Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Work of Grace in the Human Heart


“Grace at Work - TheMaking of a disciple"
A series of sermons looking at the spiritual development of Simon Peter.

(Dr. Rob Norris)
 Complete Gospel of John
Background Notes on John 
“You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).

បុរេកថា
    
កាល​ពី​ដើម​ ដំបូង​ បង្អស់, ព្រះបន្ទូល​ មាន​ព្រះជន្ម ​គង់​នៅ។  ព្រះបន្ទូល​ គង់​នៅ​ ជា​មួយ ​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់, ហើយ​ ព្រះបន្ទូល​ ជា ​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់។  ព្រះបន្ទូល ​គង់​នៅ​ ជា​មួយ​ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ កាល​ពី​ដើម ​ដំបូង បង្អស់។  អ្វីៗ​ សព្វ​សារពើ​ សុទ្ធ​តែ ​កើត​ឡើង​ ដោយសារ ​ព្រះបន្ទូលគឺ,​ ក្នុង​បណ្ដា​ អ្វីៗ​ ដែល​កើត​មក, គ្មាន​អ្វី​មួយ​ កើត​មក​ ក្រៅ​ពី​ព្រះអង្គ ​បង្កើត​នោះ​ឡើយ។  ព្រះបន្ទូល​ ជា​ប្រភព​ នៃ​ជីវិត, ហើយ​ ជីវិត​នោះ​ ជា​ពន្លឺ​ បំភ្លឺ​ មនុស្ស​លោក។  ពន្លឺ ​ភ្លឺ​ក្នុង សេចក្ដី​ងងឹត, តែ​ សេចក្ដី​ងងឹត​ ពុំ​បាន​ទទួល​ ពន្លឺ​ទេ​។

ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ ​បាន​ចាត់​ បុរស​ម្នាក់, ឈ្មោះ​ យ៉ូហាន, ​ឲ្យ​មក។  លោក​ បាន​មក​ធ្វើ​ ជា​បន្ទាល់​ ផ្ដល់​សក្ខីភាព​ អំពី​ពន្លឺ ដើម្បី​ ឲ្យ​មនុស្ស​ ទាំង​អស់ ​ជឿ​ ដោយសារ​លោក។  លោក​យ៉ូហាន មិន​មែន​ ជា​ពន្លឺ​ទេ, គឺ ​លោក ​គ្រាន់​តែ​ មក​ផ្ដល់​ សក្ខីភាព​ អំពី​ ពន្លឺ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។

ព្រះបន្ទូល​ ជា​ពន្លឺ​ ដ៏​ពិត​ប្រាកដ​ តែ​មួយ ដែល​មក​ ក្នុង​ពិភព​លោក,​ ហើយ ​បំភ្លឺ​មនុស្ស ​គ្រប់ៗ​រូប។  ព្រះបន្ទូលបាន​គង់ ​ក្នុង​ពិភព​លោក, ហើយ​ ពិភព​លោក​ កើត​ឡើង​ ដោយសារ ​ព្រះអង្គ, ប៉ុន្តែ ពិភព​លោក​ ពុំ​បាន​ ទទួល​ស្គាល់​ ព្រះអង្គ​ទេ។  ព្រះបន្ទូល ​បាន​យាង​មក,​ គង់​ជា​មួយ ​ប្រជារាស្ត្រ​ របស់​ ព្រះអង្គ​ផ្ទាល់, តែ​ ប្រជារាស្ត្រ​នោះ ​ពុំ​បាន​ទទួល ​ព្រះអង្គ​ឡើយ។  រីឯ ​អស់​អ្នក​ ដែល​បាន​ទទួល​ ព្រះអង្គគឺ, ​អស់​អ្នក ​ដែល​ជឿ ​លើ​ព្រះនាម​ ព្រះអង្គព្រះអង្គ​ ប្រទាន ​ឲ្យ​គេ ​អាច​ទៅ​ ជា​បុត្រ ​របស់​ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់។  អ្នក​ទាំង​នោះ ​ពុំ​មែន​កើត​ ពីលោហិត,​ ពី​ចំណង់​តណ្ហា, ឬ​ពី​បំណង ​មនុស្ស​ឡើយ, គឺ ​កើត​ ពី​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់​វិញ។

ព្រះបន្ទូល ​បាន​កើត​មក ​ជា​មនុស្ស, ហើយ​ គង់​នៅ​ ក្នុង ចំណោម ​យើង​រាល់​គ្នា។  យើង ​បាន​ឃើញ​ សិរីរុងរឿង​ របស់​ ព្រះអង្គ, ជា​សិរីរុងរឿង​ នៃ​ព្រះបុត្រា តែ​មួយ​គត់​ ដែល​មក​ ពី​ព្រះបិតា។  ព្រះអង្គ​ ពោរពេញ​ ទៅ​ដោយ​ ព្រះគុណ និង​សេចក្ដី​ពិត។

