Ufumu wa Mulungu (Gawo 3)

Mpaka pano, m’nkhani yankhani ino, taona mmene Yesu alili phata la ufumu wa Mulungu ndi mmene ulili panopa. M’gawo lino tiona mmene zimenezi zimakhalira magwero a chiyembekezo chachikulu kwa okhulupirira.

Tiyeni tione mawu olimbikitsa a Paulo ku Aroma:
Pakuti nditsimikiza mtima kuti nthawi ya masautso iyi siipimira ulemerero umene udzabvumbulutsidwa mwa ife. [...] Chilengedwe chili pansi pa kusakhazikika - popanda chifuniro chake, koma kupyolera mwa iye amene adachigonjetsa - koma kuchiyembekezo; pakuti cholengedwa nacho chidzamasulidwa ku ukapolo wa chisakhalire, kufikira ku ufulu wa ulemerero wa ana a Mulungu. [...] Chifukwa tinapulumutsidwa, koma pa chiyembekezo. Koma chiyembekezo chimene chikuwoneka sichikhala chiyembekezo; chifukwa mungayembekezere bwanji zomwe mukuwona? Koma pamene tiyembekezera chimene sitichipenya, timachiyembekezera moleza mtima ( Aroma 8:18; 20-21; 24-25 ).

M’malo ena, Yohane analemba motere:
Okondedwa, ndife kale ana a Mulungu, koma sichinaululidwe chimene tidzakhala. Koma tidziwa kuti pamene chawululidwa, tidzakhala ngati icho; chifukwa tidzamuwona momwe alili. Ndipo aliyense amene ali ndi chiyembekezo chotere mwa iye adziyeretsa yekha monga iye ali woyera.1. Yohane 3:2-3).

Uthenga wonena za ufumu wa Mulungu mwachibadwa ndi uthenga wa chiyembekezo; ponse paŵiri ponena za ife eni ndi ponena za chilengedwe chonse cha Mulungu. Mwamwayi, zowawa, kuzunzika ndi zoopsa zomwe tikukumana nazo m’nthawi ya dziko loipali zidzatha. Zoipa sizidzakhala ndi tsogolo mu ufumu wa Mulungu (Chibvumbulutso 21:4). Yesu Khristu mwiniyo sakuyimira mawu oyamba okha, komanso otsiriza. Kapena monga tikunenera momasuka: Ali ndi mawu omaliza. Choncho sitiyenera kuda nkhawa kuti zonsezi zidzatha bwanji. Ife tikuzidziwa izo. Tikhoza kumangapo. Mulungu adzakonza zonse bwino, ndipo onse amene ali okonzeka kulandira mphatsoyo modzichepetsa adzadziwa ndi kukumana nazo tsiku lina. Monga tikunenera, zonse zatsekedwa. Kumwamba kwatsopano ndi dziko lapansi latsopano zidzabwera ndi Yesu Khristu monga Mlengi wawo woukitsidwa, Ambuye ndi Mpulumutsi. Zolinga zoyambirira za Mulungu zidzakwaniritsidwa. Ulemerero wake udzadzaza dziko lonse lapansi ndi kuunika kwake, moyo, chikondi ndi ubwino wangwiro.

Ndipo tidzalungamitsidwa kapena kupezedwa olungama osatengedwa ngati opusa chifukwa chomanga pa chiyembekezocho ndikukhala molingana nacho. Tingapindule kale pang’ono ndi zimenezi mwa kukhala moyo wathu ndi chiyembekezo mu chigonjetso cha Kristu pa zoipa zonse ndi mu mphamvu yake yokhoza kuchita chirichonse mwatsopano. Tikamachita zinthu mogwirizana ndi chiyembekezo cha kubwera kosakayikitsa kwa ufumu wa Mulungu mu chidzalo chake chonse, izi zimakhudza moyo wathu watsiku ndi tsiku, waumwini komanso wa chikhalidwe chathu. Zimakhudza mmene timachitira ndi mavuto, mayesero, masautso ngakhalenso chizunzo chifukwa cha chiyembekezo chathu mwa Mulungu wamoyo. Chiyembekezo chathu chidzatisonkhezera kukokera ena kuti nawonso atengere chiyembekezo chimene sichibwerera kwa ife, koma ku ntchito yeniyeni ya Mulungu. Chotero uthenga wabwino wa Yesu suli chabe uthenga wolengeza za iye, koma chivumbulutso cha chimene iye ali ndi chimene iye wachita ndi kuti tingayembekezere kutha kwa ulamuliro wake, ufumu wake, kukwaniritsidwa kwa mapeto ake. Kufotokozera za kubweranso kosakayikitsa kwa Yesu ndi kutha kwa ufumu wake ndi uthenga wabwino wokwanira.

