Chikhalidwe chathu chatsopano mwa Khristu
Martin Luther anatcha Akhristu “ochimwa ndi oyera mtima nthawi imodzi”. Iye analemba mawu amenewa poyambirira m’Chilatini simul iustus et peccator. Simul amatanthauza "nthawi yomweyo", iustus amatanthauza "wolungama", et amatanthauza "ndi" ndipo peccator amatanthauza "wochimwa". Kutengedwa m’lingaliro lenileni, kumatanthauza kuti tikukhala mu uchimo ndi kusachimwa panthaŵi imodzi. Kenako mawu a Luther akanakhala otsutsana. Koma amalankhula mophiphiritsa, pofuna kunena zododometsa zakuti mu ufumu wa Mulungu padziko lapansi sitili omasuka kotheratu ku zisonkhezero zauchimo. Ngakhale kuti tinayanjanitsidwa ndi Mulungu (oyera mtima), sitikhala moyo wangwiro ngati wa Khristu (ochimwa). Popanga mwambi uwu, Luther nthawi zina amagwiritsa ntchito chilankhulo cha mtumwi Paulo kusonyeza kuti mtima wa uthenga wabwino ndi wowerengera pawiri. Choyamba, machimo athu amaperekedwa kwa Yesu ndi kwa ife chilungamo chake. Nkhani yalamulo imeneyi ya kutsutsa imachititsa kukhala kotheka kufotokoza zimene zili mwalamulo ndipo motero zowonadi, ngakhale zitakhala zosawonekera m’moyo wa munthu amene zikukhudza. Luther ananenanso kuti kupatulapo Khristu mwini, chilungamo chake sichikhala chathu (pansi pa ulamuliro wathu). Ndi mphatso yomwe ndi yathu pokhapokha titalandira kuchokera kwa Iye. Timalandira mphatso imeneyi polumikizana ndi wopereka mphatsoyo, popeza pamapeto pake woperekayo ndiye mphatso.” Yesu ndiye chilungamo chathu!” Lutera anali ndi zambiri zoti anene zokhudza moyo wachikhristu osati chiganizo chimodzi chokha. Ngakhale timagwirizana ndi chiganizocho, pali mbali zina zomwe sitigwirizana nazo. Kudzudzula kwa J. de Waal Dryden m’nkhani ya mu The Journal of the Study of Paul and His Letters kukunena motere (Ndikuthokoza bwenzi langa lapamtima John Kossey ponditumizira mizere iyi):
Mawu [a Luther] amathandiza kufotokoza mwachidule mfundo yakuti wochimwa wolungamitsidwa amayesedwa wolungama ndi chilungamo “chachilendo” cha Kristu, osati chifukwa cha chilungamo chimene munthu amakhalamo. Pamene mwambi uwu susonyeza kukhala wothandiza ndi pamene ukuwonedwa—kaya mwachidziwitso kapena mosazindikira—monga maziko a chiyeretso (cha moyo wachikristu). Vuto pano lagona pa kupitiriza kuzindikirika kwa Mkhristu ngati “wochimwa”. Nauni peccator imasonyeza zambiri osati chabe chikhumbo cha makhalidwe opunduka kapena chizolowezi cha zochita zoletsedwa, koma chimafotokoza chiphunzitso cha chikhristu cha kukhala. Mkhristu ndi wochimwa osati muzochita zake zokha komanso mu chikhalidwe chake.” Mwamaganizo, zonena za Luther zimachepetsa kulakwa kwa makhalidwe koma zimapitiriza manyazi. Chifaniziro chodzifotokoza cha wochimwa wolungamitsidwa, pamene amalengezanso poyera chikhululukiro, chimafooketsa chikhululukiro chimenecho pamene chikusonyeza kumvetsetsa kwa iyemwini monga munthu wochimwa kwambiri chifukwa chimapatula m’mbali mbali yosintha ya Khristu. Mkristu ndiye atha kukhala ndi kudzimvetsetsa koyipa komwe kumalimbikitsidwa ndi machitidwe wamba ndipo potero amawonetsa kumvetsetsaku ngati ukoma wachikhristu. Mwanjira imeneyi, manyazi ndi kudzidetsa zimasonkhezeredwa. ("Kubwerezanso Aroma 7: Chilamulo, Kudzikonda, Mzimu," JSPL (2015), 148-149)
Kulandira umunthu wathu watsopano mwa Khristu
Monga Dryden akunenera, Mulungu "amakweza wochimwa ku malo apamwamba." Mu umodzi ndi chiyanjano ndi Mulungu, mwa Khristu ndi mwa Mzimu, ndife “cholengedwa chatsopano”2. Akorinto 5,17) ndi kusandulika kuti tikhale ndi “gawo” mu “khalidwe laumulungu” (2. Peter 1,4). Sitilinso anthu ochimwa ofunitsitsa kumasulidwa ku uchimo. M’malo mwake, ndife ana otengedwa ndi Mulungu, okondedwa, oyanjanitsidwa, osandulika kukhala chifaniziro cha Kristu. Malingaliro athu a Yesu ndi ife eni amasintha kwambiri pamene tivomereza zenizeni za umunthu wathu watsopano mwa Khristu. Timazindikira kuti si athu chifukwa cha zomwe tili, koma chifukwa cha Khristu. Sichathu chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chathu (chimene nthawi zonse chimakhala chopanda ungwiro), koma kudzera mu chikhulupiriro cha Yesu. Taonani m’mene Paulo akuzifotokozera mwachidule m’kalata yake yopita kwa mpingo wa ku Galatiya:
ndikhala ndi moyo, koma si ine, koma Kristu ali ndi moyo mwa ine. Pakuti chimene ndikukhala nacho tsopano m’thupi, ndili nacho mwa chikhulupiriro cha Mwana wa Mulungu, amene anandikonda, nadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha ine (Agalatiya 2,20).
