If you are a son of God, then the world doesn’t know you, because the world doesn’t know Him. That’s what the Bible says in 1 John 3:1. The world will not understand you anymore and thinks you are foolish and woolly. Naha? Because the world lies in darkness and those, who belong to the world are carnal and walk after the flesh according to the ruler of the world and is ruled by the senses, émosi, parasaan, pikiran jsb. The flesh dominates the life. But if you are born again in Christ, you have been transferred from the darkness into the Kingdom of God and therefore you shall no longer live like the world (dina gelap) deui. You have become a son or daughter of God and are no longer a son or daughter of the devil. You are born of God. Allah geus jadi Rama Anjeun, therefore you shall listen to Him and do His will. This means that you shall walk after the Spirit, being led by the Word and the Spirit and walk in the will of God.
Separated from the world
Behold, kumaha cara cinta bapak hath nyanggé kana urang, anu urang kedah disebut putra Allah: kituna dunya teu nyaho urang, because it knew him not (1 John 3:1)
Pas anjeun jadi dilahirkeun deui, sareng janten putra Allah, you will be separated from the world. Your spirit will become alive by the power of the Holy Spirit. You will receive God’s nature, ku inderbelling sumanget suci. Basa maneh renew pikiran anjeun kalawan Firman Allah, and apply the words of God into your life, you will live by what the Word says, instead of what the world, your senses and your feelings say.
Roh Suci, Who lives inside of you will guide you and teach you, so that you will be able to understand the Word of God. Beuki maneh renew pikiran anjeun kalawan Firman Allah, the more your mind will be transformed into the mind of Christ, and will line up with kersa Gusti. When you apply the Word of God in your everyday life, you shall stay in the Jesus Christ; the Word and walk after the Spirit instead of the flesh.
The world will turn against you
Nalika anjeun janten putra Allah, and walk after the Spirit and do what the Word says, you shall notice, that the world shall change her attitude towards you and shall treat you differently. Jalma-jalma, who were once your friends, kenalan, family members or close colleagues, will change their behaviour and some will even turn against you.
The more you begin to look and act like the Word, the more hostile they will become. Maybe you don’t understand what’s happening, and are you looking for answers to explain their hostile behaviour towards you. But you shall not find the answer, anjeun pilari.
Meureun anjeun pikir, that you did something wrong, and want to find out, what you have done wrong. But let me tell you this: you didn’t do anything wrong and they didn’t do anything wrong.
It’s about the fact, that the father of this world; sétan, hates the Person, anu hirup di jero anjeun: Yesus.
The devil hates Him and will always hate Him. Ku kituna, barudak sétan, will also hate the children of God. No one can change that. It’s a fact.
“Upami dunya hate anjeun, know that it hated Me before it hated you”
Yesus nyebutkeun: Upami dunya hate anjeun, Anjeun terang yén éta dibenci ku kuring sateuacan dibenci anjeun. Upami anjeun dunya, Dunya bakal bogoh ka na: Tapi kusabab anjeun sanés dunya, Tapi kuring parantos milih anjeun kaluar ti dunya, ku sabab dunya ngabenci anjeun. Émut kecap anu kuring nyarios ka anjeun, Abdi henteu langkung ageung ti Gusti. Upami aranjeunna parantos diaku, aranjeunna ogé bakal nyiksa anjeun; Upami aranjeunna tetep nyarios, Aranjeunna bakal tetep milik anjeun ogé (Jn 15:18-20)
Nalika anjeun lahir deui, you shall no longer live the way you used to live; after the flesh. But you shall live after the Spirit and the Word. Kusabab éta, the world shall no longer like you, and shall even hate you.
Dunya teu tiasa hate anjeun; tapi hate kuring, Kusabab kuring meredieu, yén karya anu jahat (Jn 7:7)
Nalika disiples mangrupikeun ciptana lami, the world didn’t hate them. But the world hated Jesus, because He testified that her works were evil.
Roh Suci sarua, Anu cicing di Yesus, hirup di jero anjeun, and will also testify that the works of the world are evil. Yesus pernah diwenangkeun dosa, but revealed sin and called the people to tobat.
A sweet fragrance or a nasty fragrance?
You shall be a sweet fragrance to those, anu milari bebeneran, jeung ka jelema, anu geus dipilih ku Allah. Tapi anjeun bakal jadi seungit nasty pikeun maranéhanana, anu teu hayang ngadéngékeun kecap Allah jeung hayang tetep hirup di pemberontakan ngalawan Allah jeung Kecap-Na.
Pikeun urang ka Allah seungit amis Kristus, di aranjeunna anu disimpen, jeung di antarana anu binasa: Pikeun hiji urang teh seungit maot nepi ka maot; jeung ka nu sejen rasa hirup kana kahirupan (2 Co 2:15,16)
Nalika dunya mikanyaah anjeun, anjeun kudu nalungtik diri, lamun bener leumpang nurutkeun naon Kecap nyebutkeun? Naha anjeun leres-leres seungit Kristus ka Gusti? Atawa anjeun masih seungit maot ka Allah? Naha anjeun leres-leres dilahirkeun deui ku Roh Suci, naha anjeun leumpang sanggeus Roh? Atawa anjeun masih dosa? Naha anjeun habitually hirup dina unrighteousness jeung dosa, sareng maot ka Anjeunna?
Ikhtiar sangkan ditarima ku dunya
Naha jadi loba urang Kristen nyoba jadi teuas pikeun ditarima ku dunya? Naha maranéhna rék diaku ku dunya, and adjust Gods Word to the world, so that they can join them and live exactly like the world? Why don’t Christians just remove the worldly things out of their lives, instead of Christianizing worldly things and make them all right and acceptable to them, so that they can keep doing them? Why do believers try to save the world by changing the church of Christ into a people’s church, where people are the center instead of Christ? Why don’t they come out for the Word and stand on the Word? Why don’t they take a stand for Jesus Christ? Naha? Naha?
Asih sanés dunya, ngayakeun hal-hal anu aya di dunya. Upami aya lalaki cinta dunya, Asih ka Bapa henteu di anjeunna (1 Jn 2:15)
If the world loves you, and you love the world and live like the world, then the love of the Father is not present in you. When the love of God is not present in you, then the Holy Spirit is not present in you, and therefore Jesus is not present in you. Ieu sanés kecap kuring, but they are His Words.
'Janten uyah bumi’
