Bibilia iko wazi juu ya ushoga licha ya mijadala mingi juu ya ushoga kanisani. Watu wengi wanajiuliza ikiwa Mkristo anaweza kuwa shoga (mashoga), Ikiwa Mungu anakubali ushoga na ndoa ya jinsia moja na ikiwa ushoga unapaswa kukubaliwa kanisani au la? Kuna makanisa ambayo yanapinga ushoga na hairuhusu watu mashoga kanisani. Kuna makanisa ambayo yanapinga ushoga kwa msingi wa Bibilia, Lakini karibu watu wa jinsia moja na transgender kanisani kwa kusudi la kwamba wanatubu. Na kisha kuna makanisa ambayo yanakubali ushoga na kuwakaribisha watu mashoga, watu wa bisexual, na transgender watu kanisani na kupitisha maisha yao ya mashoga. Wanaruhusu watu wa jinsia moja kuwa washiriki wa kanisa na kuwa mshirika wa ushirika. Wanabariki wenzi wa jinsia moja, Fanya ndoa za jinsia moja na hata uweke watu wa jinsia moja katika huduma. Lakini mapenzi ya Mungu ni nini na Biblia inasema nini juu ya ushoga?
Aina mbili za Wakristo
Ili kujibu maswali ikiwa Mkristo anaweza kuwa ushoga (shoga) Kulingana na Bibilia, na ikiwa kanisa linapaswa kuruhusu watu wa jinsia moja na wenzi wa jinsia moja, na ikiwa mtu wa jinsia moja anaweza kuwekwa katika huduma, lazima kwanza tuangalie inamaanisha nini kuwa Mkristo. Kwa sababu sio kila mtu, ambaye anajiita Mkristo ni Mkristo aliyezaliwa wa kweli tena; Muumini na mfuasi wa Yesu Kristo.
Kuna aina mbili za Wakristo, Wakristo wa kiroho na Wakristo wa mwili. Wacha tuanze na Wakristo wa mwili.
Wakristo wa mwili
Wakristo wa mwili huongozwa na miili yao (roho na mwili). Akili zao, hisia, hisia, akili ya kimwili, mapenzi, tamaa, na matamanio yanadhibiti maisha yao. Roho yao haijafufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu au roho zao hufufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu lakini bado iko chini ya mwili. The 'Ubinafsi’ hajafa Katika Kristo bado, lakini bado yuko hai na miili yao inaamuru maisha yao.
Wanaweza kufanya 'nzuri' (misaada) kazi, Na kuwa mzuri, kirafiki, mpole, inasaidia, kupenda wengine, Na nenda kanisani lakini hiyo haitawaokoa. Wanaweza kuokolewa tu kwa imani na kuzaliwa upya kwa Yesu Kristo na damu yake na kukaa kuokolewa kwa kutembea baada ya Roho katika mapenzi ya Mungu.
Wakristo waliozaliwa tena
Wakristo waliozaliwa tena wanaongozwa na Roho. Wamebatizwa katika Kristo na kuzika miili yao katika ubatizo wa maji na kwa kubatizwa na Roho Mtakatifu, Roho yao imeinuliwa kutoka kwa wafu. Wamezaliwa na Roho wa Mungu na wamekuwa wana wa Mungu (hii inatumika kwa wanaume na wanawake). Kwani walikufa kwa mwili na wamekuwa wa kiroho, Hawatatembea tena baada ya mwili katika dhambi na uovu, kama wana wa shetani, lakini watatembea baada ya Roho kama wana wa Mungu kwa haki na upendo.
Upendo huu sio upendo kwani ulimwengu unafafanua upendo. Upendo huu haimaanishi kuathiri na kuruhusu na kukubali kila kitu, ikiwa ni pamoja na dhambi. Lakini upendo huu ni upendo mtakatifu na mwadilifu wa Mungu.
Upendo huu wa haki huanza na Upendo Mkubwa kuelekea Mungu, Yesu, na Roho Mtakatifu.
Ni upendo ambao unataka kumpendeza Mungu na kumtii na kumtumikia na kuishi kulingana na yake Amri, ambayo inawakilisha mapenzi yake na asili yake na anakaa ndani ya mioyo ya ubunifu mpya (Wakristo waliozaliwa mara ya pili).
