Sawarga atawa naraka, that’s the choice people must make during their lives on Earth. God gave every person a free will to believe Him and His Son Jesus Christ and choose life, and receive eternal life and go to heaven or to reject Him and His Son, and choose death and in the end hell and the second death in the eternal lake of fire. Let’s look at the way of salvation that leads to heaven and the way of death that leads to hell.
Jesus is the only way to God
The only way to be saved and to be transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Heaven and be reconciled with God is through the Messiah: Yesus Kristus. There is no other way to God and to eternal life.
Jesus Christ is the only way. Jesus is the Messiah, God’s Son, Imam Agung, Raja para raja, and the Lord of lords.
Unggal jalma kudu nungkulan Yesus. You will either deal with Jesus Christ during your life or after your life on earth.
When you deal with Jesus, salila hirup anjeun, it means that you believe in Him as the Son of God and the Saviour of mankind, and repent and be born again in Him and make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life.
But if you don’t believe in Jesus and don’t acknowledge Him as the Saviour of mankind and you don’t make Him the Lord of your life and don’t do what He says, you will automatically deal with Jesus after you die, as Judge. (Baca ogé: Will Jesus be your Saviour or your Judge?)
Jesus will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire
Dina Mateus 3:11-12 jeung Lukas 3:15-17, John the Baptist spoke about the majesty of Jesus Christ and how Jesus would baptize the people with the Holy Ghost and with fire. Many Christians think that He spoke about two baptisms in life. A baptism with the Holy Ghost and a baptism with fire.
Sanajan kitu, if we read further, we can conclude that John spoke indeed about two different baptisms, but these baptisms are not both during life on earth.
The baptism with the Holy Ghost is during life on earth for the people that believe and repent and are baptized in Christ’s death and resurrection. They are justified in Christ and receive the Holy Spirit from the Father.
The baptisan ku seuneu is after life and after the judgment.
It is the baptism in the eternal lake of fire that is meant for all the adversaries of God: for all the ungodly wicked people that didn’t believe but rejected God and His Son Jesus Christ and did not do what He said, but walked in sin and iniquity.
The pengikut Yesus Christ will not be thrown into the unquenchable eternal fire if they do what He said and keep His commandments and do the will of the Father, Anu di sawarga.
Jesus promised His disciples the baptism with the Holy Ghost. This baptism with the Holy Ghost showed that they were redeemed by the blood of Jesus, justified in Christ, sareng kagolong ka Gusti. The Holy Ghost in them would testify that they were born of God and belonged to Him and were His children. (Pikeun. John 3:5-6; 14:15-17; 2 urang Korinta 5:21; Urang Romawi 8:11-17; Efesians 2:13; urang Ibrani 9; 1 Peter 1:2-19; 1 John 3:9).
The baptism with the Holy Ghost
Dina dinten pedecost, the disciples received the baptism of the Holy Ghost; jangji Bapa. As the believers were all together in prayer, kadéngé sora ti langit kawas angin ngahiliwir. This sound of a rushing mighty wind filled all the house. Jeung aya nembongan ka maranehna basa cloven kawas seuneu, sarta eta linggih kana unggal sahijina. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
This is the one baptism with the Holy Ghost. It is the baptism that Jesus promised to His disciples.
Nowhere in the Bible is it written that they were filled with the Holy Ghost and later on with fire. No, the cloven tongues like as of fire that sat upon each of them, whereby they began to speak with other tongues, proved that they were baptized with the Holy Ghost.
This is one baptism: the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It’s the baptism that Jesus Himself promised to His disciples. Éta éta ngan baptism they were waiting for. It was the only baptism they needed to be a witness of Jesus Christ and to proclaim the gospel and bring the Kingdom of God to the people and to teach all the nations.
Jeung ujug-ujug aya sora ti langit kawas angin kuat rurusuhan, sarta eta ngeusi sakabeh imah dimana maranéhna diuk. Jeung aya nembongan ka maranehna basa cloven kawas seuneu, sarta eta linggih kana unggal sahijina. Jeung maranéhanana kabéh ngeusi Roh Suci, sarta mimiti nyarita ku basa séjén, sakumaha Roh masihan aranjeunna utterance
Lalakon 2:2-4
Naon hartina kecap baptis?
Baptism is translated from the Greek word ‘baptisma’ sareng hartos: baptis. This word is derived from the word ‘baptizo’. Baptizo means: nyieun whelmed (hartina nutupan sakabéhna ku cairan), pikeun dip, keur nyeuseuh, pikeun neuleumkeun.
To be baptized means: a full immersion. In reference to Matthew 3, hartina: a full immersion, being fully dipped into the Holy Ghost, and fully immersed, fully dipped into fire.
Baptisan ku seuneu
This promise of the full immersion with the Holy Ghost happened on the day of Pentecost. But the full immersion with fire; baptisan ku seuneu, has not happened yet. The Bible speaks about the baptism with fire in Revelation 20:
Iblis anu nipu aranjeunna dibuang ka lautan seuneu jeung walirang, dimana sato galak jeung nabi palsu, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever And I saw a great white throne, jeung manéhna nu diuk di dinya, ti payuneunana bumi sareng langit ngungsi; jeung teu kapanggih tempat keur maranehna.
Jeung kuring nempo maot, leutik jeung gede, nangtung hareupeun Allah; jeung buku dibuka: jeung buku sejen dibuka, anu mangrupa kitab kahirupan: jeung maot anu judged kaluar tina eta hal anu ditulis dina buku, according to their works.
Jeung laut nyerah maot nu aya di dinya; jeung maot jeung naraka dikirimkeun nepi paéh nu aya di maranehna: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire (Wahyu 20:10-15)
This is what John the Baptist was referring to. John the Baptist knew Jesus Christ, putra Allah. He knew the power and authority of Jesus Christ and he informed the Pharisees about it.
Sétan téh tukang bohong, deceiver and murderer
The father of fallen man and the ruler (pangeran) dunya, sétan, nyaéta tukang tipu, tukang bohong, jeung murderer a. The devil tries to deceive and captivate as many people as possible. He wants to destroy and take them with him into the eternal lake of fire.
The eternal lake of fire is the eternal destination of the devil, the fallen angels that followed him in heaven, and all the people that followed him on earth.
Do you choose heaven or hell
Jesus came to deliver people from the power of the devil, dosa, and death that operate in the sinful flesh. Jesus loves you so much that He gave Himself for you. He carried all your sins and iniquities in His flesh on the cross.
Jesus wants you to go to heaven, He doesn’t want you to go to hell and that your final destination will be the eternal lake of fire. He wants you to believe in Him and repent of your old life as a sinner. He wants you to turn to Him and love Him and receive eternal life and go to heaven.
Jesus did everything He could to save you. Ayeuna, it’s up to you what you decide.
Will you believe in Jesus Christ, putra Allah? Do you believe in His work of redemption and accept Jesus as Savior and Lord? Or not?
If you don’t accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour, then Jesus shall become your Judge.
If you don’t choose life but reject the Word of life, then you automatically chose death. When Jesus becomes your Judge you will be baptized with the baptism of fire.
Ku kituna, make the right choice, while you still have the ability to make a choice. Margi tomorrow, it may be too late.
'Janten uyah bumi'
