Me game da azumi a Kiristanci? Azumi da addu'a na cikin rayuwar Kiristoci. Duk da haka, babu kiristoci da yawa, masu azumi akai-akai, saboda kuskuren koyarwar azumi. Saboda waɗannan koyarwar ƙarya, Kiristoci da yawa suna da kuskuren fahimta game da azumi, amma menene Littafi Mai Tsarki ya ce game da azumi a cikin Sabon Alkawari? Menene ma'anar azumi na Littafi Mai Tsarki? Menene manufar azumi a rayuwar Kiristoci? Menene Yesu ya ce game da azumi? Yaushe kuke azumi kuma yaya kuke yin azumi bisa ga Littafi Mai Tsarki? Duk waɗannan tambayoyi game da azumi za a tattauna su a wannan labarin.
Menene Yesu ya ce game da azumi?
Sai almajiran Yahaya suka zo wurinsa, yana cewa, Me ya sa mu da Farisawa muke yawan yin azumi, Amma almajiranka ba sa azumi? Sai Yesu ya ce musu, Iya 'ya'yan ango na bakin ciki, muddin ango yana tare da su? Amma kwanaki za su zo, lokacin da za a ƙwace ango daga wurinsu, Sa'an nan kuma zã su yi azumi. Ba mai ɗora sabon kyalle a tsohuwar tufa, gama abin da aka saka a ciki yana cirewa daga tufar, kuma kudin haya ya yi muni. Mutane kuma ba sa saka sabon ruwan inabi a cikin tsofaffin kwalabe: in ba haka ba kwalabe suna karya, ruwan inabi kuma ya ƙare, kuma kwalabe sun lalace: Amma sun sa sabon ruwan inabi a cikin sababbin kwalabe, kuma duka biyun suna kiyayewa (Matiyu 9:16-17)
Almajiran Yahaya suka tambayi Yesu, dalilin da ya sa su da Farisawa suka yi azumi amma almajiran Yesu ba su yi azumi ba. Yesu ya amsa wa almajiran Yahaya, cewa muddin Shi; Angon zai kasance tare da su, Almajiransa ba za su yi azumi ba. Amma lokacin da Yesu zai rabu da su, to, su ma almajiransa za su yi azumi.
Yesu ya ce, Kada mutum ya sa guntun sabon tufa a tsohuwar tufa, wanda aka sa a ciki ya cika ya ɗauki daga tufa da haya ya yi muni. Yesu kuma ya ce, cewa maza ba sa saka sabon ruwan inabi a cikin tsofaffin kwalabe, domin in ba haka ba kwalabe suna karye, ruwan inabi kuma ya ƙare, kwalabe kuma sun lalace, Amma sukan zuba sabon ruwan inabi a cikin sababbin kwalabe, duka biyun kuma a ajiye su.
Sai kawai lokacin da mutum ya tuba ya mutu ga jiki kuma ya sake haihuwa cikin ruhu cikin Almasihu kuma ya zama sabuwar halitta, Ruhu Mai Tsarki na iya zuwa, zauna da aiki a cikin mutum.
Ruhu Mai Tsarki ba zai iya shiga cikin rayuwar tsohon mutum ba (wadanda, Waɗanda ke cikin ƙarni na tsohuwar halitta). Don haka dole ne a sake haifuwar mutum cikin Almasihu, domin mutum ya zama sabuwar halitta a cikinsa, wanda aka haifa ta ruwa da Ruhu. Bayan an sake haifuwar mutum azumi da addu'a suna taka muhimmiyar rawa a rayuwar mai bi mai tamani.
“Ba kwa buƙatar yin azumi kuma,
domin Ruhu Mai Tsarki yana zaune a cikin ku?”
Sau da yawa mutane suna cewa, kuma masu wa’azi da yawa suna wa’azi daga kan mimbari, cewa ba kwa buƙatar yin azumi kuma, domin Ruhu Mai Tsarki yana zaune a cikin ku. Saboda haka Yesu (Angon) yana cikin ku.
Suka ce, cewa almajirai suna bukatar yin azumi ne kawai a lokacin Yesu ya hau zuwa sama kuma Ruhu Mai Tsarki ya sauko. Amma gaskiya ne?
Domin lokacin da aka yi wa Yesu baftisma da Ruhu Mai Tsarki, An kai Yesu cikin jeji kuma Yesu ya yi azumi 40 kwanaki.
