Paanong ang pananampalataya ng marami ay nagdurusa sa pagkawasak? Maraming Kristiyano ang nagsisimula nang tama, ngunit sa kanilang paglalakad, something happens that causes them to change and depart from the living God and become apostate and enter the broad way of the world.
Jesus preached the truth of God and His words were spirit and life
Ang espiritu ang nagpapabuhay; walang pakinabang ang laman: ang mga salitang sinasabi ko sa inyo, sila ay espiritu, at ang mga ito ay buhay (John 6:63)
Sinagot sila ni Jesus, at sinabi, Ang Aking doktrina ay hindi Akin, ngunit ang Kanyang nagpadala sa Akin. Kung ang sinuman ay gagawa ng Kanyang kalooban, malalaman niya ang doktrina, kung ito ay sa Diyos, o kung nagsasalita Ako tungkol sa Aking Sarili. Ang nagsasalita ng tungkol sa kaniyang sarili ay naghahanap ng kaniyang sariling kaluwalhatian: ngunit siya na naghahanap ng Kanyang kaluwalhatian na nagsugo sa kanya, ganun din naman, at walang kalikuan sa kaniya (John 7:16-18)
Then said they unto Him, Who art Thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. Marami akong gustong sabihin at husgahan sa iyo: but he that sent Me is true; at sinasalita ko sa mundo ang mga bagay na narinig ko sa Kanya. They understood not that He spake to them of the Father. Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, Kapag naitaas na ninyo ang Anak ng tao, then shall ye know that I am He, at na wala akong ginagawa sa Aking Sarili; ngunit gaya ng itinuro sa Akin ng Aking Ama, Nagsasalita ako ng mga bagay na ito. At Siya na nagsugo sa Akin ay kasama Ko: hindi Ako pinabayaan ng Ama na mag-isa; sapagkat lagi kong ginagawa ang mga bagay na nakalulugod sa Kanya (John 8:25-29)
Sapagkat hindi Ko binanggit ang Aking Sarili; kundi ang Ama na nagsugo sa Akin, Binigyan Niya Ako ng utos, ano ang dapat kong sabihin, at ano ang dapat kong sabihin. At alam ko na ang Kanyang utos ay buhay na walang hanggan: kung ano man ang aking sinasabi samakatuwid, maging tulad ng sinabi ng Ama sa Akin, kaya nagsasalita ako (John 12:49-50)
Hindi ka ba naniniwala na ako ay nasa Ama, at ang Ama sa Akin? ang mga salitang sinasabi Ko sa inyo ay hindi Ko sinasabi sa Aking Sarili: kundi ang Ama na nananahan sa Akin, Siya ang gumagawa ng mga gawa (John 14:10)
Hindi sinabi ni Jesus ang Kanyang sariling mga salita, but Jesus spoke the words of His Father, which were spirit and life. The words that Jesus spoke were confrontational and called the people to repentance and the removal of sin and to do the will of the Father.
Jesus had a personal relationship with His Father and spend much quiet time with Him. Everything Jesus said and did, Jesus said and did from the union with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.
Jesus didn’t adjust His words to the feelings, mga emosyon, and the will of the people.
Jesus wasn’t influenced and intimidated by people, mga sitwasyon, and the natural elements of the world.
But Jesus kept walking after the Spirit in obedience to His Father in His will and kept preaching His Kingdom, ang katotohanan, at ang buhay, despite all the angriness, galit na galit, paglaban, pag-uusig, and rejection of people.
Jesus had taught His disciples in word and deed. Jesus had taught them the truth and revealed the will of God and His Kingdom.
Oo nga, Jesus had taught His disciples the truth in such a way, that when Jesus ascended to heaven and the Holy Spirit descended from heaven and His disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and became the new creation, they were spiritually mature to continue the work of Jesus on earth.
