Flying HIGH and Proud II

hey! i’m blogging again!

service today was about covenant! =D but it was preached quite differently.. shall not elaborate on it.. i just think that we can’t have a newer “new covenant” because there is already an existing “new covenant”. get it? anyway pastor troy mentioned that we can never keep the old covenant, so the covenant was cut between God and Jesus Christ. awesomeness!!

nevertheless, i heard the gospel today! woah.. it’s like, once in a lifetime thing -.-

anyway a few days ago, i finally found out what salvation means! it’s not only about deliverance. the root hebrew for salvation is yasha, which means “save, health, prosperity and victory”. who says we can’t preach health and wealth gospel when salvation actually brings wealth and health to all believers?

revival night on friday was.. good! (benedict says i’m so fake) talked about prophecy, shall not elaborate also.

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in less than 48 hours, i’ll be off to my new unit. the bad thing about my unit is.. we will have lots of route marches! the good thing about my unit is.. we are an urban ops unit! we will spend more time indoors than in forested areas!

just found out that clarence sim and da wei are sergeants of my unit, and one of my platoon mate will be joining me. that means i won’t be alone! :)

i was told by them that we have to carry 20 to 30kg of weapons, heavy metal covering on the lbv, loads clinged onto the helmet, and a special optical thingy (dont know whats that, but it sounds interesting!). the FBO attire weighs about 10kg. so i think the total mass of the load on my body will be 40kg? imagine carrying a 45kg dead human on my back, walking a few kilometers!!!

good chance to down pes!

that’s it for now.. now wrap your arm on your body. that’s a hug from me!

see you guys soon!

last night’s service with troy marshall was hilarious! i couldn’t stop laughing at some of the examples he gave. he really got some sense of humour to keep everyone awake during service. hmm..

troy marshell talked about the spiritual gifts yesterday, specifically on the subject of “tongues”.

here’s the opening verse:

1 Cor 12:1 — Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

then, he emphasized on the word “ignorant”.

pastor told us not to ignore the spiritual gifts, because it is very important in our life. i think that is not what the verse actually meant!

Gr. for ignorant is agnoeo. it means to ignore, and not to know due to the lack of information.

but pastor did not mentioned 1 Cor 12:2 at all, which was quite important in order to find out what 1 Cor 12:1 actually meant.

1 Cor 12:2 — Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

the Corinths were not using the spiritual gifts in the right way, Paul told them that they may be led by the devil! indeed, the Corinthians in Corith church were ignorant about the spiritual gifts. Paul wrote a letter to the church, to give advice on the proper usage of spiritual gifts.

so v.1 simply tells us that we need to know the proper usage of spiritual gifts, not to be ignorant and be led by idols (after referring to v. 2). v1 is NOT telling us that spiritual gifts are important, and that we must use them in our lives. (even though i know that the gifts are important!)

pastor then started his subject on speaking in tongues. he explained these verses:

1 Cor 2:7 – But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory

1 Cor 14:2 — For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

he elaborated the word “mystery” by giving some other verses. eg: the mystery of his will, the mystery of Christ, the mystery of the gospel.

he said that we (all Christian) speak in an unknown tongue, because it is a mystery. we are speaking mysteries so that the devil won’t know what we are praying about.

but hey, wait a minute.. how can pastor say that “we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery” means we are speaking in tongues? tongues is NOT equals to the wisdom of God. in addition, i think 1 Cor 2:7 is NOT about tongues at all!

the wisdom of God in the gospel was a mystery hidden until Christ came, and since then fully comprehended only by the initiated, the full-grown Christians. The apostolic sense of mystery is that which was hidden, but is now disclosed to those who accept the gospel.

– People’s New Testament

isn’t that true that the mystery was already revealed to those who accepted the gospel?? so if this is true that the mystery was already disclosed, does it mean that we can all interpret tongues? NO! then, 1 Cor 2:7 and 1 Cor 14:2 are not parallel!

let’s look at a few bible verses:

Ro 16:25 – Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began

the mystery was revealed!

Eph 1:9 — Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself

the mystery was made known unto us!

