JNM * Juni 19 -- TOPI AYAH
From: e-RH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tanggal: Minggu, 19 Juni 2005 Bacaan : Efesus 6:1-4 Setahun: 1 Raja-raja 14-16 Nats : Hormatilah ayahmu (Efesus 6:2) Judul : TOPI AYAH Terjadi tragedi di tengah suatu perayaan. Hari itu adalah upacara pembukaan Olimpiade musim panas tahun 1992 di Barcelona. Satu per satu tim memasuki stadion dan berparade keliling lintasan di tengah sorak-sorai 65.000 penonton. Akan tetapi, di salah satu bagian stadion Olimpiade, terjadilah peristiwa yang mengejutkan dan menyedihkan pada saat Peter Karnaugh, ayah perenang AS, Ron Karnaugh, mendapat serangan jantung yang fatal. Lima hari kemudian, Ron tampil untuk berlomba dengan memakai topi ayahnya, yang ia sisihkan dengan hati-hati sebelum perlombaan dimulai. Tetapi mengapa ia memakai topi itu? Ia melakukannya sebagai penghormatan kepada ayahnya yang ia gambarkan sebagai sahabat terbaikku. Topi itu adalah topi yang dipakai ayahnya saat mereka memancing dan melakukan banyak hal bersama. Memakai topi itu adalah cara Ron untuk menghormati ayahnya karena telah mendampingi, menyemangati, dan mengarahkan nya. Ketika Ron berenang, ia tidak didampingi ayahnya, namun ia terinspirasi oleh kenangan tentang ayahnya. Ada berbagai cara untuk menghormati ayah kita, terutama seperti yang diperintahkan Kitab Suci kepada kita (Efesus 6:2). Salah satu caranya adalah dengan menghormati nilai-nilai yang diajarkan ayah kita, bahkan ketika ia sudah tidak lagi bersama-sama dengan kita. Apakah yang dapat Anda lakukan bagi ayah Anda hari ini, untuk menunjukkan rasa hormat seperti yang dikatakan di dalam Alkitab? -JDB AYAH TERBAIK TIDAK HANYA MEMBERI KITA KEHIDUPAN TETAPI JUGA MENGAJARI KITA BAGAIMANA MENJALANI KEHIDUPAN e-RH versi web: http://www.glorianet.org/rh/062005/19.html e-RH arsip web:http://www.sabda.org/publikasi/e-rh/2005/06/19/ Ayat Alkitab:http://www.sabda.org/sabdaweb/?p=Efesus+6:1-4 Efesus 6:1-4 1. Hai anak-anak, taatilah orang tuamu di dalam Tuhan, karena haruslah demikian. 2 Hormatilah ayahmu dan ibumu--ini adalah suatu perintah yang penting, seperti yang nyata dari janji ini: 3 supaya kamu berbahagia dan panjang umurmu di bumi. 4 Dan kamu, bapa-bapa, janganlah bangkitkan amarah di dalam hati anak-anakmu, tetapi didiklah mereka di dalam ajaran dan nasihat Tuhan. Bacaan Alkitab Setahun: http://www.sabda.org/sabdaweb/?p=1Raja+14-16 Diterjemahkan oleh Yayasan Gloria dengan izin Hak Cipta (c) pada RBC Ministries [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mailing List Jesus-Net Ministry Indonesia - JNM - Daftar : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keluar : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posting: jesus-net@yahoogroups.com Bantuan Moderator : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jesus-net/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
JNM * Juni 20 -- SEKOKOH BATU
From: e-RH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tanggal: Senin, 20 Juni 2005 Bacaan : Mazmur 34:16-23 Setahun: 1 Raja-raja 17-19 Nats : Mata Tuhan tertuju kepada orang-orang benar, dan telinga-Nya kepada teriak mereka minta tolong (Mazmur 34:16) Judul :SEKOKOH BATU Hari itu adalah hari yang menyedihkan di bulan Mei 2003 ketika pahatan The Old Man of the Mountain hancur berkeping-keping dan meluncur di lereng gunung. Wajah lelaki tua berukuran dua belas meter yang terpahat secara alami di White Mountains, New Hampshire ini telah lama menarik perhatian para turis. Kehadirannya begitu kokoh bagi warganya dan menjadi lambang resmi negara bagian tersebut. Bahkan Nathaniel Hawthorne pernah menulis tentang pahatan ini dalam cerpennya yang berjudul The Great Stone Face. Beberapa warga setempat merasa sedih ketika pahatan lelaki tua itu runtuh. Seorang wanita berkata, Saya tumbuh dewasa dengan berpikir bahwa ada seseorang yang menjaga saya. Tetapi kini saya merasa tidak begitu dijagai. Ada kalanya kehadiran seseorang yang kita andalkan menghilang. Sesuatu atau seseorang yang kita percayai pergi, dan hidup kita terguncang. Mungkin kita kehilangan orang terkasih, pekerjaan, atau tubuh yang sehat. Kehilangan itu membuat kita kehilangan keseimbangan dan labil. Kita bahkan mungkin akan berpikir bahwa Allah tidak lagi