CSI Case #3A

CSI Case #3A (we are breaking this CSI Case to several parts to facilitate easy understanding of the issues involved in this case)

Selaurjin Lim Bo Hong, (IR#3) who served for more than 20 years in churches, does not believe that by just confessing long life, you will receive long life. Seluarjin believes that a believer must work to show to God that he sincerely desires to be righteous and has no hidden sin, only then can he attain long life. Basically one needs to work for God to gain long life. Work will include keeping all God's commandments / laws. One will also be required to cleanse himself regularly. It would be better if you attend Cleansing the Temple session that is held regularly every year by several churches. She also insists that the CSI team attends this meeting to cleanse the evil spirit in them so that the CSI team can be unbiased in their findings.


CSI team submits the following Biblical verses as evidence:-
1. Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

[ SANTIFIED ONCE AND FOR ALL means forever. Yesterday’s sin, Today’s sin and Tomorrow’s sin is no longer an issue as you are already SANTIFIED ONCE AND FOR ALL. Imagine Jesus’s blood as the detergent. It cleans you up so clean that no dirt can dirty you again. His detergent is the best detergent. He doesn’t use a sub quality detergent that can only wash you up “temporal” Ask yourself, has Jesus made all things easy for us. Or will he ask us to cleanse ourselves over and over again. If your answer is YES, then that would mean that Jesus dying on the cross has “temporal” power only. ]

2. Gal 3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
[ So many books in the bookstores, so many Christian seminars and so many testimonies saying that they all moved mightily in the power of God when they did this and that or they comply with 5 or 6 or 9 Biblical steps (work). But these are not true according to Gal 3:5. Paul says that the one who ministers the Spirit, the one who is used by God is not the one who does works, but the one who simply BELIEVES by faith]

3. Gal 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

[How did Abraham get his RIGHTEOUSNESS. Was it acquired by works? Nope!. He got it by believing onto God]

4. Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

[Believe is only what it takes to be RIGHTEOUS. Back then, Abraham did not have the laws and it was not the intention nor possible for our God to accord RIGHTEOUSNESS by keeping the Laws when the Laws were not given]

5. Rom 4:3 For what saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

[Yes! Another scripture to re-confirm that God gave Abraham his RIGHTEOUSNESS because he BELIEVES in Him. Notice it is not written that ……. Abraham’s WORKS made the Lord accounted to him for his RIGHTEOUSNESS]

6. James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

[ It really makes one wonder where did the authors , the lecturers or speakers get their understanding from that WORKS is required to move in God’s power?.........well hope James2:23 makes it clear to them, they are not Friends of God]

7. Rom 4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom 4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

[Today, we too can be imputed with RIGHTEOUSNESS like Abraham if we believe in Him that raised Up Jesus our Lord from the dead. We need not work like Abraham to be RIGHTEOUS.]

8. Psa 106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore
[Even the Psalmist can sing to the same tune that testify we are the RIGHTEOUS generation that counted unto Him]

The above Bible verses all eight of them and there are more if you diligently search the Bible, testifies that we only need to believe in Him to be Righteous. And once we are RIGHTEOUS, our prayers are powerful prayers. When we pray, our prayer will be answered by our Heavenly Father.

See James 5:16 ……The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
God has made it so simple for us but MAN wants to complicate things so that the attention is focussed on MAN and not on God.

CONCLUSION: The CSI team would like to highlight that there are many churches, pastors and Christians encouraging work over believing. Sadly, they won’t be called God’s friend. The CSI team believes strongly that these are the group that JESUS will say “ Go away, I know you not” (See Luke 13:27,Mat 7:23)