Unapofanya mapenzi yake na kutembea katika amri za neno, Unatembea kwa upendo (Oh. Yohana 14:15).
Unapokufa katika Yesu Kristo, Unakufa kwa Yako 'ubinafsi'. Hii inamaanisha kuwa unaweka mapenzi yako, Ndoto, mawazo, hisia, hisia, tamaa, tamaa, maoni, na kadhalika.
Hauishi tena, Lakini Yesu Kristo, neno, anaishi ndani yako. Umekuwa chombo chake. Kwa hivyo utasasisha akili yako na Neno la Mungu na kumwondoa yule mzee na kumweka mtu mpya, ambaye ameumbwa kwa mfano wa Kristo.
Roho Mtakatifu hukaa katika uumbaji mpya
Roho Mtakatifu hukaa katika ubunifu mpya na ndiye mfari na mwalimu na anashuhudia Yesu, neno. Sehemu ya maadili ya sheria ya Musa, ambayo inawakilisha asili na mapenzi ya Mungu sasa yameandikwa mioyoni mwa uumbaji mpya na makao ya Roho Mtakatifu (Oh. Ezekieli 11:19-21).
Roho Mtakatifu anawakilisha haki ya Mungu na anakuongoza katika ukweli wote. Yeye hatakufundisha tu na kukuongoza, Lakini pia atakurekebisha na nidhamu. Kwa sababu ikiwa Roho Mtakatifu anahukumu ulimwengu wa dhambi, Atawakabili waumini na kazi za mtu wa zamani wa mwili aka dhambi. Roho Mtakatifu hawezi kuwaongoza watu katika dhambi. Kwa hivyo ikiwa watu wanaishi katika dhambi, Hawana Roho Mtakatifu anayekaa ndani yao na hawaongozwi naye, lakini huongozwa na mwili wao wenye dhambi.
Wale ambao wamekuwa uumbaji mpya, Sio lazima Rudi kwenye sheria ya Musa na kufuata maagizo na mila zote za ukuhani wa Walawi, Sheria (sheria za dhabihu, Sheria ya chakula, sheria za utakaso, na kadhalika.), na sikukuu. Kwa sababu sheria ya Musa ilikusudiwa kwa yule mtu wa zamani wa mwili, ambaye alizaliwa na mbegu ya Yakobo (Uyahudi).
Hata hivyo, Mapenzi ya Mungu hayajabadilika. The will of God in the Old Testament is the same as the will of God in the New Testament. God’s Word is the same, Jana, Leo, Na milele. Therefore His Word is trustworthy and you can trust the Word.
In His Word, God makes His will known to us. His Holy Spirit reveals in us His will that is, so that we shall walk according to Amri zake (Ez 11:19-20, 36:26-27).
The only thing that stands in the way to execute His will in your life, is your carnal mind and the love of the world and the sinful flesh.
You must make a choice for the Word or the world
Unapotembea kumfuata Roho, you shall walk in His will; Kufanya mapenzi Yake. God’s will shall always differ from the will of the world. That isn’t weird, because the world is enmity against God. Kwa hiyo, if you want to serve Jesus, you must make a choice, whether you want to serve Jesus and obey the Word or you want to serve yourself and obey the will, tamaa, and desires of your sinful flesh and the world (Yohana 12:25).
Kwa yote yaliyo duniani, tamaa ya mwili, na tamaa ya macho, na fahari ya maisha, si wa Baba, bali ni wa dunia. (1 Yohana 2:16)
Kwa maana kuwa na nia ya kimwili ni kifo; Lakini kuwa na nia ya kiroho ni maisha na amani. Kwa sababu akili ya kimwili ni uadui dhidi ya Mungu: Kwa kuwa haitii sheria ya Mungu, Kwa kweli, hakuna anayeweza kuwa. Basi wale walio katika mwili hawawezi kumpendeza Mungu (Warumi 8:7-8)
Yesu alisema, Anayependa maisha yake atayapoteza; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto eternal life (Yohana 12:25)
These words do not correspond with the words of modern carnal Christians, who live like the world and approve of sin. Wanasema, But Jesus welcomed the publicans and sinners and ate with them. He was a Friend of sinners.
Hata hivyo, Watu, who use this argument, Kwa bahati mbaya, don’t read any further, as to why Jesus ate with them.
The publicans and sinners wanted to repent of their lifestyle as a sinner.
