Di 1 Timoteus 5:20, Paul nulis ngeunaan hiji kokolot dosa di gareja jeung naon nu kudu lamun hiji kokolot dosa. Paulus maréntahkeun Timoteus pikeun henteu nampi tuduhan ngalawan sesepuh kecuali tuduhan éta dumasar kana dua atanapi tilu saksi.. Only when the accusation was based upon two or three witnesses, Timothy had to rebuke the sinning elder before the congregation so that the fear of God would remain. Let’s look at what the Bible says about the spiritual meaning and purpose of rebuking a sinning elder publicly (before all in the church).
Naon kajadian jeung kokolot sinning di gareja kiwari?
Kiwari, loba urang Kristen bakal langsung mikir atawa ngomong: “Naon hal kasar jeung hartina ngalakukeun!”, “Oh, éta jalma miskin (sesepuh)! Urang teu kudu ngalakukeun hal eta cara, sabab éta jalma miskin geus ngalaman ku dosa" atawa "Alkitab paréntah urang pikeun leumpang dina cinta, jeung ieu lain tanda leumpang asih jeung mintonkeun cinta ka tatangga Anjeun. Moal aya nu hayang éra di hareupeun sakumna jamaah, sabab urang teu sampurna, urang sadaya dosa”.
Many Christians would say these things because aranjeunna carnal instead of spiritual. They walk after the flesh instead of the Spirit.
Instead of being led by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, they’re led by their opinions, parasaan, jeung émosi. Sanajan kitu, this is very dangerous for the Body of Christ.
Kusabab ieu, Christians don’t change their lives to the Word of God. Gantina, they adjust the words of God and parentah Yesus Kristus kana kahayang maranéhna, nafsu, jeung kahayang. Maranehna nutup panon jeung nyieun ceuli kusam kana bebeneran Allah.
Dina tulisan ieu, sesepuh ditulis dina wangun maskulin sabab leuwih gampang dibaca. Tapi lumaku pikeun duanana lalaki jeung bikang.
Ngalawan sesepuh moal nampi tuduhan, tapi saméméh dua atawa tilu saksi. Maranéhanana nu dosa rebuke saméméh kabéh, yén batur ogé bisa sieun
1 Timoteus 5:20
What does the Bible say about the characteristics of elders in the church?
Saurang kokolot diparéntahkeun ka Gusti Yésus Kristus sarta jadi duta Karajaan Allah (sakumaha kuduna unggal Kristen). The Bible says about the characteristics of an elder (uskup) that An elder should walk in righteousness and be blameless (nu hartina teu boga dosa dina hirupna).
An elder should be a husband of one wife, ngabogaan anak satia, anu henteu dituduh karusuhan atanapi anu teu diatur. One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity.
Sepuh kedah teu salah, salaku steward Allah; henteu karep sorangan, teu geura ambek, teu dibikeun ka anggur, euweuh striker, teu dibikeun ka untung kotor.
Saurang kokolot kudu resep silaturahmi, pencinta lalaki alus, séhat, ngan, suci, jeung sedeng. Anjeunna kedah nyepeng kecap anu satia sakumaha anu parantos diajarkeun, yén manéhna bisa ku doktrin alus duanana exhort jeung ngayakinkeun gainsayer.
Sepuh kedah tuang domba Allah. Anjeunna kedah nyandak pangawasan éta, teu ku konstrain, tapi sakarepna; lain keur untung kotor, tapi tina pikiran siap; sanes salaku panguasa kana warisan Allah. Tapi kokolot kudu jadi conto pikeun domba (Lalakon 14:23, Timoteus 1:6-9, 1 Peter 5:1-3).
Para kokolot milik jeung ngawakilan Karajaan Allah
Every born again Christian, kaasup kokolot, nyaéta warga Karajaan Allah. Salaku lahir deui Kristen; a citizen of the Kingdom of God, you have a responsibility. You have to obey the law and the rules of the King and His Kingdom.
As a born again Christian and follower of Jesus Christ, anjeun duta; wakil Yesus Kristus jeung Karajaan-Na.
You are no longer a representative of the kingdom of darkness. Ieu hartosna, that you don’t live in submission to the ruler of the darkness (sétan) and obey him. Anjeun teu ngalakukeun naon Iblis, dunya, and your flesh (jiwa jeung raga) sebutkeun jeung paréntah anjeun ngalakukeun.