Paulo ankadziwa kuti Yesu ndi nkhani komanso cholinga cha chikhulupiriro chopulumutsa. Monga womvera iye ali mkhalapakati wochitachita, mlembi wa chisomo. Monga chinthu, amayankha monga mmodzi wa ife ndi chikhulupiriro changwiro, kuchita zimenezo mmalo mwathu ndi ife. Chikhulupiriro ndi kukhulupirika kwake, osati kwathu, n’zimene zimatipatsa umunthu watsopano ndi kutipanga kukhala olungama mwa iye. Monga ndinaonera mu lipoti langa la mlungu ndi mlungu masabata angapo apitawo, potipulumutsa ife, Mulungu samachotsa zolakwa zathu ndiyeno kutisiya ife tokha ku zoyesayesa zathu za kutsatira Kristu. M’malo mwake, mwa chisomo amatitheketsa kutenga nawo mbali mokondwera mu zimene wachita ndi kupyolera mwa ife. Chisomo, mukuona, ndichoposa kunyezimira chabe m'maso mwa Atate wathu wa Kumwamba. Zimachokera kwa Atate wathu wosankhidwa, amene amatipatsa mphatso ndi malonjezo a chiwombolo changwiro mwa Khristu, kuphatikizapo kulungamitsidwa, kuyeretsedwa, ndi ulemerero (1. Akorinto 1,30). Chilichonse cha mbali iyi ya chipulumutso chathu chimazindikirika ndi chisomo, mwa Yesu, mwa Mzimu woperekedwa kwa ife monga ana okondedwa a Mulungu, amene ife tiri.
Kuganiza za chisomo cha Mulungu motere kumasintha kawonedwe kathu pa chilichonse pamapeto pake. Mwachitsanzo: Pazochita zanga zatsiku ndi tsiku, ndikhoza kukhala ndikuganiza za kumene ndinamujambulira Yesu kumene. Pamene ndilingalira za moyo wanga kuchokera ku chizindikiritso changa mwa Khristu, maganizo anga amasinthidwa kuti ndimvetsetse kuti ichi sichinthu chomwe ndikufuna kukokerako Yesu, koma kuti ndaitanidwa kuti ndimutsatire ndi kuchita zomwe amachita. Kusintha kumeneku m'malingaliro athu ndizomwe kukula mu chisomo ndi chidziwitso cha Yesu kumatanthauza. Tikamayandikana naye kwambiri, timamuuza zambiri zimene amachita. Ili ndi lingaliro lakukhala mwa Khristu lomwe Ambuye wathu akulankhula mu Yohane 15. Paulo akuchitcha kuti “chobisika” mwa Khristu (Akolose 3,3). Ndikuganiza kuti palibe malo abwinoko obisika, chifukwa mwa Khristu mulibe china koma ubwino. Paulo anazindikira kuti cholinga cha moyo ndi kukhala mwa Khristu. Kukhala mwa Yesu kumatibweretsera ulemu wodzitsimikizira tokha ndi cholinga chimene Mlengi wathu anatifunira kuyambira pachiyambi. Kudziŵika kumeneku kumatimasula kukhala omasuka ku cikhululukiro ca Mulungu ndi kusakhalanso m’manyazi ndi zolakwa zimene zimatifooketsa. Zimatimasulanso kukhala ndi chidziwitso chotsimikizika kuti Mulungu akutisintha kuchokera mkati mwa Mzimu. Ichi ndi chenicheni cha yemwe ife tiridi mwa Khristu mwa chisomo.
