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3. ONENESS IN
CHRIST
Pagiging Isa Kay Cristo
DENIS FORTIN

4. Oneness in Christ Contents 1 Creation and Fall 2 Causes of Disunity
3 “That They May All Be One”
4 The Key to Unity
5 The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
6 Images of Unity
7 When Conflicts Arise
8 Unity in Faith
9 The Most Convincing Proof
10 Unity and Broken Relationships
11 Unity in Worship
12 Church Organization and Unity
13 Final Restoration of Unity
Panglimang liksyon

5. Oneness in Christ
Our Goal
the purpose of this series of Bible study lessons is to provide biblical instruction on the topic of Christian unity for us as Seventh-day Adventists, who, now, as always, face challenges to that unity, and will until the end of time.
Ang Ating Mithiin. Kung ano ang nagawa ng unang iglesya ay isang patuloy na patotoo nang magagawa ng Diyos sa pamamagitan nung magpapakumbaba ng puso sa panalangin, mamumuhay lampas sa indibiduwal na pagkakaiba, at bayaan ang sarili na magamit ng Espiritu para sa karangalan at kaluwalhatian ng Diyos. ¶ Tayong mga tinawagan ng Diyos para tapusin ito [ang pinasimulan ng unang iglesya], ano ang matututunan natin mula sa kanilang kuwento?

6. The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
Oneness in Christ
Lesson 5, November 3
The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
Ang Karanasan ng Pagkakaisa sa Unang Iglesya

7. The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
Key Text
Acts 2:42 nkjv
“and they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
Susing Talata. “Nanatili silang matibay sa turo ng mga apostol at sa pagsasama-sama, sa pagpuputul-putol ng tinapay at sa mga pananalangin” (Gawa 2:42).

8. The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
Initial Words
church unity is the result of a shared spiri-tual experience in Jesus, who is the truth.
The experience of Jesus’ disciples after His ascension to heaven is a testimony to the power of God’s Word, prayer, and common fellowship in creating unity and harmony among believers of widely different backgrounds. That same experience still is possible today.
Panimulang Salita. Ang pagkakaisa ng iglesya ay resulta ng isang kasosyong karanasan kay Jesus, na siyang katotohanan. ¶ Ang karanasan ng mga alagad ni Jesus matapos ang Kanyang pag-akyat sa langit ay isang patotoo sa kapangyarihan ng Salita ng Diyos, panalangin at panlahat na pagsasama-sama sa paglikha ng pagkakaisa at pagkakasundo sa gitna ng mga mananampalataya na may malawak na iba’t ibang pinagmulan. Itong katulad na karanasan ay posible pa rin ngayon.

9. 1. Shared Relationship With Christ (Acts 1:8, 14)
The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
Quick Look
1. Shared Relationship With Christ (Acts 1:8, 14)
2. Shared Relationship In Fellowship (Acts 2:42, 46, 47)
3. Results of Shared Relationship (Acts 2:44, 45)
1. Kabahaging Relasyon Kay Cristo (Gawa 1:8, 14)
2. Kabahaging Relasyon sa Pagsasama-sama (Gawa 2:42, 46, 47)
3. Mga Resulta ng Kabahaging Relasyon (Gawa 2:44, 45)

10. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication....”
The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
1. Shared Relationship With Christ
Acts 1:8, 14 nkjv
“but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication....”
1. Kabahaging Relasyon Kay Cristo. “Ngunit tatanggap kayo ng kapangyarihan pagbaba sa inyo ng Espiritu Santo; at kayo’y magiging mga saksi ko sa Jerusalem, sa buong Judea at Samaria, at hanggang sa kadulu-duluhang bahagi ng lupa. ¶ Sama-samang itinalaga ng lahat ng mga ito ang kanilang sarili para sa pananalangin...” (Gawa 1:8, 14).

11. Shared Relationship With Christ
Days of Preparation
“as the disciples waited for the fulfillment of the promise, they humbled their hearts in true repentance and confessed their unbelief. As they called to remem-brance the words that Christ had spoken to them before His death they unders-tood more fully their meaning. Truths...
were again brought to their minds, and these they repeated to one another.
Mga Araw ng Paghahanda. “Samantalang ang mga alagad ay naghihintay para sa katuparan ng pangako, nagpakumbaba sila sa tunay na pagsisisi at inamin ang kanilang kawalan ng paninilawa. Samantalang inaalaala nila ang mga salita na binigkas ni Cristo sa kanila bago ang Kanyang kamatayan ay mas lubos nilang naunawaan ang kahulugan nito. Ang mga katotohanan...¶ ay muling napaisip sa kanila, at ang mga ito’y kanilang inulit sa isa’t isa.

