Chifundo chochuluka?
Nthawi zina ndimamva nkhawa yakuti timagogomezera kwambiri chisomo cha Mulungu. Anthu amene amada nkhawa kuti chisomo chidzaperekedwa mowolowa manja akufotokoza nkhawa zomveka bwino. Zoonadi, pali ziphunzitso zomwe zimati sizili kanthu momwe timakhalira ngati tapulumutsidwa ndi chisomo osati ndi ntchito. Cholakwika ichi chimaganiza kuti chisomo ndi chilolezo chopanda malire chochita zomwe munthu akufuna. Chiphunzitso cha antinomianism chimatanthauza chiphunzitso chomwe chimakana chikhalidwe chomangirira cha lamulo la Chipangano Chakale ndipo m'malo mwake chimagogomezera ufulu wa anthu wokhulupirira ndi chisomo cha Mulungu. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, wofera chikhulupiriro mu ulamuliro wa Nazi, adalankhula motere za "chisomo chotsika mtengo" m'buku lake *Kuphunzira*. Ngakhale Mtumwi Paulo adatsutsidwa kuti akutsogolera anthu kuti akhalebe mu uchimo kuti chisomo chiwonekere kwambiri. Yankho lake pa mlandu uwu wa antinomianism linali losatsutsika: "Nanga bwanji? Kodi tichimwe chifukwa sitili pansi pa lamulo koma pansi pa chisomo? Ayi!" (Röm 6,15).
Chisomo ndi kumvera
Vuto lenileni silili kwenikweni mu "chisomo chochuluka" koma mu kusamvetsetsa tanthauzo la chisomo ndi kumvera kwenikweni. Ndi kulakwitsa kuganiza kuti chisomo chimalola chilichonse chifukwa chimachirikizidwa ndi chikhulupiriro. Nchifukwa chiyani zili choncho? Vuto lenileni ndi kusokoneza chisomo ndi kupatula lamulo la Mulungu kapena zofunikira zake. Chisomo chikachuluka, kupatulapo kumvera kumachuluka. Kuganiza koteroko kumayesa chisomo ndi kumvera.
Chisomo cha Mulungu mwa munthu
Kodi Baibulo limafotokoza bwanji chisomo? Yesu Khristu akuyimira chisomo cha Mulungu ndipo amachipangitsa kuti chiwonekere komanso chikhale chogwirika kwa ife: "Pakuti chisomo cha Mulungu chaonekera, chobweretsa chipulumutso kwa anthu onse." (Titus 2,11)Chisomo chimatipatsa mphamvu kuti tilandire mphatso ya Mulungu mwaulere mwa Mwana wake wobadwa yekha, Yesu Khristu. Yesu amatibweretsa pafupi ndi chikondi cha Mulungu chachisomo ndipo, kudzera mu nsembe yake yotetezera, adapangitsa kuti chiyanjano ndi Wamphamvuyonse chitheke. Yohane akuchitira umboni kuti Mawu a Mulungu, amene anali ndi Mulungu kuyambira pachiyambi, anakhala thupi: "Mawuyo anakhala thupi nakhala pakati pathu, ndipo tinaona ulemerero wake, ulemerero ngati wa Mwana wobadwa yekha wa Atate, wodzala ndi chisomo ndi choonadi." (Joh 1,14)Ngakhale kuti lamulo linaperekedwa kudzera mwa Mose, chisomo ndi choonadi zinabwera kudzera mwa Yesu Khristu: “Kuchokera mu chidzalo chake ife tonse talandira chisomo chosinthana ndi chisomo.” (Joh 1,16).
Yesu akusonyeza m'mawu ake ndi zochita zake kuti Mulungu mwiniwake ndi wodzala ndi chisomo. Mulungu satipatsa chisomo nthawi zina. Zochita zake zachifundo zimachokera ku kukoma mtima kwake ndi kupatsa kwake. Amatipatsa kwaulere, osati chifukwa chodalira ife kapena udindo wathu kwa ife. Ndi mphatso yaulere ya Mulungu: "Pakuti mphotho ya uchimo ndi imfa, koma mphatso yaulere ya Mulungu ndiyo moyo wosatha mwa Khristu Yesu Ambuye wathu." (Röm 6,23).
