JNM * Gods Work Ministry E-Mail
From: Dwayne Savaya [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gods Work Ministry Inspirational and Encouragement E-Mail Dear Friend, We should never allow ourselves to get agitated or frustrated because things don't seem to be going our way. We are to have God's perfect peace at all times and allow His Word to dwell in us richly. The Lord Jesus reminded us that in the world we will have tribulation, but then He went on to reassure us to be of good cheer, because He has overcome the world for us. No matter the trials or tribulations that come near to you, you stay in peace, and allow the Lord to comfort your heart where nothing will be able to steal your joy or move your faith in Him. (Colossians 3:12-17) I hope you are encouraged by this message to stay in peace no matter the trials or tribulations that come to tempt you to lose your patience, joy and your peace. WANNA BORROW A JACK? One day I went to a lawyer friend for advice. “I'm in real trouble” I said. “My neighbors across the road are going on vacation for a month; and instead of boarding their dogs they are going to keep them locked up and a woman is coming to feed them, if she doesn't forget. Meanwhile they'll be lonely and bark all day and howl all night, and I won't be able to sleep. I'll either have to call the SPCA to haul them away or I'll go berserk and go over there and shoot them and then when my neighbors return, they'll go berserk and come over and shoot me.” My lawyer patted back a delicate yawn. “Let me tell you a story,” he said. “And don't stop me if you've heard it because it will do you good to hear it again.” “A fellow was speeding down a country road late at night and Bang, went a tire. He got out and looked but he had no jack. “Then he said to himself. 'Well, I'll just walk to the nearest farmhouse and borrow a jack.' He saw a light in the distance and said, 'Well, I'm in luck; the farmer's up. I'll just knock on the door and say I'm in trouble; would you please lend me a jack? And he'll say, why sure, neighbor, help yourself, but bring it back.' “He walked on a little farther and the light went out so he said to himself, 'Now he's gone to bed, and he'll be annoyed because I'm bothering him so he'll probably want some money for his jack. And I'll say, all right, it isn't very neighborly but I'll give you a quarter. And he'll say, do you think you can get me out of bed in the middle of the night and then offer me a quarter? Give me a dollar or get yourself a jack somewhere else.' “By the time he got to the farmhouse the fellow had worked himself into a lather. He turned into the gate and muttered. 'A dollar! All right, I'll give you a dollar. But not a cent more! A poor devil has an accident and all he needs is a jack. You probably won't let me have one no matter what I give you. That's the kind of guy you are.' “Which brought him to the door and he knocked angrily, loudly. The farmer stuck his head out the window above the door and hollered down, 'Who's there? What do you want?' The fellow stopped pounding on the door and yelled up, 'You and your stupid jack! You know what you can do with it!'” When I stopped laughing, I started thinking, and I said, “Is that what I've been doing?” “Right,” he said, “and you'd be surprised how many people come to a lawyer for advice, and instead of calmly stating the facts, start building up a big imaginary fight; what he'll say to his partner, what she'll say to her husband, or how they'll tell the Old Man off about his will. So I tell them the story about the jack and they cool off. “The next time I hear from them, one tells me that the partner was glad to meet him halfway; the gal says she can't understand it, her husband was so reasonable she thought she must have gotten somebody else on the phone; the relatives found out the Old Man had already been asking a lawyer how he could give everything to them before he died, to save them inheritance tax.” I thought, “How true! Most of us go through life bumping into obstacles we could easily bypass; spoiling for a fight and lashing out in blind rages at fancied wrongs and imaginary foes. “And we don't even realize what we are doing until someone startles us one day with a vivid word like a lightning flash on a dark night.” Well, the other night I was driving home from the city. I was late for dinner and I hadn't phoned my wife. As I crawled along in a line of cars, I became more and more frustrated and angry. I'll tell her I was caught in the heavy weekend traffic and she'll say, “Why didn't you phone me before you left town?” Then I'll say, “What difference does it make anyway, I'm here!” And she'll say, “Yes, and I'm here, too, and I've been here all day waiting to hear from you!” And I'll say, “I suppose I haven't anything else to do but call you up every hour on the hour and make like a lovebird!” And she'll say, “You mean like a wolf, but you wouldn't be calling me!” By this time I am
JNM * On Him they laid..; They took Jesus..; What's good in it? How truthfull are you ?
