Mungu hataki mtu yeyote apotee. Ndio maana Mungu alitoa kila kitu kwa watu kukamilisha mapenzi yake na kuokoa watu kutoka kwa kifo. Hata hivyo, Watu wamepewa hiari ya kuchagua kufanya uchaguzi wao wenyewe katika maisha. They decide which path to go: the broad way of the world that leads to destruction or the narrow way of life that leads to eternal life. Katika Bibilia yote, we see the great love of God that doesn’t want anyone to perish. Ndio maana katika Bibilia Mungu aliwaita watu toba. Lakini ni nini kilileta watu toba? The revelation and conviction of sin brought people to repentance. How else can a person repent if a person doesn’t see his sinful state and consider his works evil? Let’s look at the conviction of sin in the three dispensations of the Bible and how sin was revealed in each dispensation.
Kusadikika kwa dhambi katika wakati wa Mungu
Kama ilivyoelezwa katika a chapisho la blogi lililopita, Tunaweza kugawanya Bibilia katika wakati tatu: Ugawanyaji wa Mungu Baba, Mwana Yesu Kristo (Neno Hai), na Roho Mtakatifu. Hata hivyo, Katika Dispensations zote tatu, Tunaona ushirikiano unaoendelea kati ya Mungu Mwenyezi, Yesu; neno, na Roho Mtakatifu.
Katika utaftaji wa kwanza wa Mungu, Tunaona uhusiano kati ya Mungu na watu wake walioteuliwa baada ya mwili; Uyahudi (Mzaliwa wa mbegu ya Yakobo).
Wakati Mungu; El-Elohim aliunda mtu baada ya picha yake mwenyewe, Mwanadamu alifanywa kamili. Mpaka mwanadamu aliamua kwenda kwa njia yake mwenyewe na kuasi maneno ya Mungu na dhambi.
Roho katika mwanadamu alikufa na mwanadamu akawa roho hai, ambaye alikuwa na ufahamu wa mema na mabaya.
Tunasoma juu ya uhusiano kati ya Mungu na Abel, Enoko, Nuhu, Abrahamu, Isaka, Jacob, Joseph, na kadhalika.
Wote walitembea na Mungu baada ya mapenzi yake, Wakati Mungu alikuwa hajawapa sheria yake bado. Lakini walisikiliza maneno yake na kuamini maneno yake na kuingia ndani Utii kwa maneno yake.
Hata hivyo, Tunasoma pia kuhusu Kaini, Esau, Wana wa Mungu, the people that lived in the time of Noah’, wenyeji wa Sodoma na Gomora, na kadhalika. Wote waliishi maisha yao wenyewe baada ya mapenzi, tamaa, na matamanio ya miili yao kwa kutotii maneno ya Mungu.
Mungu alitoa sheria yake
We read about God’s people that lived in Egypt under the oppression of Pharaoh for 400 years and how God saved them. God heard their cry and chose Moses as His representative to redeem His people out of Egypt and from the oppression of Pharaoh.
Wakati Mungu aliwakomboa watu wake kwa mkono wake na kuwaongoza jangwani, Mungu alijifunua kupitia ishara na maajabu yote.
God wanted a relationship with His people. Alitaka kuwa Mungu wao na kwamba watakuwa watu wake. And so God gave them the Law that revealed His will concerning their lives.
Kwa 400 Miaka, Waliishi baada ya mapenzi ya Farao na kulingana na Mmisri utamaduni, tabia, na mila na ibada za sanamu.
Walichafuliwa na ndio sababu ilikuwa wakati, kwamba watu wa Mungu wangesafishwa kutoka kwa udhalimu wote na weka maisha yao ya zamani.
The only way to do that was to renew their mind with God’s will because the mind determined their actions. Kwa njia ya Sheria ya haki na maisha, God made His will known to His people and sin was revealed.
Sheria haikuwakilisha mapenzi ya Mungu tu bali pia asili ya Mungu, Haki, na utakatifu.
The holy law of God brought light in the darkness and gave life to those that would submit to the Law (Mapenzi ya Mungu) na kutii sheria.
The law revealed the truth and exposed every sin that leads to death. Kwa sababu Mungu hakutaka mtu yeyote wa watu wake apotee. By keeping the law and all the precepts and ordinances that belonged to the law, Watu wake wangebarikiwa, Iliyohifadhiwa, na kuwa na maisha. But every person that belonged to His people had a choice to obey the law of God or not.
