{"id":7837,"date":"2024-03-17T21:23:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T02:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tjc-chicago.org\/?page_id=7837"},"modified":"2024-03-17T21:26:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T02:26:52","slug":"2024s_cc_8_ia_content_2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh_cn\/2024s_cc_8_ia_content_2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5927\u5b66\u4e0e\u6c42\u804c \u7b2c\u4e8c\u8f6e 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7837\" class=\"elementor elementor-7837\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-629e7e0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"629e7e0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f9f44e5\" data-id=\"4f9f44e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ecb9e52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7ecb9e52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"trp_language_switcher_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"trp-language-switcher trp-language-switcher-container\" data-no-translation >\n    <div class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-current-language\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-disabled-language trp-ls-disabled-language\" title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_CN.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_CN\" title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\t\t<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-language\">\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-disabled-language trp-ls-disabled-language\"  title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_CN.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_CN\" title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\t\t<\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7837#TRPLINKPROCESSED\" title=\"English\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/en_US.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"en_US\" title=\"English\"> English        <\/a>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7837#TRPLINKPROCESSED\" title=\"\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_TW.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_TW\" title=\"\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587        <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <script type=\"application\/javascript\">\n        \/\/ need to have the same with set from JS on both divs. Otherwise it can push stuff around in HTML\n        var trp_ls_shortcodes = document.querySelectorAll('.trp_language_switcher_shortcode .trp-language-switcher');\n        if ( trp_ls_shortcodes.length > 0) {\n            \/\/ get the last language switcher added\n            var trp_el = trp_ls_shortcodes[trp_ls_shortcodes.length - 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We are unable to say \u201cNO\u201d to \u201cI\u201d. As for happiness, purpose and contentment, we ought to know better as Christians. We were taught that these dwell in a very different world \u2026 the world devoid of \u201cI\u201d.<\/p><p>But we choose to refuse and reject our lessons from the Bible. We scribe more and more in cyberspace our thoughts, our desires, our pleasurable moments, our acquisitions, our purchases, our grandiose plans, our extravagant meals. We scribe more and more of this great \u201cI\u201d in the sky in the world of the clouded dreams. Does this not ring a bell and sound familiar? Is this not just as old King Solomon was in Ecclesiastes chapter two?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>SAYING \u201cNO\u201d TO \u201cI\u201d<\/b><\/p><p>It can, and it will, if only we muster enough courage and strength to say the hardest word of all to \u201cI\u201d; that of \u201cNO\u201d.<\/p><p>If we lack the ability and the desire to say \u201cNO\u201d to the self serving, self selfish \u201cI\u201d, we lose the ability to say \u201cYES\u201d to a better life, a life of purpose, happiness and contentment that which was intended by our Lord Jesus. When we say \u201cNO\u201d to \u201cI\u201d, we are committing ourselves to a higher and greater purpose. We must reject and stay far away from this unrepentant and domineering \u201cI\u201d, bound and bolted on tightly to this dying world of man and remember, instead, to seek the will of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who wants us free from these shackles. Unless we can say \u201cNO\u201d to this \u201cI\u201d, we will never be able to break free from this plague which afflicted old King Solomon and which continues to afflict so many of us wannabes.<\/p><p>To many still in their youth and at the peak of life, the rallying call of this age continues to be \u201cHave it all\u201d. With this battle cry stems the cause of the problem that \u201cI\u201d can do it all, and \u201cI\u201d can be and have everything, even if not all at once, but if \u201cI\u201d can work for it, \u201cI\u201d will eventually attain it. \u201cI\u201d must have it. We continue to serve the \u201cI\u201d as we shy away from making the hard and right choice of saying \u201cNO\u201d to \u201cI\u201d. We fail to see or choose to ignore the irreconcilable conflict and dilemma, that to say \u201cYES\u201d to \u201cI\u201d, is an affirmation of the self but a rejection and refusal to accept the pathway of the Lord.<\/p><p>We must instead say \u201cNO\u201d to \u201cI\u201d which translates to \u201cNo way\u201d to a hundred desires, \u201cNo Thank You\u201d to a thousand temptations, and \u201cBE GONE Satan\u201d, as your riches in millions and the height of the glory and fame promised are but nothing to me \u2026 NOTHING.<\/p><p><b>REMEMBERING OUR CREATOR<\/b><\/p><p><i>\u201cFor those filled with youthful vitality and vigour, seeking to carve a path for ourselves, remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come and when you take no pleasure in them.\u201d (<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/tjc.org\/elib-single-item-display\/?type=pub&amp;langid=1&amp;parentid=23056&amp;itemid=23051\"><i>Ecclesiastes 12:1<\/i><\/a>). Fear the Lord, keep His word and stay on His pathway to salvation, so that, when the day of the Lord comes as He surely will, each and every one of us will be counted as worthy to wear the crown of righteousness. Perhaps, through the divine mercies of our Lord Jesus, this \u201cI\u201d will be saved, and will not be one of those hapless billions of souls vanquished by Satan, in the nefarious scheme to bring all of humanity with him, the fallen angel, into damnation.<\/p><p>What will become of our \u201cI\u201d \u2026 the chapter is left open, the journey is not finished. Many are in grave danger of falling. That is the honest truth. Can we pull ourselves back from the brink of this everlasting pit? Do we have the courage, strength and the moral fortitude to overcome these trials of life?<\/p><p>Let us stern ourselves and resolve to overcome this \u201cI\u201d and succeed where our ancestors, Adam and Eve, failed. Bring on this new battle cry of \u201cJesus Christ\u201d, our Lord and Savior, and He will lead us ever onward.<\/p><p>Less of self, but More of Thee, Lord.<\/p><p>Please join us for the True Jesus Church\u2019s bi-annual Evangelical Service and Spiritual Convocation.\u00a0 See details below.<\/p><p>18-21 April, 2024 Evangelical Service and Spiritual Convocation<\/p><p>Thursday, 18 April, 2024 6:50PM to 8:10PM<br \/>Friday and Saturday, 19-20 April, 2024 9:00AM to 8:10PM<br \/>Sunday, 21 April, 2024 9:00AM to 1:00PM<br \/>Complimentary lunch and dinner will be served.<\/p><p>Please find our church location below:<\/p><p><b>4N550 Church Road<br \/><\/b><b>Bensenville,\u00a0<abbr title=\"Illinois\">IL<\/abbr>\u00a060106<br \/><\/b><i aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/True+Jesus+Church+Chicago\/@41.945266,-87.9536702,18.39z\/data=!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x880fb39f5fbd433d:0x72d82c41e185bf3e!2s4+S+Church+Rd,+Bensenville,+IL+60106!3b1!8m2!3d41.9448745!4d-87.9534209!3m5!1s0x880fb3a1e4e2dd49:0xd44299b704de1192!8m2!3d41.9453743!4d-87.9533863!16s%2Fg%2F1tdn02z1?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>\u00a0Google Maps<\/b><\/a><\/p><p>For online streaming, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/service\/live-sabbath-service\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p><p>For regular service hours, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/\">click here<\/a>.<b><\/b><\/p><p>Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ilovejesus@tjc-chicago.org\">ilovejesus@tjc-chicago.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201dI\u201d in the Sky The problem with the Solomon of old, and us, who would be the new Solomon, is that we keep thinking only of ourselves, the reiterative and recalcitrant, \u201cI\u201d. 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