Ziphunzitso zaumulungu za Utatu

175 Ziphunzitso zaumulunguZamulungu ndi zofunika kwa ife chifukwa zimatipatsa maziko a chikhulupiriro chathu. Komabe, pali mafunde ambiri aumulungu, ngakhale mkati mwa gulu lachikhristu. Chinthu chomwe chili chizindikiro cha WCG/CCI monga gulu la chikhulupiriro ndikudzipereka kwathu ku zomwe tinganene kuti "zamulungu za Utatu." Ngakhale kuti chiphunzitso cha Utatu chakhala chovomerezedwa mofala m’mbiri yonse ya matchalitchi, ena amachitcha “chiphunzitso choiwalika” chifukwa chakuti nthaŵi zambiri chikhoza kunyalanyazidwa. Komabe, ife mu WCG/CCI timakhulupirira kuti zenizeni, kutanthauza zenizeni ndi tanthauzo la Utatu, zimasintha chirichonse.

Baibulo limaphunzitsa kuti chipulumutso chathu chimadalira pa Utatu. Chiphunzitsochi chikutiwonetsa ife momwe munthu aliyense wa Umulungu amatenga gawo lofunikira m'miyoyo yathu monga Akhristu. Mulungu Atate anatitenga kukhala “ana ake okondedwa” (Aef 5,1). Ndicho chifukwa chake, Mulungu Mwana, Yesu Kristu, anakwaniritsa ntchito yofunika kaamba ka chipulumutso chathu. Timapuma mu chisomo chake (Aefeso 1,3-7), khalani ndi chidaliro mu chipulumutso chathu chifukwa Mulungu Mzimu Woyera amakhala mwa ife monga chisindikizo cha cholowa chathu (Aefeso. 1,13-14). Munthu aliyense wa Utatu ali ndi udindo wapadera wotilandira m’banja la Mulungu.

Ngakhale kuti timalambira Mulungu mwa milungu itatu, nthawi zina chiphunzitso cha Utatu chimaoneka ngati chinthu chovuta kwambiri kuchitsatira. Komabe pamene kumvetsetsa kwathu ndi machitidwe athu akugwirizana ndi ziphunzitso zazikuluzikulu, zimakhala ndi kuthekera kwakukulu kosintha moyo wathu watsiku ndi tsiku. Mmene ndimaonera, chiphunzitso cha Utatu chimatikumbutsa kuti palibe chimene tingachite kuti tipeze malo pagome la Yehova chifukwa Mulungu watiitana kale ndipo wachita ntchito yofunika kuti tipeze malo patebulo. Chifukwa cha chipulumutso cha Yesu ndi kukhalamo kwa Mzimu Woyera, tikhoza kufika pamaso pa Atate omangidwa mu chikondi cha Utatu wa Mulungu. Chikondi chimenechi chimapezeka kwaulere kwa onse amene amakhulupirira chifukwa cha ubale wamuyaya, wosasintha wa Utatu. Komabe, izi sizikutanthauza kuti tilibe mwayi wochita nawo ubalewu. Kukhala mwa Khristu kumatanthauza kuti chikondi cha Mulungu chimatithandiza kusamalira anthu amene amakhala pafupi nafe. Chikondi cha Utatu chimasefukira kutiphatikizamo; ndipo kupyolera mwa ife chimafikira kwa ena. Mulungu safuna kuti timalize ntchito yake, koma amatiitana ife monga banja lake kuti tigwirizane naye. Timapatsidwa mphamvu zokonda chifukwa Mzimu wake uli mkati mwathu. Ndikazindikira kuti mzimu wake umakhala mwa ine, mzimu wanga umamasuka. Mulungu wa Utatu, waubale amafuna kutimasula kuti tikhale ndi ubale wabwino ndi Iye komanso ndi anthu ena.