Chiyembekezo koma osaneneratu

Komabe, chiyembekezo chotere mu ufumu wa Mulungu umene ukudzawo sichikutanthauza kuti tinganeneretu njira yopita ku mapeto otsimikizika ndi angwiro. Sitikudziŵika mmene Mulungu adzakhudzile mapeto a dzikoli. Zili choncho chifukwa nzeru za Wamphamvuyonse zimaposa nzeru zathu. Ngati asankha kuchita chinachake mwa chifundo chake chachikulu, mosasamala kanthu za chimene chingakhale, zonsezo zimalingalira za nthaŵi ndi malo. Sitingathe kumvetsa izi. Mulungu sakanakhoza kufotokoza izo kwa ife ngakhale iye akanafuna. Koma nzowonanso kuti sitifunikira kulongosoledwa kwina kulikonse kupyola kumene kumasonyezedwa m’mawu ndi zochita za Yesu Kristu. Iye akhala yemweyo dzulo, lero, ndi kwanthawizonse (Ahebri 13:8).

Mulungu akugwira ntchito lero monga momwe zinawululira mu chikhalidwe cha Yesu. Tsiku lina tidzaona izi momveka bwino m’mbuyo. Chilichonse chimene Wamphamvuyonse amachita chimagwirizana ndi zimene timamva ndi kuona zokhudza moyo wa padziko lapansi wa Yesu. Tsiku lina tidzayang’ana m’mbuyo ndi kunena kuti: O inde, tsopano ndaona kuti Mulungu Wautatu, pamene anachita ichi kapena icho, anachita mogwirizana ndi njira yake. Zochita zake zimasonyeza mosapita m’mbali zimene Yesu analemba m’mbali zonse. Ndikadayenera kudziwa. Ndikadaganiza. Ndikadatha kuziganizira. Izi ndizofanana ndi Yesu; chimatsogolera zonse kuchokera ku imfa kupita ku chiwukitsiro ndi kukwera kumwamba kwa Khristu.

Ngakhale m’moyo wapadziko lapansi wa Yesu, zimene anali kuchita ndi kunena zinali zosadziŵika kwa awo amene anali kuchita naye. Zinali zovuta kuti ophunzira apitirizebe kumutsatira. Ngakhale kuti timaloledwa kuweruza mobwerera m’mbuyo, ulamuliro wa Yesu udakali m’chimake, choncho kupenda kwathu m’mbuyo sikumatilola kulosera (ndipo sitikuzifuna). Koma tingakhale otsimikiza kuti Mulungu mu chikhalidwe chake, monga Mulungu wa Utatu, adzagwirizana ndi khalidwe lake la chikondi choyera.

Zingakhalenso zabwino kuzindikira kuti choipa sichidziwikiratu, sichinasinthe ndipo sichitsatira malamulo aliwonse. Ndicho chimene chimapangitsa izo, ngakhale pang'ono. Ndipo chokumana nacho chathu, chimene tiri nacho mu m’badwo uno wapadziko lapansi, umene uli pafupi kutha, uli ndi mikhalidwe yoteroyo, monga momwe choipacho chimadziŵikidwira ndi kukhazikika kwinakwake. Koma Mulungu amalimbana ndi chipwirikiti ndi zovuta zoyipa za zoyipa ndipo pamapeto pake amaziika mu ntchito yake - ngati ngati ntchito yokakamiza, titero kunena kwake. Pakuti Wamphamvuyonse amalola kokha chimene chingasiyidwe ku chiwombolo, chifukwa pomalizira pake ndi kulengedwa kwa miyamba yatsopano ndi dziko lapansi latsopano, chifukwa cha mphamvu ya chiukiriro cha Kristu yogonjetsa imfa, chirichonse chidzakhala pansi pa ulamuliro wake.

Chiyembekezo chathu n’chozikidwa pa umunthu wa Mulungu, pa zabwino zimene amatsatira, osati pa kutha kuneneratu mmene adzachitira ndi liti. Ndi chigonjetso cha Khristu mwini, chiwombolo cholonjeza, chimene chimapatsa iwo amene akhulupirira ndi chiyembekezo mu ufumu wamtsogolo wa Mulungu, kuleza mtima, kuleza mtima, ndi chilimbikitso, pamodzi ndi mtendere. Kutha kwake sikophweka kukhala nako, ndipo sikulinso m'manja mwathu. Izo zagwiridwa chifukwa cha ife mwa Khristu, kotero sitiyenera kudandaula mu nthawi ino yomwe ili pafupi kutha. Inde, nthawi zina timakhala achisoni, koma osati opanda chiyembekezo. Inde, nthaŵi zina timavutika, koma m’chiyembekezo chodalirika chakuti Mulungu wathu Wamphamvuyonse adzayang’anira chirichonse ndi kusalola chirichonse kuchitika chimene sichingasiyidwe kotheratu ku chipulumutso. Kwenikweni, chiwombolo chikhoza kupezeka kale mu mawonekedwe ndi ntchito ya Yesu Khristu. Misozi yonse idzapukutidwa (Chibvumbulutso 7:17; 21:4).

