Gusti Allah ora pengin wong liya. Mulané Gusti Allah masrahké kabèh marang manungsa kanggo nindakké kersané lan nylametké manungsa saka pati. Nanging, wong wis diwenehi karsa bebas kanggo nggawe pilihan dhewe ing urip. They decide which path to go: the broad way of the world that leads to destruction or the narrow way of life that leads to eternal life. Liwat Injil, we see the great love of God that doesn’t want anyone to perish. Mulane ing saindhenging Kitab Suci Gusti Allah nimbali wong mratobat. Nanging apa sing nggawa wong-wong mau mratobat? The revelation and conviction of sin brought people to repentance. How else can a person repent if a person doesn’t see his sinful state and consider his works evil? Let’s look at the conviction of sin in the three dispensations of the Bible and how sin was revealed in each dispensation.
Kapercayan dosa ing dispensasi Gusti Allah
Kaya sing kasebut ing a Kiriman blog sadurunge, kita bisa mbagi Kitab Suci dadi telung dispensasi: dispensasi Gusti Allah Sang Rama, Sang Putra Yesus Kristus (Tembung urip), lan Roh Suci. Nanging, ing kabeh telung dispensasi, kita ndeleng kolaborasi terus-terusan antarane Gusti Allah SWT, Gusti Yesus; tembung, lan Roh Suci.
Ing dispensasi Allah sing kapisan, kita ndeleng hubungan antarane Gusti Allah lan wong sing dipilih sawise daging; Israel (lair saka turune Yakub).
Nalika Gusti Allah; El-Elohim nitahake manungsa miturut gambare dhewe, manungsa digawe sampurna. Nganti manungsa mutusaké kanggo pindhah cara dhewe lan mbalela marang pangandikane Gusti Allah lan dosa.
Roh ing manungsa mati lan manungsa dadi nyawa, kang wis kawruh bab becik lan ala.
We maca bab hubungan antarane Gusti Allah lan Abel, Henokh, Nuh, Abraham, Ishak, Yakub, Joseph, lsp.
Kabeh padha lumaku karo Gusti Allah miturut karsane, nalika Gusti Allah durung maringi hukume. Nanging wong-wong mau padha ngrungokake pangandikane lan pracaya marang pangandikane lan lumaku Ketaatan marang pangandikane.
Nanging, kita uga maca bab Kain, Esau, putrane Gusti Allah, the people that lived in the time of Noah’, pedunung ing Sodom lan Gomora, lsp. Kabeh padha urip dhewe-dhewe sawise karsa, lusts, lan pepénginaning dagingé ora manut pangandikané Gusti Allah.
Gusti Allah maringi angger-anggering Toret
We read about God’s people that lived in Egypt under the oppression of Pharaoh for 400 years and how God saved them. God heard their cry and chose Moses as His representative to redeem His people out of Egypt and from the oppression of Pharaoh.
Nalika Gusti Allah ngluwari umate kanthi astane lan nuntun wong-wong mau menyang ara-ara samun, Gusti Allah ngetokké Dèkné liwat sakèhé pratandha lan mukjijat.
God wanted a relationship with His people. Dheweke kepengin dadi Gusti Allahe lan dheweke bakal dadi umate. And so God gave them the Law that revealed His will concerning their lives.
Kanggo 400 taun, padha urip miturut karsane Sang Prabu Pringon lan miturut wong Mesir budaya, prilaku, lan ritual lan nyembah brahala.
Padha najis lan mulane wis wektune, supaya umate Gusti Allah bakal diresiki saka kabeh tumindak ala lan nyingkirake urip lawase.
The only way to do that was to renew their mind with God’s will because the mind determined their actions. Liwat ing Hukum kabeneran lan urip, God made His will known to His people and sin was revealed.
Angger-anggering Toret ora mung nggambarake kersane Gusti, nanging uga sifate Gusti Allah, kabeneran, lan kasucian.
The holy law of God brought light in the darkness and gave life to those that would submit to the Law (karsaning Allah) lan netepi angger-anggering Toret.
The law revealed the truth and exposed every sin that leads to death. Amarga Gusti Allah ora pengin wong siji saka umate bakal tiwas. By keeping the law and all the precepts and ordinances that belonged to the law, Umaté bakal diberkahi, Disimpen, lan duwe urip. But every person that belonged to His people had a choice to obey the law of God or not.
