Wangsa Ukay Gospel Hall

What seek ye? John 1:35-39 (Part A) This sermon is divided into 2 parts. Part A deals with the question, “What seek ye” and Part B will cover   “Where dwellest thou?” and “Come and See”. In John’s Gospel, the Lord Jesus asked a very important question, “What seek ye?”.   Most of us, especially when we are young, go about seeking things that we thought are worthy and later find that it is quite useless to us. It will be a good lesson to teach our children to consider the question, “What are you seeking?” before they embark on their plans.  I always like the old Chinese slang from a variant of the Hokkien clan that we must not “Te lang see” which is to blindly follow people to destruction. Young kids learn bad things by following their peers like smoking. They just “Te lang see”. The forbidden list goes on to drugs, speaking foul languages or addiction to social media. If both the young and old can question themselves “What seek ye?” before blindly following their p...

  PART B: HISTORICAL LESSONS ON SALVATION  (1 Corinthians 10:1-14)  In the first part of this article on the historical lessons on salvation, Paul highlighted idolatry as one of the characteristics of those that have not fully believed the Lord in their heart. It is a lucid fact that a born again believer naturally puts the matter of God as first priority. This is taught in Deuteronomy 6:4-5, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might”.   The blessed Apostle also pointed out three other common sins that so easily bewitch those that have not fully believed. I hope the exposition of these common sins will help readers to be circumspect of their behaviour and soberly consider the forfeiture of their salvation when they habitually indulge in these highlighted sins. • Fornication The reference to fornication is in 1 Corinthians 10:8 . This relates to the incident...

 Part “A” (I Corinthians 10:1-14) Historical lessons on salvation Salvation can be term the most important subject in a person life. It is way more important than the subject of one’s education, career and even marriage. Surprisingly, given its importance, many people are giving it a very low emphasis in their lives. The subject was mooted by the Lord in Mark 8:36. He asked, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”  The comparison of salvation with the possession of the whole world is rightly relevant. The Lord is teaching us to place the greatest emphasis on this subject as amongst all that people can secure on earth, salvation of our souls is the crown compared to all other achievements. There are also a lot of misconceived ideas on the subject of salvation. A brief summarisation of some of these ideas are as follows: • God has an obligation to save everyone and all one needs to do is to do some good deeds like dropping you...

 " The reason why a sinner can be forgiven is now brought to light. It is the result of the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ. He paid the price for our sins." Personal Accountability Ezekiel 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? The above proverb means that children would suffer the consequences of their father’s action.  In this verse, the Lord is referring to the blame the children of Israel put on their forefathers as the exile of the children of Israel to Babylon was the result of their forefathers’ sins.  In Jeremiah 31:29 God had also mentioned about this saying, but in the next verse, God explains , “But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge” (Jer 31:30).   Taking the example of the Israelites’ exile, the children were bought into a foreign land because ...

Luke 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. A PREVIEW OF THE CHRISTIAN HOPE When most Christians are asked about the Christian hope, they will inadvertently say ‘Heaven’.  However, the Christian hope is more than the place called ‘heaven’. Although heaven is part of the Christian hope, it cannot be the only hope. Just as if you are staying in an idyllic island, our hope is more than just that. There is no point staying on that island when you are already a cancer stricken patient who is about to die.  This article provides a preview of the Christian hope. A good understanding of our hope can encourage believers in the Christian path to walk with joy. In the quotation (Luke 11:31) above, the queen of Sheba came to witness the magnificence of Solomon’s kingdom and after the visit, she ex...

" If you are not on the Christian path, you will find these Christian standards burdensome. However, if you are on the right path, you will find that His standards are actually not difficult to observe as quoted in 1 John 5:3. "  CHRISTIAN STANDARDS (Part 3b) I often encounter people who are quite shy to be called a Christian. I have given the subject on why some Christians are shy to announce that they are Christians and come to certain conclusions that it has something to do with the subject of Christian standards.  In Merriam Webster, the word ‘standards’ can be defined as “something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example”. In our case, Christian Standards will be the model behaviour of a Christian established by the Bible. A Christian must indeed abide by the standards that the Lord Jesus Christ set out in the Bible. Naturally, when a Christian falls short of God’s standards, he is ashamed to bear His name. I have spent a considerable ...