Bahan Alkitab: KIS 9: 1 – 9
Tanggal: 23/05/2021
Ringkasan:
Saulus menganiaya orang Kristen, terus dipanggil Tuhan.
Kita udah attend Sunday School for many years.
Kita sering merasa udah tau banyak tentang Firman.
Saulus is a top student
Dia sangat yakin sudah tau apa yg Tuhan mau
Tetapi waktu Tuhan panggil, dia tidak kenal Tuhan.
Ada perubahan dari sikap dan perbuatannya.
Dari yg menentang Tuhan, bunuhin orang Kristen
Menjadi hidup untuk Tuhan, ada turning point.
Dipakai Tuhan untuk membimbing gereja2 di Asia Minor, despite difficulties.
David Livingstone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone
Typical English guy of Victorian era
Wanted to go China because China was the trend (almost all missionaries went there, and many ‘success stories’ came from China)
But God wants different, there was Opium War, all Western missionaries were banned
He couldn’t go China, later met a missionary from S. Africa
He was convinced to go to villages in inland Africa that are still very isolated and had not been reached by any missionaries
He went deep into the areas of Zambezi River, built many churches. His mission opened the eyes of British people of areas they never heard before.
It was not easy at all, as his wife later on passed away, his son ran away to America, the government pulled their support as he fought for the Africans’ rights against slave trade policy.
He was able to persist because the Holy Spirit strengthened him and kept him going
Learning points:
01.Kita sudah mati rohani, terpisah dari Tuhan. Kita yang rohani sudah mati, perlu karunia Roh Kudus untuk mempunyai kepekaan yang mau berserah kepada Tuhan. Oleh hanya dengan bimbingan Roh Kudus, baru kita akan mampu menjalankan kehendak Tuhan.
02. Kita sering merasa sudah kenal Tuhan, sudah tahu apa yang Tuhan mau dalam hidup kita, merasa yang kita lakukan sudah baik dan cukup bagi Tuhan. Tetapi rencana Tuhan sering kali berbeda dari apa yang kita asumsi, dan kita perlu kepekaan rohani untuk mengerti kehendak Tuhan sesunggguhnya. Kepekaan ini hanya diperoleh bila kita sudah mempunyai Roh Kudus dalam hati kita, setelah kita percaya kepada Kristus.
Ayat Hafalan:
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.