"Ndikuganiza kuti zonse ndi kutaya kwathunthu chifukwa cha zomwe zili zamtengo wapatali kwambiri, chidziwitso cha Khristu Yesu Ambuye wanga. Chifukwa cha iye ndataya zonse; Ndimaona kuti zonsezi ndi zinyalala chabe, kuti ndipeze Khristu ..." Afilipi 3:8.
Kudziwa Khristu Yesu kumasintha zonse
"Anthu anga awonongedwa chifukwa alibe chidziwitso cha ine ..." Hoseya 4:6. Chidziŵitso cha Mulungu ndicho kuunika kwa Mulungu. Mzimu unavumbula kwa Paulo chidziŵitso chamtengo wapatali chimenechi cha Kristu Yesu chimene chiri chachikulu kwambiri kuposa chidziŵitso china chonse. Chilichonse chimene anaphunzira kale kapena kuganiza kuti ndi chachikulu m'dzikoli tsopano chinakhala ngati zinyalala ndi kutaya kwa iye.
Chidziŵitso chenicheni cha Yesu Kristu chimasinthiratu miyoyo ya anthu. Zimawachititsa kusiya kotheratu kukonda dziko ndi zinthu zimene zili m'dziko.
Paulo anapempheranso ndi mtima wonse kuti Aefeso alandire chidziŵitso chachikulu m'mitima yawo, ndi kuti nawonso alandire mzimu wa nzeru ndi vumbulutso kotero kuti akadziŵe bwino Mulungu. (Aefeso 1:17-18.)
Chidziŵitso chakuti Yesu anafa pa Kalvari monga malipiro a machimo a dziko chiri chodziŵika bwino. Koma njira imene Yesu anapita, kuyambira nthawi Iye anaphunzira kusiyanitsa pakati pa zabwino ndi zoipa ali mwana (Yesaya 7:17) mpaka Iye anafuula, "Zatha!" pa mtanda, ndi zochepa kudziwika, ndipo chidziwitso ichi pafupifupi konse kulalikidwa.
Njira imene Yesu anapita
Pamene Yesu anali padziko lapansi, Iye anali ndi thupi, chikhalidwe chaumunthu chochimwa, monga anthu ena onse. (Ahebri 2:14.) Anthu amayesedwa ndi zilakolako zauchimo ndi zokhumba zomwe zimakhala mu chikhalidwe chawo chaumunthu (Yakobo 1:14), ndipo Yesu anayesedwa mofananamo, koma Iye sanagonje ku uchimo. (Ahebri 2:15.) "Ndipo tsopano akhoza kuthandiza anthu amene akuyesedwa, chifukwa iye mwini anayesedwa ndi kuvutika." Ahebri 2:18.
Mu Ahebri 10:20 limanena kuti Yesu anatsegula njira yatsopano kwa ife, mwa thupi Lake. Izi zikutanthauza kuti tikhozanso kupitilira motere. M'pangano lakale kunali kosatheka kwa munthu kugonja ku uchimo ndi kusunga chikumbumtima choyera mwangwiro. (Ahebri 9:9-10.) Zimenezi zingakhale zosatheka lerolino ngati uchimo m'mkhalidwe waumunthu wochimwa wa anthu, umene chilamulo chinali chopanda mphamvu, sunaweruzidwe ku imfa mwa Yesu. (Aroma 8:3.)
Koma Mulungu atamandidwe kuti tchimo la umunthu wathu wauchimo tsopano lingatsutsidwenso, mwa kukhulupirira zimene zinachitika mwa Kristu. Tikayesedwa kuchokera ku chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu chochimwa, ndipo tikupitiriza kunena kuti Ayi ku tchimo lomwe tikuyesedwa kudzera mu mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera, mpaka "kufa", amatchedwa "kufa kwa Yesu", chifukwa Iye anali Woyamba amene anapita motere.
Moyo wa Yesu tsopano ukhoza kuwonedwa mwa ife mpaka pamlingo womwewo umene timakhala nawo mu "kufa kwa Yesu" kumeneku pa moyo wathu. Umu ndi momwe timagawana zambiri za chikhalidwe cha Yesu ndipo timasinthidwa kuti tikhale ngati Yesu, kuchokera ku ulemerero kupita ku ulemerero. (2 Akorinto 4:10; 2 Akorinto 3:18; 2 Petro 1:4.)
Mu mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera Yesu nthawi zonse akanatha kunena kuti, "Chifuniro chanu chiyenera kuchitidwa, osati changa." Luka 22:42. Tikhozanso kunena zomwezo mu mphamvu ya Mzimu womwewo; motero, timati Ayi kwa ife tokha tsiku ndi tsiku, kutenga mtanda wathu, ndi kutsatira mapazi Ake, ndipo pamapeto pake, timafika kumene Iye ali mu ulemerero Wake. (Luka 9:23.)
Werengani zambiri: N'chifukwa chiyani uthenga wabwino wa Yesu ungafotokozedwe bwino kuti ndi "njira"?
Werengani zambiri: Kodi Khristu wabwera m'thupi?
Zosatheka tsopano n'zotheka
Zimene zinali zosatheka m'pangano lakale tsopano zatheka. Tsopano nthawi zonse tikhoza kukhala ndi chikumbumtima chabwino. Tsopano tikhoza kulandira Mzimu womwewo umene Yesu anali nawo pa nthawi Yake pano padziko lapansi pamene Iye anagonjetsa mu chiyeso chilichonse. Ngati ife, mu Mzimu womwewu, kugonjetsedwa monga Iye anagonjetsa, tidzakhala pa mipando yachifumu pamodzi ndi Iye. (Chivumbulutso 3:21.)
Pamene maso a Paulo anatsegulidwa ku njira yodalitsika imeneyi yogonjetsera tchimo lonse limene limatsogolera ku mpando wachifumu wa Atate ndi wa Mwana, iye anathamangira panjira imeneyi ngati kuti mmodzi yekha apambane mphoto (1 Akorinto 9:24). Ndipo analimbikitsa aliyense kuthamanga ngati iye. Iye anachonderera aliyense usana ndi usiku kuti asiye zonse ndi kukhala ndi moyo woopa Mulungu, kusunga lamulo kwathunthu mpaka Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu adzabweranso. (1 Timoteyo 6:11-14.)
Kuunika kwenikweni ndi chidziŵitso choyenera cha Yesu Kristu tsopano zikuphwanya mdima wa kusakhulupirira m'masiku ano. Zidzakhala zosatheka kuletsa kuwala kumeneku kuwala. N'zoona kuti anthu amene amasangalala kukhala mu mdima wachipembedzo adzayesa kukankhira kuwala kumeneku kutali ponena kuti ndi chiphunzitso chonyenga komanso mzimu wovuta komanso woweruza. N'zoona kuti kuunika kumaweruza, ndipo n'kotsimikizirikanso kuti chidziŵitso chenicheni cha Kristu chidzatchedwa chiphunzitso chonyenga ndi onse ofuna kukhala mogwirizana ndi zilakolako zawo zauchimo zaumunthu.
Koma owongoka mtima amakhala achimwemwe kwambiri pamene kuunika kwenikweni kuyamba kuŵala m'mitima yawo.