The flesh and the Spirit diametrically oppose one another. The flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit lusts against the flesh. The Bible says that the flesh and the Spirit don’t go together and will never go together. A person sows in the flesh or a person sows in the Spirit. What a person reaps is the result of what a person has sown in; the Spirit or the flesh. Because as is written in Galatians 6:7, what you sow you will reap. Let’s look at what the scriptures in the Bible say about sowing and reaping.
What is a carnal person?
A carnal person is carnally minded and walks after the flesh. A carnal person is led by the flesh (rasa, parasaan, pikiran karanjingan, jsb.) and does the works of the flesh. These works of the flesh originate from the sinful nature of the flesh and oppose the will of God.
Pikeun aranjeunna anu saatos daging ngalakukeun pikiran tina hal-hal; Tapi aranjeunna éta saatos sumanget hal sumanget. Pikeun jadi carnally pikiran téh maot; tapi mun jadi pikiran spiritual nyaeta hirup jeung katengtreman. Sabab pikiran carnal nyaeta enmity ngalawan Allah: sabab teu tunduk kana hukum Allah, saleresna teu tiasa. Jadi mangka maranéhanana anu aya dina daging teu bisa nyenangkeun Allah (Urang Romawi 8:5-8)
The flesh won’t submit to God but rebel against God and disobey His commandments. Ku kituna, the people who are the ciptaan heubeul and are in the flesh can’t please God.
What are the works of the flesh according to the scriptures in the Bible?
The works of the flesh originate from the evil nature of the flesh. The works of the flesh are mentioned in several places in the Bible and are:
- Berzina (asexual relationship between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse)
- Kasundaan (palacuran, sexual uncleanness including adultery, cerai, incest, nonmarital sexual relations, homoseksualitas)
- Nonoman (fisik atawa moral: -najis, ritually najis)
- Kasih sayang (leres sangsara, (teu sopan) sayang, birahi)
- Kahayang jahat (evil/wicked desire or lust)
- Covetousness (panipuan, pemerasan:-prakték covetous, karanjingan, ngabogaan craving pikeun milik)
- Amarah (gairah telenges, amarah, amarah, pamales kanyeri)
- murka (galaknya, amarah)
- Kasalahan (naughtiness, jahat, kajahatan)
- Ngahujat (vilification (utamana ngalawan Allah), ngala, ngomong jahat)
- Filthy communication (obrolan hina, ngumpat)
- Bohong (ngucapkeun untruth atawa nyoba nipu ku palsu, bohong, ngabohong)
- Lasciviousness (ngeusi atawa némbongkeun kahayang seksual)
- Nyembah berhala (nyembah brahala, kantétan imoderate atanapi bakti kana hiji hal)
- elmu sihir (ngagunakeun sihir atawa sihir, pamakéan mantra jeung invocation of arwah, komunikasi jeung Iblis atawa jeung akrab, hiji pangaruh irresistible atawa daya tarik)
- Hatena (permusuhan prasangka atawa mumusuhan, alesan pikeun oposisi, mumusuhan)
- Varian (tina pangirut teu pasti; pasea, pasea, debat, pasea)
- Emulasi (dengki, pikiran fervent, amarah, timburuan, getol)
- pasea (hiji kalakuan contention, exertion atanapi contention pikeun kaunggulan)
- Seditions (babagian, hasutan lalawanan atawa insurrection ngalawan otoritas halal, barontak ngalawan kakawasaan hiji nagara)
- bid'ah (sekte, belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine (utamana Kristen), kapercayaan atawa pamadegan nu teu saluyu jeung kapercayaan resmi atawa pamadegan agama nu tangtu)
- Alumeun (timburuan, rarasaan hayang boga naon batur, Perasaan teu puas atanapi ambek-ambekan anu dihudangkeun ku harta batur)
- rajapati (meuncit, maehan, ngarusak atawa ngaruksak, ngelehkeun lawan pisan)
- Mabok(kaayaan mabok, kaayaan keur mabok)
- Revellings (karusuhan, a carousel, enjoying oneself in a lively and noisy way, utamana jeung nginum jeung nari)
Shall the people who do the works of the flesh inherit the Kingdom of God?
