FAIR SUNSHINE

The Christian's desire to make Christ known is directly proportionate to how he sees Christ. If he sees Christ for the beautiful Savior that He is he will, with all that is in him, make it his personal business to make Christ known to all men by all means and at any cost. If he doesn't see Christ that way. Why indeed would he go through all the trouble? It is safer to be a silent Christian like Jonah was among the pagan sailors. Will not the Christian give priority only to what is important to him? If Christ is not worth telling people then Christ means little, and is even an embarrassment for the Christian. And so the crisis really is not about the lack of zeal for the great commission, or about how little and insignificant the person of Christ is to the Christian, but about how ignorant the church is regarding God's will in the unfolding advancement of redemptive history as He moves towards the fulfillment of His covenantal purpose. There was a plan from eternity past th

Today's crowd was unusually boisterous and dense. Not antagonistic. Not accommodating either. I used a fish vendor to paraphrase the brief passage about the Pharisee and the tax collector so that people could better relate to the narrative. Our limited supply of tracts were all given away just when I was done addressing the crowd. It took all forty-five minutes just to distribute the small batch we had. It turns out, many were opposed to receiving one. There are a lot of cults that preach here and ask for money from the populace. And people disdain this practice. That's a pretty broad brush that, regrettably, lumps us in with the corrupt lot when people think that all street preaching is just about asking for money. I can't help but think that my recent absence might have caused the labor to start over from scratch. I did not see any familiar faces today. This is not something new. Our eyes and hope remain fixed on Christ. He will do what is right. I trust there are still t

Biblical Theology is a fascinating study for me. This will be helpful before I start on my systematic study early next year Lord willing. I prefer an actual book than digital versions. There is just something missing when reading using the phone. I for one love the smell of fresh pages. The canonical, thematic and ethical book is  beautiful, while the New Dictionary is what I am currently using this semester.

It is with indwelling sin as with a river. Whilst the springs and fountains of it are open, and waters are continually supplied unto its streams, set a dam before it, and it causeth it to rise and swell until it bear down all or overflow the banks about it. Let these waters be abated, dried up in some good measure in the springs of them, and the remainder may be coerced and restrained. But still, as long as there is any running water, it will constantly press upon what stands before it, according to its weight and strength, because it is its nature so to do; and if by any means it make a passage, it will proceed.   So is it with indwelling sin; whilst the springs and fountains of it are open, in vain is it for men to set a dam before it by their convictions, resolutions, vows, and promises. They may check it for a while, but it will increase, rise high, and rage, at one time or another, until it bears down all those convictions and resolutions, or makes itself an under-ground passage b

"I am afraid," I told my wife as we were about to begin. I have always been afraid. Never a time I was not. I have endless excuses running through my head like a train three inches away. Her words strengthened me, "I would just tell the people that salvation is found only in Christ." I can almost hear the Lord asking me, "since you first began, have you ever lacked anything?" Nothing, O Lord. You have always, always been faithful to supply the grace necessary. Forgive this miserable servant. Glorify your name. Angat Public Market is a 15.3 kilometer ride from the border of Pandi and Bocaue. I have been asking for this place since the past plandemic, making about three return trips on separate occasions and finding almost no people due to the imposed curfew. I was not sure if we will find people here in the afternoon but I went with intention to preach whether there were people or not. There was a sizeable crowd when we arrived. Very seldom have we stood o

I took the route going to Saint Joseph cemetery in San Jose del Monte passing through the border of San Nicolas and noticed the traffic in front of this well hidden cemetery. This is familiar road that I often pass through but I have never noticed there was a cemetery here. This particular place had a good throng of people going in and out. After making a round inside and handing out a handful of tracts, I asked permission from the police officers stationed at the entrance if I can preach the word to the people. Surprisingly, they encouraged me greatly that I should do so. There was a large table of Baranggay officals across me, and they along with the police were my audience. The message of judgement and redemption can be heard far inside the cemetery. I finished past 8pm and would have gone to my third venue but I opted to go home instead in time for family worship. The LORD is good.

Despite the heavy drizzle this late afternoon people still flocked to the cemetery to visit their deceased. This is the perfect time to remind the people that God owes no man another day. It really is not about the dead, but about the living, who for some would soon have their turn being visited by their own relatives. The LORD in answer to prayer prepared a favorable spot for me beside the long table where all the Baranggay officials were. My bible was wet from the rain, but the people sat through the whole message and the LORD arrested not a few people with the pleading since this intersection was extremely busy. Many of the occupants of the houses across listened intently. O Lord, may this not be for judgement but for salvation. Let thine word go our in power and let those who have ears to hear come to Christ. I rode on to the next cemetery on my list.