Shallom all..
Testimony do bawah ini,saya dapat dari Heaven Is So Real
Bagaimana seorang penganut Kristian dari Pakistan menjadi jurubahasa dalam menukar bentuk Buku heaven Is so real ( Buku Tuhan Yesus) kepada bahasa Pakistan (kementerian afgahnistan) ,ini kerana rasa tidak puas hati di kalangan Non-Christian di negara itu.
Cuba anda berfikir patutkah hal ini terjadi? di mana kah kasih?
Pokok tidak akan bergoyang jika tidak ada sebab,kegelapan tidak akan pernah dpt melawan terang.. di mana terrorist muncul kalau bukan....... renung2 fikir2..
Thank you very much for the guidance from the Lord for me. It shows your love and concern for me and my family. Ok I will wait until God will direct me for my job but right now I will keep my job. I received same message from one of our Pakistani brother.
Dear sister there is very sad news, one of our brother who translated our Lord's book for Afghanistan is killed by terrorists attack. Terrorists killed him because of his translation ministry for Afghanistan. They attacked on him when he coming back to his home after evangelizing the people. Kindly pray for her widow and a two year young daughter.
Last week I also received a call from a non-christian who threatened me to distribute our Lord's book and DVDs. And he asked to stop the distribution of our Lord's book otherwise you have face the problems but I said to him that I am committed to distribute the books and DVDs till His coming. And we will do our best to spread His end time message to the whole nation of Pakistan by His grace.
If you heard a news that on last Saturday some terrorists kidnapped 25 believers from a church building when they were worshiping the Lord and hide them in some unknown place. Kindly pray for me, my family and whole church of Pakistan.
May God bless you.
Many more people are demanding the books and DVDs.
In Christ,
Berdoa bagi mereka yang kehilangan, keluarga ini agar mendapat kesabaran. dalam menghadapi dugaan hidup..
Tuhan Yesus mengasihi semua..
Halleluyah!
Manusia tidak suka kebenaran
God L O V E Never Fail
~For the time we reach HIM,that time is a wonderful moment,
But the time that we left Him.. Life is Unused!
But no matter what HIS love never failed!
What a beautiful name Jesus Christ.
Kesaksian Pendeta Brani Duyon (Kota Belud Sabah)
- Beritahu kepada anak-anak-Ku bahwa mereka harus percaya kepada-Ku dengan segenap hati mereka, kekuatan mereka, dan pikiran mereka. Mereka yang kuatir dan bimbang tidak akan bisa masuk ke tempat ini (Sorga).
- Beritahu kepada anak-anak-Ku bahwa mereka harus setia beribadah di Gereja sebab itulah saat di mana Aku menyinari wajah mereka dan mereka akan mencari wajah-Ku. Aku akan sangat senang melihat anak-anak-Ku menyembah di gereja.
- Beritahu kepada anak-anak-Ku bahwa mereka harus setia berdoa, melakukan kehendak-Ku, dan hidup sesuai dengan firmanKu.
- Beritahu kepada anak-anak-Ku bahwa mereka harus patuh dalam memberikan persepuluhan dan persembahan/korban/sumbangan. ( Sementara Yesus memberikan pesan ini, Dia berkata,”Anak-Ku, Lihatlah ke
- Beritahu kepada anak-anak-Ku bahwa mereka harus menaruh di dalam doa semua kekayaan mereka kepada-Ku untuk perlindungan dan pemberkatan sementara mereka masih hidup di muka bumi ini, supaya ketika Aku datang ke bumi untuk kedua kalinya mereka tidak ‘terikat’ dengan kekayaan duniawi.
- Beritahu kepada anak-anak-Ku bahwa mereka harus siap dan berjaga-jaga, sebab Aku akan segera datang, lebih cepat daripada dugaan orang.
Maranatha!!
Son of Hamas leader turns back on islamand embraces Christiannity
Beberapa jam yang lalu saya menyaksikan tayangan kedua Foxnews tentang Mosab Hassan Yousef, putra seorang pemimpin Hamas yang disegani, telah berpindah agama menjadi pemeluk Kristen. Alasan utama kepindahan agamanya - menurut kesaksian dalam wawancara tersebut
JONATHAN HUNT: Why, after 25 years, did you change?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: I believe that all those walls that Islam built for the last 1,400 years are not existing (sic) anymore. They don't recognize this. They built those walls and made people ignorant because they're afraid. They didn't want people to discuss anything about the reality of Islam, about the big questions of Islam and they asked their followers, the Muslims, 'Don't ask about those certain questions.'
But now, people have media. If the father closes the door for his daughter not to leave the house, she's going to go behind her computer and travel the world. So people easily can get information, knowledge, searching (sic) engines, so it's very, very available for everybody to study about Islam, about other religions. Not from the Islam point of view, but from other points of view.
So for the next 25 years this is for sure going to make huge change in the Muslim and the Arab world.
JONATHAN HUNT: You speak from a unique perspective, a man who grew up not just in an Islamic family but as part of an organization seen by many people around the world as an extreme force in Islam: Hamas. What is the reality of Islam? You say people don't see the reality; What is the reality of Islam?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: There are two facts that Muslims don't understand ... I'd say about more than 95 percent of Muslims don't understand their own religion. It came with a much stronger language than the language that they speak so they don't understand it ... they rely only on religious people to get their knowledge about this religion.
Second, they don't understand anything about other religions. Christian communities live between Muslims and they're minority and they (would) rather not to go speak out and tell people about Jesus because it's dangerous for them.
So, all their ideas about other religions on earth are from Islamic perspectives. So those two realities, most people don't understand.
If people, if Muslims, start to understand their religion — first of all, their religion — and see how awful stuff is in there, they'll start to figure out, this can't (be) ... because most religious people focus on certain points of Islam. They have many points that they are very embarrassed to talk about.
JONATHAN HUNT: Such as?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Such as Muhammad's wives. You will never go to a mosque and hear about anyone talking about Muhammad's wives, which is like more than 50 wives — and nobody knows (this), by the way. If you ask the majority of Muslims, they will not know this fact.
So they're embarrassed to talk about this, but they talk about the glory of Islam, they talk about the victory, the victories that Muhammad made. So, when people just like look at themselves and see they're defeated, they have ignorance, they're not educated, they're not leading the world as they're expected to do. They’re think they want to get back to that victory by doing the same, what Muhammad did, but disregarding (sic) the timing. They forget that this happened 1,400 years ago and it's not going to happen again.
JONATHAN HUNT: Do they want to destroy Christianity?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Islam destroyed Christianity from the beginning and Muslims don't recognize that they stabbed Christianity (in) its heart when they said that Jesus wasn't killed on the cross. They think that they honor him in this way.
Basically, any Christians understand that this way, (but Muslims) tell Jesus, okay, we don't care, you didn't die for us. Someone sacrificed his life for you, (but) you tell him, okay, you didn't do it!
