Je, hamtakufa kama mkiendelea kutenda dhambi? Hivyo ndivyo Wakristo wengi wanaamini. Wanafikiri kwamba haijalishi jinsi unavyoishi, mradi unamwamini Yesu. But don’t these words sound familiar and remind you of someone, who said the same thing and ended up lying? I’m talking about the devil. The devil also said that man would not die, if man disobeyed the commandment of God. He managed to deceive man with his lies and convince man that eating the fruit from the forbidden fruit would do no harm and wouldn’t lead to death, but that it was good for man, since man would become as God. The devil still succeeds in deceiving Christians with the same lie, that sin doesn’t lead to death. But what does the Bible say about sinning in the New Covenant? Je, hamtakufa kama mkiendelea kutenda dhambi?
God doesn’t make people afraid, but God reveals the truth and warns people out of love
Kuanzia mwanzo wa uumbaji, Mungu alisema kweli. God revealed the truth to people. He warned people and made people a partaker of His plans. God did that back then, and God still does that.
God still speaks and reveals the truth. He still warns people through His Word and the Holy Spirit. But the people decide whether to listen, amini, and obey the words and commandments of God (amri za Yesu) au siyo.
A wise man, who fears the Lord, listens to the words of God. A wise man believes and obeys His words and is a doer of His words.
But a foolish man may listen to the words of God but don’t believe His words. A foolish man shall not keep His words and obey His commandments, but rejects His words. (Oh. Zaburi 14; 53, Methali 1:5, 10:8, 23; 14:16, Luka 6:43-49, Yohana 12:48 (Soma pia: Wasikilizaji dhidi ya watendaji na Is Jesus thrown out of church?)).
God’s warning to man
God planted a garden eastward in Eden and put man, whom God formed, katika bustani ya Edeni. God made out of the ground grow every tree that was pleasant to the sight and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
God blessed man and said, Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth (Mwanzo 1:28)
And so God appointed man on earth and gave man Mamlaka kutawala juu ya dunia na yote yaliyo ndani.
God gave man the responsibility to cultivate and keep the garden and God gave one commandment to man.
God said that they could freely eat from every tree in the garden. Hata hivyo, they were not allowed to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. For in the day that man would eat thereof, man would surely die.
God informed man and revealed to him, what would happen if man decided to disobey God’s commandment.
God didn’t make man afraid by informing him, but God warned man out of love. Because God’s thoughts for man were thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give man an expected end.
Man kept the commandment of the Lord, which was good and contained life. Man walked with God until the serpent approached the woman (Mwanzo 2).
The serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field
Now the serpent, which the Lord God had made, was placed under man’s dominion. Kwa sababu, God gave man dominion over the earth and over every living thing that moves upon the earth, including the serpent.
The serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field. Therefore the serpent was the perfect candidate for the devil to accomplish his mission and take the place of God and usurp man’s dominion over the earth. So that the devil would become the god of man and the ruler of the earth.
The devil heard what God had spoken to man. He knew that God’s words were the truth. The devil also saw the relationship between God and man. He saw the walk of man with God and the obedience of man to God and His words.
The devil came up with a plan to tempt man in a cunning way to sin and ensure that man would believe his words and do what God had forbidden man to do.
The serpent caused man to doubt the words of God
Just as God often approaches people with a question, the devil also approached the woman with a question. The serpent said to the woman, Ndiyo, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
The woman answered the serpent and said, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest ye die.
Although the serpent knew that the words of God were the truth, he tried to convince the woman that the words of God were lies, by questioning the words of God and mixing a partial truth of God with his lie, and with his lie arousing the lust and desire in the woman by making desirable what was forbidden by God.
The devil caused the woman to doubt the words of God and made her curious. He enchanted her with his deceptive words and wonderful promise that man would be as God, knowing good and evil and therefore be wise and independent.
We know, that the devil fell from his position through pride and his lust and desire to become as God. Therefore the devil knew the ‘formula’ to tempt man and make man believe his words, which carried the death. Since the words of the devil led to the death of man.
“Ye shall not surely die”
The serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God does know, that in the day ye eat thereof, Kisha macho yako yatafunguliwa, and ye shall be as God, Kujua mema na mabaya.
The serpent convinced the woman that he was telling the truth. That he was the one, who had man’s best interest at heart, Badala ya Mungu.
