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Pembacaan Alkitab: Kisah Para Rasul 2
Bila kita bayangkan apa yang terjadi pada hari Pentakosta setelah Yesus diangkat, tentunya kita akan dapat melihat betapa luar biasanya Roh Kudus bekerja di tengah-tengah para rasul dan mereka yang mendengarkan dan menyaksikannya. Ketika Roh Kudus hinggap dan memenuhi para rasul, mereka semua berkata-kata dalam bahasa yang lain, dan yang aneh dan ajaibnya, orang-orang mendengar mereka seperti mereka berbicara dalam bahasa asli mereka. Orang-orang yang mendengarkan mereka itu berasal dari bermacam-macam daerah dan bahasa asli yang mereka pakai pun berbeda-beda, tetapi bagaimana mungkin para rasul dapat berkata-kata dalam bermacam-macam bahasa sedangkan mereka hanya berkata-kata dalam satu bahasa dan banyak dari mereka yang tidak terpelajar? Karena hal yang aneh ini, ada orang-orang menganggap mereka mabuk. Inilah salah satu keajaiban Tuhan melalui Roh Kudus-Nya. Kemudian Petrus berkhotbah di depan orang banyak, Petrus adalah seorang nelayan yang tidak terpelajar dan ketika ia bersama Yesuspun sepertinya ia tidak menangkap seluruhnya dari ajaran-ajaran Yesus. Tetapi ketika ia berkhotbah, apa yang ia katakan itu penuh dengan kuasa dan fakta bahwa nubuatan-nubuatan para nabi seperti Yoel dan juga perkataan Daud itu semua tentang Yesus. Bila kita sendiri membaca Alkitab, apakah kita akan benar-benar mengerti bahwa apa yang Yoel katakan itu tentang saat Roh Kudus dicurahkan? Dan apakah kita akan mengerti bahwa Daud berkata-kata tentang Yesus? Inilah juga salah satu keajaiban Roh Kudus, yakni Ia membukakan pewahyuan dan pengertian kepada kita agar kita mengerti Firman dan dapat membagikan dan melakukannya. Oleh karena itu, biarlah kita jangan menganggap remeh kuasa Roh Kudus, sebab seperti yang Yesus katakan, Roh Kudus dicurahkan untuk menolong kita, membimbing, mengajar, menegur, mengisafkan dunia akan dosa, dan memberitahukan hal yang akan datang. Jadi, hormatilah Roh Kudus, mintalah agar kita selalu dipenuhi oleh Roh Kudus setiap saat, setiap harinya.
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Bible Reading: Acts 2
If we imagine what happened at Pentecost after Jesus ascended, we can surely see how amazing the Holy Spirit works in the middle if the apostles and those who listened and witnessed it. When Holy Spirit came upon and filled the apostles, they start to speak in other tongues and what's miraculous about it is that people are hearing them speaking in their mother tongues. The peopl who heard them was from a lot of different places and their mother tongues are different from each other, but how can the apostles speak those mother tongues while they only spoke one tongue and many of them were not educated? Because of this unexplainable situation, many people thought that they were drunk. This is one of the miracles that the Holy Spirit did. Then Peter started to preach to the crowd, Peter is a fisherman who was not educated and when he was with Jesus, it seems that he did not understood all of His teaching. But when he preached, what he said was full of power and facts that the prophecies of the prophets like Joel and the saying of David were all about Jesus. If we ourselves read the Bible, would we really understand that what Joel said was about the pouring of the Holy Spirit? And would we understand that what David said was concerning Jesus? This is also one of the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit, that He opens up revelation and understanding so that we would understan the Word of God and can share as well as applying it. Therefore, let us not take the Holy Spirit lightly, because it is just as Jesus said, the Holy Spirit is poured out to help us, guide us, teach us, rebuke us, to bring repentance to the world, and to tell things of whats to come. So, respect the Holy Spirit and ask so that we would be filled with the Holy Spirit every moment, every day.