This is what Muslims are doing basically. But they don't understand that this is the most important part of Christianity: the cross!
So, they are ignorant, they don't know what they are doing and it explains what an evil idea it is behind this Islam.
JONATHAN HUNT: What specific event or events began to change your mind about Islam?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Since I was a child I started to ask very difficult questions, even my family was telling me all the time, 'You're a very difficult person and we were having trouble answering your questions. Why are you asking so many questions?' This was from the beginning, to be honest with you.
But I felt that everybody — and my father was a good example for me because he was a very honest, humble person, very nice to my mother, to us, and raised us on the principle of forgiveness, okay? I thought that everybody in Islam was like this.
When I was 18 years old, and I was arrested by the Israelis and was in an Israeli jail under the Israeli administration, Hamas had control of its members inside the jail and I saw their torture; (they were) torturing people in a very, very bad way.
JONATHAN HUNT: Hamas members torturing other Hamas members?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Hamas leaders! Hamas leaders that we see on TV now, and big leaders, responsible for torturing their own members. They didn't torture me, but that was a shock for me, to see them torturing people: putting needles under their nails, burning their bodies. And they killed lots of them.
JONATHAN HUNT: Why were they torturing people?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Because they suspected that they had relations with the Israelis and (were) co-operating with the Israeli occupation against Hamas ... So hundreds of people were victims for this, and I was a witness for about a year for this torture. So that was a huge change in my life. I started to open my (eyes), but, the point (is) that I got that there are good Muslims and bad Muslims. Good Muslims, such as my father, and bad Muslims, like those Hamas members in the jail torturing people.
So that was the beginning of opening my eyes wide.
JONATHAN HUNT: You talk about the good Muslims, like your father, yet you still now renounce the faith of your father. Could you have not been a good Muslim?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Now, here's the reality: after I studied Christianity — which I had a big misunderstanding about, because I studied about Christianity from Islam, which is, there is nothing true about Christianity when you study it from Islam, and that was the only source.
When I studied the Bible carefully verse by verse, I made sure that that was the book of God, the word of God for sure, so I started to see things in a different way, which was difficult for me, to say Islam is wrong.
Islam is my father. I grew up for (one) father — 22 years for that father — and another father came to me and told me, 'I'm sorry, I'm your father.' And I was like, 'What are you talking about? Like, I have my own father, and it's Islam!' And the father of Christianity told me, 'No, I'm your father. I was in jail, and this (Islam) is not your father.'
So basically this is what happened. It's not easy to believe this (Islam) is not your father anymore. So I had to study Islam again from a different point of view to figure out all the mistakes, the huge mistakes and its effects, not only on Muslims — (of) which I hated the values ... I didn't like all those traditions that make people's lives more difficult — but its effects also on humanity. On humanity! People killing each other (in) the name of God.
So definitely I started to figure out the problem is Islam, not the Muslims and those people — I can't hate them because God loved them from the beginning. And God doesn't create junk. God created good people that he loved, but they're sick, they have the wrong idea. I don't hate those people anymore but I feel very sorry for them and the only way for them to be changed (is) by knowing the word of God and the real way to him.
JONATHAN HUNT: Does it worry you that in saying these things — and given your background and your words carrying extra weight — there is a danger that you will increase the difficulties, the hatred between Christians and Muslims in the world right now?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: This could happen if a Christian person will go talk to them about the reality of Islam. They put Christians on the enemy list anyway, before you talk to them about Islam. So if you go to them and tell them, as a Christian, they will be offended immediately and they will hate you and this will definitely increase the vacuum between both religions — but what made someone like me change?
Years ago, years ago, when I was there, God opened my eyes, my mind also, and I became a completely different person. So now, I can do this duty, while you as Christians can help me do it, but maybe you wouldn't be able to. (Muslims) have no excuse now.
JONATHAN HUNT: How difficult a process has this been for you to effectively walk away from your family, leave your home behind? How difficult is that?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Taking your skin off your bones, that's what happened. I love my family, they love me. And my little brothers, they’re like my sons. I raised them. Basically, it was the biggest decision in my life.
I left everything behind me, not only family. When you decide to convert to Christianity or any other religion from Islam, it's not (enough) to just say goodbye and leave, you know? It's not like that. You're saying goodbye to culture, civilization, traditions, society, family, religion, God — what you thought was God for so many years! So it's not easy. It's very complicated. People think it's that easy, like it doesn't matter. Now I'm here in the U.S. and I got my freedom and it's great, but at the same time, nothing is like family, you know. To lose your family —
JONATHAN HUNT: Have you lost your family?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: My family is educated and it was very difficult for them. They asked me many times, especially for the first two days, to keep my faith to myself and not go to the media and announce it.
But for me it was a duty from God to announce his name and praise him (around) the world because my reward is going to be that he's going to do the same for me. So I did it, basically, as a duty. I (wonder) how many people can do what I can do today? I didn't find any.
So, I had to be strong about that. That was very challenging. That was the most difficult decision in my life and I didn't do it for fun. I didn't do it for anything from this world. I did it only for one reason: I believed in it. People are suffering every day because of wrong ideas. I can help them get out of this endless circle ... the track the devil (laid) for them.
JONATHAN HUNT: Have you spoken to your father recently?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: There is no chance to communicate with my father because he's in jail now and there is (sic) no phones in the jail to communicate with him.
JONATHAN HUNT: Have other members of your family told you how he's reacted?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: They've visited him from time to time. Till this moment, I don't know his reaction exactly but I'm sure he's very sad (over) a decision like this. But at the same time, he's going to understand, because he knows me and he knows that I don't make any decisions without (believing strongly in them).
JONATHAN HUNT: Is it making his life more difficult among fellow Hamas members?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Definitely. My family, including my father, had to carry this cross with me. It wasn't their choice. It was my choice, but they had to carry this cross with me and I ask God — I pray for (my father), all my brothers and my sisters here in this church, praying all the time for them — 'God, open their eyes, their minds, to come to Christ. And bless them because they had to carry this cross with me.'
JONATHAN HUNT: Tell me about Hamas and the way it works. Is Hamas a purely Islamic religious organization as you see it, and that's where, in your eyes, its faults lie, or are there other parts of it which are a problem for you? Or is Hamas a good organization? What is Hamas to you?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: If we talk about people, there are good people everywhere. Everywhere. I mean, good people that God created.
Do they do their own things? Yes, they do their own things. I know people who support Hamas but they never got involved in terrorist attacks, for example ... They follow Hamas because they love God and they think that Hamas represents God. They don’t have knowledge, they don't know the real God and they never studied Christianity. But Hamas, as representative for Islam, it's a big problem.
