SOUND GOD’S TRUMPET I Thessalonians 4:16 Is Jesus really built a religion? First of all, the highest greetings of praise, thanksgiving, and highest worship, glory and honor only to our Dearest God Jesus Christ. Hallelujah, Praise the Lord! Is Jesus Christ really built a religion? My answer is NO. Why? It is very simple. Let us define first a religion. A religion is a way to have an intimate relationship between God and human being through highest praise and worship. People are called Christians because they believe that Jesus Christ is God. John 10:30 Jesus said, “I and my Father are one.” Kung ang relihiyon ay isang pamamaraan sa pakikipag-ugnay sa Diyos hindi po tamang katuwiran na ang Diyos ay makikipag ugnay sa kanyang sarili. Remember my beloved Brethren that in the New Testament of the Bible only four books namely: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the Gospel of the Lord, the rest are pastoral letters of Apostle Paul of his teaching where the word religion has become an issue. In the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John a word religion is not an issue at all. What is the issue? It is FAITH. Whose faith? People. Faith to whom? Messiah, Jesus Christ. (Peter’s declaration about Jesus Matthew 16:13-20). Pastors or leaders or members of a religious groups are always using the book of Matthew in Chapter 16 verse 18 as a basis that Jesus Christ built His Church, they mean it as religion. “And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will be able to overcome it”. How blind are they? O, hindi sila bulag pero nagbubulag bulagan upang kumita ng limpak limpak na pera sa kaawa awang mga membro. I assure you that they receive already their punishment in full. Remember my dear brethren that the word church in the Holy Bible denotes different meaning. Church means human being, church means a building as the house of worship, and church means religion. My questions: Is a church, as house of worship, would die? No. Is a church as religion, would die? No. Is a church as human being, would die? Yes. Therefore, our Dearest Jesus Christ did not build a religion nor build a house of worship but built a foundation of faith of human being where He said that not even death will be able to overcome it. But my beloved Brethren what do you mean this “I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; what you prohibit on earth is prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth is permitted in heaven”? It’s God’s wisdom which means: 1. Keys are the words or the Gospel of the Lord Jesus. 2. Permit-prohibit – do and don’t in obeying the commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ang tanong: Para saan ang Gospel of the Lord? Para sa gusali ba? No. Para sa religion ba? No. Para saan? Para sa ating lahat mga minamahal. Para saan ang mga do and don’t in obeying the commandments? Para sa gusali ba? No. Para sa religion ba? No. Para saan? Para sa ating lahat mga minamahal. Therefore I conclude that Jesus built a church which is a human being in the person of Apostle Peter as a first foundation because of his faith that Jesus is the Messiah. He became the first temple of God. In John 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life. Unang Templo sa Diyos na binigyan ng buhay na walang hangang-di mamamatay, unang Templo sa Diyos na binigyan ng authority mula kay Panginoong Jesus na magturo sa Words of the Lord ang susi sa kaligtasan, at unang Templo sa Diyos na magtuturo kung ano ang mga pwede at kung ano ang mga bawal na gawin ng mga Christians sa makatuwid baga ay mga kautusan ng Panginoong Jesus. Formula: 1. FAITH + Obedient to the commandments = Eternal life; 2. Faith = Believe, and; 3. Obedience to the commandments of Jesus = Works Mga minamahal kong kapatiran sa panampalataya sa nag Iisang Diyos na Buhay pakiusap po magsaliksik kayo sa katutuhanan. Paunang pagtuturo sa Bibleya: 1. Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – these are the Gospel of the Lord. Dapat po mga minamahal ito po yong masusunod o maging priority sa ating understanding. Sila po ang nag uulat o nagsasalaysay sa mga salita ng Panginoong Jesus Christ. Dito po nakasulat ang mga salita ng Pinakamamahal na Panginoong Jesus Christ. Kung mayroon mang mga salita sa Books of Acts to Revelation mga quotation lang po ang mga salita ng Pinakamamahal na Panginoong Diyos parang sa wali ng Pastor or Preacher sa ngayon na kumukuha ng mga talata sa Bibleya dahil ang Books of Acts to Jude ay mga wali ng Apostles o di kaya ay Pastoral letters nila. 2. Books of Acts to Revelations - pastoral letters of the Apostles and Revelation of Apostle John. Subalit hindi ko po sinasabi na hindi mahalaga ang books of Acts to Revelations. Ang books of Acts to Revelations mga minamahal ay katumbas ng kayamanan sa Langit. Bakit? 1. Ang mga Libro na ito ay nagtuturo upang tumibay ang panampalataya ng mga Christians; 2. nagtuturo upang maging matuwid ang mga Christians; 3. nagtuturo upang maging prayerful ang mga Christians, at; 4. higit sa lahat nagtuturo upang maging banal ang mga Christians; 5. Ngunit ang mga librong ito ay nagtataglay ng mga Opinion ng mga Apostles. Kaya suriing mabuti kung ang mga salita ay opinion o salita ng Diyos mga Minamahal kong kapatiran. Ngunit kung ang issues ay patungkol sa Religion, Baptism, at pagbibigay ng ikapu’t handog ang mga librong Matthew, Mark, Luke at John ang maging unang batayan pangalawa po lamang ang Acts to Revelations mga minamahal. My Dear Brethren the books of Acts to Revelations taught us about a true Church which means not a building or a house of worship, nor as a religion but a human being for which Christ will dwell with him. My advice is the same as the advice of Apostle Paul in Philippians 4:9 “Put into practice what you learned and received from me, both from my words and from my actions. And the God who gives us peace will dwell on you”. Hindi po nananahan ang Diyos sa gawa ng mga kamay ng mga tao at lalong hindi nananahan ang Diyos sa organization or religion bagkos nananahan siya sa kanyang tunay na mga Anak. I repeat only what Brother Stephen told us. Who is Brother Stephen in the Bible? He was a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit (Acts 6:5). He said in his speech (Acts 7:1-53) partly: “He won God’s favor and asked God to allow Him to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. But it was Solomon who built Him a house. BUT THE MOST HIGH GOD DOES NOT LIVE IN HOUSES BUILT BY HUMAN HANDS; as the prophet says, ‘Heaven is my throne, says the Lord, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house would you build for me? Where is the place for me to live in? Did I myself make all these things?’ How stubborn you are! Stephen went on to say. How heathen your hearts, how deaf you are to God’s message! You are just like your ancestors: you too have always resisted the Holy Spirit!” It is much crystal clear my dear brethren that God will not live in a religion or in a building as the house of worship but to a human being same as God built Jesus Christ to be His House. In addition, to further prove about the understanding of Brother Stephen correlated to the understanding of the writer in the book of Hebrews 3:1-6 said: “My Christian friends, who also have been called by God! Think of Jesus, whom God sent to be the High Priest of the faith we profess. He was faithful to God, who chose him to do this work, just as Moses was faithful in his work in God’s House. A man who builds a house receives more honor than the house itself. In the same way Jesus is worthy of much greater honor than Moses. Every house, of course, is built by someone and God is the one who has built all things. Moses was faithful in God’s house as a servant, and he spoke of the things that God would say in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son in charge of God’s house. We are His HOUSE if we keep up our courage and our confidence in what we hope for.” If we have faith to Jesus Christ as our Lord, God, Savior, and King of our lives, it sounds similar that we are also His House to be called Church of God in the Philippines. I love you but our Dearest Jesus Christ loves you MORE.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:25:19 +0000
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