RETURN UNTO ME (MALACHI 3:6-18)

 

RETURN UNTO ME BIBLE PASSAGE: Malachi 3:6-18;          Lesson prepared by: krisha of Solomon FB page        APRIL 21, 2019        MEMORY VERSE:     Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between  him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. -        Malachi 3:18 -       INTRODUCTION: Do we need spiritual revival? How often do we need spiritual revival? These are  examples of questions we need to answer in our mind. With individual believers, as with the church, the need of spiritual revival is frequently not recognized until exceedingly low  levels of spirituality has reached. Actually, however, the need is almost continuous.   Physically, most of us need to be revived at least three times a day. Hunger and  weakness soon overtake us, and we feel the need of food to renew our strength. Spiritually it is not less so, for “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth  out of the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). Sad to say, however, we are by nature prone to  neglect our spiritual welfare and lapse into carelessness and sin, so that repeatedly  the need for spiritual revival and restoration becomes acute.   Many feel that lack of prayer, failure to live separated lives, indifference (lack of  interest or concern) toward the lost, etc., are the real causes of spiritual decline. These,  however, are the effects, not the causes. The cause of spiritual decline today is always our departure from the Word of God in general and from the Word of God to us in particular.  There lies the root of our spiritual ills, though comparatively few as yet recognize or  acknowledge it.   Even from the days of people’s fathers they were already gone away from God’s ordinances.  They have been disobedient that’s why in the last major section of Malachi contains  God’s invitation for His people to return to Him.   7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances and have not  kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye  said, Wherein shall we return?   The people said, “WHEREIN SHALL WE RETURN?” (SA ANO KAMI MANUNUMBALIK?). The lesson has three points to consider: Wherein shall we return?   LESSON POINTS: 1.  IN GIVING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS The Israelites were asking wherein shall they return; they didn’t realize and remember the commandments of the Lord. Based from the verses, Israelites were literally robbing  God of what was rightfully His. It was a failure in their stewardship of His material  property. God reminds us through these verses:   8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.   In the next verses we can see that God owns everything and He doesn’t need our money.  Let’s understand the truths about money.   Deu 8:18 "But thou shall remember the LORD thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth…   Hag 2:8 'The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,' saith the LORD of hosts.   Psa 50:10-12 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.   God’s invitation to the people is to return unto Him in giving their tithes and offerings and there’s spiritual blessing waiting for them if they just return unto Him. If we don’t respond to God’s invitation there’s a potential that money will be your master because Bible says, “No man can serve two masters…” (Matt.6:24). Let’s fulfill the purpose of money by using it to turn to Him.  “Remember this—you can’t serve God and Money, but you can serve God with money.” — Selwyn Hughes     2.  IN GIVING OUR PRAISES TO GOD Though Malachi 3:13 has different meaning in some commentaries, we will this verse as  an example of some attitude of Christians in speaking “harsh” words against God.    “Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?”   Ang inyong mga salita ay naging lapastangan laban sa akin, sabi ng Panginoon. Gayon ma'y  inyong sinasabi, Sa ano kami nangagsalita ng laban sa iyo?    In our own words, we can see that our view in life has been distorted by the world.  Malachi 3:14 says,   “Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and  that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?”   “Inyong sinabi, Walang kabuluhan ang maglingkod sa Dios; at anong kapakinabangan nito na  ating iningatan ang kanyang bilin, at tayo'y nagsilakad na may pananangis sa harap ng  Panginoon ng mga hukbo?”   Let’s be careful with our mouth, it should proceed blessings and praises to the Lord.  James 3:10 says, “Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” Wherein shall we return? Let’s return in OUR PRAISES TO OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.  Let’s ask ourselves, when was the last time you praised God?   3.  IN OUR SERVICE TO THE LORD If we were asked, “Are you serving the Lord?” what would we answer? Most of us will  say a shout “AMEN” but like what we have said in our introduction Christians need  spiritual revival daily and to the most three times a day like spiritual food; this means  we are weak and lazy to fulfill the mandate given to us if we are not aware of eating our spiritual food to be strong. Let’s accept the fact that we are not always spiritual therefore we need to be fed spiritually. The question is how often we use and read our Bible compare to our cellphones?   Like the Israelites said in Malachi 3:14: Ye have said, IT IS VAIN TO SERVE GOD: and WHAT PROFIT IS IT THAT WE HAVE KEPT HIS  ORDINANCE, and that WE HAVE WALKED MOURNFULLY BEFORE THE LORD OF HOSTS?” The Israelites’ attitude toward their service to the Lord changed: vain to serve the Lord,  what profit of keeping God’s commandments and walking His will makes you unhappy.         Discernment of what is right and wrong does not exist to those who are not returning to the Lord or those who are gone away from Him. Malachi 3:18, our memory verse today says, “Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that  serveth God and him that serveth him not. “  TAGALOG: “Kung magkagayo'y manunumbalik kayo at makikilala ninyo ang matuwid at ang masama,  yaong naglilingkod sa Dios at yaong hindi naglilingkod sa kaniya.”   This verse answers why Christians are sometimes can’t discern the right and wrong in  some situations in life. This lesson point urges us to focus and be serious in serving the  Lord. Most of us think that worship and service just happen on Sundays. This could be possible at some point, but the question is how we can prepare ourselves in worship  and service on Sunday if our weekdays are full of unimportant routines. For example, how  can you share the Sunday School Lesson if you don’t do anything about your lesson  during weekdays like reading your Bible and many things. Let’s remember we are not  strong; we are just strong by the grace of God.   CONCLUSION: One of the good lessons we can see in this lesson is the urgency of revival in our lives and like the physical food that we need three times a day, spiritual food is the same to make us  strong and revive from spiritual declining. We need to be observant in our ways and  thoughts so that we can see if we are starting to have a stony heart and then move away  from spiritual atmosphere. Let’s remember that having a spiritual decline is not  instant situation of our spirituality; it’s gradual. When Israelites asked, “Wherein shall we return?” it’s a question which we can see that  they don’t have the discernment of their present situation; they were already far from the Lord. Some Christians when asked about considering going back to church, they  would answer, “I’m on that way or darating din tayo diyan” But this answer is hard to lean on; most of the times months and years would take before a Christian realize they need  to go back. Don’t wait for the time to have miserable, full of pressures, struggles,  entangled situations of life before we realize that we can’t live in this world without God.  Let’s remember it’s hard to go back, the enemy would give everything to hold us not to  serve the Lord and let our light shine.

