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Uthenga wabwino ndi uthenga wabwino wa chipulumutso kudzera mu chisomo cha Mulungu kudzera mu chikhulupiriro mwa Yesu Khristu. Ndi uthenga wakuti Khristu anafera machimo athu, kuti anaikidwa m’manda, mogwirizana ndi malemba, anaukitsidwa pa tsiku lachitatu, kenako anaonekera kwa ophunzira ake. Uthenga wabwino ndi uthenga wabwino wakuti tingalowe mu ufumu wa Mulungu kudzera mu ntchito yopulumutsa ya Yesu Khristu (1. Korinto 15,1-5; Machitidwe a Atumwi 5,31; Luka 24,46-48; Yohane 3,16; Mateyu 28,19-20; Mark 1,14-15; Machitidwe a Atumwi 8,12; 28,30-31 ndi).

Mawu a Yesu kwa otsatira ake ataukitsidwa

Mawu akuti “utumiki waukulu” nthawi zambiri amatanthauza mawu a Yesu a pa Mateyu chaputala 28,1820: “Ndipo Yesu anadza kwa iwo, nanena, Mphamvu zonse zapatsidwa kwa Ine Kumwamba ndi pa dziko lapansi. Chifukwa chake mukani, phunzitsani anthu a mitundu yonse; Ndipo taonani, ine ndili ndi inu masiku onse mpaka mapeto a dziko.”

Mphamvu zonse kumwamba ndi padziko lapansi zapatsidwa kwa ine

Yesu ndi “Ambuye pa zonse” (Mac 10,36) ndipo ali woyamba pa chilichonse (Akolose 1,18 f.). Ngati mipingo ndi okhulupilira atenga nawo mbali mu utumwi kapena kufalitsa uthenga kapena mawu ofala, ndikuchita popanda Yesu, sizikhala ndi phindu.

Mishoni za zipembedzo zina sizizindikira ukulu wake ndipo motero sizigwira ntchito ya Mulungu. Nthambi iliyonse ya Chikhristu yomwe siyiyika Khristu patsogolo muzochita ndi ziphunzitso zake si ntchito ya Mulungu. Asanakwere kwa Atate wake wa Kumwamba, Yesu analosera kuti: “Mudzalandira mphamvu, Mzimu Woyera atadza pa inu, ndipo mudzakhala mboni zanga.” ( Machitidwe a Atu. 1,8). Ntchito ya Mzimu Woyera mu utumwi ndiyo kutsogolera okhulupirira kuti achitire umboni za Yesu Khristu.

Mulungu amene amatumiza

M'magulu achikhristu, mawu akuti "mission" ali ndi matanthauzo osiyanasiyana. Nthawi zina ankanena za nyumba, nthawi zina utumiki ku dziko lachilendo, nthawi zina kubzala mipingo yatsopano, ndi zina zotero. Mwana anatumiza Mzimu Woyera.
Liwu lachingerezi loti "mission" limachokera ku Chilatini. Amachokera ku "missio" kutanthauza "Ndikutumiza". Choncho, utumwi ndi ntchito imene munthu kapena gulu latumizidwa kukachita.
Lingaliro la "kutumiza" ndi lofunikira ku chiphunzitso chaumulungu cha chikhalidwe cha Mulungu. Mulungu ndi Mulungu wotumiza. 

"Nditumize ndani? Ndani akufuna kukhala mtumiki wathu?" afunsa mau a Yehova. Mulungu anatumiza Mose kwa Farao, Eliya ndi aneneri ena ku Israeli, ndi Yohane Mbatizi kukachitira umboni za kuwala kwa Khristu (Yohane 1,6-7), amene iye mwini anatumidwa ndi “Atate wamoyo” kupulumutsa dziko lapansi (Yoh 4,34; 6,57).

Mulungu amatumiza angelo ake kuti achite chifuniro chake (1. Mose 24,7; Mateyu 13,41 ndi ndime zina zambiri), ndipo amatumiza Mzimu wake Woyera m’dzina la Mwana (Yohane 14,26; 15,26; Luka 24,49). Atate “adzatumiza Yesu Kristu” panthaŵi imene zinthu zonse zidzabwezeretsedwa.” (Mac 3,20-21 ndi).

