Mphukira m'nthaka yopanda kanthu

749 mphukira m'nthaka yopanda kanthuNdife olengedwa, odalira komanso okhala ndi malire. Palibe m'modzi wa ife amene ali ndi moyo mwa iye yekha, moyo wapatsidwa kwa ife ndipo wachotsedwa kwa ife. Utatu wa Mulungu, Atate, Mwana ndi Mzimu Woyera ulipo kuyambira kalekale, wopanda chiyambi ndi mapeto. Iye anali nthawizonse ndi Atate, kuyambira nthawi zonse. N’chifukwa chake mtumwi Paulo analemba kuti: “Iye [Yesu], wokhala m’maonekedwe aumulungu, sanachiyesa cholanda kukhala wolingana ndi Mulungu; maonekedwe ngati munthu” (Afilipi 2,6-7). Zaka 700 Yesu asanabadwe, mneneri Yesaya anafotokoza za Mpulumutsi amene Mulungu analonjeza kuti: “Anakula ngati mphukira pamaso pake, ngati mphukira ya panthaka youma. Iye analibe maonekedwe ndi kukongola; tinamuona, koma maso athu sanatisangalatse” (Yesaya 5).3,2 Baibulo la Butcher).

Moyo wa Yesu, kuzunzika kwake ndi ntchito yake ya chiwombolo zikulongosoledwa pano m’njira yapadera. Luther anamasulira ndime iyi: “Iye anawombera pamaso pake ngati nthambi”. Chifukwa chake nyimbo ya Khrisimasi: "Duwa laphuka". Izi sizikutanthauza duwa, koma mpunga, umene uli mphukira yaing’ono, nthambi yopyapyala kapena mphukira ya mmera ndipo uli chizindikiro cha Yesu, Mesiya kapena Kristu.

tanthauzo la chithunzicho

Mneneri Yesaya akusonyeza kuti Yesu anali mphukira yofooka imene inaphuka m’nthaka youma ndi yopanda kanthu! Muzu womwe umamera m'munda wochuluka ndi wachonde umakula chifukwa cha nthaka yabwino. Mlimi aliyense amene amabzala mbewu amadziwa kuti zimadalira nthaka yabwino. N’chifukwa chake amalima, kuthira feteleza, matope ndi ntchito m’munda wake kuti ukhale nthaka yabwino, yokhala ndi michere yambirimbiri. Tikawona mmera ukukula bwino pamalo olimba, owuma, kapena ngakhale mumchenga wa m'chipululu, timadabwitsidwa ndi kulira: Kodi chilichonse chingakhale bwino bwanji pano? Umo ndi momwe Yesaya akuwonera izo. Mawu akuti youma amatanthauza kukhala wouma ndi wosabala, mkhalidwe wosakhoza kutulutsa moyo. Ichi ndi chithunzi cha umunthu wolekanitsidwa ndi Mulungu. Iye wakhazikika m’moyo wake wauchimo, wopanda njira yodzichotsera yekha ku ukapolo wauchimo. Iye waonongedwa kwenikweni ndi chikhalidwe cha uchimo, kulekanitsidwa ndi Mulungu.

Mpulumutsi wathu, Yesu Kristu, ali ngati muzu wa mphukira, wosabala kanthu panthaka pamene ikukula; “Pakuti mudziwa chisomo cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, kuti, ngakhale anali wolemera, adakhala wosauka chifukwa cha inu, kuti mwa kusauka kwake mukakhale olemera.”2. Akorinto 8,9).

Kodi mukumvetsa tanthauzo la fanizoli? Yesu sanatsatire zimene dziko linam’patsa, koma dziko limatsatira zimene Yesu anapereka. Mosiyana ndi Yesu, dziko limadzidyetsa lokha ngati mphukira yaing’ono, n’kutenga chilichonse m’nthaka yabwino n’kubweza pang’ono. Ndiko kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa ufumu wa Mulungu ndi dziko lathu loipa ndi loipa.

