WHY DID THE APOSTLES ASK THE LORD IN PRIVACY?
But there were times when when they heard the words of the Lord, they were not in a hurry to ask their questions at the same time, but sought the Lord privately (alone) in silence and then presented their questions.
You may be wondering why it should be private? It is because, they needed to be very careful to receive answers to their troubling questions.
The questions we read in Matthew 24 Let’s read;
Matthew 24:1 “And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”
As you can read in the third verse, the Bible says that they followed the Lord privately, alone at a time when there was no disturbance of the congregation, or the brethren or any other activity.
When the environment is calm there is great peace, and the Lord is not in any ministry, then together they follow him, asking him the three great questions concerning the end of the world.
Now carefully consider these questions, because remember it cost the apostles “privacy”, to understand its answers. And that is why they are not swayed by false doctrines, which are related to the last days, as it is today that many Christians are swayed by things that are not even in the scriptures, that is all because we do not want to be spiritually quiet to hear what Christ has to say in His Word.
The questions themselves were these;
1) When will these things be?
2) And what is the sign of your coming
3) and the end of the world
Starting with the first question,
1)When will these things be?
The question directly focused on the day, date, and year, the disciples wanted to know when “he” would return, when he would come to pick up his church, what date, year and month. Then the Lord Jesus directly answered their question in verses 36-44 and told them.
Matthew 24:36 “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh”.
Do you see there? He made it clear that the day he was coming back no one knew, it was a mystery of God, but he did not leave them alone in the air to know it, but went on to tell them what the day would look like, that they should not think that day there would be any change in appearance on earth.
One day like the other, people will be eating and drinking, planting and reaping, investing, the nation’s economy growing, getting married, as it was in the days of Noah and Lot, but all of a sudden, closing and closing, Jesus has returned and taken His saints .
Just like today when Christ returns today, you will not believe, because you would probably expect to see some great sign in heaven, or many people going to church? engaging in their daily activities, that is where some will be in the field, some in bed as he said. It is a very different day that will be completely out of reach for most people.
2) The second question was what was the sign of your coming;
They wanted to know now, the signs that would show him soon to arrive. There you will see him describing the signs from verses 4-28, that there will be false prophets, earthquakes, wars, diseases (Corona), the emergence of Israel, the rising of the rebellion, he told them if you see all this then know I am at the door to return.
We have witness all the things, and there is nothing that has not yet completed. So this shows that any day we will see Jesus Christ. As they say the sign of rain is clouds, we have seen all the signs and no one who doesn’t know its only the trumpets to blast.
3) And the third and final question, was related to the end of the world.
They wanted to know, too, what the end of the world would be like, let alone the day of his return, what would the resurrection be like? It will be a flood as it was with Noah, or the world will continue to exist forever. But we read that the Lord Jesus answered that question in Matthew 24:29-30;
Matthew 24:29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
This is a very sad day, because the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the earth will be shaken, and the people will long for the mountains to fall, and they will die, just to avoid the wrath of God.
Judgment Day scares Until God Himself asks why do you long for that day? It is the worst day that has ever happened in the history of the world.
Suffice it to say, but these things you should know, that the day without the sign of Christ’s return, the question is! How have you place yourself? Are you still out of Christ? If not then repent today and receive Christso that he can change your life, and then be ready to be baptized in many water and in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins.
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God Bless you.
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“Amdhaminiye mgeni hakosi ataumia;Achukiaye mambo ya dhamana yu salama
Nini maana ya huu mstari? Mithali 11: 15 “Amdhaminiye mgeni hakosi ataumia; Achukiaye mambo ya dhamana yu salama”.
Biblia ni kitabu pekee ambacho kinamfundisha mtu kutembea katika kanuni zote (yaani za mwilini na rohoni), jinsi ya kuishi katika roho, vilevile na jinsi ya kuishi katika mwili, Na moja ya kitabu ambacho kinatufundisha kanuni za kutembea katika mwili na kufanikiwa ni hichi kitabu cha Mithali,
Ni kitabu ambacho kina mahusia kwa makundi yote ya watu kuanzia wanandoa, vijana, watoto, maskini, matajiri, vilevile kina maonyo kwa viongozi, hadi kwa watumwa, Hivyo, tukirudi katika swali, kwanini Sulemani kwa hekima ya Roho alisema.. “Amdhaminiye mgeni hakosi ataumia; Achukiaye mambo ya dhamana yu salama”.
Hapo Hakumaanisha kuwa, kumdhamini mtu yeyote, ni kosa, hapana, bali anatoa angalizo katika kutoa dhamana kwa mtu mgeni (usiyemfahamu), kunaweza kukuweka katika hatari kubwa sana ya kukumbana na shida. Kumchukulia mtu mkopo bank halafu, unaweka nyumba yako rehani, mtu ambaye umekutana naye kwa kipindi kifupi tu, bado hujui vizuri mwelekeo wake upoje, halafu unaweka mpaka na mali zako rehani, hapo ni rahisi sana kuishia pabaya,
Hatupaswi kukurupuka kumdhamini mtu, ili mradi tu mtu kisa tunafanya tendo jema. Hapana kinyume chake biblia inaturuhusu tuchukue muda wa kumtambua, kumfahamu, kumwelewa, ndipo tumdhamini kama kuna umuhimu wa kufanya hivyo, Lakini Zaidi sana tukibaki kama tulivyo, tukamwachia Mungu asimamie mambo hayo ya kudhamini, tutakuwa katika upande ulio salama Zaidi. Kwasababu bado wakati mwingine mtu anaweza akawa ni mwema kweli, au akawa na mwelekeo mzuri lakini kwa bahati mbaya mambo yakabadilikia ghafla njiani, labda kapata hasara, hapo atakayeumia ni wewe uliyemdhamini.
