"Before Abraham was, I am"

John 8:51-59 

Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death." The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, `If any one keeps my word, he will never taste death.' Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?" Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God. But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him and I keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad." The Jews then said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

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Sa ato kinabuhi, nagasalig ba kita sa mga pulong ni Jesus?


Sa pangutanan nan Jew authorities kan Jesus kon sin’o gajud Sija, tagtubag ni Jesus sila na ay’ha pa si Abraham, Ako na.



Sija an Pulong na nagpakatawo na naghuya kaibanan nan mga tawo sa kalibutan.


An buot ipasabot dinhi na waya pa mamugna an kalibutan, Sija na kay God man Sija.


Waya’y oras si Jesus – amo ra gihapon si Jesus Christ nan kahapon sanan kuman sanan sa waya’y katapusan na panahon.



Kuman, motuo ba kita sa mga pulong ni Jesus sanan sun’don ba nato ang Ija mga pulong sa tibook nato kasing-kasing, huna-huna sanan kusog?


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"Lord Jesus, let your word be on my lips and in my heart that I may walk in the freedom of your everlasting love, truth and goodness."

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"The truth will make you free"

John 8:31-42 

Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, `You will be made free'?" Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not continue in the house for ever; the son continues for ever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father." They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did, but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what Abraham did. You do what your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God." Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

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Lain an presentasyon nan kalibutan mahitungod sa kagawasan.

An kagawasan kuno, laong pa sa kalibutanon na pagpasabot, puwede kuno himoon nan tawo an bisan kon uno rakan na mga butang na maka-pura sanan makabuhong dija segun sa ija kagustuhan.


Pero ini’n kalibutanon na kagawasan amo’y mahimo hinoon na hinungdan nan mga kasay’anan batok kan God.


An marajaw na balita, taghatagan kita ni Jesus Christ nan kagawasan sa kasay’anan sanan an mayaot na epekto sa kinabuhi nan pagpakasaya.


Pinaagi nan gasa sanan gahum nan Holy Spirit, puwede kita makadesider na bijaan nato an pagpakasaya sanan modawat kita nan mga grasya ni God para mahimo nato an pamaagi nan gugma sanan kabalaanon ni Christ.


An disipulo, isa kuno ka sumusunod sanan tagapamati ni Christ ugsa na kon gusto nato mosunod sanan mabuhi isip disipulo Nija, kinahanglan gajud mapahi’ubsanon na mamati kita sa Ija mga pulong.


Nagtuo ba kita na may gahum an Holy Spirit na makabag’o nan ato kinabuhi sanan makahatag nan kagawasan para kita makapanaw sa pamaagi nan gugma sanan kabalaanon ni Christ?


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"Lord Jesus, write your words of love and truth upon my heart and make me a diligent student and a worthy disciple of your word."

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"When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he"

John 8:21-30

Again he said to them, "I go away, and you will seek me and die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come." Then said the Jews, "Will he kill himself, since he says, `Where I am going, you cannot come'?" He said to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge; but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus, many believed in him.

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An pag-sakripisyo ni Christ nan Ija kinabuhi nadto sa kamatajon sa krus amo’y pinaka-ultima na pagpakita nan gugma ni God sa tibook kataw’han.

Mahal ni God an kalibutan ugsa inpadaya Nija an Ija bugtong nan Anak, dili mawaya an motoo Dija kondili makadawat nan waya’y katapusan na kinabuhi.

May moabot na mga oportunidad sa kinabuhi pero dili na mobalik ugsa na an opotunidad nato na makilaya sanan madawat si Jesus Christ na ato Lord sanan Manunubos, dili gajud nato buhian.

Limitado sanan hajupo ra an kinabuhi nan tawo pero an pamaagi nan paghuya sanan paggamit nan kinabuhi may epekto na waya’y katapusan.

Hatagan ba nato nan luna an oportunidad na makapagba’o kita para mahi-preparar nato an ato kinabuhi na waya’y katapusan?

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"Lord Jesus, grant this day, to direct and sanctify, to rule and govern our hearts and bodies, so that all our thoughts, words and deeds may be according to your Father's law and thus may we be saved and protected through your mighty help."

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"Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again"

John 8:1-11

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say about her?" This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." And once more he bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus looked up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again."

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Andam ba kita modawat na bag’ohon kita nadto sa pagka-balaanon ni Christ?

Dili magpanuko si God na ihatag Nija an Ija grasya dato kay an Ija waya’y paglubad na gugma sanan kalooy permi man bag’o kada adlaw.

Pinaagi nan gasa sanan grasya nan Holy Spirit, puwede kita magbalhin sanan magbag’o kan Christ.

Sa ebanghelyo, tagpakita lamang dinhi ni Jesus na an paghusga sa isa ka makasasaya dili kon para sa tawo kay an tawo mismo, dili man kon segurado sija na limpiyo sija, kondili si God ra gajud.

Tagpakita ni Jesus an Ija kalooy sa makasasaya na babaje sanan, an importante dinhi na tagbilinan Nija sija na dili mag-otro pagpakasaya sanan hinulsulan sanan talikd’dan na nija an pagpakasaya sa ija kinabuhi.

