Saturday, May 10, 2008
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the world around us...starting with the closest
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k why not we start with our furthest...cos the closest will be a little personal...
you know, us christians, we consider this satanic, this not too good for us, this witchcraft, examples of this would be like the Golden Compass, Harry Potter, Pokemon and others. but today i want to bring forth this idea, that if we avoid this, and do other wrongful stuff, have other sick "fetishes" or aka idols, would it be just as bad or worse? it will do us no good if we avoid what the priest, the "big" people in the christian church, tells us what is anti-christian, and we continue with our sinful ways. im not saying that we should dont care and watch these stuff and i agree too that these stuff MAY be bad for us depending on the person but we should always keep our behaviour and spiritual life in check. what do i consider idol or sick "fetishes"? things that remain in your head for a long time even if you try to get it off your mind. "For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world." I John 2:16
another issue linked to this is that is there a need for us to avoid these? there was one cell group meeting that we were discussing this verse in Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things." and i was asking them is there a need to avoid them and be in the world but not OF the world? The thing that they emphasised was it varies for different people on their ability to "clear" their mind and the "lasting" effect it may have on different people. JUST for example, harry potter, if a 5-yr boy watches it he may really think that there is such thing, but in comparison a 30-plus yr guy would just dismiss it as rubbish. In that verse earlier it says to think about such things and NOT TO AVOID such things. Another verse was in romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." and that we should be "in the world and not OF the world" just shows that we have to be IN the world so that we can talk to others about christ isnt it? BUT first you must know your limits.
but we are cannot escape from the world and reality, the sinful and wrong stuff. It is "part of our human's nature" as many would say. I think that's why many people like to watch wrestling. We like to see people getting beaten up, we like to see them getting tortured, we like to see them suffering in pain. Then you'll feel very relieved of your stress and SHIOK! Once i understand this fact, i immediately gave up wrestling, cos not only this but i know it has a lingering effect on me. I have to confess something that happened to me in p2. My classmate of mine that time, had this super cool-bad boy attitude and that handsome face and i was like why cant i be him. Anyway it didnt get any further then that, but my point is that we are very easily influenced by the world around us. People blame the pop culture, people blame the globalisation, but i blame us humans. I mean it is all our doing isnt it?
ok i think this is getting too long...time to start next post...
aaron chua thanked jesus at9:59 PM