The problem is not Hamas, the problem is not people. The root of the problem is Islam itself as an idea, as an idea. And about Hamas as an organization, of course, the Hamas leadership, including my father, they're responsible; they're responsible for all the violence that happened from the organization. I know they describe it as reaction to Israeli aggression, but still, they are part of it and they had to make decisions in those operations against Israel, (for) which there was the killing of many civilians.
JONATHAN HUNT: Do you believe Israel blameless in the conflict?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Occupation is bad. I can't say Israel — I'm not against any nation. We can't say Israelis, we can't say Palestinians, we're talking about ideas. Israel has the right to defend itself, nobody can (argue) against this. But sometimes they use (too much) aggression against civilians. Sometimes many civilians were killed because those soldiers weren't responsible enough, how they treat people at the checkpoints.
My message even to the Israeli soldiers: at least treat people in a good way at the checkpoints. You don't have to look really bad and it's not about nations, it's about just wrong ideas on both sides and the only way for two nations really to get out of the endless circle is to know the principles that Jesus brought to this earth: grace, love, forgiveness. Without this, they will never be able to move on, or break this endless circle.
JONATHAN HUNT: You've seen your father jailed, you've been in prison yourself. You've seen Hamas carry out acts of terror against Israelis, and yet you say everybody needs to rise above that?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Definitely. This is the only choice. Nobody has magic power to do something for the Middle East. No one. You can ask any politician here in the U.S., you can ask any Palestinian politician or Arab politician, Israeli leaders; no one, no one can do anything. Even if they believe in peace now: they're part of the game.
They're part of the trick. They can't, even if you find a brave person, like Rabin, who was called by an Israeli to make peace with the Palestinians and give them a state, no one, even if you find a strong leader, they can't do this. You can't force an independent country to give another country independence. (Especially when) the other country wants to destroy it.
Everybody is hurt. Israeli soldiers, they lost their friends. Palestinians, they lost their children, their fathers. (There are) many people in prison still, and many people were killed. Thousands. So everybody will never forget this. If they want to keep looking to the past, they will never get out of this circle. The only way to start (is just by) moving on. They were born under the occupation as Palestinians.
The last two generations, it's not their choice. The new generations from Israel — if we say disregarding the existence of Israel is right or wrong, what's the guilt of those people who were born in Israel and they have no other country to go to? It's their country now, that's how they see it. And they are going to keep their resistance and defense against whomever. (They will) say, 'Get out of this land!' So the only way is for both nations to start to understand the grace, love and forgiveness of God, to be able to get out of this.
JONATHAN HUNT: Do you believe that Israel can ever strike a peace deal with Hamas?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: There is no chance. Is there any chance for fire to co-exist with the water? There is no chance. Hamas can play politics for 10 years, 15 years; but ask any one of Hamas' leaders, 'Okay, what's going to happen after that? Are you just going to live and co-exist with Israel forever?' The answer is going to be no ... unless they want to do something against the Koran. But it's their ideology and they can't just say 'We're not going to do it.' So there is no chance. It's not about Israel, it's not about Hamas: it's about both ideologies. There is no chance.
JONATHAN HUNT: Aren't you terrified that somebody is going to try to kill you for saying these things — which would be approved of according to parts of the Koran?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: They got to kill my ideas first, (and) that's it, they're already out. So how are they going to kill my idea? How are they going to kill the opinions that I have? ... They can kill my body, but they can't kill my soul.
JONATHAN HUNT: You're not afraid?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: As a human, you know, I can be very brave now, I'm not thinking about it at this moment and I feel that God is on my side. But if this will be the challenge, I ask God to give me enough strength.
JONATHAN HUNT: Have you been threatened?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: No, not really. Honestly, most Muslims and Muslim leaders here in the U.S. community, European communities, they are trying to get ahold of me. They are calling my famiily, my mother, and asking for my contacts. They are telling her, 'We want to help him.'
JONATHAN HUNT: They think you need help?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Yeah, they think that Christians took advantage of me, and this is completely wrong. I've been a Christian for a long time before they knew, or anyone knew. I love Jesus, I followed him for many years now. It wasn't a secret for most of the time, and this time I just did it to glorify the name of God and praise him.
They're not dealing with a regular Muslim. They know that I'm educated, they know that I studied, they know that I studied Islam and Christianity. When I made my decision, I didn't make it because someone did magic on me or convinced me. It was completely my decision.
JONATHAN HUNT: Do you miss Ramallah?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: Definitely. You've been there and you know how a wonderful country (it is). Very, very beautiful. It's a very small spot and it has everything — this is why people are fighting for that piece of land. I definitely miss Ramallah. Jereusalem. The Old City.
JONATHAN HUNT: Do you believe you will ever be able to go back?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: I think I belong to that land, and sooner or later I'm going to go back, no matter what. If they want to kill me, they (will) do whatever they want to do. I have a family there, they love me, they completely support me now with my decisions. Maybe they don't want me to talk to the media but they believe that I made a decision that I completely believe in. So they support me, so I love my family. I'm going to go back there again one day. I love my town.
JONATHAN HUNT: Do you think you'll ever go back to a Middle East living in peace?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: There will be a 100-person peace when Jesus comes back, when he judges everybody. His kingdom's going to be 1,000 years and it's going to be completely peaceful and it's going to be the kingdom of God.
JONATHAN HUNT: What is your basic message to any Muslim listening to this right now?
MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF: My message to them is, first of all, to open their minds. They were born to Muslim families — this is how they got Islam and this is just like ... any other religion, like growing up (in) a Christian family, or growing up (in) a Jewish family.
So my point is that I want those people to open their eyes, their minds, to start to understand and imagine that they weren't born for a Muslim famiily. And use their minds.
Why did God give them minds? Open their hearts. Read the Bible. Study their religion. I want to open the gate for them, I want them to be free. They will find a good life on earth just by following God — and they're also going to guarantee the other life.
Son Of God? Son Of Man? what is that mean?
This sounds like some kind of contradiction at first glance, but in fact there is no contradiction. An examination of Scripture reveals that the phrase "Son of Man" carries broad significance.
First of all, even if the phrase “Son of Man” is a reference to Jesus' humanity, it is not a denial of His deity. By becoming a man, Jesus did not cease being God. The incarnation of Christ did not involve the subtraction of deity, but the addition of humanity. Jesus clearly claimed to be God on many occasions (Matthew 16:16,17; John 8:58; 10:30). But in addition to being divine, He was also human (see Philippians 2:6-8). He had two natures (divine and human) conjoined in one person.
Further, Scripture indicates that Jesus was not denying His deity by referring to Himself as the Son of Man. In fact, it is highly revealing that the term “Son of Man” is used in Scripture in contexts of Christ's deity. For example, the Bible says that only God can forgive sins (Isaiah 43:25; Mark 2:7). But as the “Son of Man,” Jesus had the power to forgive sins (Mark 2:10). Likewise, Christ will return to earth as the “Son of Man” in clouds of glory to reign on earth (Matthew 26:63-64). In this passage, Jesus is citing Daniel 7:13 where the Messiah is described as the "Ancient of Days," a phrase used to indicate His deity (cf. Daniel 7:9).
