scholarly journals Motus Dei (The Move of God): A Theology and Missiology for a Moving World

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam George ◽  
Prof. Dr Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Human Mobility ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
The World ◽  
The Rich ◽  
To Come ◽  
God's Work ◽  
Theology Proper

This article engages Christian doctrines to introduce and develop the concept of Motus Dei by arguing that God of the Bible is continually on the move and as one who beckons his followers to come alongside to see what God is doing in the world. Thus, the mission is about moving with God to see all things made new as we harmonize our wandering steps to be in sync with a moving God. The mission is following God, moving in, and catching up with God in many different cultural and geographical spaces all over the world, and to grow in our appreciation of God’s work in, through and around us as we move. The authors venture into the domains of theology (proper), anthropology, soteriology, pneumatology, and eschatology, as they attempt to construct a new theology and missiology for a world in motion. The work draws from the rich resources of the Christian faith to try to comprehend God and His work in a world of unprecedented human mobility and consequent societal and global transformations brought about by what is now considered an ‘age of migration’.

scholarly journals Sejarah Penafsiran Ajaran Paulus Mengenai Pembenaran Oleh Iman

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-175
Author(s):  
Warseto Freddy Sihombing
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
Justification By Faith ◽  
History Of ◽  
To Come ◽  
Wrath Of God ◽  
The Church

AbstractNo one can be justified before God for doing good deeds. No matter how good a man is, if he does not believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, he will not be saved from the wrath of God to come. There is no human being who is right before God, and no sinful man can save himself in any way. The only way out is in the way that God has given to the problem of all sinners, by sending Jesus Christ to the world to die for sinners. "And for this he came, so that every man believed in him, who was sent by God" (John 6:29). The Bible teaches that salvation is only obtained because of faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the object of that faith. This salvation is known as the statement "Justified by faith. Paul explained this teaching in each of his writings. This teaching of justification by faith has been repeatedly denied by some people who disagree with Paul's opinion. The history of the church from the early centuries to the present has proven the variety of understandings that have emerged from this teaching, but one important thing is that sinful humans are justified by their faith in Jesus Christ before God.Keywords: Paul;history; justified by faith.AbstrakTidak ada seorang pun yang dapat dibenarkan di hadapan Allah karena telah melakukan perbuatan baik. Sebaik apa pun manusia, jika dia tidak percaya kepada Yesus Kristus, Anak Allah maka ia tidak akan selamat dari murka Allah yang akan datang. Tidak ada seorang pun manusia yang benar di hadapan Allah, dan tidak ada seorang manusia berdosa yang dapat menyelematkan dirinya sendiri dengan cara apa pun. Satu-satunya jalan keluar adalah dengan cara yang Allah telah berikan untuk masalah semua orang berdosa, yaitu dengan mengutus Yesus Kristus ke dunia untuk mati bagi orang berdosa. “Dan untuk itulah Dia datang, yaitu supaya setiap orang percaya kepada Dia, yang telah diutus oleh Allah” (Yohanes 6:29). Alkitab mengajarkan bahwa keselamatan hanya diperoleh karena iman kepada Yesus Kristus. Yesus Kristus adalah obyek iman tersebut. Keselamatan ini dikenal dengan pernyataan “Dibenarkan karena iman. Paulus menjelaskan ajaran ini dalam setiap tulisannya. Ajaran pembenaran oleh iman ini telah berulang kali disangkal oleh beberap orang yang tidak setuju dengan pendapat Paulus. Sejarah gereja mulai dari abad permulaan sampai pada masa sekarang ini telah membuktikan beragamnya pemahaman yang muncul terhadap ajaran ini, namun satu hal yang terpenting adalah bahwa manusia berdosa dibenarkan oleh iman mereka kepada Yesus Kristus di hadapan Allah.Kata Kunci: Paulus; sejarah; iman; dibenarkan oleh iman.

scholarly journals PENDOSA TERBESAR YANG MENERIMA KESELAMATAN (LUKAS 19:1-10)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Sri Suwantie
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Son Of Man ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Effort ◽  
God's Work

