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BAN DA VINCI CODE ??!!!! NO WAY !!! message by Pastor Kong Hee on 21st May 2006

mathew 5:13-16
" You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor,how should it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven."

We should not redraw or retreat from the world but be totally engaged in the world

big question : what is the right christian response to a movie like the da vinci code?
should we ban it? Even such a small island like Singapore is in the CNN news because many churches in Singapore insist that the movie should be banned.
how would God respond to this movie?
how would God respond to brothels, homosexuals, to harry potter ?

What did God do in the Garden of Eden? He planted many trees and right in the centre he planted the tree of knowledge of good and evil
God then gave an instruction to Adam to tend the tree but yet not eat of its fruit.
Why did God do this? God would know that Adam would sin and eat the fruit of this tree. Yet why did God still tell Adam to tend to the tree ? God know that this tree has evil and because of this tree, the world would be plunged into sin. But yet God did not remove or saw down the tree. WHY?
Because to God, Innocence is NOT virtue. To hear no evil, see no evil doesnt mean virtue.
Alot of churches want to keep their people innocent. To protect them from the evil of the world. If thats that case then all parents should put their kids on a permanent curfew for life. Away from the evils of the world. But what would become of the kid then? He would become naive, gullible, immature, mentally and spiritually retarded .

What is virtue?
it is POWER and innocence TESTED, CHALLENGED.
Even Jesus was TESTED in the wilderness by satan, God did not shield Jesus from the evil. Jesus passed the test. As a result, Jesus returned from the testing in the power, the spirit and the virtue of God.
Tested but still strong on the inside.

if we are offered a FICTION like Da Vinci Code, what do we do?
God's word will never pass away.
if 2000 years of christianity can be undone by a book or movie tt last 2hours, what kind of faith is that?
If a movie can destroy our belief, faith and committment to God, then what faith is that?
we should watch da vinci code and develop spiritual muscle. So that we know what we can say to people.
we live in a fallen world, but we r not imbibed in the world
we dont need to build walls around us so evil cannot come in .
we should fully engage in the world as the salt and light and shine for Jesus.
if we don't engage, we become irrelevant, useless, good for nothing. Not just irrelevant to the world but to the kingdom of God.
Society is made up of 7 things
1) religion
2) family
3) business
4) education
5) government
6) arts
7) media
last 5 are known as the market place
God put us into the world , into the market place
God wants us to be like DANIEL in the modern world
Daniel is a good, godly man.
He is one of the 3 men (Noah, Job, Daniel) in the bible singled out for his extraordinary righteousness.
Daniel 5:11 > there is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the Holy God...chief of the magicians, astrologers, chaldeans and soothsayers.
Daniel was Holy because He has the spirit of the Holy God (Daniel 5:14).
It is the attitude in our hearts that makes us Holy and not how we look on the outside.
Daniel looked 100% like the babylonians in his days. He don't look like a priest. Babylon is the most adulterous nation in the world .Daniel dresses and carry himself in a way tt places him in the company of the magicians, kings, socerors etc of the babylon.
But Daniel had the spirit of God and tt makes him Holy. It doesnt matter how he dresses.
Daniel is such an expert in his field tt he is the chief of the musicians and the socerers.
Daniel 1: 17 ...God gave them knowledge and skill in all litreture and wisdom and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Daniel is so well trained in babylonian art that he knew what were the babylonians philosophy like. He was not naive or ignorant of the acultic practices of babylon. His innocence was tested again and again but all the time he remained holy and righteous. Like salt and light , his ministry was totally entrenched in the world.
if we are in the realm of business, be a real good businessman.and not an evangelist.
if are called into media, we should be a real good media producer or scriptwriter etc
Daniel was a real counsel to the king . He was not a christian under cover. but the power he leaned on is the POWER OF GOD.
Do not be neither here or there in our occupation ! be good in our occupation. Be baptized into the culture of our trade as we shine for the lord and excel in it.

HO yeow SUn is no longer a church worker or pastor.
she is not undercover trying to be a singer-preacher.
she is totally into the pop ministry.
SUn is trying to be a daniel in the entertainment world and shine for the glory of God.

Daniel 5:12 > how did daniel rise up the ranks?
in as much as in the excellence spirit was found in him .
what is an excellent spirit? it is not an anointing of the holy spirit.
excellence is an attitude. the attention to details that give rise to superior perfromance which leads to promotion in life.
details determine destiny hence by being faithful to little things, we would get promotion in life.

When Guy sabestian (a christian) won the australian idol, the australian churches freaked out. "How can u be An IDOL "they say.
Here we are singing, dancing, having the best voices but yet afraid to join contests like this? Some Singaporean christians freak out over the chinese new year because the word ' bai nian' (nian is a demon) is like praying to the demon!!
romans 14: 1 > recieve one who is weak in faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.
when we are weak we cannot accept many things.
ie not being able to accept somebody who won the idol contest or dresses like a babylonian makes us weak in faith as PAul says.

What does these signs means to christian conspiracies??
1) PEACE SIGN
broken cross. crow's feet > satan
so if we wear a shirt with this sign > we are anti christ ?!
what is this sign ?
it is an emblem to represent nuclear free. ND : nuclear disarmament.
and to represent peace
2) VICTORY SIGN
V sign that is satan's nails driven into Jesus's hands.
3) I LOVE YOU SIGN used by deaf people
its also satanic !

All these are examples of what weak faith is. Not being able to take many things.

The message is holy but the packaging is not.
Holiness is a spiritual thing, its from the heart.
what is sad is that most christians cant live in the world.
they need to retreat. because they cant handle it.
How can we be a Daniel, Moses, Jesus?
Jesus looked so much like one of the people, that it took a traitor's kiss for the soldiers to find out which is Jesus. He doesnt look like a religious clergy man.

extremes >>> Legalism vs licencism (Licence to sin i.e cheap grace) .
God doesnt want us to be extremes. He wants us to be right in the middle.

To be in the world but not of the world.

Isreal > 26 different times of celebration. God loves a celebration. every 7th year, every 50th year a huge party called the JUBILEE. God loves music, the arts, dancing (He rejoices over his people with singing and dancing)
We can, we should and we must be sharp, contemporary, prosperous, healthy, wealthy and yet holy, anointed, relevant and doing great things for God. That is why we need our pastor. The pastor's Job is to keep the message of the gospel pure and the anointing of the holy spirit flowing in the place but yet getting the people into the 21st century.
EMERGE !!!

posted by Ng Yashi @ 2:58 pm