FAILING TO RETURN (AMOS 4:1-13)

 

FAILING TO RETURN

BIBLE PASSAGE: Amos 4: 1-13

Lesson prepared by: krisha of Solomon FB page

APRIL 14, 2019

 

MEMORY VERSE:

If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

(2 Timothy 2:13)

INTRODUCTION:

Do You believe that everything happens for a reason? These words we commonly utter to people when we want them to be comforted because of their struggles and problems in life. Have you encountered talking to people asking your ideas about a certain situation if it’s God’s will or not? Have you experienced many struggles in life and yet you still don’t have that wisdom to distinguish what is right from wrong? Sometimes people say that adults know more than younger ones in this life because of experiences in life but personally, I don’t believe that; at some point they have more experiences though. Because wisdom comes from above, we can get that as we get closer to the Lord no matter what age you have (James 1:5).

When I got saved in the year 1991, my attention was caught of a man who rendered his song for the Lord because he sang expressively. He was also friendly maybe because he was assigned to be one of the usherettes. I used to see him cleaning the chairs, arranging the songbooks and leading the congregation in singing; he was always scheduled to be a song leader that time. Years passed and suddenly noticed he was not attending the church service anymore; many visits the members did to encourage him but failed to bring him back. After many years, we heard that he faced minor road accident and after that incident, we happily saw him attending again after many years. I had an opportunity to talk to him about his coming back and he said, “Of all the things that happened to me, I believe this is the hand of God calling me to come back.” His words made me emotionally touched because he talked spiritually. I thought that was a continuous service for him, but it was not; he stopped again with unsure reasons of stopping. After that, we heard he faced many problems and struggles in life and, his family was his biggest problem too. You know what he failed to return not because he didn’t want to but because he had a severe illness that made him not to walk anymore. I can’t help but cry when we visited him. He felt sorry for all his shortcomings. He wanted to serve and sing again for the Lord, but he didn’t make it. His body surrendered and died. Let’s not wait the time of losing our strength before we realize we need to go back and serve the Lord. Our lesson for today is titled, “FAILING TO RETURN.”

