Good night, do you enjoy the music? When I listened, I had a thought Napoléon (1769- 1821), Hitler (1889-1945), Mao Zedong (1889- 1945) Chen Shui-bian (1950-), Kennedy (1917- 1963) Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) And Washington (1732-1799) All those who took the highest position in the world After two thousand years, is there anyone of them Will still be praised with songs like this by people? None. No matter how great the man was. None of them. Only one, Jesus Christ. Amen Why? Who is Jesus? A man who was born in the manger, grew in a carpenter's house And died on the cross After two thousand years, there are endless songs Countless choirs And countless musical geniuses Who must compose, Lead choirs and play symphonies To praise this kind of person Who is Jesus Only this hint will be sufficient for you to think Who is Jesus? One time I was on the plane From Hong Kong to Taiwan There was an old man sat next to me Actually, I am an old man, too. Old man one and Old man two sat on two seats Eventually we started to talk From unfamiliar to necessary to talk Because of sitting next to each other There is a process Just like we were in an elevator You ignore me and I ignore you Then the power of the elevator is broken down When two people are trapped in there They must talk after few minutes It’s impossible not to talk What is that called in psychology? I don’t know Then I asked him Where are you from Germany Indonesia He is a German Then I said, when I listen to you accent You don’t sound like a German What kind of people are you? I am a Jew. I am a Jew. Great. I then had the chance to continue Among your Jews’ history, who is the greatest man? He said, of course Moses is the greatest Jew I said, now Is Moses the Jew that most people know in the world? I pushed him, he said I think so, I think so I said, yes I asked him, why He said, Moses’ ten commandments Became the most important foundation for the laws in the world It affected most countries I asked him intentionally What about Jesus Oh no no no no He is not a Jew Wow, he denationalized Jesus He is a foreigner, not a Jew He is a Gentile, not a Jew I am very interested. I kept talking to him Then I talked about, what do you like He said, I like music I asked him, what kind of music do you like Classical music I said, me too. I like it, too. I then asked him, which composer do you like He said, so many. Bach (1685- 1750), Beethoven (1770-1827) Brahms (1833- 1897), Mendelssohn (1809- 1847), And Edgar (1834- 1917). He mentioned many of them I then asked him You Jews have lots of musician He said, yes. Yes. Then he mentioned Rubinstein (1887- 1982), Horowitz (1903- 1989) Many great musicians What about Mendelssohn (1809- 1847) He said, yes Mendelssohn became a Christian He doesn’t like him too much I asked him, so do you know Why Jews have many musicians playing instruments But very rare composers? He said, do you know why I said, of course I know I have been listening to music for fifty, sixty years Since I was eleven, I had loved classical music And I listen systematically From Schütz (1585- 1672) From this earliest Palestrina (1525- 1594) To British Byrd (1539-1623), Handel (1685- 1759) Purcell (1659-1695), Bach (1685-1750) And Haydn (1732-1809), Mozart (1756-1791), Beethoven (1770-1827) Il listened them all Let me ask you. You are a Jewish German May I ask why Jews have many musicians playing instruments But no great composer? He said, Mendelssohn was He said himself He was a Jew but became a Christian later I said, do you know The relationship between Christianity and music Is deeper and greater than any religions It also generated the best work Do you know why In halfway of our conversation He said, I haven’t thought about this question What do you think Because when I talked to him I found him teach philosophy I also teach philosophy and theology And he is a professor He teaches culture, philosophy and religion I also teach this field So, he came to Taipei To teach in National Taiwan University Then I am more interested So, in halfway of our conversation I said, does music have any relationship with religion? He said, it seems does. But I didn’t think it through I told him, Jews are clever But the reason why Jews cannot have great composer Is because you don’t believe in Jesus He said, how come How could you say that? What do you mean by that I said, those who believe in Jesus The difference to those who believe in Judaism Jews believe that God creates He said, yes. Yes You believe that God reveals He said, yes. You are right But we believe that Jesus Christ saves He said, you think so In the beginning, he had superiority when he talked Later he continued to talk to me In the halfway of our conversation, he found We could discuss problems equally But when he mentioned the salvation Is what you Christianity especially believe What’s the matter to music I said, you found God’s creation You will give thanks to him An atheism is pathetic When the atheism wants to give thanks of enjoying good thing They don’t know who to thank for because there is no god Right? But when the atheism talks about sickness and pain Then wants to blame, they don’t know who to blame on Because there is no god to blame So, when many people want to blame god They had no choice but become theism Or there is no god for him to blame on So, when they think God is not good He had no choice but become believe there is a god So, I told him When you see God’s creation You really want to give thanks You create music When you think of God’s revelation You give thanks so you create music But there is no music Can do better than the gratitude generating from a saved soul To express that in humans’ heart The deepest musical emotion He was shocked He said, it makes sense What you said makes sense I am going to think it over and over Because I never thought about this Dear colleague, dear friends You could try to compare songs of Hinduism The music used by Buddhist scriptures The songs and music played in mosque To songs which Christians sing Only this point Can make you think who Jesus is This topic seems to be unrelated to people Who cares who Jesus is. I don’t care about him What’s the matter with me I am so busy everyday There are so many things you can care about Why do I care about someone lived two thousand years ago, A man called Jesus? Now there is a big earthquake in Sichuan Why do we talk about the question who Jesus is Let me tell you, who is Jesus Is it as simple as you thought? Is it as unrelated as you thought? No The question who Jesus is Has invaded, soaked Into every single one of our lives Within every single field we live in But It affects so much that You think that it doesn’t matter Confucius(551BC-479BC) said, that Way cannot be separated from for an instant He found one thing Is that you cannot separate from for an instant You cannot cut your relationship to it for a second That thing is called the Way What is this Way? This Way, Laozi(571BC-471BC) said Cannot be described Once you describe it, it won’t be that true Way So, Tao (Way) that can be described is not universal and eternal Tao You cannot give it a name When you point out a name for it It will not be an eternal name Name that can be named is not universal and eternal Name So, this is miraculous Very deep and related Very closed to us but so distance Very practical and very Surreal It seems Like exist, or non-exist You say, it doesn’t exist It affects you in your life every day You say, it exists You can’t see it with your eyes opened