Ufumu wa Mulungu (Gawo 4)
M'gawo lomaliza tidayang'ana momwe lonjezo la Ufumu wa Mulungu likudzera mokwanira lingatumikire monga gwero la chiyembekezo chachikulu kwa ife okhulupirira. Munkhaniyi tikufuna kudziwa momwe chiyembekezo chathu chimakhalira.
Momwe timayimilira za ufumu wamtsogolo wa Mulungu
Kodi ife monga okhulupirira tiyenera kumvetsetsa bwanji za ubale wathu ndi ufumu umene Baibulo limanena kuti ulipo kale, koma sunabwere? Ndikutanthauza, titha kugwiritsa ntchito Karl Barth, TF Torrance ndi George Ladd (ena angatchulidwenso pamfundoyi) kufotokoza izi motere: Tayitanidwa tsopano kugawana nawo madalitso a ufumu ukubwera wa Khristu ndikuchitira umboni izi mu zakanthawi komanso zochepa munthawi. Pamene tikuona ufumu wa Mulungu ndi kuuonetsa m’zochita zathu zimene tiri mu utumiki wa Yesu wopitiriza utumiki mwa mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera, timachitira umboni momveka bwino wa mmene udzaonekera kudza. Mboni siichitira umboni monga mathero mwa iyo yokha, koma kuchitira umboni chinthu chimene iye mwiniyo akuchidziwa. Mofananamo, chizindikiro sichidziimira chokha, koma chinthu chinanso chofunika kwambiri. Monga akhristu, timachitira umboni zomwe zimatchulidwa - ufumu wa Mulungu wamtsogolo. Chifukwa chake, kuchitira umboni kwathu ndikofunikira, koma pali zoperewera Choyamba, kulalikira kwathu pang'ono kumangokhala ngati chisonyezo cha ufumu ukubwerawo. Lilibe chowonadi chake chonse ndi zenizeni, ndipo izi sizingatheke. Zochita zathu sizingavumbulutse ufumu wa Khristu, umene tsopano ukhala wobisika, mu ungwiro wake wonse. Zolankhula komanso zochita zathu zitha kubisa zina mwazimfumu kwinaku zikutsindika zina. Mwakuipa kwambiri, machitidwe athu osiyanasiyana aumboni angawoneke ngati osagwirizana kwathunthu, komanso otsutsana. Sitingathe kubweretsa yankho lathunthu pamavuto onse, ngakhale titayesetsa motani, modzipereka kapena mwaluso. Nthawi zina, njira iliyonse yomwe mungapereke imatha kukhala yopindulitsa komanso yopanda phindu. M'dziko lochimwali, yankho langwiro silimakhala lotheka nthawi zonse ku tchalitchi. Chotero umboni umene iye akupereka udzakhala wosakwanira m’nthaŵi ino ya dziko.
Chachiwiri, umboni wathu umatipatsa kaonedwe kochepa chabe ka mtsogolo, kamene kamatipatsa chithunzithunzi chabe cha ufumu wamtsogolo wa Mulungu. Muzowona zake zonse, komabe, sikungathe kuzimvetsetsa kwa ife. Timawona "chithunzi chosadziwika bwino" (1. Kor 13,12; Uthenga Wabwino wa Baibulo). Umu ndi mmene tiyenera kumvekera tikamanena za “kanthawi kochepa.” Chachitatu, ulaliki wathu umayendera nthawi. Ntchito zimabwera ndi kupita. Zinthu zina zochitidwa m’dzina la Kristu zikhoza kukhala kwa nthaŵi yaitali kuposa zina. Zina mwa zimene timachitira umboni m’zochita zathu zingakhale zachidule komanso zosakhalitsa. Koma kuzindikiridwa monga chizindikiro, umboni wathu suyenera kukhala wotsimikizirika kamodzi kokha kuti ukhoze kulozera ku chimene chikhalitsa, ulamuliro wamuyaya wa Mulungu kupyolera mwa Kristu mwa Mzimu Woyera. , yotopetsa kapena yosasinthika, ngakhale kuti ili yamtengo wapatali, ndithudi ndi yofunika kwambiri, popeza imapeza phindu limeneli kuchokera ku unansi ndi chenicheni chamtsogolo cha ufumu wa Mulungu.
