"AKU BENCI ORANG KRISTEN YANG FANATIK"

Pernah sebal mendengarkan teman saling berdebat ttg kepercayaan?
atau jangan-jangan Anda sendiri lah yg suka berdebat mengenai hal-hal yang berhubungan dgn kepercayaan???

Tidak munafik
Saya sendiri pernah mengalami kedua-duanya......

Sebagai manusia yang hidup sebagaimana adanya saja, tidak punya keyakinan, tidak punya kepercayaan...


Saya yang pada saat melihat org Kristen yg fanatik... jujur saja,  saya selalu mencibir mereka dalam hati.... mengapa mereka terlalu fanatik??? kalau memang mereka percaya tidak perlu diumbar-umbar seperti  itu kan, mau menyombongkan diri, atau pamer???? Mengapa mereka kebaktian sampai lompat2, memangnya di diskotik??? Mengapa mereka bisa rebah seperti orang pingsan, dibuat-buat yaaa?? Mengapa mereka bisa sampai menangis hingga seperti itu, emangnya lagi nonton drama seri Korea????  Mengapa Mengapa dan Mengapa...... SEMUA PERTANYAAN PERTANYAAN ITU YANG MEMENUHI OTAK KU....... Pokoknya aku benci orang yang terlalu fanatik seperti itu....

Aku menjadi semakin semangat ketika ada teman juga yang mengiyakan, "iya sih, org Kristen itu memang terlalu fanatik, gak penting banget kali yaa sampe kaya gituuu..... biasa aja donkkk"

Mereka itu terlalu aneh....

Ada di posisi yang manakah Anda sekarang??? menjadi org Kristen fanatik yang selalu dicaci??? atau menjadi orang yang mencaci dan mencibir org Kristen seperti saya????

Kalau Anda ada di posisi yang sama persis seperti saya,, Apakah di kala malam hari Anda sering galau dan  selalu bertanya2? "Siapakah sebenarnya Juru Selamat yang sesungguhnya????" Apakah Anda pernah mencari cari bukti dan fakta untuk menyingkirkan segala yang tak kau mengerti?? TAPI SEMUANYA TETAP TERLALU TAK MASUK AKAL! TIDAK BISA DINALAR DENGAN AKAL SEHAT!!!

Kalau ya... Anda berada di saat yang tepat di tempat yang tepat....

Saya tahu Anda sudah lelah mencari-cari jawaban di sekitar Anda, Anda berdebat dengan teman-teman Anda, mengemukakan pendapat Anda, tapi masih tetap tak  menemukan jawabannya...

Kalau Anda mengira saya akan membeberkan jawabannya di sini... ANDA SALAH BESAR......

saya hanya akan membukakan sedikit peluang bagi Anda untuk menemukan jawabannya, menemukan harta yang berharga yang selama ini kau cari-cari.....


caranya????


jangan mencari jawaban di lingkungan sekitarmu! mereka mungkin sama seperti kamu, hanya saja mereka tidak menyadarinya......

bahkan, jangan cari jawaban dari keluargamu! mereka mungkin hanya mengikuti ajaran turun temurun dari nenek moyangmu......

carilah jawaban itu langsung dari penciptamu!!!! tanyakan terus lewat doa!!!!


lalu kalau suatu hari kelak kamu telah menemukan jawabannya... saya yakin Anda juga pasti tak akan tinggal diam tutup mulut dan merahasiakan nya.... KARENA SESUNGGUHNYA JAWABAN INI ADALAH JAWABAN UTAMA YANG DICARI SEMUA MANUSIA... ironisnya manusia lebih suka untuk MENCARI KETENARAN, KESUKSESAN, dll... semua hal yang semu dan tidak kekal ini justru yang dicari manusia... Lihatlah orang dunia, orang yang sukses dalam karier, dalam keluarga, tenar di lingkungannya, terkadang akhir hidup mereka mengerikan... ANDA TAHU MENGAPA??? KARENA MEREKA BELUM MENEMUKAN KEBENARAN ITU.... JADI WALAUPUN MUNGKIN MEREKA PUNYA SEGALANYA,,, HATI MEREKA TETAP KOSONG!!!!!


APAKAH ANDA TAHU APA YANG HARUSNYA KAMU KEJAR DALAM HIDUPMU??

APA JAWABAN DARI SEMUA PERTANYAAN YG BERKECAMUK DI HATIMU???



DI SAAT AKU MENCARI CARI TERUS SIAPA JALAN KEBENARAN YANG SESUNGGUHNYA, DIA MENJAWABKU SECARA LANGSUNG......

