26th March!

Today HG'ians do our Cell group bible discussion! We shared about lesson and things applied in our lives in book of James 1-3! It's much different today that Pastor Koshy was not around.. SO, Aunt Dorcas took over the session!

We learned the lesson that , NEVER try to twist the word of God. At times, when we LOVE to do so much. Suddenly somebody forbid us from doing it because it's written in the Bible.. BUT, we denied it. Trying to fight back, just because we can't let it go, we can't take that fact. So, we still doing it and tried to find a "solution" so, we able to do it.

For example , Nowadays gays is very common. Even though God said He hates the sins of being gay but loves the person, but the gay communities still wanted to fight for their right to get marry and go to court and so on.. See?

So, it's better not to be stubborn and try to learn to let go.. :) 

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS (PART 1)

How is everyone doing lately? Since this blog seems so “dead” I decided to write something which is relevant to all of us. As “big” as the title of this post may seem, the purpose of this post is to educate HG’ians about our rights when it comes to matters regarding the police force. We heard many cases of bogus policeman on the streets and were shocked by the unlawfully circulated video of a China citizen doing naked-squats that was recorded by a male policeman. All in all, when it comes to these issues, how many laymen know their right as enshrined in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Federal Constitution (Perlembagaan Persekutuan) and other laws?

 

In a situation when u are stopped by a plain cloth policeman (polis berpakaian preman), u have every right to ask for his/her identification. If he/she fails to produce any, just walk away for he/she has no right to even stop you what more to ask any personal information from you. If a police authority card is produced, pay attention to its details;

If it’s RED in color- The police officer has been suspended, he has no authority to do any thing to you. Just walk away.

BLUE color- Rank of Inspector and above

YELLOW color- Below the rank of Inspector

WHITE color- Reserve police

If the policeman is in uniform, always take note of the number plate of the car and motorcycle and also take note about his name and i.d number on his uniform. This is for evidentiary purpose should you wanted to contest in court regarding any unlawful arrest or unlawful conduct by the arresting officer.

What must you answer then if you are questioned by the police in event you are stopped? What you do is only give your name, i.c. number and your address. If the police officer further asked questions, all you need to do is politely ask back; “Sir am I arrested/why are you stopping me?”. The reason is this, note this example;

A murder just occur near ESSO Batu Burok and the murderer just fled the scene. Lo and behold, Ps. Koshy jogs frequently near the crime scene everyday. Police arrived at the scene at stopped ps who was innocently near the murder scene.

After asking for i.d whatsoever;

Policeman: “Awak buat ape di sini? Awak tahu ada pembunuhan berlaku 1 jam lepas? Kenapa awak   berpeluh-peluh ni?”

Ps. Koshy: “Er tuan saya tak tau la,  saya jogging dan lalu tempat ini tadi sebab tu berpeluh”.

 

In this situation, Ps.Koshy is incriminating himself thus making him a suspect by the “Naïve” way he answered the question. So the best way is to ask whether you are arrested or not. If not then just walk away and have the right to refuse to follow the police man back to the police station or anywhere else if asked. You cannot be arrested if you are a potential witness. Should the police want to take a statement from you, they will make an informal request to you to give a statement in the police station. If the time and date is convenient for you, by all means corporate.

 

What if you are arrested? What do you then? Firstly, upon being arrested the police had to inform you your grounds of arrest, if not, the arrest will be unlawful this right is enshrined under Article 5(3) of the Federal Constitution. Then ask which police station will you be detained, for it is the police duty to bring you to the nearest police station. E.g. if Chester is arrested in K.T. then he cannot be detained in Besut Police Station.

