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[Music] [Applause] once again we ask Pastor Heru to come up lead us in preparing today's sermon that we will hear Let us all bow our heads Heavenly Father we are grateful you provide inheritance in great music in all philosophies We are reminded of God's grace of God's goodness of God's providence through the Word which also builds and corrects us Thank you Father in the name of Lord Jesus we pray and give thanks amen amen I have preached about Augustine [Music] today A little more then it will be continued by others renewal and providing the most important continuation How Christianity maintains faith and belief throughout history do you still remember in Augustine's sermons in the three books he wrote he gave an extraordinary legacy First my confessions second the city of God third the Trinity if the important things written by this African were not passed down the church now wouldn't know where to go after the renewal from Alexander the Great the renewal given to us by Constantine the Great then God finally used Christians themselves to renew the faith of Christians not through many councils but through the writings of a great man his thoughts his faith his spirituality his knowledge and his conduct Augustine was an Asian not a European so it seems unbalanced this person from Africa What does he have to do with Christianity Christianity started from Asians developed in Europe but was given a strong contribution of faith and belief by an African who was in Carthage named Augustine so he was born through a Christian woman a very intelligent person but with a very harsh nature and did not believe in God married a highly faithful person who truly worshiped a person who loved God and that person was named Monica married to a woman who worshiped God is happy married to a woman like a prostitute ruins your offspring for tens of generations just choosing beauty not prioritizing spirituality that is a man's biggest loss prioritizing God's love prioritizing those who worship God will be blessed endlessly earlier when my sermon finished a man came out gave me a photo I want to put it in my suitcase read it carefully on the journey and he said this is my son now has some kind of iron buildup in his brain How old is he now six years old how is he sick cannot be cured and his wife where are you I'm already divorced I asked why divorced he didn't answer I don't know sir If you don't know who does he still answered I asked again have you ever strayed looking for other women he paused for two seconds answering Yes brothers when you sin you don't care what will happen blessings remain health remains agility remains wealth remains you don't know maybe God allows that sin to destroy your family to destroy your children or to let you be cast out of God's grace I will not meet him again and I will read his letter carefully I will continue to pray for that child I said I am ready if he can be healed ask God to give enough grace if he cannot be healed be ready if he dies and is called by God we should not play around there are sins that are unknown the cause there is no reason why you should not confess brothers and sisters let us return to summarizing a few points Augustine provided an understanding of what repentance means what confessing sins means what returning to the Lord wholeheartedly means he lived with a woman he did not marry he was too bold but after he repented became a Christian became a servant of God he divorced his wife and took responsibility for raising his child until he grew up finally died before he died but he was responsible Besides that he influenced the entire world and in my confessions a sentence from the last chapter Oh my God you are great God and you have already created human beings in a restless soul Oh great God you have created man in a soul that has no peace man has no rest until man returns to you and man will never have peace will never be secure until man returns to God and finds true peace only in God himself is very moving isn't it And this has become the pursuit of many intelligent people throughout history How to find peace in God's hands Then he spoke about where this world is going kingdoms governments kings and all the most important people in history where are they heading towards destruction because in Augustine's own eyes he saw and experienced the decline of the Roman Empire the Roman Empire the greatest empire the richest empire the longest empire in the world until now from 753 BC Rome began to exist building a great nation until approximately 20 years before Christ's birth Rome went from a republic to a kingdom and the first emperor was not Julius Caesar but after Julius Caesar approximately 80 years Augustus became the first emperor of the Roman Empire then he began to reform and renew the Roman Empire after he died it was continued by Tiberius and others and many Roman emperors were corrupt despite their political superiority despite their high literature their morals were low the Roman Empire produced many many many many corrupt emperors some were homosexual some killed their mothers some killed their wives and children Nero some slept with women on their wedding day were plundered like sugar cane the Roman Empire looked great society was advanced general education and political power were so great but their morals were very broken very bad the Roman Empire until King Constantine became emperor he stopped killing Christians he stopped persecuting the church so people who had previously served and worshipped God under the catacombs could finally come