Jesus is the Head of His body; kilise (assembly of believers). Matta'daki İncil'de 16, Jesus gave the promise and the blueprint of His church to His disciples. İsa bunu açıkça belirtti, on what foundation His church would be built and what kind of authority His church would have on earth. Bu yüzden, on what foundation is the church built? Bu blog yazısında, we will look at what the Bible says about the foundation of the church, and in the next blog posts, ‘the gates of hell’, ‘the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven’, Ve 'bağlama ve kaybetme’ will be discussed.
The foundation of the church
İsa onlara şöyle dedi, Ama kim olduğumu söylüyorsunuz?? Ve Simon Peter cevap verdi ve dedi ki, Sen Mesih'sin, Yaşayan Tanrı'nın Oğlu. Ve İsa cevap verip ona şöyle dedi:, ne mutlu sana, Simon Barjona: çünkü et ve kan onu sana açıklamadı, ama göklerdeki Babam. Ve sana da söylüyorum, Sen Peter'sın, and upon this rock I will build my church; Cehennemin kapıları ona karşı galip gelemez. Ve sana cennetin krallığının anahtarlarını vereceğim: ve yeryüzünde bağlayacağın her şey göklerde de bağlanmış olacak: ve yeryüzünde çözeceğin her şey göklerde de çözülmüş olacak (Matta 16:15-19)
İsa öğrencilerine sorduğunda, whom they thought He was? Simon Peter answered Him and said: “Sen Mesih'sin, Yaşayan Tanrı'nın Oğlu!”
İsa Peter'a dedi (son of Jona), that he was blessed because flesh and blood had not revealed it to him, ama Babası, Cennette kim var. Because Jesus said in Matthew 11:25: I thank thee, Ey baba, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
“On this rock, I will build My church”
Just like Peter testified about who Jesus was, Jesus testified who Peter was and that He would build His church on this rock. This means that Jesus would build His church on the testimony of Peter: İsa'nın Mesih olduğunu; Yaşayan Tanrı'nın Oğlu.
Jesus wouldn’t build His church upon the wisdom and knowledge of learned man; Ferisiler ve Sadukiler. He didn’t build His church upon the priests and high priest. But Jesus would build His church on the testimony of a fisherman.
İsa Petrus'a söz verdi; the fisherman, that He would build His church on his testimony.
This promise, which Jesus gave to Peter, was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. On the day of Pentecost the loyal 120 disciples and followers of Jesus Christ, were baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit.
Ve birdenbire gökten güçlü bir rüzgarın estiğine benzer bir ses geldi, ve oturdukları tüm evi doldurdu. Ve onlara ateşe benzer yarık diller göründü, ve her birinin üzerine oturdu. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues, Ruh'un onlara bildirdiği gibi (Elçilerin İşleri 2:2-4)
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit came at the right time. Because at that time many Jewish men from all countries were assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate Shavuot. These devout men heard the disciples speaking in their own languages, about the wonderful works of God. They were amazed, but also in doubt, because they didn’t know what to think about it. Some even mocked the behavior of the disciples, by saying that they had drunk too much wine.
The testimony of Peter to the Jews
But then it happened, that the promise of Jesus was being fulfilled. Peter, who was ashamed of Jesus before, ve O'nu yalanladı 3 times when he was the old creation, had become a Yeni yaratılış Kutsal Ruh'la vaftiz yoluyla ve bu hemen görünür hale geldi.
Peter onbirlerle birlikte ayağa kalktı, sesini yükseltti, ve açıkça ifade verdim, İsa Mesih hakkında cesaret ve yetkiyle; Yaşayan Tanrı'nın Oğlu.
Peter vaadinin yerine getirildiğine dair ifade verdi, Tanrı'nın Yoel peygambere verdiği. Petrus İsa Mesih'e tanıklık etti, Yaşayan Tanrı'nın Oğlu. İsa hakkında tanıklık etti’ yürümek, çarmıha gerilme, ölümden diriliş, ve İsa'nın Tanrı'nın sağ eliyle nasıl yüceltildiği, Babadan alınan, Kutsal Ruh'un vaadi, Ortaya dökmüştü, gördükleri ve duydukları gibi.
