Umphawi ndi kuwolowa manja

420 umphawi ndi kuwolowa manjaM’kalata yachiŵiri ya Paulo kwa Akorinto, iye anapereka nkhani yabwino kwambiri ya mmene mphatso yodabwitsa ya chimwemwe imakhudzira moyo wa okhulupirira m’njira zenizeni. “Koma tikudziwitsani, abale, chisomo cha Mulungu chopezeka m’Mipingo ya ku Makedoniya.” ( 2                            ] 8,1). Paulo sanali kungopereka nkhani yachabechabe—iye ankafuna kuti abale a ku Korinto ayankhe ku chisomo cha Mulungu mofanana ndi mpingo wa Atesalonika. Anafuna kuwafotokozera kuyankha kolondola ndi kopindulitsa ku kuwolowa manja kwa Mulungu. Paulo ananena kuti anthu a ku Makedoniya anali ndi “masautso ambiri” komanso “osauka kwambiri” koma analinso ndi “chisangalalo chochuluka” ( vesi 2 ). Chisangalalo chake sichinachokere ku uthenga wabwino wa thanzi ndi chitukuko. Chisangalalo chawo chachikulu sichinabwere chifukwa chokhala ndi ndalama zambiri ndi katundu, koma chifukwa chakuti anali ndi zochepa kwambiri!

Kachitidwe kake kamavumbula chinachake “chadziko lina,” chinachake chauzimu, chinachake choposa dziko lachibadwa la anthu odzikonda, chinthu chimene sichingafotokozedwe ndi makhalidwe a dziko lino: “Pakuti chimwemwe chake chinasefukira potsimikiziridwa ndi masautso ambiri, osauka kwambiri, koma anapereka zochuluka ndi kuona mtima konse” (v. 2). Ndizodabwitsa! Phatikizani umphawi ndi chisangalalo ndipo mumapeza chiyani? Kupatsa kochulukira! Uku sikunali kotengera kuchuluka kwa kupereka kwawo. “Pakuti monga mwa mphamvu zawo ndichitira umboni, ndipo ngakhale kupitirira mphamvu zawo adapereka kwaulere” (vesi 3). Anapereka zambiri kuposa "zololera". Iwo anapereka nsembe. Eya, monga ngati zimenezo sizinali zokwanira, “ndipo anatidandaulira ife ndi kulimbika mtima kwakukulu, kuti akathandize popindula ndi chiyanjano cha utumiki wa oyera mtima” ( vesi 4 ). Mu umphawi wawo iwo anapempha Paulo kuti awapatse mpata wopereka zochuluka kuposa zololera!

Umu ndi momwe chisomo cha Mulungu chinagwirira ntchito okhulupirira ku Makedoniya. Unali umboni wa chikhulupiriro chawo chachikulu mwa Yesu Khristu. Umenewo unali umboni wa chikondi chawo chodzazidwa ndi Mzimu kwa ena - umboni umene Paulo anafuna kuti Akorinto adziwe ndikutsanzira. Ndipo ndichinthu china kwa ife lero ngati tingalole Mzimu Woyera kugwira ntchito mosaletseka mwa ife.

Choyamba kwa Ambuye

N’cifukwa ciani anthu a ku Makedoniya anacita zinthu “zosati za dziko lino”? Paulo akuti, “... Iwo anachita izo mu utumiki wa Ambuye. Nsembe yawo inali yoyamba kwa Yehova. Inali ntchito ya chisomo, ya kugwira ntchito kwa Mulungu m’miyoyo yawo, ndipo anapeza kuti anali okondwa kuichita. Poyankha ku mzimu woyera umene unali mkati mwawo, iwo anadziŵa, kukhulupirira, ndi kuchita mwanjira imeneyo chifukwa chakuti moyo sumayezedwa ndi kuchuluka kwa zinthu zakuthupi.

Pamene tikuŵerenga mowonjezereka m’mutu uno, tikuona kuti Paulo anafuna kuti Akorinto achitenso chimodzimodzi: “Chotero tinakakamiza Tito kuti, monga adayamba kale, akamalize ubwino umenewo mwa inunso. Koma monga muli olemera m’zonse, m’chikhulupiriro, ndi m’mawu, ndi m’chidziŵitso, ndi m’khama lonse ndi chikondi chimene tinachita mwa inu, momwemonso perekani mowoloka m’kuwolowa manja kumeneku” ( vv. 6-7 ).

