It's works!

Many of you know that I am crazy about Hillsongs and Delirious as any of those who went to FOP. I know that there is a genuine desire to see revival happening in our nation with the help of talented brothers and sisters overseas. There is really nothing "really wrong" with FOP if u ask me again. I'll encourage u to go. I can go, but I won't.

May be the biggest reason is this.

2 John 8-11
8Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.
9Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.
10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;
11for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.

We must be cautious of false prophet. The false prophetr I talked about is earlier, though many in our denomination believe he is a great man of God, he is a man of deception and error. The verse above talks about not associating ourselves with false prophets or the prople who are influenced by them. Those that hangs out with false prophets have part of him in them!

All glory belongs to Jesus. There will come a time when "every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord" (emphasis added) and not everyone who does that will be a believer in Christ. That day when even the unbelievers will proclaim might be the day when Jesus returns as He descends upon Jerusalem in a cloud. There is no denying Him now and it'll be too late for a lot of people as well. In the same way, FOP will have Christians of everykind. The music and the whole vibe will do them a lot of good, but if the Lord is not present in that meeting, time will tell. I don't believe that this is a time to preach a "feel-good" message or sing a "God loves me" song. It's time to shake the church and to shake our lives to live more in awe and more in the holiness of God that is acceptable in Christ Jesus.

If the heart of God's people is far away, God is deaf to all the music and praise.

Amos 5:21-24
21"I hate, I reject your festivals,
Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.
22"Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.
23"Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
24"But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

If you felt really good last night. I hope u'll feel the same way tonight, but do not fall into the trap of a good trip and forget about the greater reason for the celebration. It's near national day, it's a day to pray for revival in Singapore. Unless we call on Jesus and work at it with fear and trembling, then revival will come.

Take away the good songs and the talented people, can the Word not change us? Music and Songs cannot become first. However Paul did say we are to encourage each other with hymns and spiritual songs (which I believe are the aim of hillsongs and Delirious which I am grateful for), but do we need more songs now? Does a building of people dancing, weeping means revival is here? No revival is here when more and more people love God, His people and His Word. The gathering of a great crowd is insignificant if that focus is shifted.

There is not hype in holiness, only despair because thru God's holiness we see our ugliness of our sin. Without Christ, we are utterly useless! Oh to love Christ is to embrace the cross and to embrace the cross is to accept that no CHristian life is an easy life. It's not easy to deny ourselves, to give up everything even unto death for Christ. But that's exactly what the gospel is about. God or nothing! A life of holiness or hopelessness. Praise God for the Spirit that dwells in us that is able to help us and back us up when we need most. Oh, Lord give us passion, give us understanding! Give us uction! Give us revival!