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Ang Kabanalan Ng Dios
The Holiness of God
Isaiah 6:1-5
Anong bagay ang nagpapaiba [set apart] ng Dios sa atin?
"Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you-- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders? Ex 15:11 (NIV)
Ang salitang ‘holiness’ [sa Hebrew] ginagamit sa isang sense ng separateness, sacredness, apartness, pagkaiba, o’ pagkawalay.
Ang Dios lamang ang kasing banal na ganito. God is the only One that is Holy in this sense. “Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy.” Rev 15:4 (NIV)
"There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.”1 Sam 2:2NIV
Ngayong araw nais ko na makita natin kung ano talaga ang Dios sapagkat naniniwala ako na kung kilala natin kung sino nga siya at ano Siya, tayo ay magbago dahil sa kanya.
May dalawang tanong tayong sasagutin. Una, tungkol po sa deskripsyon ng ating Dios at pangalawa, tungkol po sa karapatdapat nating reaksyon kung makaharap natin ang kabanalan ng Dios.
Ano ba ang deskripsyon ng ating Panginoon?
Ang ating Panginoon ay ang makapangyarihang Manlilikha . He is Sovereign Creator.
1. Before anything was created there was the Holy One. All things created came into being at the utterance of his voice. He spoke and they were.
2. From eternity He has remained unchanged, needing nothing, self-sustaining, dependent on none. All his creation is dependent on Him.
3. He is alone is self-existent. He has no beginning and no boundaries or limitations except that of his own perfect attributes.
We are dependent on Him for everything, space, substance, life itself, but He needs nothing. He never has. He never will. Who is like the LORD who is separate, sacred, and apart from us?
What should an encounter with God’s holiness cause us to do? Kung makaharap natin ang Dios na banal ano kaya ang mangyayari sa atin?
1. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause us to worship Him. Ang bawat encounter natin sa kabanalan ng Panginoon ay dapat magudyok sa atin na sumamba sa Kanya. Every encounter with God in Scripture, God in His glory, causes the one who sees the revelation to fear and tremble.
Moses asked for the encounter and got more than he bargained for. He asked to see God with his own eyes. God, in His mercy, put him in the cleft of a rock and covered him, but allowed him to catch a glimpse of His backside. He said, “You cannot see my face for no man can see my face (a full complete revealing of the glory of God) and live.” And the result of that glimpse was a face that so glowed that people ask that it be covered.
Habbakuk heard the Lord in the third chapter of his book and here is how he described his reaction: 16 I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Habakkuk 3:16 (NIV)
2. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause us to see our deplorable sinfulness. Ang bawat encounter natin sa Panginoon ay dapat magudyok sa atin na makita ang ating sariling kasuklamsuklam na pagkamakasalanan.
Job demanded to meet with God and when he did, Job said he would put his hand over his mouth. “I deplore myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
• If we want to see ourselves let us use God’s mirror of holiness. According to that mirror, we are not so bad, we are just very bad.
Parati nating kinukumpara ang ating sarili sa iba at parati nating konklusyon na mas OK pa rin tayo. Kung alam lang natin kung ano talaga tayo then we would say pataytayo. If we only had a revelation of the standard, the holiness of God, we would be pronouncing doom on ourselves. Maintindihan natin ang sinabi ni James na “grieve, mourn, and wail”. Si Isaiah ay nagsalita “I am ruined.” The word literally means unraveled, “natanggal sa pagkahabi” . He felt like a rug all unwove with threads in heap on the ground. “I thought I had it all together, but when I see God in His holiness, I am a mess.” I see the vile things that have come from my heart and over my lips. Isaiah saw that his false standard, the people around him, had mouths as vile as his own did. This filthiness, he recognizes as himself, has seen the holiness of God. He will never compare himself with man again. He has a new standard. He will never walk in pride again. He has seen how lowly he really is.
• God’s mirror tells us we are simply doomed.
As Isaiah beholds this awesome beautiful sight, he is conscious of how filthy – how out of place – deserving of righteous justice his condition is. In chapter 5 as the Seer of God he is pronouncing woes on the people of Israel. Woe is the opposite of blessing, a declaration of wrath to be poured out in justice. But in chapter 6 the holiness of God causes him to pronounce woe against himself.
• God’s mirror tells us that God’s holiness is such that we should rightly fear God.
A holy God is the last thing man would ever desire to see. It is that holiness, that otherness, that causes us to fear. In the light of such purity we cry with Isaiah, “Woe is me! I am undone.” The revelation of such purity causes us to see how impure we are. In the light of that absolute purity we see the loathing of sin. “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.” Hab 1:13
3. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause me to emphasize holiness. Ang bawat encounter ay nangangahulugan ng isang panibagong emphasis sa kabanalan Niya.
His holiness will cause me to condemn sin especially in my own being
The fact that “God is holy” condemns all impurity. The Word declares God hates all workers of iniquity. (Ps 5:5) Like a mother hates the disease that ravishes the child she loves, our Father God hates sin. His holy purity is all that should be. Everything else is vile, out of place with all creation that this pure God created in a state of goodness. Evil is the destructive disease of creation that was created in holiness, wholeness, purity. What is this black speck of evil rebellion before all this brilliant holy goodness? It is my sin. And what will holy justice do with such evil rebellion toward His glorious goodness? Judge it righteously! He will give me what I deserve, unless I flee to the One who took that judgement in my place. As Moses hid in the cleft of the rock so we hide our unholiness in the wounds of Christ as the glory of God passes by.
4. An encounter with God’s holiness should make me treat Him as the one and only Holy God. Ang encounter natin sa Kanya dapat ay mag-udyok sa atin na ituring Siya bilang kaisaisang Dios na banal at wala ng iba.
If there is an attribute that we ought to see it is the holiness of God.
The Scriptures refer to God as Almighty but more frequently He is described as holy. Sa Hebreo ang repetition ng salita ay nagsisigniy ng importansiya ng isang bagay. It is a verbal and written devise used to make us tune in more attentively and add emphasis.
Ang istilo na ito ay ginamit ni Jesus noong sinabi Niya Katotohanan, katotohanan….Verily, ______.”
Ginamit rin ni Paul ang repetition noong sinabi niya na ang huwad na mga guro ay dapat iaccurse kahit sila pa ay magpapakita bilang angel of light. Kaya sinabi niya, “Again I say unto you”, at pagkatapos ay inirepeat niya ang lahat ng sinasabi niya
In Isaiah we read of the praise around the throne of God in the Old and New Testaments the angels are not crying, “holy” or “holy, holy” but “holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts!”
These seraphs created to be in the presence of God in all his glory are continually overwhelmed again and again with his holiness. They do not cry love, love, love or merciful, merciful, merciful, or even powerful, powerful, powerful. For the beauty of all those attributes is what is overwhelming them and so they spontaneously cry from the depths of their beings these descriptive words, “Holy, holy, holy!”
Those three pair of wings, a design of their Creator, give them one to shield their faces from the full brilliant splendor of His holiness. As they peak through those feathers designed to dim the brilliance they are overwhelmed again. These are no robots, no unfeeling beings, they are so enthralled they can do nothing else. Can you see them in your mind as the fly around the throne and peaking a glimpse like Moses took they are overwhelmed with the holiness of God. From the depths of their being through vocal chords designed to voice praise to God ‘they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."’ Isaiah 6:3 (NIV) 4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. Isaiah 6:4 (NIV) One day you will witness this with your own eyes and you’ll be singing Revelation 4:11.
Ang lahat ng nasa sa kanya ay banal. His justice is holy justice, His wisdom a holy wisdom, His arm of power a “holy arm” (Ps 98:1), His truth or promise a “holy promise” (Ps 105:42). His name, which signifies all His attributes in conjunction, “is holy,” Ps 103:1
Holiness is the beauty or splendor of all his attributes, and thus we worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Ps 110:3 “Power is God’s hand or arm, omniscience His eye, mercy his bowels, eternity His duration, but holiness is His beauty.” SC 2 Chron 20:21 God appointed singers in Israel “that they should praise the beauty of his holiness.”
5. An encounter with God will cause me to live for Him in holiness. Ang encounter natin sa Kanya ay dapat magtulak sa atin na mamuhay na banal kagaya Niya.
Our holy God demands that we be holy? Over and over again in the Law God said we are to be holy because He is holy! Peter repeats it in the New Testament. All impurity does not belong in God’s creation! It should not be in God’s presence.”
Let us consider these verses from (Lev 20:8, 21:15,23):
“Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am your holy God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord who makes you holy….I am the Lord, who makes him holy….I am the Lord who makes them holy….
