Tathmini ya Kibiblia ya VuguvuguA Biblical Assessment of the Movement

Kuziunganisha Nyuzi PamojaDrawing the Threads Together

Sasa tumefika kwenye sehemu ya mwisho, na kwenye kazi ambayo kozi nzima imekuwa ikiiandaa. Katika masomo haya tumejifunza juu ya Roho Mtakatifu katika Maandiko, kuzaliwa kwa kanisa lililotiwa nguvu na Roho siku ya Pentekoste, karama ya lugha katika kitabu cha Matendo na katika nyaraka za Paulo, maana ya ubatizo katika Roho, kuibuka na kuhuishwa kwa vuguvugu la kisasa, utumiaji wa karama leo, na mapotoshi yaliyoota kando yake. Sasa lazima tuyakusanye yote katika tathmini moja ya kibiblia ya vuguvugu kwa ujumla wake. Tathmini hiyo ina sehemu tatu, na nidhamu yake ya kwanza ni kukataa kubanwa kuwa neno moja. Tunapaswa kuthibitisha kilicho kweli na chema, kukataa kile kinachoshindwa kupita mtihani wa Maandiko, na kuyatenganisha maswali ambayo Maandiko yanayaacha wazi na yale ambayo yanayaamua. Kishawishi cha kudumu ni kukimbilia hukumu moja — kutangaza kwamba vuguvugu hili ni sahihi tu, au ni kosa tu — nasi hatutakubali kishawishi hicho, kwa sababu vuguvugu hili si kitu kimoja, na maswali yake si ya aina moja yote.We come now to the last unit, and to the task the whole course has been preparing. Over these lessons we have studied the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures, the birth of the Spirit-empowered church at Pentecost, the gift of tongues in the book of Acts and in Paul's letters, the meaning of the baptism in the Spirit, the rise and renewal of the modern movement, the exercise of the gifts today, and the distortions that have grown up alongside. Now we must gather all of it into a single biblical assessment of the movement as a whole. That assessment is threefold, and its first discipline is to resist being collapsed into one word. We are to affirm what is true and good, to decline what fails the test of Scripture, and to separate the questions Scripture leaves open from those it settles. The constant temptation is to reach for a verdict — to declare the movement simply right, or simply wrong — and we will not yield to it, because the movement is not a single thing and its questions are not all of one kind.

Huku si kukwepa, bali ni umbo ambalo somo lenyewe linalidai. Vuguvugu hai la mamia ya mamilioni lina ndani yake, kama kanisa linaloonekana katika kila kizazi, ngano na magugu pia; na maswali linaloyaibua yanaanzia yale yaliyokwisha kuamuliwa waziwazi hadi yale yanayobishaniwa kwa uaminifu. Tathmini inayoyabana yote haya kuwa ndiyo moja au hapana moja isingekuwa ya uaminifu wala ya manufaa. Kwa hiyo tutalichukua vuguvugu hili jinsi lilivyo kwa kweli — mchanganyiko, kubwa, na bado linakua — na kuzipima sehemu zake kwa uangalifu unaostahili kila moja, tukiyaacha Maandiko, si mapendeleo yetu, yaweke masharti.This is not an evasion but the shape the subject itself requires. A living movement of hundreds of millions contains, like the visible church in every age, both the wheat and the tares; and the questions it raises range from the plainly settled to the honestly disputed. An assessment that flattened all of this into a single yes or no would be neither honest nor useful. So we will take the movement as it actually is — mixed, large, and still growing — and weigh its parts with the care each deserves, letting Scripture, not our preference, set the terms.

