Kita hidup di dunia, where everyone has an opinion. Get into a group of ten people and bring up a topic and you’ll hear different opinions. Ini tidak mengherankan, since they have different backgrounds in relation to the family they were raised in and the way they were nurtured, the environment, budaya, pendidikan, dll.. But if you believe in Jesus Christ and become born again in Him and become a Christian, then it’s no longer about you and about your opinion and findings, but what the Word of God says. Karena pada hari penghakiman, the Word shall judge everyone according to his works. Karena itu, let the Word be your Judge in your life on earth.
Why is it important to read and study the Bible?
If everyone, who calls themselves a Christian, would be born again and read and study the Bible by themselves through the Holy Spirit, then the church would no longer be a receptacle of all kinds of human reasonings, pendapat, dan doktrin, where there is disunity, but the church would form a unity through the Word, and be a witness of Jesus Chris and represent the will of God and live according to His will and establish His Kingdom on earth (Baca juga: ‘Apa yang salah dengan gereja?‘ Dan ‘Apa yang menyebabkan perpecahan di gereja‘).
Because through the Word you will get to know the will of God and if you really love Jesus and follow Him, you shall keep His commandments and you shall subdue the will of the flesh to the will of God.
Sayangnya, many Christians are too busy with their own lives and the things of the world and spend all their time on temporary things, which have no eternal value (Baca juga: ‘Apa itu 7 ciri-ciri zaman Nuh?‘ Dan ‘Terlalu sibuk menjadi sibuk‘).
Ada banyak orang Kristen, who rather listen to all kinds of (terkenal) preachers and feed themselves with new doctrines, even if the doctrines contradict the Word, instead of taking the Bible and reading and studying the Bible themselves, so that they will get to know God and God will speak to them directly and they find out what the will of God is.
Because on the Day of Judgement Jesus shall recognize His people and the Word shall judge everyone according to his works and everyone shall give account from every idle word they have spoken (A.O. Matius 12:36-37, Yohanes 12:48, Roma 2:16, 2 Timotius 4:8, Wahyu 20:11-14).
When you stand before the Throne, you shall no longer be able to make excuses for your words and works. Anda tidak bisa mengatakannya, “Tetapi, the preacher said this or that or the preacher made me do it”. Because God has made Himself known and revealed His will in and through His Word; Yesus Kristus, Who is the reflection of God.
The Lord has given everything: His Word and His Spirit, but it’s up to people, what they have done with His Word and His Spirit on earth.
The idle words and love of the world
The idle words and love of the world please the flesh and approve and tolerate the works of the flesh and promote sin. Lihatlah (sosial) media, where the works of the flesh are promoted and people are encouraged to live a sinful lifestyle.
Because the agenda of the world and the purpose of the ruler of the world is to ensure that everyone keeps doing the works of the flesh and perseveres in sin and stays in the bondage of sin and death.
The words and love of the world tolerate, accept and promote sin and keep the people in bondage and eventually lead to eternal death.
The words and love of God
But the words and the love of God don’t please the flesh but the spirit, and don’t approve the works of the flesh, but testify that the works of the flesh are evil and that everyone, who keeps doing the works of the flesh and persevere in sin, doesn’t belong to God and have not known God personally (A.O. 1 Yohanes 2:28-29; 3:4-9; 5:18-19).
The words and love of God call to repentance and discipline, benar, and chastise man. The Word means death for the flesh but life for the spirit.
Manusia duniawi, who is not born again, shall consider the words of God as harsh and relentless instead of compassionate and loving.
They shall not be able to bear the Word, because the Word separates spirit and soul and testify that the works of the flesh are evil and therefore condemns them. That’s why the carnal man shall reject the words of God.
But the spiritual man, yang dilahirkan kembali di dalam Kristus, shall consider the words of God as precious and loving.
They shall believe and love the Word and submit to the Word by obeying the Word and applying the words of God in their lives.
They shall be willing and allow the Word to correct and chastise them and keep the commandments of Jesus. Since the spiritual man knows that submission to the words of God brings forth peace and (abadi) hidup.
