Mulungu anali atabzala mitengo iwiri yapadera pakati pa Munda wa Edene: 'mtengo wa moyo' ndi 'mtengo wodziwitsa zabwino ndi zoipa.' Mulungu anali atanena kwa Adamu ndi Hava kuti asadye 'mtengo wodziwitsa zabwino ndi zoipa,' koma kuti athe kudya zonse zimene akufuna za 'mtengo wa moyo.' N'chimodzimodzinso kwa ife. "Ndikufuna kuti mukhale anzeru pa zabwino. Ndipo ndikufuna kuti musakhale okhudzidwa ndi choipa.chili chonse" Aroma 16:19.
Sitiyenera kulola zoipa kutilamulira
Mulungu amadziwa zabwino ndi zoipa, koma zoipa sizimulamulira Iye. Umu ndi mmene chikhalidwe chaumulungu chilili. (Genesis 3:22.) Koma monga anthu ndife ofooka kwambiri kwakuti timalola zoipa kutilamulira mosavuta. Mulungu amafuna kutisunga kutali ndi zoipa chifukwa Iye amatikonda kwambiri. Njira yokhayo imene Adamu ndi Hava akanasungidwa kutali ndi zoipa m'Munda wa Edene inali kumvera lamulo la Mulungu lakuti asadye 'mtengo wodziwitsa zabwino ndi zoipa.'
Lero lino, ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu kuti tisalole zoipa kutilamulira. Chifuniro chake ndi chakuti sitiyenera kungolandira chikhululukiro cha machimo, komanso kuti tiyenera kugonjetsa kotheratu zoipa.
Satana amadziwanso zimenezi. Iye anapusitsa Hava kuti adye mtengo wa chidziwitso, n'kumunamiza n'kunena kuti adzakhala ngati Mulungu ndipo adzadziwa kusiyana pakati pa zabwino ndi zoipa osati kufa, chifukwa Mulungu safa ngakhale kuti Iye amadziwa zabwino ndi zoipa. Iye anapusitsa Hava mwa kumuchititsa kukhala osamvera Mawu a Mulungu kuoneka ngati chinthu chabwino, kapena chinthu chimene chingam'chititse kukhala wanzeru. N'chimodzimodzinso masiku ano. (Genesis 3:4-5.)
Satana anapusitsa Hava kuti akayikire lamulo la Mulungu. Mwa kukayikira anayamba kuchoka pa chifuniro cha Mulungu, chimene chinali kungomvera lamulo Lake la kusadya mtengo wa chidziŵitso. Kusiyana pakati pa zabwino ndi zoipa kunakhala kosaoneka bwino ndi kosadziŵika bwino ndipo Hava anachimwa. (Aefeso 4:14; Agalatiya 5:10; 1 Timoteyo 2:14.)
Chikondi chosavuta kwa Kristu
"Koma ndili ndi mantha, kuti mwanjira ina, monga Hava anapusitsidwa ndi chinyengo cha njoka, maganizo anu akhoza kupatutsidwa ku chikondi chawo chosavuta ndi chopatulika kwa Khristu." 2 Akorinto 11:3 (BBE). Ndi chikondi chophweka ndi chopatulika chimenechi kwa Khristu chimene chimasunga malingaliro athu kutali ndi mabodza onse achipembedzo ndi chisokonezo m'masiku ano. "Ngati mumandikonda, sungani malamulo Anga." Yohane 14:15. Kumeneku ndiko kuphweka kwakumwamba!
Ngakhale kuti Agalatiya anavomereza kulalikira kwa Paulo pachiyambi ndi chimwemwe, iwo ananyengedwa ndi kutaya njira yawo. Otchedwa atumwi "ofunika" kapena aakulu anafikitsa Agalatiya kuganiza kuti sizinali zofunikira "kupachikidwa" ndi Khristu tsiku lililonse - kuti sanafunikire kukana zilakolako zawo zauchimo tsiku lililonse. Iwo ankaganiza kuti akhoza kupulumutsidwa mosavuta kwambiri popanda kuchita izo. Chilichonse chikanakhala bwino ngati akanadulidwa mwakuthupi. Izi zinalalikidwa kwa iwo m'masiku amenewo. (Agalatiya 5:10; 2 Akorinto 11:5.)
Masiku anoLkukulalikidwa kuti zonse zili bwino ngati tikhulupirira kuti Yesu wachita zonse m'malo mwathu. Zimene timachita sizofunikanso. "Agalatiya opusa inu, kodi mwanyengedwa ndi mphamvu zachilendo ziti, kwa amene zinamveketsedwa bwino kuti Yesu Khristu anaphedwa pamtanda?" Agalatiya 3:1 (BBE). Pakuti Paulo anati Yesu sanangopachikidwa pa Kalvari komanso Iye anali "wotsogolera" wake (Ahebri 6:20) amene anatenga mtanda Wake tsiku lililonse, nthawi zonse akunena kuti Ayi pamene Iye anayesedwa kuchimwa. Amene amamutsatira Amachitanso chimodzimodzi. "Pamenepo Iye anawauza onse kuti, 'Ngati wina akufuna kudza pambuyo panga, adzikanizeyekha, ndipo atenge mtanda wake tsiku ndi tsiku, ndipo anditsatire.'" Luka 9:23. Werengani zambiri apa za zomwe zimatanthauza kutenga mtanda wanu tsiku ndi tsiku. Mzimu wa Mulungu unauza Yesu kuti atenge mtanda Wake tsiku lililonse, ndipo Mzimu amatiuza kuchita chimodzimodzi lero, ndipo Iye akutiphunzitsa kuchita izo ndi chimwemwe. Zimenezi n'zimene zimatilimbikitsa, zimalimbitsa chikhulupiriro chathu ndipo zimatithandiza poyesedwa kuti tisankhe chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi kusinthidwa kuti tikhale ngati Mwana. Sitiyenera kukhala opanda ntchito (Yakobo 2:14,17), chifukwa ngati tili, tidzataya mphamvu ya Mulungu ndipo ngakhale chipulumutso cha moyo wathu. Tikapanda kukhala ndi zochita, timangothera kukhala ndi mtundu wa umulungu, moyo wopanda chigonjetso pa uchimo. Satana ndi wanzeru kwambiri ndipo ndi wonyenga. "Khalani olimba m'chikhulupiriro chanu ndipo mumutsutse zalembedwa pa 1 Petulo 5:9. Kumeneko ndiko kuphweka kwakumwamba! Tiyenera kukhala maso m'moyo wathu woganiza; malingaliro athu ayenera kukhala oyera mosasamala kanthu za zomwe zimachitika kuti Yesu ndiye chikondi chathu chokha. Pamenepo sitimvera mzimu wina kapena uthenga wina umene sitinalandire kuyambira pachiyambi. (Yakobo 2:14,17; 1 Akorinto 1:17-18; 2 Timoteyo 3:5; 2 Akorinto 11:2, 4.)