Did You Really Encountered GOD?

ENCOUNTERED GOD?

Lahat tayo gusto ng pagbabago sa ating mga buhay. Gusto natin ng turning point, experiences na makakapag trigger para simulan ang pagbabago. But before anything else, lage natin tandaan na ang main subject dito ay ang ating mga sarili. Ikaw mismo o ako mismo, hindi ang ibang bagay kundi ang iyong pagkatao. Bilang halimbawa, kapag ang isang tao ay may sakit, ordinaryo man o malubhang karamdaman ay kailangang pumunta sa ospital para magpatingin o magpagamot, kinakausap tayo ng doktor on how we take care of ourselves. History ika nga sa pamamagitan ng ating paglalahad mga bagay bagay sa ating mga kinagawian at nararamdaman. Fast forward, the doctor will advise us of the do’s and dont’s. Bibigyan ka ng prescription o listahan ng gamot na dapat mong inumin para ikaw ay gumaling. Here is the point mga kaibigan, it’s our choice kung susundin natin ang sinabi ng doktor or hindi. Kung bibili ba tayo ng gamot o hindi, kung iinumin ba natin ang gamot mula umpisa hanggang sa gumaling tayo or hanggang umpisa lang tayo, pagkatapos ay wala na. Again, provided nay an ika nga, gusto ng doktor natin na gumaling tayo subalit nasa sarili natin ang pagpapasya. Wala sa gamot, wala sa doktor kundi nasa sa atin. So to make the prime example short, kahit ilang beses mo pa ma encounter o ma meet yang doktor mo kung hindi ka nman susunod ayon sa tinakda na dapat mong sundin, magiging walang halaga ang pagtatagpo nyo. Matigas kasi bungo mo eh. Toinks! Hahahaa.  Tandaan natin ulit, ang main subject dito ay ang ating mga sarili. Oo nga pala bago ko pa makalimutan, ang nagkakamit ng respeto sa larangan ng pagtakbo hindi ung nag umpisa ng mabilis, kundi ung manlalaro na kahit bumabagsak tumatayong muli at tinatapos ang karera. Wag nyo pong kakalimutan it’s all about ourselves kung kinakailangang isulat nyo sa papel o I save nyo sa mga tablet at cp nyo gawin natin. 

So ano po ba ang point sa mga bagay na nabanggit ko? 

Una, karamihan sa mga nagsasabing sila ay Kristiyano ay nagsasabing they encountered God in their lives kaya gusto din nila maibahagi ang karanasang ito sa iba. Yung iba nga aayain ka pa sa (EGR), make no mistake my friends, if this is the way and moment that God will use to change your life then SO BE IT. Praise God! There is nothing wrong with it because I truly believe na yun naman ang dapat. But then again it will depend on ourselves. Anyone can say that I really encountered God and I want you to experience it as well.  This is absolutely true “IF” only “IF” you really encountered God. Makikita naman yan sa ating mga buhay at paraan ng pamumuhay PAGKATAPOS NG SINASABI NATING ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. So we really don’t know if someone is telling the truth or not until proven. 

Tatlong bagay lang yan, unahin ko na ung positive aspect as number one.

1. They are the people who really changed when they encountered God (life testimony). 2. They are only emotional. 3. They are undisputed hypocrites. Ask ourselves, saan tayo dito?  Ouuucccchh! Ouuccchhh din pag may time (wink).

Prime example? Sabi nga natin nakikita yan sa ating mga sarili. 

Look at Apostol Paul – Before nung sya pa lang si Saul, He is a notorious Christian persecutor. But one particular point in his life changed dramatically. He had an encounter with God. He subsequently became Paul the great Apostle, who wrote a third of the New Testament. How did it happen mga kaibigan? It all started with a true God Encounter, one which altered the course of his entire life. Yung totoong naka encounter sa Panginoon sila yung mga taong totoong nagbago, nagbago ng pagkatao hindi isang araw, isang buwan o isang taon. They managed it till the rest of their lives. It changed their character. One must move from moment itself ng sinasabi nating God encounter to momentum which means creating a lasting change. Tignan mo sa dictionary ang definition ng MOMENTUM. Those who are really encountered God, they do not remove the need for going through a process of development. Some may take years  to reach fulfillment and  they are determined to stay on track and go through whatever they need to, even if it takes longer than they think it should.

