Bawi Jesuh Hniksak a Tonnak Thu

by  San No Thuan

Texts: Matt 4:1-11

Thuhmaihruai

Jesuh cu tihnimnak a lak theh tikah Pathian uknak thlen ter dingah hna ka tuan thlang ding ti in a tumtah. Cutikah, Thlarau Thianghlim in ramcar lak ah hniksak ding in a hruai. Hih thuanthu hi mihrek in Jesuh Khrih ih lungsung ih a suakmi thu hi mipi ih theihthiam ding in thuanthu vek in Jesuh in a sim sal titu khal an tampi. Mihrek in a si Satan in a hruai ngaingai ko ti tu khal an tampi. Ziang a va si khal le, tukforhnak a ton lai hi zohman in an hmu lo. Jesuh amaih kaa in a suak salmi thu lawng a si ding ruangah, Khrih ih sim bang in a sim duhmi sawn hi kan zoh sawn pei uh.

Pathian in Jesuh Khrih hi a hniksak tikah, a fapa ih tlaksamnak thei dingah a si lo. Satan ih mileem daan hi a zumtu pawl in kan theih ih Khrih in a neh thei ti kan fiang theinak dingah a si. Santan nehtu Khrih ih Thlarau cu kan hnen ah a um ruangah kannih khal in kan neh thei ve timi theifiang dingah a si.

Cuih thlemnak pathum pawl cu:

1. “Pathian fa na si ahcun, hi lungto hi sang ah can ter aw” (Matt 4:1-4)

            Himi tukfornak ah Satan ih a tukforh duhmi thu pahnih a um. A pakhatnak cun, Pathian fapa na si taktak ahcun, ziangah Pathian in rawl a lo pe lo? Ziangah ramcar lak ah a lo ret? Pathian fa taktak na si lo si ding. Culole, na Pa Pathian in a lo duhdawt lo si ding timi ruahnak nei ding in in bumnak a si.

            Zumtu pawl harsatnak kan ton tikah, Satan cun “Pathian fa na si ahcun ziangah hivek harsatnak na tong thei? Pathian ih taansanmi na si ding” timi ruahnak nei dingah in thlem ringring a si.

            Pahnihnak ih a bum duh daan cu, “Na paih thu thlun rero in na rilrawn ter duh hlah. Na pa in le rawl a lo pe lo. Pathian na sinak hmang mei aw la, lungto pawl kha na paih thu tel lo in sangah can ter mei aw (independently of the Father)” timi hi a bum duhnak a si. Pathian thu hnak in, amaih duhmi kha hmai ah ret ding a fial.

            Zumtu pawl khal Satan in in bum theunak cu Pathian thu tel lo in, kanmah te thu relcat dingah Satan in in forhfial theu. Pathian in thuthlun hnak in kan tisa ih duhmi tuah sawn dingah in tukforh theu. 

            Jesuh in ziangtin a let. “Rawl lawng nunnak a si lo. Pathian thu thlun le ngai hi nunnak a si sawn” tiah a let (Daan 8:3). Cuih tlun ah Jesuh in ka rawl thaw bik cu ka Paih duhnak tuah hi a si tiah a sim (John 4:32-34). Leitlun tisa nomnak le duhmi tuah ngah khi nun diriamnak a si hrimhrim lo. Nun diriamnak cu Pathian thu siar le thlunnak ah nun diriamnak a um sawn.

            Satan in Bawi Jesuh kha Pathian thu hnak in a tisa duhmi tuah dingih a forhfial ih a thlem thei nawn lo tikah, a dang pakhat a thok lala. Jesuh in Bible hmang in ka thlemnak hi I do ruangah Bible ca ka hmang ve ding ti in Bible catlaang a hmang ve. Asinan, a Bible lak daan cu a hrekseu te lawng a si.

2. “Hi biakinn par in dawp aw la, vancungmi pawl in an lo domkai mei ding” (Matt. 4:5-7).

            Satan cun Bawi Jesuh kha “Bible ca vek in na zum taktak ahcun, Bible in hiti in a sim” a ti ih, Saam 91:11-12 a vun sar. Jerusalem Biakinn zim ah a hruai ih, Biakinn zim in a tang Kedron Valley tiang cu pi 500 lai a saang.[1] Cumi dawp ding in a fial. Cumi a fial tikah, Satan in Bible hrek khat te lawng a la. A lakmi cu Pathian fa na si ahcun, hivek tlun saangpi khal in dawp awla, Pathian ih vancungmi in an lo run ko ding timi a si. Asinan, Satan in a sim lomi Bible cacaang cu Saam 91:1 sungah, “Pathian ih lamzin ih a fehtu pawl cu” himnak an ngah ding timi a si. Pathian ih thuvek ih feh lo pawl khal ziangti ih an um khal le Pathian in a humhim timi a um lo.