 

LESSON POINTS:

1.    GOD GAVE HUNGER YET WE HAVE NOT RETURNED UNTO HIM (AMOS 4:6)

"Cleanness of teeth" in this verse, was an idiom that conveyed this idea: Their teeth were clean because they had nothing to eat!  The idea is continued in the next expression, "lack of bread," leaving no doubt that God had withheld food from their midst in memorable, recent times.  The people of Israel had entered a time and circumstance where at least sometimes they lacked the basic necessities of life.

Notice that God "gave" them hunger, and in the next verse He "withheld the rain."  Nobody wants to lack anything in life, and yet it is clear that suffering can have additional meaning, in that part of its purpose is to bring us to a deeper relationship with God.  Almighty God is absolutely sovereign.  He knows everything and can DO all things.  We were created for relationship with Him, and He will do what it takes to save us, even if our comfort zone is shaken in the process.

2.   GOD GAVE DROUGHT YET WE HAVE NOT RETURNED UNTO HIM (AMOS 4:7-8)

God, through the prophet Amos, continues to present evidence for the prosecution in determining the fate of the nation Israel.  Their lack of faith, their unbelief, was demonstrated clearly in their response to recent events.  God had allowed famine and hunger to become widespread in that land (Verse 6).  It either WAS in their land or this was a prophesy that soon would come to pass.  In either event, did they (or would they) PRAY to Him for help?  They did not pray and would not pray, and that was the problem.

Honest prayer is an expression of belief in God.  Prayer can be called "applied faith."  If you pray, it is a sign that you have some kind of belief in the Lord - otherwise you would not do it.  If a crisis comes and you do not pray, it demonstrates the presence of unbelief in your heart and life.  In this verse, God observes something interesting to them: The lack of rainfall they had recently experienced was selective in nature.  In would interestingly rain in one place, but not in another.  They should have recognized in this unusual pattern (for that region), an Intelligent Hand in what was happening to them.

 

So many times, we respond to our difficulties with intense EFFORT, which was what Israel was doing at that time.  They of the cities that had not received rain, would feverishly send wagons, buckets and whatever else they had, to areas where the rain was abundant.  Their effort was commendable, but they did not pray to God for help.  The fact that they did not pray indicates that their hearts were far from Him.

To be fair, many of them probably DID pray, but the nation had fallen deeply into idolatry, and worse than no prayer at all, they likely had been seeking help from worthless idols.  What do YOU do when trouble fills your life?  Do you "stagger" from one "solution" to another?  When troubles come, we should reach out to Him who loves us.  The problem we have may or may not personally be directed at us, but the solution will be in His hand.

 

Two or three cities, that is, the inhabitants of them, being without water, went up and down in quest of any city or place where they could find water for themselves and cattle to drink.

“But they were not satisfied”: Could not get enough for their present use and much less to carry back with them to supply them for any length of time. Such a scarcity there was of it in other parts (see 1 Kings 18:5).

“Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord”: This had no more effect upon them than the other to relinquish their former courses and return unto the Lord by humiliation and repentance.

Sometimes the drought was so bad that they had to go to another city to get water. They still did not recognize God's hand in this and did not repent.

 

3.   GOD SMOTE BLASTING AND MILDEW TO OUR GARDENS AND VINEYARDS YET WE HAVE NOT RETURNED UNTO HIM (AMOS 4:9)

Literally, "an exceeding scorching," such as the hot east wind produced and "an exceeding mildew," a blight, in which the ears turn untimely a pale yellow, and had no grain. Both words are doubly intensive. They stand together in the prophecy of Moses (Deut. 28:22), among the other scourges of disobedience.

 

The palmer worm devoured them; just when they were budding and blossoming, and bringing forth fruit; and so what the blasting and mildew did not consume, the palmer worm, a kind of locust, did. Which has its name from its biting and cutting off the leaves and branches of trees, as of those mentioned vines, olives and fig trees, with which the land of Canaan abounded, the cutting off which was a great calamity.

“Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord”: This dispensation of Providence was also without its desired fruit and effect (see Amos 4:6).

 

Even when they did make a crop, God sent mildew and ruined the fruit and vegetables. They still did not realize they were being punished for sin in their lives, and they did not repent and turn to God. Even the palmerworm (a type of locust) did not cause them to repent.

