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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!.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Why go for the word of man?

No 1074 of Living Life Series 1

Men in trying to do what God and saints want them to do often end up thinking they can act for God and saints. They end up being the stars of their religion. 

 The followers of their religion end up looking up to them for inspiration rather than to God and saints and the scriptures that represent them. 

 Men at the pulpit instead of referring wholly to the Word end up creating their own and inadvertently sideline the actual Word. This is happening to religions and is for real. The man at the pulpit is more real and inspiring than the saint or prophet he talks about.

 No wonder the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 cautions that in any religion, men must know who is man and who is God or saint. Man is man. God is God. Saint is saint. God is no man. Man is no God. 
He adds that to know God or saint we must know the Word given by God and saint. But men often makes the mistake of going for the word of men rather than the Word of God. 

 Men who are not ready for the Word often finds the Word is dull. Thus men at the pulpit to make their sermons attractive distort the Word and give their own versions of the Word. 

 Often the word of men who speak at the pulpit is not even the Word of God and saints. They write their own scriptures to replace the written scriptures. People will buy their books and videos rather than read the holy texts. It is folly to go for man and his word rather than go for God and his Word. 
Go direct to God and his Word. The man at the pulpit is just serving God to help you to do so.  
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