Naon buah iman numutkeun Kitab Suci? Kusabab urang Kristen sering nyarios, yen maranehna percaya ka Yesus Kristus jeung nu percaya ka Allah, but do they really? Sababaraha kali, their words and works (kalakuan) don’t line up with what they say they believe. Aranjeunna teu leumpang sanggeus Roh ku iman tapi maranéhna leumpang ku naon indra maranéhanana ngarasa jeung pikiran carnal nyebutkeun. Let’s look at what the Bible says about the fruit faith?
What is the definition of faith according to the Bible?
Dina Ibrani 11:1 we read the definition of faith: Ayeuna iman mangrupikeun zat anu dipiharep, bukti hal teu katempo.
Iman mangrupikeun jaminan tina hal-hal anu dipiharep sareng buktina (buktina) tina hal-hal anu teu katingali.
Let’s look at the word ‘hope’. Hope is translated from the Greek word ‘elpízõ’ and means; nyangka atawa curhat: – (gaduh, hal) harepan (-d) (pikeun), kapercayaan.
Hope means that you are confident and that you trust, yén aya hiji hal anu bakal kajadian.
You expect it to happen.
Teu aya ragu dina harepan, but hope is an expectation.
There is a full assurance in hope; an expectation, that ‘something’ is going to happen.
Ku kituna, iman mangrupikeun jaminan tina hal-hal anu anjeun ngarepkeun bakal kajadian. Faith is the evidence of things that are not seen.
How does faith speak?
Faith speaks the words of God, nu Roh jeung hirup. Faith call those things which are not as though they were (Urang Romawi 4:17).
Mimiti, the fruit faith became visible on earth was during the creation. Allah kagungan iman kana Firman sareng kakawasaan-Na. Anjeunna terang, nalika Anjeunna nyarioskeun Firman (Yesus, Kecap hirup) yén ku kakawasaan-Na (sumanget suci) eta sumping kana mahluk. Teu katingali acan, tapi Allah terang kakawasaan Firman-Na.
Allah kagungan ciptaan ieu dina pikiran-Na sarta spoke ciptaan ieu jadi mahluk. Anjeunna disebut eta hal, anu henteu, saolah-olah aranjeunna.
Upami anjeun Lahir deui di Kristus and have become spiritual, then you understand through faith that the worlds were created by the Word of God. Every Christian believes and understands this through the Word and the Holy Spirit.
Ngalangkungan iman urang ngartos yén dunya anu dipiguraan ku kecap Allah, ku kituna hal-hal anu katingali henteu dilakukeun tina hal anu katingali (urang Ibrani 11:3)
Naon hartina kecap iman?
Iman ditarjamahkeun tina kecap Yunani 'epistis' jeung hartina: persuasi, nyaeta, kapercayaan; kapercayaan moral (tina bebeneran agama, atawa kabeneran Allah atawa guru agama), utamana ngandelkeun Kristus pikeun kasalametan; abstrak constancy dina profési misalna; ku ngalegaan sistem kaagamaan (Injil) bebeneran sorangan: – jaminan, kapercayaan, percanten, iman, kasatiaan.
Anjeun dibujuk, anjeun gaduh kapercayaan. Anjeun yakin yén 'hiji hal' nyaéta kaleresan. Ku kituna, you stand and keep standing on that truth.
You remain faithful to the truth. Henteu aya sareng teu aya anu tiasa ngajauhan anjeun tina bebeneran éta. Anjeun teu mundur jeung anjeun teu ragu (Baca ogé: Naha kuring mendakan iman di bumi?).
Nalika iman anjeun dimimitian?
Your faith begins when you are convinced that something is the truth. Anjeun geus uninga, maca, atawa katempo hiji hal, sareng anjeun percanten, éta naon anjeun uninga, maca, atanapi ningal leres.
God has given a free will to everyone. Therefore every person has a free will to make his own choices in life. Everyone decides to believe the Word of God or not believe the Word of God.
