May 6 Impossible Forgiveness－Luke 23：32-43

It is difficult to forgive someone who hurt us very deeply and this usually happens in a family. I remembered a real incident happened about 40 years ago. A young man was kidnapped. After a couple of weeks, the victim was recovered well and alive. And the kidnapper was arrested by the police later. The kidnapper asked the judge to excuse him as he got the wrong person and the victim as well and alive. Of course, the judge refused and he reprimanded the kidnapper whoever he laid his hands on still a crime. The judge sentenced him for 5 years imprisonment and the parents of the victim asked the judge to excuse the victim for making a wrong decision. The judge was surprised for the plea and asked why. The victim’s parents said they were Christians and would like the kidnapper to repent what he did was wrong and advised him to receive Jesus as his personal saviour. This became the head news the next day in Hong Kong.

When Jesus was wrongly accused, mocked, beaten, and humiliated before the people, and He was “crucified . . . along with [two] criminals”.  And yet Jesus asked the heavenly father: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing”. The forgiveness Jesus offers seems impossible to us, but He offers it to us. In His divine grace, impossible forgiveness overflows to all of us.

February 28, 2021 New Every Morning – Lamentations 3：19-26

In certain stages of our lives, we experienced some severe forms of affliction and tormenting. It was beyond our control with one’s finances and human abilities. We could not imagine how bleak in the future and the situation was hopeless. At that moment, we cried out...

February 27, 2021 No Longer Yourself – Galatians 2：14-21

Before I was baptized to become a Christian, it was hard to believe what in the bible said and then I began to walk with God. All these were incredible and I wouldn’t believe I could do as the bible demands. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has...

February 26, 2021 Facing Fear – Psalms 56：3-11

When someone made up some story of false accusation or slander against us, how would you handle this kind of situation. It is quite common in a political campaign or an election. This really made our life upside down and distressful. The only solution is to clarify...

February 25, 2021 To Be Human – Philippians 4：6-8

There is an old Chinese adage: A real man sheds blood but not tears. That implies if one cries to show that he is weak. So when we were young as a boy, we tried not to cry for any reasons. But when I grew older I learned from books saying that crying was a sign to...

February 24, 2021 Never Alone – Ecclesiastes 4：8-12

Loneliness is an all-time high afflicted disease of all ages, social or economic status. Particularly in our digital era and pandemic plague, there are alarming rates of increasing loneliness in our society. And in the long term, the symptoms will become depression....