From: Suzianty Herawati On Him they laid the cross, that He might bear it after Jesus. --Luke 23:26 We see in Simon's carrying the cross a picture of the work of the Church throughout all generations; she is the cross-bearer after Jesus. Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. He bears a cross, not that you may escape it, but that you may endure it. Christ exempts you from sin, but not from sorrow. Remember that, and expect to suffer. But let us comfort ourselves with this thought, that in our case, as in Simon's, it is not our cross, but Christ's cross which we carry. When you are molest ed for your piety; when your religion brings the trial of cruel mockings upon you, then remember it is not your cross, it is Christ's cross; and how delightful is it to carry the cross of our Lord Jesus! You carry the cross after Him. You have blessed company; your path is marked with the footprints of your Lord. The mark of His blood-red shoulder is upon that heavy burden. 'Tis His cross, and He goes before you as a shepherd goes before his sheep. Take up your cross daily, and follow Him. Do not forget, also, that you bear this cross in partnership. It is the opinion of some that Simon only carried one end of the cross, and not the whole of it. That is very possible; Christ may have carried the heavier part, against the transverse beam, and Simon may have borne the lighter end. Certainly it is so with you; you do but carry the light end of the cross, Christ bore the heavier end. And remember, though Simon had to bear the cross for a very little while, it gave him lasting honour. Even so the cross we carry is only for a little while at most, and then we shall receive the crown, the glory. Surely we should love the cross, and, instead of shrinking from it, count it very dear, when it works out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. CH Spurgeon = From: Suzianty Herawati They took Jesus, and led Him away.--John 19:16 He had been all night in agony, He had spent the early morning at the hall of Caiaphas, He had been hurried from Caiaphas to Pilate, from Pilate to Herod, and from Herod back again to Pilate; He had, therefore, but little strength left, and yet neither refreshment nor rest were permitted Him. They were eager for His blood, and therefore led Him out to die, loaded with the cross. O dolorous procession! Well may Salem's daughters weep. My soul, do thou weep also. What learn we here as we see our blessed Lord led forth? Do we not perceive that truth which was set forth in shadow by the scapegoat? Did not the high-priest bring the scapegoat, and put both his hands upon its head, confessing the sins of the people, that thus those sins might be laid upon the goat, and cease from the people? Then the goat was led away by a fit man into the wilderness, and it carried away the sins of the people, so that if they were sought for they could not be found. Now we see Jesus brought before the priests and rulers, who pronounce Him guilty; God Himself imputes our sins to Him, the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all; He was made sin for us; and, as the substitute for our guilt, bearing our sin upon His shoulders, represented by the cross; we see the great Scapegoat led away by the appointed officers of justice. Beloved, can you feel assured that He carried your sin? As you look at the cross upon His shoulders, does it represent your sin? There is one way by which you can tell whether He carried your sin or not. Have you laid your hand upon His head, confessed your sin, and trusted in Him? Then your sin lies not on you; it has all been transferred by blessed imputation to Christ, and He bears it on His shoulder as a load heavier than the cross. Let not the picture vanish till you have rejoiced in your own deliverance, and adored the loving Redeemer upon whom your iniquities were laid. CH Spurgeon = From: Bayo Afolaranmi Dear Beloved, As we enter into the Holy Week today, let me resend an abridged version of series of messages I once sent about the accomplishments of the atoning death of Jesus Christ: WHAT IS GOOD IN IT? (abridged) (THE ATONING DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST) None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory (1 Corinthians 2:8, NIV). I overheard a Muslim preacher one day accusing the Christians: They call the day 'Good Friday.' What is good in it? What is good in a day they crucified their Savior? What is worthy of celebration in it? I chuckled. What is good in the Good Friday? Why should we Christians celebrate such a horrible day - a day that our Savior and Lord was tried, sentenced to death by crucifixion, flogged, molested, crucified cruelly and eventually died? Non-Christians
