kumwamba
Kumwamba monga mawu a m'Baibulo amatanthauza malo osankhidwa a Mulungu okhalamo, komanso tsogolo lamuyaya la ana onse oomboledwa a Mulungu. “Kukhala kumwamba” kumatanthauza kukhalabe ndi Mulungu mwa Kristu, kumene imfa, chisoni, misozi ndi zowawa sizilibenso. Kumwamba kumatchedwa “chimwemwe chosatha,” “chisangalalo,” “mtendere,” ndi “chilungamo cha Mulungu.” (1. Könige 8,27-30; 5. Mose 26,15; Matthäus 6,9; Apostelgeschichte 7,55-56; Johannes 14,2-3; Offenbarung 21,3-4; 22,1-5; 2. Petrus 3,13).
Kodi timapita kumwamba tikamwalira?
Anthu ena amaseka lingaliro lakuti "tipita kumwamba." Koma Paulo akunena kuti tayikidwa kale kumwamba. (Eph 2,6) —ndipo anasankha kuchoka padziko lapansi kuti akakhale ndi Khristu, amene ali kumwamba. (Phil 1,23)Kupita kumwamba sikusiyana kwambiri ndi zomwe Paulo adanena kale. Tingakonde njira zosiyanasiyana zofotokozera, koma si chifukwa chodzudzula kapena kunyoza Akristu ena.
Anthu ambiri akamalankhula za kumwamba, amagwiritsa ntchito liwulo kukhala mawu ofanana ndi tanthauzo la chipulumutso. Mwachitsanzo, alaliki ena achikristu amafunsa kuti, “Ukafa usikuuno, kodi ukukhulupirira kuti udzapita kumwamba?” Mfundo yaikulu m’nkhani zimenezi si nthawi imene abwera [kupita] kapena kumene akupita. ali otsimikiza za chipulumutso chawo.
Anthu ena amaganiza zakumwamba ngati malo omwe kuli mitambo, azeze, ndi misewu yokutidwa ndi golide. Koma zinthu zotere sizili gawo lakumwamba kwenikweni - ndi mawu omwe amawonetsa mtendere, kukongola, ulemerero, ndi zinthu zina zabwino. Amayesa kugwiritsa ntchito mawu ochepa kutanthauzira zenizeni zauzimu.
Kumwamba ndi kwauzimu, osati kwakuthupi. Ndi “malo” amene Mulungu amakhala. Okonda nkhani zopeka za sayansi anganene kuti Mulungu amakhala m’mbali ina. Iye ali paliponse mu miyeso yonse, koma “kumwamba” ndiko kumene amakhala. [Ndipepese chifukwa cholephera kulongosola bwino mawu anga. Akatswiri azaumulungu atha kukhala ndi mawu omveka bwino amalingaliro awa, koma ndikhulupilira kuti nditha kumvetsetsa malingaliro onse m'mawu osavuta]. Mfundo yake ndi yakuti: kukhala “kumwamba” kumatanthauza kukhala pamaso pa Mulungu nthawi yomweyo komanso mwapadera.
Malemba Opatulika amanena momveka bwino kuti tidzakhala komwe Mulungu ali. (Joh 14,3; Phil 1,23)Njira ina yofotokozera ubale wathu wapafupi ndi Mulungu panthawiyi ndi yakuti “tidzamuona maso ndi maso.” (1Kor 13,12; Offb 22,4; 1Joh 3,2)Ichi ndi chithunzi cha kukhala naye pafupi kwambiri. Chifukwa chake, ngati timvetsetsa mawu akuti "kumwamba" ngati malo okhala Mulungu, si kulakwa kunena kuti Akristu adzakhala kumwamba m'nthawi ikubwerayi. Tidzakhala ndi Mulungu, ndipo kukhala ndi Mulungu kumafotokozedwa molondola ngati kukhala "kumwamba."
Mu masomphenya, Yohane anaona kukhalapo kwa Mulungu, komwe pamapeto pake kudzabwera padziko lapansi - osati dziko lapansi lamakono, koma "dziko lapansi latsopano". (Offb 21,3)Kaya “tipita” kumwamba kapena “abwera” kwa ife sizikutanthauza chilichonse. Mulimonsemo, tidzakhala kumwamba kwamuyaya, pamaso pa Mulungu, ndipo zidzakhala zabwino kwambiri. Momwe timafotokozera moyo m'nthawi ikubwerayi—malinga ngati kufotokoza kwathu kuli m'Baibulo—sikusintha mfundo yakuti tili ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu monga Ambuye ndi Mpulumutsi wathu.
Zimene Mulungu watikonzeratu zimaposa malingaliro athu. Ngakhale m'moyo uno, chikondi cha Mulungu chimaposa kumvetsetsa kwathu. (Eph 3,19)Mtendere wa Mulungu umaposa kumvetsetsa kwathu. (Phil 4,7)...ndipo chimwemwe chake chimaposa luso lathu lochifotokoza m'mawu. (1Pt 1,8)Kodi n’zosatheka bwanji kufotokoza mmene kudzakhala bwino kukhala ndi Mulungu kwamuyaya?
Olemba a m'Baibulo sanatifotokozere zambiri. Koma chinthu chimodzi tikudziwa motsimikiza - chidzakhala chokumana nacho chopambana kwambiri chomwe tidakhalapo nacho. Zili bwino kuposa zojambula zokongola kwambiri, zabwino kuposa chakudya chokoma kwambiri, kuposa masewera osangalatsa kwambiri, kuposa momwe timamvera komanso zokumana nazo zomwe tidakhalapo nazo. Ndibwino kuposa chilichonse padziko lapansi. Zikhala zazikulu
Khalani mphotho!
ndi Joseph Tkach