They had met the Truth, Nuru, na Maisha: Yesu Kristo, and didn’t want to live the life of a sinner (Soma pia Je, Yesu Alikuwa Rafiki ya Watoza Ushuru?).
The Holy Spirit in Jesus had convicted the sinners of their sinful life and therefore they wanted to repent.
Yesu hakukubali dhambi. He never said, Keep walking in your sins, it’s ok. Hapana! Jesus could never have said that because sin means rebellion and disobedience to God and obedience to the devil. Sin separates you from God and binds you to the devil(Soma pia: Dhambi ni nini?).
Instead of fellowshipping with sinners and approving sin as so many false Christians say and do, Jesus called the sinners to repentance and said, dhambi tena! (Oh. Mathayo 9:13, Weka alama 1:14-15, Luka 5:29-32, Yohana 5:14, ya John 8:11).
Can the new creation walk in sin?
When you repented and became born again in Christ you became a new creation and were delivered from the power of darkness (kupitia kifo cha mwili) and transferred into the Kingdom of God (by the resurrection of the spirit from the dead).
You shall no longer walk as you did before in darkness, being alienated from God and ruled by your carnal mind and led by the will lusts, na tamaa za mwili wako. Sin shall not have dominion over you, because you died in Christ to sin.
The Holy Spirit dwells in you and you are led by His will, Inayofuata:Mapenzi ya Mungu.
Can a person be born gay and have homosexual feelings?
Every person is born on this earth in iniquity and is a sinner. Everyone is born in a (kiroho) fallen state and separated from God. Hakuna mtu aliyetengwa. Every person is carnal and has the evil and sinful nature and character of the devil, who rebels against God and His Word and opposes His will. He is the father of sinners (unaanguka).
Therefore every person, ambaye amezaliwa hapa duniani, needs to become kuzaliwa mara ya pili to be saved and live in union with God..
As long as people are carnal and led by the (dhambi) Mwili, the powers of darkness control people’s lives. Their will, hisia, and emotions in the flesh are influenced and controlled by demonic powers. They reign in every sinner’s life.
This also applies to homosexual feelings that are caused by a spirit of lust and perversion.
When you look at the gay scene; gay pride, gay magazines, gay bars, gay musicals, the entertainment industry, fashion, na kadhalika., eroticism, ngono, and perversion prevail. It’s full of sexual content and sexual remarks. Everything revolves around sex and eroticism.
Sasa, it doesn’t matter how and when this spirit entered. It is all about setting the person free. Kama… the person wants to be set free.
What does the Bible say about homosexuality and what is the will of God regarding same-sex relationships?
Sasa, what does the Bible say about homosexuality? And what is the will of God regarding same-sex relationships and couples? Je, Mungu anakubali ushoga, Kulingana na Bibilia?
The sons of Ham lived in Sodom and Gomorrah
Homosexuality is not something of this age, as we read in the Bible. In the first Book of the Bible, Mwanzo, we read about sexual uncleanness, including sexual intercourse with someone of the same gender (ushoga).Mara ya kwanza, we read in the Bible about homosexuality and males having sexual intercourse with males, is in Genesis chapter 19, in the city of Sodom. This was one of the reasons, why Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, were destroyed. I write ‘one of the reasons’, because this abomination they did before the Lord God was not the only reason why Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, but this will be discussed later.
The inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around it were born of the seed of Ham, the son of Noah. Ham was cursed by Noah because Ham saw his father’s nakedness and told his brothers. His brothers immediately took a garment and went backward into their father’s tent and covered their father without looking at his nakedness. They knew that it was wrong to look at his nakedness, while they didn’t have the Law of Moses yet. (Mwanzo 9:21-25).
With that in mind, you see that evil and sexual uncleanness were already present in the seed and bloodline of Ham. Instead of not paying attention, Ham looked at his father’s nakedness, who laid in his tent. Therefore the seed of Ham was cursed.
This evil went on from generation to generation. Because the seed of Ham, who lived in Sodom and Gomorrah, were wicked and sinners before the Lord (Mwanzo 13:13).
The sons of Ham lived in pride, fullness of bread and were haughty and committed abominations
Walikuwa watenda dhambi; they lived in pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in them. They didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. The sons of Ham were haughty and committed abomination before the Lord (Ezekieli 16:48-50).