Further, when Jesus was asked by the high priest whether He was the “Son of God” (Matthew 26:63), He responded affirmatively, declaring that He was the “Son of Man” who would come in power and great glory (verse 64). This indicated that Jesus Himself used the phrase “Son of Man” to indicate His deity as the Son of God.
Finally, the phrase “Son of Man” also emphasizes who Jesus is in relation to His incarnation and His work of salvation. In the Old Testament (Leviticus 25:25-26, 48-49; Ruth 2:20), the next of kin (one related by blood) always functioned as the "kinsman-redeemer" of a family member who needed redemption from jail. Jesus became related to us “by blood” (that is, He became a man) so He could function as our Kinsman-Redeemer and rescue us from sin.
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Author: Dr. Ron Rhodes of Reasoning from the Scriptures Ministries.
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Kenapa Yesus berseru "Eli..Eli..lama sabakhthani"
Pertanyaan tentang keillahian Tuhan Yesus Kristus disangkal oleh orang yang tidak mempercayai Nya dengan adanya laungan ini ;
Matius 27:46Kira-kira jam tiga berserulah Yesus dengan suara nyaring: "Eli, Eli, lama sabakhtani?"* Artinya: /Allah-Ku, Allah-Ku, mengapa Engkau meninggalkan Aku?
Namun jika dilihat kembali dalam Yohanes :
| 1:1 | Pada mulanya adalah Firman; Firman itu bersama-sama dengan Allah dan Firman itu adalah Allah. |
| 1:2 | Ia pada mulanya bersama-sama dengan Allah. |
| 1:3 | Segala sesuatu dijadikan oleh Dia dan tanpa Dia tidak ada suatupun yang telah jadi dari segala yang telah dijadikan. |
Dia adalah Allah sendiri,namun Dia melaungkan laungan itu bukan kerana Dia bukan Allah,namun Dia benar2 menunjukkan kepada kita (manusia) bahwa Dia juga pernah mengalami kesulitan2 yang rumit sekarang kita lihat pulak dalam Surat Ibrani :
| 4:14 | Karena kita sekarang mempunyai Imam Besar Agung, yang telah melintasi semua langit, yaitu Yesus, Anak Allah, baiklah kita teguh berpegang pada pengakuan iman kita. |
| 4:15 | Sebab Imam Besar yang kita punya, bukanlah imam besar yang tidak dapat turut merasakan kelemahan-kelemahan kita, sebaliknya sama dengan kita, Ia telah dicobai, hanya tidak berbuat dosa. |
| 4:16 | Sebab itu marilah kita dengan penuh keberanian menghampiri takhta kasih karunia, supaya kita menerima rahmat dan menemukan kasih karunia untuk mendapat pertolongan kita pada waktunya. |
*Saya mahu berbagi kesaksian ini dengan saudara/saudari semua baik yang tidak percaya maupun yang percaya Dalam buku "HEAVEN IS SO REAL" dalam halaman 81 Perenggan yang pertama " Choo Thomas berkata ; IA akan memeluk saya,dan satu sentuhan saja dari tanganNya akan mengangkat derita saya dan menyebabakan goncangan berhenti. Biasanya Ia akan mengucapkan kata2 lembut penuh perhatian dan kepedulian sehingga menolong saya mengetahui,bahwa IA benar2 mengerti bagaimana letihnya saya . Sangat menggembirakan sekali mengetahui bahwa Allah peduli tentang segala sesuatu yang menyangkut anak-anakNya - Hasrat2 kita,sakit penyakit kita,kekhuatiran kita,kelelahan kita,pengharapan2 kita, serta impian2 kita " seperti yang ditulis dalam Surat Ibrani 4:14-16 (sila rujuk di atas)
~Seperti dalam kekristenen satu hal yang terindah untuk diberitahu semua orang adalah bahwa Kedekatan antara Bapa dan Anak seperti itulah kedekatan Orang yang percaya kepada Yesus Kristus seperti Bapa Dan Anak.
~Begitu Tuhan Yesus melaungkan seruhan itu Dia mengajar kami bahwa "Penyerahan Total kepada Allah itu penting " kerna ada tertulis "Marilah datang kepada Ku yang berletih lesu,kerna Aku akan memberi kelegaan kepada mu"
~Jika anda membaca dan mempelajari empat injil ini "Matius,Markus,Lukas Dan Yohanes" anda akan menemukan peribadi Tuhan Yesus Kristus di situ..
Di saat saya berdoa saya bertanya kenapa Engkau melaungkan seruan itu Tuhan,namun seperti yang dijanjikan Tuhan dalam surat Ibrani
| 4:16 | Sebab itu marilah kita dengan penuh keberanian menghampiri takhta kasih karunia, supaya kita menerima rahmat dan menemukan kasih karunia untuk mendapat pertolongan kita pada waktunya. |
~Di saat saya berdoa,saya menangis kerna Tuhan Allah yang begitu besar kuasaNya,yang menciptakan alam semesta,yang empunya segala-galanya.. selalu bersama2 dengan saya,Dia juga turut merasakan semua kesusahan yang saya alami.. begitu besar dan indah nya kasih Tuhan Allah ku..saya merasa bersyukur mengetahui hal ini.
Semoga kalian juga dilimpahkan kasih karunia yang dalam dari Allah Bapa kita Tuhan Yesus Kristus.
Takut kerana salah,berani kerana benar it means JUJUR lah kan he-he..
Saya senang nak bahas arti KEJUJURAN dalam kehidupan manusia..Pada kita orang yang percaya pada Kristus Yesus Kejujuran itu penting bangat.. kerana banyak sekali tertulis dalam kitab amsal,mazmur bahwa Tuhan Allah membenci kebohongan dan sangat2 mengasihi orang yang berlaku jujur..
1)Jika anda mempunyai masalah dan kiranya harus berbohong deh.. bagaimana ya tindakan kamu?
Contohnya "Majikan anda meminta anda membohongi customer atau supplier tentang sesuatu kejadian maupun situasi yang tidak benar.. apakah yang kamu lakukan?
2) Jika anda bekerja di sebuah syarikat,dan di syarikat itu ada disediakan kemudahan yang Perfect lah..semuanya ada.. dan anda mahu memfotokopi dua set buku.. apabila anda sudah siap memfotokopi apakah yang anda lakukan beritahu majikan atau tidak ?
