“The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to Him.” –Dwight L. Moody

            Truly, no one can get to know Christ without someone from God’s family to dare proclaim it. But it is also in vain if none of God’s family as well demonstrate or exemplify a Christlike honoring life. Like Thai people, they have never encounter believers of Christ and witness how they live like Him—the Master. Or in other words, it is more of Him and less of self. And indeed, the dark world and those who are of it will never be guided on their paths and see the light without someone letting their light shine bright. However, it would only be realized if believers of God would consecrate themselves in getting to know more Christ by meditating His Word and by consistently and persistently have an intimate conversation with Him through prayer. In a reason that, we cannot model Christ in our lives if we don’t truly know Him as who He is. For some instances, He is love that we ought to love others also even those who were considered as our enemies.

“I think it is reasonable to thing to fright persons away from hell. They stand upon its brink, and are just ready to fall into it, and are senseless of their danger. Is it not a reasonable thing to fright a person out of a house on fire?” –Jonathan Edwards

            In my early Christian life years, I’ve come to the situation where I evangelize people in the same manner of Jonathan Edwards. It came across in my mind that thought of frightening people away about the horror of hell which was learnt as well from the elders of faith. It seems like to me a good thing or better ways to share it with unbelievers so that they may turn from their sinful, old ways as where I’ve been before and turn their eyes to Jesus. But later on, I’ve realized then that I no longer trust God’s Sovereignty to change one’s lives and save them from eternal damnation. Rather, I was the one who make some effort, the best that I can, to change their way of living. In the long run, I was being rebuked by God to do my part only, which is to share the Gospel of Salvation and fully entrust to Him the work---to sprite the seed that was being put on each hearts who have heard it. 

"The church is every person called to faith in Christ, not those who belonged to the organized church."
                                                                          -John Wycliffe
                 It's just so sad to think that people were blinded to the truth that it's only by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ that we have been saved, changed, and set free. Well, it's not that easy to be in the light or know the truth because it was done by many. Meaning to say, as I have been there, people tend to put their standard on others. They have followed the teachings or example of the devotees, who were ahead of them. Can't help, their grandparents passed it on from generation to generation. Majority indwells to the illusion that we will be saved if we will devote ourselves to church service. Or in other words, to put it simply, salvation is given to those who were faithful members of the church. Worst of it all is that you will be excommunicated if you go against on their teachings, ceremonies, or rituals. The truth about the church was being distorted. Supposedly, the church, as what John Wycliffe expressed, is that it refers to the "body of Christ" comprised of all believers of all ages between Pentecost and the Rapture yet to come. It refers to all who come to faith in Christ, and it's where believers gather around to worship God in spirit and in truth. Despite, GO made me still realized then that I ought not to judge them and detach myself to that people group. Instead of, God has impressed me to lavished His unfailing love to me to them and compassionately share the Biblical Truth without insulting their belief, where I would just pray about it for God's working in their lives.

            “God wills it!” –Crusaders

            I wasn’t that agreeable in regard to this statement. Basically, the peasants and other people back then in the period of high Middle Ages set out to meet the foes with this declaration. It is not that I am judging them I am not that sure to nod on their own way of thinking in regard to. I’ve learned in the long run, to pray first to God of His plan before executing it rather that making a plan and trusting it to God if He will it. However, I have seen that it is maybe God’s plan for He allows it to happen, but really failed even if they do it a number of times. Well, as I ponder the idea, I think of it as not God’s perfect timing to really conquer the Holy Land, Jerusalem namely. Time will come as God planned it to be, where his glorious/mighty acts will be seen all throughout humanity.