Silly Questions Daw

MITCH: WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD..PERO BAKIT LAGING NAKAEMPHASIZE SA BIBLE UNG “HIS ONLY SON” PAG NABABANGGIT SI JESUS SA IBANG PAGES SA BIBLE?

FRANZ:I WANT YOU TO READ THIS VERSE, “BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME” (JOHN 1:12). WE ARE ALL CREATION OF GOD BUT WE WILL JUST BE CONSIDERED AS A CHILDREN OF GOD IF WE RECEIVE JESUS AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR. NAKAEMPHASIZE SA BIBLE ANG “HIS ONLY SON” KASI SI JESUS LANG TALAGA ANG TRUE SON. WE ARE ALL ADOPTED. WE ARE CREATED PERO SI JESUS IS HINDIDAHIL HE IS FROM GOD. PINANGANAK SIYA NI GOD.
LET’S DEFINE THE WORD SON OF GOD SA BIBLE. THE PLURAL, "SONS OF GOD," IS USED (GEN_6:2, GEN_6:4) TO DENOTE THE PIOUS DESCENDANTS OF SETH. IN JOB_1:6; JOB_38:7 THIS NAME IS APPLIED TO THE ANGELS. HOSEA USES THE PHRASE (HOS_1:10) TO DESIGNATE THE GRACIOUS RELATION IN WHICH MEN STAND TO GOD. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THIS PHRASE FREQUENTLY DENOTES THE RELATION INTO WHICH WE ARE BROUGHT TO GOD BY ADOPTION (ROM_8:14, ROM_8:19; 2CO_6:18; GAL_4:5, GAL_4:6; PHI_2:15; 1JO_3:1, 1JO_3:2). IT OCCURS THIRTY-SEVEN TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AS THE DISTINCTIVE TITLE OF OUR SAVIOUR. HE DOES NOT BEAR THIS TITLE IN CONSEQUENCE OF HIS MIRACULOUS BIRTH, NOR OF HIS INCARNATION, HIS RESURRECTION, AND EXALTATION TO THE FATHER'S RIGHT HAND. THIS IS A TITLE OF NATURE AND NOT OF OFFICE. THE SONSHIP OF CHRIST DENOTES HIS EQUALITY WITH THE FATHER. TO CALL CHRIST THE SON OF GOD IS TO ASSERT HIS TRUE AND PROPER DIVINITY. THE SECOND PERSON OF THE TRINITY, BECAUSE OF HIS ETERNAL RELATION TO THE FIRST PERSON, IS THE SON OF GOD. HE IS THE SON OF GOD AS TO HIS DIVINE NATURE, WHILE AS TO HIS HUMAN NATURE HE IS THE SON OF DAVID (ROM_1:3, ROM_1:4. COMPARE GAL_4:4; JOH_1:1-14; JOH_5:18-25; JOH_10:30-38, WHICH PROVE THAT CHRIST WAS THE SON OF GOD BEFORE HIS INCARNATION, AND THAT HIS CLAIM TO THIS TITLE IS A CLAIM OF EQUALITY WITH GOD). WHEN USED WITH REFERENCE TO CREATURES, WHETHER MEN OR ANGELS, THIS WORD IS ALWAYS IN THE PLURAL. IN THE SINGULAR IT IS ALWAYS USED OF THE SECOND PERSON OF THE TRINITY, WITH THE SINGLE EXCEPTION OF LUK_3:38, WHERE IT IS USED OF ADAM.

MITCH: WHAT’S THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN GOD’S WILL AND GOD’S PLAN?

FRANZ: ALAM MO, GOD’S WILL AND PLAN IS THE SAME, BAKIT? LET’S DEFINE FIRST THE WORD “WILL” (A FIXED AND PERSISTENT INTENT OR PURPOSE) AND THE WORD “PLAN” (HAVE THE WILL AND INTENTION TO CARRY OUT SOME ACTION). SO MEANING TO SAY, GOD’S WILL AND PLAN IS THE SAME. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE WILL IS UNG “KAGUSTUHAN” NI GOD AND THE PLAN IS TO CARRY OUT THAT “KAGUSTUHAN” IN TO ACTION.