-----Kata Yesus kepadanya: "Akulah jalan dan kebenaran dan hidup. Tidak ada seorangpun yang datang kepada Bapa, kalau tidak melalui Aku."----- yoh 14:6


ya, betul....


YESUS ADALAH JALAN KEBENARAN DAN KEHIDUPAN


sejak saat aku mengetahui kebenaran ini, tiba-tiba saja aku tahu jawaban dari semuaaaa pertanyaan yang dulu saya debat kan.... YA YESUS MEMANG JAWABAN UNTUK SEGALA SESUATU.....

kalau mungkin Anda masih ragu dan timbul pertanyaan-pertannyan seperti ini:
kalau Yesus itu anak Allah, lalu siapa yang melahirkan Allah???
kalau Yesus baik, kenapa harus ada neraka?
kalau Yesus memang benar Juru Selamat, kenapa dia tidak menciptakan manusia di dunia ini semuanya kaya??? jadi kan tidak mungkin ada kejahatan....
Yesus itu kan Anak Allah??? kenapa Dia yang disembah????
Allah kok bisa punya anak sih??? kenapa bisa begitu???

kenapa ?? kenapa dan kenapa????

hei kawan,,, KALAU BERJALAN DENGAN YESUS ITU HARUS DENGAN IMAN, BUKAN DENGAN LOGIKA.... KALAU SEMUA PERTANYAAN MU ITU MENYANGKUT LOGIKA, MAKA TIDAK AKAN PERNAH ADA JAWABAN YANG COCOK....  mengapa????

karena IMAN DAN PERCAYA ITU JAUH DARI AKAL SEHAT !! JAUH DARI LOGIKA!!

JUSTRU DARI HAL-HAL YANG BERTENTANGAN DENGAN ILMU PENGETAHUAN, ILMU KEDOKTERAN, DLL... DARI SITULAH MUNCUL YANG NAMANYA IMAN

Ibrani 11:1 Iman adalah dasar dari segala sesuatu yang kita harapkan dan bukti dari segala sesuatu yang tidak kita lihat.

COBA PIKIR, YESUS BANGKIT DARI KEMATIAN,,,, DIA HIDUP... DIA ALLAH YANG HIDUP... HINGGA SAAT INI, DIA MASIH HIDUP,, kalau dipandang dr ilmu pengetahuan dan ilmu kedokteran??? apakah itu mungkin???? tidak kan???

sekali lagi, PERCAYALAH DENGAN IMAN....






MASIH TIDAK PERCAYA??????

saya tahu saya TAK PANTAS untuk membujuk Anda untuk percaya kepada apa yang saya katakan,,, KENAPA????  KARENA SAYA PERNAH DI POSISI ANDA.... saya pun gak percaya dan menganggap semuanya hanya bullshit di kala itu...



Kalau saat ini Anda tidak percaya, mgkn ini hanya masalah waktu... TAPI INGAT, WAKTU KITA SINGKAT, TIDAK ADA YANG TAHU USIA KEHIDUPAN KITA DI DUNIA... JANGAN SAMPAI MENYESAL...


SO?????!!! SEPERTI YANG SAYA BILANG DI AWAL TADI, CARILAH JAWABAN ITU LANGSUNG KE PENCIPTAMU!!!SEKARANG JUGA!! JANGAN TUNDA-TUNDA!!! AMBILLAH WAKTU MU, BERBICARALAH DENGAN PENCIPTAMU........


-sepenggal kisah hidupku-
"Sejak saat aku mengerti kebenaran dan percaya Yesus lah Jalan Kebenaran ...i feel freedom.... aku menyanyi, menangis, melompat-lompat, rebah, mungkin dunia menganggap ku gila.... kau tahu mengapa bisa seperti org gila??? karena kami bukan hidup berdasar ilmu-ilmu dunia,  ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi,atau kedokteran,,,, kami hidup bedasar iman... dan iman berlawanan dengan fakta yang kita lihat di dunia ini......kalau dunia berkata tidak, tak mungkin, tak bisa, kami berkata sebaliknya..... tiada yang mustahil bagi Yesus...... WE STAND ABOVE THE LINE   "

If I Really Believed in Hell

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:14-15

Hell’s a terrible place, in theory.

A place of eternal wrath and unending torture.

A place where the pain is excruciating but does not cease.

A place where there is no hope;

A place intended only for suffering.

A place without God, forever and ever.

But I have trouble imagining such a place –

All the pain I have ever experienced comes to an end, sooner or later;

When I look back, it all seemed like bearable pain.