What do we see here?
God is holy.
He demands that we live holy lives.
His laws are to be standards that we should follow.
We are by nature unholy, unable to obey.
But instead of obliterating us to nothing He changes us that we may be able to obey Him.
We are not perfect. We are only a people whose perfect and holy God is at work in changing us.
Conclusion: Today we stand in that pure Presence of the Holy One we are as He created us to be. We are good only because He our good God covered us. Our goodness is not because of what we did, but what He did in our place. His holiness is satisfied because He made us holy and is continuously making us holy. Rebellion is gone. All is pure and in unity. Praise his holy name!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
INIINGATAN NG PANGINOON-BLANKS
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" ANG KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGIGING KRISTIYANO "
Iniingatan ng kanyang Kapangyarihan
I. ANG LAYUNIN NG ATING Kalaban AY ANG ATING ___________
1. Ang ating kalaban ay si ____________________.. 1 Pe 5:8
A. ____________nating kalabanin ang ang ating kalaban at hindi tayo nagiisa sa paglaban sa ating kalaban.
1 Pet 5.10
II. MAY _________________ ANG ATING PANGINOON, ANG ATING
___________________
A. ANG ATING DIYOS AY ANG ATING ________________.
1. Binigay Niya sa atin si Jesu kristo:He gave us His son the Lord Jesus Christ.
a. una bilang tagapamagitan - 1 Ti 2:5
b. pangalawa , bilang ating tagapagtanggol- 1 Jn 2:1,2
c. pangatlo bilang maawain at tapat na sacerdote - He 2:17-18
d. At bilang naghuhugas sa atin mula sa ating kasalanan, 1 John 1:7
2. Siya rin ang nagbigay ng paraang _________________ tayo sa
kaalipinan ng kasalanan.He therefore provides a way of _________________
a. Tinuruan niya tayo paano umiwas sa ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬____________, Mt 26:41
b. Tinuruan din Niya tayo na walang pagsubok na darating sa atin na.higit pa sa ating makakaya. 1 Cor 10:13 Alam ng Diyos na ang bawat pagsubok na dumarating sa ating buhay ay
ay kaya natin at may daan upang tayo ay makatakas nito.
B. ANG DIYOS ATING ________________.
1. Siya ang ating tagumpay sapagkat siya ang nagbibigay sa atin ng kapangyarihan na gumawa ng nais Niya. Phil. 4:13
2. Binigay Niya ang kapangyarihan na higit pa sa kapangyarihan ng kalaban. He provides power that is greater than Satan‘s power. Eph. 3:16,20
III. ANG ATING RESPONSIBILIDAD AY ANG MAGING __________SA KANYA.
He also gave us ETERNAL SECURITY...Walang maaring kumuha sa atin mula sa kamay ng Diyos. John 10:28-29 Our responibility is to hear him and do what he wants us to do..
1. Pakinggan natin Siya: Ang pakikinig hindi isang oassive word, it involves everything, being warned and preparing our minds for action .
Be warned. Take heed. and we have to gird up the loins of our minds.
1 Cor. 10:12-13 1 Peter 1:13
2. Mamuhay tayo ayon sa ninanais Niya
Nais Niya na mamuhay tayo ng may disiplina Discipline yourself - 1 Cor 9:27
Nais Niya na maging matatag tayo sa kanya at sa kanyang pag-ibig,pananampalataya at biyaya. Eph 3.17, 2Tim 2.1, 1Cor 16.13
Nais rin Niya harapin nating matatag ang ating kalaban Jas 4:7
CONCLUSION
Bilang mga anak niyamaari nating harapin ang ating kalaban ng may kalakasan sapagkat ang ating Panginoong Dios si Hesu Kristo ay siyang ating kalakasan at patuloy na nag –papalakas sa atin.Eph 6:10-13, 1 Pe 5:9-10
" ANG KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGIGING KRISTIYANO "
Iniingatan ng kanyang Kapangyarihan
I. ANG LAYUNIN NG ATING Kalaban AY ANG ATING ___________
1. Ang ating kalaban ay si ____________________.. 1 Pe 5:8
A. ____________nating kalabanin ang ang ating kalaban at hindi tayo nagiisa sa paglaban sa ating kalaban.
1 Pet 5.10
II. MAY _________________ ANG ATING PANGINOON, ANG ATING
___________________
A. ANG ATING DIYOS AY ANG ATING ________________.
1. Binigay Niya sa atin si Jesu kristo:He gave us His son the Lord Jesus Christ.
a. una bilang tagapamagitan - 1 Ti 2:5
b. pangalawa , bilang ating tagapagtanggol- 1 Jn 2:1,2
c. pangatlo bilang maawain at tapat na sacerdote - He 2:17-18
d. At bilang naghuhugas sa atin mula sa ating kasalanan, 1 John 1:7
2. Siya rin ang nagbigay ng paraang _________________ tayo sa
kaalipinan ng kasalanan.He therefore provides a way of _________________
a. Tinuruan niya tayo paano umiwas sa ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬____________, Mt 26:41
b. Tinuruan din Niya tayo na walang pagsubok na darating sa atin na.higit pa sa ating makakaya. 1 Cor 10:13 Alam ng Diyos na ang bawat pagsubok na dumarating sa ating buhay ay
ay kaya natin at may daan upang tayo ay makatakas nito.
B. ANG DIYOS ATING ________________.
1. Siya ang ating tagumpay sapagkat siya ang nagbibigay sa atin ng kapangyarihan na gumawa ng nais Niya. Phil. 4:13
2. Binigay Niya ang kapangyarihan na higit pa sa kapangyarihan ng kalaban. He provides power that is greater than Satan‘s power. Eph. 3:16,20
III. ANG ATING RESPONSIBILIDAD AY ANG MAGING __________SA KANYA.
He also gave us ETERNAL SECURITY...Walang maaring kumuha sa atin mula sa kamay ng Diyos. John 10:28-29 Our responibility is to hear him and do what he wants us to do..
1. Pakinggan natin Siya: Ang pakikinig hindi isang oassive word, it involves everything, being warned and preparing our minds for action .
Be warned. Take heed. and we have to gird up the loins of our minds.
1 Cor. 10:12-13 1 Peter 1:13
2. Mamuhay tayo ayon sa ninanais Niya
Nais Niya na mamuhay tayo ng may disiplina Discipline yourself - 1 Cor 9:27
Nais Niya na maging matatag tayo sa kanya at sa kanyang pag-ibig,pananampalataya at biyaya. Eph 3.17, 2Tim 2.1, 1Cor 16.13
Nais rin Niya harapin nating matatag ang ating kalaban Jas 4:7
CONCLUSION
Bilang mga anak niyamaari nating harapin ang ating kalaban ng may kalakasan sapagkat ang ating Panginoong Dios si Hesu Kristo ay siyang ating kalakasan at patuloy na nag –papalakas sa atin.Eph 6:10-13, 1 Pe 5:9-10
INIINGATAN NG PANGINOON
062903 Sermon Copy
" ANG KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGIGING KRISTIYANO "
Iniingatan ng kanyang Kapangyarihan
INTRODUCTION
1. Pag –ireview natin ang ang ating natutunan sa mga nakaraan na mga linggo, makita natin na ang Kristiyano ay
a. isang taong ipinanganak muli,isang taong namumuhay ng bagong buhay
b. namumuhay sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya na may isang hangad ang maging isang aliping tunay ng Diyos at
c. itinalaga para sa Panginoon upang mabuhay ng may kabanalan
2. Hindi ito nangangahulugan na madali ang buhay Kristiyano sapagkat alam natin na ikaw at ako ay may kalaban, ikaw man ay mananampalataya o’ hindi na may isang pakay lang ang kalaban na ito.na ang masira tayo habang tayo ay namumuhay dito sa mundo na ito.
3. Sa gitna ng pursigidong paninira ng ating kalaban may tulong tayo na wala sa iba --- ito iyong tulong mula ating ama sa langit. Siya ang may tunay na concern sa atin .
Sa 1 Pe 1:5...sumulat si Pedro tungkol sa protection na ito
a. Sabi niya “And God in His mighty power, will make sure “ that you get there safely to receive it , because you are trusting in Him
b. Gumagamit si Pablo dito ng isang military term na ang meaning "to mount guard as a sentinel; Kung sa atin pa’y to hem in o’ protect" (Strongs)> Siya mismo ang gwardiya natin.
Ngayong araw nais ko na maakita natin ang layunin ng kalaban, ang provision ng ating Panginoon at ang responsibilidad natin sagitna ng Kanyang proteksyon.