Njira ziwiri zolakwika zothetsera nkhani yovuta ya ufumu wa Mulungu womwe udalipo kale. Ena atha kufunsa, “Nanga zomwe tikukumana nazo pakadali pano ndi umboni wake zili ndi phindu lanji ngati sizili molunjika kuufumu womwewo? Ndiye bwanji kuvutikira nazo? Idzakhala ndi ntchito yanji? Ngati sitingathe kupanga zabwino, bwanji tiziwononga ndalama zambiri pantchitoyo kapena kuwononga chuma chathu? ”Ena atha kuyankha kuti," Sitingayitanidwe ndi Mulungu zikadakhala zochepa pangozi kukwaniritsa izi ndikukwaniritsa china changwiro. Ndi thandizo lake tikhoza kupitiriza kugwira ntchito yokhudzana ndi kukwaniritsa Ufumu wa Mulungu pa dziko lapansi. ”Zochita pa mutu wovuta wa ufumu" womwe udalipo kale koma sunamalizidwe "zakhala ndi mayankho osiyanasiyana munkhani ya tchalitchi monga zomwe zatchulidwazi. pamwambapa. Izi zili choncho ngakhale pali machenjezo opitilira njira ziwirizi, zomwe amaziona ngati zolakwika zazikulu. Mwalamulo, pamalankhulidwa zakupambana komanso kukhala chete pankhaniyi.
Kupambana
Ena, omwe sakonda kudzichepetsera kuti azindikire komanso kuzindikira zizindikilo, amalimbikira kuti athe kumanga ufumu wa Mulungu iwokha - ngakhale mothandizidwa ndi Mulungu. Mwachitsanzo, sangathe kuthetsedwa chifukwa choti titha kukhala "osintha dziko". Izi zikadatheka ngati anthu okwanira okha atadzipereka ndi mtima wonse ku ntchito ya Khristu ndipo ali okonzeka kulipira mtengo wokwanira. Chifukwa chake ngati anthu okwanira atagwira ntchito molimbika komanso modzipereka komanso kudziwa njira zoyenera, dziko lathu likadasandulika kukhala ufumu wangwiro wa Mulungu. Khristu adzabweranso pamene ufumu udzafika pokwaniritsa kudzera mu kuyesetsa kwathu. Zonsezi zitha kuchitika pokhapokha ndi chithandizo cha Mulungu.
Ngakhale sizinafotokozedwe poyera, malingaliro awa a ufumu wa Mulungu akuganiza kuti zomwe takwanitsa chifukwa cha kuthekera komwe Yesu Khristu adakwaniritsa kudzera muntchito yake yapadziko lapansi ndi chiphunzitso chake, koma sichinakwaniritsidwe. Khristu anali wopambana mwa njira yomwe tsopano titha kutopa kapena kuzindikira kuthekera kotheka mwa iye.
Yankho la wopambana limagogomezera makamaka zoyesayesa zomwe zimalonjeza kudzetsa kusintha kwa chilungamo cha chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso machitidwe aboma komanso ubale wapabanja ndi machitidwe. Kulemba kwa Akhristu ambiri pamapulogalamu otere kumachitika chifukwa chakuti Mulungu pamlingo wina amatidalira. Akungoyang'ana "ngwazi". Adatipatsa choyenera, choyambirira, dongosolo laufumu wake, ndipo zinali tsopano kutchalitchi kuti izi zichitike. Chifukwa chake tapatsidwa kuthekera kozindikira zomwe tapatsidwa kale mwangwiro. Izi zipambana ngati titangokhutira kuti ndi choncho ndipo tikhala kumbuyo kwenikweni kuwonetsa Mulungu kuti ndife othokoza moona mtima kwa iye pazonse zomwe wachita kuti tithe kuzindikira zabwino zake. Potero, tatha kutseka kusiyana pakati pa "zenizeni" ndi zofuna za Mulungu - choncho tiyeni tiwone pomwepo!
