Cheap Grace

Disclaims: This is an article especially devoted to my fellow Christian friends. As it mean a lot to me, the passage will be slightly longer than usual. It has nothing to do with any literature pursuit. It is absolutely personal. If your country does not allow you to view such articles or you are a very sensitive person, please do not read on. Thank you.


If you are to scroll down my blog, you would find a link that is addressed to New Creation Church. A church that is located in Singapore. Looking back, it has been four years now that I have been listening to tapes of sermon preached by pastor Joseph Prince, also the senior pastor of that church. I have to say that the sermons had been food to my spiritual life and it had indeed blessed me a lot. Not to mention the countless enlightenment of many truths and revelation. And all praise be to God for an anointed preacher like Pastor Prince.

My full Name is Andrew Ho Yong Zhou, I am a very simple 17 year old Chinese boy as of 2006 that comes with no impressive background, no reputation and is never too worried of what and how people would think of me. Before I continue on, I have to address to you that in the city where I live in, many people has the perception that what Pastor Joseph prince preaches is less accurate than the truth, and some to the extend of calling it cultic. As a result of my passion, I never did stop feeding from Pastor Prince’s sermon, and also because of that, at the age of 13, I was called in to be counseled by my former pastor. That was the first time I learned the vocabulary “counseling”, and that was also one of the worst experience in my life. As a very fragile young boy, I never expect to meet with such circumstances. It was a thing that caused me to be very grief and bitter for a long time. Even until the present day. My heart felt even lighter when I see my own brother lying on the death bed of Timberland as due to Kidney Failure in comparison to it (he didn't die in the end lah,and that's also becuz of da grace of God and I really luv my elder brother very much). To sum up, trying to hide my tapes and think twice before talking to anyone in a church enviroment,having others think that I was weird and kept many things to myself was just a very difficult season. And that did not cease after a moment. The rest of the journey was long. So much so I neither like to describe in detail nor elaborate to it.

And beyond all that, I thought I could just lay it down after this while and keep it in my chamber of memories, locking it up and never let those unpleasant experiences see daylight again. I have decide to move on into a new phase of my life until recently I was again, told by someone, of what I believed in as cheap grace. And one telling me that sermons from Joseph Prince are teaching people to sin. It comes along with the illustration that sounds like this “You know that guy talk about grace and grace. It’s like telling you that if you kill a person today, God will forgive you, and then tomorrow knowing that God has forgiven you, you will kill again”. To sum up, he was saying that this grace of God that I believe, permits, promotes, and give license to sin.

I am not a person that like to argue with people. Because I know when I do, I make a fool out of you and myself. My question is, how long will it take for people to let me go, and stop making me feel bad just because I listen to sermons from a certain preacher. My defend is, why is it that Christians that I know so much love to approach me like pagans and ask from me “should we sin more that grace may abound”? (Romans 3:5). My uphold is that I believe what the bible says, and the bible tells me as in Romans 2:4 that it is "the goodness of God that leads you (and that includes me so as all men in context) to repentance". My belief is simple, I believe for the GRACE of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:11-13). Perhaps writing this passage is not the most brilliant idea that I could have thought of. But I am only 17, and that’s what I have to say as a 17 year old teenager. I do not write here in order to preach a sermon between law and grace. I write here to tell you, that I love you very much. And if you will, learn to love me too. Interpret and judge this piece of article as you please.

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