Baptist Houbung Thusim le Thuhil

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Eimi te hi atamjo Baptist a kikhai lha kitileh dihjong dihmeithei ahi, ahinlah lainat umtah khat chu, houbung mite hin Baptist a ium nau ajeh jong ina hechen ji pouvin ahe lhom lheh in akilang jing in ahi. Hitia hethem louva ium laiyun thuhil dang dang in eisuboi den khajiuvin ahi. Houbung dindet jing theina ding le tahsan chate tahsan phudetna dinga tunia hi Baptist Thuhil alhangpia isei diu ahi. Ikihilnau hi eiho Baptist houbung ho kihilna le kisuhdihna ahin koima dang houle beh demna le suhna ahipoi.

1. Baptist Houbung kipat dan

Roman Catholic sakho in vannoi pumpi analonkhum jong le phat khat (1600s AD) laiya kon in athuhil u deilou mi phabep ahung umdoh tauvin ahi. Amaho lah a minphah thei ho chu: Germany akon Martin Luther, Switzalen akon Zwingli, chule Geneva akon John calvin ahiuve. Zwingli kitipa thuhil chu Baptiste umdan to ahung kitoh in ahi. Het ding khat chu, Baptist Houbungho hi Protestant Houbung ahisoh deh pouve. Ajeh chu Baptiste hi Protestant ho hung kipatdoh laiphat (Reformation) masang peh a anaum ahitauve ti thuchin aumin ahi. Baptist te amin luija ana kihe chu ahile  "Anabaptists," hichun akoudoh chu, "twi vellut," tina ahi. Ajeh chu, Twilut hi mi pilhing ho kibol ahin chapang kho helouho ding ahipoi. Hijeh chun Roman Catholic hon Chapang a Baptize abol ji hou khu atai peh pouvin athah bol jiuvin ahi. Houbung thusim a kimu dungjuijin Baptiste hi Ana Baptist (free Churches) akona dan in akimun ahi. Hiche Houbung hohi Solchah (Apostles) ho khanga patna ana umdanin akilang uve. B A P T I S T kiti thumal vanghi kum 1600s AD, masanga ana kimang khabeh lou dan in akilang in, Baptist chonna vanghi Dark Ages le Reformation a ana kisugenthei mi lhomcha hon ana bol u ahi. Baptisten Bible tahsan na le ajuinau jeh in Hou lentah tah ni, tichu, Roman Catholic le Protestant te toh ana kikhen un ahi. Ajeh chu Roman Catholic Houbung hon Baptist chena lhonpi apom lou jeh un asuhgenthei in ahung pang un ahi. Chule Protestant Houbung hon jong Bible chena lhongpi a kilekit ding agot laitah un Baptiste toh akilhonkhom theilounau ana umkhah jeh in asugentheiyin anapang kit leuvun ahi. Hitia chu Roman Catholic le Protestant hotoh hung kikhen peh uva hung pilhing toupeh u ahin eiho gamsunga jong 1896 (William Pettigrew) vel a hunglut pan a tuni chan a ijui u ahi.

2. Baptist Houbung thuhil

Baptist min le achena lhongpi ho hi mi kimkhat in mangtheilou sa san amangun asuhsah beihel aso un abang loi khat ma chun Baptist ahilou vang un anajui kit thouvun ahi. Hitia ahelou toh ahetoh amitakip in ajuitah jeh un hoiche hi Baptist Thuhil hija hoiche hi hilou ham tihi mitin lungnohphahna ana hikit in chujeh in hetdoh dinga khoh phabep suh ute:

2.1. Pathen Lekhabu Theng (The Scriptures)

Pathen Lekhabu Theng, Kitpena Lui le Kitepna Thah sunga Lekhabu somgup le gup (66 books) thanei tah le bulhingset, kamchenga hung kiseison le lhagao theng puihoina noiya mihon lekha a ahinsutlut u hi Pathen in ahaikhum Lekhabu theng chu  ahin dihlou thei lou ahi ti hi akitahsan in ahi.  Hiche Lekhabu theng hi Christiante dia kisinsahna le kivaihomna dinga chule lhagao mangthai ho dinga Huhhingna lampi kimuna ahin, hicheva hi lhagao thu lamdol jouse kipatepcheh ding ahi. Eima thusim, thilkidang ihet, mihemthupeh, lhagaomi ho thuseidoh, le adang dang itobang hijongle Bible banga man nading aumpon ahi. Bible hi ikipatna ding ule ikichaina ding u ahi (Mark 12:26, 27; 13:11; Luke 24:27, 44; John 5:39; Acts 1:16; 17:2-3; 18:28; 26:22, 23; 28:23; Rom. 15:4; I Cor. 2:13; 10:11; 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21). (II Timothy 3:16-17).

2.2. Houbung (The Church)

Houbung kiti hi Christa a mipengthah ho kiloikhomna ahin Amun Houbung le Vannoi Losoh Houbung tia khen ahi. Houbung kiti hi Pentecost nikhoa ana kiphutdoh ahin Rapture a lahdtouva umding tonsot a Christa mouva pang ding ahi. Houbung kiti hi Israel le Lenggam toh kibang lou ahin achombeh ahiye. Houbung in atoh ding chu: Pathen Hou, Tahsan Chate Vahkhang, chule Vannoiya Kipana Thupha lhangsap ding ahi. Chule Houbung kiti hi Amun Houbung Thaneina (Autonomy of Local Church) le mipi thaneina (Democracy) a kivaipohna um ding ahi tihi akitahsan in ahi. Houbung miten amaho toh tahsan kibahpi ho toh na atoh khom uva, tahsan na adin khom uva thuhil lhem letahsan kibahpi lou ho asosal khom diu ahi. Pakaijin anganse Pastor ho thaneina a kivaipoh tina ahi. (Matt. 16:18; Acts 2:42-47; Ephesians 1:22-23; 1 Pet. 1:23; Acts 8:1; 11:22; Gal. 1:2; 1^st Cor. 11:2; 3:14, 15; Acts 20:17-28; 1^st Tim. 3:1-13; Acts 2:41, 42; 1^st Cor.12:12, 13; Eph1:22,23 Acts15:13-18; Rom. 12:5; Acts 15; Matthew 18:15-17).

2.3. Tahsan Ho Jouse Thempu Hina (Priesthooh Of Believers)
Kitepna Lui khang in houbuh sunga mijouse lutthei louvin Thempu khat bou ana kimangcha jongle Christa in eilhatdoh niuva pat in tahsan chate jousen Pakai angsung ibellut thei tauvin ahi. Leiset chunga Jesu Christa tailou Pathen le Mihem kikah a Palai koima cha inei tapouvin thempu hina chu ichangcheh tauvin ahi   (Hebrews 4:14-16; I Peter 2:5-10).

2.4. Houbung Bol Dia Kingense Kin (Church Ordinances)

Twilut le Pakai Anjon teni bou hi Houbung in kipehthengna natoh ding (sacrament/ordinance) a abol diuva Pakaiyin apeh chu ahin adang kibol lou ding ahi ti akitahsan e (Matt.28: 19; Luke 22: 19, 20; Acts 10:47,48; 16:32, 33; 18:7-8; I Cor.11: 26).

     A). Twilut (Baptism): Apa-Acha chule Lhagaotheng min’a atahsan khatchu tahsa pumpi kiphumlutna Baptize chanhi Baptize chandan dihtah ahin, Jesu chu athin, akivuijin chule athoudoh kittai ti avetsah ahi. Hichehi atahsanho boldinga thupeh ahi tihi akitahsan in ahi. (Rome 6: 1-14; Col 2:12, Mt. 28:19). Koitobang khatchun Christa atahsanna aphonleh Houbung phalpehnanoiya twilutna aneithei ahin hichu Pastor in abol ding ahilouleh houbungin alhen mikhat in abol thei ahi.

         B). Pakai Anjon (The Lord’s Table): Pakai Anjon kiti hi Jesu Christa in anaphudoh ahin hiche hi tahsan chaten Ama thina, thohgentheina ho geldoh jing na dinga Ama leisetna ahung kit kah a bol jing dinga thupeh chu ahi. Hiche hi atahsan a baptize changhon abol diu ahi tihi akitahsane (Rom. 6:3-5; Acts. 2:41-42; Mat. 3:16). Pakai anjon hi pastor ahilouleh houbungin thuneina apeh hon mipi akikhom hochu ahithei na channa ahop jing dingu ahi. Hiche hi Pakai tahsa le thisan vetsahna a kibol ahin Pakai thisan tahbeh le tahsa tahbeh ahipoi. Hiche Antheng neh vanga lhagao mitbe na ding le sochatna ding chule phatthei chan be na ding ima aumpoi. Hiche Pakai Anjon hi Pakai thoh genthei geldohna ahin hichu Ama ahungkah sea bol jing ding ahi. Hiche Pakai anjon chu Houbung kikhopna pamlama hop phallou ahi.

2.5. Lhagao Hinkhoa Mimal Thaneina
Mihem khat chun ama lhagao kihuh hingna dinga tahsanna kisantheina anei ahi. Mihem ama ama kilhen dungjuiya kingam ahin midang khat in hunom a akilhensah thei ahipoi (Romans 14:5-12).