Na ndio maana bado Biblia bado inasisitiza suala hilo hilo katika vifungu vingine mbeleni kidogo inasema..
Mithali 22:26 “Usiwe mmoja wao wawekao rehani; Au walio wadhamini kwa deni za watu; 27 Kama huna kitu cha kulipa; Kwani ukaondolee kitanda chako chini yako?”
Lakini maneno haya yanatufundisha nini rohoni?
Yupo ambaye hakuogopa jambo hilo, aliingia katika hii hatari ya kutudhamini, huku akijua kabisa, anaowadhamini hawawezi kulipa madeni yao hata kidogo, lakini alijiingiza katika shida zao, na kwa nguvu zake, akafanikiwa kulipa makosa yetu yote.
Angeweza kuacha asitudhamini, kwasababu maandiko yametoa ruhusa hiyo kama tulivyosoma.. Lakini kwa upendo wake, usiopimika, alikubali kulipa madeni yetu yote. Na huyo si mwingine Zaidi ya Bwana wetu YESU KRISTO.
Hakika sifa heshima na utukufu vina yeye, milele na milele. Amina.
Ni kitendo cha kushangaza sana na cha aibu, kuona mpaka sasa kuna baadhi ya watu wapo nje ya neema yake.
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Nini maana ya kilichotarajiwa kikikawia kuja moyo huugua (Mithali 13:12)?.
BELOVED, DO NOT BELIEVE IN EVERY SPIRIT.
Shalom People of God
Let us share the good news of God..
In this day we are living there is great spiritual turmoil that ever before.
And the originator of that is the devil because he knows in our new covenant the essence of the Church is the HOLY SPIRIT. So he knows if he allows the Spirit of God alone to rule the church, he will miss so many people.
So from the time of the apostles, he changed his military tactics, wanting to attack the church, he no longer came in the flesh, but he came with deceiving spirits like the true Holy Spirit but not.
So from that time on he began to offer very many offerings of those spirits. So far the offerings he has are so high that if you are not careful you will be attacked by the spirits of deception and think it is the Holy Spirit and it is a lie. We live in a time when we don’t suppose to believe every spirit that people preach.
And that is why the apostles warned us and said..
1 John 4:1 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world”.
Now in order to be safe we need to know the true character of the Holy Spirit, so that we can be at peace with what we have received.
1) The first characteristic is that He will make you holy:
As His name is, “the Holy Spirit”, that’s what He does in a person when He officially comes upon Him, He will make Him holy. As He said in 1 Corinthians 3:16, that our bodies must be holy because the Spirit who dwells in us is Holy. So He must make sure that all the fruits of the Spirit are in you properly (Galatians 5: 22-23).If you see receiving the Holy Spirit and he doesn’t give you the hungry of being Holy as you go on with the World things, half naked clothes, bongo fleva musics, and many ungodly things, then know that’s not the Spirit of God, no matter how long you speak in tongues. Run there, real quick.
2) He will guide you into the knowledge of all the truth (John 16:13):
Another function of the true Spirit of God, is that He will not leave you in the same state, of spiritual ignorance you have always had, He must take you to intellectual steps until you stand firm in scriptures.
But if you see yourself saved and years go back, you don’t know anything about the Word of God, all you know is about witches and demons, know that He is not the Holy Spirit you received but another enemy spirit is in you.
3) He will testify of Christ in you:
The Holy Spirit’s job is to bear witness to Christ in the midst of his church, and not of any human being. If it means the essence of the church you are in, or the ministry you are serving, it must be the Lord Jesus Christ.
And not some man, or some saint. If you see that Christ is not given any priority, or is considered just an extra person, know that the spirit of the antichrist is there.
1John 4:2 “Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
4) He will put a gift or ministry in you (1 Corinthians 12):
The gifts of the Holy Spirit puts forth for the purpose of building up the church of God.
Impossible, you have been saved for many years and years, and you have said you have received the Holy Spirit but your work in the kingdom of heaven is not visible. One of the tasks of the Holy Spirit is to place the gifts in us.
So if you will not be a pastor, or a prophet, or an evangelist, or a deacon, or a gifted linguist, etc. then you will be another useful in the church like giving, singing, sponsoring etc. But it is impossible for a member to be completely useless in the body of Christ, who comes and goes, all these years, in seeing that you know that the Spirit you have received is not of God, but of the enemy.
5) He will move you to pray in you. (Romans 8:6)
Scripture says the Holy Spirit is sick in us, in a way that cannot be uttered. If it means a true Christian who has received the Spirit, he will not find peace to sit for weeks, months, years without praying. The joy of salvation will only depart from him, so he will have to be a good beggar, attend vigils, and fast sometimes.
