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| Abincin dare na Revival Fellowship 'Yan'uwa, taron shekara-shekara don masu halartar taro, sunyi la'akari da labarin Zacchaeus tare da jagoranci daga Bob Kettering (a filin wasa). Kettering fasto ne a Cocin Lititz (Pa.) Church of the Brothers. |
Brotheran'uwa Revival Fellowship (BRF) ya wanzu tun 1959 tare da manufa don farfado da Cocin 'yan'uwa da kuma riƙe ɗabi'a ga nassi. BRF tana daukar nauyin taron abincin dare na shekara-shekara a taron shekara-shekara don zumunci da haɓakawa.
Craig Myers, mai gudanarwa na taron cin abincin, ya bayyana cewa akwai mutane 350 da suka halarta. An sanar da abubuwan da ke tafe na BRF, Brotheran'uwa Rayu, da Cibiyar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Brothers. Myers ya bayyana cewa kungiyar ba za ta gudanar da taron Fall BRF ba, tare da Brethren Alive suna yin hakan.
Bayan an gama cin abinci, shirin ya soma da waƙoƙin Jeanie Mummert daga Cocin Pleasant Hill na ’Yan’uwa da ke Kudancin Pennsylvania, har da “Zabura ta 23” da “Idonsa Yana Kan Sparrow.”
Mai jawabin maraice shi ne Bob Kettering, Fasto a Cocin Lititz (Pa.) Church of the Brother. Ya kawo saƙo mai jigo “Fita Kan Ƙarfi,” da ke bisa Luka 19:1-10, labarin Zacchaeus.
Kettering ya kwatanta Zacchaeus ƙarami, mai zalunci, mai son kai, mai haɗama—ba abin koyi ba ne, wanda babu Bayahude mai daraja kansa da zai yi tarayya da shi. Domin Zakka kudi ne allahnsa, ubangijinsa. Tambaya daya garemu ita ce, wanene ubangijinmu? Kettering ya lura.
Duk da haka, Zacchaeus yana son sanin Yesu. Kuma Yesu yana shirye ya yi kasada kuma yana tattaunawa da wannan tawali’u, mutumin da yake bukatar ya san Kristi. Zacchaeus yana bukatar fansa.
Kristi ya damu da mu haka nan, in ji Kettering. Yesu yana kiran mu zuwa ga fansa. Marhabin Almasihu yana da faɗi, ya isa ya zama cikin zance da kowa. Kiran Kristi na zama almajirinsa kunkuntar ne.
Kettering ya nuna damuwa cewa a yau mutane da yawa suna son alheri mai arha maimakon almajiranci mai tsada. Muna son gafara ba tare da tuba ba, in ji shi. Labarin Zachaeus ba na alheri ba ne mai arha. Domin Yesu ya yi magana da Zacchaeus, Zakka ya zama mai bi. Da Zacchaeus ya zama mai bi, rayuwarsa ta sāke.
Kalubalen da Kettering ya yi wa ’yan’uwa shi ne: Muna shirye mu zama abokan masu zunubi, ko kuwa za mu fi zama daga nesa? Shin muna shirye mu canza?
- Karen Garrett marubuci ne na sa kai a ƙungiyar labarai don taron shekara-shekara, kuma ma'aikacin Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta 'Yan'uwa.