People decided to obey the Law or disobey the Law
Sajrone dispensasi iki, kita weruh sing umaté Gusti Allah wis pengabdian kanggo Gusti Allah kanggo wektu tartamtu lan banjur nyingkur saka Panjenengané. Kuwi sifate wong tuwa that walks after the flesh: devoted to God, turning away from God, crying to God for help, mratobat, devoting to God, turning away from God, lsp.
Every time God’s people got into trouble by leaving His law and adopting the ulture, Kustom, and behavior of pagan countries, padha sesambat marang Gusti Allah lan mratobat.
Banjur Gusti Allah, Who is faithful and full of mercy, sent His word (through an angel or His prophet(s)) lan disimpen.
But it didn’t take long before His people rebelled again and became disobedient to the law and rejected God. Nanging apa sing mbukak dosa ing urip umate? Angger-anggeré Gusti Allah mbukak dosa lan murtad saka manungsa kadagingan.
Kapercayan dosa dening hukum
Nalika angger-anggering Allah diwaca ing ngarepe umat, kasucen Gusti Allah dadi katon lan dosa dicethakaké kanggo wong-wong mau. The law was their teacher and showed them how far they were driven away from God and His words. Banjur umate duwe pilihan mratobat utawa ora.
Tanpa angger-anggering Allah, kang makili hukum kabeneran lan urip, padha ora weruh yen uripe kebak dosa. Umaté wis nolak hukum, Tembung-tembung saka Gusti Allah, lan urip kaya bangsa-bangsa liya, sawise pepénginan lan pepénginaning daging.
They went their own way and did their own will and were led by their flesh instead of the Word of God.
They took strange women from pagan nations, padha laku jina, lan brahala, ana najis seksual lan padha ngidini nistha ing padalemane Gusti.
But as soon as the law of Moses appeared and was read, dosa dicethakaké lan didakwo wong dosa. Without the law of Moses that came from God and represented His will, ora ana kesadaran dosa.
Kapercayan dosa ing dispensasi Yesus Kristus
Ing dispensasi kapindho, Kita ndeleng tekane Yesus Kristus, Putraning Allah, Dheweke karya nebus, lan hubungané karo umaté Gusti Allah. Jesus is the Word that became flesh and lived among the people.
Gusti Yesus dijebadi dening Gusti Allah kanthi Roh Suci lan kekuwatan. He went about doing good, marasaké kabèh kang katindhes déning sétan, awit Gusti Allah nunggil karo Panjenengané (Tumindak 10:38).
Jesus was the reflection of God and represented and brought the Kingdom of God, kalebu angger-anggering Allah (the law of of righteousness and life), ing bumi.
Jesus lived according to the will of God and therefore He established and fulfilled the law. Sifat suci Gusti Allah manggon ing Gusti Yesus lan dheweke ngadhepi umate Gusti Allah kanthi dosa.
Kapercayan dosa dening Sabda
Jesus is the Light that shone in the darkness. He brought all the things that were hidden in darkness into the light. Sang Pepadang nyudhuk marang manungsa karo dosa-dosane. The people of the house of Israel that heard His words and believed and were convicted in their hearts of their sins repented. Padha kabaptis ing banyu lan dibusak dosa saka urip lan mèlu Gusti Yésus.
But the people that were proud and rebellious in their hearts and had the devil as father were not willing to repent.
Dheweke nampik Gusti Yesus Kristus; Sabda lan tetep manggon ing dosa. Wong-wong kuwi sengit marang Gusti Yésus merga Yésus mènèhi kesaksian bab tumindaké sing ala.
Jagad ora bisa sengit marang kowé (wong tuwa) awit kowé dadi bagéan saka iku), nanging sengit marang Aku (Manungsa anyar kapenuhan Roh Suci) amarga Aku nyelaki lan nekseni yen panggawene iku ala (John 7:7)
Yen aku ora teka lan ngomong karo wong-wong mau, padha ora duwe dosa: nanging saiki padha ora duwe tutup kanggo dosane. Sapa sing sengit marang Aku uga sengit marang Bapakku. Saupama Aku ora nindakaké penggawéan sing ora ditindakaké déning wong liya, padha ora duwe dosa: Nanging saiki wis padha ndeleng lan sengit marang Aku lan RamaKu. (John 15:22-24)
The confrontation with the living Word, Sing makili kabeneran lan kasucen Gusti, ngumumke dosa ing wong. The living Word convicted the people of sin.