You can’t hear it with your ear opened You can’t reach it with your hands You can’t find it even you look every where What is this? This is what Laozi said The Tao (Way) which people can’t understand First, there was this nebulous Thing. Before the birth Of Heaven and Earth Revolving, circulating and ceaseless. Independent and changeless That can be regarded as the Mother of All Thing. I don’t know what its name is Just randomly name it as Tao (Way) Or Big This is so marvellous This is what Confucius. Laozi couldn’t figure it out So, Confucius said We cannot be separated from for an instant What exactly is this? It is not a thing or a phenomenon Under the light, there is no colour to be reflected When the sound passing through There is not sound wave which can be heard In human language It seems to be unable to classified to any physical things For us to reach So, what is this Way? Confucius then said, On one day in the morning I understood On that day in the evening I would die without regret You say, this Way has nothing to do with me The bible said, and the Word (Way) became flesh (John 1:14) Its name is Jesus Christ Who Jesus is Is not what you thought An ancient who had nothing to do with me I discard him with considering and ignore him forever That kind of entirely unrelated things or person In fact, it’s in every moment of our lives It’s in every angle of our lives In the layers of our lives It is where the true meaningful value which we cannot be lack of is at The real foundation of motivation The real reason of existence. It’s called the Way/Tao/Word In these few nights, there is not enough time for me to make this Way clear If you are those who paid $20,000 NTD to study I believe you will come everyday Because it’s free You come when you want and absent when you want It’s even better to buy a tape so you don’t have to come People today has already corrupted to this stage Confucius went across the mountains to visit Laozi All he wanted is a word, Tao/Way/Word Today the Tao is passed to you Our mission group still need to spend six million dollars to rent this place You left so many empty seats This is Taipei If I follow my own character I have already been disappointed and not willing to come I have been here 300 times You don’t pay your respect to my gathering You don’t cherish it I can preach to tens of thousands of people at one night in Indonesia Just because I have Chinese blood in me Hokkien blood in me The same species of Taiwanese blood So, I come I wish you listen carefully and think it through Because these things are not unrelated or unimportant These things are the foundation of our whole lives Are where the meaning and value of our lives rely Even the source of our eternality And the true gene of our future hope Dear brothers and sisters Why would someone like Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Be inspired by one phrase of God’s Way Then write the song’ he is my shepherd’? I shall not want If I keep singing, the time will run out The Schubert that you just listened His Psalm 23 In the history, it is a psalm about life It’s the most beautiful music He is under 30 years old when he wrote it Why? Because the motivation of the Way stimulated him This is what Chinese culture Didn’t inspire us practically This is what in Hinduism, Buddhism Or Islam, it had never flashed Because this thing Is in incarnate Jesus Christ Who brought it to the world Whoever were impacted by Jesus Christ enlightened by Jesus Christ’s inspiration Or touched by Jesus Christ’s spirit Their mind and soul would be different Why are those who were affected by Jesus Christ’s life The motivation and art they generated totally different? I am a person who is very sensitive to art Once you make an extra sound, I notice it instantly When the music stops And no one found it I knew where the music stopped In which second it stopped Then I pay attention with my whole life I found that this is not what the culture could generate Japanese wish deeply among their ethic group There could be a Beethoven They wish there could be an Albert Einstein (1879-1955) They wish there could be a Mozart So, in Suzuki music school They use hundreds of thousands And tens of billion yens To teach Japanese children and hope to develop this kind of thing But they can’t We Chinese have a bad habit. If others have something We would try to fight and compete with them Then we do the same In Wiener Musikverein, the concert hall in Vienna, Austria We held some concerts so that we think we could be as good as them But the level and the audience of the music Is played by Chinese and listened by Chinese And we taped it and think it’s the same Let me tell you. It’s absolute different Why? Because only the true spirit Real inspiration generated by true motivation And real influence generated Norwegian were the most barbarous Those island countries were composed by pirates Those people killed without spilling blood Those people drank human blood Those people worshiped the sun Those people did all sorts of evil But Norway, Denmark And other countries like Swidden Have become the countries with the most civilized and technological The most well-mannered socially, high valued in public morality The strongest social order, the highest efficiency, The highest ethical standard and the safest place Why? Because they are influenced by Jesus Christ We as Chinese are influenced by Confucius 25-thousand-year-thoughts Once a person named Mao showed up He messed around with Chinese And activated a cultural revolution Then sent 35 million to violent death Why? Because the true motivation of life Is not only in human cultural or religions It’s in Jesus Christ You say, hadn’t Europe today Started to fall in moral? Sexual moral had corrupted And many evil and obscene things had happened It’s just because Europe left Jesus Christ Europe forgot Jesus Christ So, when the people all over the world Reconnect to Jesus Christ The new hope of the world arrived again When the people all over the world Escape from the power of Jesus Christ’s life Our barbarous come out again What really decides the entire foundation of human moral Direction of life, eternal hope And the motivation of the entire art inspiration Is Jesus Christ, God’s son Jesus Christ once came to this world He had a history of 33 years and a half on earth Lived among people But among the history of 33 years and a half We saw him Had a very injustice treatment He had no basic human rights as a human He was born in the manger and die on the cross He often had no time to eat Often not had the money he needed So, the bible said Some women provided what he needed The bible said, he was so busy that He didn’t have time for food And he said The son of man is not like foxes or birds Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, But the son of man has nowhere to lay his head (Matthew 8:20) There is no where for him to place his head soundly Who is this person? When people treated him with the greatest hatred And nailed him on the cross Every drop and every second he bled Is the time when he prayed for his enemies Father, forgive them For they know not what they do (Luke 23:24) The same second when they know nothing The time when he bled his first drop of blood Is the time when the nail was pushed through And the time when his grace of forgiveness for our sins was given At the same time Who is this Jesus? Will these Christians so foolish To let someone deceive him and be deceived by him? Will they let some Nazarene Say few arrogant words Then