លោក​យ៉ូហាន​ បាន​ផ្ដល់​ សក្ខីភាព ​អំពី​ព្រះអង្គ ដោយ​ប្រកាស​ ថា៖ «គឺ ​លោក​នេះ​ហើយ ​ដែល​ខ្ញុំ ​និយាយ​ថា, “អ្នក ​មក​ក្រោយ​ខ្ញុំ ប្រសើរ​ ជាង​ខ្ញុំ, ដ្បិត ​លោក​ មាន​ជីវិត​ មុន​ខ្ញុំ។”»  យើង ​ទាំង​អស់​គ្នា​ បាន​ទទួល​ ព្រះគុណ​, មិន​ចេះ​អស់​ មិន​ចេះ​ហើយ, ពី​គ្រប់​ លក្ខណសម្បត្តិ ​របស់​ ព្រះអង្គ។  ដ្បិត​ ព្រះអង្គ​ ប្រទាន​ ក្រឹត្យវិន័យ ​តាម​រយៈ ​លោក​ម៉ូសេ, ហើយ ​ព្រះគុណ និង​សេចក្ដី​ពិត​ តាម​រយៈ​ ព្រះយេស៊ូ​គ្រិស្ដ។  ពុំ​ ដែល​មាន​ នរណា​ម្នាក់​ បាន​ឃើញ​ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់​ឡើយ, មាន​តែ ​ព្រះបុត្រា​ មួយ​ព្រះអង្គ​ ប៉ុណ្ណោះ ដែល​បាន​ នាំ​យើង ​ឲ្យ​ស្គាល់ ​ព្រះអង្គ, ដ្បិត ​ព្រះបុត្រា​ មាន​ព្រះជន្ម ​រួម​ជា​មួយ​ ព្រះបិតា​។

សក្ខីភាព ​របស់ ​លោក​យ៉ូហាន-បាទីស្ដ

ជន​ជាតិ​យូដា ​ចាត់​ពួក​បូជាចារ្យ និង​ពួក​លេវី ​ពី​ក្រុង​ យេរូសាឡឹម ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ជួប​ លោក​យ៉ូហាន​ ដើម្បី​ សួរ​ថា៖ «លោក ​ជា នរណា

លោក​យ៉ូហាន ​ប្រកាស​ ប្រាប់​គេ ​ដោយ​ពុំ​លាក់លៀម​ អ្វី​ឡើយ, គឺ​ ​បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ យ៉ាង​ច្បាស់​ ថា៖ «ខ្ញុំ ​មិន​មែន ​ជា​ ព្រះគ្រិស្ដ​ទេ។»

ពួក​គេ​ សួរ​លោក​ ថា៖ «ដូច្នេះ, ​តើ​ លោក​ ជា​ នរណាតើ​ លោក​ ជា​ ព្យាការី​ អេលីយ៉ា​ ឬ?»​  លោក​ ឆ្លើយ​ថា៖ «ទេ, មិន​មែន​ទេ។»

គេ​ ក៏​សួរ​ទៀត​ ថា៖ «តើ​ លោក ​ជា​ ព្យាការី ដែល​យើង​ រង់ចាំ​​នោះ ​ឬ

លោក ​ឆ្លើយ​ថា៖ «មិន​មែន​ទេ។»

គេ​ សួរ​លោក​ទៀត​ ថា៖ «តើ​ លោក​ ជា​ នរណាដ្បិត​ យើង​ខ្ញុំ​ ចង់​បាន​ចម្លើយ យក​ទៅ​ ជំរាប​អស់​លោក​ ដែល​ចាត់​ យើង​ខ្ញុំ ឲ្យ​មក។  តើ ​លោក​ ថា​ខ្លួន​លោក ​ជា​ នរណា

លោក​យ៉ូហាន​ មាន​ប្រសាសន៍, ត្រូវ​ នឹង​សេចក្ដី​ ដែល​ព្យាការី​ អេសាយ ​បាន​ថ្លែង​ទុក​មក, ​ថា៖ «ខ្ញុំ ​ជា​សំឡេង​ បុរស​ម្នាក់ដែល​ស្រែក នៅ​វាល​ រហោស្ថាន ​ថា, “ចូរ ​តម្រង់​ផ្លូវ​ ថ្វាយ​ព្រះអម្ចាស់។”»

អ្នក​ ដែល​គេ ​ចាត់​ឲ្យ​មក​នោះ ជា​ពួក​ខាង​ គណៈ​ផារីស៊ី។  គេ​ សួរ​លោក​យ៉ូហាន ​ទៀត​ថា៖ «បើ ​លោក​ មិន​មែន​ ជា​ព្រះគ្រិស្ដ, មិន​មែន​ ជា​ព្យាការី​ អេលីយ៉ា, ហើយ​ ក៏​មិន​មែន ​ជា​ព្យាការី ​ដែល​យើង ​រង់ចាំ​នោះ​ទេ, ហេតុ​ដូច​ម្ដេច ​បាន​ជា​លោក​ ធ្វើ​ពិធី ​ជ្រមុជ​ទឹក ​ដូច្នេះ?» 

លោក​យ៉ូហាន ​ឆ្លើយ​ទៅ​គេ ​ថា៖ «ខ្ញុំ​ ធ្វើ​ពិធី ជ្រមុជ​ក្នុង​ទឹក​មែន, ប៉ុន្តែ ក្នុង​ចំណោម ​អ្នក​រាល់​គ្នា​ មាន​ម្នាក់​ ដែល​អ្នក​រាល់​គ្នា​ ពុំ​ស្គាល់។  លោក​ មក​ក្រោយ​ខ្ញុំ; លោក​ មាន​ឋានៈ​ ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់​ណាស់, សូម្បី​តែ​ ឲ្យ​ខ្ញុំ​ ស្រាយ​ខ្សែ​ ស្បែក​ជើង​ ជូន​លោក ក៏​មិន​សម​ នឹង​ឋានៈ ​របស់​ លោក​ផង។»

