Positive Thinking

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Philippians 4:8 (NIV)

If anyone is to doubt whether the Bible is truly a positive thinking book, the above verse should have made it clear. Being a Christian is not about going through rituals as practiced by religious churches. It is about changing the way we think, speak and response to the situations that are around us. In short, a Christian life is a life of positive thinking, positive speaking and positive responding at all times even if we are in a really bad situation.

If you bother to read through the Bible, you will be able to read stories on how godly people got into deep trouble that seemed to be impossible to get out. Yet, they chose to be positive and trust in the Lord as their deliverer. In the end, they managed to get out of the troubles with greater prosperity in their lives.

This is the second purpose of the Bible.

There are 2 functions of the Bible:
1. Show us how to secure our place in heaven.
2. Show us how to prosper in every area of our lives.

The first one is simple. All you have to do is to accept Jesus as your savior as specified in the First Layer Gospel and your future in heaven is secure.

Even religious churches like to use this as a marketing ploy to lure unsuspecting public to join their church.

(The difference between religious churches and true churches is the religious churches change their “gospel” the moment the non-believer becomes a believer. For example, they will tell the non-believers that the moment they believe in Jesus they will be able to go to heaven. After they believed, they will be taught to do many things to preserve their heaven membership. Should they fail in any of them, they will go to hell. )

Overall, the first function is very simple to deal with, simply because it cannot be proven. Who can provide any proof that the First Layer Gospel is false? So, you can preach about it without having to worry over anyone coming out with some counter proofs.

However, the second function is more difficult because it can be proven. This may be one of the reasons why most preachers are afraid to preach about it. They must be afraid of being proven wrong by hard evidence. Unfortunately, such cowardice has denied many Christians from the prosperity that God wants them to enjoy while they are still on earth.

This is the reason why I will not waste time in attending those counterfeit churches. As far as I am concern, I am already saved based on the authority of the First Layer Gospel. So, I do not need resaving. My interest is in the second function of the Bible. I want to have abundance of prosperity in every area of my life. This is why I only listen to real Bible based preachers.

Let us get back to the above verse. As you can see, the writer wanted his audience to think thoughts that are good. What can we learn from here? I can see 2 points:
1. Positive thinking is a regular practice.
2. Positive thinking is independent from any external circumstances.

The above verse seems to imply that the act of thinking positive requires effort. Not thinking negative does not count. If you really want to receive good things your life, you cannot afford to slack in this area. You need to be disciplined and set up specific time to think positive.

Second, the above verse does not place any conditions for that instruction. It does not tell us to think positive only when the external circumstances are positive. If you want to have good things in your life, your positive thinking routine must be continuous even if you are going through some rough passage in your life right now.

In fact, positive thinking is more crucial when we are physically in a bad situation.

Let me give you an example. Certain routines like drinking lots of water and having enough rest are good for our health. We should do it daily. However, if you are sick, these things are even more important to you. You need to do them more.

Likewise for our thought lives. I can never over-state the importance of maintaining a healthy thought life for it is the key to all the prosperity we ever desire. The choice is yours. Will you obey or disobey?

The Law Of Sowing And Reaping

7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
Galatians 6:7-10 (NIV)

This must be among the most repeated law in the Bible. I call this the natural law because it works at all times and for all people regardless of personal beliefs, race, culture and environment. This law is commonly known as The Law Of Sowing And Reaping.

The following are the characteristics of natural law:
1. It always works on you regardless of your faith in it.
2. It is neutral because it does not know the difference between good or evil.

So, if you use it for good, it will bring good into your life. If you use it for evil, it will bring evil into your life. The difference between those who believe in it and those who don’t is in their applications.

Those who believe in the existence of this law will tend to use it for their good. They will constantly sow the things the desire like health, wealth and success. As a result, they will reap the harvest of health, wealth and success in their lives.

In contrast, those who do not believe in this law will not bother to watch what they sow. Whenever they were influenced by the world around them, they will sow seeds of poverty, sickness and failures into their lives. As a result, they receive the harvest in kind.

This law is no longer a speculation. We can see its effect all around us.

Verse 7 begins by telling us not to be deceived because God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. This means anyone who denies the Law Of Sowing And Reaping is effectively mocking God. This is what the Bible says. Looks like God places a very heavy emphasis on this law. Logically, one will expect many churches to preach it.

