Tuhan adalah Pencipta langit dan bumi dan semua yang ada di dalamnya. Nothing is created outside God. Therefore the heaven and the earth and all there is within is God’s possession and no one else’s. God is the Husbandman and has given the management of the vineyard to man. Namun begitu, in the garden of Eden, man chose to no longer believe and obey God, but the devil and to do his will. And many still chose to believe and obey the devil, despite the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. But although many people keep serving the devil through sin and empowering him, it is still God, who is the Owner and shall judge everyone according to their works. God has this right, tak kira apa orang kata. God is the Husbandmen and the earth is the vineyard and God still sends His servants in the vineyard, despite the wicked husbandmen. But as the wicked husbandmen, who are sons of the devil, treated the prophets and the Son of God in the Old Covenant and the sons of God in the New Covenant (kedua -dua lelaki dan perempuan), the wicked husbandmen still treat the sons of God, because the darkness can’t stand the light. Yang masih berani bekerja di kebun anggur?
Abel was killed because of his righteousness
Oleh itu juga dikatakan hikmah Allah, Aku akan mengutus mereka nabi dan rasul, dan sebahagian daripada mereka akan mereka bunuh dan aniaya: Bahawa darah semua nabi, yang telah ditumpahkan dari asas dunia, mungkin diperlukan generasi ini; Dari darah Habel hingga darah Zakharia, yang binasa di antara mezbah dan kuil: sesungguhnya Aku berkata kepadamu, Ia akan diperlukan daripada generasi ini (Lukas 11:49-51)
Oleh itu, lihatlah, Aku mengutus kepadamu nabi-nabi, dan orang bijak pandai, dan ahli kitab: dan sebahagian daripada mereka hendaklah kamu bunuh dan salibkan; dan sebahagian daripada mereka akan kamu sebat di rumah ibadat kamu, dan menganiaya mereka dari kota ke kota: Agar ke atasmu datang semua darah orang benar yang tertumpah di atas bumi, dari darah Habel yang benar hingga darah Zakharia anak Barakias, yang kamu bunuh di antara Bait Suci dan mezbah (Matthew 23:34-35)
Abel was the first person, who was killed because of his righteousness. The righteousness of Abel revealed the unrighteousness of Cain. The sacrifice of Abel was accepted by God, but the sacrifice of Cain was not accepted by God, and because of that Cain became very angry.
Dan dalam proses masa ia berlalu, Kain itu membawa buah tanah yang ditawarkan kepada Tuhan. Dan Abel, Dia juga membawa anak -anak kawanannya dan lemaknya. Dan Tuhan menghormati Abel dan persembahannya: Tetapi kepada Kain dan tawarannya dia tidak menghormati.
Dan Kain sangat lantang, Dan wajahnya jatuh. Dan Tuhan berfirman kepada Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him (Kejadian 4:3-7)
God confronted Cain and asked, kenapa dia marah (geram) and why his countenance fell. Then God warned Cain of the sin he was about to commit, by giving him a choice to do good or do evil.
If Cain would choose to do well, he would not give in to his anger and would rule over his feelings of anger and because of that, he wouldn’t sin.
But if Cain chose to do not well, and give in to his anger, then he would open the door for sin and sin would rule over him, bukannya sebaliknya.
God warned Cain and the consequences of his decision, but it was up to Cain to decide. Would Cain rule over his anger or would Cain allow the temporary feelings of anger to rule over him and bear the fruit of sin in his life?
Cain didn’t listen to God’s warning but rejected the warning of God. Instead of submitting to the words of God and choosing to do good, Cain rejected God’s warning and yielded to the will of his flesh and gave into his feelings of anger and allow the anger to rule over him and so Cain slew Abel, so that the righteousness of Abel would not accuse him anymore.
But the blood of righteous Abel bore witness of the sin of Cain and cried from the earth unto God (Kejadian 4:8-16)
The prophets were killed because they spoke the righteous words of God
Abel was not the only one, who was killed because of his righteousness, which became visible through his sacrifice. It was not only his blood that cried from the earth unto God. para nabi, who God had sent and walked righteously before the face of God according to His will and spoke the righteous words of God and revealed the sin and iniquity of the people and convicted the people of their sin and called the people to repentance, were also killed by the people.
The true prophets of God were killed, so that the people of God could do evil and live the way they wanted to live according to their own will, without being harassed and accused by the prophets of God and without feeling guilty.
The people loved to hear the false prophets, who prophesied according to their own insights and from their own will, Nafsu, and desires and therefore prophesied lies and peace, while there was no peace, and approved the sin of the people, so that the people could live according to their own will.
Zachariah was the last prophet of the Old Covenant, who was killed between the altar and the temple.
The message of Zachariah was a hard message with the purpose to turn the people from their evil ways and their evil doings (perbuatan) and repent and serve the Lord by keeping His commandments, so that the people would be saved.
But the people didn’t want to hear the words of God, which were spoken through the mouth of Zachariah and so they killed Zachariah, so that the people wouldn’t be confronted by Zachariah with their evil ways and their evil doings and no longer be accused, but continue their own way.