Those abominations were: sexual uncleanness and idolatry, just like the heathen nations lived in sexual uncleanness and idolatry. Because when you read the Books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy and look at what the abominations were for the Lord, the abominations referred to:
- Sexual uncleanness (not lay with mankind as with womankind (ushoga), not lay down with any beast, not lay down with neighbors wife, not lay down with mankind and womankind (threesome/bi-sexual), na kadhalika.),
- Provoking Him to jealousy with strange gods,
- Make their sons and daughters pass through the fire,
- Use divination, au mtazamaji wa nyakati, au enchanter, au ni mchawi, or a charmer, au kasumba aliye na roho za kawaida, au ni mchawi, Au ni necromancer, na kadhalika.
The cry of the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah was big. Their sin was very grievous. The Lord heard the cry and came to look at the cry, to see if they were that wicked.
Men had sexual relationships with men in Sodom
Katika Mwanzo 19, we read that the two males, the two angels of the Lord went with Lot to his house. Before they went to sleep, not a few men but all the men of Sodom, vijana na wazee, surrounded the house of Lot. They all stood before Lot’s house and called: "Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them” (Mwanzo 19:5)
Lot went out at the door unto them and shut the door after him, na kusema: “I pray you, Ndugu, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof”.
But the men of Sodom wouldn’t listen to Lot. They commanded them to stand back and said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
They pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut the door. They smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, zote ndogo na kubwa, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
The next morning, the men, Lot, mkewe, and his daughters left Sodom. And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire out of heaven. God overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground (Mwanzo 19:5-25)
We can conclude from the Bible, that these wicked people of Sodom were perverse and walked in sexual uncleanness, including homosexuality. Men had sexual relationships with men.
There are preachers, who say that it was normal for certain populations to inaugurate ‘strangers’ in the city using sexual intercourse. But if that was the case, then why did Lot offer his daughters to them?
Another argument preachers make is that the men of Sodom just wanted to get to know the two men by communication. Lakini tena, if that would be the case, then why did Lot offer his daughters to them? Because they knew his daughters already. They only didn’t know his daughters in a sexual way. Kwa hiyo, we can conclude that these men wanted to have sexual intercourse with the two men of God.
The men of Sodom and Gomorrah were selfish, potofu, greedy men, who lived after the (ngono) tamaa na tamaa za miili yao. They had no restrictions on sexual intercourse, including sexual intercourse with other men.
The city of Gibeah was a second Sodom
Katika Biblia, we read that Sodom wasn’t the only city where homosexuality was present and men wanted to have sexual intercourse with men. Many years later the same thing happened in the land of Benjamin, katika mji wa Gibea. that had disastrous consequences for the people of Benjamin.
The men of Gibeah wanted to have sexual intercourse with a certain Levite, who lodged in Gibeah, in the house of an old man.
This Levite traveled with his servant and his concubine. In the evening, the men of Gibeah, wana wa Beliali, beset the house roundabout and beat at the door. They commanded the old man to bring the Levite, so that they may know him (having sexual intercourse with him). Hata hivyo, the old man offered his daughter and the Levite’s concubine instead.
But the men wouldn’t listen to him and wanted the Levite. Then the Levite took his concubine and brought her to them. And what did the men of Gibeah do, did they talk with her to get to know her? Hapana, the men of Gibeah abused her sexually all night long. In the morning they let her go and she fell at the door of the old man’s house and died (Waamuzi 19:11-29).
The people of Benjamin were wicked, because they left God and His Law and committed these abominations. As a result of their wickedness, almost the whole population of Benjamin was killed by the other tribes of Israel.
The reason why the other tribes of Israel killed the people of Benjamin was because God had commanded His people to remove all wickedness from their midst.
God knew what the consequences would be if they would accept the wickedness, instead of removing the wickedness.
He knew that all of His people would eventually be affected by evil and that more tribes of Israel would deviate from Him. That’s why they had to remove the evil (uovu) of Benjamin from their midst.
What does the Bible say about the Sodomites?
Katika 1 Wafalme 14:22-24, we read that Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord and provoked Him to jealousy through their sins. The sodomites in the land of Judah did according to ALL the abominations of the nations (including homosexuality; men having sexual intercourse with men).
Katika 1 Wafalme 15:11-12, we read that King Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He took away the sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols, which his fathers had made.
