What would you think and how would you react if men in charge of a temple or a church got carried away by their good faith and erred? You may say that this won't happen if men are grounded in faith in God and saints above.
But it is because they have faith that they think that as long as what they did were in good faith and done in the name of God and saints, nothing would happen to them and all would be well if they did not do their administrative house keeping correctly.
They might think that what mattered was that they are brethren and family of God and saints. They might hold the view that God and saints would be with them.
They might become bold, careless and indiscreet by not keeping to the laws and regulations of the land. They might think that as long as the congregation and cadres condone and didn't mind, what could the government of the day do to them? They had good faith in God and saints and were prepared to do the unthinkable out of good faith.
This possibility cannot be ruled out in any temple church or mission. It can even happen to any Bo Tien mission related center or temple.
It is with hindsight and trepidation that the core pioneers of the mission realized why the lord saint Lord Bo Tien said that men must abide by the laws of the land as much as they want to abide by the laws of Heaven.
Inner truth netizen 2 the writer cannot help recalling the biblical teaching when he was in a mission school that the bible says that men must give to Caesar what is due to Caesar and to God what is due to God.
Thus in the running of a temple, church or center, men need to draw the line and be right or else they may actually bring problems to themselves. They would then be no longer role models for other men who look up to them out of good faith in God and saints.
This is sadly because of their good faith but lacking in wisdom and lacking in grounding in the Word of God. God forgives them for their wrongs.
Blame not the flower for insects coming to it for nectar. This the lord saint Lord Bo Tien said with regards to his mission. The flower may wilt but the fruits and seeds that result will ensure new flowers.
People will learn from the mistakes of others and be wiser not to repeat them. This will be the fruitful outcome.
But then there will always be the same problem because men are still men and not God and saints. Men often claim they know allot but actually they either do not know enough or do not practise what they know. This, like it or not, applies to ourselves as well for we are yet to be saints.
But then there will always be the same problem because men are still men and not God and saints. Men often claim they know allot but actually they either do not know enough or do not practise what they know. This, like it or not, applies to ourselves as well for we are yet to be saints.
The weaknesses of men of good faith are but lessons and chapters in the gospel of life. Hopefully there will be men who wake up and make good.
But in the process they may hurt their brothers in faith but it is better that their brothers be hurt and be wiser and better off in the end.
Praise the lord. Praise God.
But in the process they may hurt their brothers in faith but it is better that their brothers be hurt and be wiser and better off in the end.
Praise the lord. Praise God.
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