Éta kusabab, you have crucified the flesh in Christ and live in submission to Christ. You obey Jesus Christ (kecap) and you do what is written in the Bible.
Sareng aranjeunna yén Kristus parantos disaluyukeun daging sareng Afféksi sareng Nafsu
Galata 5:24
Sepuh anu dosa ngagaduhan Iblis salaku bapa
When an elder sins it means that the elder lives after the flesh and listened and obeyed the devil instead of God. Hiji kokolot, who sins rebels against God and disobeys His Word by fulfilling the desires and lusts of his flesh.
Through his deed of unrighteousness, he has rejected the Word and denied Jesus Christ. The kalakuan kokolot némbongkeun dina kakawasaan saha anjeunna hirup sareng saha anjeunna ngadangukeun.
Anjeun ti bapa anjeun Iblis, jeung lusts bapana anjeun bakal ngalakukeun. Anjeunna murderer ti mimiti, jeung abode teu dina bebeneran, sabab teu aya bebeneran dina anjeunna. Nalika anjeunna nyarios bohong, manéhna nyarita sorangan: sabab anjeunna tukang bohong, jeung bapana eta. Sarta alatan kuring ngabejaan Anjeun kaleresan, anjeun teu percanten ka abdi. Saha anjeun ngayakinkeun kuring kana dosa? Sareng upami kuring nyarios kaleresan, naha anjeun teu percanten ka abdi? Anjeunna anu ti Allah ngadangu kecap Allah: anjeun kituna teu ngadangu aranjeunna, sabab anjeun lain Allah (John 8:44-47)
Tingali dina Taman Eden. Adam and Eve didn’t have a sinful nature, but they believed the words of the serpent (sétan) and followed up his advice. While God was very clear and warned them what kind of evil would happen to them, if they ate the fruit from the forbidden tree.
Sanajan peringatan Allah, they believed the words of the devil instead of the words of God. Through their deed of eating from the forbidden tree, they rejected God and His truth and obeyed the devil and his lie and sinned.
It is the same for everyone that walks in sin. aranjeunna nolak Yesus (kecap) jeung parentah-Na, jeung percaya jeung nurut kana bohong Iblis, anu dianggo ngaliwatan daging jeung sistem dunya.
Ku naon Timoteus kudu nyaah ka kokolot nu boga dosa saméméh kabéhanana?
Timothy had to rebuke the sinning elder in front of the whole congregation, so that every believer would have and keep hiji sieun sareng katakwaan ka Gusti Nu Maha Suci; Anu Nyiptakeun langit sareng bumi sareng sadaya anu aya di jerona.
Sieun ka Yéhuwa kedah tetep aya di garéja. Because without the fear of the Lord, jalma-jalma mukmin bakal asup kana jalan anu dipilih sorangan. They would do what they wanted to do and live after their own will, kawas dunya, sabalikna kersa Gusti.
The believers had to know that you can’t play games with the Almighty God and this is still the case.
Bagja jalma anu sieun salawasna: tapi anu hardens haténa bakal tumiba kana mischief
Paribasa 28:14
How to prevent spiritual lukewarmness in the church?
Paulus maréntahkeun Timoteus pikeun nurut jeung ngajaga paréntah ieu. Supaya jalma-jalma mukmin henteu janten suam-suam kuku sacara rohani ka Allah sareng teu malire kana dosa.
Paul nempo kaayaan spiritual gereja. Anjeunna discerned alam spiritual: Karajaan Allah jeung Karajaan gelap.
Paul knew when a sinning elder would teach the believers in the Word of God (Alkitab), roh jahat ieu najis anu maréntah dina kahirupan kokolot dosa, would come upon all the believers (garéja).
Éta sababna Paul ketat pisan sareng ati-ati kalayan ngijinkeun sareng nunjuk mukmin dina posisi kapamimpinan.
Paul terang pisan, what sin is and what sin produces in a person’s life.
Anjeunna terang, éta nalika dosa éta tolerated di gereja, moal lila saméméh sakabeh garéja bakal kapangaruhan ku jahat jeung bakal maot sacara rohani.