M’kalata yake yopita kwa Aefeso, Paulo akufotokoza uthengawu ndi mawu amphamvu: “Pakuti mwapulumutsidwa ndi chisomo mwa chikhulupiriro, ndipo ichi sichichokera kwa inu nokha; ndi mphatso ya Mulungu, osati ya ntchito, kuti wina asadzitamandire.” (Eph 2,8-9).
Ngakhale kuti chilengedwe chake chili ndi kutsutsa, kupanduka, ndi kusamvera, Mulungu sasiya kugawana nafe ubwino wake mwaufulu. Amayankha machimo athu ndi kupereka chikhululukiro ndi chiyanjano chomwe chimatheka kudzera mu nsembe yotetezera ya Mwana wake. Mulungu, amene ndi kuunika ndipo mwa iye mulibe mdima, amadziulula kwa ife mwa Mwana wake kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera, kuti mwa Iye tikhale ndi moyo mokwanira. (Joh 10,10).
Kodi Mulungu Wakhala Wachisomo Nthaŵi Zonse?
Makamaka ponena za Pangano Latsopano, zimaonekeratu kuti lamulo silokhalo maziko a ubale wa Mulungu ndi ife. Izi zikuwonekeratu pamene Yesu akunena za ubale wake wosatha ndi Atate. Akufotokoza momveka bwino kuti umunthu wake ndi khalidwe lake zimagwirizana ndi za Atate: "Ndipo ndawapatsa iwo ulemerero umene munandipatsa Ine, kuti akhale amodzi monga ife tili amodzi - Ine mwa iwo ndi Inu mwa Ine - kuti akhale amodzi kwathunthu; kuti dziko lapansi lidzadziwa kuti munandituma Ine, ndipo mwawakonda iwo monga momwe munandikonda Ine." (Joh 17,22-23).
Ubale pakati pa Atate ndi Mwana sulamulidwa ndi malamulo, maudindo, kapena kukwaniritsidwa kwa zinthu. Palibe mgwirizano kapena pangano pakati pawo. Lingaliro la ubale wogwirizana kapena wozikidwa pa lamulo pakati pa Atate ndi Mwana ndi lolakwika. M'malo mwake, chowonadi chomwe chavumbulutsidwa kwa ife kudzera mwa Yesu ndichakuti ubale wawo umadziwika ndi chikondi choyera, kukhulupirika, kudzipereka, ndi ulemerero wa onse awiri. Utatu ndiye maziko ndi gwero la zochita za Mulungu mu ubale uliwonse.
Mu dongosolo la panganoli, Mulungu anadzipereka mwaufulu komanso mwa ubwino wake wonse kwa Israyeli. Izi sizinali zokhudzana ndi zomwe Israyeli akanatha kumupatsa: “Pakuti inu ndinu mtundu wa anthu opatulika kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu. Yehova Mulungu wanu anakusankhani kuti mukhale chuma chake chapadera mwa mitundu yonse ya anthu padziko lapansi. Yehova sanakukomereni mtima ndi kukusankhani chifukwa munali akulu kuposa mitundu ina—pakuti ndinu ochepa mwa mitundu yonse ya anthu—koma chifukwa anakukondani ndi kusunga lumbiro limene analumbira kwa makolo anu.” (5. Mose 7,6-8)Pangano ndi lonjezo lakuti: “Ndidzakutengani kukhala anthu anga ndipo ndidzakhala Mulungu wanu, kuti mudziwe kuti Ine ndine Yehova Mulungu wanu, amene ndidzakuchotsani ku akatundu amene Aigupto anakusenzetsani.” (2. Mose 6,7).
Madalitso a Mulungu anali a mbali imodzi. Anachokera kwa iye yekha. Pangano ndi Israyeli linali chisomo. Mitu yoyamba ya Baibulo imasonyeza kuti kulenga kunali kupereka kwaulere. Panalibe chilichonse chomwe chinkayenera ufulu wokhalapo. Mulungu mwiniwake akuti: "Mulungu anaona kuti n'kwabwino." (1. Mose 1,18).
