詩歌分享：十架道路 、若你曾愛過耶穌你主 - 唐崇榮

These two songs song made such an impact in my life... 

這兩首詩歌。。。何等地改變了我的生命！！

記得當年2008？2009年是從聽唐崇榮的講道中他教大家唱的，
今天整理email inbox的時候懵然看到了歌詞。。。 還是那麼的扎心。。。

 

 

十架道路

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedtHVqqsns 

十字架的道路要犧牲，   要將一切獻於神； 

將一切放在死的祭壇上面，   火纔在這�顯現。

（副）

這是十架道路！   你願否走這個？  你曾否背十架為你主？  

你這奉獻一切給神的人！    對神你是否全貞？

 

 當我們唱詩禱告時候，     何等願說“獻所有！”   

但前面有更沉重的十字架！       有更艱難的生涯！

 

你要變節？ 或忠心到死？      讓一切完全損失？     

直等到永活主的豐盛生命        天天充滿在你靈？

 

神的救法是由死得生       你與主合為一人    

在十架，你因信已與祂同釘，        從你身活出祂命。

 

我們的得失並不要緊，      神的旨意當留心；   

我們若將萬事都看如糞土，      主纔不會受攔阻

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RirPIOz_4Xo

 

若你曾愛過耶穌你主

若你曾愛過耶穌你主 ，為何不於今更愛祂？

雖你曾一度遠祂、離他，主愛卻不改變。。。

救主柔聲召人歸家，其中也有你名字；

若你曾愛過耶穌你主 ，何不於今更愛祂？

Above all, put on love which binds everything together -- get our priorities right

We're always on about evangelism and building up the church, getting in the crowds, but did you know that Jesus was in the business of not only planting and building churches, but He was also in the business of closing down churches? "I'd rather not have a church at all than have a church like this right here."

我們常常大力推行福音運動、極力推廣建立教會，把群眾拉攏到會堂裡，但是有誰注意到-- 基督耶穌不止投資在開發教會的行業上，祂也投資資源在關閉教會的行業上。“我寧可沒有這種教會在這個地方，也不要有一個這樣的教會在這裡。”

“To the angel for the church in Ephesus, write: 

These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: I know your deeds. Your hard work and perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for My Name, and have not grown weary.

Yet however I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height! From which you have fallen!. Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. But you have this in your favour--- You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

He who has an ear, let him really hear what the Spirit says -- to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”

~Reflection:~Today, are ourselves just like the Ephesus church too? Do we approach God with the same attitude that art hostile to our neighbours? Did we lose our first love? Do we realise that this Christ-sourced love is so serious that if we lose that love then it is not a minor issue, but one that would cause you -- the church, and the church building/organisation you are in to close down? to be, in economic terms, 'wound up' like a company which cannot meet its liabilities anymore?

“你要寫信給以弗所教會的天使，說：

那右手拿著七星，在七個金登台中間踏步巡邏的說：我知道！你的行為、你的勞碌、你的忍耐，我也知道你不能容忍惡人。你也曾試驗那自己稱自己是使徒卻不是使徒的，看出他們是假的來。你也能忍耐，曾為我的名勞苦，並不乏倦。

然而，有一件事我要責備你，就是你把起初的愛心離棄了。所以應當回想你是從哪裡墮落的，並要悔改，行起初所行的事。你若不悔改，我就臨到你那裡，把你的燈檯從原處挪去，然而，你還有一件可取的事，就是你恨惡尼哥拉一黨人的行為，這也是我所恨惡的。

聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當好好聽：得勝的，我必將樂園中生命樹的果子賜給他吃。”

~回想：∼如今，我們自己是不是也抱著跟以弗所教會一樣的態度？就是說愛主卻缺乏對我們旁邊的鄰舍、人們的關愛呢？我們是不是也失去了由基督為根源的那個起初的愛的心？

卻又知不知道事情的嚴重性？聖靈告訴我們說基督寧可關掉這種又刻苦耐勞、又不容忍惡人、又精確明白神的話以致能探出哪一些是真使徒假使徒、又雖然刻苦卻堅守神並不乏倦的，卻沒有愛的教會和會友—————— 像一間公司因為周轉不靈、欠太多債務而面臨倒閉、需要基督來把教會的門關閉了一樣。你我有否曾經思念過：為什麼沒有愛會導致這種危機？

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Colossians 3

English Standard Version (ESV)

Put On the New Self

3 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your^[a]life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:^[b] sexual immorality, impurity,passion, evil desire, and covetousness,which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.^[c] In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self^[d] with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,^[e] free; but Christ is all, and in all.

