Je, wewe ni rafiki wa Yesu?

Yesu Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, alionyesha upendo wake mkuu kwa Baba yake na wale, ambao aliwaita rafiki zake kwa kuutoa uhai wake. Wale, who would give heed to His call and believe in Jesus and accept Jesus as Saviour and Lord and would follow Him by doing whatsoever He commanded, would be a friend of Jesus. Je, wewe ni rafiki wa Yesu?

When are you a friend of Jesus?

God sent His Son Jesus to the earth with a mission. Jesus obeyed His Father and did what His Father had commanded Him to do. Yesu alitembea kwa upendo, by keeping the commandments of His Father. Kwa kuzishika amri za Baba yake, Jesus walked in obedience to His Father in His will and established the law.

As God sent Jesus to the earth and Jesus obeyed His Father by keeping His commandments and therefore doing His will, Jesus has also sent His disciples and expected them to obey Him and keep His commandments and do His will on earth (Soma pia: ‘Amri za Mungu na Amri za Yesu‘).

Although Jesus spoke these words to His disciples back then, Jesus still speaks the same words to His disciples today.

The words of Jesus and His commandments still apply and still contain the same life, amani, na nguvu.

Yesu anasema, kwamba kila mtu, who keeps His sayings and does His commandments is His friend.

His commandments are the same as the commandments of the Father, which Jesus kept and walked in.

Because the commandments of the Father, ambayo yameandikwa katika sheria, represent the will of God and can be summarized by two commandments, namely love God with all your heart, nafsi, akili, na nguvu, and love your neighbour as yourself (Soma pia: Je, unampenda Mungu kwa moyo wako wote? na Inamaanisha nini kumpenda jirani yako kama wewe mwenyewe?)

The disciples of Jesus had laid down their own lives

This is My commandment, That you love one another, kama nilivyokupenda wewe. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends, if you do whatsoever I command you (Yohana 15:12-14)

Jesus spoke these words to His disciples, whom Jesus had called and had given heed to His call. They had laid down their own lives and their daily occupations, including their jobs, and submitted themselves to Jesus by being with Him, following Him, listening to Him, being taught by Him, and doing what Jesus commanded them to do.

Jesus represented the Kingdom of Heaven and made the Kingdom of Heaven known by His words and His deeds. So that His disciples would get to know this Kingdom. Jesus discipled them and shared His wisdom, maarifa, and life with them.

Baada ya Yesu kuwajulisha Ufalme wa Mungu kwa maneno yake na kwa kuonyesha Ufalme wa Mbinguni wenye nguvu., Yesu aliwaamuru wanafunzi wake waende kwa Jina Lake; katika mamlaka yake, na kuhubiri na kuleta Ufalme wa Mbinguni kwa kondoo waliopotea wa nyumba ya Israeli (Soma pia: Kuleta nyumba iliyopotea!).

Wanafunzi wake walimtii Yesu na kwenda wawili wawili katika mamlaka yake na kuhubiri na kuleta Ufalme wa Mbinguni kwa kondoo waliopotea wa nyumba ya Israeli., kwa kuhubiri injili, Kutupa nje ya mapepo, na kuponya wagonjwa.

Wanafunzi walikuwa bado hawajazaliwa mara ya pili. Walikuwa bado uumbaji wa zamani. Lakini Yesu alikuwa amewapa mamlaka juu ya jeshi lote la adui na hakuna kitu ambacho kingewadhuru kwa njia yoyote. Hii inaonyesha, kwamba si lazima kuzaliwa mara ya pili ili kufanya ishara na maajabu, na i.e. Tupa pepo na uponyaji wagonjwa.