surrender sincerely Their whole lives to him? When Napoléon (1769-1821) served in Saint Helena island He once said He said, from Hannibal (BC247-BC183), Charlemagne (768-814) To me Emperor Ἀλέξανδρος (BC356-BC323) and many other emperors As I am who were once so powerful as if we could command the wind and cloud Ruled tens of thousands of people After we died Our power then disappeared There is only one character in the history Called Jesus He had no weapon and no money He had never used a gun or a bomb To conquer anyone He had never forced anyone To become his servant But after this man died His kingdom continues to expand and will keep expending Expends forever Until the end of the world In history, those who died for him Are hundreds of thousands of voluntary army They were not there for the money or any benefit All our kingdoms will end But Jesus Christ’s kingdom will last forever This is not what an ordinary person said This is what Napoléon himself had said Who is this Jesus Christ? I rarely open the bible with you these days Because I am not using scripture to force you I want to guide you to think Guide you from your created mind To think, compare And discover the meaning of what he said When we think about Jesus Christ In John’s gospel it said, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God And the Word was God (John 1:1) This John is someone who never met Confucius This John never knew Someone who was called Laozi But at the same time as Confucius and Laozi Greek also thought about the question of Way/Word/Tao At 400BC in Greece There was a group of people called Stoicism At 500BC There was a person called Was called (Thalēs of Miletus, 624/623BC-548/545BC) The force of the Cosmology That person who started it I’ll tell you when I remember the name They all mentioned the word Way/Word/Tao this word is λόγος in Creek In this force of the Cosmology This λόγος is a constant term And this is an absolute thing Because it continues to keep constant This thing, Way Support the entire universe Until 400BC The Stoicism divided this Way Into passive and active substance The active substance, fate or aether (Way), in the universe Is the principle which acts on everything And the Way which people looked for in their heart To understand that original active aether Is a passive substance (Way) which had to be thought The active substance is called λόγος The passive substance in people’s heart is called λογικός The difference between humans and animals Is that humans use their mind And ration which make them actively think To create a connection The reason why I want to understand the principle of everything Is because I have ration The reason why I have ration Is the difference between all animals and I Because animals are not capable to think I want to think so I use rationality The original version of this rationality is logic of universe This is called Cosmic reason This is called Universal λόγος Humans are the only living material which can think So, humans’ λογικός Is connected to Universal λόγος This thought later affected The whole Creek cultures All different level of people Including the emperor The Marcus Aurelius (121-180) in second century The philosopher Επίκτητος (55-135) The philosopher Seneca (BC54-AD39) Even a slave called Επίκτητος In the process of their thinking, These people all were influenced by Stoicism What Stoicism had influence on Is the thought of the principle how the universe works The principle of everything is called Way When John wrote Gospel of John His thought was beyond these two group So, in his thought He was inspired by God’s spirit, so he mentioned, that the word was God The Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1) So, in this universe What is the principle of everything? It is alive, eternal It is constant, is unique, is divine From this aspect we can see The whole world’s research to the truth The knowledge to united principle Become superior This superior is beyond Greek philosophy Same as to what Confucius, Laozi Didn’t reach This field is the combination of the life and the truth If the life is not combined to the truth The lives of humans will be greater than the truth Because I can use my life to find the truth I can use my life to express the truth which I thought But the bible told us The truth is greater than the lives. It’s not based on humans Because humans use their own lives to find the truth And fill us with the truth When we understand, we know After we know the truth Our lives become more meaningful So, in the revelations of the bible The truth is greater than the life The truth which is greater than the life Cannot be without life itself This is what all religions couldn’t mention Why? Because in religions People seek for the truth of the meaning of life In science People seek for the truth of the natural physics In the truth of the natural physics That is the principle of material The truth which people seek in religions Is the truth in life And the truth in life If it’s smaller than humans I seek for it, but it fulfills me And fulfills all mankind This truth must be much greater John mentioned There was a Word It was there in the beginning It’s not created. It exists And this Word which was there in the beginning Is the Word of life It is God’s Word. It’s God’s truth The Word exists before everything And this Word creates everything Then, John mentioned one important point That’s what all religions and philosophy Had never thought of The Way/Word/Tao which religions and philosophy Had mentioned itself Is a thing created by a person But the Word which the bible mention Is God who created humans It’s not a Word/Way created by a man It’s who created everything in the world And created humans Let people understand Himself The Word itself That is, the Word is beyond the world. The Word is beyond the life Marvellously At John chapter 14 It mentioned; the Word became flesh (John 1:14) The Word became flesh Which had never been mentioned by all religions Is what Laozi couldn’t figure out Is the concept that Confucius had never had Because Confucius’ Tao Is the Tao people need in their lives Is the Tao people seek; the Tao to make me understand I would die without regret If I left the Tao There will be no meaning in my life So, if a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret That which is called Way cannot be separated from for an instant Tao that can be described is not universal and eternal Tao; name that can be named is not universal and eternal Name I do not know its name, and make do with the mark the Tao, or the Way, and name it Tao or the Great Tao produces one (universe), one produced two (yin and yang) Two produced three (heaven, earth and man), then varied and are borne the universe of all things It’s Tao which give birth, produce, Transform and extend to make the existence of everything But in Hebrew culture One of the few biggest contributions Is that the universe is created Because of creation, the creator had a plan A man who made a hall Must has the knowledge of architect A man who designed a tunnel Must has the knowledge of hydraulic engineering A man who made a nuclear bomb Must has the knowledge of fraction in physics These knowledge and wisdom Became a reason for him to design When he transformed the motivation and wisdom of this design Into the action of design We would see these designed items The wisdom was placed In all designed things This is what everyone knows So, when Hebrew culture mentioned Creation ex nihilo Create something from nothing