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Kuipokea Neema ya Rehema ya Yesu ni muhimu sana katika maisha ya Mkristo. Neema hii ni kama ufunguo wa uhai, kwa sababu inatuwezesha kupata uzima wa milele kupitia imani yetu kwa Yesu Kristo.
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Kwa mujibu wa Biblia, neema ni zawadi ambayo Mungu hutoa kwa watu wake wasio na hatia. Ni kwa neema hii tunapokea msamaha wa dhambi zetu na tunafanywa watakatifu mbele za Mungu.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
- Kuipokea Neema ya Rehema ya Yesu kunahusisha kumkiri Yesu kama Bwana na Mwokozi wetu. Tunapoamini katika kifo chake msalabani kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu, tunapata msamaha na uzima wa milele.
"That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)
- Lakini kuipokea Neema ya Rehema ya Yesu siyo mwisho wa safari yetu ya imani. Kupitia Roho Mtakatifu, tunatakiwa kusonga mbele katika utakatifu na kushiriki katika kazi ya Mungu duniani.
"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." (1 Peter 2:9)
- Neema ya Mungu inatupa fursa ya kusameheana na wengine na kutafuta umoja na amani. Tunahimizwa kuwa na upendo na huruma kama vile Mungu alivyotupenda na kutupa neema.
"And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32)
- Kuipokea Neema ya Rehema ya Yesu pia inatuhimiza kujifunza neno la Mungu na kuzingatia maagizo yake katika maisha yetu ya kila siku.
"But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him." (1 John 2:5)
- Tunatakiwa pia kuzingatia sala kama njia ya kuwasiliana na Mungu na kumwomba kwa ajili ya mahitaji yetu na ya wengine.
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." (Philippians 4:6)
- Kupitia Neema ya Rehema ya Yesu, tunaweza kuishi kwa imani na tumaini la uzima wa milele. Tunahimizwa kuwa tayari na kuishi maisha ya kumtumikia Mungu kwa uaminifu.
"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 1:6-7)
- Neema ya Rehema ya Yesu inatupa amani na usalama katika maisha yetu ya kila siku na katika uzima wa milele. Tunaweza kuwa na uhakika wa upendo wa Mungu kwetu na mpango wake kwa ajili ya maisha yetu.
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." (Jeremiah 29:11)
- Kwa hiyo, kupokea Neema ya Rehema ya Yesu ni muhimu sana kwa kila mtu anayetaka kupata uzima wa milele. Tunahimizwa kumwamini Kristo kwa moyo wetu wote na kumfuata katika maisha yetu yote.
"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)
Unaweza kufikiria ni jinsi gani unaweza kuipokea neema hii na kuiweka katika matendo katika maisha yako? Je, unahitaji msaada au maombi kutoka kwa wengine ili kufanya hivyo?
