Kodi nchifukwa ninji ndalama ndizo muzu wa zoipa zonse?

“Chifukwa kukonda ndalama ndi muzu wa zoyipa zonse. Anthu ena, atafuna ndalama, apatuka pa chikhulupiriro, nadzipyoza ndi zowawa zambiri ”(1 Timoteo 6:10).

Paulo anachenjeza Timoteo za mgwirizano pakati pa ndalama ndi zoipa. Zinthu zodula komanso zotsogola mwachilengedwe zimakoka chikhumbo chathu chofuna zinthu zambiri, koma palibe kuchuluka komwe kungakhutiritse miyoyo yathu.

Ngakhale tili omasuka kusangalala ndi madalitso a Mulungu padziko lino lapansi, ndalama zitha kubweretsa nsanje, mpikisano, kuba, kunama, kunama, ndi zoyipa zamtundu uliwonse. “Palibe choipa chilichonse chimene kukonda ndalama sikungatsogolere anthu kuchichita chikangoyamba kulamulira miyoyo yawo,” ikutero Exhibitor's Bible Commentary.

Kodi vesili likutanthauza chiyani?
"Pakuti kumene kuli chuma chako, komweko udzakhala mtima wako" (Mateyu 6:21).

Pali masukulu awiri olinganiza za ndalama. Mabaibulo ena amakono onena kuti kukonda ndalama ndikoipa, osati ndalama zomwe. Komabe, palinso ena omwe amatsatira mawu enieni. Kaya, chilichonse chomwe timapembedza (kapena kuyamikira, kapena kulingalira, ndi zina zotero) kuposa Mulungu ndi fano. A John Piper alemba kuti "Ndizotheka kuti pomwe Paulo adalemba mawu awa, adadziwa bwino momwe zikhala zovuta, ndikuti adawasiya monga adawalembera chifukwa adawona tanthauzo loti kukonda ndalama kulidi muzu wa zoipa zonse, zoipa zonse! Ndipo amafuna kuti Timothy (ndi ife) tiganizire mozama kuti tiziwone. "

Mulungu amatitsimikizira za makonzedwe ake, komabe timayesetsa kupeza ndalama. Chuma chilichonse sichingakhutiritse miyoyo yathu. Ziribe kanthu chuma chanji chapadziko lapansi kapena chinthu chomwe tikufuna, tidapangidwa kuti tikhumbire zambiri kuchokera kwa Mlengi wathu. Kukonda ndalama ndi koipa chifukwa talamulidwa kuti tisakhale ndi milungu ina kupatula Mulungu woona m'modzi.

Wolemba Ahebri analemba kuti: “Moyo wanu ukhale wosakonda chuma, ndipo khalani okhutira ndi zomwe muli nazo, chifukwa Mulungu anati: 'Sindidzakusiyani konse; Sindidzakusiyani '”(Ahebri 13: 5).

Chikondi ndi zonse zomwe timafunikira. Mulungu ndiye chikondi. Iye ndiye Wopereka, Wotisamalira, Mchiritsi, Mlengi ndi Atate wathu Abba.

Kodi nchifukwa ninji kuli kofunika kuti kukonda ndalama ndiko muzu wa zoipa zonse?
Mlaliki 5:10 amati: “Wokonda ndalama sakhuta; okonda chuma sakhutira ndi chuma chawo. Izi sizimvekanso. “Lemba limatiuza kuti tiike maso athu pa Yesu, amene adayambitsa ndi kukwaniritsa chikhulupiriro chathu. Yesu mwini ananena kuti apatse Kaisara zake za Kaisara.

Mulungu amatilamula kuti tizipereka chakhumi ngati chinthu chokhulupirika pamtima, osati nambala kuti tiwonedwe mwachipembedzo kuchokera pamndandanda wazomwe tichite. Mulungu amadziwa kukhazikika kwa mitima yathu ndi ziyeso zosunga ndalama zathu. Pakuipereka, zimapangitsa kuti chikondi cha ndalama ndi Mulungu chikhale pampando wachifumu wa mitima yathu. Tikakhala okonzeka kuzisiya, timaphunzira kudalira kuti amatipatsa, osati kuthekera kwathu kopangira ndalama. “Si muzu wa muzu wa zoipa zonse, koma 'kukonda ndalama',” ikufotokoza motero Expositor's Bible Commentary.

Kodi vesi ili silikutanthauza chiyani?
"Yesu anayankha," Ngati ufuna kukhala wangwiro, pita, kagulitse zomwe uli nazo, nupatse aumphawi, ndipo udzakhala ndi chuma kumwamba; Ubwere udzanditsate Ine ”(Mateyu 19:21).

Munthu amene Yesu analankhula naye sakanatha kuchita zomwe Mpulumutsi wake anafunsa. Tsoka ilo, katundu wake adakhala pamwamba pa Mulungu pampando wachifumu wamtima wake. Izi ndi zomwe Mulungu akutichenjeza. Samada chuma.

Amatiuza kuti zomwe akufuna kutichitira ndizochuluka kwambiri kuposa momwe tingaganizire kapena kulingalira. Madalitso ake ndi atsopano tsiku lililonse. Tinalengedwa m'chifanizo chake ndipo ndife gawo la banja Lake. Atate wathu ali ndi zolinga zabwino pamoyo wathu: kutipangitsa kukhala olemera!

Mulungu amadana ndi chilichonse chomwe timakonda kuposa Iye, ndi Mulungu wansanje! Lemba la Mateyu 6:24 limati: “Kapolo sangatumikire ambuye awiri. Mwina mudzadana ndi mmodzi ndi kukonda winayo, kapena mudzakhala odzipereka kwa mmodzi ndi kunyoza winayo. Simungathe kutumikira Mulungu ndi chuma ”.

Kodi nkhani ya 1 Timoteo 6 ndi yotani?
“Koma kudzipereka ndi kukhutira ndi phindu lalikulu, popeza sitinabwere ndi kanthu padziko lapansi ndipo sitingatenge chilichonse padziko lapansi. Koma ngati tili ndi chakudya ndi zovala, tidzakhuta nazo. Koma iwo amene akufuna kukhala olungama amagwera m'mayesero, mumsampha, zilakolako zambiri zopanda nzeru ndi zoipa zomwe zimalowetsa anthu mu chiwonongeko ndi chiwonongeko. Chifukwa kukonda ndalama ndiye muzu wa zoyipa zamitundu yonse. Ndi chifukwa chakukhumba ichi ena achoka pa chikhulupiriro, nadzipyoza ndi zowawa zambiri ”(1 Timoteo 6: 6-10).

Paulo adalemba kalatayi kwa Timoteo, m'modzi mwa abwenzi ake apamtima komanso abale mchikhulupiriro, komabe amafuna kuti mpingo waku Efeso (womwe udatsalira mwa Timoteo) nawonso umvere zomwe zili mkalata. "M'ndimeyi, mtumwi Paulo akutiuza kuti tizilakalaka Mulungu ndi zinthu zonse za Mulungu," adalemba a Jamie Rohrbaugh pa iBelieve.com. "Amatiphunzitsa kutsata zinthu zopatulika ndi chidwi chachikulu, m'malo mongoyika mitima yathu ndi zokonda za chuma ndi chuma".

Chaputala chonse cha 6 chimalankhula za mpingo wa ku Efeso ndi chizolowezi chawo chotengeka kuchoka pachimake pa Chikhristu. Popanda Baibulo kuti anyamule nawo monga tili nawo lero, adakopeka ndikutuluka ndi zikhulupiriro zina, malamulo achiyuda komanso gulu lawo.

Paulo akulemba zakumvera Mulungu, kukhutitsidwa kuzika mizu mwa Mulungu, kumenya nkhondo yabwino yachikhulupiriro, Mulungu monga wopereka wathu ndi chidziwitso chabodza. Amamanga ndiyeno masikelo kuti awazule kuzinthu zoyipa komanso kukonda ndalama mopanda phindu, kuwakumbutsa kuti mwa Khristu timapeza kukhutira kwenikweni, ndipo Mulungu amatipatsa - osati zomwe timafunikira, koma amatidalitsa mopitilira. apo!

Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary of the New Testament inafotokoza kuti: “Wowerenga masiku ano amene amawerenga zithunzi za anthu olakwitsa za zaka 2300 apeza mitu yodziwika bwino, ndipo adzatsimikizira zomwe Paulo ananena kuti ndalama ndizo zimayambitsa mabwenzi. , maukwati osweka, mbiri zoyipa ndi zoyipa zamtundu uliwonse “.

Kodi anthu achuma ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu chotaya chikhulupiriro?
“Gulitsani katundu wanu mupatse osauka. Khalani ndi zikwama zosatha, chuma kumwamba chosalephera, kumene mbala siziyandikira, ndipo njenjete sizichiwononga ”(Luka 12:33).

Munthu sayenera kukhala wachuma kuti agonje kumayesero okonda ndalama. "Kukonda ndalama kumabweretsa chiwonongeko chake ndikupangitsa mzimu kusiya chikhulupiriro," akufotokoza a John Piper. "Chikhulupiriro ndikukhulupirira mwa Khristu komwe Paulo amatchula." Ndani ali wosauka, wamasiye komanso wosowa zimadalira yemwe ali ndi chuma choti agawireko kuti apereke.

Deuteronomo 15: 7 akutikumbutsa kuti "Ngati wina akhala wosauka pakati pa abale anu mu mizinda ina ya mdziko lomwe Yehova Mulungu wanu akukupatsani, musamumvere kapena kumumvera." Nthawi ndi ndalama ndizofunikira, kuti mukafikire iwo omwe akusowa uthenga wabwino, zosowa zawo zakuthupi ziyenera kukwaniritsidwa.

A Marshal Segal analemba kuti Desiring God: "Kulakalaka ndalama zochulukirapo komanso kugula zinthu zochulukirapo ndi zoyipa, ndipo zodabwitsa ndikomvetsa chisoni zimaba ndikupha moyo komanso chisangalalo chomwe chimalonjeza." M'malo mwake, iwo omwe ali ndi zochepa zochepa akhoza kukhala osangalala kwambiri, chifukwa amadziwa kuti chinsinsi chokhala wokhutira ndi moyo mchikondi cha Khristu.

Kaya ndife olemera, osauka kapena pakati pathu, tonse timakumana ndi chiyeso chomwe ndalama zimatipatsa.

Kodi tingateteze bwanji mitima yathu ku kukonda ndalama?
"Nzeru pothawirapo monga ndalama pothawirapo, koma phindu la chidziwitso ndi ichi: nzeru isunga iwo amene ali nayo" (Mlaliki 7:12).

Titha kuteteza mitima yathu ku kukonda ndalama powonetsetsa kuti Mulungu amakhala pampando wachifumu wamitima yathu nthawi zonse. Dzukani kuti muzipemphera ndi Iye, ngakhale atakhala ochepa. Gwirizanitsani ndandanda ndi zolinga ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu kudzera mu pemphero ndi nthawi mu Mawu a Mulungu.

Nkhani iyi ya CBN ikufotokoza kuti "ndalama zakhala zofunikira kwambiri kotero kuti amuna amanama, kubera, kupereka ziphuphu, kunyoza ndikupha kuti apeze. Kukonda ndalama kumakhala kupembedza mafano kwakukulu “. Chowonadi chake ndi chikondi zidzateteza mitima yathu ku chikondi cha ndalama. Ndipo titagwa m'mayesero, sitimakhala patali kwambiri kuti tibwerere kwa Mulungu, amene nthawi zonse amatiyembekezera ndi manja awiri kuti atikhululukire ndi kutikumbatira.