Akorinto adadzitamandira ndi chuma chawo chauzimu. Anali ndi zambiri zoti apereke, koma sanapereke! Paulo anafuna kuti iwo apambanitse ndi kuwolowa manja chifukwa chimenecho ndicho chisonyezero cha chikondi chaumulungu, ndipo chikondi nchofunika koposa.

Ndipo komabe Paulo akudziŵa kuti mosasamala kanthu za kuchuluka kwa momwe munthu angapereke, sikuli kwa phindu kwa munthuyo ngati mkhalidwewo uli waudani m’malo mowolowa manja.1. Korinto 13,3). Choncho sakufuna kuopseza Akorinto kuti apereke monyinyirika, koma ankafuna kuwakakamiza chifukwa Akorinto sankachita bwino m’makhalidwe awo ndipo anafunika kuuzidwa kuti zinali choncho. “Ine sindikunena izo monga lamulo; Koma popeza ena ali okangalika, ndimayesanso chikondi chanu kuti ndione ngati chili choyenera.” (2 Akor 8,8).

Yesu, wotipulumutsa

Uzimu weniweni supezeka m’zinthu zimene Akorinto anadzitamandira—umayesedwa ndi muyezo wangwiro wa Yesu Kristu, amene anapereka moyo wake chifukwa cha onse. Chotero Paulo akupereka mkhalidwe wa Yesu Kristu monga umboni wa zaumulungu wa kuwolowa manja kumene anafuna kuona mu mpingo wa ku Korinto: “Pakuti mudziwa chisomo cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Kristu, kuti, angakhale anali wolemera, koma chifukwa cha inu anakhala wosauka; kuti mwa kusauka kwake mukhale olemera” (v. 9).

Chuma chimene Paulo anatchula si chuma chakuthupi ayi. Chuma chathu ndichachikulu kwambiri kuposa chuma chakuthupi. Inu muli kumwamba, osungidwira ife. Koma ngakhale pano titha kumveketsa kale chuma chamuyaya ngati titalola Mzimu Woyera kugwira ntchito mkati mwathu.

Pakadali pano anthu okhulupirika a Mulungu akudutsa m'mayesero, ngakhale umphawi - komabe, chifukwa Yesu amakhala mwa ife, titha kukhala opatsa mowolowa manja. Tikhoza kupambana pakupereka. Titha kupitirira pazocheperako chifukwa chimwemwe chathu mwa Khristu chitha kusefukira ngakhale tsopano kuthandiza ena.

Tinganene zambiri za chitsanzo cha Yesu, amene nthaŵi zambiri ankanena za kugwiritsa ntchito bwino chuma. M’ndime iyi, Paulo akufotokoza mwachidule kuti “kusauka”. Yesu analolera kudzipangitsa kukhala wosauka chifukwa cha ife. Pamene tikumutsatira, timaitanidwanso kusiya zinthu za dziko lapansi, kukhala ndi makhalidwe osiyanasiyana, ndi kumutumikira potumikira ena.

Chimwemwe ndi kuwolowa manja

Paulo anapitiriza kuchonderera Akorinto kuti: “M’menemo ndilankhula za mtima wanga; pakuti izi zipindula kwa inu, amene munayamba chaka chatha, osati ndi kuchita kokha, komanso ndi chikhumbo. Koma tsopano chitaninso ntchitoyo, kuti monga mufuna, mukakhalenso ndi mtima wofuna kuchita monga muli nazo.” ( vv. 10-11 ) .

“Pakuti ngati pali chifuniro chabwino” – ngati pali mtima wopatsa – “munthu alandiridwa monga momwe ali nazo, si monga chim’soŵa” (v. 12). Paulo sanapemphe Akristu a ku Korinto kuti apereke zochuluka ngati zimene Amakedoniya anachitira. Amakedoniya anali atapereka kale kupyola chuma chawo; Paulo ankangopempha Akorinto kuti apereke molingana ndi mphamvu zawo – koma chachikulu n’chakuti ankafuna kuti kupatsa mowolowa manja kukhale kwaufulu.