Their words, kalakuan, and lives show, whether they believe the Word of God or not.
Carnal people always need some kind of proof and/or a sign, saméméh maranéhna percaya. They are sense-ruled and will only believe if they’ll see it with their natural eyes.
Sanajan kitu, it happens often that when they get some kind of proof or a sign, they still doubt. (Baca ogé: Mimiti ningali teras percaya atanapi mimiti percaya teras ningali?).
Urang sadayana terang yén mamang nyaéta sabalikna tina iman. Mamang téh buah kolot; lalaki yaman. Lamun cangcaya, you can’t walk in faith and bear the fruit of faith.
Naon opat léngkah basajan iman dina prosés regenerasi?
But the new creations don’t walk after the flesh by what they see in the natural realm. The new creations walk after the Spirit in submission to God in obedience to the Word.
They speak and do the words of God and walk in faith and bear the fruit of faith in their lives. Aranjeunna tetep dina Firman Allah sareng nyauran hal-hal anu henteu saolah-olah éta.
Kreasi anyar teu dipindahkeun tur maréntah ku indra maranéhanana, parasaan, émosi, jsb., But they are moved and ruled by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. Nyaéta 4 léngkah basajan iman dina prosés regenerasi.
the first step of faith
The first step of faith is to believe in Jesus Christ that He is the Son of God and came in the flesh and became the Substitute and Redeemer for fallen man. Percanten, that through His sacrifice at the cross, ku getih-Na, sareng kabangkitan tina paéh, Jesus dealt with the sin problem of mankind, kaasup anjeun.
Jesus delivered man from the power of the devil, dosa jeung maot, and translated man from the darkness into the light. Anjeunna malikkeun posisi manusa jeung reconciled man deui ka Allah.
If you believe all this, Anjeun tobat tina kahirupan heubeul anjeun salaku jelema nu ngalakukeun dosa jeung nyieun Yesus Jurusalamet anjeun jeung Gusti.
Éta léngkah munggaran anu anjeun lakukeun dina iman; percanten ka Yesus Kristus, sareng Anjeunna karya redemptive jeung tobat tina kahirupan dosa anjeun
Lengkah kadua iman
Ayeuna datang lengkah kadua, nu regenerasi dina Kristus. After your repentance, you are baptized in water and identify with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In the water you lay down your old life as a sinner. You bury the old man with its sinful nature and arise in newness of life.
Anjeun crucify your (dosa) daging (diri anjeun, your carnal lusts and desires, pamadegan, jalanna, dosa, kajahatan, jsb.) and your spirit raises from the dead
Lengkah katilu iman
You will arise from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit and enter eternal life. After the baptism, anjeun nampi Roh Suci.
You are born of the Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit dwells in you. Anjeun geus jadi ciptaan anyar; putra Allah (Ieu manglaku pikeun lalaki sareng bikang), and God’s nature dwells in you.
Now you believe that you are a new creation that is born of water and Spirit.
Léngkah ahir iman
Anjeun percanten, yén anjeun geus jadi ciptaan anyar. Nu heubeul geus musna jeung nu anyar, anu diciptakeun saatos gambar Allah, geus dilahirkeun. Nalika anjeun yakin yén anjeun mangrupikeun ciptaan énggal sareng yén jaman baheula parantos musna, you will also walk as the new creation in newness of life.
Anjeun bakal yakin ka Yesus Kristus; the Word and walk after the Spirit in submission and obedience to His words. The Bible shall guide you and the Holy Spirit shall lead and teach you..
Salaku ye geus kituna narima Kristus Yesus Gusti, jadi leumpang anjeun di Anjeunna: Akar sareng diwangun dina Anjeunna, jeung mantep dina iman, sakumaha anu geus diajarkeun ka anjeun, abounding therein jeung sukur.
Kolosa 2:6,7
Kumaha anjeun ngamekarkeun iman?