But if you find you have peace, stay a whole month without praying, and in you do not feel anything, or any burden, then you have received another Spirit of the enemy. Evaluate yourself again.
These five (5) characteristics, if you see them in you. So know that the Spirit you have received is truly the Holy Spirit, be at peace. But if not all these things are in you, it is the Spirit of God who is in you. All you have to do is signify being saved in your life.
That is, truly repent of your sins, and then be baptized in the proper baptism by immersion in the name of JESUS CHRIST (Acts 2:38). Then after that, the true Spirit will come into you, begin to take those other steps.
Remember these are the last days, and we are very tempted to try those spirits, do not be satisfied with only one behaviour, Ask yourself all those are visible within you?
God Bless you.
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NINI MAANA YA KUTUBU
Tofauti na inavyodhaniwa na wengi kuwa kutubu ni kuomba msamaha, lakini kiuhalisia kuomba msamaha kunakuja baada ya kutubu.
Kutubu maana yake ni “Kugeuka” yaani kuacha kile ulichokuwa unakifanya.
Maana yake unapojigundua kuwa wewe ni mkosaji, jambo la kwanza ni “Kuacha kile ulichokuwa unakifanya” kisichokuwa sawa. Kisha ndipo unakwenda kuomba msamaha.
Hakuna mtu anayekwenda kuomba msamahaka kabla hajaacha kile alichokuwa anakifanya.
Umemwibia mtu, au boss wako, je unaweza kwenda kumwomba msamaha huku bado unamwibia?
Jibu ni la!. Cha kwanza utakachokifanya ni kuacha kwanza wizi, kisha ndipo unakwenda kumwomba Msamaha. Maana yake matendo yako ndiyo yatakayoelezea kama kwenye kama umetubu kweli au la!, Na si maneno.
Na kwa Mungu ni hivyo hivyo, haangalii wingi wa maneno yetu, wala wingi wa machozi yetu, wala wingi wa majuto yetu, bali wingi wa Matendo yetu!.
Kwa Mungu “Matendo” ni Alama kubwa sana kuliko hata “Maombi”. Mtu anayetenda sana ni rahisi kufanikiwa zaidi na yule anayeomba sana bila kutenda.
Yakobo 2:17 “Vivyo hivyo na imani, isipokuwa ina matendo, imekufa nafsini mwake”.
Kadhalika na Toba ni matendo si maneno.
Ili tulielewe hili vizuri hebu tujikumbushe ile habari ya Yona.
Yona 3:3 “Basi Yona akaondoka, akaenda Ninawi, kama Bwana alivyonena. Basi Ninawi ulikuwa mji mkubwa mno, ukubwa wake mwendo wa siku tatu.
4 Yona akaanza kuuingia mji mwendo wa siku moja, akapaza sauti yake, akasema, Baada ya siku arobaini Ninawi utaangamizwa.
5 Basi watu wa Ninawi wakamsadiki Mungu; wakatangaza kufunga, wakajivika nguo za magunia, tangu yeye aliye mkubwa hata aliye mdogo.
6 Habari ikamfikia mfalme wa Ninawi, naye akaondoka katika kiti chake cha enzi, akavua vazi lake, akajivika nguo za magunia, na kuketi katika majivu.
7 Naye akapiga mbiu, akatangaza habari katika mji wa Ninawi, kwa amri ya mfalme na wakuu wake; kusema, Mwanadamu asionje kitu, wala mnyama wala makundi ya ng’ombe, wala makundi ya kondoo; wasile, wala wasinywe maji;
8 bali na wafunikwe nguo za magunia, mwanadamu na mnyama pia, nao wakamlilie Mungu kwa nguvu, naam, na wageuke, kila mtu akaache njia yake mbaya, na udhalimu ulio mikononi mwake.
9 Ni nani ajuaye kwamba Mungu hatageuka na kughairi, na kuiacha hasira yake kali, ili msiangamizwe?
10 Mungu akaona matendo yao, ya kuwa wameiacha njia yao mbaya. Basi Mungu akalighairi neno lile baya, ambalo alisema atawatenda; asilitende”
Nataka tuuone huo mstari wa 10 unaosema “Bwana akaona matendo yao, ya kuwa wameiacha njia yao mbaya”…hapo haisemi “Bwana akaona kufunga kwao na kujitesa kwao, wala kulia kwao”.
Sasa sio kwamba kufunga Mungu hakuoni, anakuona lakini kunapaswa kuje baada ya mtu kuacha njia zake mbaya.
Tunapokwenda kuumaliza mwaka tulikumbuke hili, inawezekana umeomba sana Msamaha kwa Mungu kwa mambo unayoyafanya, lakini nataka nikuambie kuwa ni muda tu ulikuwa unapoteza, hakuna msamaha wowote ulioupata endapo hukuamua mwenyewe kuacha njia zako mbaya, kama hawa watu wa Ninawi.
Kama hukuamua kuacha njia ya Ulevi,uzinzi, anasa, wizi, utukanaji, uuaji, utapeli, rushwa n.k bado toba yako haikukamilika, haijalishi uliongozwa sala ya Toba na nani?, Bado mbele za Mungu hujapokea msamaha wa dhambi.
Sasa swali ni wakati gani sahihi wa kutubu?