2.6. Tahsan Houbung Mi Lhinna                                                                          

Mihem khat chun Christa tahsanna dihtah anei tengleh Houbung mi lhinna (membership) lhingset chu alahthei bep ding ahi. Ahideh in atahsan a chujouva twilutho chu hidiu ahi (Acts 2:41-47).

2.7. Houbung Kivaipohna                                                                                             

Houbung kivaipoh ding dan hi Bible in ahil dungjuiya Pastor thaneina le vaihomna hiding chule Deacon ho tosotna hi ding ahi (I Timothy 3:1-13).

2.8. Houbung Le Haosa                                                                                                     

Houbung le Haosa hi kikhen theibehseh ahilouvang in Pathenin tohding le gambih jatchomjep jep apeh gel ahijeh a kihethem to lhon ding khat in khat chunga vai ahomkhum deh lou ding (Acts 4:29; Romans 12:18;13:1-5; I Timothy 2:1-4; I Corinthians 5:9-13).

2.9. Christa Anivei Channa Leiya Ahung (The Second Coming of Christ)

Houbung kilah tou jouva Thoh Hahsa khang akhohset laitah le Jesu Christa chu leisetna hung kum ding ahi. Ama chu van a meilom lah a tahsa tah a, thaneina pum le loupina pum a Kum Sang Lenggam ahung phudoh ding, Satan akan tum a amongbei kokhuh a akoi ding ahi. Hiche a hi Aman vannoi thilsem jouse chunga sapsetna umho abon a alahdoh ding, Israel chu amanu gam mong monga akiledohsah ding Pathen kitepnaho ahetsah ding ahi. Chule vannoi mite jousen Pathen hetna ahin nei diu ahi tihi akitahsan in ahi (Deut.30:1-10; Isa.11:9; Ezek.37:21-28; Matt.24:15-25,46; Acts15:16-17; Rom.8:19-23; 11:25-27; I Tim.4:1-3; 2Tim.3:15; Rev.20:1-3).

2.10. Pathen Thum a Kilahna (Trinity)

Pathen khatseh hina a chun natohmun dungjuiyin Pathen hina thum in akilah in, hichu Pa Pathen, Chapa Pathen chule Lhagao Theng Pathen ahiuve. Amaho hi aneojo, anemjo, lhasamjo, alenjo, asangjo, abulhingjo umlouva thaneina kibang cheh ahiuvin, natoh chomcheh tong hiu jong le Huhhingna dia dinmun le panmun khat a um ahiuvin Thum chu khat ahin khat chu thum ahi ti hi akitahsane (Gen. 1:1; 26-27; Deu. 6:4; Is. 6:8; Matt. 3:16-17; 28:19-20; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acts 5:3, 4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Heb. 1:1, 3; Rev. 1:4-6).

2.11. Mihem Jineina                                                                                                          

Jinei kiti hi Pathen thilgon thengtah le manlutah chu ahi. Chule akicheng chu nupa akitin amani bou hiding ahin akop kop a kichen louding ahi. Kichen chungchanga hin Pa le Pa kikoi Nu le Nu kikoi hi chonset ahi (Gen. 2:24).

2.12. Tonsot Hinkho: Vangam le Damun

Jesu Christa tahsan a hinna neijouse athi teng uleh a lhagao u Pakai angsunga nomsatah le kho he pum a um ahiuvin, Pakai chu amite dinga ahung tengleh hiche lhagao ho chu loupina pum a thoudoh ding Pakai toh tonsot tonsot geiya cheng khom diu ahitai. Ahinlah tahsan loute lhagao vang gopmun a kho he pum a umjing ding ahiuvin Kum Sang Lenggam kichaiya atahsau le alhagao u hung kigomkhoma hung thoudoh dingu Laltouna Kanga amaho chu athu u kitan ding chujou tengleh suhmang ding hilouva gotna peh jeh a tonsot a meidil a kilehlut ding ahiuve (Luke 16:19-26; 23:42; 2Cor.5:8; Phil.1:23; 2Thess1:7-9; Jude 1:6-7; Rev.20:11-15).

2.13. Numei Le Pasal Kibahna  Huhhingna thudol in Numei le Pasal hi Pathen angsunga koima imachom aumpon akibanggel cheh lhon e, ahinlah Insung dinmun le Houbung dinmun a lamkai hina vang Pasal joh apeh ahi (I Tim. 3).  

2.14. Tahsan Chate Venbitna (The Security Of Saints)

Koi hileh dihtah a pengthah chu Pathen toh tonsot gei a umkhom ding ahitan ama chu apenthahna chu mangthei kit talou ding ahi. Ahinlah Pathen hin chonset hi avetnom lou beh ahijeh in tahsan chaten nitin chonset anei teng uleh gotna le jepna jong apetheiyin achan dinga lom jong alahmang peh theiye tihi akitahsan in ahi (John 5: 24; 10:28; 13:1; 14:16-17; 17:11; Rom.8: 29; I Cor.6: 19; Heb.7: 25; 1John2: 1-2; 5:13; Jude1: 14).

   

2.15. Penthah Na/Huhhingna (Salvation)

Vannoiya chonset alut jeh in mijouse chonse ahitan hiche mite hi Penthahna jaolouva Pathen kom a lut thei lou hel ahiuve. Huhhingna hi lodohthei, chohdoh thei, lamdohthei, chihna le hetna chule chonphat vangle thilbol vanga kimu hilouvin Pathen thil mohpeh - lhagaotheng thilbol thei na vangle Lungset manna Jesu Christa tahsan vanga kimu ahibouve chule Huhhingna dihtah chu  tonsotna mangthei  talou ahi. Chule themchanna ding a Jesu Christa tahsan hi thildang in akhel thei ahipoi, tehkahnan, taona man, chonset phon, twilut,  ahiloule lhachana toh hat tiho toh tehkah lou ding khel jong akhel thei lou ahi ti hi akitahsan in ahi (Lev.17: 11; Isa.64: 6; Matt.26: 28; John3: 7-18; Rom.5: 6-9; 2 Cor.5: 21; Gal.6: 15; Eph.1:7; Phil.3:4-9; Titus 1:18, 3:13; James 1:18; 1Pet.1:18-19,23; John 1:12; 5:24; 6:29; Acts 13:39; 16:31; Rom.1:16-17; 3:22,26; 4:5; 10:4; Gal.3:22; Ephe 2: 8-9; Jn 3:16, 36; Jn.10:28; 1^st Peter 2:24; Jn.3:16)

Thuchaina

Solchah 4:19 “Ahivang in Peter le John in adonbut lhon in ajah uva, ‘Pathen thu sanga nangho thu ngaijoh chu Pathen mitmu-a dihnam nanghon geltoh un.’”

PATE NIKHO HUNG KIMAN PATDAN

AKIMANNA AMASAPEN

Grace Golden Clayton hin Anna Jarvis’ crusade apat ‘Pate Nikho’ phudoh ding thanopna ana nei himeithei ahi. Fairmont a pat 15 miles (24 km) gamlha a ana um Grafton (West Virginia) kiti khopi mun a chun Jarvis in lha ni masang chun anu in ana dalhah (thisaan) na chungah ama choi atna le vahchoina kin khat ana manpeh in ahi.

 Anna Jarvis in ‘Nute Nikho’ Grafton (West Virginia) mun a ana bol a lolhinna ana mujou vin, ‘Pate Nikho’ chu Fairmont (West Virginia) a Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South (tua Central United Methodist Church tia kihe) mun ah chun amasa pen dingin man in ana umin ahi. Grace Golden Clayton chun December 1907 chun, apa songmantam laidohna a toset anato, ana lunghem pi in ahi. Hichi toset na ah chun pasal 361 anathi in, hichilah ah chun mipa 250 anajao vin, cha tamtah paa (father) neilou vi nana umlo un ahi. Clayton in a pastor pa Robert Thomas Webb hengah hichi tosetna a thi pateho jana pehding ti alunggel anasei in ahi.

A khopi sung uva thilsoh dang ho jeh chun, Clayton’s lunggel (thilsoh) chu Fairmont pam lam ah pohdoh in ana umpon ahi. Chuleh thilsoh dang ni chun Clayton,s lunggel chu thupi in ana gelpeh pouvin ahi. Hichi teni chu July 4, 1908 nikho a mi 12,000 vel in vetnom umtah tah thilsoh avet uva Chamlhatna nikho (Independence Day) anaman u chuleh ani channa a July 4 nikho a chapang numei kum 16 khat anathi jeh ahi. Local houbung le Council teni chun ana phalpeh pon chuleh hichi Clayton’s lunggel chu ana machalsah be nom pouvin, kum phabep chu man in ana um pon ahi. Achainan Clayton chu ima jong asei nom tapon chuleh alunggel chu koima komah jong asei be nom tapon ahi.

1910 kum chun ‘Pate Nikho’ chu Spokane, Washington a YMCA mun ah Arkansas a anapeng mi Sonora Smart Dodd in ana mangin ahi. Pate kiman na masapen chu June 19, 1910 a Spokane YMCA anahi. Apa William Jackson Smart in a changseh a cha 6 ahin vah khang ahi. Central Methodist Episcopal Church a 1909 kuma Jarvis’ Nute Nikho sermon angaina a kon in, a pastor pau komah Pate ho jong nikho khat hi ama ho geldoh a jana pehding lunggel ho anasei in ahi. Sonora in June 5 ( apa birthday) chu ana deisah lheh in ahinlah a pastor pa in sermon kigotna ding phat ana neilou jeh chun June lhasung a Sunday a thum channa in vohchon in ana umin ahi. Houlhacha a pangho chun anasan peh uvin, June 19, 1010 kumin ‘Pate Nikho’ sermon masapen pateho jana pehding thu chu khopi sunga mijouse simthei din thejal in ana umin ahi.

