Mulungu wathu wa Utatu: chikondi chamoyo

033 mulungu wathu wautatu wachikondi chamoyoAkafunsidwa za chamoyo chakale kwambiri, ena anganene za mtengo wapaini wa Tasmanian wazaka 10.000 kapena chitsamba chazaka 40.000 chomwe chimakhala pamenepo. Ena atha kuganiza zambiri za zaka 200.000 zam'nyanja zam'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Spain Balearic Islands. Ngakhale kuti zomera zimenezi n’zakale kwambiri, pali chinthu china chachikale kwambiri—ndicho Mulungu Wamuyaya, amene Malemba amavumbula kukhala chikondi chamoyo. Chofunikira cha Mulungu chimadziwonetsera mu chikondi. Chikondi chimene chilipo pakati pa anthu a Utatu chakhalapo kwamuyaya kusanalengedwe kwa nthawi. Sipanakhalepo nthaŵi imene chikondi chenicheni chidalibe chifukwa chakuti Mulungu wathu wamuyaya, wautatu ndiye gwero la chikondi chenicheni.

Augustine wa ku Hippo (womwalira m’chaka cha 430) anatsindika mfundo imeneyi mwa kunena kuti Atate ndi “wokondedwa,” Mwana monga “wokondedwa” ndipo mzimu woyera ndi chikondi chimene chili pakati pawo. Chifukwa cha chikondi chake chosatha, chosatha, Mulungu analenga zonse zimene zilipo, kuphatikizapo inu ndi ine. M’buku lake lakuti The Triune Creator, katswiri wa zaumulungu Colin Gunton amachirikiza kalongosoledwe ka Utatu kwa chirengedwe ndipo akunena kuti tiyenera kutchula Baibulo lonse monga umboni osati chabe nkhani ya chilengedwe cha chilengedwe. 1. Buku la Mose. Gunton akutsindika kuti njira imeneyi si yachilendo – umu ndi mmene mpingo wachikhristu woyambirira unkamvera chilengedwe. Mwachitsanzo, Irenaeus anaona kuti lingaliro la Utatu limamveketsa bwino lomwe kuona chilengedwe mogwirizana ndi zimene zinachitika mwa Yesu. Mulungu amene analenga zonse popanda kanthu (ex nihilo) anachita dala zimenezi chifukwa cha chikondi, chikondi ndi chikondi.

Thomas F. Torrance ndi mbale wake James B. ankakonda kunena kuti chilengedwe chinali chotulukapo cha chikondi chosatha cha Mulungu. Zimenezi zikuonekera bwino m’mawu a Wamphamvuyonse akuti: “Tipange munthu m’chifanizo chathu [...]” (1. Cunt 1,26). M’mawu oti “Tiyeni...” tikutchulidwa ku utatu wa Mulungu. Omasulira ena a m’Baibulo amatsutsa zimenezi, akumatsutsa kuti lingaliro limeneli, limodzi ndi kunena kwake kwa Utatu, limapereka kumvetsetsa kwa Chipangano Chatsopano pa Chipangano Chakale. Kawirikawiri amayesa "Tiyeni [...]" monga cholembera cholembera (Pluralis Majestatis) kapena amachiwona ngati chisonyezero chakuti Mulungu akulankhula ndi angelo monga omwe adalenga nawo. Komabe, palibe paliponse pamene Malemba amanena kuti angelo ali ndi mphamvu zolenga. Komanso, tiyenera kumasulira Baibulo lonse ponena za umunthu wa Yesu ndi chiphunzitso chake. Mulungu amene anati, “Tiyeni…” anali Mulungu wa Utatu, kaya makolo athu ankadziwa kapena ayi.

Tikamaŵerenga Baibulo ndi Yesu m’maganizo, timazindikira kuti zimene Mulungu analenga anthu m’chifaniziro chake zimasonyeza bwino lomwe umunthu wake, umene umaonekera m’chikondi. Mu Akolose 1,15 ndi 2 Akorinto 4,4 timaphunzira kuti Yesu mwiniyo ndi chifaniziro cha Mulungu. Iye amawonetsera chifaniziro cha Atate kwa ife chifukwa Iye ndi Atate ali ogwirizana mu ubale wa chikondi changwiro kwa wina ndi mzake. Malemba amatiuza kuti Yesu ndi wogwirizana ndi chilengedwe (ndiko kuti, kuphatikizapo anthu) pomutchula kuti “wobadwa woyamba” woposa chilengedwe chonse. Paulo anatcha Adamu chifaniziro (chophiphiritsira) cha Yesu “amene anali kubwera” (Aroma 5,14). Motero, tingati Yesu ndiye munthu wamkulu wa anthu onse. M’mawu a Paulo, Yesu alinso “Adamu wotsiriza” amene, monga “mzimu wakupatsa moyo,” akukonzanso Adamu wochimwayo (1 Akor.5,45) ndi kuti anthu ayende m’chifanizo chake.