Kasi karamihan sa ating hanggang umpisa lang, samakatuwid emosyon lang yan. It is what it is mga kaibigan, wlang e kasi e kasi, e kasi, ganito kasi ganito kasi. Pare pareho lang tayong mga tao but looked at those people who really changed for good. Kaya kung sinsabi mo na nagbago kna pero sinungaling ka pa din, mayabang ka, swapang ka, materialistic ka at selfish ka, aba ay magi sip isip ka baka ibang God ang na encounter mo, baka Godzilla yan. Again, nasa tao yan may free will kasi tayo, it is for sure that God wants us to encounter Him genuinely. By their fruits ye shall know them sabi ng Matthew 7:20.

Just to remind us, it’s not the program (EGR and the likes) ang nakakapagbago sayo at sa akin, It is the grace of God itself and ourselves (faith). Remember Matthew 9:21? Tungkol dun sa babae na labingdalawang taon nang dinugudo? Ano sabi nya sa sarili nya? mahawakan ko lamang ang laylayan ng kanyang damit ay gagaling na ako. Hindi yung laylayan ng damit ang nagpagaling sa kanya kundi yung kanyang pananampalataya. Ang sikreto? Ang kanyang pananampalataya ay may kaakibat na pagkilos when made an effort to touch our Lord Jesus garment. Same on how we will manage what we have learned, what we have experienced, coz that would be useless kung wala nman lasting effect sa buhay natin, we didn’t even try to fight a good fight and finish the race. Again, it has nothing to do with the Doctor or the medicine, it is how you will follow and take until you are completely healed. Philippians 3:14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

By then we can proudly say na we really encountered God, coz it shows in our lives and we live with it.

END TIME PROPHECY

END TIME PROPHECY.

Mga kaibigan, tayo pong lahat ay natutulog at gumigising na parang pangkaraniwan na lamang sa ating mga kaisipan, nagtatrabaho, nag aaral lahat tayo ay may kanya kanyang Gawain na ginagampanan. Lahat tayo ay abala sa pamumuhay, yung iba para maka survive sa pang araw araw na buhay, yung iba nman para makapag payaman pa at I enjoy ang buhay na para bang wala nang katapusan ang lahat.  Hindi natin namamalayan na ang panahon ay lumilipas at karamihan sa atin hindi alam kung anong panahon at kalagayan ang naghihintay sa atin sa hinaharap.

At dahil kadalasan hindi na tayo nakikinig sa mga panawagan ng pagbabalik ng Panginoong Hesus sapagkat madalas nating sinasabi na noon pa natin nadinig yan, panahon pa ng ninuno mo ay maaari mo banggitin bilang pagtanggi sa panawagan ng pagbabago sa buhay mo at ang pagbabalik ng ating Panginoong Hesus.  Ang dami nang mga tao na nagsabi maging noon pa man na darating na ang Panginoon at darating na ang wakas subalit hindi nangyayari, may mga nagbibigay ng prediksyon at ilang eksaktong petsa subalit lahat ng ito ay hindi nagkakaron ng kaganapan. Naturalesa ng isang tao ang tumanggi at hindi maniwala kapag sa pasimula pa lang ay hindi nya nakikita ang mga dpat nyang Makita at maranasan ang dapat maranasan dahil para sa atin ang lahat ng ito ay walang saysay. Hindi pa nman dadating ang Diyos, ilang beses ko nang nadinig yan. Unang tanong mga kaibigan kung saka sakali, ano ang mawawala sayo kung sakaling makadinig ka ng mga pangaral ng malapit nang pagbabalik muli ng ating Panginoon at ikaw ay naghahanda para dito, sa paraan ng pamumuhay mo at sa pagbabalik loob sa Diyos. At dun naman sa mga kaibigan at kapatid natin na hindi pa totally kailanman nakakakilala sa ating Panginoong Hesus kung sakali na sila ay lumapit sa Panginoon at maniwala ano kaya ang mawawala sa kanila? Sapagkat karamihan sa atin nakikilala lang natin ang Panginoon sa pangalan hindi sa tunay na pagkakakilala at tunay na relasyon mo sa kanya. Bakit po nating sinsabi ang salitang “Tunay” sapagkat madami po sa atin ang mapagpanggap at mga colorum parang sasakyan lang na hindi registrado. Pero nakikibyahe at dumadaan sa dinadaanan ng iba na hindi nman dapat.  Paano mo makikilala ang isang sasakyang kolorum? Una pag hiningan mo sya ng mga legal na dokumento na magpapatunay na siya ay may legal na rehistro at prangkisa at iba pang dokumento na magpapatunay na ang sasakyan na ito ay legal at tunay para bumiyahe. Sa mga tao ganyan, sinasabi natin na tayo ay mga Kristiyano at taga sunod ng ating Panginoong Hesus pero wala tayong maipakitang ebidensya. Namumuhay tayo sa mga sarili nating pagpapasya at kagustuhan. Parang walang katapusan ang buhay sa mundo.

