Dalam Matius 16:18, Yesus berbicara tentang gerejanya dan gerbang neraka. Jesus not only promised that He would build His Church upon the testimony of Peter, yang terjadi pada hari Pentakosta, Tetapi Yesus berjanji bahwa gerbang neraka tidak akan menang melawan gerejanya. What are the gates of hell and how shall the gates of hell not prevail against the Church of Jesus Christ according to the Bible?
What authority has Jesus Christ in heaven and on earth?
Jesus has the highest authority in heaven and earth. The Father gave His Son Jesus this position and the power after His sufferings, kematian, kebangkitan, and ascension.
Ketika Yesus mati di kayu salib dan mengambil semua dosa dan kejahatan dunia atas Dia, Jesus entered Hell (neraka). Namun, Kematian tidak cukup kuat untuk menjaga Yesus di sana. Setelah 3 hari -hari, Jesus rose from the dead and left by the power of God and left an empty tomb.
Melalui kematiannya, Jesus overcame the devil that had the power of death (Ibrani 2:14). Yesus menaklukkan kematian dan secara hukum mengambil kembali kunci neraka dan mati.
Jesus is seated in heaven on the right hand of the Father and has the highest authority in heaven and on earth.
Dia adalah saksi yang setia, yang pertama kali diperanakkan orang mati, dan pangeran raja -raja bumi. (Wahyu 1:5).
Yesus adalah Head of His Church (the assembly of born-again believers that are His witnesses on earth).
As long as the Church is seated in Christ and stays in Him, His Church has the highest authority on earth. This means that the Church has power over hell and death, kerajaan iblis (kegelapan).
Gereja Yesus Kristus adalah organisasi spiritual yang paling kuat di bumi. Dan gerbang neraka tidak akan menang melawan tubuh Yesus Kristus; Gereja.
Ini adalah kebenaran, Dan begitulah seharusnya.
Tapi kenapa, that many times we don’t see this truth manifesting in the natural? How come that satanic powers have free rein in the church and prevail against local churches? Apa yang harus dilakukan orang Kristen untuk memastikan bahwa gerbang neraka tidak akan menang melawan gereja menurut Alkitab?
The Church is an Embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth
The Church must acknowledge that the Church is the embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. She is the assembly of believers, siapa lahir lagi in Christ by water and Spirit. The Church is the connection on earth between people and the Kingdom of Heaven.
The assembly of Jesus Christ represents God’s spiritual power and Kingdom on earth.
The Church is an Embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven that is appointed and founded on earth and acts on behalf of Jesus Christ in His authority and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Yesus adalah Kepala gereja. Dia (Firman) controls the Church through the Holy Spirit Who dwells in the born-again believers.
Gereja yang tidak setia
Gereja Yesus Kristus adalah rohani dan dipimpin dan dikendalikan oleh Firman dan Roh Kudus. Tanpa Firman dan Roh Kudus, the church is nothing more than a (sosial) humanistic organization that is spiritually dead.
Tanpa kata itu dan Roh Kudus, the church is carnal and a worldly organization that is controlled and led by carnal knowledge, kebijaksanaan, dan metode dunia ini (human wisdom, Filosofi, dan strategi) and uses natural means. The church will be controlled through the flesh by the darkness instead of through the Spirit by the Light.
Gereja duniawi berjalan setelah daging dan dipimpin oleh indranya, emosi, perasaan, dan kecerdasan. The people shall be the center of the church instead of Jesus. Karena itu, the church focuses on pleasing people instead of pleasing Jesus Christ and glorifying the Father.
Gereja akan diduduki dengan hal -hal di dunia ini dan mengikuti roh (tren) dari dunia ini. The carnal church shall tolerate sin and mengubah firman Tuhan untuk nafsu, keinginan, perasaan, kehendak, dan kehidupan orang-orang.
The church shall resist and rebel against the Truth of God and defile the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world (kegelapan).
