Uthenga Wabwino - kuyitanidwa kwanu ku ufumu wa Mulungu
Aliyense ali ndi lingaliro la chabwino ndi cholakwika, ndipo aliyense wachita cholakwika ngakhale ndi malingaliro ake. “Kulakwa ndi munthu,” umatero mwambi wina wodziwika bwino. Aliyense wakhumudwitsa mnzake, waphwanya lonjezo, wakhumudwitsa wina pa nthawi ina. Aliyense amadziwa kudziimba mlandu.
Chotero anthu safuna kukhala ndi chirichonse chochita ndi Mulungu. Safuna tsiku la chiweruzo chifukwa akudziwa kuti sangathe kuyima pamaso pa Mulungu ndi chikumbumtima choyera. Amadziwa kuti ayenera kumumvera, koma amadziwanso kuti sanamumvere. Iwo amachita manyazi ndipo amadziimba mlandu. Kodi ngongole yawo ingawomboledwe bwanji? Kodi kuyeretsa chikumbumtima? “Chikhululukiro ndi chaumulungu,” akumaliza mawuwo. Mulungu ndi amene amakhululukira.
Anthu ambiri amadziwa izi, koma sakhulupirira kuti Mulungu ndi Mulungu mokwanira kukhululukira machimo awo. Mumamvabe kukhala ndi mlandu. Amaopabe mawonekedwe a Mulungu ndi tsiku lachiweruzo.
Koma Mulungu adawonekera kale - mwa umunthu wa Yesu Khristu. Sanabwere kudzaweruza koma kudzapulumutsa. Adabweretsa uthenga wachikhululukiro ndipo adamwalira pamtanda kutsimikizira kuti titha kukhululukidwa.
Uthenga wa Yesu, uthenga wa pamtanda, ndi nkhani yabwino kwa iwo omwe amadzimva kuti ndi olakwa. Yesu, Mulungu ndi munthu m'modzi, adatengera chilango chathu. Chikhululukiro chimaperekedwa kwa onse odzichepetsa mokwanira kuti akhulupirire uthenga wa Yesu Khristu. Tikufuna nkhani yabwinoyi. Uthenga Wabwino wa Khristu umabweretsa mtendere wamumtima, chisangalalo, ndi chigonjetso chaumwini.
Uthenga wabwino weniweni, uthenga wabwino, ndi uthenga wabwino umene Khristu analalikira. Uwu ndi uthenga womwewo umene atumwi analalikiranso: Yesu Khristu, wopachikidwa pamtanda. (1. Kor 2,2), Yesu Khristu mwa Akristu, chiyembekezo cha ulemerero (Kol 1,27)Kuuka kwa akufa, uthenga wa chiyembekezo ndi chipulumutso kwa anthu. Umenewo ndi uthenga wabwino wa Ufumu wa Mulungu umene Yesu analalikira.
Nkhani yabwino kwa anthu onse
“Yohane atamangidwa, Yesu anadza ku Galileya, nalalikira Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu, nati, Nthawi yafika, ndipo Ufumu wa Mulungu wayandikira; Lapani, khulupirirani Uthenga Wabwino!”Mk 1,1415) Uthenga wabwino umene Yesu anabweretsa ndi “uthenga wabwino”—uthenga wamphamvu womwe umasintha miyoyo. Uthenga wabwino sumangotsutsa ndi kutembenuza anthu, koma pamapeto pake udzakhumudwitsa onse otsutsa. Uthenga wabwino ndi “mphamvu ya Mulungu yakupulumutsa aliyense wokhulupirira.” (Röm 1,16)Uthenga Wabwino ndi chiitano cha Mulungu kwa ife kuti tikhale ndi moyo wosiyana kwambiri. Ndi uthenga wabwino wakuti cholowa chikutiyembekezera, chomwe chidzakhala chathu chonse Khristu akadzabweranso. Ndi chiitanonso cha ku moyo weniweni wauzimu womwe ungakhale wathu ngakhale tsopano. Paulo amatcha uthenga wabwinowo kuti "uthenga wa Khristu." (1. Kor 9,12).
"Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu" (Röm 15,16)ndi “Uthenga Wabwino wa Mtendere” (Eph 6,15)Kuyambira ndi Yesu, akuyamba kufotokozanso kumvetsetsa kwa Ayuda za Ufumu wa Mulungu, ndikuyika kufunika kwa kubwera koyamba kwa Khristu patsogolo. Paulo amaphunzitsa kuti Yesu amene anayenda m'misewu yafumbi ya Yudeya ndi Galileya tsopano ndiye "Khristu woukitsidwa," amene amakhala kudzanja lamanja la Mulungu ndipo ndiye "mutu wa olamulira onse ndi maulamuliro." (Kol 2,10)Malinga ndi Paulo, imfa ndi kuuka kwa Yesu Khristu zimakhala “zoyamba” mu uthenga wabwino; ndizo zochitika zazikulu mu dongosolo la Mulungu. (1. Kor 15,1-11)Uthenga Wabwino ndi uthenga wabwino kwa osauka ndi oponderezedwa. Mbiri ili ndi cholinga. Pamapeto pake, chilungamo chidzapambana, osati mphamvu.
Dzanja lobowaliralo lidapambana chikho chankhondo. Ufumu wa zoyipa umalowa m'malo mwa ufumu wa Yesu Khristu, dongosolo lazinthu zomwe Akhristu akukumana nazo kale pang'ono.
Paulo anagogomezera mbali iyi ya uthenga wabwino kwa Akolose: “Yamikani Atate, amene anakuyeneretsani kuti mulandire cholowa cha oyera mtima m’kuunika. Iye anatipulumutsa ku ulamuliro wa mdima, natilowetsa mu ufumu wa Mwana wake wokondedwa, amene mwa Iye tili ndi chiwombolo, chikhululukiro cha machimo” (Kol 1,12 ndi 14).
Kwa Akristu onse, Uthenga Wabwino ndi weniweni komanso chiyembekezo chamtsogolo ndipo wakhalapo nthawi zonse. Khristu woukitsidwa, Ambuye wa nthawi, mlengalenga, ndi chilichonse chomwe chimachitika pansi pano, ndiye ngwazi ya Akristu. Iye amene anatengedwa kupita kumwamba ndiye gwero la mphamvu lomwe lilipo ponseponse. (Eph3,20-21).
Nkhani yabwino ndi yakuti Yesu Khristu anagonjetsa zopinga zonse pa moyo wake wapadziko lapansi. Njira ya mtanda ndi njira yovuta koma yopambana yopita ku Ufumu wa Mulungu. Ndicho chifukwa chake Paulo akhoza kufotokoza mwachidule Uthenga Wabwino m'njira yachidule, "Pakuti ndinaganiza kuti ndibwino kusadziwa kanthu pamene ndinali ndi inu kupatula Yesu Khristu ndi Iye wopachikidwa." (1. Kor 2,2).
Kusintha kwakukulu
Pamene Yesu anaonekera ku Galileya ndi kulalikira uthenga wabwino ndi mtima wonse, anayembekezera yankho. Amayembekezeranso yankho kwa ife lerolino. Koma chiitano cha Yesu choti alowe mu ufumuwo sichinachitike mwachibwanabwana. Kuitanira kwa Yesu kwa ufumu wa Mulungu kunatsagana ndi zizindikiro zochititsa chidwi ndi zodabwitsa zimene zinachititsa dziko lovutika mu ulamuliro wa Aroma kukhala tsonga ndi kuona. Ndicho chifukwa chimodzi chimene Yesu anafunikira kumveketsa bwino zimene ankatanthauza ponena za Ufumu wa Mulungu. Ayuda a m’tsiku la Yesu anali kuyembekezera mtsogoleri amene adzabwezeretsa mtundu wawo ku ulemerero wa m’masiku a Davide ndi Solomo. Koma uthenga wa Yesu unali “wosintha kaŵiri,” analemba motero katswiri wamaphunziro a ku Oxford, NT Wright. Choyamba, iye ankayembekezera kuti boma lalikulu lachiyuda lidzachotsa goli la Aroma n’kulisandutsa chinthu china chosiyana kwambiri. Iye anasandutsa chiyembekezo chotchuka cha kumasulidwa kwa ndale kukhala uthenga wa chipulumutso chauzimu: Uthenga Wabwino!