Kufunika Kwakale

Yesu Kristu alibe mangawa ku mzera wake waumunthu. Banja la padziko lapansi la Yesu tingaliyerekezedi ndi nthaka youma. Maria anali msungwana wosauka, wa kumudzi ndipo Yosefe anali kalipentala wosauka mofananamo. Palibe chimene Yesu akanapindula nacho. Ngati iye anabadwira m’banja lolemekezeka, ngati anali mwana wa munthu wolemekezeka, ndiye kuti wina akanatha kunena kuti: Yesu ali ndi mangawa ambiri ku banja lake. Lamulo linkanena kuti makolo a Yesu apereke mwana wawo woyamba kwa Ambuye patatha masiku makumi atatu ndi atatu ndi kupereka nsembe ya kuyeretsedwa kwa Mariya: “Mwana wamwamuna aliyense woyamba kupyola m’mimba adzatchedwa wopatulika kwa Yehova, ndi kupereka nsembe, monga mwa kunenera m’chilamulo cha Yehova: njiwa ziwiri, kapena njiwa ziwiri.” ( Luka 2,23-24). Mfundo yakuti Mariya ndi Yosefe sanapereke mwana wa nkhosa monga nsembe, ndi chizindikiro cha umphaŵi umene Yesu anabadwiramo.

Yesu, Mwana wa Mulungu, anabadwira ku Betelehemu koma anakulira ku Nazarete. Malo amenewa ankanyozedwa kwambiri ndi Ayuda: “Filipo anaona Natanayeli ndipo anamuuza kuti: “Ife tamupeza amene Mose analemba za iye m’chilamulo, amenenso analengezedwa kwa aneneri! Ndi Yesu, mwana wa Yosefe; amachokera ku Nazarete. Wochokera ku Nazarete?” Natanayeli anayankha. "Ubwino wanji ungatuluke mu Nazarete?" (Yohane 1,45-46). Iyi ndi nthaka imene Yesu anakuliramo. Katsamba kakang'ono kamtengo wapatali, duwa laling'ono, duwa, muzu wophuka bwino pa nthaka youma.

Pamene Yesu anabwera padziko lapansi ali m’manja mwake, iye anadzimva kuti akukanidwa osati ndi Herode yekha. Atsogoleri achipembedzo a nthaŵiyo—Asaduki, Afarisi, ndi alembi—anali ndi miyambo yozikidwa pa kulingalira kwaumunthu (Talmud) ndi kuiika pamwamba pa Mawu a Mulungu. “Iye anali m’dziko, ndipo dziko linalengedwa ndi iye, koma dziko silinamuzindikire. Anabwera m’dziko lake, ndipo ake a mwini yekha sanamulandire.” ( Yoh 1,10-11 Baibulo la Butcher). Unyinji wa anthu a Israyeli sanamvomere Yesu, chotero mu chuma chawo iye anali muzu wa nthaka youma!

Ophunzira ake analinso nthaka youma. Kuchokera ku kawonedwe ka dziko, iye akanatha kusankha amuna ochuka ochepa a ndale ndi zamalonda ndipo, kuti akhale kumbali yotetezeka, komanso ena ochokera ku Bungwe Lalikulu, omwe akanatha kulankhula m'malo mwake ndi kunena kuti: "Koma chitsiru nchiyani dziko lapansi, Mulungu anasankha kuchitira manyazi anzeru; ndipo chimene chili chofooka m’dziko lapansi Mulungu anachisankha kuti chichititse manyazi champhamvu” (1. Akorinto 1,27). Yesu anapita ku ngalawa za asodzi pa Nyanja ya Galileya ndipo anasankha anthu wamba amene sanaphunzirepo kanthu.

“Mulungu Atate sanafune kuti Yesu akhale chinachake kudzera mwa ophunzira ake, koma kuti otsatira ake alandire zonse monga mphatso kudzera mwa Yesu!

Paulo nayenso anakumana ndi izi: “Pakuti zinandionekeratu: poyerekezera ndi phindu losayerekezeka lakuti Yesu Kristu ndiye Ambuye wanga, china chilichonse chataya mtengo wake. Ndinaziika zonsezo kumbuyo kwanga chifukwa cha iye; koma ngati ndili ndi Khristu, ndi dothi kwa ine.” (Afilipi 3,8 Chiyembekezo kwa nonse). Uku ndi kutembenuka kwa Paulo. Iye ankaona kuti ubwino wake monga mlembi ndi Mfarisi unali wonyansa.

