Subject: [ZONET] No such free-will--Tatkhiat na kingah lo thei hi. Ahih hang kitaan thei lo (Romans 8: 29-30)
To: zomi@yahoogroups. com
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 1:38 AM
Free will cih ding hi zaw maw? Free agency cih ding hi zaw?
Free agency
cih ding hi zaw. Banghang hiam cih leh the will ih cih mihing lungtup
suahtaakna pen Adam le Eve puk zawh om nawn lo hi. Ih teelsa will pen
evil will kici siatna na hi khin ta ahih manin suakta nawn lo hi hang.
Ahih hang the agent ahi nang mahmah pen suakta lai hi. A suakta bek mah
hi in ability and power to do good cih thu kinei nawn lo hi. The will
is in bondage with sin. It is not free. But the agency which is your
faculties is free. Free but no ability. The only ability is to do evil.
That is our nature. That’s why the entire human race rejects Christ
unless the Holy Spirit regenerates in him/ her. Our nature is a sinful
nature. We are corrupted and guilty before God. That’s our nature. Our
will is totally depraved already.
Uplohna pen nang hang hi a, up theihna pen Pasian’ Kha Siangtho hang hi
Na khempeuh thu-um mite aa dingin thupha hi dinga, na khempeuh thu umlo mite aadingin hamsiatna hong suak ding hi.
James 1:
14-17na ah “Mi khat peuh in ama deihna zui-in a gamtat ciangin mawhna a
piangsak ahi hi. Lungsim utna a gol semsem ciangin mawhna hong piang a,
mawhna hong cingtaak ciangin sihna hong piang hi.
Sanggamte aw, mite khemsa-in om kei un. A hoih thu le na khempeuh, Pasian kiang panin hong pai hi a, vantung Vantung khuavaak a piang sak Pa ahih manin amah kikhel ngei lo a, amah a kihei manin khua zong mial tuan lo hi.
Ih gen nop
pak thu in Pasian sap mite bekin lungdamna thu sang thei dinga, a sang
lo te ahih leh amau le amau kibawl tawm hang ahi hi. John 15: 5na ah
“…apart from me you can do nothing” na ci ngeu hi.
Fallen man is incapable of acting contrary to his corruption, and of changing his corrupt character.
Be convincible first with your total corruption and guilt brother.
God alone is free (Pasian bek suakta)
You and I were not free from sin. We are born of slaves
Pasian bek kuama uk
loh-in suakta hi. Nang le kei bel mawhna ukna nuai ah ih suakta kei hi.
Ih vekpi in mawhna sila ahi sa in ih nu ciatciat ii gil sung pan ih
suak khia hi. Tua man aa Khrih sungah suahtaakna kisam ih hi hi.
Pukma (before the fall) le puk khit (after the fall) ii kilamdanna
Pasian in mihing a bawl cil in a si dingin bawl lo hi. A nungta ding aa a bawl hi. Death is not a biological event. It
is not native for a man to die. But by way of sin it is natural now for
a man to die. Sihna ih cih pen a ngeina hi masa lo hi. A ngeina lo nate
a pian ciangin mihingte kidah mahmah hi. Sihna zong a ngeina hi lo ahih
man-a a dah hi hangh. A ngeina ding aa kisehsa nate’ tungah kidah ngei
lo hi. Ih dah nak leh a ngeina lo thu piang khat om cihna hi. Romans 6:
23na ah “mawhna tha man in sihna hi.” Na ci hi. Adam le Eve ii suan le
khak peuh mah mimawh ahih manin suakta lo uh hi. Ih suahtaak lohna pen
sihna ih pelh theih lohna in hong lak hi.
Adam pen Pasian in a mawh baang lo-a piangsak ahih leh banghang in puk thei a hiam?
If Adam was created holy and upright, how was it possible for him to fall? Banghang hiam cih leh
Khatna ah: Adam pen thu a man kei leh cih thu tawh a kikheel thei siangtho huang sungah om hi (It was a mutable holiness)
It was subject to confirmation by obedience to the command
Amah a piangsak pa
khat om hi cih a theina dingin Pasian in hey! Adam tua singgah na nei
kei ou ci-in thu kham pia hi. Tua bangin thukham (command) na pia kei
leh Adam in amah pen a kipiangsak ahih lam thei lo ding hi. Amah le
amah Pasian kisa kha ding hi. Nang zong ong kipiang sak ong bawl khat
om ahih lam na um kei dekdek ve leh. Adam pen Pasian’ thukham ii hun
kiciangtan hun sung khat ah zuih zawhna tawh zuih ding thu piak ngah pa
ahi hi.
His was a nature
able not to sin, rather than not able to sin. Adam ii Eden huan aa a
dinmun pen a mawh thei lo ding dinmun hi zaw-a, a mawh thei dinmun hi
lo zaw hi. Adam a puk khit ciang ahih leh a suan le a khak nang le kei
pen a mawh thei dinmun ah ki omin a mawh thei lo dinmun ah ki om nawn
lo hi. You and I were now in a nature all the time able to sin, rather
than not able to sin. You are a sinner.
Nihna ah: A
pukma Adam ii a suakta pumpi pen eite’ aa tawh kibang lo hi (Adam’s
free agency was unique to his case). It put him in the best possible
capacity for obedience by his own free will. Adam tung bekah hih a
suakta lungtup (free-will) tawh thu kham zuih zawhna ding tha
(capacity) ki guan bek hi. This uniqueness will be the ground for the
later teaching on his representative headship. Adam ii hih a tumdang
ahihna pen eite’ palaai ong suahna thu ahi ta hi. Adam puk khin ahih
manin eite khempeuh zong a puk khin ta ih hi hi.
[1689 Baptist Confession of Faith: IX. 3]--“Man
by his fall into a state of sin has wholly lost all ability of will to
any spiritual good accompanying salvation. So as a natural man, being
altogether averse from good and dead in sin, is not able by his own
strength to convert himself or to prepare himself thereunto.”
