Zowonadi ndiye Mwana wa Mulungu

641 Ndithudi, iye ndi mwana wa MulunguOkalamba pakati pathu mosakayikira adzakumbukira filimu yotchuka kwambiri ya 1965, The Greatest Story Ever Told, momwe John Wayne adasewera gawo laling'ono lothandizira la kenturiyo wachiroma woyang'anira kuteteza Khristu pamtanda. Wayne anali ndi chiganizo chimodzi chokha chonena kuti: "Zowonadi anali Mwana wa Mulungu," koma zikunenedwa kuti panthawi yobwereza, wotsogolera George Stevens adawona kuti machitidwe a Wayne anali achilendo kwambiri, kotero adamulangiza, Osati monga izi - nenani ndi ulemu. Wayne anagwedeza mutu: Munthu wanji! Ndithudi, iye anali Mwana wa Mulungu!
Kaya nthano imeneyi ndi yoona kapena ayi, imafika ponseponse: aliyense amene awerenga kapena kulankhula chiganizochi azichita mwaulemu. Chidziŵitso chimene kenturiyoyo anasonyeza mozizwitsa kuti Yesu Kristu ndi Mwana wa Mulungu chimatipulumutsa ife tonse.
“Koma Yesu anafuula mokweza ndi kufa. Ndipo chinsalu chotchinga cha m’kachisi chinang’ambika pakati, kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi. Koma kenturiyo, amene anaimirira pafupi ndi kuona mmene anali kufa, anati, "Zoonadi, munthu uyu anali Mwana wa Mulungu." (Marko 15,37-39 ndi).

Inu mukhoza kungonena, monga ena ambiri, kuti mumakhulupirira kuti Yesu anali munthu wolungama, wachifundo, mphunzitsi wamkulu, ndi kuzisiya izo. Yesu akanakhala kuti sanali Mulungu, imfa yake ikanakhala yopanda phindu ndipo ife sitikanapulumutsidwa.
“Pakuti Mulungu anakonda dziko lapansi kotero, kuti anapatsa Mwana wake wobadwa yekha, kuti yense wakukhulupirira Iye asatayike, koma akhale nawo moyo wosatha.” ( Yoh. 3,16).

M’mawu ena, pakukhulupilira mwa Iye yekha, kukhulupirira zimene Yesu ananena za Iye mwini – anali Mwana wobadwa yekha wa Mulungu – tingapulumutsidwe. Komabe Yesu ndi Mwana wa Mulungu - amene anadzichepetsa kuti abwere m'dziko lathu lachisokonezo ndi kufa imfa yochititsa manyazi ndi chida chankhanza chozunzirako anthu. Makamaka panthaŵi ino ya chaka, timakumbukira kuti chikondi chake chaumulungu chinam’sonkhezera kudzipereka m’njira zodabwitsa kaamba ka dziko lonse lapansi. Pamene tichita izi, tizikumbukira ndi ulemu.

ndi Peter Mill