3) Saya percaya kebanyakkan orang2 yang sebelumnya belum percaya kepada Tuhan Yesus, pasti pernah melakukan kesalahan,di mana ianya sulit untuk diakuin secara umum dengan yang lain. Dan sekarang apabila anda sudah mengenal Tuhan Yesus dan mengingat akan kesilapan kamu yang dulu,yang seharusnya kamu harus mengakui nya dengan yang berkenaan..apa yang akan kamu lakukan? berdiam atau berterus terang?
* Saya senang sharing hal ini dengan saudara/i seiman sekalian, sharing antara satu sama lain,sgt baik antara kita untuk saling memperkuatkan iman kita kepada Yesus Kristus Tuhan Kita..*
Api kemuliaan Tuhan dan Rohul Kudus
Gambar ini diambil sewaktu seorang hamba Tuhan sedang berkhotbah, dan ada seorang jemaat mengambil gambar tersebut dengan HandPhone nya,tapi ternyata sewaktu hamba Tuhan ini berkhotbah,Api kemuliaan ada padanya dan Rohul Kudus ada di atas kepalanya melingkupi dia dengan kuasa Allah yang mahatinggi..
Halleluyah!
Silsilah Kelahiran Yesus ( Dari Injil Matius)
| 1:1 | Inilah silsilah Yesus Kristus, anak Daud, anak Abraham. |
| 1:2 | Abraham memperanakkan Ishak, Ishak memperanakkan Yakub, Yakub memperanakkan Yehuda dan saudara-saudaranya, |
| 1:3 | Yehuda memperanakkan Peres dan Zerah dari Tamar, Peres memperanakkan Hezron, Hezron memperanakkan Ram, |
| 1:4 | Ram memperanakkan Aminadab, Aminadab memperanakkan Nahason, Nahason memperanakkan Salmon, |
| 1:5 | Salmon memperanakkan Boas dari Rahab, Boas memperanakkan Obed dari Rut, Obed memperanakkan Isai, |
| 1:6 | Isai memperanakkan raja Daud. Daud memperanakkan Salomo dari isteri Uria, |
| 1:7 | Salomo memperanakkan Rehabeam, Rehabeam memperanakkan Abia, Abia memperanakkan Asa, |
| 1:8 | Asa memperanakkan Yosafat, Yosafat memperanakkan Yoram, Yoram memperanakkan Uzia, |
| 1:9 | Uzia memperanakkan Yotam, Yotam memperanakkan Ahas, Ahas memperanakkan Hizkia, |
| 1:10 | Hizkia memperanakkan Manasye, Manasye memperanakkan Amon, Amon memperanakkan Yosia, |
| 1:11 | Yosia memperanakkan Yekhonya dan saudara-saudaranya pada waktu pembuangan ke Babel. |
| 1:12 | Sesudah pembuangan ke Babel, Yekhonya memperanakkan Sealtiel, Sealtiel memperanakkan Zerubabel, |
| 1:13 | Zerubabel memperanakkan Abihud, Abihud memperanakkan Elyakim, Elyakim memperanakkan Azor, |
| 1:14 | Azor memperanakkan Zadok, Zadok memperanakkan Akhim, Akhim memperanakkan Eliud, |
| 1:15 | Eliud memperanakkan Eleazar, Eleazar memperanakkan Matan, Matan memperanakkan Yakub, |
| 1:16 | Yakub memperanakkan Yusuf suami Maria, yang melahirkan Yesus yang disebut Kristus. |
| 1:17 | Jadi seluruhnya ada: empat belas keturunan dari Abraham sampai Daud, empat belas keturunan dari Daud sampai pembuangan ke Babel, dan empat belas keturunan dari pembuangan ke Babel sampai Kristus. |
| 1:18 | Kelahiran Yesus Kristus adalah seperti berikut: Pada waktu Maria, ibu-Nya, bertunangan dengan Yusuf, ternyata ia mengandung dari Roh Kudus, sebelum mereka hidup sebagai suami isteri. |
| 1:19 | Karena Yusuf suaminya, seorang yang tulus hati dan tidak mau mencemarkan nama isterinya di muka umum, ia bermaksud menceraikannya dengan diam-diam. |
| 1:20 | Tetapi ketika ia mempertimbangkan maksud itu, malaikat Tuhan nampak kepadanya dalam mimpi dan berkata: "Yusuf, anak Daud, janganlah engkau takut mengambil Maria sebagai isterimu, sebab anak yang di dalam kandungannya adalah dari Roh Kudus. |
| 1:21 | Ia akan melahirkan anak laki-laki dan engkau akan menamakan Dia Yesus, karena Dialah yang akan menyelamatkan umat-Nya dari dosa mereka." |
| 1:22 | Hal itu terjadi supaya genaplah yang difirmankan Tuhan oleh nabi: |
| 1:23 | "Sesungguhnya, anak dara itu akan mengandung dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki, dan mereka akan menamakan Dia Imanuel" --yang berarti: Allah menyertai kita. |
| 1:24 | Sesudah bangun dari tidurnya, Yusuf berbuat seperti yang diperintahkan malaikat Tuhan itu kepadanya. Ia mengambil Maria sebagai isterinya, |
| 1:25 | tetapi tidak bersetubuh dengan dia sampai ia melahirkan anaknya laki-laki dan Yusuf menamakan Dia Yesus. |
Kenapa Yesus diangkat sebagai Tuhan?
Masih ramai yang tertanya2 kenapa Jesus disembah sebagai Tuhan? dan kenapa tidak direct kepada Allah?
Soalan2 yang sering disoal
1) Ramai yang tertanya2 adakah kerana Isa-Alamsih dilahirkan tanpa Bapa?
Owh..tidak kerana Adam juga dijadikan tanpa Bapa dan Ibu..
2) Kerana Isa-Alamasih disembah kerana mukjizat2 Nya?
Owh tidak kerana Nabi Musa juga mengadakan mukjizat...
3) Kerana Isa-Alamasih dapat membangkitkan orang mati?
Owh tidak kerana Nabi Elia juga bisa membangkitkan orang mati..
4) Kerana Dia menyebut Dia adalah "Anak Allah"..
Owh tidak kerana,kami orang2 yang percaya juga disebut anak2 Allah..so,anda juga akan bingung jika kerana hal itu.. :P
5) Jadi kenapa Isa-Alamasih disembah sebagai Tuhan?
Kerana Isa-Alamasih bersaksi Dia adalah " Yohanes
| 1:1 | Pada mulanya adalah Firman; Firman itu bersama-sama dengan Allah dan Firman itu adalah Allah. |
| 1:2 | Ia pada mulanya bersama-sama dengan Allah. |
1) Dia adalah Firman Allah,dan sdh ada bersama2 dengan Allah,Dan Dia adalah Allah..
Soalan yang lain lagi sesudah diberi jawaban;
1) Pelik..bagaimana Allah yang berkata Dia adalah Firman,selepas itu mengatakan Dia adalah Allah? seperti cerita di bawah ini sila lihat;
Yosua Dan Danu
Yosua berkata kepada orang semua ;
Pada mulanya adalah Yosua,dan saya bersama2 dengan Danu..dan saya adalah danu...
