Monday, August 26, 2013

DAY 464 - You Have A Choice: Jesus Reigns or Sin Reigns (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)


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Today's Reading: Romans 5:18-21

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Bible Study

      Today's passage is a powerful one. 

Bishop N.T. Wright's says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._T._Wright):

     Sin, in the sense of ordinary human wrongdoing, is by itself like a small colour slide, a photograph or piece of film which by itself you can barely see with the naked eye.  What the law does is to put this tiny thing into a projector with a bright light behind it and a big screen in front of it.  The law draws attention to sin, but by itself is powerless to do anything about stopping it. 

N.T. Wright. Paul for Everyone: Romans:Part12. Louisville,KY:Westminster John Knox Press, 2004, p.95.

     Before Moses' law came in, the Israelites did not know what is sin. When the law came in, they knew what is sin, but they were still in sin, we are still in sin and we can do nothing about it. We as human beings intentionally or unintentionally making a choice to let sin reigns in our life. But, we as human being can also make a choice to let Jesus reigns our lives. This is a choice we have to make everyday or even every hour or minute. You make a wrong choice when you are driving, you die. You make a wrong choice to choose sin, sin will become your king, lording you and you become a slave of sin.

     What is you choice today? 
                                    
Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"



Spiritual Journal

     What I heard from Jesus today is: You have a choice: Jesus reigns or sin reigns

    What I got today from Jesus is the key to live everyday a victory life. We got to make that choice everyday to let Jesus reigns in us. Start with a choice to be with Him each day and then listen and obey to His command each day. He may say, "Stop that!" then you stop that. He may say, "Go, do it." Then you go and do it. So simple, and yet so difficult to most Christians.

    Today I'll start to do a new thing because I feel Jesus wants me to do it. Last Monday when I was in the hotel in San Antonio, Texas waiting to be in the retreat for all AMiA Abbeys Rectors, Matt Redman's song "10,000 reasons" came into my mind for at least three hours in the evening. Then I said to Jesus, "Oh, Lord, I don't know what you mean, but if tomorrow we will sing this song in worship, then I know that you are going to bless AMiA richly in our new page."

     You know what? The first song in the retreat is the 10,000 reasons!!! Praise the Lord my soul, I was speechless when Mike, our worship leader led us to sing this song. With tears and joy I knew at that time that the Lord is going to bless AMiA in our new page!

      So, from today on, I'll have a theme song at the end of this blog and podcast. Let the theme song to uplift our lives to praise the Lord and that we can listen and obey to what we have heard that day.

Dear Lord Jesus,
Lead us to make the right choice each time, each day to let you reign. You are our King, our Lord and our Saviour. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

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