Njia TuliyoitumiaThe Method We Have Used

Kabla hatujaieleza tathmini, inafaa kuitaja nidhamu ambayo imeunda kila sehemu, kwa maana njia yenyewe ni sehemu ya hitimisho. Kwanza, tumeyatenganisha maswali mawili kila yalipojitokeza: kama karama ni halisi ni swali moja, na kama uzoefu fulani unadaiwa kwa kila mwamini ni swali jingine; machafuko mengi hutoweka mara maswali haya yanapotenganishwa. Pili, tumeyashughulikia maswali yaliyo wazi kweli kwa jinsi seminari hii inavyolishughulikia swali la milenia — tukiweka kila msimamo wa uaminifu katika hali yake yenye nguvu zaidi bila kulazimisha hukumu yetu wenyewe. Tatu, tumepima kila kitu kwa Maandiko, na tumelipima vuguvugu si kwa wahubiri wake walio wabaya zaidi na wanaoonekana zaidi, bali kwa Maandiko yake na kwa waaminifu wake. Nne, katika yote hayo tumemweka Kristo katikati, tukikumbuka kwamba Roho alitolewa ili kumtukuza Yeye. Huu si usitasita wa akili isiyoweza kuamua; ni haki ambayo ukweli unaidai wakati watu wanaomcha Mungu wanaoipenda Biblia ile ile wanaisoma kwa njia tofauti.Before we state the assessment, it is worth naming the discipline that has shaped every unit, for the method is itself part of the conclusion. First, we have kept two questions apart wherever they arose: whether a gift is real is one question, and whether a particular experience is required of every believer is another; much confusion dissolves the moment these are separated. Second, we have handled the genuinely open questions the way the seminary handles the millennium — setting out each faithful position at its strongest and imposing no verdict of our own. Third, we have measured everything by Scripture, and we have judged a movement not by its worst and most visible preachers but by its Scriptures and its faithful. Fourth, through all of it we have kept Christ at the center, remembering that the Spirit was given to glorify Him. This is not the indecision of a mind that cannot make itself up; it is the fairness that truth demands when godly people who love the same Bible read it differently.

Inafaa kuongeza kwa nini haki ya namna hiyo si udhaifu. Juu ya mambo makuu ya msingi ya imani — Uungu wa Kristo, kifo chake cha upatanisho na ufufuo wake, wokovu kwa neema kwa njia ya imani, mamlaka ya Maandiko — Biblia inasema kwa uwazi usioacha nafasi ya kupuuza, na juu ya mambo haya kozi hii haijawahi kuyumba. Ni hasa kwa sababu misingi hiyo ni imara ndipo tunaweza kuwa na subira juu ya maswali ya daraja la pili, ambapo waumini wanyoofu wanatofautiana. Kuyachanganya hayo mawili — kulichukulia jambo linalobishaniwa kana kwamba ni kanuni ya imani, au kanuni ya imani kana kwamba inaweza kubishaniwa — ni mojawapo ya njia zilizo hakika zaidi za kuligawa kanisa na kuyawakilisha Maandiko vibaya kwa wakati mmoja.It is worth adding why such fairness is not weakness. On the great essentials of the faith — the deity of Christ, His atoning death and resurrection, salvation by grace through faith, the authority of Scripture — the Bible speaks with a clarity that leaves no room for a shrug, and on these the course has never wavered. It is precisely because those foundations are firm that we can afford to be patient on the secondary questions, where sincere believers differ. To confuse the two — treating a disputed matter as though it were a creed, or a creed as though it were disputable — is one of the surest ways to divide the church and misrepresent the Scriptures at once.

Kile TunachothibitishaWhat We Affirm

Tuanze na mambo tunayoyathibitisha, kwa maana ni mengi na yanatangulia. Tunathibitisha kwamba Roho Mtakatifu ni Mungu kikamilifu, anayetenda kazi kwa nafsi yake na kwa nguvu katika kanisa leo — akiuhakikishia ulimwengu habari za dhambi, akitoa kuzaliwa upya, akikaa ndani ya kila mwamini tangu wakati wa kuamini, na akiwafananisha watakatifu na sura ya Kristo. Tunathibitisha kwamba Mungu bado anaokoa, bado anatakasa, na bado anasikia na kujibu maombi ya watu wake.Begin with the affirmations, for they are many and they come first. We affirm that the Holy Spirit is fully God, personally and powerfully at work in the church today — convicting the world of sin, granting the new birth, indwelling every believer from the moment of faith, and conforming the saints to the image of Christ. We affirm that God still saves, still sanctifies, and still hears and answers the prayers of His people.

