"Popeza tili ndi mkulu wa ansembe wamkulu, Yesu Mwana wa Mulungu ..." Ahebri 4:14 (NCV).
Akristu ambiri lerolino amaganiza kuti Yesu, amene ali Mkulu wa Ansembe wathu, analibe thupi ndi mwazi, kapena m'mawu ena, chibadwa chaumunthu chonga ife. Iwo amaganiza zimenezi ngakhale kuti lemba la Aheberi 2:14 limanena kuti Yesu anali ndi chikhalidwe chofanana ndi cha anthu monga ife, ndipo lemba la Aheberi 4:15 limanena kuti Iye anayesedwa m'njira iliyonse imene tili.
Akristu oterowo amalalikira "mkulu wa ansembe" amene sanayesedwe m'njira iliyonse monga momwe ife tiriri, ndipo amene chifukwa chake sangathe kumvetsetsa zofooka zathu ndipo sangatithandize pamene tikuyesedwa. Ichi ndi chifukwa chake sangathe "kuyenda m'mapazi Ake" (1 Petro 2:21). Ngati sayenda m'mapazi Ake, nawonso sangathe kulankhula za "kugawana mavuto a Khristu kuti akhale ngati Iye mu imfa Yake" (Afilipi 3:10). Komanso sangathe "kunyamula kufa kwa Yesu m'thupi lawo" kuti moyo wa Yesu uonekenso m'miyoyo yawo (2 Akorinto 4:10-11).
Mkulu wa ansembe amene ali wosiyana ndi ife?
Amalalikira "mkulu wa ansembe" yemwe anali ndi mtundu wina wa chikhalidwe chopatulika (mwachitsanzo, chikhalidwe cha Adamu asanagwe), yemwe sanayesedwe monga momwe ife tirili (Yakobo 1:14). Iwo amalalikira "mkulu wa ansembe" amene anali Mulungu woona pamene Iye anayenda pa dziko lino lapansi monga munthu, amene sanali mu ndondomeko ya chitukuko pamene Iye anali padziko lapansi.
Amalalikira "mkulu wa ansembe" amene anamuika machimo awo pamene anapachikidwa pa Kalvari. Amatcha izi "ntchito ya Calvary". Iye anali womvera m'malo mwawo, ndipo anavutika ndi kufa m'malo mwawo. Iwo sayenera kuchita chilichonse kupatula kulandira chipulumutso monga mphatso; pamenepo amaphimbidwa ndi magazi ake kuti Mulungu asawaone monga momwe alili.
Ndithudi, ngati alalikira "mkulu wa ansembe" woteroyo, alibe chiyembekezo chogonjetsa monga momwe Yesu anagonjetsera (Chivumbulutso 3:21), ndipo chifukwa chake samalalikira. M'malo mwake, ambiri a iwo amanena kuti Yesu sanalalikire Ulaliki wa pa Phiri ndi cholinga choti tichite, koma m'malo mwake tikhoza kuona kuti sitingathe kuchita zimenezo, chifukwa chake tikufunikira chisomo, ndiko kuti, kukhululukidwa.
Ndi "mkulu wa ansembe" wotero, iwo sangathe kulalikira kuti tikhoza kukhala oyera kapena kuti tikhoza "kugawana nawo chikhalidwe chaumulungu" (Ahebri 12:14). Iwo alibe chidziwitso chokhudza Khristu chomwe talandira malonjezo oterowo, monga momwe zalembedwera pa 2 Petro 1:3-4.
Kapena Mkulu wa Ansembe amene ali ngati ife?
Koma pa Aheberi 4:15 mtumwiyo ananena kuti tilibe "mkulu wa ansembe" wotere. Chitamando chikhale kwa Mulungu ndi Mwana kaamba ka chimenecho! Tili ndi Mkulu wa Ansembe amene "monga munthu, anabadwa kuchokera ku banja la Davide. Koma mwa Mzimu wa chiyero Iye anaikidwa kukhala Mwana wa Mulungu ndi mphamvu yaikulu mwa kuuka kwa akufa." Aroma 1:3-4 (NCV).
