Salah satu unsur penting dalam pelayanan gereja yang terabaikan adalah peran sosial gereja untuk mewujudkan kesejahteraan. Padahal warga jemaat berhadapan dengan berbagai isu sosial. Salah satu yang cukup krusial adalah kemiskinan. Dalam upaya merevitalisasi pelayanan gereja, salah satu yang perlu diwujudkan adalah integrasi antara kepedulian sosial dan pelayanan gereja. Artikel ini akan menjelaskan bahwa gereja memiliki panggilan dan tanggung jawab sosial. Fondasi bagi gagasan ini adalah karakteristik pelayanan Yesus yang termuat dalam Lukas 4:18-19, yang merupakan kutipan dari Yesaya 61:1-2; 58:6. Berdasarkan penggunaan Yesaya 61:1-2 yang dikombinasikan dengan Yesaya 58:6, artikel ini menunjukkan bahwa penulis Injil Ketiga memodifikasi kutipan tersebut untuk memperkuat karakteristik sosial dalam pelayanan Yesus. Dimensi sosial pelayanan Yesus merupakan landasan penting untuk membangun pelayanan gerejawi yang memiliki kesadaran sosial untuk membentuk kehidupan umat secara menyeluruh. Dalam menguraikan gagasannya, artikel ini akan menerapkan metode kualitatif yang berorientasi pada studi literatur dan analisis hermeneutika. Adapun pendekatan hermeneutika yang akan diterapkan berfokus pada pembacaan Injil sebagai biografi Yunani-Romawi. Prinsip-prinsip yang umum digunakan dalam metode kritik naratif juga akan diterapkan. Karena adanya kutipan dari Kitab Yesaya, pendekatan hermenutika yang digunakan juga akan menganalisis cara penulis Injil Ketiga menggunakan teks Yesaya tersebut. Artikel ini akan berfokus pada tiga aspek, yaitu karakteristik sosial Injil Ketiga, karakteristik sosial pelayanan Yesus berdasarkan Lukas 4:18-19, dan implikasi dimensi sosial pelayanan Yesus bagi upaya revitalisasi pelayanan gereja. One important element that neglected in church ministry is the social responsibility of the church in realizing the well-being of the community. Whereas the congregation is dealing with various social issues. One that is quite crucial is poverty. In an effort to revitalize church ministry, one that needs to be realized is the integration of social care and church ministry. This article will explain that the church has social calling and responsibility. The foundation for this idea is the characteristics of Jesus' ministry conveyed by Luke 4:18-19, which is a quotation from Isaiah 61:1-2; 58:6. Based on the use of Isaiah 61:1-2 combined with Isaiah 58:6, this article shows that the writer of the Third Gospel modified the quotation to strengthen social characteristics in Jesus' ministry. The social dimension of Jesus' ministry is an important foundation for building church ministries that have social awareness to shape the lives of believers holistically. This article will apply qualitative methods that focus on literary study and hermeneutical analysis. The hermeneutical approach applied here focuses on reading the Gospels as Greco-Roman biography. The principles commonly used in narrative criticism will also be applied. Because of the quotation from the Book of Isaiah, this article will also analyze the way the writer of the Third Gospel used the text of Isaiah. This article will focus on three aspects, namely the social characteristics of the Third Gospel, the social characteristics of Jesus' ministry based on Luke 4: 18-19, and the implications of the social dimension of Jesus' ministry for revitalizing church ministry.
AbstrakTulisan ini menguraikan posisi gereja sebagai umat Allah dan warga negara berdasarkan tinjauan Injil Lukas, dan Kisah Para Rasul. Kemudian melihat relevansinya bagi gereja di Indonesia, untuk mencari pendirian yang tepat terkait sikap umat Kristen terhadap negara. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan analisis naratif yang dipadukan dengan analisis sosial oleh Philip F. Esler. Tulisan ini akan meninjau interaksi Paulus dengan petinggi-petinggi Romawi. Berdasarkan asumsi kesatuan teks yang merupakan karakteristik analisis naratif, pembahasan tentang interaksi tersebut akan dihubungkan dengan dimensi sosial dalam keseluruhan tulisan Lukas. Hasil analisis teks dijelaskan bahwa gereja bukanlah oposisi bagi negara, melainkan rekan yang memiliki tanggung jawab sosial untuk mengaktualkan shalom bagi warga gereja, dan masyarakat yang lebih luas. AbstractThis article aims to elaborate church position as God's people and citizens of a nation based on observations from Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. Afterward, it will examine its relevance for the church in Indonesia, to find the right position regarding the Christian attitude toward the nation. By utilizing a narrative analysis approach, combined with social analyses conducted by Philip F. Esler, this writing will observe the interaction between Paul and Roman officials. In accordance with the assumption of textual unity (which is characteristic of narrative analysis), the study on the interaction will be connected with the social dimension of all Luke's writing. Based on the result of the biblical text analysis, it is concluded that the church is not the opposition of the nation, rather a partner that has social responsibility to actualize shalom for church community, and a wider scope of society. Accordingly, the church in Indonesia should strengthen diaconal ministry.
Herry Susanto, The Hermeneutical Implication of Reading the Canonical Gospels as Greco-Roman Biographical Writing. Historical method and narative criticism are the two approaches that have become important tools in exegetical work of canonical Gospels. Both have given important contribution, however the two approaches have inadequacies. The historical approach depends on external data, and narrative criticism tends to treat the Gospel texts as modern narratives. In the subsequent development of studies on the canonical Gospels, it has been found some significant similarities between the Gospels and Greco-Roman biographical writings. This writing observes three similarities, namely the format of content, focus of story and purpose. The content of Greco-Roman biography, mostly narrates the public work or ministry of the main character. The same thing is found on the Gospels. Likewise, the focus of story that orients to one main character and the purpose of authorship that has rhetorical and persuasive element. The similarities indicate that the canonical Gospels may be categorized as Greco-Roman biographical genre. Certainly, it has hermeneutical implication. The Gospels should be read in accordance with its genre.
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