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“God our Father, we find it difficult to come to you, because our knowledge of you is imperfect. In our ignorance we have imagined you to be our enemy; we have wrongly thought that you take pleasure in punishing our sins; and we have foolishly conceived you to be a tyrant over human life. But since Jesus came among us, he has shown that you are loving, that you are on our side against all that stunts life, and that our resentment against you was groundless. So we come to you, asking you to forgive our past ignorance, and wanting to know more and more of you and your forgiving love, through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

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"If the grain of wheat dies, it bears much fruit"

John 12:20-33

Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him. "Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? `Father, save me from this hour'? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify thy name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die.

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An kamatajon ni Jesus sa krus Ija tagsalarawan bilang oras Nija sa kahimayaan – kay an kamatajon Nija amo ma’y magdaya nan kinabuhi sanan kahimayaan sa tawo.

Hing’kit’an ni Jesus na an Ija kamatajon sa krus an magresulta nan kadaugan batok sa puwersa nan kasay’anan sanan kadug’yuman.

Sa Ija susambingay dinhi na dili moduro an trigo kon dili anay ini moagi nan pagkamatay kay itanom man, buot Nija ipasabot na kinahanglan gajud Sija moagi anay nan kalisdanan sanan kamatajon adiser makab’ot nan kataw’han an pagkasalbar sa ila mga kasa’anan.

Amo na kon gusto gajud nato makatagamtam nan bag’ong kinabuhi na tag’gajang ni Jesus, kinahanglan ato gajud hikalim’tan sanan ilabog sa halajo an ato mga kinabuhing kanhi na mga mayaot, ibutang ini tanan sa kamatajon, pagkatapos, dawaton nato an ato pagka-bag’o na pagkamugna kan Christ.

Nagalaum ba kita permi kan Lord sanan malipajon ba nato na sun’don an dayan na Ija tagpili para dato?

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"Lord, let me be wheat sown in the earth, to be harvested for you. I want to follow wherever you lead me. Give me fresh hope and joy in serving you all the days of my life."

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Reaction to Jesus' words

John 7:40-53

When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is really the prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" So there was a division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed." Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." They went each to his own house.

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Sin’o man gajud si Jesus para dimo? Andam ba ‘kaw na mohatag nan suporta pinaagi nan imo gugma Dija?

May oras ra na ipakita gajud nato an ato pagdapig kan Christ sanan pagtoo sa Ija ebanghelyo.

Pero kinahanglan andam ‘sab kita na mosagubang nan kalis’danan, sakripisyo sanan pag-antos kay amo ma’y ini mga sukli sa ato pagtoo sanan gugma kan Christ.

Sa labing-tinood, duha ra ma’y kapilian gajud nato sa ato mga kinabuhi: na kon gusto nato na masun’danon kita sa mga balaod ni God para kita maka-ambit nan Ija kahimayaan sa himayang dayon, sanan; kon gusto nato na mahimo kita na suluguon ni Satan kay nagpaulipon man kita sa mga kasay’anan na magresulta nan ato pagka-bal’hog sa impiyerno, an waya’y katapusan na alantusanan.

Hain ma’y imo pilion sa duha?

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"Lord Jesus, your gospel brings joy and freedom. May I be loyal to you always, even though it produce a cross on earth, that I may share in your crown in eternity."

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“His hour had not yet come”

John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand. But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? Yet we know where this man comes from; and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from." So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord; he who sent me is true, and him you do not know. I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me." So they sought to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

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Uno man kaha an makapugong dato para dili kita makahimo nan mga butang na gusto ni God ipa’himo dato?

Kahadlok, hilabina an kahadlok sa kamatajon – amo’y ini kusog na mowag’tang nan ato katakos na mohimo nan mga butang na ensaksto.

Pero para kan Jesus, klaro karajaw an Ija misyon dinhi sa kalibutan – determinado Sija na himoon Nija an kagustan nan Ija Father, pero andam ‘sab Sija na sagubangon an sakripisyo sanan pag-antos na magtapos nan Ija kamatajon sa krus.

Andam si Jesus na mag-antos sanan magpakamatay sa krus para lamang kita masalbar sa ato mga kasay’anan batok kan Lord sanan makapanumbalik kita sa ato relasyon kan God the Father.

Sa personal na kapasidad, andam ba ‘sab kaha kita na suklian an taghimo ni Jesus para dato pinaagi sa ato pagka-masun’danon sa mga sugo ni God dato?

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“Eternal God, who are the light of the minds that know you, the joy of the hearts that love you, and the strength of the wills that serve you; grant us so to know you, that we may truly love you, and so to love you that we may fully serve you, whom to serve is perfect freedom, in Jesus Christ our Lord.”

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The Father's witness

John 5:31-47

If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true; there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true. You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the testimony which I receive is from man; but I say this that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works which I am doing, bear me witness that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen; and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent. You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. I do not receive glory from men. But I know that you have not the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

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Dili madawat nan mga nag-kontra kan Jesus an Ija langit’non na oturidad sanan an Ija pagka-bugtong na Anak nan Ama.

Taghanapan pa nila si Jesus nan ebidensiya sa Ija Messianic na deklarasyon na parehas Sija sanan si God.

Duha an testigos ni Jesus sa Ija mga deklarasyon: una, si John the Baptist na pabalik-balik na nag-anunsiyo na Messiah Sija, sanan an ikaduha, mismo si Moses an nagtukoy kan Jesus bilang Messiah, an sinaad na Manunubos.

