Yesus Kristus, Putra Tuhan, showed His great love for His Father and those, whom He called His friends by laying down His life. Itu, who would give heed to His call and believe in Jesus and accept Jesus as Saviour and Lord and would follow Him by doing whatsoever He commanded, would be a friend of Jesus. Apakah Anda seorang sahabat Yesus?
When are you a friend of Jesus?
God sent His Son Jesus to the earth with a mission. Jesus obeyed His Father and did what His Father had commanded Him to do. Yesus berjalan dalam cinta, by keeping the commandments of His Father. Dengan menaati perintah Bapa-Nya, Jesus walked in obedience to His Father in His will and established the law.
As God sent Jesus to the earth and Jesus obeyed His Father by keeping His commandments and therefore doing His will, Jesus has also sent His disciples and expected them to obey Him and keep His commandments and do His will on earth (Baca juga: ‘Perintah-perintah Allah dan perintah-perintah Yesus‘).
Although Jesus spoke these words to His disciples back then, Jesus still speaks the same words to His disciples today.
The words of Jesus and His commandments still apply and still contain the same life, damai, dan kekuatan.
Yesus berkata, itu semua orang, who keeps His sayings and does His commandments is His friend.
His commandments are the same as the commandments of the Father, which Jesus kept and walked in.
Because the commandments of the Father, yang tertulis dalam undang-undang, represent the will of God and can be summarized by two commandments, namely love God with all your heart, jiwa, pikiran, dan kekuatan, and love your neighbour as yourself (Baca juga: Apakah kamu mengasihi Tuhan dengan segenap hatimu?? Dan Apa artinya mengasihi sesamamu seperti dirimu sendiri?)
The disciples of Jesus had laid down their own lives
This is My commandment, That you love one another, sebagaimana aku telah mencintaimu. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends, if you do whatsoever I command you (Yohanes 15:12-14)
Jesus spoke these words to His disciples, whom Jesus had called and had given heed to His call. They had laid down their own lives and their daily occupations, including their jobs, and submitted themselves to Jesus by being with Him, following Him, listening to Him, being taught by Him, and doing what Jesus commanded them to do.
Jesus represented the Kingdom of Heaven and made the Kingdom of Heaven known by His words and His deeds. So that His disciples would get to know this Kingdom. Jesus discipled them and shared His wisdom, pengetahuan, and life with them.
After Jesus had made the Kingdom of God known to them by His words and by demonstrating the Kingdom of Heaven in power, Jesus commanded His disciples to go in His Name; dalam otoritas-Nya, and preach and bring the Kingdom of Heaven to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Baca juga: Bawa pulang yang hilang!).
His disciples obeyed Jesus and went two by two in His authority and preached and brought the Kingdom of Heaven to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, by preaching the gospel, mengusir setan, dan menyembuhkan orang sakit.
The disciples were not yet born again. They were still the old creation. But Jesus had given them authority over the whole army of the enemy and nothing would by any means hurt them. Ini menunjukkan, that you don’t have to be born again to perform signs and wonders, and i.e. mengusir setan dan menyembuhkan orang sakit.
The mind sanctified through the words of Jesus
Sucikan mereka melalui kebenaran-Mu: Kata-katamu adalah kebenaran. As Thou hast sent Me into the world, walaupun begitu Aku juga telah mengirimkan mereka ke dunia. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, agar mereka juga dapat disucikan melalui kebenaran (Yohanes 17:-17-19)
The disciples had renewed and sanctified their minds with the words of Jesus, yang berasal dari Bapa. They were sanctified (set apart for God, dedicated, purified, or consecrated) through the truth of God. Namun, they were not able to understand and bear everything that Jesus told them, since they were still the old carnal creation, yang tidak rohani.
Aku punya banyak hal untuk dikatakan kepadamu, tapi kamu tidak bisa menanggungnya sekarang. Howbeit when he, Semangat Kebenaran, datang, Dia akan membimbing Anda ke dalam semua kebenaran: karena dia tidak akan berbicara tentang dirinya sendiri; tapi apapun dia akan mendengar, Itu akan dia bicara: dan dia akan menunjukkan kepada Anda hal -hal yang akan datang (Yohanes 16:12-13)
The coming of the Holy Spirit
When Jesus took place on the kursi belas kasihan at the right hand of God the Father and God sent the Holy Spirit to the earth and the disciples, who were together in the upper room praying in one accord, menerima Roh Kudus, their spirit was raised from the dead and they understood the words of Jesus.
