The Impossible Exam

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh; that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” (Romans‬ ‭8:1-4‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

There was once a teacher who punished his badly-behaved class of students by giving them an examination full of the world’s hardest questions spanning across all subjects and disciplines.

“Class, if any of you want to be dismissed from class, you must get full marks in this exam. If not, you will have to stay back for detention every day. To give you all an advantage, you may discuss the questions with your fellow classmates.”

Everyone in the class attempted the exam, but even the smartest students had many mistakes. It seemed impossible.

The classmates were all frantically flipping through all the textbooks in the classroom, but it was no use. The questions were just way out of their level.

Just when it seemed that all hope was lost, the teacher said, “Class, I see that you are all trying your very best to work together to do well on the exam. Tell you what—I cannot cancel the exam, but I will join your class as a student and attempt the exam with you. There is no rule against me joining as a student in your class.”

Since the teacher had set the exam based on the knowledge he had, he easily answered all the questions correctly. To whoever wanted to refer to his answers, the teacher allowed them to see and write the same answers.

The students were all overjoyed. One by one, they copied the answers, and handed in their exam papers, scoring full marks. They were finally able to go home. They had learnt their lesson, and decided to be more studious in the future.

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God gave the children of Israel the Ten Commandments—an impossible exam for mankind. The Law is perfect, holy, and good, but it was weak through man’s sinful flesh.

Whoever wants to be justified through the Law must keep the Ten Commandments perfectly in both word and deed. Anything short of perfection is considered unrighteous. Everyone fails this exam.

Then, God revealed His master plan: Yahweh the Son became a man to take the impossible exam on our behalf.

He lived a sinless life for thirty-three and a half years, and offered up Himself as our atoning sacrifice for sins. The blood He shed at the cross and His death perfectly fulfilled the Law for everyone.

Whoever wants to refer to His answers can just take His answers as their own and get full marks on their exam. When we place our faith in Jesus as Lord, we share in Jesus’ death, resurrection, and become a new creation in Christ. We are finally eligible to go home to our Abba God in Heaven!

It takes humility for a person to admit that he is a sinner that has no hope of deserving salvation by his own works. God is so holy that even one sinful thought can make you unrighteous. Perfection is needed. The way to be saved is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord!

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MY FIRST MONEY WOUND 💸

I made real money for the first time in 8th grade. I was mad for manga and so were half of my classmates.

In front of our school gate, there was a shop selling manga merchandise. Everyday kids like me drooled over those keychains, badges, and pins.

One day, I had a brilliant idea: why not try to make those keychains myself?

I went to an internet shop, browsed Yahoo images (yes, Yahoo) for artworks of the hottest manga characters, and saved them in my dad’s floppy-disk (yes, floppy-disk).

I had them colored-printed, and then ran to the old uncle who had a “laminating shop” - one rusty machine on the back of his 200-year-old bicycle - to laminate those pictures for cheap.

With my dad’s 2-hole mini puncher, I punched holes to attach keychains on them.

Tada! My products were complete.

The next day, I showed up in class with a dozen of those keychains. I sold everything in one morning.

The following days, my keychains were sold out again. Soon enough, kids from other classes started to hand me their pocket money. Lo and behold, my business had expanded!

One afternoon, I sat in the back of the class with my red kitten wallet, counting money. I had a “boyfriend” at the time and he was sitting next to me. I turned to him beaming:

“Look, how much money I made!”

He did not smile.

Instead, he gave me, my money, and my red kitten wallet a cold look. He grunted:

“Money, money! Now you always think about money! What a girl you are!”

I went silent. I was shocked and then I was ashamed. What he said confused me.

“Maybe I’m really becoming bad…” I wondered.

I stopped making keychains after that.

Now, looking back I think:

“Dude, what a dumb thing to say. You could’ve had chè with me for free, every day after school!”

At the same time, I wonder:

“He was a young boy! What must have he heard from other people to have such a negative view about women making money?!”

Until now, this story and its cultural implications still surprise me.

This is one of the stories that later shaped the way I felt towards money.
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📅date: 2021/9/4
📍 location: Kromme Rijn, Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Today I went canoeing with classmates in our faculty. We rent boat for each two people and railed it alone Kromme Rijn. 🛶

Real scene \ No edit \ Beautiful riverside.
Hope you enjoy !
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今天在學校附近的運河划船🛶
沿途風光明媚、綠意盎然，還有許多玩水、曬太陽的荷蘭人....
大家都一起出來享受陽光☀️

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0:00 一起划船的俄羅斯女生
1:23 沿途風光 美麗的房子
1:42 遇到同伴
2:08 少數有我的片段XD
3:00 撞船啦！發生意外好痛
3:40 一系列的綠色
5:19 立槳SUP
5:40 我的片段2
8:17 上岸啦！


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Dev is one of my classmates from NYU. This week we’re assigned to write a tune in the style of the 20-30s.

After digging into a bit of Robert Johnson, we decided to write a blues. And we call this tune the Covid Blues.

Bars and restaurants are finally reopening since last week. Hang in there New Yorker!

Kucaimars - Wanita [Official Lyric Video]

Jom layan Wanita kat sini: https://WMM.lnk.to/Wanita

#Kucaimars #WanitaKucaimars #Wanita

Komposer: Shamin Nazri, Rudy Nastia
Lirik: Shamin Nazri, Rudy Nastia
Produser: Rudy Nastia

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Lirik:
VERSE 1
Adakah aku terlalu menyinta
Hingga ku terlupa hati mampu berubah
Tersungkur aku jatuh dalam indah
Kegagalan ini menyakiti

CHORUS
Hapus semua ingatanku
Waktu kita bersama dulu
Telah ku bakar surat cinta
Yang kau utus padaku
Kerna kau wanita Sang Peluluh

VERSE 2
Adakah perih kan kekal di hati
Seperti sakitku berdenyut tak berbunyi
Apakah masih ada sisa cinta
Kegagalan ini menyakiti

BRIDGE
Cuba kau lihat, cuba kau dengar
Isi hatiku
Itulah jiwa yang kau bunuh

Producer: Rudy Nastia
Arranger: Rudy Nastia, Reza Ramsey
Programmer: Rudy Nastia, Reza Ramsey
Mix & Mastering: Ucop Classmates