Ironically, they don’t. Most churches would rather be deceived by the lies of theology than to believe in the truth of the Bible. The minority of churches who dare preach on this law are persecuted with labels like “prosperity gospel” as though it is not a part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In fact, this is my way of screening out true churches. When I evaluate whether a certain church is a true church or a counterfeit, I always ask this question, “Has this church been accused of preaching the prosperity gospel?”

If the answer is “yes”, then there is a probability that this is a true church because it dares to please God despite the persecution. If the answer is “no”, then I can be sure that this is just another counterfeit that seek to please men rather than God. I will not waste time going there.

Verse 8 tells us that this law works both for the flesh and the Spirit. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. It does not tell us whether we should sow to please the flesh or the Spirit because God assumes that we have enough common sense to choose eternal life, not destruction.

You can see similar patterns in the Bible. In many verses, God does not tell us what to do. He only gives us the result of certain actions. For example, he tells us that if we are greedy we will be poor but if we are generous, we will be rich. He does not tell us to be generous and not greedy. Why is that so? It must be in God’s personal opinion that we have the common sense to choose only the good things in life. He knows we will definitely choose to be rich and not poor. Since we want to be rich, we will want to be generous and not be greedy.

Therefore in Verse 8, God is appealing to our common sense to sow to please the Spirit because the benefits are great.

Verse 9 in an exhortation to us on not giving up. Read the verse again:

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

It begins by telling us not become weary in doing good. Why did he say that? The only logical reason is, not all our good works will produce good results immediately. If you have been living in the real world long enough, you must have realize that you can’t always see the desired results of doing good works. There were even times when we receive bad results from doing good works.

This is the problem Verse 9 is addressing. It basically says that we should not give up doing good just because we cannot see the desired results at this moment. Why? The second part of this verse says, “for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

The harvest will come at its proper time if we do not give up. Just because we cannot see our harvests, it does not mean that they don’t exist. God is working behind the scenes right now to prepare our harvests. Our roles as the recipients are to believe in his faithfulness, keep sowing our seeds and don’t give up. As long as we can hold our grounds, God guarantees us our harvests.

Once, we are convinced of this, we should do as Verse 10 says, “Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

Look for opportunities to do good because when we do good, we are sowing good seeds. We will reap good harvests. Someone may ask, “What is good and what is not?” The answer is simple. You decide. What are the things that you consider as good that you want?

 Do you think having a lot of money is good? If you do, start by sowing seeds of money by giving money to those in need.

 Do you think having good health is good? If you do, start by sowing seeds of health by helping the sick people to gain health.

What are the other good things that you want to have? Sow in kind by giving to others. God guarantees that you will reap harvests in kind.

This is what I like about the God of the Bible after I have discovered his true nature. God is not a ruthless dictator who blackmails us into behaving like mindless drones who will obey all his instructions without question, as propagated by the theology infested churches. That is theology, a lie from the pit of hell.

The truth is, the God of the Bible values our individual freedom. He gives up the choice to choose what we want. He only provides the tools for us to get what we want. The Law Of Sowing And Reaping is just a tool for us to use. He hopes that we can use it wisely.

There Is Always A Way Out

13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)

The above verse is on how we can face the challenges in our daily lives on earth. The theme is “temptation”. What is that? It refers to external factors that force us to do things that we will regret later. I prefer to call it “trouble”. It sounds more natural. In this article, I shall use the term “trouble” instead of “temptation” but the meaning is the same.

If you have been living in the real world long enough, you would have realized that nothing always works according to plan. Things will invariably get wrong. You can get into trouble by your own mistakes or somebody else’s mistakes. Do you think this is unfair to suffer for somebody else’s mistakes? Let me give you some comfort. Somebody else can also suffer from your mistakes.

Based on my experience from the troubles I have been through, I did not always have a positive mindset when I went through them. I used to think I was the most unfortunate person on earth. I wished I were somebody else. (I suspect many had also thought the same.)

The first part of the above verse seems to have read my mind. If you are to think logically, you should have realized that no matter what trouble you are in right now, you cannot be the only one suffering from it. Many others throughout the world and at all times have the same experience. You are not that special after all. So, stop that self pity routine.

The second part of the verse tells us that God he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. Can you bear the troubles that you are facing right now? If you cannot do it, God would have made sure that this trouble would not have come to you in the first place. However, if you are in it right now, it must mean one thing: In God’s personal opinion, you have what it takes to overcome it.