Akili iliyotakaswa kupitia maneno ya Yesu

Uwatakase kwa ukweli wako: Neno lako ni kweli. Kama vile ulivyonituma mimi ulimwenguni, vivyo hivyo na mimi nimewatuma ulimwenguni. Na kwa ajili yao najitakasa, ili wao pia watakaswe kwa ile kweli (Yohana 17:-17-19)

Wanafunzi walikuwa wamefanya upya na kutakasa akili zao kwa maneno ya Yesu, ambayo imetokana na Baba. Walitakaswa (kutengwa kwa ajili ya Mungu, kujitolea, kutakaswa, au kuwekwa wakfu) kupitia ukweli wa Mungu. Hata hivyo, hawakuweza kuelewa na kubeba kila kitu ambacho Yesu aliwaambia, kwa vile walikuwa bado uumbaji wa zamani wa kimwili, ambao hawakuwa wa kiroho.

Bado nina mambo mengi ya kusema kwako, Lakini hauwezi kuwabeba sasa. Hata hivyo wakati yeye, Roho wa kweli, inakuja, Atakuongozeni kwenye kweli yote.: Kwa maana hatasema juu yake mwenyewe; Lakini chochote atakachosikia, Hiyo itakuwa ni kusema: Naye atakuonyesheni mambo yatakayokuja (Yohana 16:12-13)

Kuja kwa Roho Mtakatifu

Yesu alipotukia kwenye kiti cha rehema mkono wa kuume wa Mungu Baba na Mungu alimtuma Roho Mtakatifu duniani na wanafunzi, waliokuwa pamoja katika chumba cha juu wakisali kwa moyo mmoja, Kupokea Roho Mtakatifu, roho yao ilifufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu na walielewa maneno ya Yesu.

Mfariji mwingine; Roho Mtakatifu alikuwa amekuja, whereby they had received the power that Jesus had promised and they had to wait for in Jerusalem. Roho Mtakatifu yule yule; Roho wa kweli, who dwelled in Jesus, dwelled in them.

When the disciples of Jesus had received the Holy Spirit and had become a new creation and spoke in new tongues, as Jesus had promised and commanded, they were able to boldly speak the words of God and be witnesses of Jesus Christ, Masiha; Mwana wa Mungu aliye hai; the Creator of the heaven and the earth and representatives of the Kingdom of Heaven and waite watu watubu.

They were no longer focused on signs and wonders, as before, when they were still the old creation and were excited about the fact that the evil spirits obeyed them, but they were focused on saving the lost souls, by preaching Christ crucified, wokovu, toba, na kuzaliwa upya (Soma pia: Kufuata Yesu kwa ishara na maajabu).

Roho Mtakatifu, Who lived inside of them, reproved the world of sin, na kwa haki, Na kwa hukumu (Yohana 16:8-11).

Wanafunzi walihubiri ujumbe huu, injili ya Yesu Kristo, kwanza kwa watu wa Israeli na kisha kwa watu wa mataifa mengine.

Kupitia kuzaliwa upya wanafunzi walikuwa wamekuwa kiumbe kipya; wana wa Mungu (hii inatumika kwa wanaume na wanawake). Walitii maneno na amri za Yesu na kutembea katika mapenzi ya Baba.

Waliwakilisha Ufalme wa Mbinguni, alisema maneno ya Yesu, alihubiri ukweli wa Mungu, na akawaita watu kwenye toba na ishara na maajabu yakawafuata.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends, if you do whatsoever I command you (Yohana 15:12-14)

Yesu alikuwa ameonyesha upendo wake kwa marafiki zake kwa kutoa maisha yake mwenyewe kwa ajili ya marafiki zake. Alitoa maisha yake kwa kufa msalabani na kuwa mbadala wa marafiki zake. Yesu alibeba dhambi zao juu yake na kuchukua adhabu ya dhambi, ambayo ni kifo, kwa marafiki zake juu yake, ili wasije wakaichukua adhabu ya dhambi na wasione mauti. Huo ndio ulikuwa upendo mkuu, Yesu aliingia. Yesu alibaki mtiifu kwa Baba yake na hakupenda maisha yake mwenyewe hadi kifo.

Karibu wanafunzi Wake wote, isipokuwa Yuda, akajibu upendo wake ambao Yesu alikuwa amewaonyesha.

Walijibu upendo wake, kwa kuyatoa maisha yao wenyewe kwa ajili ya Yesu na kumfuata kwa kuzifuata amri zake.