An problema sa mga scribe sanan Pharisee kay an ila tag-tuonan nan pansin an ila kaugalingon na posisyon sanan oturidad lamang ugsa na notig’a na ila mga kasing-kasing na waya na’y ila kapasidad na maka-sabot nan gusto ni God ipasabot dila.

Si Lord Jesus ra gajud an makapadayag sanan makahatag dato nan huna-huna sanan kasing-kasing ni God pinaagi sa Holy Spirit na amo’y moabri nan ato mga talinga para nato hibatian an gusto ni God na ato hibatian gikan Dija.

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"Lord Jesus, fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may listen to your word attentively and obey it joyfully."

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"My Father is working still, and I am working"

John 5:17-30

But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working still, and I am working." This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God. Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. "Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself, and has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. "I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

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Naglibog an Jewish authorities kan Jesus kon uno man gajud an pagkatawo Nija kay dili man nila ma-akseptar na isa Sija ka Messiah, na tag-annoint nan Father, tagpadaya sa lupa para tub’son an Ija mga tawo.

Taghimu-himu’an rakan nila si Jesus nan mga saya para may rason sila na dak’pon kay gusto man nila Sija pat’jon.

Waya sila makasabot na tagpadaya ni God si Jesus para tubagon an dugay na nila na pangaliya na maka-panumbalik sila kan God gikan sa ila pagka-makasasaya.

Tagpadaya ni Father an Ija Anak para mahipakita an gugma ni God sanan an Ija kalooy sanan hustisya sa tawo.

Indeklarar ni Jesus na an Ija relasyon kan Father naka-base sa isa ka kompleto na pagsalig sanan pagka-matinumanon ugsa na an tanan na gusto ipahimo nan Father Dija, ija gajud himoon.

Kita ‘sab tanan, tag-imbitar ni God na isumitir nato an ato mga kinabuhi Dija na may parehas na gugma, pagsalig sanan pagka-masinun’danon parehas nan tag-pakita ni Jesus kan Father.

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"Lord Jesus, increase my love for you and unite my heart and will with yours, that I may only seek and desire what is pleasing to you."

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"Walk and sin no more"

John 5:1-16

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethzatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed. One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk." And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the Sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet." But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, `Take up your pallet, and walk.'" They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, `Take up your pallet, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did this on the Sabbath.

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Isa ka pagpakita nan gahum sanan presensiya nan gingharian ni God an milagro na taghimo ni Jesus sanan dinhi ‘sab sa mga signus sanan mga kahibuyungan na panhitabo, tagpa-tagamtam ni God an Ija gugma sanan kalooy sa Ija mga anak.

Hinkit’an nato dinhi an isa ka tawo an ija pagka-waya’y paglaum tagdaug gajud nan kalooy sanan gahum ni God.

Tagpukaw ni Jesus an paglaum nan tawo na hapit na mag-kuwarenta anyos an pag-antos sa ija sakit pinaagi sa pagpangutana lamang kon gusto ba gajud nija madajaw.

Isa ra ka mando ni Jesus sa tawo, nadajaw na sija sa ija sakit.

Gusto ‘sab ni God na ialingkawas kita sa gahum nan pagpakasaya para entero ra gihapon an ato pagkatawo, pero dili Sija mamugos dato kon modawat ba kita o dili nan Ija tag-offer dato.

An importante nato na himoon para kita molambo sanan madajaw, kinahanglan sinsero gajud an ato kagustuhan na magbag’o para andam kita modawat nan Ija mga grasya.

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“Lord Jesus, put within my heart a burning desire to be changed and transformed in your holiness. Let your Holy Spirit change my heart and renew me in your love and righteousness."

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"Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe"

John 4:43-54

After the two days he departed to Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast. So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Caper'na-um there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; and he himself believed, and all his household. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

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Kon mosuod kita kan Lord Jesus, mapa’abuton ba nato huyatan an Ija pagtambay, pagpasaylo sanan an ato pagbaga’o para kita makasunod sa Ija Kristuhanong pagkamaligdon?

Tanan mga milagro na taghimo ni Christ amo’y pagpapakita nan presensiya nan gahum nan gingharian ni God.

Nakita nato dinhi na an de ranggo na opisyal, seguro opisyal sija sa korte ni Herod, hugot gajud karajaw an ija pagtuo kan Jesus na waya na gani sija magpakabana kon nakalapas ba sija nan regulasyon ni Herod.

Kon buot hunaphuna’on, halajo karajaw an tagbiyahe nan opisyal, makapangajo lamang sijha nan pabor sa isa ka karpintero sa Galilea.

Ugsa na kinahanglan, kon mosuod kita kan Jesus, halayum sanan hugot gajud an ato pagtuo na Ija kita mapasaylo sa ato mga kasay’anan sanan andam kita modawat nan Ija mga grasya nan kalooy.

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"Lord Jesus, your love never fails and your mercy is unceasing. Give me the courage to surrender my stubborn pride, fear and doubts to your surpassing love, wisdom and knowledge. Make be strong in faith, persevering in hope, and constant in love."

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“God so loved the world that he gave us his only Son”

John 3:14-21

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God.