Kukwezedwa kwa pulogalamu ya wopambana nthawi zambiri kumalimbikitsidwa ndi kutsutsa kotsatiraku: Chifukwa chake, akuti, chili m'chakuti osakhulupirira salowa nawo pulogalamuyo motero samakhala Akristu kapena kutsatira Khristu. Kuphatikiza apo, akunenedwa kuti Tchalitchi sichikuchita zokwanira kuti Ufumu ukhale weniweni ndikupatsa malo moyo wa Mulungu mokwanira pano ndi pano. Mkanganowo ukupitirira apo: Pali Akristu ambiri odzitcha okha (ndiko kuti, Akristu okha m'dzina) ndi onyenga enieni mkati mwa Tchalitchi omwe samamatira ku chikondi ndi kuyesetsa chilungamo, monga momwe Yesu anaphunzitsira, kotero kuti osakhulupirira amakana kulowa nawo - ndipo moyenera, munthu anganene! Akunenedwanso kuti omwe amachititsa kuti osakhulupirira asakhale Akristu kwenikweni amapezeka pakati pa Akristu opanda mitima, ofooka, kapena achinyengo. Chifukwa chake vutoli lingathe kuthetsedwa pokhapokha poyatsa chidwi mwa Akristu onse, kuwalola kukhala otsimikiza mtima komanso Akristu osagonja omwe amadziwa momwe angagwiritsire ntchito Ufumu wa Mulungu mokwanira pano ndi pano. Pokhapokha Akristu, mokulirapo kuposa kale, akasonyeza chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi njira ya moyo imene amachirikiza, Uthenga Wabwino wa Khristu udzatsimikizira ena, chifukwa mwanjira imeneyi adzazindikira ndi kukhulupirira ulemerero wa Yesu Khristu. Pofuna kulimbitsa mfundo imeneyi, mawu a Yesu nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito, ngakhale kuti mosayenera pankhani iyi: "Mwa ichi onse adzadziwa kuti ndinu ophunzira anga, ngati mukondana wina ndi mnzake." (Joh 13,35)Kuchokera pamenepa, mfundo yaikulu ndi yakuti ena sadzafika pa chikhulupiriro, ndithudi, sadzatha, ngati ife sititsatira chikondi mokwanira. Njira yawo yofikira pa chikhulupiriro imadalira momwe timachitirana chikondi, monga momwe Khristu mwiniwake anachitira.
Mawu awa a Yesu (Joh 13,35)Mawu awa sakutanthauza kuti ena adzakhulupirira kudzera mwa iwo, koma amatanthauza kuti iwo amene amatsatira Yesu adzadziwika kuti ndi ake, popeza iwo, monga iye, amachita chikondi. Akusonyeza kuti chiyanjano chathu chachikondi chingatumikire kutsogolera ena kwa Khristu. Zimenezo n’zodabwitsa! Ndani sangafune kugwirizana naye mu zimenezo? Komabe, mawu ake sakusonyeza kuti chikhulupiriro/chipulumutso cha ena chimadalira pa chikondi chimene ophunzira ake amasonyezana. Kutengera ndi vesili, n’kolakwika kunena, mosiyana, kuti ngati otsatira Khristu alibe chikondi, ena sadzazindikira kuti ndi otero ndipo motero sadzamukhulupirira. Zikanakhala choncho, Mulungu sakanakhala wokhulupirika kuposa ife. Mawu akuti "ngati tili opanda chikhulupiriro, iye amakhalabe wokhulupirika" (2. Tim 2,13)Mawu awa sakanagwira ntchito. Onse amene anakhulupirira anazindikira kuti mpingo wonse, komanso mamembala ake, ali mu mikangano ndipo ndi opanda ungwiro. Anadalira Ambuye wawo chifukwa anazindikiranso kusiyana pakati pa Iye amene amalandira ulemu ndi amene amamutamanda. Ingoyang'anani chikhulupiriro chanu ndikuona ngati sizili choncho. Mulungu ndi wamkulu kuposa umboni wathu kwa Iye. Iye ndi wokhulupirika kuposa ife. Inde, ichi si chifukwa chokhalira mboni zosakhulupirika za chikondi changwiro cha Khristu.
Chete
Kumbali ina ya sipekitiramu, komwe timapeza yankho kuchokera pakukhala chete, ena afotokoza zovuta zomwe zinali mu ufumu wakale wa Mulungu koma zomwe sizinathe pomaliza kunena kuti palibe zambiri zomwe zingachitike tsopano. Kwa iwo ulemerero uli mtsogolo mokha. Khristu anali wopambana munthawi yautumiki wake padziko lapansi, ndipo yekha tsiku lina, munthawi yake, adzakulitsa bwino. Pakadali pano tikungoyembekezera kubweranso kwa Khristu kuti - mwina atatha zaka zochepa akulamulira padziko lapansi - kuti atitengere kumwamba. Pomwe akhristu akupatsidwa kale madalitso ena pano, monga kukhululukidwa kwa machimo, chilengedwe, kuphatikiza chilengedwe, koma koposa zonse chikhalidwe, chikhalidwe, sayansi ndi zachuma mabungwe agwera pachinyengo ndi zoyipa. Zonsezi sizingapulumutsidwe. Ponena za umuyaya, palibe njira iliyonse yopangira zabwino zomwe zapangidwira zonsezi. Zitha kuperekedwa ku chiwonongeko kudzera mu mkwiyo wa Mulungu ndikufika kumapeto. Anthu ambiri amafunika kuchotsedwa mdziko lochimwali kuti apulumutsidwe.Nthawi zina, njira yodzipatula imaphunzitsidwa malingana ndi njira yodekha imeneyi. Chifukwa chake, tiyenera kusiya kuyeserera kwadziko lapansi ndikudziyandikira. Malinga ndi ena omwe amangokhala chete, kusowa chiyembekezo komanso kusowa thandizo kwa dzikoli kumapangitsa kuti pakhale lingaliro loti munthu akhoza kudziyipitsa wopanda vuto m'njira zambiri, popeza pamapeto pake sizothandiza chifukwa pamapeto pake zonse zimasiyidwa kukhothi. Kwa enanso, kungokhala chete, kumatanthauza kuti akhristu ayenera kupereka chitsanzo payekha kapena pagulu, otalikirana ndi dziko lonse lapansi. Chotsimikizika apa nthawi zambiri chimakhala chamakhalidwe aumwini, mabanja, komanso tchalitchi. Komabe, kuyesayesa kwachindunji pakukopa kapena kubweretsa kusintha kunja kwa gulu lachikhristu kumawoneka ngati kowononga chikhulupiriro, ndipo nthawi zina kumatsutsidwa. Amakhulupirira kuti kutumizidwa kwachikhalidwe chosakhulupirika komwe kumakhalako kumangobweretsa zokhumudwitsa pamapeto pake kulephera. Chifukwa chake, kudzipereka kwaumwini ndi chiyero chamakhalidwe ndizo nkhani zazikuluzikulu.
