Chofunika cha chisomo

374 chiyambi cha chisomoNthawi zina ndimamva nkhawa kuti tikugogomezera kwambiri chisomo. Monga kuwongolera kovomerezeka, ndiye kuti, ngati mtundu wotsutsana ndi chiphunzitso cha chisomo, tingaganizire kumvera, chilungamo, ndi ntchito zina zotchulidwa m'Malemba, makamaka mu Chipangano Chatsopano. Okhudzidwa ndi "chisomo chochuluka" ali ndi nkhawa zomveka. Tsoka ilo, ena amaphunzitsa kuti mmene timakhalira ndi zopanda ntchito ngati ndi mwa chisomo osati ndi ntchito kuti tapulumutsidwa. Kwa iwo, chisomo ndi chofanana ndi kusadziwa udindo, malamulo, kapena ubale woyembekezera. Kwa iwo, chisomo chimatanthawuza kuti chilichonse chimavomerezedwa, popeza chilichonse chimakhululukidwa. Malinga ndi lingaliro lolakwika ili, chifundo ndi chiphaso chaulere - mtundu waulamuliro wopanda bulangeti wochita chilichonse chomwe ukufuna.

Kusakhulupirira

Antinomianism ndi njira ya moyo yomwe imafalitsa moyo popanda kapena motsutsana ndi malamulo kapena malamulo aliwonse. M’mbiri yonse ya mpingo vuto limeneli lakhala nkhani ya m’Malemba ndi kulalikira. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, wofera chikhulupiriro mu ulamuliro wa Nazi, analankhula za “chisomo chotsika mtengo” m’buku lake lakuti Nachfolge m’nkhani ino. Antinomianism ikunenedwa mu Chipangano Chatsopano. Poyankha, Paulo anayankha chinenezo chakuti kugogomezera kwake chisomo kumalimbikitsa anthu ‘kulimbikira mu uchimo, kuti chisomo chichuluke. 6,1). Yankho la mtumwiyo linali lachidule komanso lotsindika: “Zikhale kutali” (v.2). Ziganizo zingapo pambuyo pake akubwereza zomwe adamuneneza ndikuyankha kuti: “Nanga bwanji? Kodi tidzachimwa chifukwa sitiri a lamulo koma a chisomo? Zikhale kutali!” (v.15).

Yankho la mtumwi Paulo pa chinenezo chotsutsa Mulungu linali lomveka. Aliyense amene angatsutse kuti chisomo chikutanthauza kuti chilichonse ndi chololedwa chifukwa chophimbidwa ndi chikhulupiriro ndi cholakwika. Koma chifukwa chiyani? Chinalakwika ndi chiyani? Kodi “chisomo chochulukira” ndiye vuto? Ndipo kodi yankho lake ndi kukhala ndi mtundu wina wotsutsana ndi chisomo chomwecho?

Vuto lenileni ndi chiyani?

Vuto lenileni ndikukhulupilira kuti chisomo chikutanthauza kuti Mulungu amapatula lamulo, lamulo, kapena udindo. Ngati chisomo chimatanthawuza kupereka malamulo, inde, ndi chisomo chochuluka pangakhale zosiyana zambiri. Ndipo ngati Mulungu akunenedwa kuti ndi Wachifundo, ndiye kuti tikadayembekezera kuti adzapereka chopatula pa udindo uliwonse kapena ntchito yomwe watichitira. Chisomo chochulukira m'pamenenso chimakhala chosiyana kwambiri ndi kumvera. Ndipo chisomo chochepa, kuchotserako pang'ono komwe kumaloledwa, zabwino pang'ono.

Njira yoteroyo mwina ikufotokoza bwino lomwe zomwe chisomo chaumunthu chingathe kuchita. Koma tisaiwale kuti njira iyi imayesa chisomo motsutsana ndi kumvera. Amawalepheretsa onse awiri kulimbana wina ndi mzake, pamene pamakhala mkangano wa mmbuyo ndi kutsogolo, umene supuma chifukwa onse akumenyana. Mbali zonse ziwiri zimawononga kupambana kwa wina ndi mzake. Mwamwayi, dongosolo loterolo silisonyeza chisomo cha Mulungu. Choonadi chokhudza chisomo chimatimasula ku vuto labodzali.

