Yesu aliamuru mwili wake; Kanisa kuwa shahidi wake duniani. Aliwaamuru wale, ambao ni wake na kumfuata ili kuhubiri injili ya Yesu Kristo na wito wa toba kwa wale, walio wa dunia, so that many souls shall be redeemed from the power of darkness and shall be saved by faith and regeneration in Christ and enter the Kingdom of God and be reconciled with God and become sons of God and inherit eternal life. But if Christians live like the world, Ulimwengu unapaswa kutubu nini?
How can souls be saved, if Christians live like the world?
Many Christians say they believe in Jesus Christ and believe that they belong to Him, but meanwhile, they live the same life as the world and do the same works as the world. There is hardly any difference between Christians and unbelievers, walio wa dunia.
Instead of Christians converting the world, the world has converted many Christians (Soma pia: ‘Je, Wakristo wanabadilisha ulimwengu au ulimwengu unawabadilisha Wakristo?‘).
Instead of making peace between the old man and God, by preaching the gospel of Christ and the call to repentance, na kumpatanisha mwanadamu na Mungu, kwa imani na kuzaliwa upya katika Kristo, they have made peace and reconciled themselves with the world, other religions, (Mashariki) falsafa, ibada ya sanamu, uchawi wa uchawi na sayansi and have defiled the truth of God with the lies of the world and have made the gospel powerless.
Many churches have not removed sin and iniquity, but have accepted and allowed sin and iniquity, by saying that they will always remain sinners and sins and iniquities will always be part of their lives (Soma pia: ‘Je, unabaki kuwa mwenye dhambi daima? na ‘Unaweza kutumia ulimwengu uliovunjika kama kisingizio?‘)
Ofcourse there are churches, who have removed the sin and iniquity and don’t approve and tolerate them, and don’t compromise, but walk after the Spirit as sons of God in obedience to Jesus Christ; neno, and be doers of the Word. But they are rare.
Living like the world but rewarded with eternal life
Tutasema nini baada ya? Tutaendelea katika dhambi, neema hiyo inaweza kuwa kubwa? Mungu apishe mbali (Warumi 6:1).
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? Je, tutatenda dhambi, Kwa sababu hatuko chini ya sheria, Lakini chini ya neema? Mungu apishe mbali (Warumi 6:14-15).
Most people want to have the same life as the world and do the same (unrighteous) works and things, and because of that genuine repentances and regenerations in Christ don’t take place anymore and the flesh is not put off, but stays alive. Instead of Acha mzee na Weka juu ya mtu mpya, they persevere in sin.
But if those, who say they are Christians persevere in sin, what does the call to repentance contain? What message do Christians have for unbelievers?
Because if someone leads an unclean life and watches porn and/or commits fornication, how can that person approach an unbeliever, who lives an unclean life and watches porn and/or commit fornication, and confront the unbeliever and call the unbeliever to repentance and the removal of sin?
How can someone, who keeps lying, be a witness of Jesus Christ and call liars to repentance?
How can someone, who steals witness and call thieves to repentance?
How can someone, who commits adultery witness and call adulterers to repentance?
How can someone, who is unmarried and has a sexual relationship(s) and/or live together with someone, who isn’t his or her spouse, witness and call to repentance?
How can someone, who practices yoga and bows down and worships other gods, witness and call to repentance?
Haiwezekani! Therefore many churches have lost their credibility and even have become laughable for the world. Because the same works, which the Word calls sin and the Word has condemned, and which are practiced by the world, are also practiced in many churches.
The new man has been made free from sin and has become a servant to God
Kwa maana mlipokuwa watumwa wa dhambi, Mlikuwa huru kutokana na uadilifu. Basi mlikuwa na matunda gani katika mambo yale ambayo sasa mnayaonea aibu.? Mwisho wa mambo hayo ni kifo. 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 6:20-22)
Kama wewe ni kuzaliwa tena katika Kristo, you have become a new creation and you’ve been made free from sin. Kupitia kuzaliwa upya, asili yako imebadilika. You no longer belong to the devil and no longer serve him as a mtumishi wa dhambi na kuvumilia katika dhambi, but you have become a servant to God and shall serve Him as a servant of righteousness and have your fruit unto holiness.
But if you persevere in sin and are still a slave of sin, where have you been made free from? How can you go into the world and preach freedom in Christ, if you haven’t been made free yourself, but live in the bondage of sin and death in darkness?
Kila mmoja, who by faith in Jesus Christ repent and become born again in Christ, shall enter the process of sanctification. The Word and the Holy Spirit, who abides in the new man will teach, Sahihi, and confront the person with his or her sin and then it’s up to the person to obey the Word and the Holy Spirit and submit to God or not.
The Word shall judge everyone
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me. And he that seeth Me seeth Him that sent Me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes on Me should not abide in darkness. Mtu yeyote akisikia maneno yangu, na usiamini, Mimi kuhukumu yake si: Kwa maana sikuja kuhukumu ulimwengu, Lakini ili kuokoa ulimwengu. Yule anayenikataa, wala hayapokei maneno yangu, anaye amhukumuye: neno ambalo nimesema, hao ndio watakaomhukumu siku ya mwisho.
Kwa maana sikunena kwa nafsi yangu; but the Father which sent Me, Alinipa amri, niseme nini, na kile ninachopaswa kuzungumza. Nami najua ya kuwa amri yake ni uzima wa milele: basi chochote nisemacho, kama vile Baba alivyoniambia, so I speak (Yohana 12:44-50)
People can say all kinds of things and make others believe that it doesn’t matter how you live and that God is merciful and tolerates, approves, and accepts everything, ikiwa ni pamoja na dhambi. But the Word says something else and eventually, it’s not the people who will decide, who will enter eternal life and who will be thrown in the eternal pool of fire, but the Word (a.o. Matthew 12:36-37, Yohana 12:48, Ufunuo 20:11-15).
‘Kuweni chumvi ya dunia‘
