Utatu

Zamulungu ndi zofunika kwa ife chifukwa zimatipatsa maziko a chikhulupiriro chathu. Pali, komabe, mafunde aumulungu ambiri, ngakhale mkati mwa mgonero wa chikhristu.Chinthu chimodzi chomwe chimayimira WCG/CCI ngati gulu la chikhulupiriro ndi kudzipereka kwathu ku zomwe tinganene kuti "zamulungu za Utatu." Ngakhale kuti chiphunzitso cha Utatu chakhala chovomerezedwa mofala m’mbiri yonse ya matchalitchi, ena amachitcha “chiphunzitso choiwalika” chifukwa chakuti nthaŵi zambiri chikhoza kunyalanyazidwa. Komabe, ife a WCG/CCI timakhulupirira kuti zenizeni, kutanthauza zenizeni ndi tanthauzo la Utatu, zimasintha chirichonse.

Baibulo limaphunzitsa kuti chipulumutso chathu chimadalira pa Utatu. Chiphunzitsochi chimatiwonetsa ife momwe munthu aliyense wa Umulungu amatenga gawo lofunikira m'miyoyo yathu monga Akhristu. Mulungu Atate anatitenga kukhala “ana [ake] okondedwa kwambiri” (Aef 5,1). Ndicho chifukwa chake, Mulungu Mwana, Yesu Kristu, anakwaniritsa ntchito yofunika kaamba ka chipulumutso chathu. Timapuma mu chisomo chake (Aefeso 1,3-7), khalani ndi chidaliro mu chipulumutso chathu chifukwa Mulungu Mzimu Woyera amakhala mwa ife monga chisindikizo cha cholowa chathu (Aef.1,13-14). Munthu aliyense wa Utatu ali ndi udindo wapadera wotilandira m’banja la Mulungu. Ngakhale kuti timalambira Mulungu mwa milungu itatu, nthawi zina chiphunzitso cha Utatu chimaoneka ngati chinthu chovuta kwambiri kuchitsatira. Komabe pamene kumvetsetsa kwathu ndi machitidwe athu zimagwirizana pa ziphunzitso zazikuluzikulu, zimakhala ndi kuthekera kwakukulu kosintha moyo wathu watsiku ndi tsiku. Mmene ndimaonera, chiphunzitso cha Utatu chimatikumbutsa kuti palibe chimene tingachite kuti tipeze malo pagome la Ambuye—Mulungu watiitana kale ndi kuchita ntchito yofunika kuti tipeze malo athu patebulo. Chifukwa cha chipulumutso cha Yesu ndi kukhalamo kwa Mzimu Woyera, tikhoza kufika pamaso pa Atate omangidwa mu chikondi cha Utatu wa Mulungu. Chikondi chimenechi chimapezeka kwaulere kwa onse amene amakhulupirira chifukwa cha ubale wamuyaya, wosasintha wa Utatu.

Komabe, izi sizitanthauza kuti tilibe mwayi wochita nawo izi. Kukhala mwa Khristu kumatanthauza kuti chikondi cha Mulungu chimatithandiza kusamalira iwo otizungulira. Chikondi cha Utatu chimatizazika kutiphatikizirapo; ndipo kudzera mwa ife zimafikira ena. Mulungu safuna kuti timalize ntchito yake, koma akutiitanira monga banja lake kuti tigwirizane naye. Timapatsidwa mphamvu zokonda chifukwa chakuti mzimu wake uli mwa ife. Ndikazindikira kuti mzimu wake ukukhala mkati mwanga, mzimu wanga umakhala m'malo. Mulungu wautatu, wachibale akufuna kutiwombolera kukhala ndi ubale wabwino ndi iye komanso anthu ena.
Ndiroleni ndikupatseni chitsanzo cha moyo wanga womwe. Monga mlaliki, ndikhoza kutengeka ndi “zimene ndikuchitira” Mulungu. Posachedwapa ndinakumana ndi gulu la anthu. Ndinkangoganizira kwambiri za zochita zanga moti sindinkadziwa kuti ndani anali ndi ine m’chipindamo. Pamene ndinazindikira kuti ndinali ndi nkhawa kuti ndimalize ntchito ya Mulungu, ndinatenga kamphindi n’kudziseka ndekha ndikusangalala kuti Mulungu ali nafe ndi kutitsogolera ndi kutitsogolera. Sitiyenera kuopa kulakwitsa pamene tikudziwa kuti Mulungu ndiye akulamulira. Tingamutumikire mosangalala. Zimasintha zochitika zathu za tsiku ndi tsiku pamene tikumbukira kuti palibe chimene Mulungu sangakhoze kuchikonza. Maitanidwe athu achikhristu si cholemetsa cholemetsa, koma ndi mphatso yodabwitsa chifukwa Mzimu Woyera amakhala mwa ife, tili ndi ufulu wochita nawo ntchito yake popanda nkhawa.