People decided to obey the Law or disobey the Law
Katika wakati huu wote, Tunaona kuwa watu wa Mungu walikuwa wamejitolea kwa Mungu kwa muda maalum na kisha wakamwacha. Hiyo ndio asili ya Mzee that walks after the flesh: devoted to God, turning away from God, crying to God for help, toba, devoting to God, turning away from God, na kadhalika.
Every time God’s people got into trouble by leaving His law and adopting the ulture, Forodha, and behavior of pagan countries, Walilia kwa Mungu na Walitubu.
Basi Mungu, Who is faithful and full of mercy, sent His word (through an angel or His prophet(s)) na kuwaokoa.
But it didn’t take long before His people rebelled again and became disobedient to the law and rejected God. Lakini ni nini kilichofunua dhambi katika maisha ya watu wake? Sheria ya Mungu ilifunua dhambi na uasi wa mtu wa mwili.
Dhambi ya dhambi na sheria
Wakati sheria ya Mungu ilisomwa mbele ya watu, Utakatifu wa Mungu ukaonekana na dhambi ilifunuliwa kwao. The law was their teacher and showed them how far they were driven away from God and His words. Halafu watu wake walikuwa na chaguo tubu au siyo.
Bila sheria ya Mungu, ambayo inawakilisha sheria ya haki na maisha, Hawakujua ukweli kwamba maisha yao yalikuwa yamejaa dhambi. Watu wake walikuwa wamekataa sheria, Maneno ya Mungu, na aliishi kama mataifa mengine yote, Baada ya tamaa na tamaa za mwili.
They went their own way and did their own will and were led by their flesh instead of the Word of God.
They took strange women from pagan nations, Walifanya uzinzi, na ibada ya sanamu, Kulikuwa na uchafu wa kijinsia na waliruhusu Machukizo katika nyumba ya Bwana.
But as soon as the law of Moses appeared and was read, Dhambi ilifunuliwa na kuhukumiwa mtu wa dhambi. Without the law of Moses that came from God and represented His will, Hakukuwa na ufahamu wa dhambi.
Dhamira ya dhambi katika ugawanyaji wa Yesu Kristo
Katika utaftaji wa pili, Tunaona kuja kwa Yesu Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, Yake Kazi ya ukombozi, na uhusiano wake na watu wa Mungu. Jesus is the Word that became flesh and lived among the people.
Yesu alitiwa mafuta na Mungu na Roho Mtakatifu na nguvu. He went about doing good, Kuponya yote ambayo yalikandamizwa na shetani, Kwa maana Mungu alikuwa pamoja naye (Matendo 10:38).
Jesus was the reflection of God and represented and brought the Kingdom of God, pamoja na sheria ya Mungu (the law of of righteousness and life), duniani.
Jesus lived according to the will of God and therefore He established and fulfilled the law. Asili takatifu ya Mungu iliishi ndani ya Yesu na akawakabili watu wa Mungu na dhambi zao.
Kusadikika kwa dhambi na neno
Jesus is the Light that shone in the darkness. He brought all the things that were hidden in darkness into the light. Nuru iliwakabili watu na dhambi zao. The people of the house of Israel that heard His words and believed and were convicted in their hearts of their sins repented. Walibatizwa kwa maji na kuondoa dhambi kutoka kwa maisha yao na alimfuata Yesu.
But the people that were proud and rebellious in their hearts and had the devil as father were not willing to repent.
Wao alikataa Yesu Kristo; Neno na kubaki kuishi katika dhambi. Walimchukia Yesu kwa sababu Yesu alishuhudia kazi zao mbaya.
Ulimwengu hauwezi kukuchukia (Mzee) Kwa kuwa wewe ni sehemu yake), Lakini inanichukia (Mtu mpya aliyejazwa na Roho Mtakatifu) Kwa sababu ninailaani na kushuhudia kwamba matendo yake ni mabaya (Yohana 7:7)
Kama singekuja na kusema nao, Hawakuwa na dhambi: Lakini sasa hawana chochote kwa dhambi yao. Yeye anichukiaye Mimi anamchukia na Baba yangu pia. Ikiwa sikuwa nimefanya kati yao kazi ambazo hakuna mtu mwingine alifanya, Hawakuwa na dhambi: Lakini sasa je! Wote wawili wameniona na kunichukia mimi na baba yangu. (Yohana 15:22-24)
The confrontation with the living Word, Ambaye anawakilisha haki na utakatifu wa Mungu, ilifunua dhambi kwa watu. The living Word convicted the people of sin.