Kwa uongo wake, the devil portrayed God in a bad way, by indirectly saying that God had not spoken the whole truth but that he hid part of the truth from man and that He had not the best interest of man at heart.
While God was the One, Who had the best interest of man at heart. Whose thoughts for man were thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give man an expected end. Unlike the devil, whose intentions were evil and whose thoughts were wicked and led to the destruction of man.
The tree of knowledge of good and evil, which carried the death, became desirable for man
The words of the serpent changed the view of man. Suddenly the woman saw the tree from a whole other perspective, than before. When she only heard and believed the words of God and obeyed His commandment.
The tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which produced the forbidden fruit and carried the death, was no longer considered evil and forbidden and a danger to man. But the tree became desirable for man. Because according to the words of the devil, the fruit would make one wise and become just like God. The woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes.
The woman began to doubt the words of God, whereby man would live.
She began to believe the words of the serpent, which would lead to death, whereby what God had forbidden became desirable and seemed right to do.
By faith in the words of the devil, the woman and her husband did what God had forbidden to do (out of love and for the protection of man).
The woman took some of the fruit and ate. She gave also unto her husband with her, who didn’t stop her but was also tempted to sin.
They both became disobedient to God and ate from the forbidden fruit, which indeed gave them knowledge of good and evil, but led to death. Just as God told them and warned them about.
Kupitia dhambi, Man fell from his position and lost his dominion
Instead of becoming as God, as man had imagined, Mwanadamu alianguka kutoka kwa msimamo wake. Man lost his dominion on earth to the devil and was put beneath the angels. Man became a slave of the devil and of sin and death. The spirit in man died and the spiritual connection and relationship between God and man was broken.
And so the devil had gained victory and became the god of fallen man and the ruler of the earth, by making man doubt the words of God and making man believe his deceptive lie, which awakened the desire in man and led to disobedience to God (dhambi).
The true nature of the devil was revealed
The devil revealed his true nature in the Garden of Eden. He showed that he was a liar, mwizi, muuaji, na mharibifu. And nothing has changed since then.
The devil is still a liar, mwizi, muuaji, na mharibifu. He still goes around as a roaring lion seeking whom he can devour (Oh. Yohana 10:10, 1 Peter 5:8).
He still causes people, including many Christians, to believe his words. Because the devil speaks what the carnal man wants to hear. He gives what the carnal man wants and thinks he needs.
The devil is a master of deception and of responding to the will, hisia, Mahitaji, tamaa, na tamaa za watu wa kimwili. He seems so humanistic and loving. Wakati huo huo, the devil deceives and destroys people and leads people to hell.
And since the devil’s tactic still works and people still believe in his words, ambayo ni uongo, and still be deceived and tempted to sin, why should the devil change his tactic? Why change something if it still works?
The lie that the serpent used in the Garden of Eden still works
The Bible is clear about loving the world, walking after the flesh, and the fruit of the flesh aka the works of the flesh (dhambi). The words in the Bible still apply today. The Word still warns the people and calls them to repentance and the removal of sin. Not to make people afraid (as the devil makes Christians believe), but out of love for people. For their benefit and protection and to give them a hopeful future and eternal life.
But the majority of people are not born again in Christ.
They are not sons of God (hii inatumika kwa wanaume na wanawake). But they are still sons of the devil (hii inatumika kwa wanaume na wanawake), who have a sinful nature and keep listening to their father, shetani (baba wa mwanadamu aliyeanguka), and believe his words, which causes them to walk in pride after the flesh in rebellion to God, as enemies of God and His Word
For both prophet and priest are profane; ndio, in my house have I found their wickedness, asema Bwana. Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, asema Bwana (Yeremia 23:11-12)
And the born-again Christians, who walk after the Word and the Spirit, the devil tries to make them lukewarm, disobedient and apostates of God in a very subtle way.
Ibilisi anafanyaje hivyo? Through the lies of false prophets and false teachers and the wolves in sheep’s clothing, who go to church and/or are appointed as preachers (wachungaji) or elders in the church. (Soma pia: The wolves in sheep’s clothing, who wreak havoc in the church).
The devil still changes the truth of God into a lie
Because just like the devil used the most subtle animal among all the animals that God created, to fulfill his mission, the devil still looks for subtle (cunning) watu wa mwili, who are prideful, puffed up by their carnal knowledge and full of themselves, and rely upon their (asili) wisdom and ability and speak their own words and think highly of themselves and consider themselves better than everyone else, to reach his goal and fulfill his mission.