The church shall not be occupied with the things of the Kingdom of God and shall not instruct and correct Christians in the Bible, so that they get to know the will of God and adjust their lives to the Word and will of God, dan tumbuh menjadi anak -anak Tuhan yang dewasa (ini berlaku untuk pria dan wanita), yang menjalani kehidupan yang kudus dan benar. But the church shall be occupied with death works that are done by the flesh.
Gereja yang tidak setia adalah duniawi dan beroperasi di ranah fisik
Gereja duniawi tidak rumit dan beroperasi di ranah fisik alih -alih ranah spiritual. Meskipun gereja memiliki banyak pengetahuan kepala duniawi dan kepercayaan pada kecerdasannya, Dia secara spiritual bodoh dan mati secara spiritual. Karena itu, the spirits of this world can easily enter the church through the lives of people and take their place without any resistance from the church leaders.
Gereja akan mencoba mengambil alih otoritas atas kekuatan jahat kegelapan tetapi akan gagal. That’s because the believers that are the church are dominated and controlled by the same powers of darkness, yang mereka berusaha untuk mendominasi dan mengambil alih otoritas.
Sebuah gereja duniawi tidak dapat mengambil posisinya di ranah spiritual. It’s even dangerous when a carnal church tries to enter the spiritual realm, because the church will enter the spiritual realm out of the soul instead of the Spirit. Ini berarti, that they are not protected in Christ.
Tanpa perlindungan Yesus Kristus, the church shall be overwhelmed by the evil powers of darkness.
This becomes visible in the natural realm by the fruit that the church (mukmin) bears, the teachings and decisions that are made in the church that oppose the will of God and His Word.
When shall the gates of hell prevail against the Church?
The gates of hell shall prevail against the Church when the church abandons the Word and becomes worldly and tolerates sin in the church. Melalui dosa, the devil and hell take dominion over the church and control the church.
Gerbang mewakili pintu masuk, otoritas, kekuatan, kekuasaan, kebijaksanaan, dan nasihat. Dalam Perjanjian Lama, we read that the elders of a city were gathered in the gates to give counsel and to make important decisions. Saat gereja terputus dari kata itu, Kemudian melalui dosa, gerbang neraka akan menang melawan gereja.
This means that the church shall be inspired by the kingdom of darkness and operate in the occult power of darkness. The church shall speak and do those things that contradict the Word of God and His will.
Apa itu gereja yang setia?
A faithful church is a church that is spiritual and stays faithful to Jesus Christ; Firman yang Hidup dan Roh Kudus. The faithful church walks according to the Law of Christ in His authority and has dominion over the host of darkness and brings the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
Akankah gerbang neraka menang melawan gereja yang setia?
TIDAK, gerbang neraka tidak akan menang melawan gereja yang setia, because the faithful church is spiritual and takes her position in Christ in this world and stands her ground. Kehidupan memerintah alih -alih kematian.
The church takes authority and reigns spiritually over areas and claims territories and souls for the Kingdom of God. The church shall claim and save as many souls as possible from the hands of the devil, siapa pangeran dunia ini.
Dan saya juga mengatakan kepadamu, Bahwa engkau Peter, Dan di atas batu ini saya akan membangun gereja saya; dan gerbang neraka tidak akan menang menentangnya (Matius 16:18)
In churches where the Holy Spirit is present in the lives of Christians, the people who live in sin and are devoted to sin will be confronted with their sins. That’s because the Holy Spirit reproves the world of sin (A.O. Yohanes 16:8-11).
Ketika Roh Kudus menegur mereka dari dosa -dosa mereka dan keadaan mereka yang penuh dosa, Mereka memiliki dua opsi:
They can decide to menyesali dosa mereka, turn their lives to Jesus Christ to serve and follow Him, or to continue living in sin and stay obedient to the devil and serve him.
That’s why the church should take her place in Christ, dalam semangat, di tempat surgawi. The church must reign from that position and protect the church against all the evil forces of darkness.
The church should be guided by the Word and the Holy Spirit, so that the world will be reproved of sin.
