BIBLE COMMENTARY

Bible Commentary Matthew 2 2. Attention Focused on Birth of Jesus—The Lord moved upon the wise men to go in search of Jesus, and He directed their course by a star. This star, leaving them when near Jerusalem, led them to make inquiries in Judah; for they thought it was not possible for the chief priests and scribes to be ignorant of this great event. The coming of the wise men made the whole nation acquainted with the object of their journey, and directed their attention to the important events which were transpiring (The Spirit of Prophecy 2:26). – {5BC 1077.1} 16-18. Faithfulness Would Have Rendered Wrath Harmless—All this terrible calamity was suffered of God, to humble the pride of the Jewish nation. Their crimes and wickedness had been so great that the Lord permitted the wicked Herod to thus punish them. Had they been less boastful and ambitious, their lives pure, their habits simple and sincere, God would have preserved them from being thus humiliated and afflicted by their enemies. God would, in a signal manner, have made the wrath of the king harmless to His people, had they been faithful and perfect before Him. But He could not especially work for them, for their works were abhorred by Him (The Spirit of Prophecy 2:28). – {5BC 1077.2}

KRISTO NI HAKI YETU

Tukiziungama dhambi zetu, yeye ni mwinifu na wahaki hata atuondolee dhambi zetu, nakutusafisha na udhalimu wote.(1Yohana1:9).                                  Mungu anataka sisi tuziungame dhambi zetu na kuinyenyekeza mioyo yetu mbele zake. Lakini kwa wakati uo huo inatupasa kumwamini yeye kama Baba yetu mwenye huruma, ambaye hatawaacha wale wanaomtumainia. Wengi wetu tunatembea kwa kuona si kwa imani. Tunayaamini mambo yale yanayoonekana, lakini hatuzithamini ahadi zake za thamani zilizotolewa kwetu katika neno la Mungu, na hata hivyo , hatuwezi kumvunjia Mungu heshima kwa dhahiri kuliko kujionjesha kwake kuwa sisi hatuyaini yale asemayo kwetu, na kwamba tuna mashaka iwapo Bwana anasema kweli kwetu ama anatudanganya.                                   Mungu hatuachi kwasababu ya dhambi zetu. Twaweza kufanya makosa(dhambi) na kumhuzunisha Roho wake. Lakini tunapotubu na kuja kwake  na mioyo iliyopondeka yeye hawezi kukataa kutupokea. Kuna vipingamizi vinavyopaswa kuondolewa (1) Hisia mbaya (2) Kiburi (3) roho ya kujitosheleza (4) kukosa uvumilivu na manung'uniko. Hayo yote yanatutenga na Mungu.
Dhambi hazina budi kuungamwa, yatupasa pawepo kazi kubwa yenye kina ya neema moyoni. Wale wanaojiona dhaifu na waliokata tamaa waweza kuwa watu wa Mungu wenye nguvu, na kufanya kazi bora kwa Bwana.     Wakati Bwana alipowaruhusu nyoka wenye sumu kuwauma Waisraeli walioasi, Musa aliagizwa kuinua nyoka wa shaba nyeupe, na kuwaamuru wote waliojeruhiwa kumwangalia ili wapate kupona. Lakini wengi hawakuona msaada katika dawa hii iliyoamriwa na Mungu. Maiti na watu waluokuwa katika hali ya kufa walizunguka pande zote, nao wakajua hakika pasipo msaada wa Mungu watakufa hakika; Lakini walilia na kuomboleza kwa sababu ya majeraha yao, maumivu yao, mauti yao mpaka wameishiwa na nguvu zao, na macho yao yakageuka kama mtu aliyekufa, wakati ambapo wangeweza kuponywa mara moja kama wangemtazama yule nyoka.       "Kama Musa alivyomwinua yule nyoka jangwani, vivyo hivyo Mwana wa Adamu hana budi kuinuliwa; ili kila mtu amwaminiye awe na uzima wa milele katika Yeye." Kama unafahamu dhambi zako, usizitumie nguvu zako zote kuomboleza juu yake, bali tazama upate kuponywa. Yesu ndiye Mwokozi wetu peke yake;  na ijapokuwa mamilioni wenye kuhitaji kuponywa watakataa rehema yake iliyotolewa, hakuna mtu ambaye ataamini sifa njema za Kristo atakaye achwa apotee.  Kwa kuwa tunajua kwamba bila Kristo maishani tu wadhaifu sana, hatupaswi kukata tamaa, inatupasa kumtegemea Mwokozi aliyesulubiwa na kufufuka.  Jipe moyo maskini, mgonjwa wa dhambi, uliye kata tamaa, tazama upate kuponywa. Yesu ameahidi katika neno lake ya kuwa atawaokoa wote wanaomwendea. Njoo kwa Yesu upate pumziko na amani. Unaweza upate mbaraka hata sasa.