Idan da sabuwar halitta; sabon mutum, baya bukatar yin azumi, me ya sa Yesu ya yi azumi?
Me ya sa Yesu ya yi’ almajirai suna azumi bayan an yi musu baftisma da Ruhu Mai Tsarki (Ayyukan Manzanni 14:23)?
A ciki 1 Korintiyawa 7:5, Bulus ya rubuta game da azumi zuwa sababbin halitta; tsarkaka cikin Yesu Almasihu. Idan azumi bai kasance cikin rayuwar Kirista ba, to me ya sa Bulus ya rubuta game da azumi kuma me ya sa almajiran suke azumi?
Menene dalilan da ba daidai ba na yin azumi?
Menene dalilan da ba daidai ba na yin azumi? To, ba ka bukatar ka yi azumi don samun albarka da samun abubuwa daga wurin Allah ko kuma samun abin da Allah ya yi, kamar iko, waraka, nasara a wasu yanayi, abokin tarayya, kudi, kayan duniya, rusa kagara, da dai sauransu. Domin hakan yana nufin ka kashe kan ka da yunwa kana zagin Allah ka tilastawa Allah don ka samu hanyarka ka samu wani abu a wajen Allah ko kuma a yi wani abu..
Amma ba haka ake nufi da azumi ba. Ba a yi nufin yin azumi ba (abu) abubuwa ko don samun wani abu daga Allah. Domin kana zaune a cikin Almasihu kuma Allah ya riga ya albarkace ku da kowace albarka ta ruhaniya a cikin Wuraren Sama. Kuma lallai ba lallai ne ku yi azumi don abin duniya ba.
Mutane da yawa suna yin azumi don abin duniya, sau tari kuma suna samun abin da suke yin azumi. Amma sun manta cewa shaidan ma yana iya yin abubuwan al'ajabi (Karanta kuma: ‘Zan ba ka arzikin duniya').
Idan kun yi azumi don abin duniya, to ba ku san Mulkin Allah ba kuma kun fi mai da hankali ga abubuwan da ke duniya fiye da abubuwan Mulkin Allah.. Yana nuna cewa har yanzu kuna na jiki ne ba na ruhaniya ba.
Shin dole ne ka yi azumi don fitar da aljanu?
Shin dole ne ka yi azumi don fitar da aljanu? A'a, azumi ba yana nufin fitar da aljanu ko warkar da marasa lafiya ba. Akwai mutane da yawa, wanda ke nufin Matiyu 17:21, Inda almajiran suka kasa fitar da aljani su cece yaron. Amma idan muka dubi Matiyu 17:20 mun karanta ainihin dalili, dalilin da ya sa Yesu’ Almajirai ba su iya fitar da wannan aljanin ba: saboda kafircinsu. Saboda kafircinsu, almajirai ba su iya fitar da aljanin ba domin ba su yi addu'a da/ko azumi ba..
Idan da gaske Yesu ya yi nuni da ‘irin wannan’ ga aljanin, sa'an nan Yesu zai saɓa wa nasa kalmomin a cikin Matta 9:15, inda Yesu ya gaya wa almajiran Yohanna cewa almajiransa ba sa bukatar yin azumi, domin Angon yana tare da su.
Sannan akwai wani abu, wato Aljanu iri daya ne; fadawa mala'iku. Wani aljanin zai iya zama mai taurin kai fiye da sauran aljanin, kuma suna iya samun bayyanuwa daban-daban da/ko bayyanawa, amma aljanu mala'iku ne da suka fadi kuma iri ɗaya ne. Don haka tare da 'irin wannan', Yesu bai yi nuni ga aljanin ba, wanda ya rike yaron a bauta. Zan gaya muku nan da minti daya, ainihin abin da Yesu yake nufi da ‘irin wannan’. Amma da farko, mu kalli ma’anar kalmar azumi.
Menene ma'anar kalmar azumi??
Azumi yana nufin rashin ci. Wani lokaci mutane suna yin azumi ta hanyar tsallake abinci ɗaya, ko magani, ko kuma mutane suna azumi ta hanyar rashin kallon talabijin, amma ba haka ake nufi da azumi ba. Tsallake abinci, ko magani ko rashin kallon talabijin da dai sauransu. ba azumi ba. Mutane na iya ƙirƙira kowane irin azumi, amma gaskiya azumi yana nufin rashin ci.
Menene azumi bisa ga Littafi Mai Tsarki?