 

God's promise had been to bless them if they obeyed Him, and to curse them if they did not. If they had known His Word, they should have understood what was happening. It was within their own power to stop all of this. They just needed to repent and return to God.

4.   GOD SENT PESTILENCE YET WE HAVE NOT RETURNED UNTO HIM (AMOS 4:10)

“I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt”: That is, after the way in which God had dealt with Egypt. God had twice promised, when the memory of the plagues which He sent on Egypt was still fresh in their minds: "if thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, I will put none of the diseases upon thee which I have brought upon the Egyptians" (Exodus 15:26; Deut. 7:15).

“Your young men have I slain with the sword”: Of the enemy in battle; or as they were in the way to Egypt, being sent there to fetch food, but were intercepted by the enemy.

“And have taken away your horses”: On which they rode to Egypt on the above errand. Or rather which they brought up from thence, contrary to the command of God.

“And have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils”: Such numbers of their armies being slain, and these lying unburied, the smell of them was very noisome.

“Yet have ye not returned unto me saith the Lord”: Still they continued to be obstinate and impenitent (see Amos 4:6).

Each punishment that God sent on them became a little worse, but it did no good at all. They did not repent. Even the loss of their sons to the sword, did not cause them to repent. The loss of their horses did not affect them either. The stink comes from the unburied dead bodies, possibly from some battle.

 

5.   WE WERE AS A FIREBRAND PLUCKED OUT FROM THE BURNING YET WE HAVE NOT RETURNED UNTO HIM (AMOS 4:11)

A detailed account of the utter destruction of the city-states called Sodom and Gomorrah is in Genesis Chapter 19.  The concluding verses of Genesis 18 reflect Father Abraham's prayers for the people of Sodom, in which God revealed that He would spare them if even "ten" inhabitants were "righteous" (Genesis 18:26, 28 & context).  The fact that Sodom and Gomorrah were NOT spared, is a clear indication that the places had become utterly corrupt.

From the context of Genesis 19:5, many have concluded that the chief sin of Sodom was homosexuality, the "gay" lifestyle.  But actually there was much more.  God revealed their sin through the prophet Ezekiel: "Look, THIS was the iniquity of your sister Sodom. She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy..." (Ezekiel 16:49).  They were proud, and yet, like He has done for you and me, God gave them everything.  In response to what we have been given, God reasonably expects that we, in turn, will be drawn to help others!  To NOT "strengthen the hand of the poor..." is to invite destruction.

 

Israel was like a "firebrand snatched from a blaze" (verse 11).  The imagery is a wildfire that comes out of the brush and sweeps through the village, and yet, just ONE "house" is saved, and it is by the grace of God!  He had cared for them and tenderly helped the nation Israel, and when they turned their backs on Him; He allowed TROUBLE to come into their lives so they would see their need!  But STILL, they did not trust in Him!

God saw Israel as a glowing ember plucked from the fires of judgment, like the same judgment that consumed Sodom and Gomorrah. Even though God spared them, they did not respond in gratitude – they have not returned to God.

CONCLUSION:

There are so many things happened in our lives that we become blinded with the hands of the Lord. This is what happened to Pharaoh; his heart was hardened and didn’t recognize God’s hand. In Exodus chapter 8, The Lord sent Moses to Pharaoh and asked his permission to let them go out of the land of Egypt and served God. When Pharaoh refused, God sent frogs to the land of Egyptians, but Pharaoh tried to go against the plague. He asked his magicians to imitate the frogs by their enchantments; the magicians did so. Pharaoh hardened his heart and God sent lice to their land, but the magicians tried to imitate but they failed. Let’s read the verse in Exodus 8:18-19,

¹⁸ And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

AKO BA 'YON? (Tagalog Short Drama Script)

 

Ako ba ‘yon?

(by Nheiz A. Pascual)

 

 

picture taken from Google

DARK SCENE:

Sam: SINO ANG PUMATAYYY!! BAKIT NIYO SIYA PINATAAAAAY!!

  

Scene 1:

Lauren: kilala nyo ba si Barrabas?

Alexandra: sinong Barrabas?

Andrea: Barrabas daw yung binansag sa kanya dahil (mapuputol)

Lester: wag nyo syang pag-usapan, baka may makarinig sa inyo tapos (matatakot)

Lauren: tapos?

