Jalma teu resep kana kecap budak jeung teu hayang disebut budak batur. Tapi dina kahirupan, anjeun bakal jadi budak batur. patarosan téh, budak saha anjeun? Do you live after the flesh and do you belong to the darkness and are you a slave of the devil and do you listen and obey him or do you walk after the Spirit and do you belong to the Light and are you a slave of Jesus Christ and do you listen and obey Jesus Christ?
Allegory ngeunaan Agar jeung Sarah
Dina Galata 4:21-5:1, Paul gave the allegory of Agar and Sarah. Agar was a bondmaid (budak awéwé), and her child Ishmael was born after the flesh. Sarah was a free woman and her child Isaac was born by the promise of God.
This allegory of Agar and Sarah in the Bible, represents the old creation that is born in the flesh (covenant heubeul), and the new creation that is born of the promise, dina Yesus Kristus, ku Roh Suci (perjangjian anyar).
Wartosan abdi, anjeun anu hoyong janten handapeun hukum, naha anjeun teu ngadangu hukum? Pikeun ditulis, yén Ibrahim kagungan dua putra, anu ku budak awewe (budak awéwé), nu séjén ku freewoman. Tapi manéhna nu éta ti bondwoman lahir sanggeus daging; tapi anjeunna ti awéwé bébas éta ku jangji. Hal-hal anu mangrupa alégori: pikeun ieu dua covenants; anu ti Gunung Sinai, nu gendereth ka perbudakan, nyaéta Agar. Pikeun ieu Agar nyaéta Gunung Sinai di Arab, jeung ngajawab ka Yerusalem anu ayeuna, jeung keur budak jeung anak-anakna.
Tapi Yerusalem anu di luhur gratis, nu jadi indung urang sadaya. Pikeun ditulis, Girang, mandul nu teu tega; peupeus jeung ceurik, anjeun anu henteu ngaraos: keur desolated ngabogaan loba anak leuwih ti manéhna nu boga salaki. Ayeuna urang, baraya, sakumaha Isaac éta, nya éta anak jangji. Tapi sakumaha lajeng anjeunna anu lahir sanggeus daging persecuted anjeunna anu lahir sanggeus Roh, sanajan kitu ayeuna. Sanajan kitu naon nyebutkeun Kitab Suci? Buang budak awewe jeung anakna: pikeun anak awww moal jadi ahli waris jeung anak merdika. Kitu deui, baraya, urang mah anak budak awewe, tapi tina gratis. Ku sabab kitu, nangtung teguh dina kamerdikaan anu ku Kristus parantos ngabebaskeun urang, jeung ulah kabeungkeut deui ku jodo kasundaan (Galata 4:21-5:1)
The old creation is a slave of the devil
Sateuacan anjeun terang Yesus Kristus sareng sateuacan Anjeunna ngabebaskeun anjeun tina karajaan gelap, anjeun budak Iblis; anak jasmani. Anjeun éta budak daging anjeun (awak anjeun, rasa, pikiran karanjingan, émosi, parasaan, jsb.). The sinful flesh reigned as king in your life and you were tossed to and fro by your feelings and emotions.
You were led by your flesh and fulfilled the lusts and desires of your flesh and your carnal mind. Your flesh was in control and you listened to – jeung nurut daging Anjeun (Pikeun. Efesians 2).
Anjeun teu bébas, tapi anjeun budak daging anjeun sarta cicing di perbudakan spiritual maot
The two sons of God on earth: Adam jeung Yesus
Before the day of Pentecost, sateuacan curahan Roh Suci, God had two sons on earthL Adam and Jesus.
Putra kahiji Adam sampurna dijieun sanggeus gambar Allah (Elohim; Gusti, Jesus the Word, jeung Roh Suci). Sanajan kitu, Adam percaya kabohongan Iblis luhureun bebeneran Rama-Na (éta paréntah dewa). Adam ngalakukeun kahoyong-Na tibatan ngalakukeun kahoyong Bapana. And so Adam disobeyed God and sinned.
Adam did what God forbade Adam to do. Lantaran ingkarna ka Allah, Adam (jeung Hawa) became a slave of the the devil, a slave of darkness and a slave of the flesh.
