Kodi mumadzimva kuti ndinu wolakwa?

Pali atsogoleri achikhristu omwe amayesetsa kupangitsa anthu kudzimva kuti ndi olakwa kuti athe kuchita zochuluka kutembenuza ena. Abusa ali kalikiliki kulimbikitsa mipingo yawo kuti ichite ntchito zabwino. Ndi ntchito yovuta ndipo simungadzudzule abusa ngati nthawi zina amayesedwa kuti agwiritse ntchito mfundo zomwe zimapangitsa anthu kudzimva kuti ndi olakwa kuti awasunthire. Koma pali njira zomwe zili zoyipa kwambiri kuposa zina, ndipo imodzi mwazo zoyipa kwambiri ndi lingaliro losagwirizana ndi Malemba loti anthu ali ku gehena chifukwa chakuti anthu onse simunawalalikire uthenga wabwino asanamwalire. Mutha kudziwa munthu yemwe akumva kukhala wolakwa komanso wolakwa chifukwa chonyalanyaza kugawana uthenga wabwino ndi munthu yemwe wamwalira. Mwina inunso mumamva chimodzimodzi.

Ndikukumbukira mtsogoleri wachinyamata wachikhristu wa mnzanga wa kusukulu yemwe adagawana ndi gulu la achinyamata nkhani yomvetsa chisoni ya kukumana ndi bambo yemwe adafunitsitsa kugawana naye uthenga wabwino koma sanatero. Kenako anamva kuti bamboyo anagundidwa ndi galimoto tsiku lomwelo n’kumwalira. “Munthu uyu ali ku gehena tsopano akuvutika ndi ululu wosaneneka,” iye anauza gululo. Kenako, atayima modabwitsa, anawonjezera kuti, "ndipo ndine wochititsa zonsezi!". Iye anawauza kuti chotero anali kuvutika ndi maloto owopsa ndipo anali kulira pakama pake pa mfundo yowopsya ya kulephera kwake, kuchititsa wosauka ameneyo kupirira chizunzo cha moto wa helo kosatha.

Kumbali ina iwo amadziwa ndi kuphunzitsa kuti Mulungu anakonda dziko lapansi kotero kuti anatumiza Yesu kudzalipulumutsa, koma mbali ina iwo akuwoneka kuti amakhulupirira kuti Mulungu amatumiza anthu ku gehena chifukwa ife timalephera kulalikira uthenga wabwino kwa iwo . Izi ndi zomwe zimatchedwa "cognitive dissonance" - pamene mfundo ziwiri zotsutsana zimakhulupirira nthawi imodzi. Ena a iwo amakhulupirira mosangalala mphamvu ya Mulungu ndi chikondi chake, koma panthaŵi imodzimodziyo amachita ngati kuti manja a Mulungu ali omangidwa kuti apulumutse anthu ngati tilephera kuwafikira panthaŵi yake. Yesu ananena mwa Yohane 6,40: “Pakuti chifuniro cha Atate wanga ndi ichi, kuti yense wakuwona Mwana ndi kukhulupirira iye akhale nawo moyo wosatha; ndipo Ine ndidzamuukitsa iye tsiku lomaliza.

Chipulumutso ndi ntchito ya Mulungu, ndipo Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera amachita bwino kwambiri. Ndi dalitso kukhala nawo pantchito yabwinoyi. Tiyeneranso kudziwa kuti Mulungu nthawi zambiri amagwira ntchito ngakhale kuti sitingakwanitse. Ngati mwakhala mukuvutitsidwa ndi chikumbumtima chifukwa cholephera kulalikira uthenga wabwino kwa munthu asanamwalire, bwanji osaperekanso kwa Yesu? Mulungu sali wosasamala. Palibe amene amatambasula zala zake ndipo palibe amene ayenera kupita ku Gahena chifukwa cha inu. Mulungu wathu ndi wabwino, wachifundo ndi wamphamvu. Mutha kumukhulupirira kuti adzakhalapo kwa aliyense, osati inu nokha, mwanjira imeneyo.

ndi Joseph Tkach


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