Hijongleh 1920s vel lah chun Dodd in hichi pate nikho kiman ding hi ana machal sah nom pon ahi, ajeh chu Chicago a Art Institute muna lekha anasim in chuleh akichieh joulou/ akilan doh joulou phat chun ana lunglha in ahi. 1930s lah vel chun Dodd chu Spokane a akinung lekit in Pate nikho machalsah na dingin pan ahinla kit in chuleh national level gei jin mipi teho chu phatechan hetsahna anei tan ahi. Kithopina munchom chom apat in amu in, 1938 kum in New York Association Men’s Wear Retailers hon Father’s Day Council ana phutdoh un Dodd chu ana kithpiu vin chule Pate nikho man ding chu machalsah thei nadin pan aluvin ahi. American miten hichi hi kum phabep pi ana doudal un ahi. Newspaper ho dung ah jong Nute nikho lolhin jeh a hichi pate nikho jonghi bolding agot ahi tin totnop naleh kihou nan anei un ahi. Ahinlah Dodd le akiloipi cheng chun limsah in anakoi pouvin ahi. 1980s kum kim vel ah chun Father’s Day Council in hitin lekha ana jih un ahi, “Pate Nikho hi mipa te jouse dinga kumhei ani na (2^nd Christmas) ahitan ahi.....”

1913 kum in Congress masang ah mipin ahet nadin hetpeh na nikho umdoh thei nadin Bill ahin koi un ahi.1916 kum in President Woodrow Wilson chu Spokane mun a Pate Nikho kiman na ah anachi in chule mipi hetthei a aumding adeisah in ahinlah Congress te ana nompou vin, sumkolveina lam pang a hung kiheidoh get inte ti tijatna ananei un ahi. USA President Calvin Coolidge in 1924 kum in hichi nikho hi gamsung pumpi in anit dingin seihuna ana nei in ahinlah gamsung mite hetdin ana phongdoh jou tapon ahi. Congress te in hichi nikho suty a hetpeh nading a abolgot uchu nivei ana suh tang peh un ahi. 1957 kum in Maine Senator Margareth Chase Smith in Congress te lekha anathod in ana them mosah in ahi, aman aseina ah Congress te in kum 40 val jen pateho not thap in akoi un ahinla nute ho jana ana pejing un, ihing nu bou jana peh a ihingpa atum a hetpehna neilou hi thil dih ahipoi, tin lekha anathod in ahi. 1966 kum in President Lyndon B. Johnson in avaipohna sunga phondohna masapen (First proclamation) pateho jana chu ana phongdoh in, chuleh June lhasung a Sunday athum channa hi ‘Pate Nikho’ in het in ana umin ahi. Kum 6 jouvin hichi nikho hi a itih a gamsung a nikho khat a nit dingin President Richard Nixon in daan a dingin soi anakai tan ahi. Pate Nikho kalval in jong, International men’s Day hi November 19 leh mipa hilou pasal ho a din vannoi gamtin ah man in ana umin ahi.

PATE NIKHO PHUDOH NADINGA TUPNA LOSAM:

1911 kum in Jane Adams in Chicago mun ah pate nikho man dinga ahin phut in ahinlah ana kisan peh pon ahi. 1912 kum in Methodist pastor J.J.Berringer (Irvington Methodist Church) lunggel seidoh hoa pat in Vancouver, Washington mun ah Pate Nikho man in ana umin ahi. Hetkhel jeh in amaho chun hichi nikho chu amang masapen hidiuvin ana tahsang un ahi. Amahon 1911 a Portland Oregonian lunggel chu ana jui u ahi.

Harry C.Meek, Lions Clubs International a member khat chun 1915 kum a Pate Nikho man nadia lunggel hin neidoh chu kei kahi tin anasei in ahi. Meek in June lhasung a Sunday a thum channa chu kei birthday ahijeh a kana lhen ahi ti jong asei in ahi (A pa birthday joh ana lheng leh kilom sel dinga). The Lions Club techun amachu “Pate Nikho hung kondohnapa” tin aminsah un ahi. Meek in Pate nikho tamtah vei machalsah ding lungtup ana nei in chuleh mipi het dia hetpihna neidi tohgon ana got ten ahi.

PHAT CHESA HO A VANNOI THILSOH LEH CHONNA DANHO:

Pate Nikho hi kah lah lah leh amin kikhel na umji jongleh Catholic gam phabep leh Lhumlam European gam phabep in Pate nikho hi St.Joseph kipana ankong niteng ana lom jiuvin ahi.

Argentina: Pate nikho hi Argentina ah June lhasung a Sunday athum channa in ana mang jiuvin ahi, ahinlah phat tamtah vei hi hichi nikho hi August 24 nikho a Jose de San Martin “Father of the Nation” ahung hini kho geldoh jing nadi toh goma khel doh ding hi ana gojing un ahi. 1953 kum in Pate nikho hi themjilna mun ho a 24 August hi Jose de San Martin jana nikho le geldohna a man ding hi deisah na neipum in General Direction of Schools of Mendoza Provice ah pohdoh in ana umin ahi. Hichi nikho chu 1958 kum June lhasung a Sunday athum na nikho in ana kimang masapan in ahi, ahinlah midang phabep a kon deisah louna ana umjeh chun School calendar ah ana kijaosah tapon ahi.

Mendoza province a themjilna mun ho in August 24 hi Pate nikho in ana mang jom peh un ahi, chuleh 1982 kum in agamkai Governor in hichi nikho chu pate nikho a dingin thulhuhna anasem in ahi. 2004 kum in a nikho Augst 24 chu khel dingin deisahna jat jat ahung doh in, achaina in Senate of Argentina hengah vetlhahna leh seilhahna ana umin ahi. Senate chun hichi nikho chu August lhasung a Sunday athum channa din ahin khel tan ahi. Ahinlah hichi thu hi Senate kihouna sungah pohdoh a ana umlou jeh in, ana losam kit in ahi.

Germany: Germany ah pate nikho (Vatertag) hi vannoi mundang ho Mandan toh kibang lou in ana mang un ahi. Van a lahtouna nikho in ana mang jiuvin ahi (Easter a pat ni 40 jou). Hichi nikho jong hi agamsung miten Pasal te nikho (men’s day) tin jong aheu vin ahi. Amaho chena dan a hichi nikho leh pasal kiti phot phot (aneo alen), sakol kangtalai a lamsaotah chijiu ahi. Hichi sakol kang talai a chu juu leh amaho pupa khang a bu, Hausmannskost tia kihe ana kipoh jiu ahi. Mi tamtah chun hichi nikho hi kingolsah naleh jukham nan ana mang jiuvin ahi. Federal Statistical Office (Germany) a kon kimu dungjui in khamna thei lam toh kisai a toset tona hi hichi nikho leh hin ajat thum in atam jin ahi akiti. Solam germany ah hichi nikho hi amaho chenadan lhongpi in khamna nikho in anaha chen ahi.

Hichi chena dan hi Christian te dan a lahtouna nikho (Ascension Day) a pat hung ki jungkho ahin, 18^th century lai a pat a hung kimang pan ahi. Pasal ho chu thing touna ah khosung a kailhang mun ah ana kipo jin ahi, chuleh khosung vaipo pa chun mipa cha tamnei pen hochu kipaman in vohsa phe ana pejin ahi. 19^th century kichai lam kon chun hichi nikho hi hou toh kisai lampang chu ana lhasam khatan, adeh in khopi lah Berlin mun ah chun kinopsah tah a judon puma hinkho man na in ana mang un ahi. 20^th century ahung hitoh kilhon in judon na leh kingolsah na lampang in chenadan in ana umdoh tan ahi. Hichi nikho chu Thursday ahiji in, ajing Friday nikho chu mi tamtah in natoh kichol na nikho in alajiu vin chuleh themjilna munho jong akikhah jin ahi. Chuleh mi tamtah in hapta li (4) tabang kinop lhana in ana mang kit jiuvin ahi.

Nepal: Nepal gam a Newar mihon Gokarna Aunsi nikho leh pateho jana pehnikho in anamang jiuvin ahi. Hichi nikho chu August lha kichai lam ahilouleh September kipat til lai leh ana mang jiu vin ahi. Lhumgam gam khangtou ho Mandan hi pohlut in ana umin chuleh amahon aman na nikho toh kitoh in Gokarna Aunsi toh kitoh in man in ana umjin ahi.

             

Midang hon jong Gokarna Aunsi nikho chu ahin mang pan uvin ahi. Nepal pao dan ah Abu ya Khwa Swoyegu tin akihe in chuleh Nepali pao in Buwaako much herne din tin akihen ahi (pate mai vet na nikho tidi hinte). Lhalih jan (Amavasya) nikho le chena lhongpi a chu pa teho jana peh ding hi ahi. Hindu hochu Gokarna a um Shiva temple mun ah ana chijiu vin, Buddhist hochu Jan Bahal houbuh mun ah ana chiu vin ahi.             

CHRISTMAS STAR KITI HI IPI HAM?

