Yohane M'batizi

Uthenga wa Yohane M'batizi unali wolimba. Njira yake inali yopanda malire. Anamiza anthu pansi pamadzi. Njira yake idakhala gawo la dzina lake - Yohane M'batizi. Koma sikuti ubatizo unali wowopsa. Ubatizo unali mchitidwe wofala Yohane asanabadwe. Zomwe zidali zazikulu zomwe adabatiza. Ubatizo ndi chimodzi mwa zofunikira kuti otembenukira ku Chiyuda akhale Myuda, kuphatikiza mdulidwe ndi zopereka za pakachisi ndi zina zambiri zofunika.

Koma Yohane sanangoyitanira otembenukira achikunja ku ubatizo, komanso anthu osankhidwa, Ayuda. Khalidwe lokhwima ili likufotokozera zaulendo womwe gulu la ansembe, Alevi ndi Afarisi adamulipira mchipululu. Yohane anali mchikhalidwe cha aneneri a Chipangano Chakale. Iye anapempha anthu kuti alape. Adadzudzula chinyengo cha atsogoleri, kuwachenjeza za chiweruzo chomwe chikubwera ndikuneneratu za kubwera kwa Mesiya.

Mwachirengedwe, Yohane M'batizi amakhala kumapeto kwenikweni kwa anthu. Utumiki wake unali m'chipululu pakati pa Yerusalemu ndi Nyanja Yakufa, malo amiyala, osabereka, koma anthu osawerengeka adapita kukamvera ulaliki wake. Kumbali imodzi uthenga wake unali wofanana ndi uja wa aneneri akale, koma mbali inayi unali wowopsa - Mesiya wolonjezedwa anali paulendo ndipo posachedwa pomwepo! John adauza Afarisi, omwe amafunsa zaulamuliro wake, kuti mphamvu zake sizinachokere kwa iye - anali chabe mthenga wokonzekera njira, kulengeza kuti mfumu ili panjira.

John sanachite chilichonse kuti adzilimbikitse - adalengeza kuti ntchito yake yokhayo ndikubatiza Yemwe adzabwera ndi amene adzamupose. Ntchito yake inali kungokhazikitsa gawo loti Yesu awonekere. Ndiye pamene Yesu adawonekera, Yohane adalengeza, “Taonani, uyu ndi Mwanawankhosa wa Mulungu amene akusenza machimo adziko lapansi.” Machimo athu satengedwa ndi madzi kapena kuchita ntchito zabwino. Atengedwa ndi Yesu. Tikudziwa zomwe timatembenuka ndikulapa. Koma funso lalikulu ndikuti mabasi athu akulunjika ndani.

Yohane adati Mulungu adamtuma iye kudzabatiza ndi madzi - chizindikiro cha kuyeretsedwa kwa machimo athu ndikuti tipatuke ku uchimo ndi imfa. Koma ubatizo wina umabwera, atero a John. Yemwe amabwera pambuyo pake - Yesu - adzabatizidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera, chisonyezo cha moyo watsopano mwa Khristu womwe okhulupirira amalandira kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera.

ndi Joseph Tkach


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