Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/23/gods-mighty-power Exodus 14 sets out the account of the Israelites fleeing as slaves from their Egyptian masters because although the Pharoah had agreed to let them go due to the numerous plagues inflicted on the Egyptians, he changed his mind and decided to bring them back. Even though the 600,000 Israelites men plus their familiesContinue reading “The LORD’s mighty power”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/22/faith-comes-from-hearing Paul, in stating that the Jews were not saved because of their unbelief, puts forth an interesting point that faith comes from hearing the message of the Gospel. If we believe in our hearts that Jesus is Lord and we confess with our mouth that God had raised Him from the dead, then weContinue reading “Faith comes from hearing”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/21/step-by-step In 1 Peter 4:7-11, Peter talks about using our God-given talents and gifts to serve others as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. Our talents and gifts are the expression of God’s grace in the sense that when we use them to serve God, we are expressing God to others. GodContinue reading “Our talents for God”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/20/true-religion-2 I have mentioned before in these pages that as believers, we can not interact with our LORD God in isolation, although faith is something personal. Our faith, although personal, is also communal. It is personal in the sense that it’s a relationship with Jesus Christ, and we are personally accountable for our actions andContinue reading “True religion”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/19/live-in-freedom Galatians 5 records the challenge faced by early Christians in the transition from Mosaic law to faith in Jesus Christ as most early Christians were Jewish in origins, including Paul and the other Apostles like Peter, John and James. In fact, in Paul’s missionary trips, he usually preached at synagogues. For the Jews, theContinue reading “Freedom in Christ”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/18/fixing-go-karts Today is a pretty special day – I turn 55, and just 10 years ago, I would have retired. It was in 2013 that the Malaysian government increased the retirement age for the private sector from 55 to 60, although civil servants had theirs changed to 58 earlier than that. There are pros andContinue reading “Happy Father’s Day”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/16/gods-unfailing-memory I’m not too sure about today’s ODB’s life illustration of a person who had forgotten his bitcoin account with millions in it being compared to God who does not have failing memory. This is because God being God, His memory can never fail. He knows even the number of hair strands we have andContinue reading “The LORD remembers us”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/15/putting-the-pieces-together When we read Philippians 1:6, there is a tendency to think that God will somehow make us perfect in due time, that Paul is like saying that we will be perfected until the day of Jesus Christ as though we will appear before Christ smelling like roses in squeaky clean white robes on thatContinue reading “Koinonia”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/14/texts-troubles-and-triumphs In the Christian world, as much as we say that we do not want to be conformed to the pattern of this world, we are still attracted to the snazzy, slick, and flashy. So, to some of us, brilliance triumphs faithfulness. We could perhaps understand this more for music and song, but when itContinue reading “Faithfulness”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/13/its-empty-now One of the things I dread doing at my age now is to move house. I have moved house (our own house) twice in my life. We bought our first house off plan and waited nearly two years to take vacant possession of it. We stayed there close to four years before we hadContinue reading “It’s empty now”