Ing John 10, Gusti Yesus ngandika, manawa Panjenengane iku Pangon kang becik lan wedhus-wedhuse kang dadi kagungane pepanthan padha ngrungokake swarane. Jesus knows His sheep and the sheep know Him and believe Him and therefore they do what He says. But Jesus not only spoke about His voice, but also about the voice of a stranger that His sheep wouldn’t follow. Nanging ana akeh wong saiki, who call themselves Christians and call Jesus their Lord, but don’t listen to the voice of Jesus. They don’t do what the Bible says, nanging lunga kanthi cara dhewe. They listen to the voice of strangers, who don’t preach the words of Jesus but their own words and preach a false gospel. This false gospel promotes the works of darkness and makes the people prideful and rebellious towards God and cause them to walk in disobedience to His Word in the bondage of sin. Apa swara sampeyan ngrungokake?
If you belong to God you listen to Him
The children of Israel lived in Egypt for 430 taun. The generation that was delivered from the power of Pharaoh by the hand of God were raised in Egypt. They considered the Egyptian culture and idolatry normal. Nanging, the Egyptian culture and idolatry were not normal to God and was not according to His will.
Gusti Allah ngutus wong Israel ing ara-ara samun ing ara-ara samun sawise Gusti Allah ngluwari umate kanthi kekuwatane saka kekuwataning Firaun.
Liwat tandha lan mukjijat, Gusti Allah ngumumake kaluhuran lan kekuwatan, lan panguwasa paling dhuwur. Banjur Gusti Allah nitahake sifat lan karsane ngerti ukara lan dhawuhe, kang diparingake marang Nabi Musa.
Wong-wong kudu gawe anyar cara mikir kanthi tembung lan dhawuhe Gusti Allah, so that their way of thinking would line up with the will of God and they would walk according to His will in His ways.
Selawase wong Israël netepi tembung lan dhawuhe Gusti Allah lan urip miturut karsane, Umat Gusti Allah mbédakaké awake dhewe saka bangsa-bangsa pagan lan dadi seksine Gusti Allah ing bumi. (menyang. Yesaya 43:10-12; 44:8).
Umate Gusti Allah mbedakake awake dhewe saka bangsa-bangsa pagan
Liwat sunat ing daging ing dina wolulas lan kanthi netepi angger-angger Nabi Musa, kang dadi sunat lan prajanjian lan ngumumake Gusti Allah lan karsane, Umate Gusti Allah mbedakake awake dhewe saka bangsa-bangsa pagan ing daging kasebut kaya ing alam alam liwat mlaku-mlaku (Maca uga: Apa tegese sunat ing Gusti Yesus Kristus?).
As long as God’s people obeyed the law and kept God’s commandments, they didn’t walk as the Gentiles in idolatry, ilmu sihir, laku cabul, laku jina, (seksual) najis, ngapusi, ngapusi, rakus, lsp. God’s people walked holy (dipisah saka jagad lan dikhususake marang Gusti Allah) Pastures marang Gusti Allah sawise karsane.
By listening to the swaraning Allah and keeping the law, kang tegese netepi tembung-tembunge Gusti Allah, Wong-wong nuduhake, that they feared and loved their God above all, ndhuwur awake dhewe lan karsane, lusts, lan kepinginan saka daging.
Nanging sanajan ing prajanjian lawas, it happened regularly that God’s people compromised and adopted the religion, ritual, kabiasaan, lan adat-adat bangsa-bangsa pagan lan brahala sing setya, laku jina, lan (seksual) najis.
They didn’t stay faithful to the voice of God but left the voice and the words of God.
The children of Israel stopped following the voice of God
Kakehan, Israel stopped following the voice of God and followed the voice of people, Swara wong liya; swarane nabi palsu, Pangon Salah, lan guru palsu, lan samesthine saka dheweke tinimbang Gusti Allah. Amarga saka murtad, Umate Gusti Allah rampung ing budak, perbudakan, lan kahanan sing sengsara.