Chisomo cha Mulungu mwa munthu

Kodi Baibulo limafotokoza bwanji chisomo? “Yesu Khristu mwini akuyimira chisomo cha Mulungu pa ife”. Madalitso a Paulo kumapeto kwa 2. Korinto amatanthauza "chisomo cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu". Chisomo chimaperekedwa mwaufulu kwa ife ndi Mulungu mwa mawonekedwe a Mwana wake wobadwa thupi, amene nayenso mwachisomo amatiuza chikondi cha Mulungu ndi kutiyanjanitsa ndi Wamphamvuyonse. Zimene Yesu amachita kwa ife zimavumbula kwa ife chikhalidwe ndi khalidwe la Atate ndi Mzimu Woyera. Malemba amavumbula kuti Yesu ndiye chizindikiro chenicheni cha chikhalidwe cha Mulungu (Aheb 1,3 Elberfeld Bible). Pamenepo limati, “Iye ali fanizo la Mulungu wosaonekayo” ndiponso “kunamkomera Mulungu kuti chidzalo chonse chikhale mwa iye” (Akolose. 1,15; 19 ndime). Iye amene wamuona waona Atate, ndipo pamene timdziwa, tidzadziwanso Atate4,9; pa 7).

Yesu ananena kuti akuchita “zimene amaona Atate akuchita.” ( Yoh 5,19). Iye amatidziwitsa kuti iye yekha ndiye akudziwa Atate ndi kuti iye yekha amamuulula (Mat 11,27). Yohane akutiuza kuti Mawu a Mulungu amenewa, amene analipo kuyambira pa chiyambi ndi Mulungu, anatengera thupi ndi kutisonyeza ife “ulemerero ngati wa wobadwa yekha wa Atate, wodzala ndi chisomo ndi choonadi. Pamene kuli kwakuti “chilamulo [chinaperekedwa] ndi Mose; [chili ndi] chisomo ndi chowonadi [chili] mwa Yesu Kristu.” Zoonadi, “kudzala kwake ife tonse tinalandira chisomo.” Ndipo Mwana wake, wokhala mu mtima wa Mulungu kuyambira kosatha, “anamulengeza ife” (Yoh 1,14-18 ndi).

Yesu akuonetsera chisomo cha Mulungu pa ife – ndipo amavumbulutsa m’mawu ndi m’ntchito kuti Mulungu mwiniyo ndi wodzala ndi chisomo. Iye mwini ndiye chisomo. Iye amatipatsa ife kuchokera mu umunthu wake - yemweyo ife timakomana naye mwa Yesu. Samatipatsa mphatso chifukwa chodalira ifeyo, kapena chifukwa cha udindo uliwonse wotithandiza kuti tipindule. Chifukwa cha kukoma mtima kwake, Mulungu amapereka chisomo, ndiko kuti, mwa Yesu Khristu mwa kufuna kwake. Paulo akutcha chisomo mu kalata yake kwa Aroma kukhala mphatso yowolowa manja yochokera kwa Mulungu (5,15-17; 6,23). M’kalata yake yopita kwa Aefeso iye akulengeza m’mawu osaiŵalika kuti: “Pakuti mudapulumutsidwa ndi chisomo chakuchita mwa chikhulupiriro, ndipo ichi chosachokera kwa inu: chili mphatso ya Mulungu, sichichokera ku ntchito, kuti asadzitamandire wina.”2,8-9 ndi).

Chilichonse chimene Mulungu amatipatsa, amatipatsa mowolowa manja kuchokera ku ubwino, chifukwa cha chikhumbo chozama cha kuchita zabwino kwa aliyense wocheperapo ndi wosiyana. Zochita zake zachisomo zimachokera ku chikhalidwe chake chachifundo, chowolowa manja. Sasiya kutilola kuti titenge nawo zabwino zake mwakufuna kwake, ngakhale zitakumana ndi kutsutsa, kupanduka ndi kusamvera kwa chilengedwe chake. Iye amayankha ku uchimo ndi chikhululukiro ndi kuyanjanitsidwa mwaufulu mwa kufuna kwathu kupyolera mwa chiwombolo cha Mwana wake. Mulungu, amene ali kuunika, ndipo mwa Iye mulibe mdima, adzipereka yekha kwa ife mwa Mwana wake mwa Mzimu Woyera, kuti moyo upatsidwe kwa ife mu chidzalo chake chonse (1 Yohane. 1,5; Yohane 10,10).

