Saturday, December 5, 2009

Senjata Orang Percaya


Salam Damai buat Anda semua yang dikasihi Tuhan Yesus,

Renungan kita hari ini adalah Senjata Orang Percaya. Saya lebih suka dengan ayat ini 'Saya berperang tetapi saya selalu hidup dalam kemenangan..'. Ayat ini diambil ketika saya mendengarkan khotbahnya Pendeta Gilbert Lumuindong secara online. Di dalam kehidupan kekristianan kita, kita akan dihadapkan dengan suatu peperangan. Peperangan di sini bukanlah bermaksud peperangan melawan darah dan daging, tapi yang saya maksudkan adalah peperangan dari segi di mana kita belajar untuk tunduk dan taat kepada perintah TUHAN.

Di dalam Yesaya 45 : 1 - 6
'Beginilah firman TUHAN: "Inilah firmanKu kepada orang yang Kuurapi, kepada Koresy yang tangan kanannya Kupegang supaya Aku menundukkan bangsa-bangsa di depannya dan melucuti raja-raja, supaya Aku membuka pintu-pintu di depannya dan supaya pintu-pintu gerbang tidak tinggal tertutup: Aku sendiri hendak berjalan di depanmu dan hendak meratakan gunung-gunung, hendak memecahkan pintu-pintu tembaga dan hendak mematahkan palang-palang besi. Aku akan memberikan kepadamu harta benda yang terpendam dan harta kekayaan yang tersembunyi, supaya engkau tahu, bahwa Akulah TUHAN, Allah Israel, yang memanggil engkau dengan namamu. Oleh kerana hambaKu Yakub dan Israel, pilihanKu, maka Aku memanggil engkau dengan namamu, menggelari engkau, sekalipun engkau tidak mengenal Aku. Akulah TUHAN dan tidak ada yang lain; kecuali Aku tdak ada Allah. Aku telah mempersenjatai engkau, sekalipun engkau tidak mengenal Aku, supaya orang tahu dari terbitnya matahari sampai terbenamnya, bahwa tidak ada yang lain di luar Aku. Akulah TUHAN dan tidak ada yang lain..'

Di dalam verse 5: 'Aku telah mempersenjatai engkau...'
Senjata kita di sini adalah 'Kuasa TUHAN' dan ini dapat dibuktikan di dalam Roma 6:13: 'Dan janganlah kamu menyerahkan anggota-anggota tubuhmu kepada dosa untuk dipakai sebagai senjata kelaliman, tetapi serahkanlah dirimu kepada Allah sebagai orang-orang, yang dahulu mati, tetapi yang sekarang hidup. Dan serahkanlah anggota-anggota tubuhmu kepada Allah untuk menjadi senjata-senjata kebenaran.'

Senjata Pertama
Penyerahan penuh kepada TUHAN dengan meninggalkan dosa.

Iaitu tidak mengandalkan diri sendiri (Yeremia 17:5-8) : ‘Beginilah firman TUHAN: “Terkutuklah orang yang mengandalkan manusia, yang mengandalkan kekuatannya sendiri, dan yang hatinya menjauh dari pada TUHAN! Ia akan seperti semak bulus di padang belantara, ia tidak akan mengalami datangnya keadaan baik; ia akan tinggal di tanah angus di padang gurun, di negeri padang asin yang tidak berpenduduk. Diberkatilah orang yang mengandalkan TUHAN, yang menaruh harapannya pada TUHAN! Ia akan seperti pohon yang ditanam di tepi air, yang merambatkan akar-akarnya ke tepi batang air, dan yang tidak mengalami datangnya panas terik, yang daunnya tetap hijau, yang tidak kuatir dalam tahun kering, dan yang tidak berhenti menghasilkan buah.

Senjata Kedua

Hati yang dipenuhi dengan pujian dan syukur.

Kita dapat lihat di dalam 2 Tawarikh 20:20-22, di mana kemenangan atas Moab dan Amon.

‘Keesokan harinya pagi-pagi mereka maju menuju padang gurun Tekoa. Ketika mereka hendak berangkat, berdirilah Yosafat, dan berkata: "Dengar, hai Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem! Percayalah kepada TUHAN, Allahmu, dan kamu akan tetap teguh! Percayalah kepada nabi-nabi-Nya, dan kamu akan berhasil!" Setelah ia berunding dengan rakyat, ia mengangkat orang-orang yang akan menyanyi nyanyian untuk TUHAN dan memuji TUHAN dalam pakaian kudus yang semarak pada waktu mereka keluar di muka orang-orang bersenjata, sambil berkata: "Nyanyikanlah nyanyian syukur bagi TUHAN, bahwasanya untuk selama-lamanya kasih setia-Nya!" Ketika mereka mulai bersorak-sorai dan menyanyikan nyanyian pujian, dibuat Tuhanlah penghadangan terhadap bani Amon dan Moab, dan orang-orang dari pegunungan Seir, yang hendak menyerang Yehuda, sehingga mereka terpukul kalah.’

