pemphero la anthu onse

722 pemphero la anthu onsePaulo anatumiza Timoteyo ku mpingo wa ku Efeso kuti akathetse mavuto ena pa kufalitsa chikhulupiriro. Anamutumiziranso kalata yofotokoza za ntchito yake. Kalata imeneyi inayenera kuwerengedwa pamaso pa mpingo wonse kuti aliyense wa iwo adziwe kuti Timoteyo anali ndi mphamvu zochitira zinthu m’malo mwa mtumwiyo.

Paulo ananena, mwa zina, zimene ziyenera kutsatiridwa mu utumiki wa mpingo: “Chotero ndikuchenjeza kuti koposa zonse, munthu achite mapempho, mapemphero, mapembedzero, ndi chiyamiko, chifukwa cha anthu onse.”1. Timoteo 2,1). Ayeneranso kuphatikiza mapemphero a makhalidwe abwino, mosiyana ndi mauthenga achipongwe amene anakhala mbali ya mapemphero m’masunagoge ena.

Kupembedzerako kuyenera kukhudza mamembala a mpingo okha, koma m’malo mwake mapemphero ayenera kugwira ntchito kwa onse: “Pempherani olamulira ndi onse aulamuliro, kuti tikhale mu bata ndi mtendere, m’kuwopa Mulungu ndi m’chilungamo. "(1. Timoteo 2,2 Baibulo la Uthenga Wabwino). Paulo sanafune kuti mpingo ukhale wodzikweza kapena kuti ugwirizane ndi gulu lotsutsa mobisa. Mwachitsanzo, zochita za Chiyuda ndi Ufumu wa Roma zingatchulidweko. Ayuda sanafune kulambira mfumu, koma anatha kupempherera mfumuyo; iwo analambira Mulungu ndi kum’pereka nsembe: “Ansembe azifukiza zofukiza kwa Mulungu wakumwamba ndi kupempherera moyo wa mfumu ndi ana ake.” ( Ezara. 6,10 Chiyembekezo kwa nonse).

Akristu oyambirira anazunzidwa chifukwa cha uthenga wabwino ndi kukhulupirika kwawo kwa mbuye wina. Chifukwa chake sanachite kuputa utsogoleri wa boma ndi zipolowe zotsutsana ndi boma. Mkhalidwe umenewu umavomerezedwa ndi Mulungu Mwiniwake: “Izi nzabwino, ndi zokondweretsa pamaso pa Mulungu Mpulumutsi wathu;1. Timoteo 2,3). Mawu akuti “Mpulumutsi” nthawi zambiri amanena za Yesu, choncho pamenepa zikuoneka kuti akunena za Atate.

Paulo akuwonjezera kupambanitsa kwakukulu ponena za chifuniro cha Mulungu: “Amene amafuna kuti anthu onse apulumuke.”1. Timoteo 2,4). M’mapemphero athu tiyenera kukumbukira atumiki ovuta; pakuti Mulungu mwini sawafunira zoipa. Iye amafuna kuti apulumutsidwe, koma zimenezo zimafuna choyamba kuvomereza uthenga wa uthenga wabwino: “Kuti akafike pozindikira choonadi” ( Yoh.1. Timoteo 2,4).

Kodi zonse zimachitika mogwirizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu? Kodi aliyense adzapulumutsidwa? Paulo sakuyankha funsoli, koma mwachiwonekere zokhumba za Atate wathu wa Kumwamba sizichitika nthawi zonse, ngakhale nthawi yomweyo. Ngakhale lero, pafupifupi zaka 2000 pambuyo pake, “anthu onse” sanafike ku chidziwitso cha Uthenga Wabwino, owerengeka okha ndi omwe adaulandira kwa iwo okha ndikupeza chipulumutso. Mulungu amafuna kuti ana ake azikondana, koma sizili choncho kulikonse. Chifukwa amafunanso kuti anthu akhale ndi zofuna zawo. Paulo akuchirikiza mawu ake mwa kuwachirikiza ndi zifukwa: “Pakuti pali Mulungu mmodzi, ndi mkhalapakati mmodzi pakati pa Mulungu ndi anthu, ndiye munthu Kristu Yesu.”1. Timoteo 2,5).

Pali Mulungu mmodzi yekha amene analenga zonse ndi aliyense. Dongosolo lake limagwira ntchito mofanana kwa anthu onse: Tonse tinalengedwa m’chifanizo chake, kuti tichitire umboni kwa Mulungu padziko lapansi: “Mulungu adalenga munthu m’chifanizo chake, m’chifanizo cha Mulungu; ndipo adalenga iwo mwamuna ndi mkazi” (1. Genesis 1:27). Dzina la Mulungu limasonyeza kuti malinga ndi dongosolo lake zolengedwa zake zonse ndi chimodzi. Anthu onse akukhudzidwa.

Kuonjezera apo, pali mkhalapakati. Tonsefe tili pachibale ndi Mulungu kudzera mwa Mwana wa Mulungu wobadwa m’thupi, Yesu Khristu. Umulungu Yesu angatchulidwebe kukhala wotero, popeza kuti sanapereke umunthu wake kumanda. M’malo mwake, anaukanso monga munthu wolemekezedwa ndipo chotero anakwera kumwamba; pakuti munthu wolemekezedwa ali mbali yake.” Popeza kuti anthu analengedwa m’chifanizo cha Mulungu, mbali zofunika za umunthu zinalipo kwa Wamphamvuyonse kuyambira pachiyambi; ndipo chotero sizodabwitsa kuti chikhalidwe cha munthu chiyenera kufotokozedwa mu chikhalidwe chaumulungu cha Yesu.

Monga mkhalapakati wathu, Yesu ndiye “amene anadzipereka yekha dipo la onse, umboni wake m’nyengo yake.”1. Timoteo 2,6). Akatswiri ena a zaumulungu amatsutsa tanthauzo losavuta la vesi limeneli, koma limagwirizana bwino ndi vesi 7 ndi zimene Paulo anaŵerenga pambuyo pake: “Tigwira ntchito molimbika ndi zowawa zambiri, chifukwa chiyembekezo chathu ndicho mulungu wamoyo; Iye ndi Muomboli wa anthu onse, makamaka okhulupirira”.1. Timoteo 4,10 Chiyembekezo kwa nonse). Iye anafera machimo a anthu onse, ngakhale amene sakudziwabe. Iye anafa kamodzi kokha ndipo sanadikire kuti chikhulupiriro chathu chichitepo kanthu kuti tipulumuke. Kuti tifotokoze molingana ndi ndalama, iye analipira ngongoleyo yekha kwa anthu omwe sanazindikire.

Tsopano popeza Yesu watichitira zimenezi, nchiyani chimene chiyenera kuchitidwa? Ino ndi nthawi yoti anthu azindikire zimene Yesu wawachitira, ndipo zimenezi n’zimene Paulo akuyesetsa kukwaniritsa ndi mawu ake. “Pachifukwa ichi ndinaikidwa kukhala mlaliki ndi mtumwi—ndikunena zoona, ndipo sindinama, monga mphunzitsi wa amitundu m’chikhulupiriro ndi m’choonadi.”1. Timoteo 2,7). Paulo anafuna kuti Timoteo akhale mphunzitsi wa amitundu m’chikhulupiriro ndi chowonadi.

Wolemba Michael Morrison