menjaga kita. Namun mata Tuhan tertuju kepada orang-orang benar, dan telinga-Nya kepada teriak mereka minta tolong (Mazmur 34:16). Dia dekat kepada orang-orang yang patah hati (ayat 19). Dia adalah Gunung Batu yang kehadiran-Nya selalu menjadi tempat kita bergantung (Ulangan 32:4). Kehadiran Allah begitu nyata. Dia terus-menerus menjaga kita. Dia sekokoh batu -AMC PERTANYAANNYA BUKAN DI MANAKAH ALLAH MELAINKAN DI MANA ALLAH TIDAK HADIR? e-RH versi web: http://www.glorianet.org/rh/062005/20.html e-RH arsip web:http://www.sabda.org/publikasi/e-rh/2005/06/20/ Ayat Alkitab: http://www.sabda.org/sabdaweb/?p=Mazmur+34:16-23 Mazmur 34:16-23 15 (34-16) Mata TUHAN tertuju kepada orang-orang benar, dan telinga-Nya kepada teriak mereka minta tolong; 16 (34-17) wajah TUHAN menentang orang-orang yang berbuat jahat untuk melenyapkan ingatan kepada mereka dari muka bumi. 17 (34-18) Apabila orang-orang benar itu berseru-seru, maka TUHAN mendengar, dan melepaskan mereka dari segala kesesakannya. 18 (34-19) TUHAN itu dekat kepada orang-orang yang patah hati, dan Ia menyelamatkan orang-orang yang remuk jiwanya. 19 (34-20) Kemalangan orang benar banyak, tetapi TUHAN melepaskan dia dari semuanya itu; 20 (34-21) Ia melindungi segala tulangnya, tidak satupun yang patah. 21 (34-22) Kemalangan akan mematikan orang fasik, dan siapa yang membenci orang benar akan menanggung hukuman. 22 (34-23) TUHAN membebaskan jiwa hamba-hamba-Nya, dan semua orang yang berlindung pada-Nya tidak akan menanggung hukuman. Bacaan Alkitab Setahun: http://www.sabda.org/sabdaweb/?p=1Raja+17-19 Diterjemahkan oleh Yayasan Gloria dengan izin Hak Cipta (c) pada RBC Ministries [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mailing List Jesus-Net Ministry Indonesia - JNM - Daftar : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keluar : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posting: jesus-net@yahoogroups.com Bantuan Moderator : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jesus-net/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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From: Dwayne Savaya [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gods Work Ministry Inspirational and Encouragement E-Mail Dear Friend, No matter what the hardships that come our way, we are to realize how blessed and favored we truly are. Many times it is in the moments when we look at those who are not as fortunate as we are that we finally see the many blessings that we possess. We are to be content and filled with thanksgiving not only because we are blessed, but because God wishes for us to be content having food to eat and clothes on our backs. The Bible declares in 1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. Be encouraged to be thankful for all that you have been given and never allow yourself to murmur and complain about the temporary trials that come your way. (Luke 12:22-32) (Ephesians 4:29-32) (Psalm 9:1-10) (Isaiah 49:14-16) I hope you are encouraged by this message to be thankful for all that you have and be quick to help those who are not as fortunate as you are. THE MAN WHO HAD PLENTY Once there was a family that was not rich and not poor. They lived in Ohio in a small country house. One night they all sat down for dinner, and there was a knock at the door. The father went to the door and opened it. There stood an old man in tattered clothes, with ripped pants and missing buttons. He was carrying a basket full of vegetables. He asked the family if they wanted to buy some vegetables from him. They quickly did because they wanted him to leave. Over time, the family and the old man became friends. The man brought vegetables to the family every week. They soon found out that he was almost blind and had cataracts on his eyes. But he was so friendly that they learned to look forward to his visits and started to enjoy his company. One day as he was delivering the vegetables, he said, I had the greatest blessing yesterday! I found a basket of clothes outside my house that someone had left for me. The family, knowing that he needed clothes, said, How wonderful! The old blind man said, The most wonderful part is that I found a family that really needed the clothes. By Jerry Ullman We must remember how blessed we are and be quick to be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only. The Lord Jesus declares in Matthew 25:40 .Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me. Whatever good we do for others, we should imagine their image to be that of the Lord because He is keeping record of our words, acts and deeds. Be encouraged to be content with where God has you and make an extra effort to let your light shine where others are positively affected. Read and meditate on these scriptures: 1 John 3:16-18 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. Galatians 6:2-4 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. Hebrews 13:5-6 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Luke 6:37-38 Jesus says, Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. All of these scriptures can be found in the King James Version Bible. Today's Selected Poem: THINGS TO FORGET Click here to read --- http://www.Godswork.org/enpoem141.htm Today's Selected Testimony: ANGELS IN THE ROOM Click here to read --- http://www.Godswork.org/testimony84.htm In Christ's Service, Dwayne Savaya Gods Work Ministry Please feel free to visit the Website to read more Encouraging and Inspirational stories, poems and testimonies. Our E-mail Archives are available as well to read the messages that have been sent in the past. You can also send Free E-cards to friends and loved ones with the many choices available. You are also welcome to post your prayer requests in our Prayer Forum. All this and more available at --- http://www.Godswork.org You can also send prayer requests to --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Add your
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daily devotions for 06-19-2005: Devotion: Morning and Evening Morning Title: The Offices of Christ Evening Title: The Garden of Christ Do you enjoy this devotional? Send it on to a friend! Morning: The Offices of Christ Thy Redeemer. --Isaiah 54:5 Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours for ever. All the offices of Christ are held on our behalf. He is king for us, priest for us, and prophet for us. Whenever we read a new title of the Redeemer, let us appropriate Him as ours under that name as much as under any other. The shepherd's staff, the father's rod, the captain's sword, the priest's mitre, the prince's sceptre, the prophet's mantle, all are ours. Jesus hath no dignity which He will not employ for our exaltation, and no prerogative which He will not exercise for our defence. His fulness of Godhead is our unfailing, inexhaustible treasure-house. His manhood also, which he took upon him for us, is ours in all its perfection. To us our gracious Lord communicates the spotless virtue of a stainless character; to us he gives the meritorious efficacy of a devoted life; on us he bestows the reward procured by obedient submission and incessant service. He makes the unsullied garment of his life our covering beauty; the glittering virtues of his character our ornaments and jewels; and the superhuman meekness of his death our boast and glory. He bequeaths us his manger, from which to learn how God came down to man; and his Cross to teach us how man may go up to God. All His thoughts, emotions, actions, utterances, miracles, and intercessions, were for us. He trod the road of sorrow on our behalf, and hath made over to us as his heavenly legacy the full results of all the labours of his life. He is now as much ours as heretofore; and he blushes not to acknowledge himself our Lord Jesus Christ, though he is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. Christ everywhere and every way is our Christ, for ever and ever most richly to enjoy. O my soul, by the power of the Holy Spirit! call him this morning, thy Redeemer. Evening: The Garden of Christ I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse. --Song of Solomon 5:1 The heart of the believer is Christ's garden. He bought it with His precious blood, and He enters it and claims it as His own. A garden implies separation. It is not the open common; it is not a wilderness; it is walled around, or hedged in. Would that we could see the wall of separation between the