"Iye amene agonjetsa, ndidzam'panga iye mzati m'kachisi wa Mulungu Wanga, ndipo sadzatulukamo; ndipo ndidzalemba pa iye dzina la Mulungu Wanga, ndi dzina la mzinda wa Mulungu Wanga, Yerusalemu watsopano, wotsika kuchokera kumwamba kuchokera kwa Mulungu Wanga, ndi dzina Langa latsopano." Chivumbulutso 3:12.
Yesu angatisinthe kwathunthu kuti tikhale "chilengedwe chatsopano"; chinachake chodalitsika chomwe chimakhala kosatha. Kuchokera kukhala munthu wofooka, amene mosavuta kukayikira ndi osakhazikika mu zonse zimene timachita, Iye akhoza kutisintha ife kukhala olimba ndi osagwedezeka, Iye akhoza kutipanga ife mu mizati mu kachisi Wake amene tidzakhala kwamuyaya.
Zinthu zonse zakhala zatsopano
Yesu salemba dzina Lake latsopano pa chinthu chakale. "Moyo wakale wapita; moyo watsopano wayamba!" 2 Akorinto 5:17. Kubadwa kwatsopano ayenera kuchitika. Zotsatira za izi ndi "chilengedwe chatsopano" chokhala ndi mtima watsopano ndi mzimu watsopano. Khristu samaika vinyo watsopano mu zikopa zakale za vinyo. (Luka 5:37.)
Chinatayitsa Yesu mwazi Wake wamtengo wapatali, ndipo Iye anafunikira kumenya nkhondo kuti atipulumutse ku njira yakale ndi yoipa ya moyo imene tinatengera kwa makolo athu. Choncho n'zochititsa manyazi kwambiri kupitiriza m'njira zakale komanso nthawi yomweyo kuvomereza dzina la Yesu. Kupyolera mwa Mzimu watsopano, womwe ndi Mzimu Woyera, tili ndi mphamvu yosintha maganizo athu akale ndi njira yakale yochitira zinthu. Tikhoza kupeza maganizo atsopano a maganizo, ndi kukhala munthu watsopano wolengedwa mogwirizana ndi Mulungu; tikhoza kukhala munthu amene alidi wolungama ndi woyera, munthu amene nthawi zonse amakonzedwanso m'maganizo ndi maganizo awo. (1 Petro 1:18; Aroma 6:6; Aefeso 4:22; Aefeso 4:23-24.)
"Ndidzakuwonetsani zinsinsi zomwe simunadziwepo. Lero ndikuchita chinthu chatsopano, chinthu chimene simungathe kunena kuti mwamvapo kale." Yesaya 48:6-7.
Palibe chimene tinadziŵa kapena chimene tingachite kale chimene chiri chogwiritsira ntchito. Mzimu wa Choonadi udzatiululira zinthu zatsopano.
Lamulo latsopano = chilengedwe chatsopano
"Lamulo latsopano ndikupatsani inu, kuti mukondane wina ndi mnzake; monga ndakonda inu, kuti inunso mukondane wina ndi mnzake." Yohane 13:34. Umu ndi mmene Yesu akufunira kuti tizikondana.
"Mwanjira imeneyi lamulo lofooka komanso lopanda pake linayikidwa pambali, chifukwa Chilamulo sichingapangitse chilichonse kukhala changwiro. Pa nthawi imodzimodziyo, timapatsidwa chiyembekezo chabwino kwambiri, ndipo chingatibweretsere pafupi ndi Mulungu." Ahebri 7:18-19.
Mulungu atamandidwe chifukwa cha malamulo atsopano olembedwa mumtima mwathu watsopano. Amapanga moyo ndipo amachititsa moyo watsopano kotheratu m'mawu ndi m'zochita. Moyo umenewu umavomerezedwa ngakhale ndi Mulungu kuti Iye athe kulemba dzina Lake pa izo, monga momwe Iye anachitira ndi mzinda, Yerusalemu Watsopano, ndi dzina latsopano la Yesu. Ndiye tikudziwa kuti ndi moyo umene ungaime mayeso; ndi ntchito ya Mulungu. (Aefeso 2:10.)
Tiyenera kudzipereka m'moyo wathu wa tsiku ndi tsiku kuti tibwere ku moyo watsopanowu m'chikhulupiriro chamoyo. Kukonda adani athu kuchokera mumtima ndi kuvutika ndi chosalungama ndi chimwemwe ndi chiyamikiro ndi mbali ya chilengedwe chatsopano. Zimene sizingatheke ndi munthu n'zotheka ndi Mulungu. Mulungu sadzatisiya kapena kuiwala za ife m'mayesero a moyo ngati moyo wathu wakhala mzati m'kachisi wa Mulungu. Ngati tikukhala ngati mmene Yesu anatiphunzitsira, chilengedwe chathu chimakhala chofanana kwambiri ndi chikhalidwe cha Yesu, chimakhala chaumulungu kwambiri, chomwe ndi moyo wa "chipangano chatsopano". (2 Petro 1:4.)
Mtundu watsopano wa anthu
Yesu anabwera padziko lapansi kotero kuti ifenso tikhoza kubwera ku moyo watsopanowu; kokha kusakhulupirira kwathu ndi kusamvera kwathu kumatiletsa kuupeza. Timasonyeza zatsopano kapena zakale, mkhalidwe watsopano wa maganizo kapena wakale. Dziko lonse lapansi ladzala ndi mtundu "wakale" wa anthu. Iwo amadandaula, amafunafuna ukulu wa padziko lapansi, ndipo amakonda zinthu za dziko lino.
Mtundu watsopano wa anthu ndi waulemerero ndi wamtengo wapatali pamaso pa Mulungu. Iwo ndi odzichepetsa mtima; iwo ndi okhulupirika ndi oona ndipo ali ndi maganizo otumikira, kudzimana, ndi kupereka. Pamenepo moyo udzakhala waulemerero. Umenewu ndi moyo watsopano umene tili ndi chikumbumtima choyera kotheratu. (Ahebri 9:9.)
"Ndikupanga chinachake chatsopano. Icho apo! Kodi mukuona?" Yesaya 43:19. Inde, Mulungu atamandidwe. Tingakumanedi ndi zochitika kuti tikukhala chilengedwe chatsopano ndi kuti nyimbo yatsopano yaperekedwa kwa ife, nyimbo yotamanda Mulungu. Moyo watsopano ndi nyimbo yatsopano zili pamodzi. (Salmo 40:3; Aefeso 5:19; Chivumbulutso 14:3.)