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Un’hon man nato pag-determina o pag-hibayo na tinood an pagmahal dato ni God sanan gusto Nija na makabalik kita Dija hangtud sa kahangturan?

Mahal ni God an tibook kalibutan ugsa na ingajang Nija an Ija bugtong nan Anak, si Jesus Christ – na kon sin’o an magatuo Dija, dili kawad’an kondili makadawat gajud nan kinabuhi na tun’hay.

Mapagmahal na Tatay si God ugsa na dili Sija mohunong paghanap hangtud na dili pa makabalik an Ija mga anak nadto sa Ija mapagpasaylo na pag-amuma.

Kon giniyahan an ato gugma nan kamatuoran, karajawan sanan kalunsay, pilion gajud nato na mahalon nato si God labaw pa sa tanan butang sa kalibutan.

Mahal ba nato si God labaw pa sa tanan?

Si God ba an una permi sa ato mga kinabuhi, sa ato huna-huna, sa ato mga desisyon sanan sa ato mga aksiyon?

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"Lord Jesus Christ, your death on the cross brought life, healing, and pardon for us. May your love consume and transform my life that I may desire you above all else. Help me to love what you love, to desire what you desire, and to reject what you reject".

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"Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled"

Luke 18:9-14

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

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Waya’y puyos an ato mga pangaliya sanan mga sakripisyo kon dili ini gikan sa ato kasing-kasing – kasing-kasing nan pagmahal para kan God sanan para sa ato isig’katawo.

Kinahanglan na sa ato pagpangaliya kan God, mosood kita Dija na may mapahi’ubsanon sanan mahinulsulon na kasing-kasing.

Kon sa ato pagpangaliya, ikumpara nato an ato kaugalingon sa mga tawo na nakasaya kan God, segurado na sir’han Nija an pultahan nan Ija kasing-kasing para dili madawat an ato pangaliya.

Naka-sentro sa ija kaugalingon an pangaliya nan Pharisee ugsa hingkalim’tan nija an tumong nan ija pangadje hangtud na inkumpara nija an ija mga hinimuan sa tax collector.

Pagpakita ini nan pagka-mapahitas’anon nan Pharisee – batasan na dili gusto ni God.

Marajaw na sumbanan an tax collector dinhi kay ija man gajud tagdawat na makasasaya sija amo na nangajo sija nan tinood na pasaylo kan God sa ija mga sasay’anan na nahimo.

Halajo ra sija sa altar na nagadje kay an pamati nija na dili sija angajan na makig-estorya kan God kay lagi, makasasaya man sija.

Mapahi’ubsanon ba kita na mosood kan God para sinsero na mangajo nan pasaylo sa ato mga kasay’anan Dija?

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"Lord Jesus, may your love control my thoughts and actions that I may do what is pleasing to you. Show me where I lack charity, mercy, and forgiveness toward my neighbor. And help me to be generous in giving to others what you have so generously given to me."

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"Which commandment is the first of all?"

Mark 12:28-34

And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?" Jesus answered, "The first is, `Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is this, `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that he is one, and there is no other but he; and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any question.

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An gugma ni God amo’y makabuntog nan tanan.

Kuman, an pangutana: uno ma’y tagkinahang’lan ni God dato?

An gusto ni God gikan dato na mahipadayag nato an ato pagmahal kay gugma man Sija mismo ugsa na an tanan na Ija tagmugna naka-base sa Ija gugma sa tanan.

Amo na an gugma ni God amo’y mauna gajud permi despuwes, an ato gugma sa ato isig’katawo kinahang’lan naka’angkla 'sab permi sa gugma Nija.

Pinaka-marajaw gajud na dawaton nato an gugma ni God na Ija tagbutang sa ato mga kasing-kasing pinaagi nan Holy Spirit para nato madawat an Ija mga grasya na makasunod sa Ija sugo – na mahalon nato Sija sanan mahalon ‘sab nato an ato isig’katawo.

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"We love you, O our God; and we desire to love you more and more. Grant to us that we may love you as much as we desire, and as much as we ought. O dearest friend, who has so loved and saved us, the thought of whom is so sweet and always growing sweeter, come with Christ and dwell in our hearts; that you keep a watch over our lips, our steps, our deeds, and we shall not need to be anxious either for our souls or our bodies. Give us love, sweetest of all gifts, which knows no enemy. Give us in our hearts pure love, born of your love to us, that we may love others as you love us. O most loving Father of Jesus Christ, from whom flows all love, let our hearts, frozen in sin, cold to you and cold to others, be warmed by this divine fire. So help and bless us in your Son."

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"The kingdom of God has come upon you"

Luke 11:14-23

Now he was casting out a demon that was dumb; when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people marveled. But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons"; while others, to test him, sought from him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls. And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace; but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoil. He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

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Taghatagan kita nan higayon dinhi ni Jesus kon ha’in kita modapig o mopanig, na kon i-akseptar nato Sija, kinahanglan na ato gajud himoon an mga importante na desisyon sa adlaw-dalaw nato na kinabuhi na permi nagasunod sa Ija mga tinudlo.