Which brings divinity And first of his work, The most important principle Because the reason why God is God God is the creator And God’s unreplaceable job It’s because God is the motivation for creation God is the lord of the creation This God created everything Everything exists because his creation which became our world today And the reason why the world became what it is The theory of the true reason Here we see The bible mentioned to us that God created When God created What kind of knowledge did he use? What kind of principle did he use? What median did he use To transform his plan of creation into this present world This is not mentioned in Plato’s philosophy (Plato 429BC- 347BC) But in Proverbs in the bible What was mentioned In Proverbs chapter 8 This who was called wisdom Suddenly spoke as a person Introduced itself by itself It’s called Personify in theology Personalize the wisdom So, this talking wisdom Became a living person to self-introduce What did it say When God created the earth I was an active engineer before him So, the architect of the universe Is the man who plan everything to form the world To become this great universe. It’s the engineer It’s the wisdom itself Let’s use other words to explain The creation of this world Implied and is full of knowledge The material of this world The formation of this world All kinds of knowledge included You can use the greatest scientific calculation You will find there is almost no mistake in it That’s the biggest possibility of creation Let me give you a simple example In this hall Where is the part which is harder to be built than an ordinary stadium? Because the dome on top is not a perfect circle Because it is not a perfect circle, there is an advantage Because it is not a perfect circle, there is a difficulty Now I would tell you Some specialities of this stadium which we are using Why If this is a perfect circle The echo in this hall will be tough to manage If it is a perfect circle and a perfect half globe dome This hall will be very easy built Why? It’s like an umbrella There is only one center of circle extending from there The distances from the center to the edge Are all the same. Understand? So He just needs to make structures with the same length One by one And assemble them It will become a perfect circle What is the difficult of the perfect circle building? The difficulty of the perfect circle building is in its design for echo When you talk, the sound spin inside The echo comes back and comes back again You can barely hear any word clearly So, the engineering designer of this National Taiwan university Sports Center He avoided and escaped This unnecessary echo difficulty He chose oval-shape like to build The dome with oval-shape Didn’t exist in ancient time; only some exist in modern days The difficulty which it caused is huge Because each distance from every edge To the center is different. None of them is the same With the difficulty of building He had to think of something The method this engineer thought Is to draw a half-circle from here And draw the other half-circle from there The half-circle here is not a perfect half-circle It turned out that there are two gaps in the front and the back When you extend from there to here You can fill the gaps This kind of method to draw an oval Why would I notice this? Because I am building a Biggest Chinese church in the world My oval is harder to draw than this I had drawn it That’s why I know in this design You must spend a lot of energy It’s very mind-consuming Rack your brain When you do it The angle of turning your idea into practical Is tough Every piece of steel needs to be bended The tool you used and the strength you used is so huge Until you finally completed I was surprised the developing country like Indonesia Could build the advanced building in the world This is not created by those who built it Those who built it need to follow the design The designer who created it Needed plenty of thinking and experience What is that When you use a strict density Or strict number to calculate You will find in every building There are many mistakes But when you see the universe and nature Will you say it’s natural? Let me tell you. No If you pay attention There is a type of arc in physics The absolute value of this arc Is to use the minimum amount of material And lowest amount of money to build a shell By using this shell You could generate a force against the pressure outside The effect of maximum extension When this tension is equal to the pressure outside It will be hard to break This kind of force can be counted to 0.0000 Numbers are very confidential things Eventually they found the building with this type of engineering Was not discovered by all generations of engineers From golden ratio in Creek There was no such thing Until the building of the Eiffel Tower in Paris It’s only discovered recent ages That arc, that design The best example is the egg Don’t despise the egg You say, chicken, you can’t even study Chicken says, the eggs I produce in my life Is greater than you engineers Because put one egg in the hands of the biggest wrestler In a big wrestler’s hands Let him press with five fingers There is no way for him to crash one egg with five fingers You can break it but not crash it Because God had used something which humans still didn’t know With the thinnest, lightest and the minimum amount of material To make the most durable and strongest shell It became a physical miracle Let me tell you. This universe is full of miracles and what is the miracle among the university? We say, the universe is from revolution Do you think these few words would solve all questions? There are many things and plenty of details All revealed in whichever parts on animals’ body Without wisdom, those are not something Which could be created naturally See. When people jump from upstairs when his feet touch the ground He must have his toe tips touching first And then presses his feet slowly At last his heels touch the ground Why is there an arc at the bottom of our feet? Why is it not flat? Because it is better for gravity and balancing For attraction of the earth, flexibility For saving our energy It all produces the very best benefit Our bodies are full of miracles When we eat Whatever, we put it into this hole Even the youngest kid, he won’t put it into the ears He put into the mouth He just knows keep stuffing like this Without considering anything else. After putting in It is transformed inside and turns into hair When it comes to the head, it keeps growing and growing When it comes to the eyes, it grows a little then stop Who is the one controlling it? When it comes inside the nose, it grows a little then stop, too If your nose hair keeps growing like hair, What will you become? If your eyebrow grows underneath your eyes, It will flood once it rains, isn’t it? Don’t laugh You need to think about the principle in it What is the meaning in it? What wisdom is in it? Before 3,000 years ago, in the proverbs of the bible It said in chapter 8, when God created everything At that time, I became an engineer before him So, there was a universal architect An engineer of the universe. That is called the Word/Way The Word/Way not only made everything so great So marvellous That Word/Way is also among us 成為我們整個身體的平衡 It becomes the balance of our whole bodies The practice of our organ The design of our whole bodies The foundation of the true principle Will you say that you are not related to this Word/Way? Who is this Word/Way? When this Word/Way