Yesus adalah alas an untuk kita bersyukur selalu…Halleluyah…

Mari kita lihat senjata seterusnya bagi kehidupan kita…

Senjata Ketiga

Kehidupan dalam iman dan Firman. Kita dapat lihat rujukannya dalam Efesus 6:16-17

‘..dalam segala keadaan pergunakanlah perisai iman, sebab dengan perisai itu kamu akan dapat memadamkan semua panah api dari si jahat, dan terimalah ketopong keselamatan dan pedang Roh, yaitu firman Allah..’

Kita dapat lihat di dalam firmanNya, iaitu pergunakan perisai iman untuk melawan si jahat dan memiliki pedang Roh (firman Allah) sebagai jalan keselamatan dalam kehidupan kita.


Senjata Keempat

Fikiran yang ditundukkan dalam kehendak Allah.

Mari kita lihat di dalam 1 Petrus 4:1-6 ‘Jadi, karena Kristus telah menderita penderitaan badani, kamupun harus juga mempersenjatai dirimu dengan pikiran yang demikian, --karena barangsiapa telah menderita penderitaan badani, ia telah berhenti berbuat dosa--, supaya waktu yang sisa jangan kamu pergunakan menurut keinginan manusia, tetapi menurut kehendak Allah. Sebab telah cukup banyak waktu kamu pergunakan untuk melakukan kehendak orang-orang yang tidak mengenal Allah. Kamu telah hidup dalam rupa-rupa hawa nafsu, keinginan, kemabukan, pesta pora, perjamuan minum dan penyembahan berhala yang terlarang. Sebab itu mereka heran, bahwa kamu tidak turut mencemplungkan diri bersama-sama mereka di dalam kubangan ketidaksenonohan yang sama, dan mereka memfitnah kamu. Tetapi mereka harus memberi pertanggungan jawab kepada Dia, yang telah siap sedia menghakimi orang yang hidup dan yang mati. Itulah sebabnya maka Injil telah diberitakan juga kepada orang-orang mati, supaya mereka, sama seperti semua manusia, dihakimi secara badani; tetapi oleh roh dapat hidup menurut kehendak Allah.’

Apapun yang kita buat di dalam kehidupan kita, biarlah kita selalu tunduk dan taat kepada perintahNya. Demikian juga di dalam kehidupan saya sendiri, mungkin apa yang saya alami ini tidak seperti yang saya inginkan atau mungkin juga apa yang saya perolehi ini tidak seperti yang saya minta, tetapi di dalam semuanya itu sebenarnya Tuhan telah menyediakan bagi kita dan yang pastinya sesuatu yang sangat indah bagi Dia dan juga bagi kita sendiri.

Allah selalu memberikan yang terbaik buat kehidupan kita kerana waktuNya adalah tepat dan Dia tidak pernah lalai menepati firmanNya kerana Dia adalah Allah yang setia. Pencobaan yang kita alami tidak akan melebihi kekuatan kita kerana Dia terlebih dahulu telah menyediakan jalan keluar kepada kita. Kita tahu Yesuslah senjata hidup kita.

Biarlah renungan hari ini menjadi saluran berkat buat kita semua. TUHAN memberkati…..Amen.




Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Hallelujah, the Tribulation has Already Begun; MARANATHA!!!

Hallelujah, the Tribulation has Already Begun; MARANATHA!!!

During 2006, 2007 and 2008 God showed so many Christians the rapture as well as some unbelievers. These visions made so many people excited about the rapture and at the same time some of us were very disappointed because it had not happen yet. I believe God wanted to stir our hearts up for the rapture so we can be prepared for it at anytime.

The Lord told me a few months ago that the tribulation has already begun. He is warning and preparing people for the rapture but realized not many are paying attention to the signs of the rapture and they will be very surprised because He is going to only bring those who are ready and waiting for Him. God also said He has given enough chances for everybody to be ready for His coming. Now the tribulation has begun and this means the rapture could happen at any time for those who are ready and waiting. After He raptures His chosen ones, then the antichrist will take over the world and great disasters will come to those left behind especially those Christians who refuse to receive the Mark of the Beast (#666). God said not too many Christians will be raptured and whoever does get raptured will have to stand before the judgment seat (2 Corinthians 5:10) and our work will be tested by fire (1 Corinthians 3:12-15). Even after we are raptured not too many Christians will enter His Kingdom because their hearts are not pure enough. When God says these words they really scare me and whoever has read the book should already know these things.