A thumaan zaw khat om deuh lai veh aw
Pawl khat te in Adam
ma in mi om khin ci hi. Ken kong genin Pasian in mi masa khat na bawl
aa tua pa min pen Adam kici hi. Mite thu kidong in mi khempeuh numei
sung pan a piang lo om lo. Nu nei lo om lo ahih manin Pasian zong a nu
(female) hi ding hi khawng a mawk cih om hi. LST in a genin ah Pasian
in Adam nak guh panin numei bawl hi cih thu LST in hong gen hi. Mite in
aktui piang masa maw akpi piang masa ci hi. Numei naupang in aktui ci
ciat uh hi. Ahih hangin LST in akpi ci hi. Banghang hiam cih leh Pasian
in ganhing namte a bawl in a tui in bawl masa lo zawin a hingin bawl
masa zaw hi. Ka gen nop thu in leitungah numei naupang (the majority)
ii theih kim ciangciang pen a thumaan pen hi nai lo hi. LST in biakna
dangte ii tungah a thumaan zaw khat om hi ci-in hong gen deuh den hi.
Biakna dangte pen sepna tawh hi a, Christianity pen upna bek tawh hi.
Eden huan ah Adam le Eve ii genbaanglo dinmun
A mawh baang lo dinmun (in the state of innocence) -- Siatna (evil) peuh mah thei kha lo uh. Lungtup siangtho lungtup tawntung theihna ding a genbanglo suahtaakna (freedom) le kha tha (power) nei uh hi. Pasian
a lungdam sak thei le a hoih naa peuhmah sep theihna ding siangtho
dinmun nei uh hi. Ahih hang tua a dinmun uh pen a kikhel thei dinmun
(mutable) hi-a, tua a dinmun uh panin a puk thei ding a hi uh hi. Tua a
dinmun uh pen sia le pha kikaal ah ut zawkzawk suakta tak aa teel
theihna dinmun hi lo hi. Hoihna sung bekah om uh-a ahih hang in kikhel
theihna thu khat om hi. Pasian’ thu a man kei vua leh. It is not
between good and evil. Adam and Eve State were not in a state of
contrary choice. They are in a state of perfect will, the will that is
to do good alone because there was no evil by then.
Puk zawh dinmun (in fallen state)—A
puk zawh lian uh tehh Pasian a lungkim sak genbaanglo Kha lam tawh
kisai lungtup siangtho khempeuh a mansuah uh hi pah hi (lost all
ability of Will). Amah le amah kitan khia thei nawn lo hi. Ahoih dinmun
panin a puk hi ta-a, mawhna sungah a si ahi pah hi. Amah le amah –in a
pianthak kik theihna ding tha le ngal nei nawn lo hi. Samson a galte in
a sam a met sak khit cianga a vang a bei bang dan hi.
Tatkhiat hunsung dinmun (in the state of redemption)—Jesuh
tatkhiatna hangin mawhna ii hencipna panin a suakta hi. Pasian hehpihna
bek mah in Kha thu tawh kisai a hoih naa te a lungtum thei a sem thei
sak hi. Ahih hangin a sunglam mi, ami hing hihna, Adam suan mawhnei mi
amahmah hi lai ahih manin khatvei leh a hoih a bawl mah bangin a sia
zong a sih dong mah bawl kha zel lai ding ahi hi. Banghang hiam cih leh
mihing pumpi pen hong kitatkhiat khit hangin a sih dong mah genbaang
lai hi.
Gualzo minthang dinmun (in the state of glory)—Hi
gualzo minthang dinmun pen ih Topa Jesuh ong pai kik ciangin kipan kik
pan ding hi. Tua hun ciangin mihing in Aden huan aa genbaanglo Adam le
Eve ii dinmun ngah kik ding hi. Suakta tak aa teelna tup theihna pen
kingah kik ding hi. Tua suahtaakna pen sia le pha kikaal
aa ut zawkzawk teel theih suahtaakna hi lo ding a, a hoih thu teel
theihna suahtaakna hi bek ding hi. The Will of Man is made perfectly,
and immutably free to good alone, in the state of Glory only.
Pukma Eden huan
dinmun pen puk thei dinmun, kikhel thei dinmun (mutable state) ahi hi.
Puk khit tuhun mihing te’ dinmun pen a hoih teel theih ngiat lo dinmun
ahi hi. The only ability to choose after the fall is to choose evil
alone. That’s why human kind is totally depraved. Ih teel khempeuh a
sia bekbek ahi hi. Ahi zongin Jesuh tanpa le Topa aa teel theihna pen
Kha Siangtho’ lamlahna hang bek ahi hi. Man has no ability to choose
any spiritual good accompanying salvation. Jesuh ong kum kik khit ciang
bekin puk theih nawn lohna (immutably free to good alone) dinmun hong
kipan kik pan ding hi.
A ngei bang nawn lo dinmun suakta lo
Pasian in Adam le
Eve pen Eden huan sungah na ze-et hi . God tested Adam and Eve in Eden.
Pasian ze-etna hun ciangtan sung khat (time frame) cih na om hi. Tua
Pasian ze-etna hun sungin na puk kei uh leh mihing in sepna tawh Pasian
letsong (reward) a kingah ding hi. Na puk se kei uh leh tatkhiatna
redemption zong a kisam lo ding ahi hi. Tatkhiatna kul lo-a Pasian’
pahtaakna letsong a sang ding te ih hi hi. Ih theih dingah Pasian in
Adam le Eve a puk ma tengin a puk theihtheihna dingin ze-et thapai cih
hi lo hi. A ze-et hun sung khat na om hi. Tua pen Mangpau in (time
frame) kici a, Kawl-Zopau in saantatna hun sung kici hi. Pasian in
Adamle Eve a puk mateng ci in a ze-et et na hi lo-in a ze-et hun sung
hun ciangtan khat nei aa tua hun sung aa tua a kikhel thei (mutable)
dinmun ah a kip suak na hi uh leh bang mah nawng kaina, kisongsawloina
le kitelkhialna cih te a om lo ding ahi hi.
