Its Good Friday, What Does It Mean For Yoleh?
Yes, its Good Friday today. I'm sorry I turned down the invitations from two friends to attend their Church's Easter service, I'm quite disappointed another friend failed to remember her promise to call me as I had agreed to attending Easter service with her.
A short introduction to Good Friday:
Firstly, what is Good Friday about? Good Friday commemorates the day Jesus died on the Cross after being crucified to save all men lost in their sins to reconcile them to God through His blood that was shed.
Secondly, how is Good Friday celebrated by Christians worldwide? Christians worldwide celebrate this occasion by attending Church services (most Churches term this service as Good Friday / Easter Service).
All right, with this I shall start on today's topic, "Its Good Friday, What Does It Mean For Yoleh?":
Besides the usual staying at home doing virtually nothing (except writing this blog post, haha), Good Friday brings back sad memories for Yoleh. The times Yoleh was bullied, mistreated, misunderstood while he was still attending City Harvest Church all come back to memory. Yoleh may have said that he has forgiven those Christians but still he can't forget those hurtful and painful memories, especially the so-called friends who stopped contacting him since he left City Harvest Church. But still, Yoleh must live on, now a free thinker, not associating himself with the term "Christian". Yoleh still prays and talks to God though, so don't anyhow label him a backslider thank you.
Yoleh is happy and glad at the same time that a few true friends (less than 3) including his godmum still ask him out / keep contact with him over MSN. Yoleh has had lost faith in Churches in general but he still believes God is still his Shepherd and will never leave him nor forsake him till the very end.
Yoleh has seen the worst of Christians especially the Church and believes that people from outside of the Church are much much better than those inside caught up with the "God bless me, God prosper me" attitudes. Yoleh was and is still angry with Christians who claim that God wants everyone of His children to prosper financially and become rich, affluent "Christians". Yoleh himself had had given money to the offerings, tithes and building funds in City Harvest Church for years and still isn't a "millionaire" and remains skeptical of these wrong teachings in the Church. Yes, giving in itself is nothing wrong, but when the Church motivates the sheep to give for the wrong reasons, that is not just morally but also spiritually wrong!
Yoleh scoffs at Christians who insist that Church services should be attended every week without fail. Why? Nowhere in the Bible says that Church services should and must be attended weekly without fail! Yes, the Bible did state that in the early days of the Church, the Churchgoers met in the Church daily, but look at the historical context and social context of that time.
Yoleh also does not like any Church that wants its members to give utmost devotion and commitment to: Attend Bible studies, cellgroups, prayer meetings, evangelistic outreaches, outings, services all in just 1 week and this happens virtually every week!
Yoleh finds it tiring to drag himself to Church service, cellgroup every week! Some Christians even chided him for not being "commited to the Church and God" for doing so!
Yoleh was particularly unhappy about a leader who accused him of "not loving God, not having a heart for God" just because he couldn't attend a Church seminar due to a camp while in National Service!
Yoleh is thankful that there were some Christians who responded to his previous post on this topic, reminding him that not all Christians are black sheep but Yoleh still has to get it off his chest the injustice he had to go through all those years.
Yoleh believes that a Church should be balanced in its teachings, sticking to the Word of God without selfish motivations and adhere to the teachings of Jesus to be humble and not tell its members that it is the best Church in the country and put down other Churches!
Yoleh is being angry for the right reasons here. Disagree with him, Yoleh doesn't care the least about this for he is telling the TRUTH.
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