When an elder or any other person in the church walks in sin, eta hartina jalma nu walks dina gelap jeung nu jahat (gelap) is present in the heart of the person.
Para sesepuh kedah hirup suci sareng leumpang dina kabeneran
In the many letters that Paul wrote to the saints, Anjeunna terus-terusan ngadesek aranjeunna pikeun hirup suci sareng leumpang dina kabeneran sareng ngantunkeun lalaki kolot. Unggal waktu Paulus ngingetkeun ka nu percaya, yén ku iman ka Yesus Kristus, aranjeunna geus jadi a kreasi anyar.
Paul taught them, how they should walk as the new creation in this new (rohani) life that was given to them in Christ by the rahmat Allah.
Sabab sakumaha Allah, Yesus Kristus, jeung Roh Suci, Anu hirup di lahir deui Kristen ku Roh, anu suci tur soleh, jadi kudu dilahirkeun deui Kristen, anu geus dijieun dina gambar Allah, kudu suci jeung leumpang dina kaadilan.
Salaku budak, henteu mode anjeun numutkeun kana tilas napsu dina jahiliah anjeun: tapi sakumaha Anjeunna nu geus disebut anjeun suci, Janten ye suci dina sagala cara paguneman; Sabab geus ditulis, Janten ye suci; Kanggo kuring suci. (1 Peter 1:14-17)
Gusti parantos masihan putra-putra-Na (boh lalaki sareng bikang), everything in Christ to resist the devil and sin.
He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in High Places, so that we’ll be able to live holy and walk in righteousness in obedience to God and His Word, and represent and manifest the Kingdom of God on earth.
Ku getih Yesus jeung Karya panebusanana, Anjeun parantos dilakukeun suci sareng soleh. Ku kituna, anjeun bakal hirup sareng leumpang salaku ciptaan anyar dina kasucian sareng kabeneran. Just like Jesus walked in holiness and righteousness through obedience to His Father and doing His will.
Salami anjeun ngadangukeun Firman, jeung nurut jeung ngalakukeun Firman, you stay in Christ and live after the Spirit in freedom under the blood.
Hiji sumanget partiality di garéja
Timoteus kedah ngajaga paréntah ieu, sanajan hubunganana jeung kokolot dosa (an acquaintance, réréncangan, atawa anggota kulawarga), sarta sanajan na (sosial) status jeung kabeungharan.
Timoteus teu tiasa ngantepkeun partiality di gareja. Anjeunna kedah ngarawat jalma anu sami, kaasup sepuh dosa. Lamun Timoteus diperlakukeun jalma unequally, he would be led by a spirit of partiality. (Baca ogé: Sumanget Eli).
Anjeun teu kudu ngahargaan jalma dina judgment; tapi anjeun bakal ngadéngé nu leutik ogé gede; anjeun teu kudu sieun beungeut manusa; sabab pangadilan teh kagungan Allah: jeung cukang lantaranana teuas teuing pikeun anjeun, bawa ka abdi, sarta kuring bakal ngadéngé éta (Dekeriim 1:17)
Dulur-dulur, teu boga iman ka Gusti urang Yesus Kristus, Gusti nu Maha Suci, kalawan hormat jalma (James 2:1)
Kumaha kudu garéja ngubaran kokolot sinning?
Di garéja Dinten, eta jarang atawa pernah kajadian, yén sesepuh dosa atanapi da'wah dosa dicekel sateuacan jamaah.
Di jaman baheula, éta normal nu sesepuh sinning confessed dosa na tobat di hareupeun sakabeh jamaah sarta yén anjeunna dikaluarkeun tina kantor sarta disarmed tina tugas-Na. Tapi ayeuna ampir unggal 'masalah' dina kapamimpinan spiritual direngsekeun balik panto katutup dina setting swasta. Sababaraha kali dirahasiakeun.
Sakapeung, tapi teu salawasna, kokolot dosa bakal dipiceun samentara ti kantor, so that ’the issue’ can appease. But after a short time, jalma nu bakal ulang ordained deui salaku sesepuh di garéja sarua atawa di garéja séjén.