Homosexuality in the Temple of the Lord
Katika 2 Wafalme 23:7, we read about King Josiah and how he read the commandments of the Lord in the house of the Lord, before all the people. Together with the people, he made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and keep His commandments, His statutes, His testimonies, with all their heart and soul.
Josiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He broke down among other the houses of the sodomites, who were in the House of the Lord (Youngs Literal Bible Translation).
Unaona, back then, there were already sodomites in the House of the Lord. Homosexuality took already place in the House of the Lord.
Is homosexuality something of this age according to the Bible?
So the argument, “Homosexuality is something of this age, and we should accept it” is a big lie of the devil! Homosexuality is not something of this age as we read in the Bible, it has always been there.
Homosexuality was accepted until someone arose, in this case King Josiah, who served the Lord with his heart and soul and walked in the will of God, whereby he removed all these abominations, including sexual uncleanness, ushoga, from his people and the House of the Lord.
Katika Biblia, we read that as soon as His people turned away from God and left His words, they began to live like the world; the heathens in wickedness, ibada ya sanamu, and sexual uncleannes and doing the abominations of the heathens.
As soon as people turned away from God and left His words, the wickedness, sin and iniquity increased in the land. And that’s what we see happeining in the world today.
The selfie era
We live in an era, where ‘the self’ of people is seated on the throne of instead of Jesus. There are few people, who really hate sin and iniquity and die to the flesh (kufa kwa 'binafsi'). Kwa sababu hiyo, many Christians stay carnal and keep walking after the flesh according to the will, tamaa, na matamanio ya mwili wenye dhambi.
Many think they please God, but the truth is that they live after the will of the devil and give power to him.
They love the world and the works of the flesh and want to live like the world. Therefore they change the words in the Bible and adjust them to the world and the will, tamaa, na tamaa za miili yao, ili maneno ya Mungu yawe sawa katika maisha yao.
They believe in the twisted word that is preached, whereby they can live the way they want to live without being accused by the Word about their sinful walk.
And so many live in the lies of the devil, who loves twisting the Word of God. Ndiyo, he is a master in twisting the word of God! Take for example the wilderness, where the devil tempted Jesus with the twisted word.
What does the Bible say in the Law of Moses about homosexuality?
God redeemed His people from the bondage of Pharaoh and brought them out of Egypt and led them into the wilderness. He had separated His people from the world, and now He went together with His people to the promised land. Wakati wa safari yao, God made His heart and will known to His people through the giving of His Law to Moses. Because the carnal man was not able to comprehend the spiritual realm, because the spirit was still dead (due to Adam’s sin (Soma pia: Vita katika bustani).
Remember that God is the same, Jana, Leo, Na milele. His will and His nature shall never change.
Before the Law of Moses, God made already clear (Oh. through the flood in the siku za Nuhu, and through the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah) that God did not approve of wickedness, uovu, ubinafsi, na tamaa na tamaa za mwili (including sexual uncleanness). God didn’t allow and tolerate them.
Many gentile nations performed sexual rituals and lived in sexual uncleanness. But the Lord of Lords didn’t want His people to become defiled by these abominations. He wanted a holy and pure people, who restrained themselves from these abominations. He wanted a holy people, who loved Him and kept His commandments and walked according to His commandments instead of the commandments of the heathen and their gods.
What does the Bible say about homosexuality in the Old Testament?
In Leviticus 18, we read about the sexual moral laws. God spoke to Moses and commanded him to tell His people, that He would be their God, and that they would live after His commandments and His will, and not after the Egyptians, nor the inhabitants of Canaan (heathens, Ulimwengu).
They came out of Egypt, and now His people had to be transformed (renewed) in their mind, before they would enter the promised land. They had to be prepared, so that they wouldn’t walk like the heathens, but that they would walk in the will of the Lord, as His holy people.
Bible verses about homosexuality
They went to Canaan, where the seed of Ham lived, and where Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, but the people in Canaan were still wicked and lived in sin. Kwa sababu vinginevyo, the Lord would not give His people the sexual moral laws.
The Lord commanded His people several times, to keep His commandments, and to stay obedient to Him, so that they would live. We read in Leviticus 18:6-23 about the sinful practices of the heathens, whereof He didn’t want His people to adopt those practices.
