Moja ya tunda la Roho ni tunda upendo. Lakini Biblia inasema nini kuhusu upendo wa tunda? Kwa sababu katika siku hizi Wakristo wengi wanatoa maana nyingine kabisa ya neno upendo kuliko Biblia (Neno la Mungu) hufanya. Ni lini unatembea kwa upendo na kuzaa matunda ya upendo katika maisha yako?
Je, Biblia Inasema Nini Kuhusu Upendo Wa Tunda Katika Maisha Ya Yesu
Katika makala ya awali ya blogu, ya Upendo wa Mungu Ilikuwa imejadiliwa. Jinsi upendo wa Mungu ulivyo kinyume na upendo wa ulimwengu. Katika makala hii ya blogu, tutaangalia maisha ya Yesu na jinsi Yesu alivyotembea katika upendo na kuzaa matunda ya upendo katika maisha yake.
Yesu Ni Neno Hai, Ambaye alifanyika mwili ili kutimiza kazi kuu ya ukombozi kwa wanadamu. Yesu alizaliwa na Uzao wa Mungu na si wa uzao wa mwanadamu.
Ingawa alikuwa na asili ya Mungu, Yesu alikuwa na uwezo wa kutenda dhambi. Vinginevyo, Roho Mtakatifu asingemwongoza Yesu nyikani kuwa kujaribiwa na shetani.
Lakini upendo wa Mungu ulimwagwa moyoni mwake. Yesu alimpenda Mungu kuliko yote. Kwa hiyo Yesu alitumia muda katika maombi na kusikia maneno ya Baba yake hekaluni.
Alijua mapenzi ya Baba yake. Na kwa sababu Yesu alimpenda Baba yake, Alitii maneno Yake na kushika amri Zake na kufanya mapenzi Yake.
Kwa sababu alitembea kwa utiifu kwa mapenzi ya Baba, Yesu alitembea bila dhambi na uovu.
Yesu hakuharibu Sheria ya Musa na maneno ya nabii. Kwa sababu alijua yalitoka kwa Baba yake. Lakini Yesu alitimiza Sheria kwa kutembea katika mapenzi ya Baba yake na kufanya amri zake.
Usifikirie kwamba nimekuja kuharibu sheria, au manabii:Sikuja kuharibu, lakini kutimiza (Mathayo 5:17)
Yesu Alitembea Katika Kumtii Mungu Katika Upendo
Yesu alitii maneno ya Mungu na kushika amri zake, ambapo alitembea katika upendo na kuzaa matunda upendo katika maisha yake. Ikiwa Yesu angefanya dhambi, ikimaanisha kwamba Angekuwa ameasi na kuwa asiyetii maneno na mapenzi ya Mungu, Asingetembea kwa upendo. Asingetii amri ya kwanza ya Mungu ambayo ni, kumpenda Mungu kwa moyo wako wote, Nafsi yako yote, na akili na nguvu zako zote.
Kutembea katika dhambi na maovu kunamaanisha: kutembea katika njia ya udhalimu (Njia ya ulimwengu). Na kufanya mambo yale yanayopinga maneno na amri za Mungu, ambayo inawakilisha Mapenzi yake.
Kwa mfano: Mungu anaposema, Mpende jirani yako kama nafsi yako na usamehe, lakini hutaki kusamehe na kutembea katika chuki na kutosamehe, basi unatenda dhambi. (Soma pia: Nini siri ya msamaha?)
Yesu hakutembea katika upendo wa kimwili. Upendo unaokubali tabia zote, pamoja na dhambi na maovu, kwa ajili ya kuishi kwa amani na wengine, kupendwa au kupata wafuasi zaidi. Hapana, Yesu alitembea katika upendo wa Kimungu kwa Baba yake kwanza. Upendo unaojisalimisha kwa Mungu na kumtumikia na kufanya mapenzi yake na kukana mapenzi yake, tamaa na tamaa za mwili.
Upendo ambao Yesu alitembea ndani yake, haikuleta amani na kuwaunganisha watu. Lakini upendo wake ulizua mgawanyiko kati ya watu na ukachochea ugomvi.