I. ANG LAYUNIN NG ATING KALABAN AY ANG ATING KASIRAAN
A. Ang ating kalaban ay si Satanas.
1. si Satanas ay parang isang leon na aali-aligid at umaatungal
1 Pe 5:8
2. Siya’y hindi lang inihambing sa isang leon siya rin ay mapag-
Kunwanganghel ng kaliwanagan.
Si Satanas ay counterfeit na Kristo, kagaya kay Kristo nandiyan lang hindi upang palakasin tayo kundi takutin. May mga lingkod din siya na nagkukunwaring lingkod ng kabutihan
Satan works like a counterfeit Christ. He is just around not to comfort us or strengthen us but to trouble us as we obey. He also has his own workers but unlike the workers of Jesus Christ his workers misleads even us. He misleads through the false righteousness of his workers and in 1 Tim 4.1-3, he also misleads through false doctrine.
B. Kailangan nating kalabanin ang ang ating kalaban at hindi tayo nagiisa sa paglaban sa ating kalaban.
Sa 1 Pet.5.9 lalong kailanganin nating kalabanin ang ating kalaban. Sabi ni Pedro. “Tumayo kayo ng matatag sa pananampalataya at labanan ninyo siya, yamang alam ninyo na dumaranas din ng glahirapan ang mga kapatid ninyo sa buong sanlibutan.” .
Hindi tayo nagiisa sa paglaban sa ating kalaban, ang ating
Panginoon ay dinescribe sa 1 Pet 5.10 na "the God of all grace" o’
our God who is full of kindness through Christ” We are not
alone in our resistance; He stands ready to assist us. This leads to
our next point
Kung ang ating kalaban ay naghahangad lang sa ating kasiraaan
II. MAY PROVISION ANG ATING PANGINOON, ANG ATING
PROTECTION
A. ANG ATING DIYOS AY ANG ATING KATULONG...
1. Binigay Niya sa atin si Jesu kristo:He gave us His son the Lord Jesus Christ.
a. una bilang tagapamagitan - 1 Ti 2:5
1 Tim. 2:5
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
b. pangalawa , bilang ating tagapagtanggol- 1 Jn 2:1,2
1 John 2:1-2
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: [2] And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world
Ang salitang advocate dito ay equivalent ng isang legal defender. Ganyan nga ang ating Panginoon Jesu Kristo ang ating legal defender.
c. pangatlo bilang maawain at tapat na sacerdote - He 2:17-18
Hebrews 2:17-18
Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. [18] For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
d. At binigay din siya sa atin na siyang naghuhugas sa atin mula sa ating kasalanan,
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
2. Siya rin ang nagbigay ng paraang upang makatakas tayo sa
kaalipinan ng kasalanan.He therefore provides a way of
escape:
a. Tinuruan niya tayo paano umiwas sa tukso, sabi nga Niya
Mt 26:41
“maglamay kayo at manalangin upang makaiwas kayo sa tukso”
b. Tinuruan din Niya tayo na walang pagsubok na darating sa atin na higit pa sa ating makakaya.
1 Cor 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Bantayan natin ang salitang seized (NIV) ito ang salitang
Nakakapanghawak. So ano ang meaning ng verse?
Alam ng Diyos na ang bawat pagsubok na dumarating sa
ating buhay ay
1. kaya natin
2. at may daan upang tayo ay makatakas nito.
Hindi lang Katulong natin ang ating Diyos
B. ANG DIYOS siya ring ATING TAGUMPAY...
1. Siya ang ating tagumpay sapagkat siya ang nagbibigay sa atin ng kapangyarihan na gumawa ng nais Niya. Ang confidence natin na makakaya natin ang isang bagay ay nagmula po sa kapangyarihan ng atingDiyos. Our confidence comes from God's power, not our own.
Phil. 4:13
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
2. Binigay Niya ang kapangyarihan na higit pa sa kapangyarihan ng kalaban. He provides power that is greater than Satan‘s power.
Eph. 3:16,20
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man…. 20. (NIV)Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us….
Kung ang ating kalaban ay humahangad ng ating kassiraan at kung ang provision lang ng ating Panginoon ang ating protection tayo ay may responsibilidad na maging matapat sa kanya
III. ANG ATING RESPONSIBILIDAD AY ANG MAGING MATAPAT SA KANYA.
Hindi lang kaligtasan ang bigay Niya sa atin. Binigay rin Niya sa atin ang KATIYAKAN ng ating kaligtasan. He also gave us ETERNAL SECURITY...
Walang maaring kumuha sa atin mula sa kamay ng Diyos.
The Bible teaches the security of the believer. No one can snatch a
believer out of the hand of God and nothing can
separate a believer from the love of Christ
John 10:28-29
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. [29] My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. cf- Ro 8:35-39
Note carefully: these promises are for one who is a
believer!
ANG RESPONSIBILIDAD NATIN AY PAKINGGAN SIYA AT GAWIN ANG MGA NINANAIS NIYA! MAMUHAY TAYONG MATAPAT SA KANYA.
1. Pakinggan natin Siya: Ang pakikinig hindi isang oassive word, it involves everything, being warned and preparing our minds for action
a. Be warned. Take heed
1 Cor. 10:12-13
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! [13] No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
b. Gird up the loins of your mind
1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Hindi lang tayo makinig sa kanya! Dapat
2. Mamuhay tayo ayon sa ninanais Niya
Nais Niya na mamuhay tayo ng may disiplina
• Discipline yourself - 1 Co 9:27
1 Cor. 9:27
No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Nais Niya na maging matatag tayo sa kanya at sa kanyang pag-ibig,pananampalataya at biyaya.
• Root yourself in Christ and His love - Ep 3:17; Co 2:7
• Be strong in the grace of the Lord - 2 Ti 2:1
• Stand fast in the faith - 1 Co 16:13
Nais Niya harapinnating matatag ang ating kalaban
• Resist the devil - Ja 4:7
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you
CONCLUSION
Bilang mga anak niyamaari nating harapin ang ating kalaban ng may kalakasan sapagkat ang ating Panginoong Dios si Hesu Kristo ay siyang ating kalakasan at patuloy na nag –papalakas sa atin.Eph 6:10-13, 1 Pe 5:9-10
" ANG KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGIGING KRISTIYANO "
Iniingatan ng kanyang Kapangyarihan
INTRODUCTION
1. Pag –ireview natin ang ang ating natutunan sa mga nakaraan na mga linggo, makita natin na ang Kristiyano ay
a. isang taong ipinanganak muli,isang taong namumuhay ng bagong buhay
b. namumuhay sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya na may isang hangad ang maging isang aliping tunay ng Diyos at
c. itinalaga para sa Panginoon upang mabuhay ng may kabanalan
2. Hindi ito nangangahulugan na madali ang buhay Kristiyano sapagkat alam natin na ikaw at ako ay may kalaban, ikaw man ay mananampalataya o’ hindi na may isang pakay lang ang kalaban na ito.na ang masira tayo habang tayo ay namumuhay dito sa mundo na ito.
3. Sa gitna ng pursigidong paninira ng ating kalaban may tulong tayo na wala sa iba --- ito iyong tulong mula ating ama sa langit. Siya ang may tunay na concern sa atin .
Sa 1 Pe 1:5...sumulat si Pedro tungkol sa protection na ito
a. Sabi niya “And God in His mighty power, will make sure “ that you get there safely to receive it , because you are trusting in Him
b. Gumagamit si Pablo dito ng isang military term na ang meaning "to mount guard as a sentinel; Kung sa atin pa’y to hem in o’ protect" (Strongs)> Siya mismo ang gwardiya natin.
Ngayong araw nais ko na maakita natin ang layunin ng kalaban, ang provision ng ating Panginoon at ang responsibilidad natin sagitna ng Kanyang proteksyon.
I. ANG LAYUNIN NG ATING KALABAN AY ANG ATING KASIRAAN
A. Ang ating kalaban ay si Satanas.
1. si Satanas ay parang isang leon na aali-aligid at umaatungal
1 Pe 5:8
2. Siya’y hindi lang inihambing sa isang leon siya rin ay mapag-
Kunwanganghel ng kaliwanagan.
Si Satanas ay counterfeit na Kristo, kagaya kay Kristo nandiyan lang hindi upang palakasin tayo kundi takutin. May mga lingkod din siya na nagkukunwaring lingkod ng kabutihan
Satan works like a counterfeit Christ. He is just around not to comfort us or strengthen us but to trouble us as we obey. He also has his own workers but unlike the workers of Jesus Christ his workers misleads even us. He misleads through the false righteousness of his workers and in 1 Tim 4.1-3, he also misleads through false doctrine.