BIBLE COMMENTARY

Bible Commentary Isaiah 42 1-4. Christ Would Encourage Faith and Hope.--[Isaiah 42:1, 2 quoted.] He [Christ] will not be like the teachers of His day. The ostentation and show and parade of piety revealed in the priests and Pharisees is not His way. [Isaiah 42:3, 4 quoted.] Christ saw the work of the priests and rulers. The very ones who needed help, the afflicted, the distressed, were treated with words of censure and rebuke, and He forbore to speak any word that would break the feeble reed. The dimly burning wick of faith and hope, He would encourage, and not quench. He would feed His flock like a shepherd; He would gather the lambs with His arms, and carry them in His bosom (MS 151, 1899). {4BC 1146.1} 5-12. Faithfulness Leads Men to Praise God.--[Isaiah 42:5-12 quoted.] This work had been given to Israel, but they had neglected their God-appointed work. Had they been faithful in all parts of the Lord's vineyard, souls would have been converted. The Lord's praise would have been heard from the ends of the earth. From the wilderness and the cities thereof, and from the tops of the mountains, men would have shouted His praise, and told of His glory (MS 151, 1899). {4BC 1146.2} 13. We Gain Victory in His Power.--The issue of the battle does not rest upon the strength of mortal man. "The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies." In the power of Him who rides forth conquering and to conquer, weak, finite man may gain the victory (MS 151, 1899). {4BC 1146.3} 21. God's Army Magnifies the Law.--Those who belong to Christ's army must work with concerted action. They cannot be faithful soldiers unless they obey orders. United action is essential. An army in which every part acts without reference to the other parts, has no real strength. In order to add new territory to Christ's kingdom, His soldiers must act in concert. . . . He calls for a united army, which moves steadily forward, not for a company composed of independent atoms. The strength of His army is to be used for one great purpose. Its efforts are to be concentrated upon one great point--the magnifying of the laws of His kingdom before the world, before angels, and before men (MS 82, 1900). {4BC 1146.4}

ISAIAH 42:21

Isaiah 42:21 In the precepts of His holy law, God has given a perfect rule of life; and He has declared that until the close of time this law, unchanged in a single jot or tittle, is to maintain its claim upon human beings. Christ came to magnify the law and make it honorable. He showed that it is based upon the broad foundation of love to God and love to man, and that obedience to its precepts comprises the whole duty of man. In His own life He gave an example of obedience to the law of God. In the Sermon on the Mount He showed how its requirements extend beyond the outward acts and take cognizance of the thoughts and intents of the heart.{AA 505.1}

THE DESIRE OF AGES 283

might He increaseth strength.” “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.” “Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” This is the message written in nature, which the Sabbath is appointed to keep in memory. When the Lord bade Israel hallow His Sabbaths, He said, “They shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.” Isaiah 40:18-29; 41:10; 45:22; Ezekiel 20:20, R. V. The Sabbath was embodied in the law given from Sinai; but it was not then first made known as a day of rest. The people of Israel had a knowledge of it before they came to Sinai. On the way thither the Sabbath was kept. When some profaned it, the Lord reproved them, saying, “How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws?” Exodus 16:28. The Sabbath was not for Israel merely, but for the world. It had been made known to man in Eden, and, like the other precepts of the Decalogue, it is of imperishable obligation. Of that law of which the fourth commandment forms a part, Christ declares, “Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in nowise pass from the law.” So long as the heavens and the earth endure, the Sabbath will continue as a sign of the Creator’s power. And when Eden shall bloom on earth again, God’s holy rest day will be honored by all beneath the sun. “From one Sabbath to another” the inhabitants of the glorified new earth shall go up “to worship before Me, saith the Lord.” Matthew 5:18; Isaiah 66:23. No other institution which was committed to the Jews tended so fully to distinguish them from surrounding nations as did the Sabbath. God designed that its observance should designate them as His worshipers. It was to be a token of their separation from idolatry, and their connection with the true God. But in order to keep the Sabbath holy, men must themselves be holy. Through faith they must become partakers of the righteousness of Christ. When the command was given to Israel, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,” the Lord said also to them, “Ye shall be holy men unto Me.” Exodus 20:8; 22:31. Only thus could the Sabbath distinguish Israel as the worshipers of God. As the Jews departed from God, and failed to make the righteousness of Christ their own by faith, the Sabbath lost its significance to them. Satan was seeking to exalt himself and to draw men away from Christ, and he worked to pervert the Sabbath, because it is the sign of the http://bibletools.info/Isaiah_41:10

UNITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST

14 Unity In The Body Of Christ The church is one body with many members, called from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. In Christ we are a new creation; distinctions of race, culture, learning, and nationality, and differences between high and low, rich and poor, male and female, must not be divisive among us. We are all equal in Christ, who by one Spirit has bonded us into one fellowship with Him and with one another; we are to serve and be served without partiality or reservation. Through the revelation of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures we share the same faith and hope, and reach out in one witness to all. This unity has its source in the oneness of the triune God, who has adopted us as His children. (Rom. 12:4, 5; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; Matt. 28:19, 20; Psa. 133:1; 2 Cor. 5:16, 17; Acts 17:26, 27; Gal. 3:27, 29; Col. 3:10-15; Eph. 4:14-16; Eph. 4:1-6; John 17:20-23.)

ISAIAH 41:17

That God who cared for Elijah will not pass by one of His self-sacrificing children. He who numbers the hairs of their head will care for them, and in time of famine they shall be satisfied. While the wicked are dying from hunger and pestilence, angels will shield the righteous and supply their wants. To him that "walketh righteously" is the promise: "Bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure." "When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them." Isaiah 33:15, 16; 41:17.{GC 629.2}

Isaiah 40:9,10

Isaiah 40:9, 10 It is the darkness of misapprehension of God that is enshrouding the world. Men are losing their knowledge of His character. It has been misunderstood and misinterpreted. At this time a message from God is to be proclaimed, a message illuminating in its influence and saving in its power. His character is to be made known. Into the darkness of the world is to be shed the light of His glory, the light of His goodness, mercy, and truth. Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, "Behold your God." The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.{COL 415}

Kumtumaini Mungu.

Wamtumainio Bwana ni kama mlima Sayuni,ambao hautatikisika wakaa milele.