Dina tulisan saméméhna, re-ordinasi tina sesepuh dosa geus dibahas. Ku kituna ieu moal dibahas dina artikel ieu. Upami anjeun henteu acan maca tulisan éta, sareng hoyong macana, teras anjeun tiasa ngaklik tautan di handap ieu: Naon anu dimaksud ku Paulus nyaéta ngadadak numpangkeun leungeun ka lalaki?
In the name of false love and grace sin is accepted in the church
Nyegah sesepuh dosa di tempat umum henteu deui formalitas. Ieu kadorong jauh handapeun cloak tina cinta jeung rahmat, sarta direngsekeun dina setting swasta. Tapi ieu teu cara nu Allah (jeung Yesus) wants the church to deal with sin.
The awak Kristus; the church is one body and not a divided body and should live holy.
The church needs to obey the Head Jesus (kecap), tinimbang sétan (pangawasa dunya).
Especially the elders and leaders of the church should be spiritually mature, and walk as adult sons of God after the Word and the Spirit and bear the buah sumanget.
Maranéhanana kudu hirup suci jeung bener jeung jadi conto pikeun urang Kristen.
Maranéhanana kudu ngangkat mukmin dina Firman Allah, supaya maranehna jadi kawas maranehna, and like Jesus and walk after the Spirit instead of the flesh.
Hanjakalna, loba sesepuh tetep carnal. Aranjeunna nuju dipingpin ku sumanget dunya ieu sareng hirup sapertos dunya. They approve and accept sin in the church and change the Word of God.
They change the gospel of Jesus Christ and the words of God in the Bible to their own opinion, feelings and the carnal will, nafsu jeung kahayang, supaya urang Kristen carnal, kaasup sorangan, bisa hirup kawas dunya, doing what they want and keep walking in sin.
Naon tujuan rebuking dosa sateuacan sadayana di gareja?
When the sin of an elder is exposed in the church and the sinning elder is rebuked before all, sarta nempatkeun kaluar kantor, it ensures that:
- Urang Kristen tetep sieun ka Yéhuwa (ngahormatan) jeung kudu reverence ka Allah jeung Firman-Na
- Urang Kristen terang yén Gusti mangrupikeun Gusti anu adil sareng benci dosa sareng Anjeunna (sareng anjeunna) teu bisa boga komuni jeung dosa
- Urang Kristen didorong sareng dijurung pikeun hirup suci sareng nolak dosa, jeung tetep taat kana Firman
- Urang Kristen tetep satia jeung serius kana hal-hal Karajaan Allah jeung teu puguh jeung leuleus.
- Garéja tetep hudang jeung waspada jeung kudu sadar kana dosa jeung akibatna
- Preventing lukewarmness among Christians
- Gossip and speculations about the matter and the sinning elder will be prevented in the church
Saurang kokolot kudu ngalaksanakeun naon nu diwawarkeun ku kokolot
Nalika sesepuh dosa tetep ditahbiskeun atanapi bakal ditahbiskeun deui saatos sakedap sareng murag deui kana dosa anu sami, bakal kokolot masih bisa dipercaya?
When a sinning elder commands the believers to stay obedient to the Word and live according to what the Bible says, tapi sesepuh henteu ngalakukeun éta sareng henteu ngalaksanakeun naon anu anjeunna da'wahkeun, Naha anjeun nyangka yén jalma mukmin bakal hormat ka sepuh sareng percanten sareng taat kana paréntahna?
The believers shall have little or no reverence and don’t believe his words let alone apply his words in their lives.
They shall think, “”Ha hear him talking! Telling us what we can’t do, but he does what he commands us not to do.”
Many elders are just like the Pharisees that acted piously in the presence of people. Aranjeunna maréntahkeun jalma-jalma pikeun nurut kana firman Allah, tapi dina rusiah, nalika taya nu ningali, they disobeyed the words of God.
Sanajan kitu, Yesus, Saha éta Firstborn ciptaan anyar, ningal sareng terang sadayana ku Roh. Anjeunna terang haténa sareng ngalaan haténa ka jalma-jalma. Yesus henteu nyumputkeun nanaon sareng henteu cicingeun, but He exposed evil and ngancurkeun karya gelap.
Yesus masih ningali sareng terang sadayana. Ngaliwatan Roh Suci, Anjeunna masih ngungkabkeun naon anu lumangsung di gelap. Jesus reveals everything, salami gareja tetep leumpang dina cahaya-Na.