And at the times I don’t feel God near,

Well, they don’t last all that long;

When I reflect upon them, I see He was actually there.

So I can’t really conceive a place

With so much pain

And without any God.

Intellectually, I know such a place exists.

Intellectually, I know billions of people are on the highway to Hell –

And some of my friends are in the fast lane.

Intellectually, I know I was destined for Hell –

And that Jesus is the only reason I’m not anymore.

But if I really believed these things,

My whole life would be different – radically so.

If I really believed in Hell,

I would not be able to keep quiet.

If I really believed in Hell,

I’d be passionately warning my friends,

And anyone else who would listen.

If I really believed in Hell,

And how terrible it really is,

It would be almost impossible

For me to not tell even my enemies.

And if I really understood that I was rescued from the highway to Hell,

I’d be a lot more humble before my Savior.

If I really realized what destruction He spared me from,

I’d be a much more loyal servant.

If I really believed all the work of Jesus

Was one hundred percent necessary to rescue me,

I would spend a whole lot more time

Worshipping and adoring Him.

*Father God, please forgive me for not believing fully in all of the realities you have explained to me. God, I want to believe. I want to believe whole-heartedly in the destruction that awaits the unsaved, so as to more fully understand the magnitude of your love, grace and mercy. Please teach me, Father, and increase my zeal for you. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Do you truly believe in Hell?

Contributed by Lincoln W.
from blessings@daily-devotionals.net

Rubber Band

Once, I held tightly only onto Him

One day, I started walking on my own.

At first, walking on my own seemed easy and enjoyable

But as time passed,

each step become heavier and heavier

Finally, I was so exhausted that I couldn't take one more step

I remembered How easy it used to be

I regretted what I did

right at that time

I felt a strong pull

That's when i realized,

that He had His long rubber band

tied around me since the time i left Him

"When the path you've been on has become too hard

when your steps are heavy laden

Remember

That's when His rubber band

has been stretched the tightest "

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38~39 Source: http://www.donghaeng.net/english/flash/flash36.htm

Kunantikan Janji Allah (I Wait On God)

Kunantikan janji Allah
Dig'napi dalamku
Kuharapkan yang terbaik
Terjadi di dalamku

Yang kutahu Dia kerjakan
Seturut FirmanNya
Bagi kemuliaanNya
Yang kuyakin Dia sediakan
Seturut kasihNya bagiku

I wait on God to bring to pass
All He has promised me
And as I wait I rest in faith
For what I cannot see

For in His way He will provide
At just the perfect time
Everything that's good and right
For in His way He will provide
To bless this life of mine

A Trip To Hell

Dear Friend, January 1st, 2000, 5 am in the morning, I was in the large desert, dry and infertile. The wind was so heavy and weather was so hot. I saw a lot of weird and disgusting animals that I've never seen before in my life. I walked step by step through the desert till I found my self in a gloomy place.

I had strange feeling that time and I could feel the pain spread to all of my bones. The situation was silent and dark. No wind blew. Dark cloud appeared surround that place.

I could not describe it in better words, because there was only horrified of hell! A huge gate appeared in front of me. I felt nervous and worried but I tried to open that gate anxiously. It was not difficult to open it. I opened it and shocked because there was another gate bigger than the first one. It was written on top of that gate "VALLEY OF TORTURE".

There was a doubt in my heart implicitly, whether I should continue this trip or not. But something that powerful inside of me made me to go on. My heart beat was loud as I could hear it my self while I opened the next gate and Oh my God!... I could not believe, I could not believe what I saw, but it was real.

There was a long dark path in front of me. I stood in the side of the gate watching and predicting how large and long that path was but I could not see it clearly. I saw a vogue rise up in the end of that path. I thought it was terrible ocean of fire!

Along way I walked in that dark path, I saw many people were tortured by creatures wearing black clothes and having horns in their heads. I saw they were so cruel in torturing everyone there before they were put into the fire ocean at the end of the path. I heard affecting tears and pain mix up with dirty laugh sounds in that dirty place.

At the edge of the path, there was a young woman whose hands were bound at a piece of wood and she was surrounded by a lot of horned creatures who made fun of her and laugh at her. I saw her face was pail and white filled by fear. A strange weapon that I have never seen before was swinging in front of her face. I did not know exactly what it was but it was like a fork with a sharp cutting edge in the top of it. That weapon was carried by one of the horned devils which surrounded that woman. I heard the devils were threatening that poor frightened woman, "Lie!... Come on, lie!!!"