Katika aya 22 we read about sexual intercourse between two people of the same sex:
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination
There it is written: the heathens, who lived in the land of Canaan also had same-sex intercourse. But the Lord didn’t want His people, who was a holy people, to be defiled with these unclean practices.
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein:Mimi ndiye Bwana Mungu wako (Walawi 18:24-30)
And in Leviticus chapter 20:
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them (Walawi 20:13)
In Deuternomy 23:17 Imeandikwa hivyo:
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel
God wants a holy people
Kila mtu, ambaye amezaliwa mara ya pili, belongs to God’s people. They belong to Him, because He has become their Father through Jesus Christ. They are born of His Spirit. He doesn’t want His son or daughter to live like the world. He has sanctified us, and made us holy and righteous, kwa damu ya Yesu. We are born of His Spirit, His seed lives inside of us, therefore He wants us to grow up, and walk and live as His son, just like His Son Jesus.
He wants us to live as sons of His Kingdom, and not live as the world; sons of the Kingdom of darkness (the devil’s sons). He wants us to live after His will, so that we will please Him.
Therefore He wants us to remove everything out of our lives, that rebels against Him and goes against His will.
Sin is disobedience to God. Therefore being a homosexual is also a sin.
God is evident in His Word, God couldn’t be any clearer. When God says in the Bible that homosexuality is an abomination to Him, it means that homosexuality is an abomination to God.
God shall never accept homosexuality and make homosexuality all right, Haijalishi watu wanasema nini.
Jesus would never approve of homosexuality. Since Jesus and the Father are One. Jesus spoke the words of His Father and did His works. The will of the Father ruled in the life of Jesus.
Jesus died for humanity and took all the sins and iniquities of the world, juu Yake. Kwahivyo, kila mtu, who believes in Him and repents, would be free from the bondage of sin and the power of darkness and would not have to bear the punishment of sin and death anymore.
You have received all power in Him to resist sin and say ‘No’, instead of giving in to the cry of your flesh. If you live after the Spirit and do not give in to temptation, you shall walk in holiness and righteousness. na kumpendeza Mungu.
What does the Bible say about homosexuality in the New Testament?
In the New Testament we also read about homosexuality (Warumi, Wakorintho, na Timotheo). Katika sura ya kwanza ya Kitabu cha Warumi, we read about men having sexual relationships with men, and women having sexual relationships with women. So in that era, homosexuality was also among the people according to the Bible.<
Paul gave the following reason, why they did these things. He said that:
Because when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, wala hawakuwa na shukrani; lakini wakawa bure katika mawazo yao, na moyo wao wa kijinga ulitiwa giza. Jifunze kuwa na hekima, wakawa wajinga, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, na kwa ndege, and four footed beasts, na mambo ya kutisha.
Kwa hiyo Mungu pia aliwapa unajisi kwa tamaa za mioyo yao wenyewe., Waache waachane na miili yao wenyewe: Iliyotangulia:Ni Nani Aliyebadilisha Ukweli wa Mungu Kuwa Uongo, Na akamuabudu na kumtumikia kiumbe zaidi ya Muumba, Baraka Milele. Amina. Kwa sababu hii Mungu aliwatoa kwa upendo mbaya:kwani hata wanawake wao walibadilisha matumizi ya asili kuwa yale ambayo ni kinyume na maumbile: Na pia wanaume, Kuacha matumizi ya asili ya mwanamke, Kuchomwa katika tamaa yao moja kuelekea nyingine; wanaume wanaofanya kazi bila ya kujali, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
Na hata kama hawakutaka kumbakiza Mungu katika ujuzi wao., God gave them over to a reprobate mind, Fanya mambo ambayo si rahisi (Warumi 1:21-28)
The unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God
Hamjui ya kuwa wasio haki hawataurithi ufalme wa Mungu.? Usidanganyike: wala waasherati, Wala waabudu sanamu, wala wazinzi, wala si ya kubeza, Wala hawajidhulumu nafsi zao pamoja na watu., Wala wezi, wala tamaa ya, wala si walevi, wala wapingaji, wala wanyang'anyi, Atarithi ufalme wa Mungu (1 Wakorintho 6:9-11)
Born again Christians don’t walk in sin
Born-again Christians died to the flesh and shall no longer do the works of the flesh. They have been made holy and righteous in Christ by His blood. They’ve received God’s nature by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Therefore they shall walk in holiness and righteousness.