Pukna in a nawngkaai, kisongsawloina le kitelkhialna dinmun hong tunta
Neimei te in
Pasal te lutang hihna tuh nuam. Man headship is denied in Feminism
movements. A taktakin Pasal le numei pen tan bang kikim aa Pasian in a
bawlsa a hi uh hi. Men and women are equally created. But there is a
role for each. Ahi zongin Pasian in dinmun guan hi. Numei dinmun pen
huhnu (helper) dinmun hi-a, Pasal dinmun pen (headship) lutang hihna
dinmun hi. Innkuan lutang (the head) hih lohna, huhnu huhpa (helper)
hihlohna te neu zawk liat zawkna hi lo hi. Lei pian pan kipan a bei
dongin Pasal dinmun pen lutang (headship) dinmun hi tawntung ding a,
numei dinmun pen huhnu (helper) dinmun hi tawntung ding hi. Puk zawh i
dinmun maan nawn lo a ngei bang nawn lo ahih manin thumaan (the truth)
pen kitel khial mang khin hi. Jesuh ong tatkhiatna in pasal te lutang
aa neihna pan-a numei te’ suahtaakna ding hi zenzen lo hi. Tatkhiatna
sungah Pasal lungtang hihna bei tuan lo ding-a, numei huhnu a hihna
zong bei tuan lo ding hi. Ahi zongin Pasal te zawhthawhna pan in
suahtaakna pen lungdamna thu in hong puak hi. Headship lutang hihna le
dominion (zawhthawhna) cih kammal te a khiatna kibang lo hi. Women need
freedom from male dominion not from male headship. Headship is not a curse for women.
It is an order. Adam le Eve puk kei uh leh Eve nau suak lo dingin Adam
le Eve in suan le khak nei thei lo ding khawng kici mawkmawk thei hi. A
taktakin ci rehang Adam le Eve pen a na puk loh uhhangin Eve in nau nei
thei veve ding-a Pasian in a bawl hi. Mawhna na bawl kei uh leh nausuah
natna a om lo ding hi bek hi. Nau suahna pen hamsiatna hi lo hi. Child bearing is not a curse.
Pawlkhat te leuleu
leu in Adam le Eve na puk kei uh leh nasep cih bang om lo ding sa kha
uh hi. Pasian in nasep pen Adam aa dingin thu hoih khat aa a bawl sak
ahi hi. Adam le Eve na puk kei uh lezong naa kisem veve ding aa, ahih
hangin kigim kikhuisa lo ding hi. Nasep pen hamsiatna hi zenzen lo hi. Work is not a curse. Mihing te pen Pasian in naa sem ding mah aa ong bawl ahi hi.
Ahi ding mah naa te sepna tungtawn aa nuntaakna pen tatkhiatna ngahna hi lai zang lo (Romans 4: 4)
Ka gennop thu in hi
bang-a ahi ding mah-a a kisehna thu tungtawn aa nuntaakna pen nuntaakna
hi lel a, sepna kici lo hi. Ahi ding mah naa te sepna hangin tatkhiatna
kingah hi peuh mah lo hi. A thu poi mahmah khat pen: a hi ding mah aa
sep le bawl nuntaakna te pan’n puaphialna cih thu ahi hi. Ahi ding mah
naa te sepna pen nuntaakna hi lel a, tua bang nuntaakna sungah
hotkhiatna salvation kisam lo lel hi. Ahi zongin tua ahi ding mah
nuntaakna ii pualam ah pua pialna pen sepna hang aa kingah mawhna ahi
hi. Tua pua pial na panin ahi dingmah nuntaakna ah na tun kik ciangin
zong nang le nang kitatkhiat zawhna a piang sak na hi nai kei aa,
Kawlte pau leh “a zian” a ngah kik pan na hi lai hi. Ahi ding mah
nuntaakna tun kikna pen ‘a zian” kici pan-a, tua “a zian” tunkikna pen
tatkhiatna hong ngah sak thu hi lai zang lo hi. A zenzen in Khrih
singlamteh tungah ong si zenzen kei leh “a zian” ih ngah kik zo phial
zongin ih mawhna leiba hong kimai sak ngei lo ding hi. Ih vekpi in hell
gam a zuan khin ih hi a, hell gam atung dingin zong a kilawm khin ih hi
hi. Pasian’ hehpihna hang bekin nang le kei ih suakta hi. Amen! Ni 40
sung an ne kei lecin na si ding a, ahi zongin ni simin an ne lecin na
si kei ding hi. An ne ding aa hong kibawl ahih manin an nek kul hi lel
hi. An ne kei rehang a si ding ih hih hangin, an ka nek manin a nungta
hing ci aa kisialh sialh kul lai zang lo hi. Banghang hiam cih leh
Pasian in an ne ding aa ong bawl hi lel hi ve hang. Tua hi a, Adam le
Eve puk zawh peuh mah mihing te ahi ding bang nuntaakna panin puapial
mang khin ih hih manin ngeina masa tawh kigam la mahmah ta hi hang. Ih
vekpi in a ngei bang nawn lo ngeina sungah ih om khin hi. Tua a ngei
bang nawn lo ngeina ngeina lo ahih manin Pasian in a ngei a bat kik
theihna dingin Ama tapa Khrih Jesuh ong tankhia sak hi. Tua tatkhiatna
pen hehpihna hang a upna bek tawh kingah a, ngah takpi khit ciangin
kitaan kik cih thu te zong om nawn lo hi. Ahi zongin tua bang aa
tatkhiatna a ngah takpi te’n koi ci bangin ngah hiam cih kinialna om a,
Arminians kici te’n nangma free-will tawh ngah thei, taan kik thei ci
uh hi. A kipatna amaan lo pianthakna a maan lo te’n pen taan kik mah
ding hi. 1 John 2: 19na ah “Khrih’ gal ahi hih mite pen ei’ pawl hi
ngei napi-in hong taisan uh hi. Ei’ pawl taktak hi leh eite tawh om
khawm suak ding uh ahih manin, tu-in amau te pai khia uh ahih ciangin
ei’ pawl taktak ahih lohna uh hong kilang hi.” Na ci hi. LST
in Kha Siangtho in a lawn mite bek, Pa in a sehsa mite bek in sang thei
ding um thei bek ding uh hi ci hi (John 3: 5-8; Romans 8: 9; 8: 15-16;
1 John 3: 24; 4: 13; 2: 20; 2: 27). LST sung aa na tua cih kei leh tua
bangin nagam tat kei leh cih thute pawl pen thu um taktak lo mite
pianzia gen kholna hi-in thu um taktak te aadingin kiginsakna thupha
ahi hi. The warning itself is a means of Grace for us to persevere.