In other words, God has given you all the power you need to overcome the problems you are facing right now. So, if you choose to give up, you are basically making a declaration saying that God is incapable of doing his job. I don’t think he will feel very honored by that.

However, should you choose to fight on and refuse to give up, you are effectively making a declaration to the whole world that your God is the true God who is faithful, a person of integrity and fully capable of doing his job. Do I have to convince you that you will get more blessings this way?

The last part of the above verse tells us what happen when we are already tempted, meaning we are already deep in trouble. It gives us the assurance that God will provide a way out. If you are with God, you will never be in any situation where there is no way out. There is always a way out no matter how impossible it appears to be. Why? God guarantees it? I choose to trust in him.

Unfortunately, here is some bad news. The last portion says, “so that you can endure it”. Why do we have to endure anything? The only answer is, the the way out will not appear immediately the moment we need it. There will be some waiting time between the time we get into trouble and the time we get out of it. This is the period we have to endure.

How do we endure? The above verse tells us that when we truly believes our God will provide a way out from our troubles, we will have the strength to endure it. Enduring does not mean giving up and surrendering to the present situation. Just because you are poor now, it does not mean you have to be poor forever. Just because you are sick now, it does not mean you must be sick forever. Just because you have failed now, it does not mean you must be failing forever. Just because you are in sin now, it does not mean you must be in sin forever.

God has promised you a way out. Can you believe him? If you can, you will be able to live through the present troubles with joy in your spirit and hope in your heart. You will live with confident expectation that you will see your dreams coming true even if the present situation tells you the opposite. You choose to believe in God rather than circumstances.

This is the true meaning of endurance. This is the life of faith.

Grumbling And Arguing

14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
Philippians 2:14-16 (NIV)

The above verses are about making it big in life. If you are employed, you can use it to get promoted and higher salary. If you are in your own business, you can use it to increase your customer base and generate more profits. If you are still looking for a job, use this to get the job you want.

Verse 14 tells us to do everything without grumbling or arguing. I am sure that if you have been living in the real world long enough you will find grumbling and arguing at work is very common. Everybody does it including Christians.

What do people grumble and argue about? There are lots of topics to choose from. I suspect the most popular are not enough salary, too much work, other co-workers who do not fit into one’s “perfect” standards and others. What do the grumblers and arguers get out of from these activities? Absolutely, nothing.

The only result in such activities is the reinforcement of negative thoughts in the minds of those who did them. When you grumble and talk bad about somebody, that person is not harmed. You are the one getting harmed by your negative talk. So, the wiser choice is not to do it.

What will happen when we refuse to join in the grumbling and arguing at work? Verse 15 tells us that when we do that, we may blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then we will shine among them like stars in the sky.

I don’t think the above words are too difficult to understand. When everybody is talking negative and adopt negative attitude but you alone talk and act positive, you will stand out like the only start in the dark sky. You will become very attractive. Your employers, customers, clients, co-workers and associates will be attracted to you. Positive attitude is very attractive.

As a result, you will be in a better position to receive a higher pay rise, higher bonus, more and better customers. You will end up richer than those who are negative. All things being equal, the positive person will outperform the negative person in all areas and at all times.

How to be positive? It always began from the inside. Think positive thoughts. Use your imagination to visualize the environment that you desire. Speak positive words. In the event you find yourself unable to think positive, the least you can do is to keep your mouth shut. Do not make negative confessions like grumbling and arguing. This is the message of the above passage.

Verse 16 tells us it is the writer’s desire for the recipients of this letter to have a positive attitude. The display of positive attitude is the proof that the person is indeed holding on firmly to the word of life. No one who has truly read, understand and hold on to the teachings of the Bible can be negative because the Bible, (which is the Word of God) is a very positive book.

The last part of Verse 16 shows the writer was getting personal in the achievement of positive attitude among his audience. If they fail to achieve it, he considered it as his waster effort. If they succeed, he would boast on it.

This tells us that God himself places a high premium on the value of being positive. If you want to please him, you should be positive at all times.

Fulfilling The Law

14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galations 5:14 (NIV)

How do you know you are in a religious church? The most obvious sign is, the preacher constantly remind the church members to obey God’s law, especially the 10 Commandments. There are still people who think the Christian life is centered on the 10 Commandments. This is obviously a heresy. If the 10 Commandments can save us, Christ died for nothing.