Penghibur lainnya; the Holy Spirit had come, whereby they had received the power that Jesus had promised and they had to wait for in Jerusalem. Roh Kudus yang sama; Semangat Kebenaran, who dwelled in Jesus, dwelled in them.
When the disciples of Jesus had received the Holy Spirit and had become a new creation and spoke in new tongues, as Jesus had promised and commanded, they were able to boldly speak the words of God and be witnesses of Jesus Christ, Mesias; Putra Allah yang hidup; the Creator of the heaven and the earth and representatives of the Kingdom of Heaven and mengajak masyarakat untuk bertobat.
They were no longer focused on signs and wonders, as before, when they were still the old creation and were excited about the fact that the evil spirits obeyed them, but they were focused on saving the lost souls, by preaching Christ crucified, penyelamatan, tobat, dan regenerasi (Baca juga: Mengikuti Yesus untuk tanda-tanda dan keajaiban).
Roh Kudus, Who lived inside of them, reproved the world of sin, dan kebenaran, dan penilaian (Yohanes 16:8-11).
The disciples preached this message, Injil Yesus Kristus, first to the people of Israel and then to the Gentiles.
Through regeneration the disciples had become a new creation; anak-anak Allah (ini berlaku untuk pria dan wanita). They obeyed the words and commandments of Jesus and walked in the will of the Father.
They represented the Kingdom of Heaven, spoke the words of Jesus, preached the truth of God, and called the people to repentance and the signs and wonders followed them.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends, if you do whatsoever I command you (Yohanes 15:12-14)
Jesus had shown His love for His friends by laying down His own life for His friends. He gave His life by dying on the cross and becoming the substitute for His friends. Jesus bore their sins upon Himself and took the punishment for sin, yaitu kematian, for His friends upon Himself, so that they would not have to bear the punishment for sin and wouldn’t see the death. That was the great love, Yesus masuk. Jesus stayed obedient to His Father and didn’t love His own life until death.
Almost all His disciples, except Jude, answered His love that Jesus had shown them.
They answered His love, by laying down their own lives for Jesus and following Him by walking after His commandments.
They didn’t belong to the world anymore and were no longer a friend of the world. But they belonged to the Kingdom of Heaven and were a friend of Jesus (Yakobus 4:4).
By laying down their own lives, obeying His words and commandments, and by doing His will, and not being ashamed of Him, they showed through their lives, that Jesus was their Friend, and that they were a friend of Jesus, and that they loved Him.
They were a friend of Jesus and spent time with Jesus and had an experiential relationship with Him.
They stayed obedient to Jesus and testified of Jesus to the people, despite the resistance, membenci, penganiayaan, mockery, hukuman penjara, olok-olok, stoning, dll..
Despite all these things, they stayed faithful to their Friend Jesus and remained in His love, by keeping His commandments until the day they died (Baca juga: Apakah Anda mengakui Yesus atau Anda menyangkal Yesus di hadapan manusia?).
Many Christians call Jesus Friend
This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips; Tapi hati mereka jauh dari saya. But in vain they do worship Me, mengajar untuk doktrin perintah manusia (Matius 15:8-9)
Many Christians call Jesus their Friend and sing, that they are friends of Jesus and love Jesus. But if you look at their lives and their walk, what proof is there, that they are friends of Jesus and that they love Him?
Everyone can say and sing all kinds of things, but what are the fruits of someone’s life? How much time do they spend daily with Jesus; the Word and listen to Him? Do they pray? Do they abide in Him and do what He says, and what He has said and commanded in the Bible? Or do they listen to their flesh and what the world says? What are they doing and what aren’t they doing what Jesus has commanded His disciples?
Sayangnya, banyak orang, who claim to be believers and say they have a relationship with Jesus, live in their daily lives as enemies of God, Yesus, dan Roh Kudus.
Many live in Ketidaktaatan kepada Firman, as enemies of the cross. They don’t walk as the new creation after the spirit in obedience to the Word and the Holy Spirit. But they walk as the old creation after the flesh in obedience to sin and death.
