Last Friday night, on my way back from youth group’s game night, my car radio was on all the time. I was not paying attention to the message, however, because of the distractions inside my car. In the middle of the broadcasting, the preacher popped a phrase that I haven’t never heard before. He said, “God does not make junk”. I find this is an interesting and enlightened one.

In general, “junk” means secondhand goods, rubbish or cheap stuff, or meaningless talks. Connotation wise, it could mean “unwanted” or “useless” stuff. I don’t know how many junk mails you received each day, in my case, at least 60% of our daily mails are in “junk” category.  Sometimes, it is hard for me to imagine why there are so many people interested in creating “junks”.

When the preacher said “God does not make junk”, he hinted two aspects to us. Firstly, he hinted that God is the maker – He has the ability to make something. In fact, the Scripture clearly tells us that God is the creator of the universe (Genesis 1:1). No wonder psalmist said, “Let all the earth fear the LORD and let all the people of the world revere Him. For He spoke, and it came to be 願全地都敬畏耶和華‧願世上的居民都懼怕祂‧因為他說有、就有。(Psalms 33:8-9a).” Secondly, the preacher indicated that God’s creation was “good” not “junk”, because “God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. 神看著一切所造的都甚好(Genesis 1:31a) ”.  

Based on God’s view, we can deduce that the creation of Adam and Eve was good and there is nothing to fuss about.  The trouble comes when Adam and Eve decided to act against God’s will, their perfectness of creation was blemished. As a result, sin enters into this world and we have sickness, genetic defects and death, etc.  Once a while you may hear this kind of comment, “I was born to be like this 我天生就是這樣” with a sarcastic tone. It has the smell of dissatisfaction against himself / herself. As the defects are so common among us, we have to call ourselves the “normal” human being.

Has God done nothing but let us to spiral down after Adam and Eve’s fall? If this is the case, then junks we shall be. The truth is He didn’t, the Bible told us that we are apples in His eye and we are precious to Him. He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to deliver us from the bondage of sins, preventing us from spiraling down to “unwanted junks”. As such, we can ask the question, “How precious are we in God’s eye?” The answer is it is as precious as His son’s blood! 

My dear brothers and sisters, it is God’s love and our Lord’s grace that we can be saved. Consequently, can we consider ourselves junk? Certainly not! Can we say God makes junk?” By no means! May we remind one another that we are precious ones!

As my in-laws are planning to visit us this summer, my wife has this “great” idea wanting me to “remodel” our three gardens outside. As a result, I spent most of my after work hours last week to clean and remodel the gardens. It has been 2+ years since we paid attention to our gardens. The gardens are all out of shapes, filled with weeds and unwanted stuffs. I have to clean them, replace the old enclosure with new wood, and add more dirt, soil and mulches. It is a laborious week and as of today, still progressing.

In the process of remodeling the gardens, we decided to scale the largest garden down to a smaller one for easy access and lawn maintenance. This means I have to remove all the surplus soil to other gardens – I need to dig the dirt out, mix with peat moss and then dump it to other gardens. With my aching back, it seems to take me forever to do those trips. This lets me think of an ancient fable called “The old fool moves the mountains 愚公移山” ha..ha..ha. Of course, this is just a sarcastic view of the fable. The truth is the old fool (愚公) is a man of persistence and love. He determined to improve the traffic convenience of his neighbors by convincing his family members and descendants to work with him – removing the two obstructing mountains in their daily path. Oftentimes, we praise those who have the determination to complete a difficult task – we admire their strong will and perseverance. Therefore, the old saying, “Where there is a will, there is a way 有志者事竟成”, is quoted frequently to describe the effort.