Yesus Kristus, Anak Tuhan, was killed because of His righteousness
Dunia tidak boleh membenci anda; but Me it hateth, Kerana saya memberi keterangan tentangnya, bahawa karya -karyanya adalah jahat (John 7:7)
Yesus Kristus, Anak Tuhan yang Hidup, was the last One of the Old Covenant and the first One of the New Covenant, who was killed because of His righteousness by the house of Israel. Jesus did good and only spoke the words of God and preached the message of repentance and brought the Kingdom of God to the children of Israel.
Although Jesus was a Man of compassion, Jesus didn’t consider the feelings and emotions of the carnal people, but Jesus spoke the words of God, despite the consequences and the persecution of people.
Jesus experienced persecution by the people, who looked sincere, bertaqwa, and religious outwardly but were wicked inwardly (Baca juga: Siapa Yesus Kristus sebenarnya? dan Yesus, a Man of compassion).
Rakyat, who looked sincere and religious from the outside, but were evil on the inside, were convicted by the righteousness of Jesus of their evil works and walk.
Although they belonged to the house of Israel and many of them were appointed as leaders of the house of Israel, they had the nature of the devil and listened to their father, syaitan, and did his will and works and because of that, they walked in darkness in his will (Baca juga: Kehendak Tuhan vs kehendak syaitan).
They tried to find a way to get rid of the Person, who accused them and convicted them of their sins.
They followed the example of Cain, who killed Abel, and the example of their fathers, who killed the prophets, and got rid of the righteousness of Jesus Christ, by sentencing Jesus to death, so that Jesus wouldn’t be a threat to them anymore and Jesus wouldn’t testify of their evil works and they wouldn’t be accused anymore, but they could continue their evil works.
The sons of God were persecuted and many of them were killed because of their righteousness
And as they killed Abel, para nabi, and the Son of God, because of their righteousness, they also silenced and persecuted and many sometimes even killed the sons of God of the New Covenant because of their righteousness in Christ (Oh. 2 Korintus 5:21)
Dunia tidak berubah, nor is the ruler of this world. Therefore the world shall still silence and persecute and sometimes even kill the sons of God when they preach the true gospel of Jesus Christ and the words and will of God.
The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, kebenaran, dan penghakiman
Sekiranya dunia membenci anda, kamu tahu bahawa ia membenci Aku sebelum ia membenci kamu. Jika kamu dari dunia, dunia akan menyukai sendiri: tetapi kerana kamu bukan dari dunia, Tetapi saya telah memilih anda dari dunia, sebab itu dunia membenci kamu. Ingat perkataan yang saya katakan kepada anda, Hamba itu tidak lebih besar daripada tuannya. Sekiranya mereka menganiaya saya, Mereka juga akan menganiaya anda; Sekiranya mereka terus berkata, Mereka akan menjaga anda juga. Tetapi semua perkara ini akan mereka lakukan kepada anda demi nama saya, kerana mereka tidak tahu dia yang menghantar saya. Sekiranya saya tidak datang dan bercakap dengan mereka, mereka tidak mempunyai dosa: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth Me hateth My Father also (John 15:18-23)
Roh Kudus, yang tinggal dalam ciptaan baru, menginsafkan dunia akan dosa, kebenaran, dan penghakiman. Oleh itu mereka, who belong to the world and obey the ruler of the world and persevere in sin and live in darkness, can’t stand the light and can’t be in the presence of those, who are born of God and belong to Christ and have the Holy Spirit abiding in them, because the righteousness of God testifies that their works are evil (Oh. John 7:7; 16:8-11)
There shall be people, who shall be convicted, oleh Roh Kudus, of their sins and iniquities and by faith in Jesus Christ repent and be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit, so that by faith and regeneration in Christ, they shall be saved from death and shall no longer be a slave of sin and death (Baca juga: Perisai kegelapan dan Perisai cahaya)
But there shall also be people, who shall be convicted, oleh Roh Kudus, of their sins and iniquities, but shall refuse to repent because of their stubbornness and hardened heart, and therefore they shall feel uncomfortable in the presence of Christians and can’t be in their presence and shall become angry and walk away or accuse and persecute them, so that they will no longer testify of their evil works and they won’t feel condemned and guilty and can continue their evil works.
Do you still dare to work in the vineyard?
If the prophets, Jesus the Son of God and the new creations; the sons of God would have considered the feelings and emotions of people and spoke the words the people wanted to hear, as so many preachers do today, the prophets wouldn’t be killed, Jesus would not have been crucified and the disciples and apostles would not have been persecuted and died a martyr’s death.
Mengikuti Yesus akan membebankan anda segalanya, Ini akan membebankan hidup anda. Are you willing to give up your life and be a witness of Jesus Christ? Are you a brave soldier of Jesus Christ? Do you dare to preach the uncompromised gospel of Jesus Christ that calls to repentance, penyingkiran dosa, and saves and changes lives, and makes people righteous and walk in righteousness? Do you still dare to work in the vineyard?
‘Jadilah garam bumi’
