Ronnie's Thoughts

The gift of giving

https://odb.org/2025/06/05/the-gift-of-giving-2

2 Corinthians 8:1–7 (NIV): 8 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 6 So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. 7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love, the gift of we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

It is interesting to read in today’s ODB article of someone who gave two graduation gifts to 1,200 university graduates. One envelope containing 500 dollars for the graduates themselves and another envelope with another $500 for them to give away. In other words, it’s a double gift to bless them doubly. One to meet their needs and the other to instil in them the generosity of giving and reap the benefits that come with it. Amazingly, this giving was not in any Christian context. There is thus universality in generosity and in giving, in blessing others and receiving more blessings. There is a saying that goes – it is better to give than to receive (Acts 20:35).

Generosity is really a condition of the heart and an attitude. It doesn’t depend on how much you have. One may perceive that with more, it is easier to give. But it’s a fallacy as I have witnessed wealthy people struggle to share a little of what they have generously. You’ll be surprised to know that RM10,000 may mean as much to you and to me as it is to the wealthy. Maybe they can splurge in buying a crate of fine wine, but it’s different if they were to give it away. If you give away RM10,000, you will have RM10,000 less, whether you have RM100,000 or RM100,000,000. The math does not change.

That is also why the giving by the Macedonian churches (Tessalonica and Berea) was exemplary as they gave out of their lack. They were generous despite their poverty. So if you barely make ends meet and still have the heart to give, then it is likely that you need to sacrifice something. Maybe eat a simpler meal like roti canai and skip that banana leaf lunch. Chances are we will be slimmer if we are generous!

Maybe we should do the same thing when we give. Split our gift into two. One for them to bless them and the other, for them to bless others. If ever anyone were to bless us, we should likewise bless others too. If ever anyone is generous with us, we should likewise be generous with others.

Have a good weekend ahead! Be generous and kind to those around us. The same way the LORD our God has been gracious, compassionate, and generous with us, we must likewise treat others with grace, compassion, and generosity.

Death and taxes

https://odb.org/2025/06/04/tis-a-fearful-thing

Abraham & Sarah were already 100 and 90 years old when they had Isaac

Genesis 23:1–4 (NIV): 23 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. 2 She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said, 4 “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”

There are two things certain in life – death and taxes. Of course, if you live in Brunei or Arab oil producing countries like Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the UAE or some tax haven islands like the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, or BVI, you pay no income tax. But once you travel and start consuming, there will be airport tax and VAT.

But death is a sure certainty. In the bible, only two persons did not experience an earthly death but were taken up to heaven to be with the LORD – Enoch and Elijah. Even Jesus died but rose again 3 days later, conquering sin and death. Lazarus was resurrected by Christ after he was dead for 3 days, but he later still had a natural death. His resurrection did not give him immortality, unlike the resurrection of Christ. It is the latter that is our Hope of glory that we will rise again even if we die, when Christ returns to rule the earth. The second coming of Christ is another certainty, although only the Father knows the exact timing.

Like Abraham grieving over Sarah, we will all face the same grief one day. I have seen the passing of both my parents. We will see more of the passings of our loved ones, relatives, close friends, and acquaintances as we age. Immortality has its own issues as popularised by fictional characters like the Highlander or Count Dracula or even the Norwegian mystical Norse gods of Thor, as we will see many, many more passings of our loved ones over many lifetimes.

What death basically does is terminate the participation of the dead in the affairs of the living. No matter who we are, whether kings, presidents, or just the man on the Clampham omnibus, we are no longer part of the living. For instance, I can no longer ask the opinion or see the reaction of my late father on my latest achievement in life. I can only imagine my late parents rejoicing with me in heaven, and even then, it is pure conjecture. What is certain, though, is that once a man dies, his spirit departs his body and goes back to God. There will be a day of judgment awaiting us, whether it is the Great White Throne Judgment of God or the Bema Judgment Seat of Christ, depending on whether we are in the faith or not.

