W1D4 Journal

W1D4 (Week 1 Day 4) 22/03/2011

Readings:
Psalm4

Proverbs 1:10-12
NT: Matthew4:18-5:20
OT: Genesis 10-11

My Golden Verse: Psalm4:4, Proverbs 1:10-11, Matthew5:20

Accepting
Psalm4:4 
4 Tremble and do not sin;
when you are on your beds,
search your hearts and be silent

Proverbs 1:10-11
10 My son, if sinful men entice you,
do not give in to them.

11 If they say, "Come along with us;
let's lie in wait for innocent blood,
let's ambush some harmless soul;

 

Matthew 5:20

20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.  

 

(Courtesy of Youversion.com (NIV) http://www.youversion.com/bible/niv )
Contemplating
So powerful indeed, 3 Golden verses, and stated so well on each verses what God wanted to tell me. 

Fist of all, along the journey, Sin has been the highlight of my initial journey until now. 

I started from defining Sinners and SinLess people then leading to What/Who is Sin then leads to Repentance  then leads to another new interconnecting topic as below: 

 

Psalm = It states DO NOT SIN! and Ponder upon your life and actions when you sleep to search for your Mistakes

Proverbs= Temptations

Matthew = How we lead our life to enter the Heavenly Kingdom! 

 

Psalm and Proverbs are straightforward. Matthew 5:20 requires a lot of thinking. He (Jesus) said, if we are not right and doesn't follow the Laws of God surpassing the Pharisees, and the teachers of the Law, we will not enter Heaven. 

 

Who are the Pharisees?  

The name Pharisee in its Hebrew form means separatists, or the separated ones. They were also known as chasidim, which means loyal to God, or loved of God - extremely ironic in view of the fact that by His time, they made themselves the most bitter, and deadly, opponents of Jesus Christ and His message.

The Pharisees perhaps meant to obey God, but eventually they became so devoted and extremist in very limited parts of The Law (plus all that they themselves added to it), that they became blind to The Messiah when He was in their very midst. They saw His miracles, they heard His Words, but instead of receiving it with joy, they did all that they could to stop Him - eventually to the point of getting Him killed because He truthfully claimed to be the Son of God.
(Courtesy of  http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/pharisee.htm) 

The pharisees are actually people who obeys the Lord and not talking about how they get Jesus to be crucified, Jesus wanted us to surpasses these people's obedience on the Law of God.

I believe that God giving me these Golden verses, He wanted to let me know how I should lead my life. How we need to be wise on choosing our way of life. why? Because we have been given Wisdom, Wisdom to choose upon our action.

Taking Actions
I shall think further before performing something. I shall perform more good stuffs and obey the Law of God. So God, Please Lead me and Guide me with the power of the Holy Spirit. I surrender all of my life into You and I want to nail the sins on the Cross!


End of my W1D4.

God Bless,

SS675,

I'm a Growing Weed!