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One of my students writes love poems (okay, there are two, to my knowledge)... so one day I asked a pretty stupid question over msn which garnered a "duh" answer. I asked him if he's in a relationship. Here came a simple reply:

"if there's anyone who can write love poems without inspiration i wanna noe that person lol"

Hahaha... Him being in a relationship at such a tender age is one thing to contend with... and after spending some years working with youths, it's not so much of me looking on with signs of disapproval... but I sincerely hope that something good comes out of it in the end. :)

I look at my own life and the collection of songs He's (God) inspired me to write... 150 plus within a span of 5 years.

If I've been believing in a lie, I guess this lie's pretty powerful to have inspired me to write so many songs yeah. ;)

No one refutes the fact that Jesus Christ existed as a human being; it's accounted for in both religious and secular history.

He claimed to be God in his very own words. Fully God, fully man.

To shorten the trilemma in the most condensed form, if Jesus' claims were false, he's either the world's biggest Liar or Lunatic.

A liar if he knew his claims are false, that he's not God and yet he continued to claim that he is.

A lunatic if he didn't know that he's not God... and probably suffering from messiah complex.

Either way, Christians will be the world's most deluded or craziest bunch of people.

However, if His claims to Godship is true... there leaves only an option.

It's either acceptance... or rejection.

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 6:23

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16

"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" - John 14:6

Even as a liar or lunatic, dying on the cross, the most brutal form of execution in roman times, would have been too high a price to pay. Perhaps the bible couldn't be trusted, which recorded his last words before he breathed his very last:

"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." - Luke 23:34

He didn't die out of fear.

He died forgiving.

But that's not all.

The entire crux of the Christian faith lies in what happened three days after.

"And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." - 1 Corinthians 15:14-22

Having written all these, I know there'll be people out there who'll say that anyone can write passionately about anything (poems, lyrics) as long as they believe in it.

Well.

Let me propose to you that this personal relationship with God is something everybody can have. And no - it's not a relationship that is "cooked up" to to fill whatever void there may be in anyone's life. On the contrary, it is through this one relationship that you will really learn how to cherish and grow the other relationships that are given you - family, friends, schoolmates, colleagues, etc.

If you're one of those who've managed to read through everything and you've yet to have a personal relationship with Him... I hope that you'll at least start thinking about it... and perhaps be opened to opportunities given you to know more, through the Christian friends around you, the services you can attend at the various churches across the country... and yeah, I definitely won't mind some correspondence. :)

No... I'm not paid to advertise for Jesus Christ. Haha... but I do stand to gain.

I stand to gain another brother or sister whom I'll get to see in heaven when the day comes.

:)

Here's a clip from a fellow deluded soul or crazy maniac or a genuine follower of Christ... whichever way you want to see it. ;)