Mulungu nthawi zonse amagawana ubwino wake ndi chilengedwe chake momasuka. Wachita izi kuyambira muyaya, kuyambira pa umunthu wake monga Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera. Chilichonse chimene Utatu uwu umasonyeza m'chilengedwe chimachokera ku kuchuluka kwa mgwirizano wawo wamkati. Mulungu atadutsa pafupi ndi Mose, adaulula umunthu wake: "Ine ndine Yehova, Mulungu wachifundo ndi wachisomo. Kuleza mtima kwanga ndi kwakukulu, ndipo chikondi changa ndi kukhulupirika kwanga sizilephera." (2. Mose 34,6).
Hava anali mphatso ya ubwino wa Mulungu kwa Adamu, kotero kuti asakhalenso yekha. Mofananamo, Wamphamvuyonse anapatsa Adamu ndi Hava Munda wa Edeni ndipo anawapatsa ntchito yopindulitsa yosamalira kuti ubereke zipatso ndikubala moyo wochuluka. Adamu ndi Hava sanayenere kukwaniritsa zofunikira zilizonse Mulungu asanawapatse mphatso zabwinozi mwaulere. Kodi chinachitika n’chiyani pambuyo pa Kugwa, pamene uchimo unalowa m’chithunzichi? Ngakhale pamenepo, zikuonekeratu kuti Mulungu akupitirizabe kusonyeza ubwino wake mwaulere komanso mopanda malire. Taganizirani kuti Mulungu anawapatsa zikopa za nyama kuti azivala. Ngakhale kuchotsedwa kwawo m’Munda wa Edeni chinali chisomo, chifukwa chinawaletsa kudya zipatso za Mtengo wa Moyo ali mu mkhalidwe wawo wochimwa.
Ubwino wa chisomo chomwe chawonetsedwa
Mulungu ndi wachifundo, mosasamala kanthu za tchimo. Sikofunikira kuti munthu asonyeze uchimo woonekera kuti asonyeze chifundo. Chifukwa chake, n’zoona kuti Mulungu sasiya kupereka ubwino wake kwa zolengedwa zake, ngakhale zitakhala kuti sizikuyenera. Iye amapereka chikhululukiro mwaufulu, chogulidwa kudzera mu nsembe yake yotetezera machimo.
Ngakhale titachimwa, Mulungu amakhalabe wokhulupirika chifukwa sangadzikane yekha: “Ngati tili osakhulupirika, Iye akhalabe wokhulupirika; pakuti sangadzikane yekha.” (2. Tim 2,13)Popeza Mulungu nthawi zonse amakhala wokhulupirika kwa iyemwini, amatilandira ndi chikondi ndipo amatsatira dongosolo lake loyera kwa ife ngakhale titapandukira. Kusalekeza kwa chisomo chake kumeneku kumasonyeza momwe Mulungu amaganizira kwambiri za kuchitira zabwino chilengedwe chake: “Pakuti pamene tinali ofooka, Khristu adafera osapembedza. Koma Mulungu aonetsa chikondi chake kwa ife mmenemo: pamene tinali ochimwa, Khristu adatifera.” (Röm 5,6-8).
Mulungu ndi wachifundo kwa ife, mosasamala kanthu za uchimo wathu. Amaonetsa kuti ndi wokhulupirika komanso wabwino kwa zolengedwa zake ndipo amasunga cholinga chake cholonjeza kwa iwo. Timazindikira izi momveka bwino mwa Yesu, amene, pomaliza ntchito yake yophimba machimo, sanalole mphamvu ya choipa kumuletsa. Mphamvu ya choipa sinathe kumuletsa kupereka moyo wake chifukwa cha ife, kuti tikhale ndi moyo. Kupweteka kapena kuvutika kapena kunyozedwa kwakukulu sikunamulepheretse kukhalabe wokhulupirika ku cholinga chake choyera, chodzaza ndi chikondi komanso kuyanjanitsa anthu ndi Mulungu: "Musagonjetsedwe ndi choipa, koma gonjetsani choipa ndi chabwino." (Röm 12,21).
Ubwino wa Mulungu sufuna kuti choipa chisanduke chabwino. Koma pankhani ya choipa, ubwino umadziwa bwino chochita: kuchigonjetsa, kuchigonjetsa, ndikuchigonjetsa. Chifukwa chake, palibe chisomo chochuluka!
Wolemba Gary Deddo
Zolemba zambiri pamutuwu:
