Date: 12-04-26
Preacher: Ps Chen Mengxia
Title: Three Horses

Three Horses

God’s creation and creativity were given full play in this morning’s message. The creation in the form of the horse was greatly featured in the message and His creativity came about through Ps Mengxia’s anointing to be able to preach a great message of caution and calm despite all the turmoil in these last days.

The horse signifies strength, war, glory, disaster and judgement so Ps Mengxia brought out three significant events associated with the horse in her message.

The first was related to Job’s sufferings and having stayed faithful after all his ordeals, God blessed him much. He asked God why he had to go through so much and God’s answer came in the form of the various characteristics found in a horse. To that reply, Job conceded God could do all things for no purpose of His could be thwarted. In other words he acknowledged God’s sovereignty in all things. Although the horse God created is strong and powerful, we are to rely on the God who made the horse.

Ps Mengxia then asked the congregation whether we do hear God’s words although we attend church every Sunday. She then shared an anecdote of a man who suspected that his wife might be hard of hearing and to test it out for himself, he stood at the door of his room while his wife was in the hall with her back facing him. Then he called out to his wife and noted that there was no response. He halved that distance and called out to his wife and still there was no response. Then he moved just directly behind his wife and called out. This time his wife turned round and told him that she had actually answered him 3 times. Who then was hard of hearing?

Then Ps Mengxia shared a Chinese app entitled 陪你读圣经 for those in the congregation who might be interested. 

The second horse that Ps Mengxia spoke about was actually a series of horses that appeared in Rev 6:2, 6:4, 6:5 and 6:8. These featured a white horse, a red horse, a black horse and a pale horse. All represented the anti-Christ whose sole purpose was the destruction of mankind.

Ps Mengxia then shared with the congregation John 4:3-4 so that as believers there is no course for panic.

I especially like her sharing of a king who had bred many horses for battle. Once the battles were over, he then gave away the horses to his people as beasts of burden. Most of the people then used the horses to help them in their milling so the horses had to go round in circles in the course of their work. Then war broke out again, and the king had to recall his horses to fight. You can imagine what the horses did when they went into battle. Yes, they went round in circles and that was when Ps Mengxia warned the congregation that to be effective Christians, we should not go around in circles too. He said that if Christian life becomes too cushy as in Singapore’s, there is a possibility.

The final horse appeared in Rev 19:11 when Ps Mengxia talked about the second coming of Christ when there will be no more death, mourning, crying or pain. 

Then she asked the congregation how long each of them wished to live for? Although it is not a rhetorical question, she felt that most Christians are conflicted when faced with the issue of death. This could be tied to the fact that we are still being chained to the wants and cares of this world. 

She ended the message with a reminder that as Christians we are to read the Bible daily, pray, gather in fellowship and draw near to God. We should be alert and we should not pay heed to the superstitions associated with secular practices but to put our faith in Him.