Mawu akuti "Mkhristu" samatanthauza "munthu amene amaganiza kwambiri za Khristu," kapena kuti "munthu amene amalandira madalitso a Khristu," ngakhalenso "amene amakhulupirira Khristu."
"Mkhristu" amatanthauza "wotsatira wa Khristu."
Yesu anakhala munthu ndipo anatisiyira chitsanzo
"Mulungu anakuitanani, pakuti Khristu mwiniyo anavutika chifukwa cha inu ndipo anakusiyani chitsanzo, kuti mutsatire mapazi ake. Iye [sanachite] tchimo, ndipo palibe amene anamvapo bodza lochokera m'milomo yake." 1 Petro 2:21-22 (GNB).
Kodi ife monga anthu tingatsatire motani Kristu, Mwana wa Mulungu? Chabwino, Yesu sakadakhala chitsanzo kwa anthu ngati Iye akanakhala kumwamba. Komanso Iye sakanakhoza kukhala chitsanzo ngati Iye anabwera padziko lapansi monga ena zamizimu kukhala ndi ufulu wapadera ndi ubwino. Yesu anasiya kukhala wofanana ndi Mulungu ndipo anakhala munthu ngati ife, m'njira iliyonse. (Afilipi 2:5-8.) Iye mpaka ankakonda kudzitcha Yekha "Mwana wa Munthu". Kuchokera kwa amayi Ake Mariya, Iye analandira chikhalidwe chaumunthu (kapena "thupi") ndi zofooka zake zonse, ndipo anayesedwa mu mfundo zonse monga momwe ife tiriri. Komabe, Iye sanachimwepo. Palibe nthawi imodzi!
Mu Ahebri 2:17-18 kwalembedwa, "Anayenera kukhala ngati abale ndi alongo ake m'njira iliyonse ... Ndipo tsopano Iye angathandize amene akuyesedwa, chifukwa Iye Mwini anayesedwa ndi kuvutika." M'mawu ena, Iye anachita zonsezi chifukwa cha anthu omwe ali ndi thupi ndi magazi omwewo monga momwe Iye anachitira, anthu omwe ali ndi chikhalidwe chomwecho chaumunthu, omwe akufuna kutsatira Yesu - Akristu.
Uchimo umalamulira anthu, ndipo palibe aliyense wa ife amene wachita chifuniro cha Mulungu monga momwe tiyenera kuchitira. Ngakhale "abwino kwambiri" a ife, ngati tili oona mtima kwa ife eni, tiyenera kuvomereza kuti ndife ochimwa. Taganizirani maganizo athu. Kodi nthaŵi zonse amakhala oyera ndi olemekezeka, achikondi ndi okhululuka monga momwe ayenera kuchitira? Kodi mawu athu onse ndi dalitso? Kodi zochita zathu zonse n'zopanda dyera? Kodi tikutsatiradi mapazi a Yesu?
Imfa ya mtanda
Mu Afilipi 2 limanena kuti pamene Iye anakhala munthu monga ife, Yesu anadzichepetsa Yekha, ndipo anakhala womvera mpaka imfa. Kudzichepetsa - zikutanthauza chiyani? Pakuti Yesu zinatanthauza kuti mu mkhalidwe uliwonse pamene Iye anayesedwa, Iye nthawizonse anati, "Ambuye, osati chifuniro Changa, koma chifuniro Chanu chichitike." Zimenezo zinatanthauza kuti Iye sanalole Iye mwini kuweruza ndi kupeza zinthu zolakwika ndi ena; Iye sanafooke, kulefulidwa, kusaleza mtima kapena tchimo lina lililonse limene Iye anayesedwa!