There is a “somewhat” similar story described in the book of Genesis chapter 6. There was a man called Noah who was a righteous man and found favor in the eyes of the LORD. He was instructed to build an ark, in his generation, in order to save mankind from the flood. In Noah’s case, he had to be very persevering in following God’s instruction and putting up sarcastic ridicules from others, during his laborious construction of the ark. Can you imagine the scene of a person who was in the wilderness, with his sons, trying to build a strange shape of boat for 70+ years? If it were I, I probably already gave up 🙁

It is his faith and reverence to God that Noah can sustain all the hardships and complete his assignment. The author of the book of Hebrews commented, “By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith. 挪亞因著信、既蒙　神指示他未見的事、動了敬畏的心、豫備了一隻方舟、使他全家得救．因此就定了那世代的罪、自己也承受了那從信而來的義。(Hebrews 11:7)” There are lessons we can learn from Noah’s experience. The question is do we have the same faith and reverence to God as Noah? For example, how long have we prayed consistently to God for our unsaved family members?

My dear brothers and sisters, I have a “great idea” 🙂  Let me change the old saying this way, if I may, “Where there is a will to follow God, there is a way to be blessed有志跟隨主，事事必得福”  May God bless you, as always….

The tragic event of Boston Marathon bombing on last Monday (4/15) reopens the wounds that many people have experienced since 9/11/2001. Among the 100+ seriously injured victims, three of them lost their lives – they are all young and promising lives. One of them is a graduate student of math and statistics from Boston University, and she came from China. Sadly, when considering her statistical skill, she probably would never guess that this rare and terrible accident would fall upon her.

To mourn her, her friends got together holding a candlelight vigil on the street of her hometown Shenyang. They lamented, “Your hometown Shenyang is kindling bright candles for you to help you shine the path to heaven. You will never lost again as you were used to be. On your way, there will be NO MORE BOMBS and there will be NO MORE TERRORS’ ATTACK你的故鄉瀋陽為你點燃長明的蠟燭，幫你照亮天堂的道路，愛迷路的你不會再迷路，這一路上不再有炸彈，不再有恐怖襲擊.” What a heart-breaking and touching eulogy!

I am certain that her death would bring awful turmoil to the life of her parents, family members and friends – there will be many tears and heartbreaks. From reading newspaper and media on the internet, I discover that, like many of us, she left her hometown crossed oceans and culture barrier to pursue her dreams. During her stay in campus, she showed interest to Christianity and joined fellowship gatherings, according to her friend. Yet, I couldn’t tell whether she had received the greatest gift – salvation – or not. However, the eulogy her friends lamented hints us that “heaven” is the place that can give her protection – it will be no more bombs and terrors.

In fact, apostle John indicated to us that in the new heaven and new earth “He (God) will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. 神要擦去他們一切的眼淚‧不再有死亡，也不再有悲哀，哭號，疼痛，因為以前的事都過去了‧(Revelation 21:4)” This is a promise we received from God when we accept His son Jesus Christ as our personal savior. How comfort it is!

We may not fathom the reason why she, the victimized student, had to depart from this world so abruptly by such a tragic accident. However, troubles and sufferings are not foreign to us, as our Lord Jesus indicated to His disciples. He wants His disciples, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 你們心裡不要憂愁‧你們信神，也當信我 (John 14:1)”. When we learn to trust our Lord completely, we can then learn to “take heart” because He has overcome this world (John 16:33).  

My friends, are your hearts troubled? Please remember that “there are no more bombs in heaven” and, our Lord’s promises will never in vain. May you have the opportunity to meet Him personally!

In a theological seminary, a professor was giving a final exam to his students in a class. He stated that the test is in two parts. The first part has 10 questions, which attributes to 50% of its grade and the 2^nd part is another 50% with only one question. Most students breezed through the first part of the questions and they were eager to work on the second part. The question in the second part is “Can you name the cleaning lady you ran into everyday, in the hallway?”  Most of the students were stunned and did not know how to answer the question.

After the test, the students complained, “Professor, since we are in a theology class, why the name of a cleaning lady is important to our grade?” “Since you are all going to be in a ministry of touching people’s soul; don’t you think people’s name is important? Besides, how Jesus care about those who are weak and alienated should set a good example for you, isn’t it?” the professor responded.