My message to us today is to hold on tight to the faith that God, in His infinite grace and mercy, has planted in our hearts. Let us always be grounded in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 3:11 – He has set eternity in the human heart. Always remember and hold on to the eternal promise of God that we will all one day live in the new heaven and new earth.

“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” (John 11:25).

Uncertainties in life

https://odb.org/2025/06/03/unbroken-faith

Psalm 95:1-7 ESV – Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 3 For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 Oh, come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! 7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

We all face uncertainties in life. For instance, I’ll be retiring in a few years, and as much as there are aspirations to travel and serve God more in ministry, there is uncertainty in continued sustenance as well as whether I can keep healthy and strong physically. When our children were growing up, we faced the uncertainties of what their future would be, and we tried as much as we could to prepare them for their future. We try to give them the best education that our finances and their capabilities allowed and teach them faith in God and life skills. Of course, over time, they have become their own man or woman, developing their own thoughts and points of view.

There is a special breed of parents who are endowed with special needs children, children with autism or other disabilities and like every parent, they fear what the future lies for their special children. They accept that their children will be their lifelong responsibility, but their hope is that they will outlive those under their care. If not, who will take care of their special child, even his or her basic living needs? It is similar to children taking care of ageing parents who will eventually be afflicted with various ailments. In this case, it is worse as the ageing parents need to continue to care for their special children.

The great blessing that we have as people of the faith and as children of God is that we have a God who loves us and cares for us. In His hands are the depths of the earth, the heights of the mountains are also his. The sea is his, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. He is the one we can put our trust in that when we are no longer a part of the affairs of the living, our God will take care of our children and their children, especially if purs are special children. We can put our trust in Him as He was the one who created each and every of us, from the beginning until the end of time, and that includes our special children.

The future is indeed uncertain. That’s an unchanging fact. What we can do is prepare ourselves to the best of our abilities. The most important step as believers is to anchor ourselves in our Lord Jesus Christ, and place our hope and trust in God, He will take care of the rest.

Jonathan died in battle together with his father, King Saul. Many years later, when his best friend became king, David remembered their vows as best friends and restored the house, lands, and servants of Saul to Mephibosheth, the only son of Jonathan who was crippled in an incident after the death of his father. David also gave Mephibosheth a permanent place to dine at his table. Jonathan himself did not live to see the day, and neither may we, but God will do the necessary. In Him, we trust and love! Amen!

In the depths

https://odb.org/2025/05/30/in-the-depths

Psalm 69:13-15 NIV: 13 But I pray to you, Lord, in the time of your favor;
in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Rescue me from the mire,
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.
15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me
or the depths swallow me up
or the pit close its mouth over me.

There are times when we feel that we are wallowing under the pressure of work. Crumbling. Just too much work, so little time or energy to complete and deliver. Or just too much is expected of us, life in general, from our family, our bosses, or even our subordinates. For example, if we run a business or a practice, we have staff whose families depend on us to deliver. In other words, the future and well-being of our staff and their children are in our hands.

Some of us as we sink into the depths, we may get depressed and the danger is that it may become a bottomless pit. After a while, we may just let things slide. We cease to care anymore. The globe may turn every 24 hours, but we don’t really bother. Our life just goes on. It’s the same thing every day with some variation at the weekends. We wake up, have our quiet time, take breakfast, go to work, have our meals, and sleep at night. The cycle repeats. Life is essentially boring, repetitive, and predictable.

In all that, if we are believers, we have an avenue in Jesus. We could pray that He rescues us from the depths, that He strengthens and encourages us to break free and swim to the surface. To live life to the fullest. To fulfil His plans and purposes for our lives. That we break free from the webs and weeds that entangle us. Bondages that hold us back. Baggage that weighs us down into the depths.

Ask Jesus for a sense of purpose and mission in Him in God as we focus our eyes on the things of His kingdom. Indeed, the floodwaters will not engulf me, or the depths swallow me or the pit close its mouth on me. Instead, we will be victorious and will move forward towards the goal that Christ has prepared for us before even the foundations of the world. Let’s forget what’s behind, good or bad, and strive for what’s ahead!