Andrei: baka patayin rin tayo

Mga babae: (matatakot)

Lester: ganon sya kasama, kahit makita nya lang na nakatingin sa kanya? binubugbog nya na

Alexandra: grabe naman pala ang kasamaan ni Barrabas

Andrea: (biglang sasagot) wag mo nang sabihin yung pangalan nya

Andrei: hindi ko pa sya nakikita, pero natatakot na ako agad

Lauren: baka mamaya nandito lang siya sa paligid, mag-ingat tayo

Alexandra: pero, curious lang ako, anu bang itsura niya?

Andrea: na curious ka pa talaga ha? Yang curiosity mo ang papatay sayo!

Andrei: ang sabi nila, matangkad, kayumanggi at may itsura? pero basagulero!

Lauren: (matatakot at mauutal) hi - - hin - - di ba

Alexandra: ano?

Andrea: hindi ba siya si Barrabas? (itinuro ang lalaking parating) (matatakot ang lahat)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scene 2:

 

Barrabas: (palakad papalapit)

LAHAT: Ikaw ba si

Barrabas: Sino?

LAHAT: yung yung, basta si

Barrabas: Ako si Barrabas! Isang magnanakaw, mamamatay tao, sinungaling tulad nyo! Ginagawa ang lahat, nang kasamaan sa mundo. Kabutihan? Ano yon? Pang mahina lang yan, pang duwag lang yan, malakas ako! Magaling ako! Makapangyarihan ako!

LAHAT: Si Barrabas nga! Takbo!

Barrabas: HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

 

 

(Lights Off)

 

 

Scene 3:

 

Ezekiel: ikaw ba si Barrabas?

Barrabas: ako ba kausap nyo?

Johnwill: oo, ikaw nga, hinuhuli ka naming sa salang (mapuputol)

Barrabas: pagpatay? Pagnanakaw?

Ezekiel: isama mo na ang pangdudukot, pagsusunog ng mga bahay, pambubugbog sa mga kabataan at marami pang iba

Barrabas: makakatakas din naman ako dyan eh, makakalaya din ako. Oh eto (iaabot ang kamay at poposasan)

CROWD: nahuli na si Barrabas, dapat sa kaniya ay mamatay!

 

 (Lights Off)

 

   

Scene 4:

 

Barrabas: ano namang ginagawa mo dito, hindi ka ba nagsasawang dumalaw nalang lagi

Tatay: bakit naman ako magsasawa, anak kita eh, hindi kita kayang tiisin

 

(magpapatuloy ang katahimikan)

 

Tatay: bakit ka naging ganyan anak? Nagkulang ba ako sayo? Hindi ba kita naalagaan ng maayos? Hindi ba kita nagabayan ng maayos? (maiiyak) pasensya ka na sa Tatay ha? Hindi ko na alam paano kita mailalabas ngayon

Barrabas: sinabi ko bang tulungan mo ko? Hindi naman ako humihingi ng tulong sayo

Tatay: hindi ka nga humihingi ng tulong, pero responsibilidad kong tulungan ka, dahil mahal kita, hindi ka ba natatakot dito?

Barrabas: masaya nga dito eh, walang maingay, walang kaaway, walang nakakainis

Tatay: pero malungkot, kasi mag-isa ka lang at hindi ka malaya. Ni minsan ba anak nakita mo at naisip mo lahat ng kasamaang nagawa mo? Nagsisi ka ba sa mga buhay na binawi mo?

Barrabas: (patuloy na mananahimik)

Tatay: bukas, ihaharap ka sa madla, sila ang papipiliin kung ikukulong k aba o papatayin ka na lang dahil salot ka raw sa ating lipunan

Barrabas: tsh (maiiling) bahala sila, kung pipiliin nilang patayin ako? Wala silang pinagkaiba sa akin! (payabang) sino bang walang sala? Mas lamang lang ang kasamaan ko, pero masasama rin sila

Tatay: gusto mo bang manalangin tayo anak?

Barrabas: para saan pa ba? Bakit nandito ka pa? Ano bang rason ng pagdalaw mo? Para sabihin na mamamatay na ako bukas?

Tatay: hindi, para sabihing mahal kita, at patuloy kitang minamahal kahit na ganiyan ka. Kahit masama ang tingin sayo ng mundo, mahal kita, dahil anak kita. Hindi ko man kayang ibigay sayo ang lahat, pero nandito ang pagmamahal ko para (mapuputol)

Barrabas: anong gagawin ko sa pagmamahal mo? Maliligtas ba ko ng pagmamahal mo?

