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The Living Life Series is dedicated to Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨). The doctrine is in His image. The image is the doctrine. He who sees, understands and effects the doctrine sees and knows Him. He who does not see, know and effect the doctrine sees not and knows not the saint even if the saint or His image is beside him. The far may be near and the near may be far. Let the doctrine and the saint be part of our life. The lord saint in your life can be any heavenly saint of any religion, sect or school. The doctrine of truth is behind all and this is the Inner Truth that leads all (regardless of their religious affiliation or even if none) to inner peace and heaven on earth here and now and not just in the after life. The ideal worship and devotion is to know and effect the doctrine of God and the saints. The best gospel is the gospel of life. We learn from our life and the lives of others. The true temple is the world we live in. The sky is the roof of the temple and religions and sects are the pillars of the temple. All under Heaven are in the temple. Needless to say that all the saints we know are in this temple. Ji Gong Posat too is no exception. The whole wide world and web is the temple and must be regarded as a sacred place --- a temple for living and learning. It is more important that everyone that counts plays a role in this universal temple if due focus is to be given to the Mission of Heaven. Men must not be distracted by the agenda of men and end up serving the mission of man. That would be a far cry from the Mission of Heaven. We worship God and saints, not man however good that man may be. There should be no hero worshiping or idolizing of man whether he is a charismatic pastor, priest, monk, medium or lay leader. We don't even idol worship the image of any saint but reflect on what the image stands for. - the doctrine in the image. Omitofo 阿弥陀佛!.

Friday, August 14, 2015

On God in man and man in God

No 992 of Living Life Series 1

God is God and man is man, yet many say there is God in man and man in God. Such is the way men think they can impress fellow men. 

The presence of God in man happens when that man can be good and Godly. But it can have its downside when man is idolized as God instead of God. 

Many a priest or pastor make the grave error of acting as though they are God and congregation make matters worse by fawning on them. The man at the pulpit speak for God and takes the limelight from God and the Word.

In the first place, man should not even idolize God but live in the Word. The Word is God. Know the Word and know God. Claiming to know God but yet know not the Word is not good enough. 

The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says thus. The saint is the Word and the Word is the saint. His image is the Doctrine and the Doctrine is his image. 
We must thus be mindful to see God as God and also saint as saint. Do not project the ways of man as the ways of God and saints. Many regard God and saints as wrathful, jealous, to be feared and what have you. Many too think God and saints need to be fawned on and they are attention seeking and insecure if we don't do so. 

Isn't these attributes the weaknesses of man? How can we depict God behaving like man and having the weaknesses of man. We must not see the man in God. But God and saints want us to be like him in virtues and in the Word. 

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