JNM * daily devotional
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] daily devotional Morning ... John 19:16 They took Jesus, and led Him away. He had been all night in agony, He had spent the early morning at the hall of Caiaphas, He had been hurried from Caiaphas to Pilate, from Pilate to Herod, and from Herod back again to Pilate; He had, therefore, but little strength left, and yet neither refreshment nor rest were permitted Him. They were eager for His blood, and therefore led Him out to die, loaded with the cross. O dolorous procession! Well may Salem's daughters weep. My soul, do thou weep also. What learn we here as we see our blessed Lord led forth? Do we not perceive that truth which was set forth in shadow by the scapegoat? Did not the high-priest bring the scapegoat, and put both his hands upon its head, confessing the sins of the people, that thus those sins might be laid upon the goat, and cease from the people? Then the goat was led away by a fit man into the wilderness, and it carried away the sins of the people, so that if they were sought for they could not be found. Now we see Jesus brought before the priests and rulers, who pronounce Him guilty; God Himself imputes our sins to Him, the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all; He was made sin for us; and, as the substitute for our guilt, bearing our sin upon His shoulders, represented by the cross; we see the great Scapegoat led away by the appointed officers of justice. Beloved, can you feel assured that He carried your sin? As you look at the cross upon His shoulders, does it represent your sin? There is one way by which you can tell whether He carried your sin or not. Have you laid your hand upon His head, confessed your sin, and trusted in Him? Then your sin lies not on you; it has all been transferred by blessed imputation to Christ, and He bears it on His shoulder as a load heavier than the cross. Let not the picture vanish till you have rejoiced in your own deliverance, and adored the loving Redeemer upon whom your iniquities were laid. Romans 12:3-8 (3) For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (4) For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: (5) So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. (6) Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; (7) Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; (8) Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. These six verses are all tied together by humility—that one should not think of himself more highly than he ought. God has put us each in the body as it pleases Him, so we should not think that we, as, say, the toe are better than the knee because the toe cannot do the knee's job. God thinks of the toe just as highly as He does of the knee, but if He has put us as a toe, why not in faith do the job of a toe because that is what God wants us to be? If He had wanted us to be a knee, He would have put you in the body as a knee, but He made us to be a toe, so be happy as a toe! Do a toe's work in faith! Paul tells us to think soberly, logically, seriously, that as God has dealt to each a measure of faith, that we in faith can consider our place in the church and deal with it. So, whatever we are to do, do it! Do it with all the gifts and skills that God has given—but do not try to do another's job. It is his job to do diligently, not ours. God put us in the body to do a specific job, our job not his, otherwise He would have given us his job! If we have been given the job to exhort, then we should exhort. If it is our job to minister and serve others, serve—but do not take another's job to prophesy. Paul is saying, In lowliness of mind, be content where you are, because obviously God has put you there for a reason. If you do the job that God has given to you, you are fulfilling His will. The church, then, can be united because the members are not competing over each other's responsibilities. Richard T. Ritenbaugh From Psalm 133 . = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] daily devotional Morning ... Matthew 27:14 He answered him to never a word. He had never been slow of speech when He could bless the sons of men, but He would not say a single word for Himself. Never man spake like this Man, and never man was silent like Him. Was this singular silence the index of His perfect self-sacrifice? Did it show that He would not utter
JNM * UANG; Surat untuk Bapa di Sorga CHIP IN ME