~Tidak kah pelik pernyataan itu?
Jawaban ;
~Baik jika anda bertanya begitu,dapatkah anda mengkaji bagaimana Tuhan menciptakan Alam semesta? dapat kah engkau menyelidiki rahasia semesta alam? dan lagi dapat kah engkau menyelidiki kejadian dirimu sendiri?
~Bukan kah semuanya itu kejadian yang ajaib? Bagaimana engkau mahu menyelidiki keberadaan Allah yang Mahakuasa, sedangkan hal terkecil dalam hidup mu pun engkau tidak tahu? Rambut di kepala mu pun tidak dikira oleh mu? dan sesudah itu mahu menyelidiki keberadaan Allah??
~Bagaimana besarnya rahasia kejadian semesta alam ini termasuk diri anda dan saya..lebih besar dan agung rahasia keberadaan Allah..
~Jika anda mahu mengetahui semua itu,tidak kah anda mahu meninggi diri di atas segalanya? kenapa kamu tidak mahu ambil tahu bagaimana kejadian alam semesta? malah langsung mahu tahu keadaan nya Si Sang Pencipta..
~Tuhan Yesus yang kami sembah,Dia lebih dari pada para nabi2,lebih dari segalanya.. kerana Dia dan Bapa adalah Satu..
Malah sesiapa yang percaya kepadaNya akan mendapat kan hidup..
Sesudah semua ini,akan muncul lagi soalan yang ini;
1) Dalam Yohanes 14:6 14:6Kata Yesus kepadanya: "Akulah jalan dan kebenaran dan hidup. Tidak ada seorangpun yang datang kepada Bapa, kalau tidak melalui Aku.
~Bagaimana Sebagai seorang Allah menjadi medium kepada Allah? pelik...
Jawaban;
Akulah jalan dan kebenaran dan hidup. (Ini berarti di luar Dari Tuhan Yesus tidak ada keselamatan,ini berarti biar anda berbuat amal,biar anda beribadah kepada Allah,namun tanpa kebenaran dari Tuhan Yesus kamu tidak akan bisa dapat masuk syurga, kerana Hanya Tuhan Yesus sajalah Jalan Dan Kebenaran it means pintu untuk masuk ke syurga..)
Tidak ada seorangpun yang datang kepada Bapa, kalau tidak melalui Aku.
(Ini berarti biar anda puasa habis-habisan,vegetarian,bertapah dan sebagainya namun tanpa Yesus anda tidak bisa mengalami keselamatan/Syurga)
Soalan lagi; :)
1)Sekarang kamu pasti berkata bagaimana Tuhan Yesus mengatakan Bapa,sedangkan Dia adalah Allah?
Jawaban
Yohanes
| 14:6 | Kata Yesus kepadanya: "Akulah jalan dan kebenaran dan hidup. Tidak ada seorangpun yang datang kepada Bapa, kalau tidak melalui Aku. |
| 14:7 | Sekiranya kamu mengenal Aku, pasti kamu juga mengenal Bapa-Ku. Sekarang ini kamu mengenal Dia dan kamu telah melihat Dia." |
Soalan yang
2) Bapa di dalam Yesus? Bapa dan Yesus adalah satu? pelik...
Jawaban;
Yohanes
| 14:8 | Kata Filipus kepada-Nya: "Tuhan, tunjukkanlah Bapa itu kepada kami, itu sudah cukup bagi kami." |
| 14:9 | Kata Yesus kepadanya: "Telah sekian lama Aku bersama-sama kamu, Filipus, namun engkau tidak mengenal Aku? Barangsiapa telah melihat Aku, ia telah melihat Bapa; bagaimana engkau berkata: Tunjukkanlah Bapa itu kepada kami. |
| 14:10 | Tidak percayakah engkau, bahwa Aku di dalam Bapa dan Bapa di dalam Aku? Apa yang Aku katakan kepadamu, tidak Aku katakan dari diri-Ku sendiri, tetapi Bapa, yang diam di dalam Aku, Dialah yang melakukan pekerjaan-Nya. |
| 14:11 | Percayalah kepada-Ku, bahwa Aku di dalam Bapa dan Bapa di dalam Aku; atau setidak-tidaknya, percayalah karena pekerjaan-pekerjaan itu sendiri. |
| 14:12 | Aku berkata kepadamu: Sesungguhnya barangsiapa percaya kepada-Ku, ia akan melakukan juga pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang Aku lakukan, bahkan pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang lebih besar dari pada itu. Sebab Aku pergi kepada Bapa; |
| 14:13 | dan apa juga yang kamu minta dalam nama-Ku, Aku akan melakukannya, supaya Bapa dipermuliakan di dalam Anak. |
~Kami menyembah Tuhan Yesus bukan kerana mukjizat,namun Dia lah Mesias kebenaran yang telah datang..kerana Dia adalah saksi di atas segalanya..dan sehingga sekarang Dia senantiasa melindungi orang2 yang percaya kepadaNya..
malah memberi kan apa yang dingini hati kami..kerna Dia lah Bapa kami yang esa Allah yang hidup!
Halleuyah terpujilah nama Tuhan Yesus yang mahakuasa..
Amen..
Maranata!
Kuasanya Nama Yesus Kristus!
