"Atafika pamalo otchedwa The Skull [Calvary], anam'khomerera pamtanda. Ndipo zigawengazo zinapachikidwanso-imodzi kumanja kwake ndi imodzi kumanzere kwake ... Mmodzi wa zigawenga zomwe zinapachikidwa pambali pake anaseka kuti, 'Ndiye kuti ndiwe Mesiya, kodi? Tsimikizirani mwa kudzipulumutsa nokha—ndi ifenso, pamene muli pa izo!' Koma chigawenga chinacho chinatsutsa kuti, 'Kodi simukuopa Mulungu ngakhale pamene mwaweruzidwa kuti mufe? Tiyenera kufa chifukwa cha milandu yathu, koma munthu ameneyu sanalakwe kalikonse.' Kenako anati: 'Yesu, mundikumbukire mukalowa mu Ufumu wanu.' Ndipo Yesu anayankha kuti, 'Ndikukutsimikizirani, lero mudzakhala ndi ine m'paradaiso.'" Luka 23:33,39-43.
Pa mtanda wapakati panapachika Yesu, Mwana wa Mulungu. Mwa ufulu wake iye anabwera padziko lapansi m'thupi ngati lathu ndi chikhalidwe chaumunthu chomwe chinakonda zikhoterero zauchimo ndi zokhumba monga ife. Iye anali ndi chifuniro chaumunthu ngati ife, koma Iye sanachitepo chifuniro Chake, Iye nthawi zonse anakana ndi kuchita chifuniro cha Atate, ndipo mwanjira imeneyi Iye sanachimwepo. Iye ankatikonda kwambiri ndipo ankafuna kupulumutsa aliyense, koma anthuwo sanakonde choonadi chimene Iye anawauza. Kumeneko Iye anapachikidwa, munthu wosalakwa amene sanachimwepo ndipo anangochita chifuniro cha Atate Wake kuyambira tsiku limene Iye anali wamkulu mokwanira kulimvetsetsa.
Pa mitanda ina iŵiri anapachika apandu, amuna amene nthaŵi zonse anachita chifuniro chawo ndipo sanachitepo chifuniro cha Mulungu. Onse aŵiri anali atakhala mu uchimo nthaŵi zonse. Koma panali kusiyana kwakukulu ndi kofunika kwambiri pakati pa zigawenga ziwirizi. Wina anali wovuta ndi wosakhulupirira, pamene winayo anali ndi mtima wofewa, wotseguka kumva choonadi ndi kukhulupirira. Wina sanamve manyazi kapena kumva chisoni ndi zochita zake ndipo motero anakhalabe panja, pamene winayo analoŵa m'Paradaiso ndi Yesu.
Palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe wa amuna awiriwa amene anatsatira Yesu m'mapazi Ake (1 Petro 2:21) m'moyo wawo, ndipo tsopano analibenso nthaŵi yochitira zimenezo. Umu ndi mmene zilili ndi wochimwa aliyense amene watembenuzidwa kokha kumapeto kwenikweni kwa moyo wake.
Tonsefe tiyenera kuyamba ngati mpandu mmodzi, ndi pemphero lofulumira la chifundo ndi chikhululukiro kaamba ka machimo athu. Tonse timayamba ngati "zigawenga". Koma chifukwa chakuti mpandu ameneyu ndi chitsanzo cha mmene tingayambire pa njira ya chipulumutso, zimenezo sizikutanthauza kuti ayenera kukhala chitsanzo chathu pamene tikupitiriza. Ambiri amatchedwa ndi kupatsidwa mwayi wotsatira Amene anapachikidwa pamtanda wapakati ndi kuyenda m'masitepe amene Iye anasiya—Iye amene sanachitepo chifuniro Chake koma anagonjetsa tchimo lonse limene linakhala mu chikhalidwe chake chaumunthu pa moyo wake padziko lapansi.
Chowonadi ndi chakuti anthu onse, kaya akudziwa kapena ayi, amagwirizana ndi imodzi mwa magulu atatu awa ndikutsatira imodzi mwa atatu awa omwe akupachikidwa. Awo amene, mwa chisomo cha Mulungu, amagonjetsa uchimo ali a gulu lapakati. Amene sagonjetsa koma kuulula machimo awo ndi kupempha chikhululukiro ndi a gulu lachiwiri; amene salapa ndipo sapempha chikhululukiro ndi a gulu lachitatu.
Tsoka ilo, okhulupirira ambiri amayang'ana kwa chigawenga chomwe chinalapa ngati chitsanzo chawo ndikupeza chitonthozo mwa iye; amadzitonthoza ndi pemphero la wokhometsa msonkho pa chifukwa chomwecho (Luka 18:13). N'zoona kwambiri kuti tiyenera kuyamba chonchi. Koma si zoona, monga momwe ambiri amaganizira, kuti tiyenera kupitiriza motere mpaka mapeto.