Ndiroleni ndikupatseni chitsanzo cha moyo wanga womwe. Monga mlaliki, ndikhoza kutengeka ndi “zimene ndikuchitira” Mulungu. Posachedwapa ndinakumana ndi gulu la anthu. Ndinkangoganizira kwambiri za zochita zanga moti sindinkadziwa kuti ndani anali ndi ine m’chipindamo. Pamene ndinazindikira kuti ndinali ndi nkhawa kuti ndimalize ntchito ya Mulungu, ndinatenga kamphindi n’kudziseka ndekha ndi kukondwera kuti Mulungu ali nafe ndi kutitsogolera ndi kutitsogolera. Sitiyenera kuopa kulakwitsa pamene tikudziwa kuti Mulungu ndiye akulamulira. Tikhoza kumutumikira mokondwera. Zimasintha zochitika zathu za tsiku ndi tsiku pamene tikumbukira kuti palibe chimene Mulungu sangakhoze kuchikonza. Maitanidwe athu achikristu si cholemetsa cholemetsa koma ndi mphatso yodabwitsa. Chifukwa chakuti mzimu woyera umakhala mwa ife, tili ndi ufulu wochita nawo ntchito yake popanda nkhawa.

Mutha kudziwa kuti mwambi mu WCG/GCI umati, "Mwaphatikizidwa!" Koma kodi ukudziwa tanthauzo la zimenezi kwa ine pandekha? Kumatanthauza kuti timayesetsa kukondana monga mmene Utatu umakondera—kusamalirana—m’njira yoyamikira kusiyana kwathu, ngakhale pamene tisonkhana. Utatu ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha Chikondi Choyera. Atate, Mwana ndi Mzimu Woyera amasangalala ndi umodzi wangwiro pamene ali Anthu aumulungu osiyana. Monga Athanasius adanena, "Umodzi mu Utatu, Utatu mu Umodzi". Chikondi chosonyezedwa mu Utatu chimatiphunzitsa kufunika kwa ubale wachikondi mu ufumu wa Mulungu.

Kumvetsetsa kwa Utatu kumatanthauzira moyo wa gulu lathu lachipembedzo. Pano pa WCG/GCI, amatilimbikitsa kuti tiganizirenso za mmene tingasamalire. Timafuna kukonda anthu otizungulira, osati chifukwa chofuna kupeza chinachake, koma chifukwa chakuti Mulungu wathu ndi Mulungu wa anthu wamba komanso wachikondi. Mzimu wa chikondi wa Mulungu umatitsogolera kuti tizikonda ena ngakhale kuti n’zovuta. Tikudziwa kuti mzimu wake umakhala mwa ife, komanso mwa abale athu. Ndicho chifukwa chake sitimangosonkhana pa kulambira kwa Lamlungu—timadyera pamodzi ndi kuyembekezera zimene Mulungu adzachite m’moyo wathu. Ndicho chifukwa chake timapereka chithandizo kwa omwe ali osowa mdera lathu komanso padziko lonse lapansi; ndichifukwa chake timapempherera odwala ndi olumala. Ndi chifukwa cha chikondi ndi chikhulupiriro chathu mwa Utatu.

Pamene tilira kapena kukondwerera limodzi, timayesetsa kukondana wina ndi mnzake monga momwe Mulungu wa Utatu amakondera. Pamene tikukhala m'chidziwitso cha Utatu tsiku ndi tsiku, timavomereza maitanidwe athu ndi chidwi: "Kukhala chidzalo cha Iye amene amadzaza zonse." ( Aefeso 1,22-23). Mapemphero anu owolowa manja, odzipereka komanso thandizo lazachuma ndi gawo lofunikira pakugawana uku kopangidwa ndi kumvetsetsa kwa Utatu. Timadzazidwa ndi chikondi cha Atate kudzera mu chiombolo cha Mwana, kupezeka kwa Mzimu Woyera, ndi kuthandizidwa ndi chisamaliro cha thupi lake.

Kuchokera pa chakudya chophikira bwenzi lodwala, kukondwerera kupambana kwa membala wa banja, ku zopereka zomwe zimathandiza tchalitchi kupitiriza; zonsezi zimatithandiza kulengeza uthenga wabwino wa uthenga wabwino.

Mu chikondi cha Atate, Mwana ndi Mzimu Woyera,

Joseph Tsoka

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CHISOMO CHOKHUDZANA NDI MADZIKO OTHANDIZA


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