As he questioned the words of God in the Garden of Eden by his question and by changing the truth of God into a lie, he still lies and causes man to doubt and disobey the words of God.
Wakristo wengi, who are spiritually blind and walk after the flesh, still believe his words and still fall for his pious lies, which lead to destruction and the eternal death of man.
What does the Bible say about sinning?
Basi, dhambi isitawale ndani ya miili yenu ipatikanayo na mauti, mpate kuitii katika matamanio yake. Wala msitoe viungo vyenu kuwa silaha za dhuluma kwa dhambi: bali jitoeni wenyewe kwa Mungu, kama wale walio hai kutoka kwa wafu, na viungo vyenu kuwa vyombo vya haki kwa Mungu. Kwa maana dhambi haitakuwa na kutawala juu yako: Kwa maana hauko chini ya sheria, Lakini chini ya neema (Warumi 6:12-14)
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 8:6-8)
Usiku umepita sana, siku imekaribia: basi tuyatupilie mbali matendo ya giza, na tuvae silaha za nuru. Wacha tutembee kwa uaminifu, kama siku; si kwa fujo na ulevi, si kwa ufisadi na ufisadi, si kwa ugomvi na husuda. Bali mvaeni Bwana Yesu Kristo, wala msiuangalie mwili, kutimiza matamanio yake (Warumi 13:12-14)
Lakini ninyi hamjajifunza hivyo Kristo; Kama ni hivyo basi mmemsikia, Na amefunzwa na yeye, Kama ukweli ulivyo ndani ya Yesu: Kwamba wewe kuweka mbali kuhusu mazungumzo ya zamani ya mtu mzee, Ambao ni wapotovu kulingana na tamaa za udanganyifu; Fanya upya katika roho ya akili yako; Na kwamba wewe kuweka juu ya mtu mpya, ambayo baada ya Mungu kuumbwa kwa haki na utakatifu wa kweli (Waefeso 4:20-24)
God commanded to Put off the old man
Basi, vifisheni viungo vyenu vilivyo katika nchi; uasherati, uchafu, mapenzi ya kupita kiasi, tamaa mbaya, na tamaa, ambayo ni ibada ya sanamu: Kwa mambo gani’ Kwa sababu ghadhabu ya Mungu huja juu ya watoto wa kutotii.: ambayo ninyi pia mliziendea zamani, mlipoishi ndani yao. Lakini sasa ninyi pia mnaondoa haya yote; hasira, hasira, uovu, kufuru, mawasiliano machafu kutoka kinywani mwako. Msiambiane uongo, kwa kuwa mmemvua yule mzee kwa matendo yake.; Na kuvaa mtu mpya, ambayo inafanywa upya katika maarifa baada ya picha yake ambayo ilimuumba; ambapo hakuna Mgiriki wala Myahudi, Kutahiriwa wala kutokutahiriwa, Barbarian, Scythian, dhamana wala bure: Kristo ni kila kitu, na katika yote (Wakolosai 3:5-10)
Neno linasema, that you must put off the old man. This is not a choice, this is a commandment of God. It’s a command of God to those, ambao wamezaliwa mara ya pili katika Kristo na ni wana wa Mungu. Since the works of the old man, dhambi, leads to death and hell instead of eternal life and heaven
The Word of God holds every person accountable and puts the blame (if the person refuses to obey the words of God and refuses to put off the works of the old man and keep sinning) on the person.
God gave everything to man to fulfill his commandment
God gave everything to man to fulfill His commandment. Therefore people have no excuse to not do what God commanded man to do.
Mungu amempa kila kitu; Maneno yake, Mwanawe; Neno Hai, na Roho wake Mtakatifu, to humanity, to be released from the power of darkness and be transferred into the Kingdom of His Son.
He gave everything, to become a new creation in Christ, na upatanishwe na Mungu, and have dominion over sin, and walk holy and righteous as His son after the Spirit in obedience to His Word on earth.
The true sons of God believe the words of the Father. They submit to His words. They do what Jesus says, na kuzishika amri zake. The Word builds them up, and reforms, instructs, kusahihisha, na chastises Them.
The devil convinces people that sin doesn’t lead to death
Hata hivyo, the devil convinces people that sin doesn’t lead to death. He makes people believe that they can’t help it if they keep sinning, and never holds the person accountable and never puts the blame on the person, but blames others. Kwa sababu hiyo, a person has an excuse to stay the old man and keep walking after the flesh and keep sinning.