The Bible states that all have sinned and have lost God's glory. The fact that all have sinned and have lost God's glory can only be resolved by God himself. All forms of human effort can never save him. God must come into the world in Jesus Christ to give salvation to sinners. For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost. This is the purpose and mission of the coming of the Lord Jesus into the world that Luke the Gospel writer wants to convey. God often initiates His meetings with people He wants to be blessed with. God so loved a Zacchaeus who had been ostracized by his own people. God rejects the view of many people that staying in a sinner's house means taking part in the wrong way of life. God also rejects the view that the greatest sinner is far beyond the salvation that God has given. God states that the salvation that He has given to all people, for all nations. Zacchaeus found the Messiah, Jesus. He received Jesus joyfully. He found the Savior, he got salvation. His life underwent a change. The greatest sinner becomes justified. Religious leaders and many people are just busy justifying themselves. They considered Zacchaeus more sinful than them. Their views make it difficult for them to open their hearts to understand the salvation that God has given through Jesus Christ. Their eyes and ears became blind and deaf to see and hear God's work of salvation through Jesus Christ. Even their hearts are dull to feel the mercy of Jesus to sinners.Alkitab menyatakan bahwa semua orang telah berbuat dosa dan telah kehilangan kemuliaan Allah. Kenyataan bahwa semua orang telah berbuat dosa dan telah kehilangan kemuliaan Allah hanya dapat diselesaikan oleh Allah sendiri. Segala bentuk usaha manusia tidak akan pernah bisa menyelamatkan dirinya. Allah harus hadir ke dunia dalam Yesus Kristus untuk memberi keselamatan kepada orang berdosa. Anak Manusia datang untuk mencari dan menyelamatkan yang hilang. Inilah tujuan dan misi kedatangan Tuhan Yesus ke dalam dunia yang ingin disampaikan oleh Lukas si penulis Injil tersebut. Allah sering kali memprakarsai pertemuaanNya dengan orang-orang yang hendak dikaruniaiNya. Allah begitu mengasihi seorang Zakheus yang telah mengalami pengucilan oleh bangsanya sendiri. Allah menolak pandangan orang banyak bahwa menumpang di rumah seorang pendosa berarti mengambil bagian dalam cara hidupnya yang salah. Allah juga menolak pandangan bahwa seorang pendosa terbesar berada jauh di luar keselamatan yang Allah berikan. Allah menyatakan bahwa keselamatan yang diberikanNya untuk semua orang, untuk semua bangsa. Zakheus menemukan Mesias yaitu Yesus. Ia menerima Yesus dengan sukacita. Ia menemukan juruselamat, ia mendapatkan keselamatan. Hidupnya mengalami perubahan. Seorang pendosa terbesar menjadi seorang yang dibenarkan. Pemuka agama dan orang banyak hanya sibuk membenarkan diri mereka sendiri. Mereka menganggap Zakheus lebih berdosa dari mereka. Pandangan mereka membuat mereka sukar membuka hati mereka untuk mengerti keselamatan yang Allah berikan melalui Yesus Kristus. Mata dan telinga mereka menjadi buta dan tuli untuk melihat dan mendengar karya keselamatan Allah melalui Yesus Kristus. Bahkan hati mereka tumpul untuk merasakan belas kasihan Yesus kepada para pendosa.

Principles of Salvation undertaken according to Bible

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-36
Author(s):  
Agustinus Faot ◽  
Jonathan Octavianus ◽  
Connie Laurina
Keyword(s):  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Bible ◽  
God's People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference

Various polemics about the concept of salvation confuse God's people. The polemic intended is the difference in understanding of what salvation that can be or cannot be achieved. The problems are not only issues in the world of theology but are also developing in churches in Indonesia. So the concept of salvation developed no longer lies in the Bible but lies in the dogmatics of each church. It must be realized that the Christian faith stands on the basis of the Bible, so the Bible must answer every doctrinal problem. Therefore in this article will provide answers to the polemics of the concept of salvation according to the Bible. This research uses exegesis methodology. The main purpose of this writing is to convince God's people to understand the Bible comprehensively and to understand every concept of Salvation subjectively. 