When the Lord took me to Heaven the first couple of times, He showed me crystal clear water and said one’s heart has to be as clear as this in order to enter His Kingdom. When the Lord told me this, I was very scared and I wondered how anyone’s heart could be this pure. I always live in fear of God ever since He showed me the water. This is the reason why I still spend a lot of time with the Lord by praying and having a relationship with Him daily. I know it is hard for people who work to spend long hours with the Lord but please do your best to spend as much time as you can and let Him be the center of your life not just sometimes but always. Without a relationship with the Lord and not living in fear of God, one cannot please Him. We have to make sure the Holy Spirit is pleased with us continually. He is the one who raised Jesus from the dead to Heaven (Romans 8:11). My heart’s desire is that all my brothers and sisters in the Lord will be raptured.

When I saw Linda’s prophetic words, it really impressed me. I prayed about it and the Lord told me to have it posted on my website. Some people complained about who Linda is but the truth is I did not know Linda but rather the message (the part posted on my web site) and how it is biblical. The message posted on my website from Linda is very similar to what God tells me and also what He wants His Bride to be. It hurts me to see the way some Christians live and behave and they don’t know what it takes to be the Bride of Jesus. We cannot let anyone or anything come before God no matter what the situation. We have to know that He has to be above everyone and everything in our lives. According to Luke 14:26-27, none of our family members or loved ones can ever be put before our Lord Jesus who died for us. PRAISE THE LORD. Anyone who wants to be holy has to live by the word of God. We have to walk a narrow path (Matthew 7:14). Whatever hardship comes into our lives we have to endure as good soldiers of the Lord (2 Timothy 2:3).

Some Christians believe by doing great work for God they will enter the Kingdom (Matthew 7:22-23). The most important part of our salvation is total obedience and love (Matthew 5:19; Mark 12:30-31; John 14:23-24). We must love others enough to witness to them to also be saved. Jesus died for our soul, if we truly love the Lord and want to please Him, we have to die from the world because we cannot love both (1 John 2:15-16). God is love and He wants us to love all not just believers and if we have unforgivness in our hearts that is a great sin. We have to forgive and not hate others no matter what they have done to us. His word says the people who are living in darkness are the ones who do not forgive (1 John 2:11). If one does not forgive then they also cannot be forgiven by God and that will prevent that person from entering the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 6:14-15). As much as the Lord suffered for our eternity, whatever we sacrifice for Him is really insignificant because no suffering that we will ever endure can ever be compared to what He went through.

Some Christians think when they receive the Lord into their hearts by faith that is all they have to do in their Christian life but this actually is a deception from the Devil. According to Philippians 2:12, we must work out our salvation with fear and trembling. We must never forget that without a pure heart no one can see the Lord (Matthew 5:8, Ephesians 5:27, Hebrews 12:14). God is so holy that any defiled thing cannot enter His Kingdom. I believe this is why God showed me so many people outside His Kingdom and that is called the valley. Some people tell me that being in the valley is better than Hell. Yes, of course it is better than Hell, but we still have a chance to receive the wonderful promises of God if we enter His Kingdom. All He requires from us is a small sacrifice and that is to be obedient and to love Him above all. Jesus suffered and died for our eternity so why shouldn’t we receive all that He prepared for us?

We should be looking forward to being the most beautiful Bride of Christ. Why shouldn’t we give up all worldly habits and try to please the Lord? We are only on this earth for such a short period of time but with the Lord it will be forever and the happiest time we could ever imagine. Whatever we sacrifice while we are here on earth is all worth it. In Linda’s message she commented on how Christians are watching too much television. Truly reborn Christians do not watch worldly things on television or listen to worldly music. Like God says, we cannot enjoy both the world and Him.

We must understand that the tribulation has begun but none of us will know the day or hour when the rapture will actually occur. We have to patiently wait and never give up, just be ready and waiting for the Lord because no one can understand God’s will (Isaiah 55:8-9). I believe those who are not ready and waiting are going to be very surprised how soon the rapture could happen.

The Lord is concerned about some pastors and He is very dissatisfied with them because they are not teaching about the End times, Rapture and Mark of the Beast (# 666). God says these pastors are going to be left behind with members of their congregation and most of those church bodies will receive the Mark of the Beast because they have never been taught what will happen to them if they receive this number. This is why the Lord says most Christians left behind will become Satan’s. The Lord also said most churches that have business on His holy day (buying and selling things) and are not teaching His church bodies not to spend money on the Lord’s day. According to the Lord, Christians should only use money on the Lord’s day for tithes and offerings (Nehemiah 10:31 and 13:15, 1 Corinthians 16:2).

I am humble and thankful to God for allowing me to write this for my brothers and sisters in the Lord. I pray this message from our Lord will be a blessing and an eye opener to every reader so His Bride will be ready and waiting for the rapture of the Body of Christ, Amen.

Peace and all spiritual blessing to every reader.

To God be all the glory and honor.

MARANATHA!!!

Choo Thomas