Kujua hili, kwamba sheria haijafanywa kwa ajili ya mtu mwenye haki, Lakini kwa wasio na sheria na wasiotii, kwa ajili ya wenye dhambi na wenye dhambi., kwa ajili ya utakatifu na wa kuchukiza, Wauaji wa baba na wauaji wa mama, for mans layers For whoremongers, Kwa wale wanaojitia unajisi kwa wanadamu, Kwa menstealers, Kwa waongo, Kwa watu waliohukumiwa, na kama kuna kitu kingine chochote ambacho ni kinyume na mafundisho ya kweli (1 Tito 1:9-10)
This is what the Bible say about homosexuality. Ikiwa unataka kweli mfuate Yesu and are prepared to lay down your own life, you accept the sound doctrine of Jesus Christ; neno, as the truth. Even when the truth of the Word of God contradict the opinions, matokeo, and sayings of the world and opposes your carnal feelings, tamaa na tamaa.
Biblia, Neno la Mungu, should be the highest authority in the lives of a born-again Christians instead of people’s opinions, matokeo, uzoefu, and sayings.
Homosexuality is a work of the flesh that needs to be put off.
A new creation walks after the Spirit in righteousness
Every person is born as a sinner in sin and iniquity. As long as you stay unregenerate, you’ll stay a sinner and walk after the flesh and do the works of the flesh and live in sin and iniquity.
Only when you become born again and become a new creation in Jesus Christ (aliyezaliwa kwa maji na kwa Roho), you shall walk after the Spirit in righteousness and please God.
The new man shall put off the old man (lay down the works of the flesh) and put on the new man in the power of the Holy Spirit (Soma pia: Siku ya nane, siku ya uumbaji mpya).
The end of the last days
In the last days of the end times, the people shall live as in the days of Noah, and as Sodom and Gomorrah. We live in that age, where people are so busy with their everyday life and so many abominations take place. The world revolves around money, nguvu, and sex.
Look around you and you will see the increase of sexual uncleanness in this world, and it shall only get worse.
There are no more rules, everything is allowed and the churches go along with the world.
Many churches allow and approve of homosexuality, instead of teaching, and instructing them in the sound doctrine of the Word of God.
The churches don’t confront them with their sinful practices (work of the flesh), so that they can repent and turn from their wicked ways and become born again in Christ and be saved.
They don’t teach them the way of salvation and regeneration and help them to set them free and disciple them.
Hapana, instead they allow homosexuality. And by walkin in a false love and allowing sin in the church, including homosexuality, they send them directly to hell (Soma pia: Kudanganywa na hisia zangu)
Watoto wadogo, Usiruhusu mtu yeyote akudanganye: atendaye haki ana haki, kama vile Yeye alivyo mwadilifu. Atendaye dhambi ni wa Ibilisi; kwa maana Ibilisi hutenda dhambi tangu mwanzo. Kwa kusudi hili Mwana wa Mungu alidhihirishwa, ili azivunje kazi za Ibilisi. Yeyote aliyezaliwa na Mungu hatendi dhambi.; Kwa maana mbegu yake inabaki ndani yake: Hawezi kutenda dhambi, Kwa sababu alizaliwa na Mungu (1 Yohana 3:7-10)
Wito wa toba
Let us repent of sin and remove all uncleanness from our midst. Let us live according to the will of God and keep His commandments. So that we please Him, and show Him that we really love Him. Let us submit to God and walk in His righteous love by laying down our lives and obeying His words and doing His will in our lives.
If you wrestle against homosexual feelings, then there is a way out! His Name is Jesus Christ and He can set you free!
Unapotubu, kuzaliwa mara ya pili, and renew your mind with the Word of God, your life shall be transformed. You shall not be controlled by your sinful flesh (hisia, hisia, tamaa, tamaa, na kadhalika.) but you shall be controlled by the Spirit.
Homosexuality is based upon feelings, which are deceitful and controlled by the spirits of darkness. Yesu Kristo ndiye pekee, Who can set you free from these unnatural feelings of lust. Only in the Name of Jesus, this spirit of lust and perversion will leave your life.
The stage is being set for the anti-Christ
The devil hates God and he wants to destroy every statute and covenant of God like marriage, familia, ya kanisa, the relationship between God and man, na kadhalika., but he also hates women. If it was up to him he would get rid of every woman from the face of the earth. Kwa nini? Because the seed of the woman reminds the devil of his defeat. The seed of the woman has bruised his head.
