Scripture reading: Numbers 21:4-9; 2 Kings 18:1-7
vana veIsrael vakatadzira Mwari on their way to the promised land, and GOD allowed kuti varumwe nenyoka. Many people were bitten vamwe vakafa and vamwe approached Moses vakamukumbira kuti ataure naMwari so that nyoka dzibviswe pakati pavo. Mwari vakaudza Moses kuti gadzira nyoka yendararira (brass) and uiise padanda, anyone achatarisa nyoka iyi akapona and poison yenyoka ikashaiwa simba. (Numbers 21:4-9). Mwari ndivo vakapa Moses the instruction yekuti pagadzirwe nyoka, it was not Moses’s idea, it was not the people’s idea, kwainge kuri kuronga kwaMwari and we know very well kuti kuronga kwaMwari kwakanaka.
Nyoka yeBrass handiyo yakaponesa vanhu asi simba raMwari ndiro rakaponesa vanhu through the brass snake, unogona kugadzira yako nyoka yebrass but as long as zvisina Mwari ataura, unofa zvakadaro. Pabatei ipapo, Mwari ndivo vakaponesa vanhu.
Tikazoenda kuna 2 Kings 18 apo Mambo Hezekiah akatanga kuva mambo, Bible rinoti paVerse 3 Akaita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha, sezvakaita baba vake Dhavhidhi.
Ndezvipiko zvacho zvaakaita zvanzi neBible zvakarurama, verse 4 inobva yatiudza kuti Akabvisa matunhu akakwirira,. Akaputsa shongwe, akaparadza matanda okunamata nawo; (he removed the maStructures kwainamatirwa vamwe vamwari vasiri Jehovah) and on top of that AKAPUTSAPUTSA NYOKA YENDARIRA YAKANGA YAKAITWA NAMOZISI; NOKUTI KUSVIKIRA PAMAZUVA IWAYO VANA VAISIRAERI VAIIPISIRA ZVINONHUWIRA; (he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it)
Nyoka yakamboshandiswa pekuponesa vanhu munguva yaMoses , vanhu vainge vavakuipisira zvino nhuwira (burning of incense), hameno kuti vakaiwana kupi instruction iyoyo.
Ukada kuronda nyaya yeIncense uchaona kuti it was a symbol of prayer
Consider the following scriptures Psalms 141:1-2 Jehovha, ndakadana kwamuri; kurumidzai kuuya kwandiri; Teererai inzwi rangu kana ndichidana kwamuri. Munyengetero wangu ngauve pamberi penyu sezvinonhuwira; Nokusimudzwa kwamaoko angu sechipiriso chamadekwana.
Revelation 5:8 Zvino rakati ratora bhuku, zvisikwa zvipenyu zvina naVakuru vanamakumi maviri navana vakawira pasi pamberi peGwaiana, mumwe nomumwe anorudimbwa, nendiro dzendarama, dzakanga dzizere nezvinonhuwira, iri minyengetero yavatsvene.
Revelation 8:3-4 Zvino mumwe mutumwa wakavuya, akamira paaritari, anomudziyo wendarama wezvinonhuwira; akapiwa zvinonhuwira zvizhinji kuti azviise pamwe chete neminyengetero yavatsvene vose pamusoro pearitari yendarama, yakanga iri pamberi pechigaro chovushe. Vutsi bwezvinonhuwira bwukakwira pamberi paMwari bwuchibva muruvoko rwomutumwa pamwe chete neminyengetero yavatsvene.
So vanhu vaive vavekutonamta nyoka yeBraonze ii, They were now idolizing that snake and making it a god, Hezekiah akaita zvakarurama akaiparadza.
