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Introduction: Fasting and Satisying the Longing of Our Souls
Last Sunday, I talked about forsaking sin, that is repentance, as we daily turn away from sin.
But fasting is also a kind of repentance, as we see to turn away from good things, even God’s gifts, that hinder our full devotion to him.
“The greatest adversary of love to God is not his enemies but his gifts.
And the most deadly appetites are not for the poison of evil, but for the simple pleasures of earth.
For when these replace an appetite for God himself, the idolatry is scarcely recognizable, and almost incurable.”
John Piper
Three dimensions of fasting
Inward
Inward, war inside our hearts, competing for our hunger for God.
Turning away from idols.
Session 1.
“More than any other discipline, fasting reveals the things that control us.
This is a wonderful benefit to the true disciple who longs to be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ.
We cover up what is inside of us with food and other things.”
Richard Foster
Upward
Devotion to God, worship.
Fasting serves worship.
Session 2.
“Therefore bread was created for the glory of Christ.
Hunger and thirst were created for the glory of Christ.
And fasting was created for the glory of Christ.
Which means that bread magnifies Christ in two ways: by being eaten with gratitude for his goodness, and by being forfeited out of hunger for God himself.”
John Piper
Outward
Fasting for the sake of ministry, of mission, of witnessing to the nations.
Session 3.
Isa 58:5-7 “Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?”
The mission of Jesus (4:1-4)
The necessity
Galing si Jesus sa Judea at babalik siya sa Galilea (v.
3), dito yung ministry base niya kasi marami ditong Gentiles, not just Jews.
Verse 4, “And he had to pass through Samaria.”
Kailangan.
Nahahati na kasi noon sa limang probinsiya ang bansa nila.
At itong Samaria nasa pagitan ng Judea at Galilea.
Kailangan niyang dumaan doon kasi mas maikli ang daan at mas maginhawa ang biyahe.
Posible.
Pero kung alam n’yo kung sino ang mga nakatira sa Samaria, maiintindihan ninyong karaniwan sa mga purong Judio iniiwasan ang mga tao doon.
Bakit?
Kasi itong mga Samaritans, mixed ang lahi nila.
Sa panahon noon na sinakop ng Assyria ang Israel, nagpadala sila ng mga tao doon to intermarry with them.
Kaya nagkahalu-halo na ang lahi nila.
So they were not treated equally ng mga pure-blooded Jews.
Meron na rin silang ibang version ng Scripture, may sariling temple, separate from Jewish people.
Kaya ‘yan ang explanation sa v. 9, “For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.”)
Ang pakikipag-usap ni Jesus sa isang Samaritan (kasama na yung kwento niya about The Good Samaritan) ay disorienting sa mga Judio.
The difficulty
The passion needed in our mission.
Bakit kailangang pumunta si Jesus sa lugar na yan?
Kasi sila rin kailangang makakilala at sumunod kay Jesus.
Jesus felt a divine necessity to go there.
It is not optional for him.
Kahit counter-cultural, kahit magbreak ng tradition, kahit ano ang sabihin ng ibang tao.
That is why our gospel ambition is to plant churches everywhere, here and there, sa sarili nating lugar hanggang sa ibang mga lahi.
At ‘yan din ang sinabi ni Jesus sa mga disciples niya, “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
Planting gospel-centered church-planting churches and making gospel-centered disciple-making disciples are not optional in our mission.
It is a divine necessity.
The difficulty of our mission.
Kailangan, pero mahirap.
The issue is not money, the issue is not lack of resources or lack of training or lack of education.
Hindi kasi natin nakikita ang mga tao tulad ng pagtingin ni Jesus sa kanila.
There is still something in our heart na hindi napepenetrate ng gospel.
Meron pa sa puso natin na di tulad ng puso ni Jesus.
That is why we object to this mission, that is why we make excuses, that is why we don’t do everything na kailangang gawin to see its reality.
Kung meron sana tayo ng awa at habag na meron sa puso ni Jesus na kitang-kita sa kuwentong ito.
The compassion of Jesus (4:5-9)
The full humanity of Jesus (4:5-6, 8)
Pagod sila sa paglalakbay.
Wala naman silang kotse noon.
Wala namang stopover sa NLEX.
Pagod din si Jesus.
Tanghali na.
Gutom na.
Kaya yung mga disciples niya naghanap muna ng Jollibee o 7-11 para makabili ng pagkain.
A simple detail sa story, but reminding us that our Lord Jesus is fully human.
Siya ay Diyos na nagkatawang-tao.
Ang missionary journey niya not just from Judea to Samaria, but from Heaven to Earth, para abutin ang tao na hindi nakaabot at hindi makaaabot sa Diyos.
Tulad nating mga tao, napapagod siya, nagugutom, nauuhaw, nahihirapan.
He came to identify with our needs and our pains.
So, nagpaiwan siya, naupo sa tabi ng isang balon.
Uhaw na uhaw, and he has every reason to just think about his own needs at hindi na isipin ang pangangailangan ng iba.
But he came not to be served but to serve.
The intentionality of Jesus (4:7)
Merong isang babae, taga-Samaria, dumating para umigib ng tubig sa balon.
Sabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Pwede bang makiinom?”
Ordinaryong araw, ordinaryong conversation, but soon will turn into something extraordinary.
It is amazing kung paanong ang tubig, o pagkain, o kape, o sports, o bagong kotse, o hospital visit, o Facebook chat, can turn into great opportunities for gospel conversations.
Lalo na kung ang action natin (not just the words we say) will communicate extraordinary love, na ipagtataka ng mga tao kung bakit natin ginagawa, lalo pa’t di naman natin sila kaanu-ano.
Tulad ng babaeng ito.
Breaking barriers (4:9)
Nagtaka siya, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” Jesus has broken three barriers sa pakikipag-usap sa babaeng ito.
First, cultural or racial barrier.
Ang tingin ng mga Judio sa mga Samaritans ay hindi kabababayan.
Merong alitan, merong neglect on their part to reach out to them.
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