B. Kailangan nating kalabanin ang ang ating kalaban at hindi tayo nagiisa sa paglaban sa ating kalaban.
Sa 1 Pet.5.9 lalong kailanganin nating kalabanin ang ating kalaban. Sabi ni Pedro. “Tumayo kayo ng matatag sa pananampalataya at labanan ninyo siya, yamang alam ninyo na dumaranas din ng glahirapan ang mga kapatid ninyo sa buong sanlibutan.” .
Hindi tayo nagiisa sa paglaban sa ating kalaban, ang ating
Panginoon ay dinescribe sa 1 Pet 5.10 na "the God of all grace" o’
our God who is full of kindness through Christ” We are not
alone in our resistance; He stands ready to assist us. This leads to
our next point
Kung ang ating kalaban ay naghahangad lang sa ating kasiraaan
II. MAY PROVISION ANG ATING PANGINOON, ANG ATING
PROTECTION
A. ANG ATING DIYOS AY ANG ATING KATULONG...
1. Binigay Niya sa atin si Jesu kristo:He gave us His son the Lord Jesus Christ.
a. una bilang tagapamagitan - 1 Ti 2:5
1 Tim. 2:5
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
b. pangalawa , bilang ating tagapagtanggol- 1 Jn 2:1,2
1 John 2:1-2
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: [2] And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world
Ang salitang advocate dito ay equivalent ng isang legal defender. Ganyan nga ang ating Panginoon Jesu Kristo ang ating legal defender.
c. pangatlo bilang maawain at tapat na sacerdote - He 2:17-18
Hebrews 2:17-18
Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. [18] For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
d. At binigay din siya sa atin na siyang naghuhugas sa atin mula sa ating kasalanan,
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
2. Siya rin ang nagbigay ng paraang upang makatakas tayo sa
kaalipinan ng kasalanan.He therefore provides a way of
escape:
a. Tinuruan niya tayo paano umiwas sa tukso, sabi nga Niya
Mt 26:41
“maglamay kayo at manalangin upang makaiwas kayo sa tukso”
b. Tinuruan din Niya tayo na walang pagsubok na darating sa atin na higit pa sa ating makakaya.
1 Cor 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Bantayan natin ang salitang seized (NIV) ito ang salitang
Nakakapanghawak. So ano ang meaning ng verse?
Alam ng Diyos na ang bawat pagsubok na dumarating sa
ating buhay ay
1. kaya natin
2. at may daan upang tayo ay makatakas nito.
Hindi lang Katulong natin ang ating Diyos
B. ANG DIYOS siya ring ATING TAGUMPAY...
1. Siya ang ating tagumpay sapagkat siya ang nagbibigay sa atin ng kapangyarihan na gumawa ng nais Niya. Ang confidence natin na makakaya natin ang isang bagay ay nagmula po sa kapangyarihan ng atingDiyos. Our confidence comes from God's power, not our own.
Phil. 4:13
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
2. Binigay Niya ang kapangyarihan na higit pa sa kapangyarihan ng kalaban. He provides power that is greater than Satan‘s power.
Eph. 3:16,20
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man…. 20. (NIV)Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us….
Kung ang ating kalaban ay humahangad ng ating kassiraan at kung ang provision lang ng ating Panginoon ang ating protection tayo ay may responsibilidad na maging matapat sa kanya
III. ANG ATING RESPONSIBILIDAD AY ANG MAGING MATAPAT SA KANYA.
Hindi lang kaligtasan ang bigay Niya sa atin. Binigay rin Niya sa atin ang KATIYAKAN ng ating kaligtasan. He also gave us ETERNAL SECURITY...
Walang maaring kumuha sa atin mula sa kamay ng Diyos.
The Bible teaches the security of the believer. No one can snatch a
believer out of the hand of God and nothing can
separate a believer from the love of Christ
John 10:28-29
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. [29] My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. cf- Ro 8:35-39
Note carefully: these promises are for one who is a
believer!
ANG RESPONSIBILIDAD NATIN AY PAKINGGAN SIYA AT GAWIN ANG MGA NINANAIS NIYA! MAMUHAY TAYONG MATAPAT SA KANYA.
1. Pakinggan natin Siya: Ang pakikinig hindi isang oassive word, it involves everything, being warned and preparing our minds for action
a. Be warned. Take heed
1 Cor. 10:12-13
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! [13] No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
b. Gird up the loins of your mind
1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Hindi lang tayo makinig sa kanya! Dapat
2. Mamuhay tayo ayon sa ninanais Niya
Nais Niya na mamuhay tayo ng may disiplina
• Discipline yourself - 1 Co 9:27
1 Cor. 9:27
No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Nais Niya na maging matatag tayo sa kanya at sa kanyang pag-ibig,pananampalataya at biyaya.
• Root yourself in Christ and His love - Ep 3:17; Co 2:7
• Be strong in the grace of the Lord - 2 Ti 2:1
• Stand fast in the faith - 1 Co 16:13
Nais Niya harapinnating matatag ang ating kalaban
• Resist the devil - Ja 4:7
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you
CONCLUSION
Bilang mga anak niyamaari nating harapin ang ating kalaban ng may kalakasan sapagkat ang ating Panginoong Dios si Hesu Kristo ay siyang ating kalakasan at patuloy na nag –papalakas sa atin.Eph 6:10-13, 1 Pe 5:9-10
ANG KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGIGING ANAK NIYA
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"Eh , ANO KUNG KRISTIYANO NA AKO?"
ITINALAGA NA AKO SA DIYOS
Consecrated To God
INTRODUCTION
1. Malaki ang kahalagahan ng pagiging Kristiyano.
a. Ang Kristiyano reborn naka –experience na ng bagong buhay
b. Ang nanagmay-ari na sa Kanya ay ang Diyos. At bilang pagmammay-ari ng Diyos alam niya na ssiya aay dayo lang sa lupa. Ganyan tayo
2. Pangalawang kahalagahan ay tungkol sa ating pagkatinalaga o’ pagkabinukod sa Panginoon. You and I have been separated by Christ to be consecrated and made holy until He comes.
Sa OT maraming mga example ng mga bagay, hayop at mga tao na itinalaga ng Diyos. Ang prosesso ng pagtatalaga ay nag- iinvolve ng sanctification
Ang salitang pagtalaga, "sanctify" and "sanctification" ay translated mula sa orihinal
(hagiazo - hag-ee-ad'-zo} na ang meaning ay “to make holy”,” to set apart for a special purpose”. May mga related terms ito na holiness, consecration, saint pagganap banal, pagtatalaga, o’ santo.
Nais kong makita natin ngayon na ang pagiging banal ngayon ay siyang ating katayuan ngayon at siya rin pang-araw araw nating pamumuhay.Our being consecrated to God pertains to both our standing before God and our conduct before God
Dalawang bagay ang ating titingnan ngayon.
Una na ikaw at ako na nandiyan kay Kristo ay GANAP na banal at nakatalaga na para sa Kanya.
Pangalawa , tayo bilang mga anak ng Panginoon GINAGAWANG banal.
The first talks about the status of our being sanctified, the second talks about process of our being sanctified.
I. THE STATUS OF OUR SANCTIFICATION
A. IKAW AT AKO AY GANAP NA BANAL KAY KRISTO.
ALL CHRISTIANS ARE SANCTIFIED...
May 3 tanong na dapat sagutin natin dito?
1. Sino ang ginanap na banal? Who were "sanctified in Christ Jesus? Ang iglesia sa Korinto ay kagaya ng isang ordinaryo na iglesia. Dinescribe ito ni Pablo na sanctified, or binanal dahil sa pakikipag-isa kay Kristo Jesus
1 Cor 1:2
2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
2. Kailan ba sila ginanap na banal? When had they been "sanctified? -
1 Cor 6:11
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
…. Ngunit nilinis kayo, binanal at pinawalang sala sa Pangalan ng Panginoong Jesu Kristo.
-- Note the past tense
3. Kahit hindi sila perfect , ginanap ba sila ng Diyos na banal? Marami sa mga taga Korinto ang tinawag ni Pablo na "babes in Christ" at "carnal" –
1 Cor 3:1-3
1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?
1) They were filled with envy, strife and divisions
2) They were acting carnally, as mere men
3. Thus, while Christians may not be perfect, they are still called SAINTS
(A. Ikaw att ako ganap na banal ni Kristo)
B. MAHIRAP MAN ISIPIN PERO TOTOO ITO, IKAW AT AKO NA NANDIYAN KAY KRISTO AY TUNAY NA SANTO. You and I who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are the real saints.
