(They say): "Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the Bestower." [ 3:8]
When we really contemplate God and His attributes, we have to "stand amazed". I'm amazed at God's power - He spoke the world into existence after all! Are you amazed at His capacity to extend grace and mercy? And what about His patience? I stand amazed!
Matthew: The King and His Kingdom_The Beatitudes_Mt. 5:1-12Stephen Palm
In Matthew chapters 5 – 7 we will explore the inexhaustible riches of Jesus teaching ministry. Much of what our Lord shares in this discourse has provided the moral framework of Western civilization for 2,000 years. Famed Theologian Francis Schaefer once wrote a book titled, ‘how should we then live?’ The sermon on the mount answers that single yet pivotal question. While this monumental teaching is directed at those who will be alive during the Kingdom Age (Rev. 20:1-10). The virtues Jesus describes in these 12 verses should be the characteristic of every Christ follower in this present age. In the first six verses we will explore what it means to have a right relationship with God, and in verses 7- 12 we will see what it looks like to have a right relationship with people (Source: The Moody Bible Commentary). Jesus leaves us with promise. The reward for our righteousness often does not come in this world, but as live out the gospel, let us remember we are storing up our reward in heaven (v. 12) that will be enjoyed in the presence of the lamb for all eternity.
Some people see the government as a necessary evil. Government prevents anarchy, but it’s best to keep government as small as possible. Others believe that government is the best hope of social change. It needs money, power, and opportunity to make society better. Chances are you fall somewhere between these two positions. But have you ever wondered what God thinks about government? The Bible has some important truths to teach us about our responsibility to our government, no matter what our politics are.
(19:30-36) Jesus said: ‘I am a servant of God. He has granted me the Scripture; made me a prophet; made me blessed wherever I may be. He commanded me to pray, to give alms as long as I live, to cherish my mother. He did not make me domineering or graceless.
Peace was on me the day I was born, and will be on me the day I die and the day I am raised to life again. Such was Jesus, son of Mary, [This is] a statement of the Truth about which they are in doubt: it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is. ‘God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him: that is a straight path.’
No incident can take place, either on earth or in yourselves, unless it be recorded in a decree before We bring it into being– that is easy for Allah- So you need not grieve for what you miss or be overjoyed at what you gain. Allah does not love those who are arrogant and boastful.
When we really contemplate God and His attributes, we have to "stand amazed". I'm amazed at God's power - He spoke the world into existence after all! Are you amazed at His capacity to extend grace and mercy? And what about His patience? I stand amazed!
Matthew: The King and His Kingdom_The Beatitudes_Mt. 5:1-12Stephen Palm
In Matthew chapters 5 – 7 we will explore the inexhaustible riches of Jesus teaching ministry. Much of what our Lord shares in this discourse has provided the moral framework of Western civilization for 2,000 years. Famed Theologian Francis Schaefer once wrote a book titled, ‘how should we then live?’ The sermon on the mount answers that single yet pivotal question. While this monumental teaching is directed at those who will be alive during the Kingdom Age (Rev. 20:1-10). The virtues Jesus describes in these 12 verses should be the characteristic of every Christ follower in this present age. In the first six verses we will explore what it means to have a right relationship with God, and in verses 7- 12 we will see what it looks like to have a right relationship with people (Source: The Moody Bible Commentary). Jesus leaves us with promise. The reward for our righteousness often does not come in this world, but as live out the gospel, let us remember we are storing up our reward in heaven (v. 12) that will be enjoyed in the presence of the lamb for all eternity.
Some people see the government as a necessary evil. Government prevents anarchy, but it’s best to keep government as small as possible. Others believe that government is the best hope of social change. It needs money, power, and opportunity to make society better. Chances are you fall somewhere between these two positions. But have you ever wondered what God thinks about government? The Bible has some important truths to teach us about our responsibility to our government, no matter what our politics are.
(19:30-36) Jesus said: ‘I am a servant of God. He has granted me the Scripture; made me a prophet; made me blessed wherever I may be. He commanded me to pray, to give alms as long as I live, to cherish my mother. He did not make me domineering or graceless.
Peace was on me the day I was born, and will be on me the day I die and the day I am raised to life again. Such was Jesus, son of Mary, [This is] a statement of the Truth about which they are in doubt: it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is. ‘God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him: that is a straight path.’