You develop faith by hearing the Word of God, renewing your mind with the Word of God, and applying the Word of God into your life, whereby you shall speak and do the Word of God.
Hearing and renewing pikiran anjeun with the Word of God are so important, because without the knowledge of the truth and knowing the will of God, you can’t pray and walk by faith and live a holy life.
Iman datang ku dédéngéan jeung dédéngéan ku Firman Allah (Urang Romawi 10:17)
Tapi anjeun, tergatiol, ngawangun diri anjeun dina iman anu paling suci, neneda dina Roh Suci (Jude 1:20)
You shall build yourself up in your most holy faith and walk according to what the Word says.
Anjeun kedah neneda dina Roh Suci, nyaéta solat dina basa séjén.
The Holy Spirit knows exactly, naon anu anjeun peryogikeun sareng naon halangan dina kahirupan anjeun. Anjeunna mantuan infirmities Anjeun, and intercedes for you.
Kitu ogé Roh ogé mantuan kami infirmities: sabab urang henteu terang naon anu kedah urang doakeun sakumaha anu dipikahoyong: tapi Roh sorangan maketh intercession pikeun urang jeung groanings nu teu bisa uttered (Urang Romawi 8:26)
Kecap wangsit ku Roh
Sateuacan anjeun ngabubarkeun deui, anjeun henteu terang, naon anu ditulis dina Firman Allah. You didn’t know Jesus Christ, jeung saha Allah jeung walked di gelap. Or maybe you did read the Bible, tapi anjeun teu ngarti naon anu ditulis.
Tapi ayeuna, that you are spiritual and have received the Holy Spirit, and entered into His light, you shall read His Word by His Spirit. You shall understand what is written, because the Holy Spirit reveals the Word of God (anu Roh) kanggo Anjeun.
Roh téh éta konci pikeun pamahaman Firman Allah, Anjeunna Guru anjeun. Anjeun henteu peryogi sagala jinis guru. The Holy Spirit teaches you into all truth and guide you. Anjeunna bakal ngangkat anjeun dina Firman-Na, ku kituna anjeun bakal leumpang dina iman.
Anjeun bakal ngalakukeun, naon Firman ngabejaan Anjeun pikeun ngalakukeun. You’ll live according to what the Word says, instead of what the world or your senses say.
You shall abide in Him and walk in Him and walk in truth.
The works shall follow your faith
Iman tanpa karya nyaeta maot. Ku maca Firman Allah, ngalarapkeun Firman, sarta ku kituna ngalakonan Firman Allah, anjeun bakal leumpang di Anjeunna. Anjeun bakal tetep parentah-Na jeung nurut ka Anjeunna.
Anjeun bakal nyarita jeung hirup nurutkeun Kecap. Nalika anjeun ngalakukeun Firman, karya bakal nuturkeun anjeun, Sapertos padamelan anu nuturkeun Yesus, sabab Anjeunna walked sanggeus Roh.
Salami anjeun tetep di Anjeunna; kecap, karya bakal nuturkeun anjeun.
Sabab sakumaha awak tanpa roh geus maot, jadi iman tanpa karya oge maot
James 2:26
Quench sagala panah seuneu ku iman
Anjeun moal salawasna nampi wilujeng sumping anu haneut sareng panginten jalma-jalma di sabudeureun anjeun bakal henteu resep anjeun, sareng ngahukum anjeun.
The devil shall do everything he can, to bring you back to the flesh, so that he can reign over you again, sabalikna anjeun reigning leuwih anjeunna.
Anjeunna bakal nuduh anjeun dina pikiran anjeun, he shall raise thoughts in your mind that oppose the Word of God.
Terserah anjeun, naon anu anjeun lakukeun ku pikiran ieu. Naha anjeun tuang aranjeunna, or do you take these thoughts captive in Jesus Christ and cast them down?
Iblis teu ngan ngagunakeun pikiran anjeun, tapi ogé jalma pikeun nyerang anjeun.
