Di dalam kitab Galatia kita bisa melihat beban Paulus dalam
pelayanannya, yaitu melayankan Kristus. Kristus yang dilayankan kepada
orang-orang bersifat progresif.
Gal 1:16 To reveal His Son in me that I might announce Him as the gospel among the Gentiles
Gal 2:20 but it is Christ who lives in me
Gal 4:19 I travail again in birth until Christ is formed in you,
Pertama adalah Kristus yang diwahyukan didalam kita
(Gal1:16), kemudian Kristus yang diperhidupkan didalam kita (Gal 2:20),
dan pada akhirnya Kristus akan terbentuk didalam kita (Gal 4:19). Ini
adalah fokus dari pelayanan Paulus. Kita bisa memiliki banyak pelayanan,
tetapi jika fokusnya bukan untuk melayankan Kristus, maka pelayanan itu
tidak terhitung.
Kita seperti membangun dengan jerami dan rumput
kering. Semoga Tuhan membuka mata rohani kita, bahwa yang terhitung
dalam pelayanan adalah Kristus yang diwahyukan, Kristus yang
diperhidupkan, dan Kristus yang terbentuk didalam kita dan orang-orang
yang kita layani. Amin!
O Lord, open our spiritual eyes to see this.
further reading: Life-Study of Galatians chapter 23 - W. Lee
"Paul’s
burden was not to carry on a Christian work, but was to minister Christ
to the believers, to labor that Christ might be formed in them (v.
19). It is possible to work for the Lord and to help the saints, without
having the burden to minister Christ to them. We may earnestly work for
Christ without having any burden to see Christ formed in the saints.
Paul was in travail that Christ might be formed in the Galatians. Christ, a living Person, is the focus of Paul’s gospel.
His preaching is to bring forth Christ, the Son of the living God, in
the believers. This differs greatly from the teaching of the law in
letters. Hence, the book of Galatians is emphatically Christ-centered.
Christ was crucified (3:1) to redeem us out of the curse of the law
(3:13) and rescue us out of the evil religious course of the world
(1:4); and He was resurrected from among the dead (1:1) that He might
live in us (2:20). We were baptized into Him, identified with Him, and
have put on Him, have clothed ourselves with Him (3:27). Thus, we are in
Him (3:28) and have become His (3:29; 5:24). On the other hand, He has
been revealed in us (1:16), He is now living in us (2:20), and He will
be formed in us
(4:19). It is to Him the law has conducted us (3:24), and in Him we are
all sons of God (3:26). It is in Him that we inherit God’s promised
blessing and enjoy the all-inclusive Spirit (3:14). It is also in Him
that we are all one (3:28). We should not be deprived of all profit from
Him and so be severed from Him (5:4). We need Him to supply us with His
grace in our spirit (6:18) that we may live Him."
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