"Ganizirani mmene Atate amatikondera. Iye amatikonda kwambiri moti amatilola kutchedwa ana ake, monga momwe ife tirilidi. Koma popeza anthu a m'dzikoli sankadziwa kuti Khristu ndi ndani, sadziwa kuti ndife ndani." 1 Yohane 3:1 (CEV).
M'pangano lakale anthu sanatchedwe ana a Mulungu. Panthaŵiyo ankatchedwa anthu apadera a Mulungu. (Deuteronomo 26:18; Deuteronomo 29:13.) Iwo sanadziŵe kalikonse ponena za kubadwanso. Pamene Yesu analankhula ndi Nikodemo ponena za kubadwanso, chinali chinthu chachilendo kwa iye, ngakhale kuti anali mphunzitsi mu Israyeli. (Yohane 3:1-10.)
Kodi ana a Mulungu ndani?
Ana a Mulungu amabadwanso ndi Mawu a Mulungu monga momwe zalembedwera pa 1 Petro 1:23. "Anasankha kutibereka kudzera m'mawu a choonadi, kuti tikhale mtundu wa zipatso zoyambirira za zonse zimene analenga." Yakobo 1:18 (NIV).
Taganizirani za moyo umene tafikapo pa kubadwa kwatsopano kumeneku: "Palibe munthu wobadwa mwa Mulungu amene adzapitiriza kuchimwa, chifukwa mbewu ya Mulungu idzakhalabe mwa iwo; sangapitirize kuchimwa, chifukwa anabadwa mwa Mulungu." 1 Yohane 3:9 (NIV).
Mawu a Mulungu ndiwo mbewu, ndipo mwa iyo ndimabadwanso. Izi zimachitika pamene ndisiya chifuniro changa ndi malingaliro anga aumunthu, ndikukhulupirira Mawu. Pamenepo malingaliro anga adzakhala ogwirizana ndi zimene zalembedwa m'Baibulo. (Ahebri 4:2.) Iyi ndi kubadwa kwatsopano. Pamenepo sindingapitirize kuchimwa chifukwa chakuti Mawu a Mulungu amakhalabe mwa ine.
Uchimo ukuchita zimene ndikudziwa kuti n'zolakwika, monga momwe zalembedwera pa 1 Yohane 3:4. Munthu amene wabadwa mwa Mulungu sangachite zimenezo, popeza mtumwi Yohane analemba m'vesi 8 kuti munthu amene amakhala m'uchimo—kuchita zimene akudziwa kuti n' zolakwika—ndi wa mdyerekezi.
"Ganizirani mmene Atate amatikondera. Amatikonda kwambiri moti amatilola kutchedwa ana ake, monga momwe tililidi!" 1 Yohane 3:1 (CEV). Taganizirani mmene Iye anatikondera! Tsogolo lathu linali imfa ndi imfa yosatha. Tikanakhala ndi moyo kumene tinangochimwa mobwerezabwereza ndi kuda nkhawa ndi chilichonse. Koma mwa kubadwa kwatsopano, takhala ana a Mulungu ndi oloŵa nyumba pamodzi ndi Yesu. (Aroma 8:17.) Yesu akufuna kuti tikhale pamodzi ndi Iye mu ulemerero wosatha.
"Tikudziwa kuti pa chilichonse Mulungu amagwira ntchito kuti anthu amene amamukonda akhale abwino. Iwo ndi anthu amene anawatcha, chifukwa chimenecho chinali cholinga chake. Mulungu ankawadziwa asanapange dziko lapansi, ndipo anaganiza kuti akhale ngati Mwana wake kuti Yesu akhale woyamba kubadwa wa abale ambiri." Aroma 8:28-29 (NCV).
Tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yathu padziko lapansi kuti tisinthe n'cholinga choti tikhale ngati Yesu. Zinthu zonse zikugwira ntchito limodzi kuti tizisangalala. Ana a Mulungu akulimbana ndi nkhondo yabwino ya chikhulupiriro (1 Timoteo 6:12), ndipo ali odzaza ndi chimwemwe chifukwa angayembekezere ulemerero wosatha (2 Timoteo 2:10), wopanda nkhawa, wopanda kukhala mu uchimo ndi wopanda mantha a imfa.
Tiyenera kuitana, monga momwe Yohane anachitira, "Ganizirani mmene Atate amatikondera!" Umenewu ndi uthenga umene Mulungu watipatsa kuti tizilalikira kwa anthu.
"Koma ngati ndife ana, ifenso ndife olowa nyumba. Ndife oloŵa nyumba a Mulungu ndi oloŵa nyumba anzake a Khristu, ngati tikuvutikadi naye kuti nafenso tilemekezedwe naye." Aroma 8:17 (CEB).