“Ufumu wa Mulungu wayandikira,” anaoneka ngati akunena, “koma suli monga momwe mumaganizira.” Yesu anadabwitsa anthu ndi zotsatira za uthenga wake wabwino. “Koma ambiri oyamba adzakhala omaliza, ndipo omaliza adzakhala oyamba.” (Mt 19,30).
“Kudzakhala kulira ndi kukukuta mano,” iye anatero kwa Ayuda a m’dziko lake, “pamene mudzawona Abrahamu, Isake, Yakobo, ndi aneneri onse mu Ufumu wa Mulungu, koma inu nokha mutatayidwa kunja.” (Lk 13,28).
Chakudya chamadzulo chachikulu chinali cha aliyense. (Lk 14,16-24)Ngakhale anthu akunja anaitanidwa kulowa mu Ufumu wa Mulungu. Ndipo langizo lachiwiri linali losintha zinthu kwambiri.
Mneneri uyu wochokera ku Nazareti ankaoneka kuti anali ndi nthawi yokwanira yothandiza anthu osowa ufulu wolowa m'malo—kuyambira akhate ndi olumala mpaka osonkhetsa misonkho adyera—ndipo nthawi zina ngakhale Aroma omwe ankawapondereza. Uthenga wabwino umene Yesu anabweretsa unatsutsana ndi ziyembekezo zonse, ngakhale za ophunzira ake okhulupirika. (Lk 9,51-56)Yesu ananena mobwerezabwereza kuti ufumu umene ankayembekezera mtsogolo unalipo kale mu ntchito yake. Pambuyo pa chochitika chodabwitsa kwambiri, anati: “Koma ngati nditulutsa ziwanda ndi chala cha Mulungu, ndiye kuti Ufumu wa Mulungu wafika pa inu.” (Lk 11,20)Mwa kuyankhula kwina, anthu omwe adawona utumiki wa Yesu adakumana ndi tsogolo. Yesu adasintha ziyembekezo zachikhalidwe m'njira zitatu:
- Yesu anaphunzitsa uthenga wabwino wakuti Ufumu wa Mulungu ndi mphatso yoyera—ulamuliro wa Mulungu, womwe unabweretsa kale machiritso. Motero, Yesu anakhazikitsa "Chaka cha Chisomo cha Ambuye." (Lk 4,19; Jes 61,1-2)Koma “omwe analoledwa” kulowa mu ufumuwo anali otopa ndi olemedwa, osauka ndi opemphapempha, ana osamvera malamulo ndi osonkhetsa msonkho olapa, mahule olapa ndi anthu osayanjidwa. Iye anadzitcha mbusa wa nkhosa zakuda ndi otayika mwauzimu.
- Uthenga wabwino wa Yesu unalinso wa iwo amene anali ofunitsitsa kutembenukira kwa Mulungu mwa kulapa moona mtima. Ochimwa olapa moona mtima amenewa angapeze mwa Mulungu Atate wowolowa manja amene amafufuza ana ake aamuna ndi aakazi oyendayenda m'mlengalenga ndipo amawaona ngakhale ali "kutali." (Lk 15,20)Uthenga Wabwino wa Uthenga Wabwino umatanthauza kuti aliyense amene amanena kuchokera mumtima mwake kuti, “Mulungu, mundichitire chifundo ine wochimwa” (Lk 18,13)...ndipo ngati ndi yoona mtima, ingapeze khutu lachifundo kwa Mulungu. Nthawi zonse. "Pemphani, ndipo mudzapatsidwa; funani, ndipo mudzapeza; gogodani, ndipo chitseko chidzatsegulidwa kwa inu." (Lk 11,9)Kwa iwo amene anakhulupirira nasiya njira za dziko lapansi, uwu unali uthenga wabwino kwambiri umene anamva.
- Uthenga wabwino wa Yesu udatanthauzanso kuti palibe chomwe chingaletse kupambana kwa ufumu womwe Yesu adabweretsa, ngakhale utawoneka ngati wotsutsana. Ufumu uwu ukakumana ndi kutsutsidwa koopsa, kopanda chifundo, koma pamapeto pake udzagonjetsa mphamvu zauzimu ndi ulemerero.
Khristu anauza ophunzira ake kuti: “Pamene Mwana wa Munthu adzadza mu ulemerero wake, ndi angelo onse pamodzi naye, pamenepo Iye adzakhala pa mpando wake wachifumu waulemerero, ndipo mitundu yonse idzasonkhanitsidwa pamaso pake; ndipo Iye adzalekanitsa iwo wina ndi mnzake, monga mbusa alekanitsa nkhosa ndi mbuzi.” (Mt 25,31-32).
Motero, uthenga wabwino wa Yesu unali ndi kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa "kale tsopano" ndi "osati pano." Uthenga wabwino wa ufumu unkanena za ulamuliro wa Mulungu, womwe unalipo kale - "Akhungu akuona, olumala akuyenda, akhate akuyeretsedwa, ogontha akumva, akufa aukitsidwa, ndipo uthenga wabwino ulalikidwa kwa osauka." (Mt 11,5).
Koma ufumuwo unali “usanakwane” m’lingaliro lakuti kukwaniritsidwa kwake kotheratu kunali kudzafika. Kumvetsetsa Uthenga Wabwino kumatanthauza kumvetsetsa mbali ziwiri izi: kumbali imodzi kukhalapo kolonjezedwa kwa Mfumu yomwe ikukhala kale pakati pa anthu ake ndipo mbali inanso kudza kwake kwachiwiri kochititsa chidwi.
Uthenga wabwino wa chiombolo chanu
Mmishonale Paulo anathandiza kuyambitsa kayendetsedwe kachiwiri ka uthenga wabwino—kufalikira kuchokera ku Yudeya kakang'ono kupita ku dziko la Agiriki ndi Aroma lotukuka kwambiri la pakati pa zaka za m'ma 100. Paulo, wozunza Akristu otembenuka, akutsogolera kuwala kowala kwa uthenga wabwino kudzera mu moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku. Pamene akutamanda Khristu wolemekezeka, akukhudzidwanso ndi tanthauzo lenileni la uthenga wabwino. Ngakhale kuti akutsutsidwa kwambiri, Paulo akuuza Akristu ena kufunika kodabwitsa kwa moyo, imfa, ndi kuuka kwa Yesu: “Ndipo inu, amene kale munali olekanitsidwa naye ndi adani ake chifukwa cha ntchito zake zoipa, tsopano wakuyanjanitsani ndi thupi la Khristu mwa imfa, kuti akuwonetseni inu oyera pamaso pake, opanda chilema ndi opanda mlandu—ngati mukhalabe m’chikhulupiriro, okhazikika ndi okhazikika, osachoka pachiyembekezo cha uthenga wabwino umene mudaumva, umene walalikidwa kwa cholengedwa chilichonse pansi pa thambo. Ine, Paulo, ndakhala mtumiki wake.” (Kol 1,21ndi 23). kuyanjanitsidwa. opanda cholakwika. Chisomo. Chipulumutso. Kukhululuka. Ndipo osati m'tsogolo, koma pano ndi pano. Umenewo ndi Uthenga Wabwino wa Paulo.
Kuuka kwa akufa, chomwe chinali pachimake chomwe Mauthenga Abwino Oyamba ndi Yohane adatsogolera owerenga awo. (Joh 20,31)Limamasula mphamvu yamkati ya Uthenga Wabwino pa moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku wa Mkristu. Kuuka kwa Khristu kumatsimikizira Uthenga Wabwino.
Chifukwa chake, Paulo akuphunzitsa, zomwe zinachitika ku Yudeya kutali zimapatsa chiyembekezo anthu onse: “Sindichita manyazi ndi Uthenga Wabwino, chifukwa ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu yopulumutsa aliyense wokhulupirira, choyamba kwa Myuda, kenako kwa Mhelene. Pakuti mmenemo chilungamo cha Mulungu chavumbulutsidwa—chilungamo chochokera m’chikhulupiriro kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka kumapeto.” (Röm 1,16-17).
