Syaloom in Denpasar

We have to know our position in Christ then we have to be growing in preparation and finally we have to be going out fulfilling the mandate. Verses 16-18: “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.”

So what Jesus is saying, we are not of it but we are sent into it. That is the relationship we need to know. We need to know our position with the world. In it but not of it. The term “world” here and so often in the scripture, it does not mean the earth, the environment. It does not even mean the people on the earth as much as a system, a mentality, a way of thinking. The greek word is ‘cosmos’ and it means an ordered system of ideals and energy controlled by the devil. The bible calls satan the god of this world who has blinded the minds of those who believe not. So the world is this ordered system of ideologies that is against God and His purposes.

The world can appear to be very intellectual, very sophisticated, very alluring, even very religious and at the same time anti God, anti Christ and they are not too crazy about His followers either. So we are in it but not of it. In verses 3-4 we notice the relationship with Jesus Christ to the world. “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.”

Jesus Christ saw the world as a stopping-off point in which to do His Father’s work and then He is out of here. So He was in this world but not of it because He was sent to do a specific task. “I have finished the work You have given me to do”. It is the same with us. Why is it if we know that this world is so temporary, that we have become so occupy with it? “..they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” (v.14). It is sort of like a scuba diver who needs a special equipment in order to survive in the water. So unless we know our position with this world, in it but not of it, we are going to drown. Why? Because in verse 14 Jesus says, “.. the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” An occupational hazard of following Jesus Christ is that they are going to treat you based on their view on God. If they don’t like God and you represent Him, they are not going to like you. Therefor, knowing will help us rescue them.

Ilimbagahon do anak boru jabu, tungkot bai na landit rigapan bai na golap na jadi basikah I tongah jabu diri. Napatorang ma sonaha do parbikkatni, sonaha homani tanggung jawab ni I tongah-tongah ni holmouan ni na marhade-hade.

Anggo natangar marsahapi samah sidea gati do natangar tutur manggan goranni, tutur natipak (orang kedua) lang pantas i gorani be goranni narsahapkon ai, isarani:

1.Mar-kaha = markaha do diri bani binuatni tutur abang diri atap binuatni sanina / sapanganonokon diri siabangan. Anggo naboru diri markaha do homa bani na mambuat bora ni kakakni inang diri.

2.Mar-nasikaha = binuat diri bani abang diri atappe bani sanina/sapanganonkon, siabangan tutur ni hun bandiri.

3.Mar-nasianggikku = bani binuatni tutur anggi diri

4.Mar-anggi = anggo naboru diri bani dalahi halahoan ni anggi diri

5.Mar-ham = Hubani sitorasan hun bendiri atappe hubani na lape nabotoh tutur diri, hubani na kira-kira sa umurhon pakon diri.

6.Mar-handian = Pamakei ni dos songon marham. Lobih lua ope artini anggo i Bandar boi do age bani naboru hataohonon.

7.Mar-dosan = I pakei puang-puang do hata on samah sidea na dob matua

8.Mar-anaha = I pakei puang-puang do hata on bani dalahi nama poso / garama

9.Mar-kakak = Tuturni naboru samah naboru bani abanguni

10.Mar-ambia = Tutur bani nados ganjang diri atappe na i toruh diri umumi sesama dalahi.

11.Mar-ho = Tutur bani nasakkan atap itoruh diri umurni. Adongdo homa i piga-piga daerah na i Simalungun mar-ho hubani binuatni.

12.Mar-hanima = Sobutan bani binuat diri (agak kasar) atap bani sitorahan umur ni hun bandiri (lobih hun bani sahalak),atappe hubani botou diri.

13.Mar-akrora = Sobutan bani tutur si ataskon diri umurni (lobih humbani sahalak).

14.Mar-akkora = Sobutan ni na matua hubani bora na rapat partuturan ni.

15.Mar-tuan = Bani abang pakon bani na lobih tua umurni hun bendiri

16.Marboru = Bani sijolom huta sapari atappe bani haturanan ni raja anggo songon sapari

17.Mar-boru tulang = Bani na mambuat bora tulang diri.

18.Mar-sibursog = Panggorani hubani anak nabaru tubuh anggo dalahi

19.Mar-sitatap = Panggorani hubani nabara tubuh anggo daboru

20.Mar-pang/pan pan nang/nan = partigoranan bani nadob dong tubuh niombah ni isarani anggo tubuh anakhi sikahanan atap dalahi porini, i baen goranni si Goldo. Pang nan-Goldo ma panggoani bani inang.

21.Mar-baya = Tutur daboru hubani na dos ganjangni, atap sa umur bandiri, atappe si posonan hun bendiri.

Tambahan :

1.Anggo manungkun niombahni diri : Pigama niombahmu, atap pigama bodakmu, atap pigama kakimu, atap ma pupusmu.

2.Anggo manungkun tutur diri : Aha do ge morgamu, panogolan ni ise/ marogo aha ma ham, morgo aha na manubuhkon ham / ai ma ase dong uppasa : “Lobei nitoktok bakkar, rigapan ni pardalan-dalan. Lobei nasungkun marga, ase nabotoh partuturan”

John 17:14 – Jesus continues this prayer: “I have given them your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world but You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world just as I am not of the world, sanctify them by your truth, Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.”

You see, we are sent, we have a job to do, we are on a mission from God. A rescue operation. The church is not to become a “bless me” club. It is not a place where we come, feel good, and get pampered. Though I think we should feel good when we gather together with God’s people. And God does love to lavish His grace upon us. But we exist in this world not just to radiate the glory of God, not just to reveal His truth, but also to rescue His enemies. Those who are at enmity with God because of their sin.

