Ubatizo ndi chiyani

Ubatizo ndi mwambo woyambitsa Chikhristu. Mu Aroma 6, Paulo anafotokoza momveka bwino kuti ndi mwambo wolungamitsidwa ndi chisomo kudzera mu chikhulupiriro. Ubatizo si mdani wa kulapa, chikhulupiriro, kapena kutembenuka—ndi mnzawo. Mu Chipangano Chatsopano, ndi chizindikiro cha pangano pakati pa chisomo cha Mulungu ndi yankho la anthu. Pali ubatizo UMODZI wokha. (Eph. 4:5).

Pali zinthu zitatu zoyambirira zomwe ziyenera kupezeka kuti chiyambi chachikhristu chikwaniritsidwe. Zinthu zitatuzi siziyenera kuchitika nthawi imodzi kapena motsatana. Koma zonse ndizofunikira.

• Kulapa ndi Chikhulupiriro - ndi mbali yaumunthu pakuyambika kwachikhristu. Timapanga chisankho chovomereza Khristu.
• Ubatizo - ndiye mbali ya mpingo. Woyenera kubatizidwa amalandiridwa pagulu lodziwika bwino la Mpingo wa Chikhristu.
• Mphatso ya Mzimu Woyera - ndiye mbali yaumulungu. Mulungu amatitsitsimutsa.

Ubatizo ndi Mzimu Woyera

Pali malo 7 okha mu Chipangano Chatsopano wonena za kubatizidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera. Zonsezi, popanda kusiyanitsa, zimafotokoza momwe munthu amakhalira Mkhristu. Yohane adabatiza anthu kuti awatsogolere kulapa, koma Yesu amabatiza ndi Mzimu Woyera. Izi ndi zomwe Mulungu adachita pa Pentekosti ndipo wakhala akuchita kuyambira nthawi imeneyo. Palibe paliponse mu Chipangano Chatsopano pamene mawu oti kubatizidwa kapena ndi Mzimu Woyera amagwiritsidwa ntchito pofotokoza za mphatso za iwo omwe ali ndi mphamvu zapadera omwe ali akhristu kale. Nthawi zonse amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chithunzi cha momwe mungakhalire Mkhristu poyamba.

Zolemba zake ndi izi:
Marko 1:8 – Ndime zofanana zili mu Matth. 3:11Luka 3:16; Joh. 1:33
Apg. 1:5 – pamene Yesu akuwonetsa kusiyana pakati pa ubatizo wa Yohane asanayambe Chikristu ndi ubatizo wake mu Mzimu Woyera, ndipo akulonjeza kukwaniritsidwa mwachangu komwe kunachitika pa Pentekoste.
Apg. 11:16 - izi zikubwereranso ku (onani pamwambapa) ndipo ndi chiyambi chomveka bwino.
1. Kor. 12:13 – zimamveketsa bwino kuti ndi Mzimu umene umabatiza munthu mwa Khristu poyamba.

Kutembenuka nchiyani?

Pali mfundo zinayi zomwe zimagwira ntchito muubatizo uliwonse:

• Mulungu amakhudza chikumbumtima cha munthu (pali kuzindikira chosowa ndi / kapena kulakwa).
• Mulungu amaunikira malingaliro (chidziwitso choyambirira cha tanthauzo la imfa ndi kuuka kwa Khristu).
• Mulungu amakhudza chifuniro (munthu ayenera kupanga chisankho).
• Mulungu akuyamba kusintha.

Kutembenuka kwachikhristu kuli ndi nkhope zitatu ndipo izi sizimawoneka nthawi imodzi.

• Kutembenuka/kutembenukira kwa Mulungu (titembenukira kwa Mulungu).
• Kutembenuka/kutembenukira ku mpingo (chikondi kwa Akhristu anzathu).
• Kutembenuka / kutembenukira kudziko (tibwerera kuti tifike kunja).

Timatembenuka liti?

Kutembenuka sikungokhala ndi nkhope zitatu, kulinso ndi magawo atatu:

• Tinatembenuka motsatira dongosolo la Mulungu Atate, popeza tinakonzedweratu mwachikondi kuti tisankhidwe mwa Khristu dziko lapansi lisanakhazikitsidwe. (Eph. 1:4-5)Kutembenuka kwachikhristu kumachokera mu chikondi chosankha cha Mulungu, Mulungu amene amadziwa mapeto kuyambira pachiyambi ndipo nthawi zonse amachitapo kanthu tisanayankhe (kuyankha).
• Tinatembenuka pamene Khristu anafa pa mtanda. Uku kunali kubwerera kwa anthu kwa Mulungu monga momwe anthu anabwerera, pamene khoma lolekanitsa uchimo linagwetsedwa. (Eph. 2:13-16).
• Tinatembenuka pamene Mzimu Woyera anatidziwitsadi zinthu ndipo tinaziyankha. (Eph. 1:13).