Asia Conference - Day 1

One word, INSANE.

The crowd was insane! Hall 8 was FULLY PACKED, and I do mean FULLY!

Even when hall 8 was packed, theres still a queue all the way from Hall 8 to Foyer 3!

BUT!

Ps. Kong was superb. The word was strong and IS very good.

We must be all things to all men.

Cannnot be afraid to engage culture, especially Pop Culture.

We must be familiar with the culture but not of the culture. Be in the world and not of the world.

Ps. Kong drew out 3 spaces.

He called it, 1st space, 2nd space and 3rd space.

The 1st space represents the Church. Every christians love the church, love staying inside the church, why? Because whatever they do, they would not look weird, they can raise their hands as high as possible to worship, to pray. They made it into a alternate world to live in. Only full of themselves.

Yes, 1st space is where you can reach out to God, to pray, to be in the pressence. This is good, however, people tend to make it into a alternate world, trying to align with the real world. Why not make a christian pop band since the world has a pop band? Why not write christian novels since the world has one? Why not make christian this and christian that?

Christians tends to make the Church become their alternate world, becoming afraid to engage the outside world, fear that they would become worldly. Fearing that they would be "plagued".

Whats the 2nd space? The 2nd space is the world, the market place.

This is the space where involves business, government, economy, arts, culture, media, entertainment, etc.

The church should also be a place for non-christians too! According to John 17.15 - 18, Jesus says we ought to be a salt of the earth and light of the world and not staying in the church passively to await for something to happen. Staying only in the 1st space is not being the salt of the earth and light of the world at all.

We, ought to engage culture, so that we can be RELAVANT to the 2nd space!

Our mission is to get people saved, planted in the church. If you can't even relate to non-christians, how on earth are you able to talk to them? Once you open your mouth, you judge, you tell them they will go to hell if you do not go to Jesus, you can't speak relavance into them.

Whats 3rd space? You can only enter 3rd space only if you are invited. This is the top of the top, the government, the big boss, the millionaires are on this space.

If, we are engaged in 2nd space, we are relavant, people on the 3rd space may invite you in. This is where the chance comes, you can change the world from there. But the 3rd space is very difficult to get in.

The 1st space is only a training centre for going into 2nd space and 3rd space.

You know, when we engage into 3rd space, we must have a certain level of sophisication.

We must be familiar with the pop culture, then you can relate to the 2nd space. Then you can become the head and not the tail.

From 2nd space being the top, you will get invited into 3rd space!

However, ironically, Christians that are afraid to engage in the culture, often criticises those that are able to make it into the 3rd space. So becareful.

The atmosphere built there was very good and strong. Asia Conference! Every continent was being represented tonight.

Can't wait for day 2..