By faith.
By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
(Hebrews 11:29-30)İman sayesinde İsrailliler Kızıl denizden, karadan geçer gibi geçtiler. Mısırlılar bunu deneyince boğuldular.
İsrailliler yedi gün Eriha surları etrafında döndüler; sonunda imanları sayesinde surlar yıkıldı.
(İbranılere mektup 11:29-30)
Baptism and Fire.
"I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!
I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!
(Luke 12:49-50)«Ben dünyaya ateş yağdırmaya geldim. Keşke bu ateş daha şimdiden alevlenmiş olsaydı! Katlanmam gereken bir vaftiz var. Bu vaftiz gerçekleşinceye dek nasıl da sıkıntı çekiyorum!
(Luka 12:49-50)
Life in God.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,
forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
(Colossians 3:12-16)Böylece, Tanrı'nın kutsal ve sevgili seçilmişleri olarak yürekten sevecenliği, iyiliği, alçakgönüllülüğü, sabır ve yumuşaklığı giyinin. Birbirinize hoşgörülü davranın. Eğer birinizin ötekinden bir şikâyeti varsa, Rab'bin sizi bağışladığı gibi, siz de birbirinizi bağışlayın. Bunların hepsinin üzerine yetkin birliğin bağıolan sevgiyi giyinin. Mesih'in esenliği yüreklerinizde hakem olsun. Tek bir bedenin üyeleri olarak bu esenliğe çağrıldınız. Şükredenler olun! Mesih'in sözü tüm zenginliğiyle içinizde yaşasın. Tüm bilgelikle birbirinize öğretin, öğüt verin, mezmurlar, ilahiler ve ruhsal ezgiler söyleyerek yüreklerinizde şükranla Tanrı'ya nağmeler yükseltin.
(Pavlus'un Koloselilere mektubu 3:12-16)
The true worship.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
(John 4:24)Tanrı ruhtur, O'na tapınanlar da ruhta ve gerçekte tapınmalıdırlar.
(Yuhanna 4:24)
God gives consolation to your crying heart.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
(Matthew 11:28-30)«Ey bütün yorgunlar ve yükü ağır olanlar! Bana gelin, ben size huzur veririm. Ben yumuşak huylu ve alçakgönüllüyüm. Boyunduruğuma girin ve benden öğrenin, böylece canlarınız huzur bulur. Boyunduruğum kolay taşınır, vereceğim yük de hafiftir.»
(Matta 11:28-30)
Joy and Love.
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
(John 15:11-12)Bunları size, sevincim sizde olsun ve sevinciniz tamamlansın diye söyledim. Benim buyruğum þudur: sizi sevdiğim gibi birbirinizi sevin.
(Yuhanna 15:11-12)
The Healing Saviour.
And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
and ran about the whole neighborhood and began to bring sick people on their pallets to any place where they heard he was.
And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or country, they laid the sick in the market places, and besought him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it were made well.
(from Mark 6:54-56)Onlar kayıktan inince, halk ısa'yı hemen tanıdı. Bazıları koşa koşa tüm yöreyi dolaştı. ısa'nın bulunduğu yeri öğrenenler, hastaları döşekler üzerinde oraya götürmeye başladılar. Köy olsun, kent ya da çiftlik olsun, ısa'nın gittiği her yerde, hastaları yollara yatırıyorlar, sadece giysisinin eteğine dokunmalarına izin vermesi için yalvarıyorlardı. Dokunanların hepsi de iyileşti.
(Markos 6:54-56)
Personal answer.
I want to post my answer to a personal comment that was written by a dear muslim sister.
The first thing that I want to confirm is that my brotherly affection, as well as the one of my mum, is always with her; nobody and nothing forbid to give her our good feelings and here we are for giving her help and human support: she is not alone, God gives her many brothers and sisters who are praying for her. Our special prayer is for her health, for her mum and for her wish to build a new family.
I can see her heart is owned by a human feeling that gives her pain and unhappiness; it is my duty to advise her to open her heart to God's love and to make her heart be the temple of the divine mercy. God's love is ready for us in this world too, we don't need to wait for the hereafter (as she said). It is our duty to choose God and to join his love and peace; Satan gives us pain, so it is our duty to reject what he offers us and to look for God's peace.
