Simon Yap – Page 36

What else is there for Jesus to save you from?

January 30, 2016 by Simon Yap

Whenever you tell someone that even the unbelievers are forgiven on the cross, people will call us universalists. They then ask you if so and so are saved. Firstly when Jesus died they were no believers with the possible exception the thief. Then people quote you a series of scripture of how you need […]

Do we need the armor of God today?

January 18, 2016 by Simon Yap

Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Dear all, We keep telling people they have to put on the armour of God. What we don’t tell them is this: it is to withstand […]

How does God look at us.

January 15, 2016 by Simon Yap

It’s quiet it’s silence. The only sound is a joy that leaps in the heartbeat of gladness. The void of midnight. The stillness of the streets. Yet there is the motion of a heart that feels evermore alive. It is the mind imagining. It is the heart singing. It is soul’s yearning. O to […]

Filled with more demons?

January 9, 2016 by Simon Yap

Most of us have been told that more demons will inhabit you if you do not live a holy life after you have been delivered. This is the passage they refer to: Matthew 12:43-45 Return of an Unclean Spirit “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places […]

The way God loves.

January 7, 2016 by Simon Yap

You cannot have more of God. Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; Colossians 2:10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. God doesn’t give himself to you in instalments. The bible does not say God gives you […]

Growing up.

December 30, 2015 by Simon Yap

1 Corinthians 13:11-12 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall […]

2015 in review

December 30, 2015 by Simon Yap

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 260,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 11 days for that many people to see […]

What did John mean by “no more death and tears”?

December 12, 2015 by Simon Yap

If we bother to read the the book of Revelation in the light of the Old Testament, we would NOT be intoxicated with a dark impeding future of a doomsday antichrist. Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor […]

The Resurrection not the Cross.

December 11, 2015 by Simon Yap

Some thoughts. Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. Much of our theology centers around the death of Jesus. As such, our lives are merely centered around being […]

Does believing in Grace makes you more susceptible to sin?

November 17, 2015 by Simon Yap

Many people presume that the grace believer is more susceptible to sin because he is no longer under law but grace. They argue that’s why Paul tells them the following verses. Romans 6:12-15 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to […]

Understanding Revelation 20: Satan and the lake of fire.

November 14, 2015 by Simon Yap

Did you know that when Jesus was referring to the worms that do not die and fires that do not end were referring to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple and not hell? Mark 9:48 ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ Now look at this. Isaiah 66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. Jesus was quoting the massacre of the Jews during the Babylonian attacks. He was saying it will happen again when the Romans attack Jerusalem.

Taking up the cross. Post AD70.

September 12, 2015 by Simon Yap

People teach the phrase “carry the cross” as if the Christian life is full of suffering. The truth is that it is a whole misinterpretation of scripture. It is done without the taking into the account of how phrases are understood in the Jewish culture. The best commentator in terms of carrying the cross […]