Tipatsenso ulemerero mu Mtanda wa Ambuye

Kukhudzika kwa Ambuye wathu ndi Mpulumutsi Yesu Kristu ndi chikole chotsimikizika chaulemelero komanso panthawi yomweyo kuphunzitsa kwa chipiriro.
Kodi mitima yaokhulupirika silingayembekezere chiyani kuchokera ku chisomo cha Mulungu! M'malo mwake, kwa Mwana wobadwa yekha wa Mulungu, wofanana ndi Atate, akuwoneka kuti ali mwana kwambiri kuchokera kwa amuna, amafuna kuti adzafe ngati munthu komanso ndendende ndi amuna omwe adadzipangira okha.
Zomwe Mulungu adalonjeza zakutsogolo ndizinthu zazikulu, koma zomwe timakondwerera pokumbukira zomwe zachitidwa kale ndizokulirapo. Amuna anali kuti ndipo anali ndani pamene Khristu amafera ochimwa? Kodi zingakhale bwanji zokayikira kuti adzapatsa moyo wake mokhulupirika pomwe, kwa iwo, sanazengereze kupha ngakhale imfa yake? Chifukwa chiyani amuna zimawavuta kukhulupirira kuti tsiku lina azikhala ndi Mulungu, pamene chowonadi chachikulu chachitika kale, cha Mulungu amene adafera anthu?
Kodi Kristu ndani kwenikweni? Kodi ndi amene amati: "Pachiyambi panali Mawu, ndipo Mawu anali ndi Mulungu ndipo Mawu anali Mulungu"? (Jn 1, 1). Mawu a Mulungu "adasandulika thupi, nakhazikika pakati pathu" (Yohane 1:14). Iye analibe chilichonse mwa iyemwini chomwe akanatifera ngati sanatenge thupi lachivundi kwa ife. Mwanjira imeneyi iye wosafa amatha kufa, kufuna kupereka moyo wake chifukwa cha anthu. Adapanga iwo omwe imfa yake idagawana nawo pamoyo wake. M'malo mwake, tinalibe chilichonse chomwe tingakhale nacho chokhala ndi moyo, popeza analibe chilichonse choti tilandire imfa. Chifukwa chake kusinthanitsa kodabwitsa: adapanga imfa yathu kukhala yake ndi moyo wake. Chifukwa chake osati zamanyazi, koma kukhulupirika kwakukulu ndi kunyada kwakukulu muimfa ya Khristu.
Adadzitengera imfa yomwe adapeza mwa ife ndikuonetsetsa kuti moyo womwe sungathe kubwera kwa ife. Zomwe ife ochimwa timayenera kuchita machimo zidalipira anthu osachimwa. Ndipo kenako sangatipatse zomwe tikuyenera chilungamo, iye amene ali woyambitsa kulungamitsidwa? Sangapereke bwanji mphotho ya oyera mtima?
Chifukwa chake tivomereza, abale, osawopa, tirikulalikira kuti Khristu adapachikidwa chifukwa cha ife. Tivomerezane, osati kale ndi mantha, koma ndi chisangalalo, osati ndi red, koma ndi kunyada.
Mtumwi Paulo anamvetsetsa izi ndipo ananenetsa kuti ndi ulemu. Amatha kuchita zikondwerero zazikulu komanso zosangalatsa kwambiri za Khristu. Amatha kudzitamandira pokumbukira zoyikika zakukhazikika kwa Kristu, kumuyambitsa monga mlengi wa dziko lapansi ngati Mulungu ndi Atate, komanso monga mbuye wa dziko lapansi ngati munthu. Komabe, sananene kanthu koma izi: "Koma ine palibenso wina wadzitamandira kupatula mtanda wa Ambuye wathu Yesu Kristu" (Agal 6: 14).