It’s never the fault of the person. It is always someone else’s fault; God or someone else.
The people believe the devil’s words and act and live according to his words. Kwa sababu hiyo, the devil keeps the person in bondage; in a victim role, and the person has an excuse to not change and keep sinning (keep doing the works of the flesh) and keep living in disobedience to God and His Word and walk in darkness.
And the humanistic churchgoers and preachers and elders, who believe the lies of the devil, Uumbaji, badala ya ukweli wa Mungu, Muumba, always sides with the victim (mwenye dhambi, the rebel and violator of the Word, ambaye anaendelea kutenda dhambi) and applaud sin, whereby they approve of evil and proclaim evil as good and good as evil. (Soma pia: Ni nini akili ya kukaripia?)
Is it allowed to keep sinning under grace?
Kwa kuongezea sheria iliingia, kwamba kosa linaweza kuongezeka. Lakini ambapo dhambi ilizidi, Neema alifanya zaidi: Kwamba kama dhambi ilivyotawala hadi kufa, Hata hivyo neema inaweza kutawala kwa haki kwa uzima wa milele na Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu. Tutasema nini baada ya? Tutaendelea katika dhambi, neema hiyo inaweza kuwa kubwa? Mungu apishe mbali. Jinsi ya kufanya sisi, Waliokufa kwa ajili ya dhambi, Endelea kuishi humo? (Warumi 5:20-6:2)
Nini basi? Je, tutatenda dhambi, Kwa sababu hatuko chini ya sheria, Lakini chini ya neema? Mungu apishe mbali. Unajua kuwa hamjui, Ambao mnajitoa wenyewe kuwa watumwa wa kutii., watumishi wake ambao mnawatii.; Kama ni dhambi kwa kifo, au kwa utii kwa haki? Lakini Mungu akushukuru,, Ninyi mlikuwa watumwa wa dhambi, lakini mmetii kutoka moyoni aina ile ya mafundisho ambayo ilikombolewa. Halafu unakuwa huru kutoka kwa dhambi, ye became the servants of righteousness.? (Warumi 6:15-18).
Can’t you help if you keep sinning?
The devil comes with the same question as in the Garden of Eden; Has God said, Kama?
Then he comes with the same lie as in the Garden of Eden; You shall not die if you sin (Endelea kutenda dhambi), kwa sababu …
- You’re no longer under the law, lakini under grace.
- You believe in Jesus and are saved by Him. Kwa hiyo you’re always saved.
- You can’t help it if you keep sinning, we’re all born sinners and will always remain Wadhambi.
- You can’t help doing that, you live in a broken world.
- You can’t help the way you are. God created you like that, you’re born this way.
- You can’t help doing the same thing(s) as your (Grand)wazazi, you just live under a Laana ya Kijamaa.
- You can’t help lying, it’s just part of your culture.
- You can’t help committing uzinzi, adultery runs in the family
- You can’t help committing adultery, it’s your spouse’s fault. Your spouse didn’t give you what you needed and didn’t fulfill your (ngono) Mahitaji
- You can’t help having feelings for someone of the same gender. You’re just born this way. God made you that way and wanted you. (Soma pia: Biblia inasema nini kuhusu ushoga?)
- You can’t help wanting a divorce. Because your partner doesn’t believe and doesn’t do what you want, and doesn’t fulfill your needs (kimwili, kiakili, na kiroho. (Soma pia: Biblia inasema nini kuhusu talaka?))
- You can’t help kupiga punyeto, because you’re human and have (ngono) Mahitaji. If you’re single or your spouse doesn’t fulfill your sexual needs, then there is nothing wrong with masturbation.
- You can’t help stealing, you don’t earn that much and they won’t miss it anyway
- You can’t help committing fraud, your employer should have paid you more. They have enough money anyway
- You can’t help committing tax evasion, the government should not impose so many and such high taxes
- You can’t help behaving or acting that way, it’s your parent’s fault. They are responsible for your behavior, they should have…
The devil convinces people that it’s never their fault if they keep sinning
According to the devil, it’s never people’s fault if they keep sinning. The devil shall always respond to the will, hisia, tamaa, and desires of the flesh of the (mzee) man and show empathy for the flesh. Therefore he speaks words, that the old man wants to hear and gives man a permit to do what man wants and fulfill the feelings, tamaa, na tamaa za mwili, so that the old man stays alive and keeps sinning and death keeps reigning in man’s life.
