Tiyenera kumvetsetsa Lamlungu

"Bwerani Lamlungu" kodi ndi nkhani ya mzimu wolimba mtima kapena tsoka pamwambo wachipembedzo womwe umapatsa otsatira ake zida zochepa kuti amvetsetse za chikhulupiriro chawo?

Kwa zaka 25 kapena kupitilira apo, ma Orthodox Achiprotestanti osadzina kuti akuoneka kuti akhala chipembedzo chaku America komanso m'matchalitchi ambiri abusa ali papa. Samakumana ndi zofunika pamaphunziro ndipoudindo wawo wokhawo umadza pamene gawo la zopereka latha. Ngati chokwanira, chisomo chimakulanso. Ngati mlaliki amauza anthu molakwika, nkumawagwiritsa ntchito molakwika kapena amangowauza zinthu zomwe safuna kumva, amachoka.

Ndiye chimachitika ndi chiyani m'modzi wa azibusa atakhala mneneri? Kodi angatani ngati amvela ndi mtima wonse uthenga wochokera kwa Mulungu wotsutsa gulu lake? Iyi ndiye nkhani yomwe idanenedwa mu kanema watsopano wa Netflix Watsopano Lamlungu, sewero lotengera anthu ndi zochitika zenizeni m'moyo. Ndipo, panjira, kanemayo adandipangitsa ine kukhala woyamikiridwa kwambiri kuti ndikulowa mpingo womwe uli ndi chiphunzitso chowongolera kutanthauzira Malembo molingana ndi miyambo ndi chikhalidwe.

Carlton Pearson, mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Come Sunday, yemwe amasewera a Chiwetel Ejiofor (Solomon Northrup mu zaka 12 kapolo), anali superstar waku America America megachurch. Wovomerezeka kuti azilalikira ali ndi zaka 15, anamaliza ku yunivesite ya Oral Roberts (ORU) ndipo adadzionetsa ngati woyambitsa televangelist wa sukuluyi. Atangomaliza maphunziro ku ORU, adakhala ku Tulsa ndipo adayambitsa mpingo wokulirapo, kampani yophatikiza mitundu komanso (mwachidziwikire) yomwe sinatchulidwe mwachangu yomwe idakula kukhala mamembala 5.000. Kulalikira ndi kuyimba kwake kunampangitsa kukhala wotchuka kudziko la evangeli. Adapita kuzungulira mdziko lonse akulengeza za kufulumira kwa mkhristu wobadwanso mwatsopano.

Chifukwa chake amalume ake azaka 70, omwe sanabwere kwa Yesu, anadzipachika mndende yake. Posakhalitsa, Pearson adadzuka pakati pausiku, akugwedeza mwana wake wamkazi, pamene adawona lipoti latsatanetsatane la kuphana, nkhondo ndi njala ku Central Africa. Mufilimuyi, pomwe zithunzi za mitembo ya ku Africa zimadzaza TV, maso a Pearson amadzaza misozi. Amakhala mpaka pakati pausiku, akulira, akuyang'ana Baibulo lake ndikupemphera.

Mu chiwonetsero chotsatira tikuwona Pearson pamaso pa mpingo wake kukula kwake kwa Kolosse womwe umafotokoza zomwe zinachitika usiku uja. Sanalire chifukwa anthu osalakwa anali kufa ndi nkhanza komanso kufa kosayenera. Adalilira chifukwa anthu aja amapita kumazunzo amoto osatha.

Usiku wautali, atero a Pearson, Mulungu adamuuza kuti anthu onse apulumutsidwa kale ndipo adzalandiridwa pamaso pake. Nkhanizi zalandiridwa ndikusokosera kwachisokonezo pakati pa mpingo komanso mkwiyo okwanira ndi ogwira ntchito pantchitoyo. Pearson amakhala sabata yotsatira pobisalira kumalo ophunzirira komweko ndi Baibulo lake, akusala komanso akupemphera. Oral Roberts mwini (adaseweredwa ndi Martin Sheen) akuwonetsa kuti auze a Pearson kuti ayenera kusinkhasinkha pa Aroma 10: 9, yomwe ikunena kuti kuti mupulumutsidwe, muyenera "kuvomereza Ambuye Yesu pakamwa panu". A Roberts alonjeza kuti adzachokera ku tchalitchi cha Pearson Lamlungu lotsatira kuti adzamumvere.

