Katika sura ya pili na ya tatu ya Kitabu cha Ufunuo, Yesu alizungumza na Yohana kuhusu makanisa saba ya Asia na kazi zao. Huku jumbe kwa makanisa zikitofautiana, kulikuwa na jambo moja ambalo Yesu aliwaambia makanisa yote saba, yaani, Yeye aliye na sikio, na alisikie neno hili ambalo Roho ayaambia makanisa. Maneno ya Yesu yalitumika kwa makanisa wakati huo na bado yanatumika kwa makanisa. Lakini bado makanisa yanasikiliza yale ambayo Roho anayaambia makanisa? Je, Wakristo wana masikio ya kusikia? Je, wachungaji wanazungumza kutoka kwa Roho au wao wenyewe (akili zao za kimwili) na ulimwengu kwa kanisa?
Yohana aliishi uhamishoni kwenye kisiwa cha Patmo
Mimi Yohana, ambaye pia ni ndugu yako, na mwenzi katika dhiki, na katika Ufalme na subira ya Yesu Kristo, alikuwa katika kisiwa kiitwacho Patmo, kwa neno la Mungu, na kwa ushuhuda wa Yesu Kristo (Ufunuo 1:9)
John had been banished for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. He lived in exile on the isle of Patmos.
Lakini ingawa Yohana aliishi uhamishoni, kufukuzwa kutoka kwa jamii na utumwa wake haukumzuia Yohana kuwa katika Roho na kumsikiliza Roho Mtakatifu..
Macho ya Yohana hayakuwa yamemlenga yeye mwenyewe. John hakuangalia hali yake, mazingira, and his state on earth. Hakunung'unika na kulalamika.
Lakini macho ya Yohana yalielekezwa kwa Yesu na Ufalme Wake. John sought the things, waliokuwa juu, where Christ sits on the right hand of the Father.
Baada ya yote, upendo wake kwa Mungu Baba na Yesu Kristo na utii na kujitolea kwake kwa Roho Mtakatifu ulikuwa umemleta hapo.
If his love for himself was greater than his love for God, John was never exiled to Patmos. Kwa sababu angekubali shinikizo la jamii juu yake akiwa Mkristo (a follower and witness of Jesus Christ). John would have compromised and adjusted the words of God to the will of people, who belong to the world and denied Jesus.
John wasn’t ashamed of the gospel
But John loved Jesus. John wasn’t ashamed of Jesus and of being His witness. Kwa hiyo Yohana hakunyamaza. John preached boldly the gospel of Jesus Christ. He spoke the words of God and was His witness on earth, ambayo ilikuwa na matokeo kwa maisha yake duniani. But John had laid down his life. Therefore he was prepared and able to bear all this for Christ’s sake.
Licha ya mateso na dhiki na uhamisho wa Patmos, the Holy Spirit dwelled in John. John lived in communion with Christ and God the Father, na haya yote yalikuwa sehemu ya mpango wa Mungu kwa maisha yake. (Soma pia: Mungu ana mpango na maisha yako).
In his exile, katika ukimya, John received one of the biggest and most important visions written in the Bible. Mungu alimfunulia Yohana kile ambacho kingetukia katika nyakati za mwisho.
Ujumbe wa Yesu kwa makanisa saba
Nilikuwa katika Roho siku ya Bwana, nikasikia sauti kubwa nyuma yangu, kama tarumbeta, Kusema, Mimi ni Alfa na Omega, wa kwanza na wa mwisho: na, Unachokiona, andika kwenye kitabu, na upeleke kwa yale makanisa saba yaliyoko Asia; hadi Efeso, na kwa Smirna, na hata Pergamo, na Thiatira, na Sardi, na kwa Filadelfia, na Laodikia (Ufunuo 1:10-11)
Katika siku ya Bwana, Yesu alimtokea Yohana, who was in the Spirit. Jesus trusted John with a portion of the treasures of His Kingdom, kwa kumfunulia yajayo mpaka mwisho wa dunia na kumwonyesha mbingu mpya na dunia mpya.
Jesus commanded John to write in a book all that he would see and send it to the seven churches in Asia.
Ujumbe wa Yesu ulitofautiana kwa kila kanisa, kwani hakuna kanisa lililokuwa sawa na lingine.
Kulikuwa na jambo moja tu, ambayo Yesu aliyaambia makanisa yote saba, yaani, Mwenye sikio, na asikie neno hili ambalo Roho ayaambia makanisa (Ufunuo 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22).