Paulo akupitiriza ndi uphungu wina m’chaputala 9 : “Pakuti ndidziŵa cifuniro cako cokoma, cimene ndikutamanda kwa iwe mwa iwo a ku Makedoniya, ndi kunena, Akaya anakonzeka caka catha; Ndipo chitsanzo chanu chachulukitsa anthu ambiri” (v. 2).

Monga momwe Paulo adagwiritsa ntchito chitsanzo cha a ku Makedoniya kulimbikitsa Akorinto kuti akhale owolowa manja, momwemonso adagwiritsa ntchito chitsanzo cha Akorinto kulimbikitsa a ku Makedoniya, mwachidziwikire ndi kupambana kwakukulu. Anthu a ku Makedoniya anali owolowa manja kwambiri moti Paulo anazindikira kuti Akorinto angathe kuchita zambiri kuposa kale. Koma adadzitamandira ku Makedoniya kuti Akorinto anali owolowa manja. Tsopano amafuna kuti Akorinto amalize. Akufuna kulangizanso. Akufuna kupanikiza, koma akufuna kuti nsembeyo iperekedwe mwaufulu.

“Koma ndinatumiza abale, kuti kudzitamandira kwathu pa inu kusakhale chabe m’chimenechi, ndi kuti mukhale okonzeka, monga ndinanena za inu, ngati akadza nane iwo aku Makedoniya, nakupezani inu osakonzeka. , osanena kuti, muchita manyazi ndi chikhulupiriro chathu ichi. Choncho ndinaona kuti n’koyenera kulimbikitsa abale kuti apite kwa inu, kukakonzeratu mphatso imene munalengeza, kuti ikhale yokonzeka ngati mphatso yadalitso, osati ya umbombo.” ( vv. 3-5 ).

Kenako tsatirani vesi limene talimvapo kambirimbiri. “Aliyense achite monga anatsimikiza mumtima mwake, osati monyinyirika kapena mokakamizika; pakuti Mulungu akonda wopereka mokondwerera” (v. 7). Chimwemwe chimenechi sichitanthauza maphwando kapena kuseka—chimatanthauza kuti timapeza chimwemwe pogawana zinthu zathu ndi ena chifukwa Kristu ali mwa ife. Kupatsa kumatipangitsa kumva bwino. Chikondi ndi chisomo zimagwira ntchito m'mitima yathu kotero kuti moyo wopereka pang'onopang'ono umakhala chisangalalo chachikulu kwa ife.

Dalitso lalikulu

M’ndime iyi Paulo akulankhulanso za mphotho. Ngati tipereka mwaufulu ndi mowolowa manja, ndiye kuti Mulungu adzatipatsanso. Paulo saopa kukumbutsa Akorinto kuti: “Koma Mulungu akhoza kuchulukitsira chisomo chonse mwa inu, kuti m’zonse mukhale nacho zochuluka, ndi kucuruka m’ntchito iliyonse yabwino.” ( vesi 8 ).

Paulo akulonjeza kuti Mulungu adzakhala wowolowa manja kwa ife. Nthawi zina Mulungu amatipatsa zinthu zakuthupi, koma sizomwe Paulo akunena pano. Amalankhula za chisomo - osati chisomo cha kukhululuka (timalandira chisomo chodabwitsa ichi mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu, osati ntchito za kuwolowa manja) - Paulo amalankhula za mitundu yambiri ya chisomo chomwe Mulungu akhoza kupereka.

Mulungu akapatsa mipingo yaku Makedoniya chisomo chowonjezera, iwo adzakhala ndi ndalama zochepa kuposa kale - koma chimwemwe chochuluka! Munthu aliyense wololera, ngati angasankhe, atha kukhala umphawi wachimwemwe kuposa chuma popanda chisangalalo. Chimwemwe ndiye mdalitso waukulu ndipo Mulungu amatipatsa mdalitso waukulu. Akhristu ena amatenga zonse ziwiri - komanso ali ndi udindo wogwiritsa ntchito onse potumikira ena.