scholarly journals From Wesleyanism To Pentecostalism: Historical And Theological Perspectives

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
Isaac Boaheng
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Gifts ◽  
Religious Movement ◽  
Social Ministry ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Global Christianity ◽  
The World ◽  
Revival Movement ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
To Come ◽  
Religious Landscape

Undoubtedly, Pentecostalism is the most influential religious movement of the twentieth century. Not only has this movement changed the religious landscape of the world, but it has also contributed enormously to the growth of Christianity in many societies. The contributors to the rapid growth of Pentecostal churches as compared to mainline historic churches have attracted scholarly attention for some time now. Current theological interest in this subject has prompted this study that traces the success of Pentecostalism to its adherence to foundations laid by the Wesleyan Holiness revival movement of the nineteenth century. Through a historico-theological survey, the author contends that Wesleyan teachings and practices such as the authority of the Bible, holiness, use of spiritual gifts, evangelism, social ministry, and others, are key to the survival of global Christianity now and in the years to come.

scholarly journals Psalm 1 jako zachęta do czytania i studiowania Pisma Świętego

2016 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Knut
Keyword(s):  
Word Of God ◽  
Moral Compass ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

The sapiential Psalm 1 contains a teaching on the two paths of the humanlife and the consequences of our choices. It contrasts the just man who is“happy” (v. 1) with the villains who are “lost” (v. 6). According to the psalmistthe man is fulfilled when he radically avoids the ways of the wickedand “delights in the Divine Precepts” which they “meditate tirelessly” (v. 2).The notion of the Law refers here to the books of the Bible – that is thewritten Word of God which the lives of the just are imbibed in and whichserves as the moral compass. God, in response to such a devoted attitude,watches over the life of the righteous and provides for his needs. Psalm 1serves as an encouragement to read the Bible and to meditate upon the willof God which is found on its pages. This is the way to achieve the ultimatehappiness which the man can be experienced in the intimate union withGod both on Earth and in the World to come.

2 Baruch

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Henze
Keyword(s):  
New Age ◽  
Divine Intervention ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Dream Visions ◽  
The World ◽  
Book Of Jeremiah ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Temple

The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch is a Jewish work of the late lst century ce. It is also called 2 Baruch to distinguish it from the apocryphal Book of Baruch, or the First Book of Baruch. Even thought 2 Baruch is set during the aftermath of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century bce, it was actually written following the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70 ce. The book’s protagonist is Baruch, Jeremiah’s scribe and supporter. Scarcely developed as a figure in the Bible, Baruch is here transformed and has become a prophet in his own right, the successor to the biblical Jeremiah, who carries the message of Jeremiah further. Two Baruch presents itself as a sequel to the book of Jeremiah. Much of the language and theology that is distinctly Jeremianic reappears in 2 Baruch. The work is structured around a long dialogue between God and Baruch about the meaning of the destruction of Jerusalem. Embedded in the dialogue are a number of subgenres: laments, public declarations, symbolic dream visions, and an epistle to the exiles in the last ten chapters of the book. The actual author of 2 Baruch is unknown. Deeply affected by the destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple, the author seeks in writing the book to develop an apocalyptic program for post-70 ce Judaism, broadly conceived. At the center of this program stands the promise of the imminent arrival of a new age. The damage inflicted by the Romans is so monumental that healing can come about only by means of divine intervention. God will soon break in and bring about a new reality. In the meantime, the author calls on the readers to be obedient to the Torah, much like Moses had called on Israel to follow the commandments long before Baruch, so that Israel gains entry into the promised world. Two Baruch combines the Deuteronomic call to choose life with the promise of life in the world to come.

scholarly journals KAJIAN BIBLIKAL SPIRITUALITAS HAMBA TUHAN BERDASARKAN 2 TIMOTIUS 2:1-13

