Chikristu Chonyenga
Anthu ambiri amaganiza kuti uthenga wabwino wa Khristu ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri pamene ali pabedi la imfa. Kotero iwo amakhala ndi moyo wawo, akuganiza kuti adzapeza mwayi "kupeza bwino ndi Mulungu" asanafe – ngati kuti Mulungu ndi Mulungu wa akufa, ndi chidwi chapadera mwa anthu akufa amene anagwiritsa ntchito matupi awo kuchimwa. Iwo amaganiza kuti ndi bwino kusangalala ndi "kusangalala ndi moyo" malinga ndi zilakolako ndi zokhumba zawo, koma zimenezi n'zofanana ndi kutumikira Satana!
Koma ngati wina potsiriza - pambuyo pa zaka zambiri zozengereza ndi kutaya nthawi - amachita kutembenuzidwa, ndiye kuti Mulungu ali ndi vuto lalikulu kuti asiye ndi zizolowezi zawo zauchimo zomwe zakhala zolimba kwambiri pambuyo pa zaka zambiri za kuchimwa.
Kaŵirikaŵiri, kuwopa Mulungu kwa anthu sikumawafikitsa kutali kuposa kupita kutchalitchi kukamvetsera ulaliki nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi. Iwo amapitirizabe kugwirisungira zizoloŵezi zawo zonse zakale zauchimo, ndi kupangitsa moyo Wachikristu kuwoneka wolemera ndi wovuta, pafupifupi ngati kuti uli chinachake chochokera kwa Satana mwiniyo. N'zosadabwitsa kuti achinyamata amaopa Chikhristu cha mtundu umenewu ndipo amayesetsa kuchipewa.
Chikhristu cha achinyamata
Kodi mtumwi Paulo akunenanji ponena za Chikristu chake? "Tsatirani chitsanzo changa, pamene ndikutsatira chitsanzo cha Khristu." 1 Akorinto 11:1. Ichi ndi cholinga choyenera kumenyera nkhondo, cholinga choyenera kukwaniritsa mwa Khristu. Chikristu cha mtundu umenewu chimayenerera bwino kwambiri achichepere.
Simufunikira kulimbana ndi moyo wanu wonse kuti mupereke tchimo linalake. Dulani tchimo lililonse mofulumira momwe mungathere - chifukwa pali mazana a zinthu zina m'moyo wanu zomwe zimafunikanso kudulidwa imodzi ndi imodzi. Iyi ndi njira yoyeretsa ndi kuyeretsa ku uchimo, ndipo onse amene safuna "kutenga mtanda wawo ndi kutsatira Yesu" amadana nawo. (Luka 9:23.) Iyi ndi njiranso yopezera mphamvu, ndipo achinyamata amaikonda, chifukwa amatha kudziikira zolinga zapamwamba - za moyo uno komanso moyo womwe ukudzawu.
Pamene Yesu akulankhula za "kutenga mtanda wanu" pa Luka 9:23, Iye akutanthauza kuti muyenera kukana malingaliro ochimwa amene amabwera mwa inu, ndipo mwanjira imeneyi "muwaphe". (Akolose 3:5.) Umenewu si moyo wolemera. Moyo wachikristu ndi moyo wosagwedezeka, wokhutiritsa komanso woona mtima. Ngati mukufuna kupeza anthu odalirika, odalirika, yang'anani anthu omwe amakhala ndi moyo uno.
Werenganinso "Uthenga wa mtanda: Chikhristu chothandiza"
Kulankhula za mtanda si mtanda; ndi kulankhula chabe. Mumapeza mtanda mwa kunena nthaŵi zonse kuti Ayi ku uchimo: mwa kudana ndi uchimo ndi kusagonja m'moyo wanu. Mmene timakhalira moyo wathu ndi chiphunzitso chathu ziyenera kukhala zofanana.
Pali ojambula omwe ali ndi mphatso kwambiri koma amakhala ndi moyo wauchimo. Palinso alaliki a mphatso amene sadziwa kuti mtanda wa Khristu ndi wotani kwenikweni. Mphatso si moyo weniweniwo; iwo ndi maluso omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito ngakhale mutakhala ndi moyo wopanda umulungu. Ngati mukufuna tsogolo labwino, ndiye tsatirani Khristu. Osangokhala pamenepo mukugona m'tchalitchi china. Musakhulupirire kuti kukhala ndi moyo wabwino, wachipembedzo ndi Chikhristu. Kutenga mtanda wanu ndi kunena kuti Ayi ku uchimo ndi chinthu chokha chomwe chili ndi phindu lenileni komanso lokhalitsa. Palibe china chimene chingakusangalatseni.
Kuwala kwa mbadwo wanu
Aliyense amene akutenga mtanda wawo ndi kunena kuti Ayi ku uchimo m'miyoyo yawo ayenera kuyambadi kulankhula za uthenga wabwino umenewu kuti maso a anthu atsegulidwe ku zopanda pake zonse zopanda pake ndi zoipa zomwe zimalalikidwa za choonadi chaumulungu. Khalani kuunika kwa mbadwo wanu mwa kuvumbula kupusa kumeneku. Yesu analimbana ndi moyo Wake wonse motsutsana ndi awo amene anasonyeza anthu chithunzi chopotoka kotheratu cha chowonadi cha Mulungu mwa njira imene iwo anakhalira.
Gwiritsani ntchito nthawi. Tsimikizirani anthu mmodzi ndi mmodzi. Si malo a munthu amene amamupangitsa kukhala wamtengo wapatali, koma m'malo mwake luso lake lothandiza ena kukhala chinachake kwa Mulungu ndi Mpingo. Izi ndi zoyenera kulimbana nazo chifukwa chipulumutso cha enawo chidzakhala korona wathu ndi mphoto kumwamba.
Moyo ndi kuunika kwa anthu. Palibe amene ali ndi kuwala kwambiri kuposa moyo umene wakhala nawo - ngakhale ali ndi malingaliro ambiri abwino. Sukulu ya Baibulo singapatse ophunzira kuunika. M'malo mwake, akupeza chidziwitso chambiri chomwe chingawapangitse kukhala odzikuza mosavuta. Yesu anaphunzitsa ophunzira Ake usana ndi usiku m'sukulu ya moyo. Imeneyi inali sukulu yoyenera yophunzitsa Baibulo.
Koma chofunika tsopano kuposa ndi kale lonse, ndicho anthu amene amakhala ndi moyo m'Mawu a Mulungu!