If you bother to refer to my previous postings, you can read a lot of my articles showing that the Law of Moses is no longer valid for Christians today. We do not have to try not to murder anyone if we do not have this intention in the first place.

The above verse tells us that as long as we love our neighbor as ourselves, we don’t have to bother about the Law. It is fulfilled in our lifestyle. We do not fulfill the entire law by keeping the entire law. We fulfill the entire law by keeping just one command, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Is this good or bad? The answer depends on what does the phrase “love your neighbor as yourself” mean.

What do you think of when you see the phrase? Are you looking for a list of things to do in order to qualify for it? Who are you going to ask for the list? Are you going to ask a church? Unfortunately, the Christian churches are so fragmented today that 100 churches will have 100 different lists on how to love our neighbors as ourselves.

In this article, I will give you a clear answer on what to do and it does not involve any to do list from somebody else. In fact, you are the one with the right to decide on the right actions to qualify. Let us begin.

The phrase, “love your neighbor as yourself” only has 2 principles:
1. You must love yourself.
2. Use this love as a measure to love others.

This first principle tells us that we must have a healthy respect for ourselves. God loves you so much that he gave his only begotten Son to redeem you. What right do you have to despise yourself or treat yourself with contempt? Always remember that if you hate yourself, you are insulting God. If you have been doing that, you should repent. Repentance means stop doing the bad things and move on to the good things. Stop hating and start loving yourself.

If you have been living a good and honorable life, that should not be too difficult. However, there are any people with a bad past. If you happen to be one of them, are you still able to love yourself regardless of the bad things you have done? Some people will find this an impossible task.

Let me make it simple for you. When Jesus died at the Cross, he took all our sins with him: past, present and future. As for the bad things you have done in the past, you have to tell yourself that you didn’t do them. Jesus did all those things and he was punished for it. God will never re-punish you for the sins that he had punished Jesus at the Cross. In the eyes of God, you are whiter than snow. You can face God as though you have never committed a single sin in your life.

Once, you are convinced of the above truth, you will have the freedom to love yourself. When that happens, you will find God’s blessings flowing freely into your life with increasing quality and quantity.

As a result, you will able to fulfill the second principle. Your love for yourself will be the foundation for loving others. Your love will be genuine. You will love others like Jesus loves you. This is what Jesus meant by doing to others what you want others to do to you.

How should you treat others? It depends on how do you want to be treated.

 Do you want others to help you when you are down? Start helping others when they are down.

 Do you want to receive a lot of money? Start giving others money.

 Do you want to live in your dream house? Start helping others to get their dream houses.

In short, whatever you want in your life, help others to get them. This is what Jesus mean by loving your neighbor as yourself. You write your own list. This is Christian living.

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8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
10 and find out what pleases the Lord.
Ephesians 5:8-10 (NIV)

The above verses further confirm the context I set in this series I wrote on Ephesians 5. In the earlier installments, I have shown you verses that are frequently abused by theology infested religious preachers to blackmail their church members. They tell their church members that if they do not obey God, God will be angry with them. There is no limit on the type of perverted things God can do to them when he is angry.

What is obeying God? It means doing everything the preachers tell you to do. Your role as an obedient Christian is to behave like the mindless drone who will obey everything the preacher say. If the preacher tells you to go witnessing to get more victims to become church members, you must do it. If he asks for money, you must give him money. This is how religious preachers survive.

I have shown you the true meanings of those verses. Those verses are not instructions, nor threats to us but confirmations on our special positions in Christ. The above passage reinforces the confirmations I wrote in the earlier articles.

Let us look at Verse 8:

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light”

1. It started by stating the past : “For you were once darkness”

2. Follows by stating the present: “but now you are light in the Lord”

3. The result of the present status: “Live as children of light”

Can you see the flow? We live as children of light not because we are afraid of God sending us to hell or doing perverted things to us if we don’t. We live as children of light because we are light in the Lord. The phase “light in the Lord” is a state. “Live as children of light” is an act.

To put it in another words, we have to believe that we are completely holy in order to live holy lives. You cannot live holy life if you see yourself as a sinner. This is another hypocrisy of religious churches. They label their members as sinners and demand them to live holy lives. This is like demanding a cat to bark. No wonder they fail.