Khai leh en suk ni anuai ah!
LST ii hong hilh thumaan te
John 6: 44-45na ah “Kei ong sawl Pa in a kaih loh mite ka kiangah hong pai thei lo ding a,…” na ci hi.
1 John 5: 1na ah “Whoever believers that Jesus is the Christ is born of God…” na ci hi.
John 15: 5na ah “…apart from me you can do nothing…” na ci hi.
Leitung van nuai ah nang a nei pa a nei nu na hihna sangin nang hong kinei a hihna lian zaw hi.
Tatkhiatna thu ah
zong nang mah a thalawh na hihna sangin nang aa dingin salvation hong
kithalawh sak ahihna thu lian zaw hi. Christian upna pen Pasian’ kammal
LST pan kipan hi. Tua LST in a gen bel thu in thu khat peuhpeuh Pasian’
lam pan kipan masa den cih thu hi. LST sungah a kitukalh ding a bang
thu (paradoxes)tampi om hi. Ahih hangin kitukalh het lo hi. Ih tel
theih loh man hi. Tua ih tel theih lohna mahmah zong mawhnei mite ih
hihna hang ahi hi. Gentehna Pasian pen bangkim Pasian hi. God is
sovereignty. Tua leh Pasian pen mawhna a piangsak pa cihna ai ve maw
kici thei hi. Tua ahih manin LST sin a kul ahi hi. God
is sovereign but he is not the auther of sin. Permission cih kammal
thupi hi. Phalna. Khah khong vetna. Pasian in khah khong hi phal hi cih
ciangh Pasian pen mawhna piangsak Pa cihna hi pah lo hi. Pasian in
Pharo lungtang khauh sak hi. Ahih hang a mimawh pa pen (the agency) pen
Pharo kutai ahi hi. God hardening the heart doesn’t mean he cause them
to sin. Pasian in phal (permit) hi cihteh a phal bek hi a, Pasian pen
tua mawhna a piang sak pa hi lo hi. Mi hoih te a tawp dong a thuak zo
te bekin gupkhiatna ngah suak ding cih thu sangin a biblical zaw pen
Pasian’ sap mite bekin a tawp dong kho ding uh hi cih thu thutang zaw
hi. Thus salvation cannot be lost. Because God initiates, God
accomplishes and God preserves. Apostasy is not a lost because it is
lost itself from the very beginning.
Mite’ tungah kinga lua na hih man-a thumaan thu a genpa na hih ding sup loh kha ken
Thumaan thu pen thu
maan ahihna bang in sang thei in. Mite’ hangin sup lawh kei in. A
thumaan a hihna thu pom gige in. A mihing te’ gamtatna le kampauna te
hangin patau kei in. The truth can be abused. Authority can be abused.
Power can be abused. Liberty can be abused. Ahih hangin tua bang aa a
kiluai tunghsa-na hangin a thumaan thu pen khah suah kha kei in. India
te makai pi Gandhi bangin thumaan the truth pen sup lawh hi. A
Christian mite en zaw mawkin, tua Christianity ii thumaanna thu tungah
kinga lo zaw ahih manin a theih thumaan a sup lawh suak hi. He losed
the truth because of depending on men.
Once saved always
saved pen a thumaan hi. A poina khat ah Pasian nasem min pua Sya
pawlkhat in Decision method uang zat lua in, method le formula tawh mi
piangthak sak mawk uh hi. Tua formula tawh a kipiang thaksak mipa minu
pen a piangthak takpi mah kisa mawk ahih ciang a, a tawpna ah a puk kik
veve tehh salvation kitaan kik thei cih thu buaina hong piang sak hi.
Tua bang pianzia te’ hang-a salvation kitaan thei ci mawk mikmek. Ka
gengen thu in salvation pen pianthak na maan taktak tawh ahih nak leh
taan kik cih om lo hi. Salvation pen upna bek mah tawh hi na cih
theihna dingin na mawhna za ah za na kitel mahmah phot kul ding hi. In
order to confess that salvation is by Grace through faith Alone, you
must be convicted your sin in the fullest sense first. By faith upna
bek tawh hi a ci ngiat Puritans te nuntaak gamtat lu heek zia bang
leitung ah a pha zo om lo ding hi. America gam bang hi zah aa hong
khantohna pen Puritans upna tawh a kiphuh man ahi hi. LST mahmah in
zong the Just shall live by faith ci ngeu hi (Romans 1: 17). Upna ih
gen tehh sem lo ding cih na hi vet lo hi. Jesuh ong tatkhiatna thu lian
lua ahih man-a, mihing sepna thu a kigen nawn vet lo hi. You have no
contribution to the Cross.
Ih Tedim labu mahmah in zong “bang dang hi lo Jesuh si hi (nothing but the blood of Jesus)” na ci hi ven.