Dahil tayo ay ibinukod at itinalaga ang angkop na tawag sa atin ay santo. Because they had been "set apart" to be "God's holy people" it was appropriate to be called "saints" –
1 Cor 1:2
2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
Col 1:2
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
cf 1 Pe 2:9
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
-- This pertains to our standing before God, we are blessed to be considered His holy people
II. THE PROCESS OF SANCTIFICATION
A. TAYO AY ONGOING BUSINESS HINDI UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE ARE CONTINUOSLY "BEING SANCTIFIED"... Tapos na aat ginagawa pa!
1. Ang pagtatalaga at pagbubukod Niya sa atin ay di natatapos man lang.
Sanctification is an on-going process; while we are here it never ends. Christ
is continuously at work in us. We who are in Christ are "BEING sanctified"
Heb 2:11
11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
2. Nagsimula ang pagtatalaga Niya sa atin noong pagtanggap natin sa kanya. Nais din Niya na lumago at maging kumpleto itong gawain Niya sa atin. Sanctification begins at conversion, and continues as we grow in the faith
Paul prayed for the Thessalonians:
1 Thess 5:23
23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
NKJV
3 Kailangan tayong mamuhay na banal ayon sa pgatatalaga o’ pagbubukod Niya
sa atin Thus Christians are to pursue sanctification (holiness)
As the Hebrews were admonished
Heb 12:14
14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
B. WE ARE CONTINUOSLY BEING SANCTIFIED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BY HIS WORD.
1. Tayo ay itinalaga ng Banal Na Espiritu upang sumunod sa Kanya.
We are"sanctified by the Holy Spirit inorder to follow Him.
Rom 15:16
16 that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
1 Pe 1:2 (NASV)
1 Peter 1:1-2
2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
2. Ang gabay sa pagtatalaga Niya sa atin ay ang salita Niya. Sanctification is
also the work of God’s Word.
Note that sanctification is also said to be tied in with the
Word of God:
Jn 17:17a. "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth." -
Ep 5:26b. "that He might sanctify...by the word" -
Since the Word of God is said to be "the sword of the Spirit"
(Ep 6:17), the Word is evidently the instrument used by the
Spirit to help bring about our sanctification
CONCLUSION
1. Naintindihan ba natin na tayo ay reborn, pagmamay-ari ng Diyos at namumuhay ng may pananaaaampalataya? Kung ganoon hindi mahirap sa atin na isipin na tayo ay itinalaga o” ibinukod para sa Panginoon.
2. Naisip ba natin na itong pagka talaga natin tungo sa kanya ay isang previlege na maging kagaya Niya.
a. tinawag tayo na banal dahil Siya ay banal.
b. At, ibinukod kagaya Niya?
Kung ganoon pakinggan natin si Pablo na nagsabi:
"Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God." (2 Co 7:1)
Are we perfecting holiness in the fear of God?
"Eh , ANO KUNG KRISTIYANO NA AKO?"
ITINALAGA NA AKO SA DIYOS
Consecrated To God
INTRODUCTION
1. Malaki ang kahalagahan ng pagiging Kristiyano.
a. Ang Kristiyano reborn naka –experience na ng bagong buhay
b. Ang nanagmay-ari na sa Kanya ay ang Diyos. At bilang pagmammay-ari ng Diyos alam niya na ssiya aay dayo lang sa lupa. Ganyan tayo
2. Pangalawang kahalagahan ay tungkol sa ating pagkatinalaga o’ pagkabinukod sa Panginoon. You and I have been separated by Christ to be consecrated and made holy until He comes.
Sa OT maraming mga example ng mga bagay, hayop at mga tao na itinalaga ng Diyos. Ang prosesso ng pagtatalaga ay nag- iinvolve ng sanctification
Ang salitang pagtalaga, "sanctify" and "sanctification" ay translated mula sa orihinal
(hagiazo - hag-ee-ad'-zo} na ang meaning ay “to make holy”,” to set apart for a special purpose”. May mga related terms ito na holiness, consecration, saint pagganap banal, pagtatalaga, o’ santo.
Nais kong makita natin ngayon na ang pagiging banal ngayon ay siyang ating katayuan ngayon at siya rin pang-araw araw nating pamumuhay.Our being consecrated to God pertains to both our standing before God and our conduct before God
Dalawang bagay ang ating titingnan ngayon.
Una na ikaw at ako na nandiyan kay Kristo ay GANAP na banal at nakatalaga na para sa Kanya.
Pangalawa , tayo bilang mga anak ng Panginoon GINAGAWANG banal.
The first talks about the status of our being sanctified, the second talks about process of our being sanctified.
I. THE STATUS OF OUR SANCTIFICATION
A. IKAW AT AKO AY GANAP NA BANAL KAY KRISTO.
ALL CHRISTIANS ARE SANCTIFIED...
May 3 tanong na dapat sagutin natin dito?
1. Sino ang ginanap na banal? Who were "sanctified in Christ Jesus? Ang iglesia sa Korinto ay kagaya ng isang ordinaryo na iglesia. Dinescribe ito ni Pablo na sanctified, or binanal dahil sa pakikipag-isa kay Kristo Jesus
1 Cor 1:2
2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
2. Kailan ba sila ginanap na banal? When had they been "sanctified? -
1 Cor 6:11
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
…. Ngunit nilinis kayo, binanal at pinawalang sala sa Pangalan ng Panginoong Jesu Kristo.
-- Note the past tense
3. Kahit hindi sila perfect , ginanap ba sila ng Diyos na banal? Marami sa mga taga Korinto ang tinawag ni Pablo na "babes in Christ" at "carnal" –
1 Cor 3:1-3
1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?
1) They were filled with envy, strife and divisions
2) They were acting carnally, as mere men
3. Thus, while Christians may not be perfect, they are still called SAINTS
(A. Ikaw att ako ganap na banal ni Kristo)
B. MAHIRAP MAN ISIPIN PERO TOTOO ITO, IKAW AT AKO NA NANDIYAN KAY KRISTO AY TUNAY NA SANTO. You and I who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are the real saints.
Dahil tayo ay ibinukod at itinalaga ang angkop na tawag sa atin ay santo. Because they had been "set apart" to be "God's holy people" it was appropriate to be called "saints" –
1 Cor 1:2
2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
Col 1:2
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
cf 1 Pe 2:9
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
-- This pertains to our standing before God, we are blessed to be considered His holy people
II. THE PROCESS OF SANCTIFICATION
A. TAYO AY ONGOING BUSINESS HINDI UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE ARE CONTINUOSLY "BEING SANCTIFIED"... Tapos na aat ginagawa pa!
1. Ang pagtatalaga at pagbubukod Niya sa atin ay di natatapos man lang.
Sanctification is an on-going process; while we are here it never ends. Christ
is continuously at work in us. We who are in Christ are "BEING sanctified"
Heb 2:11
11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
2. Nagsimula ang pagtatalaga Niya sa atin noong pagtanggap natin sa kanya. Nais din Niya na lumago at maging kumpleto itong gawain Niya sa atin. Sanctification begins at conversion, and continues as we grow in the faith
Paul prayed for the Thessalonians:
1 Thess 5:23
23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
NKJV
3 Kailangan tayong mamuhay na banal ayon sa pgatatalaga o’ pagbubukod Niya
sa atin Thus Christians are to pursue sanctification (holiness)
As the Hebrews were admonished
Heb 12:14
14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
B. WE ARE CONTINUOSLY BEING SANCTIFIED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BY HIS WORD.
1. Tayo ay itinalaga ng Banal Na Espiritu upang sumunod sa Kanya.
We are"sanctified by the Holy Spirit inorder to follow Him.
Rom 15:16
16 that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
1 Pe 1:2 (NASV)
1 Peter 1:1-2
2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
2. Ang gabay sa pagtatalaga Niya sa atin ay ang salita Niya. Sanctification is
also the work of God’s Word.
Note that sanctification is also said to be tied in with the
Word of God:
Jn 17:17a. "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth." -
Ep 5:26b. "that He might sanctify...by the word" -
Since the Word of God is said to be "the sword of the Spirit"
(Ep 6:17), the Word is evidently the instrument used by the
Spirit to help bring about our sanctification
CONCLUSION
1. Naintindihan ba natin na tayo ay reborn, pagmamay-ari ng Diyos at namumuhay ng may pananaaaampalataya? Kung ganoon hindi mahirap sa atin na isipin na tayo ay itinalaga o” ibinukod para sa Panginoon.
