Palibe chomwe chimatilekanitsa ndi chikondi cha Mulungu

450 palibe chomwe chimatilekanitsa ife ndi chikondi cha mulunguMobwerezabwereza “Paulo akutsutsa mu Aroma kuti tili ndi mangawa kwa Khristu kuti Mulungu amatiyesa olungama. Ngakhale kuti nthawi zina timachimwa, machimo amenewo amawerengedwa motsutsana ndi munthu wakale amene adapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu; machimo athu sawerengera amene ife tiri mwa Khristu. Tili ndi ntchito yolimbana ndi uchimo - osati kupulumutsidwa, koma chifukwa ndife ana a Mulungu. M’mbali yomalizira ya mutu 8, Paulo akutembenuzira chisamaliro chake ku tsogolo lathu laulemerero.

Zolengedwa zonse zikudikira ife

Moyo wachikhristu si wophweka. Kulimbana ndi uchimo sikophweka. Kufunafuna mosalekeza sikophweka. Kulimbana ndi moyo watsiku ndi tsiku m’dziko lakugwa, ndi anthu ovunda, kumapangitsa moyo kukhala wovuta kwa ife. Komabe Paulo anati: “Zowawa za tsiku lino siziyenera kuyerekezedwa ndi ulemerero umene udzavumbulutsidwa mwa ife” ( vesi 18 ). Monga mmene zinalili kwa Yesu, ifenso tili ndi chimwemwe—tsogolo labwino kwambiri moti mayesero athu amakono adzaoneka ngati opanda pake.

Koma si ife tokha amene tingapindule nalo. Paulo akunena kuti pali kufalikira kwa dongosolo la Mulungu lomwe likuchitika mwa ife: “Pakuti zolengedwa zilindira ndi kuda nkhawa kuti ana a Mulungu awululidwe” ( vesi 19 ). Sikuti chilengedwe chimalakalaka kutiona ife mu ulemerero, koma chilengedwecho chidzadalitsidwa ndi kusintha pamene dongosolo la Mulungu likukwaniritsidwa, monga momwe Paulo ananenera m’mavesi otsatira kuti: “Cholengedwa chikhoza kubvunda... pakuti cholengedwanso chidzamasulidwa ku ukapolo wa chivundi, kulowa m’ufulu wa ulemerero wa ana a Mulungu” ( vesi 20-21 ).

Chilengedwe tsopano chikuchepa, koma sindicho chomwe chiyenera kukhala. Pachiukiriro, ngati tapatsidwa ulemerero umene moyenerera uyenera kukhala wa ana a Mulungu, chilengedwe chonse chidzamasulidwa ku ukapolo. Chilengedwe chonse chinaomboledwa kudzera mu ntchito ya Yesu Khristu (Akolose 1,19-20 ndi).

Dikirani moleza mtima

Ngakhale kuti mtengowo unalipiridwa kale, sitikuonabe chilichonse kuti Mulungu adzachimaliza. “Chilengedwe chonse chikubuula tsopano mu chikhalidwe chake, ngati kuti chikumva zowawa” (Aroma 8,22 Kumasulira kwatsopano kwa Geneva). Chilengedwe chimavutika ngati kuti chikuvutika pamene chimapanga mimba imene timabadwira. Osati zokhazo, “koma ife tomwe, amene tiri nazo zipatso zoundukula za Mzimu, tibuula m’kati mwathu, ndi kulindirira umwana wathu, ndi chiwombolo cha matupi athu” ( vesi 23 ). Ngakhale kuti Mzimu Woyera waperekedwa kwa ife ngati chikole cha chipulumutso, ifenso timavutika chifukwa chipulumutso chathu sichinafike. Timalimbana ndi uchimo, timalimbana ndi zofooka za thupi, zowawa ndi zowawa - ngakhale tikusangalala ndi zomwe Khristu watichitira.

Chipulumutso chitanthauza kuti matupi athu salinso obvunda (1. Korinto 15,53) adzapangidwa kukhala watsopano ndi kusandulika ulemerero. Dziko looneka silili zinyalala zotayidwa - Mulungu analipanga kukhala labwino ndipo adzalipanga kukhala latsopano. Sitidziŵa mmene matupi amaukitsidwa, ndiponso sitidziŵa physics ya cilengedwe catsopano, koma tingadalile Mlengi kuti amalize nchito Yake.