“Lakini kila mmoja hupewa ufunuo wa Roho kwa kufaidiana.”1 Wakorintho 12:7 (SUV)"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all."1 Corinthians 12:7 (NKJV)

Tunathibitisha kwamba karama za Roho zilizoelezwa katika Agano Jipya ni halisi, zinagawiwa na Roho kama apendavyo kwa ajili ya kuujenga mwili wote, na kwamba kuzitamani kwa utaratibu ni jambo ambalo Maandiko yanaliamuru badala ya kulikataza. Tunathibitisha kwamba Mungu bado anaponya, ingawa kamwe si kwa kudaiwa wala kamwe si kama ujira unaodaiwa kwa imani ya kutosha. Na tunathibitisha matunda ambayo vuguvugu hili limezaa katika kipindi cha zaidi kidogo ya karne moja: nafasi ya mstari wa mbele kabisa katika uinjilisti wa ulimwengu, injili ikipelekwa kwa maskini, kwa walio mbali, na kwa wasiofikiwa, na mamia ya mamilioni ya watu — kwa makadirio makini wanaokaribia milioni mia sita arobaini na nne — wakiletwa kulitaja jina la Bwana Yesu Kristo. Popote Roho anapomwinua Kristo, akiwaongoa wenye dhambi, na akijenga utakatifu, tunashukuru bila kusita na bila shaka.We affirm that the gifts of the Spirit described in the New Testament are real, distributed by the Spirit as He wills for the building up of the whole body, and that the ordered desire for them is something Scripture commands rather than forbids. We affirm that God still heals, though never on demand and never as a wage owed to sufficient faith. And we affirm the fruit the movement has borne across a little more than a century: a place at the very forefront of world evangelism, the gospel carried to the poor, the remote, and the unreached, and hundreds of millions of people — by careful estimate approaching six hundred and forty-four million — brought to name the Lord Jesus Christ. Wherever the Spirit is exalting Christ, converting sinners, and building holiness, we give thanks without reservation and without suspicion.

Tunathibitisha pia upande wa uzoefu ulio na afya ambao vuguvugu hili mara nyingi limeurejesha kwa kanisa pana: uhakika wa upendo wa Mungu uliomwagwa mioyoni, ushuhuda wa ndani wa Roho kwamba sisi tu watoto wa Mungu (Warumi 8:16), furaha na ujasiri vinavyoyatambulisha maisha yaliyoguswa kweli na neema, na njaa ya kuwako kwa Mungu ambayo hakuna desturi mfu inayoweza kuitosheleza. Ukristo si kukubali tu kwa akili mafundisho ya kweli; ni maisha katika Roho, na vuguvugu ambalo limelisisitiza jambo hili kwa kanisa ambalo wakati mwingine ni baridi na la starehe limelitendea huduma inayostahili kukiriwa.We affirm, too, the healthy experiential dimension the movement has often recovered for the wider church: the assurance of God's love poured into the heart, the inward witness of the Spirit that we are children of God (Rom 8:16), the joy and boldness that mark lives genuinely touched by grace, and a hunger for God's presence that no dead formality can satisfy. Christianity is not mere assent to true propositions; it is life in the Spirit, and a movement that has pressed this upon a sometimes cold and comfortable church has done it a service worth acknowledging.