John alikuwa mpole na mwenye sikio la kusikiliza na hakuasi na ‘ndio lakini’ zake., his insights, uzoefu, na maarifa. Yohana alisikiliza na alikuwa mtiifu na mtiifu kwa Yesu na aliandika kila kitu ambacho Yesu alimwamuru kuandika.
Mjumbe wa kanisa
Lakini ninyi hamwufuati mwili, bali katika Roho, ikiwa Roho wa Mungu anakaa ndani yenu. Basi kama mtu ye yote hana Roho wa Kristo, yeye si wake (Warumi 8:9)
Waumini, who are born again in Christ and received the Holy Spirit belong to the Body of Christ. They are the church in a place.
Wakristo wote waliozaliwa mara ya pili wanapaswa kuwa na Roho Mtakatifu akikaa ndani yao. Kwa sababu bila Roho Mtakatifu, wao si mali ya Mungu na hawawezi kuwasiliana na Yesu na Baba. Kila Mkristo anapaswa kuwa na uhusiano hai na Yesu Kristo kwa njia ya Roho Mtakatifu (Soma pia: Dini au uhusiano?).
Katika kila kanisa la mtaa, mjumbe, mchungaji (mchungaji) ameteuliwa, ambaye amezaliwa mara ya pili na kuketi ndani ya Kristo na anaishi baada ya Roho na kutoka kwa Kichwa, Yesu Kristo; neno, na Roho Mtakatifu. A pastor, who teaches, hurekebisha, na huwahifadhi Waumini.
Upole kwa Mungu na sikio la kusikiliza ni muhimu. Ikiwa mtu si mpole na hana sikio la kusikiliza, mtu huyo hana uwezo wa kusikia maneno ya Roho Mtakatifu.
Yeye aliye na sikio, na alisikie neno hili ambalo Roho ayaambia makanisa
Hata hivyo wakati Yeye, Roho wa kweli, imekuja, Atawaongoza awatie kwenye kweli yote: kwa maana hatanena kwa habari yake Mwenyewe; bali atakayoyasikia, ndiyo atakayosema: naye atakuonyesha mambo yajayo. Yeye atanitukuza Mimi: kwa kuwa atapokea katika yangu, na nitakuonyesha. Vyote alivyo navyo Baba ni vyangu: kwa hiyo nilisema, kwamba atatwaa katika yangu, na nitakuonyesha (Yohana 16:13-15)
Yesu aliwaamuru wale, ambao wana sikio la kusikia, yale ambayo Roho ayaambia makanisa. Roho Mtakatifu hasemi juu yake mwenyewe bali Roho Mtakatifu hunena kile anachosikia kutoka kwa Yesu. Kwa hiyo Roho Mtakatifu atanena maneno ya Yesu kwa mwanadamu.
Roho huchunguza yote, ndio, mambo mazito ya Mungu
Lakini kama ilivyoandikwa, Jicho halijaona, wala sikio kusikia, wala hayakuingia katika moyo wa mwanadamu, mambo ambayo Mungu amewaandalia wampendao. Lakini Mungu ametufunulia sisi kwa Roho wake: maana Roho huchunguza yote, ndio, mambo mazito ya Mungu. Maana mwanadamu ajuaye mambo ya mwanadamu, ila roho ya mwanadamu iliyo ndani yake? vivyo hivyo na mambo ya Mungu hakuna ajuaye, bali Roho wa Mungu. Sasa tumepokea, sio roho ya ulimwengu, bali Roho atokaye kwa Mungu; ili tupate kuyajua tuliyokirimiwa na Mungu (1 Wakorintho 2:9-12)
Roho Mtakatifu huchunguza kila kitu na anajua yote. Anajua mambo mazito ya Mungu.
Kila mtu, who listens to Him and is led by Him also knows the things of God. They know the thoughts of God and His ways and know the things that God gave them freely. (Soma pia: Ni mawazo ya Mungu ni mawazo yetu?).
The unbelievers don’t belong to God. They don’t have the Holy Spirit abiding in them. But they have the spirit of the world. Kwa hiyo, they don’t know the Holy Spirit and don’t have ears to hear His voice. Kwa sababu hiyo, hawasikii maneno Yake.
They don’t know God and His will. But they walk after the flesh on self-chosen paths following their vain thoughts.
Lakini Waumini, ambao wamezaliwa na Mungu, belong to God. Believers have the Holy Spirit abiding in them. Wanamjua Roho Mtakatifu na wana masikio ya kusikia sauti yake. They hear what the Spirit says. They’re led by the Spirit and know His thoughts (Mapenzi yake). They walk in His ways and follow Him. (Soma pia: Ni njia ya Mungu kwako?).
Roho Mtakatifu ana ujumbe binafsi kwa kila kanisa
Kwa kuwa hakuna eneo linalofanana, ambayo ina maana kwamba hakuna kijiji, mji, au nchi ni sawa, ujumbe kwa makanisa ya mahali si sawa.
Tunapotazama jumbe za Yesu kwa makanisa saba, hakuna ujumbe sawa.
Ingawa Kichwa na Roho ya Mwili walikuwa sawa, makanisa ya mtaa yaliendesha na kutembea kwa njia tofauti. Kwa sababu kila kanisa lilishughulika na maisha tofauti ya watu na tofauti (eneo) mamlaka, wakuu, watawala wa giza la ulimwengu huu, na uovu wa kiroho mahali pa juu.
Kwa hiyo Yesu alikuwa na ujumbe maalum na utume kwa kila kanisa.
The message for the church of Pergamos did not apply to the church of Ephesus. Kwa sababu Wakristo wa Efeso walichukia matendo ya Wanikolai, kama Yesu, na walikuwa wamejiepusha nao.
Lakini kulikuwa na baadhi ya Wakristo wa kanisa la Pergamo, ambaye alishikilia mafundisho ya Balaamu na mafundisho ya Wanikolai, ambayo Yesu alichukia. Kwa hiyo Yesu aliliita kanisa la Pergamo watubu. (Soma pia: Je, kazi na mafundisho ya Wanikolai ni yapi?? na Ni nini fundisho la Balaamu?)
Ikiwa ni onyo na ujumbe wa kusahihisha wa Yesu, ambayo ilikusudiwa kwa ajili ya kanisa la Pergamo, ilisomwa katika kanisa la Efeso, washiriki wa kanisa wangesema, lakini hatushikilii mafundisho ya Wanikolai, si sisi? Tunachukia fundisho hili, kama Yesu. Kwa nini tunapaswa kutubu? Kanisa lingetilia shaka uaminifu wa Roho Mtakatifu na kutegemewa na umuhimu wa maneno ya Yesu..
Kwa hivyo ni lazima kila mchungaji, ambaye hutoa ujumbe kwa kanisa, lazima uwe na sikio la kusikia na kuchukua muda wa kusikiliza kile ambacho Roho Mtakatifu analiambia kanisa
Do pastors have ears to hear what the Spirit says unto the churches?
Lakini ni wachungaji, wanaohubiri nyuma ya mimbari, kuzaliwa mara ya pili katika Kristo? Je, wamebatizwa katika Kristo na kuzaliwa kwa maji na Roho? Do they have the Holy Spirit abiding in them? Are their eyes and ears opened, so that they see and hear what the Spirit says unto the churches?
Hii haimaanishi, kuona na kusikia mambo yanayotokea katika ulimwengu wa asili na kuongozwa na habari. Kwa sababu kupitia maneno yaliyoandikwa kwenye gazeti(s) au kwenye mtandao na maneno yanayosemwa kwenye habari kwenye televisheni, hili linafichuliwa kwa kila mtu. Duniani kote, kila mtu anajua kinachoendelea duniani.
Lakini ina maana, ni macho na masikio ya kiroho yaliyofunguliwa kwa kuzaliwa upya katika Kristo? Je, wameingia katika Ufalme wa Mungu? Je, wanaona ulimwengu wa kiroho ukifanya kazi nyuma ya ulimwengu wa asili na wanazipambanua roho?
Je, macho yao yanaona vizuri, ili wachungaji waone mambo ambayo Roho huwaonyesha? Je, kusikia kwao ni wazi, so that they hear what the Spirit says?
Or have their eyes become cloudy and their ears constipated? Do they have jammers on their channel caused by their flesh and the world?
Roho Mtakatifu hufunua mapenzi ya Mungu kwa kanisa
Roho Mtakatifu anajua kila kitu. Nothing is hidden before God. Anajua mawazo na kazi za watu. The Holy Spirit knows what happens in the church and what is according to the will of God and what is not according to the will of God. He calls the church, kama ni lazima, kwa toba.
Roho Mtakatifu pia anajua kinachotokea nje ya kanisa, katika maisha ya watu, wanaoishi katika eneo ambalo kanisa liko.
Anajua nguvu zipi, wakuu, watawala wa giza la ulimwengu huu, na uovu wa kiroho katika mahali pa juu unatawala na kufanya kazi katika kijiji au jiji.
Hili ni muhimu kwa kanisa kujua. Since the people are influenced and controlled by these (eneo) roho mbaya za giza, who gain access through the lives of people.
The Holy Spirit also knows what will happen. He reveals the future, ili kanisa likae macho, tayari, na vifaa, and stands on the truth of God and be a victorious church.
But it’s up to the pastor to trust God and rely on Him. It’s up to the pastor to submit to the will of the Holy Spirit and be led by the Holy Spirit and spend (sana) wakati pekee wa kusikiliza ujumbe Wake na kuhubiri maneno Yake, ambayo yanatokana na Yesu, bila hofu kwa (majibu na maoni) ya watu kanisani, ili mapenzi ya Mungu yajulikane, nafsi na roho zigawanywe, na kazi za mwili ziondolewe;.
Wachungaji wana shughuli nyingi sana za kutumia muda na Mungu
Lakini mara nyingi, pastors are too busy to spend time with God in the Word and in prayer. They plan their day in such a way that they are continuously busy with other things. Wakati wikendi inakaribia, wanafadhaika, since they have no message for the church. They look for what they can quickly throw together and use as a sermon
Wengine hutumia maarifa, hekima, and trends of the world as their inspiration. They add some Bible verses to it, ili ionekane kana kwamba inatoka kwa Mungu.
Wengine hutumia vitabu vya Kikristo au kuangalia mtandao, wakitafuta mahubiri mazuri wanayoweza kutumia.
Lakini kwa kutumia jumbe hizi za motisha na maneno ya ulimwengu au kutumia mahubiri na maneno kutoka kwa wahubiri wengine, hatafanya neno lo lote katika kanisa. Hawatasababisha mabadiliko ya maisha na kufanya kanisa takatifu na la ushindi katika vita vya kiroho.
That’s because the Holy Spirit has a specific message for each church in every area and at every time.
Ujumbe ambao bado una ukweli usiobadilika wa Mungu na mahubiri ya msalaba, ufufuo wa Yesu Kristo, na uumbaji mpya. A message that calls the people to repentance and to live holy lives after the Spirit. And a message to equip and activate believers in the spiritual army of Christ and the spiritual warfare.
Every shepherd is responsible for taking care of the sheep
Every shepherd is responsible for taking care of the sheep and feeding and keeping them. And that is only possible through the leading of the Word and the Spirit. Without the Word and the Holy Spirit, the light of the church shall be extinguished. (Soma pia: Giza huizima nuru).
Kanisa linaweza kumwita Yesu Bwana, lakini ikiwa kanisa halimsikii Yesu, kwa njia ya Roho Mtakatifu, na hafanyi kile Yesu anasema, kile kinachoonyesha na kinachothibitisha kwamba Yesu ni Bwana na Kichwa cha kanisa? Kwa nini Yesu aache kinara, ikiwa kanisa linaafikiana na ulimwengu na kutii na kutumikia dhambi badala ya haki?
Hali ya kiroho ya makanisa mengi ni ya kusikitisha
Hali ya kiroho ya nchi zote duniani ni ya kusikitisha. Just because the spiritual state of many local churches is pitiful.
Many churches are carnal and seated in darkness. Badala ya kuwa mwanga katika eneo hilo, wameafikiana na kuwa kitu kimoja na giza. Matokeo yake, hakuna tofauti kati ya hizo, ambao ni wa kanisa, na wakazi wengine wa eneo hilo, ambao si wa kanisa. (Soma pia: Ikiwa Wakristo wanaishi kama ulimwengu, dunia inapaswa kutubia nini?).
Mahali fulani njiani, the spiritual leaders of the Church of Christ have deviated from the faith. They have become carnal and influenced by the poor worldly spirits
They allowed the knowledge and wisdom of the world and the seductive spirits in the church. Kwa sababu hiyo, they created false doctrines in which (mapenzi ya) the flesh of man became the center and sin is approved
But Jesus wants the pastors of the churches to repent and return to Him. Jesus wants them to anoint their eyes and ears, ili wasikie yale Roho anayoyaambia makanisa na kuona hali ya kiroho ya kanisa na yajayo kwa Roho. He wants them to preach boldly the words of God and be His witness, licha ya upinzani na mateso ya watu na matokeo yake. Ili wenye dhambi watubu na roho waokolewe na kukaa kuokolewa.
‘Kuweni chumvi ya dunia’