Sitinaone cholengedwa changwiro, m’chilengedwe, kapena padziko lapansi, kapena m’thupi lathu, koma tili ndi chidaliro chakuti zonse zidzasandulika. Monga momwe Paulo ananenera, “Pakuti ngakhale tinapulumutsidwa, tiri m’chiyembekezo; Koma chiyembekezo chimene chikuwoneka sichikhala chiyembekezo; pakuti munthu angayembekeze bwanji chimene achiona? Koma ngati tiyembekezera chimene sitikuchiwona, timayembekezera moleza mtima.” ( Aroma 8,24-25 ndi).

Timadikirira moleza mtima komanso mwachangu kuuka kwa matupi athu pokhapokha kukhazikitsidwa kwathu kutha. Tikukhala mu chikhalidwe cha kale koma osati panobe: oomboledwa kale koma osawomboledwa mokwanira. Ndife omasuka kale ku chilango, koma osati kwathunthu ku uchimo. Ife tiri kale mu ufumuwo, koma sunafikebe mu chidzalo chake. Tikukhala ndi mbali za m'badwo ukubwera pamene tikulimbana ndi mbali za m'badwo uno. “Momwemonso Mzimu athandiza kufooka kwathu. Pakuti sitidziwa chimene tiyenera kupemphera, monga chiyenera kukhalira; koma Mzimu mwini atipempherera ndi kubuula kosaneneka” (vesi 26). Mulungu amadziwa zimene sitingathe kuchita ndiponso zokhumudwitsa. Amadziwa kuti thupi lathu ndi lofooka. Ngakhale pamene mzimu wathu uli wofunitsitsa, mzimu wa Mulungu umatichonderera, ngakhale pa zinthu zimene sitingathe kuzifotokoza. Mzimu wa Mulungu suchotsa chofooka chathu, koma umatithandiza kufooka kwathu. Amatsekanso kusiyana pakati pa zakale ndi zatsopano, pakati pa zomwe timawona ndi zomwe watifotokozera. Mwachitsanzo, timachimwa ngakhale tikufuna kuchita zabwino (7,14-25). Timawona uchimo m'miyoyo yathu, koma Mulungu amatitcha olungama chifukwa Mulungu amawona zotsatira zake, ngakhale kuti ntchitoyi idangoyamba kumene.

Ngakhale kuti pali kusiyana pakati pa zimene timaona ndi zimene tikufuna, tingadalire kuti Mzimu Woyera adzachita zimene sitingathe kuchita. Adzatiwona. “Koma iye amene asanthula mu mtima adziwa kumene kulingirira kwa mzimu; pakuti akuimira oyera mtima monga akondweretsa Mulungu” (8,27). Mzimu Woyera ali kumbali yathu kutithandiza kuti tikhale otsimikiza!

Kuitanidwa mogwirizana ndi cholinga chake Ngakhale tikukumana ndi mayesero, zofooka, ndi machimo, “tidziŵa kuti zinthu zonse zichitira ubwino kwa iwo amene akonda Mulungu, kwa iwo oitanidwa monga mwa kutsimikiza mtima kwake” ( vesi 28 ). Mulungu sayambitsa zinthu zonse, koma amazilola ndikuchita nazo mogwirizana ndi cholinga chake. Iye ali ndi dongosolo kwa ife, ndipo tingakhale otsimikiza kuti adzatsiriza ntchito yake mwa ife (Afilipi 1,6).

Mulungu anakonzeratu kuti tifanane ndi Mwana wake, Yesu Khristu. Chotero anatiitana ife kupyolera mu Uthenga Wabwino, natilungamitsa kupyolera mwa Mwana wake, natigwirizanitsa ife ndi iye mu ulemerero wake: “Pakuti iwo amene Iye anawasankha, Iye anawakonzeratu kale kuti akhale m’chifanizo cha Mwana wake, kuti Iye akakhale woyamba kubadwa mwa abale ambiri. . Koma amene iye anawalamuliratu, iye anawaitananso; koma amene adayitana, adawayesanso wolungama; koma amene anamuyesa wolungama, anam’lemekezanso.” ( Aroma 8,29-30 ndi).

