Kodi chipatso cha Mzimu nchiyani?
Zina mwa zipatso za Mzimu zikufotokozedwa pa Agalatiya 5:22-23 (ESV). "Koma chipatso cha Mzimu ndi chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, kukoma mtima, ubwino, kukhulupirika, kufatsa, kudziletsa."
Chipatso cha Mzimu ndi chosiyana ndi uchimo ndi kudzikonda. Chipatso cha Mzimu ndi chofanana ndi moyo wa Khristu; ndi chikhalidwe chaumulungu. Ndi moyo watsopano komanso wotsitsimula umene umakhala mbali ya chikhalidwe changa pamene ndikumvera Mzimu wa Mulungu ndipo ndimanena kuti Ayi ku uchimo pamene ndikuyesedwa, ndipo mwanjira imeneyo kufa ku tchimo limene ndikuyesedwa. Chipatso cha Mzimu ndi chifukwa cha kuyenda mu Mzimu. (Agalatiya 5:16-26.)
Kodi timapeza bwanji chipatso cha Mzimu?
"Ndithu, indetu, ndinena kwa inu, ngati mbewu ya tirigu igwera m'dziko lapansi ndi kufa, ikhala yokha; koma ikafa, imabala zipatso zambiri." Yohane 12:24 (ESV).
Kuti tirigu kapena chipatso chimenechi chikule, chinachake ayenera kufa. Koma akamwalira, pamabwera moyo watsopano - timapeza pang'ono zipatso za Mzimu. Timafa ku uchimo ngati sitipereka pamene tikuyesedwa kuchokera ku chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu chochimwa, mwa kumvera Mzimu - mwa kuyenda mu Mzimu. Ndipo tikafa kwambiri ku uchimo, timapeza zipatso zambiri za Mzimu.
Mwachitsanzo, ubwino ndi chimodzi mwa zipatso za Mzimu. Tikufuna kusonyeza ubwino kwa banja lathu, anthu a kuntchito, ndi amene timakumana nawo m'njira yathu. Koma ndiye chinachake sichikuyenda momwe ndinkaganizira, kapena wina akunena chinachake m'njira yomwe sindimakonda, ndipo ndimamva zosiyana ndi ubwino mwa ine ndekha. Chinachake chonyansa chimafuna kutuluka. Izi zimachokera ku chikhalidwe changa chaumunthu chochimwa, ndipo ichi ndi chimene chikufunikira kufa kuti chipatso chamtengo wapatali cha ubwino chikule!
"Chifukwa chake, muphe chimene chiri cha mkhalidwe wanu wa padziko lapansi: chisembwere, chidetso, chilakolako, chilakolako choipa, ndi umbombo, umene uli kulambira mafano... Chifukwa chake, monga osankhidwa a Mulungu, oyera ndi okondedwa kwambiri, valani chifundo, kukoma mtima, kudzichepetsa, kufatsa, ndi kuleza mtima, kuchitirana ndi kukhululukirana ..." Akolose 3:5,12-13 (CSB).
Kupeza chipatso cha Mzimu: ndondomeko ya moyo wonse
Iyi ndi ndondomeko yomwe ikupitirizabe m'moyo wathu wonse: chinachake cha ine ndekha nthawi zonse chimafunika kufa kuti chipange malo a chikhalidwe chaumulungu. Pamene ine "kufa" kwambiri, kwambiri ine ndikhoza kulandira maganizo abwino moona, mawu ndi zochita, ndi kukhala wolungama kwambiri ndi woyera. (2 Petro 1:3-9.)
N'chimodzimodzinso ndi chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima ndi zipatso zina zonse za Mzimu. Iyi ndi ntchito ya moyo wonse. Nthaŵi zonse pali chibadwa chaumulungu chochuluka chogwirira ntchito. Tiyenera nthawi zonse kukhala ndi chilakolako ichi ndi chikhumbo choyaka m'mitima yathu, "Ndikufunika kupeza zipatso zambiri za Mzimu, ndikufunika kuyeretsedwa kwambiri ku uchimo, ndikufunika kudzazidwa ndi chikhalidwe chaumulungu!"
"Koma tsopano mutamasulidwa ku uchimo, ndi kukhala akapolo a Mulungu, muli nawo chipatso chanu ku chiyero, ndi mapeto, moyo wosatha." Aroma 6:22.