Kodi Mulungu Wakhala Wachisomo Nthaŵi Zonse?

Tsoka ilo, kwanenedwa kaŵirikaŵiri kuti Mulungu poyambirira analonjeza (munthu asanagwe) kuti akapereka ubwino wake (Adamu ndi Hava ndipo pambuyo pake Israyeli) ngati chilengedwe chake chidzakwaniritsa mikhalidwe ina ndi kukwaniritsa mathayo amene amaika pa icho. Ngati sanatero, iyenso sakanakhala wokoma mtima kwa iye. Conco, iye sakanam’khululukila kapena kum’patsa moyo wosatha.

Malinga ndi lingaliro lolakwika ili, Mulungu ali mu mgwirizano "ngati...ndiye..." ubale ndi chilengedwe chake. Ndiyeno pangano limenelo lili ndi mikhalidwe kapena mathayo (malamulo kapena malamulo) amene anthu ayenera kutsatira kuti alandire zimene Mulungu akufuna. Malinga ndi maganizo amenewa, chinthu chofunika kwambiri kwa Wamphamvuyonse n’chakuti tizitsatira malamulo amene iye wapereka. Ngati sitichita zinthu mogwirizana ndi zimenezo, iye adzatimana zabwino zake zonse. Choipa kwambiri, adzatipatsa zomwe sizili zabwino, zomwe sizibweretsa kumoyo, koma ku imfa; tsopano ndi nthawi zonse.

Lingaliro lolakwika ili likuwona lamulo kukhala mkhalidwe wofunika kwambiri wa umunthu wa Mulungu ndipo moteronso mbali yofunika kwambiri ya ubale wake ndi chilengedwe chake. Mulungu ameneyu kwenikweni ndi Mulungu wapangano yemwe ali mu ubale wovomerezeka ndi zolengedwa zake. Amachita ubalewu motsatira mfundo ya “mbuye ndi kapolo”. Pa lingaliro limeneli, kukoma mtima kwa Mulungu mu ubwino ndi madalitso, kuphatikizapo chikhululukiro, kuli kutali kwambiri ndi chikhalidwe cha chifaniziro cha Mulungu chimene chimafalitsa.

Kwenikweni Mulungu samaimira chifuniro chenicheni kapena malamulo angwiro. Izi zimaonekera bwino tikaona Yesu akutionetsa Atate ndi kutumiza Mzimu Woyera. Izi zimaonekera bwino tikamamva kuchokera kwa Yesu za ubale wake wamuyaya ndi Atate wake komanso mzimu woyera. Iye amatidziwitsa kuti umunthu wake ndi makhalidwe ake ndi ofanana ndi a Atate. Ubale wa bambo ndi mwana supangidwa ndi malamulo, udindo kapena kukwaniritsidwa kwa mikhalidwe kuti apindule mwanjira imeneyi. Bambo ndi mwana sali pachibale mwalamulo. Simunapangane mgwirizano wina ndi mzake, malingana ndi zomwe ngati sizinagwirizane ndi mbali imodzi, winayo ali ndi ufulu wofanana wosagwira ntchito. Lingaliro la mgwirizano wa mgwirizano, wokhazikitsidwa ndi malamulo pakati pa abambo ndi mwana ndi losamveka. Chowonadi, monga chavumbulutsidwa kwa ife kupyolera mwa Yesu, nchakuti unansi wawo uli wa chikondi choyera, kukhulupirika, kudzipereka, ndi kulemekezana. Pemphero la Yesu, monga tikuliŵerenga m’chaputala 17 cha Uthenga Wabwino wa Yohane, limasonyeza bwino lomwe kuti ubale wautatu umenewu ndiwo maziko ndi magwero a zochita za Mulungu mu ubale uliwonse; pakuti nthawi zonse acita monga mwa iye yekha, cifukwa ali woona;

