In Christ Alone

What is Worship?

Worship is the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration to GOD.

Exodus 23:25 "Worship the Lord your GOD, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span."

How can we worship God?

1. By having a holy reverence of God. When we have holy reverence with God, you avoid sinning and your conscience will tell you to choose good over evil. Our intention and motives comes from within and if its pure and holy, our inner body system will enjoy the good impact in it.

2. By doing good to others which comprises the 3rd until 10 commandments and following the 10 Golden Rule is a way of serving God. Man is made in the likeness of God and Jesus said that whatever you do to others even to the least of your fellow, you did it to him.

3. By singing praising songs. Worshipping through singing are one of the outward expression of our gratitude towards God because of His goodness in our life. Songs are the written words of testimony as thanks offering to GOD.

Indispensable Love

Matthew 18:9
If your eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. It would be better to enter the kingdom of heaven with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

The implication of the above verse is not literally tearing out your eye in order to avoid sinning.

Eyes are used for reading, watching and seeing things. Aside from hearing, eyes are used to walk in the right direction.

When we love God, we obey His commandments, same as in agreement of Jesus' command.

Jesus promises the Holy Spirit in agreement with this term:
“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. John 14:16-17

There are verses in the bible or words they hear or see that most people of today twist its whole point of view as what Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Now, if your eye sees on something and your heart and mind think on devising things against someone that does not truly in accordance to the will of God, then you are missing the mark for it contradicts the whole point of His commands to LOVE.

For example, if we read 2 Timothy 2:24-26 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

God called not to use little ones or people who are naive to stumble and sin against us.

If you uses 2 Timothy 2:24-26 by captivating others to obey wrong advise against us to see whether we who are called by God is not quarrelsome, really kind and gives gentle instruction as proven to be God's servant, that's suppressing the truth by wickedness for it twists the very commandments of God which is LOVE. Love includes respecting each other's boundary.

Another example. Proverbs 19:11
A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is man's glory to overlook an offense.

There are people whose mind set on making us upset and angry, waiting for us to stumble and see whether we give in to their wicked schemes which is very wrong as it contradicts the so-called LOVE for God cannot be played by mockery or man's divisiveness.

People thought that its okey to sin against other bcoz its up to the victim whether he'd be bitter or better person. This is a big No. Don't play games at someone else's life.

On the other hand, there are also words whether from mere conversations or you read and heard somewhere that might confuse your thinking. But in all of these, whether its devisiveness from a wicked heart or merely you think differently over something, what matters the most is that we are called by God not to rely on our own understanding, in all our ways acknowledge God's will, which is still to LOVE and not to sin.

Love does not delight in evil (such as wickedness and injustice) but rejoices with the truth 1 Corinthians 13:6

This is what God says in Isaiah 55:8 ‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,’ declares the Lord. 9 ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

In Christ Alone Salvation comes from no one else, but only through Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior, the author and finisher of our faith.

Business Dealings

Deuteronomy 23:19
Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest. 20 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

We are educated to deal business according to what is fair for everybody. We cannot engage in business if we don't charge profit as income but we should do it at a reasonable amount, not excessively.

There are also times that you feel that it is not good to charge your customer interest because of his or her difficult situation. We should always look not just for our own interest but for what is in accordance to the situation of others as well.

In verse 20 explains about charging an interest to a foreigner who are rich from another country in an appropriate way or what is right and just because it is not also good to abuse foreigners. But for us Filipinos that belong to a third country going abroad, they should not charge us big interest bcoz we are in need that is working abroad. There should be a proper assessment in every situation.

As a result of dealing business in a proper manner which is required by God so that He may bless you in everything that you do or whatever field you are into.

We pray that we will continue to uphold fairness and kindness in every circumstance.