Col 1:26 – Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints

mystery made manifest to his saints!

now.. the mystery of the “mystery” in 1 Cor 2:7 is solved! =D

i’ve covered 1 Cor 14:2 in my older posts. to find out more about tongues in my previous posts, click on the tag “tongues” on the right sidebar, or click here.

then pastor talked about “regular faith” and “holy faith”. I believe that my faith is holy, and there should not be different kinds of faith(s). since the bible is holy, my faith in Christ Jesus is holy. i think, and according to the bible, there is no such thing as having “holy faith” to speak in tongues.

remember that faith is not the way, but Jesus is the way?

please leave a comment if you’ve anything to discuss regarding tongues! =)

p/s: if you’ve read the previous post, i think i’ve a new name for my “church”. it shall be called the “Grace Evangelical Church” and it will be non-denominational! (ya ya.. yuting said a non-denom church is  a denom)

someone just gossiped something about me today! =(

hmm hmm.. what could it be!

it remained a mystery to me.

maybe i should speak in an unknown tongue to unlock the mystery!

ah kah ki koom ki ka sheeeeee keaaaaa bababababababaBAH!!!!!!!

not working! =(

anyway.. Troy Marshall was preaching about spiritual gifts (specifically “tongues”) today, and it really gave me a big headache! i’ll cover more about it tomorrow and probably elaborate on my faith statement! hehe, as if i’m running a church! -.- but hey who knows i may just get a piece of land to build a church!

hmm lemme think.. maybe i should name it “Grace Bible Church”! or “Grace Creation Church”.. but where do i get the money from? maybe i shld start an online building fund eh? or borrow some from hogc. (psssttt, they have someone who gave a 5 figure sum for the building fund!)

I’M DREAMING and i’m crazy!

for now, i need a rest! bye!

yes! i’m finally “promoted” from a chao recruit to a private! now the storeman cannot command us to do anything, because our rank is as high as his! muahaha! (anyway i wont be in tekong anymore, so yeah..)

24km route march was very tough.. tried to tweet during the march, but i’m just too shag to take my phone out. managed to complete the whole 24km without a problem, except for very bad shoulder strain, heat rashes and abrasion on my thighs.

heard my parents say 2 man from Whiskey Coy fainted during the POP. but hey, aren’t we suppose to “pass out” in the passing out parade?

we were told to take out our bottle pouches before parade! this reminder had been given during rehearsals, but so many didn’t follow the instruction! =(

POP ended too fast! each companies were given only a few minutes in the parade square before going to tekong ferry terminal. so we couldn’t take that many photos..!

it’s time to enjoy civilian life a bit before the next posting. i’m very sure i’m not going to get posted to command sch! =(

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

p/s: apologies to those whose comments didn’t get approved.. they may have been detected as spams! it’s quite impossible for me to dig them out.. sorry!

few more days to POP and i am so happy yah!

i am from orion coy orion company yah!

orion coy~ orion coy~

we are from orion company eee eee..

orion coy~ orion coy~

we are from orion companeee!

the fake wonder girls was in da house during our recruits evening!

i want nobody nobody but choooo.

i want nobody nobody nobody nobody..~~

the last 24km route march (in bmt) will be held very very soon! commanders allowed us to bring in food so we can munch and march at the same time. hmm, what shall i get for my route march? bubble tea? lol!

church service was good yesterday. sat at the second row, can see pastor super clearly without using my specs! oh, we finally (at least for me) heard a sermon on faith! haven’t heard those kind of sermon preached in churches i go to (at least for hogc). what about grace, hope and the gospel of christ? anyone preaching them soon?

sihui was telling shuyi about the Long John Silver wall photo a while ago. cavin said he wanted to be the next victoria’s top model, and was rehearsing his skills infront of my camera. see? he got no armpit hairs!

okay okay.. thats it for today civilians and soldiers! i’ll be back to join in the fun in a few days! don’t miss me! =D

whole lot shout me a good day!