12. Shared Relationship With Christ
Days of Preparation
As they meditated upon His pure, holy life they felt that no toil would be too hard, no sacrifice too great, if only they could bear witness in their lives to the loveliness of Christ’s character. ...
Putting away all differences, all desire for the supremacy, they came close together in Christian fellowship.” —The Acts of the Apostles 36, 37.
Samantalang pinagbulay-bulay nila ang Kanyang dalisay at banal na buhay ay nadama nila na walang pagpapakapagod ang magiging sobrang hirap, walang pagsasakripisyo ang sobrang malaki, kung sila lamang ay makapagsaksi sa kanilang buhay sa kagandahan ng karakter ni Cristo. ... ¶ Inaalis ang lahat ng pagkakaiba, lahat ng kagustuhan para sa pangingibabaw, naging malapit silang magkakasama sa isang Kristiyanong pagsasama-sama.

13. Shared Relationship With Christ
From Babel to Pentecost
Pentecost was to be a joyous feast, a feast of thanksgiving to the Lord for His bounties. God’s power especially is seen in the miracle of speaking and hearing in diverse tongues.
Jews from all over the Roman Empire who came to Jerusalem for this feast heard the message of Jesus, the Messiah, in their own languages.
Mula Babel tungo sa Pentekostes. Magiging isang masayang kapistahan ang Pentekostes, isang kapistahan ng pasasalamat sa Panginoon para sa Kanyang mga kasaganaan. Ang kapangyarihan ng Diyos ay lalong nakita sa himala ng pagsasalita at pakikinig sa magkakaibang wika. ¶ Ang mga Judio mula sa buong Imperyo ng Roma na dumating sa Jerusalem para sa kapistahang ito ay narinig ang mensahe ni Jesus, ang Mesiyas, sa kanilang sariling lengguwahe.

14. Shared Relationship With Christ
From Babel to Pentecost
In a unique way, Pentecost helps undo the dispersion of the original human family and the formation of ethnic groups, which began at the Tower of Babel. The miracle of grace begins the reunifying of the human family.
The unity of God’s church on a global scale testifies to the nature of His king-dom as restoring what was lost at Babel.
Sa isang bukod-tanging paraan, tumutulong ang Pentekostes na tanggalin ang pangangalat ng orihinal na sambahayan ng tao at ang pagbubuo ng mga etnikong grupo, na nagpasimula sa Tore ng Babel. Ang himala ng biyaya ay nagpapasimula sa muling pagpipisan ng sambahayan ng tao. ¶ Ang pagkakaisa ng iglesya ng Diyos sa isang pandaigdigang antas ay nagpapatutoo sa likas ng Kanyang kaharian bilang nagsasauli ng nawala sa Babel.

15. praising God and having favor with all the people.”
The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
2. Shared Relationship in Fellowship
Acts 2:42, 46, 47 nkjv
“and they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. ... So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, ...
praising God and having favor with all the people.”
2. Kabahaging Relasyon sa Pagsasama-sama. “Nanatili silang matibay sa turo ng mga apostol at sa pagsasama-sama, sa pagpuputul-putol ng tinapay at sa mga pananalangin. ... At araw-araw, habang sila’y magkakasama sa templo, sila’y nagpuputul-putol ng tinapay sa bahay-bahay, ... ¶ na nagpupuri sa Diyos, at nagtatamo ng lugod sa lahat ng tao” (Gawa 2:42, 46, 47).

16. 2. Shared Relationship in Fellowship
Unity of Fellowship
the first activity this community of new believers engaged in was learning the apostles’ teaching.
They likely heard about Jesus’ life and ministry; His teachings, parables, and sermons; and His miracles, all explained as the fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures in the writings of the prophets.
Pagkakaisa ng Pagsasama-sama. Ang unang gawaing pinasok nitong komunidad ng mga bagong mananampalataya ay ang matutunan ang mga turo ng mga apostol. ¶ Malamang na narinig nila ang buhay at ministri ni Jesus; ang Kanyang mga turo, talinghaga, at sermon, at Kanyang mga himala, lahat ipinaliwanag bilang ang katuparan ng mga Kasulatang Hebreo sa mga sulat ng mga propeta.

17. 2. Shared Relationship in Fellowship
Unity of Fellowship
They also spent time in prayer and the breaking of bread. They shared an intimate life. They ate and prayed together. Prayer is a vital element of a community of faith, and it is essential to spiritual growth. This new community spent time in worship.
This steadfast fellowship generated good relationships with others in Jerusalem.
Ginugol din nila ang panahon sa pananalangin at paghahati ng tinapay. Kabahagi sila nang napakapersonal na buhay. Magkakasama silang kumain at nanalangin. Ang panalangin ay isang mahalagang elemento ng isang komunidad ng pananampalataya, at ito’y mahalaga sa espirituwal na paglago. Itong bagong komunidad ay ginugol ang panahon sa pagsamba. ¶ Itong matibay na pagsasama-sama ay nagbunga nang mabuting relasyon sa iba sa Jerusalem.

18. The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
3. Results of Shared Relationship
Acts 2:44, 45 nkjv
“now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.”
3. Mga Resulta ng Kabahaging Relasyon. “At ang lahat ng mga mananampalataya ay magkakasama at ang kanilang ari-arian ay para sa lahat. Ipinagbili nila ang kanilang mga ari-arian at mga kayamanan at ipinamahagi sa lahat, ayon sa pangangailangan ng bawat isa” (Gawa 2:44, 45).