out and begin to be free religious people and blessed by God the Roman Empire experienced mostly corrupt kings there were also very good kings like Marcus Aurelius but also Trajan and Vespasian many emperors were very cruel very brutal and very much killed Christians renewal began with Alexander the Great regarding language and culture renewal continued with Emperor Constantine through politics and conscience then renewal until the fourth century was transformed through Augustine a pastor a theologian who loved God brothers and sisters I don't know when the church will repent sometimes if the government doesn't push the church doesn't progress if the government doesn't support it many churches cannot build church buildings knowing how to renew faith inherit belief that is truly continuing the faith like Abraham Moses and so on very little sometimes God uses people like Constantine but it is more important that there are people within the church itself who are aware that we need to progress we need to progress we need to be aware ourselves and need to carry out God's word God's contribution Augustine here in the second book after my confessions he wrote about the city of God the city of God What is the responsibility of Christians in this world we have two kingdoms in our life The Kingdom of this world and The Kingdom of God in the world's government we must obey we pay taxes we have laws we run governments that control our lives in every aspect but we have a conscience that must be subject to God's government using the Law using the Word using the scriptures to guard us so that we do not stray we do not slip we do not deviate from God's will brothers and sisters this is all Augustine's influence on us and Augustine himself was aware before he died seeing the world's kingdom collapsing the Roman Empire was about to fall then what if the world's kingdom falls the church that is under the pressure of this world's kingdom will also be destroyed if the world's kingdom becomes corrupt can the church continue to be good or not Augustine thought about this What About The Kingdom of the world collapse What about the continuation of Kingdom of God he thought about the important thing is the war against heresy now this is a smart pastor a smart pastor doesn't look at how much offering money there is how clean or good the building is how many rich people are in the church a smart pastor sees if Christianity's faith can be maintained a very wise pastor knows if the teachings received by Christians the understanding of doctrine by elders and their councils can be responsible I am old now I have to think about 10 years 20 years from now after I am taken home to heaven will the council in the church still be in order will the elders here still maintain the faith will STT still be in order if we don't have orderly people the future is very frightening brothers and sisters Augustine thought day and night What About The Kingdom of God What about the church What about the Christians what about our Society our family are Christian families good are Christian ethics good what destroys and erodes our faith in God false teachings Manichaeism Neoplatonism Donatism and also heretical teachings from various fields like Arius all of that was fought and resolved by Augustine brothers and sisters Augustine there is still one more thing I will finish today then we will move on to Anselm he will think about what about me how can I believe if I want to understand what I believe how do I do it why I can believe How can I understand what I believe these two questions how can I believe and after I believe can I fully understand what I believe in my spirit this question involves highly intellectual believers or intelligent people who believe in God many people believe without knowledge many professors do not want to believe people with knowledge do not easily believe in God people who believe in God are mostly foolish that's why Augustine will resolve this how can I believe Can I understand what I believe how can I believe and how can I understand my belief I think in every era intelligent people who want to believe in God have a disturbance in the conflict between these two faith reason believe and understand so Augustine finally found an important principle written in Latin Quo with intelligas and intelligum at Quo How to have faith and defend faith with very high understanding and how through high understanding to gain even higher faith this is an important struggle for intellectuals unless you are a Christian who just follows Christians who are superstitious you will never understand what you believe you don't care about this but every person who has a sharp mind a very strong reason does not want to be a careless believer they want to be responsible why I is important in history to balance what is believed and what is understood in my brain in my heart I want to believe in my brain it's hard for me to understand what I believe so heart and brain brain and heart in the middle there is a path it is the valley of the shadow of death that leads to death many people die on the way can no longer believe many people die on the way understand what they believe finally start compromising their spirituality is ruined Austin didn't say I believe in order to I understand I understand in order to believe I believe so that I can understand people believe so that they can understand well people who understand must have more faith thus the speculation continues to grow you become an intelligent person and a spiritual person at the same time you become a spiritual person and a rational