I saw her become more frightened. She was completely fell into the power of that horned devils so that she obeyed them whatever they want. That woman answered, " Yes, yes, I lied! I lied!"

All of the devils were laugh, seems that they were satisfied with the young woman's answer. I though after that woman did everything that they want, they will be released her. But what happened next was really made me shock! The devil stabbed that horrible thing into her face! The fresh blood squirted from her face! It was so horrifying! Her face did not have a shape anymore and her cried of pain so heartbreaking!

"Stop! Stop it!", I yelled.

But it strange, they could not heard my voice; even more my appearance seemed invisible for them! I felt disgusted for everything that I saw, but there were a lot of other views that surprise me and made me shock!

Then, I saw a man whose hair was burnt, only rotten skull remain. There were unburnable maggots come out from his skull cavity. He was lying and carrying from the end of the path not far from fire, I thought that they tortured him for a long time. His body was burning and his flesh was melting because he was lying near the hottest fire ever!

The devils who carried him were laughing at him. There was nothing he could do besides surrender him self to them. He was dying but he could not die. He looked like having terrible pain, seemed he wanted to say something for mercy. One of those devils said, "Come on, masturbate! Masturbate!!" That man shaking answered, "Yes, I masturbate! I masturbate! Aaaahhhhh!" He was screaming and a lot of maggots come out from all of his body - so many!! I felt disgusted when I saw it, even when I heard his screaming so horrible!!!

There were more screaming and commanding that I heard. "Come on, drink! Drink! Gambling! Deceive!" and those devils were laughing and enjoying the moaning of pain and tears, as they were listening wonderful music. I was afraid to walk in through that path. I only saw as far as I could and I was sure there were more kind of tortures at that place which is more appropriate to be called barracks of torture.

I found a view that made me really shock, there were many righteous and religion people there!! I did not believe it but I did not have power to deny all that I saw. I heard all their screaming when they were being tortured. They cried out for God, "God, help me! God, do I always be together with You? You tough us at our towns and I served You Lord!"

They were begging to God but salvation had already close for them, till I heard they abused Him! My heart was breaking when I saw it! After that I was in the top of the horrible situation I could not do that "journey" anymore. And I believed if I continued this journey, I will have been dead! "God", I cried "Please bring me out from here! Please God" All of these were a vision, a horrible vision, a vision of Hell! I was so happy when I found out that I was at home, even though after that I got ill for couple days. All of my bones and pivots were hurt; I suffered stomach disorder and got shock day by day.

I prayed to God and wondered what it's all about, what He wants through my experience. God gave me understanding and deep burden for people around me. God wants me to tell what have been happened and will be happened to everyone. A lot of them are having fun, eating, drinking, having party, free sex, drugs and others seems that they can enjoy them forever. They do not realize that hell and the horned devils are waiting for them. They are the next victims.

I know that God really loves you. This "vision" that is showed to me proof that He still gives you a chance to repent.

My dear friend, I have to write this article to warn you. I do not want you having the same experiences as those people there. Truly, I love you all and I hope you will meditate all of these and repent. Accept Jesus Christ as your savior personally and start a new life and do not come out from the road that Jesus has decided to us.

God Bless You.

Your friend, Philip Mantofa

source: http://www.lebensentscheidung.de

Colorful Life

Aku punya anak les cewek 3.5 tahun playgroup.. agak kaget nih pas liat dia dateng ke tenpat les, di ikat rambutnya tuh ada meteran,,,,

aku lgsg berpikir,,,

"oh... ikat rambut model baru nihh" wkwkwk

eh,, selidik punya selidik ternyata beneran meteran yg buat ukur ukur itu... haha...

"Nonik rambute panjang" katanya dengan mentel...

yah,, se jam itu dia jadi sibuk ngurusin hair extension nya (meteran)

"Waduh cantik banget ya, Nik pasti udah kramas nih... wangii"

"mmmm... udah" smbil megang meteran extension,

"tp yang ini belum.... " katanya sambil memegang rambutnya yg asli.. ;p

hehehe

Suatu ketika,, nonik nonik dateng bawa botol minum baru,

"beli da mana nik??"

"acewer...."

"ha??"

"acewerrr!!" sambil stgh teriak

"Owalah,,, Ace Hardware" haha.. hebat ya aku bisa nebak perkataan si nonik kecil ini wkwkwk

Suatu ketika anak les ku yg cowok, usia 4 tahun,,

dia ini emang suka banget nonton film horror..

suatu ketika dia lagi pipis di kamar mandi...

E eh pas dia keluar dianya bilang,

"Miss takut ada hantu...."

"Apa sayang,, g usah takut"

"ada item item Miss..."