Grace that is
greater than all our sins (hong hehpihna ih mawhna sangin lian zaw); Ih
bukna suangpi muanhuai hi ci in ih sa hi. Tedim labu sung khempeuh in
upna la sa in nang ii sep le bawl la kisa lo hi. Upna ka gen tehh hi
Manila aa, RC thu-um pawl khat te, Anitpolo a cihna lamah kum khat ai
daupai theihna dingin a siampi te uh tungah thungen sak
dingin zingtungin a million aa sim ding bang a pai neinai dan upna
namte a gen nuam ka hi kei hi. Amau upna dan pen siampi te tungah
khatvei mawh va sut leh kha thum khaan thei, kum khat ai ding thupha
kidawh thei cih bangdan upna hi. Tua ei gen upna pen tua bang dan te hi
lo hi. Ei gen upna pen Khrih sungah upna bek hi Faith in Christ ahi hi.
Sepna suang mi a tam zaw te in upna suang mite sangin beer khawng na hai zaw gige thei hi.
Ih thulu ah pai kik rehang
Martin Luther le Desiderius Erasmus te ii Free Will kinialna
Erasmus pen
Rotterdam khua ah 1466 le 1469 kikal teng in suak hi. Akipat cil lamin
Augustinian upna nei hi na pi a tawpna lamah hong pial khia in human
free-will thu ong lim pom mahmah kik hi. Roman Emperor Henry VIII
tungah Discussion concerning “Free-will’ in 1524 – cih thulu tawh a
gelh laibu in Emperor pa le tua hun aa Pope lungkim sak
mahmah hi. Erasmus pen a humanist khat hi. Humanist cih tehh mihing
laitaat nuntakna cihna hi. Erasmus in a genna ah mihing te in Jesuh
Khrih ii singlamteh, a sihna le a thawhkikna tung bek aa kingakna tawh
salvation kingah hi lo hi. Mihing in zong salvation thalawh kul hi. Men
could earn their salvation in stead of relying only on Jesus Christ ci
hi.
Martin Luther in tua
Jesuh singlamteh thu uplah mahmahna a hang pen Bondage of the Will cih
laibu tawh hilh cian hi. Martin Luther pen Saxony cihna khua ah suak
hi. Erasmus sangin kum 14 bangin nau zaw hi. Erusmas te Martin Luther
te RC vive hi lai uh hi a sih dong uh. Martin Luther upna pen LST pan
bek lian ahih manin salvation pen hehpihna tungtawn aa upna bek tawh hi
cih hi lian hi (Eph. 2: 8-9)
RC sung pan aa
Reformers aa hong piang khia te pen Augustine, Luther, Zwingli, Calvin,
Bucer, Beza, Melancthon, John Knox, etc… cihte ahi uh hi.
Reformers te ii sung
pan hong puapial khia pawl khat te lakah Van Harman (Arminius) cih pa
pen Reformation khit zawh ah a kilang pen khat hi. Arminius pen 1603
kum in Leyden University in the Netherlans ah professor of theology sem
hi. Tua Arninius ii upna pawl khat pen John Wesley in na sang hi.
Reformers te upna pen LST ii gen Salvation is by Grace through faith
alone hi in, Arminians upna pen salvation pen mihing le Pasian in a sep
khop loh in kingah lo hi cih hi den hi.
Hi Arminian upna pen
Rome upna tawh kibang pian lel hi. Arminians + Rome both teach that God
is unable to save a sinner without his co-operation! The sinner’s
co-operation is essential ci uh hi. Cihnopna ah salvation pen mihing
tungah kingah zaw hi. Pasian in a sep ding teng man khin cih dan hi.
Hi Arminius thuhilh
ahi salvation pen nang na saan leh ngah bek, na kep cing kei leh taan
kik lai ding cih thuhilhna pen international thu ummite kipawlna Synod
of Dort in 1618 kumin na upkhialna hi ci in tangko khia hi…denounced
hi.
RC sung lam mah
panin Reformer ih gengen mite han ciamna mah tawh Justification by
Grace through Faith cih thu tawh RC sung lam upna hong khansuah to uh
a, a tawpna ah the Council of Trent ciang hong tung uh hi. Council of
Trent pen 1545-47; 1551-52; 1562-63 hun sung tengah ki nei toto in
Justification le sanctification thu zong Reformers te hanciam na hangin
RC in zong hi ciang hong mu to thei ta uh suak hi.
A nunung pen council of Trent ii confession te lakah khat en pak rehang
“…While God touches
the human heart by the illumination of the Holy Spirit, a person in not
utterly passive when he receives that inspiration, since he is also
able to reject it; yet he is not able, by his own free will, without
the grace of God, to move himself to righteousness in His sight…”
Hi thu pen Reformers
te gengen LST upna thu tawh hong kinaih mahmah sam napi-in, Reformers
te gennopna ciang tung zo lo deuh kik zel hi.
For example, when
the passage says that “a person is not utterly passive” in the
experience of regenerating grace “since hi is also able to reject it”,
an Augustinian could say, “Quite right. The human will is able to
resist grace. The very fact that many resist shows that the will has
this ability. But in the case of the elect, God brings it about that
their wills won’t resist.” Ci in dawng hi.
Council of Trent in
a genna ah mi khat Kha Siangtho in a sunglam ah na a septeh tua mipa
pen passive bek lo hi ci hi. Passive cih the dawh dehdah bek cihna hi.
Zomi pasal te in ih zi te tawh ih om khop ciangh dawh dehdah ding bek
thei a cih te pawl hi. A person is not utterly passive cih tehh dawh
dehdah bek lo cih na. Kha Siangtho in mi pa mi nu a khoih
tehh tua mipa minu in dawh dehdah bek lo-in Kha Siangtho tawh na a
sepkhop kul pah hi. Kha Siangtho’ khoihna pen nial thei hi ci hi.
