Tazama chanzo cha Neema

'''Neema''' ni jambo lolote jema ambalo [[binadamu]] anapata katika [[maisha]] yake. 

[[Neno]] hilo kwa [[Kiswahili]] ni pana, lenye maana mbalimbali, kama vile mema ya [[Roho|kiroho]] na ya [[Uchumi|kiuchumi]], lakini zote zinaelekeza kumfikiria [[Mwenyezi Mungu]] kama [[asili]] yake kuu. Ni [[huruma]] ya Mungu kwa wanadamu inayoambatana na [[baraka]].

[[Teolojia]] katika [[dini]] mbalimbali inatumia neno hili kadiri ya [[imani]] yake maalumu.

Kwa namna ya pekee neno linatiwa mkazo katika [[Ukristo]] unaosisitiza kwamba mambo yote ni neema (kwa [[Kigiriki]]: χάρις, kharis; kwa [[Kilatini]]: gratia, yaani deso, kitu cha bure). 

Hata hivyo [[madhehebu]] yake yanatofautiana sana katika kutafsiri tamko hilo.

==Katika Kanisa Katoliki==
Neema ni msaada wowote tunaopewa bure na [[Mungu]] ili tupate kufika [[Mbingu|mbinguni]]. ([[Injili ya Luka|Lk]] 1:30; [[Rum]] 5:2,20; [[Waraka kwa Wafilipi|Fil]] 2:13)

[[Kanisa Katoliki]] linasadiki kwamba Mungu anawapa watu wote neema za kutosha ili wapate [[Wokovu|kuokoka]] ([[Matendo ya Mitume|Mdo]] 10:34-35; [[Waraka wa kwanza wa Petro|1Pet]] 4:10-11) na kwamba [[Yesu]] [[Kristo]] ndiye aliyetustahilia neema zote kwa njia ya [[Msalaba wa Yesu|mateso]], [[Mauti|kifo]] na [[ufufuko]] [[Ufufuko wa Yesu|wake]]. (Mdo 15:11)

Vilevile linasadiki kwamba [[Roho Mtakatifu]] ndiye anayetugawia neema hizo kwa ajili ya [[Kanisa]]. ([[Injili ya Yohane|Yoh]] 1:16; 3:3-8) na kwamba mtu anaweza kujipatia neema kwa njia ya [[sakramenti]], [[sala]] na matendo mema. ([[Waraka wa Yakobo|Yak]] 5:16-20)

Neema ni za aina mbalimbali:
* neema za sakramenti
* neema za pekee kama vile [[karama]] na zile zinazotusaidia kutimiza [[Wajibu|majukumu]] yetu maalumu
* [[neema za msaada]]
* [[neema ya utakaso]], ndiyo muhimu zaidi.

Neema za msaada ni fadhili mbalimbali ambazo Roho Mtakatifu anasaidia [[akili]] na [[utashi]] wa mtu kuanza, kuendeleza na kutimiza kazi ya wokovu wake kwa kutenda mema na kuepuka mabaya. (Yoh 15:5; Fil 2:13; [[1Tim]] 2:4)

Neema ya utakaso ndiyo muhimu zaidi kwa sababu ni [[Uhai|uzima]] wa Mungu unaotiwa [[roho|rohoni]] mwa mtu aweze kutenda kwa [[upendo]] wake na kujiandaa kuishi naye [[milele]]. (Yoh 1:16; 3:3-8; [[Ef]] 3:4-7; [[Waraka wa pili wa Petro|2Pet]] 1:3-4)

==Marejeo==
===Wakatoliki===
*{{cite book|chapter=[[s:A Complete Catechism of the Catholic Religion/Chap. I. Grace in General|Chap. I. Grace in General]]|title=A Complete Catechism of the Catholic Religion|year=1912|publisher=Schwartz, Kirwin & Fauss|first= Joseph|last=Deharbe|translator=Rev. John Fander|author-link=Joseph Deharbe}}
* ''Catholic Teaching on Sin & Grace'' (Center for Learning, 1997), {{ISBN|1-56077-521-1}}
* George Hayward Joyce, ''The Catholic Doctrine of Grace'' (Newman, 1950), {{ASIN|B0007E488Y}}
* {{Cite Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Grace |volume=6 |first=Joseph  |last=Pohle}}
* Stephen J. Duffy, ''The Graced Horizon: Nature and Grace in Modern Catholic Thought'' (HPAC, 1992), {{ISBN|0-8146-5705-2}}

===Waorthodoksi ===
* [[Timothy Ware|Bishop Kallistos (Ware)]], ''The Inner Kingdom: The Collected Works'' (St. Vladimir's Seminary, 2000) {{ISBN|0-88141-209-0}}
* ''[[The Way of a Pilgrim]]'' and ''A Pilgrim Continues on His Way'', Olga Savin, trans. (Shambhala, 2001) {{ISBN|1-57062-807-6}}

===Waprotestanti===
* Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ''The Cost of Discipleship'', Fuller and Booth, trans. (Touchstone, 1995).
* [[John Calvin]], [http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/books/book2/bk2ch04.html "Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2 Chapter 4"] {{Wayback|url=http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/books/book2/bk2ch04.html |date=20230517064345 }}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Grace|volume=12|pages=309–310}}
* Randy Maddox, ''Responsible Grace'' (Kingswood, 1994) {{ISBN|0-687-00334-2}}
* [[Alister McGrath]], ''Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification'' (Cambridge, 1998) {{ISBN|0-521-62481-9}}
* [[Glen Pettigrove]], "Forgiveness and Grace", in ''Forgiveness and Love'' (Oxford University Press, 2012) 124–150.
* [[R. C. Sproul]], ''Grace Unknown: The Heart of Reformed Theology'' (Baker Book House, 1999) {{ISBN|0-8010-1121-3}}
* Ulasien, Paul, ''[http://www.graceperspective.com The Power of a Grace Perspective] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215024341/http://www.graceperspective.com/ |date=2013-12-15 }}'' (Infinity, 2011) {{ISBN|0-7414-6729-1}}, {{ASIN|B00719WMBS}}
* [[Philip Yancey]], ''[[What's So Amazing About Grace?]]'' (Zondervan, 1997) {{ISBN|0-310-24565-6}}
* Paul F. M. Zahl, ''Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life'' (Eerdmans, 2007) {{ISBN|978-0-8028-2897-2}}

== Viungo vya nje ==
* {{cite web |language=en |last=Shelton |first=Brian |title=Prevenient Grace: Two Helpful Distinctions |url=https://seedbed.com/prevenient-grace-4-helpful-distinctions/ |agency=Seedbed |date=2015 |access-date=2022-05-01}}
* {{cite web |language=en |last=UMC |title=The Wesleyan Means of Grace |url=https://www.umc.org/en/content/the-wesleyan-means-of-grace |publisher=[[The United Methodist Church]] |date=2018 |access-date=February 18, 2021}}
* {{cite book |language=en |last=Wiley |first=H. Orton |title=Christian theology |location=Kansas City, MO |publisher=Beacon Hill Press |date=1940 |type=3 volumes |url=http://wesley.nnu.edu/other-theologians/henry-orton-wiley/christian-theology-by-h-orton-wiley/}}
* [https://sw.kingdomsalvation.org/the-truth-concerning-the-work-in-the-age-of-redemption-2.html Neema]
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