Mengejar Hadirmu (With Violin)...Revd. Rod and Team

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“Christ is Our Peace” (Ephesians 2:14).

“Christ is Our Peace” (Ephesians 2:14).

Days gone by without a day chaos unheard

Conflicts happened in and around us on daily basis

Nations against nations

Leaders against leaders

Protesters against the police

Personal need against personal crave

Amidst all these trembles and uncertainties, stands a great name

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility

Father, grant us the peace that passes all understanding

Calm the storm, cease the wind

Calm the storm around us, calm the storm which is already in us

Help us to know that you are indeed the Prince of Peace

And show your mercy upon those who prefer violence

For they do not know what they are doing

Help us to represent you in everything that we do

Help us to present you to the world that we live in

You are our peace

You are my peace

You are the true peace.

Amen.

'We like the things that we do not do and we still dunno why'.

'We like the things that we do not do and we still dunno why'.

Opening Statement:

Any hardcore rock music fans who wear A7X shirts day and nite but do not play any music instrument
and hardcore football fans who boast around wearing the team's jersey and boast bout the team in FB but rarely/never play football
can group up together and start a group called

'We like the things that we do not do and we still dunno why'.

Just in case the statement sounded bias and judgmental to certain group of people (although they are not at all targeted), let’s just modify the statement a little bit in order to get the whole article fit together.

Any Christian who wear huge cross(es) and hung them like a hip hop artist around their neck but never were in a Christian community i.e. going to churches or
Any Christian who own a Bible but never appreciate the importance of reading it and to live by its truth
can group together and start a group called

'We like the things that we do not do and we still dunno why'.

Now that I have rephrased the whole sentence to make it more ‘Christian Appealing’, let’s get things started and trash out the issue of the opening statement, lest we will miss the point.

Humans were created with the ability to learn and copy. Learning and copying had helped us to walk in different ways and levels in this world. However, the failure to ‘learn from copying’ is another thing. Adding to the failure, humans tend to copy (or for the sake of this article, blindly follow) without knowing why they even need to copy and imitate others.

We can have a faith, but we cannot copy a faith. We can be brought up in  a Christian family, but being IN THE family do not make us a true believer. Why? Because we cannot just copy our parents/imitate their Christian routine and become a Christian. To be a Christian we need to:

1. Know why we do things that Christians do. E.g. prayer, baptism, Sacraments of the Church.
2. Have the personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

3. Get away from the ‘imitating and copying’ lifestyle, and start to learn how to walk in the ways            of the Lord.

4. Read the Bible, love it, live by it.

Otherwise, we will fall into the category of people who say

'We like the things that we do not do and we still dunno why'.

Sapa Ti Pemadu Besai? (Mark 9:30-37)

Jesus ngereja pengawa Iya ba mayuh bengkah menoa baka Galili enggau Kapernaum lalu bejalai enggau bala anak murid iya 12 iko. Ba rantu jalai Jesus bisi ninga anak murid Iya bekelikoh pasal ‘sapa ti pemadu besai’. Leboh Jesus nanya, sida enda nyaut Iya. Nya kabuah Jesus lalu dudok lalu ngangau ke sida 12 iko (ayat 34-35). Iya lalu ngajar sida enggau manah munyi tu:

“Barang sapa ti deka nyadi ketuai enda tau enda dudi ari samoa orang,

lalu nyadi pemela samoa orang.”

            Nambah ke jaku ajar nya, Jesus mega lalu ngambi siko anak mit (ti ba rumah nya) lalu ngasoh anak mit nya bediri ba mua sida (ayat 36). Udah nya Jesus lalu ngerendut anembiak mit nya lalu madah “Barang sapa ti nyambut siko anak mit baka tu dalam nama aku, nyambut aku; lalu barang sapa ti nyambut aku ukai semina nyambut aku aja, tang iya mega nyambut iya ti ngasoh aku.” (ayat 37).

            Ari jerita nya tadi kitai berati ke anak murid Tuhan Jesus lebih agi ngemerat ke ‘penudok sida’ enti dibanding enggau pemati ti dikenang ke olih Tuhan Jesus. Sida enda mereti ke jaku ajar Iya lalu enda mega berani betanya ngagai Iya (ayat 32). Penudok sereta kuasa tekelalu balat ngisi runding sida ngujung ke sida bekelikoh enggau pangan diri.

            Jesus ngena siko anak mit dikena ngajar sida laban anak mit tu ‘nadai kuasa sereta nadai deka ngiga nama ke diri empu’. Pemesai Perintah Allah Taala deka ditemu leboh maya kitai ngemerat ke orang bukai dulu agi ari kitai empu laban nya meh batang ajar Jesus- Iya datai ukai minta bela, tang deka mela lalu meri nyawa diri kena nebus orang mayuh (Matthew 20:28).

           

Barang sapa ti nyambut orang bukai enggau chukup basa enggau manah, orang nya sigi dikerindu ke Allah Taala laban iya enda bepilih. Jesus empu madah ‘barang sapa ti nyambut siko anak mit baka tu dalam nama aku, nyambut aku; lalu barang sapa ti nyambut aku, ukai semina nyambut aku aja, tang iya mega nyambut iya ti ngasoh aku” (Mark 9:37)

            Sapa ti pemadu besai? Enti kitai deka bekelikoh pasal sapa ‘ti pemadu besai’ ba rumah, tentunya apai sereta indai kitai meh ti pemadu besai. Pia mega enti ba upis perintah tauka kompeni, orang ti pemadu besai tentunya pengarah tauka ketua jabatan. Pengetua, guru besar enggau pengajar meh ti pemadu besai ba sekula. Leboh kitai meda pengidup kitai empu nengah chara orang Kristian, Tuhan Jesus meh ti pemadu besai. Nya alai, patut kitai ngasi ke jaku Tuhan sereta peneka Iya dalam pengidup kitai siko-siko laban Tuhan meh ti pemadu besai. Amen.