church and the world made broader and stronger. It makes one sad to hear Christians saying, Well, there is no harm in this; there is no harm in that, thus getting as near to the world as possible. Grace is at a low ebb in that soul which can even raise the question of how far it may go in worldly conformity. A garden is a place of beauty, it far surpasses the wild uncultivated lands. The genuine Christian must seek to be more excellent in his life than the best moralist, because Christ's garden ought to produce the best flowers in all the world. Even the best is poor compared with Christ's deservings; let us not put Him off with withering and dwarf plants. The rarest, richest, choicest lilies and roses ought to bloom in the place which Jesus calls His own. The garden is a place of growth. The saints are not to remain undeveloped, always mere buds and blossoms. We should grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Growth should be rapid where Jesus is the Husbandman, and the Holy Spirit the dew from above. A garden is a place of retirement. So the Lord Jesus Christ would have us reserve our souls as a place in which He can manifest Himself, as He doth not unto the world. O that Christians were more retired, that they kept their hearts more closely shut up for Christ! We often worry and trouble ourselves, like Martha, with much serving, so that we have not the room for Christ that Mary had, and do not sit at His feet as we should. The Lord grant the sweet showers of His grace to water His garden this day. == From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daily devotions for 06-18-2005: Devotion: Morning and Evening Morning Title: A Prayer Frequently Used Evening Title: The Well of Promise Do you enjoy this devotional? Send it on to a friend! Morning: A Prayer Frequently Used Help, Lord. --Psalm 12:1 The prayer itself is remarkable, for it is short, but seasonable, sententious, and suggestive. David mourned the fewness of faithful men, and therefore lifted up his heart in supplication--when the creature failed, he flew to the Creator. He evidently felt his own weakness, or he would not have cried for help; but at the same time he intended honestly to exert himself for the cause of truth, for the word help is
JNM * Korban kekerasan...MOHON BANTUAN.......
From: Inge Korban kekerasan...MOHON BANTUAN... WKRI Pusat Jl. Kayu Jati III / 8 Rawamangun Telp : 4758949 Teman2 semua ytk, Karena keadaan sudah mendesak dimana tanpa kita sadari ternyata banyak korban2 kekerasan disekitar kita, maka tanpa memperhitungkan bahwa dana belum begitu mencukupi, WKRI dengan segala keterbatasan akhirnya memaksakan diri untuk segera membangun : Rumah kita ketua : ibu Veronica Prayitno, HP : 0815 9210 200 Atas restu Tuhan yang Maha Pengasih, rumah penampungan bagi para korban kekerasan ini sudah hampir selesai, namun...apa mau dikata, diakhir2 masa pembangunan ini mereka kekurangan dana terutama untuk membeli semen yang walaupun sudah mendapat kemurahan, tetap saja masih kurang. Oleh sebeb itulah dengan segala kerendahan hati kami datang mengetuk pintu rumah hati teman2 sekalian agar bersedia menyisihkan sedikit rezeki dari Tuhan bagi pembelian semen teman2nya. Bagi kalian yang tergerak, dapat mengirimkannya ke rek : BCA cabang Matraman No. : 342 3020 225 a.n : Yayasan Dharma Ibu Pusat Besar harapan kami agar teman2 bersedia lagi membantu agar para korban kekerasan dapat segera dibantu mendapatkan tempat penampungan Semoga amal dan kasih kalian bagi mereka yang menderita, miskin papa, membuahkan rahmat yang berlimopah bagi kalian sekeluarga, bagi ibu2 WKRI sebagai alatNya bagi para korban kekerasan yang menerimanya. Salam dalam kasihNYA bagi kita semua, a.n WKRI pusat, I n g e - Original Message - From: Inge To: Yehezkiel_DS ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 2:23 PM Subject: [YHZ] MOHON BANTUAN bagi para korban kekerasan Teman2 semua ytk, Dalam upaya memerangi kekerasan yang semakin banyak terjadi, maka ibu-ibu yang tergabung dalam WKRI pusat mengusahakan untuk membantu para korban kekerasan itu dengan mendirikan rumah singgah bagi mereka yang rencananya akan dibangun disalah satu pinggiran kota Jakarta pada tanah seluas 4000 M2 sementara ini mereka