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts,kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and,if one has a complaint against another,forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Rules for Christian Households

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Bondservants,^[f] obey in everything those who are your earthly masters,^[g] not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

Footnotes:

1. Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our
2. Colossians 3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth
3. Colossians 3:6 Some manuscripts addupon the sons of disobedience
4. Colossians 3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10
5. Colossians 3:11 Greek bondservant
6. Colossians 3:22 Or Slaves; also 4:1(for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
7. Colossians 3:22 Or your masters according to the flesh

歌 羅 西 書 3

Chinese Union Version (Traditional) (CUV)

3 所 以 ， 你 們 若 真 與 基 督 一 同 復 活 ， 就 當 求 在 上 面 的 事 ； 那 裡 有 基 督 坐 在 神 的 右 邊 。你 們 要 思 念 上 面 的 事 ， 不 要 思 念 地 上 的 事 。

因 為 你 們 已 經 死 了 ， 你 們 的 生 命 與 基 督 一 同 藏 在 神 裡 面 。基 督 是 我 們 的 生 命 ， 他 顯 現 的 時 候 ， 你 們 也 要 與 他 一 同 顯 現 在 榮 耀 裡 。所 以 ， 要 治 死 你 們 在 地 上 的 肢 體 ， 就 如 淫 亂 、 污 穢 、 邪 情 、 惡 慾 ， 和 貪 婪 。 貪 婪 就 與 拜 偶 像 一 樣 。因 這 些 事 ， 神 的 忿 怒 必 臨 到 那 悖 逆 之 子 。

當 你 們 在 這 些 事 中 活 著 的 時 候 ， 也 曾 這 樣 行 過 。但 現 在 你 們 要 棄 絕 這 一 切 的 事 ， 以 及 惱 恨 、 忿 怒 、 惡 毒 （ 或 作 ： 陰 毒 ） 、 毀 謗 ， 並 口 中 污 穢 的 言 語 。不 要 彼 此 說 謊 ； 因 你 們 已 經 脫 去 舊 人 和 舊 人 的 行 為 ，穿 上 了 新 人 。 這 新 人 在 知 識 上 漸 漸 更 新 ， 正 如 造 他 主 的 形 像 。

在 此 並 不 分 希 利 尼 人 、 猶 太 人 ， 受 割 禮 的 、 未 受 割 禮 的 ， 化 外 人 ， 西 古 提 人 ， 為 奴 的 、 自 主 的 ， 惟 有 基 督 是 包 括 一 切 ， 又 住 在 各 人 之 內 。所 以 ， 你 們 既 是 神 的 選 民 ， 聖 潔 蒙 愛 的 人 ， 就 要 存 （ 原 文 作 穿 ； 下 同 ） 憐 憫 、 恩 慈 、 謙 虛 、 溫 柔 、 忍 耐 的 心 。倘 若 這 人 與 那 人 有 嫌 隙 ， 總 要 彼 此 包 容 ， 彼 此 饒 恕 ； 主 怎 樣 饒 恕 了 你 們 ， 你 們 也 要 怎 樣 饒 恕 人 。

在 這 一 切 之 外 ， 要 存 著 愛 心 ， 愛 心 就 是 聯 絡 全 德 的 。又 要 叫 基 督 的 平 安 在 你 們 心 裡 作 主 ； 你 們 也 為 此 蒙 召 ， 歸 為 一 體 ； 且 要 存 感 謝 的 心 。當 用 各 樣 的 智 慧 ， 把 基 督 的 道 理 豐 豐 富 富 的 存 在 心 裡 ， （ 或 作 ： 當 把 基 督 的 道 理 豐 豐 富 富 的 存 在 心 裡 ， 以 各 樣 的 智 慧 ） ， 用 詩 章 、 頌 詞 、 靈 歌 ， 彼 此 教 導 ， 互 相 勸 戒 ， 心 被 恩 感 ， 歌 頌 神 。無 論 做 甚 麼 ， 或 說 話 或 行 事 ， 都 要 奉 主 耶 穌 的 名 ， 藉 著 他 感 謝 父 神 。你 們 作 妻 子 的 ， 當 順 服 自 己 的 丈 夫 ， 這 在 主 裡 面 是 相 宜 的 。你 們 作 丈 夫 的 ， 要 愛 你 們 的 妻 子 ， 不 可 苦 待 他 們 。

