Have you ever wondered if New York is God's chosen place? New York is a very corrupt place with a super high crime rate. How can New York be God's chosen place?
But I used to be a pretty corrupted, pretty bad person. Of course I don’t think my past is bad, I feel good in the past, but if you ask me if I want to go back to my old life, I can say categorically: No! Why? No reason! Because I no longer yearn for that kind of drunken life, perhaps because I feel that life is too limited, and the time spent on drunk and luxurious eating and drinking is too expensive! From flashy to simple ~ not easy! I've been tug-of-fighting with God for decades! He really chose me from the time I didn't know Him at all and rejected Him!
"New Yorkers" We call ourselves "New Yorkers" New Yorker means New covenant people, and everyone in the New Testament understands what it means. It is the New Testament created after Jesus was crucified for mankind, and the first time Jesus came to the world. The purpose is to make a new covenant! Remember, if Jesus hadn't died for mankind, he wouldn't have the right to live for mankind, and he wouldn't even have the right to make a new covenant with us! A "new covenant" is not necessary! Only those who have given can be rewarded, but how can they be rewarded without giving? Too many people are putting the cart before the horse, so Christianity is just a group of Christians who eat crippled meals.
Recently, I took the Old Testament survey it again. Although I have already taken it once, I still like it very much. Different teachers will give us different perspectives! Favorite sentence: Sarah is sure of her faith because of grace! We often think that we need to see miracles before we can believe in God! And we think that as long as we believe, there must be miracles! But what strikes me more about this concept is that miracles are God's reward for our faith, and Sarah didn't believe she could have a son, but when Isaac was born, Sarah completely believed in God's ability! And in fact, "miracles" are grace! Who God wants to give grace is God's own sovereignty! God doesn't give us grace because of our faith, but God gives us grace because of our "changes"! It's kind of hard to understand, isn't it?
Because from the Old Testament to the New Testament we have been emphasizing "faith" for grace! But my latest understanding now is that our grace comes to us when we are willing to "change"! As James says: (James 2:17) Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.～How do you manifest your faith? You have to "change"! Just like the woman and centurion in the New Testament who asked Jesus to heal, they were all changing their behavior in order to receive miracles! And we are all sinners, and we all have too many deficiencies. What we want is not to seek miracles by faith, but to seek miracles by deeds! We have to "change" and can New Yorkers become New Covenant people? Let's see if we are really willing to "change" or not?
The highest number of confirmed cases in New York was more than 200,000 a day, and now it has dropped to the level of last summer vacation, a drop of nearly 100 times! Keep wearing masks! Protection continues to do it well! There is a future where we will face high mortality rates, but fear not! This is the normal process. As long as we keep reducing the number of confirmed cases, remember! The number of confirmed cases cannot reduce the number of deaths! We should be back to normal by the end of the year! Until we clear up Covid! Let's clean up those bastards who destroy social order together! We have to take it step by step, and we must kill all the evil things! Come on New Yorkers!