Pa phunziro losamalitsa la Malemba Opatulika kumawonekeratu kuti unansi wa Mulungu ndi chilengedwe chake, ngakhale pambuyo pa kugwa kwa munthu ndi Israyeli, suli wa mgwirizano: Sumamangidwa pamikhalidwe imene iyenera kuwonedwa. Ndikofunikira kuzindikira kuti ubale wa Mulungu ndi Israyeli sunali wozikidwa pa lamulo, osati mgwirizano wokhawokha. Nayenso Paulo ankadziwa zimenezi. Unansi Wamphamvuyonse ndi Israyeli unayamba ndi pangano, lonjezo. Chilamulo cha Mose (Torah) chinayamba kugwira ntchito patapita zaka 430 kuchokera pamene panganolo linakhazikitsidwa. Poganizira ndondomeko ya nthawi, lamulo silinalingaliridwa kukhala maziko a ubale wa Mulungu ndi Israyeli.
Pansi pa panganolo, Mulungu anavomereza mwaufulu kwa Israyeli ndi ubwino wake wonse. Ndipo, monga mudzakumbukira, izi zinalibe chochita ndi zomwe Israeli mwiniyo adakhoza kupereka kwa Mulungu (5. Mo 7,6-8 ndi). Tisaiwale kuti Abrahamu sanam’dziwe Mulungu pamene anamulonjeza kuti adzam’dalitsa ndi kum’pangitsa kukhala dalitso kwa anthu a mitundu yonse.1. Mose 12,2-3). Pangano ndi lonjezo: losankhidwa mwaufulu ndi kuperekedwa. “Ndidzakulandirani kukhala anthu anga ndipo ndidzakhala Mulungu wanu,” anatero Yehova Wamphamvuyonse kwa Isiraeli.2. Mo 6,7). Lonjezo la Mulungu la madalitso linali la mbali imodzi, linachokera kumbali yake yekha. Iye adalowa mu pangano monga chionetsero cha chikhalidwe chake, chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe chake. Kutseka kwake ndi Israeli kunali kuchita kwa chisomo - inde, chisomo!

Tikapendanso machaputala oyambirira a Genesis, n’zoonekeratu kuti Mulungu sachita zinthu ndi chilengedwe chake mogwirizana ndi pangano linalake. Choyamba, chilengedwe pachokha chinali ntchito yopereka mwaufulu. Panalibe chilichonse chimene chinali choyenera kukhalapo, ngakhalenso kukhala ndi moyo wabwino. Mulungu Mwiniwake akulengeza kuti, "Ndipo zinali zabwino," inde, "zabwino kwambiri." Mulungu amapereka mwaufulu ubwino wake kwa zolengedwa zake, zomwe ziri zocheperapo kwa iye; amamupatsa moyo. Hava anali mphatso ya Mulungu ya kukoma mtima kwa Adamu kotero kuti asakhalenso yekha. Mofananamo, Wamphamvuyonse anapatsa Adamu ndi Hava Munda wa Edeni ndipo anaupanga kukhala ntchito yawo yopindulitsa kuusamalira kuti ukhale wobala zipatso ndi kutulutsa moyo wochuluka. Adamu ndi Hava sanakwaniritse mikhalidwe ina iliyonse mphatso zabwino zimenezi zisanaperekedwe kwa iwo kwaulere ndi Mulungu.

Koma zinali bwanji pambuyo pa Kugwa pamene kusaweruzika kunabwera? Zimasonyeza kuti Mulungu akupitiriza kusonyeza kukoma mtima kwake mofunitsitsa komanso mopanda malire. Kodi pempho lake loti apatse Adamu ndi Hava mwayi woti alape pambuyo pa kusamvera kwawo silinali chisomo? Komanso, taganizirani mmene Mulungu anawaperekera zikopa zoti azivala. Ngakhale kusiyidwa kwake m'munda wa Edeni kunali chisomo chomwe chimayenera kumulepheretsa kugwiritsa ntchito mtengo wa moyo mu uchimo wake. Chitetezero ndi chisamaliro cha Mulungu kwa Kaini tingachione m’njira yomweyo. Timaonanso chisomo cha Mulungu poteteza Nowa ndi banja lake, komanso chitsimikiziro cha utawaleza. Machitidwe onse a chisomo awa ndi mphatso zaulere pansi pa chizindikiro cha ubwino wa Mulungu. Palibe mwa izo ndi mphoto yokwaniritsa ntchito zamtundu uliwonse, ngakhale zazing'ono, zomanga mwalamulo.

