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Barabbas or Jesus ? Pilate asked them,For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. `Barabbas` they answered. This is what had happened in the governor house more than a thousand years ago and happen today here in our everyday life. Thousand of years ago ‘Barabbas’ they chooses and executed Jesus.Today,what should we choose and executed “Barabbas or Jesus…?. Thousand years ago there is the Nicean creeds,a great Constantine empire(Christian empire) in which symbolic shadow we stand today(can be claim), then the crusader follows,all came as a joyous daybreak for the Christian to end the long night of their captivity.
But thousand years later,we still asked for Barabbas and executed Jesus. We still choose to ignore Jesus and dwell in this worldly pleasure-drinks alcohol (wine - beer) partying, and neglected to serve Him.We still buy new Mobile hand-set model,TV set or new clothes instead of paying the tithes. I really wonder how our Church(ZCF) survives with that 28 tithes out of it`s 400 members. Really God works…
The Bible offers several very clear perspectives on the subjects of tithes. It explicitly demands to give to God what is God’s (Mat 22:21) and issue a straight forward command : “Bring the whole tithes into the storehouse..”(Malachi 3:10). God asked us “Will a man rob God..? and said, “yet you rob me,and ask, `How do we rob you ?..” In tithes and offerings (Malachi 3:8). And put a great challenges before us `Test me in this`. Yet we may have say, `Why should I give when I can`t even satisfies my self and families..? It is because He paid the price on Good Friday.
“Eloi,eloi lama sabachthani” more than a thousand years ago the son of God cried this painful words in the cross at Golgotha. His mother beneath Him with tears in her eyes looking at her suffering son the Lord,`chimo beidong gimthua a kap` and waiting for her son “siding a laitat”. He paid the price in the most difficult ways and He still bears the burden of humanity,so that we are save and serves him.
In our everyday life,we are making decision and choices.Some as small as they seem,are final,irreversible,and we choose and seal our destiny. Coices that are Barabbas bring trouble,confusion and stress.Right choices bring peace,victory and fullfilment. Remember,there is a price in every decision you make. So, today we are asked that same question “Barabbas or Jesus..?
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