Biblia inasema saa ya Wokovu ni sasa, wakati uliokubalika ndio huu.
2 Wakorintho 6:2 “(Kwa maana asema,
Wakati uliokubalika nalikusikia,
Siku ya wokovu nalikusaidia;
tazama, wakati uliokubalika ndio sasa; tazama, siku ya wokovu ndiyo sasa.)”
Je Umetubu??..Yaani umegeuka na kuacha njia zako mbaya?. Kumbuka baada ya wewe kuamua kuacha njia zako mbaya ndipo Bwana kupitia Roho wake Mtakatifgu anakuongezea nguvu ya wewe kuweza kushinda dhambi, kwasababu Roho Mtakatifu ni msaidizi, maandiko yanasema hivyo, (kumbuka tena, Yeye ni msaidizi na si mtendaji). Watendaji ni sisi, yeye kazi yake ni kutusaidia, kutuongezea nguvu.
Sasa jiulize atamsaidiaje mtu ambaye hajaanza kufanya chochote??, Utamsaidiaje mtu aliyechoka kutembea na ilihali hata hiyo safari yenyewe hajaianza?.
Isaya 40:29 “[Huwapa nguvu wazimiao, humwongezea nguvu yeye asiyekuwa na uwezo”.
Leo kuna watu wengi wanaoshindwa na dhambi, ambao hawawezi kuacha ulevi, uzinzi, kujichua, kuiba, kusengenya n.k. Na hawajui tatizo ni nini?.
Tatizo ndio hilo, walitangulia kuomba msamaha kabla ya kuamua kuacha matendo yao.
Bwana alipofika nyumbani kwa Zakayo, alitubu wizi wake kwa matendo kwa kwenda kuwarudishia mara 4 (Luka 19:1-10) wale aliowadhulumu, na ndipo Bwana akamwambia leo wokovu umefika nyumbani kwake, hakutubu kwa maneno tu!.
Watu kama Zakayo ndio Bwana anawaongezea nguvu ya kushinda dhuluma, kwasababu wameshaanza safari ya kuacha dhuluma kwa vitendo.
Na wewe leo anza toba kamili kwa kumwacha huyo mke/mume ambaye si wako, kwa kumwacha huyo mtu mnayeishi kama girlfriend/boyfriend na ilihali hamjafunga ndoa, kwa kumrudishia mtu kitu ulichomdhulumu au kumwimbia.
Na baada ya kufanya hayo na kumwomba Bwana msamaha, utaona Amani fulani isiyoelezeka imeiingia ndani yako, hiyo itakuwa ni uthibitisho wa kwamba Toba yako imekubalika mbele za Bwana.
Na baada ya hapo Bwana atakuongezea nguvu ya wewe kushinda dhambi, ghafla utaona kiu ya kudhulumu imekufa, kiu ya kuzini imekufa, kiu ya kufanya mambo yote uliyokuwa unayafanya imekufa.
Bwana akubariki, na Bwana atubariki sote.
Maran atha!
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THE HARVEST HAS FINISHED IN THE FIELD
Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Praise be to the Lord Jesus…
If you want to know that all things has been completed, what is awaited is only the rapture, look at the state of the harvest in the Lord’s field. Try to compare the people who came to Christ in the apostolic age, and the people who are now saved in our day.
When the gospel was first preached in the area, the response of the people to the conversion of Christ was so dramatic, Remember only after Pentecost, the church was multiplying by thousands, by very little gospel. And that in a very short time Christianity spread throughout the world, and not just spread, but preached (Colossians 1: 6, 1 Thessalonians 1: 8).
But look now things are different, No one who doesn’t know the gospel, or the knowledge of Christ, we all know it, but ask yourself why people do not want to be saved, they are the ones who are going so far away from Christianity. That the prove to show that the harvests has finished in the field only weed remained.
And that has now led to the conversion of the gospel no longer to attract people, but to witness. When you see, the gospel has reached you in your bed holding your phone and reading, know that it is not to attract you, that is just a testimony, if you see the gospel has reached you in your living room watching TV with your family, the gospel reaches you in the leaflets you read on the street. You are given a free bible on your phone, things that never existed before.
So know that this is not the gospel to draw you back to Christ . It is the gospel of TESTIMONY.
So that when you die in your sins, you have no reason to say I have never heard, or seen, or been told.
Just ask yourself, why with all these sermons preached to you and heard throughout your life, and you still have no change in you. Do you think that is normal? No, usually just one Word will be enough to make you holy according to Hebrews 4:12.
But you have not turned away because you are not Wheat but just a weed.
What is left now is God watching at least if there will be a few remnant to save. But I want to tell you, one of these days that counts, we are going to witness a very big change in the world. We will witness the great act of the Rapture of the church.
These are the words of the Lord Jesus, (Matthew 24: 40-42) will be fulfilled. That night two will be asleep one will be taken, one will be left. Two women will be grinding (meaning they will be in their business), one will be taken and one will be left. Those who will be left behind, while on earth what is going on, will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Remorseing why they did not obey God’s voice at that time, when it gently drew them to Him. They’ll cry and mourn, really don’t be one of them.
But those who are raptured will go straight to heaven with their glorious bodies, at the feast of the Lamb. In unparalleled pleasure, Wiping away tears from their misery they were going through here on earth for Christ’s sake.