When you are arrested, the police can only detain you up to 24 hours to assist investigation. The duty of the police is to complete investigation within 24 hours and to release you as soon as possible. If fail to do so, you must be produced before a magistrate should the police wants to extend your remand order. What are your rights then during detention? Under Section 28A of the Criminal Procedure Code, it is stated that before the police may commence any questioning or interrogation, he must inform you that you have the right to inform your guardian and relatives about your whereabouts and has the right for legal representation. i.e. you have the right tot make telephone calls. It’s advisable for a lawyer to be present during police questioning for they will assist you much in escaping criminal liability. If you are questioned without your lawyer present, you have the right tot remain silent as to no to incriminate yourself.

 

Well that’s all for part one, stay tuned for part 2 on the rights to welfare during your detention, body search, when is it lawful? And what do you do if you are beaten during detention.

 

Disclaimer: I had endeavored to state the laws based on materials available to me. This article is a mere advice and should not be taken as a legal advice. I will not take liability for any consequences resulting from the gross and negligent reliance on the article written.  

 

 

 

 

Written by:

Witter Yee,

Vice-President,

Asian Law Students Association (Malaysia)

12th March! : The Change.

Hey guys! Sorry for being inactive in this blog for so long! I had been to YMI and got some workshops to attend and it made me busy! So forgive me! :S

What happened last 12th March was, Pastor Koshy decided to change how His Generation going to be according to the situation. Now you know, His Generation got small number of members that around Kuala Terengganu.

So, Pastor Koshy recreate the cell groups! It just a small cell group which consisted two person in a group and sometimes three or four for special case for school leavers. And of course, it will be in boy-boy and girl-girl group. Reason for that is to allow the ease of sharing to other CG member without worrying and being shy shy. :)

We will read chapters from bible and discuss in the cell group.. And if there is something you might eager to share after got some "hit" from verses in the bible, you can share after the discussion to everybody.. Haha

:)

29 January 2010 - FRIENDSHIP

A valuable lesson folks. The people we call friends are powerful double edged swords that can either devastate souls or build us up... When I say that, I mean when we think someone as an honest friend and later backstabs and rebukes us and turns into our greatest enemy, that's really hard to swallow. The same can happen is boy/girl relationships. On the other hand, a truthful friend or partner who sticks to us even after knowing our worse gives a truckload of comfort.

But we must never generalize that all sincere friends must be believer. Even those who aren't with God can be righteous in their own way. One prime example... MAHATMA GANDHI... And I've known some good friends who aren't believers as well as Christian "friends" who aren't up to snuff..

Verses of the Day...

Proverbs 25:19
A friend you can't trust in times of trouble is like having a toothache or a sore foot.
If friends are always like that. We are best rid of them. An excellent source of pain and emotional suffering. Unreliable people like this are best described as enemies rather than friends.



Proverbs 12:26
The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
This represents the desire of our loyalty from both Jesus and Satan. The Devil tempts us with good feelings and satisfaction of greed but in truth only wants us to suffer in hell with him. Jesus offers love, truth and salvation in return for friendship. The same can be said when friends "befriend" us for money and men steal women in bed for one night and leave them devastated.


Proverbs 16:7
When we please the Lord, even our enemies become our friends
I find this hard to believe but any of the Lord's promises will be fulfilled. So far this hasn't happened before unfortunately but HEY, whatcha gonna do?

Proverbs 27:17
Just as iron sharpens iron, friends sharpen the minds of each other.
True friends will criticize and rebuke us. Just as Jesus rebuked his disciples on several occasions due to lack of faith and disobedience. Among friends, correcting each other makes each other wiser people.

His Generation 22 Jan 2010

Well, hello again! =)
Ever thought of drugs or cigarette? Haha, this week we had a guest speaker. Let me introduce to you a very special man. You'll surely amazed when i tell you bout this man but I'll talk about it later. His Generation started as usual with worship lead by me. Thanks every musicians and all the back up singers for helping me. Thanks to those who help me doing the Pa system. Thanks pastor for encouraging us(the musicians). As usual, we prayed for the nation of Iran and..Oh yea, I almost forget, we have a new member! Welcome to His Generation Melissa Chee!! (sry if i spelled your name wrongly) =p

Okay, back to the topic. Let me tell you all a story of this man that really touches my heart. His name is Richard or you can call him Pastor Richard. I'm just gonna cut the story short. So basically, before becoming a pastor, he had been taking drugs, living on the streets with other drug addicts, smoking and drinking around. He's a wise man, but ended up in such a mess life. Why is this happening to him? Its because he had been mixing with the wrong friends. He finally gets out from this deadly sin as he accepted the Lord.

