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24/09/2026

Grace is easy to celebrate when we receive it. It becomes harder when given to those we deem less deserving. Yet grace is never earned by merit, it is a generous gift. –Jeb T.

20/08/2026

Bago natin matulungan ang isang tao na mag-move forward, kailangan muna natin siyang tulungang huminto sandali.

Hindi porket nakarinig tayo ng song na hindi explicitly religious, gaya ng “Because You Loved Me” ni Céline Dion ay auto...
19/08/2026

Hindi porket nakarinig tayo ng song na hindi explicitly religious, gaya ng “Because You Loved Me” ni Céline Dion ay automatic worldly na agad. Parang dalawang choices lang lagi: religious o worldly. May mahalagang distinction dito na madalas nawawala kapag ginagawang binary ang classification ng music: religious = good, non-religious = worldly.

Sa Bible, may distinction ang “holy” at “common”. Ang “common” ay hindi automatic na sinful, immoral, o against God. May mga bagay na hindi ginagamit sa worship, hindi sacred in that sense, pero hindi naman masama.

Ganoon din sa music. May songs na hindi worship song, hymn, o gospel song, pero hindi rin agad dapat i-label na worldly. May mga awit na wholesome, inspirational, at may positive message tungkol sa love, sacrifice, gratitude, faithfulness, family, at hope. Sa ganitong lens, ang “Because You Loved Me” ay maaaring pakinggan bilang isang expression of gratitude sa taong naging instrument ng strength, encouragement, at healing sa buhay ng iba.

Palaisipan lang. Kung sa panahon natin ngayon kumanta si Solomon ng kanyang version ng “Pitu-pito,” (Song of Solomon 7:7) at “Otso-otso” Song of Solomon 8:8, iba-bash din kaya natin siya?

Paalala. Sa Biblia, ang worldly ay pamumuhay na nakaayon sa values, attitudes, and behaviors of the flesh rather than being governed by the Spirit. Gaya ng: Jealousy o inggitan, Quarreling o pag-aaway, Division/factionalism o pagkakampi-kampi, Pride at spiritual immaturity at Self-centeredness kaysa sa pagiging Christ-centered (1 Corinthians 3:1-3).

Kaya nga ang Christian discernment is not simply about putting labels on everything. It is about testing things in the light of God’s Word. Hindi lahat ng non-religious ay worldly, at hindi rin lahat ng may religious label ay automatic spiritually healthy. Ang kailangan natin ay a Christ-centered heart, a Bible-shaped mind, at isang buhay na pipiliin ang anumang totoo, honorable, pure, lovely, at praiseworthy (Filipos 4:8).

(Note: Ito ay pagtugon sa isang FB comment/post na bakit daw umawit ng worldly song si Jeramie Sanico.)

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19/08/2026

Kapag magulo ang buhay, hindi kailangang ayusin lahat nang sabay-sabay. Sometimes, healing begins when you identify one small area where you can bring light, order, and direction.

18/08/2026

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“The proud heart ever strives to earn salvation.” The Desire of Ages, p. 300What is justification by faith? It is the wo...
26/04/2026

“The proud heart ever strives to earn salvation.” The Desire of Ages, p. 300

What is justification by faith? It is the work of God in laying the glory of man in the dust, and doing for man that which it is not in his power to do for himself. When men see their own nothingness, they are prepared to be clothed with the righteousness of Christ. Special Testimonies, Series A, 9:62.

A Common Understanding of Justification by FaithFirst of all, righteousness by faith recognizes that God demands perfect...
24/04/2026

A Common Understanding of Justification by Faith

First of all, righteousness by faith recognizes that God demands perfect obedience to His law and that breaking the law is sin. Since we have all broken the law, we have all sinned; and since the wages of sin is death, we all deserve to die. However, if we repent and confess our sins, then, unmerited and undeserved, by faith, God pardons our past sins fully and completely. There is nothing that we can do to deserve the forgiveness of God. Then God does more. He fills us with His Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit working through us enables us to obey God’s law. This too is unmerited and undeserved. Therefore, it is both the forgiveness for our past sins and our present obedience to God made possible by His Holy Spirit that makes us acceptable to God. We cannot earn His forgiveness for the past, nor can we deserve His enabling power for the present, but by His grace through faith He justifies us. This is a common understanding of righteousness by faith.

Read the above paragraph again, very carefully. I have discovered that most Christians today will readily agree that it accurately describes righteousness by faith. The problem is that it describes an experience that will never stand through the time of the shaking. Why not? What is wrong with what we have just read? Where does it go astray? Let’s look closely at each part and see if we can discover the error.

First of all, we said that God demands perfect obedience to His law. This is correct. He always has and He always will. Then, we said that we have not kept the law; and that too is correct. We have all sinned. Next, if we repent and confess our sins God will forgive our sins; and that is surely true. Then, He fills us with His Holy Spirit and by His power He enables us to obey His law; and this too is right. Finally we said that it is both the forgiveness for our past sins and the obedience which results from the Holy Spirit working through us that makes us righteous and acceptable to God; and that is wrong.

Jac Colón, Standing in the Shaking, Revised and Updated (College Place, WA: Jac Colón, 2013).

18/03/2026

Before the believer is held out the wonderful possibility of being like Christ, obedient to all the principles of the law. But of himself man is utterly unable to reach this condition. The holiness that God’s word declares he must have before he can be saved is the result of the working of divine grace as he bows in submission to the discipline and restraining influences of the Spirit of truth. Man’s obedience can be made perfect only by the incense of Christ’s righteousness, which fills with divine fragrance every act of obedience. The Acts of the Apostles, p. 532.1

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