Brethren, you may see these things as stories, or things that will happen 5 thousand years in the future, do not deceive yourself. When Jesus said REPENTANCE, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. He was not lying. It is true that the kingdom of heaven was at hand, He didn’t lie, it true that the kingdom of heaven was near, Just asking yourself what will we say now?
Turn around, when you hear the gospel at this time.
Shalom.
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Dhabihu ni nini?
Dhabihu kwa jina lingine ni “kafara”, zilikuwepo sadaka za kafara na vile vile zilikuwepo zisizo za kafara.
Katika agano la kale, kafara zilizokuwa zinatolewa kwa Mungu ni kafara za wanyama, kama kondoo, mbuzi na ng’ombe.
Ambapo, mtu binafsi au Taifa zima litamsogeza huyo mnyama mbele za Bwana katika hema yake, na kuhani atamchukua huyo mnyama kama ni ng’ombe, au mbuzi au kondoo na kumchinja na kutwaa damu yake na kufanya upatanisho kwa huyo mtu au kwa Taifa, na kutwaa baadhi ya viungo na kuvichoma juu ya madhabahu.
Sasa sadaka ya namna hiyo ndiyo inayoitwa dhabihu.
Zilikuwepo sadaka nyingine ambazo hazikuwa dhabihu.
Kwamfano sadaka za unga, sadaka za mazao, sadaka za fedha, sadaka za nguo, za malimbuko n.k hizo hazikuitwa dhabihu.. Dhabihu ni sadaka ya kafara inayohusisha mnyama kuchinjwa na damu kumwagika.
Leo hii tumezoea kusema “tunaenda kumtolea Bwana dhabihu tukimaanisha sadaka zetu za fedha”..lakini kiuhalisia hizo sio dhabihu tunazotoa bali ni sadaka tu!. Na zina baraka zake kubwa tu!, Lakini haziitwi dhabihu, ingawa hatutendi dhambi pia kuziita hivyo.
Sasa swali ni je! Mpaka leo hii tunapaswa tutoe sadaka za dhabihu? Yaani kafara za wanyama?
Jibu ni la! Katika agano jipya hatuna tena sadaka za dhabihu za wanyama, hatuhitaji tuchinje ng’ombe ili tupate kibali fulani au baraka fulani kutoka wa Mungu.
Kadhalika hatuhitaji damu ya kuku, au ya mbuzi, kupata ulinzi fulani wa kiMungu.
Jambo hilo liliwezekanika katika agano la kale, chini ya maagizo maalumu ya Bwana.
Lakini kwa sasa Agano jipya, hatuna hicho tena,
Sasa tunayo dhabihu moja ambayo imeshatolewa inayotufanya tusiwe na haja ya dhabihu za wanyama.
Na dhabihu hiyo Mwanakondoo Yesu Kristo, ambaye alitolewa sadaka kama kafara kwa ajili yetu, na damu yake ndio inayotupa upatanisho sisi na Mungu.
Sadaka nyingine za fedha, mazao, mavazi n.k tunaweza kuzitoa, lakini dhabihu ilishatolewa, na Mungu karidhika na hiyo, na hakuna nyingine yoyote tunaweza kumtolea ikamridhisha.
Waebrania 10:3 “Lakini katika dhabihu hizo liko kumbukumbu la dhambi kila mwaka.
4 Maana haiwezekani damu ya mafahali na mbuzi kuondoa dhambi.
5 Kwa hiyo ajapo ulimwenguni, asema,
Dhabihu na toleo hukutaka, Lakini mwili uliniwekea tayari;6 Sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za dhambi hukupendezwa nazo;
7 Ndipo niliposema, Tazama, nimekuja (katika gombo la chuo nimeandikiwa) Niyafanye mapenzi yako, Mungu.
8 Hapo juu asemapo, Dhabihu na matoleo na sadaka za kuteketezwa na hizo za dhambi hukuzitaka, wala hukupendezwa nazo (zitolewazo kama ilivyoamuru torati),
9 ndipo aliposema, Tazama, nimekuja niyafanye mapenzi yako. Aondoa la kwanza, ili kusudi alisimamishe la pili.
10 Katika mapenzi hayo mmepata utakaso, kwa kutolewa mwili wa Yesu Kristo mara moja tu”.
Umeona hapo?. Kwa kutolewa mwili wa Yesu Kristo mara moja tu tumepata utakaso, hivyo Kristo ndio dhabihu iliyo hai leo.
Sasa swali ni kosa leo kuchinja kafara za wanyama?
Jibu ni ndio! kama wakristo hatupaswi leo kushiriki ibada zozote za kafara!. Wengi leo wanasema ni wakristo lakini vijijini kwao wanatoa kafara!..pasipo kujua kuwa wanamtolea dhabihu shetani na si Mungu.
Bwana atujalie neema yake, tuzidi kumjua yeye zaidi na mapenzi yake.
Maran atha!
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Mahali pa juu palikuwa ni wapi kama tunavyosoma katika biblia?
Swali: Kurushwa upesi kunakozungumziwa katika Danieli 9:21 ndio kupi?
YUKO WAPI MFALME WA WAYAHUDI?