Iban Enggi Kristus

Pengerai ba Tuboh enggau Roh

Jaku ajar ba St. Lawrence’s Sabu, 9 September 2012

(Mark 7:24- end)

“Pengarap indu siko sereta Jesus nyuman ka orang ti bengal enggau ti bisu.”

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Selamat pagi bala menyadi dalam Kristus, sereta selamat datai besambiang ba St. Lawrence’s Sabu baka ke pagi tu. Saritu kitai udah tama ke minggu Trinity ti ke 14 dalam Kalendar Grija kitai, lalu sebedau aku terus enggau jaku ajar ke pagi tu aku deka dulu mai kitai semua besampi. Besampi kitai.

Menyadi dalam Kristus, dalam injil ti udah didinga kitai nya tadi dia kitai meda pengawa Tuhan Jesus ti muru antu ari tubuh siko anak indu (ayat 29-30) sereta Jesus ti nyuman ke siko orang ti bengal sereta bisu. Jesus ngengkah ke jari iya datas orang nya, ngachok ke tunjok iya ke dalam pending orang  nya sereta ngeludah lalu negu dilah orang nya.

‘Tebuka meh!’ ko Jesus, kemaya nya orang nya lalu olih ninga sereta bejaku. Gerai 100% on the spot. Kitai olih meda semua tu nyadi ba ayat 32-35.

Menyadi dalam Kristus, ari dua iti jerita pasal Jesus ti muru antu sereta nyuman ke orang ti bengal sereta bisu nya tadi kitai tentu iya alit ati enggau kuasa sereta chara Tuhan Jesus bekerja. Mayuh orang arap ke Jesus laban sida meda kuasa iya, mayuh orang nyadi Kristian laban sida udah ngasai ke kuasa iya dalam pengidup sida. Aku enggau nuan nitih ke Jesus laban arap ke Iya ti udah mati datas kayu regang, laban nimbang dosa kitai sebuat.

Injil ke pagi tu nusi pasal ‘pengerai tuboh’ tauka ‘the physical healing’ olih Tuhan Jesus. Leboh kitai ngaku diri empu nya orang Kristian, kitai mesti meda diri empu ukai semina ari sudut tuboh kitai aja (fizikal) tang mega ari segi rohani kitai (our spiritual life as Christians). Nya alai enti orang Kristian nya beguna ke pengerai ba tuboh, tentu mega iya beguna amat ke pengerai ba roh iya. Tu ti dikangau ke kitai ‘spiritual healing’. (baca ari James 5:14-17). Mayuh orang Kristian beguna pengerai ba semengat sida laban penyakit ba semengat tu ukai ba penyakit ba tuboh. Pemedis ba tuboh tu ambi seleka dua Panadol tau kebah tau gerai, tang penyakit ba roh tauka semengat tu beguna amat ke sampi bala mayuh sereta diisi penuh enggau leka jaku Tuhan. Bup Kudus- bible tu meh penuh enggau jaku Tuhan ti ngerai ke semengat kitai ti sakit.

Dalam pejalai, dalam singkang kitai besari-sari ti nyadi orang Kristian kitai tentu iya beguna ke pengerai ba pengidup kitai. Bacha ari Injil St. Mark tu tadi semina siti tauka dua iti aja jerita pasal Tuhan Jesus ti amat-amat olih ngerai ke kitai mensia, meri penyuman ke orang ti arap. Enti nuan sakit, tentu nya nuan nganjung diri empu ke klinik tauka ke sepital. Enti ngasai ke diri empu beguna ke pengerai ba tuboh enggau samengat nuan, kangau 2-3 iko kaban Kristian bai sama besampi ke nuan. Agi mayuh bala Kristian ti sakit ba senentang pengidup roh sida, nya kabuah agi bisi orang Kristian ti bedendam, ringat ke orang bukai sereta kepapas ba ati. Tu beguna ke sembiang semua penyakit ba roh  tu tadi, ubat ari Klinik Dr. Guang enda olih muai penyakit ba roh kitai. Semina sampi aja olih mai pengerai ti mutlak, ti amat ba pengidup orang Kristian.

Bala menyadi dalam Kristus, Jesus datai ukai semina laban deka nebus kitai mensia ari dosa. Jesus mega datai ngambika pengidup tuboh sereta pengidup roh kitai semampai gerai semampai manah belama. Dikena aku nembu ke jaku ajar aku ke pagi tu, aku mai kitai meda injil Matthew 11:28 ti munyi tu:

“Datai ngagai Aku semua kita ti lelak ngema utai berat, lalu aku deka ngasoh kita lantang. Pegai tangkun aku lalu simpan ba ati kita, lalu pelajar ke ari aku laban aku nelap sereta baroh ati lalu ati kita deka bulih pengelantang. Tangkun ti diberi aku ngagai kita mudah, lalu ma ti deka diasoh aku bai kita lempong”.

Dalam nama Allah Apai, Allah Anak enggau Allah Roh Kudus. Amen. +