Ask yourself right now on your status. Are you a sinner or a saint? If you are a sinner, you should sin. Sinning is your nature. It is unjust to force a sinner into not sinning. However, if you are a saint, holiness is natural to you. Sinning is unnatural to you as barking is unnatural to a cat. If you happen to sin, dust it off and move on. Your status as saint is not affected.

Here is an analogy. Pigs love mud. They like to wallow themselves into mud to keep cool. Sheep don’t do that. They stay away from mud. If a sheep happens to fall into a mud-pool, it will struggle to get out. It will be filled with mud. When the shepherd sees it, he must do his job to clean up the sheep.

Throughout the scenario, its species does not change. It remained a sheep regardless of its cleanliness. A sheep will not turn into a pig when it touches mud.

Likewise for the saints. No amount of sins can change your status. If you find yourself covered in sin, just let the Shepherd do his job to clean you up. Sit back and enjoy life.

Verse 9 and 10 tells us the natural result of our present status.

9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
10 and find out what pleases the Lord.
Ephesians 5:9-10 (NIV)

Our fruits are all goodness, righteousness and truth. As believers, we don’t have to try to obtain all goodness, righteousness and truth because these things are our fruits. They are our natural characteristics. We already have them.

Verse 10 tells us to find out what pleases the Lord. The question here is how to find out? Who should we ask? For those who have been reading this blog long enough, I hope you have enough common sense not to ask any theologians. Theologians are nothing more than messengers from the demons in hell.

Who to ask? The answer is yourself. The moment we believed in Jesus, we are sealed with the Holy Spirit. From that moment onwards, the Father and you are one. If you want to know what pleases God, all you have to do is to find out what pleases you. As long as you are happy, God is happy. This is how a Christian life should be. Do not let anyone rob you of this joy.

This is how we please the Lord.

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6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
7 Therefore do not be partners with them.
Ephesians 5:6-7 (NIV)

This is another installment in the series of Ephesians 5. Verse 6 looks the same as Verse 5, which I am sure is among the most abused verses in the Bible. When you read this verse alone without the whole context in mind, you will feel very threatened. Religious preachers will love to use this verse to threaten their church members.

Read it again. Isn’t it scary? The religious preacher will undoubtedly like to stress on the phrase, “God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient” to get their drones to be obedient to God. In case, anyone wonders on the meaning of “obedient to God”, the answer is simple. In a religious church, obedient to God means obeying everything the preacher tells you to do. If the preacher tells you to go for missions, you must go for missions. If the preacher wants your money, you must give him your money If not, God’s wrath is on you.

I have mentioned the need to read the verse in its proper context. So, what is the context here we should use to neutralize what seems like a threat in Verse 6?

There are 2 ways to deal with this.

The first is to go back to the original contract as I have explained in the previous article. You chose to become a Christian because you want the benefits of having a secured place in heaven. Jesus has died for all your sins. He took all the punishments that you deserve and gave you all the blessings that you don’t deserve.

Therefore, Jesus must also have taken the penalty of God’s wrath with him at the Cross. If you happen to be worried of being at the receiving end of God’s wrath, remember Jesus. Pass that wrath to him and you will be fine.

The second way is look into the context set in Ephesians 5:1-7. The entire passage speaks of our position in God. We are holy people of God who are his dearly beloved children. We are not idolaters who are immoral, impure or greedy. These characteristics are not suitable for us in our present status.

However, there are still many people in the world who practise those characteristics. God’s wrath is meant for them, not us. The first part of Verse 6 that says, “Let no one deceive you with empty words” refers to idolaters who tried to get us to follow their ways. The advice here is, don’t follow them.

Therefore, Verse 6 is not blackmail to us.

Verse 7 gives us further confirmation to this context. We should not be partners to people who are immoral, impure or greedy. Please note that is does not say, we should not be friends with them. What is the difference? We can be friends without doing the same thing. However, if we are partners in a certain venture, this means we are both a part of it. So, do not be a partner of those who are immoral, impure or greedy.

This is what the above verses mean.

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5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Ephesians 5:3 (NIV)

This is another frequently abused verse in the Bible. Those of you have read my book “10 LIES OF RELIGIOUS CHRISTIANITY” will be familiar with the concept of Multiple Layers Gospel practiced by all religious churches. In short, “Multiple Layers Gospel” refers to different “gospel” message to different kind of people. One layer for non-Christians to lure them to become one and after they are in, they will be shown another layer which condemns them into a life of religious bondage.