Tatay: anak (hahawak sa anak)

Barrabas: umalis ka na

  

Scene 5:

 

Edmar: nandito sa inyong harapan si Barrabas, isang mamamatay tao, magnanakaw, sinungaling at taglay ang kasamaan ng mundo. Siya ba ay palalayain natin?

CROWD: Hindi!!!!! Hindi kami papayag!!!!

Edmar: Papatawan ba natin siya ng pagkakulong habang-buhay?

CROWD: Hindi!!!!! Hindi pa rin kami papayag!!!!

Edmar: ano ang hatol na ibibigay natin kay Barrabas?

CROWD: Patayin!!! Patayin siya!!!

Edmar: kamatayan ang hatol?

CROWD: Kamatayan ang hatol!!!!

  

CROWD: Kamatayan! Kamatayan! Kamatayan!

 

 (lights off) tunog ng baril

  

(lights on) nakahiga sa sahig ang Tatay

 

 

Scene 6:

 

CROWD: woooaahhh (magugulat)

 

Sam: SINO ANG PUMATAY!! BAKIT NIYO SIYA PINATAY!! TAAAYY!! (pahangos na pagtakbo) TAY!! (hagulgol na pag-iyak) BAKIT?! BAkit?! bakit?! Anong ginawa niyang masama sa inyo? Anung kasalanan ba ang nagawa niya para parusahan at patayin niyo siya ng ganito??! NASAAN SI BARRABAS! ILABAS NINYO SI BARRABAS! Huwag niyo siyang itago, ILABAS NYO SI BARRABAS!!

Benjie: AKO, AKO SI BARRABAS!! Katulad ko si Barrabas kasi makasalanan din ako, sinungaling din ako, magnanakaw rin ako!!

 

Lauren: Si Barrabas din ako? Nagsasalita ako ng masama sa kapwa ko

Alexandra: Ako rin, si Barrabas din ako. Hindi rin ako sumusunod sa mga magulang ko, pasaway rin akong anak

 

Andrea: Barrabas din ang pangalan ko, nananakit ako ng ibang tao, hindi ako nagsisimba, at wala akong Diyos na kinikilala

 

Ezekiel: Ngayon ko lang napagtanto, na katulad ko pala si Barrabas, sino ba ako para kitilin ang buhay ng isang tao para lang sa prinsipyo?

 

Agavelle: Si Barrabas din ako, sino ba ako para humusga sa isang tao? Hindi ba’t makasalanan rin ako?

 

(Lights Off)

 

Sam: Sino si Barrabas? Siya yung taong makasalanan! Siya yung pinalaya at pinili ng mga tao. Akala ni Barrabas, pinalaya siya ng mga tao? HINDI, ang PAGMAMAHAL ang nagpalaya sa kaniya. Ang pagmamahal ng kaniyang tatay, ang pagmamahal ni Hesu Kristo!

 

Benjie: Sino si Barrabas? AKO ‘YON! IKAW ‘YON! TAYO ‘YON! Minamahal natin si Barrabas at ang mga gawi ni Barrabas! pinapalaya natin siya at winawalang bahala natin ang regalong buhay na walang hanggan ni Kristo! Habang tayo ay makasalanan, namatay ang Panginoon para sa atin! Pinadala ni Hesus ang kaniyang anak para iligtas si Barrabas, para iligtas tayo. Kahit alam niya na hindi natin siya kikilalanin, kahit alam niya na hindi natin siya tatanggapin. Mahal ng Diyos si Barrabas, mahal niya tayo!

 

Sam: Dahil sa pagmamahal, namatay ang Ama, namatay si Hesus ngunit nabuhay muli. Hindi tayo karapat-dapat, pero ginawa niya tayong karapat-dapat dahil sa biyaya at pagmamahal niya. Sino si Barrabas? Sino ang may sala? Sino ang pumatay? Ako ba ‘yon? Oo,

 

Sam: AKO ‘YON!

Benjie: IKAW ‘YON!

Sam & Benjie: TAYO ‘YON!

 

 

(Lights Off)

 

 

1^st Quarter Evangelistic Meeting

March 30, 2025

NAP