Chisomo ngati chisomo chosayenera?

Nthaŵi zonse Mulungu amagaŵana ubwino wake ndi zolengedwa zake momasuka. Iye amachita zimenezi kwamuyaya kuchokera mkati mwake monga Atate, Mwana ndi Mzimu Woyera. Chilichonse chimene Utatu umenewu umavumbula m’chilengedwe chimachitika chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu a m’kati mwake. Ubale ndi Mulungu wozikidwa pa lamulo ndi pangano silikanalemekeza Mlengi wautatu ndi mlembi wa pangano, koma kumupanga iye fano loyera. Mafano nthawi zonse amalowa mumgwirizano ndi omwe amakwaniritsa njala yawo yodziwika chifukwa amafunikira otsatira awo momwe amawafunira. Zonse zimadalirana. Choncho, amapindula chifukwa cha zolinga zawo zadyera. Mbewu ya chowonadi yopezeka m'mawu oti chisomo ndi chisomo cha Mulungu ndichoti sitiyenera kuchipeza.

Ubwino wa Mulungu umagonjetsa zoipa

Chisomo sichilowa m’malo mwa uchimo monga chosiyana ndi lamulo kapena udindo uliwonse. Mulungu ndi wachisomo posatengera kuti uchimo ulipo. Mwa kuyankhula kwina, sichifuna kuchimwa kotsimikizirika kuti chisomo chipambane. M’malo mwake, chisomo chake chimapitirizabe ngakhale pamene pali uchimo. Chotero n’zoona kuti Mulungu samaleka kupatsa mwaufulu ubwino wake kwa zolengedwa Zake, ngakhale pamene sizikuyenerera. Kenako adzamkhululukira mkaziyo mwaufulu pa mtengo wa chitetezero chake chobweretsa chiyanjanitso.

Ngakhale titachimwa, Mulungu amakhalabe wokhulupirika chifukwa sangadzikane yekha, monga mmene Paulo ananenera kuti “[...] ngati tili osakhulupirika, iye amakhalabe wokhulupirika” ( NW )2. Timoteo 2,13). Popeza kuti nthawi zonse Mulungu amaona kuti iye ndi woona, amatikonda ndipo amatsatira dongosolo lake lopatulika kwa ife ngakhale titamupandukira. Kusalekeza kwa chisomo chopatsidwa kwa ife kumasonyeza mmene Mulungu aliri wowona mtima posonyeza kukoma mtima kwa zolengedwa zake. “Pakuti pokhala ife chikhalire ofooka, Kristu adatifera ife osapembedza; koma Mulungu akuonetsa chikondi chake kwa ife mmenemo: pamene tinali ochimwa, Khristu adatifera ife.” 5,6ndi; 8). Khalidwe lapadera la chisomo likhoza kumveka bwino lomwe pamene limaunikira mdima. Ndipo kotero ife makamaka timalankhula za chisomo mu nkhani ya uchimo.

Mulungu ndi wachisomo ngakhale kuti ndife ochimwa. Amasanduka kukhala wabwino mokhulupirika kwa zolengedwa zake ndipo amaumirirabe tsogolo lake lolonjeza. Tikhoza kuzindikira zimenezi mwa Yesu, amene potsiriza ntchito yake yochotsera machimo salola kuti apatutsidwe ku mphamvu iliyonse ya zoipa zimene zingamuwukire. Mphamvu zoipa sizingamulepheretse kupereka moyo wake chifukwa cha ife kuti tikhale ndi moyo. Kupweteka kapena kuzunzika kapena kunyozeka koipitsitsa sikunamulepheretse kutsatira tsogolo lake lopatulika, lozikidwa pa chikondi ndi kuyanjanitsa anthu ndi Mulungu. Ubwino wa Mulungu sufuna kuti zoipa zisinthe n’kukhala zabwino. Koma zikafika pa kuipa, ubwino umadziwa bwino lomwe choyenera kuchita: kuchigonjetsa, kuchigonjetsa ndi kuchigonjetsa. Kotero palibe chisomo chochuluka.

Chisomo: Chilamulo ndi Kumvera?