revealed to the mankind He was born in a place His name is Jesus Christ You say, who is Jesus Every time when I teach Christology I would start from natural mystery, the miracle of creation The wisdom of design To see the one who is above everything He puts all of these in the universe So, this world became what we research for all our lives We observe, calculate We think carefully. A purpose; an object I would never understand why it is like this Why is it so miracle? Why was it designed like this? Why was it created like this? Why did he give us two eyes and one nose? If he reversed to one nose and two eyes Or one eyes and two noses. Is that good? Why do we only have one mouth which is full of various functions Why do we have two eyes which are just used to watch See, it takes two for the eyes to do one job It takes two for ears to have one function But the mouth has too many functions You can use your mouth to talk, to curse To sing, to drink When your nose was blocked, your mouth Will take the place to breath You can also use your mouth to kiss your kids To show your love There are so many functions for your one mouth Why is there only one? The wisdom of the designer Is what we cannot understand Never think that humans have rationality Then we can use our mind to understand entirely To figure everything of everything Rationality is low grade Creek said, the nature granted us with two eyes And two ears, one nose with two holes But only one mouth We have a nose with two holes but one mouth Is to let us see more and hear more But talk less. Everyone says We have two eyes, two ears but one mouth It’s to let us see more, And hear more but talk less We often tell others; you talk too much Not many people would say; you read too much You listen too much We rarely say that, don’t we? Because just one mouth would be too much talking If there are two or three, there will be world war Two or three mouths, there will be broken families Two or three mouths, there will be lies, Or other sarcasm, humiliation, Discrimination or roomers everywhere Therefore, the nature granted us two eyes And two ears but only one mouth But I am telling you I conclude from the theology in the entire bible Not what the Creek said Creek said The nature granted us with two eyes and two ears is to let human being see more I concluded it And talk by the principle of the bible God created us with two eyes, two ears And one mouth It’s to let us tell right or wrong, listen to correct or mistake, But only be witness for the truth You could know what is right, what is wrong You could know what is good, what is bad But when you talk, your mouth Jesus said, let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ anything more than this comes from evil (Matthew 5:37) This is what he wisdom of the bible Apart from the wisdom of humans’ philosophy Because the wisdom in the bible Not only related to the mystery of the creation But also related to the issue of the value and the purpose of life Why do people live? Where does human being come from? What value do people live for? What meaning do people live for? The miracle of the creation of human being Not only is to let us know the greatness of God’s wisdom The created mystery of human being Not only let us appreciate and enjoy God’s grace But also let us live to be related to God Related to people Related to our own conscience and moral And related to eternal judgement Concluding all these principles Into one word is that the Word is among us And this Word among us Not only present in the created hidden world But also present itself in the history The bible mentioned Jesus Christ is the Word which became flesh Everyone says, the Word became flesh And this person who presented in the history You say, there are many people like this Let me tell you, there is none like this Do you compare Jesus to Socrates (470BC-399BC) Before Socrates died The last word is, Crito (Socrates’ friend, about his age) Please pay my debt for me Because I still owe a chicken after I die Please pay it back for me, thank you Before Jesus died, he didn’t ask someone to pay his debt for him He said, Father, forgive them I die for them Jesus Christ pays others’ debts The greatest words that Socrates had said Is about the relationship between humans He said, I am the citizen of the world I am the citizen of the world You want to kill me. I do not just belong to Creek I belong to the world What Jesus Christ said is related to this What did he say? Go to the world And let all the nation my disciples What he meant is The whole world is my citizen I am not the citizen of the world But the whole world become my citizen If you don’t compare You would think Jesus Christ is the same as all those who study And same to all religionists But I observe and watch I have taught theology and philosophy for more than 40 years I found the difference Because what Jesus Christ said and what people said Have an essential difference What does essential difference mean? It’s not the difference of degree But the difference of entire essence The difference of degree is the problem of quantity You have 5 dollar and I have 5 thousand I have 4,995 dollars more than you The difference between my fortune to yours Is only quantitative difference When you earn 10 thousand one day You have more than I do So, it is only temporary for me having more than you do When you have more than I do I would lose the original temporary Position of victory to be better than you This quantitative comparison The quantitative difference is not important If you have money to buy 100 dogs I can only have one child I lose the quantitative comparison to you But I win the essential comparison over you Because no matter how many you have, it’s dog The one I have is a human. Understand? The essential difference And the quantitative difference themselves are different Everyone says, the essential difference and the quantitative difference Themselves are very different The essential difference is not the quantitative difference The difference in quantity is not the difference in essence The difference in quantity and the difference in essence is different The difference between the difference in quantity and the difference in essence Is an essential difference If you compare Jesus Christ to all those who studied Philosophers and religious leaders You will find that his essential difference Is his divinity When Jesus Christ said that He has divinity You cannot say that he is boasting You cannot say that he is lying You cannot say that he is a psycho You cannot say that he is a liar Because you had assumed that it is impossible for him You would have these four assumptions If someone is arrogant and make himself sound like Something impossible You would say, he might be drunk Might be crazy or schizophrenia Might be lying to us Might be too arrogant In Jesus Christ’s conversation Some make people think that he is a lair People think that he is arrogant People think that he was possessed by ghosts People think he is schizophrenia People think he lied to the world These possibilities Is because you assumed that he is just a human If Jesus Christ is an ordinary person What he said must belongs to the human level Because human can only talk like human If Jesus Christ had the component beyond human Then you could say Although what he said is beyond the component of human I must think it through The aspect of this part of beyond the component of human What is the component? As humans, we often have a common behavior When I can be a hero Why