The Seed of the Woman: Keeping the Commandments

Ang  Binhi  ng  Babae : Nagsisitupad  ng  mga  Utos
(The Seed of the Woman: Keeping the Commandments)

Day 4- May 03, 2011

CAA Seventh-day Adventist Church

Voice of Youth

Theme: Propesiya Tungo Sa Kaligtasan

(Prophecy Towards Salvation)

Revelation 12:17 (Contemporary English Version)
This made the dragon terribly angry with the woman. So it started a war against the rest of her children. They are the people who obey God and are faithful to what Jesus did and taught.
 

 Bakit  ibinigay  ng Dios  ang  kautusan?
(Why God gave the Law?)

•  Nagpapakita ng pag-ibig ng Dios (Demonstrates God's love)

 Deuteronomy 33:2 (Contemporary English Version)
The LORD came from Mount Sinai.
From Edom, he gave light to his people,
and his glory was shining from Mount Paran.
Thousands of his warriors were with him, and fire
was at his right hand.

Deuteronomy 33:3 (Contemporary English Version)
The LORD loves the tribes of Israel, and he protects his people.
They listen to his words and worship at his feet.

•  Nagpapakilala ng Kasalanan (Identifies Sin)

Romans 3:20 (Contemporary English Version)
God doesn't accept people simply because they obey the Law. No, indeed! All the Law does is to point out our sin.

Romans 7:7 (Contemporary English Version)
Does this mean that the Law is sinful? Certainly not! But if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin is really like. For example, I would not have known what it means to want something that belongs to someone else, unless the Law had told me not to do that.

 Ano  ang  maidudulot sa  atin  ng  pagsunod sa  kautusan?
(What will we get by keeping the law?)

•  Nagbibigay ng kapayapaan (Provides peace)

 Psalm 119:165 (Contemporary English Version)
You give peace of mind to all who love your Law. Nothing can make them fall.

•  Nagbibigay ng kalayaan (Provides Freedom)

Psalm 119:44-45 (Contemporary English Version)
I will keep obeying your Law forever and ever.
I have gained perfect freedom by following your teachings,

• Nagbibigay ng kaligayahan (Gives happiness)

Proverbs 29:18 (Contemporary English Version)
Without guidance from God law and order disappear, but God blesses everyone who obeys his Law.

May  mga  nagsasabi  na hindi  na  natin  kailangan ang  kautusan  dahil tayo  raw  ay  nasa  ilalim na  ng  biyaya.
(There are people telling we do not need the law because they say we are under of grace.)

Romans 6:14 (Contemporary English Version)
Don't let sin keep ruling your lives. You are ruled by God's kindness and not by the Law.

Ngunit  ano  ba  talaga ang  sinasabi  ng Bibliya?
(But what really the Bible says?)

Romans 6:15 (Contemporary English Version)
What does all this mean? Does it mean we are free to sin, because we are ruled by God's wonderful kindness and not by the Law? Certainly not!

Romans 3:31 (Contemporary English Version)
Do we destroy the Law by our faith? Not at all! We make it even more powerful.

Ang  Bibliya  ay  nagsasabi na  kailangan  pa  rin nating  tuparin ang  kautusan!
(The Bible tells we still need to accomplish the law!)

 Makapagliligtas  ba ang  pagtupad  sa kautusan?
(Will keeping the law can save us?)

Ephesians 2:8-9 (Contemporary English Version)
You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own. 9It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about.

 Ano  ang  tawag  ng Biblia sa pananampalatayang walang gawa?
(What the Bible calls about faith without works?)

James 2:26 (Contemporary English Version)
Anyone who doesn't breathe is dead, and faith that doesn't do anything is just as dead!

Ano  ang  tawag sa  pagsalangsang sa  kautusan?
(What do you call about transgression of the law?)

 1 John 3:4 (Contemporary English Version)
Everyone who sins breaks God's law, because sin is the same as breaking God's law.

Ang  pagsunod  sa kautusan  ay  hindi makapagliligtas  sa  atin, ngunit  ang  pagsunod  ang magpapanatili  ng  ating kaligtasan.
(Following the law can not save us, but keeping it will maintain us from being saved.)

Bakit  natin  kailangang tuparin  o  sundin ang  kautusan?
(Why do we need carry out or follow the law?)

 Ecclesiastes 12:13 (Contemporary English Version)
Everything you were taught can be put into a few words: Respect and obey God!This is what life is all about.

 Ano  ang  halimbawang iniwan  ni  Kristo hinggil  sa  kautusan?
(What is the sample Christ left about the law?)

Matthew 5:17 (Contemporary English Version)
Don't suppose that I came to do away with the Law and the Prophets. [a] I did not come to do away with them, but to give them their full meaning.

Footnotes:
Matthew 5:17 the Law and the Prophets: The Jewish Scriptures, that is, the Old Testament.

Ano  ang  hamon  ng Dios  sa  mga nagsisiibig  sa  kanya?
(What is the challenge of God to those who love Him?)

John 14:15 (Contemporary English Version)
Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, you will do as I command.

Ano  ang  pangako  ng Dios  sa  mga  nagsisitupad  sa  Kanyang kautusan?
(What is the promise of God to those who keep His law?)

James 1:25 (Contemporary English Version)
But you must never stop looking at the perfect law that sets you free. God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey, and don't just hear and forget.

Ang  PROPESIYA  ay nagsasabi  na  ang pagsunod  sa  kautusan  ay  ang  pagpapakita  ng  ating  pag-ibig  sa  Dios bilang  kanyang  mga  anak.
(The PROPHECY tells that Following law is showing Our love for God as His children.)

Next Topic:
Ang  Pagtitiyaga ng  mga  Banal
(The Patience of the Saints)

Guest Speaker: Bro. Josaphat Dingcol, Studying Theology at Adventist University of the Philippines and an active layman minister of Bethel Seventh-day Adventist Church.