Unyon

Unyon

Ginawa ka ng Diyos upang makalahok ka sa nag-uumapaw na pag-ibig at buhay na matatagpuan sa loob ng Panguluhang Diyos. Nilikha ka upang mahalin at mahalin at ibahagi ang kanyang banal na buhay sa espirituwal na pagkakaisa.

Manmade religion says you have to work hard before you can draw near to God and if you sin he will cast you aside, but the gospel of grace declares that you are one with the Lord, you are as holy and righteous as he is and your future is eternally secure. Our union with the Lord is intimate, unbreakable and the means by which we experience the abundant life that flows from the fullness of his love.

Pagkakaisa sa Bibliya

Ang salitang pagkakaisa ay hindi lumilitaw sa maraming Ingles na Bibliya, ngunit ang ating pagkakaisa sa Panginoon ay binanggit nang daan-daang beses sa banal na kasulatan. Ito ay matatagpuan sa mga pariralang tulad ng “Ang Diyos ay kasama natin,” “Si Kristo ay nasa iyo,” “kay Kristo,” “kasama ni Kristo,” “kasama niya,” at “nasa kanya” (tingnan ang pagpasok for Matt. 1:23). It’s in numerous promises (“I am with you always”) and word pictures (“I am the vine, you are the branches”). And union is implied in the word fellowship.

Ang salitang karaniwang isinasalin bilang pakikisama (koinonia, 2842) ay literal na nangangahulugan ng partnership, komunidad (o common unity) o communion (o common union). Koinonia ay hindi isang pandiwa sa kahulugan ng pagkakaroon ng pakikisama pagkatapos ng simbahan. Ito ay isang pangngalan na naglalarawan sa karaniwang pagkakaisa ng mga mananampalataya sa isa't isa at sa Panginoon.

Union is more than relationship for it describes the mystical connection that all believers share with God the Father (Eph. 2:18, 1 John 1:2-3, 2:15), God the Son (1 Cor. 1:9, 10:16), and God the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14, Php. 2:1, 1 John 4:13). Our union also joins us to the church or the body of Christ (1 John 1:7). Koinonia-fellowship is about living fully out of our connection with Christ and his body with our hearts “knit together in love” (Col. 2:2).

Mga larawan ng unyon

Spiritual union is such an alien concept to the natural mind that the Bible provides us with pictures to help us grasp it. In the New Testament, our union with the Lord is portrayed as a vine and its branches (John 15:5), a building or temple (see pagpasok for 2 Cor. 6:16), a treasure in a jar of clay (2 Cor. 4:7), a new man (Eph. 2:15), a marriage (2 Cor. 11:2, Eph. 5:24-25, Rev. 19:7, 21:9, 22:17), a city (Heb. 11:10, 12:22, 13:14, Rev 3:12, 21:2), and a family or household (Matt. 12:50, Mark 3:35, John 11:52, 2 Cor. 6:18, Eph. 2:19, Gal. 3:26, 6:10, 1 Pet. 4:17). The union metaphor which appears most often in the New Testament is that of the body of Christ of which every believer is a member (see pagpasok for 1 Cor. 12:27; see also Rom. 12:4, 5, 1 Cor. 6:15, 10:17, 12:12-18, 22-25 , Eph. 3:6, 4:4, 4:15-16, 5:23, 30, Col 1:18, 2:19, 3:15).

One thing these pictures have in common is the theme of total dependence. A branch is nothing without the vine, and a toe cannot exist without the body. Our union reminds us that we are totally dependent on the Lord. He is the source of our life (Gal. 2:20, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:4). Apart from him we can do nothing, but in him we truly live and move and have our being.

Mga salita ng unyon

Ang ilang mga parirala sa banal na kasulatan ay tumutukoy sa ating pagkakaisa sa Panginoon. Kabilang dito ang; kay Kristo Hesus, kasama ni Kristo, kasama niya, at sa kanya.