Hawakuwa wa ulimwengu tena na hawakuwa tena marafiki wa ulimwengu. Lakini walikuwa wa Ufalme wa Mbinguni na walikuwa rafiki wa Yesu (Yakobo 4:4).

Kwa kuyatoa maisha yao wenyewe, kutii maneno na amri zake, na kwa kufanya mapenzi yake, na kutomuonea haya, walionyesha kupitia maisha yao, kwamba Yesu alikuwa Rafiki yao, na kwamba walikuwa rafiki wa Yesu, na kwamba walimpenda Yeye.

Walikuwa rafiki wa Yesu na walitumia muda pamoja na Yesu na walikuwa na uhusiano wa uzoefu pamoja Naye.

Walibaki watiifu kwa Yesu na kumshuhudia Yesu kwa watu, licha ya upinzani, chuki, Mateso, dhihaka, kifungo, unyanyasaji, kupigwa mawe, na kadhalika.

Licha ya mambo haya yote, walibaki waaminifu kwa Rafiki yao Yesu na kubaki katika upendo wake, kwa kuzishika amri zake mpaka siku walipokufa (Soma pia: Je, unamkiri Yesu au unamkana Yesu mbele ya watu?).

Wakristo wengi humwita Yesu Rafiki

Watu hawa hunikaribia kwa vinywa vyao, na kuniheshimu kwa midomo yao; lakini mioyo yao iko mbali nami. Lakini wananiabudu bure, wakifundisha mafundisho yaliyo maagizo ya wanadamu (Mathayo 15:8-9)

Wakristo wengi humwita Yesu Rafiki yao na huimba, kwamba wao ni marafiki wa Yesu na wanampenda Yesu. Lakini ukiangalia maisha yao na mwenendo wao, kuna ushahidi gani, kwamba wao ni marafiki wa Yesu na kwamba wanampenda?

Kila mtu anaweza kusema na kuimba kila aina ya vitu, lakini matunda ya maisha ya mtu ni yapi? Wanatumia muda gani kila siku wakiwa na Yesu; Neno na kumsikiliza? Je, wanaomba? Je, wanakaa ndani Yake na kufanya yale anayosema, na aliyoyasema na kuyaamuru katika Biblia? Au wanasikiliza miili yao na ulimwengu unavyosema? Wanafanya nini na hawafanyi yale ambayo Yesu aliwaamuru wanafunzi wake?

Kwa bahati mbaya, watu wengi, wanaodai kuwa waamini na kusema wana uhusiano na Yesu, kuishi katika maisha yao ya kila siku kama maadui wa Mungu, Yesu, na Roho Mtakatifu.

Wengi wanaishi ndani Kutotii Kwa Neno, kama maadui wa msalaba. Hawatembei kama kiumbe kipya baada ya roho katika kutii Neno na Roho Mtakatifu. Lakini wanatembea kama uumbaji wa kale baada ya mwili katika kutii dhambi na kifo.

Yesu alivunja nguvu za dhambi na mauti

Watu wengi hawakubali ukweli, kwamba Yesu alivunja nguvu za dhambi na kifo kupitia kifo chake msalabani na kufufuka kwake kutoka kwa wafu. Wanaamini, kwamba Yesu amechukua na kubeba dhambi za ulimwengu juu yake, lakini hawaamini kwamba Yesu alivunja nguvu za dhambi. Kwa sababu kama waliamini hivyo, maisha mengi yangekuwa tofauti sana na yalivyo leo. Hawangetembea kama watenda maovu na kuishi kama watumwa wa dhambi, ambayo Mungu ameidhihirisha kupitia sheria na Yesu ameidhinisha (Soma pia: Je! Wakristo wanaamini katika ufufuo wa Yesu Kristo?).

Dhambi ilimwua Yesu na kumpeleka kwenye kifo, lakini kifo hakikuwa na nguvu za kutosha kumweka Yesu kuzimu. (Soma pia: Dhambi ilimuua Yesu)

Ibilisi hataki Wakristo wajue ukweli. Hataki wajue, kwamba dhambi haina nguvu tena juu ya mtu, ambaye ameweka mwili wake chini.