No, the people who do the works of the flesh shall not inherit the Kingdom of God. No matter what preachers say in the church, the Bible says that people who do the works of the flesh shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Ayeuna karya daging anu teu jelas, anu ieu; berzina, cabul, najis, lasciviousness, nyembah berhala, elmu sihir, hatena, varian, émulasi, amarah, pasea, hasutan, bid'ah, dengki, rajapati, mabok, revellings, sareng sapertos sapertos: tina anu kuring nyarioskeun ka anjeun sateuacan, Sakumaha kuring ogé parantos nyarios dina waktos baheula, yén aranjeunna anu ngalakukeun hal sapertos henteu kéngingkeun karajaan dewa (Galata 5:19-21)
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Ulah katipu: boh cabul, atawa musyrik, atawa zinah, atawa banci, atawa abusers sorangan kalawan umat manusa, Atawa maling, atawa covetous, atawa mabok, atawa revilers, atawa extortioners, bakal inherit Karajaan Allah (1 urang Korinta 6:9-10).
If the people of the church (kaasup pamimpin garéja) do these works it proves that the church (kumpulan jalma mukmin) is carnal.
It proves that the church doesn’t belong to God and His Kingdom and is not spiritual but belongs to the world (karajaan gelap) and is carnal.
The church building and interior with the dynamic neon lighting effect may look beautiful and the music may sound wonderful and influence the visitors in such a manner that it creates a certain experience, and elevate the mood and evoke pleasant feelings and emotions, and cause goosebumps, but all these things don’t prove that the church is spiritual and that God’s Spirit is present.
Sabalikna, it only proves that the church is carnal. Because the church relies upon natural resources (audiovisual technology) to create an atmosphere and to play on the senses, parasaan, and emotions of the visitors. But God is Spirit and not a feeling and an experience.
If people go to a concert or a club, their mood shall also be elevated by the dynamic neon light effects and music. The people shall also experience goosebumps, parasaan pikaresepeun, jeung émosi. Sanajan kitu, God and His Spirit are not present.
Do signs and wonders prove if someone is born again and spiritual?
No, signs and wonders don’t prove if someone is born again and spiritual. Supernatural signs and wonders can take place in a church, but they don’t prove the spirituality of the church. Especially if people live in sin and the church tolerates sin.
Signs and wonders can originate from the Spirit. But signs and wonders can also originate from the soul, which is controlled by the kingdom of darkness.
Aya seueur jalma, who don’t know God and are not born again and therefore are unspiritual, but do (gaib) tanda jeung kaajaiban. They do these signs and wonders from the flesh through natural means; natural technics, métode, ritual, and natural elements and resources and through influence of evil spirits.
This means that you don’t have to be born again to walk in the supernatural.
Look at alternative healers, Eastern philosophers, occultists, jsb. And don’t forget the sorcerers in Egypt, who could do the same signs as God, nepi ka sajumlah.
This proves that you don’t have to be born again to walk in the supernatural.
Many natural technics are adopted from witchcraft and other pagan religions and philosophies and applied in the church, whereby many churches created a mechanical faith and moved in the occult. They move into the occult thinking they are led by the Spirit of God.
The only difference between an occult church and a Spirit led church is their walk. In an occult church the works of the flesh are done and in a Spirit led church the works of righteousness are done.
The new creation walks after the Spirit and bears the fruit of the Spirit
The people who have become a new creation in Christ have the Spirit of God and are no longer servants of sin. This means that they shall no longer serve the sinful nature of the flesh and do the will, nafsu, sareng kahayang daging. Their flesh died in Christ and their spirit is raised from the dead. Therefore they are dead unto sin, but alive unto God.
Born again Christians have received the Spirit of God and walk after the Spirit and bear the fruit of the Spirit.
