Have you ever wondered what it means to be holy? or how you could ever be considered holy?
Read: Leviticus 11:45; Ephesians 1:4-6; 2 Corithians 7:1
Holiness is one of those intimidating religious words that we always hear but generally don't understand. Holiness means set apart, sinless and perfect. God is holy; we are not.
God loves us despite our dirty, sin-soiled clothes. He wears his holiness like a dazzling, spotless, white robe. These verses encourage us to purify ourselves so that we can be holy, just as God intended us to be.
See that big black spot on your collar? That's lust. Don't forget that smear on the right sleave. That's a spot on your cuff and a streak on your lapel. Those are pride and dishonesty. What an eyesore we are next to God's purity!
But we can wear holiness, too. We don't wear our own; we wear Christ's. We are covered in his holiness. Once we have been cleansed white as snow, we can stand next to God in pure, holy garments.
But as HE who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, "Be holy for I am holy" (1 Peter 1:15-16)
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
BECOMING LIKE JESUS
Have you ever wondered what sactification is? and how you become sanctified?
Read: John 17:17-19; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Peter 1:2
Sanctification is the ongoing process of growing toward holiness. Once you have accepted Christ as your Savior, your salvation is secure, but God isn't finished with you yet. As long as you are alive, he wants you to become more like him. Sanctification is the Holy Spirit's job. Through his leading, you become more and more like Jesus each day.
Sanctification lasts a lifetime. While you're on earth, you'll never be perfect, but you should become more perfect with each passing day. God gives you the tools - the handbook (the Bible), the guide (the Holy Spirit), and the companions ( the church).
You don't have to do anything to get salvation. You just embrace it. It's a gift, pure and simple. But from that moment on, God does expect something from you. He expects you to abandon your old lifestyle and grow into Christ's likeness. It's your part in God's plan.
And have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him. (Colossians 3:10)
Read: John 17:17-19; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Peter 1:2
Sanctification is the ongoing process of growing toward holiness. Once you have accepted Christ as your Savior, your salvation is secure, but God isn't finished with you yet. As long as you are alive, he wants you to become more like him. Sanctification is the Holy Spirit's job. Through his leading, you become more and more like Jesus each day.
Sanctification lasts a lifetime. While you're on earth, you'll never be perfect, but you should become more perfect with each passing day. God gives you the tools - the handbook (the Bible), the guide (the Holy Spirit), and the companions ( the church).
You don't have to do anything to get salvation. You just embrace it. It's a gift, pure and simple. But from that moment on, God does expect something from you. He expects you to abandon your old lifestyle and grow into Christ's likeness. It's your part in God's plan.
And have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him. (Colossians 3:10)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
KURANGA KWECHECHI
1. Pane nguva apo kuranga kunodikanwa. Kana upenyu hwenhengo yechechi huchipesana nedzidziso dzaJesu zvokuti huri kuunza chinyadzo kuchechi uye nokukuvadza basa raKristu, chinove chinhu chafanira kuti chechi imurange.
"Zvino hama dzangu, tinokurairai nezita raShe wedu Jesu Kristu, kuti mubve pahama imwe neimwe isingafambi netsika dzakafanira, isingateereri mirairo yamakapiwa nesu" (2 VaTesaronika 3:6).
"Kuti munhu wakadai aiswe kuna Satani, nyama iparadzwe.." ( 1 VaKorinte 5:5).
2. Kana chechi ichiranga munhu, inofanira kuve nevavariro nepfungwa yakanaka.
"....kuti mweya uponeswe pazuva raShe" ( 1VaKorinte 5:5).
Kana kuranga kuchifanira kuitwa kunofanira kuitwa nechechi mumweya werudo (VaGaratia 6:2). Hakumbofanira kuitwa nemweya wokutsiva kana wokurwadzisa, asi nechido chokuti nhengo isina kuteerera ione chivi chayo, itendeuke uye idzokere mukutevera Ishe Jesu.
"Zvino hama dzangu, tinokurairai nezita raShe wedu Jesu Kristu, kuti mubve pahama imwe neimwe isingafambi netsika dzakafanira, isingateereri mirairo yamakapiwa nesu" (2 VaTesaronika 3:6).
"Kuti munhu wakadai aiswe kuna Satani, nyama iparadzwe.." ( 1 VaKorinte 5:5).
2. Kana chechi ichiranga munhu, inofanira kuve nevavariro nepfungwa yakanaka.
"....kuti mweya uponeswe pazuva raShe" ( 1VaKorinte 5:5).