Kay Kristo Hesus: Buhay tayo sa Diyos at may buhay na walang hanggan kay Kristo Hesus (Rom. 6:11, 23). The grace and kindness of God are found kay Kristo Hesus (1 Cor. 1:4, Eph. 2:7) and his forgiveness is found kay Kristo Hesus (Eph. 4:32). There is no condemnation for those who are kay Kristo Hesus (Rom. 8:1), we are justified kay Kristo (Gal. 2:17), and our salvation is kay Kristo Hesus (2 Tim. 2:10). Nothing can separate us from the love of God that is kay Kristo Hesus (Rom. 8:39). We have freedom and are sanctified kay Kristo Hesus (1 Cor. 1:2, Gal. 2:4). We are seated in heavenly places kay Kristo Hesus (Eph. 2:6). The peace, faith and love of God are found kay Kristo Hesus (Php. 4:7, 1 Tim. 1:14). kay Kristo we are brand new creatures (2 Cor. 5:17). We are complete kay Kristo (Col. 1:28) and blessed with every blessing kay Kristo (Eph. 1:3). All the glory goes to God. It is because of him that you are kay Kristo Hesus (1 Cor. 1:30).

Kasama ni Kristo: Ang mananampalataya ay ipinako sa krus kasama ni Kristo (Rom. 6:8, Gal. 2:20, Col. 2:20, 3:3), been raised and made alive kasama ni Kristo (Rom. 6:8, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:1), is a co-heir kasama ni Kristo (Rom. 8:17), clothed kasama ni Kristo (Gal. 3:27), and hidden kasama ni Kristo in God (Col. 3:3).

Kasama siya: Ang mananampalataya ay ipinako sa krus Kasama siya, inilibing Kasama siya, itinaas Kasama siya para mabuhay Kasama siya at maghari Kasama siya (Rom. 6:4-8, 2 Cor. 13:4, Eph. 2:6, Col. 2:12-13, 2 Tim. 2:11-12).

Sa kanya: Nang maniwala ka sa mabuting balita tungkol kay Hesus, ikaw ay tinatakan Sa kanya (Eph. 1:13). All the blessings of heaven are found Sa kanya (Eph. 1:3), and Sa kanya we have redemption, forgiveness, and righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21, Eph. 1:7). All the promises of God are yes Sa kanya (2 Cor. 1:20), and Sa kanya you have been made complete (Col. 2:10). Sa kanya we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).

Ang pangako ng unyon

Jesus prayed for his disciples “that they may be one as we are one” (John 17:11). Then he prayed for those who would come after them, “that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you” (John 17:21). Jesus’ prayer is answered whenever someone turns to the Lord in faith and is sealed in him by the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13). Once upon a time, you were apart from the Lord and lacking the Spirit of God (Rom. 8:9, 1 Cor. 2:14-15). But the moment you responded in faith to the gospel, you were placed in Christ and you received the Holy Spirit. “God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus” (1 Cor. 1:30, GNB).

The believer has been crucified with Christ (Rom. 6:8, Gal. 2:20, Col. 2:20, 3:3, 2 Tim. 2:11), raised and made alive with Christ (Rom. 6:8, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:1), is a joint heir with Christ (Rom. 8:17), is clothed with Christ (Gal. 3:27), and now reigns with Christ (Eph. 2:6, 2 Tim. 2:12). Truly the believer is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3).

There are no stages to union with Christ; you are either in Christ or you need to be. The Christian life is not about trying to get closer to the Lord, but learning to walk in the union we already have. “As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to him” (Col. 2:6, AMP). We are able to walk with the Lord when we know our union is intimate, unbreakable, and blessed.

Isang matalik na pagsasama

Union with Christ is the number one reason why we have it better than those who lived before the cross. Back then they wrote love songs about yearning and absence. “I opened to my beloved, but my beloved was gone” (Song 5:6) “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul pants for you, O God” (Ps. 42:1). “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life” (Ps. 27:4). But the good news of union declares that you ay the house of the Lord (2 Cor. 6:16, Heb. 3:6). You can dwell in the house of the Lord as long as you like. In fact, it’s going to be quite impossible for you to dwell anywhere else.

