Pari - pag tawag ng AMA?

BATO NG IBANG SEKTA:
"Call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven" (Matt. 23:9).

UNA BROD, DAPAT ALAM MO ANG FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE MARAMING METAPHOR SA BIBLE NA HINDI WORD FOR WORD INIINTINDI,.. AT ISA NA IYAN "CALL NO MAN "FATHER" ..

HINDI LITERAL ANG PAGKAKASABI NA "HUWAG KA TATAWAG NG AMA" .. ANG IBIGSABIHIN NI KRISTO HESUS "HUWAG KA TATAWAG NG DIYOS DIYOSAN" WAG KA TATAWAG NG IBANG "YAHWEH" KAYA SINABING WAG KA TATAWAG NG "FATHER" MEANS DIYOS DIYOSAN, DAHIL ANG GOD SA BIBLE AY TINATAWAG NA "FATHER".. KAYA HINDI LITERAL NA TATAY O' FATHER NA TINATAWAG NATIN SA MGA LALAKI NA MALAYO ANG AGWAT NG EDAD SA ATIN O' MERON KATUNGKULAN..

TANONG:
MASAMA BA ANG FATHERLY ROLE?? O PAGTAWAG NG SPIRITUAL FATHER??

SAGOT:
ISANG MALAKING HINDI MALINAW NA ANG PINAGBAWAL NG DIYOS AY "HUWAG KA TATAWAG NG IBANG DIYOS" NOT LITERAL NA FATHER NA TINATAWAG NATIN SA KARANIWANG TAO


1) HALIBAWA, JOSEPH TELLS HIS BROTHERS OF A SPECIAL FATHERLY RELATIONSHIP GOD HAD GIVEN HIM WITH THE KING OF EGYPT.. BASA:

"So it was not you who sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt" (Gen. 45:8).

KITAMS.. ANO ANG SABI "HE HAS MADE ME A FATHER TO PHARAOH"

2) SI JOB TINAWAG NA FATHER OF THE POOR

"I was a FATHER OF THE POOR, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know" (Job 29:16)

3) SI ELIAKIM, TINAWAG NA "FATHER TO ALL INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM"

authority to his hand; and he shall be a FATHER to the INHABITANTS of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah"
(Isaiah 22:20–21).

4) ELISHA TINAWAG NIYANG AMA KO! AMA KO SI ELIJAH..
"My father, my father!" (2 Kgs. 2:12)

AT SI ELISHA AY TINAWAG NA AMA NG HARI NG ISRAEL
(2 Kgs. 6:21).

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TANONG:
ANG APOSTOL PO BA HINDI PO BA NAGPATAWAG NG "FATHER"?

E MISMONG SI PABLO ANG NAGSABI NA NAGI SIYANG "FATHER" NG IBANG TUMANGGAP SA EBANGHELYO.

NGAYON, HETO PA PO. ANG MGA APOSTOL PO AY TUMAWAG NA "ANAK" SA IBANG KRISTIYANO.

SA TINATALAKAY NATING TALATA NA (1 COR 4:15) AY MALINAW NA ITINURING NI PABLO NA SIYA AY "AMA" O "FATHER" NG IBANG KRISTIYANO.

SA (1 COR 4:14) PO KASI AY SINABI NIYA:

(1 COR 4:14)
"I AM WRITING YOU THIS NOT TO SHAME YOU, BUT TO ADMONISH YOU AS MY BELOVED CHILDREN." (SA PILIPINO, MGA MINAMAHAL NA ANAK)

HETO NAMAN PO ANG SABI NI PABLO SA MGA TAGA-GALATIA:

GALATIANS 4:19
MY DEAR CHILDREN (MGA MAHAL KONG ANAK), FOR WHOM I AM AGAIN IN THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH UNTIL CHRIST IS FORMED IN YOU,

HINDI LANG PO YAN. MAY MGA KRISTIYANO NA HINDI NAMAN ANAK SA LAMAN AY TINAWAG NI PABLO BILANG KANYANG "ANAK."

HETO PO:

1 CORINTHIANS 4:17
FOR THIS REASON I AM SENDING TO YOU TIMOTHY, MY SON WHOM I LOVE, WHO IS FAITHFUL IN THE LORD. HE WILL REMIND YOU OF MY WAY OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHICH AGREES WITH WHAT I TEACH EVERYWHERE IN EVERY CHURCH.

