JUMANNE TAREHE 12 OKTOBA 2021, ASUBUHI
Yohana 9:24-34
24 Basi mara ya pili wakamwita yule mtu aliyekuwa kipofu, wakamwambia, Mpe Mungu utukufu. Sisi tunajua ya kuwa mtu huyo ni mwenye dhambi.
25 Basi yule mtu akajibu, Kwamba yeye ni mwenye dhambi sijui. Najua neno moja, kuwa mimi nalikuwa kipofu na sasa naona.
26 Basi wakamwambia, Alikutendea nini? Alikufumbua macho jinsi gani?
27 Akawajibu, Nimekwisha kuwaambia, wala hamkusikia; mbona mnataka kusikia tena? Ninyi nanyi mnataka kuwa wanafunzi wake?
28 Basi wakamshutumu, wakasema, Wewe u mwanafunzi wake yule; sisi tu wanafunzi wa Musa.
29 Sisi tunajua ya kuwa Mungu alisema na Musa; bali yule hatujui atokako.
30 Yule mtu akajibu, akawaambia, Hii ni ajabu! Kwamba ninyi hamjui atokako, naye alinifumbua macho!
31 Twajua ya kuwa Mungu hawasikii wenye dhambi; bali mtu akiwa ni mcha Mungu, na kuyafanya mapenzi yake, humsikia huyo.
32 Tokea hapo haijasikiwa ya kuwa mtu ameyafumbua macho ya kipofu, ambaye alizaliwa hali hiyo.
33 Kama huyo asingalitoka kwa Mungu, asingeweza kutenda neno lo lote.
34 Wakajibu, wakamwambia, Ama! Wewe ulizaliwa katika dhambi tupu, nawe unatufundisha sisi? Wakamtoa nje.
Nguvu ya imani katika Yesu Kristo;
Ilikuwa siku ya sabato, Yesu akamponya kipofu, kwa kumpaka tope usoni, mara kipofu akaona. (Yoh 9:1-12). Mafarisayo hawakuridhika, wakaanza uchunguzi juu ya uponyaji (kuanzia mstari wa 13)
Mafarisayo waliwauliza wazazi wa yule aliyepata kuona, kuwa ni kweli alizaliwa kipofu! Hadi hapo uhakika ni kuwa Yesu alimponya kipofu.
Leo asubuhi tunasoma mwendelezo wa Mafarisayo wakihojiana na aliyeponywa kuhusu uponyaji wake. Wao hawakumkubali Yesu! Japo aliishi katikati yao.
Tunaishi maisha ya Kikristo tukienda ibadani siku zote, lakini tunayo imani katika Yesu Kristo? Au tuko kama Mafarisayo? Mafarisayo walikuwa wanaona, lakini kiroho walikuwa vipofu. Nini nafasi yetu katika kumwamini Yesu Kristo na kumfuata?
Tuwe na imani kama kipofu aliyeponywa. Maana kwa imani Yesu hutuondolea shida zetu. Tuombe kwa neema yake atupe kuona kimwili na kiroho, tukimshuhudia bila woga siku zote.
Siku njema.
TUESDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2021, MORNING
John 9:24-34 (NIV)
24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”
25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”
30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.
The power of faith in Jesus Christ;
It was a Sabbath when Jesus healed the blind man, smearing mud on his face, and immediately the blind man’s sight was restored. (John 9: 1-12). Dissatisfied, the Pharisees began to inquire about healing (starting on verse 13)
The Pharisees asked the parents of the one who had been blind to see if he had been born blind! So far the point is that Jesus healed the blind man.
This morning we read a continuation of the Pharisees arguing with the healed man about his healing. They did not accept Jesus! Yet he lived among them.
We live a Christian life by going to church every day, but do we have faith in Jesus Christ? Or are we like the Pharisees? The Pharisees were could see, but spiritually they were blind. What is our place in believing in Jesus Christ and following Him?
Let's have faith like a blind man healed. Because by faith Jesus saves us from our troubles. Let us pray for His grace to give us physical and spiritual sight, witnessing Him boldly always.
Good day.