Waya kuno’y ad’on sa tunga-tunga, waya’y neutral la’ong pa Jesus, na kon sagubangon nato an kinabuhi sanan an mensahe ni God na nanginahanglan nan ato desisyon, kinahanglan mag-interar kita kon para kita kan Jesus o adto kita dapig sa pikas.

An buot ipasabot ‘sab nan waya’y ato pagpaka-bana na modesidir, batok kita Dija kay an ipasabot nan ini na maghimo lamang kita nan desisyon na sukwahi sa Ija kagustuhan.

Ugsa kinahanglan ipangaliya gajud nato kan Lord na an tanan nato mga desisyon sa kinabuhi, naka-angkla sa mga pulong Nija.

Ipangaliya nato na ipadaya ni God an Ija Holy Spirit para kita katabangan na matimbang nato pagdajaw an ato mga desisyon pasingod nadto sa Ija kahimayaan.

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"O Lord, our God, grant us, we beseech you, patience in troubles, humility in comforts, constancy in temptations, and victory over all our spiritual foes. Grant us sorrow for our sins, thankfulness for your benefits, fear of your judgment, love of your mercies, and mindfulness of your presence; now and for ever."

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"Whoever relaxes one of the commandments "

Matthew 5:17-19

"Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Duro an mga tagdugang na balaud nan mga Jew, hilabina nan mga scribe, labot pa sa ten commandments sanan sa mga balaud na kinutlo sa lima ka Books of Moses nan panahon ni Jesus.

Ugsa permi punterya ni Jesus an mga scribe kay sa ila mga dinugang na balaud, amo ma’y hinoon ini makahatag nan kalisod sa mga tawo ugsa na makasukwahi sila sa mga intensiyon ni God.

Pagtamod sanan pagrespeto sa mga balaud ni God, pagrespeto na may kahadlok kan God, pagrespeto sa mga ginikanan, sa kinabuhi, mga kabtangan, sa maligdong na ngayan nan isigka’tawo sanan sa kaugalingon an mga tagtudlo ni Jesus sa ija mgatinun'an.

An pagsunod sa mga balaud ni God amo’y pamaagi nan tawo na mahipakita nija an ija paghigugma sa ija Tagamugna.

Pinaagi nan Holy Spirit na ipadaya ni Jesus dato, tabangan kita Nija na mag-bag’o para angajan kita modawat nan Ija mga grasya hangtud sa Ija kahimayaan.

Mahal mo ba sanan tagrespeto an mga sugo ni Lord dato?

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"Lord Jesus, grant this day, to direct and sanctify, to rule and govern our hearts and bodies, so that all our thoughts, words and deeds may be according to your Father's law and thus may we be saved and protected through your mighty help."

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"How often shall I forgive?"

Matthew 18:21-35

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. "Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, `Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.' And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, `Pay what you owe.' So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, `Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt. When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, `You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?' And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."

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An pagtratar na sobra pa sa kinahang’lan nan tawo an tinood kuno na bo’ot-ipasabot nan kalooy, amo na sa sobra na kalooy ni God sa tawo, tagbuhis nan Ija Anak na si Jesus Christ an Ija kinabuhi para lamang kita masalbar sa ato pagpakasaya.

Kinahanglan dawaton gajud nan tawo na pinaka-hataas na gasa dija na kalooy ni God an kada gutlo nan ija kinabuhi.

Sa labing-tinood, dili unta angajan an tawo na makadawat nan uno man na kalooy ni God kay makasasaya na man ini sa sugod pa nan kalibutan sa panhon nila Adam sanan Eve, pero inhatag ni Lord an Ija waya’y katapusan na kalooy kay lagi, waya ma’y katapusan an Ija kalooy.

Sa parte nan tawo, kay anak man sija nan Diyos nan Kalooy, kinahanglan ipasa gajud nija an kalooy ni God na ija nadawat na ihatag nadto sa ija isigka’tawo.

Amo na tinood an tag’laong ni Matthew sa ija Ebanghelyo na bulahan an tawo na magpakita permi nan ija kalooy kay dili ‘sab ihikaw ni God an Ija kalooy dinhi.

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"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury let me sow pardon. Where there is doubt let me sow faith. Where there is despair let me give hope. Where there is darkness let me give light. Where there is sadness let me give joy."

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Jesus' word of judgment

Luke 4:24-30

And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went away.

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Mas matajaw pa an mga Gentile kay motuo pa sila kan Jesus, tag-aksiptar nila Sija na Lord – na makahimo Sija nan mga milargro.

Sa pagsulti ni Jesus nan kamatuoran na dili dawaton an isa ka propeta sa ija kaugalingon na lungsod, najuhot an tanan sa synagogue ugsa na tag-abog nila si Jesus nadto sa bukid – marajaw kay naka-isyas Sija amo na waya Sija kahilab’ti.

Puwede tanan makadawat nan grasya sanan pasaylo ni Lord, kon mosuod lamang kita Dija na may mapahib’sanon na kasing-kasing na mangajo nan Ija kalooy sanan tabang.

Kon gusto gajud nato molambo sa gugma sanan kalooy ni God, marajaw seguro kon mapahi’ubsanon nato na ilabog nadto sa basurahan an ato pagka-makasasaya, despuwes, isumirtir nato an ato kaugalingon nadto kan Christ, mag-bag’o na kita sanan sun’don nato an tanan gusto Nija isugo dato.