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-101
Author(s):  
Minggus Dilla
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Human Thought ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Biblical Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Timothy 2 ◽  
Thought Patterns ◽  
Insight Into

Spirituality is an integral part of human life. Spirituality influences the attitude of the heart and human thought patterns. Many problems occur in human life and it starts from the problem of spirituality. Thus learning about spirituality is needed. There are many methods offered by religions in the world to form spirituality. In the Christian faith the Bible is the basis for building spirituality. In Paul's Letter to Timothy gives important teachings about spirituality. Therefore, to provide insight into spirituality, this article will write about the Biblical Study of the spirituality of God's servants based on 2 Timothy 2: 1-13.

scholarly journals Enkele aspekte van Skrifbeskouing

1989 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P.B. Breytenbach
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Basic Problem ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
God's Work

View of Scripture: Some aspects This essay deals with the relation between God’s work and man’s actions in the world as the basic problem in connection with our view of the origin and form of the Bible. The position assumed is that in the Old Testament there are at least two different ways of looking at the problem: In literature with a polemic tendency (especially in books from the time of the Babilonian exile) the omnipotence and predestination of God is stressed. In wisdom-related literature the more prominent view is that man was free to choose for himself although the outcome was always in the hand of God. It is argued that, due to the fact that they were in a polemic situation, the first option was dominant in the theological reflections of orthodoxy. The thrust of the essay is that, regarding different aspects of our view of Scripture, the possibilities of the second option must by exploited.

scholarly journals Cartography and pilgrimage trails. Tradition, modernity, and tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Cinzia Podda ◽  
Paolo Secchi ◽  
Milena Bertacchini
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
The Middle Ages

Abstract. This article focuses on the theme of the pilgrimage trails and their cartographic representation in two specific historical periods: the Middle Ages, during which the drawing of the world was a reminder of the places of Christian faith, and the mapped locations were those characterised by some sacred event narrated in the Bible or by the dominant theology of the time, joined together in routes that led to prominent sacred temples, as a sort of ascetic and geographical path along the ways of faith of biblical and evangelical tradition, which were evoked on the map; the contemporary world, in which pilgrimage trails have (additionally) become an opportunity to explore the territories crossed, and to activate local development processes thanks to the presence of pilgrim-tourists. In both cases, the pilgrimage has played a major role in these different types of representations, contributing to the discovery and knowledge of the world in the former and enhancing the territory’s potential through tourism in the latter.

scholarly journals From semiotic exegesis to contextual ecclesiology: The hermeneutics of missional faith in the COVIDian era

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Sweet
Keyword(s):  
Shock Treatment ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
Missional Ecclesiology ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
To Come ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Church

This essay uses the global impact of the Coronavirus as a heuristic semiotic for exploring the future of the church. Unlike the pandemic of 1918, which left few dents on the world’s economic, social, and cultural systems, almost all the nations of the world have passed laws and implemented procedures that are only comparable to world wars in their impact on entire populations. Nations are acting in unison, but not in unity. This post-COVID, post-Corona world is the ‘time that is given’ to the church. But it will not be a post-pandemic world. We may become COVID-proof, but we will never be pandemic-proof. There is no pre-COVID reset. There is only risk assessment from natural extinction risks to existential dangers of our own creation that are catching up to us (climate change, GRAIN [genetic engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence {AI}, info-tech, nanotechnology]). Disruption is the new status that is never quo; stability is the new abnormality; global cataclysm is the ever-present peril. The only way to prepare for a future of constant ‘the end of the world as we know it?’ moments is by developing a high Contextual Quotient (CQ), and deepening our Contextual Intelligence (CI) so we can choose ‘the next right thing’ in a world of volcanic volatility.Contribution: This essay frames the semiotics of a missional ecclesiology in the COVIDian wake from the hermeneutics of blessings not curses. What virtues might we expect to come out of a virus that is fast-forwarding the future, virtues that will shape the contours of Christianity. What if the pandemic is a shock treatment that is putting the world, and the church, back in a new and better equilibrium? What if there are goldmines on the other side of the landmines and minefields?

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