Preach the Gospel

https://odb.org/2025/05/28/go-and-tell

The first persecution of Christians – the Great Fire of Rome

2 Timothy 1:6–14 (NIV): 6 For this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God. 9 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 11 And of this gospel, I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame because I know whom I have believed and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 13 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. 14 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

When Paul wrote the letter 2 Timothy to Timothy, he was in prison in Rome, where his execution was imminent. At that time, there was a great fire in Rome, and Emperor Nero blamed it on the believers, using that as an excuse to persecute them. The message of 2 Timothy was thus written when the then still young Christians faced intense persecution, and many were matyred. But the faith persevered despite the best efforts of the devil in the spiritual realm, which in this case translated to real and severe consequences to the then believers.

We might face the same real and severe threat in our present generation when the events foretold in the book of Revelation unfold. Perhaps Christ will come first and rapture His people before the onset of the great tribulation. But if not (this pre, or post or mid tribulation rapture is not settled theology), then God’s people will go through the severe persecution, which will not be dissimilar to the time of the great fire in Rome around AD 64 when Paul wrote 2 Timothy.

Similarly, the exaltation and encouragement of Paul is applicable to us present day Christians, and that means that we must not be afraid or ashamed of proclaiming Christ crucified and resurrected, for we know the truth and the faith deposited in us by Christ. Instead, guard the good deposit that was entrusted to us and guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit. If we have to perish from this life to keep the deposit safe, then perish for we know Christ awaits us at the other side of eternity, and we will live in Eden recreated for all eternity with the Lord. Nothing we suffer here on earth can compare with the glory that awaits us. Amen!

Something greater than Solomon is here!

https://odb.org/2025/05/27/wow-2

Luke 11:27–32 (NIV): 27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.

The story goes that the Queen of the South, the Queen of Sheba, travelled from far to Jerusalem to test the wisdom of Solomon and was impressed by not only his wisdom but also his wealth. The bible did not suggest that she eventually married Solomon, but Ethiopian legends tell of their marriage, and from their union, she bore Solomon a son, Menelik 1, who became the great king of Ethiopia. We must not confuse the Queen of the South here with the Queen of the South Seas Nyai Roro Kidul, a powerful supernatural and spiritual figure in Javanese culture and Indonesian mythology, who is believed to control the seas in the Indonesian archipelago and thus a source of life and prosperity to the fishermen of the nation.

Jesus Christ in Luke 11 mentioned that now something greater than Solomon is here, referring to Himself as the Second Yahweh, the Son of God part of the Holy Trinity. Of course, in retrospect, it is obvious to us who has the knowledge now that God Himself is greater than any human ever lived, even Solomon whose wisdom was bestowed by God anyway.

We live in a special season of life, the time when Jesus has revealed Himself to us as the Word who was there at the beginning with God and was God. He is God in the flesh, the Immanuel. To live out life as an example to us as we traversed the pages of the Gospel, seeing God personified in Christ, His beloved Son. His mission was, of course, not to just teach and lead by example but to die on the cross for our sins. With His resurrection, He defeated the sting of sin, which is death. With Him, though we may die, we live. He is our Hope of Glory. Our salvation and redeemer.

Always remember, though, that greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4). He is greater than Solomon and Jonah and also the devil! There is no challenge and no temptation in life that we can not overcome because we have Christ in our lives, living in us. “Be bold and courageous, for I am with you wherever you go,” the LORD said this to Joshua before, and He says it to each and every one of us today! Amen!

A soldier for Jesus

https://odb.org/2025/05/26/from-the-deadly-sword

Psalm 144:1–2 (NIV): 1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me.

As soldiers, it is unavoidable dealing with death when at war. I would think most of us alive today never faced war, whether as civilians or soldiers. I, for one, was born after WW2. But in WW2, many Chinese in Malaya were masacred by the Japanese and their genealogy died with them although those who survived likely were those given away as babies to Malay parents and thus are now fully assimilated as Malay Muslims in modern day Malaysia.