“Ashe, wannan ba azumin da na zaɓa ba ne? don a kwance igiyoyin mugunta, don warware nauyi mai nauyi, kuma a bar wanda aka zalunta ya 'yanta, Kuma ku karya kowace karkiya?” (Ishaya 58:6)
Allah ya faɗa wa mutanensa waɗannan kalmomi, wanda har yanzu tsohon halitta ne; daure da namansu.
A cikin Tsohon Alkawari, mun karanta sau da yawa game da mutane, wanda yayi azumi, saboda ayyukansu; zunubai, da zalunci. Sun tuba daga ayyukansu kuma suka ƙasƙantar da ransu ga Ubangiji.
Ta hanyar azumi, sun ‘hukumta’ namansu, ga abin da suke, da/ko kakanninsu, ya yi, suka tuba suka tambaya, kuma ya nemi gafarar Ubangiji.
Da azumi, suka yi baƙin ciki, ƙasƙantar da kansu, kuma ya tuba, kuma suka koma ga Allah. Da azumi, Sun kwance ƙuƙuman mugunta, inda aka kama su, kuma ya warware nauyin. An sako su, Domin sun karya kowace karkiya da ke bisansu, saboda zunubi da zalunci.
Me ya sa Dauda ya yi azumi?
Dauda ya yi azumi bayan ya yi zina da Bathsheba kuma ya kashe mijinta Uriya. A lokacin da Bathsheba na cikin sa ran ɗansa, Nathan went to David and told Him that because of his actions, the Lord would take his son. David humbled his soul with fasting for the Lord and hoped that through the means of fasting, he had ‘punished’ his flesh sufficiently and that the Lord would spare his son and live. But David was punished for his adultery and murder. It cost his son (2 Samuel 12:1-23)
I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayers returned into mine own bosom (Psalm 35:13)
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach (Ps 69:10)
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness (Ps 109:24)
In the Book of Nehemiah (Neh 9:1) and Esther (Est 4:3), we also read about fasting.
Should a born-again Christian fast?
When you become born again; born of water and Spirit, kun zama sabuwar halitta. The old you have passed away, the old you don’t exist anymore, a new life after the Spirit has come
In the spiritual realm, you have become a new creation in Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit and His fulness living inside of you. But in the natural realm, many times, the flesh still reigns as king in your life.
After regeneration, it’s time for the process of sanctification; the transformation in the flesh to become like Jesus and walk after the Spirit. The transformation means that your spirit will take over and shall reign in your life and over your flesh and you lay down the works of the flesh. So that, you will be continuously led by the Spirit and walk holy and righteous before the Lord.
It is, saboda haka, time to fast. Fasting means ‘killing’ your flesh. When you fast, you make your flesh subject to the spirit. Your spirit shall become strong and shall reign over your flesh.
Jesus fasted
Jesus is our example. Jesus is the Firstborn of sabuwar halitta; sabon mutum. Therefore let’s look at Jesus and how Jesus made His flesh completely submissive to the Spirit.
When Jesus was baptized with the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led into the wilderness to make His flesh submissive to the Spirit. So that, during Jesus’ ministry, the flesh wouldn’t play any role anymore but would be submissive to the Spirit.
During those 40 kwanaki, Jesus was being prepared for the task that God had given Jesus to accomplish on this earth. By fasting and prayer, Jesus killed His flesh and His Spirit became strong and reigned over His flesh. Now Jesus could walk fully after the Spirit.
During those 40 kwanaki, Jesus was constantly tempted but Jesus didn’t give into the temptations of the devil.
When the 40 days came to an end, Jesus was almost ready to go to preach and bring the Kingdom of God to the people. The only thing Jesus had to do, was to pass the final test. God didn’t prevent this test from happening. God could have, but God allowed the devil to test Jesus
Jesus was tested
Bayan 40 kwanaki, His flesh became hungry (just like any other human being), at that moment of weakness, His adversary; the devil came and tried to tempt Jesus to sin, by using the words of God and His position to still His carnal hunger.
The devil tried to tempt Jesus, by twisting the Word of God, so that Jesus would give in to the craving of His flesh, and obey His flesh. If Jesus had done what the devil suggested, then Jesus would have given into the flesh. Nama, which is the territory, where the devil works, would have gotten the victory and would reign as king in His life and the Spirit would be subjected to the flesh and to the devil.
