What's new

Daily Bread (September 2 2022)

Pamintangdurog04

Forum Veteran
Elite
Joined
Sep 25, 2019
Posts
1,455
Reaction
590
Points
922
"MAGPAKUMBABA TULAD NG BATA"
(MAT. 18:1-4)
18 Nang mga sandaling iyon, lumapit kay Jesus ang mga alagad at nagtanong, “Sino po ang pinakadakila sa kaharian ng langit?” 2 Tumawag si Jesus ng isang bata, pinatayo sa gitna nila 3 at sinabi, “Tandaan ninyo: kapag hindi kayo nagbago at naging katulad ng mga bata, hinding-hindi kayo makakapasok sa kaharian ng langit. 4 Ang sinumang nagpapakababa na gaya ng batang ito ay siyang pinakadakila sa kaharian ng langit. 5 Ang sinumang tumatanggap sa isang batang katulad nito alang-alang sa akin, ako ang kanyang tinatanggap.”
SINO ANG PINAKADAKILA SA KAHARIAN NG LANGIT?
Tanong ng mga disciples ni Jesus, “Sino po ba ang pinakadakila sa lahat ng kabilang sa kaharian ng Dios” (Mat. 18:1)?
Bakit kaya nila itatanong ito? Kasi gusto nilang maging pinakadakila.
Gusto nilang sila ang pinakadakila pagdating sa langit
. Tapos kung ano sabihin ni Jesus iyon ang gagawin siguro nila para ma-attain yung pinapangarap nila. Bago nga nila itanong ito kay Jesus, sila mismo nagtatalu-talo tungkol dito (Mark 9:33-34)... "33 Dumating sila sa Capernaum. Nang sila'y nasa bahay na, tinanong ni Jesus ang kanyang mga alagad, “Ano ang pinagtatalunan ninyo sa daan?” 34 Hindi sila makasagot sapagkat ang pinagtatalunan nila'y kung sino sa kanila ang pinakadakila.
35 Naupo si Jesus, tinawag ang Labindalawa at sinabi sa kanila, “Ang sinumang nagnanais maging una ay dapat maging huli sa lahat, at maging lingkod ng lahat.”..... Tapos tumawag si Jesus ng isang maliit na bata at ginawa niyang ilustrasyon kung ano ang dapat sa isang tagasunod ni Cristo. Maging tulad ng maliliit na bata. Ang isyu nang binabanggit dito ni Jesus ay hindi muna kung sino ang pinakadakila sa kaharian ng langit, kundi paano makakapasok sa kaharian ng langit. Maging tulad ng isang bata! Repentance ang tinutukoy dito, “unless you turn…” Bilang mga matatanda, naroon ang pride natin. Ayaw magpasakop sa Diyos. Gusto sarili ang nasusunod.... Ayaw nating pangungunahan tayo.. Ang mga bata ay dependent hindi sila mabubuhay na walang mas nakatatanda sa kanila lalo na ang kanilang mga magulang.. Kailangan silang bihisan, paliguan pakainin, turuan at gabayan sa kanilang paglaki.. Ganyan ang nais ng Diyos sa atin tulad ng isang bata maging dependent tayo sa Kanya. Na inaamin natin na kung wala ang Diyos ay wala tayong magagawa. AMEN! PURIHIN ANG DIYOS!


English Translation


"HUMBLE LIKE A CHILD"
(MAT. 18:1-4)
18 At that moment, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 2 Jesus called a child, made him stand among them 3 and said, "Remember: if you do not change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever accepts a child like this for my sake, he accepts me."
WHO IS THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN?
The disciples of Jesus asked, "Who is the greatest of all those who belong to the kingdom of God" (Mat. 18:1)?
Why would they ask this? Because they want to be the greatest.
They want to be the greatest when it comes to heaven
. Then what Jesus said is what they will probably do to attain what they dream of. Before they asked Jesus about it, they themselves argued about it (Mark 9:33-34)... "33 They came to Capernaum. When they were in the house, Jesus asked his disciples, " What were you arguing about on the way?” 34 They could not answer because what they were arguing about was which of them was the greatest.
35 Jesus sat down, called the Twelve and said to them, "Whoever wants to be first must be last, and servant of all."..... Then Jesus called a little boy and he did illustration of what a follower of Christ should be. Be like little children. The issue that Jesus is talking about here is not who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, but how to enter the kingdom of heaven. Be like a child! Repentance is referred to here, "unless you turn..." As adults, that's where our pride lies. we do not want to submit to God. We want to be followed.... We don't want to be led.. Children are dependent they cannot live without someone older than them especially their parents.. They need to be clothed, bathed, fed, taught and guided in their growth. That's how God wants us like a child to be dependent on Him. That we admit that without God we can do nothing. AMEN! PRAISE THE LORD!


Pastor Ombie Lontoc
 

Similar threads

Back
Top