After years of struggles. He finally won over his sin. His life was a mess, if he didn't take drugs, he would be a successful man. He messed up his life and yet he still can turn away from his sins, forget bout his past and go on with life. Now that amazed me the most. He never gave up despite of his bad history. He's now a pastor, a very nice and caring pastor. He's helping the drug addicts now, even the homeless and the ones having HIV. His testimony touched my heart, I could only imagine the pain he had suffered. Because he's willing to suffer and not to give up, he's now alive and free from the deadly bondage of drugs.

Here's a little advise for us from Ps. Richard. 1st advise, do not mixed with the wrong friends. Yeap, this is indeed important cause you'll have the feeling of peer pressure. If all your friends smoke, you'll start to smoke in order to join your friends. 2nd, Do not fall for drugs, if anyone offer you drugs or cigarette, just say NO! and run away from them. By the way, just for general knowledge, people that drinks alot, especially alcoholics has the tendency to fall for drugs or cigarettes at a higher rate.

Well, take his advice, keep it and remembering it always. Remember, drugs can only destroy your life. Stay away from it and never touch it. Say NO when someone offers you drugs or cigarettes. Drugs can destroy some parts of your brain, so some of the words that you read cant be pronounce properly. Your life will be depressed when you start abusing drugs. Don't ever fall for this sin. Trust me, you wont regret taking these advises.

So the conclusion is,

Say NO to drug abuse. Your life is precious, think for your future =)

His Generation 15 Jan 2010

Why i post this map? Cause last week, we're having a session about the nation of Iran. Yeap, Iran is an Islamic country. But we believe that with our prayers, this nation can still be saved. Why are we doing this? Its because the people of Iran is now searching for the truth. They are so open now because they want to find a real God. So pastor asked us as Christians to keep praying for this nation. Being a Christian in Malaysia isn't that difficult compare to Iran.

Well, Christians in Iran will be persecuted. Some will spent their lives in jail. Some will be killed. So we need to pray and ask God to help this nation and to set this nation free. Every week, we'll keep praying for this nation. We'll spent at least 15min of pray. We truly encourage every believers and every members of His Generation to uphold this nation unto the Lord.

Our beloved Rev. Koshy had encourage us to save our money to buy New Testament to sent to this nation. One book costs only RM17. If we keep sending these books to Iran, there'll be more to be saved. Cant you imagine one day, when you go to heaven. Someone suddenly came and tap your shoulder. He say, "Hey, thanks for buying the new testament for me. Because of you, I'm here". Do you want that to happen? Or someone comes to you and say, "Thanks for praying for the nation of Iran!".

Well, keep praying ok? Lets make a difference and invest on the things that can change people's life. Why not suffer awhile just to get a new testament for the people in Iran. Skip 2 Mac Donalds and you can get a new testament. One book can make a big difference in someone's life =)

His Generation updates (8th Jan 10)

Fuh, its been a long time since I updated this blog. Well, firstly I want to say sorry for those who waiting for the updates. Haha, I will keep this blog update ( this is my promise ) and i wont fail you all again. I've been hanging out with my friends almost everyday and find no time to update. So now's my chance to update =)

Well, for the 8th of Jan 2009 we started having His Generation meetings again. As usual, we have our worship lead by me (Willert). Haha, just wanna say thanks to all the musicians for helping me alot during the time of worship. Thanks June for playing the piano, Wei Lin on the bass, Witton and Kent on the guitar, Ivan on the drums and Michelle for back up singing.