Christmas teng le hin Christmas Star, Christmas tree le santa claus kiti ho hi alen aneo in akikhohsah lheh jin ahi.  Ahin hiche ho hin ipi akou doh ham ti he akitam ji pon ahi. Hiche jeha hi Christmas decoration a poimo tah khat ‘Christmas star/valpah’ thu hi isei diu ahi. Christmas star hi ipi hia chule ipi akou doh ahidem?

1. Bible a Christmas star kimuna? 
Bible ivet le ‘Bethlehem Star’ thu kimu na chu Jesu Christa pen thu kiseina Matthew 2 sung a chun akimu chen dih in ahi. Matthew 2:9 lang chu ivet le Bethlehem star chu Jesu Christa penna ding mun hiltu’a apan dan akimun ahi. Mi abang khat in hiche ‘Christmas valpah’ hi valpah dang hotoh kibang'a sei jong aum in ahi. Matthew sunga kisei ‘star/valpah’ hi valpah dang ho toh kibang ahilou dan het ding apoimon ahi. Christmas star thu’a ngaidan chom-chom nei aum in ahi. Jesu Christa pen phat vel (2 B.C vel) chun thilsoh kidang khat anaum chu ahile planet ni Jupiter le Venus hi kinaicha anakitol khom lhon jeh chun valpah khat lentah’a vah dan in anakimun ahi. Hiche thilsuh hi Ahsi lekhathem hon anamu u chu hinte tia sei jong aum in ahi. Ahin, bible chu phatah a isim le Christmas valpah hi Ahsi lekhathem hon mun ni a anamudan u atahlang in ahi. Matthew 2:2 a chun Ahsi lekhathem ho Jerusalem ahung lhun uchun Christmas valpah anamu uvin chule Matthew 2:9 a chun Herod akimupi jou uva amu kit dan-u akimun ahi. Jupiter le Venus thu hi khatvei thilsoh ahijeh in Christmas star/valpah toh akimatna umlou ahidan hetthei ahi.

Christmas star thu’a ngaidan chom cheh um jongle hetdia poimo chu, Christmas star hi Pathen in anatoh subulhit nadia achom beh a loupitah’a agon khat chu ahi.

2. Christmas star hin ipi akou doh ham?
Matthew sunga Bethlehem star kimu chun, Bethlehem khopi’a Jesu christa apen ding ahetsah kiu hilou a, apenna ding mun chunga adin chun Jesu christa penna ding mun jong kichen tah a hilchet dan akimun ahi. Hiche hin avetsah chu Christmas star/valpah hi star mei-mei hilou’a, Jesu Christa hung pen nading hetsah tu le apenna jeh hil a pang ahidan akimun ahi. Hiche jeha hi Christmas decoration ho ibol teng-u jongle Christmas star/valpah in ipi avetsah ham ti hepum’a bol ding in aphan ahi.

3. Christmas Star/Valpah akon kihilna
➡ Christmas teng Christmas star/valpah in jem dia ikikhai mei-mei u hilou’a, hiche Christmas star kikhaina in a cheng ho lungsunga jong Jesu Christa apeng e ti hetsah tu a pang ding le Jesu Christan chonset thina akon in ei-huhhing uve ti thei ding apoimon ahi.

➡ Christmas star kikhaina kimvel a cheng hon hiche insung/hou-in a kai ho lungsung’a jong Jesu christa apeng mong e ti amaho chonchan akon amu thei diu apoimon ahi.

➡ Christmas star hi decoration mei-mei ding’a gel louva, vetsahna lentah le thupi tah nei ahi ti hejing pum’a manchah ding poimo tah ahi.

SANTA CLAUS LEH CHRISTMAS

SANTA CLAUS LEH CHRISTMAS

Lalboi Doungel, UBS

Hebrews 13:16 “Ahin phatna bol le thilpeh phal a kihomdel a thilbol chu sumil loujen in; ijeh inem itileh chutabang kithoina chunga chun Pathen along lhai behseh jin ahi.”

1. St. Nicholas pendol:

 Santa Claus thusim hi kum 100 masang a ana kihe minthang St. Nicholas Sinterklas a pat hung kipan ahi. Santa Claus hi English min ahin, hichi hi Dutch min St. Nicholas Sinterklas a kon kiladoh ahi. Nicholas hi 3^rd Century lai a 280 AD vel a chu Patara kiti (Modern day Turkey) koungkai mun khat a ana peng ahi. Nicholas hi insung haosa tah khat leh nomsa tah a hung peng ahi. Minu leh mipa kinep na chu cha nei ding ahi ahi, ahinlah Nicholas nu leh pa chu akinep nah on bang in thil an ache pon ahi. Cha aneithei hon pon, hijeh chun cha aneithei nah on din, taona hatah in anamang hon in ahi. Pathen in a taona hon anasan jeh in Nicholas hi kum sot tah jou nung a ahin nei hon ahi. Amanin ana kitep nalhon chu ahileh, cha neipeh honleh na lenggam natong dia kapeh doh lhon ding ahi anati hon in ahi. Aki tep na bang hon in Nicholas chu Pathen natong din ana lhan doh hon in ahi. Insung a chapa changkhat she ahijeh chun, anu leh apa in ana lungset hon in chuleh ana hepi bol hon in ahi.

2. St. Nicholas nu leh pa:

St.Nicholas anu leh apa hi Pathen ngaisah tah leh Pathen a dia kipum peh nupa anahi hon in ahi. Hougut tah ahina hon ban ah, Pathen a kingai jing ahi hon in ahi. Amani lhagao lam a ahung kibul phu nahon chu ahileh, hichi achen namun u, Patara kiti mun hi St. Paul in 3^rd Missionary kholjin ana bol lai a ana kingahpa namun chu ahin ahi. Hiti ahijeh chun, tradition ana umpeh in, Christian sakho chu ana jompeh uvin, hichi ahung chi jom jing in ahileh hichea kon chu lhagao lam a ahung kibul phu nah on ahung hin ahi. Nicholas anu leh apa kinep na bang a Pathen in cha mel dei umtah ahin peh na chungah akipah hon lheh in ahi. Ahinlah akipana hon chu sot joulou in, phat khat chun agam sung uvah natna hise ahung lang tan ahileh Nicholas anu leh apa jong hichi natna hise ah chun ana thi lhon tan ahi.

3. St. Nicholas le Pathen natoh:

Hitichun Nicholas chu anuleh apa ngeitah in anadalhah nung in, ama jong Pathen ah lhahsam na ima ana neideh pon ahi. Tulai eiho dinmun a igah ki ngaito leh ahahdi dan chu aseije umlou ding ahi. Mi kimkhat a dia chu vamang naleh manthah na, kisem chatvei na a inei Meithei u ahi. Ahinlah Nicholas a din vang hitabang thilsoh chu Pathen toh ama kikah a kitimat na asuhat cheh jon ahi. Pathen a masang a ahatna sanga hatjo in ahung pang in ahi.

Anuleh pa chun neileh gou tamtah anadalhah peh in ahi. Nicholas in hichi ho chu leiset nopsah na a aman thei mama ahi. Ahinlah, aman commitment aneichu ipiham itileh, hichi anei leh agou jouse chu vaicha, genthei, hahsa ho kithopi na dia manchah di ana pedoh in ahi. A gamsung a athilpha bol naleh akitah naho chu mi hon ahe uvin ahi. Hichi ho jeh chun chapang cha hijong leh kum 20 alhin in Myra gamsung a din Archbishop in lhendoh in ana um in ahi. Hichi Archbishop ahi sung in a gamsung ah gamvaipo a anapang Domecletian chun Christian ho ahin sugenthei tan, persecution ana um in ahi. Christian tamtah in hahsat na tamtah ana toh uvin ahi. Nicholas jeng jong hiti chun bol genthei in ana um in, songkul jenga jong ana tang den in ahi. Hichi persecution chu kum 8 jen ana chi lha in ahi. Kum 8 jou in lengvaipo ahung kikhel tan, Constantine in gamsung vai ahin po tan ahi. Constantine kiti pa hi Christian ahijeh chun, hichi suhgentheina chu ahin suthip in, Christian ho din kipana leh kinep na lentah ahung hitan ahi.

Hitabanga chamlhatna leh kipana ahung umlai in, Christian ho kikah ah lunggel kibah louna ahung umdoh tan ahi. Doctrine thu a kitomona ahung umtan, kipum khatna ana umdoh tapon ahi. Hiti ahijeh chun Contantine lengpa in gamsung a houlamkai jouse akou khom in hitabanga doctrine thu a kiboi na seikhom din akou khom in ahi. Nicea kiti mun ah ana kihou khom un, hichi thu ho ana seikhom un ahi. St. Nicholas jong hichi Nicea kihoukhom na a pan anala ho lah a khat ahi. Hiti chun gamsung ah ki het them to louna ho chu suhfel in ahung um thei in ahi.

4. St. Nicholas thilpha bol:

Nicholas akitep nakhat chu ahileh ahinkho sung a mi hahsa leh genthei ho chuleh kithopina ngaicha ajochan a kithopi a panpi ding tihi ahi. Hijeh chun anei agou jouse it louhel in kiphal tah in pathen natoh ana tong in ahi. Insung genthei tah khat thu hi Nicholas in anajan ahi. Hichu ipiham itileh; Meithai pi khat ana umin amanu hin cha numei 3 ana nei in ahi. Agenthei ahahsat behseh jeh u chun, amanu hi alung gimlheh in ahi. Hichi acha numei 3 ho hi ipiti kajinei dohsah joudi ham? Hibangse a ki genthei hi, ajoleh kachate hi noti, ahilouleh soh in ahung kivei kha diu vem tihi ana lunggim lheh in ahi. Hitia hichi meithainu thusim ajah chun St. Nicholas in jankhat hichi meithainu hetlou kah in jan khangkim don in, a insung uvah chun sana (gold) bag dimset khat aga koi peh in ahi. Jingkah ahung kitho un, meithainu chun hichu amutan ahileh akipah behseh in ahi. Koi koi ahilah ahet loujeh chun, akoinu/akoipa chu phatthei na lhingset aboh in ahi. Hichi phatthei naho jeh a chu, Nicholas kiti pa hi miho lungset leh khotona ana chang ahi. Pathen na atoh naban a, hitia ajochan a genthei ho ana kithopi chun, ama din kipana ana sodoh sah jin ahi.

5. St.Nicholas hinkho nunung lam:

Pathen natoh chimtih neilou a ahin toh jing toh lhon in Nicholas jong ahinkho nunung lam chu mi a dia kipana tamtah ana tongdoh in ahi. Adeh in chapang ho kipana dingleh mi jouse kipana in thilpeh ho jong an ape jom jing in ahi. Hiti chun Nicholas hi December 6, 345 AD in ana thitan ahi. Athi nikho December 6 hi, tunichan gei in St.Nicholas Day tin anit jing nalai un ahi. Hichi athi nikho December 6 leh hin, ama geldoh nan, hichi nikho hi anit jiu in chuleh thilpha bolna nikho in amang jiu vin ahi. Athijou in thilpeh lam a ama hetjing na hi ahung machal lheh in ahi.

6. Santa Claus hung umdoh leh Christmas toh akimatna:

Iseima bang uvin, Santa Claus hi English te minsah ahin, hichu Dutch min a kon a kiladoh ‘Sinterklas’ ahi. Masang lai colonial period lai chun American a protestant atamjo hin Christmas ana mang ji pouvin ahi. America a um Dutch mipi ho chun Christmas ana mang jiu vin chuleh hichi Dutch tradition tamtah ahin polut uvin ahi. Hichi tradition tamtah lah a hichi St.Nicholas tradition jong hi khat ahung hin ahi. St.Nicholas Sinterklas tradition chu ahung kithejal tan ahileh America tehin ahin htauvin chuleh ahin mang pan tauvin ahi. Hichea kon a chu Sinterklas a kon alahchom uva “SANTA CLAUS” tia ahin minsah u ahi. Hitichun mi tamtah in Santa Claus ahin hedoh tan chuleh athudol jong ahe tauvin ahi. Ahinlah mi tam jo hin hichi Santa Claus hi fantasy, entertainment leh nopsah nalam joh in ahin ha focus tauvin ahi. Hetding khat chu Santa Claus hi Pathen a dia kitah tah apang chuleh hougut tah mikhat anahi na pa hi hichi golnop nalam pang joh in ahin hakhu in aumtan ahi. Hitichun mihon Christmas leh Santa Claus hi man khom ding ahin gong uvin, ana mangkhom jiu vin ahi. Ahinlah Christmas a naosen leng JESU CHRISTA sang in Santa Claus joh ahin ngaisnag tauvin, Jesu athupi naleh aloupina aselguh ding phat in houlamkai hon, hichi mankhom uleh hung boiding dinmun in aumtai ti ahin nei un, atum tum in ahin lhekhen tauvin ahi.

Santa Claus le Christmas akimat na ipi um amtin mipi tamtah ilung boi nau khat ahin ahi. A thengbet a seidia chu Christmas leh Santa Claus akimatna ima cha aumpon ahi. Amavang, akimat na thei a gah het ding khat chu ipi ham itileh JESU CHRISTA hi Pathen in thilpeh lah a thilpeh lenpen a dia leiset mite dia eihin peh u ahi. Kiphal thengtah a eiho ding gelna a ahin peh ahi. Chubanga chu Nicholas in a nei agou ho itcha lou hel a kiphaltah a genthei ho ana kithopi naho jeh a chu relationship hung umdoh kha ahin ahi. Hiche a main focus leh emphasis chu “ngailutna leh kiphal thengtah a apehdoh” pa chu ahi. Hijeh a chu Christmas toh connection hung umkha ahin ahi.

7. Christian te dia jildoh thei:

St.Nicholas hinkho a kon a ipiham ijildoh thei u chu? Ama hinkho hi ivet a ahileh aneo a pat a Pathen ngaisah mitah khat anahi. Chuleh Pathen natoh nalam a gunchu na neitah chuleh anei agou it lou hel a vaicha genthei kithopi jing khat anahi. Christian eiho jong ipiham eima capacity dungjui a ibol thei u chu? Ijokham kham a mi kithopina leh mi genthei ho ikithopi nau chu ipoh doh u ngai in ahi. Christmas ahung naitoh kilhon a midang dia blessing ihi diu pa chu athupi pen ahi. Ipiham kei a kon mihon Jesu Christa akimu thei nadi chu. Ipi lampi a miho Jesu ikisan lut sah thei diu ham? Ibol thei sun uchu ithilpha bol u leh inunchan ikhan chan a kon a ipohdoh u ngai ahi. Chutileh Christmas hi eiho leh I insung a dia step lah be nakhat hung hiding ahi.

Pathen in asim jouse phatthei boh tahen.

GOOD STEWARDS

TOPIC: GOOD STEWARDS

Text: 1 Peter 4:10-11, Ephesians 5:15-16, Haggai 2:8

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Summary: 

Eliezer chu apupa Abraham dinga neiching kitahtah khat anahi. Eihon jong Eliazar hi kihilna a iman uva kitah tah a ipan diu ahi. Eliezar kitipa hi achan chi akiha hetbeh pon ahi. Ahinlah hichi mipa hin Abraham hinkho a panmun lentah anei e. Genesis 15:2 na ah Eliezar hi Abraham neiching tin akimun ahi. Steward kiti teng a ahileh midang khat thil vesui a pang tina ahi. Eliezar chung chang thu a chun, amahi apupa Abraham thil vetsui in ana pang in avet kol ding atam e. Ajeh chu Abraham chu mi haosa tah khat anahin ahi.

Eliezer chu Abraham neijouse chunga avesui dinga mopohna apeh ahin ahi. Ama mopohna chu Abraham insung a thil leh lo ho, business ho jangkei a kisuhmo na umlou a achilhah di chu ahi. Neiching khat ahina a chu apupa Abrahm deibang a thil ho avet tup ngai ahi.

Hitichun Abraham chun Eliezar chu kitah na ho ahen kingap nathei ahi ti an het phat in, achapa Isaac jiding hol in anasol in ahi. Genesis 24 lam a chun Eliezar in ajinu ding Pathen gingmi khat ahool ngai tan ahi. Hitichun Eliezer in Pathen kithopi na jal in Isaac ji ding in Rebecah ahin mudoh tan ahi.

Abraham in ichan in Isaac a din natoh hahsa koipeh jongleh, apupa in boldinga aseipeh ho chu kitah tah le lolhing tah in abol jin ahi. Kahin seiloo napen chu ahileh Eliezar kitipa hi eiho jouse dinga kihil na phatah ahi jeh a ama thusim chu kahin tah lang ahi.

Deuteronomy 10:14 lam ah chun phatah in akisun in ahi. Pathen in van leh leiset leh asung a  umjouse ana sem in ahi. Pathen in hichi ho jouse chunga mopoh na leh avetup dia mihem te akoi ahi. Pathen in asemsa ho jouse chingtup dia mopohna eipeh u ahi.

Tuni hin Good Stewards (Neiching phatah) hithei na dinga point thum tabang kahin tah lang nom in ahi.

1. Spiritual Gifts (1 Peter 4:10-11):

Amasapen a neiching pha ihithei nadiu va demonstrate ibol na diu chu Spiritual gifts ahi. 1 Peter 4:10 na a chun spiritual gifts man dan kichihtah in atahlang in ahi. Hichi gift mi khat cheh in aneipa chu khat leh khat kithopi naleh kijen to na man ding dan jong akimun ahi. Mijousen gift akinei cheh in ahi. Chuleh hichi gift chu khat leh khat kijen naleh kithopi na a man ding, ahahsa, agenthei, angaicha ho kithopi na a pan nathei a pan ding ahi. Hichi gift inei pau hi eima eima capacity dungjui a Pathen in eipih u ahin, hichi eima capacity dung jui a chu Pathen na itoh diu ahi. I gift pau chu phatah a Pathen loupe na dinga iman teng a ahileh neiching phatah ihithei diu ahi.

Romans 12:6-8 lam chu ivet leh Paul in kitah tah a spiritual gifts iman diu eihil un ahi. Teaching, encouragement, exhortation, Giving, Helping, Cheerfulness, Acting, Singing etc. Hichi Pathen in gift eipeh u hi mijouse a akibang poi, ahinlah athupi na akibang cheh ahin ahi. Mi khat a chu thupi chom jong ahideh poi. Ahinlah mi khat chu a gift chu active tah a ahin manchah teng leh amang them loupe toh chun aki khet na hung umji ahi. Chuteng leh Lhagao lam a amadia khantouna leh mihon vetjui thei na ahin neithei u ahi.  