Kana kuranga kuchifanira kuitwa kunofanira kuitwa nechechi mumweya werudo (VaGaratia 6:2). Hakumbofanira kuitwa nemweya wokutsiva kana wokurwadzisa, asi nechido chokuti nhengo isina kuteerera ione chivi chayo, itendeuke uye idzokere mukutevera Ishe Jesu.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
VATUNGAMIRIRI VECHECHI
1. MUFUNDISI - Mazwi anoti "mufudzi" "mukuru" na"Bhishopu" anoshandiswa kureva chinhu chimwe chete muTestamente Itsva. Muna Mabasa chitsauko 20, Pauro akaraira kuiti kudaidzwe vakuru vechechi yepaEfeso (ndima 17). Mundima 28 anovaudza kuti Mweya Mutsvene wakavaita vatariri (mabishopu), uye kuti vaifanira kufudza (kufundisa) chechi. Petro anozvidaidza kuti mukuru muna 1 Petro 5:1.
Zvichida pachave nomubvunzo unoti, "Ko ndiani anofanira kuve mufundisi wechechi?" Tinowana zvinodikanwa naMwari kuti munhu ave mufundisi zvakapiwa muna 1 Timotio 3:1-7, nomuna Tito 1:7-9. Ndima idzi dzinofanira kudzidzwa zvakanaka nemunhu wose womuchechi.
Chechi inofanirawo kuyeuka kuti Mwari aive nechikonzero zvaakapa zvinodikanwa izvi. Kana chechi ichitsvaka mufundisi, inofanira kuve nechokwadi chokuti murume uyu akakodzera mayererano nezvinotaurwa neBhabheri, asati akokwa kuti ave mufundisi wechechi.
2. MADHIKONI - Machechi omuTestamente Itsva akangawo ane madhikoni. Zvinodikanwa kumunhu kuti ave mudhikoni zvinowanikwa muna 1 Timotio 3:8-13 nomuna Mabasa 6:1-6.
Zvichida pachave nomubvunzo unoti, "Ko ndiani anofanira kuve mufundisi wechechi?" Tinowana zvinodikanwa naMwari kuti munhu ave mufundisi zvakapiwa muna 1 Timotio 3:1-7, nomuna Tito 1:7-9. Ndima idzi dzinofanira kudzidzwa zvakanaka nemunhu wose womuchechi.
Chechi inofanirawo kuyeuka kuti Mwari aive nechikonzero zvaakapa zvinodikanwa izvi. Kana chechi ichitsvaka mufundisi, inofanira kuve nechokwadi chokuti murume uyu akakodzera mayererano nezvinotaurwa neBhabheri, asati akokwa kuti ave mufundisi wechechi.
2. MADHIKONI - Machechi omuTestamente Itsva akangawo ane madhikoni. Zvinodikanwa kumunhu kuti ave mudhikoni zvinowanikwa muna 1 Timotio 3:8-13 nomuna Mabasa 6:1-6.
Monday, March 22, 2010
GETTING RIGHT WITH GOD
Have you ever wondered.....
- How you can bacome righteous?
- If following the rules is good enough for God?
Read: Romans 3:19-26; 1 John 2:1-2; Provebs 2:7-8
Try to think of someone who was righteous, someone who never did anything wrong. Mother Teresa? No. The Apostle Paul? Hardly. The Pope, Joan of Arc or John the Baptist? None of these characters were righteous of their own accord, and neither are you. There's nothing you can do to make up for your foul behavior.
Sin stinks, and God hates it. Face it: Flowers won't appease him, Gifts and apology cards won't cut it. The grander tributes - an afternoon serving at the city mission, a fat check in the offering plate- won't make you look any better or any more righteous. We always want to do what is right, but somehow, it just doesn't happen.
God's not surprised. Reading Romans chapter three may help you breathe a little easier. Deeds aren't the way to righteousness - Jesus is. He frees you from your sin when you hand over your life to him. Righteousness is a free gift. Take it. Wear it confidently by obeying God's word. Then you will receive all the positive things that God wants to give you along with it.
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does ( James 1:25)
- How you can bacome righteous?
- If following the rules is good enough for God?
Read: Romans 3:19-26; 1 John 2:1-2; Provebs 2:7-8
Try to think of someone who was righteous, someone who never did anything wrong. Mother Teresa? No. The Apostle Paul? Hardly. The Pope, Joan of Arc or John the Baptist? None of these characters were righteous of their own accord, and neither are you. There's nothing you can do to make up for your foul behavior.
Sin stinks, and God hates it. Face it: Flowers won't appease him, Gifts and apology cards won't cut it. The grander tributes - an afternoon serving at the city mission, a fat check in the offering plate- won't make you look any better or any more righteous. We always want to do what is right, but somehow, it just doesn't happen.