Mayoritas umat Allah ora nganggep pepakoning Gusti Allah minangka apik lan berkah kanggo urip. tinimbang, they considered the commandments of God as evil and a heavy burden. This was mainly because they were unspiritual and didn’t want to do the will of God. They wanted to do the will and desire of the flesh in which the sinful nature reigns.
Yesus dadi kagungane Gusti Yesus lan ngrungokake swarane Gusti Allah
Jesus didn’t annul the commandments of God that represent the nature and will of God. Panjenengane netepake angger-angger kanthi mlaku kanthi manut marang dhawuhe Gusti Allah ing karsane.
Gusti Yesus dumadi marang Gusti Allah lan ngrungokake swarane Gusti lan ora nindakake apa-apa ing njaba Gusti Allah.
Jesus was not led by His flesh. He wasn’t influenced by His surroundings, uga dening wong liya, kalebu (Keagamaan) pimpinan wong, ujar. But Jesus stayed obedient and faithful to the voice of His Father. He walked according to His will in His commandments and fulfilled the law.
Gusti Yesus minangka bayangan saka Gusti Allah. Ukara Gusti Allah minangka panguwasa paling dhuwur ing uripe (menyang. wong Ibrani 1:3; 5:8).
Liwat total kiriman marang Gusti Allah lan mituhu marang tembunge, Gusti Yesus, Putraning Allah, dipisah saka jagad iki (Sistem Donya) lan mbedakake awake saka putrane Iblis (kalorone lanang lan wadon).
Through His obedience to God’s voice and keeping His commandments, Jesus showed that He feared and loved God. Jesus showed that He belonged to Him and nobody else.
Lan kaya Gusti Yesus, sing nuduhake liwat mlaku-mlaku, yen dheweke dadi kagungane Gusti Allah lan putrane, kabeh wong, sing lair saka Gusti Allah lan dadi kagungane Yesus Kristus, shall fear and love Him and listen to His voice and keep His commandments and be His witness.
The people who belong to Jesus listen to His voice
Gusti Yesus ngandika, His sheep hear His voice and follow Him. This means that they listen to Jesus and do what Jesus told them to do. Gusti Yesus uga ujar, His sheep shall not hear the voice of a stranger and follow the stranger but flee from him, Amarga dheweke ora ngerti swarane wong liya.
satemene, satemene, Aku pitutur marang kowe, Wong sing mlebu ora ana lawang ing wedhus, Nanging menek maneh cara liyane, padha karo maling lan rampok. Nanging sing mlebu ing ngarep lawang yaiku pangon wedhus. Kanggo porter porter; lan wedhus-wedhus mau krungu swarane: lan nimbali wedhus dhewe kanthi jeneng, lan metu. Lan nalika dheweke netepake wedhus dhewe, Dheweke sadurunge dheweke, lan wedhus-wedhus mau ngetutake dheweke: Amarga dheweke ngerti swarane. Lan wong liya ora bakal ngetutake, nanging bakal mlayu saka dheweke: Amarga dheweke ora ngerti swarane wong liya (John 10:1-5)
Banjur wong-wong Yahudi padha teka bab dheweke, lan ngandika marang dheweke, Suwene sampeyan bisa mangu-mangu? Yen sampeyan Kristus, Dakkandhani kanthi jelas. Gusti Yésus semaur, Aku pitutur marang kowe, Lan sampeyan ora percaya: Karya sing daklakoni ing jeneng bapakku, Dheweke dadi seksine babagan aku. Nanging sampeyan ora ngandel, Amarga kowe dudu wedhus-wedhusku, Kaya sing dakkandhakake marang kowe. Wedhus-wedhusku krungu swaraku, lan aku ngerti dheweke, Lan padha ngetutake aku: Lan aku menehi urip langgeng; lan dheweke ora bakal mati, uga ora ana wong sing bisa dicopot saka tanganku. Bapakku, sing menehi aku, luwih gedhe tinimbang kabeh; Lan ora ana wong sing bisa njupuk dheweke saka tangan bapakku. Aku lan bapakku siji (John 10:24-30)
Many Christians don’t know the voice of Jesus
Today there are many people, sing nyebut awake wong Kristen, but don’t know the voice of Jesus Christ. They don’t listen to the voice of Jesus and don’t do what the Bible says. tinimbang, dheweke ngrungokake swara wong liya.
