JUMATANO TAHERE 7 APRILI 2021, ASUBUHI
Wagalatia 4:12-20 Neno: Bibilia Takatifu
12 Ndugu zangu, nawasihi muwe kama mimi, kwa sababu na mimi nimekuwa kama ninyi. Hamkunitendea ubaya wo wote. 13 Ninyi mnafahamu kwamba ugonjwa wangu ndio ulionipatia nafasi ya kuwa hubiria Habari Njema kwa mara ya kwanza. 14 Lakini ninyi hamku nidharau wala kunikataa ingawa udhaifu wa mwili wangu ulikuwa mzigo kwenu. Bali mlinipokea vizuri kama malaika wa Mungu, na kama Kristo Yesu. 15 Ile furaha mliyokuwa nayo iko wapi sasa? Naweza kushuhudia kwamba wakati ule mlikuwa tayari hata kung’oa macho yenu mnipe. 16 Je, sasa nimekuwa adui yenu kwa sababu nawaambieni ukweli?
17 Hao watu wanaoshughulika ili muwe upande wao nia yao si nzuri. Wanataka kuwatenganisha na sisi ili muwajali wao zaidi. 18 Ni vema watu wanapowahangaikia kwa bidii kama shabaha ya kufanya hivyo ni nzuri, na kama wanafanya hivyo wakati wote, isiwe tu wakati nikiwa nanyi. 19 Watoto wangu wadogo, najisikia kwa mara nyingine kama mama mwenye uchungu wa kuzaa, nikitamani kwamba Kristo aumbike ndani yenu. 20 Natamani ningekuwa pamoja nanyi sasa, pengine ningebadilisha msemo wangu. Kwa maana natatanishwa na hali yenu.
Yesu ameshinda kifo;
Mtume Paulo anawashutumu Wagalatia kwa kutokuamini kweli ya Kristo hata baada ya kuisikia habari njema. Katika mstari wa 16 anawauliza kuwa; amekuwa adui yao kwa kuwaambia yaliyo kweli? Paulo anawasisitizia kuwa wasipoishika kweli ya Kristo, ana shaka juu yao, yaani ana shaka na hatma yao.
Ujumbe huu unakuja kwetu leo asubuhi, ukitutaka tuamini katika kweli ya Yesu Kristo aliyefufuka. Tusipoishika kweli hii, kwamba ni kweli Yesu alifufuka, sio tu kwamba hatma yetu ina mashaka, bali tutaangamia, maana kwa kufa na kufufuka kwa Yesu, tumekombolewa.
Hatma yako iko mikononi mwako.
Chukua uamuzi sahihi.
WEDNESDAY 7TH APRIL 2021, MORNING
Galatians 4:12-20 New International Version
12 I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong. 13 As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, 14 and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself. 15 Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. 16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them. 18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you. 19 My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, 20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
The apostle Paul accuses the Galatians of not believing in the truth of Christ even after hearing the good news. In verse 16 he asks them that; has he become their enemy by telling them the truth? Paul emphasizes to them that if they do not keep the truth of Christ, he has doubts about them, that is, he has doubts about their fate.
This message is coming to us this morning, asking us to believe in the truth of the risen Jesus Christ. If we do not keep this truth, that it is true that Jesus was resurrected, not only will our destiny be doubted, but we will perish, for through Jesus' death and resurrection, we have been redeemed.
Your destiny is in your hands.
Make the right decision.
