Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/23/wise-christians Jesus taught before that as He sends us out to the world that we should be as shrewd as serpents but innocent as doves (Matthew 10:16). Some translations use the phrase wise as serpents and harmless as doves. This is because when we are in the world we are akin to sheep among wolves,Continue reading “Shrewd as Serpents”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/22/live-to-serve It is undeniable that every one of us has unique gifting and talents from God as much as our personality and character are unique. Our upbringing, school, college, work, family, early investments by our parents when we were young like music, taekwando or kumon lessons and our interactions with friends, church members, work colleagues,Continue reading “Gifting from God”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/21/bible-beavers I think Jesus made an excellent point in John 5:39-47. What is the point of studying Scriptures so diligently only to reject Him when the Scriptures point to Christ? Scripture is about God, how He related to mankind and to His chosen nation, Israel, and yet they rejected God when they rejected Jesus becauseContinue reading “Jesus and Scriptures”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/20/look-within Because Jesus died for our sins and we accepted the gift of salvation from God, we are no longer slaves to sin. Instead, as Christ has redeemed us from the shackles and bondage of sin, our new Lord is Christ. He paid the price for our liberty, thus we now belong to Christ. HeContinue reading “Confession of Our Sins”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/19/doing-what-needs-to-be-done Today’s ODB raises an interesting point on what it means to sacrifice for the good of others based on Galatians 5:22-26 on the fruit of the Spirit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law.” The backgroundContinue reading “Sacrifice for Good of Others”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/18/a-time-to-speak Ecclesiastes 3 is probably one of the more well known passages from that book. There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to mourn and aContinue reading “A Time To Speak Up”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/17/our-rosetta-stone One of the distinguishing element in our faith compared to other faiths, even other Abrahamic faiths, is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirt is the Helper Jesus promised will come to help us after He leaves this world (John 14:16-17). The world will not receive Him for they will neither see Him nor knowContinue reading “Holy Spirit”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/16/living-well Stephen Covey taught in one of his 7 habits of successful people is to begin with the end in mind. So we imagine ourselves at our funeral, what people will say as our eulogy, what will be written on our tombstone, how will our loved ones take our death. From the end that weContinue reading “Death”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/15/sealed-orders If we have learnt about God’s will before, we will know that there are broadly 3 types of God’s will. The first is His sovereign will, which will proceed no matter what mankind does. For example, God’s will for Christ to die for our sins or His second coming or the new heaven andContinue reading “God’s Will For Us”

https://odb.org/MY/2021/10/14/a-vital-beginners-guide In Romans 6:16-23, Paul used the metaphor of a slave to describe our relationship with sin in our life before we knew Christ and our relationship with God after we knew Christ. He used that metaphor because it was something the people in Rome were familiar as some of them were slaves before. SlaveryContinue reading “Slaves to God”