Its good to be back on His Generation after the New Year countdown. Yeah, thank God that we're still in the pink of health. Thank God that everything had gone through well. Life's always good when God's presence is with us.

After the worship, we had our prayer time. We prayed for all the alumni of His Generation. Then we sang the song How Great Thou Art. Its an awesome hymn and the lyrics are so meaningful. I almost cried.

So, after prayer we settled down and ready for the sermon. Well, sermon's always good. Here's what we learn. Topic's about proverbs. A good book from the bible to learn because this gospel helps us to build our character and to change our lives. I'll just give a brief explain on this topic. Its mostly about gossip where people in this world are doing now. In the book of proverbs, it says, When arguing with your neighbor, don't betray another person's secret, Others may accuse you of gossip, and you will never regain your good reputation. Prov 25:9-10. Here it clearly state that gossips can only cause more problems and your reputation will be destroyed which means people will not trust you anymore. So we must keep our friends secret safe and secure.

Here's another verse that is meaningful, Like apples of gold in settings of silver, Is a word spoken in right circumstances. Prov 15:23. This verse is saying that words that is spoken at the right time is truly nice to be listened. Eg. if a person is sad and you give an encouragement, what do you think that sad person would feel? Of course he'll feel better and nice. So stop complaining cause these words can only make some situation worse.

Here's another one. Through patience a ruler can be persuaded. And a gentle tongue can break a bone. Prov 25:15. This verse is just awesome, a gentle tongue can break a bone means that gentle words or words of encouragement can really change a person. So, I encourage you all, fellow His Generation and other Christians to read on the book of Proverbs cause this book can change your life.

A Tribute To Mr.Kent =)

(Kent is the one wearing white clothes)

Dear Kent, we will always remember and pray for you. Thank you for serving at His Generation and AJPC. We will always love you and pray for you. Have fun at Australia and don't forget to spent time with God. Thanks a lot for playing the guitar, you're awesome dude =)

God wants us to share His love

Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ,

Bible clearly says that ''Blessed those who are persecuted!". Therefore, we just have to love and bless to those who had done evil or bad to us.

You might be thinking...''What?!?? Bless our enemy and love them...and forgive them??...Are you crazy?NO WAY!!'' But anyhow we as Christians still need to love them and forgive them of what they had done to our churches. Just like Jesus was hung on the cross and said ''Forgive them, Father 'cause they don't know what they are doing..""

Whatever had happened into the churches in our country(Malaysia), all we need to respond back is FORGIVENESS and LOVE.

Bible teaches the importance of FORGIVENESS and LOVE.

Bible does even teaches us that ''If you only love those who love you and do only good to those who are good to you, if we do that, then what good is that? the pagans(non-believers) do that all the time! Then,there is no difference we ourselves from the pagans(non-believers).. See God(Allah) is LOVE. God(Allah) sends rain to the righteous and the unrighteous too.Therefore, we need to repay and overcome evil with LOVE just like how Jesus love us.

Jesus says never pay an eye for an eye BUT he told us to LOVE one another.

I understand of how y'all feel about the churches being attacked and bomb-fired but I truly believe that these kind of persecution and attack is actually a wake up call for all the Christians to pray for Malaysia in unity once again. I deeply believe that persecution sparks up revival when we all pray for our country!

Friends, now is the time for us to wake up from our long slumber and make a difference. Now is the time where we all as Christians, gather as One and start praying for our nation. Now is the time where we start to get serious with God and ready to face persecution. Now is the time where we have to make the stand. To change the history of Malaysia, its the time for us to start praying and not sleeping just like the past.

Lets make a difference in our nation. Lets end this persecution with peace. Lets give every Glory to God and let God decide the future of this Nation. No matter what happen to us, all Glory goes to God.

H@PpY NeW Y3aR!!!!!!!!!