PRAY FOR THE NATION

Indonesia:

Kamis lalu (2/12) Ketua Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) Jusuf Kalla (JK) dengan tegas telah menginstruksikan dan menjamin anggotanya juga kepada masyarakat Kristen Mentawai untuk segera membangun hunian sementara sebelum Natal tiba (Baca : JK Instruksikan Bangun Hunian Sementara Untuk Rayakan Natal). Apa mau dibilang, kenyataan berbicara beda dilapangan.

Pembangunan hunian itu belum dikerjakan hingga Minggu (5/12). Penyebabnya apalagi kalu bukan terbentur birokrasi pemerintahan.

Hal itu diakui Koordinator Lapangan Posko Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) Cabang Mentawai Zul Hendri.

Walau begitu, Zul menegaskan PMI masih melanjutkan penjajakan dengan pemerintah daerah. Zul berharap pemerintah memberikan tanggapan positif agar korban dapat kembali hidup normal.

Semoga saja Presiden peduli dan langsung memerintahkan pembangunan hunian sementara dengan tujuan agar rakyatnya dapat menjalankan dan merayakan hari besar keagamaannya secara kondusif.










FATHER

(Bible Study)

Chaldaic 'abba'. Christ's endearing filial mode of addressing God; so believers (Mark 14:36; Rom 8:15); from 'aabah, "to show kindness." God's fatherhood is the ground and pattern for human fatherhood. Abraham was "father of nations," both by natural descent from him and by spiritual fellowship in his faith (Gen 18:18-19; Rom 4:17). The godly father's blessing brought great good, his curse great evil (Gen 9:25-27); the undutifulness of Ham entailing a curse on his race, the dutifulness of Shem and Japhet a blessing on their races (Gen 27:27-40; 48:15-20; 49). The fifth commandment, "honor thy father and mother," is the first with special promise (Eph 6:2). Love descends rather than ascends; hence this commandment is more needed than one concerning parents' duties to children, but this is added (Eph 6:4; Col 3:21). Dishonoring parents is one of the worst sins (Ex 21:15-17; 1 Tim 1:9; Mal 1:6; Isa 45:10). Still the parent was not to inflict death, but to bring the refractory child before the city elders in the gate or place of justice (Deut 21:18-21).

Any ancestor is called "father" or "mother" (Isa 51:2; Jer 35:16-18, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab, a striking instance of the blessing on obedience to parents; Dan 5:2; 2 Chron 15:16 margin).

"Father" is used also for protector, patron (Job 29:16; Ps 68:5; Deut 32:6). "Fathers" mean elders (Acts 7:2; 22:1). The pupils of a spiritual master are called "sons" (2 Kings 2:3; 4:1). "Father" expresses one worshipped or reverenced (Jer 2:27; 2 Kings 2:12; 5:13; 6:21). The inventor of any art is called "father" of it or of its practicers (Gen 4:20-21; John 8:44; Job 38:28; 17:14). So the source (2 Cor 1:3) or instrument of spiritual blessings, as "mercy," regeneration. 1 Cor 4:15: "though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel."

The father's great duty was to teach God's laws continually to his children; "speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up ... that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children ... as the days of heaven upon the earth" (Deut 11:18-21).
(from Fausset's Bible Dictionary, Electronic Database Copyright (c)1998 by Biblesoft)

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