Muli bumalik po tayo sa realidad, wag po tayong tutulog tulog, it is true that we are living in the last days. There were lot of signs ang nangyayari na one by one before our very own eyes ang hindi natin napapansin sapagkat wala tayong alam sa salita ng ating Panginoon, hindi tayo nagbabasa ng bible. Ang araw ay pabilis ng pabilis at paiksi ng paiksi. Nung huli tayong mag broadcast ng ating Your Friend program lunes, at ngayon ay lunes na nman parang kahapon lamang, would this be a natural process? We are on the last days and it is happening, otherwise nobody would survive. Tandaan po natin we are facing all disasters, all troubles and famines, economic breakdown, plaques, civil war, name it, it is one by one unfolding before our very own eyes. And Yet we are considering all these things all natural. God is preparing us for the things to come, He wants us to survive lalo na dun sa mga tunay na anak ng Diyos. In Matthew 24:22 describing world conditions prior to His second coming, Jesus said that if that time of troubles were not cut short, no living thing could survive, but for the sake of God’s chosen It will be cut short. Tanong ulit, ask yourself right now, Am I, God’s chosen? Am I worthy to be spared from all of these troubles and pains? Ikaw lamang sa sarili mo at ang Panginoon ang nakakaalam. Ano ang realidad bakit ang tao ay patuloy na abala sa kanya kanyang buhay, karamihan abala sa mga pagsasaya at sariling layaw ng laman. Una they don’t believe that the Lord is coming very soon because for them it is a redundant thing yesterday and today. Pangalawa, alam nila na bukas would be another day, the next day would be another day and on the 3^rd day would be another day. At lahat ng day na yan sa loob ng isang linggo, buwan at taon o mga taon pa ay puro sa kanila.

Mga kaibigan buksan po natin ang ating mga mata, wag po tayong matulog o magtulog tulugan sa mga nangyayari sa ating kapaligiran. Napakahalaga po ng mga pangangaral ng salita ng ating Panginoon lalo na sa ating kapanahunan. Masuwerte pa nga tayo kung talagang natutulog tayo dahil baka sa mga pangangaral ng salita ng ating Panginoon at one point in our life ay magising tayo para Makita ang dapat nating gawin sa ating mga buhay. Kaysa dun sa taong nagtutulog tulugan. Hindi bam as mahirap gisingin ang taong nagtutulog tulugan kesa sa talagang totoong tulog? Ksi kahit gising yan hindi babangon yan, hindi ka papakinggan nyan, lalo na kung pagsunod ang pag uusapan. Kung ang pag uusapan ay patungko sa Diyos, sorry na lang hindi ka papakinggan nyan, kuwento ng salita ng Panginoon eh, para sa knila narinig na nila yan at alam na nila yan. Pero pag kwento ng buhay ng kapitbahay mo, yan bago yan! Gigising at gigising ka para makinig at dadagdagan mo pa. Chikahang unlimited yan.