Kile TunachokataaWhat We Decline

Kwa uaminifu ule ule, tunakataa chochote kisichoweza kustahimili kupimwa kwa Neno. Tunakataa fundisho kwamba kunena kwa lugha ndiyo ishara inayodaiwa na ya watu wote ya ubatizo katika Roho, kwa maana Maandiko hayaweki kanuni kama hiyo, na yanaeleza kuja kwa Roho kwa njia zaidi ya moja. Tunakataa injili ya mafanikio, inayomgeuza Baba mkarimu kuwa mashine inayotoa afya na utajiri kwa mbinu sahihi, na ambayo kwa ukatili inayasoma mateso ya mwamini kama hukumu ya kutoamini kwake.With the same honesty, we decline whatever does not survive the testing of the Word. We decline the teaching that speaking in tongues is the required and universal evidence of the baptism in the Spirit, for Scripture lays down no such rule and describes the Spirit's coming in more ways than one. We decline the prosperity gospel, which turns a generous Father into a machine that dispenses health and wealth to the right technique, and which cruelly reads a believer's suffering as the verdict of his unbelief.

“Jaribuni mambo yote; lishikeni lililo jema.”1 Wathesalonike 5:21 (SUV)"Test all things; hold fast what is good."1 Thessalonians 5:21 (NKJV)

Tunakataa mapotoshi yaliyochunguzwa katika sehemu iliyopita — kuzichezea hisia na sadaka, viongozi waliojikusanya mbali na uwajibikaji wote, unabii usiotimia na usiokiriwa kamwe kwa uaminifu, na kudhani kelele na msisimko kuwa ndio utendaji wa Mungu. Na tunakataa, popote inapojitokeza, roho yoyote inayouinua uzoefu juu ya Maandiko, au karama juu ya Mtoaji, au mwanadamu juu ya Bwana. Kukataa mambo haya si dharau kwa vuguvugu hili; ni upendo kwalo — upendo unaolijali kiasi cha kulishika kwenye kiwango cha Kitabu chake lenyewe, kama watu waaminifu wa vuguvugu lenyewe wanavyofanya.We decline the excesses examined in the previous unit — the manipulation of emotion and of the offering, leaders gathered beyond all accountability, prophecies that fail and are never honestly owned, and the mistaking of noise and excitement for the moving of God. And we decline, in whatever quarter it appears, any spirit that lifts experience above Scripture, or a gift above the Giver, or a man above the Lord. To decline these things is not contempt for the movement; it is love for it — love that cares enough to hold it to the standard of its own Book, as the movement's own faithful people do.

Hata hivyo na isemwe waziwazi kile tusichokikataa. Hatukatai mambo ya kimiujiza yenyewe, wala uwezekano kwamba Mungu bado anatoa kila karama iliyotajwa katika Agano Jipya; swali hilo pana tumeliacha wazi kwa makusudi. Tunachokataa ni mapotoshi mahususi — kanuni ya uongo, ahadi ya uongo, desturi isiyowajibika — si uhuru wa Roho kutenda kazi kama apendavyo. Ingekuwa tiba mbaya kwa kosa moja kuanguka katika kinyume chake, tukimzimisha Roho katika tendo lile lile la kulilinda Neno. Tunaikataa bandia hasa ili kuiheshimu iliyo halisi.Yet let it be clearly said what we do not decline. We do not decline the supernatural itself, nor the possibility that God still gives every gift named in the New Testament; that larger question we have deliberately left open. What we decline are the specific distortions — the false rule, the false promise, the unaccountable practice — not the Spirit's freedom to work as He wills. It would be a poor cure for one error to fall into its opposite, quenching the Spirit in the very act of guarding the Word. We reject the counterfeit precisely in order to honor the genuine.

