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Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Overall, Luke 6 refers to righteousness, the Court of Tabernacle.
In the beginning, God creates perfect man as glorious as Him, according to His image. God puts him in Eden and he lives in happiness.
But human falls into sin, so he loses God's image, glory, holiness, and righteousness.
Consequently, they are cast out to the world, to live in curse and perish.

God is not willing if human perishes. So, He makes efforts to return human to His image, namely righteousness, holiness and glory.

God's effort to return us to His image is called God's upbringing.

There are seven kinds of God’s upbringing as follows:

  1. Luke 6:1-5is about the body is brought up by God to enter in spiritual activity.
  2. Luke 6:12-16 is about the soul is brought up by God that we have spiritual positionin the Kingdom of Heaven.
  3. Luke 6:17-19 is about the spirit is brought up by God that our spiritual is not sickbut healthy until perfect.
  4. Luke 6:6-11is about the deed is brought up by God.
  5. Luke 6:20-26 is about the mind is brought up by God.
  6. Luke 6:27-45is about the heart is brought up by God.
  7. Luke 6:46-49is about life journey is brought up by God.

Ad. 5.
the mind is brought up by God
God brings up our mind that we have the mind of the cross and we will receive the things as follows:

  1. happiness of Heaven that cannot be influenced by anything in this world,
  2. four characteristics of Jesus (as the King, servant, man and Son of God).

Luke 6:24-26

6:24. "But woe to you who are rich, For you have received your consolation.
6:25.
Woe to you who are full, For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, For you shall mourn and weep.
6:26.
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.

There are lots of the son of God who refuse God's upbringing. So, they keep the mind of the flesh and have the characteristic of the flesh as follows:

  1. 'woe to you who are rich'.
    It means wealth for himself, so one is not rich toward God.

    Luke 12:15, 19-21
    12:15. And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of
    covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."
    12:19. 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'
    12:20. "But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
    12:21. "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and
    is not rich toward God."

    Being rich for himself means one is rich, but cannot give, or he has stinginess and greediness.
    Being stingymeans one cannot give.
    Being greedymeans one takes others' right especially God's, namely tithes and special offerings.

    Stinginess and greediness as same as idolatry.
    The miser and the greedy are like one who does not wear cloth and he is naked, so he perishes forever.

  2. 'Woe to you who are full'.
    It means that one just looks for and chases satisfaction in the world.
    If one only looks for satisfaction in the world or deceitful satisfaction of the flesh, he will not appreciate the Word of God (honey).

    Proverbs 27:7
    27:7. A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

    We do not appreciate the Word of God. We are not faithful in ministry, even we do not want to serve God and leave ministry.

    Malachi 3:18, 4:1
    3:18. Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
    4:1. "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes,
    all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the LORD of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch.

    The consequenceis living like stubble, being useless and burned forever.

  3. 'Woe to you who laugh now, For you shall mourn and weep'.
    It means that one laughs in sin which is same as crying in the hell.
    Laughing in the sinmeans sinning willfully without a will to repent.

  4. 'Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets'.
    It means that one becomes haughty because he is praised that he becomes disobedient. Disobedience means not loving God.

If we have four characteristics of the flesh, we live without love and refuse the cross, so we get the harm, curse, and perdition.

The practices of refusing the cross are as follows:

  1. Peter takes Jesus aside in the journey of the cross.
    Matthew 16:21-23
    16:21. From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.
    16:22. Then
    Peter took Him asideand began to rebuke Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!"
    16:23. But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."


    It means that Peter does not want to be shepherded and follow the path of the Chief Shepherd.
    Consequently, he becomes stumbling-block.

    Matthew 18:6

    18:6. "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

    Becoming stumbling-block means hard and irritable heart, stumbling, and being stumbling-block for others.
    The neck of one who becomes stumbling-block is given a millstone.
    It means his life is not beautiful, but laborious, and drowned in the sea. Moreover, he falls into sin of Babylon, namely sin of eating-drinking and marrying-giving in marriage.

    Revelation 18:21
    18:21. Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.


  2. Peter denies God.
    Luke 22:54-57

    22:54. Having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed at a distance.
    22:55. Now when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.
    22:56. And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, "This man was also with Him."
    22:57. But
    he denied Him, saying, "Woman, I do not know Him."

    Titus 1:16

    1:16. They profess to know God, but
    in works they deny Him,being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

    Denying Jesusmeans lying, denying through work and word, and embarrassing God.

  3. Peter is not obedient.
    John 21:3, 7
    21:3. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are going with you also." They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.
    21:7. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for
    he had removed it), and plunged into the sea.

    Peter does not obey the Word of God. Peter is called by God to become the fishers of men, but he returns as a fisherman.
    Consequently, he totally fails, gets naked, lives in curse and perishes forever.

God helps through three times of
questioning from Jesus, namely we have to have perseverance in doing the three kinds of main service.