Vipindi vya ukristo huwa vinabadilika, mambo hayawezi kubaki vilevile tangu siku ulipookoka hadi siku unakufa. Yapo majira utamwona Kristo waziwazi katika Maisha yako, yapo majira Kristo hutamwona kwa uwazi kama unavyodhani, hapo ndipo itakapokugharimu kumtafuta, ili umpate.
Hiyo ni kanuni Mungu aliyoiweka, ambayo kila mtu aliyempokea yeye hana budi kuifahamu. Kuna watu wanashindwa kulielewa hili, na ndio maana wanapofikia hatua ya kutomwona Kristo kiurahisi, kama ilivyokuwa zamani wanaishia kurudi nyuma. Wakidhani kama hakuwa ni Mungu aliyewaita.
Embu tuitazame ile Habari ya mamajusi, wale watu walitokea nchi ya mbali sana huko Mashariki (Pengine nchi ya Babeli), lakini katika kutafuta tafuta kwao Habari za Mungu katika mambo yao ya anga, Mungu aliwapa neema ya kumwona Kristo katika njia hiyo.
Ndipo wakaiona nyota moja tofauti na nyingine iking’ara sana, na ghafla ile nyota ikaja kutua ulimwenguni, lakini haikutua sehemu nyingine yoyote Zaidi ya taifa la Israeli.. Ndipo wakaanza safari ya kuifuata.
Hivyo walipofika Israeli walitarajia kuwa wangeiona tena iwaelekeze mpaka eneo husika mtoto alipo, lakini hilo halikutokea, pengine wakatazama tena angani kwa umakini zaidi, lakini hawakuona chochote.. Hatujui ilipita muda gani wakiingojea itokee, lakini hakuna chochote kilichotokea, ndipo wakaanza kutafuta, kwa kuulizia Habari za Kristo kazaliwa awpi, wakafika mpaka wa Herode mfalme, kuulizia Habari hizo, ndipo wakapewa taarifa, kutoka kwa Herode kuwa mfalme anazaliwa Bethelehemu ya uyahudi..
Sasa wakati wanakwenda Bethlehemu ndipo ile nyota waliyokuwa wameipoteza wakaiona tena, katika nyumba aliyokuwa amelazwa mtoto, biblia inasema walipoiona walifurahi furaha kubwa mno,
Tusome..
Mathayo 2 :1 “Yesu alipozaliwa katika Bethlehemu ya Uyahudi zamani za mfalme Herode, tazama, mamajusi wa mashariki walifika Yerusalemu, wakisema,
2 Yuko wapi yeye aliyezaliwa mfalme wa Wayahudi? Kwa maana tuliiona nyota yake mashariki, nasi tumekuja kumsujudia.
3 Basi mfalme Herode aliposikia hayo, alifadhaika, na Yerusalemu pia pamoja naye.
4 Akakusanya wakuu wa makuhani wote na waandishi wa watu, akatafuta habari kwao, Kristo azaliwa wapi?
5 Nao wakamwambia, Katika Bethlehemu ya Uyahudi; kwa maana ndivyo ilivyoandikwa na nabii,
6 Nawe Bethlehemu, katika nchi ya Yuda, Hu mdogo kamwe katika majumbe wa Yuda; Kwa kuwa kwako atatoka mtawala Atakayewachunga watu wangu Israeli.
7 Kisha Herode akawaita wale mamajusi faraghani, akapata kwao hakika ya muda tangu ilipoonekana ile nyota.
8 Akawapeleka Bethlehemu, akasema, Shikeni njia, mkaulize sana mambo ya mtoto; na mkiisha kumwona, nileteeni habari, ili mimi nami niende nimsujudie.
9 Nao waliposikia maneno ya mfalme, walishika njia; na tazama, ile nyota waliyoiona mashariki ikawatangulia, hata ikaenda ikasimama juu ya mahali alipokuwapo mtoto.
10 Nao walipoiona ile nyota, walifurahi furaha kubwa mno.
11 Wakaingia nyumbani, wakamwona mtoto pamoja na Mariamu mamaye, wakaanguka wakamsujudia; nao walipokwisha kufungua hazina zao, wakamtolea tunu; dhahabu na uvumba na manemane.
12 Nao wakiisha kuonywa na Mungu katika ndoto wasimrudie Herode, wakaenda zao kwao kwa njia nyingine”.
Nachotaka uone ni kuwa, nyota ilionekana, ikapotea, ikaonekana tena..Lakini hawakukata tamaa na kusema turudi mashariki, tukaendelee na shughuli zetu, tuliona maruweruwe hapana, bali walimtafuta Kristo kwa bidii, na mwisho wa siku wakafika walipopakusudia.
Kipindi cha awali cha wokovu, ni rahisi kumwona Kristo katika kila hatua, lakini upo wakati atabadilisha mwonekano wake, atataka umtafute, atataka upate maarifa ya kutosha kuhusu yeye, hapo ndipo kunapokuja kujifunza kwa bidii, kuulizia Habari za wokovu, Habari za mbinguni, Habari za umilele, kuomba na kufunga, sio kukaa tu na kusema mimi nimeokoka Yesu ananipenda, halafu basi, hilo halipo katika safari ya wokovu.. Bwana ataruhusu hata wakati mwingine umtafute kutoka kwa maadui zake, kama vile mamajusi walivyotafuta taarifa kwa Herode adui wa Kristo.
