Who can be against us if He is for us?

We hit the road at about 545 and arrived at 1100am just in time for service... 

After service, held a baptism at the riverside for 1 high caste youth who was told by his parents that he is not allowed to touch their bodies when they died bcos he changed his belief... & now baptized. Continue to keep him in pryer...

Then we started the film show only at 830 pm due to many reasons... anyway yup... there was huge crowd and some brought their own home benches in to have the best view and comfortable seats.... 

While the show is rolling... Mr sa.tan is of course at work too...

a few drunkens came and accuse us... 

" how much are u getting paid for preaching openly ...?"

" how dare u changing our religion under the sky so openly?"

then came religious people too

" what time will u all be done? Its time for us to sing songs & chants in this temple..."

It will be late & therefore they just went ahead to sing & chant at the temple near us....we did nothing to stop them but the locals asked them to stop... " do not disturb us now... we want to watch this show...!!! Do it after the show...."

maoist ppl came too to disturb our co-worker who stays there... but nothing is stopping us... He oversees us.... He has His angels protecting us.... 

Mr sa.tan lost everything... he is down at our feet bcos of the victory won!!!  

We started packing only at 1130pm and drove back to the hotel and reached at 1245 eating our dinner.... slept at 2am and woke up at 730 to hit the road back to capital....what an experience we all had...

This Holy Wk...

This year is not an exception for us here to have services from Mon to Fri. I was assigned to speak on Tue while Loong on Wed.

I felt very heavy hearted even as I prepared and shared. 

The topic i name "The Cost". The two events according to the scholars to this week before J.C arrest happened on the very same day.

The two events were:

- The woman poured perfume on J.C

- Judas betrayed J.C for 30silver coins

According to the Gospel of John, he wrote and emphasize that the perfume is not just expensive but very expensive. (Scholars believed it cost 1 year's wages)Whereas, J.C's disciple sold him off for just 30 silver coins. (This is the cost of buying a slave in those days)

What a vast difference we see. Very expensive perfume = 1 year's wages & just 30silver coins.

So the 1st cost here I like to ask

" How much does J.C cost to us?"

We also can see the posture of these 2 characters here towards J.C

The Woman (believe to be Mary) poured the perfume on J.C - an act of servanthood and showed reverence towards J.C.

Judas, J.C's disciple, sold him off or betrayed him off for 30silver coins - betrayer, J.C is like a slave. 

"What's our attitude towards J.C?"

All of us have expectation and we even brought in this attitude of demanding our expectation in our spiritual lives. Or some had expectations of J.C fulfilling our demands and therefore be part of the family. What happens if our expectations are not been answered immediately? We complaint. We loose hope. We feel discourage....etc

Come to the 2nd Cost

" The Cost of J.C life on the cross & the Cost of the Father 

giving His only begotten Son to die"

Isn't this cost He paid for us enough?! What more do we demand from Him?!

What's the cost of J.C to us? The Cost of J.C death isn't enough to show that He loves us?

So we celebrate this season year after year, and then we continue to live our lives daily as if nothing happened to us. Is that true X'tianity ? Or what about celebrating Xmas too... 2 important seasons to us.... Is that being a believer??? NO!!!

Now we come to the 3rd Cost

"The Cost for being a disciple of J.C" - taking up the cross daily

This is not an easy cost to bear, J.C himself had a tough time carrying his cross... Being a believer here, we are laughed at, mocked at and even faces lots of persecution from our families and friends... some of you may have been kicked out of your village for believing in J.C. This cross is not easy to bear and what more clearly written that we are to carry it daily. J.C carried the heaviest cost & cross for us -mankind, so we can be reconciled back to the Father. J.C did it to glorify the Father. Can we too carry our cross daily to glorify the Father too?

Summary:

1) How much does J.C cost to us?

2) Isn't the cost of J.C death more than enough for us?

3) The cost of believing in J.C - carrying the cross daily

I hope this too speaks to anyone of you reading this blog... I hope is not too hush for u guys...