Chidzalo chopanda malire cha Mulungu

kuchuluka kopanda malire kwa mulunguKodi munthu angakhale bwanji moyo wachikhristu mdziko lino lapansi? Ndikufuna ndikuwonetseni gawo lina la pemphero lomwe m'modzi mwa atumiki a Mulungu, Mtumwi Paulo, adapempherera tchalitchi chaching'ono pamalo otchedwa Efeso.

Efeso unali mzinda waukulu ndi wotukuka ku Asia Minor ndipo unali likulu la mulungu wamkazi Diana ndi kulambira kwake. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, mzinda wa Efeso unali wovuta kwambiri kwa wotsatira wa Yesu. Pemphero lake lokongola ndi lolimbikitsa la mpingo waung’ono uwu, wozunguliridwa ndi kulambira kwachikunja, linalembedwa m’kalata yopita kwa Aefeso. “Pemphero langa ndi lakuti Khristu akhale mwa inu mwa chikhulupiriro. Muyenera kukhazikika m'chikondi chake; muyenera kumangapo. Chifukwa ndi njira yokhayo imene mungaonere kukula kwa chikondi chake ndi Akristu ena onse. Inde, ndikupemphera kuti mumvetse chikondi chimenechi mozama, chimene sitingathe kuchimvetsa bwino ndi maganizo athu. Mukatero mudzadzazidwanso mochulukirachulukira ndi chuma chonse cha moyo chimene chingapezeke kwa Mulungu.” ( Aefeso. 3,17-19 Chiyembekezo kwa Onse).

Tiyeni tilingalire za ukulu wa chikondi cha Mulungu mu magawo osiyanasiyana: Choyamba, utali umene chikondi cha Mulungu chiri chokonzeka - chiribe malire! “Chotero akhoza kupulumutsa ku nthawi zonse iwo akuyandikira kwa Mulungu mwa Iye (Yesu); chifukwa ali ndi moyo kosatha ndipo akuwapempha” (Aheb 7,25).

Kenako, kufalikira kwa chikondi cha Mulungu kukusonyezedwa: “Ndipo iye (Yesu) ndiye chiwombolo cha machimo athu, osati athu okha, komanso a dziko lonse lapansi” ( Yesu Khristu).1. Johannes 2,2).

Tsopano kuzama kwake: “Pakuti mudziwa chisomo cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Kristu: ngakhale iye anali wolemera, anakhala wosauka chifukwa cha inu, kuti inu mukakhale olemera mwa kusauka kwake”2. Akorinto 8,9).

Kodi kutalika kwa chikondichi kungakhale kotani? “Koma Mulungu, amene ali wolemera mu chifundo, m’chikondi chake chachikulu chimene anatikonda nacho, anatipatsa moyo pamodzi ndi Khristu, amene tinali akufa mu uchimo, munapulumutsidwa ndi chisomo; ndipo anatiukitsa pamodzi ndi ife, natikhazika m’Mwamba mwa Kristu Yesu.” ( Aefeso 2,4-6 ndi).

Uwu ndi kuwolowa manja kodabwitsa kwa chikondi cha Mulungu kwa aliyense ndi kudzazidwa ndi mphamvu ya chikondi chimenecho chomwe chimakhala mbali zonse za moyo wathu ndipo tonsefe tikhoza kutaya zofooka zathu: "Koma m'zonsezi tigonjetsa kutali kudzera mwa Iye amene anatikonda." (Aroma 8,37).

Ndimakukondani kwambiri podziwa zomwe mungachite kuti mukhale wotsatira wa Yesu!

ndi Cliff Neill