Pemphero - zambiri kuposa kungolankhula chabe

232 pemphero sili chabe mawuNdikuganiza kuti mudakhalaponso ndi nthawi zosimidwa, kupempha kuti Mulungu alowererepo. Inu mukhoza kupemphera chozizwitsa, koma mwachiwonekere pachabe; chozizwitsa sichinachitike. Momwemonso, ndikulingalira kuti munasangalala kumva kuti mapemphero opempha kuchiritsidwa kwa munthu ayankhidwa. Ndikudziwa mayi wina amene anamera nthiti atamupempherera kuti achiritsidwe. Dokotalayo anam’langiza kuti: “Chilichonse chimene ukuchita, pitirizani kuyenda!” Ndikukhulupirira kuti ambiri a ife timatonthozedwa ndi kulimbikitsidwa podziŵa kuti ena akutipempherera. Nthawi zonse ndimalimbikitsidwa anthu akamandiuza kuti akundipempherera. Poyankha, nthawi zambiri ndimati, "Zikomo kwambiri, ndikufunikiradi mapemphero anu onse!"

Maganizo olakwika

Zomwe takumana nazo mu pemphero zingakhale zabwino kapena zoipa (mwina zonse). Choncho, tisaiwale zimene Karl Barth ananena: “Chofunika kwambiri m’mapemphero athu si zopempha zathu, koma yankho la Mulungu” ( Pemphero, p. 66). N’zosavuta kusamvetsa mmene Mulungu amachitira pamene sanayankhe mmene munkayembekezera. Munthu amafulumira kukhulupirira kuti pemphero ndi njira yamakina - munthu akhoza kugwiritsa ntchito Mulungu ngati makina ogulitsira zinthu zakuthambo momwe munthu amaponyera zokhumba zake ndipo "chinthu" chomwe akufuna chikhoza kuchotsedwa. Maganizo olakwikawa, omwe amakhala ngati mtundu wa chiphuphu, nthawi zambiri amalowa m'mapemphero okhudza kuwongolera mkhalidwe womwe tilibe mphamvu.

Cholinga cha pemphero

Cholinga cha pemphero si kupangitsa Mulungu kuchita zinthu zomwe sakufuna, koma kugwirizana ndi zomwe akuchita. Sikutinso kufuna kulamulira Mulungu, koma kuzindikira kuti iye amalamulira chilichonse. Barth akufotokoza motere: “Ndi kukweza manja athu m’pemphero kumayamba kupandukira chisalungamo cha dziko lino.” Kudzera m’mawu amenewa, iye anavomereza kuti ife amene siali a dziko lapansi timachita kupemphera mu utumiki wa Mulungu wokhudza dziko lapansi. mu M’malo motitulutsa m’dziko (ndi zosalungama zake zonse), pemphero limatigwirizanitsa ndi Mulungu ndi ntchito yake yopulumutsa dziko lapansi. Cifukwa cakuti Mulungu anakonda dziko lapansi, anatumiza Mwana wake padziko lapansi. Tikatsegula mitima yathu ndi maganizo athu ku chifuniro cha Mulungu m’pemphero, timaika chidaliro chathu mwa Iye amene amakonda dziko ndi kutikonda. Iye ndi amene amadziwa mapeto kuchokera pachiyambi ndipo angatithandize kuona kuti moyo wamakonowu ndi chiyambi osati mapeto. Pemphero la mtundu umenewu limatithandiza kuona kuti dziko lapansi si mmene Mulungu amafunira, ndipo limatisintha kuti tikhale onyamula chiyembekezo pano ndi panopa mu ufumu wa Mulungu umene ukukula. Pamene zosemphana ndi zimene apempha zichitika, anthu ena amathamangira ku lingaliro laumulungu la Mulungu wakutali ndi wosadera nkhaŵa. Ena ndiye safuna chilichonse chochita ndi kukhulupirira Mulungu. Umu ndi momwe Michael Shermer, woyambitsa wa Sceptic's Society, adakumana nazo. Anataya chikhulupiriro pamene mnzake wapakoleji anavulala kwambiri pa ngozi ya galimoto. Msana wake unathyoka ndipo amayenda panjinga ya olumala chifukwa chakufa ziwalo kuyambira m’chiuno mpaka pansi. Michael ankakhulupirira kuti Mulungu akanayankha mapemphero ake kuti achiritsidwe chifukwa anali munthu wabwino kwambiri.

Mulungu ndi wochita mwayekha

Pemphero si njira yofuna kutsogolera Mulungu, koma kuvomereza modzichepetsa kuti zonse zili pansi pa ulamuliro wake, koma osati ife. M’buku lake lakuti God in the Dock, CS Lewis anafotokoza zimenezi motere: Zinthu zambiri zimene zimachitika m’chilengedwe n’zosatheka kuzilamulira, koma zina n’zosatheka. Zimafanana ndi sewero pomwe malo ndi zochitika zonse za nkhaniyi zimayikidwa ndi wolemba; komabe, pali njira ina yomwe ochita zisudzo amayenera kukonza. Zingawoneke zachilendo kuti amatilola kuyambitsa zochitika zenizeni nkomwe, komanso zodabwitsa kwambiri kuti adatipatsa pemphero m'malo mwa njira ina iliyonse. Wafilosofi wachikristu Blaise Pascal ananena kuti Mulungu “anayambitsa pemphero kuti apatse zolengedwa Zake ulemu wokhoza kusintha zinthu.”

