SOME
BIBLICAL NAMES GIVEN TO THE BELIEVERS OF CHRIST
(ILANG MGA
PANGALAN NA ITINAWAG SA MGA MANANAMPALATAYA NI KRISTO HESUS)
ACTS 11:26 “And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And
it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church,
and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in
Antioch.”
Panimula:
a. Mahalaga na malaman ng bawat
mananampalataya na ang pangalang itinawag sa kanila ay mula sa Salita ng Diyos.
Ang bawat pangalan ay may banal na gampanin sa mundong ito.
Mga pangalan
na itinawag sa mga mananampalataya ni Kristo:
1. WE ARE CALLED FIRST CHRISTIAN IN ANTIOCH
(Una tayong
tinawag na Kristiano sa Antioch)
a. Paliwanag sa kahulugan ng salitang
“Christian”
Acts 11:26 Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with
the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians
first in Antioch.
I Peter 4:16 1Pet 4:16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him
not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
b. Ang salitang Kristiyano ay tumutukoy sa mga
taong makasalanan na nakaranas na tanggapin si Hesus bilang Panginoon at
Tagapagligtas.
ROMANS 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved.”
c. Kilala tayo ng ibang tao na Kristiyano
dahil ginagawa natin ang gawain ni Kristo.
ACTS 4:13 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and
perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they
took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”
2. WE ARE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD
(Tinawag
tayong anak ng Diyos)
JOHN 1:12-13 “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
Jn 1:13 Which were born, not of
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
a. Naging anak tayo ng Diyos nang tinanggap
natin si Hesus bilang ating Panginoon at Tagapagligtas.
b. Ang pagiging anak ng Diyos ay karanasan ng
ikalawang kapanganakan.
JOHN 3:3-7 “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Jn 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How
can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his
mother’s womb, and be born?
Jn 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jn 3:6 That which is born of the
flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jn 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto
thee, Ye must be born again.”
c. May dalawang uri ng tao sa mundo.
1. Ang mga anak ng Diyos – mga taong
makasalanan na nagsisi at nanampalataya kay Kristo.
ROMANS 6:1-2 “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound?
Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we,
that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”
2. Ang mga anak ng diyablo – mga taong
makasalanan na hindi tumanggap kay Kristo sa kanilang puso.
JOHN 8:44 “Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of
his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
3. WE ARE CALLED THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
(Tinawag
tayong disipulo ni Kristo)
ACTS 11:26 “And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And
it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church,
and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in
Antioch.”
a. Mga alagad ni Kristo ang tawag sa mga
tagasunod ni Niya.
b. Kilala sa pagkamasunurin ang mga alagad ni
Kristo.
JOHN 14:15 “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
c. Nais ni Kristo na maging mabunga ang
buhay ng Kanyang mga alagad.
JOHN 15:8 “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so
shall ye be my disciples.”
4. WE ARE CALLED SAINTS
(Tinawag
tayong mga banal)
1CORINTHIANS 1:2 “Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that
are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every
place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:”
a. Pinapaging-banal tayo ni Kristo dahil Siya
ay banal.
b. Tinawag tayong mga banal sapagkat tayo ay
binili ng banal na dugo ng Panginoong Hesu-Kristo.
ACTS 20:28 “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock,
over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of
God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.”
c. Tinawag tayong mga banal dahil inutusan
tayo ng Diyos na mamuhay nang may kabanalan sapagkat ang ating Diyos ay banal.
1PETER 1:15-16 “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in
all manner of conversation;
1Pet 1:16 Because it is written, Be
ye holy; for I am holy.”
5. WE ARE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT
(Tinawag
tayong anak ng kaliwanagan)
1THESSALONIANS 5:5 “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the
day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”
a. Ang isa sa mahalagang utos ng Panginoon ay
magliwanang ang ating ilaw sa sanlibutan.
MATTHEW 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
b. Si Kristo ang totoong pinagmumulan ng
liwanag ng ating buhay.
JOHN 1:4-7 “In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Jn 1:5 And the light shineth in
darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Jn 1:6 There was a man sent from
God, whose name [was] John.
Jn 1:7 The same came for a witness,
to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.”
c. Bilang ilaw ng sanlibutang ito, may
mahalagang gawain na gagampanan tayo sa mundong ito.
MARK 16:15 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature.”
6. WE ARE CALLED THE SALT OF THE EARTH
(Tinawag
tayong asin ng sanlibutan)
MATTHEW 5:13 “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his
savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but
to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”
a. Ang asin ay may mahalagang gamit. Ang
magbigay lasa sa pagkain at inilalagay din sa karne o isda para hindi mabulok.
b. Ang Kristiyano ay asin ng sanlibutang ito
kaya hindi nabubulok ang mundong ito. Ngunit kapag inalis ng Diyos ang asin sa
mundo, magpapatuloy ang pagkabulok nito at hahatulan ng Diyos.
2THESSALONIANS 2:8-12 “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of
his coming:
2Thes 2:9 [Even him], whose coming
is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Thes 2:10 And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Thes 2:11 And for this cause God
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Thes 2:12 That they all might be
damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
Þ Hahatulan ng Diyos ang sanlibutan pagkatapos
na tayo ay kunin na ng Panginoon sa Kanyang muling pagbabalik.
1THESSALONIANS 4:14-18 “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1Thes 4:15 For this we say unto you
by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming
of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
1Thes 4:16 For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Thes 4:17 Then we which are alive
[and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1Thes 4:18 Wherefore comfort one
another with these words.”
7. WE ARE CALLED THE SOLDIERS OF JESUS CHRIST
(Tinawag
tayong sundalo ni Hesu-Kristo)
2TIMOTHY 2:1-4 “Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in
Christ Jesus.
2Tim 2:2 And the things that thou
hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men,
who shall be able to teach others also.
2Tim 2:3 Thou therefore endure
hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2Tim 2:4 No man that warreth
entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who
hath chosen him to be a soldier.”
a. Masasabi nating malalakas na Kristiyano
ang mga sundalo ni Kristo sa loob ng iglesya lokal.
2TIMOTHY 2:1 “Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in
Christ Jesus.”
b. Ang mga sundalo ni Kristo ay mga
Kristiyanong matatapat na tagapag-akay Niya sa gawain.
2TIMOTHY 2:2 “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many
witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach
others also.”
c. Ang mga sundalo ni Kristo ay mga
Kristiyanong handa sa lahat ng sakripisyo sa gawain ng Panginoon.
2TIMOTHY 2:3-4 “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ.
2Tim 2:4 No man that warreth
entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who
hath chosen him to be a soldier.”
Pangwakas:
Ang Salita ng
Diyos ay nagtuturo ng mga katawagan sa bawat mananampalataya ni Kristo upang
tayo ay mamuhay na katulad Niya.
1PETER 2:9 “But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
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