JUMAMOSI TAREHE 29 MEI 2021, ASUBUHI
Matendo 2:14-21
Mahubiri Ya Petro
14 Ndipo Petro akasimama na wale mitume kumi na mmoja, aka hutubia ule umati wa watu kwa sauti kuu akasema, “Wayahudi wenzangu na ninyi nyote mkaao Yerusalemu. Nisikilizeni kwa makini niwaambie jambo hili maana yake ni nini! 15 Hawa watu hawakulewa kama mnavyodhania, kwa maana sasa ni mapema mno, saa tatu asubuhi. 16 La, jambo hili lilitabiriwa na Nabii Yoeli aliposema, 17 ‘Mungu alisema, siku za mwisho nitawamiminia binadamu wote Roho yangu: wavulana wenu na binti zenu watatabiri, vijana wenu wataona maono na wazee wataota ndoto. 18 Ndio, hata watumishi wangu wa kiume na wa kike nitawamiminia Roho yangu, nao watatabiri. 19 Nami nitafanya maajabu angani, na duniani nitaonyesha ishara, damu na moto na moshi mnene. 20 Jua litageuka kuwa giza na mwezi utakuwa mwekundu kama damu, kabla ya siku ya Bwana kuwadia, siku ambayo itakuwa ya kutisha. 21 Lakini ye yote ata kayetubu na kukiri jina la Bwana, ataokoka.’
Roho Mtakatifu nguvu yetu;
Ni siku ya Pentekoste, Roho anashuka, na wale mitume wanatokewa na ndimi za moto na kunena kwa lugha za wengine, hadi mkutano kushangaa!
Ndipo katika somo la leo asubuhi, Petro anasimama na kuanza kuhutubia mkutano, akiwaambia wasidhani mitume wamelewa, maana ilikuwa mapema bado.
Mstari wa 14 hadi wa 36 ni hotuba ya Petro siku ile ya Pentekoste. Yapo mambo ya kuangali japo kwa kifupi.
1. Mitume walinena lugha nyingine kwa uweza wa Roho Mtakatifu. Hapa Mungu alikuwa anajidhihirisha, maana ndipo Kanisa lilikuwa linazaliwa. Mungu alikuwa anatangaza kuwa Kanisa halitakuwepo bila Roho Mtakatifu. Sisi kama Kanisa lazima tuendelee kujazwa Roho Mtakatifu wakati wote, ili Kanisa lisiyumbe.
2. Neno la Mungu ndilo linalookoa. Mitume waliponena kwa lugha, hakuna aliyempokea Yesu, walibaki kushangaa. Petro akahubiri (mst 14 hadi 36), baada ya mahubiri watu wakampokea Yesu;
Matendo 2:37-38
37 Walipoyasikia haya wakachomwa mioyo yao, wakamwambia Petro na mitume wengine, Tutendeje, ndugu zetu?
38 Petro akawaambia, Tubuni mkabatizwe kila mmoja kwa jina lake Yesu Kristo, mpate ondoleo la dhambi zenu, nanyi mtapokea kipawa cha Roho Mtakatifu.
Hivyo linalookoa ni neno la Mungu. Kunena kwa lugha na mambo mengine havimuokoi mtu, bali neno la Mungu. Sisi kama Kanisa tunao wajibu wa kusoma neno la Mungu, lakini kukazia mafundisho ya neno la Mungu katika familia, jumuiya na jamii kwa ujumla.
3. Petro anatangaza unabii ya Yoeli kutimia.
Yoeli 2:28-29
28 Hata itakuwa, baada ya hayo, ya kwamba nitamimina roho yangu juu ya wote wenye mwili; na wana wenu, waume kwa wake, watatabiri, wazee wenu wataota ndoto, na vijana wenu wataona maono;
29 tena juu ya watumishi wenu, wanaume kwa wanawake, katika siku zile, nitamimina roho yangu.
Huu ni uthibitisho kuwa ahadi za Mungu ni amini. Ahadi ya Mungu ilitimia kwa kumimina Roho Mtakatifu siku ile ya Pentekoste.
Mungu ameahidi kuwa nasi maishani. Ahadi hii ni ya kweli, inaishi. Tutadumu katika ahadi hii kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu.
Nakutakia Jumamosi njema.
SATURDAY 29TH MAY 2021, MORNING
Acts 2:14-21 New International Version
Peter Addresses the Crowd
14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 “‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
21 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.’[a]
Footnotes
- Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32
The Holy Spirit is our strength;
It is the day of Pentecost, the Spirit comes down, and the apostles appear with tongues of fire and speak in tongues, until the congregation is amazed!
Then in this morning's lesson, Peter stands up and begins to address the congregation, telling them not to think that the apostles were drunk, for it was still early.
Verses 14 to 36 are Peter's speech on the day of Pentecost. There are things to look for though briefly.
1. The apostles spoke in tongues by the power of the Holy Spirit. Here God was manifesting Himself, for that is when the Church was born. God was declaring that the Church would not exist without the Holy Spirit. We as a Church must continue to be filled with the Holy Spirit at all times, so that the Church does not become corrupt.
2. The word of God is what saves. When the apostles spoke in tongues, no one received Jesus, they were amazed. Peter preached (vv. 14 to 36), after the sermon the people received Jesus;
Acts 2: 37-38
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
So what saves is the word of God. Speaking in tongues and other things does not save a person, but the word of God. We as a Church have a responsibility to read the word of God, but to emphasize the teachings of the word of God in the family, community and society at large.
3. Peter announces the fulfilment of Joel's prophecy.
Joel 2: 28-29
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
This is proof that God's promises are true. God's promise was fulfilled by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
God has promised to be with us in life. This promise is real, it lives. We will abide in this promise by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I wish you a happy Saturday.