FRIDAY 17TH MAY 2019 MORNING
2 Thessalonians 3:13-15 New International Version (NIV)
13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
14 Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed.15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.
We do not earn our salvation by doing good works but by faith in Jesus Christ who died for us. But good works are sign that we love God and want to please Him, and that we want to be a blessing to other people. We should encourage our fellows Christians to obey God’s laws.
IJUMAA 17 MEI 2019 ASUBUHI
2 THESALONIKE 3:13-15
13 Lakini ninyi, ndugu, msikate tamaa katika kutenda mema.
14 Na ikiwa mtu awaye yote halishiki neno letu la waraka huu, jihadharini na mtu huyo, wala msizungumze naye, apate kutahayari;
15 lakini msimhesabu kuwa adui, bali mwonyeni kama ndugu.
Hatuokolewi kwa sababu ya matendo yetu mema, bali tunaokolewa kwa neema tu kwa imani katika Yesu Kristo ambaye ametufia msalabani. Lakini matendo mema ni alama ya upendo wetu kwa Mungu, na kama tunahitaji kufanya mapenzi yake na kuwa baraka kwa binadamu wenzetu. Tunapaswa kuhimiza Wakristo wenzetu kutii sheria za Mungu.