“Dia yang menolak Aku, dan tidak menerima firman-Ku, mempunyai seseorang yang menghakimi dia: kata yang telah aku ucapkan”
.Yesus menangis dan berkata, Dia yang percaya kepada-Ku, tidak percaya kepada-Ku, tetapi pada Dia yang mengutus Aku. Dan dia yang melihat Aku, melihat Dia yang mengutus Aku. Aku datang sebagai terang ke dalam dunia, bahwa siapa pun yang percaya kepada-Ku tidak boleh tinggal dalam kegelapan. Dan jika ada orang yang mendengar perkataan-Ku, dan percaya tidak, Saya tidak menilai dia: karena aku datang bukan untuk menghakimi dunia, tapi untuk menyelamatkan dunia. Dia yang menolak Aku, dan tidak menerima firman-Ku, mempunyai seseorang yang menghakimi dia: kata yang telah aku ucapkan, hal yang sama akan menghakiminya pada hari akhir. Sebab Aku belum membicarakan diri-Ku sendiri; tetapi Bapa yang mengutus Aku, Dia memberiku sebuah perintah, apa yang harus saya katakan, dan apa yang harus saya bicarakan. Dan aku tahu, bahwa perintah-Nya adalah hidup yang kekal: Oleh karena itu, apa pun yang saya ucapkan, bahkan seperti yang Bapa katakan kepadaku, jadi saya berbicara (Yohanes 12:44-50)
Sebab Bapa tidak menghakimi siapa pun, tetapi telah menyerahkan seluruh penghakiman kepada Anak: Agar semua manusia menghormati Putra, sama seperti mereka menghormati Bapa. Siapa yang tidak menghormati Anak, tidak menghormati Bapa yang mengutus Dia. Sesungguhnya, sesungguhnya, Aku berkata kepadamu, Dia yang mendengarkan firman-Ku, dan percaya kepada Dia yang mengutus Aku, mempunyai hidup yang kekal, dan tidak akan mendapat hukuman; tetapi berpindah dari kematian ke kehidupan. Sesungguhnya, sesungguhnya, Aku berkata kepadamu, Saatnya akan tiba, dan sekarang adalah, ketika orang mati akan mendengar suara Anak Allah: dan mereka yang mendengarnya akan hidup. For as the Father hath life in Himself; demikian pula Dia telah memberikan kepada Anak untuk mempunyai hidup di dalam diri-Nya sendiri; Dan telah memberikan kepada-Nya wewenang untuk melaksanakan penghakiman juga, karena Dia adalah Anak Manusia (Yohanes 5:22-27)
Jesus represented His Father and was a reflection of His Father. Karena Yesus berkata, he that has seen Me has seen Him that sent Me. Yesus tidak mengucapkan kata -katanya sendiri, but Jesus spoke the words of the Father that represent His will.
When Jesus walked on the earth it wasn’t His time to judge the people.
Tujuan Yesus’ coming was not to judge but to save the world. First by calling the people of the house of Israel to repentance and by preaching and bringing the Kingdom of God and eventually through His redemptive work, dimana itu, who believe in Him shall be saved (Baca juga: ‘Arti sebenarnya dari salib‘).
But there shall be a time, that Jesus will judge everyone according to their works and they shall give account from every idle word they have spoken.
Jika Anda percaya kepada Yesus Kristus, Putra Tuhan, and take the words of Jesus and obey and do them, Dan karena itu, have shown Him that you are born of God and belong to Him and love Him, kamu akan diselamatkan.
But if you reject the words of Jesus, then those same words, which Jesus has spoken, shall judge you and condemn you.
Let the Word be your Judge in your life
Come now, and let us reason together, firman Tuhan: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it (Yesaya 1:18-20)
Dalam hidup, it’s not about people’s opinions and what they say, but it’s about God’s opinion and what God says. Apa yang Firman katakan? Because eventually, it’s the Word Who shall judge you, and not people (Lees ook: ‘Gods Word has the final word on the Day of Judgment‘)
Therefore it’s so important that the Word is the highest authority in everyone’s life and that the Word is the center in families, and children will be raised from a young age in the will of God and they will get to know Jesus Christ and God the Father through the Word, so that children will learn to submit to Him and His Word and fear the Lord (having great awe for the Lord) and love Him and have an experiential relationship with God through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Because the Word is meant for both young and old. No child is too young to hear and understand the words of God. That’s what the world wants you to believe, but it’s a lie from the devil.
Let the Word be the highest Authority in your life and let the Word be your Judge. Consult and listen to the Word and submit yourself to the Word and obey the words of God in your life, so that on the Day of Judgement you won’t be surprised by the verdict.
'Jadilah garam dunia’