No incident can take place, either on earth or in yourselves, unless it be recorded in a decree before We bring it into being– that is easy for Allah- So you need not grieve for what you miss or be overjoyed at what you gain. Allah does not love those who are arrogant and boastful.
Give us salvation from the torment of the fireSay Best
Those who remember Allâh (always, and in prayers) standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and think deeply about the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying): "Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose, glory to You! (Exalted are You above all that they associate with You as partners). Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire.
"I said (Nuh) (to them): ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; He will send rain to you in abundance, and give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.’"
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allâh).
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
O you who believe! Let not your properties or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allâh. And whosoever does that, then they are the losers.
"Who feared the Most Gracious (Allâh) in the Unseen and brought a heart turned in repentance to Him.
"Enter you therein in peace and security - this is a Day of eternal life!"
There they will have all that they desire - and We have more (for them, i.e. a glance at the All-Mighty, All-Majestic )
Say: "Whose is the earth and whosoever is therein? If you know!" They will say: "It is Allâh’s!" Say: "Will you not then remember?"
Say: "Who is (the) Lord of the seven heavens, and (the) Lord of the Great Throne?" They will say: "Allâh." Say: "Will you not then fear Allâh?" Say "In Whose Hand is the sovereignty of everything ? And He protects (all), while against Whom there is no protector, if you know?" They will say: "(All that belongs) to Allâh." Say: "How then are you deceived and turn away from the truth?" Nay, but We have brought them the truth, and verily, they (disbelievers) are liars.
3:30 (Asad) On the Day when every human being will find himself faced with all the good that he has done, and with all the evil that he has done, [many a one] will wish that there were a long span of time between himself and that [Day]. Hence, God warns you to beware of Him; but God is most compassionate towards His creatures.
who has me and is the One who guides me and is the One who gives me to eat and to drink
and when I fall ill, is the One who restores me to health and who will cause me to die and then will bring me back to life who, [hope, will forgive me my faults on Judgment Day] 26:78-82 (Asad)
AND THUS it is [with most people]: if thou ask them, “Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth?” - they will surely answer, “God.” Say: “[Then you ought to know that] all praise is due to God!”- for most of them do not know [what this implies].
45:21 (Asad) Now as for those who indulge in sinful doings - do they think that We place them, both in their life and their death, on an equal footing with those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds? Bad, indeed, is their judgment
Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): "In what (condition) were you?" They reply: "We were weak and oppressed on the earth." They (angels) say: "Was not the earth of Allâh spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?" Such men will find their abode in Hell - What an evil destination!
Those whose lives the angels take while they are in a pious state (i.e. pure from all evil, and worshipping none but Allâh Alone) saying (to them): Salâmun ‘Alaikum (peace be on you) enter you Paradise, because of that (the good) which you used to do (in the world)."
We shall certainly try you with a certain measure of fear and hunger, and with diminution of wealth, lives and crops. But give glad tidings to those who remain patient in adversity. (2:155) Who, when a calamity befalls them, say, ‘To God we belong, and to Him we shall return.’ (2:156) On such people, blessings and mercy are bestowed by their Lord; such people will be rightly guided. (2:157)
Who is he that will lend to Allâh a goodly loan so that He may multiply it to him many times? And it is Allâh that decreases or increases (your provisions), and unto Him you shall return. [2:245]
And He it is Who has subjected the sea (to you), that you eat thereof fresh tender meat (i.e. fish), and that you bring forth out of it ornaments to wear. And you see the ships ploughing through it, that you may seek (thus) of His Bounty (by transporting the goods from place to place) and that you may be grateful. [16:14]
He is Allâh beside Whom Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the King, the Holy, the One Free from all defects, the Giver of security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be to Allâh! (High is He) above all that they associate as partners with Him. [59:23]
Allâh is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave (you) weakness and grey hair. He creates what He wills. And it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful (i.e. Able to do all things). [30:54]
Allâh calls to the Home of Peace (i.e. Paradise, by accepting Allâh’s religion of Islâmic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds and abstaining from polytheism and evil deeds) and guides whom He wills to the Straight Path. [10:25]
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
Give us salvation from the torment of the fireSay Best
Those who remember Allâh (always, and in prayers) standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and think deeply about the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying): "Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose, glory to You! (Exalted are You above all that they associate with You as partners). Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire.
"I said (Nuh) (to them): ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; He will send rain to you in abundance, and give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.’"
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allâh).
