[I] [PREACHING LESSON 5:] THANKS BE UNTO GOD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFT

(Salamat sa Dios dahil sa kaniyang kaloob na di masabi. )

2CORINTHIANS 9:15 “Thanks [be] unto God for his unspeakable gift.”

Panimula:

a.     Unspeakable – inexpressible, indescribable

b.    Ang Diyos ang may-akda sa pagbibigay ng regalo para sa Kanyang nilalang.

JOHN 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

c.      Nang si Kristo ay ipinanganak sa sabsaban, pinagsikapan Siyang hanapin ng mga pantas. Sila ay may dalang mahahalagang regalo.

MATTHEW 2:11 “And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”

d.    Ang pangakong regalo ng Diyos ay buhay na walang hanggan at hindi na hahatulan sa impiyerno.

ROMANS 6:23 “For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Mga mahahalagang bagay patungkol sa araling ito:

1. THE GIFT OF GOD IS PERSONAL

(Ang kaloob ng Diyos ay personal)

JOHN3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

a.     Ang regalo ng Diyos na Kanyang inaalok ay para sa bawat makasalanan.

ROMANS 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”

b.    Mahal ng Diyos ang lahat ng tao sa mundo. Nais Niya na makatanggap ang bawat makasalanan ng Kanyang regalo.

c.      Nakalaan ang regalo ng Diyos sa bawat makasalanan na handang magsisi at tanggapin si Hesus sa puso bilang 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.”

2. THE GIFT OF GOD IS PRECIOUS

(Ang kaloob ng Diyos ay mahalaga)

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:”

a.     Ang mahalagang dugo ni Hesus ang nabuhos sa krus ng Kalbaryo upang matubos ang ating kasalanan.

ROMANS 5:8-9 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”

b.    Kung walang mahalagang dugo ni Hesus na nabuhos sa krus, wala tayong kapatawaran ng ating kasalanan.

HEBREWS 9:22 “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”

c.      Ang iglesya lokal ay binili ng mahalagang dugo ni Hesus.

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.”

3. THE GIFT OF GOD IS PERMAMENT

(Ang kaloob ng Diyos ay permanente)

COLOSSIANS 1:27 “To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:”

a.     Mananatili si Hesus bilang regalo ng Diyos sa ating buhay hanggang sa kaluwalhatian.

b.    Si Hesus bilang regalo ng Diyos ay walang hanggang pag-asa natin dahil sa pagkakaloob Niya sa atin ng buhay na walang hanggan.

1JOHN 5:20 “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”

c.      Ang regalo ng Diyos ay tinanggap natin sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya.

EPHESIANS 2:8 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:”

4. THE GIFT OF GOD IS PERFECT

(Ang kaloob ng Diyos ay sakdal)

JAMES 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”

a.     Si Kristo Hesus ang sakdal na kaloob ng Diyos sa bawat taong makasalanan na nagbubuhat sa itaas sa Diyos Ama ng liwanag na walang pagbabago at pag-iiba.

b.    Si Kristo Hesus ay sakdal na Diyos na gumawa at lumalang ng lahat ng bagay sa mundo kasama ng Diyos Ama at ng Banal na Espiritu.

JOHN 1:1-3 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Jn 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Jn 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

c.      Si Kristo ay sakdal na Diyos, dakilang Tagapagligtas ng mga mananampalataya, dakilang pag-asa, at mapalad na inaantay nating mga Kristiyano.

TITUS 2:13 “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”

4. THE GIFT OF GOD IS PURE

(Ang kaloob ng Diyos ay malinis)

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.”

a.     Ang Panginoong Hesus ang ating huwaran sa malinis at banal na pamumuhay bilang Kristiyano.

JOHN 17:19 “And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.”

b.    Ang Panginoong Hesus na may lubos na kabanalan ay nagbigay sa atin ng huwaran na ating susundin.

1PETER 2:21 “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:”

Pangwakas:

Ang regalo ng Diyos na hindi kayang maipaliwanag sa kadakilaan at kagandahan sa kabanalan.

PSALMS 27:4 “One [thing] have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.”

Pagpalain kayong lahat ng Diyos.