How could you imagine that things are falling into place all the signs has been unfolding but were not seeing the full picture of it and the significance nang lahat ng ito sa ating buhay. Kailangan pa ba nating isa isahin ang nangyayari sa ating panahon that we are living in the last days? Hindi po ito isang biro biro lamang or usapan lamang na pagkatpos nating madinig ay ating babalewalain, dito po nakasalalay ang kinabuksan ng iyong kaluluwa, nang ating buhay sa katapusan ng henerasyon. Other than these tragedies, natural disasters at iba pang mga events na nabanggit natin knina we are aware that tensions from different countries are rapidly arising now and then. Drechohin na ntin mga kaibigan, hindi na muna ako magbibigay ng mga paliwanag at koneksyon sa ating mga buhay.  Bare with me, this is happening right now at hindi po ito biro biro. Ilang araw n din nting nakikita or napapanood sa mga pahayagan other than North Korea ang usapin ng nuclear power. Ang bansang Amerika at United Nations ay umaangal sa pagtataglay ng bansang Iran ng mapamuksang nukleyar na ito. It's crucial to note that humanity has had the capability for self-annihilation for only a little more than 50 years, since both the United States and the Soviet Union developed and stockpiled hydrogen bombs and the world had to learn to live with "mutually assured destruction."

At that time there were only three nuclear powers (Britain being the other). By the middle of the 1960s France and China had joined the nuclear club. Today at least eight nations have nuclear warheads and the number looks set to increase with a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.  Nakikita po ba nating mga kaibigan? It is now really forming and we are inch by inch heading to a 3^rd world war. Domino effect yan. What we are experiencing now is extra ordinary, destruction from natural disasters and destruction by human capabilities by this powerful weapons. Ang ating Panginoong Hesus mismo ay nagsabi din ng mga bagay na ito na mangyayari sa hinaharap as a sign of His 2^nd coming. Not just in Revelation, not just in the book of Daniel, James and other books that prophesized end time events. Jesus Christ delivered a major prophecy of end-time events, recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. He was asked by His disciples: "When will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3).

Jesus responded with a description of conditions and events that would lead up to His second coming. Moreover, He said that when these signs became evident, His return would occur within one generation (Matthew 24:34). Could this be that generation? We don’t exactly know mga kaibigan but one thing is for sure, we need to be prepared. Not just threat of wars ang makikita natin in the last days.  Isang malaking bahagi din ng last day events and economic aspect ng bawat bansa. This is a worldwide economic collapse that would take place.

Bakit po natin tinatalakay ang bagay na ito? Ito po ay sapagkat ito po ang tamang oras upang malaman natin ang katotohanan, hindi bukas hindi sa makalawa. Hindi ko po alam mga kaibigan kung pagkatapos ninyong madinig ang mga bagay na ito at ang ating tinalakay ay mayroon kahit knting epekto sa ating lahat.  Time will come nobody would remind us of everything, no preaching of Gospel and this is the hard thing. Hanggat may oras pa tayo, ginagawa po natin ang lahat ng bagay o pagkakataon para ipaabot po sa ating lahat ang salita ng ating Panginoon, ang mga bagay na dapat nting gawin para magtagumpay sa buhay natin sa mundong ito. All has now become possible. This, in turn, makes it much more likely that our generation will live to see Jesus Christ return and establish the Kingdom of God on earth. After all, Jesus Himself said that once these things begin, the generation alive at that time "will by no means pass away till all these things take place" (Matthew 24:34).  It's both sobering and encouraging to think that we appear to be living in the generation that will ultimately witness the most important event in the history of mankind. As Jesus Christ tells His followers in Luke 21:28 "Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near." This is the time my friend, all these things are happening all the signs He has given us para hindi tayo maiwan at malaman natin na He is coming. God wants you and me to be saved and inherit His Kingdom. Be still we should do good now and managed it till we reach the last line, manatili tayong tapat hanggang wakas upang makamtan natin ang kaligtasan. Matthew 10:22. Kaibigan lumapit ka sa knya ngayon at tanggapin mo sya bilang iyong Panginoon at sariling tagapagligtas this is your first step to survival and salvation, kahit ano pa ang nagawa mong kasalanan na madalas na sinsabi mo sa sarili mo, wala ka nang pag asa, its not true, If you are willing to accept God in your heart, in your life, true repentance. God will always be there. God is the same yesterday and tmorrow. Are You Ready?

Look at Ourselves

 LOOK AT OURSELVES.