The above verse is among those used in this transition. If you are not a Christian, you will be told that you are saved the moment you believe in Jesus. Your place in heaven is secured.

However, after you became a Christian, this promise is no longer valid. The theologically infested preachers will tell you that you will still risk going to hell if you violate certain rules and they will use the above verse to justify their claim.

The question here is, are they right? Can a believer be denied entry to heaven if they violate certain rules as claimed by the worshippers of theology? Do theologians really understand the true meaning of the above verse?

Let us assume that they are right in their interpretation of the above verse. Believers can go hell if they are immoral, impure or greedy.

If that is the case, there are 2 questions that will arise.

The first question is, why is this condition not revealed in the evangelistic message? When the gospel was first preached to the non Christians, they were only told that they were saved the moment they believe. There were no other rules attached as conditions to their salvation.

It is only after they become Christians that all these conditions begin to appear. Why do religious churches resort to such act of hiding facts? The only logical conclusion we can come up with is, the whole thing is a scam. All the missionaries, evangelists and those who participated in “sharing the gospel” are con-artists. Religious Christianity is the largest scam in the world.

The second question is, what do immoral, impure and greedy mean? Ask this question to 100 religious churches and you will get 100 different answers. What is moral in one church is immoral in another. So, you can be qualified for heaven in one church but in another church you are condemned to hell.

All religious churches agree that it is wrong to be immoral, impure and greedy but they can never agree on their true meaning. Why is that so? Their main interest is to preserve their pet doctrines and traditions. They don’t care about the welfare of their people. Given a choice, they would rather sacrifice their people for the sake of their doctrines and traditions.

So, do you want to follow the theologians? Go ahead and ruin your life.

The above shows that the theologians cannot be right. The corruption of the religious churches shows that theology is nothing more than lies from the pit of hell.

At this point, many may ask the true meaning of the above verse. Let me give you the answer now.

Here is the master key. Whenever you are in doubt on the meanings of a certain Bible passage, always go back to the basics. Ask yourself on why did you become a Christian in the first place. Did you agree to become a Christian because you want to become a mindless drone who obeys everything the preacher says and give him money each time he asks? Of course, not. Am I right to say that you agreed to become a Christian for the benefits offered? You were promised a secured place heaven the moment you believe. Believing is only above saying a few words as directed.

This should form the basis on your contract with God. If anyone is to tell you that as a Christian you have to follow certain rules to qualify for heaven, you are free to reject this scum. Why? It is a violation of the initial contract.

Based on the same principle, Ephesians 5:3 never says you will go to hell if you are an idolater who is immoral, impure or greedy. Heaven is still your home. The worst thing that can happen if you are a believer who is immoral, impure or greedy is, you will not have any inheritance in heaven when you get there.

It is only when you are fully convinced of this truth that you are set free. It is only when you are truly free, will you be able to live a truly holy life. True holiness is from inside out. We are first holy from the inside. Then, our outward behavior will exhibit this nature. We behave holy because we are holy.

In contrast, the counterfeit holiness from the theological infested religious churches is derived from using threats and blackmails to force people to behave holy.

Let me ask you this question: Which form of holiness will last?

The Way Of Love 2

3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.
4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:3-4 (NIV)

This is the continuation on my series on Ephesians 5. If you have been to a religious church, you will find the above verses to be among the most abused in the Bible. Those who are theologically infested have been brainwashed into thinking that the only acceptable way for Christians is to behave like mindless drones, like the Borg in Star Trek. They see God as a tyrant who gives orders and Christians as drones who obey every one of them without question. The Bible is God’s mouthpiece recording these instructions.

This is why religious churches like to use the above verses to impose on their congregations. They will say, “See, these verses say God says no all any sexual immorality, impurity, obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking. So, don’t you dare to sin against God!”

Are they right? What these people constantly failed to do when they read the Bible is to read it in the right context. Verse 3 and 4 are established on the context of Verse 1 and 2. In my earlier post, I have shown you that it is crucial for us to see ourselves as beloved of God and what Jesus had done for us at the Cross. Only after we have succeeded in doing so, will we be qualified receive instructions from God and walk in true love. It is impossible for anyone who does not believe in being loved to walk in love.

