Upendo ni Utimilifu wa Sheria Insha juu ya Maadili - Martin Bucer ...
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56 Schirrmacher, <strong>Insha</strong> <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> <strong>Maadili</strong><br />
K<strong>wa</strong> mfano, B<strong>wa</strong>na ana<strong>wa</strong>hukumu Mafarisayo na <strong>wa</strong>andishi k<strong>wa</strong> kubadilisha<br />
jukumu lao la ku<strong>wa</strong>saidia <strong>wa</strong>zazi <strong>wa</strong>o k<strong>wa</strong> utoaji <strong>wa</strong> dhabihu maalum k<strong>wa</strong> ajili<br />
<strong>ya</strong> Hekalu, “Korba<strong>ni</strong>” (Mk. 7:11-13). Hivyo basi iki<strong>wa</strong> mtu alitama<strong>ni</strong> kufan<strong>ya</strong><br />
jukumu lake, kama Mungu alivyoamuru, basi kuha<strong>ni</strong> angeweza kudai fedha k<strong>wa</strong><br />
ajili <strong>ya</strong> hekalu. Tatizo hili bado lipo k<strong>wa</strong> mtindo ule ule. U<strong>wa</strong>jibikaji k<strong>wa</strong> ajili <strong>ya</strong><br />
familia mara kadhaa umeach<strong>wa</strong> tu, hivyo mtu aweza kutoa muda zaidi k<strong>wa</strong><br />
‘kumtumikia Mungu’ k<strong>wa</strong> sababu ku<strong>wa</strong> inaami<strong>ni</strong>ka ku<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong> muhimu zaidi.<br />
Watumishi <strong>wa</strong> Kikristo <strong>wa</strong> muda wote, zaidi <strong>ya</strong> yote, ndio wenye kuteseka na<br />
ugumu huu, k<strong>wa</strong> sababu <strong>wa</strong>najifan<strong>ya</strong> kutoa vyote vilivyo v<strong>ya</strong>o k<strong>wa</strong> ufalme <strong>wa</strong><br />
Mungu (ambao pia umejumuisha familia). Hata hivyo, Mungu amefan<strong>ya</strong><br />
uangalizi <strong>wa</strong> familia ku<strong>wa</strong> amri <strong>ya</strong>ke yenye kipaumbele cha <strong>juu</strong> (Tazama 1 Tim.<br />
5:8, “Laki<strong>ni</strong> mtu yeyote asiye<strong>wa</strong>hudumia <strong>wa</strong>lio <strong>wa</strong>ke, na hususa<strong>ni</strong>, <strong>wa</strong>le <strong>wa</strong><br />
nyumba<strong>ni</strong> m<strong>wa</strong>ke, ameikana Ima<strong>ni</strong>, tena <strong>ni</strong> mba<strong>ya</strong> kuliko mtu<br />
asiyeami<strong>ni</strong>”), laki<strong>ni</strong> hajatuamuru kutoa zaidi kupita ki<strong>wa</strong>ngo cha zaka kilivyo<br />
au daima kufan<strong>ya</strong> jambo k<strong>wa</strong> gharama <strong>ya</strong> familia. Yeye asiyeiongoza nyumba<br />
<strong>ya</strong>ke vema, anakataz<strong>wa</strong> na Paulo ku<strong>wa</strong> kiongozi katika ka<strong>ni</strong>sa, bila kujali <strong>ni</strong><br />
muda ga<strong>ni</strong>, mwingi kiasi ga<strong>ni</strong>, aweza kuuwekeza katika ka<strong>ni</strong>sa!<br />
1 Wakorintho 7:34 inatofautisha kati <strong>ya</strong> <strong>wa</strong>na<strong>wa</strong>li* ambao, kama Paulo,<br />
<strong>wa</strong>naweza kutoa nguvu zao k<strong>wa</strong> kazi <strong>ya</strong> B<strong>wa</strong>na na <strong>wa</strong>le <strong>wa</strong>na<strong>wa</strong>ke <strong>wa</strong>lioole<strong>wa</strong>,<br />
ambao <strong>wa</strong>napas<strong>wa</strong> kutunza mambo <strong>ya</strong> du<strong>ni</strong>a – “jinsi atakavyompendeza<br />
mumewe”. Kama mseja*, Paulo aliweza kusafiri na hata kuweka maisha <strong>ya</strong>ke<br />
kwenye hatari. Kama angeku<strong>wa</strong> mtu aliyeoa angeweza kuzuili<strong>wa</strong> na majukumu<br />
mengine.<br />
N<strong>ya</strong>kati za sasa, Mafarisayo <strong>wa</strong> sasa <strong>wa</strong>natetea sheria zilizoongez<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>kitumia<br />
Jina la Mungu k<strong>wa</strong> jitihada isiyokoma kuhubiri Neno lake. Simulizi fupi na <strong>ya</strong><br />
kweli iliyosimuli<strong>wa</strong> na C.H. Spurgeon inatoa kielelezo cha hali ilivyo. Wakati<br />
<strong>wa</strong> kutoa salamu hekalu<strong>ni</strong>, M<strong>wa</strong>merika mmoja alihusisha suala la k<strong>wa</strong>mba<br />
ameshaacha kuvutaji sigara. Spurgeon akajibu, k<strong>wa</strong>mba mara kadhaa aliku<strong>wa</strong><br />
akijili<strong>wa</strong>za k<strong>wa</strong> sigara, na k<strong>wa</strong>mba aliku<strong>wa</strong> na mengi kupita kiasi <strong>ya</strong> kufan<strong>ya</strong> ili<br />
aweze kushika Amri Kumi, <strong>ni</strong> hadi alipogundua ile <strong>ya</strong> kumi na moja, “Usivute<br />
sigara”. Mimi mwenyewe <strong>ni</strong>ki<strong>wa</strong> mshawishikaji <strong>wa</strong> kutotumia sigara, sikusudii<br />
kutojali madhara <strong>ya</strong> sigara k<strong>wa</strong> af<strong>ya</strong> zetu, laki<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ni</strong> lazima tutambue k<strong>wa</strong>mba<br />
katika hili hatujishughulishi na sheria <strong>ya</strong> Mungu. C. Everrett Koop, Katibu <strong>wa</strong><br />
Ushirika <strong>wa</strong> Wapasuaji-bing<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong> Kiinjili (the Evangelical Surgeon General)<br />
(Katibu <strong>wa</strong> Af<strong>ya</strong>) k<strong>wa</strong> Ronald Reagan, aliweka vipaumbele vibovu k<strong>wa</strong> kufan<strong>ya</strong><br />
kampe<strong>ni</strong> dhidi <strong>ya</strong> uvutaji, laki<strong>ni</strong> sio kubadili hali <strong>ya</strong> utoaji mimba 68 – na k<strong>wa</strong>mba<br />
mbele <strong>ya</strong> kitabu chake mwenyewe kilicho bora dhidi <strong>ya</strong> utoaji mimba 69<br />
ambacho, k<strong>wa</strong> sinema yenye kubeba jina hilo hilo, kiliku<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong> sababu <strong>ya</strong><br />
68 Hili linaping<strong>wa</strong> na David Chilton. Power in the Blood: a Christian Response to AIDS. Wolgemuth & H<strong>ya</strong>tt:<br />
Brentwood (TN), 1987. kk. 9-96<br />
69 Francis Schaeffer, Charles Koop. How Shall We Then Live? 1981; German: Francis Schaeffer, Charles<br />
Koop. Bitte, lass mich leben!. Haenssler: Neuhausen, 1981
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