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"Lord Jesus, teach me to love your ways that I may be quick to renounce sin and willfulness in my life. Make me whole and clean again that I may I delight to do your will."

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"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up"

John 2:13-25

The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade." His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me." The Jews then said to him, "What sign have you to show us for doing this?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did; but Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man.

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Respetado ba nato an ato Simbahan kon jaon kita sa suyod nangaliya kan God?

Ini na pangutana an kinahanglan amo’y sumbanan nato kada oras na mosuyod kita nan simbahan – magdajeg, magpasalamat sanan mangaliya kan God, kay usahay bagan hingkalim’tan na nato na an simbahan, bayay ni Lord na kinahanglan itamod kay sagrado man ini na lugar.

Ugsa makalaong ako na usahay bagan hingkalim’tan nato na sagrado an Simbahan kay may mga panahon na magasimba kita na dili kon angajan an ato pameste, naka-short, naka-sleeveless, nakatsinelas sanan bisan uno rakan na dili angajan sa suyod nan simbahan.

Usahay gani, bisan sa tunga nan Misa, makakita kita nan mga tawo na nag-text sanan usahay, mogawas kay tubagon an ring nan cellphone.

Sa Ebanghelyo kuman, ingkasab’an ni Jesus an mga negosyante sanan mga kawatan na taghimo an templo na huy’anan nila, tag-abog Nija an mga tawo sa namalegja nan mga kinahanglan igasa sa altar.

An Simbahan an lugar kon diin at tawo makig-estorya nan plastar kan God kay amo man ini an bayay Nija.

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"Lord Jesus Christ, you open wide the door of your Father’s house and you bid us to enter confidently and joyfully that we may worship in spirit and truth. Help me to draw near to your throne of mercy and grace with gratitude and joy."

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"I will arise and go to my father"

Luke 15:1-3,11-32

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." So he told them this parable: And he said, "There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, `Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' And he divided his living between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living. And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, `How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants."' And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, `Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his servants, `Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry. "Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant. And he said to him, `Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.' But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, but he answered his father, `Lo, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!' And he said to him, `Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"

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Waya’y paglubad, waya’y pagkabalhin sanan waya’y katapusan gajud an paghigugma ni God sa Ija mga anak, abir kon uno’y mahitabo.

Amo ini an gusto ipakita ni Jesus dinhi sa Ija estorya – estorya mahitungod sa isa ka sawail na anak na naglayas daya an duro na mga kabtangan para lamang hud’ton sa ija kahilayan.

Tuod man, pagkahurot na nan tanan, waya na’y ija mahisustinir para sija mabuhi, nakadesidir sija na mobalik rakan sa ija tatay pagkapatos nija mamalandong na abir rakan kon himoon lamang sija na isa sa mga suluguon, makakaon lamang sija.

Waya nija palandunga na dawaton pa baja gihapon sija nan ija tatay pagkatapos kilay’on pa gajud na anak ra gihapon bisan arang na ka dako an ija nahimo na saya batok sa ija tatay.

Hikit’an gajud nato dinhi an pagka-mapasay’loon sanan pagka-makaloloy’on ni Father God sa Ija mga anak segun sa tagpakita ni Jesus na leksiyon dinhi sa estorya nan prodigal son.

Base sa estorya, ka-eksperiyensiyahan kaha nato an kalipay matapos kita mangajo nan pasaylo sa ato pagpakasaya sa ato Ama sa kalangitan sanan an pagpanumbalik nan ato relasyon kan God isip mga anak Nija?

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"Lord Jesus, may I never doubt your love nor take for granted the mercy you have shown to me. Fill me with your transforming love that I may be merciful as you are merciful."

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The kingdom taken from the unrepentant

Matthew 21:33-46

"Hear another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit; and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them, saying, `They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, `This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: `The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it." When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. But when they tried to arrest him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him to be a prophet.

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An estorya dinhi sa susambingany ni Jesus kuman, mahitungod sa isa ka biyahedor na agalon na nagsalig sa mga saup nija na tagtuohan na dili moluib dija.

Pag-abot nan adlaw na suk’ton na nija an ija kabahinan gikan sa mga saup, aja man hinoon pataja nila an ija mga sinugo hangtud na hasta an ija anak, na sa pagtuo nija dili un’hon kay anak man lagi nija, inlakip man ‘sab hinoon pagpatay.

Gusto lamang seguro ipasabot dato ni Jesus kon uno na klase an pagtratar ni God sa mga suwail sanan mga rebelde na mga tawo.

Arang ka duro na an tsansa na inhatag ni God para kita maka-reyalisar nan ato mga responsibilidad Dija sanan para nato kahinulsulan an ato mga kasay’anan batok Dija.

Sa ato adlaw-adlaw na mga kinabuhi, taning’kamutan ba nato na makahimo kita nan mga aksiyon para kan Lord para sa Ija kahimayaan na may paglaum sanan kompiyansa sa Ija kadaugan?

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"Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which you have given us; for all the pains and insults which you have borne for us. O most merciful redeemer, friend, and brother, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, for your own sake."

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"Lazarus was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom"

Luke 16:19-31

"There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. And he called out, `Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, `Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, `Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, `They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, `No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to him, `If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"

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Taglarawan ni Jesus dinhi an kalainan o an deperensiya nan kaadunahan sanan kapobrehon, langit sanan impiyerno, sanan kalooy sanan waya’y pagkabana.

