chris4christ

One of my friend laughed at me, “Hey, Chris…you are really such a dreamer..lol” cause  I joked with her  “I always hope tomorrow  when I wake up in the morning  I have become a millionaire…haha!”  and I answered her, “Yes, my friend…dream is one of my hobby…lol” Since I must worked all day and really tired and boring with all my routine jobs…it feel so  nice if I could take a long..long vacation and going to somewhere that I really like..haha.

Joseph got a dream before  he became A  ruler over all the land of Egypt, Solomon got the same before he became A King of Israel and me..? :o)

I ever have one BIG dream since my mother passed away, I really want my father believe Lord Jesus as his Personal Saviour and Lord Almighty so someday he could meet my mother again in heaven.

Almost every night I prayed for his salvation,  sometimes with silence cried in the middle of the night cause this last 8 years he became so sick and needs intensive care. He believes about Jesus but he doesn’t want to go to His heaven cause he thought  his mother and father wasn’t there. Everytime I met him and ask about this he always said ‘No, Mei Mei!’

Oneday on 23 October 2007 one of my sister called me, “Mei.., this early in the morning our father fell down in his Bedroom and now he was in ICU room at the hospital, please …all of you buy  airfare tickets and going home soonest, I really afraid he couldn’t pass this situation.”

So that morning I went to the airport bought an airfare ticket and went directly to the hospital.  When I saw him I knew something terrible has happened and it will become  worst and worst.  We request a special permission from ICU Management so we could stay in his room day and night.  I saw there was 6 patients in that room, three in deeply comma for a week. Hospital Management allowed us to stay cause they knew my father as  well (He always there 2-3 times/year).

All that day I hold his arm and pray for him cause believe or not I could saw his mother and father stood near his head and I know that time will be come soon.  I only want he could opens his eyes, look at me and will know I am there with him cause I have something need to talk with him.  In the second day he could open his eyes and  I could saw a light in his eyes, he always happy when we came to visit him 3 or 4 times a year.  The spirit of life came to him cause he knows all his children still need him.

I give him a big hug and whisper in his ear, “Papa, Mei, Pop, Like and brother Oen were here now, the others will be coming soon, don’t be afraid you will be getting well.” He looks  happy that time.

On the third day when I was sitting beside him suddenly Lord Jesus spoke to my heart clearly, “Speak to your father, he needs to receive Me as his Saviour and Lord and give himself to be baptized.”

So I hold his arms and speak about this tenderly and I saw  he closes his eyes with his arms and begins to cry and speak, “Oh Lord Jesus please forgive me…please forgive me…I believe in You..” and we prayed together invited  Jesus Christ to come into his heart and life as his personal Saviour and Lord. 

I asked him, “Papa, would you like to be baptized to proclaim that now you are a son of  God The Father that  has died in this world and has born again in the Kingdom of heaven?” and for the first time in my life he answered, “Yes I will!”  and that day he gives himself to be  baptized!

I stay with him for 6 days in the ICU room after that my 2 sisters replaced me, and 10 days later he could checkout from ICU and going to VIP room. He still there till 2 weeks later and after that could going home.  He is recovery health and strong.

On 20 December 2007 I went home again to celebrated his 81th B’day, we made that day as our Family Thanksgiving day. And he gave his testimony, when he gave himself  baptized  that day he dream ..he met Lord Jesus…He brought him to see  heaven and after that Lord brought him to see the judgment room in the death but  the judge didn’t find his name in his book and Lord Jesus said he must returned to earth  cause he still have a duty to be done!  Since then he really health untill now, Praise the Lord.

WHAT is BAPTISM..?

Baptism comes from the Greek word  “Baptizo” means:  ‘submerged’ or  ‘entirely covered by water.’

The Apostle Paul said in  Hebrews 6:2  there are various kinds of the doctrine of baptisms.

1.  The baptism of John as a sign of  Repentance

At the time, John the Baptist baptized  those who repent to God and said that after they were baptized  they must believe to the Lord Jesus because He will baptize them with  the Holy Spirit and fire (Matthew 3:11)

2. The baptism as a sign of  be Born Again

The disciples baptized those who repent and believe in the Lord Jesus as a sign that they are Born Again and have switch their nationality from the Kingdom of  the earth that the devil as a ruler and to enter the Kingdom of God owned by Lord Jesus.

When I was born my government gave me a Certificate of Birth  as proven  that I  become their citizen.  Later, when I am dying  they will give me A Certificate of Death to certify that I am not longer as their citizen.

How we could  release our  citinzenship in this world and move into the Kingdom of God?

Only one way,  we must die first before move to the Kingdom of God…how could be? 

Someone said, “It’s time to take your medicine, Chris..! haha…I  am too young  and  still single.”