Kuwerenga molakwika ndi kutanthauzira molakwika chikhalidwe cha chisomo cha Mulungu
Tsoka ilo, anthu ambiri amatanthauzira molakwika chikhalidwe cha chisomo cha Mulungu ndikuchiwona ngati chilolezo chochimwa (ili ndi vuto la antinomianism). Chodabwitsa, cholakwika ichi chimachitika nthawi zambiri pamene anthu ayesa kumanga chisomo ndi ubale wozikidwa pa chisomo ndi Mulungu kukhala womanga mwalamulo (kumeneko ndiko kulakwitsa kwa malamulo). Mkati mwa dongosolo lalamulo ili, chisomo kaŵirikaŵiri sichimamvetsetsedwa ngati chosiyana ndi lamulo la Mulungu. Chisomo ndiye chimakhala chowiringula mwalamulo cha kumvera kosagwirizana. Chisomo chikazindikirika motere, lingaliro la m'Baibulo la Mulungu ngati atate wachikondi amene amawongolera ana ake okondedwa amanyalanyazidwa.Kuyesa kutsekereza chisomo ku dongosolo lalamulo ndi kulakwitsa koopsa, kobera moyo. Ntchito zamalamulo zilibe kulungamitsidwa, ndipo chisomo chilinso chimodzimodzi ndi lamulo.Kusamvetsetsa chisomo kumeneku kumabweretsa moyo wowolowa manja, wosakhazikika womwe umasiyana ndi moyo wachisomo ndi wokhudzidwa ndi uthenga wabwino womwe Yesu amagawana nafe kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera . kuyimirira.
Kusinthidwa ndi chisomo
Kusamvetsetsa komvetsa chisoni kumeneku kwa chisomo (ndi malingaliro ake olakwika okhudza moyo wa chikhristu) kungathe kuchepetsa chikumbumtima cholakwa, koma mosadziwa kuphonya chisomo cha kusintha—chikondi cha Mulungu m’mitima mwathu chimene chingatisinthe kuchokera mkati mwa Mzimu. Kuphonya chowonadi ichi pamapeto pake kumabweretsa kudziimba mlandu kozikika ndi mantha. Polankhula kuchokera m’chondichitikira changa, ndinganene kuti moyo wozikidwa m’mantha ndi manyazi ndi wosauka m’malo mwa moyo wozikidwa mu chisomo. Pakuti uwu ndi moyo wobadwa ndi chikondi chosandulika cha Mulungu, amene amatilungamitsa ndi kutiyeretsa mwa mgwirizano wathu ndi Khristu kudzera mu mphamvu ya Mzimu. Taonani mawu a Paulo kwa Tito:
Pakuti chisomo cha Mulungu chaonekera kwa anthu onse, ndipo chimatilanga, kuti tikane makhalidwe oipa ndi zilakolako za dziko lapansi, ndipo tikhale ndi moyo wozindikira, wolungama ndi wopembedza m’dziko lino lapansi. (Tito 2,11-12)
Mulungu sanatipulumutse kuti atisiye ndi manyazi, kusakhwima, ndi njira zauchimo ndi zowononga. Ndi chisomo anatipulumutsa kuti tiyende m’chilungamo chake. Chisomo chitanthauza kuti Mulungu sataya mtima pa ife. Iye akupitiriza kutipatsa ife mphatso yakugawana mu umodzi ndi Mwana ndi chiyanjano ndi Atate, ndi kutha kunyamula Mzimu Woyera mkati mwathu. Amatisintha kuti tikhale ngati Khristu. Chisomo ndicho chomwe ubale wathu ndi Mulungu umakhudzira.
Mwa Khristu ndife ndipo nthawi zonse tidzakhala ana okondedwa a Atate wathu wa Kumwamba. Zonse zimene amafuna kwa ife ndi kukula m’chisomo ndi m’chidziwitso cha iye. Timakula m’chisomo pophunzira kumudalira kotheratu, ndipo timakula m’chidziwitso cha Iye potsatira ndi kukhala ndi nthawi ndi Iye. Sikuti Mulungu amatikhululukira mwa chisomo kokha pamene tikhala moyo wathu mu kumvera ndi ulemu, komanso amatisintha ife ndi chisomo. Ubale wathu ndi Mulungu, mwa Khristu komanso kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera, sukula mpaka kufika pamene timaoneka ngati tikusowa Mulungu ndi chisomo chake. M’malo mwake, moyo wathu umadalira iye m’mbali zonse. Iye amatipanga kukhala atsopano mwa kutisambitsa kukhala oyela m’kati mwathu. Tikamaphunzira kukhalabe m’chisomo chake, timafika pomudziwa bwino, kumukonda komanso kumukonda kwambiri. Tikamamudziwa ndi kumukonda kwambiri, m’pamenenso tidzakhala ndi ufulu wopumula mu chisomo chake, wopanda uchimo, mantha, ndi manyazi.
Paulo akumaliza motere:
Pakuti mudapulumutsidwa ndi chisomo chakuchita mwa chikhulupiriro, ndipo ichi chosachokera kwa inu: chiri mphatso ya Mulungu, chochokera ku ntchito, kuti asadzitamandire wina. Pakuti ife ndife ntchito yake, yolengedwa mwa Khristu Yesu, kuchita ntchito zabwino, zimene Mulungu anazikonzeratu, kuti tikayende m’menemo (Aefeso. 2,8-10 ndi).
Tisaiwale kuti ndi chikhulupiriro cha Yesu—kukhulupirika kwake—chimene chimatiwombola ndi kutisintha. Monga mmene wolemba Aheberi amatikumbutsa, Yesu ndiye mlembi ndi womaliza wa chikhulupiriro chathu (Aheb2,2).
ndi Joseph Tkach