Janten ayeuna teu aya panghukum ka aranjeunna dimana aya di Kristus Yesus, anu leumpang henteu saatos daging, Tapi saatos sumanget. Kanggo hukum-undang roh hirup di Kristus Yesus parantos damel kuring bébas tina hukum dosa sareng maot. Keur naon hukum teu bisa ngalakukeun, dina éta lemah ngaliwatan daging, Allah ngutus Putra-Na sorangan dina sasaruaan daging dosa, jeung dosa, dikutuk dosa dina daging: Supaya kabeneran hukum bisa kaeusi dina urang, anu leumpang henteu saatos daging, Tapi saatos sumanget (Urang Romawi 8:1-4)
Tapi ye henteu dina daging, tapi dina sumanget, Upami kitu éta roh gusti dwell di anjeun. Ayeuna upami lalaki henteu ngagaduhan sumanget Kristus, anjeunna sanés. Sareng upami Kristus janten di anjeun, awakna maot kusabab dosa; Tapi sumanget hirup kusabab kabungahan. Tapi upami sumanget anjeunna anu ngahasilkeun Yesus ti DWell DWell di Anjeun, Anjeunna anu diangkat (Urang Romawi 8:9-11)
What is the fruit of the Spirit?
The fruit of the Spirit is mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23, the fruits are:
- Asih (Godly love and not worldly love)
- Joy
- tengtrem
- Longsuffering
- Gentleness
- Goodness
- Iman (satia)
- Beuki
- Temperance (pangendalian diri)
Ofcourse there are people, who are not born again and seem loving, hipu, longsuffering, lemah lembut, satia, gumbira, and peaceful. But the difference between the people who are carnal and the people who are spiritual is, yén jalma, who are carnal are led by the flesh and not by the Spirit.
Ieu hartosna, that as long as the circumstances and situations go according to their will and as long as the people treat them according to their will, then everything is fine. But as soon as something changes and the circumstances and situations don’t go according to their will or as planned and other people don’t do what they want or don’t do what they expect them to do, or if they experience resistance and persecution, then their behavior changes and a whole bunch of other characteristics appear.
But the fruit of the Spirit, which originate from the Spirit and the Godly nature of the new man is permanent. Buah Roh is not dependent upon natural circumstances, situasi, sakuliling, jeung jalma. The new man bears the fruit of the Spirit at all times.
What does it mean what you sow you will reap?
What you sow you will reap means, what you plant in the soil you will reap. If you plant in the flesh, anjeun bakal metik buah daging (karya daging) and if you plant in the Spirit you will reap the fruit of the Spirit. Let’s explain this a little more.
Ku kituna, baraya, urang utang, sanes daging, cicing saatos daging. Upami upami anjeun cicing saatos daging, ye bakal maot: Tapi upami yeuh ngalangkungan sumanget ngalakukeun amarah awak, yeuh bakal cicing (Urang Romawi 8:12-13)
Christians who by faith and regeneration belong to Christ and have become a kreasi anyar are not led by the evil sinful nature, anu aya dina daging. They don’t do those things that oppose the will of God.
Christians listen to Jesus and nuturkeun Anjeunna and don’t listen to the flesh and the lusts and desires thereof. They don’t do the works of the flesh. That’s because they have crucified their flesh and its lusts and desires in Christ.
If you sow in the flesh you shall reap corruption
As long as you remain the old man and walk after the flesh, you’ll do the works of the flesh. You shall remain a slave of sin. You shall sow to your flesh and of the flesh reap corruption.
The old man walks after the flesh and shall not please God with his works, but shall grieve God.
If you sow in the Spirit you shall reap life everlasting
But if you Asih Gusti and have become a new creation you’ll keep His commandments. You shall walk by faith after the Spirit in His will in obedience to the Word. You shall sow to the Spirit and bear the fruit of the Spirit and reap life everlasting.
Pikeun saloba anu dipingpin ku Roh Allah, maranehna teh putra-putra Allah. Pikeun ye parantos nampi sumanget kabeungkeut deui kusabab kasieun; Tapi ye nampi sumanget nyoko, dimana urang ceurik, Ikba, Bapa. Roh sorangan saksi jeung sumanget urang, yen urang teh anak Allah: Jeung lamun barudak, saterusna ahli waris; ahli waris Allah, sareng ahli waris sareng Kristus; if so be that we suffer with Him, supaya urang ogé bisa diagungkeun babarengan (Urang Romawi 8:14-17)
'Janten uyah bumi'
Sumber: Strong’s concordance, Kamus Oxford, Merriam-Webster dictionary