19. 3. Results of Shared Relationship
Generosity and Greed
one of the natural outgrowths of the fellowship experienced by Jesus’ followers soon after Pentecost was their mutual support of each other.
This sharing of common goods is not a requirement, but a voluntary out-growth of their love for each other in the fellowship they experience. It also is a concrete expression of their unity.
Pagiging Mapagbigay at Kasakiman. Isa sa natural na resulta ng pagsasama-sama na naranasan ng mga tagasunod ni Jesus pagkatapos-na-pagkatapos ng Pentekostes ay ang kanilang magkaisang suporta sa isa’t isa. ¶ Itong pagbabahagi ng panlahat na ari-arian ay hindi isang utos, kundi isang kusang resulta ng kanilang pag-ibig sa isa’t isa sa pagsasama-samang naranasan nila. Ito rin ay isang tunay na pagpapahayag ng kanilang pagkakaisa.

20. 3. Results of Shared Relationship
Generosity and Greed
It is in this context that Barnabas is introduced for the first time. He appears to be a wealthy person who owned land. Having sold his property for the benefit of the community, he brought the money to the apostles (Acts 4:36, 37).
He serves as a positive example of the early church’s spirit of fellowship.
Sa kontekstong ito unang ipinakilala si Bernabe. Lumilitawa na isa siyang mayaman na nagmamay-ari ng lupa. Naipagbili ang kanyang ari-arian para sa pakinabang ng komunidad, dinala niya ang pera sa mga apostol (Gawa 4:36, 37). ¶ Gumaganap siya bilang isang positibong halimbawa ng espiritu ng pagsasama-sama ng unang iglesya.

21. 3. Results of Shared Relationship
Generosity and Greed
Ananias and Sapphira are the opposite. Besides their sin of outright lying to the Holy Spirit, these people also displayed greed and covetousness.
Perhaps no sin can destroy fellowship and brotherly love faster than selfishness and greed.
Kataliwas sina Ananias at Safira. Bukod sa kanilang kasalanan nang tuwirang pagsisinungaling sa Banal na Espirirtu, ang mga taong ito’y nagpakita rin ng kasakiman at pagiging mapag-imbot. ¶ Marahil walang kasalanang mas matuling makakasira ng pagsasama-sama at pangkapatid na pag-ibig kaysa pagkamakasarili at kasakiman.

22. It becomes visible only when manifested in selfish actions.
3. Results of Shared Relationship
Generosity and Greed
Covetousness, and its companion selfishness, is not a visible sin but a condition of sinful human nature.
It becomes visible only when manifested in selfish actions.
In a sense the last commandment reveals the root of the evil manifested in the actions condemned by all the other commandments.
Ang pagiging mapag-imbot, at ang kasama nitong pagiging makasarili, ay hindi isang nakikitang kasalanan kundi isang kondisyon ng makasalanang likas ng tao. ¶ Ito’y makikita lamang kapag lumilitaw sa makasariling kilos. ¶ Sa isang kaisipan ang huling utos ay inililitaw ang ugat ng masama na ipinakikita sa mga kilos na binatikos ng lahat ng ibang utos.

23. 3. Results of Shared Relationship
Remember the Poor
The sharing of one’s resources was often a tangible expression of unity in the early church. This sharing also strengthens that unity.
Not only did they understand their mission to preach the gospel to all nations, but they also realized that they had a responsibility of love and care toward each other.
Alalahanin ang Maralita. Ang pagbabahagi ng pinagkukunan mo ay madalas na isang nakikitang pagpapahayag ng pagkakaisa sa unang iglesya. Itong pagbabahagi ang nagpapalakas din sa pagkakaisang ‘yon. ¶ Hindi lamang naunawaan nila ang kanilang misyon na ipangaral ang ebanghelyo sa lahat ng bansa, kundi natanto rin nila na mayroon silang responsibilidad ng pag-ibig at pagkalinga sa isa’t isa.

24. The Experience of Unity in the Early Church
Final Words
“money, time, influence—all the gifts they have received from God’s hand, they will value only as a means of advancing the work of the gospel. ...
[W]hen...the members...are willing to make sacrifices in order that their fellow men may hear the gospel, the truths proclaimed will have a powerful influence....”—The Acts of the Apostles 70, 71.
Huling Pananalita. “Ang pera, panahon, impluwensya—lahat ng mga kaloob na tinanggap nila mula sa kamay ng Diyos ay pahahalagahan lamang nila bilang isang paraan ng pagpapasulong ng gawain ng ebanghelyo. ... ¶ Kapag...ang mga kaanib...ay handang magsakripisyo upang ang kanilang kapwa ay maaaaring marinig ang ebanghelyo, ang mga katotohanang naipahayag ay magkakaroon ng makapangyarihang impluwensya....”—The Acts of the Apostles 70, 71.