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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, August 6, 2015

Let man not be God by default or by choice

No 974 of Living Life Series 1



Man must not end up as God by default. The risk of man ending up as God may not be far fetched if we are to look around us. 

The rise of many a mega-house of God is testimony that this can be a possibility unless there are safeguards. 

No wonder, the sages of old remind us to be wary and man needs to be the humble servant of God and men. A good leader is a good servant. An exalted leader must end up humbled to be more worthy of the congregation he serves.

A leader that sweeps in like a storm will win hearts like a storm. That is awesome and marvelous but what matters is the lasting impression he leaves in men. He must not end up worshiped by men and must motivate men to go beyond worship of God. 

Men must want to go for the Word and live in the Word. God is the Word and the Word is God, just like what the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that the image is the Word and the Word is the image. 
He who sees and knows the Word, sees and knows God and saints. Man must not live by bread alone. Man too must not live by worship alone. 

Man must go for the Word and apply this in both mundane and spiritual life. That which works for spiritual will work for mundane as well. This did the good lord remind us. 

Let the Word be in our life and rule our life. Let no man idolize even God, let alone man. Let no man be God by default or by choice.