Iblis boga hiji tujuan jeung nu ngancurkeun anjeun. Ku kituna, the devil shall do everything he can and use everyone he can, pikeun ngalaksanakeun misina.
But when you stay in Christ and abide in the Word, mangka ku iman anjeun bisa quench sadayana the fiery darts of wicked one. Catetan, it is written ‘all’ and not ‘some’.
Iman mangrupikeun tameng anjeun, tapi anjeun kedah tahan. No one else can do that for you. Therefore it is important to build yourself up in your most holy faith.
Luhureun sadaya, nyandak taméng iman, dimana anjeun bakal tiasa ngaleungitkeun sadaya darts fiery
Efesians 6:16
Naon ngancurkeun iman anjeun?
As long as you stay in the Word of God and walk after the Spirit and obey His words and keep His commandments, anjeun bakal tetep dina iman. Tapi anjeun kedah tetep awake and be watchful sepanjang waktos. Anjeun kedah pernah ngantep jaga anjeun turun.
Jaga pikiran anjeun ngalawan pangaweruh dunya ieu, sarta tetep satia ka Firman. Nalika anjeun tuang pikiran anjeun ku pangaweruh dunya ieu, mangka ragu bakal timbul. Because the knowledge and truth of this world goes against the knowledge and truth of the Word.
Therefore faith can be destroyed by doubt. This doubt can come both from the inside of you and from the outside:
- Mamang ti jero: mamang bisa asup lamun teu renewed pikiran anjeun jeung Kecap Allah (Alkitab). Bisa jadi di wewengkon nu tangtu hirup anjeun, Anjeun teu acan renewed pikiran anjeun jeung Kecap Allah. In those area’s your mind is carnal and human reason still reigns instead of the Spirit. This will ensure that you keep living after the flesh.
- Mamang ti luar: doubt can also enter from the outside through false teachings, wisdom of the world etc.. Paul warned the believers many times about false teachers and philosophies of man that will lead them astray and away from the faith in Christ Jesus.
Tetep di Anjeunna
Salami anjeun cicing di Anjeunna jeung leumpang nurutkeun Kecap, mangka anjeun moal dipindahkeun, and shall stand and walk in faith. But if you do not walk according to the Word, tapi nurutkeun naon dunya nyebutkeun(filosofi, elmu jeung sajabana.) Anjeun bakal nurut dunya jeung moal bisa leumpang dina iman. Sabab dunya téh enmity ngalawan Allah jeung Firman-Na.
Salaku ye geus kituna narima Kristus Yesus Gusti, jadi leumpang anjeun di Anjeunna: Akar sareng diwangun dina Anjeunna, jeung mantep dina iman, sakumaha anu geus diajarkeun ka anjeun, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, Saatos tradisi lalaki, Saatos rudiments dunya, sareng henteu saatos Kristus. Pikeun anjeunna cicing sadayana kasampurnaan déwi ragana
Kolosa 2:6-9
Naon buah iman?
The fruit faith is a fruit of the Spirit and is present in every born again believer’s life. When you bear the fruit faith, you shall not walk by what your flesh, your carnal mind and senses, ngabejaan Anjeun. But you shall walk by faith after the Spirit by what the Word and the Spirit tell you.
Tetep iman
Don’t loose you faith but keep the faith. Make sure that you seek the things which are above and fill your mind with the things of God and His words and stay in Christ. Ngalawan gelut alus iman. Henteu aya anu maok iman anjeun, even when they turn against you.
Aya kitu leuwih nulis ngeunaan iman buah, sabab sakabeh Injil ngeunaan iman ka Yesus Kristus. The walk of a born again Christian téh sadayana ngeunaan iman.
I would like to finish this blog post with the following question: Nalika éta waktu anjeun balik ka Imah, can you say the same words that Paul said?
Kuring geus gelut gelut alus, Abdi parantos réngsé kursus, Kuring geus diteundeun iman
2 Timoteus 4:7
'Janten uyah bumi'