Suatu sore aku sedang mengendarai mobil dari kantorku kembali ke rumah sakit untuk melihat seorang pasien yang makin memburuk keadaannya. Aku sendirian di dalam mobil dan sedang melewati daerah yang sepi yang tidak ada rumah atau bangunan, kira-kira berjarak 1,5 km. Tiba-tiba, sekitar satu blok di depanku ada seekor “binatang buas” besar menghadang di tengah jalan. Pada saat aku makin dekat, dia bangkit dan berdiri di atas kedua kakinya. Aku menekan pedal gas keras-keras dan mencoba untuk menghindarinya, namun mobilku tidak bereaksi. Mobilku bahkan berhenti, dengan mesin tetap hidup, meskipun aku sudah berdoa dan mencoba untuk menjalankannya. Aku duduk terpaku dalam ketakutan terhadap mahluk yang luar biasa jeleknya, yang pernah kulihat. Aku merasa tenggelam di dalam kuasa jahat yang memancar darinya. Dia menarik kepalanya ke belakang dan menggeram – suara paling mengerikan yang tak pernah kulupakan. Kemudian dia melihat lurus ke mataku dan berkata kepadaku,’Lihat, engkau tidak bisa pergi kemana-mana, aku telah menghentikan mobilmu dan tidak ada yang bisa engkau perbuat dengan mobilmu ini. Sekarang aku akan merobek-robek lehermu dan meminum darahmu. Engkau telah mencampuri urusan iblis terlalu lama, aku akan menhukummu. Engkau tidak dapat melawan kekuatanku.’ Rasa takut menyelimutiku, namun aku tahu bahwa aku harus bertahan, karena aku yakin TUHAN tidak menghendaki kematianku pada saat seperti ini. Aku tahu, ada hal yang harus kukerjakan. TUHAN telah mengajarku dengan baik selama sakit kerasku 3 tahun yang lalu. Saat aku mengambil keputusan untuk tetap bertahan, Roh Kudus memberiku ketenangan, damai sejahtera dan kekuatan yang luar biasa dalam jiwaku. Roh Kudus juga memberi pengertian ke dalam pikiranku, bahwa mahluk jahat ini sedang mencoba menakut-nakuti aku, supaya aku panik dan lari. Jika aku berbuat demikian, maka dia akan dapat membunuhku. Sambil menghela napas panjang, aku mengulurkan tangan kananku untuk menunjuk secara langsung ke arahnya dan berteriak,’BERHENTI !!! DI DALAM NAMA YESUS, BERHENTI !!! engkau adalah pelayan iblis !!! aku adalah hamba Yesus Kristus, ALLAH Yang Maha Kuasa !!! TUHAN-ku tidak menghendaki kematianku saat ini. Engkau tidak bisa menyentuhku karena aku masih memiliki tugas yang harus kukerjakan.’- Binatang buas itu berhenti berjalan, tidak bisa bergerak, menggertak dan menggeram dengan marahnya.- Lalu aku mengarahkan jariku kepadanya lagi dan menatap langsung ke matanya serta berkata,’DI DALAM NAMA YESUS, aku perintahkan engkau untuk pergi dari jalanku !!! Saat kematianku belum tiba. SEKARANG PERGI !!!’- dia menggeram sekali lagi, kemudian jatuh dan menghilang masuk ke ladang ilalang yang tinggi. Aku begitu gemetar dan lega sehingga aku sulit mengendarai mobil. Namun saat mobilku makin cepat, aku memuji TUHAN sekali lagi karena “…terhadap amarah musuhku Engkau mengulurkan tanganMu..” (Mazmur 138:7)
*Ini adalah salah satu kisah Rebbeca Brown dalam menghadapi kemarahan iblis karena menolong Elaine, “tokoh utama” Gereja Setan kepada Pertobatan Sejati di dalam Yesus Kristus*INI BUKAN DONGENG !!! Werewolf, Vampire, Dracula, Shewolf, Zombie adalah manusia-manusia binatang yang terdapat dalam kelompok Gereja Setan. Mereka adalah orang yang menyerahkan tubuhnya 100% kepada iblis untuk kemudian diubahkan fisiknya oleh roh jahat yang kuat, menjadi seperti binatang. Mereka juga dijadikan alat oleh iblis untuk menghukum anggota gereja setan yang tidak patuh kepada iblis, yakni dengan cara mencabik-mencabik tubuh korban.
4 QUESTIONS Muslims always ask Christian
~Sumber daripada "4 Q Muslims always ask Christians" Tanpa Permit drpd penulis,namun ia memberkati sdra.
(This writing is our Arab Christian's perspective that may be useful to clarify things people don't understand)
CAN WE TRUST THE HOLY BIBLE TO BE THE TRUE WORD OF GOD? Although some say the Bible has been changed, this has never been proved. To the contrary, those who examine the evidence find that it clearly establishes the complete reliability of the Holy Bible. Yes, certainly we can trust God's Word to be true. Has not God said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word shall not pass away?" The Bible is very important and God pronounces judgment upon any who would ever try to change it or destroy it. The Holy Bible is not given to us simply to fill our minds with knowledge. God has a great purpose in giving us His Word. He has revealed Himself in His Word in order that He might become real to us, transform our lives and prepare us for eternity. For this reason we must diligently study the Bible, not letting some things we might not at first understand in it keep us from accepting and believing it.
DO CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN THREE GODS?
We invite you to study the Bible yourself and see that it emphatically teaches there is only one God. Many verses can be cited from the Bible to prove this. Here are a few:
"I am the Lord and there is no other. Besides Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5)
"Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me." (Exodus 20:3)
"The first of all commandments is, Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord." (Mark 12:29)
"Thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well, the devils also believe and tremble." (James 2:19).
These are only a few of the verses to be found in the Holy Bible declaring that God is one. There are no Gods beside Him.
WHY THEN IS CHRIST CALLED THE SON OF GOD IN THE HOLY BIBLE? We must be careful lest we misunderstand this teaching. If the Bible so clearly proclaims one God, but also calls Jesus Christ "The Son of God" (118 times in the New Testament), then there must be a way of understanding this without there being a contradiction and without our denying it.
When the Holy Bible speaks of Christ being the "Son of God," it does not infer that God took Mary to wife and had a son by her. This is blasphemy and God forbid that we should ever think such a thing. The Bible plainly teaches that Mary was a virgin and Christ was virgin-born.
The works and miracles Christ performed witness to who He is. On one occasion the Jews were about to stone Christ and He gave witness to Himself and to the works and miracles he performed, saying: "Say ye of Him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in Me, and I in Him" (John 10:36-38)
What works did He do? As you study the New Testament you will see how He healed the sick, raised the dead, made the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk and the demons to flee. Even the wind and the waves obeyed His command.
Christ's resurrection from the dead proves who He is. In a book of the New Testament called the Epistle to the Romans, we have a verse that helps us understand the meaning of this name: "And declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead." (Romans 1:4) Another verse from the New Testament might further help us to understand why Christ is so named. "And He is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead: that in all things He might have the preeminence." (Col. 1:18)
So, we see this is a name with special meaning and it has particular reference to Christ's resurrection from the dead. The Bible says Christ's resurrection confirms Him to be the "Son of God" with power.
Christ the Eternal Son. Jesus Christ did not become the "Son of God" when He was born in the lowly manger in Bethlehem nor when He arose from the dead. The Holy Bible teaches us that He is the eternal Son of God. On another occasion the Jews wanted to stone Christ because He said, "Before Abraham was I am." Then, too, John the Baptist witnessed to Christ's pre-existence. "John bare witness of Him, and cried, saying, This was He of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for He was before me." (John 1:15) Christ, Himself, also said, "What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where He was before." (John 6:32)
WAS CHRIST TAKEN TO HEAVEN WITHOUT DYING?