Roh maranéhanana maot sarta maranéhanana éta euweuh bébas. Maranéhanana carnal jeung kabeungkeut ku daging.
Because they became corrupt, the seed of the man became corrupt. dulur, anu bakal dilahirkeun tina siki manusa, bakal dilahirkeun salaku budak Iblis, a child of the devil aka a sinner.
The second Son Jesus was the Son of the promise. Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Maria.
Yesus sumping dina daging dina ibarat manusa, tapi Anjeunna lahir tina Kelor Roh.
Dina Genesis 3:15, God promised that the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the devil. The seed that God was referring to, was Jesus Christ His Son. Jesus would take the devil’s authority and power and give it back to the new creation.
And that’s exactly what happened when Jesus maot dina kayu salib as a sacrifice for humanity. Yesus nyandak sagala iniquities jeung dosa dunya kana Anjeunna. Yesus dijieun dosa sahingga Yesus diasupkeun Kadés légal.
Dina Kadés, Yesus nyandak deui konci maot jeung naraka jeung dethroned Iblis, ku cara nyokot wewenangna. Yesus gugah tina pupus sareng ayeuna linggih di sisi katuhu Allah (Baca ogé: Naon anu dilakukeun ku Yesus di naraka?).
Sarerea dilahirkeun dosa
Unggal person that is born on earth is born of the seed of fallen man and is born as a sinner (budak dosa). Teu aya anu teu kalebet.
All people are sinners and remain sinners until they hear the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ and decide to believe and repent of their sins and turn to Jesus Christ and become born again.
Only when people become born again by the incorruptible Seed of the Spirit, they will no longer be sinners and slaves of the devil and sin.
The people decided to believe Jesus Christ and follow Him and turn their back to their old life as a slave of the devil and sin. They are no longer carnal and through the flesh bound to the devil and walk in sin. But by faith and through regeneration in Christ, they have become spiritual and are bound by the Spirit to Jesus Christ and shall walk in righteousness.
The new creation is a son of God (Ieu manglaku pikeun lalaki sareng bikang), born of the promise by the Holy Spirit.
Putra daging
Ngaliwatan gangguan Sarah, Ishmael was fathered after the flesh. Sarah wanted to help God a little bit and offered her bondmaid Agar to Abraham. But God didn’t need Sarah’s help. Kalakuan Sarah boga akibat pikeun turunan Ishak. Sabab turunan nu hiji, anu lahir sanggeus daging persecuted turunan hiji, anu lahir sanggeus jangji.
Putra-putra Agar ngagambarkeun putra-putra Iblis; the sons of this world. These sons have the evil nature of the devil and the spirit of this world within them; sumanget Dajjal.
Aranjeunna dosa, budak dosa. Ku kituna, they live in the bondage of sin.
Aranjeunna dikawasa jeung dipingpin ku pikiran pikiran carnal maranéhanana sarta hirup sanggeus bakal, nafsu, kahayang, émosi, jeung parasaan daging maranéhanana.
Maranehna ngalakukeun eta hal, anu ku Allah henteu resep sareng ngalarang umat-Na pikeun ngalakukeunana hukum tina Covenant Old.
Aranjeunna sapertos Adam, anu percaya kana bohong setan, tinimbang bebeneran Allah jeung jadi henteu patuh kana Firman Allah jeung parentah-Na.
Aranjeunna pikir aranjeunna bébas. Tapi kanyataanana, they are slaves of the devil and slaves of their flesh (awak sareng jiwa). They are controlled by the evil spirits of darkness that cause them to sin. And through their sinning aranjeunna masihan kakuatan ka Iblis and worship him.
Putra jangji
Putra-putra Sarah (awéwé bébas) are the sons of God and the Kingdom of Heaven. They are the sons of the promise: ciptaan anyar. They’re born again in Jesus Christ of the Seed of the Holy Spirit.
Maranehna geus jadi putra Allah jeung boga aksés ka Karajaan Sawarga jeung ka tahta Allah.
They are no longer sinners and don’t live under the judgment of the law of sin and death anymore. Kusabab aranjeunna gaduh Daging dagingna (kahayang maranéhna, 'Diri', parasaan, émosi, carnal lusts, kahayang, jsb.) in Christ and buried their flesh through baptism.