masih mengontrak salah satu rumah. Mereka memberi nama Rumah Kita pada rumah itu dengan tujuan agar siapapun dapat merasakan keamanan kedamaian karena merasa seperti dirumah sendiri. Ketua dari Rumah Kita adalah : ibu Veronica Prayitno, HP : 0815 9210 200 Beberapa contoh kasus yang sedang dalam penanganan mereka adalah : * Ada seorang anak wanita yang sering diperkosa oleh ayah kandungnya sendiri dimana ibunya tidak dapat berbuat apa2,sesudah dewasa anak ini menikah mempunyai anak berusia 4 tahun yang mengalami nasib tidak jauh dari dirinya, diperkosa oleh pamannya sendiri karena dia tidak bisa menerima, ibu ini melaporkan hal tsb pada pihak yang berwajib, namun begitu ayah ibunya mengetahui hal tsb, mereka minta si anak untuk menarik laporannya ke polisi dengan mengancam serta memakai kekerasan fisik karena mereka takut perbuatan si ayah akan terbongkar. Sekarang ibu anaknya ini dalam perlindungan WKRI dalam rumah kita. * Seorang pria yang sudah beristri mempunyai anak mengajak keponakannya dari luar Jawa untuk tinggal bersama mereka, berikutnya pria ini memperkosanya sehingga mengakibatkan keponakan itu melarikan diri dari rumah. Karena marah pria ini kemudian menyiksa istri dan anaknya sendiri yang dipukul, dihajar, bahkan anaknya sendiri yang masih kecil dibanting sehingga istrinya dengan susah payah berusaha mencari sang keponakan untuk kembali jadilah buah simalakama bagi sang keponakan, harus rela diperkosa atau keponakannya akan dibanting bapaknya. Kasus ini juga sedang dalam penanganan Rumah Kita *Suatu kali ketika saya sedang berkunjung kesana saya mendengar tangisan bunda..bunda..mana bunda.?.., ternyata itu tangisan dari seorang remaja 18 thn yang berulang kali diperkosa ayah tirinya, sementara sang ibu kabur entah kemana. Demi menolong kaum lemah yang tak berdaya inilah maka WKRI berupaya dengan segala macam cara kita juga dapat turut serta membantu mereka dengan membeli : Buku Ziarah Gua Maria di Jawa , tebal 180 halaman yang menjelaskan dengan rinci tentang semua tempat Ziarah yang ada di P Jawa, sejarah berdirinya sampai tempat penginapan bila kita berkunjung kesana. Buku ini kami tawarkan dengan harga Rp 50.000,- sampai ketempat kalian, sukur2 dikasih lebih, he...he... Kaos Power Of Love , sebagai perwujudan kekuatan cinta kita Tuhan bagi sesama, bagus sekali untuk dipakai dalam keadaan santai, piknik, maupun yang lainnya. Ada beberapa warna pilihan : putih ( itu bagian belakangnya ), merah, orange, biru hitam Untuk kaos ini kami berikan harga Rp 25.000,- sampai ditempat, dikirim lebih juga tidak ditolak, he...he... Bagi kalian yang tergerak untuk membeli dapat memesannya pada saya : [EMAIL PROTECTED] HP : 0816 1850 851 Fax : 7542432 Sedangkan dananya dapat kalian kirimkan pada : Tahapan BCA kcp Cinere No : 2671282541 a.n : Goretti Indriati Setiawan Kami mohon maaf
JNM * Mengasihi ayah!; Ayah, Masihkah... BUKAN BERASAL DARI BAPA
From: mangucup88 Mengasihi ayah! Ayahku mempunyai rumah, walaupun ini hanya berupa bangunan sederhana saja, tetapi kami anak2nya senang berkumpul dirumah ayah. Minimum seminggu sekali, kami mengusahakan untuk bisa kumpul bersama dirumah ayahku. Tetapi kemarin ayahku dituntut untuk keluar dgn segera dari rumah tsb, walaupun rumah itu resmi miliki ayahku yg telah dibangun dgn jerih payah dan berdasarkan biaya yg dikumpulkan oleh putera2 nya. Remuk dan sedih sekali perasaan ayahku, karena ia sadar apabila ia tidak memiliki rumah lagi, dimana kami sekeluarga bisa kumpul barengan lagi. Apakah kami putera2 nya harus menerima begitu saja, apabila rumah ayah harus digusur dan dikosongkan dgn paksa begitu saja? Bagaimana perasaan Anda apabila ini terjadi dgn ayahanda sendiri? Dan apa yg akan Anda lakukan? Bahkan dahulu kakak yg tertua pernah ngambek berat, karena didepan rumah ayah pernah dijadikan tempat jualan para pedangang kaki lima, sedemikian marahnya dia, sehingga ia mengusir mereka dan meja2 tempat jualannya pun di balik2an olehnya. Walaupun ia se-hari2nya termasuk orang yg memiliki watak lembut, dan penuh dgn kasih, tetapi ia mempunyai keberanian dan jiwa untuk FIGHT buat membela ayah, sebab menurut dia para pedagang kaki lima itu udah kelewatan banget; kok tega2nya rumah ayah mo dijadikan tempat jualan, siapa kagak