This is an equally important question and the answer is also equally important, yet very clear. The Bible teaches us much concerning Christ's death. The Holy Bible has more than 250 references to the fact that Christ died. Here are a few of them:
"Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." (Romans 8:34)
"I am He that liveth, and was dead, and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen, and have the keys of hell and of death." (Revelation 1:18)
"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures." (1 Cor. 15:3)
Christ's resurrection from the dead is clear proof of His death. As you study the Bible you will find that the keystone of Christianity is found in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. His resurrection from the dead is mentioned some 85 times in the New Testament. (Obviously He could not have risen from the dead if He had not died). The Apostle Paul said in the New Testament, "If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. " (1 Corinthians 15:14)
The forgiveness of sins is based on Christ's death. Another basic teaching you will find as you study the Bible concerns forgiveness of sin. Christ is called, "The Lamb of God that beareth away the sin of the world." In telling of His death that Christians have always observed, Jesus said, "This is my blood of the covenant which is poured our for many unto remission of sin." Forgiveness and cleansing from sin are always based on the fact of the shedding of Christ's blood as the "Lamb of God."
Who is a Christian? As you study the Bible you will find many more things that are based on either Christ's death or His resurrection. This is the very center of Christianity, that is, God did for us what we could not do for ourselves when He washed away our sins by the blood of Christ and conquered death for us by His resurrection. We praise God for this victory that is ours through Christ. Listen to Christ's own words, "I am the resurrection and the life, He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.' (John 10:25).
The Bible defines a Christian as one who confesses with his mouth that Jesus is Lord and believes in his heart that God raised Him from the dead,
"These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through His name." (John 20:31)
It is all important to know who Christ really is. For this reason we encourage you to study the whole Bible with an open mind and a prayer to God for His help and enlightenment.
The Bible is a very important book and everyone should know what it teaches. For this reason we are glad to send Bible correspondence courses to any who want to study and find out for themselves just what the real message of the Bible is. Christ said, "Search the Scriptures (that is, the books of the Bible);...they are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39)
(This writing is our Arab Christian's perspective that may be useful to clarify things people don't understand)
CAN WE TRUST THE HOLY BIBLE TO BE THE TRUE WORD OF GOD? Although some say the Bible has been changed, this has never been proved. To the contrary, those who examine the evidence find that it clearly establishes the complete reliability of the Holy Bible. Yes, certainly we can trust God's Word to be true. Has not God said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word shall not pass away?" The Bible is very important and God pronounces judgment upon any who would ever try to change it or destroy it. The Holy Bible is not given to us simply to fill our minds with knowledge. God has a great purpose in giving us His Word. He has revealed Himself in His Word in order that He might become real to us, transform our lives and prepare us for eternity. For this reason we must diligently study the Bible, not letting some things we might not at first understand in it keep us from accepting and believing it.
DO CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN THREE GODS?
We invite you to study the Bible yourself and see that it emphatically teaches there is only one God. Many verses can be cited from the Bible to prove this. Here are a few:
"I am the Lord and there is no other. Besides Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5)
"Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me." (Exodus 20:3)
"The first of all commandments is, Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord." (Mark 12:29)
"Thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well, the devils also believe and tremble." (James 2:19).
These are only a few of the verses to be found in the Holy Bible declaring that God is one. There are no Gods beside Him.
WHY THEN IS CHRIST CALLED THE SON OF GOD IN THE HOLY BIBLE? We must be careful lest we misunderstand this teaching. If the Bible so clearly proclaims one God, but also calls Jesus Christ "The Son of God" (118 times in the New Testament), then there must be a way of understanding this without there being a contradiction and without our denying it.
When the Holy Bible speaks of Christ being the "Son of God," it does not infer that God took Mary to wife and had a son by her. This is blasphemy and God forbid that we should ever think such a thing. The Bible plainly teaches that Mary was a virgin and Christ was virgin-born.
The works and miracles Christ performed witness to who He is. On one occasion the Jews were about to stone Christ and He gave witness to Himself and to the works and miracles he performed, saying: "Say ye of Him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in Me, and I in Him" (John 10:36-38)
What works did He do? As you study the New Testament you will see how He healed the sick, raised the dead, made the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk and the demons to flee. Even the wind and the waves obeyed His command.
Christ's resurrection from the dead proves who He is. In a book of the New Testament called the Epistle to the Romans, we have a verse that helps us understand the meaning of this name: "And declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead." (Romans 1:4) Another verse from the New Testament might further help us to understand why Christ is so named. "And He is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead: that in all things He might have the preeminence." (Col. 1:18)
So, we see this is a name with special meaning and it has particular reference to Christ's resurrection from the dead. The Bible says Christ's resurrection confirms Him to be the "Son of God" with power.
Christ the Eternal Son. Jesus Christ did not become the "Son of God" when He was born in the lowly manger in Bethlehem nor when He arose from the dead. The Holy Bible teaches us that He is the eternal Son of God. On another occasion the Jews wanted to stone Christ because He said, "Before Abraham was I am." Then, too, John the Baptist witnessed to Christ's pre-existence. "John bare witness of Him, and cried, saying, This was He of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for He was before me." (John 1:15) Christ, Himself, also said, "What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where He was before." (John 6:32)
WAS CHRIST TAKEN TO HEAVEN WITHOUT DYING?
This is an equally important question and the answer is also equally important, yet very clear. The Bible teaches us much concerning Christ's death. The Holy Bible has more than 250 references to the fact that Christ died. Here are a few of them:
"Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." (Romans 8:34)
"I am He that liveth, and was dead, and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen, and have the keys of hell and of death." (Revelation 1:18)
"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures." (1 Cor. 15:3)
Christ's resurrection from the dead is clear proof of His death. As you study the Bible you will find that the keystone of Christianity is found in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. His resurrection from the dead is mentioned some 85 times in the New Testament. (Obviously He could not have risen from the dead if He had not died). The Apostle Paul said in the New Testament, "If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. " (1 Corinthians 15:14)
The forgiveness of sins is based on Christ's death. Another basic teaching you will find as you study the Bible concerns forgiveness of sin. Christ is called, "The Lamb of God that beareth away the sin of the world." In telling of His death that Christians have always observed, Jesus said, "This is my blood of the covenant which is poured our for many unto remission of sin." Forgiveness and cleansing from sin are always based on the fact of the shedding of Christ's blood as the "Lamb of God."
Who is a Christian? As you study the Bible you will find many more things that are based on either Christ's death or His resurrection. This is the very center of Christianity, that is, God did for us what we could not do for ourselves when He washed away our sins by the blood of Christ and conquered death for us by His resurrection. We praise God for this victory that is ours through Christ. Listen to Christ's own words, "I am the resurrection and the life, He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.' (John 10:25).
The Bible defines a Christian as one who confesses with his mouth that Jesus is Lord and believes in his heart that God raised Him from the dead,
"These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through His name." (John 20:31)
It is all important to know who Christ really is. For this reason we encourage you to study the whole Bible with an open mind and a prayer to God for His help and enlightenment.
The Bible is a very important book and everyone should know what it teaches. For this reason we are glad to send Bible correspondence courses to any who want to study and find out for themselves just what the real message of the Bible is. Christ said, "Search the Scriptures (that is, the books of the Bible);...they are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39)