2. Naisip ba natin na itong pagka talaga natin tungo sa kanya ay isang previlege na maging kagaya Niya.
a. tinawag tayo na banal dahil Siya ay banal.
b. At, ibinukod kagaya Niya?
Kung ganoon pakinggan natin si Pablo na nagsabi:
"Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God." (2 Co 7:1)
Are we perfecting holiness in the fear of God?
ITINALAGA NA AKO NG DIOS
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"Eh , ANO KUNG KRISTIYANO NA AKO?"
ITINALAGA NA AKO SA DIYOS
Consecrated To God
"sanctify" -"sanctification" -hagiazo - hag-ee-ad'-zo - “to make holy”,” to set apart for a special purpose”. holiness, consecration, saint pagganap banal, pagtatalaga, o’ santo.
Nais kong makita natin ngayon na ang pagiging banal ngayon ay siyang ating katayuan ngayon at siya rin pang-araw araw nating pamumuhay.Our being consecrated to God pertains to both our standing before God and our conduct before God
I. THE STATUS OF OUR SANCTIFICATION
A. IKAW AT AKO AY GANAP NA_____________________________KAY KRISTO.
ALL CHRISTIANS ARE ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_____________________________________.
May 3 tanong na dapat sagutin natin dito?
1. Sino ang ginanap na banal? Who were "sanctified in Christ Jesus?
2. Kailan ba sila ginanap na banal? When had they been "sanctified? -
1 Cor 6:11 Note the past tense
3. Kahit hindi sila perfect , ginanap ba sila ng Diyos na banal? Marami sa mga
taga Korinto ang tinawag ni Pablo na "babes in Christ" at "carnal" –
1 Cor 3:1-3
B. MAHIRAP MAN ISIPIN PERO TOTOO ITO, IKAW AT AKO NA NANDIYAN KAY KRISTO AY MGA ___________________________. You and I who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are the________________.
1 Cor 1:2
II. THE PROCESS OF SANCTIFICATION
A. TAYO AY _______________________________HINDI _________________________. WE ARE CONTINUOSLY _________________________"
WE ARE CONTINUOSLY BEING SANCTIFIED BY THE _____________________AND BY ________________________________.
CONCLUSION
1. Naintindihan ba natin na tayo ay reborn, pagmamay-ari ng Diyos at namumuhay ng may pananaaaampalataya? Kung ganoon hindi mahirap sa atin na isipin na tayo ay itinalaga o” ibinukod para sa Panginoon.
2. Naisip ba natin na itong pagka talaga natin tungo sa kanya ay isang previlege na maging kagaya Niya.
a. tinawag tayo na banal dahil Siya ay banal.
b. At, ibinukod kagaya Niya
"Eh , ANO KUNG KRISTIYANO NA AKO?"
ITINALAGA NA AKO SA DIYOS
Consecrated To God
"sanctify" -"sanctification" -hagiazo - hag-ee-ad'-zo - “to make holy”,” to set apart for a special purpose”. holiness, consecration, saint pagganap banal, pagtatalaga, o’ santo.
Nais kong makita natin ngayon na ang pagiging banal ngayon ay siyang ating katayuan ngayon at siya rin pang-araw araw nating pamumuhay.Our being consecrated to God pertains to both our standing before God and our conduct before God
I. THE STATUS OF OUR SANCTIFICATION
A. IKAW AT AKO AY GANAP NA_____________________________KAY KRISTO.
ALL CHRISTIANS ARE ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_____________________________________.
May 3 tanong na dapat sagutin natin dito?
1. Sino ang ginanap na banal? Who were "sanctified in Christ Jesus?
2. Kailan ba sila ginanap na banal? When had they been "sanctified? -
1 Cor 6:11 Note the past tense
3. Kahit hindi sila perfect , ginanap ba sila ng Diyos na banal? Marami sa mga
taga Korinto ang tinawag ni Pablo na "babes in Christ" at "carnal" –
1 Cor 3:1-3
B. MAHIRAP MAN ISIPIN PERO TOTOO ITO, IKAW AT AKO NA NANDIYAN KAY KRISTO AY MGA ___________________________. You and I who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are the________________.
1 Cor 1:2
II. THE PROCESS OF SANCTIFICATION
A. TAYO AY _______________________________HINDI _________________________. WE ARE CONTINUOSLY _________________________"
WE ARE CONTINUOSLY BEING SANCTIFIED BY THE _____________________AND BY ________________________________.
CONCLUSION
1. Naintindihan ba natin na tayo ay reborn, pagmamay-ari ng Diyos at namumuhay ng may pananaaaampalataya? Kung ganoon hindi mahirap sa atin na isipin na tayo ay itinalaga o” ibinukod para sa Panginoon.
2. Naisip ba natin na itong pagka talaga natin tungo sa kanya ay isang previlege na maging kagaya Niya.
a. tinawag tayo na banal dahil Siya ay banal.
b. At, ibinukod kagaya Niya
ANG KAPANGYARIHAN NG PAGASA-BLANKS
18 May 2003NLBC Ang Kapangyarihan ng Pag-asa 1 Peter 1:3-9
Ours may not seem to be seem to be a very anti-Christian society but the encouragement from Peter is as relevant today than ever.
Dito sinasabi ni Pedro live like Jesus even when life is really tough. When life is really hard in Christ you will have the power to love. You will have that Living Hope.
Today, I want to try to answer three questions about this "living hope":
1) What is "living hope?" Anong klaseng pagasa ang buhay na pagasa na ito?
Hope, as we typically think about it, is a desire for some future thing which we are uncertain of attaining but this is not what the New Testament says.
a. Ito ay _____________________hope. 1 Pet 1.13 ….he does not mean we should desire it and be uncertain of it. "Hope fully," means be intensely desirous and fully confident that Jesus Christ is coming again with grace for his people.
b. Next ito ay _____________________________________ hope. Living hope is hope that has power and produces changes in life. So Christian hope is a strong confidence in God which has power to produce changes in how we live.
2) The second question I want to answer is, How does this hope arise in our hearts? Paano ito magmumula sa ating puso?
We have hope because of his ___________, We have hope because of the _________________of God’s Word. And because we have His hope, we have new birth. New birth is the radical inward heartfelt change when we change our __________________ for the living hope in Jesus Christ.
3) And how does this living hope empower a person with the power to love. Paano nga ba nagbibigay ang buhay na pagasa na ito ng kapangyarithan na umibig. Notice 1 Peter 1:13-15:
How does this living hope help us to love.
First of all, When we hope we are actually pushing out
Second, this living hope helps us imitate Jesus Christ .
Finally, this living hope empowers holy love is by giving us the assurance of God's blessing and care which we need in order to follow through on some of his specific hard commands. There is only one basic reason why we disobey the commands of Jesus: it's because we don't have confidence that obeying will bring more blessing than disobeying.
Ours may not seem to be seem to be a very anti-Christian society but the encouragement from Peter is as relevant today than ever.
Dito sinasabi ni Pedro live like Jesus even when life is really tough. When life is really hard in Christ you will have the power to love. You will have that Living Hope.
Today, I want to try to answer three questions about this "living hope":
1) What is "living hope?" Anong klaseng pagasa ang buhay na pagasa na ito?
Hope, as we typically think about it, is a desire for some future thing which we are uncertain of attaining but this is not what the New Testament says.
a. Ito ay _____________________hope. 1 Pet 1.13 ….he does not mean we should desire it and be uncertain of it. "Hope fully," means be intensely desirous and fully confident that Jesus Christ is coming again with grace for his people.
b. Next ito ay _____________________________________ hope. Living hope is hope that has power and produces changes in life. So Christian hope is a strong confidence in God which has power to produce changes in how we live.
2) The second question I want to answer is, How does this hope arise in our hearts? Paano ito magmumula sa ating puso?
We have hope because of his ___________, We have hope because of the _________________of God’s Word. And because we have His hope, we have new birth. New birth is the radical inward heartfelt change when we change our __________________ for the living hope in Jesus Christ.
3) And how does this living hope empower a person with the power to love. Paano nga ba nagbibigay ang buhay na pagasa na ito ng kapangyarithan na umibig. Notice 1 Peter 1:13-15:
How does this living hope help us to love.
First of all, When we hope we are actually pushing out
Second, this living hope helps us imitate Jesus Christ .
Finally, this living hope empowers holy love is by giving us the assurance of God's blessing and care which we need in order to follow through on some of his specific hard commands. There is only one basic reason why we disobey the commands of Jesus: it's because we don't have confidence that obeying will bring more blessing than disobeying.
