Jesus is the Head of His body; crkva (assembly of believers). U Bibliji u Mateju 16, Jesus gave the promise and the blueprint of His church to His disciples. Isus je to jasno rekao, on what foundation His church would be built and what kind of authority His church would have on earth. Tako, on what foundation is the church built? In this blog post, we will look at what the Bible says about the foundation of the church, and in the next blog posts, ‘the gates of hell’, ‘the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven', i 'vezivanje i gubljenje’ will be discussed.
The foundation of the church
Isus im kaže, Ali za koga vi kažete da sam ja? A Simon Petar odgovori i reče, Ti si hrist, sin živog boga. A Isus odgovori i reče mu, Blagosloven si, Simon Barjona: jer tijelo i krv ti to nisu otkrili, but my Father which is in heaven. I ja isto kažem tebi, Da si ti Petar, and upon this rock I will build my church; i vrata pakla ga neće nadvladati. I dat ću ti ključeve kraljevstva nebeskog: i sve što vežeš na zemlji biće svezano na nebu: i što god odriješiš na zemlji bit će razriješeno na nebu (Matthew 16:15-19)
Kada je Isus upitao svoje učenike, whom they thought He was? Simon Peter answered Him and said: “Ti si hrist, sin živog boga!”
Isus je rekao Peteru (son of Jona), that he was blessed because flesh and blood had not revealed it to him, nego Njegov Otac, Ko je na nebu. Because Jesus said in Matthew 11:25: Hvala ti, O oče, Gospodar neba i zemlje, jer si ovo sakrio od mudrih i razboritih, i otkrio si ih bebama.
“On this rock, I will build My church”
Just like Peter testified about who Jesus was, Jesus testified who Peter was and that He would build His church on this rock. This means that Jesus would build His church on the testimony of Peter: that Jesus is the Christ; sin živog boga.
Jesus wouldn’t build His church upon the wisdom and knowledge of learned man; Fariseji i sadukeji. He didn’t build His church upon the priests and high priest. But Jesus would build His church on the testimony of a fisherman.
Isus je obećao Petru; the fisherman, that He would build His church on his testimony.
This promise, which Jesus gave to Peter, was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. On the day of Pentecost the loyal 120 disciples and followers of Jesus Christ, were baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit.
I odjednom se začuo zvuk s neba kao od snažnog vjetra, i ispunila je svu kuću u kojoj su sedeli. I ukazaše im se razdvojeni jezici kao ognjeni, i sjeo je na svakog od njih. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues, kao što im je Duh dao da govore (Djela 2:2-4)
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit came at the right time. Because at that time many Jewish men from all countries were assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate Shavuot. These devout men heard the disciples speaking in their own languages, about the wonderful works of God. They were amazed, but also in doubt, because they didn’t know what to think about it. Some even mocked the behavior of the disciples, by saying that they had drunk too much wine.
The testimony of Peter to the Jews
But then it happened, that the promise of Jesus was being fulfilled. Peter, who was ashamed of Jesus before, i odrekao Ga se 3 times when he was the old creation, had become a Nova kreacija through the baptism with the Holy Spirit and that became immediately visible.
Peter stood up with the eleven, povisio je glas, and testified openly, in boldness and authority about Jesus the Christ; sin živog boga.
Peter testified about the fulfillment of the promise, that God gave to the prophet Joel. Peter witnessed of Jesus the Christ, sin živog boga. He testified about Jesus’ hodati, raspeće, vaskrsenje iz mrtvih, and how Jesus had been exalted by the right hand of God, having received of the Father, the promise of the Holy Spirit, He had shed forth, as they saw and heard.
Peter spoke to the Jewish men, about how God had made the same Jesus, Whom they had crucified, both Lord and Christ.
On the testimony of Peter and by the power of the Holy Spirit, they were pricked in their hearts. They asked Peter and the rest of the disciples, šta su morali da urade. Petar im je odgovorio: “Pokajati se and be kršten every one of you in the Ime Isusa Hrista za oproštenje grehova, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Djela 2: 37-38)
The testimony of Peter to the Gentiles
Peter was also the first apostle, who received a revelation of God, that salvation was also meant for the Gentiles; those who didn’t belong in the flesh to the Jewish people. Through this revelation of God and in obedience to the Holy Spirit, Peter was instructed to go, to the house of Cornelius. Sada, Cornelius was a gentile and not a jew.
While Peter testified about Jesus the Christ, sin živog boga, the Holy Spirit fell on them. They began to speak in tongues and glorified God. While Peter saw that the Holy Spirit fell upon the Gentiles, he didn’t see a reason to not baptize them in water. Therefore he baptized them in the Name of Jesus Christ (Djela 11). Tog dana, Bog je takođe dao pokajanje za život paganima.
Petar je bio prvi apostol, koji je svjedočio o novi zavet u Isusu Hristu i otvorio vrata za propovedanje evanđelja Isusa Hrista. On je bio prvi, koji je svjedočio Jevrejima, a zatim i neznabošcima.
Ovo je bilo svjedočenje, i ovo je još uvijek svjedočanstvo na kojem Isus Krist gradi svoju crkvu. Isus Krist je kamen temeljac Njegove crkve, i sve dok ostajemo Njegov svjedok i ostajemo odani Njemu i Njegovim riječima, On će ostati kamen temeljac svoje crkve.
Sada, dakle, više niste stranci i stranci, ali sugrađani sa svecima, i Božjeg doma; I izgrađeni su na temelju apostola i proroka, Sam Isus Hrist je glavni kamen ugao; U kome sva građevina uokvirena zajedno raste do svetog hrama u Gospodu: U kome ste i vi zajedno sazidani za prebivalište Božije kroz Duha (Efežanima 2:19-22)
Svjedočanstvo Isusa Krista
Crkva je izgrađena na temelju svjedočanstva, that Jesus is the Christ, sin živog boga. Samo na ovom svedočenju, hoće li Isus izgraditi svoju crkvu. Isus još uvijek gradi svoju crkvu na ovom svjedočanstvu, što znači da On ne gradi svoju crkvu na teologiji i mudrosti i znanju čovjeka (nauka). Crkva; sabor vjernika, može posjedovati puno znanja o Bibliji, ali budite duhovno neznalice i smrt.
Kraljevstvo Božje je duhovno Kraljevstvo i ne može se vidjeti prirodnim okom. A kamoli da je stari tjedan, koji je vođen svojim čulima, Emocije, Osećanja, Misli, intelekt, itd. može propovijedati Carstvo Božje i donijeti Kraljevstvo Božje na ovu zemlju. Teolozi i vođe crkve mogu imati veliki (naučnim) poznavanje Biblije i može govoriti divne primamljive riječi, ali na ovoj osnovi, nećete moći sagraditi crkvu, koji je duhovno živ i pobednički.
Samo Isus Krist je Graditelj svoje crkve i On koristi ljude, koji vjeruju u Njega, i spremni su da sami polažu život i svakodnevno uzimaju svoj krst i slijediti Isusa. On koristi ljude, koji su ispunjeni Duhom Svetim i koji predstavljaju Isusa; Riječ u njihovim životima i budite Njegovi svjedoci do kraja.
'Budite sol zemlje’