ហេតុការណ៍​នេះ ​កើត​មាន ​នៅ​ភូមិ​ បេតថានី, ខាង​នាយ​ ទន្លេ​យ័រដាន់, ត្រង់​កន្លែង​ លោក​យ៉ូហាន​ ធ្វើ​ពិធី​ ជ្រមុជ​ទឹក។ 

ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ ជា​កូន​ចៀម ​របស់ ​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់

នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​បន្ទាប់ លោក​យ៉ូហាន ​ឃើញ​ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ យាង​តម្រង់ ​មក​រក​លោក, រួច ​លោក​ ក៏​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ ថា៖ «មើលហ្ន៎!  លោក​នេះ​ហើយ​ ជា​កូន​ចៀម ​របស់ ​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ ដែល​ដក​បាប​ចេញ ​ពី​មនុស្ស​លោក!  គឺ លោក​នេះ​ហើយ ដែល​ខ្ញុំ​ បាន​ប្រាប់​ អ្នក​រាល់​គ្នា​ ថា, “អ្នក​ ដែល​មក ​ក្រោយ​ខ្ញុំ ប្រសើរ​ជាង​ខ្ញុំ, ដ្បិត ​លោក​ មាន​ជីវិត ​មុន​ខ្ញុំ។”  កាល​ពី​ដើម, ខ្ញុំ​ ពុំ​ស្គាល់​ឋានៈ ​របស់​លោក​ទេ, ប៉ុន្តែ ខ្ញុំ​ មក​ធ្វើ​ពិធី​ ជ្រមុជ​ក្នុង​ទឹក ដើម្បី ​ឲ្យ​លោក​ បង្ហាញ​ខ្លួន ​ឲ្យ​ប្រជារាស្ត្រ ​អ៊ីស្រាអែល​ស្គាល់។»

លោក​យ៉ូហាន ​បាន​ផ្ដល់​សក្ខីភាព​ ថា៖ «ខ្ញុំ​ បាន​ឃើញ​ ព្រះវិញ្ញាណ​ យាង​ចុះ​ ពី​ស្ថាន​បរមសុខ, ដូច​សត្វ​ព្រាប មក​សណ្ឋិត ​លើ​លោក។  ពី​មុន, ខ្ញុំ​ ពុំ​ស្គាល់​ ឋានៈ​លោក​ទេ, ប៉ុន្តែ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ ដែល​បាន​ចាត់​ខ្ញុំ ​ឲ្យ​មក​ ធ្វើ​ពិធី ​ជ្រមុជ ​ក្នុង​ទឹក, ទ្រង់​ មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល​ មក​ខ្ញុំ​ ថា, “អ្នក​ ឃើញ​ព្រះវិញ្ញាណ​ យាង​ចុះ​មក​ សណ្ឋិត​ លើ​អ្នក​ណា, គឺ ​អ្នក​នោះ​ហើយ ដែល​ធ្វើ​ ពិធី​ជ្រមុជ​ ក្នុង​ព្រះវិញ្ញាណ ​ដ៏វិសុទ្ធ។  ខ្ញុំ​ បាន​ឃើញ ដូច្នោះ​មែន, ហើយ ​ខ្ញុំ​ សូម​ បញ្ជាក់​ថា, លោក​នេះ​ ពិត​ជា​ព្រះបុត្រា ​របស់ ​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់​មែន។» 


សិស្ស​ ដែល​តាម ​ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ មុន​គេ

ថ្ងៃ​បន្ទាប់​ មក​ទៀត, លោក​យ៉ូហាន ​នៅ​ទី​នោះ​ ដដែល, ហើយ​ មាន​សិស្ស​ របស់​លោក ​ពីរ​នាក់​ នៅ​ជា​មួយ​ផង។  លោក ​សម្លឹង​មើល​ ព្រះយេស៊ូ ​យាង​កាត់​ តាម​នោះ ​ក៏​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ ថា៖ «មើល​ហ្ន៎!  លោក​នេះ​ហើយ​ ជា​កូន​ចៀម ​របស់ ​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់!»

កាល​សិស្ស​ ទាំង​ពីរ ​បាន​ឮ​ពាក្យ​នេះ, គេ​ នាំ​គ្នា​ ដើរ​តាម​ ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ទៅ។  ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ ងាក​មក​ក្រោយ ទត​ឃើញ ​អ្នក​ទាំង​ពីរ ​ដើរ​តាម, ព្រះអង្គ​ ក៏​មាន ​ព្រះបន្ទូល ​សួរ​ថា៖ «អ្នក​ ទាំង​ពីរ​ មក​រក ​អ្វី?» 