你 們 作 兒 女 的 ， 要 凡 事 聽 從 父 母 ， 因 為 這 是 主 所 喜 悅 的 。你 們 作 父 親 的 ， 不 要 惹 兒 女 的 氣 ， 恐 怕 他 們 失 了 志 氣 。你 們 作 僕 人 的 ， 要 凡 事 聽 從 你 們 肉 身 的 主 人 ， 不 要 只 在 眼 前 事 奉 ， 像 是 討 人 喜 歡 的 ， 總 要 存 心 誠 實 敬 畏 主 。無 論 做 甚 麼 ， 都 要 從 心 裡 做 ， 像 是 給 主 做 的 ， 不 是 給 人 做 的 ，因 你 們 知 道 從 主 那 裡 必 得 著 基 業 為 賞 賜 ； 你 們 所 事 奉 的 乃 是 主 基 督 。

那 行 不 義 的 必 受 不 義 的 報 應 ； 主 並 不 偏 待 人 。

Which Passion?

If only people were as passionate about God as they are about sports.
If only people were as passionate about knowing the Holy One Himself! --- rather than being passionate about doing all these supposed "church things", feeling good about being all "religious" and yet shut God outside the the church building's doors and the doors of the homes/places we use for "Bible study"... My friend, your religiosity will not save you 朋友，你的宗教熱誠不能救你 ---- the pharisees tried that too, and they were more fervent than you 法利賽人也這麼樣試過，只是他們比你更熱誠、更義，卻仍然落空.

If you are passionate about sports/work/your partner/kids/love/dog/whatever else, then where is that same passion for your God?

People, to replace The Almighty One with a passion for other "things/gods".. 以別神/物 代替耶和華的，this is a snare subtly planned by Satan, and you're just walking straight into his trap, do you not realise that it leads to destruction? Don't you know that God's Spirit who is inside of you yearns for your attention, passion and commitment to the extent that He is zealously jealous of everything else that can threaten to take His place? 你們這些一腳踏兩船的人哪！難道你們不知道，與世界為友，就是與神為敵嗎？所以，如果有人想要和世界做朋友，他就成了神的仇敵！ 或者，你們以為經上所說的「神使聖靈住在我們裡面，他愛我們到嫉妒的地步」是空話嗎？(James4)

Therefore, whatever other passion you have, be sure to give God more. Whatever other commitment you have put in your heart, be sure that you are committed to Him above all others. Make sure that God has the upperhand, in your life.

敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端；認識至聖者便是聰明。
----- 對耶和華的敬重和畏懼是智慧的根基；而自己親自認識這位至聖者便是這個人的聰明。
For the fear of The Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
----- For the reverent fear of The Lord is the foundation for wisdom, and Knowing the Holy One personally is intelligence in understanding.

I feel so lost -- The Bifurcation - Fork in the road. 兩條路的岔口和選擇 -- 心煩的解答

當我們心煩意亂，覺得好像迷路的時候，怎麼做呢？
When we feel frustrated, lost, and at the verge of losing hope and thinking about just giving up, what do we do?

Have we ever realised.. that every good thing honestly really exactly comes from The Lord? 我們何曾真正想、明白、或體會過，說每一件的好 真真實實且實際地來自那擁有萬軍的耶和華？

That is, every single thing we ever thought was good and nice and like and appreciate in and on this earth, do we realise they ALL belong to heaven? 也就是說，每一件小小的 大大的什麼、每一點溫馨、每一點漂亮的夜景、每一片漂亮又悅人眼目的樹上的葉子、每一朵花、每一顆乾淨的空氣原子，在種類分佈中都是屬於天堂的那一類？

While on earth we get a bifurcation - a two way road co-existing on the same planet, we get a mixture of things that are good and things that are bad. In the future it is not like this. 這個世界是一個岔口—— 是交通路的十字路口：在這世界我們好和不好的兩者並參、兩樣皆有，使得我們兩個都能同時親身體會到，但是我們的未來卻不是這樣的。

In the future things will be separated into two distinct groups --- there will be such stark contrast as heaven is to hell, that one is independent of the other, and all good things get separated to heaven and are emphasised with more good in full, while all bad things get separated to hell and are emphasised with more un-good(i.e. bad) in full, as if through a sift. The same way that the farmer separates the wheat from the tares, and the rice grain from its shells -- and keeps one group, and throws the other group away. The good things will get even better; the bad aspects and the suffering burdens will get even worse. And between the two there is a deep gulf such that one cannot cross to the other from either way.所謂‘未來’，就是我們現在選擇走的路。。的目的地。在這就快到的未來中，一切都全部會被分別為兩大組、兩大捆—— 而兩大捆之間的對比根本天差地遠。。更對的形容應該是 ’天堂差地獄遠‘ 的天差獄遠。極致兩捆中間有個極度深的鴻溝，以致互不相連，這一方不能到那一方去，那一方也不能到這一方去。而好的，把它帶到一方，叫它更加好；不好的把它帶到另一方，使它跟更加不好的聚集在一處。

