Abubuwa 3 Da Ya Kamata Ku Sani Game da 1 Bitrus

Wasikar farko ta Bitrus tana da muhimmanci ga Kiristoci su yi nazari a kai. Ga abubuwa uku da ya kamata ku sani game da 1 Bitrus:

1. Marubucinta, Bitrus, wanda Yesu ya ware shi kuma ya kira shi “dutse” (Mat. 16:18), ya yi amfani da irin wannan hoton a cikin wannan wasiƙar.

Gaskiya ne, an yi tattaunawa game da wannan ayar da kuma ainihin abin da Yesu yake nufi da ita, amma da alama a bayyane yake cewa Yesu yana magana da Bitrus, wanda ya furta cewa Yesu shine “Almasihu, Ɗan Allah Rayayye” (Mat. 16:16). Ana iya tunani cewa Bitrus yana da sha’awa sosai ga duwatsu. Abin sha’awa, to, Bitrus ya kamata ya yi amfani da shi sosai a cikin wasiƙarsa ta farko ta hanyar ambaton duwatsu ko kakkarfan duwatsu a cikin 1 Bitrus 2:4–8. Ya ambaci sassa uku, daga Ishaya da kuma zaburan Hallel na ƙarshe (Zabura 113-118, waɗanda aka karanta a lokacin Idin Ƙetarewa), waɗanda suka ambaci duwatsu ko kakkarfan duwatsu.

Daya daga cikin nassoshin yana ambaton “dutsen ginshiƙi” da Allah “zai ajiye a Sihiyona” – yana nufin Yesu, dutse da masu gini za su ƙi (Isha. 28:16; Zabura 118:22). Ka yi tunanin yadda Yahudawa a zamanin Yesu suka ƙi Shi. Nassoshin ƙarshe suna magana ne game da dutse, wanda mutane za su yi tuntuɓe a kansa (Isha. 8:14-15). Wannan dutsen “wanda mutane suka ƙi amma Allah ya zaɓa kuma yana da daraja a gare shi” ba shakka, shine Yesu (1 Bitrus 2:4).

Bitrus yana son masu karatunsa su fahimci cewa Kiristoci “duwatsu ne rayayye,” a hankali da aminci aka sanya su cikin ikklisiyar da Yesu yake ginawa yanzu, kuma a cikinsa ne Almasihu shine ginshiƙin. Wannan ginin (ikklisiya) yana da goyon bayan alkawari: “Ƙofofin Jahannama ba za su yi nasara a kansa ba” (Matta. 16:18).

2. Wasikar Bitrus ta Farko ta fi mayar da hankali ne kan tsarin rayuwar Krista

Bitrus ya fara wasiƙar da cewa an zaɓe Kiristoci “bisa ga sanin tun farko na Allah Uba, cikin tsarkakewar Ruhu, don yin biyayya ga Yesu Kiristi da kuma yayyafa jininsa” (1 Bitrus 1:2). Bitrus ya shafe sama da rabin wasiƙar yana magana game da yadda tsarkakewa take, yana ambaton a sura ta 1 abin da wani lokacin ake kira “Dokar Tsarkakewa” daga littafin Firistoci “Ku zama masu tsarki, domin ni mai tsarki ne” (1 Bitrus 1:16; Lev. 11:44, 45; 19:2; 20:7). Sannan, a cikin sauran wasiƙar, ya yi tsokaci mai amfani game da yadda tsarkakewa ke bayyana kanta a cikin gwagwarmayar rayuwar yau da kullun: miƙa wuya ga hukumomi a wuraren aiki da al’umma, a cikin aure, da kuma a cikin rayuwar ikklisiya (1 Bitrus 2:13–25; 3:1–7; 5:1–11).

Tsarkaka tana bayyana kanta ta hanyoyi masu amfani a duk rayuwa. Wasu daga cikin abin da Bitrus ya faɗa suna da matuƙar wahalar aiwatarwa, amma ya tunatar da masu karatunsa, “Domin wannan ne aka kira ku, domin Almasihu ma ya sha wahala dominku, ya bar muku misali, domin ku bi sawunsa” (1 Bitrus 2:21). Sanin cewa Yesu ya fanshe mu ta wurin jininsa zai taimaka mana mu ɗauki gicciyen zuwa cikin mawuyacin yanayi da za a roƙe mu mu fuskanta dominsa.

3. Bitrus na Farko yana gaskiya

Bitrus bai yi wa saƙonsa ado da kyau don dadin ji ba, sai dai ya tunatar da ‘yan’uwansa masu bi cewa rayuwar Kirista “yaƙi” ce da Kiristoci ke zama matafiya da yan gudu hijira. (1 Bitrus 2:11). Kiristoci na iya shan wahala saboda munanan halaye, amma wani lokacin za su sha wahala “saboda adalci” (1 Bitrus 3:13–14, 17). Yin abin “nagari” wani lokaci za a ɗauke shi a matsayin ɓata rai ga waɗanda ba su san Yesu a matsayin Mai Ceto da Ubangiji ba. A irin waɗannan yanayi ya kamata mu “girmama Almasihu Ubangiji a matsayin mai tsarki, koyaushe muna shirye mu kare duk wanda ya tambaye ku dalilin begen da ke cikinku” (1 Bitrus 3:15). Tunawa cewa muna bauta wa Almasihu a matsayin Ubangijinmu zai taimaka mana mu yi zaɓi mai kyau kuma mu zaɓi kalmomi masu kyau lokacin da muka sami kanmu a yankin yaƙi. A cikin 1 Bitrus 4:12–19, Bitrus ya mai da hankali kan gwaje-gwajen da Kiristoci za su iya fuskanta, yana ƙarfafa masu karatunsa “kada ku yi mamakin jarabawar da za ta zo muku don ta gwada ku, kamar wani abu mai ban mamaki yana faruwa da ku” (1 Bitrus 4:12).

Yana dan kama da yadda Bulus ya yi magana a farkon sashe na Romawa 5, Bitrus yana son Kiristoci su “yi farin ciki” a cikin wahala (1 Bitrus 4:13; Rom. 5:3). Bitrus yana da tunanin wahalhalu waɗanda ba su da ma’ana a gare mu. Za mu iya shan wahala saboda muna yin mummunan zaɓi, amma Bitrus yana tunanin irin wahalar da Kiristoci ke sha lokacin da suke rayuwa mai tsarki kuma suna magana game da Yesu da girmamawa da tsoro: “Idan wani ya sha wahala a matsayin Kirista, kada ya ji kunya, amma bari ya ɗaukaka Allah cikin wannan sunan” (1 Bitrus 4:16). Bitrus ya ƙara gargaɗin nan: “Saboda haka, waɗanda ke shan wahala bisa ga nufin Allah su miƙa rayukansu ga Mahalicci mai aminci yayin da suke yin nagarta” (1 Bitrus 4:19). Ba a kira Kiristoci zuwa gadon kwanciyar hankali ba, amma zuwa ga rayuwa ta “biyayya” (1 Bitrus 1:2). Kuma biyayya sau da yawa tana iya zama mai zafi da tsada. Waɗannan gwaje-gwajen jarrabawa ne, don a ga “sahihancin imaninku da aka gwada – ya fi zinariyar da ke lalacewa ko da yake an gwada ta da wuta – yana haifar da yabo da ɗaukaka da girma a lokacin bayyanar Yesu Kiristi” (1 Bitrus 1:7).

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