“I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you” (John 14:20). You are in Christ and he is in you. One with the Lord, you are as close as you ever will be. If you don’t feel close, renew your mind and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth of God’s word to you. Intimacy is not something we ever need long for. (He is already with us.) We don’t have to beg God to rend the heavens and come down. (He already did.) And we never have to fear that he might abandon us as orphans. (He promised he wouldn’t.) The good news declares that now and forever more, you are in intimate union with the Lord (Eph. 2:13).

Isang unbreakable union

“Surely I am with you always” (Matt. 28:20). Jesus said the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit abide or make their home with us (John 14:16–17, 23). You are not a motel room for the Lord. You are the temple of the Holy Spirit and he will never leave you (Heb. 13:5).

“The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with him” (1 Cor. 6:17). The original word for joins (Kamusta, G2853) ay nangangahulugan ng pagdikit o pagsemento. Ikaw ay pinagtibay sa Panginoon ng Banal na Espiritu. Nakadikit ka sa kanya for good.

“We have become united with him” (Rom. 6:5). The original word for united (sumhutos, 4854) ay nangangahulugang itinanim nang sama-sama. Ito ay tungkol lamang sa pinakamalakas na salita para sa unyon na posibleng maisip mo. Nangangahulugan ito na "ipinanganak kasama ng" o "magkasamang pinagmulan." Ang pinakamalapit na salitang Ingles ay connate na ang ibig sabihin ay mga indibidwal na bahagi na nagkakaisa upang bumuo ng isang solong kabuuan. Ang pinakamagandang ilustrasyon ng isang magkakaugnay na unyon ay ang ibinigay sa atin ni Jesus—isang baging at isang sanga, dalawang bahagi na pinagsama upang maging isang hindi mahahati na kabuuan. Ang mga baging at mga sanga ay hindi mauunawaan nang hiwalay. Ang baging na walang mga sanga ay hindi isang puno ng ubas, at ang isang sanga na hindi bahagi ng isang baging ay hindi isang sanga.

What does this connate or unbreakable union mean for us? One with the Lord, we are as holy and righteous as he is (1 Cor. 1:30). His future is our future and in him we are eternally secure. Since Christ cannot deny or disown himself, Christ cannot disown you (2 Tim. 2:13).

Isang pinagpalang unyon

Paul prayed that we would have “a deeper understanding of every blessing which we have in our life in union with Christ” (Phm. 1:6, GNB). There are many blessings which come to us through our union in Christ. These blessings include: love (Rom. 8:39, 1 Tim. 1:14, 1 John 3:17), forgiveness (Eph. 1:7, 4:32), reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:19), salvation (Eph. 1:13, 2 Tim. 2:10), the gift of no condemnation (Rom. 8:1), freedom (Gal. 2:4), eternal life (Rom. 6:23, 2 Tim: 1:1, 1 John 3:15, 5:20), peace (Php. 4:7), sanctification (1 Cor. 1:2, 30, Php. 1:1, 4:21, 2 Tim. 1:9), righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30, 2 Cor. 5:21, Php. 3:9), authority (Eph. 2:6), new life (Eph. 2:5), an inheritance (Eph. 1:10-11), strength (Eph. 6:10), and provision (Php. 4:19. Indeed, every blessing is ours in Christ (Eph. 1:3). In him we are complete (Col. 2:10). Truly we are “privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God” (1 Cor. 3:23, MSG).

C.S. Lewis once said that grace separates Christianity from every other religion. The grace of God is certainly special, but it is hardly the only thing that makes Christianity unique. How about union? No other religion dares to propose the intimacy, fruitfulness, and security that flow from our union with the Lord. “In union with Christ you have become rich in all things…” (1 Cor. 1:5, GNB).

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