sewot tuh? Sayang kakakku sekarang sudah tidak berada bersama dgn kami lagi, coba kalho dia masih ada pasti mereka yg berani mengusir ayah udah di gaplokin jadi tempe tuh! Kakanda itu hampir tidak pernah marah, tetapi kalho udah kebangetan sekali, maka kata2 kasarpun bisa ia keluarkan seperti: Eh lho babi-babi, keturunan babi hutan, lho bakal dipanggang jadi sate babi di api neraka! Dlm soal membela ayahanda kakak, tidak pernah segan2 dan juga tidak pernah punya rasa takut, boro2 baru di bui, dihukum mati azah ia kagak takut, bahkan udah dilakoninya. Beda dgn kita adik2nya, yg bisanya cuma ngomong doang ato dlm bhs Sundanya sih NATO No Action Tapi Omong azah euuuy, dimulut sih tiap hari ngomong ber-kali2 Gw cinta ama Bokap tuh sehingga apapun yg Bokap inginkan pasti Gw lakukan, tetapi kenyataannya mana tuh? Pada saatnya Bokap butuh bantuan, agar rumahnya kagak digusur, mo nolong? Boro2 mo nolong minggat ngacir sih ya! Maka dari itu kakanda dahulu pernah bilang kalho lho punya keberanian segede biji sawo azah, lho bakal jadi jagoan, sehingga bisa mindahin kwali panas, seperti di felm kung fu tuh! Bahkan kita pernah mengaminkan, bahwa nilainya rumah ayah itu sama tingginya seperti tubuhnya ayahanda sendiri, mana tuh janji2 kita ama bokap? Kok tega2nya lho; bopak sendiri mo diusir suru jadi gembel tinggal dibawah kolong jembatan. Memang dlm soal ngomong sih kita nomor wahid deh. Adik2ku semuanya hanya bisanya minta azah terus menerus tiada henti2nya siang dan malam, minta ini, minta itu, dan pada umumnya selalu dikabulkan oleh ayah. Ayah tidak pernah mita bales budi dari kami putera2nya, tetapi pada saat seperti sekarang ini dimana ayah sedang membutuhkan bantuan kita, apa kita punya nyali dan kemauan untuk membantu dia? Boro2 mo bantu ayah, mikirin azah ogah dgn prinsip that's not my problem euuu..y Paling banter cuma ngajak berdoa azah dgn prinsip karena ini problem ayah, udah azah ayah sendiri yg menyelesaikannya, jadi itu sih bukannya urusan owe lagi. Amin Memang anak2 jaman sekarang ini hanya memiliki mental tahu dan keberanian kelas taoco, beda dgn orang2 jaman baheula yg masih mempunyai keberanian dan nyali untuk membela ayahnya, sehingga di cincang jadi bakso pun mereka siap Keluargaku dikalangan kampung termasuk etnis yg minder, oleh sebab itu dgn mudahnya mereka bisa dgn se-mena2 mengusir ayah, tetapi renungkanlah, kalho kita sekarang hanya bisanya diem dan nerimo azah, bukankah kejadian yg sama akan merembet ke-mana2, kalho menurut president Kennedy sih teori ini dibilangnya teori Domino Efect. Apa yang akan Anda jawab apabila ayah Anda mengajukan pertanyaan: Apakah engkau mengasihi aku? Sekali2 baca tuh: Yohanes 21:15-17 Maranatha Mang Ucup The Drunken Priest Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: www.mangucup.org === From: S.Spra Ayah, Masihkah engkau menjadi kekasih hatiku? Ayah kita itu bukan pilihan, ia juga tidak dapat dibeli dengan uang, ia juga tidak dapat diganti yang baru, nah kalaupun terpaksa maka ia akan menjadi ayah tiri, ayah tiri itu bukan yang asli. Itu sebabnya apa yang sudah ditetapkan oleh Tuhan ya terima saja, jangan iri karena ayah kita lebih miskin, jangan membanding-banding ayah kita dengan ayah orang lain. Ayah kita juga tidak dapat disangkal, baik atau brengseknya ia tetap adalah ayah kita. Dalam rangka memperingati hari Ayah, sering kita mendengar orang-orang bersaksi bagaimana kebaikan hati ayahnya, namun pada saat yang sama ada teman-teman yang begitu tersayat hati sebab mereka tidak pernah merasakan sisi-sisi baik dari sang ayah,
JNM * Christianity Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen (1923) - chapter 3
