IJUMAA KUU TAREHE 2 APRILI 2021
Siku ya kukumbuka Yesu Kristo aliposulubishwa
Masomo; Zab 102:1-7; Luka 23:44-49; *Isaya 53:8-9*
8 Kwa kuonewa na kuhukumiwa aliondolewa; Na maisha yake ni nani atakayeisimulia? Maana amekatiliwa mbali na nchi ya walio hai; Alipigwa kwa sababu ya makosa ya watu wangu.
9 Wakamfanyia kaburi pamoja na wabaya; Na pamoja na matajiri katika kufa kwake; Ingawa hakutenda jeuri, Wala hapakuwa na hila kinywani mwake.
Aliteswa na kufa kwa ajili yetu;
Kitabu cha Isaya sura ya 53, ni utabiri wa mtumishi anayeteseka kwa ajili ya wengine. Isaya anahabarisha wasomaji wake kuwa yupo atakayekuja duniani kuokoa watu, na atateseka kwa ajili yao. Ni utabiri wa ujio wa Yesu Kristo Mwokozi wa ulimwengu, aliyekuja kuteseka kwa ajili ya dhambi za ulimwengu. Ukisoma kuanzia mstari wa 1, unaona jinsi Yesu alivyopitia hali mbalimbali kama kupigwa, kuteswa, kudharauliwa, kuonewa n.k lakini katika yote hayo alikuwa mnyenyekevu. Alijitwika huzuni yetu na masikitiko, akiiendea njia ya msalaba.
Utabiri wa Isaya unaonesha mpango wa Mungu wa wokovu kwa mwanadamu. Hivyo Isaya naye anaujuza ulimwengu, kuwa atakuja Yesu Kristo, ambaye yeye ndiye atakuwa Mwokozi wa ulimwengu, na katika kuokoa atapitia mateso na kifo msalabani.
Hivyo Nabii Isaya tunaweza kusema anatujuza kuwa Yesu Kristo ndiye aliyeteseka na kufa kwa ajili yetu. Ndiye aliyepigwa na kupata kila aina ya mateso, hadi kuwambwa msalabani.
Alidharauliwa;
Wapo waliompokea Yesu, lakini wapo waliomkataa, hadi kumsulibisha.
Isaya 53:3 Alidharauliwa na kukataliwa na watu;
Mtu wa huzuni nyingi, ajuaye sikitiko;
Na kama mtu ambaye watu humficha nyuso zao,
Alidharauliwa wala hatukumhesabu kuwa kitu.
Tunapokumbuka kifo chake, tunao wajibu wa kutafakari nafasi yake mioyoni mwetu.
Tumempokea?
Au tunamdharau?
Tafakari mwenendo wako katika kumfuata Yesu, ili usiwe kama wale waliomdharau na kukataa kumpokea.
Sisi ndiyo sababu;
Kama wazo la siku lilivyo, Yesu aliteswa na kufa kwa ajili yetu. Yaani sisi ndio sababu ya yeye kufa. Dhambi zetu ndio zilimpeleka msalabani. Sasa alikwisha kuzibeba, kwa nini tusitubu na kumgeukia? Baada ya kuteswa, kufa na kufufuka, tulipona, yaani tumeokolewa. Isaya alilisema hili, kuwa baada ya Yesu kufa, wokovu utakuwa tayari;
Isaya 53:5 ‘Bali alijeruhiwa kwa makosa yetu,
Alichubuliwa kwa maovu yetu;
Adhabu ya amani yetu ilikuwa juu yake,
Na kwa kupigwa kwake sisi tumepona’.
Hili ni hakikisho la wokovu.
Kazi au wajibu wetu ni kuchukua hatua ya Imani, tukidumu katika Kristo Yesu maishani mwetu.
Mwaka huu tena tunaadhimisha kumbukumbu ya Yesu kufa msalabani kwa ajili yetu. Unaadhimisha kwa utamaduni tu sababu ya historia? Au kwa tafakuri mahususi kuhusu wokovu?
Tusiadhimishe Ijumaa Kuu kwa sababu ya historia tu, bali historia itusaidie kukumbuka kuwa Yesu alikufa kwa ajili yetu. Hivyo kifo chake kitufanye kutafakari nafasi yetu kwenye maisha ya wokovu, tukiwa na ushuhuda mwema kuelekea uzimani.
Yesu alikufa kwa ajili yetu.
GOOD FRIDAY 2ND APRIL 2021
The day to remember when Jesus Christ was Crucified
Readings: Psalm 102:1-7; Luke 23:44-49; *Isaiah 53:8-9*
Isaiah 53:8-9 New International Version
8 By oppression[a] and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.[b]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
He suffered and died for us;
The book of Isaiah chapter 53 contains a prophecy about a servant who suffered for others. Isaiah informs his readers that there is one who will come into the world to save people, and he will suffer for them. It is a prediction of the coming of Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world, who came to suffer for the sins of the world. If you read from verse 1, you will see how Jesus went through various situations such as beatings, torture, contempt, oppression, etc. but in all of that he was humble. He bore our Sins and sorrows, walking on the way to the cross.
Isaiah's prophecy shows God's plan of salvation for mankind. So Isaiah also prepares the world, that Jesus Christ, who will be the Savior of the world, will come, and in salvation he will go through suffering and death on the cross.
So the Prophet Isaiah can be said to inform us that Jesus Christ is the one who suffered and died for us. He was the one who was beaten and tortured, to the point of crucifixion.
He was despised;
Some accepted Jesus, but some rejected Him, even crucifying Him.
Isaiah 53: 3 He was despised and rejected by men;
A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:
and we hid as it were our faces from him;
And as a man whose faces conceal his face,
He was despised, and we esteemed him not.
As we commemorate his death, we have an obligation to reflect on his place in our hearts.
Have we received him?
Or do we despise him?
Reflect on your conduct in following Jesus, so that you do not become like those who despised him and refused to accept him.
We are the reason;
As the idea of the day is, Jesus suffered and died for us. That is, we are the reason he died. It was our sins that led him to the cross. Now that he was carrying them, why not repent and turn to him? After suffering, dying and being resurrected, we were saved, that is, saved. Isaiah said this, that after Jesus died, salvation would be ready;
Isaiah 53: 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities;
He was wounded for our transgressions;
The chastisement of our peace was upon him;
And with his stripes we are healed.
This is a guarantee of salvation.
Our job or responsibility is to take the step of Faith, abiding in Christ Jesus in our lives.
This year again we commemorate the death of Jesus on the cross for us. Do you celebrate traditionally just because of history? Or with specific reflection on salvation?
Let us not only celebrate Good Friday because of history, but history should help us remember that Jesus died for us. May His death make us reflect on our place in the life of salvation, with a good testimony to life.
Jesus died for us.