គេ ​ទូល​ព្រះអង្គ ​ថា៖ «រ៉ាប៊ី, តើ​ លោក ​នៅ​កន្លែង​ណា  (ពាក្យ​ «រ៉ាប៊ី»​ នេះ ​ប្រែ​ថា ​«លោក​គ្រូ»)

ព្រះអង្គ ​មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល ​ទៅ​គេ​វិញ​ ថា៖ «សូម​ អញ្ជើញ​មក, អ្នក​ នឹង​បាន​ឃើញ។»

គេ​ ក៏​ទៅ​ឃើញ​កន្លែង ដែល​ព្រះអង្គ ​គង់​នៅ, ហើយ ​គេ​ ក៏​នៅ​ ជា​មួយ​ ព្រះអង្គ​ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​នោះ។  ពេល​នោះ ប្រហែល ​ជា​ម៉ោង ​បួន​ រសៀល។

ក្នុង​ចំណោម​សិស្ស ​ទាំងពីរ ​ដែល​បាន​ឮ​ពាក្យ ​របស់ ​លោក​យ៉ូហាន, ហើយ​ តាម​ព្រះយេស៊ូ ​ទៅ​នោះ, មាន​ម្នាក់​ ឈ្មោះ​ អនទ្រេ ជា​ប្អូន ​របស់​ លោក​ស៊ីម៉ូន-​ពេត្រុស។  ភ្លាម គាត់ ​ទៅ​ជួប ​លោក​ស៊ីម៉ូន ជា​បង, ប្រាប់​គាត់ ថា៖ «យើង​ បាន​រក​ព្រះមេស្ស៊ី​ ឃើញ​ហើយ!»  (ពាក្យ ​«មេស្ស៊ី»​ នេះ ប្រែ​ថា «ព្រះគ្រិស្ដ»។)  គាត់​ ក៏​នាំ​លោក​ស៊ីម៉ូន ​ទៅ​គាល់​ ព្រះយេស៊ូ។

ព្រះយេស៊ូ ​សម្លឹង​មើល ​លោក​ស៊ីម៉ូន ក៏​មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល​ ថា៖ «អ្នក​ ឈ្មោះ​ ស៊ីម៉ូន ជា​កូន ​របស់ ​លោក​យ៉ូហាន។ ​ អំណើះ​ត​ទៅ, អ្នក​ ត្រូវ​ មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ ថា,កេផាស។”»  (ពាក្យ «កេផាស»​ នេះ ប្រែ​ថា ពេត្រុស។)  

លុះ​ ថ្ងៃ​បន្ទាប់​ មក​ទៀត, ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ សព្វ​ព្រះហឫទ័យ​ យាង​ទៅ ​ស្រុក​កាលីឡេ។  ព្រះអង្គ​ បាន​ជួប​ លោក​ភីលីព, ហើយ​ មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល ​ទៅ​គាត់​ ថា៖ «សូម ​អញ្ជើញ​មក ​តាម​ខ្ញុំ។» 

លោក​ភីលីព​ ជា​អ្នក​ភូមិ​ បេតសៃដា​ ដូច​លោក ​អនទ្រេ និង​លោក​ ពេត្រុស​ដែរ។  លោក​ភីលីព ​ទៅ​ជួប​លោក​ ណាថាណែល, ប្រាប់​គាត់​ ថា៖ «ព្រះអង្គ ​ដែល​លោក​ ម៉ូសេ​ បាន​ចារ​ទុក ​ក្នុង​គម្ពីរ​វិន័យ, ហើយ ​គម្ពីរព្យាការី​ ក៏​មាន​ចែង​ទុក ​ដែរ​នោះ, ឥឡូវ​នេះ​ យើង​ បាន​ជួប​ហើយ។  ព្រះអង្គ ​មាន​នាម​ ថា, យេស៊ូ​, ជា​អ្នក​ ភូមិ​ណាសារ៉ែត​ ជា​បុត្រ ​របស់​ លោក​យ៉ូសែប។»  

លោក​ណាថាណែល ​ពោល​តប ​ទៅ​លោក​ភីលីព​វិញ​ ថា៖ «ពុំ ​ដែល​មាន​អ្វី​ល្អ អាច​ចេញ​ ពី​ភូមិ​ ណាសារ៉ែត​ បាន​ឡើយ។»

លោក​ភីលីព​ ប្រាប់​គាត់​ ថា៖ «សូម​ អញ្ជើញ​មក, ​អ្នក​ នឹង​បាន​ឃើញ។»

កាល​ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ ទត​ឃើញ ​លោក​ណាថាណែល ​ដើរ​មក​រក​ ព្រះអង្គ, ព្រះអង្គ​ មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល ​អំពី​គាត់​ ថា៖ «អ្នក​នេះ​ ជា​ ជាតិ​អ៊ីស្រាអែល​ ដ៏​ពិត​ប្រាកដ​មែន, ដ្បិត​ គាត់​ គ្មាន​ពុត​ត្បុត​អ្វី​ ក្នុង​ខ្លួន​សោះ។»

លោក​ណាថាណែល ​ទូល​សួរ​ ព្រះអង្គ​ ថា៖ «តើ​ លោក​គ្រូ ​ដែល​ស្គាល់​ខ្ញុំ ​ពី​អង្កាល់

ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល​ តប​ថា៖ «ខ្ញុំ​ បាន​ឃើញ​អ្នក កាល​អ្នក​ នៅ​ក្រោម​ ដើម​ឧទុម្ពរ, មុន​ភីលីព​ ហៅ​អ្នក ​ទៅ​ទៀត។»   

លោក​ណាថាណែល ​ទូល​ព្រះអង្គ​ ថា៖ «ព្រះគ្រូ!  ព្រះអង្គ​ ពិត​ជា ​ព្រះបុត្រា​ របស់ ​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់, ហើយ ​ពិត​ជា​ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ​របស់ ​ជន​ជាតិ​ អ៊ីស្រាអែល​មែន។»