Yesu anatumizanso ophunzira ake (Mat 10,5), kufotokoza kuti monga Atate anamtuma kudziko lapansi, momwemonso iye, Yesu, amatumiza okhulupirira ku dziko lapansi (Yohane 1)7,18). Okhulupirira onse amatumizidwa ndi Khristu. Tili pa ntchito ya Mulungu, ndipo motero ndife amishonare Ake. Mpingo wa Chipangano Chatsopano unamvetsa bwino izi ndipo unagwira ntchito ya Atate monga akazembe ake. Buku la Machitidwe a Atumwi ndi umboni wa ntchito ya utumwi pamene uthenga wabwino unafalikira padziko lonse lapansi. Okhulupirira amatchedwa “akazembe a Khristu” (2. Akorinto 5,20) anatumizidwa kuti akamuimire pamaso pa anthu onse.

Mpingo wa Chipangano Chatsopano unali mpingo wautumwi. Limodzi mwamavuto mu mpingo masiku ano ndikuti opita kutchalitchi "amawona utumwi ngati imodzi mwantchito zake zambiri osati ngati malo ake ofotokozera" (Murray, 2004: 135). Nthawi zambiri amadzipatula ku utumwi popereka ntchito imeneyi ku “mabungwe apadera m’malo mokonzekeretsa mamembala onse kukhala amishonale” (ibid.). M’malo mwa kuyankha kwa Yesaya kuti: “Ndine pano, nditumeni.” (Yesaya 6,9) Yankho limene nthaŵi zambiri silinatchulidwe ndi lakuti: “Ndine pano; Tumizani wina.”

Mtundu wakale wachipangano

Ntchito ya Mulungu mu Chipangano Chakale imagwirizanitsidwa ndi lingaliro la kukopa. Mayiko ena adzachita mantha kwambiri ndi mphamvu ya maginito ya kuloŵerera kwa Mulungu kotero kuti ayesetse ‘kulaŵa ndi kuona ubwino wa Yehova’ ( Salmo 3 )4,8).

Chitsanzocho chimaphatikizapo kuyitanidwa "Bwerani" monga momwe akufotokozedwera m'nkhani ya Solomo ndi Mfumukazi ya ku Sheba. “Ndipo pamene mfumu yaikazi ya ku Sheba inamva mbiri ya Solomo, inadza… Mfumu: Zoonadi zimene ndinamva m’dziko langa zokhudza ntchito zanu ndi nzeru zanu” (1 Maf 10,1-7). Mu lipotili, mfundo yaikulu ndi kukokera anthu pa mfundo yaikulu kuti choonadi ndi mayankho zimveke bwino. Mipingo ina masiku ano imatsatira chitsanzo choterocho. Ndilovomerezeka pang'ono, koma sichitsanzo chonse.

Kaŵirikaŵiri, Israyeli samatumizidwa kunja kwa malire ake kuti achitire umboni ku ulemerero wa Mulungu. "Sinatumizidwe kupita kwa Amitundu ndikulengeza chowonadi chowululidwa choperekedwa kwa anthu a Mulungu" (Peters 1972: 21). Pamene Mulungu anafuna kuti Yona atumize uthenga wa kulapa kwa anthu a ku Nineve amene sanali Aisiraeli, Yona anacita mantha. Njira yotereyi ndi yapadera (werengani nkhani ya utumiki uwu mu Bukhu la Yona. Imakhalabe yophunzitsa kwa ife lero).

Mitundu ya Chipangano Chatsopano

"Ichi ndi chiyambi cha Uthenga Wabwino wa Yesu Khristu, Mwana wa Mulungu" - umu ndi momwe Marko, mlembi woyamba wa Uthenga Wabwino, amakhazikitsira nkhani za mpingo wa Chipangano Chatsopano (Marko 1,1). Zonse ndi za uthenga wabwino, uthenga wabwino, ndipo Akhristu ayenera kukhala ndi “chiyanjano mu uthenga wabwino” (Afilipi. 1,5), kutanthauza kuti amakhala ndi kugawana uthenga wabwino wa chipulumutso mwa Khristu. Mawu akuti “uthenga wabwino” azikidwa mu ichi – lingaliro la kufalitsa uthenga wabwino, kulengeza chipulumutso kwa osakhulupirira.