ANG KAPANGYARIHAN NG PAGASA
18 May 2003 NLBC 1 Peter 1:3-9
Ang Kapangyarihan ng Pag asa
Intro. It was good to go home! But the surrounding circumstances around was not so good. Some of my loved ones were sick , not a very hopeful sight. There were less tourists. Less tourists in my town means less jobs, less jobs means less money. Na tempt talaga ako mag-complain but I was reminde by this passage.
Naremind tuloy ako sa nakasulat magaan lang ang ating nararanasan ikumpara sa luwalhati na ating madadatnan. Paul also wrote about the lashes, the shipwrecksand the many sacrifices he had to endure. Sumulat din si Pedro ng isang reminder para sa sa mga Christians noon na naging encouragement para sa kanila Ito ay isang encouragment di lang para sa kanila noon. Ang encouragement na ito ay angkop rin para sa atin ngayon...
Sinulat ni Pedro ito 30 years or so pagkatapos namatay at muling pagkabuhay ng ating Panginoong Jesus.
Angkop sa atin ngayon sapagkat
Kagaya nila noon meron din tayong mga umaabuso na mga amo (2:18),
Ang iba sa atin ay may binabantaan ng ating mga mahal sa buhay (3:1, 6),
Ang iba sa atin ay linoloko ng ating mga kaibigan at mga kakilala 4:14).
Of course wala violent na persecution pero sa ibang bansa meron na (4:12-18).
Ours may not seem to be seem to be a very anti-Christian society but the encouragement from Peter is as relevant today than ever.
Kagaya noon ang tanong para sa atin ngayon ay
Paano ba tayo magkaroon ng kapangyarihan sa kapanahunan ng kahirapan di lang upang palampasin ang kasamaan ngunit upang tayo ay magkaroon din ng kasiyahan at pagibig sa panahon na ito?
How can we have the power of the soul in times of great stress and anxiety not just to endure the evil day, but to be joyful and to fill our lives with the fruits of righteousness (Phil. 1:11), with deeds of kindness, with projects of mercy, with labors of love?
Paano ba tayo magkaroon ng kasiyahan sa kabila ng mga kahirapan?
How, when your life is in jeopardy, or your job, or your marriage, or your health, or your respect in the community--how can you rise up with joy and bless those who abuse you and devote yourself to labors of love?
Ibang klaseng buhay ang hangad ng Panginoon para sa atin.
Tinawg Niya tayo di lang para umibig sa mga panahon na mabuti.
Tinawag Niya rin tayo na umibig sa mga panahong di mabuti.
We are called to love not only in the very best of circumstances but also to love others even when our own life is falling apart.
Ang paghangad na ito nangangailangan ng isang kapangyarihan na di sa atin nanggagaling.
Loving in the worst of times takes a power of soul which is utterly beyond us. If that is what we are called to do, then the power has to come from some source greater than the human soul.
Peter does not say "when things are tough, don't fret about others, take care of yourself."
In fact, Peter emphasizes that the tougher the times the greater the need to live a life of love for others.
Listen to what he writes:
Having purified your souls, by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from the heart (1:22).
Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul. Maintain good conduct among the gentiles so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation (2:11,12).
Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly (2:21-23).
Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary, bless; for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing. For "He that would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile; let him turn away from evil and do right; let him seek peace and pursue it." (3:9-11)
Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins (4:8).
Dito sinasabi ni Pedro live like Jesus even when life is really tough. When life is really hard in Christ you will have the power to love. You will have that Living Hope.
He begins the main body of his letter: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to his great mercy has begotten us anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1:3).
Today, I want us to answer three questions about this "living hope":
1) What is it?
2) How does it arise in our heart?
3) How does it empower us to love?
1) What is "living hope?" Anong klaseng pagasa ang buhay na pagasa na ito?
Ibangiba ang New Testament idea ng pagasa sa ating normal na idea ng pagasa.
Hope, as we typically think about it, is a desire for some future thing which we are uncertain of attaining. Ang pagasa para sa atin ay isang desire na sana mangyari ngunit di tayo sure mangyari.
a. Ito ay confident hope.
Noong sinabi ni Pedro sa 1:13, "hope fully in the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ," he does not mean we should desire it and be uncertain of it. We don’t have to be uncertain because we have complete confidence in the coming of Christ. "Hope fully," means be intensely desirous and fully confident that Jesus Christ is coming again with grace for his people.
b. Next ito life changing hope.
Peter calls it "living hope." What does that mean? The opposite of a "living hope" would be a "dead hope," and that calls to mind a similar phrase in James chapter 2, namely "dead faith." "Faith without works is dead" (2:26), James says. That is, faith is barren, fruitless, unproductive (2:20). So "living faith" and, by analogy, "living hope" would be fertile, fruitful, productive hope. Living hope is hope that has power and produces changes in life. This is what "living' means in Hebrews 4:12 where it says, "The word of God is living and effective" So Christian hope is a strong confidence in God which has power to produce changes in how we live.
2) The second question I want to answer is, How does this hope arise in our hearts? Paano ito magmumula sa ating puso?
One part of the answer is given here in 1.3, another part is given in verses 1.23-25.
In verse 3, Peter says, "we are born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
In verses 23-25 Peter says, "You have been born anew not of perishable seed
but of imperishable through the living and abiding word of God; for all flesh
is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers and
the flower falls, but the word of the Lord abides forever. That word is the
good news which was preached to you."
We have hope because of his resurrection, we have hope because of the truth of God’s Word
And because we have His hope we have new birth.
What is new birth? "By his great mercy we have been born anew unto a living hope."
Have you ever asked the question: What makes you you? Ano ang bagay na gumagawa sa iyo na ikaw mismo? What is the essence of your unique personhood?
If you probe deeply you will find that it is not your actions or thoughts or ideas.
It is your desires. We are most basically what we crave. Ideas and principles will be brought in afterwards to justify our appetites and passions.
The new birth therefore is the radical inward heartfelt change which happens when we change our hopelessness for the living hope in Jesus Christ.
If that is true, then a radical change in our desires and longings will mean a radical change in our personhood. Something new comes into being and that is what Jesus and John and Paul and Peter call the new birth or regeneration. In New Birth we cease to put our hopes (our desires and longings) on things that are in the world, and instead place our hopes and desires on God.
2) And how does this living hope empower a person with the power to love. Paano nga ba nagbibigay ang buhay na pag asa na ito ng kapangyarithan na umibig.
Notice 1 Peter 1:13-15
Gird up your minds, be sober, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct.
How does this living hope help us to love.
First of all, When we hope we are actually pushing out greed and self-pity.
When we live without hope we live only for what we can see making us consider only what is good for us. If we live with hope we are reminded that we have Him who truly cares for us 1 Peter 5:7, "Cast all your anxieties on me because I care for you
Second, this living hope helps us imitate Jesus Christ .
You always tend to imitate the people you admire most and desire most strongly to be around. Kids tend to dress and walk and talk like their heroes. And so do we adults, though we are less blatant about it. A person who hopes intensely in Jesus Christ, who longs to see him and be with him, will inevitably start to think and feel and act like Jesus. "Everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure"(1 John 3:3). Strong hope to see Jesus is a strong power for holy love.
Finally, this living hope empowers holy love is by giving the assurance of God's blessing and care which we need in order to follow through on some of his specific hard commands. There is only one basic reason why we disobey the commands of Jesus: it's because we don't have confidence that obeying will bring more blessing than disobeying. We do not hope fully in God's promise. What did he promise? Peter passes on his teaching like this: "Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called that you may obtain a blessing. He who would love life and see good days & let him turn away from evil and do good." You will always be better off to obey than to disobey, even if it costs you your life. "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and the gospel's, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time & with persecutions and in the age to come eternal life." (Mark 10:29-30). The only way to have the power to follow Christ in the costly way of love is to be filled with hope, with strong confidence, that if we lose our life doing His will we will find it again and be richly rewarded.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ - who according to his great mercy has begotten us anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.-- a hope that everyone can have and maintain if you pray this prayer from the heart: "Lord Jesus, I believe in my heart that you were raised from the dead and that this guarantees that your death was sufficient to pay for all my sins and therefore God is for me and not against me and that you yourself are alive today and with me to help forever. And I pray that you will help me now to hope fully in your promises so that I am freed from the greed and self-pity that come from fear, and that I might be driven to imitate your love, and that I might always believe it is more blessed to give (to obey) than to disobey. And so Lord grant me in these times of stress and anxiety to have the power of soul to be joyful and to fill my life with labors of love. Amen.