Hivyo usiporudi nyuma, usipokata tamaa, ni uhakika kuwa mwisho wako utakuwa ni uzima wa milele. Hakuna mtu yeyote anayemtafuta Kristo kwa kumaanisha mwisho wake ukawa ni mbaya hakuna. Utamwona tu Kristo mwishoni. Utamfurahia kwa furaha kubwa, kuanzia hapa duniani hadi kule mbinguni.
Hivyo, ikiwa upo katika hatua kama hii, usipunguze mwendo wako, kinyume chake ndio uzidishe kumtafuta Bwana kwa bidi kwasababu ndivyo unavyokaribia kukutana naye tena.
Bwana akubariki.
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Biblia imemaanisha nini kusema Nyoka atakula mavumbi?
Naomba ufafanuzi wa mwanzo 3:14..kwamba hivi laana iliyotamkwa pale na Mungu kwamba nyoka atakula mavumbi…..hivi ni kweli nyoka anakula mavumbi leo?.
Jibu: Jibu ni la! Nyoka hali mavumbi leo na hakuwahi kula mavumbi kabla, na hakuna kiumbe hai cha Mungu chochote kinachokula mavumbi, kwasababu mavumbi si chakula.
Lakini kwanini biblia iseme Nyoka atakula mavumbi,
Labda tusome mistari hiyo, ili tuweze kuelewa kidogo..
Mwanzo 3:14 “BWANA Mungu akamwambia nyoka, Kwa sababu umeyafanya hayo, umelaaniwa wewe kuliko wanyama wote, na kuliko hayawani wote walioko mwituni; kwa tumbo utakwenda, na mavumbi utakula siku zote za maisha yako”
Hapo utaona matokeo ya Nyoka kuambiwa atatembea kwa tumbo ni kula Mavumbi.
Maana yake hapo kwanza alikuwa hatembei kwa tumbo, hivyo alikuwa hali mavumbi.
Maana yake sababu nyoka kula mavumbi ni kwasababu anatembea kwa tumbo.
Sasa anakulaje mavumbi? Hali kama chakula kwasababu vumbi haliwezi kuwa chakula, bali katika ile hali nyoka waliyopo ya kutembea kwa tumbo, maana yake nyuso zao, pua zao, na macho yao yapo katika usawa wa ardhi, hivyo kitendo cha kuchafuka kwa mavumbi wakati wanatembea kwa tumbo ni sawa na kula mavumbi, kwasababu kimo cha mdomo kipo karibu na usawa wa ardhi, tofauti na wakati hajalaaniwa.
Hebu wewe tengeneza picha sasahivi unaambiwa utambae kwa tumbo umbali wa kilometa moja, hebu jiulize safari yako mpaka iishe utakuwa umekula vumbi kiasi gani?. Ndivyo ilivyokuwa kwa Nyoka.
Hapo kwanza kabla Nyoka hajalaaniwa, alikuwa hatembei kwa tumbo hivyo alikuwa hali mavumbi, ni viumbe wengine tu wanaotambaa ndio waliokuwa wanakula mavumbi, kama mijusi, kenge n.k hivyo Nyoka naye akawa kama hao..
Utauliza ni wapi katika maandiko panaonyesha kuwa kuna viumbe wengine wanaokula mavumbi tofauti na nyoka.
Mika 7:17 “Watayaramba mavumbi kama nyoka, kama vitu vitambaavyo juu ya nchi watatoka katika mahali walimojificha, wakitetemeka; watakuja kwa BWANA, Mungu wetu, kwa hofu, nao wataogopa kwa sababu yako”.
Lakini ni somo gani tunalipata kwa Nyoka kutembea kwa matumbo na kula mavumbi?.
Umeona?..sio Nyoka peke yake anayelamba mavumbi.
Somo kuu tunaloweza kulipata ni kwamba tunapoasi na kujitenga na Mungu, basi tunajipeleka wenyewe mavumbini, kiroho na kimwili, Nyoka alikuwa hatembei kwa matumbo lakini akajikuta anatembea kwa matumbo na kuyalamba mavumbi ya nchi.
Lakini habari nzuri ni kwamba tunapotubu, Bwana anatutoa mavumbini, na kutupandisha juu.
1 Samweli 2:8 “Humwinua mnyonge kutoka mavumbini,
Humpandisha mhitaji kutoka jaani, Ili awaketishe pamoja na wakuu,
Wakakirithi kiti cha enzi cha utukufu, Kwa maana nguzo za dunia zina BWANA, Naye ameuweka ulimwengu juu yake”
Inawezekana leo upo mavumbini, na unakula mavumbi pasipo kujijua.
Tubu leo, mpokee Yesu naye atakupa uzima wa milele, na kukutoa mavumbini kiroho na kimwili.
Maran atha!
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NJIA YA KUPATA WOKOVU.
Je! Shetani alitolea wapi uovu?
MTI WA UZIMA NA MTI WA MAARIFA.
DALILI NYINGINE INAYOUTAMBULISHA UZAO WA NYOKA
UWEZO WA KIPEKEE.
