Kodi kumvera Mulungu ndikofunika bwanji?
Kucokela pa Genesis mpaka Chivumbulutso, Baibo imakamba zambili pankhani ya kumvela. M'mbiri ya Malamulo Khumi, tikuwona kufunikira kwa kumvera.
Deuteronomo 11: 26-28 amafotokoza mwachidule kuti: “Mverani, mudzadalitsika. Disobey ndipo udzakhala wotembereredwa. " Mchipangano Chatsopano timaphunzira kudzera mu chitsanzo cha Yesu Khristu kuti okhulupilira amayitanidwa kumoyo womvera.
Tanthauzo la Kumvera M'baibulo
Lingaliro lokhala womvera mu Chipangano Chakale ndi Chatsopano limafotokoza za kumvera kapena kumvera kwa wolamulira wamkulu. Amodzi mwa mawu achi Greek omvera amakhala ndi lingaliro lodziyika nokha pansi pa wina mwakugonjera kuulamuliro ndi kulamula. Mawu ena achi Greek omvera mu Chipangano Chatsopano amatanthauza "kudalira".
Malinga ndi Holman's Illustrated Bible Dictionary tanthauzo lenileni la kumvera kwa Bayibulo ndi "kumvera Mawu a Mulungu ndikuchitapo kanthu". Eerdman's Bible Dictionary imati "Kumva 'koona kapena kumvera kumangotanthauza kumva komwe kumalimbikitsa omvera ndi chikhulupiliro kapena chidaliro chomwe chimalimbikitsa omvera kuti achite mogwirizana ndi zomwe wokambayo akufuna."
Chifukwa chake, kumvera kwa Bayibulo kwa Mulungu kumatanthauza kumvera, kudalira, kudzipereka ndi kudzipereka kwa Mulungu ndi Mawu ake.
Zifukwa 8 zomvera Mulungu ndizofunikira
1. Yesu akutiitana kuti timvere
Mwa Yesu Khristu timapeza chitsanzo chabwino cha kumvera. Monga ophunzira ake, timatengera chitsanzo cha Kristu komanso malamulo ake. Cholinga chathu chomvera ndi chikondi:
Ngati mumandikonda, muzimvera malamulo anga. (Yohane 14:15, ESV)
2. Kumvera ndi kupembedza
Ngakhale kuti Bayibulo limatsindika za kumvera, ndikofunikira kukumbukira kuti okhulupilira sakulungamitsidwa (kukhala olungama) pomvera kwathu. Chipulumutso ndi mphatso yaulere yochokera kwa Mulungu ndipo palibe chomwe tingachite kuti ifeyo tikwaniritse. Kumvera kwachikhristu kumachokera mu mtima othokoza chifukwa cha chisomo chomwe talandira kuchokera kwa Ambuye:
Chifukwa chake, abale ndi alongo okondedwa, ndikupemphani kuti mupereke matupi anu kwa Mulungu chifukwa cha zonse zomwe wakuchitirani. Aloleni akhale nsembe yamoyo komanso yoyera, mtundu womwe adzaupeze wovomerezeka. Iyi ndi njira yolambirira. (Aroma 12: 1, NLT)
3. Mulungu Amalandira Mphotho Kumvera
Nthawi zambiri timawerenga m'Baibulo kuti Mulungu amadalitsa ndikulipira kumvera:
"Ndipo m'mbewu zako mitundu yonse ya padziko lapansi idzadalitsidwa, chifukwa munandimvera." (Genesis 22:18, NLT)
Tsopano mukandimvera ndi kusunga pangano langa, mudzakhala chuma changa chapadera pakati pa anthu onse padziko lapansi; popeza dziko lonse lapansi ndi langa. (Ekisodo 19: 5, NLT)
Yesu adayankha nati: "Koma wodala koposa onse ndiye amene akumvera mawu a Mulungu, ndi kumachita." (Luka 11:28, NLT)
Koma musamangomvera mawu a Mulungu, muyenera kuchita zomwe zikunena. Kupanda kutero, mukungodzipusitsa. Chifukwa ngati mumvera mawu ndikusamvera, zili ngati kuyang'ana nkhope yanu pagalasi. Mukudziwona nokha, chokani ndikuyiwala momwe mumawonekera. Koma ngati musunga mosamalitsa lamulo langwiro lomwe limakumasulani, ndipo ngati muchita zomwe wanena osayiwala zomwe mwazimva, Mulungu azikudalitsani pozichita. (Yakobe 1: 22-25, NLT)
4. Kumvera Mulungu kumawonetsa chikondi chathu
Mabuku a 1 Yohane ndi 2 Yohane amafotokoza momveka bwino kuti kumvera Mulungu kumakonda kukonda Mulungu.Kukonda Mulungu kumatanthauza kutsatira malamulo ake:
Mwa ichi tizindikira kuti tikonda ana a Mulungu tikonda Mulungu ndi kumvera malamulo ake. Chifukwa ichi ndi chikondi cha Mulungu, kuti tisunge malamulo ake. (1 Yohane 5: 2–3, ESV)
Kukonda kumatanthauza kuchita zomwe Mulungu anatilamula ndipo kutilamula kuti tikondane wina ndi mnzake, monga mudamva kuyambira pachiyambipo. (2 Yohane 6, NLT)
5. Kumvera Mulungu kumaonetsa chikhulupiriro chathu
Tikamvera Mulungu, timawonetsa kuti timamukhulupirira:
Ndipo tingakhale otsimikiza kuti timamudziwa ngati timvera malamulo ake. Ngati wina anena kuti "ndikudziwa Mulungu" koma samvera malamulo a Mulungu, munthu ameneyo ndi wabodza ndipo sakhala m'choonadi. Koma iwo amene amamvera mawu a Mulungu amaonetsadi momwe amamukondera kwathunthu. Umu ndi momwe timadziwira kuti tili mwa iye. Iwo amene amati amakhala mwa Mulungu ayenera kukhala moyo wawo monga Yesu. (1 Yohane 2: 3-6, NLT)
6. Kumvera ndikwabwino kuposa nsembe
Mawu akuti "kumvera ndikwabwino kuposa nsembe" nthawi zambiri zakhumudwitsa akhristu. Titha kumvetsetsa pokhapokha pakuwona m'Chipangano Chakale. Lamulo linkafuna kuti Aisraele azipereka nsembe kwa Mulungu, koma nsembezo ndi zoperekazo sizinapangidwe kuti zikhale zomvera.
Koma Samueli anayankha kuti: "Chosangalatsa kwambiri ndi chiyani ndi Yehova: zopereka zanu ndi nsembe zanu zinawotchedwa kapena kumvera kwanu mawu ake? Mverani! Kumvera ndikwabwino kuposa nsembe ndipo kugonjera kuli bwino kuposa kupereka mafuta a nkhosa zamphongo. Kupanduka ndichimodzimodzi ndi ufiti komanso kuuma ngati kupembedza mafano. Chifukwa chake, popeza wakana lamulo la Yehova, anakukana iwe kuti ukhale mfumu. (1 Sam. 15: 22-23, NLT)
7. Kusamvera kumatsogolera kuuchimo ndi imfa
Kusamvera kwa Adamu kudadzetsauchimo ndi imfa kudziko lapansi. Awa ndiye maziko a mawu akuti "tchimo loyamba". Koma kumvera kwathu kwathunthu kwa Khristu kumabwezeretsa ubale ndi Mulungu kwa onse amene amukhulupirira:
Popeza, kusamvera kwa munthu [wa Adamu], ambiri anapangidwa ochimwa, kotero kuti kumvera kwa m'modzi [Kristu] ambiri adzayesedwa olungama. (Aroma 5:19, ESV)
Chifukwa monga mwa Adamu onse amwalira, momwemonso mwa Kristu onse adzapatsidwa moyo. (1 Akorinto 15:22, ESV)
8. Kudzera mu kumvera, timalandira madalitso a moyo woyera
Yesu Kristu yekha ndiye wangwiro, chifukwa chake yekha ndi amene amayenera kuyenda muomvera opanda chimo ndi omvera angwiro. Koma tikamalola Mzimu Woyera kuti atisinthe kuchokera mkati, timakula mu chiyero. Izi zimadziwika kuti njira yakuyeretsa, yomwe itha kufotokozedwanso kuti kukula mu uzimu. Tikamawerenga kwambiri Mawu a Mulungu, timakhala ndi Yesu ndikulola Mzimu Woyera kuti atisinthe kuchokera mkati mwathu, timayamba kumvera ndi chiyero monga Akhristu:
Achimwemwe anthu omwe atsatira malangizo a Wamuyaya amakhala achimwemwe. Achimwemwe ali iwo amene amamvera malamulo ake ndikumamufunafuna ndi mtima wawo wonse. Samasilira ndi zoyipa ndipo amangoyenda m'njira zake. Mwatiuza kuti tisunge malamulo anu mosamala. Zikadakhala kuti zochita zanga ziziwonetsa malamulo anu nthawi zonse! Chifukwa chake sindidzachita manyazi poyerekeza moyo wanga ndi malamulo anu. Ndikamaphunzira malangizo anu olungama, ndikukuthokozani chifukwa chokhala momwe ndimakhalira! Ndidzasamalira malamulo anu. Chonde musataye mtima! (Sal. 119: 1-8, NLT)
Atero Wamuyaya: Muomboli wanu, Woyera wa Israyeli: “Ine ndine Wamuyaya, AMBUYE wanu, amene amakuphunzitsani zomwe zili zabwino kwa inu ndikuwongolera njira zomwe muyenera kutsatira. O, ngati mumvera malamulo anga! Kenako ukadakhala ndi mtendere womwe umayenda ngati mtsinje wokoma ndi chilungamo chomwe chimakuzungulira ngati mafunde munyanja. Mbadwa zako zikadakhala ngati mchenga m'mphepete mwa nyanja - ochulukirapo kwambiri osawerengeka! Sipangakhale chifukwa chofunikira kuti muwonongeke kapena kudula dzina. "(Yesaya 48: 17-19, NLT)
Chifukwa tili ndi malonjezano awa, okondedwa, tiyeni tidziyeretse tokha ku chilichonse chomwe chingadetse thupi kapena mzimu wathu. Ndipo timagwira ntchito yoyera kwathunthu chifukwa timaopa Mulungu. (2 Akorinto 7: 1, NLT)
Vesi pamwambapa likuti: "Tigwiritse ntchito chiyero chonse." Chifukwa chake sitiphunzira kumvera nthawi yomweyo; ndi njira yomwe timayesetsa kuchita pamoyo wathu wonse ndikupanga kukhala tsiku lililonse.