This is a story that I heard from a radio broadcast recently. It makes me wonder: Am I like those seminary students – focus on personal gain than care about other people? The other day, my wife told me “so and so” is having a family problem, “so and so” is not feeling well, so she needs to call them to find out. I said, “I don’t remember them”. “You only focus on your work, no wonder you don’t remember”, my wife responded. I was speechless. I know I could make excuses and fault it to be my age problem, but I couldn’t do that every time.

A person’s name usually represents a special meaning to him or her. When Moses met God on the mountain Horeb, God called him, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” Moses was ready to listen to God’s instruction. God then instructed him, “I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” (Exodus 3:10). We can see that God’s calling to Moses is very personal and direct. He knows Moses name and He knows him inside out – even when Moses was not sure in following His instruction and saying, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God was patient and clear. He answered Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ (Exodus 3:14)”  

Apart from ‘I am’, there are more than 200 names and titles in the Bible used to represent God. For example,

The LORD is Peace, (Jehovah-Shalom, Yahweh-Shalom)

The LORD is There (Jehovah-Shammah, Yahweh-Shammah)

The LORD of Hosts (Jehovah-Sabaoth, Yahweh-Sabaoth)

The LORD Our Banner (Yahweh-nissi, Yahweh-nissi)

The LORD Our Righteousness (Jehovah-Tsidkenu, Yahweh-Tsidkenu)

The LORD who sanctifies you (Jehovah-M’Kaddesh, Yahweh-M’Kaddesh)

The LORD who provides (Jehovah-jireh, Yahweh-yir’eh)

My dear brothers and sisters, God’s name is what we need to remember in our heart all the times. His name is beautiful than any other name. Next time when you meet someone, please don’t forget to ask his / her name and introduce God’s beautiful name to him / her. May God bless your effort.

Last week, after my work, I decided to tackle the problem of clunking sound, which has bothered me for quite some time, in the front of my car.  The cause I discovered inadvertently in one of my routine car maintenance is a malfunction stabilizer link (or sway bar). It was caused by a negligence from a repair garage – There is one nut missing after the repair and the whole link is dangling around the air; as a result, the link was not functioning properly in supporting the vehicle.  The mechanism of the link is quite simple – a straight steel link with a set of nut and bolt on each end. I thought it was an easy task 🙂 All I need to do is taking out the two nuts from both ends of the old link and put the new one in then I am done. So, I jacked up my car, took off the tire and started to work on it.

I ended up spent hours substantially longer than I can imagine in taking out one of the rusty nuts. All I can say is it is brutal. After several failed attempts, I finally decided to use my reciprocating saw to saw the nut off. The good thing is the installation of the new link was a breeze. I then told myself, “Thing is not always as easy as it is seen”. Sigh! 🙁

When I was introduced to the Christianity by my friends, they told me that all you need to do is “to believe”. I responded, “To believe what?” Then they said, “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 你若口裡認耶穌為主，心裡信神叫他從死裡復活，就必得救‧ (Romans 10:9)” My response to them is “How can it be so easy?”  They said, “Because the Bible told us so!”  The simple and easy path to the grace that God has provided makes most people wonder: it is just too good to be true. However, most of them didn’t realize that on the surface, it may be simple and easy; in reality, there is a hefty price being paid for our sins by Jesus, the Son of God, actually. No wonder someone used to say that, “Salvation is free but not cheap!”

After became a Christian, the journey of faith requires us to relinquish our rights to the Lord Jesus. Let me ask you this, “How many times our old self is like the “rusty” nut that I had just experienced won’t budge a bit?” It is probably every time when we confront it, right? This could be the reason why apostle Paul said, “For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 我也知道，在我裡頭，就是我肉體之中，沒有良善‧因為立志為善由得我，只是行出來由不得我‧(Romans 7:18)” The only drastic measure to overcome it, as Paul indicated, is the power of the Holy Spirit not our flesh strength.

My dear brothers and sisters, do you have “rusty nuts” in your personal journey of faith? I am sure we all have some of them. The question is “Do we know how to deal with them?” The apostle John taught us that firstly we have to be honest to God to acknowledge that we do have problems. He said, “If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. (1 John 1:6)” Then, John indicated that God’s promise would forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness, if we confess our sins. So, do you have rusted nuts? Don’t sweat! We can’t overcome them but Him – confess to Him and ask His help to overcome them.