"di mana??"

"di atas dudukan itu miss"

"Ha??"

"di atas dudukan??"

"Iyaaa.... hantune kan lagi pipisss...." katanya sambil senyum2..

hmmm ngarang nih anak... wkwk.. .

Buat ortu yg punya anak,,

mendingan anaknya dijauhin dari film2 hantu deh yaaa...

ga ada gunanya juga nonton film begituan...

Aku punya anak les umur 4 tahunan...

Dia orangnya poloss banget,,

suatu ketika dia ketemu anak les ku yg laen, yg lagi pakai seragam sekolah....

eh,, dia nanya aku,

"Miss,, tu tu apa tu,, koq ada sayape???" katanya sambil menunjuk2 temannya..

"Hah??? Sayap"

wkwkw.. ternyata anak les ku yg laen tu model seragame sailor gitu deh,,,

jadi itu yang dimaksud sayap bagi seorang anak kecil wkwkwk lucu niann

Di ruang belajar,, biar ga monoton,, ada lukisan lukisan indah yg di cat di tembok,,,

salah satunya ada gambar pohon besar di tengah2....

kebetulan pohon besar itu pas di bagian tembok yang menonjol

Suatu ketika ada anak baru,,, pas pertama kali les

pas dia bosan ngajar nih,,, eeeh.. dianya malah lompat2 di pojokan,,

"Nonik mau manjat pohon" sambil tangannya keatas dan melompat2....

"Nikkk... itu cuman gambar!"

hehehehe

Suatu siang,, aku ngajak 2 anak les ku yg masih pada playgroup utk maen flashcard...

Pas lage main flashcard (kartu yg ada gambarnya), ada gambar salib dan aku memberi tahu mereka kalo salib itu cross....

"Cross itu apa miss??"

"Cross itu salib"

"Salib?"

"Iya Tuhan Yesus mati di kayu salib,, buat selamatin noniik"

"Miss,,, tapi koq da salib e gak ada Tuhan Yesus nya?? ni cuman salib aja?" tambahnya

"Iya, nik.. kan abis itu Tuhan Yesus bangkit... gak jadi meninggal..." jawabku

Pas aku lagi ngobrol sama ni anak nich,,,

tiba2 anak cewek ku satunya

(yang juga masih playgroup)

langsung menimpali dengan suara keras,

"Iya,, Tuhan Yesus kan hidup!!!"

Praise The Lord...

aku sangat terberkati banget denger jawaban anak cewek ini,....

Yah..

memang Tuhan Yesus itu hidup!

“Aku berkata kepadamu: Sesungguhnya barangsiapa tidak menyambut Kerajaan Surga
seperti seorang anak kecil, ia tidak akan masuk ke dalamnya.” (Lukas 18:17)

"In Your Freedom"

I search for You God of strength
I bow to You in my brokenness
And no other King could have so humbly come
To save my soul and heal my heart
I have nothing more than all You offer me
There is nothing else that’s of worth to me
And I love You Lord
You rescued me
You are all that I want
You’re all that I need

I pray to You God of peace
I rest in You my cares released
I have nothing more than all You offer me
There is nothing else that’s of worth to me
And I love You Lord
You rescued me
You are all that I want
You’re all that I need

In Your freedom I will live
In Your freedom I will live
I offer devotion, I offer devotion

Generasi Penakluk Dunia

Dengan kuasa otoritas masuki pintu bangsa-bangsa
Membawa lawatan bagi Tuhan

Kegerakan tlah tiba sekaranglah waktunya
Api Kristus menyala

Inilah kami, generasi penakluk dunia
Membawa tuaian dan jarahan
Sekarang kami naikkan semua
Pujian hormat pengagungan
Hanya bagiMU Tuhan
(dan Rajaku)

PadaMU hati melekat
Penuh dengan buah Roh
Dengan keahlian dan ketepatan

Kami masuki Masa Salomo

Video Generasi Penakluk Dunia

SIN IS EXPENSIVE

The human mind is capable of containing about everything including the kitchen sink. But

unlike your kitchen sink, our human mind has no Garbage disposal. Once you look at evil you can rarely forget it.

Time may dim it’s vividness, but only Christ, on resurrection morning can dispose of it permanently.

Click your mouse with caution.

Be careful what you behold.

If you go to an evil movie, your mind becomes permanently contaminated.