But Jesus resisted the devil with the Word of God, which He used in the right context.
Then the devil tried to tempt Jesus again, by proving who Jesus was. But Jesus resisted the devil again with the Word.
Finally, the devil tried to tempt Jesus, by showing Jesus all the kingdoms of the world and offering the kingdoms to Him. The only thing Jesus had to do, was to bow down and worship the devil. But Jesus didn’t give into the lusts and desires of the flesh and resisted the devil with the Word. Jesus commanded the devil to go, and the devil left Jesus alone, for a while
Jesus had passed the test, and the Spirit had full reign in Jesus’ rayuwa. Then the angels came and ministered to Jesus.
Although Jesus was (and is) Dan Allah, Jesus fasted regularly. Fasting was part of Jesus’ rayuwa.
What is the purpose of fasting in the New Covenant?
When you become born again, the flesh still plays a major role in your life. You are still carnally oriented and are led and ruled by your senses, motsin zuciyarmu, ji, tunani, so, lust, sha'awa, da dai sauransu. instead of being spiritually oriented and led by the Word and the Spirit. You seek those things which are on the earth, instead of seeking those things, which are above
If you want to grow up into the image of Jesus and start walking as a new creation; sabon mutum, who walks after the Spirit, then you have to change your life.
If you don’t change your life, then you will always stay a baby, and baby’s can’t walk, but they only cry and scream if something bothers them or if they don’t get their way, da dai sauransu. Babies only want to eat, drink, sleep and be pampered.
When you have received the Holy Spirit, through the baptism with the Holy Spirit, then you have received everything you need to walk as a son of God. The only thing that stands in your way is your flesh, your carnal mind and your unbelief (that is present in the flesh).
Jesus fasted before He began His ministry and walked after the Spirit. If you want to walk after the Spirit and do what Jesus did, then you also have to live like Jesus lived and do, what Jesus did.
Fasting means killing your flesh; the carnal man
When you fast, you make your flesh submissive and you ‘kill’ your flesh, by not eating. Fasting means ‘killing’ your flesh so that your flesh; body and soul, become submissive to the Spirit.
When you fast, you don’t feed your flesh anymore and because of that you silence your flesh. When you feed your spirit, da Kalmar Allah, prayer, and speaking in tongues, your spirit will become strong.
Therefore fasting definitely belongs in the life of a born again Christian.
If a born-again believer never fasts and lives like the world, but prophecies, and performs signs and wonders, da dai sauransu. you should seriously ask yourself, if these works are done out of the Spirit or out of the flesh.
Fortune-tellers also prophec’ over people’s lives and a lot of those prophecies come to pass. And look at illusionists, magicians, medicine men, da dai sauransu. they also do signs, abubuwan al'ajabi, wonders, and healings. But they do these signs and wonders out of the flesh and are empowered by the kingdom of darkness.
Yesu ya ce, that in the last days, many false prophets and false Christs shall come, who will perform great, signs and wonders, and will deceive many. They shall do such great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they would deceive the very elect (Matiyu 24, Alama 13)
Therefore it is important not to focus on signs and wonders, these are just side issues. But stay focused on Jesus Christ; the Word of God and keep His commandments and walk after the Spirit (Karanta kuma: ‘Following Jesus for the signs and wonders')
Only through the Word, you will be able to discern the truth from the lie and what is real (what is from God), and what is fake (what is from the devil), and stay faithful to God (Karanta kuma: ‘A counterfeit Jesus produces counterfeit christians').
The power of fasting and prayer
The adversary works through the flesh, that is his field. Therefore it is important to silence, and ‘kill’ the flesh and the only way to do that is through fasting and prayer.
Jesus told His disciples "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting” (Matiyu 17:21, Alama 9:29)
When Jesus said, ‘this kind’, Jesus wasn’t referring to the demon, but Jesus was referring to tsoho; the carnal man, who is trapped in his sinful nature, in his unbelief, and walks after the flesh, being sense ruled. The only way to kill this old carnal man is through prayer and fasting.
When you also renew your mind with the Word of God and become a doer of the Word, you shall put on the new man and grow up into a mature son of God. And you shall walk after the spirit and bear the fruit of the Spirit.
You will represent, wa’azi da kawo Mulkin Allah a wannan duniya; to the people, without the flesh interfering. You will be able to walk after the Spirit and fulfill the plan that God has for your life so that He will be exalted.
‘Ka zama gishirin duniya’