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A while ago when I was on the road to my work, I saw a car in front of me with a license plate bordered, “Who said Jesus is not alive, I just talked to Him this morning”.  Recently, I saw the same sign again. I have to admit that sometimes I am forgetful. I smiled and thought this serves as a reminder to me that “Jesus is indeed resurrected and He lives among us.”

When Jesus appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, the two disciples didn’t recognize Him initially (Luke 24:13-35). We can speculate reasons behind it. One reason could be the two disciples’ hearts were still troubled by what had happened in Jerusalem and therefore didn’t even think Jesus could have been raised. The second could be the resurrection body of Jesus has been very different from He used to be. Lastly, it could be a divine reason that their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. (Luke 24:16).

Regardless of any reason, their encounter with Jesus gave them a great opportunity to walk with and to talk to Jesus, personally. Before that, their knowledge about Jesus remains superficial and their expectation about Him is incorrect either. After their personal walk and talk with Jesus, Jesus opened their eyes and rekindled their fervent hearts. As a result, they changed their direction from Emmaus back to Jerusalem to inform other disciples, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” (Luke 24:34).

Apostle Paul in his letter to the brothers and sisters in Corinth indicated, “if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 若基督沒有復活，我們所傳的便是枉然，你們所信的也是枉然‧(1 Corinthians 15:14)” “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 基督若沒有復活，你們的信便是徒然‧你們仍在罪裡‧(1 Corinthians 15:17)”  This is certainly applies to us Christians today. We profess our belief in the power of resurrection and Christ has been raised because He had appeared to His disciples and more than 500 others (1 Corinthians 15:6).

My dear brothers and sisters, do we have the same enthusiasm as the two disciples, on the road to Emmaus, to give up our own directions for the sake of telling the good news? Also, do we realize that our Lord is still waiting for us to walk with and talk to us everyday? It is my prayer that everyday we talk to Him directly! May His resurrection power would change you from inside out!

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Last Saturday, my wife and I had to drive our daughter and her friend back to their college, as it is the end of their Spring Break. We arrived at the campus smoothly and began to unload our daughter’s stuff to her dormitory. I saw the campus is “quiet” and “lifeless” with very few students walking by. It was quite a different scene from the week before when we picked her up – many students were walking around the campus and some of them were waiting for buses to take them home.

The “quiet and lifeless” scene gives me an idea to share with you. Many of us may have certain hobbies, habits, or enjoyments. If you are a fan of sports or games, then you would know what I am talking. When a sport / game season starts, I am sure that your spouse or friends and families would not miss “you are fully alive again” scene, comparing with those out-of-season times 🙂 I myself have the similar experience. When fishing season starts, the fresh smell of the local creek seems just around my nose, I would come to life again, after the long winter.

To be alive to someone is a scene that Prophet Elijah had experienced when he asked God to send fire from heaven to burn the wet logs on the altar. Elijah taunted the prophets of Baal, “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” (1 Kings 18:27). Elijah’s triumph over Baal’s prophets marked the victory of God and certainly made Elijah feel fully alive.

In fact, two thousand years ago, people in the city of Jerusalem experienced the “fully alive” scene too. On the week prior to His crucifixion, Jesus was hailed and welcomed by the people of Jerusalem. When Jesus rode a colt entering the city of Jerusalem, many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! (Mark 11:8-9)” The city of Jerusalem was “full of life” and they thought Jesus was the one who is going to save them from the misery caused by the Roman Empire. A week later, however, it was a very different picture – they crucified Him. The main reason would be wrong expectation and hardened hearts toward Jesus.