Tanthauzo lamasankho ndi kukonzedweratu limatsutsana kwambiri, koma mavesiwa samamveketsa bwino mkanganowu chifukwa Paulo sakuyang'ana kwambiri pamawu awa (kapena kwina kulikonse). Mwachitsanzo, Paulo sakunena ngati Mulungu amalola anthu kukana ulemu womwe wawakonzera. Apa, Paulo, akuyandikira chimaliziro cha kulalikira kwake kwa uthenga wabwino, akufuna kutsimikizira owerenga kuti sayenera kuda nkhawa ndi chipulumutso chawo. Ngati avomereza, adzakhala awo nawonso. Ndipo pofuna kumveketsa bwino mawu, Paulo amalankhulanso kuti Mulungu wawalemekeza kale pogwiritsa ntchito nthawi yapitayi. Zili bwino monga zidachitikira. Ngakhale tivutike m'moyo uno, titha kudalira kulemekezedwa mtsogolo.

Oposa opambana

"Titi chiyani pankhaniyi? Ngati Mulungu ali ndi ife, adzatikaniza ndani? Ndani amene sanatimana Mwana wake wa iye yekha, koma anampereka chifukwa cha ife tonse - nanga bwanji sadzatipatsa ife zonse pamodzi ndi Iye? ( vesi 31-32 ). Popeza kuti Mulungu anapeleka Mwana wake m’malo mwathu pamene tinali ocimwa, tingakhale otsimikiza kuti adzatipatsa ciliconse cimene tingafunile kuti cicitike. Tingakhale otsimikiza kuti sadzakwiyira ife ndi kutilanda mphatso yake. “Ndani adzaneneza osankhidwa a Mulungu? Mulungu ali pano kuti alungamitse” (vesi 33). Palibe amene angatiimbe mlandu pa Tsiku la Chiweruzo chifukwa Mulungu wationa kuti ndife osalakwa. Palibe amene angatitsutse, pakuti Khristu Mombolo wathu amatichonderera kuti: “Ndani adzatsutsa? Kristu Yesu ali pano, amene anafa, inde makamaka, amenenso anauka, amene ali kudzanja lamanja la Mulungu, natipembedzera ife” ( vesi 34 ). Sikuti tili ndi nsembe yokha chifukwa cha machimo athu, komanso tili ndi Mpulumutsi wamoyo amene amakhala nafe mosalekeza panjira ya ku ulemerero.

Luso la kulankhula la Paulo likusonyezedwa pachimake chochititsa chidwi cha mutu wakuti: “Adzatilekanitsa ndani ndi chikondi cha Kristu? Chisautso, kapena kupsinjika mtima, kapena kuzunza, kapena njala, kapena usiwa, kapena zowopsa, kapena lupanga? Monga kwalembedwa (Masalimo 4).4,23): »chifukwa cha inu tiphedwa tsiku lonse; tiwerengedwa ngati nkhosa zokaphedwa” (ndime 35-36). Kodi mikhalidwe ingatilekanitse ndi Mulungu? Ngati tiphedwa chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro, tagonja pankhondoyo? Ayi, akutero Paulo: “M’zinthu zonsezi ndife opambana ndi opambana mwa iye amene anatikonda ife kotheratu” ( vesi 37 Elberfelder ). Ngakhale mu zowawa ndi zowawa sitili otayika - ndife abwino kuposa ogonjetsa chifukwa timachita nawo chigonjetso cha Yesu Khristu. Mphotho yathu ya chigonjetso—cholowa chathu—ndi ulemerero wosatha wa Mulungu! Mtengo uwu ndi waukulu kwambiri kuposa mtengo wake.

“Pakuti ndidziwa kuti ngakhale imfa, ngakhale moyo, ngakhale angelo, kapena maulamuliro, ngakhale zinthu zilipo, kapena zirinkudza, ngakhale zazikuru, ngakhale zotsika, ngakhale cholengedwa china chilichonse, sichingathe kutilekanitsa ndi chikondi cha Mulungu chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu. Ambuye” ( vesi 38-39 ). Palibe chimene chingalepheretse Mulungu dongosolo limene ali nalo kwa ife. Palibe chimene chingatilekanitse ndi chikondi chake! Tikhoza kudalira chipulumutso chimene watipatsa.

Wolemba Michael Morrison