The disciples preached the gospel of Jesus Christ and called the people to repentance
Marami pa akong sasabihin sa iyo, ngunit hindi mo kayang tiisin ang mga ito ngayon. Howbeit kapag siya, Ang Espiritu ng Katotohanan, ay dumating, Gagabayan ka niya sa lahat ng katotohanan: sapagka't hindi niya sasabihin ang kanyang sarili; ngunit anuman ang maririnig niya, Iyon ay sasabihin niya: At siya ay magpapakita sa iyo ng mga bagay na darating. Luwalhatiin niya Ako: sapagkat Siya ay tatanggap sa Akin, at ipahahayag ito sa iyo. Lahat ng bagay na mayroon ang Ama ay Akin: kaya sabi ko, na Siya ay kukuha sa Akin, at ipahahayag ito sa iyo (John 16:12-15)
And so His disciples went in obedience to the Word in the power of the Holy Spirit and listened to Him, who guided them into all truth, and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ and called the people to repentance and the removal of sin.
Tulad ni Jesus, the disciples didn’t adjust the words of God to the feelings, mga emosyon, and the will of people, but they kept preaching the truth of God and making disciples of Jesus Christ. And because of that many sons of God (parehong lalaki at babae) were born and raised, who were not intimidated and didn’t compromise, but were able to resist the lies and temptations of the devil and endure difficult situations, mga pag-urong, and the hatred, paglaban, and persecution of people in their lives.
They were able to endure the storms in life and their faith didn’t suffer shipwreck, because their faith was founded on the Word.
They had put all their trust in Jesus Christ and were crafted in Christ and grew up in Him and were obedient to His words and lived from His words.
They were not spared by God for the lies, Mga tukso, difficult situations, mga pag-urong, galit na galit, paglaban, at pag-uusig sa mga tao. Hindi, God allowed everything and let them go through it, because God knew that His sons (parehong lalaki at babae) would be spiritually strong enough and able to go through it (Basahin mo rin: ‘The hearers vs the doers’ at)
And that was indeed the case, and that should still be the case. Gayunpaman, Ang kasanayan ay nagpapakita ng iba pa.
Paano ba naman? Because many believers reject the words and the truth of God and consider and accept the lies of the world as the truth. Therefore instead of growing up in the truth, they grow up in the lie.
They have not put their trust in Jesus Christ and don’t live in Him; sa Salita, but they have put their trust in the world and rely on the words and ability of people.
Many people have the spirit of the world instead of the Holy Spirit and don’t war a good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience, but they have put it away. Dahil diyan, the faith of many suffer shipwreck
Bakit ang pananampalataya ng marami ay nagdurusa sa pagkawasak?
Ang singil na ito ay ginawa ko sa iyo, anak na si Timothy, Ayon sa mga hula na nauna sa iyo, Na sa pamamagitan mo ay maaaring digmaan ng isang mabuting pakikidigma; Pananampalataya, At isang mabuting budhi; na kung saan ang ilan ay nag -alis tungkol sa pananampalataya ay gumawa ng shipwreck: Kanino sina Hymenaeus at Alexander; na naihatid ko kay Satanas, upang malaman nila na huwag mag -blaspheme (1 Timoteo 1:18-20)
Paul wrote to Timothy about some, whose faith had made shipwreck. Two of them were Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom Paul had delivered unto satan, so that they might learn not to blaspheme.
This was the second time, that Paul wrote about someone, whom he had delivered unto satan.
Sa unang pagkakataon, was in the church at Corinth where Paul had delivered a man unto satan from a distance, because this man had a sexual relationship with his father’s wife.
The church didn’t do anything and left the man alone and allowed fornication and ensured by this behavior that the church became defiled.
Ngunit si Paul, who was spiritually mature and stood in the service of God instead of the service of man, didn’t leave the man alone but intervened immediately and addressed this great sin of fornication, after the Holy Spirit had revealed this sin to him (Basahin mo rin: ‘Ano ang ibig sabihin ng ibigay ang isang tao kay satanas?’).
Paul did the same thing with Hymenaeus and Alexander. Notice, that Paul wrote openly about the behavior and works of people and judged it, and even called two people by their names.
Paul didn’t leave Hymenaeus and Alexander alone and didn’t allow their profane and vain babblings, who led the people astray, but Paul confronted them with their words and deeds and put them out of the office and the church and informed Timothy. Not to gossip, but to warn Timothy and to reveal the cunning method of the devil, who worked through these people and increased the ungodliness and overthrew the faith of some.