In describing one of the new movies one critic wrote in his column; "The plot moves rapidly down the sewer". It wouldn’t be so damaging if our mind were equipped with a garbage disposal. Flip a switch and instantly all the filth would be down the drain. The only way to protect your mind is to expose it to the very BEST! Avoid the junk. Until the day when we are changed in the moment in the twinkling of an eye, at the end of this old world, we have only one way to deal with sin.

And that is to come to the cross of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the answer.

When we think of Calvary we usually think of the old rugged cross on which Jesus hung on
that good Friday almost 2000 years ago. But the complete picture contains THREE crosses
LUKE 23:32-- Two other criminals were executed that day.
LUKE 23:39-- One hurled insults at Jesus
LUKE 23:40-- One gave his heart to Jesus

These three crosses standing high on Calvary beckon us to look back across the valley of
time and learn three great truths about sin. On each of these three crosses was hung a man
who died in a different way toward sin.

(A)-- DEATH IN SIN Luke 23:39

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. Sin has to be paid for. Romans 6:32--Wages of sin is death! The Lost Thief made the choice to pay for his own sins. The price is death! That makes the payment very expensive. It cost him his life. He chose to die IN his own sins. It is amazing that anyone so close to Jesus would choose to die in his own sins. The Saviour of the whole world was only an arm's length away, and ready to forgive, but this thief
died a lost man.

He blew his only chance. He will not have the great privilege of living for eternity in heaven with Jesus. All of the loot, all of the proceeds from his pick pocketing were left behind. Sin was the winner. Sin is like that poison nerve gas in the subway system under Tokyo, Japan several years ago. Thousands of innocent people almost met up with the last moments of their life. They had to
be immediately removed from the deadly gas and exposed to the life giving air outside. Many
were hospitalized. The gas was colorless and odorless. There was no way to detect it.
The wages of sin is death. You cannot see sin. It is colorless and odorless. Once exposed we must come up out of the subway of sin to higher ground. And that ground is at the foot
of the cross of Jesus.

JOHN 8:32 When I am lifted up from the earth I
will draw all men to myself. The answer is up
there on that higher ground at the cross of
Jesus.

A pilot was flying his small plane one day, when he heard a noise which he recognized as
the GNAWING of a RAT. He became intensely curious as to just what it's sharp teeth were cutting through. Suddenly he realized it could be an electric wire. Then he remembered that rodents can't survive at high altitudes. Immediately he began climbing until finally he
had to put on his oxygen mask. Soon the gnawing sound ceased, and when he landed he
found the rat--dead. The only way you can destroy the power of sin in your life is to come up to the hill of Calvary and give your sins to Jesus.

The lost thief rejected Jesus. He cursed Jesus Luke 23:39. He died IN his sins, a lost man.

(B)--DEATH TO SIN.

Luke 23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? Luke 23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

Luke 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy
kingdom.

The "GOOD" CROOK asked Jesus to save him. He died a saved man. Is any criminal Good? They were both evil. Both were guilty of sin. Both cursed Jesus as they hung there on either side of the Son of God. Both Mocked Jesus.

Notice Matthew 27:44 says both thieves cast insults in Jesus teeth. So what changed the
“good” crook? I believe his heart was changed as he heard Jesus last prayer.

Lk 23:34–
Father, forgive them (the crowd, the soldiers, and the thieves) for they do not know what
they are doing.

He gave his heart to Jesus and immediately found salvation. He was saved by grace just as
we are today. Friend, if the sins of your life have you pinned against the cross of life, I urge you to give your life of sin to Jesus. He will
save you.

Eph 2:8-9 It is by grace that you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast!

Did the good crook earn salvation? No. None of us ever do. No one can live a perfect life and save themselves. Our best will never be good enough.

Romans 3:23 says: "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." As Christians, we might make a good showing compared with some other men, but none of us can stand up against the pure whiteness of the character of Jesus Christ.
ISAIAH 1:18 Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow!
The good thief on the cross was saved by grace. Every one of us are saved the same way. We are all thieves or even worse. In these last days the world is on a immoral sliding board which leads to eternal death. If we do not soon reach wicked cities with the saving gospel of Jesus Christ those cities will become a cesspool infecting the entire world.

First Carriages were horseless, many laws were enforceless, Next cookery was fireless and Telegraphy was wireless! Soon oranges were seedless and putting greens weedless! Now motor roads are dustless and cars are rustless! Our tennis courts are sodless and our religion is GODLESS!

Some religions are godless. Folks, it is time to get back to God. Attend church every week.
Study your Bible. Get on your knees. Pray for yourself and your family like your mother used
to pray for you. Come to Jesus like the Good Crook did and find salvation. Do not die in your
sins. Give your sins to Jesus. Let Jesus pay for your load of sin.