The sudden change of their attitude toward Jesus, however, gives us a lesson to consider. Firstly, do we have a wrong expectation or motivation when we feel alive toward someone? As a Christian, we may feel very alive in serving God’s kingdom. However, are we more eager to get personal recognition than to please Him? When we are having a wrong motivation and expectation, we soon would be discouraged and become lifeless in serving Him, because we didn’t get what we “think” is deserved. Secondly, do we have a tender heart toward Jesus? Consider Jesus’ example in serving others, how can we forget that He scarified Himself on the cross in place of us? When we don’t have a tender heart like Him, we would not be sensitive to others’ need either. Our hearts would gradually be hardened because we only look into our own interests.

My dear brothers and sisters, “What kind of things makes you feel alive?” “Do you feel lifeless in serving Him?” Let us examine ourselves constantly. May He give us strength and correct motivation in serving Him.

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For many foreigners, the United States of America used to be a dream country for immigration, due to its good living environment, well constructed educational systems, secure society and political freedom. In recent years, the benefits of possessing an US citizenship are however diminishing, as seen from many immigrants. Some quoted reasons are ranging from a lengthy and possible high price tag of the citizenship application to moral decay and national debts or, to tax implications to those who are living and doing business outside of US. Recent news on relinquishing the US green card and passport by wealthy businesspersons in China tips a sign of such perception. Regardless of the true reason behind the relinquishment, we are certain that the US citizenship may not be as favorable as it was in the previous years.

Citizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, or national community, according to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia. A citizen would therefore owing loyalty to and entitled to the protection of such community when he / she possess its citizenship. Hence, “good” citizens are perceived to be important in promoting the stability of the community. Last Friday night we had a gathering and some of us mentioned that back to old days, we used to have “Citizenship and Morality (公民與道德) and “Life and Ethics (生活與倫理)” classes in 1-12 years of school. These classes essentially taught us common principles of morality and ethics in our daily life. It is not the case today, however. As we mourn the decay of morality and ethics in today’s society, some suggests that the removal of those classes could have contributed to it. Then the question is “What is a good citizen?” From our discussions, I could ascertain some attributes of a good citizen – it should be a person who observes good morality and ethics and is law-abiding to the country / community.

As a Christian, we are supposed to have two types of citizenship. One is from this world and the other is from God’s kingdom. However, there should be no conflicts in between the two, in terms of being a “good citizen”. In Matthew 22:15-22, we learn from Jesus’ teaching to His disciples about paying imperial tax to Caesar.  His response, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” to the trap intentionally set by the Pharisees and the Herodians, is monumental. Jesus wants us submit to the authority of this world while still maintains a good citizenship in God’s kingdom. Apostle Peter also indicated to us that we should live godly lives in a pagan society. He wants us to submit ourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority. Yet, there is one aspect that we should not neglect – it is the priority between the two types of citizenship. As we are adopted to be God’s children because of His love, the citizenship of heavenly kingdom should take higher priority than the earthly citizenship. Apostle Peter said, “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession (1 Peter 2:9)”. Consequently, we should live a life that is worthy of the calling from God – a true good citizen in His kingdom.

My dear brothers and sisters, are you a good citizen, especially in God’s eye? Hope your answer is “yes!”

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Most of us used to hear “Peace be with you all” greeting before Sunday sermon. Last Sunday, brother David Cheung used “Joy be with you, brothers and sisters” to greet us before his sermon. Then he explained to us why he used this unorthodox phrase instead of the common “Peace be with you!” He mentioned that after Jesus being crucified, the disciples of Jesus were afraid of persecution and their frightened hearts do not have peace. Not until Jesus resurrected and appeared to them saying, “Peace be with you!” then peace returned to their minds and subsequently, they were overjoyed. Since Jesus has been resurrected, we should use “Joy be with you” to represent the joy is truly down to our hearts.

This is an interesting insight that I have overlooked. My immediate question to myself is “Am I a joyful Christian?” I guess I can’t say that I have it always. If not always, then, what is the secret to be a joyful Christian? I think there are a few things that we can learn in order to unlock the secret. The first one is to have a thanksgiving attitude. As the words for grace and joy come from a Greek word charis, which is at the center of the Greek word for thanksgiving eucharistia, we can be joyful if we have an attitude of thanksgiving.

The second is to acknowledge God’s unfailing love. Apostle Paul indicated to us that he is convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39). If we have such love, how can we not being joyful?

The third one is we should not forget that God is omnipotent. In one of our Friday night gatherings, we were discussing about James’ warning to the rich oppressor (James 5:1-6), who used his power and wealth to oppress people. One brother told us an interesting story. He said, “There is an old couple lives in his hometown, both husband and wife are very nice and friendly.  Though they are very rich, they live a thrifty and somewhat miserable life because just don’t know how to use their wealth” This serves as a reminder to us that sometimes we are like the old couple. Though we have a heavenly Father who has an unlimited wealth and resource, we still live a miserable life without joy because we don’t know how to ask Him.

Finally, let us learn to realize that we are weak and God’s grace is sufficient for us. Apostle Paul’s experience in pleading with the Lord three times to remove the thorn from his flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7-9) teaches us that His grace is sufficient for us under every situation we encounter. This assures us we can have joyful mind when we learn whom we can trust. Oftentimes, the first sign of trouble to our mind is we think we can do everything. The result is we lose our joy because of our prideful mind. Let’s be reminded once again: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.驕傲在敗壞以先．狂心在跌倒之前。(Proverbs 16:18)”

My dear brothers and sisters, next time when someone asks you “Are you joyful?” I hope your answer is “You bet I do!” because our Lord is risen.

Last week was quite a busy week for me. I have several urgent requests and deadlines that I need to meet at my working place. So, I was like a “no head fly (無頭蒼蠅)” working on my assignments and requests 🙁 I was not feeling as weary as before, however, because I saw the daytime is getting brighter and brighter everyday. It looks like that spring is around the corner – time really flies. Yesterday I finally have time to enjoy one of my hobbies – Saturday mechanic, car maintenance. I installed two new shock absorbers and did a change of engine oil on my cars. Even though my aged body felt sore and ache later, I felt that I have accomplished another task.

During my replacement of shock absorbers, a well-dressed Caucasian couple of strangers showed up. To be polite to them, I stopped my screw wrenching work and stood up to talk to them. From their appearance and Bible in hand, I immediately knew what is going on. The man attempted to communicate with me using his not-so-fluent Mandarin. He invited me to their special meeting for Easter. He then read a passage, in Mandarin, for me: “神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的，不至滅亡，反得永生‧(John 3:16)” I have a funny feeling immediately since I know they – the Jehovah Witness – do not believe Jesus is in very nature God. However, I do admire their courage and commitment in talking to a stranger, as this is Jesus’ great commission for us to carry out (Matthew 28:18-20). As I want to finish my work as soon as possible, I didn’t have the mood to discuss with them; so, I told them to leave his flyer.

As the apostle Paul indicated to Timothy, “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come 末 世 必 有 危 險 的 日 子 來 到 (2 Timothy 3:1)”. From my encounter with the couple, I sensed that there is a great danger in this world – specious beliefs are floating everywhere. As we can see, everyday we are being told to be political correct in our speaking and being tolerant toward other people’s opinions. Increasingly, we become morally indifference to the truth, isn’t this a great danger?  It is a perilous time, my brothers and sisters. Surely we have to be alert and always keep on praying for the country leaders, for ourselves and for the saints, as apostle instructed (Ephesians 6:18).

Apart from the truth, what I can learn from the Jehovah Witness’ couple is their patience, courage and commitment. In this evil and adulterous generation, apostle Paul instructed us that we need to gently instruct those who opposed the truth and 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 用 溫 柔 勸 戒 那 抵 擋 的 人； 或 者 神 給 他 們 悔 改 的 心 ， 可 以 明 白 真 道 ，叫 他 們 這 已 經 被 魔 鬼 任 意 擄 去 的 ， 可 以 醒 悟 ， 脫 離 他 的 網 羅 。(2 Timothy 2:25-26). Let’s be on our guard and encourage one another as we will be a letter of Christ and it is very important for us to be steadfast in Christ’s truth during these perilous times. May He has mercy on each one of us….