Wale, who belong to the devil shall justify sin, and the sinner
Yeyote atakayekaa ndani yake hatatenda dhambi.: Mtu yeyote ambaye hakutenda dhambi hakumwona, Hakumjua Yeye. 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 kuwa uzao wake wakaa ndani yake: Hawezi kutenda dhambi, Kwa sababu alizaliwa na Mungu. Katika hili watoto wa Mungu wanadhihirishwa, Kids Devil: Yeyote asiyetenda haki hatokani na Mungu, Wala yule asiyempenda ndugu yake (1 Yohana 3:6-10)
Wale, who listen and believe the words of the devil and say the same things as the devil to justify sin and the sinner, ambaye anaendelea kutenda dhambi, Sio wa Mungu. They’re not born of God and are not His sons (wanaume na wanawake). But they’re workers of iniquity, who speak the words of their father and do the works of their father, shetani.
It doesn’t matter whether someone calls himself or herself a Christian, mtume, nabii, mwinjilisti, mchungaji, bishop, na kadhalika. Watu, who believe the lie of the devil, that you won’t die if you walk after the flesh and disobey the words of God and keep sinning and live as an enemy of God, but that you shall live, don’t belong to Christ.
They don’t speak His words and don’t keep His commandments. Because they belong to the devil and are his servants. They speak his words and do his works and ensure that people keep sinning. (Soma pia: Destroying the works of God instead of the devil).
A son of God doesn’t believe the lies of the devil, expose and destroy them
Mwana wa Mungu (hii inatumika kwa wanaume na wanawake) shall never believe the lies of the devil and approve of sin and applaud sin and the sinner, ambaye anaendelea kutenda dhambi. But a son of God exposes the lies of the devil with the whole truth of God, instead of a partial truth of God, and calls the sinner to repentance and the removal of sin, kama Yesu.
A son of God knows, kwamba mshahara wa dhambi ni kifo. And just like his father, he doesn’t want any person to perish, but to have eternal life. Therefore a son of God calls the people to repentance, nje ya upendo. (Soma pia: Inamaanisha nini kumpenda jirani yako kama wewe mwenyewe?).
Shall you live if you keep sinning and go to heaven? Or shall you die if you keep sinning and go to hell?
Kwa hiyo, Ndugu, sisi ni wadeni, si kwa mwili, kuishi kwa kuufuata mwili. Kwa maana ikiwa mnaishi kwa kufuata mwili, Mtakufa: lakini ikiwa ninyi kwa njia ya Roho mnayatia moyo matendo ya mwili, Mtaishi. Kwa maana wengi kama wanavyoongozwa na Roho wa Mungu, ni wana wa Mungu (Warumi 8:12-14)
Lakini sasa kuwa huru kutoka dhambi, Uwe mtumishi wa Mungu, Mna matunda yenu kwa utakatifu, na mwisho wa uzima wa milele. Kwa maana mshahara wa dhambi ni mauti; lakini zawadi ya Mungu ni uzima wa milele kupitia Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu. (Warumi 6:22-23)
Yesu akawajibu, Hakika, hakika, Nawaambia, Anayetenda dhambi ni mtumishi wa dhambi (Yohana 8:34)
Maneno ya Mungu ni roho na uzima. The words of the devil are carnal (Mwili) na kifo
By faith in the words of the serpent, man became disobedient to the words and the commandment of God and ate the forbidden fruit, which carried death. Matokeo yake, death entered into man and the spirit of man died. Man became separated from God and death reigned in fallen man. Because of that fallen man (Mzee) would bear the fruit of death, ambayo ni dhambi, and man would die at the appointed time and leave the earth and enter Kuzimu.
Hii imeonekana, that God told the truth and the devil lied.
you decide to believe the words of God or the words of the devil
The devil still uses the same lie. He tries to convince you and make you believe, that if you disobey the words of God and don’t keep His commandments, but do what God has forbidden you to do and keep sinning, you shall not die, but live and go to heaven. While God says through His Word and Spirit, that if you keep sinning you shall die and go to hell.
Sasa ni juu yako, to believe the words of God, Maneno ya Yesu, and do His words and obey His commandments in your life and repent and become born again and put off the works of the old man and put on the new man, or to believe the words of the devil, that you can live the way you want and may keep sinning and you shall not die, lakini ishi.
‘Kuweni chumvi ya dunia’
