(Ang labanang Kristiyano ay isang labanan ng
mabuting pananampalataya)
1TIMOTHY 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou
art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”
2TIMOTHY 4:7-8 “I
have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:
2Tim 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”
2Tim 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”
Panimula:
a. Ang buhay ng Kristiyano ay hindi lahat punung-puno
ng kagalakan at pagpapala mula sa Diyos.
JOHN 10:10 “The thief
cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they
might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.”
b. Ang buhay ng Kristiyano ay makakaranas rin ng
pakikipagbuno at pagharap sa iba’t-ibang hamon at labanang espiritwal sa
pang-araw-araw na buhay Kristiyano.
2CORINTHIANS
6:4-5 “But in all [things] approving
ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in
necessities, in distresses,
2Cor 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;”
2Cor 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;”
Apat na bagay tungkol sa labanang Kristiyano:
1. THE CHRISTIAN
FIGHT IS A SPIRITUAL FIGHT
(Ang labanang
Kristiyano ay isang espirituwal na laban)
EPHESIANS 6:11-12 “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye
may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].”
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].”
a.
Ang ating kaaway ay espiritu na hindi natin
nakikita. Ito ay si Satanas, ang diyablo.
b.
Ang labanang Kristiyano ay hindi sa
dugo at laman kundi pagharap sa lahat ng mga gawaing masama ng espiritwal na
kaaway.
c.
Kaya naman tayo ay inuutusan ng Diyos
na magsikuha ng mga pananggalang upang humarap sa ating espiritwal na kaaway at
upang tayo ay makatagal at magtagumpay.
EPHESIANS 6:13
“Wherefore
take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
2. THE CHRISTIAN FIGHT IS A SERIOUS FIGHT
(Ang labanang
Kristiyano ay isang seryosong laban)
1THESSALONIANS 2:18-20 “Wherefore we would have come unto you,
even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
1Thes 2:19 For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? [Are] not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1Thes 2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.”
1Thes 2:19 For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? [Are] not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1Thes 2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.”
a.
Seryosong labanan sapagkat ang kaaway
na diyablo ay hahadlang upang akayin ang makasalanan na huwag mapunta sa impiyerno.
b.
Seryosong labanan sapagkat gusto ng diyablo
na tayo ay hindi matapat sa Panginoon na nagmahal at nagligtas sa atin.
JOB 2:4-5 “And Satan answered the
Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his
life.
Job 2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
Job 2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
c.
Ang asawa ni Job ay nagsalita ng
masamang salita sa kanya na kanyang laitin, talikuran at itakwil ang Diyos sa
kanyang buhay subalit ipinagtanggol pa rin niya ang kanyang Panginoon. Sa
ganitong paraan naluwalhati ang Diyos at hindi nagkasala si Job sa kanyang labi
sa harap ng Diyos.
JOB 2:9-10 “Then said his wife
unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.”
Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.”
3. THE CHRISTIAN
FIGHT IS A SUCCESSFUL FIGHT
(Ang labanang Kristiyano
ay isang matagumpay na laban)
2TIMOTHY 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept
the faith:”
a.
Ang labanang espiritwal para kay Pablo
ay isang labanan na may pagwawagi sapagkat tinapos niyang may pagtatagumpay.
b.
Ang labanang espiritwal ay
napagtagumpayan ni Pablo sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya.
2CORINTHIANS
5:7 “(For
we walk by faith, not by sight:)”
c.
Ang labanang Kristiyano ay
napagtagumpayan ni Pablo sa pamamagitan ng Salita ng Diyos katulad ng mg
lingkod ng Panginoon sa Lumang Tipan.
HEBREWS
11:32-33 “And
what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak,
and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the
prophets:
Heb 11:33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,”
Heb 11:33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,”
4. THE CHRISTIAN FIGHT IS A
SATISFYING FIGHT
(Ang labanang Kristiyano
ay isang kasiya-siyang laban)
2TIMOTHY 4:7-8 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept
the faith:
2Tim 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”
2Tim 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”
a.
Kasiya-siya dahil napagtatagumpayan ang
espiritwal na kalaban.
b.
Kasiya-siya dahil natapos ni Pablo ang
pakikipaglaban.
c.
Kasiya-siya dahil sa may nakalaang
putong pagkatapos na ito ay mapagtagumpayan.
Pangwakas:
Ang labanang Kristiyano ay totoong seryosong
labanan dahil ito ay hindi labanan sa laman at dugo. Ang kaaway natin ay mas
malakas kaysa sa atin sapagkat siya ay dating anghel na lumaban sa Diyos. Kaya
kailangan natin ang tulong ng Diyos upang tayo ay magtagumpay.
1PETER 5:10 “But the God of all
grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye
have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].”
Pagpalain kayong lahat ng Diyos.
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