Roh maranéhanana geus jadi hirup, sabab sumanget maranéhanana, anu maot, geus dihudangkeun ti nu maraot ku kakawasaan Roh Suci.
Maranehna geus dijieun suci jeung bener ku getih Yesus Kristus sarta bébas tina perbudakan tina gelap.
The sons of God are controlled by the Holy Spirit
As they are holy and righteous in Christ, the received the promise of the Father: sumanget suci, wherewith the laws of God are written upon their heart. The Holy Spirit dwells in the new creation and leads and guides them according to the Word of God.
They are controlled by the Holy Spirit and obey the Word of God. Salaku hasilna, they shall live holy and walk righteous in the will of God and honor and glorify the Father and Jesus Christ.
Panganiayaan ka putra-putra Allah
Tapi sakumaha lajeng anjeunna anu lahir sanggeus daging persecuted anjeunna anu lahir sanggeus Roh, sanajan kitu ayeuna (Galata 4:29)
Sarta ieu masih lumangsung kiwari. Barudak dunya ieu, anu hirup dina dosa jeung iniquity, hate and nganiaya putra Allah, who walk after the Spirit and obey God’s Word.
Kami ningali paningkatan kajahatan sareng dosa, kawas dina dinten noah. We see an increase in hate towards God, Yesus Kristus, jeung Roh Suci, Who dwells in the children of God, nambahan ogé.
Pengikut dunya
As long as you believe and accept the wisdom and knowledge of the world and follow the world and think like the world, talk as the world, and act like the world, you have nothing to worry about, sagalana geus rupa.
As long as you bow before the spirits of this world and be a partaker of their works, anjeun moal persecuted, tapi anjeun bakal ditarima ku dunya.
Pengikut Yesus Kristus
But as soon as you take a stand on the Word of God and give them an undesired answer or don’t approve of their works (dosa jeung iniquities maranéhanana), and don’t walk and talk the way they walk and talk, you experience persecution.
Lamun nyokot stand di Yesus Kristus; the Word and obey Him and keep parentah-Na and do His will and represent His Kingdom, mangka anjeun bakal dikaniaya ku jalma di sabudeureun anjeun, anu gaduh sumanget dunya ieu; sumanget Dajjal (sétan).
That’s the price you have to pay if you want to follow Jesus.
When you become a slave of Jesus Christ, anjeun janten musuh dunya ieu.
Urang hirup dina umur, where too many Christians water down the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Gantina pleasing Allah jeung nyokot posisi maranéhanana di Yesus Kristus; kecap, aranjeunna nyenangkeun dunya sareng nyenangkeun jalma, sabab hayang diaku, ditarima, jeung dihargaan ku jalma.
The Christians that do take a stand on the Word of God, tur turutan Firman, tinimbang dunya dianggap ketat teuing, agama, rigorous, baheula, jsb. While they are the ones, anu cicing di true freedom in Jesus Christ.
They walk after the Spirit as slaves of righteousness, instead of walking after the flesh as slaves of sin. They are no longer bound by the law and live under the judgment of God, but they are delivered and live in the liberty of the Spirit.
Leumpang dina jangji salaku putra Allah
Walking in the promise as a son of God means walking by faith in Jesus Christ; kecap. If you walk by faith, you will be obedient to the (gembleng) Kecap Gusti. Ngan ngaliwatan kecap Gusti, anjeun bakal kenal ka Anjeunna, sareng kenal Bumina.
‘Being obedient to the Word’ doesn’t mean going back to the Old Covenant to the sacrificial laws, hukum dahareun, the feasts, jsb. supados disimpen atanapi tetep disimpen. Because we are only saved by Jesus’ redemptive work and by His blood.
Urang hirup dina Covenant Anyar ngaliwatan Yesus Kristus. Dina Anjeunna, we have become a new creation (lahir tina cai jeung Roh).
Tapi kersa Gusti; what pleases Him and what doesn’t please Him, geus henteu robah, ogé moal pernah robah. Because God geus sami, Kamari, Kiwari, sareng salamina.