P/S: i’ll be twitting during the 24km route march! =)

the reflection my platoon commander returned me became an artifact after i soaked it in detergent for a few hours!

sigh.. haven’t even read the comments yet!

anyway, went for the aeromedical centre located just beside paya lebar air base. guess what? that place was so cool.. TV and hot water dispenser with lots of cereals and coffee!

we each received a file, inside contained all our medical history! so scary! they actually recorded everything on their “paces” website! even all my MO visits and prescribed medication were there!!

the staffs and doctors said that we were not allowed to open the file, but i didn’t care! i mean.. i am CALVIN, this is MY medical records. how come I cannot view MY personal history?! it don’t make sense right?!

so yeah.. i opened and peeped on my medical history and things the doctors wrote on each checkup stations. even though i don’t understand completely what they wrote in there, i tried to memorise the medical terms so i can google them after booking out! and yep, ladies and gentlemen, i’ve booked out, and guess what? i’ve forgotten all the medical terms!! =(

i was stopped many times from looking through my medical report.. they say that the SAF doesn’t allow anyone to look into the file, except by the doctors. in the end one of the staff kept following me, ensuring that i do not read those medical reports. irritating!!

1 week plus to POP. gotta enjoy my time as a “civillian” after POP! ladies and gentlemen, i’ll have many many days of leave, and 2 days of off-in-liew leave! (:

16km route march next week. CCI selection test next week (but my name was somehow removed from that list. weird!)

since i’ve never ever get caught for bringing in sweets during book-ins, i’m going to bring in MORE sweets, buscuits and cup noodles (it’s going to be like chalet!). hope i don’t get caught by my commanders! (or else you’ll see me confined till Sunday next week)

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Horsemen – Come and See

Rev 6:1 — And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

Rev 6:3 – And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

Rev 6:5 – And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

Rev 6:7 — And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

blogging using ubuntu live CD! windows died with the continuous restarting of BIOs. no much time to find the problem and to fix it. not using the computer that often now anyway..

took a cab home with one of my platoon mate who lives in serangoon central! i was telling him last night that my dad couldn’t fetch me, and that i have to bring the heavy field pack home. i randomly asked where he stays and he told me he stays in serangoon and will be taking cab home after book out!

IPPT this coming week. Singapore Discovery Centre this coming week. Medical check-up by the Air Force this coming week. OH, and the check up is in SINGAPORE!!! I heard my name read out during RO and i was so so excited!

red rain concert was good!

if you’ve missed it, you can catch red rain tomorrow:

Date: 24th May 2009
Time: 3pm to 5pm
Venue: 10 Eunos Road 8, #12-20. Entrance is located at the white gate beside coffee bean outlet!

here’s a photo after the concert!

oops!

will miss Singapore again tomorrow.. but i’ll be back in Singapore on thursday (if i’m not wrong) for a few hours for medical check up! hope i can join the air force (oh pls, not sign on of course!!) (:

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generations unfold
fathers as son
mother to daughter
when one leads off
the other follows

destined to repeat each other’s mistakes
each other’s triumphs
but how do we see the world
if not through their lands

the same fears
same desires
do we see them as an example to follow
or it is a warning of what to avoid

choosing to live as they have
simply because thats what we know
or driven to create our own identity

and what happens if we find them to be a disappointment
can we replace them
our mothers our fathers
or will destiny find a way to drive us back
back to the familar comforts of home

… …

purple light,
in the valley..

Singapore my home,
this is where,
i wanna be..

i finally realise i’ve 1 less friend in serangoon. lol! shuyi moved to happy village a month ago and i didn’t know that. see lah, what a good cg leader, didnt even tell me about it! =x

POP in umm.. 4 weeks time i think? didn’t really count down because i’m now counting down to my next book out! no more outfield, but lots of urban ops training. quite interesting at times, but the “lectures” can be super boring!

the close combat instructor asked if i want to go command sch, told them i wanted to go, so i lose the chance of becoming a CCI already. wasted! heard from them that their working hours are from 5am to 8pm! that means they can go back home after teaching dummies how to fight. and somemore they have rotating shifts leh!

that’s it for now.. going to pack my stuffs. i’m smuggling more sweets into camp! COVER ME!

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