Grace without repentance doesn’t exist. Sasa, unaweza kufikiria: "vizuri, ndio, that’s obvious, everybody knows that.” But apparently, this is not as obvious as it seems, because if Christians would know and understood what this means, then the lives of many Christians would be completely different and they wouldn’t be lost in the sea of grace. Repentance starts with a confrontation between the holiness of God and the sinful nature of man. In the holiness of God, man is confronted with his sinful nature. On the basis of this confrontation and revelation by God, a person makes a decision to tubu au siyo. Toba Ina maana, that you renounce your old nature, njia yako ya zamani ya kufikiria, and your old life in the flesh, with all its works; dhambi, na uovu, and that you turn to Christ, give your life to Him and make Him Lord over your life.
What have you repented from?
Jesus has taken all your sins and iniquities, that you walked in when you were the old man; a mwenye dhambi, juu Yake, on the whipping post and on the cross. He carried all your sins and dealt with your sin nature Hiyo iko katika mwili. Jesus reconciled you to God with His blood and redeemed you from your sin nature. You have been redeemed and saved through the washing of kuzaliwa upya and renewing of the Holy Spirit. Hii inamaanisha, that you have received a new nature: asili ya Mungu.
But… if you are redeemed from your sin nature, ambayo ni asili ya shetani, that is present in the flesh and always wants to do those things, hiyo inaenda kinyume na mapenzi ya Mungu na neno lake, but keep walking after the flesh in sin, and therefore keep doing those things, that go against God’s will and His Word, then what are you redeemed from and what have you repented from?
The misused word grace
The word grace is a popular word that is frequently used in the church. Grace is not only a popular word, that is frequently used in church, but it is also a misused word and often misunderstood word. Kupitia mafundisho ya uwongo Ya (hyper) neema, the grace of God has been twisted and changed into a false grace of man, that approves and tolerates everything. In this message of grace, nothing is mandatory and everything is allowed. The word grace is bandied about a lot by Christians. As soon as the net is closing in on them, the word grace appears and they use the word grace to condone their carnal walk in sin and to defeat and silence the other person. And they often succeed.
Jinsi gani kuja? Because only a few Christians are born again and have walifanya upya akili zao with God’s Word and have such a spiritual knowledge of the Word, that they have developed a spiritual awareness and discernment of good and evil and knowledge of the Mapenzi ya Mungu, so that they are able to discern pious lies and refute the lies with the truth of God’s Word.
Just like Jesus did in nyikani shetani alipojaribu kumjaribu Yesu kwa maneno ya Mungu.
The devil didn’t speak his own words, Lakini alizungumza maneno ya Mungu. Ibilisi alijaribu kumjaribu Yesu, by using the words of God to satisfy the lusts and desires of His flesh. But Jesus knew the devil and his works and instead of believing and doing the words of the devil, and using the words of God to satisfy His carnal lusts and desires, Jesus refuted the lies of the devil and overcame the devil with the truth.
Grace is used to exculpate Christians from their responsibilities
Kwa bahati mbaya, many Christians do believe the lies of the devil and use among others the word grace to stay carnal and keep living after the lusts and desires of their flesh and their will. They use the grace of God to exculpate them from their responsibilities, which God has given them through Jesus Christ.
They use the word grace as an excuse so that they won’t have to change and enter the process of sanctification; kufa kwa nafsi yako (Mzee) na putting on Christ, which is often not easy and can be painful and some might even experience rejection and persecution. They use the word grace so that they can keep living as the world; Kama Mzee.
Lakini hili si jambo jipya, because in the time of the apostles the same thing happened in the church.
Paul and Jude, miongoni mwa wengine, also wrote about this phenomenon. Tofauti pekee ni, that today’s generation uses different words, saying that you shouldn’t be old fashion and that you have to evolve with the time we live in, hiyo the new age Jesus is love and therefore approves and accepts everything, na kadhalika.. Because of all these lies the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Mapenzi ya Mungu are changed and adjusted to the will of man, which is the will of the world (Soma pia: ‘Yesu wa bandia azalisha Wakristo bandia‘)
But this is ridiculous! Kwa sababu ya Mapenzi ya Yesu Mapenzi ya Mungu, which is also the will of the Holy Spirit, will never change, but will always remain the same. That’s why God is reliable and trustworthy and His Word and His Spirit are reliable and trustworthy.
The will of God shall never change, although some people think otherwise. Lakini watu, who think that God will change His will in order to satisfy the carnal lusts and desires of people, don’t know the Word, baba, and His heart and don’t have His Holy Spirit.
They don’t know the will of God, because their mind is not upya na Neno la Mungu. Instead of renewing their mind with the Word of God, they have fed their mind and keep feeding their mind with the wisdom, maarifa, na mambo ya ulimwengu huu. That’s why they have the mind of the world, instead of the mind of Christ.
Kwa sababu ya ukweli, that they have the mind of the world, they also think and act like the world and believe and do the words of the world above the words of God, and walk in the will of the world.
Turning the grace of God into lasciviousness
Maana kuna baadhi ya wanaume wamejipenyeza bila kujua, ambao hapo awali waliandikiwa hukumu hii, watu wasiomcha Mungu, wakigeuza neema ya Mungu wetu kuwa ufisadi, na kumkana Bwana Mungu pekee, na Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo (Yuda 1:4)
The devil knows exactly, who he can use kujenga ufalme wake. Yaani, hizo, who are not willing to Weka miili yao and keep living like the world. Because they who walk after the flesh hear his words and do what the flesh (roho na mwili) anawaambia wafanye.
Their mind is carnal and they think and live like the world and share their carnal words, falsafa, and opinions with the church. They don’t lead a holy life after the Spirit and don’t submit themselves to the Word and the will of God, but they keep living after their own will. They want to be friends with the world and in order to accomplish that, they have changed and adjusted the standards of God’s Word to the will of their flesh. But through their words and actions, wanayo denied na kukataliwa our Lord Jesus Christ.
They have turned the grace of God into lasciviousness, so that they can keep living like the world and satisfy their carnal lusts and desires, bila kujisikia hatia. Because when you keep repeating the same words over and over again, then eventually you will believe those words. And that’s exactly what happened with the hyper-grace message.
By preaching this message of grace, they think they have gained something, Lakini mwishowe, they will lose it all. Because not only they, who preach and teach this false doctrine of hyper-grace, but also those, who believe this message of hyper-grace, will be lost in the sea of grace.
‘Kuweni chumvi ya dunia’