Augustinian te in tua nial thei hi na cih na tak uh pen maan mahmah hi.
Mihing te ii lungtup suahtaakna (Will) in hehpihna nial thei hi. Nolh
thei hi. Tua a nial theih a nolh theih natak uh in mihing te ii lungtup
suahtaakna(Will) in tua nial theihna nolh theihna thagui bek a neihna
hong kilangsak hi. Ahih hangin Pasian’ teeltuam, Pasian sap taktak te
in ahih leh tua mihing ii nial theihna nolh theihna thagui sat tat
sakin nolh sak lo ding hi. Sang sak ding hi ci uh hi. Tua pen John
Calvin in “the irresistible grace” a cih pen a hi hi. Pasian sap mite
in hehpihna nolh kik theih loh-in ngah ding saang ding uh hi ci hi.
Free agency ding hi zaw (A suakta pumpi cih ding hi zaw. A suakta lungtup cih bang om nawn lo)
Na lungtup pen mawhna in hencip khin
Free will cih bang om lo. Because your will is no longer free after the fall. That’s why Martin Luther called it Bondage of the Will.
Gentehna tawh kipan masa rehang
You are free to buy
the most expensive car of the world. But you cannot afford money to
buy. You are free to buy but you have no ability to pursue it.
Mawtaw manpha penpen a lei ding in na suakta hi. Ahih hangin na lei zo kei hi.
Lazurus zong amah le amah tho kik thei lo in Jesuh in tho kik sak hi.
Ability (hih theihna tha) cih le liberty (suahtaakna) cih kibang lo hi
Ability and liberty has respective meaning.
Your body has a complete agency but no ability to move if it is paralyze.
Khut le khe a zaw mi
khat in a khut le a khe te a suakta taka aa a kihei theihna ding
suahtaakna nei lai hi. Tua suahtaakna pen a zaw khe a zaw khut tungah
om lai hi. Ahih hangin tua a suaktaa khut zaw le khe zaw te in
tattheihna ding sep theihna ding ability nei lo hi. Mawhnei mite ih
pian zia zong tua mah bang ahi hi. Ei le ei a kitan tawm thei lo khut
le khe zaw te i bang hi.
Nupi khat in a ta ngek thah lup theihna ding suahtaakna (freedom) nei hi. A hih hangin that thei lo hi.
Amother can kill his baby but she cannot and she would not.
Cihnopna ah mihing
lungtup (will) pen suakta lo-in ahih hang (the agency) a mihing pumpi
mahmah pen suakta hi. The agent is the one who does action. The Will is
the execution of the act itself.
Ih kam in thu hoih
gen ziau thei hi. Ahih hangin ih lungsim pen khemna tawh kidim hi. Jer
17: 9na ah “the heart is deceitful above all things” na ci hi. Zomi te
in na naknuai kamsiam ci hi hang.
Man is outwardly seemed free to choose but inwardly man is not free to choose well.
Apple khat a
kungtung pan a kiat suk ding suahtaakna a neih mah bangin a kiat toh
ding suah takna zong nei hi. An apple is free to fall on the ground. It
is also free to fall upward as well. But the only ability and the only
nature of an apple from its branches is to fall downward only.
Mi khat in van lam
ah a lot toh kei leh cih loh buang, apple khat a kungtung pan kiat toh
ding suahtaakna a neih hangin kia to thei ngiat lo-in kia suk veve hi.
Eden huan pan aa puk
khit zawh mawhnei mi te ii pian zia zong tua bang dan ahi hi. Ih
suahtaak hangin ih hih zawhna tha ability pen mawhna bawl ding
lungdamna thu sang lo ding cih thu hi den bek hi.
The ability of the
human free will is to reject and to do evil. Arminians te in free will
pen hoih lohna evil pan aa suahtaakna free-will sa uh hi.
Unfortunately, “Free Will” is differently used today in the Arminian
sense of free from evil. It is wrong!
Mawh nei mite pen
good le evil kikaal ah deih zawkzawk tel dingin kisuak tan nawn lo hi.
Evil a teel khin te ih hi hi. Mawhna ii sila ki hi khin a, tanpa bek a
kisam lai ih hi ta hi.
The power of contrary choice is not essential to Free Agency
Contrary choice cih tehh a hoih le a sia kikaal aa teel theihna suahtaakna cihna hi.
Adam le Eve in a sia
tel khin a hih manin a sia teel te ih hi khin ta hi. Tua ahih manin
mawhnei mi na hih nak leh contrary choice cih bang dan suahtaakna nei
pa na hi nawn kei hi. A sia a teel khin pa/nu na hi hi.
The complete power of contrary choice was present only in Eden.
A sia le a pha teel
theihna siangtho suahtaakna pen Eden huan sung bek ah hun khat lai in
om bek hi. Nang le kei pen Adam suan le khak ih hih zawh nung sang a
sia teel khin te’ suan ih hi a, a sia tel te mah hi pah-in tua a sia
evil ii sila ih hi ta hi.
Depraved man does not have power of contrary choice being enslaved in sin
Romans 8: 7na ah “Mi
khat peuh in ama pumpi deihna a uksak ciangin Pasian’ thukhamte zui lo
ahih manin Pasian’ gal suak a, a zuih nop hangin zong zui thei lo hi ci
hi. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Free agency is essential to human responsibility, but consistent with total depravity.
Na mawhna za ah za
na kiphawk theih mateng hi ih gen thute tel nuam lo tel zo lo tel thei
lo ding hi tehh. First of all the conviction of sin is fundamental for
you to understand these things.
Conviction of sin
and self-righteousness can never go together. Na mihing kithumaan sak
tawm nopna tawh na mawhna kimu khia zo lo ding hi tehh. Upna bek tawh
hi ing a kici nai lo mipa minu pen amawhna za ah za a kiphawk siang
thei nai lo pa/nu cihna hi gige hi.