            Bible ca hi kap khat te lawng kan lak ih a dang Bible ca in teh ziangtin a sim timi kan zoh lo ahcun, kan la sual pang thei. Curuangah, maih duhnak zawn te lawng la in Bible ca kan sim lo ding hi a thupi zet.

            Jesuh in ziangtin a let? Daan 6:16 a lak ih, “Pathian cu na hniksak lo pei” tiah a sim. Caan tampi ah Pathian ih thupek lomi nun ah nung in ziangti ih ka um khal le Pathian in I runhim ko ding timi ruahnak hi a dik lomi ruahnak le a dik lo zawng in Pathian kan hniksaknak a si. Cuvek ruahnak thawn Pathian hniksak ding hi Satan in in fial theu. Cumi cu Satan ih bumnak a si. Cuvek kan ton caan ah Bawi Jesuh ih a leh daan in, Satan kha, Pathian ih thupek thlun lo in Pathian hniksak ding a si lo tiah kan ti pei ih, Pathian ih duhmi tuahnak ah kan feh lohli sawn pei.

3. “I biak ahcun, hi thil hmuahhmuah hi ka lo pe ding” (Matt 4:8).

            A vei thumnak ih Satan a bum daan cu, Satan in Bawi Jesuh kha tlaang par ah a hruai ih, khua a cuan ter. Hi leitlun thilri le neihnak pawl hmuahhmuah hi I biak ahcun ka lo pe ding tiah a sim. Satan in Jesuh kha lamtawi (phiatlan) zawh tahrat in tuar lo in sunlawinak co dingah a fial.

Jesuh cun a feh daan ding a fiang. A Pa Pathian in leitlun misual pawl runsuaktu dingah a thlah. Thuhman a sim ding, a khih hmuh ding, ni neta bik ah an that ding. Asinan, nithum hnu ah a thosal dingih sunlawinak cu pek a si ding tihi a theih cia. A tawizawng cun, a tuar ta hmaisa ding ih sunlawinak pek a si ding ti a thei cia (Luke 24:12-14). Satan ih fialmi cu tuarnak um lo in, sunlawinak zin zawh ding khi a si.

            Pathian ih lamzin ah cuvek lamzin a um lo. A sunlawinak a tawm duhtu pawl cu Khrih ih fehmi lamzin a zawhtu, le Khirh ih tuarnak tawmtu a si ve ding (1 Peter 4:13; 1 Pet 5:10).

            Jesuh in ziangtin a let? Daan 6:13 ta a lak ih, “Bawipa na Pathian lawng na bia pei ih na rian pei” tiah a let. Jesuh in Pathian biak timi cu kan biakmi ih thu kha thlun in kan rian ding khi a si ti a lang ter. Biak le a hnatuan (Worship le Service) timi a cemcih ringring dingmi thu a si.

            Nang le kei teh Satan in amah bia le a duhmi tuah dingah in lem ringring. In leem daan cu harsa rero in thil dang tuah duh hlah, ka duhmi tuah mei aw la, na nei nung mei ding tiah in fial. Asinan, Jesuh Khrih bang in, Pathian lawng ka bia dingih a duhmi lawng tuah in harsat khal le ka harsa ko ding timi lungput kan neih a tul. Cutikah, Pathian thluasuah kan congah ding a si.

Thunetnak:

            Jesuh Khrih in ka Pa ih hna ka tuan thlang ding tiah a ti tikah, hniksaknak tampi a tuar ta. Cuih hniksak le thlemnak pawl cu Jesuh in a neh theh. Cuvek in nang le kei khal hniksaknak kan tuar tikah, Khrih thawn in nehnak kan nei ve thei a si timi in sim duhnak a si.

Satan in Jesuh Khrih a bum daan pawl hi tuih sun khal ah a hman zetmi a si lai.

1.       Pathian ih thu le a duhmi hnak in tisa duhmi tuah dingah in forhfial ringring a si. Cuvek kan ton tikah Jesuh Khrih bang in, tisa duhmi le sersiammi thil lawng in nunnak a si lo, Pathian tongkam hi nunnak sawn a si tiah kan ti a tul.

2.       Pathian thu thlun lo in duhduh tuah tahrat in Pathian in I run ko ding timi thawn zianghman va tuah hlah. Cuvek nun in Pathian in I run pei maw run lo tiah va hniksak hlah. Pathian thusung lawngah himnak taktak a um.

3.       Tuarnak le zuamnak um lo in, sunlawinak co ding tum hlah. Pathian ih duhmi kha a har khal le thlun aw la cun, harsat a tulnak ah harsat tuar in zuam aw. Cuih zin cu sunlawinak lamzin a si.