The same principle applies to the above verses. When you are truly established in God’s love for you, the above verses are nothing more than confirmation to who you are. You don’t have to try to obey them just as dogs do not have to try obey the law that says, “Thou shalt bark.” The disclaimer here is, the love here is real love, not the perverted type that says, “ God loves you so much that if you ask him for an egg, he will give you a poisonous scorpion to sting you to show you his sufficient grace.”

In contrast, if you are not convinced of God’s love for you, the above verses are just religious bondage. They are burdens to you. No matter how hard you try, you will fail and feel condemned. Ironically, this is the outcome that religious churches want to achieve despite their claim to the contrary.

Let me give you another clue. Look at the last part of Verse 3:

“because these are improper for God’s holy people.”

Why can’t we engage in sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed? Is it because God will send us to hell or give us some thorns in the flesh to show us his sufficient grace? The answer is “no”. We don’t do these stuff because they are not suitable for us as God’s holy people. This means we are already God’s holy people before we decide to do or not to do those things.

As believers, our holiness is an established state. It does not depend on our actions. For those who don’t understand, let me make it more direct. We are holy regardless on whether we sin or not. We do not reject sin in order to achieve holiness. It is not necessary because we are already holy. The only reason we reject sin is because it is not suitable for us as God’s holy people.

To make it even simpler: First, be holy. Second, no sin.

The last part of Verse 4, tells us what to do to replace sin:

“but rather thanksgiving.”

Thanksgiving is a state where we look for good things in our lives to thank God for. This will result in positive thinking. So, instead of sinning or trying not to sin, the better way is to fill our minds with positive thoughts.

The Way Of Love 1

1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:1-2 (NIV)

The above is an exhortation for believers to walk in the way of love. In this series, I will show you what it really means, how to do it and most importantly, how to use it for our prosperity. After all, it is crucial for us to realize that the Bible is never designed as a religious book despite the lies propagated by the theologians. The Bible is a tool, given from God to us to be used to attain prosperity in every area of our lives. Our duty as believers is to use it.

Let us begin with Verse 1. The first part says, “follow God’s example” and followed by the second part that says “therefore, as dearly loved children”. I see a condition here. In order for us to be qualified to follow God’s example of love, we must see ourselves as dearly loved by God.

This is the area where theological infested religious churches like my first church has failed to understand. Religious pastors only know how to tell their church members to obey God but they failed miserably in securing the importance of seeing oneself as being loved by God. This is the reason why the sermons in religious churches are nothing more than threats and blackmails.

The lesson here is to get our priority right. We must never read the Bible with the intention of looking for instructions to obey. God’s will is for us to read the Bible to find out how much he loves us. When we are fully convinced of God’s love for us, we do not need to be blackmailed into obeying him. God’s love for us is not empty talk. The love of God comes with real actions. He had physically sent his real Son to die for our sins at the Cross.

Not only that, God dares to give us real things that can be proven like health and wealth. Health and wealth are the 2 things that are despised by theologically infested and religious Christians. Do you know why? Let me tell you a shocking truth. Their “God” is false.

Let me explain further. Imagine yourself as a false god. This means you know you are not God but you want others to think you are. Your priority is not to blow your cover. So, you must not make promises that can be proven. Never promise real health and wealth because these things can be objectively proven. Instead, you should focus on intangible stuff like peace of mind and other “spiritual” blessings. When you do that, no one can prove you wrong.

However, if you are a true God, your priority is to set yourself apart from the counterfeits. Promise and deliver things that can be proven like health and wealth. This is what God in the Bible did. He delivered real things.

This real the main reason why theologians and their doctrine worshipping counterparts have never stop persecuting real Christians like myself who dared to trust God for things that can be proven like health and wealth. When Christians live our lives in God’s love, we are indirectly exposing their evil nature.

Verse 2 tells us to walk in God’s love but it does not stop there. It tells us what Jesus has done for us. This verse basically repeats the same pattern as Verse 1. This means we can only walk in God’s love after we truly believe in what Jesus has done for us out of his great love for us.

In short, we love because he first loved us.

I hope you get the message here. We do not obey God because we are blackmailed to do so. God is not a terrorist. As I have mentioned many times, unlike the theologians, God has integrity.

Our obedience to God and our walk in the way of love is a natural result of being convinced of his love for us. This is the real Christian living.

This is all for now. I shall continue on this series in the next post.