Yesu Hakuja Kuleta Amani Bali Mgawanyiko
Tuseme kwamba nimekuja kutoa amani duniani? Nakwambia, La; lakini badala ya mgawanyiko: Kwa maana kuanzia sasa kutakuwa na watano katika nyumba moja iliyogawanyika., tatu dhidi ya mbili, mbili dhidi ya tatu. Baba atagawanyika dhidi ya mwana, na mwana dhidi ya baba; Mama dhidi ya binti, Binti dhidi ya mama; mama mkwe dhidi ya mkwewe, na mkwe dhidi ya mama mkwe wake (Luka 12:51-53)
Yesu hakuja kuleta amani, wala kuleta umoja na maelewano na dunia (giza). Lakini kazi ya Yesu ilikuwa ni kuhubiri na kuleta Ufalme wa Mungu kwa nyumba ya Israeli na kuwafichua (kazi) wa giza na kuwaweka huru wafungwa.
Yesu’ kazi ilikuwa kuchukua mamlaka kutoka kwa shetani, kumkomboa mwanadamu kutoka katika ukandamizaji wa shetani, na kurejesha (ponya) mwanadamu katika nafasi yake na kupatanisha mwanadamu na Mungu.
Yesu hakupendwa na waovu, ambaye alikuwa wa ulimwengu na mtawala wa ulimwengu (shetani).
Hapana, waovu walimchukia Yesu. Kwa nini? Kwa sababu Yesu alifichua matendo yao maovu na kushuhudia kwamba matendo yao yalikuwa maovu.
Kwa hiyo, hawakuweza kumstahimili Yesu na walitaka kumuondoa. Chuki yao kwa Yesu, Mwana wa Mungu, akampeleka msalabani.
Yesu alisema, kwamba mtu anapotubu na kurejea Kwake na kuwa kiumbe kipya, ya ulimwengu ungechukia na kuwatesa Them.
Yesu alisema, kwamba mtumwa hayuko juu ya Bwana wake. Ikiwa wamenitesa Mimi, watakutesa.
Lakini licha ya chuki, upinzani na mateso ya ulimwengu, Yesu alimpenda Baba yake na alibaki mwaminifu Kwake hadi kufa.
Yesu Alitembea Katika Utii Kwa Baba Yake Na Kuzaa Upendo Wa Tunda Katika Maisha Yake
Yesu alituonyesha, jinsi ya kutembea kama uumbaji mpya; Mzaliwa wa Roho Mtakatifu. Aliweka mfano na kutuonyesha jinsi ya kutembea katika upendo wa Mungu na kuzaa matunda ya upendo.
Yesu alizaa matunda ya upendo katika maisha yake, ambayo ilionekana kupitia upendo wake kwa Baba yake. Upendo wake kwa Baba yake ulionyeshwa kupitia utiifu wake kwa mapenzi ya Baba.
Yesu alitoa kila kitu kwa ajili ya Baba yake. Alitoa maisha yake yote ili kumtumikia, kumtii, na kumpendeza Baba yake katika kila jambo.
Je, Upendo wa Tunda unamaanisha nini kwa mujibu wa Biblia?
Mkizishika amri zangu, mtakaa katika pendo langu; Kama vile nilivyozishika amri za Baba yangu, na kukaa katika upendo wake (Yohana 15:10)
Na katika hili twajua ya kuwa tunamjua, tukizishika amri zake. Yeye ambaye alisema, Ninamfahamu, wala hazishiki amri zake, Ni mwongo, Ukweli haumo ndani yake. Bali mtu ashikaye neno lake, Hakika katika yeye kuna upendo wa Mungu uliokamilika.:katika hili twajua ya kuwa tumo ndani yake. Yeye asemaye ya kuwa anakaa ndani yake, imempasa kuenenda mwenyewe vile vile, hata alipokuwa akitembea (1 Yohana 2:3-6)
Kutembea katika upendo wa Mungu na kuzaa matunda ya upendo, huanza na upendo wako kwa Yesu na Baba na utii kwa Roho Mtakatifu. Unapompenda Yesu, unatii maneno Yake na kufanya yale yanayompendeza.
Ikiwa unampenda Yesu, unatii amri zake badala ya kutembea kwa kuasi maneno na amri zake katika dhambi.
Upendo wa Mungu hupenda uadilifu na huchukia uovu (dhambi). Kwa hivyo ikiwa utazaa matunda, penda, hutendi dhambi tena bali unafanya kile ambacho Yesu alikuamuru kufanya.
Unapotembea katika upendo na kuzaa matunda upendo unazishika amri zake na kutimiza Sheria. Kwa sababu Sheria inafichua asili na mapenzi ya Mungu na yale yanayompendeza Mungu na yasiyompendeza.