Kusadikika kwa dhambi katika ugawanyaji wa Roho Mtakatifu
Katika utaftaji wa tatu, Tunaona kuzaliwa kwa ubunifu mpya na uhusiano na Roho Mtakatifu. What the devil destroyed in the Bustani ya Edeni was restored by Jesus Christ and His blood. Yesu alianzisha sheria na kushughulikia shida ya dhambi ya mwanadamu.
Kupitia kifo chake na ufufuko kutoka kwa wafu na kwa kuja kwa Roho Mtakatifu, ya ubunifu mpya walizaliwa.
Through repentance and regeneration in Christ, Mwili wa yule mzee alikufa na Roho akainuliwa kutoka kwa wafu kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu.
Mtu mpya alizaliwa na maji and Spirit and was no longer a son of the devil. But the new creation had become a son of God.
The new creation was reconciled in Jesus Christ with the Father and received His Holy Spirit.
The new creations didn’t belong to the world but to the Kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit Who bears witness of Jesus Christ; neno, and represents the Kingdom of God, na sheria ya haki na maisha, lives inside the new creation. Just like God prophesied:
Baada ya siku hizo, asema Bwana, Nitaweka sheria yangu katika matumbo yao, Andika katika mioyo yao; Atakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu
Yeremia 31:33
The new creation submits to the Father, Neno, and Spirit and does the will of God
God’s will and His nature live in the heart of the new creation through the abiding of the Holy Spirit.
The old evil nature of the devil that is present in the flesh doesn’t exist anymore. The flesh is crucified in Christ. Sasa, Asili takatifu ya Mungu huishi ndani ya uumbaji mpya.
Wakati uumbaji mpya unatembea baada ya Roho, he shall submit himself to the Word and the Holy Spirit and the will of the Father and do the will of God. Kwa hivyo uumbaji mpya utafanya kuanzisha sheria (Warumi 3:31).
Imani ya dhambi na Roho Mtakatifu
Yesu alimshuhudia Roho Mtakatifu na akasema kwamba Roho Mtakatifu hukemea (wafungwa, contusions, anashauri, inafichua, Kukemea) ulimwengu wa dhambi, na kwa haki, Na kwa hukumu (Yohana 16:8-10)
Roho Mtakatifu anawakilisha mapenzi ya Mungu na anahukumu dhambi za mwanadamu. Just like Jesus convicted the sins of the people and called the people to repentance and to put away sin. Na kama vile Mungu alivyohukumiwa dhambi za mwanadamu, kwa sheria na kuwaita watu wake toba na kuondoa dhambi.
Mungu, Yesu, Na Roho Mtakatifu ni mmoja. Kwa hiyo, They have the same nature and the same will. Hawatapingana kamwe!
Roho Mtakatifu ndiye Roho wa Ukweli na anafunua uwongo wote wa Ibilisi. Kwa hivyo kila kitu kinachotokea gizani, Ataleta taa.
He confronts people with their sinful state. He reveals to them their evil works from God’s point of view instead of man’s point of view.
Ndio maana tunahitaji Roho Mtakatifu. He alone will convict the person of sin and shows him his defiled sinful nature.
Bila kusadikika kwa dhambi, mtu hawezi kutubu na Weka maisha yake na uondoe dhambi zake. Hiyo ni kwa sababu mtu huyo hajui dhambi zake.
Mtu huyo haoni umuhimu wa kuweka mwili wake na kuzaliwa tena kwa roho. He shall not consider the works of the flesh as evil. Therefore he shall never put off the carnal works of the flesh. The person will only do that if God reveals to him his spiritual state.
The goodness of God and conviction of sin bring man to repentance
Mungu hataki mtu yeyote apotee. Hii ndio sababu, Kwa sababu ya wema wake, Alitoa sheria yake, Mwanawe, na Roho wake Mtakatifu. Ili dhambi za ulimwengu, ambazo zimefichwa gizani na zimefichwa kwa macho ya asili ya yule mzee, atafunuliwa na mwanadamu ana nafasi ya kutubu, Ondoa dhambi zake, kuokolewa, na kuwa kiumbe kipya katika Yesu Kristo.
‘Kuweni chumvi ya dunia’