Ku kituna, it is important to get to know Him and His will, ngalangkungan kecap na, jeung renew pikiran anjeun kalawan Firman Allah, so that your mind lines up with Him.
Lamun bener nyaah ka Gusti kalayan sapinuhna hate, jiwa, pikiran, sareng kakuatan, Anjeun bakal bisa tetep taat ka Allah jeung nuturkeun parentah-Na.
You have a free will
Tapi anjeun bakal salawasna boga kahayang bébas, even after you become born again. Salami anjeun leumpang sanggeus Roh, Anjeun moal minuhan hawa nafsu jeung kahayang daging jeung teu dosa jeung teu ngalaman panghukuman.
Tapi pas, as you start walking after the flesh and listen to your flesh instead of the Word (Yesus Kristus) jeung Roh Suci, sarta milih ngalakukeun kahayang anjeun sorangan, sarta jadi dipingpin ku hawa nafsu carnal Anjeun, kahayang, pikiran, parasaan, émosi, jsb., jeung leumpang di hal nu henteu patuh kana Firman Allah, dina dosa, mangka anjeun bakal jadi budak Iblis deui.
Anjeun bakal dikawasa ku kakawasaan gelap sareng moal aya deui gratis. Tapi anjeun bakal ditindas ku Iblis sareng hirup deui dina kaayaan perbudakan.
Renew pikiran anjeun kalawan Firman Allah
Éta sababna penting pisan, nalika anjeun janten ciptaan anyar, pikeun renew pikiran anjeun kalawan Firman Allah. Ngan ku renewing pikiran anjeun jeung Firman Allah, Anjeun dibere nyaho Yesus jeung bakal Na, sareng ngalangkungan Anjeunna, Anjeun bakal dibere nyaho Rama jeung bakal-Na.
Nalika anjeun nempatkeun Firman kana prakték, anjeun become a doer of the Word and become like Him and talk and walk like Him.
Ngalangkungan kecap sareng sumanget suci, Saha Guru anjeun dina Firman, Anjeun bakal discern alus jeung jahat.
Nalika anjeun cicing dina kecap, you shall reign over the enemy; sétan, jeung sakabeh pasukanana. Tapi pas anjeun ninggalkeun Kecap tur mimitian leumpang sanggeus daging, sarta sanggeus pangaweruh pikiran carnal heubeul Anjeun; pangaweruh dunya ieu, mangka musuh bakal mawa anjeun captive deui jeung bakal marentah leuwih anjeun. (Baca ogé: Kumaha leumpang dina kakawasaan anu dipasihkeun ku Gusti?).
Budak mana anjeun?
Anjeun teu tiasa janten budak Iblis sareng budak Yesus Kristus. Éta mustahil! Anjeun kudu nyieun pilihan.
- Naha anjeun hoyong tetep hirup saatos daging, being led by your lusts, kahayang, pikiran, pikiran, (duniawi) hikmah, jeung pangaweruh? Doing your own will and be controlled by the darkness? Naha anjeun bogoh ka dunya jeung hal anu aya di dunya ieu? Naha anjeun hoyong ngawula ka dunya sareng janten budak dunya ieu; sétan, jeung hirup dina dosa jeung iniquities?
- Atawa anjeun daék iklas turun hirup anjeun sorangan; kahayang anjeun sorangan, kahayang, nafsu, parasaan, pikiran, (duniawi) hikmah jeung pangaweruh, jsb. to serve Jesus Christ and become His slave? Are you willing to become a slave of Jesus Christ and live in holiness and righteousness, salaku warga Yerusalem anu di luhur, bari dikawasa ku Roh Suci?
If you are willing to lay down your life and live in true freedom, then all you have to do is to take one step towards Jesus Christ and repent of your former life as a sinner and make Jesus your Saviour and Lord.
Lamun tobat, Yesus forgives anjeun sarta reconciles anjeun kalawan Rama, sabab Anjeunna mikanyaah anjeun. Jesus took the first step to show you how much He loves you. Ayeuna terserah anjeun, naon anu anjeun lakukeun ku eta.
Tapi anjeun kudu nyieun kaputusan: éta boh daging boh roh.
'Janten uyah bumi’