Kile Tunachoacha WaziWhat We Leave Open

Sasa tathmini inafanya jambo ambalo hukumu tupu isingeweza kamwe: inayaacha maswali yaliyo wazi yabaki wazi, nayo inafanya hivyo kwa makusudi. Baadhi ya mambo Maandiko hayayafungi, na uaminifu unatukataza kuyafunga kwa jina lake. Kama karama za ufunuo zinaendelea katika kanisa au zilikoma pamoja na kipindi cha mitume; kama "ile iliyo kamili" katika Wakorintho wa Kwanza sura ya kumi na tatu ni orodha kamili ya vitabu vya Maandiko au ni kurudi kwa Kristo; kama ubatizo katika Roho unaeleweka vizuri zaidi kuwa ni kuongoka kwenyewe au ni kutiwa nguvu kwa namna ya pekee kunakokuja baadaye; kama lugha za Matendo sura ya kumi na ya kumi na tisa zilikuwa lugha za wanadamu zinazojulikana au lugha ya maombi ambayo andiko halielezi — juu ya kila moja ya haya, Wakristo makini na waaminifu wamesimama katika misimamo tofauti kwa vizazi vingi, na kila mmoja anaweza kufungua Biblia ili kutetea hoja yake. Tumeweka kila msimamo katika hali yake yenye nguvu zaidi na kumwachia msomaji aupime mbele za Mungu. Kutengeneza uhakika mahali ambapo Maandiko yamenyamaza kusingekuwa uaminifu; kungekuwa kubadilisha nidhamu ya kusoma kwa haki kwa faraja ya uongo ya jambo lililokwisha kuamuliwa.Now the assessment does something a mere verdict never could: it lets the open questions remain open, and it does so on purpose. Some matters Scripture does not close, and honesty forbids us to close them in its name. Whether the revelatory gifts continue in the church or ceased with the apostolic age; whether "that which is perfect" in First Corinthians thirteen is the completed canon or the return of Christ; whether the baptism in the Spirit is best understood as conversion itself or as a distinct and later empowering; whether the tongues of Acts ten and nineteen were known human languages or a prayer language the text does not define — on each of these, careful and faithful Christians have stood on different ground for generations, and each can open the Bible to make his case. We have set out the strongest form of each position and left it with the reader to weigh before God. To manufacture certainty where the Scriptures are quiet would not be faithfulness; it would be trading the discipline of fair reading for the false comfort of a settled score.

Mtu anaweza kupinga kwamba kuyaacha maswali kama hayo wazi ni kukosa ujasiri. Lakini fikiria njia mbadala. Kuifunga kila dhamiri kwa jibu moja mahali ambapo Maandiko hayajaifunga ni kuongeza juu ya Neno, kosa lile lile tulilolionya tulipozungumza juu ya orodha iliyofungwa ya vitabu vya Maandiko. Mtume Paulo mwenyewe aliyafundisha makanisa kuvumiliana katika mambo yanayobishaniwa, kila mtu akithibitika katika akili zake mwenyewe, bila kumdharau wala kumhukumu ndugu aliyeyaona mambo kwa namna tofauti (Warumi 14). Maswali yaliyo wazi ya vuguvugu hili ni ya kundi hilo. Tunashika misimamo yetu wenyewe, nasi tunaishika kwa uaminifu; lakini hatuilazimishi kuwa masharti ya ushirika, na tunawapa wengine uhuru ule ule wa dhamiri tunaoudai kwa ajili yetu wenyewe.Someone may object that leaving such questions open is a failure of nerve. But consider the alternative. To bind every conscience to one answer where Scripture has not bound it is to add to the Word, the very fault we warned against when we spoke of the closed canon. The apostle Paul himself taught the churches to bear with one another on disputable matters, each fully persuaded in his own mind, without despising or judging a brother who saw things differently (Rom 14). The open questions of this movement belong to that category. We hold our own convictions, and we hold them honestly; but we do not press them as terms of fellowship, and we grant to others the same liberty of conscience we claim for ourselves.

