"Ubwenzi wa Mulungu" wa Saint Irenaeus, bishopu

Ambuye wathu, Mawu a Mulungu, adatsogolera anthu kuti atumikire Mulungu, kenako adawapanga iwo abwenzi ake, monga iye mwini adati kwa ophunzira ake: "Sindikutchulanso inu kuti antchito, chifukwa mtumiki sadziwa zomwe mbuye wake akuchita; koma ndakutchani abwenzi, chifukwa zonse zomwe ndazimva kwa Atate ndakudziwitsani "(Yohane 15:15). Ubwenzi wa Mulungu umapereka moyo wosafa kwa iwo omwe amawuchotsa moyowo.
Pachiyambi, Mulungu adalenga Adamu osati chifukwa amafuna munthu, koma kuti akhale ndi wina yemwe akanamupatsa zabwino. Inde, Mawu adalemekeza Atate, nthawi zonse amakhala mwa iye, osati Adamu yekha, komanso chilengedwe chonse. Mwiniwakeyo adalengeza izi: "Atate, ndipatseni ine ulemu pamaso panu, ndi ulemerero womwe ndidali nanu dziko lisanakhale" (Yohane 17: 5).
Anatilamula kuti timutsatire osati chifukwa amafuna chithandizo chathu, koma kuti tidzipulumutse tokha. M'malo mwake, kutsatira Mpulumutsi kukutenga nawo mbali mu chipulumutso, monga kutsatira kuunika kumatanthauza kuzunguliridwa ndi kuwala.
Ndani amene ali m'kuwunikako sindiye kuti aziunikira ndi kuwunikira, koma ndiko kuwunikira komwe kumamuwunikira ndikumupanga iye kuwala. Sapereka chilichonse kuwunikira, koma kuchokera pamenepo amalandila zabwino ndi zina zabwino.
Izi ndizowona potumikirira Mulungu: sizibweretsa chilichonse kwa Mulungu, ndipo kumbali ina Mulungu safuna ntchito ya anthu; koma kwa iwo amene amtumikira Iye, namtsata Iye amapereka moyo wamuyaya, chivundi ndi ulemu. Amapereka maubwino ake kwa iwo omwe amamutumikira chifukwa choti amamutumikira, komanso kwa iwo omwe amamutsatira chifukwa choti amamutsatira, koma samapindula nawo.
Mulungu amafuna kuti ntchito ya amuna ikhale ndi mwayi, iye amene ali wabwino komanso wachifundo, kuti akwaniritse zabwino zake kwa iwo omwe amapirira pomutumikira. Ngakhale Mulungu samasowa chilichonse, munthu amafunika kuyanjana ndi Mulungu.
Ulemelero wa munthu umakhala wopilira mu ntchito ya Mulungu .Ndipo pachifukwa ichi Ambuye anati kwa ophunzira ake: "Simunandisankha ine, koma ine ndinakusankhani inu" (Joh 15:16), powonetsa kuti sanali iwo omwe lemekezani pomtsata, koma omwe, pomvera kuti adatsata Mwana wa Mulungu, adalemekezedwa. Ndiponso: "Ndifuna kuti iwo omwe mwandipatsa kuti akhale ndi ine komwe ine ndiri, kuti asanyerezere ulemerero wanga" (Yohane 17: 24).