Imfa si mathero

Muimfa, kugawanika pakati pa chiyembekezo ndi mantha ndizosaletseka. Aliyense wa iwo amene akudikira akudziwa zomwe zidzachitike pa iwo pa nthawi yachiweruziro chimaliziro. Amadziwa ngati matupi awo adzaukitsidwa kapena kufa. Iwo amene akuyembekeza, akuyembekeza motsimikiza. Iwo amene ali ndi mantha, amantha motsimikiza. Onse amadziwa zomwe asankha mwaulere m'moyo - kumwamba kapena gehena - ndipo akudziwa kuti nthawi idapita kuti apange chisankho china. Khristu Woweruza wanena za tsogolo lawo ndipo mathero awasindikizidwa.

Koma apa ndi apo, kusiyana pakati pa chiyembekezo ndi mantha kungadutse. Sitiyenera kuopa kutha kwa moyo wapadziko lapansi. Sitiyenera kukhala ndi mantha azomwe zimabwera titatseka maso athu komaliza. Ngakhale titathawa bwanji ndi Mulungu, ngakhale titasankha kangati pa iye ndi njira zake, tili ndi nthawi yopanga chisankho china. Monga mwana wolowerera, titha kubwerera kunyumba ya Atate ndikudziwa kuti atilandira ndi manja otseguka, ndikusintha chiyembekezo chathu cha imfa kukhala chiyembekezo cha moyo.

Mantha omwe ambiri aife timamva tikamwalira, ndiye kuti mwachilengedwe. Sitinapangidwe kuti tife. Tapangidwa kuti tipeze moyo.

Koma Yesu adabwera kudzatimasula ku mantha athu aimfa. Kumvera kwachikondi komwe adapereka pamtanda chifukwa cha machimo athu ndikotsegula makomo akumwamba kwa onse amene amamutsata. Koma zidasinthanso tanthauzo lenileni laimfa kwa iwo omwe ali ndi iye. "Adasanduliza temberero la imfa kukhala mdalitso", ndikupanga imfa khomo lolowera kumoyo wamuyaya ndi Mulungu (CCC 1009).

Izi zikutanthauza kuti, kwa iwo omwe amwalira mwa chisomo cha Khristu, imfa si chochita chokha; "kutenga nawo mbali paimfa ya Ambuye" ndipo tikamwalira ndi Ambuye, timawukanso ndi Ambuye; timachita nawo chiwukitsiro chake (CCC 1006).

Kutenga mbali kumeneku kumasintha chilichonse. Kuphunzira kwa Mpingo kumatikumbutsa izi. "AMBUYE, chifukwa anthu anu okhulupirika moyo wasintha, sunathe", tikumva wansembe akunena pamaliro a misa. "Thupi lanyumba yathu yapadziko lapansi likafa tipeze nyumba yamuyaya kumwamba." Tikadziwa kuti imfa si mathero, pomwe tidziwa kuti imfa ndi chiyambi chabe cha chisangalalo chamuyaya, cha moyo wamuyaya komanso kuyanjana ndi muyaya ndi Iye amene timamukonda, chiyembekezo chimathetsa mantha. Zimatipangitsa kufuna imfa. Zimatipangitsa kufunitsitsa kukhala ndi Kristu m'dziko lopanda mavuto, zopweteka kapena kutaya.

Kudziwa kuti kufa si mathero kumatipangitsa kufuna china. Zimatipangitsa kufuna kuuza ena ziyembekezo zathu.

Dziko latiuza kuti tidye, timwe ndikusangalala, chifukwa mawa titha kufa. Dziko lapansi liziwona imfa monga chimaliziro, ndi mdima wokha woti uzitsatira. Mpingo, komabe, umatiuza kukonda, kudzipereka, kupereka ndi kupemphera, kuti tikhoze kukhala mawa. Sakuwona imfa monga mathero, koma ngati chiyambi, ndipo amatikakamiza tonse kuti tikhalebe mchisomo cha Khristu ndikumufunsa kuti asangalale pochita izi.