Kapercayan dosa ing dispensasi Roh Suci
Ing dispensasi katelu, kita ndeleng lair saka gaweyan anyar lan hubungan karo Roh Suci. What the devil destroyed in the Taman Eden was restored by Jesus Christ and His blood. Gusti Yesus netepake Toret lan ngrampungake masalah dosa manungsa.
Lumantar seda lan wungunipun saking seda lan rawuhipun Roh Suci, ing Penciptaan anyar lair.
Through repentance and regeneration in Christ, daginge wong tuwa wis mati lan roh ditangekake saka ing antarane wong mati marga saka pangwasane Sang Roh Suci.
Wong anyar lair dening Banyu and Spirit and was no longer a son of the devil. But the new creation had become a son of God.
The new creation was reconciled in Jesus Christ with the Father and received His Holy Spirit.
The new creations didn’t belong to the world but to the Kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit Who bears witness of Jesus Christ; tembung, and represents the Kingdom of God, lan hukum kabeneran lan urip, lives inside the new creation. Just like God prophesied:
Sawise dina kasebut, Pangandikané Gusti, Aku bakal nyelehake ukumku ing bagean batin, lan tulis ing sajroning ati; lan bakal dadi dewa, lan dheweke bakal dadi umat-Ku
Yeremia 31:33
The new creation submits to the Father, Word, and Spirit and does the will of God
God’s will and His nature live in the heart of the new creation through the abiding of the Holy Spirit.
The old evil nature of the devil that is present in the flesh doesn’t exist anymore. The flesh is crucified in Christ. Saiki, Sifat suci Gusti Allah manggon ing sajroning titah anyar.
Nalika titah anyar mlaku sawise Roh, he shall submit himself to the Word and the Holy Spirit and the will of the Father and do the will of God. Mulane titah anyar bakal netepake ukum (wong Romawi 3:31).
Kapercayan dosa dening Roh Suci
Gusti Yesus mènèhi paseksi bab Roh Suci lan ngandika yèn Roh Suci ndhawuhi (narapidana, kontusio, ngelingake, mbabarake, teguran) jagading dosa, lan kabeneran, lan pangadilan (John 16:8-10)
Roh Suci nggambarake karsane Gusti Allah lan ngukum dosane manungsa. Just like Jesus convicted the sins of the people and called the people to repentance and to put away sin. Lan kaya Gusti Allah sing ngukum dosané manungsa, miturut angger-anggering Toret lan nimbali umaté mratobat lan kanggo nyingkirake dosa.
Pengeran, Gusti Yesus, lan Roh Suci iku siji. Mulane, They have the same nature and the same will. Padha ora bakal mbantah Saben Liyane!
Roh Suci iku Roh bebener lan mbabarake kabeh goroh Iblis. Mulane kabeh sing kedadeyan ing pepeteng, Dheweke bakal nggawa menyang cahya.
He confronts people with their sinful state. He reveals to them their evil works from God’s point of view instead of man’s point of view.
Pramila kita butuh Roh Suci. He alone will convict the person of sin and shows him his defiled sinful nature.
Tanpa kapercayan dosa, wong ora bisa mratobat lan ngladèni uripé lan nyingkirake dosane. Kuwi merga wong kuwi ora ngerti dosané.
Wong kasebut ora weruh prelu nglebokake daginge lan dadi lair maneh ing roh. He shall not consider the works of the flesh as evil. Therefore he shall never put off the carnal works of the flesh. The person will only do that if God reveals to him his spiritual state.
The goodness of God and conviction of sin bring man to repentance
Gusti Allah ora pengin wong liya. Pramila, awit saking kaluhuranipun, Panjenenganipun maringi hukumipun, Putrane, lan Roh Suci. Supaya dosa donya, kang didhelikake ing pepeteng lan didhelikake kanggo mripat alam saka wong tuwa, bakal kapapar lan manungsa duwe kesempatan kanggo mratobat, nyingkirake dosane, disimpen, lan dadi titah anyar ing Gusti Yesus Kristus.
'Dadi uyahing bumi’