But for some, participation in war is inevitable because the nation is at war, like Israel today against the Hezbollah and Hamas and Iran or Ukraine and Russia. More and more young men and women ended up on the battlefield as conscripted soldiers to fight for their country, and many will lose their lives doing so. In a war, the bombs and the bullets are real and are designed to kill just like the swords and arrows of the ancient world. David, for one, had blood in his hands from the time he defeated Goliath with the sling to the countless battles he fought, leading Israel against her enemies. A soldier on the field can show no mercy as if you don’t kill, you will be killed. It’s your life against the others. It is not a sport like badminton where if defeated, you can go back and train and fight another day. If you are defeated, it means you are dead, and the Indo-Malay word tewas aptly describes this macabre condition.

Fortunately for most of us, when we read Psalm 144:1-2, we can spiritualise it. If we read on in Psalm 144 to verses 9 to 15, we see David imagining a time when the young may live well, with barns filled with every provision, sheep in the fields by thousands and tens of thousands, oxen drawing heavy loads, no more captivity, no more cry of distress on the streets, as blessed is the people whose God is their LORD.

We are living in verses 9 to 15. We are not directly involved in war. Our nation is at peace. Yet as servants of Christ in the Kingdom of God, we are nevertheless soldiers for Christ in the spiritual sense, doing battle in the spiritual realm against principalities and powers of darkness in the high places (Ephesisns 6:12). ESV For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

We will not have blood in our hands. We don’t use real swords or arrows or guns and bullets, but the power of prayer in Jesus’s name, pushing back the influence and the deception of the devil so that more and more hearts and minds will be open to the Word of God and His salvation. We lessen the power of darkness over people, breaking bondages and strongholds, allowing the supernatural power of God to penetrate through from the heavens into the natural, healing the sick and pivoting lives to the narrow path that leads to eternal life. Onward Christian soldiers! Marching as to war. With the cross of Jesus, going on before.

Have a good week ahead, everyone! May the LORD our God and our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit bless us with the wisdom and knowledge to do our best in our work, bless the work of our hands, that God may be glorified in all that we do! Amen!

Love the truth

https://odb.org/2025/05/23/love-the-truth

2 Thessalonians 2:7–12 (NIV): 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

One of the main means Satan uses to draw God’s people away from God and into his path of destruction (the broad gate), besides the bright lights of the material world, is spiritual deception. So, lawlessness may come in the form of false teachings, and such teachings could go from one extreme of liberalism to the other extreme of radical conservatism. Just because a strict approach is taken towards Christian values doesn’t mean it is on the right path. As I mentioned yesterday, there is the cross to the crown and is thus not suffering and hardship all the way. See the link below: https://ronnielim.com/2025/05/22/the-crown-with-the-cross/

No matter whether it is one or the other extreme or the middle ground, ultimately, the true determining factor is the truth. We need to know the truth to separate the chaff from the wheat or the lambs from the goats. What matters the most is not the form but the substance. Any teaching must adhere to the core tenets of the faith as enumerated in the bible. If, for example, we derogate Paul’s letters and teachings as an offshoot of his own slant of the faith and only follow the teachings and traditions of the Old Testament, we are clearly in dangerous territory. The Old Testament is a good foundation, but Jesus Christ is very much in the Gospels and the various letters of the Apostles as He is prophesied in the Old Testament. That is why Christianity is a culmination of the prophets of old and the teachings of Christ and that of the Apostles about Him. Don’t forget that also we have the apocalyptic Revelation that points us to the end of time.

The ODB writer today spoke of love as the motivator to learn. Therefore, the love for Christ is a great catalyst for us to know Him deeper, especially through the pages of the bible. As we read descriptions and narratives of Him in the Gospels, imagine Him walking and teaching in Galilee and Jerusalem. In the end, it is our love for Christ that will push us to study to increase our knowledge of Him and the mysteries of the Kingdom. The truth that we pursue and the knowledge of the truth will ultimately safeguard our soul and mind from being deceived by the evil one and his cohorts.

