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February 04, 2008
Why does Jesus call "Love One Another" a "New" commandment?
The old covenant is all about rules and regulations God established through Moses with Israelites. It is about self-regulation, where people struggle to meet the requirements of God. In the new covenant through Jesus Christ, it is about relationships with, and caring for others. It is in the act of love and giving ourselves to others that we demonstrate the way of Jesus Christ.

By: Xin Liu - February 04, 2008 - Public
Category: Love One Another
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January 29, 2008
How does being forgiven increase ones love for God? Note: According to Jesus, God`s forgiveness is motivated by love.
We have been sinners and have done and continue to do many things that do not meet the standards of God. We have owed Him a lot, for we are made by Him, yet we do not fulfill His will for us. In spite of this, we are still picked up by Him, cleared of our debts, and loved by Him. That alone can cultivate and increase one's love and gratitude for Him.

By: Xin Liu - January 29, 2008 - Public
Category: God Forgives You, If You Ask
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January 25, 2008
What is the Kingdom of God?

The kingdom of God, in one perspective, is a new way of living, where brothers and sisters grow together in the unity of Jesus Christ.

But I think this is only a very small part of the image of the Kingdom. As long as we live here on earth, we are unable to grasp the full meaning of the Kingdom. It is like a vast ocean, a great multitude of truth and love, and we are only standing on the shore having a glimpse of it. We can be awed there, but far greater joy awaits us when we can someday start to explore the ocean itself.


By: Xin Liu - January 25, 2008 - Public
Category: Good News: the Kingdom of God has come...
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January 22, 2008
"According to Jesus, what does it mean to be loved by God?"

God loves all of us no matter what we do, for every one of us has immense value to Him, and he shall rejoice with each one's repentance and acceptance of Jesus Christ. We are all equal from God's perspective. 


By: Xin Liu - January 22, 2008 - Public
Category: God Loves & Values You
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January 21, 2008
Does Jesus believe lowly people are valuable? How valuable?

Yes. Again and again Jesus taught that everyone of us has immense value.

In God's view everyone of us is equal, each having a purpose belonging to His grand design. Then although someone is "lowly" by human standards, he is not by God's standard.

Human beings tend to interpret what God has said in their own favor, or by ways of human thinking. Yet the ways of God are so different from the ways of us. Though Jesus' coming, though the direct teaching from God Himself, we are revealed how the ways of God are like, and how man ought to behave.

"If any one wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." By this message Jesus made it clear that there is no such distinctions such as "lowly" or "high". Everyone receives her blessing from God. All we should do is to have faith in Him and accomplish everyday tasks with confidence that God has full control over our lives.

"Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury; for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on." This message reminds me that we shall never wait until we become rich to start to give others, as I always thought before. Giving and love is now. And it is God's will that compassion is not by throwing away things we no longer need or value, by giving out our surpluses. Rather, compassion is giving away treasures we value or even indispensible to us.


By: Xin Liu - January 21, 2008 - Public
Category: Befriending and Promoting the Lowly
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