Mutha kudziwa kuti mawu a wcg/gci amati, “Mwaphatikizidwa!” Koma kodi mukudziwa tanthauzo lake kwa ine pandekha? Kumatanthauza kuti timayesetsa kukonda monga mmene Utatu umakondera—kusamalirana—m’njira yoyamikira kusiyana kwathu, ngakhale pamene tisonkhana. Utatu ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha chikondi choyera. Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera amasangalala ndi umodzi wangwiro pamene mwapang’onopang’ono ali Anthu aumulungu. Monga Athanasius adanena, "Umodzi mu Utatu, Utatu mu Umodzi." Chikondi chofotokozedwa mu Utatu chimatiphunzitsa kufunikira kwa ubale wachikondi mu ufumu wa Mulungu.Kumvetsetsa kwa Utatu kumatanthawuza moyo wa gulu lathu lachipembedzo. Pano pa WCG/GCI, amatilimbikitsa kuti tiganizirenso za mmene tingasamalire. Timafuna kukonda anthu otizungulira, osati chifukwa chofuna kupeza chinachake, koma chifukwa chakuti Mulungu wathu ndi Mulungu wa anthu ndiponso wachikondi. Mzimu wa chikondi wa Mulungu umatitsogolera kuti tizikonda ena ngakhale kuti n’zovuta. Tikudziwa kuti Mzimu wake umakhala mwa ife, komanso mwa abale athu. Ndicho chifukwa chake sitimangosonkhana pa kulambira kwa Lamlungu – timadyeranso pamodzi ndi kuyembekezera zimene Mulungu adzachite m’miyoyo yathu. Ndicho chifukwa chake timapereka chithandizo kwa omwe ali osowa mdera lathu komanso padziko lonse lapansi; ndichifukwa chake timapempherera odwala ndi olumala. Ndi chifukwa cha chikondi ndi chikhulupiriro chathu mwa Utatu. Pamene tilira kapena kukondwerera limodzi, timayesetsa kukondana wina ndi mzake monga momwe Mulungu amakondera utatu. Pamene tikukhala m’chidziŵitso cha Utatu tsiku ndi tsiku, timavomereza maitanidwe athu ndi changu: “Kukhala chidzalo cha Iye wodzaza zinthu zonse.” ( Aefeso. 1,22-23). Mapemphero anu owolowa manja, opanda dyera ndi thandizo la ndalama ndi mbali yofunika kwambiri ya gulu logawana lopangidwa ndi chidziwitso cha Utatu.” Timadzazidwa ndi chikondi cha Atate kudzera mu chipulumutso cha Mwana, kupezeka kwa Mzimu Woyera, ndi kuchirikizidwa ndi kusamalira thupi lake.

Kuyambira pachakudya chokonzedwera mnzanu wodwala mpaka chisangalalo chakwaniritsidwa ndi wina m'banja mpaka chopereka chothandizira Mpingo kuti ugwire ntchito; zonsezi zimatipatsa mwayi wolalikira uthenga wabwino wa uthenga wabwino. Mwa chikondi cha Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera.

ndi Dr. Joseph Tkach


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