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UANG Pokoknya saya mau beli berlian, seperti yang dipakai Ibu Andre pake kemarin di arisan, dengan suara meninggi Lastri menjelaskan keinginannya pada suaminya. Tak kalah ngotot Rahmat pun membalas,Saya juga sudah lama bermimpi punya mobil !, sudah bosan naik kendaraan umum kalau mau pergi mengajar, berdesak-desakan dengan penumpang lainnya, harus bangun lebih awal ! nah, kalau Mas punya kendaraan sendiri bisa bangun agak telat dari biasanya, dan lagi pula kalau sedang libur bisa ngantar kamu kepasar kan ? Lastri sama sekali tidak bergeming dengan keputusannya, dia tetap ngotot uang hasil undian tabungan sebanyak 50 juta, dipakai untuk membeli Berlian, begitu juga dengan Rahmat tetap bertahan dengan cita-citanya. Sepanjang tujuh tahun membina rumah tangga, kehidupan mereka menjadi panutan bagi orang lain, tak hanya dikeluarga tapi juga tetangga disekitar mereka. Kalaupun ada riak-riak kecil, semua itu hanya bumbu penyedap yang membuat mereka semakin mengerti pasangan masing-masing dan memperkokoh rumah tangga mereka. Rahmat, seorang guru SMP negri si salah satu sekolah Favorite di Jakarta, beliau sangat sederhana, dia tidak gengsi pergi kerja naik angkot, dimana terkadang satu angkutan umum dengan muridnya, bahkan begitu dekatnya dengan anak murid yang dia asuh tak jarang pulang mengajar Rahmat diantar anak muridnya. Sosok Lastri, ibu rumah tangga yang sabar dan lemah lembut. Selama ini tak pernah sekalipun terdengar gerutuan dari bibirnya, minta dibelikan barang-barang yang mahal, dia tidak pernah bersungut-sungut karena suaminya hanya mampu memberikan hidup yang sederhana sepanjang pernikahan mereka. Tapi semua berubah ! ketika didepan mata ada uang sejumlah Rp 50.000.000, pasangan ini mulai Egois, mulai mersa paling benar, masing-masing mempertahankan keinginannya yang dianggap lebih penting. ++ Lukas 12 12:15 Kata-Nya lagi kepada mereka: Berjaga-jagalah dan waspadalah terhadap segala ketamakan, sebab walaupun seorang berlimpah-limpah hartanya, hidupnya tidaklah tergantung dari pada kekayaannya itu. Banyak MANUSIA 'tidak siap' kita diberkati Tuhan dengan melimpah ! ! ! + Waktu masih punya TV 14 , suami istri masih bisa akur nonton tv bersama-sama, ketawa bersama, tapi waktu punya TV LCD 32, yang ada justru pertengkaran, tidak ada yang mau mengalah acara apa yang ingin ditonton bersama. + Waktu belum punya kendaraan, suami istri masih rajin pergi ibadah, walau hujan batu sekalipun, pasangan istri/suami ini berkata,sayang, kita kan ada payung, mari kita kegereja ! Melihat kesetiaan mereka, akhirnya Tuhan memberkati luar bisa, dikasi mobil dan tiba mau berangkat kegereja hujan pun turun dengan deras maka pasangan suami/istri bilang,sayang sekali mobil ini dipakai ke gereja, entar kotor soalnya baru kemarin sore dicuci. +Waktu pendapatan 2.000.000/bulan sang suami, setia setengah mati sama istri, engkaulah segala-galanya bagiku, pergi kekantor membawa bekal masakah istri, kopi buatan istri tercinta tidak ada tandingannya, tidak pernah pulang larut malam, tapi waktu Tuhan kasih berkat melalui kenaikan gaji dan akhirnya mendapatkan 4.000.000/bulan, sang suami mulai malas makan masakan istri, mulai ngak betah minum kopi buatan istri, lebih senang nongkrong di cafe. Amsal 3:9a Muliakanlah TUHAN dengan hartamu ... jangan sampai kecintaan kita pada materi, membuat kita kehilangan orang yang kita cintai dan mencintai kita, ... apalagi kalau sampai kehilangan Kekasih jiwa kita, yaitu Yesus Kristus. Have a nice week end, God bless you en me. Gbu, SariHati Indah Tarigan === From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Surat untuk Bapa di Sorga by, Sari Tarigan Yesus, Engkau kekasih jiwaku, Engkau Tuhan yang tarlalu baik, Engkau Bapa yang sangat setia dan berbelas kasih dan bagiku Engkau tidak hanya Tuhan tapi sahabat yang luar biasa. Ketika aku terkenang akan kebaikan dan campur tanganMu dalam hidupku, aku tak mampu menahan air mataku, tanpa terasa air mataku menetes di pipiku, betapa dasyat dan ajaib perbuatannmu sepanjang hidupku, terkadang aku tersenyum dan tertawa, saat melihat cara Tuhan menjawab doa, dengan cara yang tidak pernah aku pikirkan sebelumnya.Dan karena itulah aku bertekat memberikan hidupku padaMu, memberi yang terbaik padaMu. Bapa yang ku cinta, hanya Engkau yang paling mengerti kesesakan yang aku derita saat ini, Engkau yang paling mengerti betapa lemahnya kondisiku saat ini, dan betapa takutnya aku membayangkan masa depanku yang tinggal menghitung hari. Sebagai orang muda yang punya banyak cita-cita, dan semangat baru, aku tak mampu menerima kenyataan ini, aku sempat kecewa padaMu, bertahun-tahun aku melayani Engkau, belajar menjadi pelaku Firman, tapi kenapa semua ini harus aku alami. Tuhan, Dokter bilang, aku mengidap penyakit Leukimia !
