Bible Study Guide "The Church Of God"

THE CHURCH of GOD

1.    Apa definisi gereja berdasarkan webster? 

 

Church —"A body of Christian believers holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority."—Webster. 

 

Sekumpulan orang Kristen yang menganut keyakinan yang sama, menjalankan ritual yang sama, dan mengakui otoritas gereja yang sama."

 

2.    Apa kebutuhan terbesar gereja saat ini?

 

A fuller sense of God's relationship to those whom He has purchased with the gift of His Son, a greater faith in the onward progress of His cause in the earth—this is the great need of the church today. PK 243

 

Pemahaman yang lebih utuh akan hubungan Allah dengan mereka yang telah dibeli-Nya dengan pemberian Putra-Nya, iman yang lebih besar akan kemajuan pekerjaan-Nya di bumi—inilah kebutuhan besar gereja saat ini.

 

 

EARLY CHURCH

 

3.     Apa nasihat yang Rasul Paulus berikan kepada orang-orang percaya?

 

2Co 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

2Co 6:15  And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

2Co 6:16  And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2Co 6:17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

2Co 6:18  And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

 

 

4.     Tubuh dari pada orang-orang percaya disebut apa? 

 

Heb 12:23  To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

 

 

5.     Apa yang Stephen katakan tentang Gereja pada mulanya?

 

Act 7:38  This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

 

 

6.     Sebutkan kata lain dari tubuh orang percaya dari ayat-ayat di bawah ini?

 

Mat 5:9  Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

 

Eph 3:15  Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

 

Rev 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

 

Mar 3:33  And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

Mar 3:34  And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

Mar 3:35  For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

 

 

NAMA, FONDASI & KEPALA GEREJA 

 

7.     Apa kata lain Gereja Tuhan?

 

Eph 5:29  For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

Eph 5:30  For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

 

 

8.     Siapa kepala dari gereja? 

 

Col 1:15  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Col 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Col 1:17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Col 1:18  And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

 

 

9.     Fondasi dari gereja Kristus? 

 

Mat 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

 

1Co 3:11  For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 

 

10.  Apa artinya Kristus sebagai fondasi? 

The church is built upon Christ as its foundation; it is to obey Christ as its head. It is not to depend upon man, or be controlled by man. DA 414

Gereja dibangun di atas Kristus sebagai fondasinya; itu adalah menaati Kristus sebagai kepalanya. Hal ini tidak bergantung pada manusia, atau dikendalikan oleh manusia. DA 414

 

11.  Menjadi apakah orang-orang percaya dibangun?

 

1Pe 2:5  Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

 

 

12.  Siapa yang menjadi kepala dari batu-batu yang dibangun?  

 

Eph 2:19  Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Eph 2:20  And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

 

13.  Bagaimana ikatan antara spiritual body diungkapkan? 

 

Col 2:1  For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Col 2:2  That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Study the words "knit together." Bones that are broken will knit together when they have life in theth. The Spirit of life in the church will cause the members to hold together, to be knit together, to grow together. It is through Christ that all things hold together. 

 

MENJADI BAGIAN DARI GEREJA TUHAN

14.  Seberapa bertahannya gereja Tuhan ini?

 

Mat 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

 

15.  Seberapa berharganya gereja Tuhan?

 

The soul that has given himself to Christ is more precious in His sight than the whole world. The Saviour would have passed through the agony of Calvary that one might be saved in His kingdom. He will never abandon one for whom He has died. Unless His followers choose to leave Him, He will hold them fast. DA 480.5

Jiwa yang telah menyerahkan dirinya kepada Kristus lebih berharga di mata-Nya daripada seluruh dunia. Juruselamat akan melewati penderitaan di Golgota agar seseorang dapat diselamatkan dalam kerajaan-Nya. Dia tidak akan pernah meninggalkan seseorang yang untuknya Dia telah mati. Kecuali para pengikut-Nya memilih untuk meninggalkan-Nya, Dia akan menjaga mereka tetap teguh. DA 480.5

 

 

16.  Apa yang Tuhan berikan kepada gerejaNya? 

 

Mat 16:19  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

 

"The church, endowed with the righteousness of Christ, is His depositary, in which the riches of His mercy, His grace, and His love, are to appear in full and final display." -"The Desire of Ages," page 680. 

 

“Gereja, yang diberkahi dengan kebenaran Kristus, adalah tempat penyimpanan-Nya, di mana kekayaan rahmat-Nya, kasih karunia-Nya, dan kasih-Nya, akan tampak secara utuh dan lengkap.”

 

17.  Apa itu “the keys of the kingdom of heaven”? 

 

“The keys of the kingdom of heaven” are the words of Christ. All the words of Holy Scripture are His, and are here included. These words have power to open and to shut heaven. They declare the conditions upon which men are received or rejected. DA 413.6

 

“Kunci kerajaan surga” adalah firman Kristus. Semua kata-kata dalam Kitab Suci adalah milik-Nya, dan disertakan di sini. Kata-kata ini mempunyai kuasa untuk membuka dan menutup surga. Mereka [Firman Tuhan] menyatakan syarat-syarat untuk manusia diterima atau ditolak. DA 413.6

 

 

18.  Bagaimana caranya saya menjadi bagian dari gereja Tuhan ini?

 

Joh 1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Joh 1:13  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

 

Joh 3:3  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

 

BAYARAN DARI PENEBUSAN GEREJA TUHAN

 

19.  Dengan apa gereja Tuhan ini sudah dibeli? 

 

Act 20:28  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

 

 

20.  Kenapa Kristus diberikan kepada GerejaNya?

 

Eph 1:22  And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Eph 1:23  Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

 

In Christ the family of earth and the family of heaven are bound together. Christ glorified is our brother. DA 25.3

 

 

TANGGUNG JAWAB GEREJA

 

21.  Apa tanggung jawab yang diberikan kepada gereja Tuhan? 

 

Mat 5:13  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Mat 5:14  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Mat 5:15  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Mat 5:16  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

 

 

22.  Sebagai anggota dari pada gereja, kita harus melambangkan siapa?

 

Joh 17:18  As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.