Si Lazarus an taghimo dinhi ni Jesus na ehemplo nan pagkamakalulooy, pagkamasakiton sanan kawad’on pero nakatuon an panan’aw sa paglaum kan God.

Kon usisahon ‘sab nato an aktuwasyon nan adunahan, waya gajud sija magpakabana sa mga butang na waya’y relasyon sa ija pagkadatu, hilabina sa kinabuhi na waya’y katapusan didto sa kalangitan kay busog, buhong sanan kompleto man an ija paghuya.

Amo na sa katapusan nan estorya ni Jesus, an datu amo na’y nahimo na makililimos pero si Lazarus an nagtamasa nan karajawan nan kinabuhi sa langit – jaon tagla’ong na reversal of fortune.

Ugsa na kon ituon kuno nato an ato mga paglaum sanan ibutang kuno nato an ato seguridad kan God sa kalangitan, dili gajud kuno kita magbasoy sa ato mga kinabuhi.

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"Lord Jesus, you are my joy and my treasure. Make me rich in the things of heaven and give me a generous heart that I may freely share with others the spiritual and material treasures you have given to me."

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"Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?"

Matthew 20:17-28

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day." Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him, with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom." But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able." He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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Gusto nan nanay nan mga anak ni Zebedee na maka’iban sila sa himaya ni Jesus pag-abot nan panahon.

Waya pa makasabot pagdajaw sila kon uno’y dangatan ni Jesus sa sunod na mga adlaw – na mag-antos Sija sa mga pasakit sanan sa krus.

Kinahanglan andam an disipulo na mag-alay nan ija kinabuhi sanan mag-sakripisyo para sa karajawan nan isig’katawo.

Kon sin’o kuno an mauna amo’y mamahimo na suluguon kay an Anak nan tawo, nanaog sa kalibutan dili kon para selbihan kondili para magsilbe sanan mag-alay nan kinabuhi para matubos an kataw’han.

Andam ba kita na mag-alay nan ato kinabuhi sanan magsilbe sa ato isig’katawo parehas nan taghimo ni Jesus?

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"Lord Jesus, make me a servant of love for your kingdom, that I may seek to serve rather than be served. Inflame my heart with love that I may give generously and serve others joyfully for your sake."

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"Whoever humbles himself will be exalted"

Matthew 23:1-12

Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat; so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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Kontrabida permi para kan Jesus an scribes sanan Pharisees kay mga marajaw man sila magpaka-aron’ingnon – marajaw motudlo pero dili mahibayo mohimo nan ila mga tagtudlo; gusto magpatawag na rabbi sanan modelo pero dili hikit’an dila an mga binuhatan na ila tinudlo.

Sin’o ma’y dili gusto na dajegon sanan itamod nan iban na mga tawo?

Pero an angajan ra gajud na dajegon sanan itamod, si God ra kay Sija ra man an rason na kinahanglan kita magpa-mapahi’ubsanon para ato maipadayag Dija an ato kagustuhan para malipay Sija dato.

An pasidaan nan scripture: isalungat ni God an mahambog, pero ihatag Nija an grasya sa mga mapahi’ubsanon.

Ipangajo nato kan Lord Jesus an grasya nan pagka-mapahi’ubsanon para andam kita modawat nan mga gusto ni God na ipahimo dato sa ato kinabuhi.

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"Lord Jesus, you became a servant for my sake to set me free from the tyranny of selfish pride and self-concern. Teach me to be humble as you are humble and to love others generously with selfless service and kindness."

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"Judge not; condemn not"

Luke 6:36-38

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back."

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Sa ato mga pangaliya, nangajo ba kita nan grasya kan God na makapasaylo kita sa mga nakasaya dato labot pa sa ato pagpangajo nan pasaylo sa ato mga kasay’anan batok Dija sanan sa ato isig’katawo?

Kon tinood gajud na iadmitir nato an ato mga saya kan God, mangajo gajud kita nan pasaylo Dija pagkatapos, hinulsulan nato an ato mga kasay’anan para dili kita masipog modawat nan Ija ihatag na mga grasya.

An ato kuno pangaliya para sa mga tawo na may mga mayaot na intensiyon batok dato amo kuno’y maka-pukan sa gahum nan benggansa sanan amo’y makabuhi sa gahum nan gugma para makahimo kita nan karajawan sa sentro nan kayautan.

Andam ba kita na motagamtam nan kalipay na resulta nan kagawasan sa paghinulsol, pagpasaylo sanan limpiyo na kasing-kasing?

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"Lord Jesus, your love brings freedom and pardon. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and set my heart free that nothing may make me lose my temper, ruffle my peace, take away my joy, nor make me bitter towards anyone."

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"This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!"

Mark 9:2-10

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!" Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead could mean.

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An hugot na pagtuo amo’y makahatag dato nan gahum na makakita nan dili angay makita nan mga mata; amo ‘sab ini na pagtuo an makahatag dato nan luna na maka-eksperiyensiya kita nan kahimayaan ni God pag-abot nan panahon.