Jinsi ya Kuyashika YoteHow to Hold It All

Basi, mchungaji au mwamini wa kawaida anawezaje kuibeba tathmini iliyo mchanganyiko kwa makusudi namna hii? Jibu ndilo lile ambalo sehemu iliyopita ilitoa: shika ukweli na upendo pamoja, na ukatae kuachilia kimojawapo. Uwe wazi na imara mahali Maandiko yalipo wazi, na mnyenyekevu kweli mahali ambapo hayako wazi. Jaribuni mambo yote na lishikeni lililo jema; msiudharau unabii, wala msimeze kila dai linalotolewa kwa jina la Roho.How, then, is a pastor or an ordinary believer to carry an assessment so deliberately mixed? The answer is the one the last unit gave: hold truth and charity together, and refuse to let go of either. Be clear and firm where Scripture is clear, and genuinely humble where it is not. Test all things and hold fast what is good; do not despise prophecies, and do not swallow every claim made in the Spirit's name.

Wapokee kama ndugu wa kiume na wa kike wale ambao wamepima maandiko yale yale na kufikia misimamo tofauti, na uyaweke maneno yako makali kwa ajili ya makosa halisi badala ya tofauti za uaminifu miongoni mwa waaminifu. Lilinde kundi kwa bidii dhidi ya kila upotoshaji, lakini kamwe si kwa kuwasingizia wale walio wengi sana ambao ni waaminifu. Msimamo huu ni mgumu zaidi kuushika kuliko kauli mbiu yoyote, na hautaliridhisha kundi linalotaka kila kitu kikubaliwe wala kundi linalotaka kila kitu kihukumiwe; lakini ndio msimamo pekee unaostahili ukweli na watu unaokusudiwa kuwatumikia.Receive as brothers and sisters those who have weighed the same texts and come to rest on different ground, and save your sharp words for real errors rather than for honest differences among the faithful. Guard the flock diligently from every distortion, yet never by slandering the great many who are faithful. This posture is harder to keep than any slogan, and it will satisfy neither the party that wants everything embraced nor the party that wants everything condemned; but it is the only stance worthy of the truth and of the people it is meant to serve.

Kristo KatikatiChrist at the Center

Kila uzi wa tathmini hii hatimaye unarudi kwenye kipimo kimoja, nacho ni kipimo ambacho Bwana mwenyewe alikitoa. Roho wa kweli, aliwaambia wanafunzi wake, haji kujitangaza mwenyewe wala kuvuta macho kwa karama zake mwenyewe, bali kumtukuza Mwana:Every strand of this assessment runs back at last to a single test, and it is the test the Lord Himself supplied. The Spirit of truth, He told His disciples, does not come to advertise Himself or to draw attention to His own gifts, but to glorify the Son:

“Yeye atanitukuza mimi; kwa kuwa atatwaa katika yaliyo yangu na kuwapasha habari.”Yohana 16:14 (SUV)"He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you."John 16:14 (NKJV)

Kwa hiyo kipimo kilicho hakika zaidi cha kazi yoyote inayodaiwa kuwa ya Roho si sauti yake kubwa, umati wake, wala maajabu yake, bali kama inamwinua Yesu Kristo — msalaba wake, injili yake, na ubwana wake — na kama inawafanya watu wake wafanane naye zaidi. Vuguvugu lina afya kwa kiasi kile kile linavyomweka Kristo katikati, wala si zaidi; ndivyo ilivyo pia kwa kusanyiko, huduma, na mwalimu mmoja. Mahali Kristo anapoinuliwa na watu wake wanatakaswa, hakika Roho anatenda kazi; mahali anapofunikwa na karama, mbinu, au haiba ya mtu, jambo fulani limeharibika, hata kama maonyesho ni ya kuvutia kiasi gani. Pima kila karama, kila mwalimu, na kila dai kwa nuru hiyo moja isiyoyumba.So the surest measure of any work that claims to be the Spirit's is not its volume, its crowds, or its wonders, but whether it lifts up Jesus Christ — His cross, His gospel, and His lordship — and whether it makes His people more like Him. A movement is as healthy as it is Christ-centered, and no healthier; the same is true of a congregation, a ministry, and a single teacher. Where Christ is exalted and His people are sanctified, the Spirit is surely at work; where He is eclipsed by a gift, a technique, or a personality, something has gone wrong however impressive the display. Judge every gift, every teacher, and every claim by that one steady light.

