Mphunzitsi wosokoneza anaphedwa pamtanda paphiri lowola kunja kwa Yerusalemu. Sanali yekha. Sikuti anali yekhayo amene ankabweretsa mavuto ku Yerusalemu tsiku lomwelo.
“Ndapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Kristu,” analemba motero mtumwi Paulo (Agalatiya 2,20), koma si Paulo yekha. “Inu munafa limodzi ndi Kristu,” iye anauza Akristu ena (Akolose 2,20). “Ife tinaikidwa m’manda pamodzi ndi iye,” iye analembera Aroma 6,4). Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani pano? Anthu onsewa sanali kwenikweni paphiri la Yerusalemu. Kodi Paulo akulankhula za chiyani apa? Akhristu onse, kaya akudziwa kapena ayi, ali ndi gawo pa mtanda wa Khristu.
Kodi mudalipo pomwe mudapachika Yesu? Ngati ndinu Mkhristu, yankho ndi inde, mudalipo. Tinali naye ngakhale sitinkadziwa panthawiyo. Izi zitha kumveka ngati zamkhutu. Kodi zikutanthauzanji? M'chilankhulo chamakono tikhoza kunena kuti timafanana ndi Yesu. Timamulandira ngati wachiwiri wathu. Timalandira imfa yake ngati malipiro a machimo athu.
Koma si zokhazo. Timavomerezanso - ndikugawana nawo - mu kuuka kwake! “Mulungu anatiukitsa pamodzi ndi iye.” (Aef 2,6). Tinali kumeneko m'maŵa wa chiukiriro. “Mulungu anakupangani amoyo pamodzi ndi iye” (Akolose 2,13). “Mwaukitsidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu” (Akolose 3,1).
Nkhani ya Khristu ndi nkhani yathu tikamaivomereza, tikalola kuti tidziwidwe ndi Mbuye wathu wopachikidwa. Moyo wathu umalumikizidwa ndi moyo wake, osati ulemerero wa chiukitsiro chokha komanso ululu ndi zowawa za kupachikidwa kwake. Kodi mungavomereze? Kodi tingakhale ndi Khristu muimfa yake? Ngati titi inde, titha kukhalanso naye muulemerero.
Yesu anachita zambiri osati kungofa ndi kuukitsidwa. Anakhala moyo wachilungamo ndipo ifenso timakhala ndi moyo umenewo. Sitife angwiro, ndithudi—osati angwiro ngakhale pang’ono—koma tinaitanidwa kuti titenge nawo moyo watsopano, wochuluka wa Khristu. Paulo akufotokoza mwachidule zonsezi pamene analemba kuti: “Tinaikidwa m’manda pamodzi ndi Iye mwa ubatizo kulowa mu imfa, kuti monga Khristu anaukitsidwa kwa akufa mwa ulemerero wa Atate, ifenso tikayende m’moyo watsopano.” iye, wamoyo ndi iye.
Kodi moyo watsopanowu uyenera kuwoneka bwanji tsopano? “Chotero inunso, muwerenge kuti ndinu akufa ku uchimo, ndi amoyo kwa Mulungu mwa Khristu Yesu. Chifukwa chake musalole uchimo uchite ufumu m’thupi lanu la imfa, ndipo musamvere zilakolako zake. Ndipo musapereke ziwalo zanu ku uchimo ngati zida za chosalungama; koma mudzipereke nokha kwa Mulungu, monga akufa, ndi amoyo tsopano, ndi ziwalo zanu kwa Mulungu ngati zida za chilungamo” (ndime 11-13).
Pamene tidzizindikiritsa ndi Yesu Khristu, moyo wathu umakhala wake. “Timakhulupirira kuti ngati mmodzi anafera onse, onse anafa. ndipo anafera onse, kuti iwo akukhala ndi moyo kuyambira tsopano asakhale ndi moyo kwa iwo okha, koma kwa Iye amene adawafera iwo, nauka kwa akufa.”2. Akorinto 5,14-15 ndi).
Monga momwe Yesu sali yekha, sitilinso tokha. Tikazindikira ndi Khristu, tidayikidwa m'manda ndi iye, timadzuka ku moyo watsopano ndi iye, ndipo amakhala mwa ife. Ali nafe m'mayesero athu komanso pakupambana kwathu chifukwa miyoyo yathu ndi yake. Amanyamula mtoloyo ndipo amamuzindikira ndipo timakhala ndi chisangalalo chogawana naye moyo wake.
Paulo anafotokoza zimenezi m’mawu awa: “Ndinapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Kristu. ndikhala ndi moyo, koma si ine, koma Kristu ali ndi moyo mwa ine. Pakuti chimene ndikukhala ndi moyo tsopano m’thupi, ndili ndi moyo mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Mwana wa Mulungu, amene anandikonda, nadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha ine.” (Agalatiya Agalatiya 2,20).
“Nyamulani mtanda,” Yesu analimbikitsa ophunzira ake, “ndipo tsatirani Ine. Dziwonetseni nokha ndi ine. Lolani moyo wakale kuti upachikidwe ndi moyo watsopano kuti ulamulire mthupi lanu. Pangani izi kuti zichitike kudzera mwa ine. Ndiloleni kuti ndikhale mwa inu ndipo ndidzakupatsani moyo wosatha. "
Ngati tiika umunthu wathu mwa Khristu, tidzakhala naye m'masautso ake ndi chimwemwe chake.
ndi Joseph Tkach