1 TIMOTHY 1:18
TIMOTHY, MY SON, I GIVE YOU THIS INSTRUCTION IN KEEPING WITH THE PROPHECIES ONCE MADE ABOUT YOU, SO THAT BY FOLLOWING THEM YOU MAY FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT,

2 TIMOTHY 2:1
YOU THEN, MY SON, BE STRONG IN THE GRACE THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS.

PHILEMON 1:10
I APPEAL TO YOU FOR MY SON ONESIMUS, WHO BECAME MY SON WHILE I WAS IN CHAINS.

MAGING ANG APOSTOL NA SI JUAN AY TUMAWAG NA ANAK SA IBANG KRISTIYANO. TANDAAN PO NATIN NA WALA PONG ASAWA AT TUNAY NA ANAK SI JUAN.

1 JOHN 2:1
MY DEAR CHILDREN (MGA ANAK), I WRITE THIS TO YOU SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN. BUT IF ANYBODY DOES SIN, WE HAVE ONE WHO SPEAKS TO THE FATHER IN OUR DEFENSE—JESUS CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUS ONE.

1 JOHN 2:12
I WRITE TO YOU, DEAR CHILDREN (MGA ANAK), BECAUSE YOUR SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN ON ACCOUNT OF HIS NAME.

1 JOHN 2:18
DEAR CHILDREN (MGA ANAK), THIS IS THE LAST HOUR; AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD THAT THE ANTICHRIST IS COMING, EVEN NOW MANY ANTICHRISTS HAVE COME. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW IT IS THE LAST HOUR.

1 JOHN 2:28
AND NOW, DEAR CHILDREN (MGA ANAK), CONTINUE IN HIM, SO THAT WHEN HE APPEARS WE MAY BE CONFIDENT AND UNASHAMED BEFORE HIM AT HIS COMING.

1 JOHN 3:7
DEAR CHILDREN (MGA ANAK), DO NOT LET ANYONE LEAD YOU ASTRAY. HE WHO DOES WHAT IS RIGHT IS RIGHTEOUS, JUST AS HE IS RIGHTEOUS.

1 JOHN 3:18
DEAR CHILDREN (MGA ANAK), LET US NOT LOVE WITH WORDS OR TONGUE BUT WITH ACTIONS AND IN TRUTH.

1 JOHN 4:4
YOU, DEAR CHILDREN (MGA ANAK), ARE FROM GOD AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM, BECAUSE THE ONE WHO IS IN YOU IS GREATER THAN THE ONE WHO IS IN THE WORLD.

1 JOHN 5:21
DEAR CHILDREN (MGA ANAK), KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS.

AT MARAMI PA PONG IBANG PAGKAKATAON.

AT SI PEDRO MISMO AY TINAWAG NA "ANAK" ANG DISIPULO NIYANG SI MARK.

SABI NI PEDRO SA 1 PETER 5:13
"SHE WHO IS IN BABYLON, CHOSEN TOGETHER WITH YOU, SENDS YOU HER GREETINGS, AND SO DOES MY SON MARK. (NIV)

GANOON DIN SI JUAN NA SA 3 JN 1:4 AY TINAWAG DIN NA "MGA ANAK" ANG IBANG MGA TAGASUNOD NI KRISTO.

NGAYON, KUNG TINAWAG NILANG "ANAK" ANG IBANG KRISTIYANO AY ANO PO KAYA ANG TAWAG SA KANILA NG MGA "ANAK" NILA? BROTHER KAYA? SISTER? TITA? O LOLA?

ITINURING PO NG MGA APOSTOL NA SILA AY MGA AMA NG IBANG KRISTIYANO.

KATUNAYAN, SA 1THESSALONIANS 2:11 AY SINABI NI PABLO:
"AS YOU KNOW, WE TREATED EACH ONE OF YOU AS A FATHER TREATS HIS CHILDREN."

NAPAKALINAW PO NA ANG TRATO NI PABLO SA IBA PANG KRISTIYANO AY TULAD NG PAG-TRATO NG ISANG "AMA" O "FATHER" SA KANYANG MGA ANAK.

SO, MALI PO ANG SINABI NI ALLAN CRUZ NA HINDI TINAWAG NA "FATHER" ANG MGA APOSTOL.