Inde, umenewu ndiwo mtundu wa Mkulu wa Ansembe amene tili nawo. Monga munthu, Iye anali ndi chikhalidwe chaumunthu ngati chathu. "Popeza anawo, monga momwe amawaitanira, ndi anthu a thupi ndi magazi, Yesu mwiniyo anakhala ngati iwowo ndipo anagawana chikhalidwe chawo chaumunthu. Iye anachita zimenezi kuti mwa imfa yake awononge Mdyerekezi, amene ali ndi mphamvu pa imfa." Ahebri 2:14 (GNT). M'mawu ena, iyi ndi njira yokhayo Yomwe Iye angawonongere mphamvu ya satana.
"Ndipo tsopano akhoza kuthandiza anthu amene akuyesedwa, chifukwa iye mwini anayesedwa ndi kuvutika." Ahebri 2:18 (GNT). Iye sakanatha kuthandiza anthu amene akuyesedwa m'njira ina iliyonse. Tili ndi Mkulu wa Ansembe amene amamvetsetsa zofooka zathu, Amene "wayesedwa m'njira iliyonse, monga ife—komabe sanachimwe. Pamenepo tiyeni tifikire mpando wachifumu wa Mulungu wa chisomo ndi chidaliro, kuti tilandire chifundo ndi kupeza chisomo chotithandiza m'nthaŵi yathu ya kusoŵa." Ahebri 4:15-16 (NIV).
Chifukwa tili ndi Mkulu wa Ansembe wotere, timatha kupita ku mpando wachifumu wachisomo tikayesedwa – kumene timapeza chisomo ndi kuthandiza kuti tisachimwe. Amene ali ndi "mkulu wa ansembe" wina amabwera ku mpando wachifumu wachisomo kuti akhululukidwe, chifukwa akuchimwa. Koma ife kupempherera chisomo ndi thandizo kugonjetsa monga Iye anagonjetsa, kotero kuti tisachimwe pamene tikuyesedwa. Ndipo tikudziwa kuti Iye angatithandize, chifukwa Iye amamvetsetsa zofooka zathu. (1 Yohane 2:1-6; 1 Yohane 3:3.)
Tili ndi Mkulu wa Ansembe amene, pamene Iye anali pano padziko lapansi, anaphunzira kumvera ndi zinthu zimene Iye anavutika nazo. "... kuvutika kunapangitsa Yesu kukhala wangwiro, ndipo tsopano Iye akhoza kupulumutsa kosatha onse amene amamumvera." Ahebri 5:8-9 (CEV). Choncho, tsopano tikhozanso kuyenda mu masitepe a Iye "amene sanachimwe".
Kupyolera mu imfa yake iye akawononga Mdyerekezi, amene ali ndi mphamvu pa imfa. (Ahebri 2:14.) Tsopano tikhozanso mu "matupi athu apitirize kukhala ndi phande mu imfa ya Yesu kuti moyo wa Yesu uonekenso m'matupi athu." 2 Akorinto 4:10 (NLT). "Choncho tikanasiya kukhala ndi moyo chifukwa cha uchimo n'kuyamba kukhala ndi moyo wabwino." 1 Petro 2:24 (NCV).
Anthu ambiri achipembedzo amalalikira za "mkulu wa ansembe" amene anakwaniritsa lamulo kuti tisachite. Koma Mkulu wa Ansembe amene atumwi anawalalikira anakwaniritsa chilamulo kuti ifenso tikwaniritse chilamulo monga momwe Iye anachitira, monga momwe kwalembedwera pa Aroma 8:3-4,13HYPERLINK "https://biblia.com/bible/nkjv/Romans%208.13" (GNT), "...kuti zofuna zolungama za Chilamulo zikwaniritsidwe mokwanira mwa ife amene tikukhala monga mwa Mzimu, osati monga mwa chikhalidwe cha anthu."
Kupyolera mu imfa ya Yesu pa Kalvari, aliyense amene amakhulupirira ali ndi mtendere ndi Mulungu. Iyi ndi mphatso. Koma tsopano – kudzera mu ntchito yomwe Mulungu amachita mwa ife kudzera mwa Khristu – Amatipatsa zonse zomwe tikufunikira kuti tichite ntchito zabwino zomwe Iye wakonzekera kale kuti tichite. (Aefeso 2:8-10; Ahebri 13:20-21.)
Ndi Mkulu wa Ansembe ameneyu mukhoza kugonjetsa monga momwe Iye anagonjetsera.
Werenganinso Aheberi 2:11-18; Ahebri 4:14-16; Ahebri 6:18-20; Ahebri 5:5-10; Ahebri 10:5-10,19-22HYPERLINK "https://biblia.com/bible/nkjv/Hebrews%2010.19-22".