Anataka kuwaweka waumini katika uwezo wake. Kwa hiyo shetani huwafanya waamini kwamba watafanya hivyo daima kubaki mwenye dhambi na kamwe usiondoe dhambi na mauti.

Lakini huo ni uwongo ambao Wakristo wengi wanaamini, kwa sababu hawasomi, na kujifunza Biblia wenyewe na kwa hiyo hawajui Neno.

Wanasema na kuimba wao ni rafiki wa Yesu, lakini katika hali halisi, hawatumii muda na Yesu na hawamjui Yesu na maisha yao si yake.

Wakristo wengi hawajatoa maisha yao kwa ajili ya Yesu, kama rafiki angefanya. Hawamtumikii Yesu kupitia maisha yao, Lakini shetani, Nani anafanya kazi katika mwili. Mwili wao ungali hai na bado unaamuru maisha yao.

Wengi wameitwa lakini wachache wamechaguliwa

Jitahidi kuingia kwenye lango lililo mwembamba: kwa wengi, Nawaambia, itatafuta kuingia, and shall not be able (Luka 13:24)

Many people are called, Lakini wachache huchaguliwa. That’s because many people are not willing to lay down their own life. Their love for Jesus is in reality not as big as they confess and sing with their words.

Sio kila mtu anayeniambia, Bwana, Bwana, ataingia katika ufalme wa mbinguni; lakini yeye anayefanya mapenzi ya baba yangu ambayo yuko mbinguni. Wengi wataniambia siku hiyo, Bwana, Bwana, Je, hatukutoa unabii kwa jina lako?? na kwa jina lako wamewatoa pepo? na kwa Jina lako nilifanya miujiza mingi? Kisha nitawaambia, Sikuwahi kukujua wewe: Ondoka kutoka kwangu, ninyi mnaofanya kazi ya uovu (Mathayo 7:21-23).

Although these believers prophesied and did many signs and wonders in the Name of Jesus, they didn’t have a relationship with Jesus and didn’t live according to the will of the Father (Soma pia: Mapenzi ya Mungu dhidi ya mapenzi ya shetani).

When these believers, who called Jesus their Lord, came to Jesus and said they had prophecied in His Name, Wake Up Devils, and done many wonderful works, Yesu aliwaambia, that He never knew them and commanded these workers of iniquity to depart from Him.

It seemed as if they belonged to Jesus by their prophesying, Kutupa nje ya mapepo, and by all the wonderful works they did in His Name, lakini kutoka ndani, walikuwa hawajabadilika na bado walikuwa uumbaji wa zamani.

Maisha yao bado yalikuwa yaleyale ya hapo awali toba. Bado walifanya mambo yale yaliyopinga mapenzi ya Mungu. Ingawa kazi zao zilionekana kuwa za kiroho na kutoka kwa Roho, kazi zao zilikuwa za kimwili. Kwa sababu Yesu hakuwajua.

Leo pia kuna Wakristo wengi, wanaomwita Yesu Bwana wao na kutoka kwa Jina Lake na unabii, Tupa pepo, na kufanya ishara na maajabu mengi, lakini hawamjui Yesu kibinafsi na hawana uhusiano naye. Hawatumii muda na Yesu na hawakai ndani Yake na hawafanyi kile Yeye; Neno linasema wala msiishi kwa kuyafuata mapenzi ya Baba bali endeleeni kufanya kazi za mwili na kuenenda katika dhambi (Soma pia: Yesu wa bandia, anayezalisha Wakristo bandia).

Ingawa wanafanya kazi zisizo za kawaida na sehemu ya tume kuu, ni watenda maovu (Soma pia: ‘Siri ya sheria' na 'Tofauti kati ya sheria na neema').

Licha ya maneno na ishara na maajabu yao, wanafuata mwili na kuishi kama ulimwengu. Badala ya Acha mzee na Weka juu ya mtu mpya na kuishi kama mtu mpya, anayezaa tunda la Roho, wanabaki kuwa mzee, ambaye huzaa matunda ya mwili; matunda sawa na dunia.