The devil enjoys when men having sexual relationships with men, and females having sexual relationships with females, because that way the devil tries to get back at God and defiles the marriage covenant. He wants to separate men from women. He wants the world to get used to homosexuality, so that the stage will be set for the anti-Christ.
The devil shall ensure, that not only the world, but also churches (Wakristo) accept homosexuality and consider it normal, even when the Bible says something else.
This anti-Christ shall be, just like other sinners, against Christ. He shall have the character of the devil and shall hate women. Maybe the anti-Christ will be a homosexual, and therefore the world must be made ready to accept a homosexual person as a leader.
Na mfalme atafanya kulingana na mapenzi yake; naye atajifufua, na kujikuza juu ya kila Mungu, na atazungumza vitu vya ajabu dhidi ya Mungu wa miungu, na itafanikiwa mpaka hasira itakapokamilika: for that that is determined shall be done. Wala hatazingatia Mungu wa baba zake, wala hamu ya wanawake, wala usimchukue Mungu yeyote: kwa maana atajikuza juu ya yote (Daniel 11:36-37)
Should we reject gay people and homosexuality in church?
You shouldn’t close the door for gays and lesbians if they come intending to repent of their life(mtindo) and become born again in Christ. Because every sinner, who wants to repent is welcome. But you can’t accept homosexuality in the body of Jesus Christ.
You should love your neighbour as yourself, but you must not love the sins of your neighbour and accept sin. When a gay person or a lesbian hates his or her deeds, njia ya maisha, and sinful nature, and comes to church for help with the intention repent and follow Jesus, then let him or her in and set the person free in the Name of Jesus, but otherwise…
After the person repents and becomes born again, the person needs to be discipled, so that the person grows up in the Word of God, renews the mind, gets to know God’s will, and becomes a doer of the Word.
Utaona, that first of all (s)he will feel some kind of liberation, secondly when (s)he renews his/her mind with the Word of God, his/her thinking and feelings shall change and (s)he shall be controlled by the Holy Spirit, instead of being controlled by (the lust of) mwili, and the darkness.</uk>
What does the world say about homosexuality?
The world says the opposite of what the Word, Yesu, anasema. The (r world (and the ruler of this world, shetani) wants everyone to consider homosexuality normal and approve of homosexuality and don’t discriminate or judge homosexuality
The world doesn’t care what the Bible says about homosexuality, but wants all people, wakiwemo Wakristo, to accept gays and lesbians and force Christians to accept homosexuality in the chur
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They make you accept homosexuality and persuade you that there is nothing wrong with having sexual intercourse with someone of the same sex. But the Bible is very clear about what God thinks of homosexuality.
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Watu wengi, who call themselves Christians but have the spirit and the mind of the world, try to prove, on basis of the Bible, that God accepts and approves of homosexuality. But they shall never succeed in proving that God approves of homosexuality. Because the Word can’t turn against Himself. Mungu, Yesu, and the Holy Spirit shall never accept homosexuality and make it approved and bless the practice of homosexuality.
Yesu anakupenda, He loves every person, every sinner, who wants to repent. But Jesus doesn’t love the works of the flesh (including homosexuality, which according to what the Bible says, is a sin and an abomination to God). Kwa hiyo, Jesus wants every person to repent of their sinful life as a sinner and become a new creation. He doesn’t want any person to perish.
But people have a free to choose righteousness unto life or sin unto death.
The only way to eternal life is through Jesus Christ and by faith and regeneration in Him.
Kulingana na Biblia, every person who refuses to become born again and put off the works of the flesh, including homosexuality, is lost.
God won’t accept any excuse! Not even the excuse that a homosexual is born that way and therefore it’s ok to practice homosexuality. Everyone is born in sin and iniquity and everyone needs to become born again and achana na yule mzee na put-on-the-new-man
How does God feel about homosexuality?
Mungu yuko wazi sana katika Neno lake (Biblia) about homosexuality. If the Holy Spirit really lives in a born again Christians then their opinions, Njia ya kufikiri, and findings will be in line with the (opinion of) Biblia (Neno la Mungu), nani anasema:
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination (Walawi 18: 22).
If The Word shall judge every mtu. Therefore listen to the Word, kutii neno, and repent while you still can.
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