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[1] The Wiersbe Bible Commentary, 16. 

Setan Nehnak/Nehdan Ṭha Bik

                                                       

James 4:7-8a 


Pathian naih uh la, anih khalin a lo naih ve ding.    
Curuangah Pathian hnenah tlulut uh. Diabol/Setan cu do uh, cule a lo tlansan ding.

 

 

Efesa 6:10-17 ah Setan donak ralthuam ṭha zetzet a phunphun Pathian in a mai falepawl in pekpawl mi in sim.

Setan hi Pathian sersiammi lakah a fim cungcuang(Ezk.28:11-17). tui ni tiang minungpawl hnak in huham a tum sawn(Heb.2:7) Minung sinak men cun Setan hi nehrual ci a si lo. A si nan IJohn 5:4 ah Jesu zumtu taktakpawl cu leitlun nehtu kan si a ti lala. Setan hin kan nih cu sim hlah, Bawi Jesu hman a thlem/tukfawrh ngam (Luke 4:1-13).

Jesu cu sualnak nei lo riai a si ruangah lenglam ihsin Setan in a thlem ih minungpawl cu piangtharpawl telin sual cithlah kan si ruangah sunglam le lenglam ihsin Setan in in thlem/tukfawrh ṭheu. Thu duhum zet kan neih mi cu Kan ralpa Setan nehnak ṭha tak kan neih mi hi a si.

Cupawl tla cu:

 1). Pathian hnehih tlulut(Surender) hi a si.(James 4:7) 

      Kan cang hril mi ah Pathian in fiang zetin in sim. Thil dang ciamco a si lo. Thil har khal a si lo. Kanmah te ṭan reronak in a ngah lo.Jesu in Keimah tel lo in ziang hman nan tuah thei lo a ti.(John 15:5). Kanmah ten Setan le a hopawl kan do le kan sung ringring ding. Kan cah le a nih khal a cak sin ve. Jesu/Pathain kan ṭul. Pathian pumhlum ih rinsan, kan ziangkim Pathain hnenih ap a simnak a si. Unau kan nunak Pathian hnenah tlulut/hlan aw/ap aw tawp sehla cucu a si Setan nehnak ṭha bik cu.

 

2). Pathian naih hi Setan nehnak hmanrua ṭha tak a si.(James 4:8a)

     A Pahnihnak cu Pathian naih/ cucu Pathian thawn um tlan/nun tlan/feh tlan/Pathianthawn  thuruah tlan/ṭuan tlan hi Setan nehnak a si. Pian thar hnu ah cun kanmah lamih tuah/ṭuannak/thiltinak a ṭul. Pathian kan pan hmaisa lole anih khal in in pan ve lo ding. Kan pan hmaisak ta a ṭul tinak a si cu. Pathian thawn kan um tlang, kan feh tlang a si le cu Setan in a tuar lo, in ṭih tuk a tlan vurvo mei.

 

Kanmah lam rinsan aw tuk hlah uh si. Milai rinsan hnakin Pathian rinsan a ṭha sawn( Sam 118:8-9). Kanmah lam lawng ṭang nawn hlah uh si. Kan hmuh thei mipawl le milaipawl rinsannak in a ngah lo.Pathian thu thianghlim in Setan nehnak ṭha bik in sim sal mi hi a takih hmangtu cun hlawhtlinnak/nehnak a co ding. Vawi khat te lawng na hmang a sile vawi khat te lawng nehnak na co ding ih na hmang ringring a sile cu nehnak na co ringring ti hi Pathian thusuak a si ti hi thei ringring in.

 

Pastor James Van B Cung

BC, MI,USA

Guarding Ourselves Against Adultery

Posted by agysen in Blog on November 4th, 2010 | no responses



Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?

Why embrace the bosom of another man’s wife?

—Proverbs 5:20

I keep seeing my friends fall. I wonder why they do it. What causes men and women to trash their marriages for a transient affair? Why would we give our strength to others and fill our old age with regret (Proverbs 5:9)?

Perhaps it’s naiveté. We think we’re invincible, like Samson. Samson was a fool, and so are we if we believe that we will never fall. Everyone is temptable; everyone has a price. The key is to know how vulnerable we are and always be on the alert. We’re overthrown because we’re unguarded (1 Corinthians 10:12). “What can we do?” we ask.

We can guard our relationship with God. As Proverbs 4:23 says,

Above all else, guard your heart,

for it is the wellspring of life.

There’s a close relationship between human sexuality and human spirituality; the two are inextricably linked. As Charles Williams noted, “Sensuality and sanctity are so closely intertwined that our motives in some cases can hardly be separated until the tares are gathered out of the wheat by heavenly wit.”

