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Remembering
The Rev. W.T.

Hwang

Our
organizing

pastor

故黃武東牧師

Harold Lin/林懋宏

李宋祁，周實，李宗派，黃武東牧師，林懋宏，林天道，紀義雄
A
fter celebrating our church 40th anniversary, those old
pictures on display elicited my memory. Recently, I
learned from a pastor’s teaching stating what we
should do while we are still living in this world after we are

saved by believing in Jesus Christ. We can develop new and
right characters that have been shaped by the Holy Spirit in 「 whoever
order to serve the Lord in the present mortal life or in the eter- can be trusted
nal life.
with very little
Three things I can remember vividly regarding to Rev. can also be
Hwang’s teachings even if it happened 40 years ago: trusted with
much, and
1. He said that he spent a lot of time preparing for his ser- whoever is
mons. Lots of great orators said the same things includ- dishonest
ing Winston Churchill who said that he spent many hours pre- with very little
paring for a one hour speech. Rev. Hwang said that he didn’t will also be
want to waste other people’s time and steal their time as well. dishonest
He said that he doesn’t want to be a thief of time if he wastes 5 with much.」

minutes on each person, then he would steal 500 minutes from Luke 16:10
100 people. Time is very precious and also time lost is lost for-
ever. Nobody can make it come back. Recently, a pastor in an
article stated that we are obligated not to waste possessions,
fortune, and time. I hope we can all be faithful stewards of time
that God has given us.

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