Pembacaan Alkitab: Kisah Para Rasul 2
Bila kita bayangkan apa yang terjadi pada hari Pentakosta setelah Yesus diangkat, tentunya kita akan dapat melihat betapa luar biasanya Roh Kudus bekerja di tengah-tengah para rasul dan mereka yang mendengarkan dan menyaksikannya. Ketika Roh Kudus hinggap dan memenuhi para rasul, mereka semua berkata-kata dalam bahasa yang lain, dan yang aneh dan ajaibnya, orang-orang mendengar mereka seperti mereka berbicara dalam bahasa asli mereka. Orang-orang yang mendengarkan mereka itu berasal dari bermacam-macam daerah dan bahasa asli yang mereka pakai pun berbeda-beda, tetapi bagaimana mungkin para rasul dapat berkata-kata dalam bermacam-macam bahasa sedangkan mereka hanya berkata-kata dalam satu bahasa dan banyak dari mereka yang tidak terpelajar? Karena hal yang aneh ini, ada orang-orang menganggap mereka mabuk. Inilah salah satu keajaiban Tuhan melalui Roh Kudus-Nya. Kemudian Petrus berkhotbah di depan orang banyak, Petrus adalah seorang nelayan yang tidak terpelajar dan ketika ia bersama Yesuspun sepertinya ia tidak menangkap seluruhnya dari ajaran-ajaran Yesus. Tetapi ketika ia berkhotbah, apa yang ia katakan itu penuh dengan kuasa dan fakta bahwa nubuatan-nubuatan para nabi seperti Yoel dan juga perkataan Daud itu semua tentang Yesus. Bila kita sendiri membaca Alkitab, apakah kita akan benar-benar mengerti bahwa apa yang Yoel katakan itu tentang saat Roh Kudus dicurahkan? Dan apakah kita akan mengerti bahwa Daud berkata-kata tentang Yesus? Inilah juga salah satu keajaiban Roh Kudus, yakni Ia membukakan pewahyuan dan pengertian kepada kita agar kita mengerti Firman dan dapat membagikan dan melakukannya. Oleh karena itu, biarlah kita jangan menganggap remeh kuasa Roh Kudus, sebab seperti yang Yesus katakan, Roh Kudus dicurahkan untuk menolong kita, membimbing, mengajar, menegur, mengisafkan dunia akan dosa, dan memberitahukan hal yang akan datang. Jadi, hormatilah Roh Kudus, mintalah agar kita selalu dipenuhi oleh Roh Kudus setiap saat, setiap harinya.
English
Bible Reading: Acts 2
If we imagine what happened at Pentecost after Jesus ascended, we can surely see how amazing the Holy Spirit works in the middle if the apostles and those who listened and witnessed it. When Holy Spirit came upon and filled the apostles, they start to speak in other tongues and what's miraculous about it is that people are hearing them speaking in their mother tongues. The peopl who heard them was from a lot of different places and their mother tongues are different from each other, but how can the apostles speak those mother tongues while they only spoke one tongue and many of them were not educated? Because of this unexplainable situation, many people thought that they were drunk. This is one of the miracles that the Holy Spirit did. Then Peter started to preach to the crowd, Peter is a fisherman who was not educated and when he was with Jesus, it seems that he did not understood all of His teaching. But when he preached, what he said was full of power and facts that the prophecies of the prophets like Joel and the saying of David were all about Jesus. If we ourselves read the Bible, would we really understand that what Joel said was about the pouring of the Holy Spirit? And would we understand that what David said was concerning Jesus? This is also one of the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit, that He opens up revelation and understanding so that we would understan the Word of God and can share as well as applying it. Therefore, let us not take the Holy Spirit lightly, because it is just as Jesus said, the Holy Spirit is poured out to help us, guide us, teach us, rebuke us, to bring repentance to the world, and to tell things of whats to come. So, respect the Holy Spirit and ask so that we would be filled with the Holy Spirit every moment, every day.
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