Monga mmene Malemba amatiuzira, “tavala [munthu] watsopano, wokonzedwanso m’chidziwitso, monga mwa chifaniziro cha Iye amene anampanga iye.” (Akolose. 3,10), ndipo “onse apenya, ndi nkhope yosaphimbidwa, ulemerero wa Ambuye [...]; ndipo tisandulika m’chifanizo chake, kuchokera ku ulemerero kumka ku ulemerero, mwa Ambuye, ndiye Mzimu.”2. Akorinto 3,18). Wolemba Ahebri akutiuza kuti Yesu ndiye “chinyezimiro cha ulemerero wake [wa Mulungu], ndi chifaniziro cha thupi lake.” ( Aheb. 1,3). Iye ndiye chifaniziro chenicheni cha Mulungu, amene analawa imfa m’malo mwa onse potenga umunthu wathu. Mwa kukhala mmodzi nafe, anatiyeretsa ndi kutipanga kukhala abale ndi alongo ake (Aheb 2,9-15). Tinalengedwa ndipo tsopano tikulengedwanso m’chifaniziro cha Mwana wa Mulungu, amene amaonetsera kwa ife ubale woyera ndi wachikondi mu Utatu. Tikuyenera kukhala, kusuntha ndi kukhala mwa Khristu, wokhazikika mu chiyanjano cha anthu atatu cha chikondi cha Atate, Mwana ndi Mzimu Woyera. Mwa ndi Khristu ndife ana okondedwa a Mulungu. Tsoka ilo, komabe, iwo omwe sangathe kuzindikira utatu wa Mulungu, wobadwa ndi chikondi, amataya chowonadi chofunikirachi, chifukwa m'malo mwake amatengera malingaliro olakwika osiyanasiyana:

  • ndi utatu, amene amatsutsa umodzi wa Mulungu ndipo malinga ndi mmene pali milungu itatu yodziimira yokha, imene mwa iyo unansi uliwonse pakati pawo umasonyezedwa kuti ndi wakunja osati mkhalidwe wachibadwa wa Mulungu umene umampanga iye.
  • ndi modalism, amene chiphunzitso chawo chimagogomezera mkhalidwe wosagawanika wa Mulungu wowonekera mu umodzi wa mikhalidwe itatu yosiyana ya kukhala panthaŵi zosiyanasiyana. Chiphunzitsochi chimakananso ubale uliwonse wamkati kapena wakunja ndi Mulungu.
  • ndi subordinationism, amene amaphunzitsa kuti Yesu ali cholengedwa (kapena kuti Mulungu, koma wocheperapo kwa Atate) ndipo chotero sali Mwana wamuyaya wa Mulungu wa Wamphamvuyonse. Chiphunzitsochi chimatsutsanso kuti Mulungu kwenikweni ali unansi wa Utatu wa chikondi chopatulika chosatha.
  • Ziphunzitso zina zimene zimachirikiza chiphunzitso cha Utatu koma zimalephera kuzindikira ulemerero wake weniweniwo: chakuti Mulungu wa Utatu mwachibadwa anali wopangidwa mwachibadwa ndi kusonyeza chikondi ngakhale kusanayambe kulengedwa.

Kumvetsetsa kuti Mulungu wa Utatu ndiye chikondi mwachibadwa chake kumatithandiza kuona chikondi monga maziko a zinthu zonse. Cholinga cha kumvetsetsa kumeneku ndikuti chilichonse chimachokera ndikuzungulira Yesu, yemwe amaulula Atate ndikutumiza Mzimu Woyera. Motero, kumvetsetsa Mulungu ndi chilengedwe chake (kuphatikizapo anthu) kumayamba ndi funso ili: Kodi Yesu ndani?

Ndizosatsutsika maganizo a Utatu kuti Atate adalenga zonse ndikukhazikitsa ufumu Wake pakuyika Mwana Wake pakati pa dongosolo Lake, tsogolo lake ndi vumbulutso. Mwana amalemekeza Atate ndipo Atate amalemekeza Mwana. Mzimu Woyera, osadzilankhulira yekha, umaloza mosalekeza kwa Mwana, kulemekeza Mwana ndi Atate. Atate, Mwana ndi Mzimu Woyera amakondwera mu chiyanjano chautatu chodzala ndi chikondi. Ndipo ife, ana a Mulungu, tikamachitira umboni za Yesu monga Ambuye wathu, timatero mwa Mzimu Woyera ku ulemerero wa Atate. Monga analosera, utumiki weniweni wa chikhulupiriro uli “mumzimu ndi m’choonadi.” Polambira Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera, timalemekeza Mkulu, amene anatilenga m’chikondi, kuti ifenso timukonde ndi kukhala mwa Iye kosatha.

Kutengeka ndi chikondi

Joseph Tsoka        
Purezidenti GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL