Nolosha, ma aha sida aad wax u bilaabayso ee waa sida aad u dhammaynayso. Tani waxay khusaysaa qof kasta, oo ay ku jiraan Masiixiyiinta. Sababtoo ah Masiixiyiin badan ayaa si sax ah u bilaabay laakiin uma dhamayn sidii ay ahayd inay ku dhammeeyaan. Erayga Ilaahay wuxuu uga digayaa shakiga, lukewarmness, and passivity. God’s Word encourages believers to stand and fight the good fight of faith. If faith wouldn’t be a fight, it wouldn’t be written in the Bible. But it is written in the Bible. Sidaa darteed, it’s time for Christians to awaken and become serious with the things of God and His Kingdom and fight the good fight of faith. It’s time to become active in the spiritual war and plunder hell, instead of becoming lukewarm and passive and influenced, hoggaansan, and plundered by hell.
Christians start the fight of faith with good cheer
Many Christians start the fight of faith with good cheer after their repentance, baabtiiska biyaha, iyo helitaanka Ruuxa Quduuska ah. They are serious and enthusiastic. They’re eager to read and study the Bible, ducaysasho, Kaniisad tag, attend conferences, meet new brothers and sisters, and fellowship with them. They speak boldly about Jesus Christ and their faith, and do what Jesus commanded them to do. Marka la soo koobo, they live in their first love.
During this period, Christians don’t have to fear so much about the attacks of the enemy and darkness.
The attacks are there, but the believers are fervent and immediately rebuke the demonic powers of darkness or they ignore them and don’t pay any attention to all the temptations and distractions that come their way.
Iyaga iska caabbinta jirrabaadda and distractions of the devil and the world. Because they are in their first love and only have eyes for Jesus.
Their love for Jesus and the Father is a victorious love, that bears all things, resists all things, and overcomes all things.
Because their heart goes out to God and their love for Jesus and the Father is so strong, these demonic attacks and temptations, oo dembi u horseeda, don’t stand a chance.
Even when the devil and his army and their surroundings (qooys, saaxiibaha, is aadayo, iyo asxaabta) do their best to tempt them, win them, and cause them to depart from the faith in God and disobey His Word, they won’t succeed. Waa maxay sababta? Because their love for Jesus triumphs.
What happens when the first love cools off?
But if their first love cools off after a while and the newness of the gospel is wearing off and they have read the Bible a couple of times, listened to many Bible studies, and attended conferences and they think they know it all, they must watch out.
If the love for Jesus; Erayga, is not so strong anymore and the faith is no longer the most important in their lives but comes in second, and they become distracted and give room to other stuff, chances are that believers become lukewarm and passive and become an easy target for the devil, his army and their surroundings. (Sidoo kale akhri: Miyaan iimaan ka heli dhulka?).
The devil and his army know exactly when to attack. If the first love has cooled off and Christians live on autopilot and everything seems peaceful, then the devil and his army become active in the spiritual battle.
The army of darkness fights against Christians
Laakiin adigu, War ninyahow, ka carar waxyaalahan; Xaqnimadana raac, cibaadada, aamminaad, jacayl, samir, uur la'aansho. La dagaallama dagaalka wanaagsan ee iimaanka, qabso nolosha weligeed ah, Taas oo weliba laguugu yeedhay, oo aad ka hor qiratay xirfad wanaagsan markhaatiyaal badan (1 Timoteyos 6:11-12)
The devil and his army fight against Christians with the aim that they leave Jesus (Erayga), noqo (ooweidi ah) caajis, and eventually abandon the faith.
They respond to the weaknesses of the flesh if they have not been laid down yet in the power of the Holy Spirit.
They anticipate the desires, dareen, shucuur, and lusts of the flesh and cast thoughts in the mind that oppose God’s Word and lead to sin.
The devil and his army distract them, cause problems and obstacles to discourage believers, and tempt them with the riches and things of the world, so that they commit adultery with the world, isu tanaasulid, and reject God, and leave His Word.
They infiltrate the local churches through their servants, who are appointed in leadership and look like servants of righteousness but inwardly are full of iniquity and live in sin, and deceive the believers with their deceptive words (Beenta).
Christians shall believe the lies of these wolves in sheep’s clothing and adhere to a gospel that contains all kinds of (cusub) interesting doctrines and deceptive promises, that focus on the will of the old carnal man and cater to the lusts and desires of the flesh
This gospel doesn’t lead to obedience to God and His Word, a holy life, cibaadada, and doing righteous works for the Lord Jesus Christ. But this gospel leads to lasciviousness and leaving the faith, and to obedience and submission to the devil, dembi, iyo geeri.
Fight the good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life
If believers are not watchful and don’t remain in their first love and if Jesus Christ and His Kingdom are not the highest priority and the Bible is not the highest authority in their lives, and they don’t feed themselves daily with the Word, ducaysasho, oo waxay isku dhisaan rumaysadkooda ugu quduusan, markaas waxay fursad u tahay in la khiyaaneeyo oo ay iimaanka ka baxaan.
Iimaanku waa dagaal socda. Haddii aad noqotay a abuur cusub oo Ilaah bay ku leeyihiin dib u soo noolaynta Masiixa, waa inaad dagaalka iimaanka la dagaallantaa. Waa inaad dagaalka wanaagsan oo iimaanka la dagaallantaa hubka ilaahay oo guulaysta.
Maaha wax ku saabsan sida aad u bilowdo, Laakiin sidaad u dhameyso
rumaystayaal badan ayaa si sax ah u bilaabay, balse ay u socdaan, waxay ogolaadeen waxyaabo noloshooda ah oo aan ahayn inay jiraan. Waxay halis ugu jiraan daa'intooda Ciise iyo Aabbaha si ay ugu raaxaystaan ku meel gaadhka ah ee aduunka iyo si ay u oofiyaan rabitaankooda jidhka, damac, Iyo damacyo.
Ha gelin daa'in khatar adigoo u gudbinaya jidhka, laakiin u hoggaansama Ciise Masiix, addeec ereyadiisii, Qalbigiinna oo dhan isaga ugu adeega, naf, maskax, iyo xoog.
Stay faithful to God and fight the good fight of faith and keep the faith and lay hold on eternal life!
‘ Dhulka milix ahow’
