KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS.SYNDICATED, ENGLISH. 18 MARCH 2014 Time to rethink the “born again” doctrine? LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…Jesus replied, `Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born from God’...” (Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in John 3:3, the Bible). -ooo- TAN, DE LIMA, FOR PRESIDENT, VEEP, IN 2016? I have a question: will the Commission on Audit under Chairman Maria Gracia Pulido Tan and the Department of Justice under Secretary Leila De Lima be able to complete their investigations into the misuse of pork barrel allocations by some 180 plus lawmakers involving billions and billions of government money? Tan and De Lima will necessarily have to vacate their positions (voluntarily or, as we saw recently, through some outside machinations) when President Aquino, who appointed them, gets out of Malacanang in 2016. Whoever is installed as president may not be similarly sympathetic to continuing the investigations into the pork barrel that Tan and De Lima are pursuing. So, what should we do to enable Tan and De Lima to finish their work and somehow put an end to one of the most corrupt practice in the Philippines? I guess we have to elect the two of them president and vice president, that’s what. Putting Tan and De Lima in Malacanang in 2016 will not only make sure they will finish the investigations on pork barrel. It will also set this country straight somehow! -ooo- WHICH IS WHICH: BORN AGAIN, OR BORN OF GOD? I wish to share here a point of view I espoused in an Internet group which is tackling spirituality, good governance, and many other things, on what change we as a nation must undergo to rise from corruption, poverty and immorality: “The only real change that would transform Filipinos and even the entire human race is not to be born again. “For, indeed, even if one is `born again’ a million times, he will be born again a million times as a man, still sinful and evil (for those who believe in the Bible, see Romans 3:23 and Genesis 6:5-7). Man must be `born of God’, so that he can become a `child of God’, truly changed, truly reformed, truly spiritual and therefore capable of leaving his evil and corrupt ways behind him (for those who believe in the Bible, see John 1:12-13, John 3:5-6). “Then again, what Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, really said, in John 3:3 is not that man must be `born again’, but, even the New International Version now admits, that he must be `born from above’, or `born of God’. May God have mercy on all of us…” Any additional comments on this, please? -ooo- TIME TO RETHINK THE “BORN AGAIN” DOCTRINE? This fine distinction about “born again” and “born of God” may provide us the answer to the nagging question many Christians who espouse the “born again” doctrine are continually raising nowadays: If being “born again” means being endowed with spiritual power, how come “born again” Christians do not seem to be growing in number despite all these years? I heard Pastor Ed Lapiz, in his daily radio program “Day by Day” aired over DZAS, 702 khz, on March 17, 2014, asking the same question. Born Again pastors also come to me and ask the same thing. And I only have one and the same answer: it maybe because the “born again” denominations are preaching something wrong and so are not blessed in their preaching work. What is this “something wrong” in the preaching of “born again” pastors? It may very well be the point that, in reality, there is no “born again” in the Bible, Jesus Christ did not say “born again” in John 3:3, and that what he really said was that a man must be “born of God” so he can enter the kingdom of heaven. Maybe it’s time to ponder on this, beloved “born again” leaders? -ooo- REACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo, mmauriciojr111@gmail and melaniolazomauriciojr@outlook.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:33:03 +0000
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