Ngaku dosa sateuacan sadayana
Nalika jaman baheula, para sesepuh dosa ngaku dosana sateuacan sadayana, it ensured that elders would think twice before they listened to their flesh and gave in to the will, kahayang jeung lusts daging jeung dosa maranéhanana.
Maranéhna tetep sieun ka Allah jeung ngajénan Firman-Na. Aranjeunna moal wani ngarobah nanaon ngeunaan kecap Allah jeung nyaluyukeun Kecap kana kahayang jeung hawa nafsu maranéhanana.
Moal aya nu hayang ‘dihina’ di hareupeun rahayat. Taya sahijieun hayang ditandaan salaku kokolot dosa.
Jalma-jalma éta jagjag sacara rohani sareng waspada. Aya kasieun ka Gusti sareng kasadaran kana dosa.
Aranjeunna terang yén dosa mangrupikeun tanda barontak sareng henteu patuh ka Allah.
Aranjeunna terang yén dosa teu ngagaduhan tempat di gareja. Kusabab gareja ngagambarkeun bener Allah jeung otoritas spiritual tina Karajaan Allah di bumi ieu.
Urang Kristen terang yén dosa hartosna taat ka Iblis sareng yén dosa nyababkeun pamisahan antara aranjeunna sareng Allah.
Dina gereja modern poé ieu, dosa diwenangkeun. Kokolot anu ngalakukeun dosa henteu diusir di payuneun jalma-jalma deui sareng kusabab éta sieun ka Gusti ampir musna. Teu aya kahayang diantara jalma-jalma pikeun nolak dosa sareng hirup anu suci sareng suci dina Kristus.
Seuseueurna urang Kristen hoyong hirup sapertos dunya sareng henteu hoyong nyerahkeun kahirupan sorangan. Aranjeunna tetep carnal tur hirup kahirupan maranéhanana sorangan sanggeus daging.
Kokolot anu ngalakukeun dosa moyok Yesus sareng ngarusak Karajaan Allah
Many elders and pastors of the church keep living like the world. They live after the flesh instead of the Spirit. Nu datang garéja teu confronted jeung dosa maranéhanana deui. Aranjeunna teu dilereskeun, sabab loba sesepuh jeung preachers leumpang dina dosa sorangan. Maranehna ngalakukeun naon anu dipikaresep ku maranehna sarta museurkeun kana diri jeung karajaanana. Maranéhna teu paduli kana karaharjaan rohani jalma mukmin jeung Karajaan Allah.
Unggal waktos, lamun sesepuh atawa pendakwah ngalakukeun dosa, he mocks Jesus and defiles the body of Christ. Through his deed of disobedience to God he damages the Kingdom of God.
A sinning elder or preacher doesn’t walk in love and doesn’t love God above all. Tapi hiji kokolot sinning mikanyaah dirina jeung daging na luhureun sakabeh. Anjeunna budak awakna sareng sétan.
Taat ka Yesus jeung nolak dosa
Ku kituna, let us become serious again regarding the Kingdom of God. Kudu aya kahayang dina unggal mukmin pikeun nurut ka Yesus jeung hirup suci jeung leumpang bener dina wasiat Allah.. Sabab jalma mukmin mikanyaah ka Anjeunna luhureun sakabeh jalma mukmin nurut kana parentah-Na.
Nolak dosa, nu datang ngaliwatan temptations Iblis dina daging. Ucapkeun henteu kana dosa, tibatan jadi a budak dosa.
Yesus nalukkeun dosa ngaliwatan karya sampurna panebusan-Na. Lamun dilahirkeun deui (daging anjeun maot dina Kristus jeung sumanget anjeun dihudangkeun ti nu maraot) anjeun ciptaan anyar. Anjeun linggih dina Kristus sareng Anjeunna masihan anjeun sadayana anu anjeun peryogikeun pikeun nolak Iblis sareng dosa sareng nunjukkeun Karajaan Allah di bumi..
Teu aya anu gaduh alesan deui. Teu aya anu tiasa nyalahkeun batur, malah teu Iblis. Unggal urang Kristen tanggung jawab kana kalakuanana sorangan dina kahirupan sareng kedah dipertanggungjawabkeun dina Poé Kiamat..
'Janten uyah bumi'