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
O you who believe! Let not your properties or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allâh. And whosoever does that, then they are the losers.
"Who feared the Most Gracious (Allâh) in the Unseen and brought a heart turned in repentance to Him.
"Enter you therein in peace and security - this is a Day of eternal life!"
There they will have all that they desire - and We have more (for them, i.e. a glance at the All-Mighty, All-Majestic )
Say: "Whose is the earth and whosoever is therein? If you know!" They will say: "It is Allâh’s!" Say: "Will you not then remember?"
Say: "Who is (the) Lord of the seven heavens, and (the) Lord of the Great Throne?" They will say: "Allâh." Say: "Will you not then fear Allâh?" Say "In Whose Hand is the sovereignty of everything ? And He protects (all), while against Whom there is no protector, if you know?" They will say: "(All that belongs) to Allâh." Say: "How then are you deceived and turn away from the truth?" Nay, but We have brought them the truth, and verily, they (disbelievers) are liars.
3:30 (Asad) On the Day when every human being will find himself faced with all the good that he has done, and with all the evil that he has done, [many a one] will wish that there were a long span of time between himself and that [Day]. Hence, God warns you to beware of Him; but God is most compassionate towards His creatures.
who has me and is the One who guides me and is the One who gives me to eat and to drink
and when I fall ill, is the One who restores me to health and who will cause me to die and then will bring me back to life who, [hope, will forgive me my faults on Judgment Day] 26:78-82 (Asad)
AND THUS it is [with most people]: if thou ask them, “Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth?” - they will surely answer, “God.” Say: “[Then you ought to know that] all praise is due to God!”- for most of them do not know [what this implies].
45:21 (Asad) Now as for those who indulge in sinful doings - do they think that We place them, both in their life and their death, on an equal footing with those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds? Bad, indeed, is their judgment
Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): "In what (condition) were you?" They reply: "We were weak and oppressed on the earth." They (angels) say: "Was not the earth of Allâh spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?" Such men will find their abode in Hell - What an evil destination!
Those whose lives the angels take while they are in a pious state (i.e. pure from all evil, and worshipping none but Allâh Alone) saying (to them): Salâmun ‘Alaikum (peace be on you) enter you Paradise, because of that (the good) which you used to do (in the world)."
We shall certainly try you with a certain measure of fear and hunger, and with diminution of wealth, lives and crops. But give glad tidings to those who remain patient in adversity. (2:155) Who, when a calamity befalls them, say, ‘To God we belong, and to Him we shall return.’ (2:156) On such people, blessings and mercy are bestowed by their Lord; such people will be rightly guided. (2:157)
Who is he that will lend to Allâh a goodly loan so that He may multiply it to him many times? And it is Allâh that decreases or increases (your provisions), and unto Him you shall return. [2:245]
And He it is Who has subjected the sea (to you), that you eat thereof fresh tender meat (i.e. fish), and that you bring forth out of it ornaments to wear. And you see the ships ploughing through it, that you may seek (thus) of His Bounty (by transporting the goods from place to place) and that you may be grateful. [16:14]
He is Allâh beside Whom Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the King, the Holy, the One Free from all defects, the Giver of security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be to Allâh! (High is He) above all that they associate as partners with Him. [59:23]
Allâh is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave (you) weakness and grey hair. He creates what He wills. And it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful (i.e. Able to do all things). [30:54]
Allâh calls to the Home of Peace (i.e. Paradise, by accepting Allâh’s religion of Islâmic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds and abstaining from polytheism and evil deeds) and guides whom He wills to the Straight Path. [10:25]
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
1. ﺎﺘﻳﺪ ﺇﹺﺫ ﻫﺪﺑﻌ ﺎﻨﺰﹺﻍﹾ ﻗﻠﹸﻮﺑ ﺎ ﻻﻨﺭ
ﹾ ﻨ ﺑ ﹶﺗ ﹸ
ﺃﹶﻧﺖﻧﻚﻤﺔﹰ ﺇﹺﺣ ﺭﻧﻚ ﻦ ﱠﺎ ﻣ ﻟﹶﻨﻭﻫﺐ
ﻟﺪ
(3:8) ﺎ ﺍﹾﻮ
ﻫ ﺏ ﻟ
(They say): "Our Lord! Let not
our hearts deviate (from the
truth) after You have guided us,
and grant us mercy from You.
Truly, You are the
Bestower." [ 3:8]