They listen to the devil and people, sing ngomong saka pikiran kadagingan, lan tindakake lan manut karo tembunge.
Akèh wong Kristen ora maca lan sinau Alkitab dhéwé. Therefore they don’t know the words and the will of God and have no knowledge of good and evil.
Tinimbang mbuwang wektu karo Gusti Allah lan ngerti swarane lan ngrungokake dheweke lan dipakani awake dhewe karo tembunge Gusti Allah, Christians listen to the world and all kinds of preachers. They feed themselves with their words and consider their words as the truth.
They don’t look at their lives and the fruit they bear. Nor do they compare their words with the words in the Bible. But they blindly trust their words and follow them. All because they don’t know the truth of God themselves.
Since they don’t study the Bible, nanging gumantung marang tembung-tembung para pendeta, sing akeh laras and worldlike lan martakake kayekten dhewe, they become lukewarm and apostate to God and His Word. They don’t live according to God’s will but live outside His will. Amarga iku, 'Para putrane Gusti Allah’ (kalorone lanang lan wadon) Aja mbedakake awake dhewe saka putrane Iblis.
Are Christians a reflection of Jesus?
Kristen mesthine minangka refleksi Yesus (Yesus Kristus sing sejati lan dudu Yesus Umur Anyar) and walk in obedience to His words and distinguish themselves from the world.
Nanging, saka Gusti Yesus Kristus dadi Gustine urip lan ngrungokake swarane lan nuruti pepakone, dheweke iku gusti uripe lan urip sawise karsane, lusts, lan kepinginan daginge. They speak words and do things, which are an abomination to God and go against His will.
Many times they bring fellow Christians down with them and defile the church through their sinful behavior and consider the blood of Jesus as unclean.
Umate Gusti Allah mbedakake awake dhewe saka bangsa-bangsa pagan kanthi njaga ukum kasebut. Gusti Yesus Kristus mbedakake awake saka wong karnal, Penciptaan lawas, dening Netepi dhawuhe Gusti Allah lan netepi ukum kasebut, Lan Nasrani, sing wis dadi titah anyar ing Kristus, mbedakake awake dhewe saka titah lawas, Sapa sing dadi jagad lan mlaku ing pepeteng, Kanthi mlaku kanthi iman sawise Hukum Roh Life.
Nanging, Amarga kasunyatan manawa akeh wong Kristen sing ngrungokake swarane jagad lan swarane para pendeta, Sapa sing dianggep karname lan dadi jagad, lan nimbang swarane jagad minangka panguwasa sing paling dhuwur ing urip, Dheweke urip kaya jagad iki lan mula ora ana bedane antarane wong-wong sing ora percaya.
Ana akeh wong Kristen, sing ikhlas lan pengin mlaku kanthi bener, Nanging amarga para pandhita lan karnal Kristen, Dheweke disalahake dening ngapusi lan nglampahi pakaryan saka daging lan terus-terusan nindakake dosa lan tetep urip sawise karsane Iblis ing budak-budak mati.
Apa kandhané Alkitab?
Ing kabeh telung dispensasi ing Kitab Suci, karsane Gusti Allah tetep tetep padha. Not God, but the people changed. The people changed and twisted the words of God and came up with new things and preached their own message.
Mesthi wae, Kita kudu mbedakake prajanjian lawas, sing disegel karo getih kewan lan temenan kanggo wong lanang kadaluwan, lan Prajanjian Anyar, yaiku sealed with the blood of Jesus and is meant for the spiritual new man. Nanging, karsane Gusti Allah ora owah karo prajanjian anyar lan ora bakal owah!