Ang Kapangyarihan ng Pag asa
Intro. It was good to go home! But the surrounding circumstances around was not so good. Some of my loved ones were sick , not a very hopeful sight. There were less tourists. Less tourists in my town means less jobs, less jobs means less money. Na tempt talaga ako mag-complain but I was reminde by this passage.
Naremind tuloy ako sa nakasulat magaan lang ang ating nararanasan ikumpara sa luwalhati na ating madadatnan. Paul also wrote about the lashes, the shipwrecksand the many sacrifices he had to endure. Sumulat din si Pedro ng isang reminder para sa sa mga Christians noon na naging encouragement para sa kanila Ito ay isang encouragment di lang para sa kanila noon. Ang encouragement na ito ay angkop rin para sa atin ngayon...
Sinulat ni Pedro ito 30 years or so pagkatapos namatay at muling pagkabuhay ng ating Panginoong Jesus.
Angkop sa atin ngayon sapagkat
Kagaya nila noon meron din tayong mga umaabuso na mga amo (2:18),
Ang iba sa atin ay may binabantaan ng ating mga mahal sa buhay (3:1, 6),
Ang iba sa atin ay linoloko ng ating mga kaibigan at mga kakilala 4:14).
Of course wala violent na persecution pero sa ibang bansa meron na (4:12-18).
Ours may not seem to be seem to be a very anti-Christian society but the encouragement from Peter is as relevant today than ever.
Kagaya noon ang tanong para sa atin ngayon ay
Paano ba tayo magkaroon ng kapangyarihan sa kapanahunan ng kahirapan di lang upang palampasin ang kasamaan ngunit upang tayo ay magkaroon din ng kasiyahan at pagibig sa panahon na ito?
How can we have the power of the soul in times of great stress and anxiety not just to endure the evil day, but to be joyful and to fill our lives with the fruits of righteousness (Phil. 1:11), with deeds of kindness, with projects of mercy, with labors of love?
Paano ba tayo magkaroon ng kasiyahan sa kabila ng mga kahirapan?
How, when your life is in jeopardy, or your job, or your marriage, or your health, or your respect in the community--how can you rise up with joy and bless those who abuse you and devote yourself to labors of love?
Ibang klaseng buhay ang hangad ng Panginoon para sa atin.
Tinawg Niya tayo di lang para umibig sa mga panahon na mabuti.
Tinawag Niya rin tayo na umibig sa mga panahong di mabuti.
We are called to love not only in the very best of circumstances but also to love others even when our own life is falling apart.
Ang paghangad na ito nangangailangan ng isang kapangyarihan na di sa atin nanggagaling.
Loving in the worst of times takes a power of soul which is utterly beyond us. If that is what we are called to do, then the power has to come from some source greater than the human soul.
Peter does not say "when things are tough, don't fret about others, take care of yourself."
In fact, Peter emphasizes that the tougher the times the greater the need to live a life of love for others.
Listen to what he writes:
Having purified your souls, by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from the heart (1:22).
Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul. Maintain good conduct among the gentiles so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation (2:11,12).
Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly (2:21-23).
Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary, bless; for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing. For "He that would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile; let him turn away from evil and do right; let him seek peace and pursue it." (3:9-11)
Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins (4:8).
Dito sinasabi ni Pedro live like Jesus even when life is really tough. When life is really hard in Christ you will have the power to love. You will have that Living Hope.
He begins the main body of his letter: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to his great mercy has begotten us anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1:3).
Today, I want us to answer three questions about this "living hope":
1) What is it?
2) How does it arise in our heart?
3) How does it empower us to love?
1) What is "living hope?" Anong klaseng pagasa ang buhay na pagasa na ito?
Ibangiba ang New Testament idea ng pagasa sa ating normal na idea ng pagasa.
Hope, as we typically think about it, is a desire for some future thing which we are uncertain of attaining. Ang pagasa para sa atin ay isang desire na sana mangyari ngunit di tayo sure mangyari.
a. Ito ay confident hope.
Noong sinabi ni Pedro sa 1:13, "hope fully in the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ," he does not mean we should desire it and be uncertain of it. We don’t have to be uncertain because we have complete confidence in the coming of Christ. "Hope fully," means be intensely desirous and fully confident that Jesus Christ is coming again with grace for his people.
b. Next ito life changing hope.
Peter calls it "living hope." What does that mean? The opposite of a "living hope" would be a "dead hope," and that calls to mind a similar phrase in James chapter 2, namely "dead faith." "Faith without works is dead" (2:26), James says. That is, faith is barren, fruitless, unproductive (2:20). So "living faith" and, by analogy, "living hope" would be fertile, fruitful, productive hope. Living hope is hope that has power and produces changes in life. This is what "living' means in Hebrews 4:12 where it says, "The word of God is living and effective" So Christian hope is a strong confidence in God which has power to produce changes in how we live.
2) The second question I want to answer is, How does this hope arise in our hearts? Paano ito magmumula sa ating puso?
One part of the answer is given here in 1.3, another part is given in verses 1.23-25.
In verse 3, Peter says, "we are born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
In verses 23-25 Peter says, "You have been born anew not of perishable seed
but of imperishable through the living and abiding word of God; for all flesh
is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers and
the flower falls, but the word of the Lord abides forever. That word is the
good news which was preached to you."
We have hope because of his resurrection, we have hope because of the truth of God’s Word
And because we have His hope we have new birth.
What is new birth? "By his great mercy we have been born anew unto a living hope."
Have you ever asked the question: What makes you you? Ano ang bagay na gumagawa sa iyo na ikaw mismo? What is the essence of your unique personhood?
If you probe deeply you will find that it is not your actions or thoughts or ideas.
It is your desires. We are most basically what we crave. Ideas and principles will be brought in afterwards to justify our appetites and passions.
The new birth therefore is the radical inward heartfelt change which happens when we change our hopelessness for the living hope in Jesus Christ.
If that is true, then a radical change in our desires and longings will mean a radical change in our personhood. Something new comes into being and that is what Jesus and John and Paul and Peter call the new birth or regeneration. In New Birth we cease to put our hopes (our desires and longings) on things that are in the world, and instead place our hopes and desires on God.
2) And how does this living hope empower a person with the power to love. Paano nga ba nagbibigay ang buhay na pag asa na ito ng kapangyarithan na umibig.
Notice 1 Peter 1:13-15
Gird up your minds, be sober, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct.
How does this living hope help us to love.
First of all, When we hope we are actually pushing out greed and self-pity.
When we live without hope we live only for what we can see making us consider only what is good for us. If we live with hope we are reminded that we have Him who truly cares for us 1 Peter 5:7, "Cast all your anxieties on me because I care for you
Second, this living hope helps us imitate Jesus Christ .
You always tend to imitate the people you admire most and desire most strongly to be around. Kids tend to dress and walk and talk like their heroes. And so do we adults, though we are less blatant about it. A person who hopes intensely in Jesus Christ, who longs to see him and be with him, will inevitably start to think and feel and act like Jesus. "Everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure"(1 John 3:3). Strong hope to see Jesus is a strong power for holy love.
Finally, this living hope empowers holy love is by giving the assurance of God's blessing and care which we need in order to follow through on some of his specific hard commands. There is only one basic reason why we disobey the commands of Jesus: it's because we don't have confidence that obeying will bring more blessing than disobeying. We do not hope fully in God's promise. What did he promise? Peter passes on his teaching like this: "Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called that you may obtain a blessing. He who would love life and see good days & let him turn away from evil and do good." You will always be better off to obey than to disobey, even if it costs you your life. "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and the gospel's, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time & with persecutions and in the age to come eternal life." (Mark 10:29-30). The only way to have the power to follow Christ in the costly way of love is to be filled with hope, with strong confidence, that if we lose our life doing His will we will find it again and be richly rewarded.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ - who according to his great mercy has begotten us anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.-- a hope that everyone can have and maintain if you pray this prayer from the heart: "Lord Jesus, I believe in my heart that you were raised from the dead and that this guarantees that your death was sufficient to pay for all my sins and therefore God is for me and not against me and that you yourself are alive today and with me to help forever. And I pray that you will help me now to hope fully in your promises so that I am freed from the greed and self-pity that come from fear, and that I might be driven to imitate your love, and that I might always believe it is more blessed to give (to obey) than to disobey. And so Lord grant me in these times of stress and anxiety to have the power of soul to be joyful and to fill my life with labors of love. Amen.
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