THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TEN COMMANDMENTS FROM GBKP WORSHIP SERVICE AND THE CHURCH RESPONSIBILITIES
Author Name: 1. Mehamad Wijaya Tarigan 2. Lustani Samosir 3. Junjungan Simorangkir
Volume/Issue: 03/04
Country: Indonesia
DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2022-24866982/UIJIR
Affiliation:
- Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Abdi Sabda, Indonesia
- Institute Agama Kristen Negeri Tarutung, Indonesia
- Institute Agama Kristen Negeri Tarutung, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
The liturgy of the Calvinist church (including GBKP=Gereja Batak Karo Protestant or Karo Batak Protestant Church) incorporated the Ten Commandments which function as the new direction of life. After studying the liturgies, from the John Calvin era to the progress hereof in the Netherlands, the author notices that in the liturgies of the Sunday services of the Reformed Churches the Ten Commandments are incorporated. Although the sequence has been changed. Calvin put the sequence together into Confession, the Forgiveness of Sin, and The Ten Commandments. But in the Netherlands, the sequence changed to The Ten Commandments, Confession, and Forgiveness of Sin. This change of structure is the result of the influence of Martin Luther who declared that the Word is a self-test leading to Confession and the Forgiveness of Sins. The research used the descriptive qualitative method. There are several data collection techniques, namely interviews, observations, and documentary questionnaires. This research finds that there is no effect of the disappearance of the Ten Commandment from the GBKP Worship Service with Increasing Congregation's Attendance in Sunday Worship at the GBKP Classis Pembangunan Medan Delitua. This research recommends the GBKP revise the 52 weeks liturgy of the GBKP and incorporate The Ten Commandments into them, as Calvin had recommended as a sequence: The Confession, The Forgiveness of Sin, and The Ten Commandments as the new life direction.
Key words: Ten Commandments, Liturgy and Responsibilities, Church Workers.
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