The Frustration of Human Opinions and the Enjoyment of the Lord

I really enjoyed the portion in The Gospel of John last night. It is chapter 11 revealing "The need of the dead- Life's resurrecting". The Lord really open my eyes to see something. In that chapter, Jesus knew clearly that Lazarus (Marry and Martha's brother) was sick and about to die, but "He remainded at that time in the place where He was for two days." (v6), because "his sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified throught it." (v4).

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The Lord knew that and He purposely waited until Lazarus died, because He wanted to raise him up. This is what Life can do- overcome death and resurrection. I was really touched that the Lord is the resurrection and the life. We are nothing but death. We are Lazarus but one day He came to us to raise us up!

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But in this chapter there's a lot of human opinions that hindered the Lord, and they hinder our receiving of new revelation from the Lord. The opinions from the disciples, Marry, Martha- all became the frustrations for them to see that Jesus is the resurrection and the life. The disciples misunderstood what the Lord had said about "Lazarus has fallen asleep." (v11), and Didymus even said "Let us go, that we may died with him." (v16). Marry and Martha both blamed the Lord "if You had been here, my brother would not have died."(v21, 32) Jesus wept (v35). Jesus wept for us because we do not see what He is. We remained in our perception.

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The Lord is the resurrection today, even in this moment. "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live;" (John11:25). Martha in her old knowledge thought that Jesus will raise Lazarus in the last day, but Jesus came to raise him up immediately! Lord, open my eyes and remove all my natural believes and even my old knowledge about You. I want to experience You as the resurrection now. Praise the Lord!

跟上在三个时期丰满职事的基督，经历并享受

昨晚在PJ会所有场特会，很享受弟兄所说的信息，说到基督在三个时期丰满的职事，特别是说到“要跟上”这句话。

神要与人联结、调和并合并，使神享受人、人也享受神。为了这个，祂把自己在基督里给了我们，藉着经过过程。为着这个，祂有三个时期丰满的职事，赞美主！我摸着弟兄说要“跟上”在这三个时期的基督，不然我们没有办法得着并享受祂。当主才成肉体时，法利赛人和经学家都不能认识神已成为肉体-就是耶稣，只有一些蒙祂呼召的门徒慢慢的认识主。当主受死复活后，成了赐生命之那灵的形态，主向门徒显现时，门徒却不认识祂。主与门徒走下坡路到以马午恃，一路与门徒讲说圣经，也到将主把饼擘开给门徒后，他们才认出祂来。当老约翰在启示录看见宝座上的耶稣时，也扑倒在地，因为基督在加强的时期里，已经不一样了！祂执行神的经纶，为着福音、预备新妇和得胜者。

今天我们都要看见基督已经在加强时期的丰满职事里了。要跟上去，与宝座上的那位配合，得着加力！操练我们的灵，与主是一；就能在主末日的工作中配合，与这位大能救恩者是一来传福音。

A Day Enjoying the Lord

Praise the Lord for today! Today is public holiday (Raya Day). In the morning at 730am, the bro and sis went to Bkt Jalil hill to have corporate morning revival. On the way, we saw br John and thank to the seeking Lord, for He seek for our bro. So he joined us too. May the Lord continue to seek for him. When we reached, sis Yit Ping and her children also joined us. We sang hymns and enjoyed the portion of morning revival on Luke 15-the parable of the prodigal Son and the receiving Father. Praise the Lord that we were now returned to God as our possession, and returned to our Father's house- the church, to enjoy all His riches. This is jubilee! After that, we had our breakfast on the hill. That was a wonderful picnic.

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After the morning revival, for the first time, the brothers (me and Glory) followed the sisters to central market (pasar) to buy things. We went there in sis Ang Chee's and sis Miao Eng's car. That market was an eye opener to the bro. Next time we would like to go there if we are going to cook any lovefeaast.

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In the evening, we went to br Ho's place for sports and lovefeast afterward. This is the first time since I came to IMU, to have sports together like that. This was also another good experience for me. And through that, I knew that Ong Lim actually loves to play soccer, just like me. We also enjoyed cycling around the park.

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At night, when everyone was so exhausted, we came into enjoyment in br Ho's house. Sis Yit Ping, sis Janet, sis Dolly, sis Ang Chee, sis Karen all coordinated to serve us. Thank You Lord for these sisters. We enjoyed "sukiyaki" steamboat, and nice mushroom soup, and chocolate cake etc. During the meal, Paul and Glory enjoyed playing guitar and singing hymn inside, while me and Ong Lim enjoyed eating steamboat outside. :) After the meal, we came together to sing hymns. and the Lord stirred up our love towards Him again. We shared our enjoyment to Him.

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Lord, we love You. Gain everyone of us here. May we treasure You and every member of the Body more and more each day. Gain the remaining days we'll spend in this campus.