DON’T GIVE UP WHEN YOU GO THROUGH DISEASE
You may have received Jesus, and you are going through a very serious and probably incurable disease, and you wonder how it is possible for me, a man of God, to have a disease like this ?, or my son? While I am very God-fearing and striving to walk in His ways ?.
When you find yourself in such a situation do not start to murmur, but rather be the one to seek to know more about God’s Word, because God’s Word is the cure for the condition you are going through.
Now if you think you are a servant of God and you are going through that problem, think about Job, maybe he pleased God more than you, but he was healed of his problem when God’s time came.
Apart from him, there is another servant of God, the greatest in the Bible… with whom God was speaking face to face. And the Bible says that after him there never was a prophet like that.
Deuteronomy 34:10 “And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
11 In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land”
This is Moses, whom we know well. But with this Prophet gaining that special favor before God, yet one day he had been afflicted with an incurable curse. One day he had once again found the LEPROSY which is white one that burns like snow.
Exodus 4:6 “And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.”
This was a servant of God who contracted leprosy, a disease that was the worst of all time, and was a curse and a plague and incurable. So Moses got this disease before God. You may wonder why God did not perform another sign, such as that of the serpents, instead giving him the sign of that Disease ?.
Why would he not just say to him, ‘Put your hand on your chest and suddenly it will come out of his hand with gold or diamonds, but on the contrary his hand turned to death,’
Why would God used that sign on Moses’ body his servant, and not for others who are not his follower or any animal?.
That is to show that even people who please God will sometimes go through illnesses, and even the most dangerous and incurable diseases, but the Lord will remove them as He removed them from Job and Moses.
Psalm 34:18 “The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
And that is why the Lord showed Moses the sign of sickness and healing, showing that He is a God who heals us.
“And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous. You have returned to the state of his body ”.
So do not let sickness, or the present distress, frighten us, or make us murmur, or let your fire of God quench! And it will end, Do not stop believing in God and do not stop serving Him, because God will only heal you in His time..and everything will return as it was. And do not allow your mind to dwell on your thoughts every moment, when such thoughts come to mind and lead you to think of other things, because the great battle of the devil is in our minds and thoughts.
Finally, the Word of God is a weapon as we have already said. If the devil knows you understand the scriptures well, he becomes very afraid of you..but if he knows theat you do not understand well, you became his friend, he will persecute you for every kind of suffering he knows. And if you have not received Christ the grace is calling you today, accept Jesus and be made a new creature.
God Bless you.
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HE CONTINUED IN WISDOM AND STATURE
Shalom, let’s learn the words of life.
Most of us think the Lord Jesus was born with a perfect understanding of everything, or a knowledge of all things, No he was born and became as the way we are, with nothing known to him although he was a true God in the flesh.
It had to be that way, in order to fulfill God’s purpose, to be like Him in all things so that He might be an example for us to follow His way. So just by looking at the Life of the Lord Jesus we can learn things that even we ourselves can do.
Until the Lord reached the point of understanding many of God’s mysteries, it was not something he was born with, no, the Bible says.
Luke 2:52 “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.”
Continuing in wisdom and stature, means to grow daily in the wisdom of knowing God, that is, from one level to another, one step at a time. God was looking for teachers to help him, And when he met them he was asking questions where he did not understand and giving his opinion where he was most understanding..
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Luke 3:46 “And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Try to imagine, a 12-year old boy spends three days and nights, just sitting in church, studying the Bible, and that is his routine. How do you expect a young man like that to become an adult? Do you think he will become the same as others?
He just had to, he would be in the knowledge of God to know God faster, and so it was with the Lord, all things did not come to him suddenly in him, maybe he was born with it, so he didn’t need to add knowledge or learn no!.
Today, you will see a Christian doesn’t want to study the Bible, even when he goes to study he does not ask questions, his pastors, or his prophets, or his teachers, he is just listening and leaving, being told something even if it is strange to him, he will just accept it and say AMEN !
someone who is a Bible reader, he just has to come across a lot of incomprehensible things, and God has hidden them so deliberately, to instill in us a love of searching, and at the end of the day give him the answer. But if you just read the bible by having fun, or fulfilling a schedule, you realize that that is not God’s plan.
God wants us to study the bible not to read it as a newspaper, the Bible is a book of mysteries, there is no way a Christian can miss questions to ask God,that is not possible, it does not exist.
But Jesus was not ashamed to learn where He did not understand, and He used that opportunity well to follow His teachers of the law. The same to you if you want to grow in God’s wisdom and stature follow those who preceded you in faith such as your prophets, apostles, teachers, ask them questions about what you have learned from the Bible. And if there answers doesn’t satisfy you go to other pastors and ask them too,until the Holy Spirit reveal to you the true answer.
Although Jesus Christ was under his teachers, but at the end of the day he was the TEACHER TEACHER… He was a RABBI, He knew more secrets of the kingdom of heaven, than all the people who are being on earth, not only those who lived with him, but also those who preceded him.
Even if you are a person who is dissatisfied with the state of your understanding of God, and you start to learn, be sure that it will reach a time you will be a person of far-reaching levels, and God will reveal Himself to you in ways that you yourself will be amazed at.
Begin now, seeking your God, as earnestly as our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
God bless you.
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