JNM * daily devotional
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] daily devotional Morning ... Luke 23:31 If they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? Among other interpretations of this suggestive question, the following is full of teaching: If the innocent substitute for sinners, suffer thus, what will be done when the sinner himself-the dry tree-shall fall into the hands of an angry God? When God saw Jesus in the sinner's place, He did not spare Him; and when He finds the unregenerate without Christ, He will not spare them. O sinner, Jesus was led away by His enemies: so shall you be dragged away by fiends to the place appointed for you. Jesus was deserted of God; and if He, who was only imputedly a sinner, was deserted, how much more shall you be? Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? what an awful shriek! But what shall be your cry when you shall say, O God! O God! why hast Thou forsaken me? and the answer shall come back, Because ye have set at nought all My counsel, and would none of My reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh. If God spared not His own Son, how much less will He spare you! What whips of burning wire will be yours when conscience shall smite you with all its terrors. Ye richest, ye merriest, ye most self-righteous sinners-who would stand in your place when God shall say, Awake, O sword, against the man that rejected Me; smite him, and let him feel the smart for ever? Jesus was spit upon: sinner, what shame will be yours! We cannot sum up in one word all the mass of sorrows which met upon the head of Jesus who died for us, therefore it is impossible for us to tell you what streams, what oceans of grief must roll over your spirit if you die as you now are. You may die so, you may die now. By the agonies of Christ, by His wounds and by His blood, do not bring upon yourselves the wrath to come! Trust in the Son of God, and you shall never die. Mark 1:15 (15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. Luke 16:16-17 (16) The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. (17) And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Is there any doubt in our minds that we are within striking range of the return of Jesus Christ? the gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached for almost two thousand years, and prophecies made by Him and others regarding His return are being fulfilled. The crisis at the close is almost upon us. Mankind's only hope is revealed in the gospel, yet we find great ignorance regarding what His good news is. The complete secularization of the Western, Christian world is almost accomplished, and doctrinal confusion abounds. It seems as though the vast number of professing Christians believe that all one must do is believe in the name of Jesus Christ to be saved. This is most certainly required, but Jesus Himself says in Mark 1:15 that one must believe in the gospel in order to be saved. That is quite a bit different than merely believing in Jesus. While it is definitely true that Jesus died for our sins, the true gospel provides a great deal more instruction regarding Christianity and its purpose than solely Jesus' part in our salvation. It reveals that a Christian must play an active part in the spiritual creation that God is working in and through men. One of the more effective deceptions Satan has palmed off on mankind is that all God is attempting to do is to save people. Most Christians somehow fail to think of God and His Son, Jesus Christ, as actively involved in doing something more with those who are converted. Consider this process, which most people believe: At some time in his life, the saved one had perceived the need to be forgiven of his sins. He then asked God to forgive him, and from that point on, because of Christ's blood, he was saved. Is this true? Though this illustration has been simplified a great deal, it is nevertheless close to the prevalent belief. We will add a biblical fact to that scenario. Almost all Bible commentators hold that the Israelite's experience of walking through the wilderness following Israel's release from bondage to Egypt is a type of a Christian's walk following his conversion. Walking is typical of laboring or working to reach an objective. Did the Israelites arrive in the Promised Land—a type of the Kingdom of God—immediately upon release from their bondage? No! They had ahead of them a forty-year journey filled with trials. As they journeyed, God worked with them and supplied their needs, preparing them for their inheritance. Release from Egypt only began another aspect of God's work with them. To reach their objective, a great deal of labor lay
JNM * Mahalnya Kematian Yesus di Kayu Salib REFLEKSI MAKNA PASKAH
