delirious?
Went to catch delirious? @ the Expo last saturday with SEM and BECKY. Sean couldnt make it because of work. Before i entered the hall, little did i know that city harvest was hosting the concert as well as a service. Negative thoughts and opinions heard from others began to enter my mind. Arggh i decided, hack it and just experience it myself.
Delirious? was not too bad, typical british rock band. I am not very musically inclined, therefore i dont really know how to describe their style. However, they were along the same line as Oasis. Very layed back, not like the typical praise and worship songs heard from Hillsongs, the annointing was just different. In fact i couldnt really feel the presence. I'm not implying they are not fantastic, probably gifted with a different annointing, but not they type of songs i would use for praise. Anyway, moving on to the service. It isn't really as bad as what people say, though it felt as though i was attending a lecture or some seminar. Personally, i felt that the message was quite contradicting in contrast to them claiming that they preach "grace" when there is "law" behind "grace". It isnt exactly like the 10 commandments which God gave during the days of Moses, with all the terms and conditions of "thou shall not". arrgh, lets get to the point. In my opinion, grace does not work hand in hand with law. Lets put it in the context of christianity, because grace is undeserved favour given by God and paid for by Jesus. Why? Lets face it, we are not perfect and its NO ONE, besides Jesus, can and will have the capabilities of not breaking the 10 commandments. Which means that we do not have to earn our blessings from God because Christ has paid it all. Where as the "law" shows that there are conditions in order to recieve God's blessings. So you may ask, what about in real life? Yes its true that work from us is in a way still required, but knowing that you still have access to God's blessings and rest despite the fact that you still sin in everyday of your life makes a whole lot of difference. NO, GRACE IS NOT THE LICENSE FOR US TO SIN. It is being conscious that there's no condemnation from God despite my imperfection that sets my heart free. Damn, i've just realised that i've REALLY side tracked. LAWL. OK the bottomline is, CHC is not a bad church, just that i dont reall agree with the way they portray grace.
Anyway, sem,becky and i went to the airport to have our dinner @ the hawker centre. We had hokkien mee...good stuff. I really miss the good old days when my family and i would eat there before my dad leaves for his business trips. After dinner, we had coffee and chilled at Pacific Coffee to chit chat. Ahhh...the S'ses are gonna miss sem. She's gonna Melbourne to study. =( why is everyone going there?! I really hope i can afford to further my studies there after my n.s, thats if i cant make it to fighter pilot school when i'm in n.s.
Delirious? was not too bad, typical british rock band. I am not very musically inclined, therefore i dont really know how to describe their style. However, they were along the same line as Oasis. Very layed back, not like the typical praise and worship songs heard from Hillsongs, the annointing was just different. In fact i couldnt really feel the presence. I'm not implying they are not fantastic, probably gifted with a different annointing, but not they type of songs i would use for praise. Anyway, moving on to the service. It isn't really as bad as what people say, though it felt as though i was attending a lecture or some seminar. Personally, i felt that the message was quite contradicting in contrast to them claiming that they preach "grace" when there is "law" behind "grace". It isnt exactly like the 10 commandments which God gave during the days of Moses, with all the terms and conditions of "thou shall not". arrgh, lets get to the point. In my opinion, grace does not work hand in hand with law. Lets put it in the context of christianity, because grace is undeserved favour given by God and paid for by Jesus. Why? Lets face it, we are not perfect and its NO ONE, besides Jesus, can and will have the capabilities of not breaking the 10 commandments. Which means that we do not have to earn our blessings from God because Christ has paid it all. Where as the "law" shows that there are conditions in order to recieve God's blessings. So you may ask, what about in real life? Yes its true that work from us is in a way still required, but knowing that you still have access to God's blessings and rest despite the fact that you still sin in everyday of your life makes a whole lot of difference. NO, GRACE IS NOT THE LICENSE FOR US TO SIN. It is being conscious that there's no condemnation from God despite my imperfection that sets my heart free. Damn, i've just realised that i've REALLY side tracked. LAWL. OK the bottomline is, CHC is not a bad church, just that i dont reall agree with the way they portray grace.
Anyway, sem,becky and i went to the airport to have our dinner @ the hawker centre. We had hokkien mee...good stuff. I really miss the good old days when my family and i would eat there before my dad leaves for his business trips. After dinner, we had coffee and chilled at Pacific Coffee to chit chat. Ahhh...the S'ses are gonna miss sem. She's gonna Melbourne to study. =( why is everyone going there?! I really hope i can afford to further my studies there after my n.s, thats if i cant make it to fighter pilot school when i'm in n.s.
Oh and i almost forgot, i wanna wish Leon a Happy 20th Birthday! =)
Damn..i'm gonna hit 20 in 7 months time. I really wish i'm 17 or 18. SIGH.
Damn..i'm gonna hit 20 in 7 months time. I really wish i'm 17 or 18. SIGH.
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