Neno la MwishoA Closing Word

Tumelisoma vuguvugu hili si kama watu wa nje wanaolitazama kwa kulidharau, bali kama viungo vya mwili mmoja vinavyochunguza sehemu kubwa na hai ya mwili huo. Mengi ndani yake ni kazi halisi ya Mungu, baadhi ndani yake ni uharibifu wa kazi hiyo kwa mikono ya wanadamu, na baadhi ya maswali yake yanabaki wazi kwa uaminifu ili akili za waaminifu ziyapime. Thibitisha kilicho kweli, kataa kilicho uongo, yaache maswali yaliyo wazi yabaki wazi, na ushike kila sehemu yake mbele za Kristo:We have studied this movement not as outsiders looking down upon it, but as members of one body examining a large and living part of itself. Much within it is the genuine work of God, some within it is the corruption of that work by human hands, and some of its questions remain honestly open for faithful minds to weigh. Affirm the true, decline the false, keep the open questions open, and hold every part of it up to Christ:

“…na kujitahidi kuuhifadhi umoja wa Roho katika kifungo cha amani.”Waefeso 4:3 (SUV)"…endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."Ephesians 4:3 (NKJV)

Hiyo ndiyo tathmini ya kibiblia kwa ukamilifu wake, nayo inatosha. Kwa hili kozi imekamilika. Bwana akujalie akili ya utambuzi inayojaribu mambo yote kwa Neno lake, moyo wa upendo unaowapenda ndugu katika kila tofauti ya uaminifu, na zaidi ya yote upendo unaozidi kukua kwa Kristo ambaye Roho alikuja kumtukuza. Kwa Mungu, anayemimina Roho wake na kumwinua Mwanawe, uwe utukufu wote.That is the whole of a biblical assessment, and it is enough. With this the course is complete. May the Lord grant you a discerning mind that tests all things by His Word, a charitable heart that loves the brethren across every honest difference, and above all a deepening love for the Christ whom the Spirit came to glorify. To God, who pours out His Spirit and exalts His Son, be all the glory.

Maswali ya MajadilianoDiscussion Questions

• Kwa nini tathmini ya uaminifu ya vuguvugu hili inakataa hukumu moja ya "sahihi au kosa"?Why does a faithful assessment of this movement resist a single "right or wrong" verdict?
• Ni mambo yapi yaliyothibitishwa katika sehemu hii uliyoyaona kuwa muhimu zaidi, na ni yapi yaliyokataliwa uliyoyaona kuwa ya lazima zaidi?Which affirmations in this unit did you find most important, and which declinings most necessary?
• Chagua mojawapo ya maswali "yaliyo wazi." Unadhani kwa nini Maandiko yanaliacha kuwa jambo linalobishaniwa kweli, na waumini wanapaswa kutendeana vipi katika tofauti hiyo?Choose one of the "open" questions. Why do you think Scripture leaves it genuinely disputable, and how should believers treat one another across that difference?
• Ungetumiaje kipimo cha Yohana 16:14 kumpima mwalimu, mkutano, au huduma unayokutana nayo?How would you use the test of John 16:14 to weigh a teacher, a meeting, or a ministry you encounter?

Matumizi katika HudumaMinistry Application

Andika aya fupi ambayo ungeweza kuwashirikisha washiriki wa kanisa lako, ukifupisha jinsi ya kupokea mema yaliyo katika vuguvugu hili, kuyakataa mapotoshi yake, na kumweka Kristo katikati.Write a short paragraph you could share with your congregation summarizing how to receive the good in this movement, refuse its distortions, and keep Christ at the center.