Theme 2011: Kingdom Lifestyle
(Maz 16:8) Aku senantiasa memandang kepada TUHAN; karena Ia berdiri di sebelah kananku, aku tidak goyah. Ada 3 arah focus yang menjadikan hidup kita dalam bergereja menjadi stabil, kuat dan seimbang, yaitu UP (focus ke atas), IN (focus ke dalam) dan OUT (focus ke luar). Tahun 2011 merupakan tahun UP yang telah disepakati bersama semua pemimpin Gereja Oikos dengan memberi thema “Kingdom Lifestyle” Apa yang ingin dicapai di tahun 2011 yaitu setiap kita untuk lebih memandang Tuhan daripada memandang Jabatan,...
Read MoreA Lifestyle of Community
Share Verse to Study: Ephesian 4 The Bible’s messages of community, humility, service, sacrifice and meditation often run contrary to contemporary societal values. Christians who reject the “me first” mentality and follow biblical advice take “the road less traveled,” the theme for January’s lessons. Ephesians 4 gives us an excellent picture of how a Christian should live in community. In the last verses of this passage (vv. 25-32), we see a list of Christian do’s and don’ts. Be kind. Don’t lie....
Read MoreA LIFESTYLE OF HUNGER & THIRST
Those who experience the blessing of the Kingdom are those who hunger and thirst for more of God and his righteousness in their lives. The parable of the banquet highlights this. Those who were not hungry and thirsty had many excuses not to attend the banquet but the outcasts of society who were hungry and thirsty for more of God made it to the banquet. Kingdom lifestyle is about never getting to the place of satisfaction in our spiritual lives but always wanting more of God.
Read MoreA LIFESTYLE OF GRACE
In repentance we simply respond to God’s grace of his kingdom drawing near to us. Without this grace we would be lost eternally. In many of the parables of Jesus about the kingdom we see so many pictures of God’s grace. In Matt 21:31 the tax collectors and harlots the sinners enter into the kingdom before the “holy” Pharisees. Jesus repeatedly stated in the Kingdom of God that the first would be last and the last first. In Matt 19:23-24 the rich who are first in this world will be the last to enter the...
Read MoreA LIFESTYLE OF REPENTANCE
In Mark 1:15 Jesus begins his ministry with the radical statement, “The time has come he said, the Kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news”. Kingdom lifestyle begins with repentance which involves turning our backs on the self sufficient ways in which we lived our lives apart from God and reaching out and accepting the good news of the Kingdom of God. In the past we have had a very negative view of repentance which focused on what we had to give up rather than focusing on what we would...
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