chokumana nacho ndi chowonadi ichi 

Tisaiwale kumene tinachokera ndi zimene tinali kukhala m’dziko lopanda Yesu. Wokondedwa awerengi, kutembenuka kwanuko kunali bwanji? Yesu ananena kuti: “Palibe amene angabwere kwa ine akapanda kukokedwa ndi Atate amene anandituma ine.” ( Yoh 6,44 Baibulo la Butcher). Pamene Yesu Kristu anadza kudzakupulumutsani, kodi anapeza nthaka yabwino kuti chisomo chake chikule mu mtima mwanu? Nthaka inali yolimba, youma ndiponso yakufa.Ife anthu sitingabweretse kanthu kwa Mulungu koma chilala, kuuma, uchimo ndi kulephera. Baibulo limafotokoza zimenezi ponena za kuipa kwa thupi lathu, umunthu wathu. Mu Aroma, Paulo akulankhula monga Mkristu wotembenuzidwa, kuyang’ana m’mbuyo ku nthaŵi imene anali adakali m’njira ya Adamu woyamba, wokhala ndi moyo monga kapolo wa uchimo ndi wolekanitsidwa ndi Mulungu: “Pakuti ndidziŵa kuti mwa ine, ndiko kuti, m’moyo mwa ine. thupi langa, palibe chabwino chikhala. Ndili ndi chifuniro, koma sindingathe kuchita zabwino.” ( Aroma 7,18). Dziko lapansi liyenera kukhala ndi moyo ndi chinthu china: «Ndi mzimu wopatsa moyo; thupi lilibe ntchito. Mawu amene ndalankhula ndi inu ndi mzimu ndipo ndi moyo.” ( Yoh 6,63).

Nthaka ya munthu, nyama, si yabwino pachabe. Kodi zimenezi zikutiphunzitsa chiyani? Kodi duwa liyenera kukula pa uchimo ndi kuumitsa mitima yathu? Kakombo wa kulapa mwina? Zambiri ngati duwa louma lankhondo, chidani ndi chiwonongeko. Kodi achokera kuti? Kuchokera ku dothi louma? Izo zosatheka. Palibe munthu mwa iye yekha angalape, kubweretsa kulapa kapena chikhulupiriro! Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa tinali akufa mwauzimu. Pamafunika chozizwitsa kuti tichite zimenezo. M’chipululu cha mitima yathu youma, Mulungu anabzala mphukira yochokera kumwamba—kumeneko ndiko kubadwanso kwauzimu: “Koma ngati Kristu ali mwa inu, thupilo liri lakufa mu uchimo, koma mzimu uli wamoyo m’chilungamo.” 8,10). M’malo otayirapo moyo wathu, kumene kukula kwauzimu sikutheka, Mulungu anabzala mzimu wake woyera, moyo wa Yesu Kristu. Ichi ndi chomera chomwe sichingapondepondepo.

Mulungu sasankha chifukwa chakuti anthu amasankha kutero kapena akuyenera kutero, koma chifukwa chakuti amatero chifukwa cha chisomo ndi chikondi. Chipulumutso chimabwera kotheratu kuchokera m’dzanja la Mulungu kuchokera ku chiyambi mpaka kumapeto. Pamapeto pake, palibe ngakhale maziko a chisankho chathu kaamba ka chikhulupiriro chathu chachikristu kapena chotsutsa chimene chimachokera kwa ife tokha: “Pakuti muli opulumutsidwa ndi chisomo chakuchita mwa chikhulupiriro, ndipo ichi chosachokera kwa inu: chiri mphatso ya Mulungu, sichichokera ku ntchito, kuti wina asadzitamandire. " (Aef 2,8-9 ndi).

Ngati wina angapulumutsidwe kudzera mu chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu ndi ntchito zake zabwino, ndiye kuti tingakhale ndi vuto loti pali Apulumutsi awiri, Yesu ndi wochimwa. Kutembenuka kwathu konse sikuchokera ku chenicheni chakuti Mulungu anapeza mikhalidwe yabwino yotero mwa ife, koma chinamkomera iye kubzala mzimu wake pamene palibe chimene chingamere popanda iwo. Koma chozizwitsa cha zozizwitsa ndi: Chomera cha chisomo chimasintha nthaka ya mitima yathu! Kuchokera m’nthaka yakale yopanda kanthu, mumamera kulapa, kulapa, chikhulupiriro, chikondi, kumvera, kuyeretsedwa, ndi chiyembekezo. Ndi chisomo cha Mulungu chokha chimene chingachite zimenezo! Kodi mukumvetsetsa? Zomwe Mulungu amabzala sizidalira nthaka yathu, koma mosiyana.

Kupyolera mu mbande, Yesu Khristu, anakhala mwa ife mwa Mzimu Woyera, timazindikira kusabereka kwathu ndipo moyamikira kulandira mphatso yake ya chisomo. Dziko louma, lopanda kanthu, limalandira moyo watsopano kudzera mwa Yesu Khristu. Icho ndi chisomo cha Mulungu! Yesu anafotokoza mfundo imeneyi kwa Andireya ndi Filipo kuti: “Mbewu ya tirigu ikapanda kugwa m’nthaka, nifa, ikhala pa yokha; koma ikafa, imabala zipatso zambiri.” ( Yoh2,24).