ព្រះយេស៊ូ​ មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល​ ទៅ​គាត់ ​ថា៖ «អ្នក​ បាន​ជឿ​ មក​ពី​ឮ​ខ្ញុំ​ និយាយ​ថា, ខ្ញុំ​ បាន​ឃើញ​អ្នក​ នៅ​ក្រោម​ ដើម​ឧទុម្ពរ។  ​ថ្ងៃ​ក្រោយ, អ្នក​ មុខ​តែ ​ឃើញការ​អស្ចារ្យ ​លើស​នេះ ​ទៅ​ទៀត។»

ព្រះអង្គ​ មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល ​ថែម​ទៀត ​ថា៖ «ខ្ញុំ​ សូម​ប្រាប់​ ឲ្យ​អ្នក​រាល់​គ្នា ​ដឹង​ច្បាស់​ ថា, អ្នក​រាល់​គ្នា​ នឹង​ឃើញ ​​ផ្ទៃ​មេឃ ​បើក​ចំហ, ហើយ​ មាន​ពួក ​ទេវតា ​របស់ ​ព្រះជាម្ចាស់​ ចុះ​ឡើង ​នៅ​ពី​លើ​ បុត្រ​មនុស្ស។» 
 


The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.

There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.


John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

 

19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders[c] in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”

21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”

He answered, “No.”

22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[d]

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26 “I baptize with[e] water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.


John Testifies About Jesus

 

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[f]


John’s Disciples Follow Jesus

 

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[g]).


Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

 

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”

48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
50 Jesus said, “You believe[h] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[i] you[j] will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’[k] the Son of Man.”

Footnotes:

  1. John 1:5 Or understood
  2. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
  3. John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
  4. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
  5. John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
  6. John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
  7. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
  8. John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ?
  9. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
  10. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
  11. John 1:51 Gen. 28:12

38 comments:

Anonymous said...

Miss Theary, I don't think this blog is a suitable blog for you to promote you Christian belief and spread your Christian message. This is a news blog. I think you should create your own Christian blog and do whatever you like with your Christian message.

Anonymous said...

Yes Theary. Can you create a new blog for only Khmer Christians?
Just a suggestion. Thanks

Anonymous said...

All this Christianity stuff is new to me. So news to me. I like learning new news.

Anonymous said...

I think this wibsite is good to blog about the good news about our true god Jesus because millions are accessing this web page, really. It is also good for the evil leaders to think critically about what they are doing is also god's will as well. God said. 'love one another as I have loved you' but what did Hun and his clan do? he did the opposite to that message. Therefore, as a result of this, our innocents are losing everything, e.g their homeland and their resources as well as their livelihood. So, it is time for Hun and his clan to wake up and change the way they behave toward on, how to rule the nation, that is not by forec but by love, compassion, caring and understanding.

It also teaches us on who to trust and not to trust/ God always work in a misterious way to solve the problem e.g. he allowed us to learn from our past mistakes and also to see a bigger picture about what went wrong. e,g we allowed the VC to infiltrate into our society and gov't and as a result of this, they allowed them to ruin us like, our identiy, dignity and previleges as the khmer citizens.

They framed us and defaming us by saying we are crazy, lazy and dumb while they at the same time, robbed us from our hard earned crops. In this sense, god is allowing us to see, to hear and to know what went wrong. Therefore, Hun and his clan are being used for this purpose and in this end they (VC) will have it all without a fight. So, god allowed us to see these facts before it is too late, why? because gpd is right and just.

He knows what they (VC and CPP clan) are up to and so. he is trying to wake us up through this good news presented by Theary Seng, because she is also god's chosen one too, to do his works for him 'happy are those who do god's work...the kingdom of god belongs to them'. To Theary, thank you. You are amazing, you writen work is very clear and very easy to read, unlike some, my brain almost busted by trying to pronounc the wrong words or alphabet they used. They should proof read before they edit it or something, so scary. really.

So, 'happy are those who have eyes to see, ears to hear and mouth to speak truth', Amen!

Anonymous said...

Stop trying to convert us.....we are Khmer pagan and we are happy with our two thousand years old cultural heritages. We do not really want to be born again into anybody else but Khmer again. So go and do the bible bashing to the youn or the siem as they are fringe dwellers with little of high cultural traditions.

Anonymous said...

10:04 AM
No I am not happy with Buddhism that destroyed my country for 800 years.

Buddhism is not 2000 years, it was 800 years, so don't lie. It was Hinduism brought in first by Indian prince(s). The fact, Khmers worshiped spirits such as Neak Ta, witchcarft... Tmub, Abb and Ampeu before Hinduism, and still do.

What you said was not in the History. Khmer Prince (real Royal prince) who united those small nations and he created a Khmer Empire. His named was King Jayavaraman 2.

No body will put handcuff on you and make you to be anything, but million Khmers are gradually follow Jesus Christ (Preah Se-Ar Metrey), I am one of the million Khmer Christians too.

We walk on different paths, but we share the same land. No problem.

You can adopt the foreign religion from India, we can adopt ours from the Israel.

So you leave us Khmer Christians alone. You can post your Indian Buddha, we can post our GOD from Israel.

Kaun Khmer Christians

Anonymous said...

10:04 am
Million of us Christians will be reborn again as Khmer Christians.

You build your Buddhist Temples we will build our Churches.

You Buddhists keep raising money to build your temples, we Khmer Christians will bring poor people and kids shelters, food, medicine and get educations.

PEACE!!

Anonymous said...

This this a blog to discuss about politics and social issues. Those who want to hear about Christian messages should go to a Bible class or blogs or websites about Christian teaching.