From: Suzianty Herawati Christianity Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen (1923) Chapter 3: God Man It has been observed in the last chapter that Christianity is based on an account of something that happened in the first century of our era. But before that account can be received, certain presuppositions must be accepted. The Christian gospel consists in an account of how God saved man, and before that gospel can be understood something must be known (1) about God and (2) about man. The doctrine of God and the doctrine of man are the two great presuppositions of the gospel. With regard to these presuppositions, as with regard to the gospel itself, modern liberalism is diametrically opposed to Christianity. It is opposed to Christianity, in the first place, in its conception of God. But at this point we are met with a particularly insistent form of that objection to doctrinal matters which has already been considered. It is unnecessary, we are told, to have aconception of God; theology, or the knowledge of God, it is said, is the death of religion; we should not seek to know God, but should merely feel His presence. With regard to this objection, it ought to be observed that if religion consists merely in feeling the presence of God, it is devoid of any moral quality whatever. Pure feeling, if there be such a thing, is non-moral. What makes affection for a human friend, for example, such an ennobling thing is the knowledge which we possess of the CHRISTIANITY LIBERALISM, page 55 character of our friend. Human affection, apparently so simple, is really just bristling with dogma. It depends upon a host of observations treasured up in the mind with regard to the character of our friends. But if human affection is thus really dependent upon knowledge, why should it be otherwise with that supreme personal relationship which is at the basis of religion ? Why should we be indignant about slanders directed against a human friend, while at the same time we are patient about the basest slanders directed against our God? Certainly it does make the greatest possible difference what we think about God; the knowledge of God is the very basis of religion. How, then, shall God be known; how shall we become so acquainted with Him that personal fellowship may become possible? Some liberal preachers would say that we become acquainted with God only through Jesus. That assertion has an appearance of loyalty to our Lord, but in reality it is highly derogatory to Him. For Jesus Himself plainly recognized the validity of other ways of knowing God, and to reject those other ways is to reject the things that lay at the very center of Jesus' life. Jesus plainly found God's hand in nature; the lilies of the field revealed to Him the weaving of God. He found God also in the moral law; the law written in the hearts of men was God's law, which revealed His righteousness. Finally Jesus plainly found God revealed in the Scriptures. How profound was our Lord's use of the words of prophets and psalmists! To say that such revelation of God was invalid, or is useless to us today, is to do despite to things that lay closest to Jesus' mind and heart. But, as a matter of fact, when men say that we know God only as He is revealed in Jesus, they are denying all real knowledge of God whatever. For unless there be CHRISTIANITY LIBERALISM, page 56 some idea of God independent of Jesus, the ascription of deity to Jesus has no meaning. To say, Jesus is God, is meaningless unless the word God has an antecedent meaning attached to it. And the attaching of a meaning to the word God is accomplished by the means which have just been mentioned. We are not forgetting the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John, He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. But these words do not mean that if a man had never known what the word God means, he could come to attach an idea to that word merely by his knowledge of Jesus' character. On the contrary, the disciples to whom Jesus was speaking had already a very definite conception of God; a knowledge of the one supreme Person was presupposed in all that Jesus said. But the disciples desired not only a knowledge of God hut also intimate, personal contact. And that came through their intercourse with Jesus. Jesus revealed, in a wonderfully intimate way, the character of God, but such revelation obtained its true significance only on the basis both of the Old Testament heritage and of Jesus' own teaching. Rational theism, the knowledge of one Supreme Person, Maker and active Ruler of the world, is at the very root of Christianity. But, the modern preacher will say, it is incongruous to attribute to Jesus an acceptance of rational theism; Jesus had a practical, not a theoretical, knowledge of God. There is