should I admire other as hero? Second, if I cannot be a hero I found someone greater than me Why don’t I worship him as a hero? This is the 14-year-old-child mindset So, many Christians leave church at age of 14 Because at that time in church He couldn’t find someone to look up to He couldn’t find a great Sunday school teacher At age of 17 Another group of Christians leave church Because his rationality is highly developed When he has doubts He sees the missionary is not qualitied to answer his questions Among those young leaders There is no one could be his model He thinks his thoughts are superior To the teachers and elders who he despises So he leaves the church It’s a very dangerous thing Why do we preach to children today? Why do we have this youth evangelism? There are about 48 hundred people this afternoon Here to gather together Many people pay attention to every word today I wish there will be 7 thousand tomorrow Or at least 5 or 6 thousand children To attend children evangelism If the lord’s guidance is clear I feel it’s absolute necessary To hold this kind of evangelism every year Then year after another In Taipei, Hong Kong Build them up, the youth of this times For them to become Those who can influence next generations to shine for the lord. A mem We are not trying to create a busy scene We are not trying to stimulate crowd’s minds We are not trying to develop This kind of herd behavior This is not a Pentecostal gathering This is not a place for impulse of emotion This not to stimulate your emotion Then create an atmosphere An evangelism which would look good on the photo This is a place where we plant the Word in people’s hearts with pure heart So it would be rooted and fruit It comes to second for how many people support this evangelism Frist thing is if God blesses this evangelism A mem If God blesses this evangelism And it please God Then we will do it anther year and another Make it become a new movement Become a new hope of church Become a new essence of church We are not the same as those group playing tricks Taking the path to growing phenomena Because it’s a growth in quantity Not a growth in quality Because the difference apart from Jesus Christ to all religionists Is not in quantity but quality So, on the first day, I said to you Confucius had lived for 72 years Śākyamuni (623/563/480BC-543/483/400BC) had lived for more than 80 years Laozi had lived for 80 years then leave to the west Muḥammad (571-632) had lived for 62 years Abraham (2018BC-1843BC) had lived for 175 years Moses (1593BC-1473BC) had lived for 120 years Zoroaster (628BC-551BC) had lived for more than 70 years These people had enough days Records of sufficient long lives To promote their religious experience And the truth they had found At the year when Jesus Christ was 33 and a half years old He was nailed on the cross He had only three and half years to teach among people He never had a need to seek the truth He never had the must to seek the meaning of life Because he is not a needer for seeking the truth He is the true answer to those needers who seek the truth He came to the world What he said had already been beyond all religious leaders And those who look for the meaning of life The instinct in the motivation to pant Jesus Christ is not someone comparing to all religionists another superior man in quantity Jesus Christ comparing to all religionists He has absolute quality, the difference in essence 本質的不同的那一位道的本體 That Word itself with qualitative difference When Confucius said, I was looking for Tao Jesus said, look the Word has become the flesh When Laozi said I cannot understand what this Tao is Jesus Christ said, I came among you To teach you my truth and command This Way itself came to the world To present and talk to us Can I say he is proud? Can I say he is bossy? Can I say he is insane? Can I say he lies? Can I say he is arrogant? Today I will analyze to you one by one Because there is no one talks like Jesus I mentioned one thing yesterday I will continue today When Auguste Comte (1798-1857) came to Scotland To visit Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) He said, He said, Mr. Carlyle I am going to create a new religion I will be the founder of the religion I called it the religion of humanism I am going to create a new religion of humanism In my religion, there is no miracles there is no super natural there is no query In my religion There is no super natural miracles Only moral, only the awe to the lord of creation Men just take their responsibility being good Nothing else When he said this The French revolution: a history The author of the great literature and the historical book Answered him Congratulation on your wish I hope your religion can be success But I should tell you If you want to be success in your religion You need three things If you hope your religion can be success First, you should say something never spoken by anybody in the history Second, you need to do something never done by anybody in the history Third, you need to proclaim when are you going to be died and then after three days to be resurrected again He said, I congratulate you But I want to tell you If you really hope your religion can be success You need three things first First, you should say something never spoken by anybody in the history Second, you need to do something never done by anybody in the history Third, you need to proclaim when are you going to die Then after three days to be resurrected again I don’t know why Carlyle answer this way But in my own guess I think this great man He had been able to tell Jesus Christ’s essence And the difference to others What Jesus Christ said Had never been said before and after What Jesus Christ had done Had never been done before and after Jesus proclaimed when he would be nailed And be resurrected again There is absolute none in the history Could proclaim something like this In other words Carlyle found Jesus Christ’s unique He said what no one had ever said Is Jesus Christ real? Did he really say what no one had ever said? Not just what no one had ever said. No one can say it No one would dare to say, no one had ever said No one is capable to say it. Not something anyone can say You say, for real? The key is in John chapter 3 John spoke from the heaven, heavenly speech If someone is from the earth, he belonged to the earth If a man belongs to the earth, he speaks in earthly language If a man belongs to heaven, he speaks in heavenly tone Today you talk to Hokkienese When you talk the fourth or fifth phrase You would find some accent come out When you talk to Xinhuaese You would find accent of Xinhuanes come out When you talk to Shanghai people You would find Shanghai accent come out When you talk to French You would find French accent There are Italian accent and Germany accent There are different languages. You then ask him Are you from Italy? Are you from France? Are you from Denmark? You’re from Russia You will be able to tell If you ask someone Where are you from? He says, I am the representative from Russia And you say to him, do you speak in Russian? He says, no. I speak in Hokkien You say, do you get that right? You are sent by Russia but speak in Hokkien And it’s the Hokkien with Hokkien accent How could you be sent by Russia Your language proves your origin I am using this key And this principle to tell you who Jesus Christ is If Jesus Christ is from the earth What he said will have the mark of the earth If Jesus Christ is from heaven What he said will have the essence of heaven You say, what