Andam ba kita na hikit’an an kahimayaan ni God? Segurado man tuho ako na naghinam-hinam na ‘sab si God na ipa-ambit Nija dato an Ija kahimayaan.

Dinhi, inpakita gajud ni God an Ija kahimayaan kaya Peter, James sanan John sa transfiguration ni Jesus sanan inhidung’gan pa gajud nila an mga pulong ni God na “ini an Ako Anak, an Pinayangga Nako na Anak; pamati kamo dija!”

Manalinga ba gajud kita permi sa mga pulong sanan mga kagustuhan ni God para sa ato mga kinabuhi?

Mangajo kita nan tabang ni Lord pinaagi sa Ija Holy Spirit na Ija ipadaya dato para mahimo kita na andam na mamati sanan mohimo nan Ija kagustuhan para dato.

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“Lord Jesus, keep me always alert and awake to you, to your word, your action, and your daily presence in my life. Let me see your glory.”

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"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you"

Matthew 5:43-48

"You have heard that it was said, `You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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Kon buot huna-huna’on, imposible na mahalon nato an mga tawo na ato kontra sa ato mga kinabuhi.

Pero uno man na tagbilin man ni Jesus dato na ato mahalon sanan ipangaliya an ato mga kontra para kita mamahimo na mga anak nan ato Father didto sa kalangitan?

Buntugon kuno nan gugma an tanan mga kahadlok, kasay’anan sanan hinakog na kagustuhan.

Nagbag’o kada adlaw an pagmahal ni God para sa tanan mga tawo sa kalibutan, gugma na amo’y hinungdan para kita maka-alingkawas sa gahum nan kadautan, pagkahakog, kajuhot, pagsilos, kasilag sanan kasina.

Ugsa na tagpadaya ni God si Jesus dato para ihatag dato an Ija grasya na makapabag’o dato pinaagi sa Ija gugma.

An gugma ni God ipatagamtam Nija sa tanan – sa mga santo sanan sa mga makasasaya.

Ipangaliya nato kan God na ipadaya Nija an Holy Spirit para kita magiyahan na ipadayag nato an ato paghigugma sa tanan nato isig’katawo, amigo man kon kontra.

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"Give us, Lord, a humble, quiet, peaceable, patient, tender and charitable mind, and in all our thoughts, words and deeds a taste of the Holy Spirit. Give us, Lord, a lively faith, a firm hope, a fervent charity, and love of you. Take from us all lukewarmness in meditation, dullness in prayer. Give us fervor and delight in thinking of you and your grace, your tender compassion towards me. The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for: through Jesus Christ our Lord. "

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Do not be angry, be reconciled

Matthew 5:20-26

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. "You have heard that it was said to the men of old, `You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, `You fool!' shall be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison; truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.

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Nan an una, uno man na an nakapatay ra man an may tulubagon?

Pero para kan Jesus, bisan aja ra kajuhot an isa ka tawo sa ija isig’katawo, may tulubagon na man ini sa paghukom?

Dili mahitabo an isa ka kasay’anan kon dili ini magsugod anay sa puot nan kasing-kasing para mahimo na isa ka aksiyon, aksiyon na dili kon matarong para kan God.

Ugsa balitaw na an pasidaan ni Jesus dato na ampingan gajud nato permi an ato mga kasing-kasing na amo’y permi sinug’dan nan kagustuhan sanan aksiyon nan indibidwal.

An ehemplo dinhi ni Jesus an kasay’anan nan pagpatay – nagsugod ini sa kasing-kasing isip isa ka gamay na binhi nan tagdili na kajuhot, pagkatos molambo ini nadto sa isa ka sulti sanan aksiyon, aksiyon batuk sa isig’katawo na an resulta, an pagpakasaya.

An kasing-kasing man gajud an sentro nan ato pagkatawo bilang mga anak ni God.

Kuman, motugot ba kita na rendahan an ato mga kinabuhi nan kajuhot sanan pagpakasaya para kita mahilajo kan God?

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“Lord Jesus, my heart is cold. Make it warm, compassionate, and forgiving towards all, even those who do me harm. May I only think and say what is pleasing to you and be of kind service to all I meet.”

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"How much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"

Matthew 7:7-12

"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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Dili mahimo na dili hatagan nan tatay an ija anak nan karajawan para sa bata kon mangajo ini kay abir kon uno ka dautan nan tatay, mangita gajud ini nan medyos na kahatagan nija an anak nan gusto nan ini.

Kon may pangajoon kita kan God pinaagi nan ato pangadje, positibo ba kita na hindung’gan Nija an ato pangliya Dija?

Ugsa balitaw na tagpasaligan kita ni Jesus na ihatag gajud nan Langitnon na Father an pangajoon nan tawo kon mangajo ini Dija.

Tagtudluan ni Jesus an Ija mga disciple pag-pangaliya na may kompiyansa sa Heavenly Father kay segurado man gajud na tubagon Nija an mga prayer, amo na puwede kita kuman molaong kan God na: Give us this day our daily bread.

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"Let me love you, my Lord and my God, and see myself as I really am – a pilgrim in this world, a Christian called to respect and love all whose lives I touch, those in authority over me or those under my authority, my friends and my enemies. Help me to conquer anger with gentleness, greed by generosity, apathy by fervor. Help me to forget myself and reach out towards others."

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