And I said, “Hey, I have a little son and he still needs me more than 20 years..better I take my medicine now..lol”

If someone must die first before he could move to the Kingdom of God, I bet…nobody in this world want to do that!  That is why God the Father has sent his Son…Jesus Christ to born in this world and died on cross represented all human beings to die for this world and then all human beings could rise up together with Him and come into The Kingdom of Heaven.

Jesus died and rose up again for all of us and the gate of Kingdom of Heaven now  open wide to all peoples that want to come into it. We only need to believe all that He has done for us and give ourself to be baptized  proclaim our faith and show to the devil that now we have died for this world but rise up again and come into the New Kingdom…The Kingdom of Heaven owned by Jesus Christ, The Lord Almighty.

When we were baptized and our bodies drowned into the water the pastor said, “I  baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost..” after that  he raise us  from water and said, “Now you have died for this world and rise up again with Lord Jesus, Amen.”

Titus 3:5-6: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;6  Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour

Romans 6:3-4: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

1Peter 3:21: The like figure where unto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Why The baptism of  be Born Again is so Important?

1.    We have died for this world and now could live in the Kingdom of Heaven eventhough  our bodies are  still in the world.
2.    We got a good conscience in our spirit of life that have been renewed by the Holy Spirit so we could build a good relationship with Lord  Jesus and learn how to live with Him well.
3.    Our lives does not mastered by the devil again.

So eventhough we still live and walk in this world but our status has changed now..we no longer as a citizen of this world but now as the Kingdom of God’s Ambassador that bring A Good News to the World that the ruler of this earth has been punished and  sooner or later but surely…this world and all the system  in it will be cast to the hell fire, but Jesus has came to offered a free ticket for all of us to move in the Kingdom of Light…His Kingdom forever…now when we still  have time …so let’s move together, don’t delay anymore ! Wow…really a good news!

Intermezzo:

One day, Chris have been walking to the shopping mall, suddenly…the old one (devil) come and shout out loud…
“Hey…you!  Your name is Chris, you are one of  my citizen, aren’t you?”
“Nope..:P…I am Ambassdor from the Kingdom of God…Jesus Christ is my Lord!”
“Big nonsense…you’re still mine!”
“Nope…! I’ve died for this world and rose again in the Kingdom of God!”
“Hmm.., show me and proof me how you have died here and you’re still walking with grateful heart in my territory!”

With smile I could say to him, “Yep, I have died and buried under the water of baptism as a symbolic that I have died for this world and rose again with Jesus Christ and go with Him into the Kingdom of God, now my name has been removed from your book and has marked as a dead one…check it out”

He will  surprise and say in his heart, “Ooopss.., my ex-Boss still smarter than me, He is the smart ONE”

John 16:8-11:And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment9  Of sin, because they believe not on me;10  Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;11  Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

1John 2:17: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Colossians 1:13:  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

I told this parable to my father and made him laughed out loud…”Mei Mei, how could you make a story like this…but papa think you are right…cause since along time ago your papa belief  Jesus Christ is The King and The Lord…but your papa still wonder to be baptized, it will make your papa must going to the church and become a member there and couldn’t pray to your grandpa and grandma any longer …but it made your papa go and out from hospital times to times!”

Haha, we laughed together and I find  one funny inspiration in my mind…

“Yep, papa…it’s like this second story…about Pedekate…he believes that Jesus Christ is his Savior and Lord but he always think he has no enough time to going to church and learn about The Words of God and be baptize, he thinks…”Ach, it’s not an important thing, it’s only a symbol in the bible.”

One day he went  to the movie and met the old one..haha…again he shout out loud…

“Hey, you…Pedekate! You are one of my citizen, let’s follow me!”
“No, you are not my master anymore but Jesus! He has redeemed me with a price…His Holy blood and now I am totally  free!”
The old one laugh, “Who said Jesus is your master…hah??? You’re still mine!”
Pedekate start trembling…, :But…He redeemed my life…now I am free!”
“Huahahaha.., take a look this book and you will find who is your boss! Why you decline me, little kid..? Now, it’s the good time for me to play with you and I will show you who is the boss…lol”
Pedekate  cry out loud.., “Lord Jesus…help me…help me…”  and run helter-skelter!

So how important the baptism of be Born Again which we proclaim to the world that we have died to the world and rose up with Jesus in Kingdom of Heaven even we are still alive in the world but as a Ambassador of Kingdom of Heaven    and now the time we will free up as much as many of our brothers and sisters that are still in the grip of evil.

Pedekate asked, “Why one of the  criminal crucified besides Lord Jesus could direct entry to heaven without be baptized?”   Because he has swing on the cross and died with Jesus, no time to take him down from the cross and tried to find a pool to  baptize  him and return to the cross. But everybody that believe in Jesus and have  time to be baptized…don’t waste your time any longer cause the old one (devil) never waste his time since he cut down to the earth!  :o)

(to be continued…)

Jkt, 25 April 2009
I love my Saviour,
chris

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