Kenako Paulo anagwira mawu m’Chipangano Chakale kuti: “Anabalalitsa napereka kwa osauka” ( vesi 9 ). Kodi akukamba za mphatso zotani? “Chilungamo chake chikhala kosatha”. Mphatso ya chilungamo imaposa onsewo. Mphatso yakukhala wolungama pamaso pa Mulungu ndiyo mphatso yosatha.

Mulungu amadalitsa mtima wowolowa manja

“Koma iye amene apatsa mbewu kwa wofesa, ndi mkate wa chakudya, iyenso adzakupatsani inu mbewu, nadzachulukitsa, nakulitsa zipatso za chilungamo chanu” (v. 10). Mawu otsirizawa onena za kututa kwa chilungamo akutionetsa kuti Paulo akugwiritsa ntchito fanizo. Salonjeza mbewu zenizeni, koma amanena kuti Mulungu amafupa anthu owolowa manja. Amawapatsa kuti apereke zambiri.

Adzapereka zambiri kwa iye amene amagwiritsa ntchito mphatso za Mulungu potumikira. Nthawi zina amabwerera momwemo, tirigu wa tirigu, ndalama ndi ndalama, koma osati nthawi zonse. Nthawi zina, pobwezera kudzipereka kodzipereka, Iye adzatidalitsa ndi chimwemwe chosaneneka. Nthawi zonse amapereka zabwino kwambiri.

Paulo ananena kuti Akorinto adzakhala ndi zonse zimene anafunikira. Chifukwa chiyani? Kuti akhale “olemera pa ntchito iliyonse yabwino”. Akunena zomwezo mu vesi 12 , “Pakuti utumiki wa kusonkhana uku sukwaniritsa chosowa cha oyera mtima chokha, koma uchulukira mu mayamiko a Mulungu ambiri.” Mphatso za Mulungu zimabwera ndi mikhalidwe, tinganene kuti. Tiyenera kuzigwiritsa ntchito, osati kuzibisa m’chipinda chogona.

Iwo amene ali olemera adzakhala olemera mu ntchito zabwino. “Lamulira achuma a m’dziko lino lapansi kuti asadzikuze, kapena asayembekezere chuma chosadziŵika, koma Mulungu, amene atipatsa ife zonse kuti tisangalale nazo; kuchita zabwino, kukhala ochuluka pa ntchito zabwino, kupereka mokondwera, kuthandiza.” (1 Tim 6,17-18 ndi).

Moyo weniweni

Kodi mphotho ya khalidwe losazolowereka ndi yotani, kwa anthu amene samaumirira chuma monga chinthu choti agwire, koma amachipereka mwaufulu? “Mwa ichi amasonkhanitsa chuma chamtsogolo, kuti akagwire moyo weniweniwo” (v. 19). Tikamakhulupirira Mulungu, timakumbatira moyo, womwe ndi moyo weniweniwo.

Anzanu, chikhulupiriro si moyo wophweka. Pangano latsopano silikulonjeza kuti tidzakhala ndi moyo wabwino. Amapereka zopitilira miliyoni: kubwerera kwa 1 pazomwe tidagulitsa - koma zitha kuphatikizira kudzipereka kwakukulu m'moyo wapitawu.

Ndipo pali madalitso akulu m'moyo uno. Mulungu amatipatsa chisomo chochuluka m'njira (ndi nzeru zake zopanda malire) kuti adziwe kuti ndi zabwino kwa ife. Titha kumudalira iye ndi miyoyo yathu m'mayesero ndi madalitso athu. Titha kumukhulupirira Iye ndi zinthu zonse, ndipo tikamachita miyoyo yathu timakhala umboni wa chikhulupiriro.

Mulungu amatikonda kwambiri moti anatumiza mwana wake kuti adzatifere ngakhale pamene tinali ochimwa komanso adani athu. Popeza kuti Mulungu watisonyeza kale chikondi choterocho, tingakhale otsimikizira kuti adzatisamalira, kuti tipindule kwa nthaŵi yaitali, popeza tsopano ndife ana ake ndi mabwenzi ake. Sitiyenera kuda nkhawa ndi ndalama "zathu".