Ka ut le ka zongsat
kileh ngat hi. You will but unable. Ih zongsat pen mawhna hi khin a,
luahsuk mawhna hi in, Jesuh sisan lo tawh ih suak ta zo kei ding hi.
Kha Siangtho in ong lawn mateng thuhoih lungdamna thu san ding na teel
thei kei ding hi. Banghang hiam cih leh siatna a teelsa mite ih hih
hang hi.
The natural conviction of sin vs. the conviction of the Holy Spirit.
Mere conviction of
natural conscience cih ciangin Kha Siangtho ong khoih sese loh-a zong
thumaan thu khat ii thumaan ahihna thei giauguau veve cihna hi. Ahih
hang in Kha Siangtho in a khoih taktak lo na hih leh tua kim le paam
thu muhna tawh maan mah ei cih ciang tawh a ni tumtum pa mah na hi ding
aa lungdamna thu pen na sang thei tuan mahmah kei ding hi. Kha Siangtho
in ong lawnna tawh na saan taktak lelah na ngahsuak ding hi. John 3:
8na ah “Huih zong a utna peuhpeuh ah nung a, a hu ging na zak theih
hangin koi lam panin hong nung a, koi lamah nung ahi hiam, cih na mu
thei kei hi. Kha Siangtho tawh a suak mite zong tua mah bang ahi hi,”
na ci hi. Na nu sung pan na suah lam na phawk thei kei hi. A hih hangin
a suak khe pa na hi hi. Tua ahih manin Kha Siangtho in ih theih ban loh
in mihing sungah hehpihna tawh na ong sem hi. Kei sep hi ci kha kei in.
1 Corinthians 1: 28, 29na ah “Leitung mite in thupi a sak te uh a
suksiat theihna dingin Pasian in leitung mite’ simmawh a niamte,
bangmahin a ngaihsut loh uh mite a teel hi. Tua ahih manin Pasian
mai-ah mite a kisak theihna ding thu om lo hi.” Na ci hi. Until you
convict your sin 100 percent, you will never realize the meaning of by
Faith Alone. Paul nangawn in a pianthak zawh 1 Timothy 1: 12-15na ah “a
cingtaak lo pen keimah” cih kammal na zang lai hi. Sanggam aw mimawh pa
hi lai hi tehh. Na sih dong mah mimawh pa na hi ding hi. Jesuh sungah
upna bek tawh a nungta mimawh pa mimawh nu ih hi veve lai hi. In the
ground of justification you are a just guy! But on the process of
sanctification you are still a sinful guy! Tatkhiatna thu ah midik pa
na hi khin aa, gupkhiatna thu ah bel mimawh pa na hi lai hi. Hong kitan
khin zo ahih hangh hong kigup kul hong kisiansuah kul lai hiteh.
Topa’thupha hi cih pen Christians te pianzia ding ahi hi.
You are not a robot (Setzouh hi kei tehh. Mawh nei nu mawh nei pa hi tehh)
Setzouh na hi kei
hi. Setzouh in mawhna bawl thei lo hi. Nang le kei pen Pasian in
setzouh bang-a ong bawl hi lo hi hi hangh. Nang pen mimawh pa Pasian a
lang do thei pa na hi hi. You are the criminal. You are not a robot.
You can transgress the requirement of the Law of God. Robot kici
setzouh hi lo na hih manin Pasian in mimawh pi na hih hangin ong nusia
paisuakngam lo-in a Tapa Khrih singlamteh tungah a sih dongin ong
tatkhia liang hi. You are not a robot that God cannot leave you behind
as a robot so that God sent his Son Jesus to die on the Cross for you
and I. Tua ahih manin tua Jesuh ong tatkhiatna thu hehpihna tungtawn
bek aa upna tawh kingah suangpi (the rock) tungah na inn lam in. Matt
7: 25-26 ah suang tungah inn lam pa le sehnel tungah inn lampa na
genteh hi. Suang tungah innlam pa pen Upna tawh inn lam pa hi a, sehnel
tungah inn lam pa pen sepna a suang amah le amah a kitatkhiat sawm pa
cihna hi.
Sepna hang aa thaman (rewards) dingte
Thu ummite na hoih a
tam sep zo te in vantung ah thaman tam sang ding hi lel hi. There are
decrees of rewards in heaven for believers. Thu umlo mite in na hoih lo
a tam sepna uh tawh kizui in hell gam ah gimna thuak pha deuh ding uh
hi. There are decrees of punishment in hell.
Gen nop thu in thu
ummi, piangthak khin taktak mi in vangam taan nawn lo ding aa ahi
zongin na sep a hah katna a gamtat hoih zawhna tawh kizui in vangam ah
letsong tam sang zaw ding hi. You will be rewarded according to your
labor here on earth. Thu um min puate pen thu umlo cihna hipah hi.
Zogam ah Christian za ah 90 bang Christian a kicih hangin thu um min
pua sehh thum suah sehh nih tam zaw bang ki om lai-in ka um hi. Hi
bang aa thu-um min pua leitungah a tamna pen RC upna sunga the eight
sacraments thu upna le tu lai Evangelical sya pawlkhatte’ Decisionism
ih cih method le formula zang aa tua tawh mite Christian suahsakna hang
ahi hi. Pasian’ kammal LST tungtawn-a Kha Siangtho’ nasepna
ngah takpi aa Christian suak ahih loh hang ahi hi. Genuin believers le
unbeliever cih te khen masa phot rehang thu kikup zong a nuam pan ding
daan hi.
