One time a man of God said that there is a question that is always ringing in his heart, namely: Is the church or ministry that he built it in accordance with the Lord wanted to get up or not? "Questions like this is a good question to be questioned in the life each of us: "Do we build a service / live / household / business in accordance with the Lord want to wake up?"
To find out if we're building a life as Jesus would want, then we need to know what kind of life that has been built over Jesus' life and the IA to serve on this earth.
I. JESUS TO A HUMAN FOCUS
When we read Luke 6:12-13, Luke 10:1 and I Corinthians 15:6-7, we will see that the number of students generated Jesus was not 12 people, but more than 500 people. Yes, during His ministry, Jesus' disciples are always build quality.
In His ministry, Jesus performed many miracles large and surprised by the signs which through all that many people follow him. But the miraculous signs that God made is not the focus of Jesus' life. But that the focus of his life is how to make them as a person with the quality of students. So the focus of the ministry of Jesus is the human / soul, and not the method / program or event. The methods used sometimes vary, but regardless of its form, the focus of the ministry of Jesus is always the human / souls.
This is in contrast with the Pharisees and scribes that focus on the rule / law. For those keeping rules / laws are more important than helping others / doing good. That's why they always reject Jesus.
Mark 3:2
They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, that they might accuse him.
The Pharisees and scribes are very attached to their Judaism, they are very mengkramatkan Sabbath so would prefer not to do good for the sake of keeping the Sabbath. That's why they always oppose and reject Jesus. (Mark 3:2,4, Luke 13:14-15). But the focus is on the human Jesus said: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27) and "is a man far more valuable than a sheep? Because it can do good on the Sabbath. "(Matthew 12:12). For God, the salvation of mankind is far more valuable than the force of law / rules. That is why the Bible records that when there is one person to repent and be saved then the whole surge of joy.
In John 5:1-18, Luke 6:1-5,6-11, John 1:9-16, we are told how Jesus immediately respond to their needs (cure), although at times it is the Sabbath. Pharisees and scribes would prefer not to do anything to keep the Sabbath instead of helping / answering other people's needs as soon as possible.
It is unfortunate that many Christians who build and service their lives as Jesus would not wake up. Their focus is not a man / of souls, but their focus is the program / event. That is why they prefer to spend a lot of time to sit down and discuss about the programs and activities / events they want to execute, rather than to think of church growth / yield of students. It is good if we always ask, "When I produce terkhir time student?". Improve the quality of your service with a focus on souls.
There is also a Christian who build their families do not focus on humans. There is a focus on the rule, good name, success in education and others. That's why they educate their families the hard way and bear the sanctions / penalties are very severe to family members who made a mistake. Rules and discipline is good when accompanied by love. But without love is all it would be like a time bomb that will ravage what you have built.
There are also Christians who build their business with more focus on the money. That is why they have the heart to hire employees with the lowest possible for the company so that they make a profit as much as possible. Very different from the joy of the Lord Jesus was not a material advantage, but when others receive blessings through His life (2 Corinthians 8:9).
As disciples of Jesus, we too should have the same focus with him. People who are the focus of man, his life will enrich others. Is not God has said that we are blessed so that we can be a blessing to many people. Presumably through your life, standard of living of others may rise.
Have you enrich others? Jesus set an example for us. He was rich became poor that we might be willing to become rich. Enrich the lives of others, not always talking about the material. When there are others who are in trouble, we came to the concern, saying that entertain and reinforce, then it is enriching others. Science divide is also enrich the actions of others. Do we become a miser, because the giving will be given by God (Luke 6:38).
Let us build our Christianity with a focus on the miracle / blessing and great signs. But we get up Christianity with a focus on what God wanted. For he has said, 'You shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all your strength and with all thy mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. "(Luke 10:27)
II. Jesus Lifestyle: Building a life of a different spirit with the spirit of who controlled the area in which we exist.
When Jesus ascended to heaven, He did not leave any facility. But that Jesus bequeathed is a LIFESTYLE that when Christians live it the world would be won for Christ.
Matthew 5:39-44,
39 But I say unto you: Ye shall not fight against those who do evil to you, but whoever slaps you right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, give your cloak as well. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to those who call upon you, and do not reject those who would borrow from you. 43. You have heard it said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. 44Tetapi I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
This is the lifestyle that Christ is building a spiritual life as opposed to the spirit of who controlled the area.
When the Church inherited a lifestyle that is so then the world will be won. Jesus lifestyle is actually a principle of spiritual warfare. Many Christians do not understand the principles of spiritual warfare. They are the spiritual warfare prayer him around. That is not the principle, but only as a method or way of spiritual warfare. But the principle of spiritual warfare is not like that. Principles of spiritual warfare is to build a spirit contrary to the spirit of the ruling in that area.
For example, if you live in one place / area there a lot of divorce and infidelity. You can not beat the spirit of divorce and infidelity is just around the prayer / prayer warfare. Effective way is to build a lifestyle that Jesus is building a life different from the situation in the area. When you build a lifestyle of holiness (the lifestyle of Jesus - of holiness), then you're doing spiritual warfare. When husband and wife hold a commitment to not be a traitor to the marriage covenant, you will not let someone else fill your heart but your wife / husband, then when you build such a holy lifestyle, when you commit no smell things that are impure and obscene , there is no porn in your household, you build your family with holiness, then surely you're conquering the power of the divorce, you're breaking the spirit of the affair. That is the principle of spiritual warfare.
So if there are people who are praying and praying around - rebuking and trying to break the spirit of the divorce, but does not keep the sanctity of marriage is a spiritual battle that is of no use. Prayer is useless around when he was still berselingkuhdan still bound by pornography.
If your area is bound by the materialistic spirit, everyone is vying for the pursuit of wealth for yourself and ignore the others, then do the principles of spiritual warfare in a way: "Be a child of God who share, bless this city with your money and help people those in need ". By the time you build the lifestyle of Jesus - to give, then you're actually breaking the materialistic spirit of the city.
If you work as an employee and the employee in the company that no one discipline. They used to steal time from work, then you do not have as their lifestyle. Come to the office on time, even before you've arrived at work. When you're building such a discipline, a lifestyle like that, you're really committed to the principles of spiritual warfare. When you do that principle, you are to live it.
Jesus told His disciples: "If you love those who love and do good only to people who are also good to you, then do lebihmu of the Pharisees? You are level with the Pharisees. The Scripture says that we must exceed Christianity Christianity Pharisees (Matthew 5:20).
If we are only good for one is good for us but we also hate people who hate and hostile to us, we are the same level with the Pharisees, not more than keagamawian Pharisees. Jesus gave an example, a lifestyle that is contrary to the lifestyle of the world.
Let us not imitate the business world who could hit the employee with a salary as low as possible so they can profit maximization. Go for a lifestyle of Christ, raise their living standards so that they know that the blessing they are Christians.
Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Requirement to have the earth are the meek. Meek is a force to subdue and have the earth. Gentle means easy to give up the right.
All people tend to defend their rights, but only God who said "your right handed". Jesus gave the example that when he was brought as a lamb slaughter taken place, there is no slightest word out of his mouth, he did not defend himself. He is innocent but he is to blame, He never sinned, but He made our sin karana. And Jesus did not use his right. He was meek. Jesus said: "learn from Me for I am meek and humble".
People who easily give up the right are the meek, and they shall inherit the earth.
Build your life with a focus on the souls and God's way of life so characterized your life before God to be the maximum. God bless you, Amin.
