Devotional (21st November 2020)
Topic (16th – 22nd November 2020) – “Ka Jinglong kawei” (Unity)
“Ia kata ka burom ruh kaba Me la ai ha Nga, Nga Nga la ai ha ki: ba kin ioh ialong shitylli, kumjuh kumba Ngi Ngi ialong shitylli;” (Ioannis 17:22)
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Uwei u reformer uba na England, U Hugh Latimer u ong, “We ought never to regard unity so much that we would or should forsake God’s Word for her sake.” (Ngim dei ban kheinkor palat pud ia ka jingiatylli haduh ba ngin iaid lait ia Ka Ktien ka jong U Blei na ka bynta jong ka). U Latimer udei u briew uba mad ia ki jingeh ha ka por ka reformation ha ri England bad la ngeit ba ula shah thangim ha ka por jong ka syiem Mary, U Latimer u long u briew uba kloi ban shah ia ki jingeh ban ia kaba u pyndem ia ka jingshisha jong ka Gospel.
Kine ki kyntien jong U Latimer kim mut ba u long pyrshah ia ka jingialong kawei, hynrei u kren pyrshah ia ka jinglong kawei tang ban shu pynpaw ne pyni sha ka pyrthei u kren pyrshah ia ka visible unity. Hooid kiba bun hi ki la ju ong ba ka jingeh jong ka Balang ka long ba kam lah ban pynpaw ia ka jingialong kawei sha ka pyrthei, hynrei kaba U Latimer u kwah ban iohi kam dei kata ka jingiatylli kaba ngi hap ban compromise ia ki jingshisha jong Ka Ktien ka jong U Blei, U Latimer u ong shuh shuh ba haba U Jisu U kren ia ka jingiatylli ha ka Gospel U Ioannis 17 khamtam ha ka dkhot kaba 22 (Ioannis 17:22), u kren ia ka jingiatylli kaba kynja mynsiem (Spiritual Unity). Ka dei ia ka jingiatylli ha kaba kynja mynsiem kaba U Jisu U kwah eh ia ngi kiba ngeit, ym ba ngin shu pynpaw sha ka pyrthei ba ngi iatylli tang ha kiei kiei kiba paw shabar. U Robert Lewis Dabney uba dei u theologian na America haba u kren ia ka jingmut bad ia ka jingsngewkhia ka jong U Jisu ha ka jingduwai ka jong U haka Gospel U Ioannis 17, u ong, “Our Lord’s concern, is for spiritual unity.” (Ka jingsngewkhia ka jong U Trai jong ngi ka dei shaphang ka jingialong kawei ha ka mynsiem). U ong shuh shuh, “The demand for visible unity is not only quite foreign to the text, it is an enormous blunder” (ka jingdawa ia ka jingiatylli kaba paw ym dei tang ba kam don jingiasnoh bad kane ka text, kadei ruh ka jinglehbieit ba palat pud). U Dabney u kham kren ia ka jingiatylli kaba ha ryngkat bad ka jingshisha katkum ka ktien ka jong U Blei ym kaba ngin pyndem ia ka jingshisha jong ka ktien U Blei tang ba ngi kwah ban wanrah ia ka jingiatylli ka ban pynpaw pyrthei. U Francis Bacon, uba long u riewpyrkhat (Philosopher) uba na England u ong, “Unity that is formed on expedience is, in reality, grounded upon an implicit ignorance. As everyone knows, all colors will look the same in the dark.” (Ka jingiatylli kaba la pynwan ha ka jingthmu barieh, ha ka jingshisha, la seng nongrim ha ka jingbieit ba arsap. Kumba baroh ngi tip, baroh ki rong ki long kumjuh ha kaba dum). U kren hangne ia ka jingiatylli ne ka jingpyrshang ka jong ngi ban ialong kawei tang ban shu pynpaw ia ka pyrthei ba ngi iatylli, katba kam dei pat ka jingiatylli kaba mih na ka jinglong mynsiem kaba shisha ka jong ngi. Ka jingiatylli ne ka jingialong kawei kaba shisha ka dei ka jingialong kawei ha kaba kynja mynsiem.
Jingduwai: - “Ah U Blei, ngi phai bad ngi kyrpad na Me ba Men ai ha ngi ia ka jingialong kawei kaba shisha ha ka balang ka jong Me kaba long ka Met ka jong U Khrist, ai ia ka jingialong kawei ha kaba kynja mynsiem ka jong ngi.” Amen
U Blei Un kyrkhu, Pastor Bidonbok Syiem.