John 21:15, 17
21:15. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs."
21:17. He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "
Feed My sheep.

In the shepherding, we experience the purification of heart, so we receive the great love of God which is able to change the mind of the flesh to become the one of the cross.

John 21:18-19

21:18. "Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish."
21:19. This He spoke, signifying by what
death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me."

Peter has the mind of the cross and willingness to do anything to glorify God.
If we can surrender to God totally, we can glorify and obey Him.

Hebrews 13:15-16
13:15. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name
13:16. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.


We glorify God too through ministering Him faithfully, earnestly and fervently.

1 Corinthians 6: 20
6:20. For you were bought at a price; therefore
glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

1 Corinthians 7: 23
7:23. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.


If we obey the Word of God, glorify Him and stretch out our hand to Him, He will stretch out His hand to us too. We are in the hand of God which is full of abundant mercy.

The results are as follows:

  1. God’s merciful hand commands the blessing on us.
    Deuteronomy 28:1, 8

    28:1. "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
    28:8. "
    The LORD will command the blessing on youin your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.


  2. God’s merciful hand is able to divide the sea.
    Exodus 14:16, 21

    14:16. "But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
    14:21. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land,
    and the waters were divided.

    God’s merciful hand is able to erase all impossible things in our life.

  3. The hand of God is stretched out to exalt us in due time.
    1 Peter 5: 5-6

    5:5. Likewise you younger people,
    submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."
    5:6. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that
    He may exalt you in due time,

    The hand of God is stretched out to exalt us. Everything become successful and we have successful and beautiful future in due time.
    We are used in the ministry of building the body of Christ. We are purified and changed from carnal men to spiritual ones like Jesus, and we can submit ourselves.

    When Jesus comes a second time, we are changed and purified up to perfected and lifted up on the glorious clouds. We enter the Paradise (a thousand years Kingdom of Peace) until return to New Jerusalem.

God blesses us.

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  • Bible Study Service in Malang, June 16, 2016 (Thursday Evening)
    ... because of having faith. Their lives always glorify God and have the testimony of Jesus. ad. . Sardius stone. The color is red. It refers to the Altar of Burnt Offering or repentance. It means stopping sinning to return to God. ad. . Crystal or the sea of glass. Revelation Before the throne ...
  • General Service in Malang, February 18, 2018 (Sunday Morning)
    ... the perfect body of Christ. They are added with Gentiles and united as one perfect body of Christ. All men in the world are only clay pots or vessels which are fragile through easily being disappointed hopeless and proud broken through easily sinning up to the everlasting perdition. If the clay ...
  • Youth Service in Malang, October 29, 2016 (Saturday Evening)
    ... of the saints for the work of ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ Jesus has to descend into the lower parts of the earth the Hades or die on the cross to do the things as follows Lifting us up from the captivity and curse of sin ...
  • Prayer Service in Malang, July 26, 2011 (Tuesday Evening)
    ... garments. It means that priest servant of God must have holy daily behavior. If we already have holy behavior all our affairs are God's affair. Revelation - . When He opened the third seal I heard the third living creature say Come and see. So I looked and behold a black horse ...
  • General Service in Malang, July 11, 2021 (Sunday Morning)
    ... in the hypocritical ministry are as follows One does neither experience the renewal of life nor bear the fruits. It is the same as experiencing the spiritual dryness. Timothy - . But know this that in the last days perilous times will come . For men will be lovers of ...
  • Bible Study Service in Malang, March 26, 2019 (Tuesday Evening)
    ... the grace of God there will be a hope for the whole family or congregation to be saved. God condemns the fleshly men or the ones who do not have the seal of God on the foreheads or only think and look for the worldly things until they ignore the ...
  • Bible Study Service in Malang, June 08, 2023 (Thursday Evening)
    ... We experience the purification by the fire of Holy Spirit. The Table of Showbread refers to perseverance in committing the Bible Study Service with Holy Communion. We have fellowship with the Son of God in the teaching Word and the sacrifice of Christ Holy Communion . We experience the purification ...
  • Youth Service in Malang, February 04, 2017 (Saturday Evening)
    ... the peak worldly company business in the world et cetera. The atmospheres of the kingdom of heaven are as follows We have spiritual daily bread. In the Tabernacle it refers to the table of showbread. Luke . Give us day by day our daily bread. Hebrews - . of whom we have ...
  • Prayer Service in Malang, July 22, 2021 (Thursday Evening)
    ... become the same as him for being destroyed forever. If our ministry only looks for the physical things we will be influenced by the great signs from the Antichrist up to the fire of disobedience. The disobedience is the same as the cold love. The more one is disobedient the ...
  • Prayer Service in Malang, September 30, 2021 (Thursday Evening)
    ... And I heard the sound of harpists nbsp playing their harps. nbsp They sang as it were a new song nbsp before the throne before the four living creatures and the elders and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the ...

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