איך באמונתם של רבים סובלת את הספינה? נוצרים רבים מתחילים נכון, אלא במהלך ההליכה שלהם, 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
הרוח היא המחייה; הבשר אינו מועיל: המילים שאני מדבר לך, הם רוח, והם החיים (ג'ון 6:63)
ישוע ענה להם, ואמר, הדוקטרינה שלי היא לא שלי, אלא שלו ששלח אותי. אם מישהו יעשה את רצונו, הוא יידע את הדוקטרינה, אם זה של אלוהים, או אם אני מדבר על עצמי. המדבר על עצמו מחפש את כבודו שלו: אלא המבקש את כבודו ששלח אותו, אותו הדבר נכון, ואין בו שום עוולה (ג'ון 7:16-18)
Then said they unto Him, Who art Thou? ויאמר אליהם ישוע, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. יש לי הרבה דברים לומר ולשפוט אותך: but he that sent Me is true; ואני מדבר אל העולם את הדברים אשר שמעתי עליו. They understood not that He spake to them of the Father. ואז אמר להם ישוע, כאשר הרימתם את בן האדם, then shall ye know that I am He, ושאני לא עושה כלום מעצמי; אלא כפי שלימד אותי אבי, אני מדבר את הדברים האלה. ומי ששלח אותי איתי: האב לא השאיר אותי לבד; כי אני עושה תמיד את הדברים שמוצאים חן בעיניו (ג'ון 8:25-29)
כי לא דיברתי על עצמי; אלא האב אשר שלח אותי, הוא נתן לי מצוה, מה אני צריך להגיד, ומה עלי לדבר. ואני יודע שמצותו היא חיי עולם: כל מה שאני מדבר לכן, כמו שאמר אלי האב, אז אני מדבר (ג'ון 12:49-50)
אתה לא מאמין שאני באב, והאב שבי? את המילים שאני מדבר אליכם אני לא מדבר על עצמי: אלא האב השוכן בי, הוא עושה את העבודות (ג'ון 14:10)
ישוע לא דיבר את דבריו שלו, 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, רגשות, and the will of the people.
Jesus wasn’t influenced and intimidated by people, במצבים, 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, האמת, והחיים, despite all the angriness, שִׂנאָה, התנגדות, רדיפה, 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.
כן, 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
יש לי עוד הרבה דברים להגיד לך, אבל אתה לא יכול לשאת אותם עכשיו. אולם כאשר הוא, רוח האמת, בא, הוא ידריך אותך אל כל האמת: כי לא ידבר על עצמו; אלא כל אשר ישמע, כי ידבר: וַיַּגִּיד לָכֶם אֶת הַבָּאִים. הוא יפאר אותי: כי הוא יקבל משלי, וַיַּרְא לָכֶם. כל הדברים שיש לאב הם שלי: לכן אמרתי, שהוא ייקח משלי, וַיַּרְא לָכֶם (ג'ון 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.
בדיוק כמו ישו, the disciples didn’t adjust the words of God to the feelings, רגשות, 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 (גם זכרים וגם נקבות) 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, כישלונות, and the hatred, התנגדות, 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, פיתויים, difficult situations, כישלונות, שִׂנאָה, התנגדות, ורדיפה של אנשים. לא, God allowed everything and let them go through it, because God knew that His sons (גם זכרים וגם נקבות) would be spiritually strong enough and able to go through it (קרא גם: ‘The hearers vs the doers’ ו)
And that was indeed the case, and that should still be the case. עם זאת, התרגול מראה משהו אחר.
איך זה? 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; במילה, 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. בגלל זה, the faith of many suffer shipwreck
מדוע אמונתם של רבים סובלת את הספינה?
חיוב זה אני מחייב עליך, הבן טימותי, לפי הנבואות אשר עברו עליך, למען תלחם על ידם מלחמה טובה; מחזיק באמונה, ומצפון טוב; אֲשֶׁר הֵם שֶׁהִסְתִּירוּ עַל הָאֱמוּנָה, עָשָׂהוּ סִינָה: מהם הימנאוס ואלכסנדר; אשר מסרתי לשטן, כדי שילמדו לא לחלל (1 טימותי 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.
בפעם הראשונה, 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.
אבל פול, 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 (קרא גם: ‘מה המשמעות של מסירת אדם לשטן?’).
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
למד כדי להראות את עצמך מאושר לאלוהים, פועל שאינו צריך להתבייש, מחלק נכון את דבר האמת. אבל הימנע מפטפוטים חולניים והבלים: כִּי יַרְבּוּ לַעֲלוֹת. וְדִבְרָם יֹאכֵל כַּמַּחֲלָה: 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, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. ו, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity (2 טימותי 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 (הכנסייה) 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 טימותי 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. וזה עדיין קורה.
יש הרבה אנשים, 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 (רשעות) increases and the faith of many suffer shipwreck.
Preaching villany (שׁטוּת, אִי מוּסָרִיוּת)
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 (ישעיהו 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 (קרא גם: ‘The armor of darkness’ en ‘הזקן’.
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, אלא במקום זאת, 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 (קרא גם: ‘דוקטרינות של שדים הורגות את הכנסייה’).
אם האמונה לא בנויה על המילה; האמת של אלוהים, אלא על המילים והחוויות של האדם, המדברים שקר בצביעות המגבירים את העוולות וצורבים את המצפון, האמונה לא תעמוד, אֲבָל הָאֱמוּנָה תִּקְרִיב. האמונה לא תוכל לעמוד בשקרים, פיתויים, וסערות בחיים, אבל הסערות ישלטו על האמונה ויהרסו את האמונה.
הסתלקו מאלוקים חיים
שימו לב, אחיהם, פן יהיה במישהו מכם לב רע של כפירה, בהסתלקותו מן האל החי. אבל תוכחו זה את זה מדי יום, בעוד זה נקרא ליום; שמא מישהו מכם יתקשה באמצעות ההונאה של החטא. כי אנחנו נעשים שותפים של המשיח, אם נחזיק את תחילת הביטחון שלנו עד הסוף (עברית 3:12-14)
לכן, אין זה מפתיע שעצם ההטפה טמון בצביעות, אנשים רבים הופכים לכופרים ואמונתם של רבים נסבלה את הספינה.
אין תיקון וייסורים ואנשים לא נקראים לתשובה והסרת חטא ולחיות קדושה. לא, במקום חיים קדושים, החטא מוגש ומקודם (קרא גם: ‘הוא ישוע מקדם חטא?’).
אבל אלוהים נחרד מכל זה, ופנה מכנסיות רבות ולקח את המנורה וכיבה את אורן. מכיוון שאלוהים לא יכול לקיים קשר עם החטא, כי זה מרד באלוהים האב, אי ציות לאלוהים הבן; המילה החיה, ואלוהים רוח הקודש.
‘תהיה מלח הארץ’
