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Minggu 4 - Witness to the Power of God (2)

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Memahami besarnya kuasa Tuhan yang tidak dapat dibandingkan dengan apapun juga dan dapat melihat kuasa Tuhan dalam ciptaan-Nya

πŸ“– Fokus Alkitab:
“Dan betapa hebat kuasa-Nya bagi kita yang percaya, sesuai dengan kekuatan kuasa-Nya, yang dikerjakan-Nya di dalam Kristus dengan membangkitkan Dia dari antara orang mati dan mendudukkan Dia di sebelah kanan-Nya di sorga, jauh lebih tinggi dari segala pemerintah dan penguasa dan kekuasaan dan kerajaan dan tiap-tiap nama yang dapat disebut, bukan hanya di dunia ini saja, melainkan juga di dunia yang akan datang.”
Efesus 1:19-21

🎼🎸Sing a Song:

My Tribute
Lyric: Andrae Crouch
Verse
How can I say thanks For the things You have done for me?
Things so undeserved Yet You gave to prove Your love for me;
The voices of a million angels Could not express my gratitude
All that I am and ever hope to be I owe it all to Thee

Chorus 1
To God be the glory (3x)
For the things He has done

Chorus 2
With His blood He has saved me
With His power He has raised me;
To God be the glory For the things He has done

Bridge
Just let me live my life Let it pleasing, Lord to Thee
And if I gain any praise Let it go to Calvary 
(back to Chorus 2)

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Verse
Bagaimanakah kuucap syukur pada-Mu,
aku tak layak, namun Kau mengasihi daku.
Pujian ribuan malaikat tak cukup nyatakan syukurku,
aku jadi s'bagaimana diriku, s'mua itu karya-Mu.
Chorus
Mulia bagi Allah (3x)
untuk s'mua karya-Mu.
Darah-Mu s'lamatkanku, kuasa-Mu bangkitkanku,
Mulia bagi Allah, untuk s'mua karya-Mu

Bridge
Biar hidupku, s'lalu menyenangkan-Mu, Tuhanku,
s'gala puji, bagi karya yang g'nap di Kalvari.
Darah-Mu s'lamatkanku, kuasa-Mu bangkitkanku,
Mulia bagi Allah, untuk s'mua karya-Mu.

The choir master of the children’s film, “Lion King,” wrote “My Tribute.”

Andrae Crouch (1942-2015). He was raised in a godly pastor’s home and had the Christian training of loving parents. He also had a wonderful relationship with his twin sister, Sandra, who called him her “womb-mate.” 
He began to play the piano at age 11, with no formal training. 
He wrote this song when he was 30 years old. (1972)
Andrae Crouch passed away on Jan. 8  2015 at age 72. He was the Pastor of Christ Memorial Church of God and Christ in Los Angeles. He also  a legendary gospel performer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and choir director.
Crouch directed the choirs that sang on Madonna’s Like a Prayer and Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror. 

In an interview in 2001, Andrae told me the following story.
“When I became 18 years of age, God called me to work in the Los Angeles Center of Teen Challenge, founded by David Wilkerson, author of the famed book, “The Cross and the Switchblade.” During my first day at the center, I came into contact with Larry Reed, half-white and half-Mexican, who had been released from San Quentin Prison. He was a totally radical guy, an atheist, who didn’t want anything to do with the Lord. However, he began to really love my music and finally became a Christian.” 
“As I was thanking God for those experiences at the teen center, I received a phone call from Larry Reed. He said, ‘Hey Andy! This is Larry.’ I kinda chuckled. He said, ‘I had a dream about you the other night. I dreamed that you were going to write a song that is going to go around the world. It will be the biggest song you ever wrote, to this day.’ ”
“I asked, ‘Well, what do I have to read?’ He said, ‘Read John, chapter 17.’ In that passage Jesus said, ‘Father, I have glorified Thee, now glorify me.’ I read the passage and didn’t feel any inspiration to write.” 
“The following morning I got up singing ‘to God be the glory.’ I asked myself, ‘Where did that come from?’ I then went to the piano and wrote “My Tribute,” in about 10 minutes.” 
“That evening I was a dinner guest in a home, and we sang “My Tribute” for about an hour. I told them about Larry’s prediction, that I would write a song that would go all over the world. My host, Carrie Gonzalo, asked, ‘This morning, you wrote the song we’ve just been singing?!!’ I said, ‘Yes, but it can’t be that song!’” 
“As we sat there we read the scripture passage in John chapter 17, which Larry suggested. “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” I excitedly said, ‘It’s all about GLORY!’”