Let God be the Lord and the owner of our heart!
About the objection to name God like "Father", let's look to an example: when a worker produces a carpet, he'll be the creator of this object, but when a mum gives birth to her child there is something else than the simple creation of a body because our mum loves us. God has given us our body and anything we need for living, so He is our Almighty Creator, but when we are touched by His Mercy and we choose to be belivers, we'll "be born again from the Spirit", we'll be new creatures, daughters and sons united to God's love and risen up to a new spiritual life. So God is "Father" because He is a lovely Creator, the Most Lovely, He is Love.
About the objection to the manipulation of the Gospel, I invite everybody to read it with humble attention, discovering its message of love and redemption.
If I am doing anything for feeding my sister's pain, I'll beg God's forgiveness and I'll apologize to her too. I want to give her brotherly affection and I don't want this feeling to be misunderstood. If her wishes is to build her own family for serving God, she'll be allowed to show this wish to God; certainly He will bless this wish and will allow her to find the most suitable partner for this wonderful goal. I want to warn herthat a righteous love never owns our heart painfully; it is a sin to allow a feeling to own us. We belong to God so He is our unique Owner and Lord, but He never use this privilege because He likes us to join Him by love; by that we can understand that when something is trying to own us, it'll certainly come from Satan; true love, God's love, gives everything and it doesn't make us be slave.
Our life is not complete and happy because of the presence of a partner, but because of God's presence in us.
Stand up my muslim sister, it is your duty to open your heart to god, He'll guide you to peace, righteousness and truth. You'll be happy glorifying Him.
God's love is more powerful than any painful feeling that wants to make you be unhappy.
Let God's Word and Love live in you. Amen.
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Jesus' Love.
"But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.
Give to every one who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again.
And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish.
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back."
(from Luke 6:27-38)«Ama beni dinleyen sizlere şunu söylüyorum: düşmanlarınızı sevin, sizden nefret edenlere iyilik yapın, size lanet edenler için iyilik dileyin, size hakaret edenler için dua edin. Bir yanağınıza tokat atana öbür yanağınızı da çevirin. Abanızı alandan mintanınızı da esirgemeyin. Sizden bir şey dileyen herkese verin, malınızı alandan onu geri istemeyin. ınsanların size nasıl davranmasını istiyorsanız, siz de onlara öyle davranın.
«Eğer yalnız sizi sevenleri severseniz, bu size ne övgü kazandırır? Günahkârlar bile kendilerini sevenleri sever. Size iyilik yapanlara iyilik yaparsanız, bu size ne övgü kazandırır? Günahkârlar bile böyle yapar. Verdiğinizi geri almak umudunda olduğunuz kişilere ödünç verirseniz, bu size ne övgü kazandırır? Günahkârlar bile verdikleri kadarını geri almak koşuluyla günahkârlara ödünç verirler. Ama siz düşmanlarınızı sevin, iyilik yapın, hiçbir karşılık beklemeden ödünç verin. Alacağınız ödül büyük olacak, en yüce Olan'ın oğulları olacaksınız. Çünkü O, nankör ve kötü kişilere karşı iyi yüreklidir. Babanız merhametli olduğu gibi, siz de merhametli olun.
«Başkasını yargılamayın, siz de yargılanmazsınız. Suçlu çıkarmayın, siz de suçlu çıkarılmazsınız. Başkasını bağışlayın, siz de bağışlanırsınız. Sizde olanı verin, size verilecek. ıyice bastırılmış, silkelenmiş ve taşmış, dolu bir ölçekle kucağınıza boşaltılacak. Hangi ölçekle ölçerseniz, size de aynı ölçek uygulanacak.»
(Luka 6:27-38)
Happy birthday to my sister and to my brother.
Kardeşlerime Mutlu Yillar! Duam Siznle!
Living by and for our Lord and Saviour.
For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.
And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
(from the 2nd Corinthians 5:14-15)
Come, my Lord!
"I Jesus have sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star."
The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let him who hears say, "Come." And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price.
(from Revelation 22:16-17)
Uzak Arkadaşım.
Yüreğimde arkadaşlarız, herzaman arkadaşlar olacağiz. Söz yok, ama barış seninle olsun.
Hope that comes from God.
We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
(from Romans 5:3-5)