Kodi timaona bwanji lamulo la Chipangano Chakale ndi kumvera kwachikhristu mu Pangano Latsopano pankhani ya chisomo? Ngati tilingaliranso kuti pangano la Mulungu ndi lonjezo la mbali imodzi, yankho lake limakhala lodziŵika bwino lomwe. Komabe, kusunga lonjezano sikudalira kachitidwe kameneka. Pali njira ziwiri zokha pankhaniyi: kukhulupirira lonjezo lodzala ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu kapena ayi. Lamulo la Mose (Torah) linanena momveka bwino kwa Aisraeli tanthauzo la kudalira pangano la Mulungu mu gawo ili lisanakwaniritsidwe mtheradi lonjezo lomwe adapanga (i.e. asanabwere Yesu Khristu). Israeli Wamphamvuyonse, mwa chisomo, adavumbulutsa njira ya moyo mkati mwa pangano lake (pangano lakale).

Torah idaperekedwa kwa Israeli ndi Mulungu ngati mphatso. Ayenera kuwathandiza. Paulo anamutchula kuti “mphunzitsi” (Agalatiya 3,24-25; Baibulo la anthu ambiri). Chotero iyenera kuwonedwa monga mphatso yachifundo ya chisomo yochokera kwa Israyeli Wamphamvuyonse. Lamulo linakhazikitsidwa mkati mwa dongosolo la pangano lakale, lomwe mu gawo lake lolonjezedwa (likuyembekezera kukwaniritsidwa kwake mu chifaniziro cha Khristu mu pangano latsopano) linali pangano la chisomo. Linali lolinganizidwa kuti litumikire pangano la ufulu wakudzisankhira wa Mulungu kudalitsa Israyeli ndi kulipanga kukhala mpainiya wa chisomo kwa anthu onse.

Mulungu amene amakhalabe woona kwa iyemwini amafuna kukhala ndi ubale womwewo wosakhala wa mgwirizano ndi anthu mu Pangano Latsopano, lomwe linakwaniritsidwa mwa Yesu Khristu. Amatipatsa madalitso onse a chitetezero chake ndi chiyanjanitso cha moyo, imfa, chiukiriro, ndi kukwera kumwamba. Timapatsidwa zabwino zonse za ufumu wake wamtsogolo. Kuonjezera apo, timapatsidwa mwayi woti Mzimu Woyera amakhala mwa ife. Koma kuperekedwa kwa chisomo ichi mu Pangano Latsopano kumafuna kuchitapo kanthu - zomwe Israeli adayeneranso kuonetsa: Chikhulupiriro (kukhulupirira). Koma mogwirizana ndi pangano latsopano, timakhulupirira kukwaniritsidwa kwake osati malonjezo ake.

Kodi tingayankhe bwanji pa ubwino wa Mulungu?

Kodi tiyenera kuchita chiyani pa chisomo chopatsidwa kwa ife? Yankho ndi lakuti: "Moyo wokhulupirira lonjezo." Izi ndi zomwe zikutanthauza "moyo wa chikhulupiriro." Timapeza zitsanzo za moyo wotero mwa “oyera mtima” a m’Chipangano Chakale (Ahebri 11). Pali zotulukapo ngati munthu sakhala ndi chidaliro mu pangano lolonjezedwa kapena lokwaniritsidwa. Kupanda chidaliro m’pangano ndi mlembi wake kumatichotsa ku phindu lake. Kupanda chidaliro kwa Israyeli kunamulanda gwero la moyo—chakudya chake, moyo wabwino, ndi chonde. Kusakhulupirira kunasokoneza unansi wake ndi Mulungu kotero kuti analetsedwa kukhala ndi phande m’zabwino zonse za Wamphamvuyonse.

Pangano la Mulungu, monga mmene Paulo akutiuzira, ndi losasinthika. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa chakuti Wamphamvuyonse ndi wokhulupirika kwa iye ndipo amamuchirikiza, ngakhale zitakhala kuti zimamuwononga kwambiri. Mulungu sadzachoka konse kuchoka ku Mawu Ake; sangakakamizidwe kuchita zinthu zachilendo kwa chilengedwe chake kapena anthu ake. Ngakhale titapanda kukhulupirira lonjezolo, sitingamupangitse kukhala wosakhulupirika kwa iyemwini. Izi n’zimene zikutanthawuza pamene anthu amati Mulungu amachitapo kanthu “chifukwa cha dzina lake”.