Mai lamah ih kikup tohtoh ding ahi LST ii hong gen Free-Will cih thu a om lohna
What the scriptures teach
Argument 1: The universal guilt of mankind proves ‘free-will’ to be false (Rom 1: 16, 17, 18)
Argument 2: The universal rule of sin proves ‘free-will’ to be false (Romans 3: 9; 3: 10-12)
Argument 3:
‘Free-will’ is not able to gain acceptance with God through keeping the
moral and ceremonial law (Romans 3: 20- 21; Gal. 3: 10)
Argument 4: The law is designed to lead men to Christ by giving knowledge of sin (Gal 3: 19; Rom 7: 7)
Argument 5: The doctrine of salvation by faith in Christ proves ‘free-will’ to be false (Romans 3: 21-25)
Argument 6 There is no place for any idea of merit or reward (Rom 3: 24; Acts 10: 34; Rom 11: 6)
Argument 7:
‘Free-will’ has no value because works have nothing to do with a man’s
righteousness before God (Rom. 4: 2-3; 4: 4-5)
Argument 8: A whole fistful of arguments (Rom. 4: 13-15; Gal. 3: 15-21)
Argument 9: Paul is absolutely clear in retuting ‘free-will’.
Argument 10: The
state of man without the Spirit shows that ‘free-will’ can do nothing
spiritual (Rom 8: 5; John 3: 6; Rom 8: 9; 1: 17; 14: 23; 8: 9; 8: 8; 8:
7; Mtt. 7: 18)
Argument 11: Those
who come to know Christ did not previously think about him, seek him,
or prepare themselves for him (Romans 10: 20; Isa. 65: 1; Rom 9: 30-31)
Argument 12:
Salvation for a sinful world is by the grace of Christ through faith
alone (John 1: 5; 1: 10-11; 7: 7; 8: 23; 14: 7; 15: 19; 1John 2: 16; 5:
19; John 1: 12-13; Isa. 5: 20; John 1: 16)
Argument 13: The case of Nicodemus in John 3 opposes ‘free-will’ (John 3: 1-2; 3: 3-8, 9)
Argument 14: ‘Free-will’ is useless because salvation is by Christ alone (John 14: 6; 3: 18; 3: 36; 3: 27; 3: 31; 8: 23)
Argument 15: Man is unable to believe the gospel, so all his efforts cannot save him (John 6: 44, 45).
Argument 16: Universal unbelief proves ‘free-will’ to be false (John 16: 8, 9)
Argument 17: The power of the ‘flesh’ in true believers disproves ‘free-will’ (Rom. 7 and Gal. 5)
Argument 18: Knowing that salvation does not depend on ‘free-will’ can be very comforting
Argument 19: God’s honour cannot be tarnished (Eph. 2: 3; Rom. 11: 33; Job 12: 6 and Psalm 73: 12).
From my own word
In Eden:
In Eden Adam was not neutral. He is good. He had Will to do good only.
Not Will between good and evil. But the state of Adam is mutable to be
changed.
At Fall:
Will to do evil. No will for spiritual good. Before the fall is Will to
do good only. But after the fall is Will to do evil only. Especially
the unbelievers’ Will is only to do evil. That is the only ability of
sinners’ Will.
In Redemption:
The believers’ Will is to do good and to do evil. A believer is one
person to do good and evil. Because of Christ he can do good thing now.
But he/she himself is still a sinner.
In the state of Glory: In heaven our Will is Will to do good only. No Will for evil.
Free agency is a free moral creature (the Will is not forced from without).
We are always free
Agency. The Will to do evil is our own decision! The Will to do good
also is our own decision. But we cannot be saved by our own good works
for the book of Romans 4: 4 said, “Now the one who works, his wages are
not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work
but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as
righteouness.
Still our Will to do good is not the cause to save us.
We have natural
ability but our moral ability Will will not exercise that ability
unless the H.S awakenes the heart. Because behind the Will is the
heart! And the heart is deceitful above all things (Jer. 17: 9).
Letter’s comments on Erasmus’ treatment of texts that deny ‘free-will’
Argument 1: Genesis 6: 3
Argument 2: Genesis 8: 21; 6: 5
Argument 3: Isaiah 40: 1-2
Argument 4: Isaiah 40: 6-7
Argument 5: Jeremiah 10: 23
Argument 6: Proverbs 16: 1
Argument 7: John 15: 5
Argument 8: Man’s co-operation with God does not prove ‘free-will’.
Ih theih
ding ah: lungtup suahtaakna (free-will) cih pen mawhnei mi in kinei lo
hi. Adam leh Eve a puk zawh aa kipan a mangsuak hi ta hi. Ahih hangin
tua mimawh pa pen suakta hi. The agent is free. But the Will is not
free.
The question
The question is –
does man have something called ‘free-will’? Can a man freely and
without help turn to Christ for salvation from his sins? Erasmus
answers: ‘Yes!’ Luther says a resounding: ‘No!’ Luther was convinced
that ‘free-will’ strikes at the heart of the biblical doctrine of
salvation by grace alone, through faith alone. We must have the same
conviction. We must fight against ‘free-will’ as vigorously as Luther
did. Erasmus said: ‘I can conceive of “free-will” as a power of human
will by which a man may apply himself to those things that lead to
eternal salvation or turn away from them’. To this we also must give a
resolute ‘No! Man is born a slave to sin!’ He is not free.
Erasmus gen pen
biakna dang te le LST sim ngei khol lo te in a san theih pah ding nam
te pawl hi-in ahi ding mahmah bang na pi-in Martin Luther gen pen na
biblical zaw mawk hi. Hoih tak thungetna tawh na study in.
Buddhist te nangawn
in sepna tawh perfection ngah dingin tua perfection genbanlohna tawh
Nirvana tung ding cih upna a neih uh pen Gautam bekin ngah zo ding hi.
Tua nangawn zong tichia lo lai hi cih in um uh hi. Tua ahih manin ei
Christian te’n mihing sepna tawh salvation kingah lo hi. By Grace
through Faith alone in Christ alone cih message a nei ih hihi. Pasian
minthang tahen!
Gelh nop lai tampi tawh
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