is called the essence of heaven There has been no man preaching as God Except God has the qualification Jesus Christ has a transcend space qualitative Jesus Christ has a transcend time qualitative Transcend space and time Those are not the qualitative of human in nature So, Jesus Christ’s transcend space qualitative Proves that he is God and belongs to eternality Jesus’ transcend time qualitative Proves he is the master of everything and beyond the earth You say, this qualitative of what he said How could you tell? Today what I am going to discuss with you Is to guide you to understand who Jesus Christ is The most essential and important basic point Jesus Christ had said what no one dare to say What did he say? You on earth (Matthew 18:19) What does you on earth mean? Have you heard Confucius said this type of words? You on earth Then you ask him, where are you We are on the earth. Where are you There have been no one Who talks like Jesus Christ Those words are simple, aren’t they? I read you on earth in the bible since I was little I had never thought that I didn’t understand these words I had to check the dictionary Who wouldn’t understand you on earth Everyone understands Let me tell you. We don’t Why did I say that we don’t How can a person on earth Say you on earth to other When my thoughts first got opened I was frightened. Who is he? How could he say you on earth Unless he is not belonging to earth And John caught that point I admire John so much Maybe more than Paul (5-64/67) Because his knowledge in Christology Only David (1010BC-970BC) in old testament could compete Not even Paul in new testament could compete For where two or three are gathered in my name There am I among them (Matthew 18:20) So frightening that saying this kind of words If you don’t pay attention You would think it’s just mumbling Putting few words together then finish But what does these words mean? My transcend space and earth qualitative Did you see that? You on earth no matter where If two or three of you pray in my name I would come among you and be with you Now I ask Christians Today in this Taipei Arena We pray in Jesus Christ name Is Jesus with us? Yes Halfway of our pray If there are two or three people praying in Taichung Is Jesus there? Yes Did he take high-speed rail there? quickly rushed to the train station and shu Yes. Here. I am with you Not even have time to breath There had already few people in Kaohsiung praying in Jesus name Rush there immediately again? On the way there, there are people in Sichuan praying Does Jesus take Eva air or China Airline? Not even arrived there yet, there are few praying in Begin He would be exhausted just running around everyday Who can say these words? You say, I’ve never thought about it So I invite you and stimulate you today Today I inspire you with my experience with bible reading When Jesus say wherever you are Two or three persons pray in my name I am with you Who is he? What qualitative does he have What qualification does he have to say so He is God If Jesus Christ is not God, he could not say things with divinity If Jesus Christ didn’t transcend earth and space He could not say something transcending space The transcend space God Speaks with the nature of God’s deity which is transcend space Not only that In the big mission, Jesus again said Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation (Mark 16:15) Go therefore and make disciples of all nation (Matthew 28:19) All that I have commanded you Teaching them to observe And behold, I am with you always To the end of the age (Matthew 28:19) Until tomorrow afternoon, until three years after No. Confucius couldn’t say that Mao Zedong couldn’t say that Socrates was absolute not capable to say that Saying this kind of words, don’t say courage They didn’t even have that concept or instinct In the history there is none Like Jesus saying these words And behold, I am with you always to the end of the age This transcend time Generations and generations will pass I am with you always To the end of the age I would never leave you Who is he? How could Jesus speak this language transcend the earth What qualification did Jesus have? To speak the transcend time language Who transcend time is eternality In John chapter 1 verse 1 said In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, And the Word was God He was in the beginning with God All things were made through him And without him was not any thing made that was made In him was life. These words are so great God transcend material, transcend time and transcend space He speaks transcendental language with his transcendentality Do you think he is the same as all religious leaders? Let me tell you If I do nothing my whole life But study this subject. I am willing to In my life, what I am interested in thinking the most And preaching the most is Jesus Christ Only in Jesus Christ You can find the highest wisdom You will gain the biggest inspiration You will get the biggest ability, the deepest inspiration No wonder those ethic groups under Jesus Christ’s influence No matter in democracy, human right Art, music, society, justice Rationality, science Or to nature, their development is unlimited Today we Asian Overly long for western since 20 centry No matter people like Kang Youwei (1858-1927) or Liang Qichao (1873-1929) Are all affected by western democratic society Western human right The image of rich and strong economy in entire western country Chinese communist Party sent Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997) and Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) to France to learn Because of western contribution, western greatness And western achievement shocked the East So Asian, Japan copied German When everyone went to the West And the West affected the East the most There was a western scholar Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) in Germany He wrote a book called ‘The decline of the West By using religious words to say Spengler was a philosopher prophet He is the prophet in philosophy When eastern people worshiped the West To sweep them off their feet He had already recognised the decline of the West Now, from economic point of view Europe starts to tremble Because they afraid of two-digit economic growth in China They left Taiwan behind and no one could stop them For 20 years Could reached two-digit continuing growth Even the vice president in World Bank Who ran to China as a military in Taiwan He swam from Kinmen Now become world number one, number two economy specialist He also said in future 20 years Chinese will continue in economy Keep progressing as a lead to shake the whole world An economic growth without the control of Jesus Christ’s truth Will make people corrupt more and graft more Why is there so many upstarts recently Rising in China When the big earthquake came The money they donate was not even reach one-twentieth of what Taiwan donated Why? Because conscience, moral, believe These deeper things Are not those who construct high building to get rich or Enjoy material growth can compete Today the composing of humanity Is no longer rely on material Let’s not envy rich people Let’s not worship Mammonism Let’s not bow to the power, fortune And the material enjoyment Let’s start from the inspiration in Jesus Christ And the faith, moral Spirit and eternal hope which he brought To rebuild ourselves, our family Our society and our country Who is Jesus Christ? He is the engineer of the universe He is the wisdom of everything He is the principle which works in