person at the same time because you believe in God your understanding grows because your knowledge grows you don't stop believing more strongly in God this kind of Christian can help the world young people like this can bring intellectuals back to God the world needs people like Augustine the church needs young people like Augustine young people who have faith and knowledge must win over intelligent souls to become Christians I hope all intelligent people in this church influence society I am not foolish I am very intellectual and I believe in God firmly finally I try to influence all intellectuals I am at UC Berkeley at USC at schools at St. Hose at UBC in Canada at the University of Washington in Seattle to what end to conquer intelligent children to become Christians besides weekends I preach in five cities in San Francisco in Los Angeles in Portland in Vancouver and also finally added San Diego I also go into universities universities universities asking questions and answers full of intellectuals very difficult questions I answer one by one they surrender they are solved and they finally want to believe in Jesus Christ brothers and sisters don't think I'm the only one maintaining faith and high knowledge I have to go influence others if possible create fellowships in universities throughout Indonesia and enter to bring influence like Augustine influencing the entire church brothers and sisters faith and knowledge must be parallel knowledge must support faith and this besides Augustine was passed down to another person unfortunately that person only appeared 550 years after Augustine's death Augustine was born in the fourth century Augustine died in the fifth century after the 5th century there were no more intelligent people unfortunately if the church's intelligent people died and did not pass down generations it continued in darkness in history there was a time called the period of darkness the stage of darkness in history usually the 5th to the 10th century 500 years no great minds 500 years no great brains 500 years many people have faith but no knowledge only people have belief have submission to the Bible but cannot explain brothers and sisters that is because in the last 50 years especially the last 40 years we have provided intellectual enlightenment to the people of Jakarta from 75 to 84 for 10 years I held seminars in Surabaya creating a revival of the entire Christian faith in Surabaya in 84 I moved to Jakarta speaking first 2 3 4 up to 25 and the books have been printed 20 copies just reprinted and in Mandarin to fill the needs of the whole world in the largest language in history Chinese language I alone fill the needs of the entire era in Indonesian culture and Chinese culture and will be translated one by one into English to fill the actual needs of the English world there are too many theologians in the world Indonesia has few theologians China has few Indonesia has few because America has many theologians China has few Indonesia has few I fill these two cultures but after I die I don't know 5 years ago we continued with speaking for the younger generation and there has been Christology pneumatology the doctrine of Christ the doctrine of salvation the doctrine of the Trinity and finally the doctrine of the Holy Spirit has been delivered now the doctrine of man pay attention if this is no longer there when will it be again I don't know after Augustine is no more he has died then there are no more intelligent people in the world for how long 550 years it is called the dark ages called the dark period in history Augustine died in the 5th century after 550 years a brilliant person like Augustine was born but for 500 years he was lost that person was born in Italy then moved to England and became an Englishman and died in England named Anselm or Anselm A N S L E M S Anselm this person was very smart as a child and because his thinking was different from many he debated constantly argued endlessly there was no peace because he liked to debate liked to argue his father finally kicked him out of the house a child who is too smart is not easily accepted by parents easily obeys teachers not easily fits formal education he wandered until he was 28 he himself entered a theological school and studied scripture began to submit to God after he left Italy he fled to England already in England he debated continuously and he had very high faith very high finally until he was over 60 years old he was invited to become the greatest pastor in England the Archbishop of Canterbury the Archbishop of Canterbury is the head pastor of all of England in the Anglican Church he held this position until he died Anselm renewed and defended the faith and belief of Christians and his influence continues to this day for almost 1000 years Anselm was the Archbishop of Canterbury he wrote the most important book called Cur Deus Homo why did God become man now this book on incarnation is the most important book written by Anselm its name is below and this book resolved renewed and defended the Christian faith which has influenced for more than 1000 years brothers and sisters in the book Deus Homo he will discuss why God had to come down to the world why Christ had to be incarnated why he had to become flesh and blood what is the secret what is the reason we must know about this and he is a believer but he wants to know so he undergoes something similar to Augustine credo ut intelligas believe so that you may understand believe must be supported by understanding in this matter there are only two people in history Augustine and Anselm I believe in God but I