Pathe in eipeh u gift ho hi ahina ding banga iman u hinam? Ahilou leh iman lou u ham? Matthew 25:14-30 lam chu ivet leh mi khatchun a gift chu itabanga aman hinam, kitah tah a Pathen loupe nadia aman hinam tichu Pathen in thu ahin tan ding ahi. Pathen in nabolpha tangei e eihin tithei na diu vem? Ahhilou leh wicked slave pa tabnga chun Pathen chu ichunga along hang dem? Eima chunga aki ngam in ahi.  EIma gift chu ipi ham ti ikihet cheh diu ahi. Mi kimkhat dingchun, lasah hintin (singing), kimkhat ding chun mi kitthopi na hintin (helping), mi kimkhat ding chun mihil (teaching) hintin, mi tilkhou (encouragement), acting, dancing, etc. Hichi gift dungjui cheh a chu ipiti Pathen in eipeh u talent leh gift a ch Pathen na itoh diu ham tihi iki gel diu deisah aumin ahi.

2. Time (Ephesians 5:15-16):

Neiching phatah (Good stewards) hithei na dinga a step nina chu ahileh Pathen in phat (time) eipih u phate cha a man ding hi ahi. I neo lai uva hinkho hi sot tah banga kigel vang hin, athengtah a chu hinkho hi chomcha bou ahi. Eima ho leh eima ho iki doh jing diu khat chu Pathen in phat eipih hi chingthei tah a Kaman hinam tipa hi ahi. Paul in Ephesians 5:15-16, nah a phatah in asun in ahi. “Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making the most of your time.”(Hijeh chun iti nachon um chingthei un kihong phauvin. Mi lungbei ho banga chon louvin, mi chingho bangin chon un. Tulai nikho aphat tahlou jeh hin phat kijen pet cha hi kichoh un).

Neiching phatah ihi nau va Pathen deibanga ama loupe na dinga phat iman u hinam? Ahilouleh iphat u hi imoh suhmang uva, leiset nopsah na a ama deilou a iman chah uvam> Pathen toh ikikah relationship semna dia phat ijat ipeh u vem? Taona hinkho leh Bible simna a iphat u ijat ipeh jiu vem? Eima leh eima kisemphat na dia phat ijat ipeh uvem? I hinkho uva hin lhahsam na akinei cheh in ahi. Question ikoi nom u chu ahileh hichi ilhahsam na ho leh Pathen deilou a i chon naho khel na dia phat ichan ipeh uvem? Hinkho thah a hin thei na dinga chuleh Pathen deibang hinkho mang mipa minu hithei na dia phat ijat ipeh khah uvem? 

Galatians 6:10, “While we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.” Thilpha bol na ding lampi hi tamtah aumin ahi.

Matthew 5:16, "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”(Hichi bang chun navah uchu miho angah kilang hen, chuteng amahon na chonphat nau chu muthei yun tin chuleh van a um nap au chu avahchoi dingu ahi).

3. Money (Haggai 2:8):

Achaina a neiching phatah ihithei na diu chu sum chunga mopohna ahi. Phat tamjo in eihon sum inei pau hi aneipa dan in ikigel ji un, atheng tah a chu aneipa chu Pathen ahin eiho hi a chingtup bou a ipan ua hi. (Ezekiel 16:17; Haggai 2:8). Sum leh pai inei hou hi nitin a ikiman chah na ho suhbulhit dia pathen in eipih u ahi.

Pathen in ei nganse nau Neiching phatah hithei na dinga Question 2 ikidoh diu deisah umin ahi.

Firstly, Pathen sum ipeh chu ahina ding bangtah a iman chah u hinam?

Sum ineipau hi Pathen sum ahi ti ihet uva, eima sum ahipoi iti teng leh sum chu kimoh man thei pon ahi. Achina ding dol louva akiman chah nom pon ahi. Sum iman chah pau hi alamdol a chi hinam ahilou leh alamdol louva iman u vam? Neiching phatah hina dinga chun Pathen in ipeh u sum chu ahina ding dol a iman chah u angai in ahi. Nikho hung lhung ding ahi, Pathen in mihem te thu ahin tan nikho teng leh ama masanga accountable ihi diu hinam?

Secondly, Pathen lenggam a dia sum leh pai ito jing u hinam?  

Pathen mite chu ama leng gam kehlet be na dia chu sum a kiphaltah a kipeh na hi neijing angai in ahi. Maicham, offering, hopsom chuleh eima voluntary a kiphal na ho chu jokham kham a peh jing ding ahi.

Bible a thilpeh chung chang a kimang jing khat chu 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 ahi.

Pasal chapng khat hi ana umin ahi. Amapa hi houin kai dinga ahung doh in, Rs.10 coins anei in ahi. Rs.5 chu ice cream kichoh na ding atin, Rs.5 chu offering ding ahi. Huipi hat tah ahung nung in ahileh Rs.5 chu lampi a canal sungah akitah lhahsah tan ahileh, Pathen na sum peh ding kati chu akileh lhatai, themmo nei hin chan hih in an ti doh in ahi.  

Eiho jong hichi chapang pa banga chun ium nakal u atam jin ahi. Sum ihin mu teng u leh, choh ding man na ding adim jin ahi. Chuteng leh, som a khat peh ding ahung umji lout eng le, akit teng leh alom in kipeh that ante ti lunggel ahung umjin ahi. Hichi chu ahung um teng leh akit tengleh abep bep ahikit jitan ahi. Chuteng leh kitahtah a som a khat chu peh ding bang in ahin kipe jou jip on ahi. 

Pathen in hichu ipi ati am atileh “GUCHA” (Robery) tia akou ahi.  

Malachi 3:8-12, “Mihem in Pathen achom ngai hinam? Nanghon keima neichom u pi hi. Ahinlah nanghon iti nangma kachom diu ham? Natiuve. Na hopsom tolou jeh uleh thilto ding natolou jeh uva neichom u ahiye. Hitia keima neichom jeh uva najat pumpiu va naki gaosap soh hel u ahitan, na chung uva gaosapna chua ahitai. Hopsom lhingset in hintoh uvin lang thilkholna insungah lhutsoh keiyun, chutengleh keima houin sunga nehleh chah thalhing ding ahi. Chutengleh keijeng jong nei patep uvin, tin thaneipen Pakaiyin aseijin, nangho dia vangam bangkot jouse kahon doh a nangho dinga phatthei na chu twi sunna kasun lhah ding, aletlha hel a sunglha louva ka umlou hel ding ahi. ”

Hichilai text a hin Pathen in kamite Israel ten eichom uve anatin ahi, ajeh chu hopsom leh maicham ana pepou vin ahi. Ahileh ipi jeh pen tah a chu Israel te chun Pathen a pehding a lom chu ana pehlou u ham? Ajehchu amaho gel dan a chu amaho income toh avet uleh afford abol jou lou diu chu akihet jeh uva chu ahipen in ahi.

Pathen in adonbut na chu ahileh Nanei namu hou chu kakemsuh sah ahitai ajeh chu amaho chu sapsetna achung uva chu ahitai. Pathe a dia pehdi lom ho kitah tah a apeh lou jeh uva, amuthei nauleh a haosat nau chu Pathen in asuh tang ahi.

Ahinlah pathen in thutepna (promise) anabol in ahi. Hichu ipi ham itileh, Tahsan na neipum a Pathen a peh dinga lom hopsom, maicham ho ahin peh uleh valset a phatthei kaboh ding ahi atin ahi.   

Hichi passage hi Old Testament lai a ahi in eiho context toh akitoh poi tia gel jong ium Meithei u ahi. Hichu igel uleh hung dihlou ding ahi. Mitheng Paul in hitabang thupeh hi 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 sung ah ana tahlang kit in ahi.

2 Corinthians 9:6-8, “Ahivangin hichi thudol a hin alhom tua chun alhom at ding, chuleh atam tua chun atam at ding ahi. Lungphat mo pump um leh peh louva phamo tia pelou vin, nalung got bangtah cheh in peuvin, ijeh inem itileh lunglhai sel a pea chu Pathen in angailui. Chuleh imalam jousea imatih chana ijakai a bulhing soh nahiuva natohpha tintang natoh theina ding uva , Pathen in lungset na letset nangho napeh theiyu ahi.”

Steward phatah ihi nau vah hin Pathen hi imajouse a ichung nun sah diu ahi. Pathen akitep na chu ahileh sumleh pai hihen lang, thil leh lo hijong leh kitah tah a ama pehdinga lom ipeh leh ajat ja a phatthei na eiboh diu ahi.  

Conclusion:

Good steward hithei na ding chun lampi chom chom um nante, hijongleh tunia isei nom pen u chu hichi area 3 ho hi ahi. Firstly, Pathen in Spiritual gift eipih u hi phatah a man them ding. Secondly, Pathen in phat (time) eipih uhi kitup sel cha a iman chah diu. Thirdly, Sum, neileh gou ho jouse hi Pathe a ahin, achi na ding dol a manchah ding chuleh Pathe a peding a lom ho phatah a ipeh diu pa hi ahi.