The crown with the cross

https://odb.org/2025/05/22/love-worthy-of-our-life

Matthew 16:21–28 (NIV): 21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. 28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Christian life is as much about suffering as it is about enjoyment of life. So much so that in the early days, the charismatic movement looked at enjoyment of life as a form of sin. Enjoying life was compromising our standards. It felt wrong then. So we didn’t watch television or dwell into worldly pursuits.

Later, like some sort of backlash, the pendulum swung all the other way. We started to embrace prosperity and begin to enjoy life to the fullest while remaining in the Kingdom of God. It became so bad that there were new believers who came into the fold to become prosperous! Yahweh inadvertently became the God of Prosperity like in Chinese culture!

While there is truth that becoming a child of God brings the blessings of heaven upon us, and we face life protected under His wings, we are nevertheless not shielded by the rigours of life. We face challenges and issues of life like everyone else. Just that with God, we approach things with Godly principles, sometimes denying our self interests for the good of others. We have an eternal calling, and no matter how we may suffer here on earth, we will one day be with Jesus and our Father God for eternity and receive our crown of glory.

But the crown comes with the cross. Just like Jesus is seated at the right hand of God the Father now, He had to go to the cross first and die for our sins. He rose victorious and was resurrected, but He had to endure the cruel punishment of the cross, the humiliation from His creation. He was wounded for our transgressions. For it was by His stripes that we are healed of our spiritual condition and reconciled back to Yahweh.

There will be some sort of suffering and sacrifice we need to go through not only as part of life but as a true believer. If we refuse to compromise our faith, we sometimes need to take the longer route to our desired destination. Don’t take the easy way and become just a nominal believer, paying lip service to the faith. The easy way is usually filled with more easy ways, and in no time, we will be adrift in our faith, giving in to the bright lights and the luxurious trappings of life.

Love the foreigner

https://odb.org/2025/05/21/loving-the-stranger-3

Leviticus 19:9–10, 33-34 (NIV): 9 “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

33 “ ‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

God’s love for the underprivileged has often been cited in these pages. The Mosaic law, as enumerated in Leviticus 19 today, covers the foreigner and the poor, although its full breadth extends to the widows and orphans. Basically, the rule is not to be too exacting in collecting our harvest but to intentionally leave some behind for the underprivileged to collect so that no one goes hungry in ancient Israel.

But who is the foreigner or stranger during those times. People who were non-natives and as much as that definition cover the residents and the passersby, the law is more for the long term residents who are not Israelites or what the bible calls non-natives. One example will be Ruth, who was a Moabite but became the great grandmother of David through her marriage to Boaz. In fact, it was this same law that enabled Ruth to first meet Boaz, a wealthy landowner who fell in love with her. Of course, we know that it was Naomi, an Israelite returning home, who taught Ruth the local customs and encouraged her to meet Boaz.

While we may naturally think of the foreigner as the foreign workers we have in our midst, the Indonesias, Burmese, or Bangladeshis but a foreigner can well be anyone who is not yet in the kingdom of God, in the same way, the stranger is someone who is not a part of the Israeli nation. In our faith, we love our brethren like ourselves, but the actual teaching by Jesus is to love your neighbour as yourself. This means anyone else out there, including our brethren, as well as the non-believer. Will we, for example, give an RM5 note for an RM3 print broadsheet without insisting on the change? Or pay RM10 for an RM9 coffee? That, in my view, is what it means in the modern context of “not reaping the harvest to the very edges of the field.” It’s OK to leave some change behind for the street vendor or to buy a plate of hot meal for the homeless.

Have a good week ahead! Look for opportunities to be a blessing unto others, especially the underprivileged in society, the poor, the widows, and the orphans as well as the stranger! Our acts of small generosity will put a smile in the face of our Lord Jesus Christ!