Amri na maonyo yaliyoandikwa katika torati, inatokana na upendo mkuu wa Mungu kwake (Kimwili) Watu (nyumba ya Israeli).
Watu wake walikuwa wa kimwili na si wa kiroho. Hawangeweza kuona na kuelewa ulimwengu wa roho na Ufalme wa Mungu. Kwa hiyo Mungu aliwapa sheria za kimwili, ambayo ilitokana na sheria za kiroho za Ufalme Wake na zilikusudiwa kwa ajili ya mwili, kuuweka mwili chini ya mapenzi ya Mungu.
Sheria ya Musa ilitolewa kwa upendo kwa watu wake, ili kuwalinda na kuwaokoa na uovu.
Uumbaji Mpya Unatembea Katika Upendo Na Unaitimiza Sheria Ya Mungu
Yesu alijua hili. Ndiyo maana Yesu alisema, Hajaja kuharibu sheria, bali kutimiza sheria. Kama Yesu angesema, kwamba alikuja kuharibu sheria, basi Mungu asingekuwa yule yule jana, leo na hata milele zaidi. Lakini Mungu ni yeye yule jana, leo na hata milele zaidi.
Kama Yesu angesema, kwamba alikuja kuharibu sheria, basi angemgeukia Mungu. Roho yule yule wa Mungu, Ambaye alimpa Musa sheria, aliishi ndani ya Yesu. (Soma pia: Nini kimetokea 50 siku baada ya Pasaka?).
Roho Mtakatifu alitawala katika maisha ya Yesu. Kwa sababu hiyo Yesu alitembea katika amri za Baba yake.
Alizishika amri zote za Baba yake. Kwa kuzishika amri za Baba yake, Yesu alitembea katika upendo na kuzaa matunda ya upendo katika maisha yake.
Kama wewe ni kuzaliwa tena katika Kristo, Umepokea Roho Mtakatifu. Just like Jesus received the Holy Spirit. By receiving the Holy Spirit, the laws of God that represent His will are written upon your heart.
When the Holy Spirit reigns in your lives, you shall keep His commandments and walk according to His will. By keeping His commandments and walking in His will, you shall fulfill the law (moral part of the law of Moses).
Through faith you shall establish the law. Not because, you have a paper with the written laws, telling you what to do and what not to do. But you shall fulfill the law, because you have received a new nature; asili ya Mungu
Nitaweka sheria yangu katika sehemu zao za ndani, Andika katika mioyo yao; Atakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu (Yeremia 31:33)
What Do You Do, When You Love Someone?
When you really love someone, you want to please that person. You wouldn’t do something that would make that person sad or hurt that person, or do something that this person dislikes. When you really love Jesus, you wouldn’t do something that would make Him sad. Lakini utafanya mambo hayo, Anayempendeza. And what pleases Him is to keep His commandments and walk in His will in righteousness. So that Jesus and the Father will be exalted.
If Jesus came to give His life and make atonement for the sins and iniquities for whole humanity, do you think that Jesus would approve that you keep walking in sin?
When you keep walking in sin, doing those things which are against the will of God, then you don’t love Jesus, but you love sin. It shows, that you love yourself and the will, tamaa na tamaa za mwili wako. You don’t serve Christ through righteousness, lakini wewe serve the devil kupitia dhambi.
A Tree Can’t Produce The fruit Love And Righteousness And The Fruit Hate and Sin
Many times people, who call themselves Christians say, But Jesus sat and ate together with sinners. Ndiyo, that’s partially true. Because if you keep reading you find out the true reason why Jesus ate with sinners and prostitutes.
The devil seduces people by partial parts of Scriptures. The people who don’t know the Word of God in the whole context, are easily seduced by the devil.
Watu, who listen to the devil take parts of a Scripture and use them for their own benefit, to fulfill the lists and desires of their flesh.
If you keep reading, utaupata ukweli.
Kwanza kabisa, the sinners were Jews, who deviated from the Law of Moses, and not Gentiles.
Pili, Jesus didn’t sit down and ate with sinners to have communion with their sins and accept their sins. Hapana! Jesus brought the sinners, who received Him, kwa toba!
Na ikawa, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, tazama, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, Wakawaambia wanafunzi wake, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? Lakini Yesu aliposikia hivyo, akawaambia, Walio mzima hawahitaji tabibu, Lakini wale ambao ni wagonjwa. Lakini nendeni mkajifunze maana yake, Nitakuwa na huruma, na sio sadaka:kwa maana sikuja kuwaita wenye haki, Lakini wenye dhambi kwa toba (Mathayo 9:10-13)
The righteous do not need to repent, but sinners do.