Mwinamwake kukanakhala kowona kwambiri kunena kuti Mulungu analingalira zonse ziŵiri pemphero ndi zochita zakuthupi kaamba ka cholinga chimenechi. Anatipatsa ife zolengedwa zazing'ono ulemu kuti tithe kutenga nawo mbali pazochitika m'njira ziwiri. Iye analenga zinthu za chilengedwe chonse m’njira yoti tingathe kuzigwiritsira ntchito m’malire ena; Choncho tikhoza kusamba m’manja n’kumazigwiritsa ntchito kudyetsa kapena kupha anthu anzathu. Mofananamo, Mulungu analingalira m’mapulani ake kapena nkhani yake kuti imalola kumasuka kwinakwake ndi kuti ingasinthidwebe poyankha mapemphero athu. Ndi kupusa ndi kosayenera kupempha chigonjetso pankhondo (ngati mukuyembekezeredwa kudziwa zomwe zili zabwino); Kungakhale kupusa ndi kosayenera kupempha nyengo yabwino ndi kuvala malaya amvula - kodi Mulungu sadziwa bwino kuti tiwume kapena tinyowe?

N’chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kupemphera?

Lewis ananena kuti Mulungu amafuna kuti tizilankhulana naye kudzera m’pemphero ndipo anafotokoza m’buku lake lakuti Miracles kuti Mulungu wakonza kale mayankho a mapemphero athu. Funso likubuka: chifukwa chiyani kupemphera? Lewis anayankha:

Tikamapemphera zotsatira za, kunena, mkangano kapena kukambirana ndi dokotala, nthawi zambiri zimachitika kwa ife (ngati tikadadziwa) kuti chochitika chasankhidwa kale mwanjira ina. Ndikuona kuti si mkangano wabwino kusiya kupemphera. Chochitikacho chasankhidwadi - m'lingaliro lakuti adasankhidwa "nthawi zonse ndi dziko lonse lapansi". Komabe, chinthu chimodzi chimene chimaganiziridwa m’chigamulocho n’kuchipangitsadi kukhala chochitika chotsimikizirika chingakhale pemphero lomwe tikupereka tsopano.

Kodi mukumvetsa zonsezi? Mwina Mulungu anakuganizirani poyankha pemphero lanu limene mudzakhala mukupemphera. Zotsatira za izi ndizopatsa chidwi komanso zosangalatsa. Ndizoonekeratu kwambiri kuti mapemphero athu ndi ofunika; zili zofunika.

Lewis akupitiriza kuti:
Ngakhale kuti zikumveka zodabwitsa, mapeto anga ndi akuti masana tikhoza kukhala mbali ya zochitika zomwe zinachitika nthawi ya 10.00 a.m. (akatswiri ena amaona kuti n'zosavuta kufotokoza kusiyana ndi kuyika mawu ofanana). Kulingalira zimenezi mosakayikira kudzamva ngati tikupusitsidwa tsopano. Ndiye ndikufunsa kuti, “Ndikamaliza kupemphera, kodi Mulungu angabwerere n’kusintha zimene zinachitika kale?” Ayi. Chochitikacho chachitika kale ndipo chimodzi mwa zifukwa za izi ndi chakuti mukufunsa mafunso otere mmalo mopemphera. Choncho zimadaliranso kusankha kwanga. Kuchita kwanga kwaulere kumathandizira kuti chilengedwe chiwonekere. Kukhudzidwa kumeneku kunayikidwa mu muyaya kapena "nthawi zonse ndi maiko," koma kuzindikira kwanga kumangofika kwa ine panthawi inayake.

Pemphero limachita chinachake

Zomwe Lewis akuyesera kunena ndikuti pemphero limachita zina; idatero nthawi zonse ndipo idzatero nthawi zonse. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa mapemphero amatipatsa mwayi wochita zinthu ndi Mulungu pa zimene anachita, zimene amachita, ndiponso zimene adzachite panopa. Sitingathe kumvetsa momwe zonsezi zimagwirizanirana ndi kugwirira ntchito pamodzi: sayansi, Mulungu, pemphero, sayansi, nthawi ndi mlengalenga, zinthu monga quantum entanglement ndi quantum mechanics, koma tikudziwa kuti Mulungu anapanga chirichonse. Timadziwanso kuti iye amatiitana kuti tizitenga nawo mbali pa zimene amachita. Pemphero ndi lofunika kwambiri.

Ndikamapemphera, ndimaona kuti ndi bwino kuika mapemphero anga m’manja mwa Mulungu chifukwa ndimadziwa kuti iye adzawapenda molondola n’kuwaika m’zolinga zake zabwino. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Mulungu amatembenuza zinthu zonse kukhala zabwino muzolinga zake zaulemerero (izi zikuphatikizanso mapemphero athu). Ndikudziwanso kuti mapemphero athu amathandizidwa ndi Yesu, wansembe wathu wamkulu komanso wotiyimira. Iye amalandira mapemphero athu, amawayeretsa ndi kuwagawira kwa Atate ndi Mzimu Woyera. Pachifukwa ichi ndikuganiza kuti palibe mapemphero osayankhidwa. Mapemphero athu amaphatikizana ndi chifuniro, cholinga, ndi ntchito ya Utatu wa Mulungu - zambiri zomwe zidatsimikiziridwa asanaikidwe maziko a dziko.

Ngati sindingathe kufotokoza chifukwa chake pemphero lili lofunika kwambiri, ndimakhulupirira kuti Mulungu alidi choncho. N’chifukwa chake ndimalimbikitsidwa ndikamva kuti amuna anzanga akundipempherera ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti inunso mumalimbikitsidwa chifukwa mukudziwa kuti ndikukupemphererani. Ine sindimachita izo kuti ndiyesere kutsogolera Mulungu, koma kutamanda Iye amene amatsogolera chirichonse.

Ndikuthokoza ndi kutamanda Mulungu kuti iye ndi Mbuye wa chilichonse komanso kuti mapemphero athu ndi ofunika kwa iye.

Joseph Tsoka

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