例如，一切的漂亮風景叫它更加大規模地好、一切美食更加地好味兒、一切分別為聖的門徒叫他更加聖潔完全美好、一切的喜樂在門徒心裡更加豐盛樂上加樂、一切的親情朋友間的聯繫 叫他們在聖徒相同中更加更加甘甜。。。而一切的不好—— 一切的苦毒憤恨，叫他們因為地獄的火難受就更加苦毒憤恨、 本來在世界上有的什麼稱兄道弟的道義會因為被折磨得甚痛苦而化為無有，就算母親也不再愛自己的孩子，反而彼此想爬出無底坑而就彼此踐踏，想爬在對方上面。一切的黑暗，更加叫它黑暗極致那種黑暗是感覺得到、嘗得到的。一切的惡人和罪惡，把他們配在比他們更惡的鬼魔-- 就是那些故意墮落的天使下面管制。而那些墮落的鬼魔因為憤恨自己被上帝貶位、處罰而更加恨死那些照著上帝形象造的墮落在地獄裡的人。在鬼魔他們心裡沒有所謂的憐憫、恩慈——這些憐憫恩慈的概念都是由上帝而來，是屬天的，所以他們必晝夜不停不歇地一面自己受痛苦，一面用盡各種主意折磨著選擇地獄的人、譏笑來消遣他們的痛苦。他們用聖經的話來譏笑那些曾經知道上帝的道卻離開祂去走滅亡世界的路的人，使那些人分分秒秒都不能忘記他們做了這樣的選擇，所以現在自食其果、那麼痛苦。

Knowing this, Pick carefully your way. 小心選擇你走哪裡。

我 思 想 我 所 行 的 道 ， 就 轉 步 歸 向 你 的 法 度 。我 急 忙 遵 守 你 的 命 令 ， 並 不 延 遲 。(詩篇119) 因為袮的話--就是那道的本體--- 袮的話是我的命 -- 我最深的渴慕 （渴了就羨慕想得的）、又是我最深的需要。沒有袮在的一刻，我就不知道我在哪裡。袮的道就是祂 -- 生命祂自己住在我裡面-- 生命就是基督。When I think about my ways, then I turn my steps to walk your statutes. I quickly hasten and will not delay to obey all your commands. (Psalm 119). For Your Word is life to me. My truest longing, my deepest need. Without You one moment, I don't know where I'd be. You Word is He -- is Life The Christ who lives in me.

Every good thing honestly comes from The Lord; Large external social benefits and Christ

People like personal benefit. All for me, all to me, all about me, me, me, and me. But God likes large external benefits. Large external social benefits to the surroundings around you. For He lives in you. And His presence radiates out through your body -- like light through a semi-transparent cloth.

Therefore, while our governments worry more about their election statistics and securing a position and spending money on campaigns and spending money on those things that give them a better reputation, when Christ is the government, He will build infrastructure. He will invest on the things that from a selfish point of view will reap no visible reward. In His reign, He will get the flood mitigation done, the water desalination done, the recycling program underway.... in all these things the external benefits are large, and much needed. There will be such peace that the lions will graze with the ox and eat grass; such peace that there will no longer be any need for a national defence force and swords will be remelted and re-casted into ploughshares. 

When CEO's only care for their short term bonuses, and will rip money off the reserves and squeeze blood out of stone and make many redundant using the 'cost saving' excuse, in Christ's reign He will be fair. 

And He is happy to share His reign with us -- the ones whom He loves. Therefore let us adopt His ways, ascribing greatness to His wisdom, for we are His.

Do we realise.. that every good thing honestly really exactly comes from The Lord? That is, every single thing we ever thought was good and nice and like and appreciate in and on this earth, do we realise they ALL belong to heaven? While on earth we get a bifurcation - a two way road co-existing on the same planet, we get a mixture of things that are good and things that are bad. In the future it is not like this. In the future things will be separated into two distinct groups --- there will be such stark contrast as heaven is to hell, that one is independent of the other, and all good things get separated to heaven and are emphasised with more good in full, while all bad things get separated to hell and are emphasised with more un-good

(i.e. bad) in full, as if through a sift. The same way that the farmer separates the wheat from the tares, and the rice grain from its shells -- and keeps one group, and throws the other group away. The good things will get even better; the bad aspects and the suffering burdens will get even worse. And between the two there is a deep gulf such that one cannot cross to the other from either way.