Somebody once said that church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non members. Jesus even taught His disciples not to focus on themselves. He said, “Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! (John 4:34-36). In other words, they are ready to be picked, they are ready to be rescued. But so often churches turn inward rather than outward. It becomes all about us rather than the needy world. Jesus says to His disciples, “Go into all the world..” We have sort of changed that mandate into “come” rather than going out to them.

I believe that there is a healthy pattern of Christian growth, that is: saved, serving, sent. We get saved, we are excited, we enjoy the benefits of salvation, it’s great to get into the word, it’s great to meet new people, discover all the love that God has for us and what He is going to do for us. But after a while, after having somebody feed us all the time, we now want to discover our gifts and get involved in our local church and serve in some capacity,

we want to give out.

But then there is another element to that. We see the world around us and we realize that they need the family too, they need to belong as well, they need salvation and that takes us out because we discover that our Father has a bigger plan than just for us. One author put it this way, “Christian maturity is being a responsible sons or daughters of God. I think the mature Christians are people who stop being concerned about their own needs and have entered into the global vision of their Father so that they transform a hurting world to accomplish the aim of the Lord’s prayer, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. It is like a son who is being brought into the family business. Instead of racing fast cars and running around with girls, he finally buckles down and says: Dad, I’m a part of it now, it’s my business too and I’m going to work hard and undertake the burden of this work.”

So the church is called to rescue the enemies of God. “Father as You sent me into the world, I sent them into the world”. How do we do it? How do we go about rescuing people who are at odds with God? There are three ways in this chapter:

1. By knowing something

2. By growing in something

3. and then by going.

Puji Tuhan, pelaksanaan Perayaan Pesta Ulang Tahun GKPS Denpasar yang lalu berjalan dengan baik. Ini semua berkat doa dari kita semua jemaat GKPS se-Indonesia. Seluruh jemaat maupun undangan sangat bersukacita mengikuti acara tersebut. Adapun acara tersebut turut dihadiri oleh Liz A. K. Saragih dan khotbah oleh Pdt. Dr. Edison Munthe yang menambah semarak acara ini. Semua ini berlangsung berkat dukungan semua pihak yang membantu secara moril maupun materil. Terima kasih buat Tuhan Yesus juga yang telah memberikan kekuatan kepada seluruh jemaat GKPS Denpasar khususnya panitia pelaksana. Semoga apa yang telah dilakukan menjadi kemuliaan bagi nama Tuhan Yesus Kristus. Amin.

Napatorang ma use batta jujurni tutur ibagas holmouan ni namardiha-diha. Humbani tutur holmouan on do boi taridah sonaha turpani / sogihni pardalan adat i tongah jabu ni hita Simalungun :

We all suffer from concepts of what church is to be, what church is to do, how church is to act. The wrong concept that people have is that a church is a place where people meet rather than a group of people that gather at a place. That is more than just semantics, there is a big difference.

Guru SM yang kekasih, anda adalah terang lilin dari Allah terhadap setiap anak yang kehidupannya anda pengaruhi dan didik. Anda mengajar dengan sikap-sikap anda sebagaimana juga dengan perkataan-perkataan anda. Jawablah ke-14 pertanyaan di bawah ini sebagai penilaian terhadap sikap anda, sehubungan dengan tanggung jawab anda dalam mengajar mereka.

Sikap-sikap Pribadi

1. Adakah Anda berusaha membuat diri Anda menjadi seorang yang mengesankan?

2. Adakah Anda mencoba melenyapkan sifat-sifat dari pribadi Anda yang tidak patut?

3. Adakah Anda mencoba memperkembangkan suara yang menyenangkan?

4. Adakah Anda periang, berprinsip, dan dapat diandalkan?

5. Adakah Anda penuh kesabaran dan pengendalian diri?

6. Adakah Anda percaya bahwa Allah telah memanggil Anda bekerja di antara anak-anak

dalam gereja Anda?

7. Adakah Anda berdoa setiap hari untuk para murid Anda dengan menyebutkan nama,

untuk orang tua mereka dan untuk persiapan-persiapan Anda?

Sikap-sikap Jabatan

8. Adakah Anda mengetahui dan menggunakan gagasan dan bahan-bahan baru untuk anak

didik Anda?

9. Adakah Anda mempelajari keadaan murid-murid Anda dan menyesuaikan cara serta

bahan-bahan pelajaran Anda dengan kebutuhan-kebutuhan mereka yang khusus?

10. Adakah Anda tiba di sekolah minggu paling lambat 15 menit sebelumnya?

11. Adakah Anda sudah menyiapkan pelajaran-pelajaran jauh hari sebelumnya, dengan

berdoa serta memikirkan tujuannya?

Respons Murid

12. Adakah pelajaran Anda mendorong anak-anak mengambil bagian dalam percakapan dan

kegiatan / aktivitas?

13. Adakah Anda merencanakan kegiatan-kegiatan yang menarik dan beraneka ragam,

membangkitkan rasa kegembiraan, hormat, kebaikan dan keramahan anak?

14. Adakah melalui percakapan, sikap dan kelakuan mereka menunjukkan kepada Anda

rasa kasih yang makin bertumbuh terhadap Allah, terhadap rumah-Nya, terhadap

Firman-Nya dan terhadap Putra-Nya, Tuhan Yesus Kristus?

Mazmur ini adalah suatu pernyataan pemazmur tentang dua kenyataan dalam diri manusia yakni kecenderungan kepada dosa dan kesetiaan kepada Tuhan. Dua kekuatan ini melibatkan manusia dalam perjuangan hidup yang tak kunjung putus. Namun menurut pemazmur, amat berhargalah setia kepada Tuhan yang selalu setia dalam kasih dan perlindungan-Nya.