Gospel4You International - 'Worldliness' in Shona from Zimbabwe

The message is provided by Bishop Michael Chiviru of Unreached Peoples Mission in Zimbabwe.  The message is in Shona. Bishop Chiviru has kindly provided a translation in English.  Thank you.

Title : Worldliness
Text : 2 Timothy 3:4

To be worldly or worldly minded is by definition to be devoted in worldly interests as opposed to spiritual  affairs. The worldly person is 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 about the things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Christ who called us to 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 and 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒆. According to 2Peter 1:3 and James 1:26  he is characterised by spiritual indifference, instability and is undisciplined. He is contaminated and rebelious to God. James 4:4 describes him as a friend of the world and an enemy to God. 

You are being called 𝑵𝒐𝒕 to love the world or anything in the world but 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒐 the good things that result from 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅. We should obey God in deep reverence, shrinking back from 𝑨𝒍𝒍 that might displease Him. God is at work within you helping you want to obey Him then helping you to do what He wants. You are to live clean, innocent lives as 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 in a dark world full of people who are crooked and stubborn. Shine out 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 like beacon lights holding out to them the word of lif. Base your happiness and your hope in Christ, live in harmony with one another.

CONCLUSION:

Jesus can make your public behaviour to be above criticism. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 him as your personal saviour he will make you to live with peace with everyone. He will 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 you to be overpowered by evil.

PRAYER:

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒊 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅. 𝑰 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔. 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔' 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 
𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑵!!