Loweruka ikafika, Pearson amatenga mbaliyo, ndikuyang'anitsitsa Roberts, mwamantha amagwira mawuwo. Amayang'ana Aroma 10: 9 m'Baibulo lake ndipo akuwoneka kuti akuyamba kuyambiranso, koma m'malo mwake amasintha kukhala 1 Yohane 2: 2: “. . . Yesu Khristu. . . ndi nsembe yophimba machimo athu, osati athu okha, komanso machimo adziko lonse lapansi ".

Monga a Pearson atetezera chilengedwe chake chatsopano, mamembala amumpingo, kuphatikiza a Roberts, ayamba chibwenzi. Sabata yotsatira, azibusa anayi oyera kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito a Pearson abwera kudzamuuza kuti atsala pang'ono kupita kuti akapeze tchalitchi chawo. Pomaliza, a Pearson adayitanidwa ku bungwe la mabishopu a ku America a Pentekosti ku America ndipo adalengezedwa kuti ndi ampatuko.

Pamapeto pake tikuwona a Pearson akusunthira kumoyo wachiwiri wa moyo wake, ndikupereka ulaliki wa alendo mu mpingo waku California wakutsogoleredwa ndi m'busa wina waku America yemwe amalanda amuna, ndipo zomwe zalembedwa pa zenera zimatiuza kuti adakali ku Tulsa ndi m'busa wa All Souls Unitarian Church.

Omvera ambiri atha kutenga Loweruka Lamlungu ngati nkhani ya mzimu wolimba mtima komanso wodziyimira wophwanyika wokhazikika. Koma vuto lalikulu apa ndikuti miyambo yachipembedzo ya Pearson yamupatsa zida zochepa kuti amvetsetse za chikhulupiriro chake.

Malingaliro oyambira a Pearson okhudza chifundo cha Mulungu akuwoneka kuti ndi abwino komanso owona. Komabe, atangothamangira kumalo kumeneku kuti kulibe gehena ndipo aliyense wapulumutsidwa, ziribe kanthu kuti ndi chiyani, ndinamupempha kuti, "Werengani Akatolika; werengani Akatolika! "Koma mwachidziwikire sanatero.

Akadatero, akapeza gulu lophunzitsa lomwe limayankha mafunso ake osasiya zikhulupiriro zachikhristu za Orthodox. Hade ndiye kulekanitsidwa ndi Mulungu kwamuyaya, ndipo kuyenera kukhalapo chifukwa ngati anthu ali ndi ufulu wakudzisankhira ayeneranso kukhala omasuka kukana Mulungu. Kodi onse amapulumutsidwa? Ndi Mulungu yekha amene amadziwa, koma mpingo umatiphunzitsa kuti onse omwe apulumutsidwa, "akhristu" kapena ayi, amapulumutsidwa ndi Khristu chifukwa Khristu amapezeka kwa anthu onse, nthawi zonse, munthawi zawo zosiyanasiyana.

Mwambo wachipembedzo wa Carlton Pearson (ndi amene ndidakulira) ndi wa Flannery O'Connor wodzipereka kukhala "mpingo wa Kristu wopanda Khristu". M'malo mwa kukhalapo kwenikweni kwa Kristu mu Ukaristiya ndi kulowezedwa kwa utumwi, Akhristu awa ali ndi Baibulo lawokha, buku lomwe, kumaso kwake, limanenanso zinthu zotsutsana pazinthu zambiri zofunika.

Kuti mukhale ndi chikhulupiliro chomwe chiri chanzeru, ulamuliro wotanthauzira bukulo uyenera kungozikika pa china chake kupatula kuthekera kokopa unyinji waukulu kwambiri komanso basiketi yonse yosonkhanitsa.