[A] [PREACHING LESSON 12:] HOW DO WE KNOW THAT MOST RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE LOST?

(PAANO NATIN MALALAMAN ANG MARAMING RELIHIYOSONG MGA TAO AY HINDI PA RIN LIGTAS)

ROMANS 10:1-3 “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Rom 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Rom 10:3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”

Panimula:
a.     Ipinapanalangin ni Pablo ang mga taong relihiyoso sapagkat kahit na sila ay mga relihiyoso ay hindi pa rin mga naligtas ang kanilang mga kaluluwa.
b.    Nagpapatotoo si Pablo na ang mga relihiyosong ito ay kumikilala sa Diyos sapagkat sila’y pinatototohanan ko na may mga pagmamalasakit sa Diyos.

Mga katunayan at pinagbabatayan na ang mga relihiyoso ay hindi mga ligtas:

1. WE CAN KNOW THEM FROM THEIR WORDS
 (Makikilala natin sila sa kanilang pananalita)
ROMANS 10:2 “For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”
a.     Pinatutunayan ni Pablo na ang taong relihiyosong ito bagamat mayroon silang pagkilala at pagmamalasakit sa Diyos ayon sa kanilang pananalita ay mapapatunayan natin na sila’y hindi pa ligtas.
b.    Subukan mong tanungin ang mga relihiyoso at maka-Diyos na tao na kung sila’y bawian ng buhay, saan pupunta ang kanilang kaluluwa at sasagot sila na hindi nila alam kung saan tutungo ang kanilang kaluluwa. Sa kanilang mga bibig malalaman mo na hindi pa sila mga ligtas.

2. WE CAN KNOW THEM FROM THEIR WORSHIP
(Makikilala natin sila ayon sa kanilang sinasamba at paraan ng pagsamba)
ACTS 17:23-27 “For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Acts 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:”

a.     Si Pablo ay nakasumpong ng mga taong taga-Atenas sa may dambana na may nakasulat “Sa isang Diyos na hindi nakikilala”. Hindi nila kilala ang Diyos nilang sinasamba.
b.    Sila ay sumasamba sa mga diyos-diyosan na gawa ng mga kamay ng tao.
ACTS 17:29-30 “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”
PSALMS 115:3-8 “But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Pss 115:4 Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
Pss 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
Pss 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
Pss 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
Pss 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.”

c.      Ang Panginoong Hesus ay nagpapatunay na ang tunay na Kristiyano ay nakikilala nila ang kanilang sinasamba.
JOHN 4:22-24 “Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
Jn 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Jn 4:24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.”

3. WE CAN KNOW THEM FROM THEIR WICKEDNESS
 (Makikila natin sila ayon sa kanilang masasamang pamumuhay)
1CORINTHIANS 6:9-10 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Cor 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”

a.     Nagbigay ng babala si Pablo sa mga taong nagsasabi na sila daw ay tunay na Kristiyano ngunit ang kanilang mga pamumuhay ay masasama. Sinabi ni Pablo na hindi sila magsisipagmana ng kaharian ng Diyos.
b.    Sinabi ng Diyos ang masasamang ginagawa ng taong relihiyoso ngunit sila’y hindi mga ligtas.
ROMANS 1:23-25 “And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Rom 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Rom 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”

4. WE CAN KNOW THEM FROM THE WORKS
(Makikilala natin sila ayon sa kanilang mga ginagawa)
TITUS 1:16 “They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”

a.     Ang sabi ni Tito, “Sila'y nangagpapanggap na nakikilala nila ang Dios; nguni't ikinakaila sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga gawa, palibhasa'y mga malulupit, at mga masuwayin, at mga itinakuwil sa bawa't gawang mabuti.
b.    Sa kanilang mga gawa ay makikilala natin sila na sila’y hindi mga ligtas.
ROMANS 1:22-23 “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.”

5. WE CAN KNOW THEM FROM THE WORD OF GOD
 (Makikilala natin sila mula sa Salita ng Diyos)
ROMANS 10:1-3 “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Rom 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Rom 10:3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”

a.     Pinapanalangin ni Pablo ang mga relihiyosong ito na kailangang maligtas patunay ng Salita ng Diyos.
b.    Patunay ng Salita ng Diyos na sila’y may pagmamalasakit sa Diyos datapuwat hindi ayon sa Banal na Kasulatan.
ROMANS 10:2 “For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”

c.      Ang mga relihiyosong maka-Diyos ay wala silang kaalaman sa Salita ng Diyos kaya sila nagkakamali sa pagkilala sa tunay na Diyos at sa plano ng Diyos upang sila’y maligtas.

Pangwakas:
Ang mga katotohanang ito ay maliwanag na batayan na ang mga relihiyosong maka-Diyos ay totoong mga ligaw pa at hindi pa ligtas at sila’y mapapahamak sa lugar ng impiyerno.
REVELATION 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”


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