Jesus broke the power of sin and death
Many people don’t acknowledge the fact, that Jesus broke the power of sin and death through His death at the cross and His resurrection from the dead. They do believe, that Jesus has taken and carried the sins of the world upon Him, but they don’t believe that Jesus broke the power of sin. Because if they believed this, many lives would be so different than what they are today. They wouldn’t walk as workers of iniquity and live as budak dosa, which God has made known through the law and Jesus has endorsed (Baca juga: Apakah umat Kristiani percaya akan kebangkitan Yesus Kristus?).
The sin killed Jesus and led Him to death, but the death was not strong enough to keep Jesus in Hades. (Baca juga: Dosa membunuh Yesus)
The devil doesn’t want Christians to find out the truth. He doesn’t want them to know, that sin has no more power over someone, who has laid down his flesh.
He wants to keep believers in his power. Therefore the devil makes them believe that they will always tetap menjadi orang berdosa and never get rid of sin and death.
But that’s a lie that many Christians believe, because they don’t read, and study the Bible themselves and therefore they don’t know the Word.
They say and sing they are a friend of Jesus, tapi kenyataannya, they don’t spend time with Jesus and don’t know Jesus and their lives don’t belong to Him.
Many Christians have not given up their lives for Jesus, as a friend would do. They don’t serve Jesus through their lives, tapi iblis, yang bekerja dalam daging. Their flesh is still alive and still dictates their lives.
Many are called but few are chosen
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, Aku berkata kepadamu, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able (Lukas 13:24)
Many people are called, tapi hanya sedikit yang terpilih. That’s because many people are not willing to lay down their own life. Their love for Jesus is in reality not as big as they confess and sing with their words.
Tidak semua yang berkata kepadaku, Tuhan, Tuhan, akan masuk ke Kerajaan Surga; tetapi dia yang melakukan kehendak Bapa-Ku yang di surga. Banyak orang akan berkata kepadaku pada hari itu, Tuhan, Tuhan, bukankah kami telah bernubuat dalam Nama-Mu? dan dalam Nama-Mu telah mengusir setan? dan dalam Nama-Mu telah dilakukan banyak pekerjaan ajaib? Dan kemudian aku akan mengaku kepada mereka, Aku tidak pernah mengenalmu: berangkat dariKu, kamu yang melakukan kejahatan (Matius 7:21-23).
Although these believers prophesied and did many signs and wonders in the Name of Jesus, they didn’t have a relationship with Jesus and didn’t live according to the will of the Father (Baca juga: Kehendak Allah vs kehendak iblis).
When these believers, who called Jesus their Lord, came to Jesus and said they had prophecied in His Name, mengusir setan, and done many wonderful works, Yesus berkata kepada mereka, that He never knew them and commanded these workers of iniquity to depart from Him.
It seemed as if they belonged to Jesus by their prophesying, mengusir setan, and by all the wonderful works they did in His Name, but from the inside, they were unchanged and were still the ciptaan lama.
Their lives were still the same as before their tobat. They still did those things that opposed the will of God. Although their works seemed spiritual and coming from the Spirit, their works were carnal. Because Jesus didn’t know them.
Today there are also many Christians, who call Jesus their Lord and go out in His Name and prophecy, mengusir setan, and do many signs and wonders, but they don’t know Jesus personally and don’t have a relationship with Him. They don’t spend time with Jesus and don’t abide in Him and don’t do what He; the Word says and don’t live after the will of the Father but keep doing the works of the flesh and walk in sin (Baca juga: Yesus palsu, yang menghasilkan orang-orang Kristen palsu).
Although they do supernatural works and a part of the great commission, they are workers of iniquity (Baca juga: ‘Rahasia hukum' Dan 'Perbedaan antara hukum dan kasih karunia').
Despite their words and signs and wonders, they walk after the flesh and live like the world. Alih-alih menunda orang tua itu Dan mengenakan pria baru and living as the new man, who bears the fruit of the Spirit, they remain the old man, who bears the fruit of the flesh; the same fruit as the world.
Apakah Anda seorang sahabat Yesus?
Dia yang memegang perintah-perintah-Ku, dan menyimpannya, dialah yang mengasihi Aku: dan dia yang mengasihi Aku akan dikasihi oleh Bapa-Ku, dan aku akan mencintainya, dan akan memanifestasikan diri kepada -Nya (Yohanes 14:21)
Do you answer His love, dengan menghabiskan waktu bersama Yesus, listening to Him, and doing what He says? Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus? Are you a friend of Jesus and have you laid down your life for Him and do you keep and obey His commandments? Atau…..
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