(Ang Kristiyano ayon sa sinasabi ng Bibliya)
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. Ang pangalang “Kristiyano” ay isang biblikal na
pangalan batay sa ating teksto.
1PETER 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 pangalang “Kristiyano” ay isang pamagat na
nagmula sa salitang ugat na "Kristo" na nangangahulugang
Tagapagligtas. Naging Kristiyano tayo dahil sa ating personal na karanasan sa
pagtanggap kay Jesucristo bilang Panginoon at Tagapagligtas ng ating buhay at
sumunod sa bautismo.
Limang (5) mga bagay tungkol sa mga Kristiyano
batay sa sinasabi ng Bibliya:
1. THEY ARE THE
BELIEVERS
(Sila ang mga
mananampalataya)
ACTS 16:30-31 “And brought them out, and said, Sirs,
what must I do to be saved?
Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.”
a.
Naging Kristiyano tayo dahil pareho nating
narinig ang ebanghelyo ni Cristo at tinanggap Siya bilang ating Panginoon at
Tagapagligtas ng ating buhay sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay ng ating
pananampalataya sa Kanya.
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.”
b.
Ang mga naniniwala kay Cristo ay ligtas
na mga tao ng Diyos at naniniwala na ang mahalagang dugo ni Cristo ang
nagligtas sa kanilang mga kaluluwa.
1PETER 1:18-19 “Forasmuch as ye know
that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from
your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;
1Pet 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot:”
2. THEY ARE THE FOLLOWERS (DISCIPLES) OF CHRIST
(Sila ang mga tagasunod (disipulo) ni Cristo)
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.
Ang mga alagad ni Cristo ay matapat na
tagasunod Niya.
b.
Tinawag ng Panginoong Hesus ang Kanyang
mga disipulo at sumunod agad sila sa Kanya.
MARK 1:17-18 “And Jesus said unto
them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Mk 1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.”
c.
Tayo bilang mga alagad ni Cristo ay
sumunod sa Kanya dahil mahal natin Siya.
JOHN 14:15 “If ye love me, keep my
commandments.”
3. THEY ARE RUNNERS OF CHRIST
(Sila ang mga mananakbo ni Kristo)
1CORINTHIANS
9:24-25 “Know
ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So
run, that ye may obtain.
1Cor 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all
things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an
incorruptible.”
a.
Ang mga Kristiyano ay tinawag na mananakbo
ni Kristo. Tatakbo sila at magpapatuloy sa pagtakbo hanggang sa marating nila
ang dulo.
b.
Binibigyan tayo ni Pablo ng kanyang
patotoo ng isang tapat na pagtakbo kay Cristo na itinuring niya ito na isang kurso
sa kanyang buhay na dapat makumpleto.
2TIMOTHY 4:7 “I have fought a good
fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:”
c.
Matiyagang tinakbo ng may-akda ng
Hebreo ang kanyang karera bilang Kristiyano at tinapos ito.
HEBREWS 12:1 “Wherefore seeing we
also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with
patience the race that is set before us,”
4. THEY ARE CO-LABORERS OF CHRIST
(Sila ang mga kamanggagawa
ni Kristo)
1CORINTHIANS 3:9
“For
we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, [ye are] God’s
building.”
a.
Ang mga kamangagawa ay ka-partner ni
Kristo sa Kanyang ministeryo. Tinawag tayo ng Diyos, pinalakas tayo at inilagay
tayo sa ministeryo.
1TIMOTHY 1:12 “And I thank Christ
Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting
me into the ministry;”
b.
Hindi tinawag ng Diyos ang maraming
makapangyarihan, hindi maraming marangal, ngunit tinawag tayo ng Diyos bilang isang
Kristiyano kahit na mangmang at mahina upang hiyain ang matatalino at
makapangyarihan.
1CORINTHIANS 1:26-27 “For ye see your
calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty,
not many noble, [are called]:
1Cor 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the
wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty;”
5. THEY ARE SOULWINNERS FOR CHRIST
(Sila ang mga tagapag-akay
para kay Kristo)
LUKE 10:1-2 “After these things the
Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face
into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Lk 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly [is] great, but the
labourers [are] few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would
send forth labourers into his harvest.”
a.
Ang Panginoong Jesucristo ang ating
pangunahing halimbawa ng pagiging isang tapat na tagapag-akay ng kaluluwa.
LUKE 19:10 “For the Son of man is
come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
b.
Dinisenyo ni Kristo ang Kanyang iglesya
upang maging isang iglesya na nag-aakay ng kaluluwa.
ACTS 5:42 “And daily in the
temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.”
ACTS 2:47 “Praising God, and
having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such
as should be saved.”
Pangwakas:
Ang mga Kristiyano ay napakahalagang tao ng Diyos sapagkat sila ay
binili ng mahalagang dugo ng Panginoong Jesucristo.
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.”
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