Malangizo ndi malamulo onse olumikizidwa ndi iye ayenera kutimvera mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu, kukoma mtima koperekedwa kwaulere ndi chisomo. Chisomo chimenecho chinakwaniritsidwa mu kudzipereka ndi vumbulutso la Mulungu mwini mwa Yesu. Kuti tisangalale nazo nkofunika kuvomereza chisomo cha Wamphamvuyonse ndipo osachikana kapena kunyalanyaza. Malangizo (malamulo) amene timawapeza m’Chipangano Chatsopano amafotokoza tanthauzo la anthu a Mulungu atakhazikitsa Pangano Latsopano kuti alandire chisomo cha Mulungu ndi kuchikhulupirira.

Kodi magwero a kumvera ndi ati?

Ndiye tingapeze kuti magwero a kumvera? Zimachokera ku kudalira kukhulupirika kwa Mulungu ku zolinga za pangano lake monga momwe zinakwaniritsidwira mwa Yesu Khristu. Mtundu umodzi wokha wa kumvera umene Mulungu akukhudzidwira ndi kumvera ku chikhulupiriro, kumene kumaonekera mu chikhulupiriro cha kukhazikika kwa Wamphamvuyonse, kukhulupirika ku mawu, ndi kukhulupirika kwa iyemwini (Aroma 1,5; 16,26). Kumvera ndiko kuyankha kwathu ku chisomo chake. Paulo akusiya chikayikiro cha ichi—chimenechi chiri chowonekera makamaka m’mawu ake akuti Aisrayeli sanalephere kutsatira ziyeneretso zina zalamulo za Torah, koma chifukwa chakuti “anakana njira ya chikhulupiriro, nalingalira kuti ntchito zawo za kumvera ziyenera kufikira cholinga chawo. bweretsani” (Aroma 9,32; Baibulo la uthenga wabwino). Mtumwi Paulo, Mfarisi womvera malamulo, anaona chowonadi chochititsa chidwi chakuti Mulungu sanafune kuti iye adzipezere chilungamo mwa kusunga lamulo. Poyerekeza ndi chilungamo chimene Mulungu anafuna kum’patsa mwa chisomo, poyerekezera ndi kutengamo mbali m’chilungamo cha Mulungu chimene chinaperekedwa kwa iye kudzera mwa Kristu, kukanakhala (kunena pang’ono!) 3,8-9 ndi).

M’zaka zonsezi chakhala chifuno cha Mulungu kugaŵa chilungamo chake ndi anthu ake monga mphatso. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa iye ndi wachisomo (Afilipi 3,8-9). Ndiye kodi timapeza bwanji mphatso imeneyi? Podalira Mulungu kuti adzachita izi ndi kukhulupirira lonjezo lake kuti adzabweretsa izo kwa ife. Kumvera kumene Mulungu akufuna kuti tizichita kumalimbikitsidwa ndi chikhulupiriro, chiyembekezo ndi chikondi kwa iye. Maitanidwe ku kumvera opezeka m'malemba onse ndi malamulo opezeka mu mapangano akale ndi atsopano ndi achisomo. Ngati tikhulupirira malonjezo a Mulungu ndi kukhulupirira kuti adzakwaniritsidwa mwa Khristu ndiyeno mwa ife, tidzafuna kukhala mogwirizana ndi malonjezowo monga oona ndi oona. Moyo wosamvera sunakhazikike pa kudalira kapena mwina (wakadali) akukana kuvomereza zomwe walonjeza. Kumvera kokha kochokera ku chikhulupiriro, chiyembekezo ndi chikondi kumalemekeza Mulungu; pakuti kumvera kokhako kukuchitira umboni za amene Mulungu, monga adabvumbulutsidwa kwa ife mwa Yesu Khristu, ali.