Peter Yahudi erkeklerle konuştu, Tanrı'nın nasıl aynı İsa'yı yarattığı hakkında, Kimi çarmıha gerdiler, hem Rab hem de Mesih.
Petrus'un tanıklığı ve Kutsal Ruh'un gücüyle, yüreklerine çivilendiler. Peter'a ve diğer öğrencilere sordular:, ne yapmaları gerekiyordu. Peter onlara cevap verdi: “Tövbe et ve olmak vaftiz edilmiş her biriniz İsa Mesih'in adı günahların bağışlanması için, ve Kutsal Ruh armağanını alacaksınız” (Elçilerin İşleri 2: 37-38)
The testimony of Peter to the Gentiles
Peter was also the first apostle, who received a revelation of God, that salvation was also meant for the Gentiles; those who didn’t belong in the flesh to the Jewish people. Through this revelation of God and in obedience to the Holy Spirit, Peter was instructed to go, to the house of Cornelius. Şimdi, Cornelius was a gentile and not a jew.
While Peter testified about Jesus the Christ, Yaşayan Tanrı'nın Oğlu, the Holy Spirit fell on them. They began to speak in tongues and glorified God. While Peter saw that the Holy Spirit fell upon the Gentiles, he didn’t see a reason to not baptize them in water. Therefore he baptized them in the Name of Jesus Christ (Elçilerin İşleri 11). O gün, God also granted repentance unto life to the Gentiles.
Peter was the first apostle, who testified of the new covenant in Jesus Christ and opened the door for the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was the first one, who testified to the Jews and then to the Gentiles.
This was the testimony, and this is still the testimony on which Jesus Christ builds His church. Jesus Christ is the Cornerstone of His church, and as long as we stay His witness and stay loyal to Him and His words, He shall remain the Cornerstone of His church.
Artık yabancı ve yabancı değilsiniz, ama azizlerle birlikte yurttaşlar, ve Tanrı'nın evinden; Ve elçilerin ve peygamberlerin temeli üzerine bina edilmiştir, İsa Mesih'in Kendisi Baş Köşe Taşıdır; Bütün yapıların uyumlu bir şekilde bir araya gelerek Rab'be ait kutsal bir tapınağa dönüştüğü kişidir.: Siz de Ruh aracılığıyla Tanrı'nın konutu olmak üzere hep birlikte O'nda inşa ediliyorsunuz (Efesliler 2:19-22)
The testimony of Jesus the Christ
The church is built upon the foundation of the testimony, İsa'nın Mesih olduğunu, Yaşayan Tanrı'nın Oğlu. Only on this testimony, shall Jesus build His church. Jesus still builds His church on this testimony, which means that He doesn’t build His church on theology and the wisdom and knowledge of man (bilim). Bir kilise; inananlar topluluğu, can possess a lot of head knowledge of the Bible, but be spiritually ignorant and death.
The Kingdom of God is a spiritual Kingdom and cannot be seen with the natural eye. Let alone that the yaşlı carnal adam, who is being led by his senses, duygular, duygular, düşünceler, akıl, ve saire. can preach the Kingdom of God and bring the Kingdom of God on this earth. Theologians and leaders of a church can have a great (ilmi) knowledge of the Bible and may speak wonderful enticing words, but on this foundation, you will not be able to build a church, who is spiritually alive and victorious.
Only Jesus Christ is the Builder of His church and He uses people, O'na inananlar, and are prepared to kendi hayatlarını bırak and daily pick up their cross and İsa'yı takip et. İnsanları kullanıyor, who are filled with the Holy Spirit and who represent Jesus; the Word in their lives and be His witnesses till the end.
‘Yeryüzünün tuzu ol’
