Renungan Meat & Drink : Apakah Kamu Mempelai Kristus?

Hos 2:20  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. 

Hos 4:1  Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 

Eph 5:25  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 

Joh 6:63  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 

Luk 8:11  Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 

Gen 4:1  And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 

2Co 3:18  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

“In the Bible the sacred and enduring character of the relation that exists between Christ and His church is represented by the union of marriage. The Lord has joined His people to Himself by a solemn covenant, He promising to be their God, and they pledging themselves to be His and His alone. . . .
“Dalam Alkitab, karakter suci dan abadi dari hubungan yang ada antara Kristus dan gereja-Nya diwakili oleh persatuan pernikahan. Tuhan telah mempersatukan umat-Nya dengan diri-Nya sendiri melalui perjanjian yang khidmat, Dia berjanji untuk menjadi Allah mereka, dan mereka berjanji untuk menjadi milik-Nya dan hanya milik-Nya. . . .”
“The unfaithfulness of the church to Christ in permitting her confidence and affection to be turned from Him, and allowing the love of worldly things to occupy the soul, is likened to the violation of the marriage vow. The sin of Israel in departing from the Lord is presented under this figure.”—The Great Controversy, p. 381.
“Ketidaksetiaan gereja kepada Kristus karena membiarkan kepercayaan dan kasih sayangnya berpaling dari Dia, dan membiarkan kecintaan akan hal-hal duniawi memenuhi jiwa, disamakan dengan pelanggaran sumpah pernikahan. Dosa Israel karena menjauh dari Tuhan digambarkan dengan kiasan ini.”—The Great Controversy, hlm. 381.

Heb 4:7  Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

“Now, while mercy’s sweet voice is still heard, while it is not yet too late for wrongs to be righted, while it is called today, if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.”—Counsels on Stewardship, p. 99.

“Sekarang, selagi suara rahmat yang manis masih terdengar, selagi belum terlambat untuk memperbaiki kesalahan, selagi masih disebut hari ini, jika kamu mau mendengar suara-Nya, janganlah mengeraskan hatimu.”—Nasihat tentang Pengelolaan, hlm. 99.

“It is as true now as when Christ was upon the earth, that every inroad made by the gospel upon the enemy’s dominion is met by fierce opposition from his vast armies. The conflict that is right upon us will be the most terrible ever witnessed. But though Satan is represented as being as strong as the strong man armed, his overthrow will be complete, and everyone who unites with him in choosing apostasy rather than loyalty will perish with him.“Hal ini sama benarnya sekarang seperti ketika Kristus berada di bumi, bahwa setiap upaya Injil untuk menembus kekuasaan musuh akan disambut dengan perlawanan sengit dari pasukan besarnya. Konflik yang sedang kita hadapi saat ini akan menjadi yang paling mengerikan yang pernah disaksikan. Tetapi meskipun Setan digambarkan sekuat orang kuat yang bersenjata, kekalahannya akan sempurna, dan setiap orang yang bersatu dengannya dalam memilih kemurtadan daripada kesetiaan akan binasa bersamanya.”
“The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes, storms, tempests, fire and flood, disasters by sea and land, follow each other in quick succession. Science seeks to explain all these. The signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause. Men cannot discern the sentinel angels restraining the four winds that they shall not blow until the servants of God are sealed; but when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there will be such a scene of strife as no pen can picture. . . .“Roh Allah yang menahan bahkan sekarang sedang ditarik dari dunia. Badai, angin topan, angin kencang, kebakaran dan banjir, bencana di laut dan darat, terjadi berturut-turut dengan cepat. Sains berusaha menjelaskan semua ini. Tanda-tanda yang semakin banyak di sekitar kita, yang menunjukkan semakin dekatnya kedatangan Putra Allah, dikaitkan dengan penyebab selain penyebab sebenarnya. Manusia tidak dapat melihat malaikat penjaga yang menahan keempat angin agar tidak bertiup sampai hamba-hamba Allah dimeteraikan; tetapi ketika Allah memerintahkan malaikat-malaikat-Nya untuk melepaskan angin, akan ada pemandangan pertikaian yang tidak dapat digambarkan oleh pena mana pun. . . .”
“Could the curtain be rolled back, could you discern the purposes of God and the judgments that are about to fall upon a doomed world, could you see your own attitude, you would fear and tremble for your own souls and for the souls of your fellow men. Earnest prayers of heart-rending anguish would go up to heaven. You would weep between the porch and the altar, confessing your spiritual blindness and backsliding.”—Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, pp. 407, 408.

“Seandainya tirai dapat disingkapkan, seandainya Anda dapat memahami maksud Allah dan penghakiman yang akan menimpa dunia yang terkutuk, seandainya Anda dapat melihat sikap Anda sendiri, Anda akan takut dan gemetar untuk jiwa Anda sendiri dan untuk jiwa sesama Anda. Doa-doa yang sungguh-sungguh dengan kesedihan yang mendalam akan naik ke surga. Anda akan menangis di antara serambi dan altar, mengakui kebutaan rohani dan kemunduran Anda.”—Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, hlm. 407, 408.
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