Nthawi zambiri, malinga ndi kuwerenga kwa chikhulupiriro uku, kutha kwa mbiri kumawoneka ngati kutha kwa chilengedwe. Iwe udzawonongedwa. Kukhala kwa nthawi ndi malo sikukadakhalaponso. Ena, omwe ndi okhulupilira, sangasiyidwe panjira imeneyi ndipo adzafikitsidwa ku moyo wangwiro, wangwiro, wauzimu wokhala ndi moyo kwamuyaya, wakumwamba ndi Mulungu. Mitundu yambiri komanso malo apakatikati amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu Mpingo. Ambiri a iwo, komabe, ali kwinakwake mkati mwake ndipo amatsamira mbali imodzi kapena inayo. Udindo wopambanowu umalankhula ndi anthu omwe ali ndi chiyembekezo komanso "oganiza bwino", pomwe odekha amalandila kuvomereza kwawo pakati pa osakhulupirira kapena "akatswiri". Komanso, awa ndi maumboni ovuta omwe samayang'ana gulu lililonse lomwe limafanana kwathunthu kapena chimzake. Izi ndi zizolowezi zomwe zimayesera mwanjira ina kapena zina kuti zithetse mavuto ovuta omwe alipo kale koma osawonekeratu zenizeni zenizeni komanso zenizeni za ufumu wa Mulungu.
Njira ina yopambana ndi bata
Komabe, pali lingaliro lina lomwe likugwirizana kwambiri ndi chiphunzitso cha baibulo komanso chiphunzitso chaumulungu, chomwe sichimangopewa kuphatikizika konseku, koma ndimawona lingaliro loti kugawanika koteroko ndikolakwika, popeza silichita chilungamo vumbulutso la m'Baibulo mokwanira. Njira zopambananso komanso zamtendere, komanso zokambirana zomwe zidachitika pakati pa omwe akuwayimira, akuganiza kuti chowonadi chovuta cha ufumu wa Mulungu chimafuna kuti titenge nawo gawo pazofunsidwa. Mwina Mulungu amachita chilichonse payekha kapena zili kwa ife kuti tizizindikire. Maganizo awiriwa amapanga chithunzi kuti tiyenera kudzizindikiritsa ngati ochita zachitetezo kapena kungokhala ngati sitikufuna kukhala pakati ndi malingaliro athu. Malingaliro a m'Baibulo okhudza ufumu wa Mulungu womwe udalipo kale koma wosakwaniritsidwa ndi wovuta. Koma palibe chifukwa chotsutsana. Mfundo sikuti pakhale kukhazikika kapena kupeza mtundu wapakatikati wapakati pazonsezi. Palibe kulumikizana pakati pakadali pano komanso zamtsogolo. M'malo mwake, tikupemphedwa kuti tikwaniritse izi zomwe zidakwaniritsidwa kale koma osati angwiro pano ndi pano. Tsopano tikukhala mu chiyembekezo kuti - monga tawonera mu gawo lachiwiri la nkhanizi - titha kuwonetsedwa bwino ndi mawu akuti cholowa. Tsopano tikukhala ndi moyo wotsimikiza kuti tili ndi cholowa chathu, ngakhale tidakanidwa mwayi wopeza zipatso zomwe tsiku lina tidzapindule nazo. Tikambirana zomwe munkhani yotsatira mndandandandawu zikutanthawuza kukhala mu pano ndipo tsopano ndikuyembekeza kutsiriza ufumu wakudza wa Mulungu.
ndi Dr. Gary Deddo