Zokolola zoyamika

Tiyeni tibwerere ku 2. 9 Akorinto 11 ndi kuona zimene Paulo akuphunzitsa Akorinto za chuma ndi kuwolowa manja awo. “Chotero mudzakhala olemera m’zinthu zonse, kuti mupereke m’kuwolowa manja konse, kumene kumagwira ntchito mwa ife chiyamiko kwa Mulungu. Pakuti utumiki wa kusonkhana uku sudzakwaniritsa chosowa cha oyera mtima chokha, koma uchitanso koposa mwa ambiri oyamika Mulungu” ( vesi 12 ).

Paulo akukumbutsa Akorinto kuti kuwolowa manja kwawo sikungothandiza anthu - kuli ndi zotsatira zaumulungu. Anthu adzathokoza Mulungu chifukwa cha izi chifukwa amadziwa kuti Mulungu amagwira ntchito kudzera mwa anthu. Mulungu amaika pamtima pa anthu opatsa. Umu ndi mmene ntchito ya Mulungu imachitikira. “Pakuti mu utumiki wokhulupilika umenewo amayamika Mulungu koposa kumvera kwanu m’chivomerezo cha Uthenga Wabwino wa Khristu, ndi koposa kuyanjana kwanu ndi iwo, ndi onse pamodzi” ( vesi 13 ). Pali mfundo zingapo zodziwika bwino pankhaniyi. Choyamba, Akorinto anatha kudzitsimikizira okha mwa zochita zawo. Iwo anasonyeza mwa zochita zawo kuti chikhulupiriro chawo chinali chenicheni. Chachiwiri, kuwolowa manja kumabweretsa osati chiyamiko chokha komanso chiyamiko [chitamando] kwa Mulungu. Ndi mtundu wa kupembedza. Chachitatu, kuvomereza Uthenga Wabwino wachisomo kumafunanso kumvera kwinakwake, ndipo kumvera kumaphatikizapo kugawana zinthu zakuthupi.

Kupereka kwa uthenga wabwino

Paulo analemba za kupereka mowolowa manja pofuna kuthana ndi njala. Koma mfundo yomweyi imagwiranso ntchito pa zopereka zandalama zomwe tili nazo mu mpingo lero kuti tithandizire uthenga wabwino ndi utumiki wa Mpingo. Tikugwirabe ntchito yofunika. Amalola ogwira ntchito omwe amalalikira uthenga wabwino kuti azipeza ndalama kuchokera mu uthengawu momwe tingathere kugawira ndalamazo.

Mulungu amapatsabe kuwolowa manja. Iye amalonjezabe chuma chakumwamba ndi zisangalalo zosatha. Uthengawu udafunabe pazachuma chathu. Momwe timaonera ndalama zikuwonetsabe kukhulupilira kwathu pazomwe Mulungu amachita tsopano mpaka muyaya. Anthu adzaperekabe kuthokoza ndi kutamanda Mulungu chifukwa chodzipereka lero.

Timalandira madalitso kuchokera ku ndalama zomwe timapereka ku Tchalitchi - zoperekazo zimatithandiza kulipira renti yogona yogona, yosamalira abusa, komanso zofalitsa. Koma zopereka zathu zimathandizanso ena kupereka mabuku kwa ena, kupereka malo omwe anthu amatha kudziwana ndi gulu la okhulupirira omwe amakonda ochimwa; kuti akwaniritse zomwe gulu la okhulupirira limapanga ndikusamalira nyengo yomwe alendo atsopano angaphunzitsidwe za chipulumutso.

Simukuwadziwa (mpaka pano) anthu awa, koma adzakuthokozani - kapena kuyamika Mulungu chifukwa cha nsembe zanu zamoyo. Imeneyi ndi ntchito yofunika kwambiri. Chofunikira koposa chomwe tingachite m'moyo uno titalandira Khristu kukhala Mpulumutsi wathu ndikuthandizira kukulitsa ufumu wa Mulungu, kupanga kusiyana pakulola kuti Mulungu azigwira ntchito m'miyoyo yathu.

Ndikufuna kutsiriza ndi mawu a Paulo mu vesi 14-15: “Ndipo m’kupempherera kwa inu alakalaka inu, chifukwa cha chisomo choposa cha Mulungu pa inu. Koma ayamikike Mulungu chifukwa cha mphatso yake yosaneneka!”

ndi Joseph Tkach


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