요han & 지sus

no… i don’t follow calvin, i follow jesus. I’m a Christian ._.

hahaha jp. I actually am. I’m way more calvinist than I thought I was. If you’re interested in what it is my beliefs and views are… It’s pretty much summed up in this book here.

http://www.thenewmystics.com/Articles/1000089314/Home_Page_of/Store/Books/Mystical_Union.aspx

such a dope read. seriously change your life.

and if you want to take the RED PILL and wake up from the matrix of cultured christianity and socially accepted understandings of church:

http://www.amazon.com/Pagan-Christianity-Exploring-Church-Practices/dp/141431485X

try this one. it’ll rock you

i hope so! 

I don’t think I’m that charismatic…. @_@ 

And the answer is no. I grew up under my dad’s teachings. He was basically a cessationist hyper-calvinist. So I grew up with all of that mumbo jumbo, bible study til 4 in the morning type of deal. 

My mom and sister are prettttttttttttty freaking amazing though. They have some wild stories, and I always ask them to pray for my friends and see what they have to say before meeting them. Pretty awesome. So yes, my mom and sister— they’re pretty much mystics.

My brother just loves God. I suppose he’s a lot more on the conservative side, but still really believes in all of the gifts and spirituality of it all because he’s had his share of experiences hehe.

But we all grew up pretty freaking conservative. Mainly because of my dad. I grew up watching this 40-50 year old man, making 70-90 year old pastors, missionaries, deacons and elders cry like babies in the living room as he led the bible studies. So I was really blessed to have that upbringing.

But of course, we now butt heads at times. He’s definitely become a lot more charismatic and less conservative. I kind of crap on a lot of his 60 year old experience and understanding of theology at times, and he still schools me in some issues. But it’s good fun. I still have a lot to learn, and it’s encouraging to see that he’s able to admit he’s wrong too— despite his age and seniority. HOHO 

I LOVE how the Message Version translate this. It captures the essence of it so well.

You have to read the whole chunk of it in context because Paul is really focusing on the aspect of the freedom and liberty that we have in Christ. He’s talking about how living a life that isn’t founded in the truth that you yourself is no longer alive, but it’s Christ that lives in and through you will result in these and these fruits.

He’s talking about how while we were yet sinners and enemies of God, we ourselves lusted after such things because we lived a life that glorified man over God. In the NKJV, Paul uses the word “practice.” He talks about those who “practice” these things will not inherit the kingdom of God. And it’s not because they’re doing it, but it’s rooted deeper in the fact that if you really understood and had encountered the knowledge of Christ, then you wouldn’t WANT to practice these things, and you CAN’T. It won’t SATISFY you anymore.

If you’re passionately getting drunk for the sake of getting drunk and doing that consistently… I would consider that substance abuse and an imbalanced lifestyle eh? Like I said, referring back to the previous post. Wisdom, priorities, and transparency! God weighs the heart, and counts the intention of the heart. Be honest with yourself, with other people, and with God. ^^

BE SAFE FOR SUNGOD HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

<3 LOL its fun!!! Tryna be real, tryna be entertaining, tryna be honest, tryna be scriptural, tryna share wisdom, tryna be challenging jaknow maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan??! 

I’m not against homosexuality, but I’m not advocating it as well. And no homosexuality isn’t an old covenant thing. Because I believe that there is a God-ordained and purposeful reason that since creation God intended men to be with women. This is synonymous with the Bridal paradigm: Christ and His bride. 

But hear me out. I’m not gonna push and impose my beliefs onto the choices you make on your life. I do believe that there is a higher way and quality of life that you can only understand and experience as you grow in your intimacy with God. (That’s what John 3:16 talks about. It’s not heaven Jesus is talking about. The original Greek shows that it’s not heaven, but its a quality of life that you can experience NOW in THIS lifetime). 

I believe in liberty and freedom of choice. Yeah, get married! That’s coo! It’s your freedom to choose! I don’t think homosexuality is a greater sin or a lesser sin, I honestly couldn’t give a crap. There’s nothing wrong with you, Jesus will love you regardless of your past and present— homosexual, murderer, adulterer, thief, etc. And you can still be those things, and live those lifestyles, and Jesus will still love you. But I promise you that He’ll provoke you to see, believe, understand, and taste a quality of life that you have never even dreamed of. 

So yeah, I don’t stand anywhere on homosexuality. I don’t really care. I only care that Jesus loves you.

If homosexuality affects the way that my children are brought up, and it imposes it’s belief upon me. Then that’s when I have a problem with it. For example:

If homosexual marriage gets pushed through, and the church doesn’t want to marry a homosexual couple— then the couple can sue the church for discrimination. That’s where I draw the line. That’s not cool, cause that’s imposing our belief system too. (If Ron Paul got elected, he’d just give the certificate of marriage to the church so that they could distribute it rather than the government holding the power of marriage -_- so genius).

