己类似的信息来显明神的启示临到东方的信徒如同临到西方的信徒。

我要分享的信息是神将要临到的审判。

我祷告这本书能帮助我们看到神的审判是神临到我们的怜悯,叫世人回应祂的怜悯而悔改。人类已罪大滔天,都心骄气傲,粮食饱足,大享安逸,并没有扶助困苦和穷乏人的手2
。这些是所多玛的罪根如今更是在全世界滋生开来,我们可以看到同性恋、违法及残暴的事在各地越来越猖獗。神大可以放弃我们,任凭我们自我中心、堕落、随心所欲,以致永远的沉沦;又或者祂采取怜悯的方式,就是借着迫近的审判来警告我们悔改3。我们应该谦卑、祷告,寻求祂的面,转离我们的恶行4。我们应该恳切的向祂求智慧来为迫近的审判做好准备。

挪亚从神领受了预警而起了敬畏的心,就准备了方舟叫一家人得救,然而其他的人却继续的吃喝玩乐5。我们如今就好象活在挪亚的时代6。若我们也像挪亚一样的做好准备,就算所谓的审判不见到来,我们也不会有所亏损;但若是审判真的到来而我们却完全没有做好准备,我们就会身心都承受极大的苦难,我们就会经历审判所带来的灾祸:哀痛、饥荒及死丧7。

以下的段落摘自奥利根信心报告(OregonFaithReport.com),文中记录了基督徒的高自杀率说明了在情感上做好准备来面对失业及其他困难的急迫性。

根据约翰侯金大学(John Hopkins Universary)的哈维布仁纳博士(Dr. Harvey Brenner),失业率每增加一个百分比(针对美国而言)自杀的人数也跟着增加一千二百个人数。其中发现基督徒并未幸免。信仰承受力(ReligiousTolerance.org)的报告指出,在不同宗教群体中,基督徒—虽然他们的立场反对自杀—的自杀率是最高。

“这是不幸但却是可以理解的”帕拉索事工的执行主任劳拉巴克如此说明“许多人虽然一生大部分时间参与教会,但当经济萧条带来失业或经济上的亏损时,他们的信心还是因此被打倒了。”8

 

 

 

Examine Ourselves Before Taking The Lord’s Supper

Mark 14:16-25
16 And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover. 17 And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. 18 And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” 19 They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” 20 He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. 21 For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” 22 And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 24 And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25 Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

Just before the disciples took the Last Supper with their Lord, Jesus said one of them would betray Him. Instead of suspecting another of this act, the disciples asked the Lord one after another whether the betrayer was himself ! The disciples were distressed and they were not even sure of themselves. What happened after the Last Supper ? One betrayed the Lord and another denied Him.  How unpredictably deceitful are our hearts !

Here we clearly notice the conviction of sin by our Lord Jesus and the self examination that followed before partaking of the Lord’s Supper.

Besides partaking the Lord’s Supper in unity and proclaiming His death till He comes, it is so important to examine ourselves of our infirmities and seek the Lord’s forgiveness.

Stop falling for this false teaching of hyper grace teachers not to examine ourselves and confess our sins at the Lord’s Supper.