The importance of knowing the Word
Majelis Yesus Kristus harus mengetahui Firman dan kehendak Allah, so that the congregation will walk by faith and can pray according to the will of God and intercede not only for the believers, but also for the people who don’t know Jesus, dan untuk desa, Kota, dan negara -negara dan mengklaim mereka untuk kerajaan Tuhan.
Hanya ketika Gereja mengambil posisinya dalam Roh dan dipimpin oleh Firman dan Roh Kudus, shall the church know and recognize its enemy.
The works of the devil and hell shall become visible by the Word. The devil shall come and try to enter as an angel of light through the lives of Christians. Tetapi jika gereja membedakan roh, the church shall close the spiritual gates for the devil and his demons, sehingga mereka tidak bisa memasuki gereja.
Yesus memiliki semua otoritas di surga dan di bumi
Yesus memiliki semua otoritas di langit dan di bumi, dan dia telah memberikan semua otoritas kepada gerejanya, Tubuhnya. Now it’s up to Christians what they do with this responsibility, otoritas, and power on this earth.
Dan telah meletakkan segala sesuatu di bawah kaki-Nya, dan memberi-Nya untuk menjadi Kepala atas segala sesuatu kepada gereja, Yang mana tubuhnya, kepenuhan Dia yang memenuhi segala sesuatu
Efesus 1:22-23
Apa artinya gerbang neraka tidak akan menang melawan gereja?
If we stay faithful to Jesus Christ and remain in Him, then the gates shall not prevail against the Church. We should build the church upon the Rock and not only be hearers of the Word, tapi pelaku Firman. This means that we keep His words, ucapkan kata -katanya, and be doers of His words, and represent Jesus Christ and do what He commanded us to do. (yaitu. Matius 28:18-19, Tanda 16:15-18, Yohanes 20:23).
Hanya saat kita tetap dalam firman -Nya, gerbang neraka yang mewakili kerajaan iblis, tidak akan menang.
That’s the promise that Jesus gave to His Church (the assembly of born-again believers that walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh).
Jesus knew the devil and He knew what His work on the cross and His resurrection from the dead would cause.
Yesus tahu bahwa iblis akan sangat marah jika Yesus akan mengambil semua otoritas dari iblis.
Karena itu, Jesus knew that the devil would try anything to attack His body, His church, and destroy His body.
Itu sebabnya Yesus memberi gereja Firman dan janji -Nya, that as long as we stay in Him the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church.
Serangan Iblis dan Neraka di Gereja
The devil knows how dangerous a living, victorious church is that is faithful to God and walks after the Spirit in the authority of Jesus Christ. A church that doesn’t focus on entertaining and pleasing people and their carnal enrichment and prosperity, focuses on Jesus Christ and the mission of the Kingdom of God.
Iblis tidak ingin kerajaannya dihancurkan. That’s why the devil has one mission, and that is to extinguish the Light.
He wants to spiritually eliminate every local church in every city. The devil succeeds in eliminating local churches by cutting them off from the power Source and connecting them to himself. Dengan cara ini, the church has no authority and power and is seated in darkness, operating from the power of darkness.
How does the devil cut off the church from the power Source?
The devil cuts off the Church from the power Source by removing the words of God and the testimony of Jesus the Christ, Putra Allah yang hidup, yang mana foundation of the Church and replaces them with worldly knowledge and wisdom of man.
The devil wants to build the church upon human knowledge and powers. Because the devil knows that without Jesus; Firman, Gereja tidak memiliki kekuatan sama sekali. Selain itu, it will ensure that Christians shall depart from the Word and keep living in sin.
Dosa memberikan akses dan Kekuatan untuk Iblis dan neraka. Semakin banyak gereja mentolerir dan memungkinkan dosa, semakin banyak kekuatan akan diberikan kepada iblis dan kerajaannya.
Selama orang Kristen hidup dalam dosa, Kerajaan Kegelapan; Iblis dan neraka, have power and dominion over their lives. Karena itu, Iblis memiliki kekuatan atas gereja.
