அன்பான தோழி கோல்டா அவர்களே, தங்களுடைய ஆங்கில பதிவுகளை நீங்கள் மொழி பெயர்த்து பதிக்கும் வேலையையும் நீங்களே செய்யவேண்டும்; இல்லாவிட்டால் அதை நான் செய்வதாலுண்டாகும் பிரச்சினைகளை நீங்கள் சந்திக்கவேண்டியிருக்கும்.
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"And the God of peaceshall bruiseSatanunder your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christbe with you. Amen." (Romans.16:20)
கடுகு விதை பற்றி தேடுகையில் கண்ட ஒரு சுவாரஸ்யமான செய்தி!
இயேசு கிறிஸ்து வாழ்ந்த காலத்தில் அடிமை முறை இருந்தது. ஒருவன் தன் சொந்த மகனை கஷ்ட காலத்தில் அடிமையாக விற்று பின் வசதி வந்தவுடன் மீட்டுக் கொள்வான். இப்படி 3 முறை செய்ய சட்டப்படி அனுமதி உண்டாம். ஆனால், ஒருவன் ஒரு பிள்ளையை சுவிகாராமாக எடுத்து தன் பிள்ளையாக்கிக் கொண்டால், அப்படிப்பட்ட சுவிகாரப் பிள்ளையை அடிமையாக விற்க சட்டம் அனுமதிப்பதில்லையாம். அதாவது சொந்த மகனை கஷ்டத்திற்குட்படுத்தலாம், சுவிகாரப் புத்திரனை அல்ல.
இயேசு கிறிஸ்து பிதாவின் சொந்த குமாரன். நாம் சுவிகாரப் புத்திரர்கள். அவர் அடிமையானர். நாம் சுவிகாரப் பிள்ளைகளாய் மாறி அடிமைப்படாமல் விடுதலையோடு ஜீவிக்கிறோம்!
I want to share with you a story; something that my mother shared with me, that I thought was especially precious.
Apparently, during the Roman days, when Jesus was on earth, someone who had a son could sell his son to be a slave and when the father had more money, he could redeem his son by paying to get him back out of slavery. Then, when hard times came again, he could sell his son another time. When prosperity came yet again, he could buy his son back over. Under the Jewish and Roman laws, or whatever law it was, a man could sell his own son three times and redeem him three times.
This father is typical of the seasons in life. We all have seasons in life, seasons when we have a lot of money and times when we have very little money, especially if you are in business.
My brother is in business and things can change so fast for him. One year he was hundreds of thousands of dollars in credit; and it seems the next year he was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. So it is understandable that in times past, a father might use his son’s freedom as collateral.
Life moves in seasons. So, I can understand a father selling his son three times into slavery. The son would know he was helping his father so, even when it was difficult, he would still be okay being a slave.
In those days, a wealthy man was able to go out and find a homeless guy or someone he liked that did not have any income and he was able to adopt that person and make him his own son. However, the difference between that son and his natural son was that under the laws of the Roman rule, you were never allowed to sell an adopted child as a slave. You were only allowed to sell your own son but not an adopted son or daughter as a slave.
This is the special place we find ourselves in the Kingdom of God. When the Scriptures record that we are adopted sons, we are joint heirs with Jesus, it means we are of this second class of sons—the type that can never be lost or sold back into slavery.
Jesus was given up by the Father for our sins. Jesus was sold for us and for the sins of the world. Jesus was the Father’s own natural son and as a natural son He was allowed to suffer to achieve something for His Father. However as adopted sons of the Father through Jesus Christ, we seem to have more privileges than Jesus.
Do you know how important we are? Do you know how important you are to Jesus? You might be surprised about this: but whether you are a Christian or not, He died for you. If you were not more important than Jesus was, He would not have laid down His life for you. We are precious. Jesus was sent into bondage on this earth by His Father and died a vicious death to redeem us, to bring us back to fellowship with God and now God has adopted us.