God's not surprised. Reading Romans chapter three may help you breathe a little easier. Deeds aren't the way to righteousness - Jesus is. He frees you from your sin when you hand over your life to him. Righteousness is a free gift. Take it. Wear it confidently by obeying God's word. Then you will receive all the positive things that God wants to give you along with it.
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does ( James 1:25)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
HURUMENDE YECHECHI
SemaBaptist tinotenda kuti takaenzana tose uye tinobatana zvakaenzana mukufambisa basa rechechi. Kutenda uku nokuita kwacho kunowanikwa muzvinhu zvinotevera:
1. Kuve Musoro kwaJesu Kristu: Taona kare kuti Kristu ndiye musoro wechechi. Zvakaita kuchechi zvakafanana nezvakaita musoro kumuviri. Musoro ndiwo unotungamirira nhengo imwe neimwe kana chikamu chemuviri. Nenzira imwe cheteyo. Kristu nemuMweya Mutsvene ndiye anotungamirira muKristu mumwe nomumwe uye nokutungamirira muviri wose zvawo.
2. Kuenzana kweVatendi Vose. Bhaibheri rinotidzidzisa kuti vatendi vechokwadi vose inhengo dzemuviri waKristu, unonzi Chechi. Hapana imwe nhengo imwe chete yemuviri kana kuti chechi ingatonge imwe nhengo yechechi. Nenzira imwe chete ruoko harungaudze tsoka zvokuita. Iro ibasa romusoro. Nyatsodzidza VaRoma 12:3-6 na 1 VaKorinte 12:14-20.
3. Mienzaniso Inoonekwa muTestamente Itsva. Mudhikoni zvaakasarudzwa, zvakaitwa nechechi yose zvayo. (Verenga Mabasa 6:1-6)
Apo maKristu akatarisana nedambudziko rakaipisisa, chechi yose zvayo ndiyo yaisarudza zvaifanira kuitwa. "Ipapo vaapostora, nevakuru, nekereke yose, vakati zvakanaka kuti vasanangure varume pakati pavo, vavatumire Antiokia pamwe chete naPauro naBarnabasi..." (Mabasa 15:22)
Apo paive nedambudziko raida kuranga kwechechi, chechi ndiyo yaibvumidzwa kuita zvayaigona maererano nenhengo yainge yatadza (verenga 1 VaKorinte 5:1-5; Mateo 18:15-17
1. Kuve Musoro kwaJesu Kristu: Taona kare kuti Kristu ndiye musoro wechechi. Zvakaita kuchechi zvakafanana nezvakaita musoro kumuviri. Musoro ndiwo unotungamirira nhengo imwe neimwe kana chikamu chemuviri. Nenzira imwe cheteyo. Kristu nemuMweya Mutsvene ndiye anotungamirira muKristu mumwe nomumwe uye nokutungamirira muviri wose zvawo.
2. Kuenzana kweVatendi Vose. Bhaibheri rinotidzidzisa kuti vatendi vechokwadi vose inhengo dzemuviri waKristu, unonzi Chechi. Hapana imwe nhengo imwe chete yemuviri kana kuti chechi ingatonge imwe nhengo yechechi. Nenzira imwe chete ruoko harungaudze tsoka zvokuita. Iro ibasa romusoro. Nyatsodzidza VaRoma 12:3-6 na 1 VaKorinte 12:14-20.
3. Mienzaniso Inoonekwa muTestamente Itsva. Mudhikoni zvaakasarudzwa, zvakaitwa nechechi yose zvayo. (Verenga Mabasa 6:1-6)
Apo maKristu akatarisana nedambudziko rakaipisisa, chechi yose zvayo ndiyo yaisarudza zvaifanira kuitwa. "Ipapo vaapostora, nevakuru, nekereke yose, vakati zvakanaka kuti vasanangure varume pakati pavo, vavatumire Antiokia pamwe chete naPauro naBarnabasi..." (Mabasa 15:22)
Apo paive nedambudziko raida kuranga kwechechi, chechi ndiyo yaibvumidzwa kuita zvayaigona maererano nenhengo yainge yatadza (verenga 1 VaKorinte 5:1-5; Mateo 18:15-17
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
MUSORO WECHURCH
Pauro anodaidza Kristu kuti "musoro wekereke" katatu mubhuku reVaEfeso 1:22; 4:15; 5:23). Hapana munhu kana boka ringave musoro wechechi. Ko Bhaibheri rinorevei kana richidaidza Kristu kuti "musoro wekereke"?