Some might say God knows my heart, I know I am doing my best to have time for Him, I have personal dealings with Him and I know God will understand me. --- Di ba natin napapansin? puro "I" ang reasons ntin. Ano ang tawag dyan "Justify? or Just if "I"? We are usually saying things about our inner thoughts. That this is me, who cares? I really know who I am....in dealing with God, my relationship with Him and my time for Him. Ganon naman pala, e bakit hindi nakikita sa atin? anyare? bakit hindi nakikita sa atin na we are trying our best on our capacity to prove what we are saying? It's not by showing others that you can but if YOU have a REAL heart for God it will MANIFEST. Gets? Kung ang isang lalagyan o pitcher na puno ng gatas kapag iyong sinalin ay hindi maglalabas ng kape mula dito, kundi gatas pa rin, dahil kung ano ang laman ng lalagyan sya ang lalabas. Unless, magician ka… O diba ang dami sa ating magician? Lahat minamadyik natin for our own benefit and justifications. Ang isang puno ng mangga ay hindi nagbubunga ng ano? Ng KAMOTE! Dami din kamote sa atin e noh? Ano ibig sabihin nyan? Let us give a fun acronym for the word “Kamote”- it stands for “Kapal Mo Teng”.

If we are for God, though we are not worthy for Him let’s give our best, don’t explain just do it if you have time and we all know that we have enough time. It is very hard to believe that most of us doesn’t have time for Him and yet ang dami nating time pag gusto natin ang isang bagay, kahit siguro walang paraan gagawa at gagawa ka ng paraan. Did you see the point?

Let us give samples on how so much “Selfish” we are:

I want to start with on one particular part of the message this morning on our worship service.

GOD: Jesus Christ is praying persistently and pervently at Gethsemane on that night before He was arrested to fulfill the will of God to save us from the bondage of Sin. Gethsemane experience.

US: We are  persistenly and pervently crazy to Ghetsomemoney not gethsemane. Even if we are going to be arrested day and night to fulfill in covering up things for ourselves WE WILL INVOKE OUR RIGHTS AGAINST SELF INCRIMINATION. Ghetsomemoney experienced.

GOD: Jesus Christ died for us

US: We are hardly dying to get the world, to get everything.

GOD: Jesus Christ works on your life 24/7

US: You are sleeping and night dreaming 24/7

GOD: The Lord always checked His Book of Life coz He wants to be sure that your name and my name are still written.

US: We are not reading our bible and yet we can read hundreds of messages in our cellphones, read hundreds of messages in our facebook’s inbox for nonsense things.

GOD: He is giving us everything we need day by day. (Proof? Ask ourselves bakit nagigising pa tayo bawat umaga. Puede naman na mategi kna kung tutuisin diba kung loloobin nya).

US: We cannot give ourselves, our time, our financial capacity and resources. Even if WE HAVE, we always say na We don’t have.

GOD: Wants us to be with Him to have one on one talk in prayer and personal devotions because He misses you a LOT.

US: We always want to hang out with our friends until morning even if we still don’t have enough sleep from work. Friends kasi eh.

These are only few examples on how Selfish we are. Because if we are going to put in writing all of the basis on how “Kamotes” we are baka makapag produce tayo ng largest book content in the world, pang Guinness World Record. Exagerated ba? It is. That’s how exaggerated selfish we are. So don’t ask why like this… why like this? redundant english voc namen when I was in Saudi. Ahahhaha.  Don’t ask na, ALAM NA!

If you want to give what is for God, give it not just Sundays but everyday we are striving to give what is for God. Walang alternate, Sunday for the Lord, Monday kay taning, Tuesday kay God, Wednesday kay Taning. Spiritual adultery na dual citizenship pa. O puede ding DUAL SIM ang character natin, yung isang network mas malakas ang signal kasi dun ka naka UNLI.

Again ung nagbabasa nito sasabhin, ano problema nito ni Coco? Honestly, believe it or not hindi ko din alam. Basta bigla na lang ako makakaisip ng mga ganyang bagay out of nowhere and I want to write it. Because I know ito yung kadalasang Gawain at katangian ng madami sa atin. I am not exempted for this, and so YOU are.