It is inappropriate for Miss Theary Seng to spruik her Christian messages here. Please stop!

Anonymous said...

9:29am Thanks and Amen.

Anonymous said...

11:01 AM
Agree. She should not post so much.
But can she post once in a while? We like her post in Khmer languages, but don't like her post so much either.

Khmer Christian

Anonymous said...

I hope and pray that Khmer Buddhists will not slaughter Khmer Christians and Islam like in Burma. The Buddhists in Burma are butchers and are so brutal.

It seems that Christianity keeps rising among the poor and young in poor nations.

Anonymous said...

Theary Seng. There is nothing wrong with being a Khmer Christian. You should promote Christianity on your own blog, KI Media is now spammed with useless Christian junks instead of becoming a news blog.

Appreciate your work, but there are many ways you can promote your work. KI Media isnt the place. Noone is interested in converting to become a Christian to save Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

Khmer Buddhists are the most brutal ones, but they need all helps from the Christians. Without the Christians they will kill and eat each others in flesh.

Anonymous said...

11:33 AM

Noone is interested ...? Please speak for yourself. Many Khmers like myself do.

Joseph said...

Dear Theary C. Seng

Please reduce posting. May be one post in one month. I am a devoted Khmer Christian (Mormon branch), and I think you should not post so often for too many.

If possible can you create a new Blog and post your link in KI for us to follow.

Thank you so much and God Bless.

Joseph Smith Tum

Anonymous said...

You born again are not even a Christian per se, you are a fring cult and backward thinking lots. Your god did not creat man in his image, we evolved from the ape per evolution theory by Charles Darwin. There is such things as quantum mechanic, dark matters and black holes. So keep your god to yourself. We should be trying to advance our people to catch up with the modern world of cutting edge technology,science and modern business practices. We had natural resources, land and young population but we are still a beggar nation. We Khmer are as capable as anybody on this planet.so let's advance our interests and stop importing this Western decadent religion.

Anonymous said...

12:00 PM. Agree with you. Even in this days of age. There are still many religious nutcase outthere promoting religions instead of the modern technology and scientific research.

How can we get this idiot nutcase to see that Jesus Christ was just an ordinary man who was killed for rebelling against the ruler, crucified on a stick among thousands of other rebellions only to have his life story rewritten hundreds of years later.

Theary Seng. You can promote Christinity on your Facebook wall and send us link to it. We would like to see more of Khmer news.

Anonymous said...

12:00 PM

Cambodian people will catch up with WHAT??? Don't exaggerate, please. They will never catch up with anything besides being primitive for the rest of their lives. Without the Christians help they are cripple beings.

You have tried too hard to attack GOD by picking up something from somebody who only expressed his opinions, which in fact he too did not prove it scientifically to be true.

Scientists disagreed with each other for most everythings, and yet they cannot prove too many things..where DNA came from, where the solar system came from ..or where did the Sun and mother cloud come from, etc..

No ONE on Earth can prove that GOD does not exist. Some humans are too arrogant and they think they knew all the answers.

In 1946's and 2010, all the missiles were disabled, and NO ONE knew who did it.

By the way, Christianity is not Western religion, it is from Israel. You need to stop dictating other Khmers as they are no body. Stop copying and pasting and lecturing us.

True Faith is not pretending or trying, it is coming from inside the heart. So move on, and leave us Khmer Christians alone.

PEACE!

Anonymous said...

So your answer is that Cambodians will always be primative unless they become Christians?? LOLZZ.

I hope you are you not Theary Seng. Even if you are not, you seriously have the mind of religious nutcase.

You are aware that without scientific research and technology, we wouldn't have the technology to interact on the inter web.

Maybe Theary Seng, do need to cut down on her Christian posts. Its only encouraging other religious extremist into KI Media.

Anonymous said...

No...did not copy and past anything .just my happy pagan thinkings.
Yes it my thought exactly..........leave us Khmer alone. We do not your savior gospel. we will seeking him out if we needed him . So go and peddle your wares somewhere else. May be damnation is good for the soul.....what do you think my evangelicalized friend?

Anonymous said...

1:45 PM
I am not Miss TS.

I made my statement based on facts responding to your post @ 12:00 PM.

The facts the Khmer Buddhists (Buddhism) adopted by Jayvaraman 7 in late 13th century destroyed the Khmer Empire.

Million men/boys became monks and did nothing for the country relying on the people to feed them. The Khmer empire' economy became weak and then collapsed.

The facts, the Khmer Buddhists rely on foreigners, just look at this Lowell community as an example.

Without helps from the Christian nations the Khmer Buddhists are doomed.

You can deny all you want but it will never change the facts.

I don't need a reminder from you about technology humans are having now, but do you know Khmers did not invent or ever discover any shit besides using others' inventions?

Do you realize that in-spite of how great technology humans reach, still NO ONE can Prove that GOD does not exist?

I am not a fanatic believer, but I cannot stand people like you who like to brag.

Anonymous said...

2:31pm

And you leave Khmer Christians alone, we don't need your lecturing us. You can suggest TS to stop posting but you cannot dictate her or anyone of us.

Anonymous said...

2:31 PM

We understood you. It is "a fear of losing Buddhism" to the Christianity.

Since you don't believe in Jesus Christ, but Buddha, then you may be have to think of "Karma" and/or "Impermanent Theory".

I predict based on the situations in South East Asia especially in Cambodia. Buddhism in Cambodia is Dying and it will be soon Dead like in Japan. Every temple and monks now are under Hanoi controls over.