Rinoreva zvinhu zvinotevera:
1. Kristu ndiye chete angave mutungamiriri wechechi.
2. Kristu anotungamirira uye nokupa mazano kuchechi.
3. Nzvimbo yorukudzo muchechi inofanira kupiwa kuna Kristu nguva dzose.
Unhengo MuChechi
MuTestamente Itsva tinowna pane zviviri zvinodikanwa zvakapiwa kuitira unhengo muchechi yepanzvimbo imwe neimwe: ruponeso, nerubhapatidzo.
1. Chechi inofanira kuve nevanhu vakaponeswa voga mununhengo hwayo. "....Ishe akawedzera kwavari zuva rimwe nerimwe avo vaiponeswa" (Mabasa 2:47).
Pane dzimwe nguva vanhu vasina kuponeswa vanove nhengo dzechechi yepane imwe nzvimbo. Uku kuita kwemunhu. Hakufambirani nezano raMwari. Vamwe vanhu vanove nhengo dzechechi nokududza kutenda kwenhema. Dzimwe chechi dzinounza vacheche kuti vave nhengo. Mwari anoda avo vakaberekwa kutsva muunhengo hwechechi.
2. Chechi inofanira kuve neavo vakabhapatidzwa voga muunhengo mayo sokudzidzisa kunoita Bhabheri. "Endai naizvozvo, mudzidzise marudzi ose, muvabhapatidze muzita raBaba, neroMwanakomana, neroMweya Mutsvene" (Mateo28:19).
Zvino avo vakagamuchira shoko rake, vakabhapatidzwa: nezuva iro, vanhu vanenge zviuru zvitatu vakawedzerwa." (Mabasa 2:41)
Kubva kundima idzi nokune dzimwe zhinji, tinodzidza kuti Jesu akaraira kuti rubhapatidzo rwuvepo. Machechi anotsanangurwa muTestamente Itsva aibhapatidza vanhu shure kokunge vaponeswa. Ichi ndicho chikonzero nei nhengo dzechechi dzichifanira kubhapatidzwa sokuratidzwa kwazvo muTestamente Itsva. Kunyudzwa pasi pemvura mufananidzo wokuvigwa nokumuka-sokuvigwa kwakaitwa Kristu uye akamuka kuvakafa (VaRoma 6:4,5)
Rinoreva zvinhu zvinotevera:
1. Kristu ndiye chete angave mutungamiriri wechechi.
2. Kristu anotungamirira uye nokupa mazano kuchechi.
3. Nzvimbo yorukudzo muchechi inofanira kupiwa kuna Kristu nguva dzose.
Unhengo MuChechi
MuTestamente Itsva tinowna pane zviviri zvinodikanwa zvakapiwa kuitira unhengo muchechi yepanzvimbo imwe neimwe: ruponeso, nerubhapatidzo.
1. Chechi inofanira kuve nevanhu vakaponeswa voga mununhengo hwayo. "....Ishe akawedzera kwavari zuva rimwe nerimwe avo vaiponeswa" (Mabasa 2:47).
Pane dzimwe nguva vanhu vasina kuponeswa vanove nhengo dzechechi yepane imwe nzvimbo. Uku kuita kwemunhu. Hakufambirani nezano raMwari. Vamwe vanhu vanove nhengo dzechechi nokududza kutenda kwenhema. Dzimwe chechi dzinounza vacheche kuti vave nhengo. Mwari anoda avo vakaberekwa kutsva muunhengo hwechechi.
2. Chechi inofanira kuve neavo vakabhapatidzwa voga muunhengo mayo sokudzidzisa kunoita Bhabheri. "Endai naizvozvo, mudzidzise marudzi ose, muvabhapatidze muzita raBaba, neroMwanakomana, neroMweya Mutsvene" (Mateo28:19).
Zvino avo vakagamuchira shoko rake, vakabhapatidzwa: nezuva iro, vanhu vanenge zviuru zvitatu vakawedzerwa." (Mabasa 2:41)
Kubva kundima idzi nokune dzimwe zhinji, tinodzidza kuti Jesu akaraira kuti rubhapatidzo rwuvepo. Machechi anotsanangurwa muTestamente Itsva aibhapatidza vanhu shure kokunge vaponeswa. Ichi ndicho chikonzero nei nhengo dzechechi dzichifanira kubhapatidzwa sokuratidzwa kwazvo muTestamente Itsva. Kunyudzwa pasi pemvura mufananidzo wokuvigwa nokumuka-sokuvigwa kwakaitwa Kristu uye akamuka kuvakafa (VaRoma 6:4,5)
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