MITCH: ASKING FOR MORE OR BEING UNCONTENTED (GRAMMATICALLY WRONG BA? SORRY…^_^) IS A SIN… RIGHT? IS IT A SIN TO ASK MORE OF HIS LOVE?

FRANZ: FIRST, ALAMIN MUNA NATIN KUNG TAMA BA UNG UNCONTENTED NA WORD, ANG TAMA KASI DAPAT IS DISCONTENTED. WHAT IS DISCONTENTED? IT IS SHOWING OR EXPERIENCING DISSATISFACTION OR RESTLESS LONGING. ASKING FOR MORE OF HIS LOVE IS NOT A SIN. THINK ABOUT THE LOGIC, PAANO NAGING SIN ANG DESIRE MO TO EXPERIENCE MORE OF HIS LOVE? DIBA SI JESUS LANG ANG SATISFACTION NATIN. ONCE MAREALIZE MO ANG LOVE NI JESUS, SATISFIED KA NA. KASI HE HAS SHOWN HIS LOVE TO ALL OF US WHEN HE DIED ON THECROSS FOR OUR SINS. DISCONTENTMENT IN A WAY IS A SIN PERO NOT IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR EXAMPLE, “ONLY BY PRIDE COMETH CONTENTION: BUT WITH THE WELL ADVISED IS WISDOM.” (PRO 13:10 AV). BASTA PAG UNG DESIRE ISMASAMANA, IT IS A SIN,PERO PAG UNG DESIRE MO IS MABUTI AY WALANG PROBLEM DOON. ISA PANG EVIDENCE NA IT NOT BAD TO ASK FOR MORE OF GOD’S LOVE, SABI NI DAVID SA PSALMS, “MY SOUL THIRSTETH FOR GOD, FOR THE LIVING GOD: WHEN SHALL I COME AND APPEAR BEFORE GOD? “(PSA 42:2 AV). HGETO SABI NI JESUS, “IN THE LAST DAY, THAT GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, JESUS STOOD AND CRIED, SAYING, IF ANY MAN THIRST, LET HIM COME UNTO ME, AND DRINK.” (JOHN 7:37).

MITCH: NARARAMDAMAN NYA BA NAMAHAL NA MAHAL KO SIYA? AT GINAGAWA KOYUNG KAYA KO PARA MASURRENDER YUNG SARILI KO COMPLETELY TO HIM?

FRANZ: OF COURSE, GOD KNOWS THE DESIRE OF OUR HEARTS. LET’S STUDY THE HEART. ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, THE HEART IS THE CENTER NOT ONLY OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY, BUT OF ALL THE OPERATIONS OF HUMAN LIFE. "HEART" AND "SOUL" ARE OFTEN USED INTERCHANGEABLY (DEU_6:5; DEU_26:16; COMPARE MAT_22:37; MAR_12:30, MAR_12:33), BUT THIS IS NOT GENERALLY THE CASE. THE HEART IS THE "HOME OF THE PERSONAL LIFE," AND HENCE A MAN IS DESIGNATED, ACCORDING TO HIS HEART, WISE (1KI_3:12, ETC.), PURE (PSA_24:4; MAT_5:8, ETC.), UPRIGHT AND RIGHTEOUS (GEN_20:5, GEN_20:6; PSA_11:2; PSA_78:72), PIOUS AND GOOD (LUK_8:15), ETC. IN THESE AND SUCH PASSAGES THE WORD "SOUL" COULD NOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR "HEART." THE HEART IS ALSO THE SEAT OF THE CONSCIENCE (ROM_2:15). IT IS NATURALLY WICKED (GEN_8:21), AND HENCE IT CONTAMINATES THE WHOLE LIFE AND CHARACTER (MAT_12:34; MAT_15:18; COMPARE ECC_8:11; PSA_73:7). HENCE THE HEART MUST BE CHANGED, REGENERATED (EZE_36:26; EZE_11:19; PSA_51:10-14), BEFORE A MAN CAN WILLINGLY OBEY GOD. THE PROCESS OF SALVATION BEGINS IN THE HEART BY THE BELIEVING RECEPTION OF THE TESTIMONY OF GOD, WHILE THE REJECTION OF THAT TESTIMONY HARDENS THE HEART (PSA_95:8; PRO_28:14; 2CH_36:13). "HARDNESS OF HEART EVIDENCES ITSELF BY LIGHT VIEWS OF SIN; PARTIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONFESSION OF IT; PRIDE AND CONCEIT; INGRATITUDE; UNCONCERN ABOUT THE WORD AND ORDINANCES OF GOD; INATTENTION TO DIVINE PROVIDENCES; STIFLING CONVICTIONS OF CONSCIENCE; SHUNNING REPROOF; PRESUMPTION, AND GENERAL IGNORANCE OF DIVINE THINGS."