want to think thoroughly why I must believe I believe in God like millions of Christians but I am someone who wants to know why I must believe in God this answer from the Bible starting from the book of Isaiah there is a sentence God says if you do not believe you will not stand firm if you do not have Faith you will never be able to stand fast brothers and sisters with what can Christians stand firm Christians fight so many enemies in the world how can we maintain our status unless we believe you do not have faith you will never be able to stand fast but when reading that verse he tried to understand from other translations finally he found an ancient translation that translated it with the sentence If you do not believe you cannot understand Wow he realized if it's like this I want to understand not study in school enter university gain understanding from books I read I become someone who understands no if I don't believe I cannot understand after he realized he combined faith and understanding faith intellectual faith how can I believe and at the same time I understand how can I understand what I believe how to rationalize how to understand that God is believed with the brain understand what is believed what is it like what Paul said I know Wow this is a great sentence believers believe but don't know they become superstitious if people only believe but don't know they become believers without thought their faith is full their brain is empty belief in the heart their brain is completely empty that is not a good Christian Anselm did not want to be a believer without a brain like that did not want to be a believer without intellect either credo in intelligas in order to understand I should believe first which one first not knowledge first at the same time I understand I believe nonsense people who know a lot don't want to believe because their hearts are not changed many people know smoking is bad why do they continue to smoke because what they know cannot become a conviction so the Bible's way is different people who know gambling is bad still gamble people who know playing is bad still play women people who know smoking is bad still drink elephant because what knowledge has no power to translate into action your thoughts have no power to change your life your understanding has no contribution to change your habits many people know this is bad that is bad they continue to deceive themselves and are deceived by the devil Augustine said no Lord tell me what should I do I want to understand but What can I do in order to understand Credo ut intelligas believe so that you may understand so you must believe first yes what is faith faith includes obedience faith includes surrender you believe in God you submit to him you believe in him you are willing to obey submit to him that is faith if someone has submitted to God it is impossible not to understand God's word many people do not understand or understand falsely understand incorrectly understand not truly understand deceive themselves because their hearts have not submitted brothers and sisters do not deceive yourselves anymore if your heart does not want to submit to God you cannot understand God's plan if your spirit does not surrender to God your mind cannot understand God's plan Let us repent not from the brain but from the heart surrender to the Lord and let my spirit my entity make me understand if not surrender you will not understand this is why Augustine's contribution is like this brothers and sisters besides giving contributions of faith and human knowledge isn't it nice in heaven enjoying glory holiness worship from angels so grand so respectful so glorious in heaven why did he come down to the world even born in a manger so sacrificial so self-denying even born in a manger Cur Deus homo why did God become man Ah this is Anselm's greatest contribution I will not discuss all the secrets today but God became man God was incarnated God came down to the world because many people think yes because God loves us so he came to the world to die for us this is all not wrong all correct but in these sentences there are still secrets what Christians especially evangelical reformed Christians must understand about this Deus homo why did God come down to become man because he wanted to come and pay the debt now this has been unclear for 1000 years my words are leaking Jesus came to pay the debt all 1 2 3 He paid the debt now I throw a question whose debt is it debt to whom at what price has it been paid can we be released are we released from whom and who received the debt that was paid listen again debt from whom debt to whom debt how much then is needed to pay how much debt is paid and that debt has been paid who received the debt has received the debt to release us have we been released before being released into whose hands after the debt is received and the debt has been paid the one who bound us releases us we are free that is called salvation freedom from debt paid to whom this has never been clear in history for 1000 years until Anselm Augustine spoke but not as clearly as Anselm Anselm spoke more clearly than all the church fathers before him and finally brothers the church theology has completed understanding Christology thoroughly today we stop here let us pray Heavenly Father bless us guide us step by step into the abundance of your word so that from generation to generation we may inherit true faith inherit deep faith inherit orthodox faith to glorify your name hear our prayer Lord in Jesus' name we thank you and give thanks amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign