Kodi Uthenga Wabwino Umatchedwa Chinthu?

223 uthenga kukhala chinthu chodziwikaMu imodzi mwa mafilimu ake oyambirira, John Wayne anauza mnyamata wina woweta ng'ombe kuti, "Sindimakonda kugwira ntchito ndi chitsulo chachitsulo - zimapweteka ngati wayima pamalo olakwika!" Ndinaona kuti zomwe ananenazo zinali zoseketsa, koma zinandipangitsanso kuti ndisinthe. lingalirani za momwe mipingo ingawonongere uthenga wabwino pogwiritsa ntchito njira zosayenera zotsatsira malonda monga kutsatsa kwambiri kwa zinthu zodziwika bwino. M'mbuyomu, woyambitsa wathu adayang'ana malo ogulitsa kwambiri ndipo adatipanga ife kukhala "mpingo umodzi woona". Mchitidwe umenewu unasokoneza choonadi cha m’Baibulo pamene uthenga wabwino unali kumasuliridwanso pofuna kulimbikitsa dzina la mtunduwu.

Kuphatikizidwa mu ntchito ya Yesu yofalitsa uthenga wake

Maitanidwe athu monga akhristu sikugulitsa malonda odziwika, koma kutenga nawo mbali mu ntchito ya Yesu mothandizidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera ndi kufalitsa uthenga wake ku dziko lapansi kudzera mu mpingo. Uthenga Wabwino wa Yesu umanena za zinthu zingapo: m'mene chikhululukiro ndi nsembe yochotsera machimo zinakwaniritsidwira mwa nsembe yochotsera machimo ya Yesu; m'mene Mzimu Woyera umatitsitsimutsa (ndi tanthauzo la kukhala ndi moyo watsopano); chikhalidwe cha maitanidwe athu monga otsatira a Yesu, kugwirizana ndi ntchito yake yapadziko lonse; ndi ciyembekezo cotsimikizirika ca ciyanjano cimene Yesu ali naco ndi Atate ndi Mzimu Woyera kwamuyaya.

Pali madera ogwiritsiridwa ntchito, ngakhale ali ochepa, momwe kutsatsa (kuphatikiza chizindikiro) kumakhala kothandiza kuchita utumiki wa uthenga wabwino umene Yesu watiyitanirako. Mwachitsanzo, tingagwiritse ntchito logos, mawebusaiti, malo ochezera a pa Intaneti, nkhani, makalata, zithunzi, makalata ndi zinthu zina zolankhulirana zimene zingatithandize kufalitsa uthenga wa Yesu ndi kulimbikitsa chikhulupiriro mwa anthu. Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, njira zoterezi ziyenera kukhala zabwino osati kutilepheretsa kukhala opepuka komanso amchere m'madera athu. Chifukwa chake, sinditsutsana ndi kutsatsa komwe kumagwiritsidwa ntchito moyenera, koma ndikufunanso kuchenjeza ndikugwirizanitsa ndi mawonekedwe.

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Malinga ndi tanthawuzo la George Barna, malonda ndi "mawu ophatikizana kuphatikiza zochitika zonse zomwe zimapangitsa kuti magulu awiri agwirizane kusinthanitsa katundu wamtengo wokwanira" (mu A Step by Step Guide to Church Marketing). Barna amakulitsa mawu akuti kutsatsa powonjezera zinthu monga kutsatsa, maubale, ubale wapagulu, kukonza njira, kufufuza kwamakasitomala, njira zogawa, kupezera ndalama, mitengo, masomphenya, ndi ntchito zamakasitomala ngati zinthu zotsatsa. Kenako Barna akumaliza kuti: "Zinthu izi zikabwera palimodzi pochita zomwe zimapangitsa kuti maphwando omwe akukhudzidwawo asinthane katundu wamtengo wokwanira, bwalo lamalonda limatseka". Tiyeni tikumbukire lingaliro la kusinthanitsa zinthu zamtengo wokwanira kwakanthawi.

Zaka zingapo zapitazo pamene abusa athu ena anali kuphunzira bukhu lotchuka la mtsogoleri wa mpingo wina waukulu ku Southern California. Chofunikira cha bukhuli chinali chakuti ngati mutagulitsa mpingo wanu mwanjira inayake, mutha kugawira anthu ndi mipingo yawo zomwe angalandire. Abusa athu ochepa ayesa njira zotsatsira zovomerezeka ndipo akhumudwitsidwa pamene manambala awo a mamembala sakukula.

Koma kodi tiyenera kugulitsa uthenga wabwino (ndi mipingo yathu) momwe Walmart ndi Sears amagulitsira malonda awo—kapena kutengera njira zotsatsira zomwe mipingo ina imagwiritsa ntchito kuti chiŵerengero chichuluke? Ndikuganiza kuti tikuvomereza kuti sitifunika kugulitsa uthenga wabwino ngati chinthu chamtengo wapatali. Izi sindizo zimene Yesu anali kunena pamene anatilamula kulalikira uthenga wabwino ku dziko lapansi ndi kupanga ophunzira a anthu amitundu yonse.

Monga momwe mtumwi Paulo analembera, uthenga wabwino nthawi zambiri umasonyezedwa ngati wongopeka kapena wofooketsa ndi anthu osakhulupirira (1. Akorinto 1,18-23) ndipo sichikuwoneka ngati chinthu chokongola, chosilira kwambiri cha ogula. Monga otsatira a Yesu, sitili oganizira za thupi koma auzimu (Aroma 8,4-5). Ndithu sitili angwiro pa izi, koma kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera timalumikizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu (ndiponso ntchito yake). Kumvetsetsa motere, sizodabwitsa kuti Paulo anakana njira zina za "anthu" (zadziko) zofalitsa uthenga wabwino:

Popeza Mulungu mwachisomo watipatsa ntchito imeneyi, sititaya mtima. Timakana njira zonse zoipa zolalikirira. Sitikuyesa kupondereza wina aliyense, ndipo sitichita chigololo Mawu a Mulungu, koma tikulankhula zoona pamaso pa Mulungu. Onse amene ali ndi mtima woona amadziwa izi (2. Akorinto 4,1-2; Moyo watsopano). Paulo anakana kugwiritsa ntchito njira zimene zimabweretsa mapindu a kanthaŵi kochepa koma zowononga uthenga wabwino. Chipambano chokhacho chimene iye ankafuna m’moyo ndi mu utumiki chiyenera kuchokera mu chiyanjano ndi Khristu ndi Uthenga Wabwino.

Tchalitchi china chimanena kuti chimalimbikitsa uthenga wabwino monga njira yopezera chipambano chimamveka motere: “Bwerani kutchalitchi chathu ndipo mavuto anu adzathetsedwa. Mudzapeza thanzi ndi chitukuko. Mudzadalitsidwa kwambiri.” Madalitso olonjezedwa kaŵirikaŵiri amakhala ndi mphamvu, chipambano, ndi kukwaniritsidwa kwa zokhumba. Mphamvu ya shuga ndi ndodo imayamba pamene okondweretsedwawo adziŵikitsidwa ku zofunika zofunika—zinthu monga kukhala ndi chikhulupiriro chapamwamba, kukhala ndi phande m’kagulu kakang’ono, kupereka chachikhumi, kukhala wokangalika mu utumiki wa tchalitchi, kapena kusunga nthaŵi yeniyeni ya pemphero. ndi kuphunzira Baibulo. Ngakhale kuti zimenezi n’zothandiza pa kukula kwa kukhala ophunzira a Yesu, palibe ngakhale imodzi mwa izo imene ingasonkhezere Mulungu mwachisomo kukwaniritsa zokhumba zathu posinthanitsa ndi zinthu zimene amati amayembekezera kwa ife.

Kutsatsa kopanda chilungamo ndi malonda achinyengo

Kukopa anthu kunena kuti akhoza kubwera kwa Mulungu kuti awapatse zokhumba zawo ndiko kusatsa kopanda chilungamo ndi malonda achinyengo. Palibe china koma chikunja mu mawonekedwe amakono. Khristu sanafe kuti akwaniritse zofuna zathu zadyera. Sanabwere kudzatitsimikizira thanzi ndi chitukuko. M’malo mwake, anadza kudzatibweretsa ife mu ubale wachisomo ndi Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera ndi kutipatsa ife mtendere, chimwemwe, ndi chiyembekezo zimene ziri zipatso za ubale umenewo. Izi zimatipatsa mphamvu ndi chikondi cha Mulungu chamtengo wapatali komanso chosintha kuti tizikonda komanso kuthandiza anthu ena. Chikondi chamtunduwu chikhoza kukhala chosokoneza kapena chokhumudwitsa kwa ena (ndipo mwina ambiri), koma nthawi zonse chimawalozera ku gwero la chikondi chopulumutsa, kuyanjanitsa, ndi kusintha.

Kodi tingagulitse Uthenga Wabwino ngati chipwirikiti cha mtengo wokwanira pakati pa magulu awiri omwe adagwirizana? Ayi ndithu! Uthenga wabwino ndi mphatso kwa onse mwa chisomo cha Mulungu. Ndipo chimene tingachite ndi kulandira mphatsoyo ndi manja opanda kanthu, titagwirana manja opanda kanthu, kuvomereza moyamikira madalitso a kukhala a Mulungu. Chiyanjano cha chisomo ndi chikondi chimaonekera kudzera mu moyo wa kupembedza kothokoza – yankho lopatsidwa mphamvu ndi Mzimu Woyera amene watsegula maso athu ndi kuchotsa chikhumbo chathu chonyada ndi chopanduka chofuna kudziimira paokha kuti tikhale ndi moyo wa ulemerero wa Mulungu.

Kusinthana kodabwitsa

Ndi maganizo amenewa m’maganizo, ndikufuna kunena kuti m’miyoyo yathu mwa Khristu ndi mwa Mzimu Woyera, kusinthana kwa mtundu wapadera, kusinthanitsa kodabwitsa kwenikweni kwachitika. Chonde werengani zomwe Paulo analemba:

Ndapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu. ndikhala ndi moyo, koma si ine, koma Kristu ali ndi moyo mwa ine. Pakuti chimene ndikukhala nacho tsopano m’thupi, ndili nacho mwa chikhulupiriro cha Mwana wa Mulungu, amene anandikonda, nadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha ine (Agalatiya 2,19b-20).

Timapereka moyo wathu wauchimo kwa Yesu ndipo iye amatipatsa moyo wake wachilungamo. Pamene titaya moyo wathu, timapeza moyo wake ukugwira ntchito mwa ife. Pamene tiyika miyoyo yathu pansi pa umbuye wa Khristu, timapeza tanthauzo lenileni la moyo wathu, osati kukhalanso ndi zokhumba zathu, koma kuonjezera ulemerero wa Mulungu, Mlengi ndi Mombolo wathu. Kusinthana uku si njira yotsatsa - kumachitidwa mwachisomo. Timalandira chiyanjano chokwanira ndi Mulungu Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera, ndipo Mulungu amatichirikiza thupi lonse ndi moyo. Timalandira khalidwe lolungama la Khristu ndipo Iye amachotsa machimo athu onse ndi kutipatsa chikhululukiro chathunthu. Uku si kusinthanitsa katundu wamtengo wokwanira!

Wokhulupirira aliyense mwa Khristu, mwamuna kapena mkazi, ndi cholengedwa chatsopano - mwana wa Mulungu. Mzimu Woyera amatipatsa ife moyo watsopano – moyo wa Mulungu mwa ife. Monga zolengedwa zatsopano, Mzimu Woyera amatisintha kuti titengepo mbali mochulukira mu chikondi changwiro cha Khristu kwa Mulungu ndi anthu. Ngati moyo wathu uli mwa Khristu, ndiye kuti tigawana nawo moyo wake, mchisangalalo ndi chikondi chachisoni. Ndife ogawana nawo mazunzo ake, imfa yake, chilungamo chake, komanso kuuka kwake, kukwera kwake kumwamba ndi ulemerero wake. Monga ana a Mulungu, ndife olowa nyumba anzake a Kristu, olowetsedwa mu unansi wake wangwiro ndi Atate wake. Mu ubale umenewu timadalitsidwa ndi zonse zimene Khristu watichitira, kuti tikhale ana okondedwa a Mulungu, ogwirizana ndi Iye – mu ulemerero kwamuyaya!

Wodzaza ndi chisangalalo pakusinthanitsa kodabwitsa,

Joseph Tsoka

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