Hezekiah zvaakaita was very correct,akaona kuti vanhu vave kurasika, that’s why he had to intervene and Bible rinotoenderera mberi richiti Akatenda kuna Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri; naizvozvo hakuna wakanga akafanana naye pakati pamadzimambo ose aJudha, kuna vakamutevera kana akamutangira. Nokuti wakanamatira Jehovha, haana kutsauka pakumutevera; asi wakachengeta mirairo yake, yakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha. (2 Kings 18:5-6 )
Nyoka yainge yave kushandiswa zvisirizvo and even today tine zvinhu zvatakapihwa naMwari and those things are now being abused. Its very true tikavhura Bible tinonzwa zveAnnointed oil ichinzi kana paine anorwara ngaaende kumaElder eChurch vamunamatire vamuzodze nemafuta, (James 5:14) ichokwadi handizvirambe, that was the purpose yakaiswa naMwari, but nhasi uno hatizi tava kuAbuser here this gift of GOD. iyi yekutengeserana oil iyi, haisi abuse here, nekuti Bible rinodzidzisa kuti the gift of God can not be sold vamwe vatosvika paExtent yekuti kana kunamata anogona kubuda mumba asina kunamata, but kuti abude mumba asina kuzora oil yake hazviite, angatosarudze kunonoka kubasa at least awana time yekuzvizora oil but kunamata achitaura naMwari haana pressure nako. Oil has substituted the prayer in some people’s lives. Pressure neEnergy yavakuiswa pakutsvaga chigubhu cheOil yanyanya kwazvo but kuti munhu atore nguva yekutsanya nekunamatira kuti agamuchire Mweya Mutsvene zvave kure naye, oil has substituted the place of the Holy Spirit.
Ndarambidza vanhu kupihwa oil here ini? Handina, kana vari Mwari vati mupihwe oil who im i to dispute that, but ndirikuti kana zviri zvaMwari chaizvo then don’t abuse it, nyoka yendarira ichokwadi ndiMwari vakakupai, but izvi zvamavekuita yava abuse, burning incense for it and pave kudiwa ana Hezekiah vasingatye kutaura chokwadi , who can stand up and destroy it. even wacho anokupa oil kana ari munhu waMwari chaiye, haafare akazviziva kuti you are now abusing that oil, substituting GOD with that oil, substituting prayer with it.
yanga yakanaka oil kudai yashandiswa as instructed by GOD but izvi zvavakuitika izvi chenjerai kupesana naMwari.haizi nyaya yeOil chete but even other things zvatakapihwa naMwari can be abused zvikagumisira zvakaipa.
Lucifier yaive ngirozi yakasikwa naMwari, and He was handsome and ihwo huHandsome ihwowo ndizvo zvimwe zvezvinhu zvakaita kuti ngirozi iyi izvikudze ikada kunamatwa iyo and ikagumisira yadzingwa kudenga and nhasi ndiye avakunzi satan. (Ezekiel 28:17) The beauty that was a blessing from GOD, he abused it zvikamupa pride. Nhasi kune vamwe vakapihwa zvipo naMwari, they have good voices, anogona kuimba but avekushandisa voice rake kuimba music ine dzidziso yakaipa, music which draws people away from GOD instead of drawing people to GOD. kuimba zvemaDrugs, fornication, violence, pride adultery nehumwe huipi ndiyo yavakunzi entertainment muzuva ranhasi,using voice rakanaka rawakapihwa naMwari. abuse of gifts.
Vamwe vakapihwa pfungwa dziri very sharp, but what do they do, they use their brains to come up with weapons, anoshandisa pfungwa dzake muhutsotsi, coming up with things which destroy the lives of people, abuse of gifts. Wanga wapihwa chinhu chakanaka naMwari but mashandisiro awavekuchiita aipa manje. Wakapihwa chipo chakanaka chekuparidza but some have decided to abuse that gift, avekuchishandisa kuti zita rake rikudzwe iye instead yekuti zita raMwari rikudzwe, wavekutsvaga kupfuma using that gift as if ndizvo zvawakanzi naMwari uite
Ukaverenga the parable of talents iri pana Matthew 25, tinoona varume vatatu vachipihwa maTalents akasiyana siyana, umwe akapihwa 5, mumwe ndokupihwa 2 and the 3rd one akapihwa 1 talent. Uyu we5 talents traded and gained 5 more talents, uyo we2 talents traded and gained 2 more talents, we 1 talent akaritora and akaenda kunoricherera pasi and Master achidzoka he gave back that one talent and he was punished for being lazy. Imagine akapihwa 1 talent, akaridzosa riri 1, haana kurirasa but returned it as it was but Master wake haana kufara, imagine kuti ko dai akaAbuser that talent punishment yake yaizokura sei.
Kana kusashandisa talent kuchiunza punishment, what more the abuse of that talent, obviously imhosva hombe, a day of judgement is coming apo Mwari shall require an account of how we used all the things which he gave us, nekudaro let us not abuse zvinhu zvatakapihwa naMwari, let us be good stewards, ngatishandise zvinhu zvatakapihwa naMwari in the correct way isingaite kuti titadzire ivo Mwari. zvinhu zvatakapihwa ngazvirege kuSubstituter nzvimbo yaivo Mwari in our lives
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