Look at Romans 7--- It was the custom of ancient conquerors to tie a dead body to the back of all prisoners to prevent them from escaping. With such a smelly load drawing flies and bugs from
everywhere, these poor prisoners could not run away. Most died. Paul may have had that in
mind when he made this agonizing statement in Romans 7:24 "Oh, wretched man that I am, Who shall deliver me from this body of death?"

"Thanks be to God -- through Jesus Christ our Lord! Jesus is the answer to all of our sins. There is NO sin that Jesus cannot forgive, if you ask Him.

Now we come to the third type of death.
(A)– Death IN Sin
(B)– Death TO Sin
(C)-- Death FOR SIN Luke 23:44-46
ONLY JESUS DIED FOR SIN!

Now I can understand how you can die in your sins. So many do it every day. They live for the
world and this is all they will ever get. And I can understand how we can die to sin. I
have seen many many people give their life to Jesus and be baptized and follow Him the rest
of their life. They grow more and more in love with Jesus. They accept the free gift of eternal
life which He offers. But I cannot understand how our perfect Jesus could die as a common criminal for the sins of others! There was no other way for us to be saved other than the way of the cross. There is no other way to have your sins forgiven. There is no other way in which God can be both JUST and MERCIFUL.

A JUDGE in a small town was disliked by the editor of the local newspaper. A friend of the judge was arrested and booked to be tried for some minor offense, the editor said: "We have got the judge now, whatever he might do. If he fines his friend a small insignificant amount my editorial the next day will ask-- "DO WE WANT A JUDGE WHO IS PARTIAL TO HIS FRIENDS? If the judge assesses a heavy fine, my editorial will ask: "DO WE WANT A JUDGE WHO HAS NO COMPASSION OR MERCY FOR HIS FRIENDS?" Any way he goes, we have him!
When the trial was held, the friend pled guilty. The judge assessed the heaviest fine the law
allowed for the offense. The editor quietly made his way to the door to go and write the story. But before he could reach the door, the judge stood, took off his robe, laid it on his bench, stepped down, and stood beside his friend. He took his personal billfold and paid the fine himself!

That is what Jesus did on the cross. We are guilty. Jesus has to be just. And the verdict
is: The wages of sin is death. Then Jesus laid down the robe of His heavenly glory and came down to this old sinful world and paid the price that we could never afford. He lived the life we could never live.

He died on the cross to completely pay the whole price of our heavy penalty. Jesus is both just and merciful. Allow Jesus to be the garbage disposal for the sins of your life, before it is too late. Before you end up going down the drain. There were three crosses. One represented death IN sin. Another death TO sin, and the third death FOR sin.

Come to Jesus. Accept His death FOR your sins. Die TO sin that you may live IN Christ the new life.

Romans 6:23- The Wages of sin is death. But the Gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Akankah Bait Suci Ketiga Dibangun?

Salah satu penggenapan nubuat dari Firman Tuhan adalah dibangunnya kembali Bait Suci Yahudi yang Ketiga.

Alkitab menubuatkan bahwa di akhir zaman Antichrist akan berdiri di Bait Suci (Mat 24:16) dan menghentikan korban sehari-hari orang Israel lakukan (Dan 9:27). Hal ini menyingkapkan kepada kita bahwa Bait Suci Yahudi akan dibangun kembali, dan mereka orang-orang Yahudi akan mempersembahkan korban sehari-hari kembali.

Bait Suci Pertama yang dibangun Salomo telah dihancurkan Nebukadnezar. Sedangkan Bait Suci Kedua juga telah dihancurkan tentara Roma dibawah Jenderal Titus Tahun 70 Masehi. Sementara itu di lokasi tempat Bait Suci semula berdiri telah berdiri Masjid Al Aqsa dan Dome of Rock yang merupakan salah satu tempat tersuci umat Islam.

Mesjid Al-Aqsa (arti harafiah: "mesjid terjauh") dan Qubbat as-Sakhrah (dlm bhs Inggris = Dome of the Rock) bagi umat Muslim merupakan tempat tujuan ziarah tersuci ketiga setelah Mekah dan Madinah sebab dari lokasi tsb Nabi Muhammad naik ke surga. Disamping itu Mesjid Al-Aqsa merupakan tempat kiblat pertama sebelumnya dirubah ke Mekah. Dan berdasarkan beberapa hadis, Nabi Muhammad bersama para sahabatnya di Madinah, pada awalnya melaksanakan salat dgn berkiblat ke Yerusalem - Mesjid Al-Aqsa selama enam belas bulan.