From: Dewi Kriswanti Mahalnya Kematian Yesus Di Kayu Salib Seorang bapak setengah baya bekerja pada sebuah perusahaan kereta api, dan tugas bapak ini mudah saja. Beliau hanya bertugas menarik sebuah tuas yang mengerakkan roda roda raksasa yang saling berhubungan untuk mengangkat jembatan yang merintangi jalan kereta api itu, sehingga kereta api tersebut dapat lewat dengan selamat. tentu saja jika jembatan tersebut tidak diangkat...maka kereta api itu akan mengalami kecelakaan yang sangat hebat). Bapak ini mempunyai seorang anak satu satunya yang sangat dikasihi dengan segenap jiwanya. Suatu hari, anak bapak ini mengunjungi bapaknya dan bapaknya membiarkan anaknya melihat lihat tempat kerjanya. Sewaktu anak ini menghampiri roda roda raksasa tersebut, tiba tiba sang anak terpeleset dan jatuh diantara roda roda raksasa tersebut. Malang baginya.. kaki anak kecil tersebut terjepit dengan eratnya diantara gerigi roda-roda raksasa tersebut. Demi melihat kaki anaknya terjepit diantara roda-roda raksasa tersebut, sang bapak dengan serta merta berusaha menolong melepaskan kaki anak tersayangnya tersebut dari jepitan gerigi roda tersebut Setelah berusaha sekian lama, sang bapak ini masih belum bisa melepaskan kaki anaknya tersebut. Sesaat kemudian, sang anak mulai menangis karena ketakutan. Tiba tiba dari kejauhan terdengarlah secara samar-samar suara peluit kereta api tersebut dari kejauhan memberi tanda agar jembatan itu harus segera diangkat. Sesaat kemudian hati bapak ini menjadi sangat sedih dan ketakutan... Di dalam kecemasannya dia masih berusaha melepaskan kaki anaknya... tapi masih tidak ada hasilnyaTidak lama kemudian suara peluit kereta api tersebut terdengar semakin jelas dan dekat. Hati bapak ini seketika menjadi hancur... bapak ini mulai menangis dengan sedihnya. Di dalam hati bapak ini muncul suatu keraguan... haruskah dia mengorbankan anak satu satunya demi menyelamatkan kereta api itu yang penumpangnya tak ada satupun yang dia kenal? Namun jika dia memilih untuk menyelamatkan anaknya...maka berapa jiwa yang akan melayang dengan sia sia hanya gara gara satu orang saja Sesaat kemudian... bapak ini perlahan lahan mencium kening anaknya dengan penuh kasih sayang dan dengan hati yang sangat hancur... lalu bapak ini mulai berdiri dan menuju ke tuas pengangkat jembatan tersebut... dengan air mata yang membasahi sampai ke bajunya... sang bapak ini melihat sekali lagi pada anak satu satunya itu... Sesaat kemudian bapak ini menarik tuasnya dan jatuh lemas dan menangis sejadi-jadinya tanpa berani melihat proses kematian anaknya yang sangat tragis yang tidak pernah dibayangkan olehnya demi menyelamatkan orang-orang yang ada didalam kereta api itu, yang sama sekali tidak mengetahui, bahwa saat itu juga mereka telah bebas dari kematian yang kekal Saudaraku yang terkasih... jika kita renungkan kembali kisah diatas... Bukankah cerita diatas telah terjadi 2000 tahun yang lalu... dimana Yesus telah disalib hanya untuk menebus dosa kita...? Siapakah kita ini sehingga kita memperoleh keselamatan itu...? Sesungguhnya kita ini tidak lebih dari sampah yang tidak ada harganya... Tetapi kasih Yesus begitu besar... Sehingga Dia rela mati diatas kayu salib hanya untuk menebus dosa kita... (injil Yohanes 3:16). Saya mau katakan pada saudara...Bahwa hanya Yesus sajalah yang rela mengorbankan nyawanya bagi kita. Tak ada kasih yang demikian besar seperti yang dilakukan Yesus demi menyelamatkan kita. Kematian Yesus itu tidak dapat dinilai dengan apapun yang ada didunia ini... terlalu mahal dan sangat mahal untuk sebuah jiwa seperti saya dan saudara... Tapi, saya juga mau katakan sesuatu pada saudara...Kematian Yesus 2000 tahun yang lalu bukan hanya untuk menebus dosa orang yang hidup pada jaman itu saja... Tetapi darah-Nya yang tercurah 2000 tahun yang lalu masih mampu dan Dia sanggup menyelamatkan kita. Percayalah kepada Yesus...Sebab hanya melalui Dialah kita dapat diselamatkan. Dan bagi kita yang sudah percaya pada Yesus... Janganlah kita menjual kematian Yesus dengan hal hal yang bersifat duniawi... Terlalu mahal harga sebuah nyawa itu, sobat. Teman temanku yang terkasih didalam Yesus Kristus... Kami tidak mau teman-teman hanya membaca kisah di atas ini lalu di delete tanpa di forward kepada teman-teman kalian yang lain... Sediakanlah waktu bagi Tuhan untuk bersaksi tentang pengorbananNya ini kepada teman temanmu yang belum mengenal Yesus secara pribadi. Jika Tuhan yang menciptakan langit dan bumi ini selalu menyediakan waktu-Nya bagi mengawasi teman-teman sekalian, kenapa teman-teman tidak membalas kebaikan-Nya dengan mengirimkan email ini kepada orang orang yang masih menanti uluran tangan kita? Sekaranglah waktunya... Jangan ditunda lagi... Sebab hari esok kan terlambat... ! Selamat bersaksi dan menerima keselamatan yang dari Tuhan... Tuhan Beserta Kita... THE POEM I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry and get to work For bills