Anonymous said...

2:31 PM

Excuse my asking. Are you Cambodian of Viet descend? Why are you so paranoid to see many Khmers turn to follow Jesus Christ?

I am just curious. Because every Buddhist Temple in Cambodian must make money for the CPP/Hanoi and monks must be going to study at Hanoi. This is not a joke it is real.

We are sorry to disappoint you, that there are many Khmers, more and more are now Christians. You need to get over it. We have Khmer Churches in every State.

Peace be with you even if you hate us.

Anonymous said...

Sa-La-Ma-Ly-Koum=Aig-Cha-La....Karksomnal pi arkang ke men preu the thov euy yesu lithothe thov,Srey min ors ormbel mouy kreab!!

Anonymous said...

I do not hate anybody . You are free to believe in who ever you wanted to. But I do love you more the fact that you are Khmer. I don't following any religion but I do have a strong conviction of being Khmer and a strong believe in our cultural heritages. It is our identiy as people in humanity on this planet.Why do you guys are trying so hard to convert Khmer people to this alien belief. To say that your faith is the only salvation for our nation is an utterly nonsense. when I read the bible in Khmer, it sounds alien and unnatural in our native tongue. It makes more sense when I read it English. Again no hatre, just good wills to all our Khmer brethrens. soursdey to you too.

Anonymous said...

2:31 PM. You made your fcts based on your evidence that noone has been able to prove that god doesnt exist? Therefore GOD does exist..

Stop smoking pots. If you want facts, here it is.

God did not create human in 7 days. Human evolve from the last one million year. Go check out scientific research. Can you get the Christian to explain how god created everything in 7 days?

Jesus Chris was believed by lunatic that he was reborn. Here is the fact, from the first century to the 1800s, before the invention of technology, many patient were buried alive believed to have been dead.

Were those people buried alive reincarnation of Jesus?

Stop blaming the Khmer King since the 1300s. There were many reason why the Khmer Empire decline, Buddhism isn't one of them.




Anonymous said...

Khmer Empire decline because God see to it that they would not be so self confident. God rules over all the nations!

Khmer Empire did not create the earth that they lived on but lend to them by God who created all things.

Anonymous said...

4:46 PM
Move on and why don't you leave these billion Christians alone?

By the way 7 days in heaven is not the same as humans' days. If it is the same then why Einstein' E=mC^2 cannot help humans to land on any planet, not to mention a closest planet in our same Solar System such as Venus, or Mars.

If you ask me "did any humanoid visit earth yet?"

Check documents (some listed as Top Secret)...The Stranger at Pentagon, he met President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon...

Area 51...Majestic 12 (MJ 12)...many more. The humanoids visited Earth in a Day or so, but it will take humans according to E=mC^2 of Einstein a million Light years to get there.

Or check on one late Scientist named Dr. Phil Schneider. Why the Canadian gov't and Russian govt' called for the US to come clean that the US superiority technology helped by those not from this earth. Even with that a small knowledge helped from others, still humans cannot reach far beyond earth's space.

You may try to watch and listen to the American famous Scientists Dr. Michio Kaku, and or at least read Steven Hawkings on the Extraterrestrials whom we called Aliens. Why their technologies are million years too far beyond humans can reach?

Why they can travel a day or so to Earth from their planet and from their Solar systems, and why we can go anywhere besides Moon and Mars only Robots left on Mars.

This prove to you that 7 days of heaven can be million to billion years of humans on earth.

Your Hatred and your Vindictiveness toward Jesus Christ is too far beyond anything can be compared. It is your path, your Karma that led you to be who you are, and ours led us to where we are, why cannot you accept it.

You have kept trying to demonize GOD, but we will never be tempted. Our path is continuing to strength our Spiritual and our mental forces/souls higher toward a positive existence and to live with harmony with the Universe of GOD by following Jesus Christ.

You on the other hand, you will never reach "Christ" not to brag you can reach GOD. You are not a spiritual being besides your hatred not love toward others. You cannot live still in harmony within your heart/soul.

If you can calm and create harmony into your heart/soul, wisdom and love within you will come. One does not need to claim I believe in GOD, but if he or she is capable of wisdom and love combined, that person will find a glory of light.

STOP harassing people but helping yourself to becoming a true spiritual person, you will find peace and harmony in your heart.

Whether you deny or accept GOD, you and all creatures in this Infinite Universe are part of eternity called (GOD).


PEACE!!

Anonymous said...

Correct'
"..., and why we cannot go anywhere besides Moon and Mars only Robots left on Mars."

Anonymous said...

4:46 PM

If those billion Christians believed that GOD Himself incarnated to a human flesh "Christ" is lunatic, then you a self-claim not a lunatic leave those wealthy/powerful Christians alone.

You CANNOT DENY the Facts in History. While T'ai and Annamese were coming, Jayavaraman 7 adopted the Foreign Weakest Religion "Buddhism" which led to the collapse of the economy of Khmer Empire.

Jayavaraman 7 is making great by his Buddhist followerss and erased the fact that this guy Jay 7 brought in the destruction upon the empire, the empire was not created by him, but by King Jayavaraman 2.

No Nation can survive when the ECONOMY is WEAK, and the weakest of Khmer Empire under that new religion Buddhism was million men/boys flocked to becoming MONKs relying on the people to feed them. Did they contribute to the society helping economy to stay STRONG? NO and NO. (look at today, same and same..). Look at Lowell Temples as an example.

