Ku cyumweru 18 Ukwezi kwa gatanu Abacamanza 3.1-14

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Barashyingirana kandi bakorera imana zabo (6): Imana yashoboraga kurimbura amahanga yose yari mu gihugu cy’i Kanani. Amahanga yarekeye muri gakondo y’Abisirayeli, yari ayo gutuma abasore biga kurwana intambara no kwitondera amategeko yose yari yarahaye basekuruza (1-4). Ikibabaje n’uko Abisirayeli badamaraye, aho kwitandukanya n’ayo mahanga, ahubwo bagashyingirana nayo bagakorera imana zabo. Kudasobanikirwa umugambi w’Imana ku buzima bwawe bituma ubaho nabi bigatera umuntu no kuba yakwizanira urupfu. Kandi Umwuka w’Uwiteka amuzaho, aba umucamanza w’Abisirayeli (10): Abisirayeli bibagiwe Uwiteka Imana yabo bakorera Bali na Asheroti; bibaviramo kuneshwa no kugirwa abaretwa b’abanzi babo (7- 8). Maze batakambira Imana ibaha umucamanza Otiniyeli warimo Umwuka w’Uwiteka arabatabara (9). Bamara imyaka 40 bari mu mahoro. Kuva ku Mana bigira ingaruka mbi ku bantu bayo. Gushima: Imana ishimwe ko Yesu Umwami wacu adapfa, akaba ari we mahoro yacu (Ef.2.14); kumwizera biduha umutekano uhoraho. (6): God could destroy all the nations in the land of Canaan. The nations he left in the land that the Israelites possessed at that time were meant for teaching their youth how to fight wars and also learn to observe the commandments which God had commanded to their fathers (1-4). Bad enough the Israelites had lost enthusiasm, instead of disassociating themselves from those other nations; they intermarried with them and served their gods. The inability to understand God’s plan upon one’s life brings about disastrous results that may even end up to death. The Israelites forgot their God, and served Baal and Ashtoreth, and by this they were defeated and enslaved by their enemies (7-8). But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel, who had the Spirit of the Lord upon him, and he saved them,…..(9-10). So the land had rest forty years…(11). Forsaking God has lamentable consequences to his people.  Thanksgiving: Praise God that our Lord Jesus never dies, and he is our peace (Eph. 2.14); believing in him brings us permanent security.