Karya saka Daging (i.e. ngapusi, nyembah brahala, (seksual) najis (laku cabul, Prostitusi, nonton porno, Masturbasi, non-marital sexual relationships, duwe jinis karo wong-wong jamak utawa wong jenis utawa bocah utawa kewan, lsp.) laku jina, Angtrion, nyolong, mabuk lan sapanunggalane, Apa karya saka wong tuwa lan kudu dilebokake.
Pakaryan saka Daging iki ora kalebu ing sangarepe anak-anaké Gusti Allah.
Lan ora ana sing bisa ngomong, manawa iki ora mungkin. Because the Bible says that by the power of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, the new man is able to put off the works of the flesh.
Nyatane, the Word commands to put off the works of the flesh and to nyingkirake wong tuwa lan kanggo sijine wong anyar, sing digawe ing gambar Allah. (menyang. Efesus 4:20-32, Kolose 3:1-14).
The fear and love for God and the will of man
But it all depends upon the fear and love for God and the will of man. Does the person fear and love God with all his heart, Jiwa, Pikiran, and strength and submitted his will to the will of God?
Is the person willing to lay down the works of the flesh or does the person loves the works of the flesh more than God and wants to keep doing the works of the flesh to please himself and fulfill the desires of the flesh? If the latter is the case, people shall search for preachers and fellow Christians, who are carnal just like them, and say what they want to hear and affirm and approve their works of the flesh.
The fruits of people’s lives prove to whom they belong and what voice they listen to
Wong, sing lair saka Gusti Allah lan dadi kagungane bakal ngrungokake swarane. Even when God’s voice doesn’t correspond with their will or feelings.
Gusti Yesus ngandika tembung saka bapake lan Roh Suci ngandika tembung-tembunge Gusti Yesus. Therefore the Holy Spirit always speaks according to what the Word says.
Tembung kasebut minangka bayangan saka Gusti Allah lan sifat lan ngungkapake karsane.
Mulane, Yen wong ngomong, umpamane, yen ana goroh putih, omah-omah wong sing ora percaya, urip bebarengan ora omah-omah, laku cabul, Hubungan seksual nonmarital, (seksual) najis, laku jina (Pegatan), aborsi, euthanasia, nyembah brahala, lan sihir ora ala, lan sing melu agama Wétan, lan filsafat lan praktik, kaya yoga, Meditasi, mindfulness, Reiki, Akupunktur, seni beladiri, lsp. ora ala lan mbebayani lan diidini kanggo wong Kristen, Banjur padha ngandharake Gusti Allah lan ngucapake goroh amarga tembunge mbantah ukara lan karsane Gusti Allah (Maca uga: Apa sampeyan bisa misahake spiritual saka filsafat lan praktik Timur? lan Apa sampeyan bisa nggawe dosa ing sih-rahmat?).
Their words prove they are unspiritual and don’t discern the spirits and don’t know the will of God and don’t live according to the Word and the Spirit. Mulane, Sampeyan kudu nolak tembunge lan mlayu saka dheweke, instead of believing and obeying their words and following them.
Nasrani kudu manggon ing kerangka ing Kitab Suci. God’s Word must be the highest authority in the lives of Christians. Dadi ngono, Kristen’ lives align with the Word.
This only happens if the fear of God and Jesus Christ returns in the lives of Christians and they put God and His Word above the people and the world.
Apa swara sampeyan ngrungokake?
If you’re born of God and belong to Jesus Christ and are part of His flock, you’ll hear His voice and follow Him. Sampeyan bakal nindakake apa sing dingandikakake Gusti Yesus lan netepi dhawuhe, Mangkono sampeyan bakal mbedakake awake dhewe saka jagad iki lan nuduhake yen sampeyan minangka Putraning Allah tinimbang putrane Iblis.
'Dadi uyahing bumi’
