The first lesson that I took was to understand this small orange booklet known as the Westminster Shorter Catechism(Click for Link). Under this 107 small lines, it basically talk about God the creator, The first Sin of Men, the saviour Jesus, the 10 commandments in details and how man can never keep them all, holy communion and the lords prayer.

think of it as a crash course of Christianity at that point in time. I followed God and tried to keep the law as much as possible but was unable to. So my inability to keep the law led to be feeling sinful and disgraced and not worthy of God, So i tried even harder to keep the law and i fail and felt worst then when i started. and the cycle goes on and on and on and then one day i stopped trying. i even stopped attending church because i was so ashamed and feels that people are judging me. and i even felt judgmental towards others. i asked myself why these people can be so fake and still go to church.

my friends, have you been at this point of life? when you give up hope? and think all these is just fake? or do you try to lie to yourself that you can still keep the law? let me share with you this passage from the bible:

“James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”

the line practically summed up that if you steal, you are also a rapist too. God want us to know that the law is so unforgiving you will never be justified by law.

I felt dejected and decided to leave the church. But all these time i trust in the Lord and Thank him that he is always with me. (Heb 13:5  for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.)

One day a friend gave me a CD, saying that its from his pastor and hoped it will help me. so i listened to the message and my heart was open once more, the message is titled Faith is superior to the law.

For then i do not understand grace. for then i do not understand that the root of all is condemnation and that the forgiveness of sin freely given by the act of Christ dying at the cross is for ALL SINS. PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE.

And now i understood. now because he had took all my sins to the cross and was judged in place of me, i can never ever be unrighteous! and i do not have to do anything else but believe in his FINISHED WORK at the cross. Faith in Him.

many of people i met will say that I do not know whether i have enough faith to do this. let me tell you my friend. put whatever little faith of yours in his unwavering faith. trust in him for all your healing and provisions.

stop trying to keep the law.

move away from wrong teachings of churches that preaches the ministry of death to the ministries of righteousness. (2 Cor 3:7-11)

Come to him. Rest in the grace that he freely gave and let him provide for you.

Enjoy his finished work.

In Jesus name.
Amen.

here is the link for the video messages that changed my life. 150mb each. taken from podcast via itunes. no i do not own the rights.

and honestly then, i didn’t understand sin. or judgement or what does it mean that Jesus came and died for me?

time past and i grew up. and due to my grandmother being very sick and my family shifting away from her, i stopped going to church. until one fine day.

Its really weird describing it now. One day at the age of 17, With all the knowledge of science and stuff I asked myself this simple question. “How is the world created.” And for some super strange reasons, i just couldn’t accept the answers i found through science.

and so that fine day i picked up the oldest book i have in my cabinet. on the first line of the book reads:

起 初 ， 　 神 創 造 天 地 .

honestly my Chinese is pretty challenged at that point in time. i managed to grabbed hold of the english version online:

“Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

And I was intrigued by this. and i kept reading until i finished the chapter. and my life have not been the same since.

Every year during this period, people starts to rush to shop for presents, gifts, food, drinks… but how many actually understand the real meaning behind all of this? how many realized that its not about all the presents that we bought or gifted to people. its about the present that God gave to us long long time ago…

Luke 2

⁸And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

⁹And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

¹⁰And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

¹¹For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

¹²And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

¹⁴Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

In a quiet night in Bethlehem, God gave his only Son into this world, born of the virgin without the blood of Adam, to not come as a Judge but as it was written, to come as a SAVIOUR for us all.

What a wonderful gift!

Christmas is all about the birth of the saviour Lord Jesus Christ! The one who come to save us all!

May you who is reading this be blessed and come to him to find eternal life!

from today onwards, I’m going to use it for a different purpose.