M'mawu ena, tchimo mu chikhalidwe cha Yesu mwiniyo, lomwe m'Baibulo limatchedwa "thupi", linayenera kufa. Ndicho chifukwa chake Iye anati, "Ngati aliyense wa inu akufuna kukhala otsatira Anga, muyenera kuiwala za inu nokha. Muyenera kutenga mtanda wanu tsiku lililonse ndi kunditsatira. Ngati mukufuna kupulumutsa moyo wanu, mudzauwononga. Koma ngati mupereka moyo wanu chifukwa cha Ine, mudzaupulumutsa." Luka 9:23-24. N'chifukwa chiyani Iye amakhazikitsa mkhalidwe umenewu kwa iwo amene akufuna kumutsatira? Iye akunena izo chifukwa ndi njira Iye anapita Yekha!
Pamene Yesu anali kumvera chifuniro cha Mulungu, chinali "kufikira imfa, ngakhale imfa ya mtanda." Afilipi 2:5-8. Umenewo unali "mtanda wa tsiku ndi tsiku" Umene analankhula pa Luka 9:23, nthawi yaitali Iye asanapachikidwe pa Calvary. Tchimo lonse lomwe linkakhala m'chikhalidwe chaumunthu cha Yesu linapachikidwa pa "mtanda wa tsiku ndi tsiku" umenewu, ndipo Akhristu onse oona amachita zomwezo – amapha tchimo mu chikhalidwe chawo chaumunthu pamene akumutsatira.
Tsatirani Khristu: "Tidzakhala ngati Iye"
Amene amatsatira mapazi a Yesu ndithudi adzatha kumene Iye ali. "Nthawi zonse timanyamula imfa ya Yesu mozungulira m'matupi athu kuti moyo wa Yesu uonekenso m'matupi athu." 2 Akorinto 4:10 (CEB). Kodi munayamba mwawerengapo izi, kwenikweni? Kodi mukuona zomwe zalembedwa pano? Moyo wa Yesu udzaoneka m' thupi lathu! Ngati "moyo wathu", tchimo mu chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu, limafa ndiye kuti chozizwitsa chosaneneka chidzachitika mwa ife. Ndipo chozizwitsa chimenecho nchakuti Mulungu adzalenga chinthu chatsopano kotheratu.
Ndicho chifukwa chake Yesu anatenga chiopsezo chachikulu chimenecho ndipo anakhala munthu ngati ife - kuti Iye atipatse njira yotsatira: njira yotulukira ku uchimo ndi imfa yosatha, mu chimwemwe ndi moyo, tsopano ndi ku umuyaya wonse. Ndipo osati kokha Iye anapanga njira, Iye anatitumiziranso Mzimu Wake Woyera kutsogolera, kutithandiza ndi kutilimbikitsa kuyenda pa njira imeneyi.
"Mabwenzi okondedwa, tsopano ndife ana a Mulungu, ndipo zomwe tidzakhala sizinadziwikebe. Koma ife tikudziwa kuti pamene Khristu adzaonekera, tidzakhala ngati Iye, pakuti tidzaona Iye monga iye ali. Onse amene ali ndi chiyembekezo chimenechi mwa Iye adziyeretse okha, monga Iye ali woyera." 1 Yohane 3:2-3 (NIV). Kudziyeretsa nokha ndiko kuchotsa zonse zomwe sizili zoyera. Ndipo kudziyeretsa nokha monga Iye ali woyera, kuti ndi Chikhristu choona.
Mwinamwake simunamvepo za Mtundu umenewu wa Chikristu, koma Mawu a Mulungu samanena za mtundu wina uliwonse. Tengani Baibulo lanu lero, ndipo m'malo mowerenga zimene Yesu anachita m'malo mwanu, werengani mmene mungatsatire mapazi a Yesu kuti mukhale ngati Iye! Dzifunseni kuti, "Kodi ndinedi Mkhristu, malinga ndi Baibulo?" Ngati umenewu ndi moyo umene mukufuna, musayembekezere – pempherani kuti Mulungu akupatseni Mzimu Wake, ndipo muyambe kutsatira mapazi a Yesu. Zotsatira zake zidzakhala zodabwitsa!