every creation He is the master of life who is always with his disciples The history told us, there is no one like him The bible told us His presence in the history It means the arrival of eternity It means the visit of the most ancient It means the one taking care of us in the history And presenting to us, that eternity He is Jesus Christ Among everything, Jesus Christ is the momentum supporting everything Jesus Christ is underneath every existing things and lives Is our foundation In the process of the history, Jesus Christ Is the guiding direction Jesus Christ in church Is the master of those who are ransomed and saved Jesus Christ in our personal lives is the light of the world He said, I am the light of the world Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness But will have the light of life (John 8:12) Dear friends, dear colleagues Dear brothers and sisters, dear audience My time is limited today In a short time, I will end my talking today Tomorrow we will continue to think who Jesus Christ is This great subject He is not unrelated to you; he is not far away in the sky He doesn’t wait until the end of the world to present That transcendental who is not related to me He is the Word itself. He is the basis of our lives He is the master of our lives He is the center of all our motivation. He is the lord Because of him sacrificing and bleeding in the cross The spirit of self-sacrificing Stimulates the greatest people all over the world And this peace movement of relationship between people Today when we bleed too much and must die In the war place Before we lose our lives You will see the cross on the Red Cross You immediately gain new hope. Why? The real self-sacrifice starts from Jesus Christ Real sacrifice is from the model on the cross The real meaning of life From how Jesus Christ brought God’s grace and love As a foundation of human hope. As a start May I ask, do you know him Do you know who Jesus Christ is Have you accepted him ever? Do you invite him to enter your heart? Tonight, is there anyone You say, I would like to understand more From what I have heard, I would like to Accept this great truth Open your heart You invite him to enter your heart Ask him to be your lord, to be your savior To be your guidance of your life. Would you like to? Don’t answer me Answer to the lord who loves you At this moment, tonight Let’s answer him, respond to him, alright? Let’s bow down and pray Lord, we thank you Again and again, you shine yourself Reveal yourself For us to see the relationship between you and us How much you love us, you created us You hide your wisdom in us You make us become someone with life, eternality Rationality, someone who pursue and a desire the truth with the need The person who we become today Is because of your grace Lord, tonight May lord open our eyes May lord open our hearts May lord open the ears of our souls So we can listen to your truth We see your glory We say to the lord, here I am Lord, please enter my heart Lord, please save my soul Lord, please lighten my life Lord, please guide my path before me Now we ask God to be the lord in this gathering To take first place and be with us To talk to us. We thank you and praise you Lord, please listen to us In Jesus Christ name We bow down and pray We remain still before you I pray in Jesus name With God’s love, I say to you Jesus Christ created you, Jesus Christ saved you Jesus Christ bared your sin for you on the cross Took punishment for you Had been punished and wounded for you Took righteous anger and judgement To bring you back to God Tonight, Jesus Christ’s spirit had toughed you He says to you, will you For me to enter your life and be your lord If there is someone like this You would like to open your heart You would like to accept Jesus Christ Would like to believe him, I will pray for you You say, pastor Tong, I would like you to pray for me If there is someone like this, please raise your hand Is there anyone? Thank the Lord Tonight, open your heart Let Jesus Christ be your lord Save you, guide you, manage you Lighten you, inspire you and change your life You say, Lord, I do Now I open my heart If there is someone like this, I will pray for you Now please raise your hand Is there any one? Thank the Lord There is more, there is more. Anyone? Is there anyone Who didn’t raise your hand when I first called Who still didn’t raise your hand when I second called Now I give you the third time Today, the last chance I would like to open my heart to accept Jesus Christ If there is someone like this, please raise your hand respectfully Now raise your hand bravely To believe and accept Jesus Christ No matter where you sit. Thank the lord Is there anymore? Don’t wait and don’t look at others Don’t be affected by others Make your own decision. Lord, I return to you If there is someone like this, raise your hand Is there anyone else? Thank the Lord Now I ask all those who decide to raise their hands today And would like to pray together To stand up. Please stand up Let’s walk to the front of the podium Come forward from your seats Let’s gather before the Lord to pray Now come out Love is as a tide pouring into my heart Stand up. Love is as a tide pouring into my heart Now I believe. Now I accept Pouring into my heart. Pouring into my heart Let’s bow down to pray Lord, I thank you You are the lord of eternity You are the Word existing from ancient to forever You are the engineer of God who created the universe You are the wisdom hidden among everything You are the truth itself You are the way, the life Tonight, we come to you We say to the Lord from the bottom of our heart Lord, we thank you. We love you We would like to know you. To receive your light shine on us We have found you on your path of life We are among your holy spirit’s shining light We discover our faults and our sins We keep you in distance Please Lord accept us today Please Lord forgive us Please Lord save us and change our lives So we can leave the dark and return to light Leave the authority of Satan and return to Your loving son’s kingdom Take of the old clothes and put new clothes on Leave idles and return to true God Leave the emptiness passed on from our ancestors Lord, we are part of the freedom in your truth Let us leave the faults from ration in the world To be part of your character This is your promises. We thank you Now we pray To beg the lord to bless everyone who listens to the way No matter those who had decided To come forward to pray together Or those hesitated and scared to make decision Whoever cannot make their minds after thinking over and over When human’s voice ceased, we beg the Lord to continue To work in every heart of us You listen to our prayers Those who are at the front please pray with me God, I thank you Tonight, you bring me to you To listen to your words, to understand your truth, To know Jesus Christ My heart is full of joy Because on my days on earth I can receive this kind of light shining To understand your words I return the glory of all to you Lord, please save me Wash me clean with Jesus Christ’s precious blood Forgive my sin Save my soul Guide me my entire life to follow you Please listen to my prayer We thank you and praise you In Jesus Christ’s winning name we pray Now you finish praying Listen to my words Attend the gathering every week Everybody says, attend the gathering every week Read the bible and pray often Live a holy and purified life Be a witness for Jesus Christ Bring people to the Lord All right. May the Lord be with you Now return your own seats