MITCH: BAKIT MAY MGA TAONG (TULAD KO) ANG HINDI CONTENTED? WHY THER IS ME WHO ALWAYS ASK FOR A GREATER LOVE FROM GOD? I WANT MORE…

FRANZ: NOW I JUST WANT YOU TO REALIZE GOD’S LOVE FOR US. LOVE, THIS WORD SEEMS TO REQUIRE EXPLANATION ONLY IN THE CASE OF ITS USE BY OUR LORD IN HIS INTERVIEW WITH "SIMON, THE SON OF JONAS," AFTER HIS RESURRECTION (JOH_21:16, JOH_21:17). WHEN OUR LORD SAYS, "LOVEST THOU ME?" HE USES THE GREEK WORD AGAPAS ; AND WHEN SIMON ANSWERS, HE USES THE GREEK WORD PHILO , I.E., "I LOVE." THIS IS THE USAGE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND QUESTIONS PUT BY OUR LORD; BUT IN THE THIRD OUR LORD USES SIMON'S WORD. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THESE TWO GREEK WORDS IS THUS FITFULLY DESCRIBED BY TRENCH: "AGAPAN HAS MORE OF JUDGMENT AND DELIBERATE CHOICE; PHILEIN HAS MORE OF ATTACHMENT AND PECULIAR PERSONAL AFFECTION. THUS THE 'LOVEST THOU' (GR. AGAPAS ) ON THE LIPS OF THE LORD SEEMS TO PETER AT THIS MOMENT TOO COLD A WORD, AS THOUGH HIS LORD WERE KEEPING HIM AT A DISTANCE, OR AT LEAST NOT INVITING HIM TO DRAW NEAR, AS IN THE PASSIONATE YEARNING OF HIS HEART HE DESIRED NOW TO DO. THEREFORE HE PUTS BY THE WORD AND SUBSTITUTES HIS OWN STRONGER 'I LOVE' (GR. PHILO ) IN ITS ROOM. A SECOND TIME HE DOES THE SAME. AND NOW HE HAS CONQUERED; FOR WHEN THE LORD DEMANDS A THIRD TIME WHETHER HE LOVES HIM, HE DOES IT IN THE WORD WHICH ALONE WILL SATISFY PETER ('LOVEST THOU,' GR. PHILEIS ), WHICH ALONE CLAIMS FROM HIM THAT PERSONAL ATTACHMENT AND AFFECTION WITH WHICH INDEED HE KNOWS THAT HIS HEART IS FULL." IN 1CO_13:1-13 THE APOSTLE SETS FORTH THE EXCELLENCY OF LOVE, AS THE WORD "CHARITY" THERE IS RENDERED IN THE REVISED VERSION.
MAY MGA TAONG TULAD MO BECAUSE YUNG LOVE NA HINAHANAP MO W/C IS EVERLASTING AND UNCONDITIONAL AY KAY GOD MO LANG MAHAHANAP. ASK FOR MORE OF HIM AND YOU WILL SURELY RECEIVE MORE OF HIM.