Sexual passion is in some inexplicable way a small representation of our more profound, spiritual passion for God. He alone can gratify that desire. So devotion to Christ serves to satisfy our deepest longings and quell our other lusts. But when our love for Christ is on the wane, we get restless for something more, and our resolve in every area begins to weaken.

We can guard our minds against romantic and sexual fantasies. “Our predominant thoughts determine our inevitable actions,” as someone has said. What we think in our hearts is what we eventually do. Most moral failures aren’t blowouts (hardly anyone plans an adulterous affair) but are rather like slow leaks—the result of a thousand small indulgences, the immediate consequences of which are never apparent. The small sins thus prepare us for the Big One. As Alexander Pope remarked,

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,

As to be hated needs to be seen;

Yet seen too often, familiar with her face,

We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

“But,” you ask, “how can we deal with our erotic thoughts?” As Philip Melanchthon learned, “Old Adam is much too strong for young Philip!” I agree. Our fantasies are much too strong to subordinate. Better to rechannel or displace them. Erotic thoughts happen, but they can be controlled. As Luther said, “We cannot keep birds from flying over our heads, but we can keep them from nesting in our hair!” When sexual fantasies intrude into our minds, we have two choices: We can either reinforce them, in which case they will eventually become obsession; or we can sidetrack them into devotion, meditation, and prayer (seePhilippians 4:8).

We men can give ourselves to being one-woman men. That’s protection for both us and our spouses (see Proverbs 5:15–16). As the Wise Man counseled, we should “rejoice in the wife of [our] youth” and “be captivated by her love” (5:18–19). We can work hard at cultivating intimacy in our marriages—maintaining its romance, rekindling its love and passion. Men who get in trouble usually do so because they’ve let their marriages drift, permitting them to become dull and unfriendly. If that’s so, we must woo our wives again, recapture our first love.

All of us—men and women—can watch for infatuations. In his Introduction to the Devout Life, Saint Francis de Sales said, “We must be on guard against deception in friendships, especially when they are contracted between persons of different sexes, no matter what the pretext may be. Satan often tricks those [who] begin with virtuous love. If they are not very prudent, fond love will first be injected, next sensual love, and then carnal love . . . [Satan] does this subtly and tries to introduce impurity by insensible degrees.”

It’s not lust but infatuation that causes our fall. Do we think about one person frequently? Do we look for excuses to be with that individual? Do we look forward to appointments with that one? Do we dress a certain way for him or her? Most erotic relationships begin with that subtle attraction. If we find ourselves drawn to another, we must go no further, not lunch nor travel nor time alone. When required to meet for business, we can do so in the company of others.

We can guard against intimacy with anyone other than our spouses. The secrets of our hearts, our deepest hurts, are reserved for our mates alone. The greatest mistake we can make is to share our inner conflict and marital disappointment with someone of the opposite sex. No other event so radically shifts the nature of a relationship. We suddenly become a lonely person in need of another person’s love.

Occasionally a man will meet a woman who comes after him, as the proverb puts it, dressed for the kill and “with crafty intent” (7:10). And women are endangered by those sexual conquistadors who will tell them anything they want to hear in order to have what they want. We shouldn’t kid ourselves. It’s not because we’re so wonderful that they love us. Such people live to bring others down; they have something to prove to themselves, or they want to see how much we’ll forsake to have them. They’re almost certainly acting out some terrible, inner sickness or playing out some unresolved conflict with the opposite sex. The best course is to stay away from them! It will do us good now and then to ponder well Proverbs 5 and 7.

We can publicize our home life, talk lovingly of our mates, and surround ourselves with mementos and reminders of our marriages—pictures of our families together. It’s good for us, and it’s good for others. It lets them know we cherish our homes.

We can regularly rehearse the consequences of an affair by asking ourselves, “Is it worth throwing away my family and my reputation for this event?”

We gain insight through hindsight, as they say, but foresight is the least expensive way to learn. As Proverbs 5:3–5 warns, though,

the lips of an adulteress drip honey,

and her speech is smoother than oil;

[make no mistake] in the end she is bitter as gall,

sharp as a double-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death;

her steps lead straight to the grave.

Adultery is suicidal; adulterers kill their own souls.

We can find someone who will hold us accountable—a nonjudgmental friend who loves us and who won’t flinch when we’re honest, who will query us with the tough questions and then ask, as Howard Hendricks suggests, “In your answers to any of the above, did you lie?”

And finally we can ask to be guarded by God every moment of the day. We’re never safe. We’re in danger whether young or old, single or married, in the dumps or on a roll. We’ll never be home free until we get Home! Until then, no matter how willing the spirit, the flesh is weak. Jesus warned, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation” (Matthew 26:41).

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Taken from Seeing God, ©2006 by David Roper. Used by permission of Discovery House Publishers, Box 3566 Grand Rapids, MI 49501. All rights reserved.