Wamphamvuyonse adzapitiriza kutichitira chifundo, kaya titalandira kapena kukana chifundo chake. Mbali ina ya ubwino wake mosakayika ikuwonekera m’kukana kwake kulabadira kutsutsa kwathu chisomo chake. Umu ndi m’mene mkwiyo wa Mulungu umadziwonetsera wokha pamene ayankha “ayi” wathu ndi “ayi” m’kubwezera, mwakutero kutsimikizira “inde” wake wopatsidwa kwa ife m’mawonekedwe a Kristu ( Yoh.2. Akorinto 1,19). Ndipo “Ayi” wa Wamphamvuyonse ndi wamphamvu mofanana ndi “Inde” wake chifukwa ndi mawu osonyeza kuti “Inde” wake.

Palibe kupatula chisomo!

Ndikofunikira kuzindikira kuti Mulungu sachita zosiyana pankhani ya cholinga Chake chapamwamba ndi cholinga chake chopatulika kwa anthu ake. Chifukwa cha kukhulupirika kwake, iye sadzatisiya. M’malo mwake, amatikonda mwangwiro—mu ungwiro wa Mwana wake. Mulungu akufuna kutipatsa ulemerero kuti timukhulupirire ndi kumukonda ndi mtima wathu wonse komanso kuti tiziwonetsa izi mwangwiro mumayendedwe athu amoyo otengedwa ndi chisomo chake. Tikatero, mtima wathu wosakhulupirira umafota m’mbuyo, ndipo moyo wathu umasonyeza kudalira kwathu ubwino wa Mulungu woperekedwa kwaulere m’mawonekedwe ake oyera. Chikondi chake changwiro chidzatipatsanso chikondi changwiro, ndi kutipatsa kulungamitsidwa kotheratu ndi ulemerero m’kupita kwa nthaŵi. “Iye amene anayamba ntchito yabwino mwa inu adzaimaliza kufikira tsiku la Khristu Yesu.” (Afilipi 1,6).

Kodi Mulungu angatichitire chifundo, n’kumatisiya ife opanda ungwiro? Bwanji ngati kupatula kukanakhala ulamuliro kumwamba—pamene kupanda chikhulupiriro kuno, kusowa kwa chikondi kumeneko, kusakhululuka pang’ono apa ndi kuwawidwa mtima pang’ono ndi kukwiyira kumeneko, kuipidwa pang’ono apa ndi hubris pang’ono kumeneko zinalibe kanthu? Kodi ife tikanakhala mumkhalidwe wotani pamenepo? Chabwino, chimodzi chonga pano ndi pano, koma chokhalitsa mpaka kalekale! Kodi Mulungu angakhaledi wachifundo ndi wokoma mtima ngati akanatisiya mu “mkhalidwe wadzidzidzi” wotero kosatha? Ayi! Pomaliza, chisomo cha Mulungu sichimavomereza chilichonse - kaya ku chisomo chake cholamulira, kapenanso ku ulamuliro wa chikondi Chake chaumulungu ndi chifuniro chake; pakuti akadapanda kuchitira chifundo.

Kodi tinganene chiyani kwa anthu amene amanyoza chisomo cha Mulungu?

Pamene tikuphunzitsa anthu kutsatira Yesu, tiyenera kuwaphunzitsa kumvetsa ndi kulandira chisomo cha Mulungu, m’malo mochinyalanyaza ndi kuchikana chifukwa cha kunyada. Tiyenera kuwathandiza kuyenda mu chisomo chimene Mulungu ali nacho kwa iwo pano ndi pano. Tiyenera kuwachititsa kuona kuti mosasamala kanthu za zimene angachite, Wamphamvuyonse adzakhala wokhulupirika kwa iye yekha ndi ku cholinga chake chabwino. Tiyenera kuwalimbitsa pozindikira kuti Mulungu, wokumbukira chikondi chake pa iwo, chifundo Chake, chikhalidwe Chake ndi cholinga Chake, adzakhala wosasinthika ku zotsutsana ndi chisomo chake. Zotsatira zake, tsiku lina tonse tidzatha kutenga nawo chisomo mu chidzalo chonse ndikukhala moyo wochirikizidwa ndi chifundo chake. Mwanjira imeneyi tidzaloŵa mosangalala “m’zopereka” zophatikizidwamo—kuzindikira mokwanira mwaŵi wa kukhala mwana wa Mulungu mwa Yesu Kristu, Mbale wathu Wamkulu.

ndi Dr. Gary Deddo


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