Ufumuwo ndi mphatso ya Mulungu ndi ntchito yake

Ngati tiwerenga Chipangano Chatsopano ndi kufanana nacho, Chipangano Chakale kutsogolera ku icho, zikuwonekeratu kuti ufumu wa Mulungu ndi wake, mphatso yake ndi kukwaniritsa kwake - osati zathu! Abrahamu anali kuyembekezera mzinda umene Mulungu ndiye kuumanga ndi kuupanga (Ahebri 11:10). Kwenikweni ndi la Mwana wobadwa m’thupi, wamuyaya wa Mulungu. Yesu amawatenga ngati ufumu wanga (Yohane 18:36). Amalankhula za izi ngati ntchito yake, kupambana kwake. Iye amachibweretsa icho; amachisunga. Akadzabweranso, adzamaliza ntchito yake yowombola anthu. Kodi zikanatheka bwanji, pamene iye ali mfumu ndipo ntchito yake ikupereka ufumuwo chiyambi chake, tanthauzo lake, chenicheni chake! Ufumuwo ndi ntchito ya Mulungu ndiponso mphatso yake kwa anthu. Mwachilengedwe, mphatso imatha kulandiridwa. Wolandira sangapeze kapena kutulutsa. Ndiye gawo lathu ndi chiyani? Ngakhale kusankha mawu uku kumawoneka ngati kolimba mtima. Ife tiribe gawo m’kupangitsa ufumu wa Mulungu kukhala weniweni. Koma ndithu chapatsidwa kwa ife; Timalingalira za ufumu wake, ndipo, ngakhale tsopano, pamene tikukhala m’chiyembekezo cha mathedwe ake, timapeza zina mwa zipatso za ufumu wa Kristu. Komabe, palibe paliponse mu Chipangano Chatsopano pamene amanena kuti timamanga ufumu, kuulenga kapena kuutulutsa. Tsoka ilo, mawu otere akuchulukirachulukira m'magulu ena achikhristu. Kutanthauzira kolakwika koteroko ndikosokeretsa modetsa nkhawa. Ufumu wa Mulungu si umene timachita, sitithandiza Wamphamvuyonse kuzindikira ufumu wake wangwiro pang’onopang’ono. Komabe, si ife amene amaika chiyembekezo chake kapena kukwaniritsa maloto ake!

Ngati muchititsa anthu kuchitira Mulungu zinazake mwa kuwauza kuti iye amadalira ife, chisonkhezero choterocho kaŵirikaŵiri chimatha pakapita nthaŵi yochepa ndipo kaŵirikaŵiri chimatsogolera ku kutopa kapena kugwiritsidwa mwala. Koma choononga kwambiri ndi chowopsa cha chithunzi chotere cha Khristu ndi ufumu wake ndichoti chimasokoneza ubale wa Mulungu ndi ife. Chotero Wamphamvuyonse amawonedwa kukhala wodalira pa ife. Tanthauzo loti iye sangakhale wokhulupirika kuposa ife, ndiye limawonekera mumdima. Timakhala ochita zisudzo akulu pakukwaniritsidwa kwa kuyenera kwa Mulungu. Izi ndiye zimangopangitsa ufumu wake kukhala wotheka ndiyeno kutithandiza momwe angathere ndi momwe kuyesetsa kwathu kumathandizira kuti uchitike. Malinga ndi caricature iyi, palibe ulamuliro weniweni kapena chisomo kwa Mulungu. Kungangotsogolera ku ntchito yolungama yomwe imalimbikitsa kunyada kapena kubweretsa kukhumudwa kapena ngakhale kusiya chikhulupiriro Chachikristu.

Ufumu wa Mulungu suyenera kuonetsedwa ngati ntchito kapena ntchito ya munthu, mosasamala kanthu za chikhumbo kapena kukhudzika kwa makhalidwe abwino kungapangitse wina kutero. Njira yolakwika yoteroyo imasokoneza ubale wathu ndi Mulungu ndipo imayimira molakwika ukulu wa ntchito ya Kristu yomwe yamalizidwa kale. Pakuti ngati Mulungu sangakhale wokhulupirika kuposa ife, palibedi chisomo chowombola. Sitiyenera kugweranso munjira ina yodzipulumutsa; chifukwa mulibe chiyembekezo pamenepo.

ndi Dr. Gary Deddo


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