πŸ“š Bahan Cerita





Bacalah Efesus 1:18-21!
Kita tidak dapat membandingkan kuasa Allah dengan apapun juga. Semua daya yang ada pada bintang-bintang maupun badai tidak dapat dibandingkan dengan kuasa sejati-Nya karena kuasa-Nya tak terbatas. Allah hanya menggunakan kekuatan ujung jari kecil-Nya di dalam memperlihatkan kekuatan-Nya di alam semesta.
Perjanjian Lama menubuatkan tentang kedatangan Mesias termasuk fakta tentang kuasaNya. Ia disebut "Allah yang perkasa" (Yes 9:6). Dalam kedatanganNya  yang pertama, selain hal kelahiranNya, kuasa Tuhan juga terbukti melalui banyak mujizat yang dilakukanNya (Yoh 3:2, Mat 11:4-6), kuasaNya atas alam, dan mengampuni dosa. 

Tetapi, pertunjukan terbesar dari kuasa Tuhan adalah kebangkitanNya dari orang mati. 

Dalam kedatanganNya yang kedua kali, semua orang akan melihat Tuhan datang dengan segala kuasa dan kemuliaanNya (Mat 24:30).

Dalam kitab terakhir Alkitab, kitab Wahyu juga menekankan tentang kuasa Yesus Kristus (Wahyu 5:11-12). Pada masa kini pun, Tuhan menggunakan kuasaNya untuk menguatkan dan menopang kita. Kuasa yang sama juga menyelamatkan kita  dari : dosa, maut, dan membangkitkan kita pada zaman akhir. 


Lihat Efesus 1:19-21!

Siapakah yang dapat tahan terhadap kekudusan dan kemarahan Tuhan? Namun kita dapat merenungkan kuasa Tuhan dengan sukacita dan kekaguman karena kita tahu bahwa tidak saja Ia penuh kuasa tetapi juga penuh kasih.




Ephesians 1:19-21 Strength to live
  • Where dose your strength come from?
  • These verses are part of a prayer that Paul began in verse 17. He’s praying for his readers, that God would give them his Spirit to enable them to live rightly, to know him more and more, and to understand their future hope. 
  • Now in verses 19–21, he tells them that he’s praying that they would know “what is the extraordinary greatness of his power towards us believers, according to the activity of his mighty strength”. It’s this strength that we need to live for God in the face of the powers that be—a strength that comes from God.
  • What is God’s strength? God has shown his strength through certain mighty actions for us. As we come to understand these actions more and more, we come to see how strong he is, and find strength to live. These actions all involve his Son, Jesus Christ.

His power is not against us. His power is for us.
Because He has loved us in His Son.

God’s power is not always exercised for people.
It is at times exercised against them.
Alkitab menyaksikan Tuhan pernah menggunakan kekuatan-Nya di alam untuk melenyapkan musuh-Nya dan orang-orang fasik.


Jika Tuhan memiliki kuasa dalam menciptakan alam semesta, maka tidak ada hal yang terlalu sulit bagi Allah di dalam alam semesta ini
Ah, Tuhan Allah! Sesungguhnya, Engkau yang telah menjadikan langit dan bumi dengan kekuatan-Mu yang besar dan dengan lengan-Mu yang terentang. 
Tiada satu apapun yang mustahil untuk-Mu!
Yeremia 32:17

Namun sungguh luar biasa bahwa kita yang selayaknya mengalami maut dan dibinasakan beroleh kelepasan melalui kuasa-Nya yang sama di dalam Kristus.

Tuhan menggunakan kuasa-Nya untuk menguatkan dan menopang kita. Kuasa Tuhan juga menyelamatkan kita dari: dosa, maut, dan membangkitkan kita pada zaman akhir.




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Tidak ada seorangpun yang menganggap serius Alkitab, dapat menyangkal kemahakuasaan Allah. Kebenaran ini mengubah kehidupan manusia di masa lampau, dan itu bisa mengubah kehidupan kita hari ini.

1. Apakah kamu pernah berdoa minta kuasa dari Tuhan? Ceritakanlah!
2. Di area mana kamu ingin melihat kuasa Tuhan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari?
3. Apakah kamu percaya bahwa kuasa Tuhan Yesus sudah bekerja untuk mengubah dirimu? Berikanlah contohnya!
4. Apakah dampak meyakini kemahakuasaan Allah terhadap cara kamu memandang kelemahanku sekarang? (2 Kor 4:7)


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