The words of Hymenaeus and Philetus were profane and vain babblings, which increased unto more ungodliness
Pag-aralan mong ipakita ang iyong sarili na sinang-ayunan ng Diyos, isang manggagawa na hindi kailangang ikahiya, wastong paghahati ng salita ng katotohanan. Ngunit iwasan ang mga bastos at walang kabuluhang daldal: sapagkat sila ay lalago sa higit na kasamaan. At ang kanilang salita ay kakainin na parang bukol: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, pagkakaroon ng selyong ito, The Lord knoweth them that are his. At, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity (2 Timoteo 2:15-19)
Paulus wrote about Hymenaeus and Philetus that their words were profane and vain babblings that increased the ungodliness. Their words ate as doth a canker and defiled the body (ang simbahan) with evil and caused the body to die and to become dead to God.
They did err concerning the truth by saying that the resurrection was already past, and caused to overthrow the faith of some.
Alexander the coppersmith had greatly withstood the words of Paul and others
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words (2 Timoteo 4:14)
Paul wrote about Alexander the Coppersmith that he did Paul much evil and that the Lord would reward him according to his works. Paul warned Timothy and commanded Timothy to be observant and to be aware, because Alexander had greatly withstood their words. At nangyayari pa rin ito.
Maraming tao ang, who are carnal and speak from the imagination and vanity of their carnal mind and withstand the words of God and preach villany, whereby wickedness (kawalang-diyos) increases and the faith of many suffer shipwreck.
Preaching villany (kalokohan, imoralidad)
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail (Isaias 32:6)
Very slowly the Word has been replaced by the words of carnal man, who don’t speak the words of God but the words of the world.
Most preachers are not spiritual preachers anymore, who belong to God and walk after the Spirit in obedience and submission to Jesus Christ; the Living Word and speak the truth of the Word and live holy lives and bear the fruit of the Spirit, but most preachers belong to the world and are unspiritual motivational speakers, who are charismatic and eloquent and have the spirit of this world and speak from their own experience and speak their own words from their own imagination and vanity of their carnal mind and search their own glory and bear the fruit of the flesh (Basahin mo rin: ‘The armor of darkness’ en ‘Ang matanda’.
They are led by seducing spirits and speak words, which may seem godly, because they are mixed with scriptures from the Bible, but these scriptures have been taken out of context and their words speak against the will of God and His righteousness and holiness and don’t call to repentance and the removal of sin and living a holy life, but increase ungodliness and ensure that the old man stays alive and perseveres in sin and the people keep walking after the flesh in disobedience to God and live like the world.
And so the truth of God is no longer preached and the will of God is not made known, ngunit sa halip, the lies of apostate people are preached that represent the will of man and please the flesh and ensure that the people keep doing the works of the flesh, so that they can also keep doing the works of the flesh (Basahin mo rin: ‘Ang mga doktrina ng mga demonyo ay pumapatay sa simbahan’).
If the faith is not built upon the Word; Ang katotohanan ng Diyos, but on the words and experiences of man, who speak lies in hypocrisy that increase ungodliness and sear the conscience, the faith shall not stand, but the faith shall suffer shipwreck. The faith shall not be able to withstand the lies, Mga tukso, and storms in life, but the storms shall overpower the faith and destroy the faith.
Depart from the living God
Mag ingat ka, mga kapatid, baka sa sinuman sa inyo ay magkaroon ng masamang puso ng kawalang pananampalataya, sa paglisan sa Diyos na buhay. Ngunit payuhan ang isa't isa araw araw, habang ito ay tinatawag na To day; baka ang sinoman sa inyo ay tumigas sa pamamagitan ng panlilinlang ng kasalanan. Sapagkat tayo ay ginawang nakikibahagi kay Cristo, Kung hawak natin ang simula ng ating kumpiyansa na matatag hanggang sa wakas (Hebreo 3:12-14)
Kaya nga, it’s not surprising that by preaching lies in hypocrisy, many people become apostates and the faith of many suffer shipwreck.
There is no correction and chastisement and people are not called to repentance and the removal of sin and to live holy lives. Hindi, instead of a holy life, sin is served and promoted (Basahin mo rin: ‘Si Jesus ba ay Tagapagtaguyod ng kasalanan?’).
But God is horrified by all of this, and has turned away from many churches and taken the lamp and extinguished their light. Since God can’t have communion with sin, because it is rebellion towards God the Father, disobedience to God the son; ang Buhay na Salita, at ang Diyos na Espiritu Santo.
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