Christians should follow the example of Jesus. Instead of fellowshipping with sinners (who don’t know God and live in unbelief, Uasi na kutotii kwa Mungu) and living like them, they should live holy and righteous and call sinners to repentance.
Does The Church Have A Wrong Interpretation Of The Fruit Love?
Does the church have a wrong interpretation of the fruit love? Because love doesn’t mean accepting evil and disobedience to God; dhambi na maovu. It doesn’t mean that Christians should bring sinners into the church and receive them in ‘love’ and accept and approve their deeds (ambayo inapinga mapenzi ya Mungu) and let them be and making them believe that they are living right.
When Christians leave sinners in their sinful (imeanguka) state and approve of their sins, then they don’t walk in God’s love and don’t bear the fruit love.
Christians should call the people to repentance. So that they can repent and be delivered from the power of the devil and sin and be saved and reconciled with God by the blood of Jesus
They should walk like Jesus and confront sinners with their sinful state and their sins instead of allowing their sins.
When the Holy Spirit exposes their sins and testify that their works are evil, sinners have a choice, to run away or to repent of their sins and turn to Christ and become born again.
Love doesn’t mean accepting sins and iniquities and changing the will of God, so that people can keep satisfying and serving their flesh.
When you walk in sin instead of righteousness, you will be a servant of sin and not a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Love Doesn’t Compromise With Sin But Love Calls Sinners To Repentance
Jesus gives to everyone the ability to tubu na kuongoka. Unapotubu, He cleanses you from all your sins and iniquities and restores (huponya) you from your fallen position and reconciles you with God. Kitu pekee unachopaswa kufanya ni lay down your life na kuwa kuzaliwa mara ya pili katika Kristo kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu.
How many times did Jesus say “Nenda, wala usitende dhambi tena”. Jesus walked in love but He never approved sin. He could never approve sin, because sin is evil and means disobedience to God. It means doing those things, which the Father hates and condemns.
Jesus loved (and still loves) His Father whole heartedly, He would never do something or approve of something that displeases the Father. Jesus completely submitted Himself to His Father and He kept all of His commandments.
The fruit love is God’s love produced in the heart of the yielded saint by the Holy Spirit, a love that impels one to deny himself for the sake of the loved One (1 Wakorintho 13:1-3 (Kwt)
Are you willing to deny yourself, mapenzi yako, tamaa, tamaa, and dreams and give up your life for Jesus? Only then wil you be able to walk in love and bear the fruit love in your life
The Fruit Love In The Lives Of Christians
Maybe you think you walk in love, by always being kind, helpful towards people, Kufanya kazi za hisani, accepting all things and compromise. But these things don’t prove that you walk after the Spirit and bear the fruit love. The world can also be kind and helpful, na kufanya kazi za hisani, but they don’t bear the fruit love of the Spirit, because their spirit is still dead.
You walk in love and bear the fruit love if you walk after the Spirit in obedience to God’s Word and keep the commandments of Jesus, ambayo pia ni amri za Baba, katika haki.
The fruit love is a fruit of the Spirit and not of the flesh.
This love of God that comes from the Spirit differs from the carnal love (the love according to the world).
The love of the world compromise with darkness, evil and sin and allow people to walk in sin (in rebellion and disobedience to God).
The love of God doesn’t compromise with darkness, evil and sin, but separates from darkness, evil and sin and call those, who live in bondage of the devil, dhambi, na kifo, gizani, kwa toba, so that they’ll be delivered and saved.
God’s love doesn’t want anyone to perish and go to hell.
The love of God makes Christians to submit to Jesus and be His witnesses on earth and preach the gospel and save as many souls as possible from damnation.
The Divine Love
This means that it’s not about you anymore; it’s not about what you want, or what you think or feel, but it is all about Him; what He wants and what He thinks.
Divine love distinguishes, from worldly love, in that, you do the will of God and walk in His will. You shall turn away from sin and iniquities and sanctify yourself continuously by the blood of Jesus and by the power of the Holy Spirit until you are transformed into the image of Jesus Christ.
You shall love Him above all (including yourself), and because you love Him, na kutembea katika amri zake, you shall bear the fruit love. When you bear the fruit love you shall be able, to love your neighbour as yourself. You shall treat them, Njia unayotaka kutibiwa.
‘Be the Salt of the earth’