Kuyitanidwa kuti mukhale ndi tsogolo pano komanso pano
Mtumwi Yohane akuwonjezera Uthenga Wabwino ndi gawo lina. Iye akulongosola Yesu ngati “wophunzira amene anamukonda” (Joh 19,26), anakumbutsidwa za iye, munthu wokhala ndi mtima ngati wa m'busa, mtsogoleri wa tchalitchi wokhala ndi chikondi chachikulu kwa anthu okhala ndi nkhawa ndi mantha awo.
“Yesu anachita zizindikiro zina zambiri pamaso pa ophunzira ake, zimene sizinalembedwe m’buku ili; koma izi zalembedwa kuti mukhulupirire kuti Yesu ndiye Khristu, Mwana wa Mulungu, ndi kuti mwa kukhulupirira mukhale ndi moyo m’dzina lake.” (Joh 20,30-31).
Chofunikira pa mafotokozedwe a Uthenga Wabwino wa Yohane ndi mau odabwitsa akuti: “Kuti mwa chikhulupiriro mukhale nawo moyo”. Yohane akupereka mokoma mtima mbali ina ya Uthenga Wabwino: Yesu Khristu mu nthawi ya kuyandikana kwakukulu kwaumwini. Yohane akupereka cholembedwa chomvekera bwino cha kukhalapo kwaumwini, kotumikira kwa Mesiya.
Mu Uthenga Wabwino wa Yohane timakumana ndi Khristu amene anali mlaliki wamphamvu wa pagulu. (Joh 7,37-46)Timaona Yesu ngati wachikondi komanso wolandira alendo. Kuchokera pa chiitano chake choitanira, “Bwerani mudzaone!” (Joh 1,39)...mpaka Thomas wokayikirayo atamutsutsa kuti aike chala chake m'mabala omwe anali m'manja mwake (Joh 20,27), apa, mwanjira yosaiwalika, akufotokozedwa amene anakhala thupi nakhala pakati pathu. (Joh 1,14).
Anthu analandiridwa bwino kwambiri ndi Yesu kotero kuti anakambirana naye mosangalala. (Joh 6,58)Anagona pafupi naye pamene akudya ndipo anadya m'mbale yomweyo. (Joh 13,23-26)Anamukonda kwambiri kotero kuti anasambira kupita kugombe atangomuona, kukadya pamodzi nsomba zomwe iye mwini anakazinga. (Joh 21,7-14).
Uthenga Wabwino wa Yohane umatikumbutsa momwe Uthenga Wabwino umakhudzira Yesu Khristu, chitsanzo chake, ndi moyo wosatha womwe timalandira kudzera mwa iye. (Joh 10,10).
Zikutikumbutsa kuti sikokwanira kulalikira uthenga wabwino. Tiyeneranso kukhala nawo moyo umenewo. Mtumwi Yohane akutilimbikitsa: ena akhoza kukopeka ndi chitsanzo chathu kuti atiuze uthenga wabwino wa Ufumu wa Mulungu. Izi ndi zomwe zinachitikira mkazi wachisamariya amene anakumana ndi Yesu Khristu pachitsime. (Joh 4,27-30)ndi Mariya wa ku Magadala (Joh 20,10-18).
Iye amene analira kumanda a Lazaro, wantchito wodzichepetsa amene adasambitsa mapazi a ophunzira ake, alinso ndi moyo lero. Amatipatsa kupezeka kwake mwa kukhazikika kwa Mzimu Woyera:
“Wondikonda Ine adzasunga mawu anga, ndipo Atate wanga adzamukonda, ndipo tidzabwera kwa Iye ndikukhala naye… Mitima yanu isavutike kapena kuchita mantha” (Joh 14,23 ndi 27).
Yesu akutsogolera anthu ake masiku ano kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera. Kuitana kwake ndi kwaumwini komanso kolimbikitsa monga mwa nthawi zonse: “Bwerani mudzaone!” (Joh 1,39).
ndi Neil Earle
