Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. This is the 64th Lecture on Genesis. 

In the last lecture, I explained God had a plan from the beginning to give Adam 'a helper suitable for Adam.' God intended for a man and a woman to have a beautiful relationship of understanding and helping each other as a couple in marriage. As the end time comes nearer and nearer, sin has become rampant in the world, and the relationship between husband and wife has also changed into a fleshly relationship. 

The end time is not a time for being fruitful and multiplying; it is a time to adorn yourself as a spiritual bride while waiting for the Lord's coming. That's why it is written that 'it is better not to get married' in many parts of the New Testament. Let me continue to explain why the Bible says that it is better not to get married. The first reason is that, as it is written in 1 Corinthians 7:28, marriage will bring upon you the "trouble in this life." 1 Corinthians 7:28 says, "But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you." 

When daughters get married, their parents cannot be at ease. They miss their daughters, and they worry whether or not their daughters can be loved by her husband or in-laws, and whether their daughters may go through some kind hardships. Apostle Paul cared for the believers just like these parents who send their daughters off for marriage care for them. He was worried about the troubles of marriage, and thus he suggested it be better for them not to get married. The second reason why not getting married is better is because your heart will be divided if you get married. What God wants the most from His children is their heart to love God first and foremost. Matthew 22:37 says, "And He said to him, 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'" Those who love God with all their heart, mind, soul, might, wisdom, and with all their lives are the true children that God truly desires to receive.

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Ndugu wapendwa katika Kristo. Hili ni somo la 64 katika mafundisho ya Mwanzo.

Katika somo lililopita, nilieleza kwamba tangu mwanzo Mungu alikuwa na mpango wa kumpa Adamu “msaidizi wa kumfaa.” Mungu alikusudia mwanamume na mwanamke wawe na uhusiano mzuri wa kuelewana na kusaidiana kama wanandoa. Kadiri wakati wa mwisho unavyokaribia, dhambi imezidi kuenea ulimwenguni, na uhusiano kati ya mume na mke pia umegeuka kuwa wa kimwili.

Wakati wa mwisho si wakati wa kuzaa na kuongezeka; ni wakati wa kujipamba kama bibi-arusi wa kiroho tunapongojea kuja kwa Bwana. Ndiyo maana sehemu nyingi za Agano Jipya zinasema kwamba “ni afadhali kutooa.” Nitaendelea kueleza kwa nini Biblia inasema ni afadhali kutooa. Sababu ya kwanza ni kwamba, kama ilivyoandikwa katika 1 Wakorintho 7:28, ndoa italeta “dhiki katika maisha haya.” 1 Wakorintho 7:28 inasema, “Lakini, ukioa, hukutenda dhambi; na mwanamwali akiolewa, hakutenda dhambi; lakini watu hao watakuwa na dhiki katika mwili; nami ningewahurumia.”

Binti zao wanapoolewa, wazazi wao hukosa utulivu. Huwakumbuka binti zao na kuwa na wasiwasi ikiwa waume zao au wakwe zao watawapenda, na ikiwa binti hao watakumbana na magumu fulani. Mtume Paulo aliwajali waumini kama vile wazazi wanaowaaga binti zao waende kwenye ndoa wanavyowajali. Alikuwa na wasiwasi kuhusu dhiki za ndoa, hivyo akashauri kwamba ingekuwa afadhali wasioe. Sababu ya pili inayofanya kutooa kuwe afadhali ni kwamba moyo wako utagawanyika ukioa. Jambo ambalo Mungu anataka zaidi kutoka kwa watoto wake ni kumpenda kwa moyo wao kwanza kabisa. Mathayo 22:37 inasema, “Mpende Bwana Mungu wako kwa moyo wako wote, na kwa roho yako yote, na kwa akili zako zote.” Wale wanaompenda Mungu kwa moyo, akili, roho, nguvu na hekima yao yote, na kwa maisha yao yote, ndio watoto wa kweli ambao Mungu anatamani kuwapokea.

Soma Zaidi