Gereja harus hidup dalam kegelapan dan dikendalikan oleh kekuatan kegelapan dan dipimpin oleh kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuan tentang dunia ini dan wahyu palsu. Kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuan dunia ini dan wahyu -wahyu palsu ini memberontak terhadap Firman dan kehendak Tuhan.
Apa yang terjadi ketika gerbang neraka menang melawan gereja?
Para penasihat Kerajaan Kegelapan akan menginspirasi para pemimpin gereja sehingga mereka akan tertipu dan menyimpang dari Firman dan gaya hidup suci. The church thinks she is inspired by the Holy Spirit and that she lives in freedom. But the truth is that she is bound by hell.
The lifestyle of carnal Christians gives access to the devil and hell. They will be inspired by the evil spirits of darkness and follow up their counsel. Karena itu, Christians become lukewarm and tolerant.
The church shall no longer intercede for the people and guard the spiritual gates of the church, but shall leave the gates wide open for sin and death to enter.
They think that they are merciful and walk in love by being tolerant to people and by allowing pagan religions and philosophies and allowing sin. Namun, the truth is that they are workers of iniquity and servants of the devil.
Karena perilaku manusia ini, the Body of Christ is affected by sin and death. Dosa berkembang biak seperti kanker dalam tubuh.
Everything that takes place in the spiritual world will eventually become visible in the church, in the lives of Christians.
Karena itu, if the gates of hell have prevailed against the church, this becomes visible in the lives of the members of the church and the fruit they bear.
A lukewarm church that walks in sin
They shall persevere in sin and live in rebellion against the Word and grieve the Holy Spirit. Mereka akan suam -suam kuku dan tidur secara spiritual. Lidah mereka akan menjadi instrumen iblis dan akan digunakan untuk kerajaannya.
Mereka akan hidup seperti dunia, mengeluh, Dan be unforgiving. Mereka tidak akan bahagia, murung, kewalahan oleh rasa takut, mengasihani diri sendiri, Penolakan diri, dan bunuh diri (pikiran). Mereka akan bercerai, melakukan perzinahan dan kenajisan dan penyimpangan seksual lainnya, dan mereka akan terpengaruh oleh penyakit, yang mengarah pada kematian.
Ketika hal -hal ini terjadi di gereja atau jemaat, itu bukan milik Tuhan atau Yesus’ kesalahan. Tapi itu adalah kesalahan gereja, Itu tidak tetap setia dan setia kepada Firman dan Roh Kudus, but are led astray and entered self-chosen paths. Gereja telah menempatkan nasihat dunia di atas nasihat Tuhan. (Baca juga: Berhenti menyalahkan Tuhan).
Karena itu, let the church of Jesus Christ repent and renounce sin, oleh menghapus dosa dari tengah -tengahnya. Ini berarti, Bahwa Gereja tidak akan membiarkan dirinya dipimpin oleh indera duniawi, perasaan, emosi, pendapat, dan kecerdasan (daging). Tetapi bahwa Gereja akan dipimpin oleh Firman dan Roh Kudus.
Tanggung jawab Gereja Yesus Kristus
If there are members in the church who don’t live according to the Word and do things that go against the will of God, then it’s the church’s responsibility and task to confront the person. Sehingga orang tersebut dapat bertobat dari dosa pada kesaksian kata itu.
Namun, if the person is not willing to repent, then it’s the responsibility of the church to remove the person from the church and deliver the person to satan.
Ini mungkin terdengar kasar, Tapi itu perlu. Karena melalui dosa orang tersebut, Iblis dan neraka akan memasuki gereja dan akan mempengaruhi kehidupan orang -orang percaya lainnya. Itulah mengapa sangat penting untuk menghilangkan dosa dari tubuh Kristus.
Kesimpulan
Biarkan Gereja kembali ke Firman, menghilangkan dosa dan kejahatan dari tengah -tengahnya, dan mengambil posisinya dalam Yesus Kristus. So that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church. Tetapi Gereja akan menjadi Gereja Militan dan pemenang yang hidup, yang duduk di dalam Yesus Kristus.
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