Chuti henlang hileh Pathen jong ichung uvah kipah in tin chuleh asemsa ho chunga mopohna eipih u hikitup tah a isuh bulhit thei diu ahi. Pathen in asemsa ho chunga avetup ding leh avesui a eipan sah u hieiho dinga priviledge lentah khat ahi. Hichi hi phatah a serious tah aigel diu imopoh nau hi kitah tah a itoh diu ahi. Chuti hen lang hileh Pathen in jong soh kitah nabol pha tangei e eiti thei diu ahi.   

Becoming a Champion

Topic: Becoming a Champion

Bible Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-5

Introduction:

It is said of Abraham Lincoln, that before he became one of the greatest presidents America has ever had, that he tried but failed in many different positions, but with the spirit of determination, he was able to become the president of this country in 1860. Abraham had in him a desire and a determination to be a champion. Do we ever have that desire to be a champion in our life? Do we ever had that spirit and determination, to be even a champion in our class, village or in any area of our life?

When Paul was writing his second letter to a young man Timothy in 2 Timothy, he challenged this young minister to strive, to endure hardness to become a champion of Jesus. From the time Paul was converted, he himself endured hardness, persecutions and afflictions, that he became a great champion of Jesus Christ. By the time he wrote his second letter to this young man Timothy, he had already done his best for Jesus that he even felt he was ready to die as a great champion of his master Jesus Christ. To Paul standing a few hours before his persecution, he knew he was not just losing his life but was giving it up for Jesus who died for him, he was ready to die because he had done his best for his master.

Many times we are blinded by the possessions of this world yet time comes and we live them all behind. But we can be confident like Paul if only we have lived our lives for Jesus. One thing that helped Paul to keep on keeping on was a fact that he was constantly looking forward to the great and glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ, he lifted up his eyes beyond every obstacle and challenge in his way he realized that Jesus is the only answer to all the longings in this world.

This letter is not only for Timothy but a challenge most especially to us young people living in the very end time, that in all our ambitions in life, all our endeavours in life, this desire should be above all others, to become champions of Jesus Christ. As like Paul, this is the greatest achievement a young man can attain in this world, the same made Paul died with hope that he had indeed fought a good fight.

Illustration: A young man was dying from cancer, he said he was not afraid of cancer but he was afraid to die because he felt he had not done enough with his strength for Jesus who died for him. Do we as a Christian especially the youths of this generation think that we had done enough for Christ? What if you are faced with situations like this young man who was diagnosed with cancer and can’t do anything for the Lord? Higher that the highest human thought can reach is God’s ideal for His children. Godliness, godlikeness is the goal to be reached.

We will look at four ways in which we should become a champion for Jesus.

1. BE STRONG (2 Timothy 2:1):

If we look the first verse of 2 Timothy 2, we see a striking words ‘Be Strong’ in Jesus Christ. Paul was urging Timothy to be strong always in the Lord despite of the hardships, struggles, problems that he faced in his ministry. Paul knew for sure that Timothy was going to face lots of obstacles in his path in proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. So, he encourages his servant Timothy to be strong in the Lord and not to give up.

Talking about strength we may be tempted to think of the strongest men in the whole world, but this verse talks about spiritual strength, the kind of strength that is found in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s the kind of strength that Daniel depended upon to stand before Kings and to hung out with hungry lions that Jesus depended upon to accomplish His mission in this world. It’s no other but the strength of prayer and reading God’s word by faith. Christian youth need to depend on God’s strength and not on our own strength. If we really want to be a true Champion for Christ, we need to depend and submit totally on God. To be strong means to totally depend upon God in everything that we do and not to lean on our own understanding. This can be done through constant prayer and reading of His word.

Illustration: David was a young man who always depends on God in everything that he does. When the Israelites were upset and have nothing to do with the Giant Goliath, David step up in the name of the living God. Because he came in the name of the Lord, he slay down the big enemy Goliath with a piece of stone. He is a true champion for the Lord. He could achieve that feat not because of his might but because of God’s strength. If we depend on God in our life, the impossible could turn to possible. Trust God and depend on him and most importantly, be strong in the Lord in order to become a champion for God.

2. ENDURANCE (2 Timothy 2:3):

The second criterion to become champion for God is endurance. Paul encouraged this young man Timothy to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus. Satan seeks to discourage us, to even press big obstacles in our way but if we are to be champions of Jesus, we need to endure hardness, to be patient, to press on. Paul himself endured hardness, the disciples endured hardness, Jesus lived in this sinful world, He endured hardness away from His Father’s home, was despised, forsaken, bitten, spit upon yet He endured pain and suffering simply because he had a mission to fulfil, He said in John 16:33 and Philippians 2:5.

Here in this verse 3, Paul compared hardness to a soldier sent to war, he faces many challenges on the battlefield but he endures hardness and that makes him a good soldier. Our Christian journey is like a battlefield and our enemy is attacking us every day in order to lose our battle. In spite of many temptations, failures, discouragement, and persecution we need to endure all these things in order to be a true champion. We are all Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ. We are in the battlefield and our enemy is Satan. We should try to defeat our enemy with patient endurance.

Illustration: The best example for us can be the life of Job who endures all forms of hardships in his life and family. He lost his children, he lost all of his wealth and possessions, his body was filled with leprous. However, despite of all those setbacks in his life, he waits patiently on the Lord. He endures all of them for the Lord. And God gave him victory at the end. And he became a true example for the Christians. We should also be like Job who endures everything for the Lord. Only then can we become true champions for Christ.

3. DEDICATED LIFE (2 Timothy 2:4):

The third point in order to become a champion for Christ is a dedicated life. If a person wanted to become a soldier, he should firstly realised and know that he should face many problems in his work. Because a soldier life is full of dedication, hardships, working under the rain, sun and have to face many challenges in his life. It requires lots of commitment and dedication. He should also know that he is under the control of the commanding officer. He should obey every command that is given to him. The task of a soldier is to please his commanding officer.

In the same way, in our Christian journey, life we need to have a dedicated life for God. God is our commanding officer and we need to please Him in every circumstance. A soldier gives his 100 % in his work and lives out his life to safeguard his country. Likewise, we should give our best to the Lord. We should give 100% and work for God. In order to become a true champion for God, a life of dedication is necessary in every sphere of life.

4. FOLLOW GOD'S INSTRUCTION (2 Timothy 2:5):

Lastly, in order to become a true champion for Christ we need to follow God’s instruction. In verse 5 we see clearly that if anyone wants to compete in an athlete, he or she should competes according to the rules and regulations of the sports. Unless he or she follows that instruction, he should not be qualified to compete. In the times of Paul, they give importance to ‘Isthmian games’ (Olympic Games). They have strict rules and whoever does not follow the rules are disqualified and given punishment. So, it is important and necessary to follow any instructions carefully set by the authorities in order to win the crown. Likewise, in our Christian walk we should also follow the instruction that is set before us by God. We ought to follow God’s instructions carefully in order to achieve the crown and become a true champion for God. We become champions of Jesus by following His rules, instructions and no other but His Ten commandments, guidelines of our lives simply because we love Him, we obey Him.

Illustration: There was a great marathon runner, who competes on a race. After he competes he came first and won the race. However, the authorities realise that he did not register his name, so he was disqualified in spite of winning the race. This led to the loss of a medal he would have won; instead it was given to the second person to him who followed the rules of the game. He had to forfeit his medal because he did not follow the instructions. So, it is important to follow the instructions which are set before us. As a Christian youth, we are the hope and future of the generations to come. We need to set an example to others. We should follow God’s instruction in order to please God and become champion for Christ.

Conclusion:

We have listed down four important points from the given text on how to become a champion for Christ. It needs courage and to be strong, it also requires endurance, dedicated life and also following God’s instructions. As a Christian youth, God requires us to come out for him and be a true champion for Him. We are the energetic, the future hope of the society and church. We need to set an example for the coming generations. 

THE ARRIVAL OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE KUKIS

The Arrival of Christianity among the Kukis

When the fullness of the time came, the gospel of Christ reached and pierced the hearts of the Kuki people. Indeed, the coming of Christianity among the Kukis is now already one hundred year, and today the Kuki churches are flourishing and have a Christian population of approximately 98 percent. The coming of Christianity brought a life of spiritual salvation and also an end to the old ways of living. 

The Northern Missionary, William Pettigrew

The missionary who is the father of the Kuki churches of northern Manipur is William Pettigrew. He was an Englishman born in Edinburg, Scotland on January 5, 1859 and was educated in Livingstone College, London. He was at first a member of the Anglican Church working as a Missionary under the Arlington Aborigines Mission. However, he joined the American Baptist Church at Sibsagar in 1896 (Johan M. Solo and K. Mahangthei, “Forty Years in Manipur Assam, An account of the work of Rev. and Mrs. William Pettigrew, pp. vii-viii, 1986).

When the British polity was set up in the soil of Manipur, he was given an opportunity to enter and work among the people. He landed at Imphal on the 6^th February, 1894, which proved later to be Red-letter day in the history of Manipur as far as the history of Christianity is concerned, and he became the first missionary who ever landed in Manipur (Champhang Jajo, Rev. William Pettigrew’s Mission Reports and Letters 1891- 1932, p. 1). He started a school among the Manipuris, mainly the Hindus, and could work only six months due to opposition (Frederick S Downs, The Mighty Works of God, 1971,p 76 ).

The then Political Agent, Major Maxwell, advised Pettigrew to leave Imphal and work among the Hill People, the Kukis and the Nagas. This compelled him to move to the Tangkhul areas in Ukhrul district in the northern Manipur. He started a school at Ukhrul and began his ministry which he longed for a long time. He later worked with the Kukis.

