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“Kumwamba” monga liwu la m’Baibulo limatanthauza malo okhalamo osankhidwa a Mulungu, komanso tsogolo lamuyaya la ana onse oomboledwa a Mulungu. “Kukhala kumwamba” kumatanthauza: kukhala mwa Khristu ndi Mulungu kumene kulibenso imfa, kulira, kulira ndi zowawa. Kumwamba kumanenedwa kukhala “chisangalalo chosatha”, “chisangalalo”, “mtendere” ndi “chilungamo cha Mulungu”. (1. Mafumu 8,27-30; 5. Mose 26,15; Mateyu 6,9; Machitidwe a Atumwi 7,55-56; Yohane 14,2-3; Chivumbulutso 21,3-4; 22,1-5; 2. Peter 3,13).

Kodi timapita kumwamba tikamwalira?

Ena amanyoza lingaliro la "kupita kumwamba." Koma Paulo akuti tinakhazikitsidwa kale kumwamba (Aef 2,6) - ndipo angakonde kusiya dziko lapansi kukakhala ndi Khristu kumwamba (Afilipi 1,23). Kupita kumwamba sikusiyana kwambiri ndi zimene Paulo ananena poyamba paja. Tingakonde njira zina zolankhulira, koma si nkhani yodzudzula kapena kunyoza Akhristu 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.

Lemba limafotokoza momveka bwino kuti tidzakhala komwe kuli Mulungu (Yohane 14,3; Afilipi 1,23). Njira ina yofotokozera ubale wathu wapamtima ndi Mulungu pa nthawi ino ndi yakuti “tidzaonana naye maso ndi maso” ( NW )1. Korinto 13,12; Chivumbulutso 22,4; 1. Johannes 3,2). Ichi ndi chithunzi chokhala naye pafupi kwambiri. Choncho ngati titamvetsa kuti mawu akuti “kumwamba” akutanthauza malo okhala Mulungu, si kulakwa kunena kuti Akhristu adzakhala kumwamba m’nthawi imene ikubwerayi. Tidzakhala ndi Mulungu, ndipo kukhala ndi Mulungu moyenerera kumatchedwa “kumwamba.”

M’masomphenya, Yohane anaona kukhalapo kwa Mulungu kukubwera padziko lapansi—osati dziko lapansili, koma “dziko lapansi latsopano” ( Chivumbulutso 2 Kor.1,3). Kaya ‘tibwera’ [kupita] kumwamba kapena “kumabwera” kwa ife zilibe kanthu. Mulimonsemo, tidzakhala kumwamba kosatha, pamaso pa Mulungu, ndipo zikhala zabwino modabwitsa. Mmene timalongosolera moyo wa m’badwo ulinkudza—malinga ngati kulongosola kwathu kuli kochokera m’Baibulo—sikusintha chenicheni chakuti tili ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Kristu monga Ambuye ndi Mpulumutsi wathu.

Zimene Mulungu watikonzera n’zoposa zimene sitingathe kuziganizira. Ngakhale m'moyo uno, chikondi cha Mulungu chimapitilira kumvetsetsa kwathu (Aefeso 3,19). Mtendere wa Mulungu ndi woposa nzeru zathu (Afilipi 4,7) ndipo chimwemwe chake n’choti sitingathe kuchifotokoza m’mawu (1. Peter 1,8). Ndiye kodi n’zosatheka kulongosola mmene kudzakhala kwabwino kukhala ndi moyo kosatha ndi Mulungu?

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

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