JUMATANO TAREHE 2 JUNI 2021
1 Wakorintho 2:1-5
1 Basi, ndugu zangu, mimi nilipokuja kwenu, sikuja niwahubiri siri ya Mungu kwa ufasaha wa maneno, wala kwa hekima.
2 Maana naliazimu nisijue neno lo lote kwenu ila Yesu Kristo, naye amesulibiwa.
3 Nami nalikuwako kwenu katika hali ya udhaifu na hofu na matetemeko mengi.
4 Na neno langu na kuhubiri kwangu hakukuwa kwa maneno ya hekima yenye kushawishi akili za watu, bali kwa dalili za Roho na za nguvu,
5 ili imani yenu isiwe katika hekima ya wanadamu, bali katika nguvu za Mungu.
Mungu mmoja; Baba, Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu;
Bwana Asifiwe;
Mtume Paulo anawaandikia Wakorintho kuwa katika kumtangaza Kristo, hakutumia maneno yake wala hekima. Ilimpasa kuzijua kwanza habari za Yesu aliyesulibiwa.
Mtume Paulo anakiri kuwa hakutumia nguvu zake kushawishi watu kuhusu Kristo, bali nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu ndiyo iliyomsaidia. Anawausia Wakorintho kuwa Imani yao isiwe katika hekima ya wanadamu, bali katika nguvu za Mungu.
Huu ni wito tunaopewa asubuhi hii, kwamba Imani yetu isiwe kwa akili zetu, bali kwa nguvu za Mungu. Kuishi kwetu na kazi zetu viwe ni kwa kumtegemea Mungu na siyo akili zetu, yaani tuongozwe na Mungu mmoja, Baba, Mwana na Roho Mtakatifu.
Siku njema.
WEDNESDAY 2ND JUNE 2021
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
1 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
One God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit;
Praise the lord;
The apostle Paul writes to the Corinthians that in proclaiming Christ, he did not use his words or wisdom. He had to know first about the crucified Jesus.
The apostle Paul admits that he did not use his power to persuade people about Christ, but that the power of the Holy Spirit helped him. He exhorts the Corinthians that their faith should not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
This is the call we are given this morning that our Faith should not be in our minds, but in the power of God. Our life and work should be based on God and not our intellect, that is, we should be led by one God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Good day.