And you know, I don’t know who you are and maybe you have a homosexual orientation? And if you do have any bitterness towards Christians and to anyone that is reading this that relates to this question: I am SO sorry for the way Christians have judged you, casted you out, and been unloving. A lot of times, the voice of the Bride isn’t the same voice as the Bridegroom. I promise, Jesus is way more loving and accepting than His church.

And that rips me apart that I have to admit that. 

I have never smoked weed! 

Haha, like I said, I was an INTENSE RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN! 

Now if it got legalized……….. Perhaps I’d try it out just to see what the hell the fuss is all about. But I wouldn’t go out of my way and be like LETS GET HIGH SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny story, I always got really offended when people “toked” the Holy Spirit. Kind of like how people would act like they’re drinking the new wine, and get super whacked. I was really against that, it was stupid yaknow? 

Then this one time, this guy laid his hands on me. I swear, clear as day— I saw a bong, and I was looking straight down into the pipe (is that what it’s called? Is there a professional pothead to affirm this?). Yeah, I got whacked before I could be insulted or process whether or not this was God or demonic LOL

I wonder if getting high on the Most High is a pretty similar experience hmm.

Hello! Dude I’m down to drink yo!

Some people have accused me of being liberal or living a life of compromise because of my stances on things like this. So let’s break this down. 

First of all, let me say that I’ve never grown up partying or drinking. I grew up really intense about my walk with God. So God told me to chill out, and I was like “get behind me Satan!” And so I heard this awesome message from this Pastor who was talking about how most of his time is spent in clubs and bars throughout the week because he ministers to big name celebrities in Hollywood (Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, etc). And he was just talking about Facebook, and how it’s connected the world— or the invention of the mobile phone, and the internet. And he was discussing all of these great inventions that came out of man, because man was made in the image of a creator. So he went further into this notion of how the church always talks about how Facebook or the Internet is evil and we spend too much time on it instead of spending that time with God. And he said this:

“Abstinence from things doesn’t produce character. Living a healthy balanced lifestyle produces character. Stop running from things thinking that it’ll convince the world that you’re living a Godly life. Show the world how to live a fuller, balanced, healthy lifestyle— utilizing all of what we created for the betterment of mankind.” 

And he took it further to say that God made everything, and saw that it was good. So in regards to alcohol, there’s nothing wrong with alcohol or drinking. It’s good.

What’s wrong with it, is the fact that people abuse and live an unhealthy unbalanced lifestyle with it.

I don’t think it occurs to people that Jesus turned water into wine and got the whole wedding smashed out of their faces. LOL, it’s about having a good time and having a blast.

Now, here’s what I’ve learned and observed from people drinking.

Integrity will shine through, despite the storm around and inside of you.

So the people I tend to drink with, the conversation will always leads towards God. It usually goes into like massive inner-healing sessions and crazy prophetic words being released. People are wailing on the floor, and getting whacked. I think it’s because the hard-headed stubborn logic part gets kicked out LOL! 

But there have been other instances, where people will start acting out of their moral compasses and cross boundaries. And I think that’s where humility and wisdom and priorities come in. If you have sh*t coming out when you have alcohol in your system….. Perhaps it wouldn’t be such a good idea to keep drinking. Perhaps…. It’d be a good idea to deal with those issues…. Cause alcohol doesn’t hide anything, it reveals.

People will stretch verses.

• Your body is a temple! (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

Now I don’t want to hear anything about weed. I’m not justifying weed. But understand that God said everything is good. 

I wonder if they used to smoke it as incense? It does provide pain relief and calms you down. Plus your brain is naturally born with THC receptors. See? Consider all of this. 

Culture pollutes us. Escape cultural traps, and see it from an unbiased, uncultured, transparent standpoint. 

p.s. Did you know the old Catholic church would do communion, but it would be a month long celebration? They’d roll out barrels of wine and they’d party for a whole month. THAT’S HOW YOU DO COMMUNION MAN

WAH T_T

Sorry for the late reply, I didn’t know this was sitting in my inbox! 

I’m glad I can be an encouragement, yeah the old-man is pretty special I must say. But you know what? In regards to your father, God is faithful to finish what he started. 

Worshiping in spirit and in truth, essentially is understanding that Christ is the great pursuer. We love him because He first loved us, and worship isn’t finding or seeking God— but enabling us to be found yaknow? 

Sorry to hear that he’s fallen away from his faith— but God hasn’t fallen away from him at all :D 

And I bless you as a brother and friend to be a blessing and ambassador in revealing the person of Christ that already abides inside of him. Not through elegant reasoning or words, but by power and encounter.

You’re awesome!