Kulingalira za tsikulo: Mulungu adaonetsa chikondi chake kudzera mwa Mwana

Zowonadi, palibe munthu adawonapo Mulungu kapena kumudziwitsa iye, koma wadziulula. Ndipo adadziwulula yekha mchikhulupiriro, kwa iye yekha amene amaloledwa kuwona Mulungu .Mulungu, Mulungu, Mbuye ndi Mlengi wachilengedwe chonse, Yemwe adapanga zonse zakukonzedwa molingana ndi dongosolo, samangokonda amuna, koma ngakhale kuleza mtima. Ndipo anali monga chonchi, akadali ndipo adzakhala: wokonda, wabwino, woleza, wokhulupirika; Iye yekha ndiye wabwino. Ndipo popeza adakhala ndi lingaliro lalikulu ndi losasinthika mumtima mwake, amalilankhula kwa Mwana wake yekhayo.
Kwa nthawi yonse, chifukwa chake, momwe adasungirabe malingaliro ake anzeru, amawoneka kuti akutinyalanyaza komanso osatiganizira; koma kudzera mwa Mwana wake wokondedwa m'mene adawululira ndikuwonetsa zomwe zidakonzedwa kuyambira pachiyambi, adatipatsa tonsefe: kuti tisangalale ndi zabwino zake ndi kuzilingalira ndi kuzimvetsa. Ndani mwa ife amene amayembekeza zabwino zonsezi?
Atakonza zonse mkati mwake ndi Mwana, adatilola kufikira nthawi yomwe yatchulidwayi kuti tikhazikike pamtima pazachinyengo komanso kukokedwa munjira yoyenera ndi chisangalalo ndi umbombo, kutsatira chifuniro chathu. Zachidziwikire kuti sanakondwere ndi machimo athu, koma adawapirira; komanso sakanakhoza kuvomereza za nthawi ya kusaweruzika, koma anakonza nthawi yanthawi yachilungamo, kuti, potizindikira ife nthawi imeneyo kuti ndife osayenera moyo chifukwa cha ntchito zathu, tidzakhala oyenera chifukwa cha chifundo chake, komanso chifukwa, titatha kuwonetsa kulephera kwathu kulowa ufumu wathu ndi mphamvu zathu, tidatha kutero chifukwa cha mphamvu yake.
Pamene kupanda chilungamo kwathu kunafika pachimake ndipo zinali zowonekeratu kuti chilango ndi imfa zinali pamwamba pa iye, monga momwe anachitira, ndipo nthawi yoikika ndi Mulungu inali itakwana kuti aulule chikondi chake ndi mphamvu (kapena zabwino zazikulu ndi chikondi cha Mulungu!), Sanatida, kapena kutikana, kapena kubwezera. Zowonadi, adatipirira moleza mtima. Mwachifundo chake adatengera machimo athu. Anapereka Mwana wake mwachangu monga mtengo wa dipo lathu: woyera mtima, woipa, wosalakwa woipa, wolungama m'malo mwa woipa, wosawonongeka wakuvunda, wosakhoza kufa. Ndi chiyani chomwe chikadapangitsa zolakwika zathu, sichoncho chilungamo chake? Kodi tingasochere bwanji komanso ochimwa kuti tipeze chilungamo ngati sichoncho mwa Mwana wa Mulungu yekhayo?
Kapena kusinthanitsa kokoma, kapena cholengedwa chosasinthika, kapena chuma chosasinthika cha mapindu: chisalungamo cha ambiri chidakhululukidwa kwa munthu m'modzi wolungama ndipo chilungamo cha iye yekha chidachotsa kusawirira kwa ambiri!

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