A strong Nation depends on a strong Economy. Embracing a Weakest Foreign Religion (Buddhism, while declining in China, Afghanistan, Indian and Nepal.. and while the Viets and Siems were coming?

This man Jay 7 should be executed for his treason. He even helped to create Laos nation and his daughter was 1st Queen of Laos. (in history). Because of Jay 7, Khmer Empire declined and collapsed.

You guys made him great, we will write our own version with references to prove that Jayavaraman 7 was a traitor, a destroyer of the Khmer Empire.

Look around you, more than 4000 Temples and Hun sen wanted to build more temples, and send more monks to the US to earn money and some monks sent to study in Hanoi. Hun Sen's monks are best Con Artists like Soa Khon, Nhem Kimteng, Tep Vong... and million more including fake Khmer Monks (Yuon) among them.


The history can be changed and be corrected the errors made by some historian who wrote the history according to what they're forced to write.

The Khmer Buddhists were/are the Destroyers of the Empire and now the small Khmer nation. The Khmer Buddhists are the wicked who wrecked the Nation. The Khmer Buddhists have never admitted their faults, but always pointing fingers at others for their own crimes for 800 years since this foreign Buddhism entered the Empire.

You are not going to be able to disprove that your million monks do nothing to help the economy but relying on the poor Khmer people to feed them.



Anonymous said...

(Q) Why did not Nepal-India adopt Buddhism??? Why are they Hindu? Why did not they believe their own man "Buddha(s)?".

(A) ????? ...

(Q) Which Buddhist nations are rich and develop nations?
(A) NONE

(Q) Which Buddhist nation disappear from the world map?
(A) Tibet

(Q) Which Buddhist nations will soon becoming part of Vietnam?
(A) Cambodia and Laos.

(Q) Which Buddhist nations rely on the West?

(A) All

Anonymous said...

1:47 AM. There is no relationship between the decline of the Khmer Empire becuse of the practice of Buddhism.

Cambodia failed because of external conflict and internal conflict, such as the internal marriage between royal family, the migration of Youn and Siam.

Ask any smart person, if their country becomes a great country after adopting Christianity and abandoning Scient and Research.

If Cambodia is to adopt extremist Christian religious, Cambodia will fall faster then the Pol Pot Regime.

Keep blaming Buddhisms and the King from the 1200s isn't doing you any good favour either. Christianity was a violence religion, many women were put on a spike, many men were quartered and beheaded and hang on across town and cities for not accepting Christianity. That is fact.



Anonymous said...

12:57 and 1:47 I agree with you 100%


2:24am
You are wrong! many christians had been persecuted by the 'freemasion...zionism and mafia type of gangster' which was funded by the Vatican (as Sainte Malachi and also our lady of of Fatima prodicted that, there will be evils recited in them...even to commit murder of the newly elected pop in 1960s+). Therefore, christianity is the only true God but because evils are as strong, they had to commit their evil acts as much as they can ( do as much damages as possible) because, they know that their time is limited.

I remember, one true story, a man Job ( I think) had everything in life and the devil dared God and said 'well, the reason he loves you because he has everything in life but if you take of everything away from him, I am sure he won't love you no more'. God responded 'OK you can do whatever you like to him accept not to kill him', So, the devil went off to kill all of his many children( by cyclone) and all of his animal plus infected him with such disease, where no one could come near him because of such a smell and his wife said 'why do you still believe in God after what had happened', he replied by saying 'God is God and he has a plan for all of us', from that moment on, the devil left him and God gave him back double of what he once had.

So, in life, we have to know, who, what, where, when, why and how? Because either we are for them or against them, that is 'God vs Evil'. e,g God would not want to harm you but evil does. Therefore, if we look into the past we will see the future. e,g God saved the Israelites but the devil possessed them and turn them against God and God said 'until you turn to me and repent, only then, the world will come to an end',

In 1948, God made it possible for them to return home with the helped of US and EU and the sign of the end time is now, and the closer it becomes the more destruction you will get to see e,g earth quake, wars and romour of wars...nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom and parents against chlidren vis visa So, now that you know, it is still up to you to decide whether you are against them or for them. if you are for them then, it is likely, we are going to go through WW3 but if you are against them, then, we might be going through the 'rupture' because 'God doesn't plan for the earth to last forever...it is a matter of time...like sand through the hour glass'. So, be blessed everyone, Amen!

Anonymous said...

6:34 AM. You lunatic explanation doesnt work beside other lunatic nutcase such as Theary Seng followers.

I suggest you ask Theary Seng to create another webpage where she and her nutcase.

What you are doing is promoting Christianity. What Cambodia need is freedom and change. Not converting into Christainity.

Anonymous said...

839am
You are a murderer and son of a bloodsucker of all times that is why you fear of god scriptures. Hahahaha I am glad you are not the chosen like us....hahahaha and so you time is limited but for now, keep sucking hahahaha

Anonymous said...

Radicalized and evangelicalized are the same face of one coin, there are no 42 virgins waiting for you fruitcake nor Christian's eternal life after death. So..... live for today, strengthen our economy, educate our kids. Observe the rule of laws and expanse our horizon for the better Khmer nation. There is no god...you are your own god...god of your own destiny. Religion zealous have causing so much misery for humanity. do have your god to yourself because it is your purgatory but leave us to our pagan bliss. good Will to all mankind I say.

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