The Beginning of Mission Work among the Kukis in Northern Manipur

The establishment of Kuki church in the northern area can be traced back to the first two converts of Kuki Baptists. The first convert among the Kuki Baptists was Nehseh Chongloi, from Makui who had accepted Christ with the help of Angami (Naga) Christians while in Nagaland, followed by Ngulhao Thomsong who was also from Nagaland. Both came to Manipur in 1910 to assist the mission work at Ukhrul centre. The next converts were the ones who attended Pettigrew’s school at Ukhrul. They were, Teba Kilong, Longkhobel Kilong, Seilut Singson, Jamkithang Sitlhou, Tongngul Gangte followed by Helkhup, Pakho Sitlhou ( K.B.C. Thusim Bu,1958-1993, p3).

The mission expanded to the Kuki areas and Tujangwaichong became the first Christian village among the Kuki Baptists in 1914 largely through the work of Ngulhao Thomsong. The first baptisms were conducted by U.M. Fox in December, 1914, while on his way from Imphal to Kohima for furlough. Altogether 26 people were baptized at that time. Rev. U.M. Fox also pronounced the establishment of the Church among the Kuki Baptists on the 12th December 1914. The Church was formally organized by Pettigrew in 1916 to become the third Baptist church in Manipur after Ukhrul and Keishamthong village churches near Imphal and the first Baptist church among the Kukis followed by Tongkoi and Chaljang in 1919, Karakhun, Songphel Khulen, Gelnel, Kachai Kuki all in 1920, and Lhongchin in 1922 (Thongkhosei Haokip, Towards overcoming Church division in Manipur: A perspective drawn from the Kuki people’s experiences,www.kukiforum.com).  

The Growth of Mission Work among the Kukis in Northern Manipur

The growth of the mission is characterized by the responses of the people.  After the war (Kuki Rebellion, 1917-1919), evangelization among the Kukis became effective. A report of William Pettigrew in 1917 reveals that in the north, most at Tujangwaichong, there were 86 members of the church which was established through Ngulhao. In Lankhong village (50 miles due west of Imphal), Longkhobel, the evangelist cared for his community in a small group and had at least 32 members. In Shenbang-yang, a village south-west of the capital about 30 miles, there were 21 adult baptized members (Elungkiebe Zeliang,  History of Christianity in Manipur,  2005,p.55,56)The opening of Mission Headquarters at Kangpokpi (Northern Manipur) in 1919 also saw a great growth every year in the number of converts from the villages. In 1940-41 there were at least 660 baptized members of the Kuki churches. The great growth of the Kuki church actually began late in the 1940s and by 1945 there were 3,000 baptized believers (Prime Vaiphei, Church Growth among the Hill Tribes in Manipur, 1981, p 56).

The Southern Missionary, Watkin R. Roberts

Thirteen years after Pettigrew landed in Manipur, Mr. Roberts left England and sailed to India on October 14, 1908. He was physically born in Carneervon Village in Wales and spiritually born again through the reading of RR Torrey’s sermon on September 21, 1889. He joined Keswick convention in England in 1907. Through this convention he had a mind to step out for India (Thangkholal Singson, Houbung Kalsoun, 2000,p 6) Along with Dr. Peter Fraser of the Welsh Mission he reached Aizawl, the then British outpost towards the end of the same year. Dr Fraser, who came as a Welsh missionary took charge of the Medical Clinic and Mr. Roberts acted as a dispenser of medicine and a private helper of Dr. Fraser. It was from Aizawl that Roberts heard about the area and explored the place for evangelization (T.S Gangte,The Kukis of Manipur, a Historical Analysis, 1993, p. 38).

Roberts was a young man of only 24 years when he first came to Manipur. On the other hand, for others he was just a self-appointed, unpaid, unordained and untrained missionary who came to north-east India (John H Pulamte,Christianity in Manipur South West A Problem of Dating http://www.scribd.com) Through him the Kukis in the south heard the gospel and he became the second missionary who entered in Manipur. He was the founder of Thadou Kuki Pioneer Mission (TKPM).   

     

The Beginning of Mission Work among the Kukis in Southern Manipur

In the south, while Roberts was assisting Dr. Fraser in the clinic and engaging in evangelistic works, some young men with a slightly different outlook came to the clinic. They were Hmar Kuki from Senvon in Tipaimukh, Manipur.. Robert’s heart was greatly touched and gave them a copy of St. John’s gospel. One copy was sent through some students to the chief of Senvon, Mr. Kamkholun.

Upon the request of Kamkholun which Roberts took as a ‘Macedonian call,’ he (Roberts) set off for Manipur with his two Vaiphei students, viz. Thangkai and Lungpao, as his porters. They arrived at Senvon on 5th February, 1910. Right away he reached out; he preached the Gospel to them and visited the neighboring villages preaching the good news. Six of them, including the chief were converted to Christianity on that day. Thus, the church was established at Senvon in 1910, which was the first Kuki Christian village in Manipur followed by Leisen, Khopibung, Malte, Bualtong and Chawngkhozo (Thongkhosei Haokip).

The Growth of Mission Work among the Kukis in Southern Manipur

Since the formation of TKPM by Roberts, the church in the south grew rapidly. The first conference of TKPM was held at Senvon, on December 26, 1914, and it was attended by nearly a hundred people. Another conference was held at Zekra-dawr, on the bank of the Tuilang River on January 12, 1922. Altogether, four hundred delegates attended the conference. It was also reported that in 1923, there were already two thousand eight hundred forty Christians in southern Manipur (Paokhohao Haokip,  Re-Discovery of Traditional Institutions of the Kukis in Manipur with special Reference to Lawm and Sawm, 2006, p. 45).

The name TKPM was later changed to North East India General Mission (NEIGM) for a wider mission field. The General Secretary, H.H Coleman and the missionary Paul Rostad adopted more vigorous efforts towards consolidation to improve the Bible school with better curriculum and discipline and it paved the way for the growth of the church to a certain extent.  When Dr. Crozier joined NEIGM he contributed medical assistance to the people. Thus the combination of education and medical work of the missionaries fostered the growth of the church. According to the statistic of 1940, the Christian population totaled to 30,000 consisting of 357 churches (Ibid, 46).

                                                                                                                                      

The Mission Work of the Kukis within Manipur

           

Pu Ngulhao Thomsong was the backbone of the establishment of the first Kuki Baptist Church at Tujangwaichong in 1914. He also served as a voluntary evangelist among the Anal Kuki and converted 334 during his three years of service (Downs, 170).  Pu Teba and Longkhobel worked among their own tribe, the Kom Kuki. In 1923, they both witnessed the gospel to their hometown, and within a short period, they had gathered 200 believers. (Elungkiebe Zeliang, p.126). Both of them were also sent to the Anal Kuki group for evangelism, and within a short period of time they brought some 800 souls to the Lord (Ibid, p. 127-9).  According to Downs (Mighty Work of God, 170) Pu Pakho Sitlhou gave most of his life to serving the Rongmei Nagas. He mastered their language and had translated many hymns and songs from Thadou Kuki into Rongmei. He also assisted in translating of the scriptures.

In the south, the Kuki people worked effectively under the Thadou Kuki Pioneer Mission till 1925. The evangelistic work was done through a total number of 22 workers. These workers were known as Teacher Evangelists with a payment of Rs 6 per month. In this way, the work was done and progress was made especially to the Gangte Kuki, Hmar Kuki, Paite Kuki, Thadou Kuki, Simte Kuki, Vaiphei Kuki, and Zou Kuki inhabited areas.

The Mission Work of the Kukis in North East India

In the course of time, the mission field was so vast that the name Thadou Kuki Pioneer Mission was thought too small in scope. So it was changed into North East India General Mission (NEIGM) in 1925 (EBC Secretariat, Evangelical Baptist Convention Tangthu, 1998, p. 7). They started working in different states in the northeast like, Tripura, Assam, etc. Pastor N. Luaia was sent to Tripura, Pastor Laibat and Thanghrim to Darlong, Pastor Khuma to Lakhipur (Evangelical Convention Church, Tangthupha gen Mite Kalsuan, 1974, p.5-6).

The Mission Work of the Kuki to Foreign Land

The Kuki people not only witnessed for the Lord in India but also to foreign lands like Myanmar in their post Christian dispensation, 1940s to 1980s. Tongkam Singsit was the first foreign missionary among the Kukis and he was a missionary to Burma in response to the request of the Haokip Kukis in the Joujang area in 1932 (Downs, p. 170-1).During his three years of service, he baptized some 60 persons. Letjavum Sitlhou replaced him in 1935. The churches were later organized into two associations-the Upper Chindwin Kuki Baptist Association with more than 3,500 members and the Kabo Valley Thadou Baptist Convention with more than 1,000 members, both of which are affiliated with the Burma Baptist Convention (Prime Vaiphei, p.56,57).

Tamu Area, upper Chindwin Kabaw valley of Burma, is also said to be one of the mission fields of NEIGM during 1925-1930. Seven tribes within some 38 villages with some 8,000 population inhabited the area. NEIGM sent Aikil as an Evangelist to this place and he baptized 13 people. After him Rev. Raltawn was sent, who worked some eight years and returned back to Manipur due to some inconveniences which occurred in the land (Thangkholal Singson, p. 17-18).