Jadi tidaklah heran apabila nama kota Yerusalem dlm bhs Ibrani Yerushalayim = „Fondasi Damai“, tetapi dlm bhs Arab disebut Al-Quds (Alkudus).

Akankah Bait Suci ini nanti dibangun kembali?

Ternyata umat Israel tengah menyiapkan hal ini secara serius. Salah satu institusi yang turut aktif mempersiapkan hal ini adalah Aish HaTorah. Baru-baru ini lembaga ini telah membuat sebuah Model Bait Suci dan meletakkannya di sebuah Yeshiva(Seminari Yahudi) milik mereka dekat lokasi Masjid Al Aqsa, di kota tua Yerusalem.

Model Bait Suci ini, dibangun dengan skala 1:60, dibangun oleh Michael Osanis untuk Aish HaTorah di kota tua Yerusalem, dan ditampilkan di atap museum yang baru, dan berlatar belakang pemandangan Temple Mount.

“Kami berharap bahwa dengan melihat model Bait Suci ini, dengan perspektif lokasi sebenarnya di latar belakang, akan memberi orang rasa inspirasi, bahwa orang-orang akan diterima ketika mereka memasuki Bait Suci sejati yang berdiri di sini selama hampir 1.000 tahun,” kata Efraim Shore dari Yashiva Aish HaTorah.

Tuhan tidak menginginkan rumah ibadah manapun juga untuk disingkirkan ataupun dimusnahkan secara paksa!

Lahan atau tanah yg berada di pelataran Bait Suci untuk membangun kedua mesjid itu telah “DIBERIKAN” oleh Tuhan langsung, kepada bangsa lain, kepada umat Muslim, bahkan agar orang Yahudi jangan berani mengganggu mereka ataupun mempersoalkan tanah tsb, Tuhan Allah telah meng “CONFIRM” nya secara hitam di atas putih pemberian-Nya ini!

Bangsa Yahudi akan benar-benar mewujudkan kerinduan mereka, yaitu mendirikan Bait Suci ketiga, tentunya di atas lokasi semula. Namun mereka hanya kan mendirikan bangunan bagian dalam tanpa halamannya, sesuai nubuat dalam kitab Wahyu pasal 11.

“…Bangunlah dan ukurlah Bait Suci Allah dan mezbah dan mereka yang beribadah di dalamnya. Tetapi keualikan pelataran Bait Suci yang di sebelah luar, janganlah engkau mengukurnya, karena ia telah diberikan kepada bangsa-bangsa lain…” (Wah 11:1-2)

Tepat seperti nubuat ini, di wilayah, yang diyakini sebagai tempat yang tepat untuk membangun Bait Suci ketiga, sekarang ini memang telah berdiri Mesjid Al Aqsa yang merupakan salah satu tempat tersuci umat Islam.

Dlm ayat tsb tercantum dgn jelas bahwa Tuhan akan memberikan kepada bangsa2 lain tanah untuk mendirikan rumah ibadah mereka - "...KECUALIKAN pelataran Bait Suci yang di SEBELAH LUAR, janganlah engkau mengukurnya, karena ia telah di-BERI-kan kepada bangsa-bangsa lain"

Perkataan "bangsa2 lain" diatas dicantumkan karena pemeluk agama Islam bukan hanya terdiri dari bangsa Arab saja, beda dgn penganut agama Yahudi yg bisa dinyatakan 99% hanya terdiri dari orang2 Israel.

Tentu bila pembangunan ini dilaksanakan akan menimbulkan ketegangan di wilayah tersebut. Dan tidak kecil kemungkinan memicu konflik yang serius. Hal ini juga merupakan bagian dari apa yang dinubuatkan Matius 24:6-8

“Kamu akan mendengar deru perang atau kabar-kabar tentang perang. Namun berawas-awaslah jangan kamu gelisah; sebab semuanya itu harus terjadi, tetapi itu belum kesudahannya. Sebab bangsa akan bangkit melawan bangsa, dan kerajaan melawan kerajaan…. Akan tetapi semuanya itu barulah permulaan penderitaan menjelang zaman baru. ”

Artinya ketika kita melihat Bait Suci itu mulai dibangun, kita mesti siap bahwa kita segera memasuki masa penderitaan (Tribulasi). Sebab itu kita mesti benar-benar sadar, bahwa semua nubuat akhir zaman sedang digenapi. Berjaga-jagalah, jangan sampai semua ini menimpa kita, dan kita sama sekali tidak menyadarinya.

source: http://indonesia.faithfreedom.org & houseofrevelation.com