Monga momwe ena mwa apo ndi apo anakokeredwa ku Israyeli chifukwa cha kutchuka kwake kwa kanthaŵi kochepa, chotero, mosiyana, ambiri akokeredwa kwa Yesu Kristu chifukwa cha kutchuka kwake kotchuka ndi chisonkhezero. “Ndipo mbiri yake inafalikira nthawi yomweyo m’dziko lonse la Galileya (Mk 1,28). Yesu anati: “Bwerani kwa ine.” (Mat 11,28), ndi “Nditsate Ine” ( Mateyu 9,9). Chitsanzo cha chipulumutso cha kubwera ndi kutsatira chikugwirabe ntchito. Ndi Yesu amene ali ndi mawu a moyo (Yoh 6,68).

Chifukwa chiyani Mission?

Marko anafotokoza kuti Yesu “anadza ku Galileya nalalikira uthenga wabwino wa ufumu wa Mulungu.” (Maliko 1,14). Ufumu wa Mulungu suli wokha. Yesu anauza ophunzira ake kuti: “Ufumu wa Mulungu uli wofanana ndi kambewu kampiru, kamene munthu anatenga, nakafesa m’munda wake; ndipo inakula ndi kukhala mtengo, ndi mbalame za mumlengalenga zinakhala m’nthambi zake.” ( Luka 1 Kor3,18-19). Lingaliro lake ndi lakuti mtengowo ukhale waukulu mokwanira kwa mbalame zonse, osati mtundu umodzi wokha.

Mpingo suli wokha monga momwe mpingo wa Israyeli unaliri. Uli wophatikiza, ndipo uthenga wabwino si wa ife tokha. Tiyenera kukhala mboni zake “mpaka kumalekezero a dziko lapansi.” (Mac 1,8). “Mulungu anatumiza Mwana wake” kuti ife tikhale ana ake kudzera mu chiombolo (Agalatiya 4,4). Chifundo chowombola cha Mulungu kudzera mwa Khristu sichili cha ife tokha, “koma cha dziko lonse lapansi”.1. Johannes 2,2). Ife amene tili ana a Mulungu timatumizidwa ku dziko lapansi monga mboni za chisomo chake. Utumwi umatanthauza kuti Mulungu amati "inde" kwa anthu, "inde ndili pano ndipo inde ndikufuna kukupulumutsani."

Kutumiza kumeneku padziko lapansi si ntchito yoti ikwaniritsidwe. Ndi ubale ndi Yesu, amene amatitumiza kukagawana ndi ena “ubwino wa Mulungu umene umatsogolera ku kulapa” ( Aroma. 2,4). Ndi chikondi chachifundo cha agape cha Khristu mwa ife chimene chimatilimbikitsa kugawana uthenga wa chikondi ndi ena. “Chikondi cha Khristu chimatikakamiza” (2. Akorinto 5,14). Mission imayambira kunyumba. Chilichonse chimene timachita chimagwirizana ndi zochita za Mulungu, amene “anatumiza mzimu woyera m’mitima yathu.” (Agalatiya 4,6). Timatumizidwa ndi Mulungu kwa okwatirana athu, mabanja, makolo, abwenzi, oyandikana nawo, ogwira nawo ntchito ndi omwe timakumana nawo mumsewu, kwa aliyense kulikonse.

Mpingo woyamba unawona cholinga chake potenga nawo gawo pa Ntchito Yaikuru. Paulo ankaona anthu amene alibe “mawu a mtanda” ngati anthu amene adzawonongeka pokhapokha ngati uthenga wabwino walalikidwa kwa iwo.1. Akorinto 1,18). Mosasamala kanthu kuti kaya anthu alabadira uthenga wabwino kapena ayi, okhulupirira ayenera kukhala “fungo la Khristu” kulikonse kumene akupita.2. Akorinto 2,15). Paulo ankadera nkhawa kwambiri anthu amene akumva uthenga wabwino moti ankaona kuti kufalitsa uthengawo ndi udindo. Iye anati: “Pakuti polalikira Uthenga Wabwino sindiyenera kudzitamandira; chifukwa ndiyenera kuchita. Ndipo tsoka kwa ine ngati sindilalikira Uthenga Wabwino!1. Akorinto 9,16). Iye akusonyeza kuti “ali ndi mangawa kwa Ahelene, ndi kwa osakhala Ahelene, anzeru ndi opanda nzeru….kulalikira Uthenga Wabwino” ( Aroma. 1,14-15 ndi).

Paulo amafuna kuchita ntchito ya Khristu kuchokera mu mtima woyamikira wodzazidwa ndi chiyembekezo, “chifukwa chikondi cha Mulungu chinatsanulidwa m’mitima mwathu mwa Mzimu Woyera” (Aroma 5,5). Kwa iye ndi mwayi wachisomo kukhala mtumwi, ndiko kuti, “wotumidwa,” monga ife tonse, kukachita ntchito ya Kristu. “Chikhristu ndi utumwi mwachilengedwe kapena chimakaniza zake raison d'etre”, mwachitsanzo cholinga chake chonse (Bosch 1991, 2000:9).

Mwayi

Mofanana ndi anthu ambiri masiku ano, dziko la nthawi ya Machitidwe linali lodana ndi uthenga wabwino. “Koma ife timalalikira Khristu wopachikidwa, chokhumudwitsa kwa Ayuda, ndi chopusa kwa amitundu.”1. Akorinto 1,23).

Uthenga Wachikristu sunali wolandiridwa. Okhulupirikawo, monga Paulo, “anasautsidwa ponseponse, koma osawopa; anaopa, koma sanataye mtima;2. Akorinto 4,8-9). Nthawi zina magulu onse a okhulupirira asiya uthenga wabwino (2. Timoteo 1,15).

Sizinali zophweka kutumizidwa padziko lapansi. Kawirikawiri, Akhristu ndi mipingo amakhala kwinakwake "pakati pa zoopsa ndi mwayi" (Bosch 1991, 2000: 1).
Pozindikira ndikugwiritsa ntchito mipata, Mpingo unayamba kukula mu chiwerengero ndi kukula mwauzimu. Sanachite mantha kukhala wokakamiza.

Mzimu Woyera amatsogolera okhulupirira mu mwayi wa uthenga wabwino. Kuyambira ndi kulalikira kwa Petro mu Machitidwe 2, Mzimu adagwiritsa ntchito mwayi kwa Khristu. Izi zikufanizidwa ndi zitseko za chikhulupiriro (Mac4,27; 1. Korinto 16,9; Akolose 4,3).

Amuna ndi akazi anayamba kulalikira uthenga wabwino molimba mtima. Anthu monga Filipo mu Machitidwe 8 ​​ndi Paulo, Sila, Timoteo, Akula ndi Priskila mu Machitidwe 18 pamene anabzala mpingo ku Korinto. Chilichonse chimene okhulupirirawo anachita, ankachichita monga “ogwira nawo ntchito mu Uthenga Wabwino.” (Afilipi 4,3).

Monga mmene Yesu anatumizidwira kuti akhale mmodzi wa ife kuti anthu apulumuke, okhulupirira anatumizidwa chifukwa cha uthenga wabwino kuti “akhale zonse kwa onse,” kuti alalikire uthenga wabwino padziko lonse lapansi.1. Akorinto 9,22).

Buku la Machitidwe likumaliza ndi Paulo kukwaniritsa ntchito yaikulu ya Mateyu 28: “Analalikira Ufumu wa Mulungu, naphunzitsa za Ambuye Yesu Kristu ndi kulimbika mtima konse” ( Machitidwe 28,31). Ndi chitsanzo cha mpingo wa mtsogolo - mpingo wa utumwi.

Zokwanira

Lamulo lalikulu laumishonale ndi lokhudza kupitiriza kulengeza uthenga wabwino wa Khristu. Tonsefe timatumizidwa kudziko lapansi, monganso Khristu anatumizidwa ndi Atate. Izi zikuwonetsa tchalitchi chodzaza ndi okhulupirira omwe akuchita ntchito za Atate.

ndi James Henderson