Kusinkhasinkha kwamasiku ano: Thupi lomwe latipulumutsa

Mulungu ndi ntchito zonse za Mulungu ndiye ulemerero wa munthu; ndipo munthu ndi malo pomwe nzeru ndi mphamvu zonse za Mulungu zimasonkhanitsidwa. Dokotala amawonetsa luso lake mwa odwala, momwemonso Mulungu amadziwonetsera yekha mwa anthu. Chifukwa chake Paulo akuti: "Mulungu adatseka zinthu zonse mumdima wakusakhulupirira, kuti achitire onse chifundo" (onaninso Aroma 11:32). Sizikunena za mphamvu zauzimu, koma kwa munthu amene adayimirira pamaso pa Mulungu mu mkhalidwe wosamvera komanso kutaya chisavundi. Pambuyo pake, pambuyo pake, adalandira chifundo cha Mulungu chifukwa cha zoyenera ndi pakati pa Mwana wake. Momwemo anali ndi ulemu wa mwana womlera mwa iye.
Ngati munthu alandira popanda kunyada kopanda pake ulemu weniweni wochokera ku zomwe zidapangidwa kuchokera kwa amene adazilenga, ndiye kuti, kuchokera kwa Mulungu, Wamphamvuyonse, wopanga zinthu zonse zomwe zilipo, ndipo ngati angakhalirebe kumukonda pomugonjera mwaulemu komanso kuyamika mosalekeza, adzalandira ulemu waukulu ndikupitilira patsogolo motere mpaka adzafanana ndi amene adamwalira kuti amupulumutse.
Zowonadi, Mwana wa Mulungu mwini adatsika "m'thupi lofanana ndiuchimo" (Aroma 8: 3) kuti akaweruze machimo, ndipo, atatha kulitsutsa, adalichotsa pakati pa anthu. Adayitanitsa munthu kuti afanane ndi iye, adampanga kukhala wotsanzika wa Mulungu, adamuyambitsa iye panjira yomwe adawonetsedwa ndi Atate kuti athe kuwona Mulungu ndikumupatsa Atate ngati mphatso.
Mawu a Mulungu adapanga nyumba yake pakati pa anthu ndikukhala Mwana wa munthu, kuti azolowere munthu kuti amvetsetse Mulungu ndikuzolowera Mulungu kuyika nyumba yake mwa munthu monga mwa kufuna kwa Atate. Ichi ndichifukwa chake Mulungu Mwini adatipatsa "chizindikiro" cha chipulumutso chathu amene ndiye, wobadwa kwa Namwali, ndiye Emanueli: popeza Ambuye yemweyo ndi amene adapulumutsa iwo mwa iwo okha alibe mwayi wopulumutsidwa.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake Paul, akuwonetsa kufooka kwakukulu kwa munthu, akuti "ndikudziwa kuti zabwino sizikhala mwa ine, ndiye kuti, m'thupi langa" (Aroma 7:18), popeza zabwino zakupulumutsidwa kwathu sizichokera kwa ife, koma kuchokera kwa Mulungu Ndiponso Paulo akuti: «Ndine wankhanza! Adzandilanditsa ndani m'thupi lophedwa? " (Aroma 7:24). Kenako ipereka mfulu: chikondi chaulere cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu (onaninso Aroma 7:25).
Yesaya mwiniyo anali ataneneratu izi: Limbitsa, manja ofooka ndi mawondo akugontha, kulimba mtima, khazikika mtima, dzilimbikitse, usawope; onani Mulungu wathu, chita chilungamo, pereka mphotho. Iye adzabwera kudzapulumutsa (cf. Is 35: 4).
Izi zikuwonetsa kuti tiribe chipulumutso kuchokera kwa ife, koma kwa Mulungu, yemwe amatithandiza.

wa Saint Irenaeus, bishopu