Knowing this, Pick carefully your way. 小心選擇你走哪裡。 

我 思 想 我 所 行 的 道 ， 就 轉 步 歸 向 你 的 法 度 。我 急 忙 遵 守 你 的 命 令 ， 並 不 延 遲 。(119) 因為袮的話--就是那道的本體--- 袮的話是我的命 -- 我最深的渴慕 （渴了就羨慕想得的）、又是我最深的需要。沒有袮在的一刻，我就不知道我在哪裡。袮的道就是祂 -- 生命祂自己住在我裡面-- 生命就是基督。

When I think about my ways, then I turn my steps to walk your statutes. I quickly hasten and will not delay to obey all your commands. (119). For Your Word is life to me. My truest longing, my deepest need. Without You one moment, I don't know where I'd be. You Word is He -- is Life The Christ who lives in me.

The risk of Hedging against risks -- a life application

CT7 Excerpt M05Q3
What are the limitations of a hedging strategy by using stock index futures to hedge against adverse share price movements?

Ans: The share price of the target company might not move in line with the market index.
As is often the case in the commercial world, the exact cash movements are seldom known in advance. The key is to hedge the best estimate of the known risk.

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Reading this, I could not help but agree. It is very true -- in every aspect of life (not just share prices!), we can only do the best we can to minimise the known risk, and trust that God will dictate our paths out of His commitment to us.

Got many aims in life, but do they really glorify His Name? Which of these paths will lead to the least risk and greatest guarantee of the investments we have put under His Name?


When potential energy remains as potential energy -- that is, instead of translating to kinetic energy -- when this happens, I jump ship and remove myself from that situation, Lord.

Salford Systems CART - the trade off between Purity and Accuracy -- and its application to The Kingdom

Something I learnt during Salford Systems CART training.

High purity à low accuracy

Low purity à high accuracy

As in, if we want to minimise the impurity function (I), which CART uses,

·         Under GINI splitting method is: which is also

·         Or Under Entropy Splitting method is:

If we want to minimise the impurity function as in we want to maximise the purity that all the records put into the classes actually belong to that class, e.g. we want the blue category as below screenshot to have as less reds as possible (hence pure), then we have to make the blue category more difficult to enter by reducing the prior probability for blue category to 0.1 and increase the probability/ease to class into red category to 0.9 (they have to add up to 1). However, what you get is that at the cut off line, you lose quite a bit of blues that are to the left of the cut off, so the accuracy of the splitting decreases.

However, if you want to capture all the blue records (hence increase splitting accuracy) then you want to shift the cut off line to the left, and you can do so by changing prior probability to (red-0.1 , blue 0.9). Hence increase the ease that any record can be classed into the blue category. But by doing so, at the same time you get more contamination of reds in the blue category. Hence the purity of the class decreases.

That is the trade-off between accuracy and purity. It is impossible to be both 100% accurate and 100% pure at the same time because they are inverse functions of each other.

And I heard God say, “Don’t you know that my church is also like that?”

High purity in Holiness à low accuracy – low number of people streamed into the Kingdom

Low purity in Holiness à high accuracy – high number of people streamed into the non-Kingdom that is hell.

And in order to establish a kingdom whose citizens can last forever, it is clear which path God chose in the trade-off between Purity and Accuracy…
But He did give a way out in His higher purpose that surpasses the records He streams into one class or another à He gave them (us) salvage-tion (salvation). So our analogy, let blue equate to the kingdom’s class/category. The amazingly amusing thing is that – with His blood He can wash us so pure, that He actually turns the red records into blue records – for those who do come to Him. For such people who come to Him, is the kingdom of heaven prepared for them. Confess your sins, and produce fruit in repentance, and He will wash you white as snow.

So that even with the same prior probability – i.e. the same high standards in the split, you WILL get more accuracy! And this is done, but Him saying through His dead and resurrection through the cross – “I have got enough righteousness for Me, and I have got enough for you – too.” When His blood covers you, and His righteousness caringly shared with you, your colour flips from red (under God’s wrath) to blue (colour of royalty in The Kingdom).

And there will be no more condemnation to those who are in Christ. (Romans 8).

Oh, Hallelujah! What a relief.

CART screenshot From: http://www.salford-systems.com/en/training/videos#part-5