Summary of sermons, Sunday, June 23, 2013 by Ev. ANAM Peni ASIH

 CROWN OF LIFE

(Revelation 2:10 b; James 1:12)

  In Smyrna city famous for rich, advanced perdangangan. In addition it is also famous for atleticnya players. For those who won in a game will receive the crown (leaves or flowers are arranged in a circle and then draped them even become the winner). This crown is hard to get it but only lasted a while because it will wilt, dry and discarded.
          How jemat conditions in Smyrna?
*) They are in trouble and poor: ostracized, arrested and put in jail. God calls them not materially rich, but rich in faith.
*) They will have tribulation for 10 days meaning that their plight is no time limit. In such circumstances, God promised to give them CROWN OF LIFE.
          Is it mahota life?
*) The award of God given to man who brought to life eternal.
*) The crown is missing and can not last forever.
*) The crown of life joy-happiness symbol.
Not everyone will receive the crown of life.
          Who will receive the CROWN OF LIFE?
*) Those who are faithful until death - Revelation 2:10 b
God's promises and His word can be trusted, they are faithful will receive the crown of life. God does not promise to those who are faithful will be free of problems, distress, suffering and other things that are not fun. Faith in Jesus that enables us faithful to what He promised this time (inclusion, comfort, strength, etc.) and who will come to receive the crown of life (perfect happiness).
*) Those who love God - James 1:12
James tells us that God does not help us to eliminate
trials (native language peirazÇ-temptation). But God can use temptation to build, bring glorious blessings - fun. The devil wears temptation to drop, plunge, misleading. Why to get the crown of life need to love God? Because the love of God have covered everything. When the love of God will believe in his promises, obedient, give, serve, forgive, and in the end will receive the crown of life.
Let us resolve faithful unto death, and love of God forever and forever so that in time we will receive the crown that God has prepared.
(Summary sermons, Sunday, June 23, 2013 by Ev. ANAM Peni ASIH)

Read More

Summary sermon Sunday, June 16, 2013 by Ev. INDRI Tekno WIJOYO

Church to be a blessing

(Acts 2: 42-47; 4:32-37)

      As a member of the church who have been saved, forgiven,'ve got a legacy heaven would want to be a blessing, to be salt and light in order to glorify the name of God. In Acts we see the power of the Holy Spirit who works with exceptional, through the early church that have tremendous character so that they glorify God's name and God's name known to many people. In the case they are in the persecution. How the early church life?

1. Persevere in prayer
2. Diligent in fellowship
3. Diligent in teaching
4. Glad to pray
5. Glad to glorify God
6. Showing respect to God
7. Glad to worship God
8. Happy to share
9. Always rejoicing
10. The love everyone
11. Day by day the Lord added to the number of churches
What should be done in order to be a blessing?
1. One heart one soul
*) Unity means one heart, one mind.
*) Sejiwa means of one mind, one heart
2. Giving sincerely
Gives the early church sincerely to those who need to fit their needs.
Gives the early church not in order to get a lot more but because they are blessed by God.
Gives the early church is not so received praise and awards from humans, they give because it was received.
3. Serve with love.
Early church serve with love as a form of their love for God. They realized God had already served. Manifested their love by loving others.
God came into the world and has been a blessing to us, He sacrificed His life willingly died on the cross. Early church one heart-soul, give sincerely and serve with love. Let us learn meneladi life that the early church so it can be
blessing to others and God's name be glorified. .
    (Summary sermon Sunday, June 16, 2013 by Ev. INDRI Tekno WIJOYO)

Read More

Summary sermons, Sunday, June 30, 2013 by Ev. Gumulya DJUHARTO

        FAMILY THE BELIEVER

(2 Kings 4:1-7)

          Life has always been plagued by problems. But our attitude in overcoming life as tangled threads will show whether we are people who believe in God or not. In 2 Kings 4:1-7 tells a widow bereaved of her husband, who live in debt. Interesting to observe that the Si Widows unnamed choose positive ways to cope with problems that choke the life of his family.
1. Widow is CHOOSING to complain to the Prophet that the matter be representative of God. In other words, he sought help from God and not outside of God's power. Indeed, today we find many tips to achieve success, such as: dream sky, hang out and do not squirt, do not delay something, do it faithfully, strive with all their might and others. But there is one most important thing that should precede all of it: submission to God through prayer and contemplation of God's word. Prayer shows that we remain committed to God even in difficult situations; meditating on the Word of God shows that we are open and ask God for guidance and wisdom believe God promises a breakthrough to overcome the problems which are hindering our lives.
2. Widow REQUESTED to involve children in the process of problem solving. This is not something that is common, parents are sometimes inclined to keep a secret about the difficulties faced by "they do not know better". Indeed this is true, they are not ready to endure hardships like us. But here there are exceptions. God asks us to teach our children about the faith that has been and we are going through together that shows how God opened the way for us. Children should see it so that they also learn to overcome their difficulties in a way that is true that God can help in ways that are magical or normal.
3. The widow asked to use the miracle of the oil that had received additions to the wise: go, sell the oil, pay debts and live off the excess. Here we see clearly that God's help is not free us from tangggung answer: it means having to pay off debt negatively and positively means to manage finances wisely so that no large pegs of the pole or more expenses than income.
So a family of faith we are asked to account for this life as well as possible, believe none of the problems that escape observation Almighty Father in Heaven love. God asks that we are responsible not only before God but also accountable before others so that they are seen to glorify the name of God. (Summary sermons, Sunday, June 30, 2013 by Ev. Gumulya DJUHARTO)

Read More

Summary sermon Sunday, July 7, 2013 by Ev. ANAM Peni ASIH

     COMPLETE EACH OTHER

(1 Corinthians 12:14-26)

      Paul describes the church as the body. One body but many members, each member has different tasks and functions. But every member of the body can not be separated and not separated from one another, that one requires the other, and vice versa. Are required by the other, no member of the body is more important, higher and more useful. Nor is there any lower limb or less useful. Each member body that no one can function by itself but rather interdependent and complementary.
WHY TO COMPLETE EACH OTHER?
1. WE NEED PEOPLE REALIZE v14-V19
*) Each member of the body can not stand alone, but requires the other.
*) Hand requires a foot; legs needed a hand; hand takes the eye, the eye needs a hand; ears need mouth to convey what is heard; mouth need ears to hear before delivering / talk.
This illustrates that in life everyone needs everyone else. No one can live without the other.
2. WE RECOGNIZE OTHERS REQUIRED v21-v24
*) Eyes needed hand before doing anything
*) Mata takes the foot before running
*) Ear needed before talking and do something
      *) All the members of the body necessary and complementary
      Let us realize if God allows us to be in this world, we
      it takes a family, church, community and so on. Such as physician
      dibutuhka by patients, faculty needed by students, fishermen, farmers,
      dans merchant so needed by society.
3. AWARE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE BODY LIMITED
*) The eyes function to see
*) Hand function to do something but can not see
*) Legs to walk not to hear, not to see and so on.
Whoever amongst us is also limited, there is no man who can do everything, nothing we can do, but there is nothing we can do, otherwise there are other people who can not do, but we can do it.
With the limitations of the self that God allows each of us let us complement each other well in the family, work and in the service and finally the name of God in the glorified through our lives.
(Summary sermon Sunday, July 7, 2013 by Ev. ANAM Peni ASIH)

Read More