Khristu mwa ife, mbewu yakufa ya tirigu, ndiye chinsinsi cha moyo wathu ndi kukula kwathu kwauzimu: «Mupempha umboni kuti Khristu alankhula mwa ine, amene safoka kwa inu, koma ali wamphamvu mwa inu. Pakuti ngakhale anapachikidwa m’ufoko, koma ali ndi moyo mu mphamvu ya Mulungu. Ndipo ngakhale tili ofooka mwa iye, tidzakhala ndi moyo pamodzi ndi iye mu mphamvu ya Mulungu chifukwa cha inu. Dziyeseni nokha ngati muyimirira m’chikhulupiriro; dziyeseni nokha! Kapena simuzindikira mwa inu nokha kuti Yesu Kristu ali mwa inu? (2. Korinto 13,3-5). Ngati supeza phindu lako kwa Mulungu, koma kuchokera ku nthaka yopanda kanthu, china chilichonse kusiya Mulungu, udzafa ndi kukhala wakufa. Mukukhala bwino chifukwa mphamvu ya Yesu ikugwira ntchito mwamphamvu mwa inu!

mawu achilimbikitso 

Fanizoli likupereka mawu olimbikitsa kwa onse amene, pambuyo pa kutembenuka mtima, amazindikira kusabereka kwawo ndi kuchimwa kwawo. Mukuwona zofooka za kutsatira kwanu Khristu. Mumamva ngati chipululu chopanda kanthu, chipululu chonse, ndi moyo wouma wakudzidzudzula, kudziimba mlandu, kudzinyoza ndi kulephera, kusabala zipatso ndi kuuma.  

N’cifukwa ciani Yesu sayembekezela thandizo la wocimwayo kuti amupulumutse? “Pakuti kudamukomera Mulungu kuti chidzalo chonse mwa iye chikhale mwa Yesu” (Akolose 1,19).

Pamene chidzalo chonse chikhala mwa Yesu, iye sasowa chopereka kuchokera kwa ife, kapena sayembekezera. Khristu ndiye zonse! Kodi izi zimakupatsani chisangalalo chabwino? “Koma tili nacho chuma ichi m’zotengera zadothi, kuti mphamvu yoposa iyi ikhale yochokera kwa Mulungu, osati kwa ife.”2. Akorinto 4,7).

M’malo mwake, ndi chisangalalo cha Yesu kulowa m’mitima yopanda kanthu ndi kuidzaza ndi chikondi chake. Iye amasangalala kugwira ntchito pa mitima yowuma ndi kuipangitsa kuyakanso kupyolera mu chikondi chake chauzimu. Ndi ntchito yake yapadera kupereka moyo ku mitima yakufa. Kodi mukukhala muvuto la chikhulupiriro, lodzala ndi mayesero ndi uchimo? Kodi zonse ndizovuta, zouma komanso zouma ndi inu? Palibe chisangalalo, palibe chikhulupiriro, palibe zipatso, palibe chikondi, palibe moto? Zonse zinauma? Pali lonjezo lodabwitsa lakuti: “Bango lophwanyika sadzalithyola, kapena kuzimitsa nyale yofuka; Iye amaweruza mokhulupirika.”— Yesaya 42,3).

Chingwe chofuka chatsala pang'ono kuzimitsidwa. Sanyamulanso lawi lamoto chifukwa phula likumukanika. Zimenezi n’zoyenera kwa Mulungu. Kuti aloŵe m’nthaka yanu youma, mu mtima mwanu wolira, iye akafuna kubzala muzu wake waumulungu, mbadwa zake, Yesu Kristu. Wokondedwa owerenga, pali chiyembekezo chodabwitsa! “Ndipo Yehova adzakutsogolerani nthawi zonse, ndi pouma adzadzaza inu, nalimbitsa mafupa anu. ndipo mudzakhala ngati munda wothiriridwa madzi, ndi ngati kasupe wamadzi amene madzi ake sadzanyenga.” ( Yesaya 5 )8,11). Mulungu amachita zinthu m’njira yakuti iye yekha ndiye alandire ulemerero. N’chifukwa chake Yesu wobadwa kumeneyo anakula ngati mphukira m’nthaka youma osati m’nthaka yokoma.

ndi Pablo Nauer

 Maziko a nkhaniyi ndi ulaliki wa Charles Haddon Spurgeon, womwe adapereka pa 13. October 1872 anali atachitika.