"Mwasiya chikondi chanu choyamba"
Yesu, kudzera mwa mtumwi Yohane, analemba kalata yopita kwa mtsogoleri wa tchalitchi ku Efeso. Iye anamuuza kuti:
"Ndikudziwa zimene umachita, mmene umagwirira ntchito mwakhama ndipo sumagonja. Ndikudziwa kuti simupirira ziphunzitso zonyenga za anthu oipa. Mwayesa amene amati ndi atumwi koma kwenikweni sali, ndipo mwapeza kuti ndi abodza. Muli ndi kuleza mtima ndipo mwavutika ndi mavuto chifukwa cha dzina langa ndipo simunagonje. Koma ine ndili ndi izi motsutsana nanu: Mwasiya chikondi chimene munali nacho pachiyambi." Chivumbulutso 2:2-4.
Ngakhale kuti anali ndi ntchito zambiri zabwino, sizinali zokwanira, chifukwa anali atasiya chikondi chimene anali nacho pachiyambi, "chikondi chake choyamba", monga momwe zalembedwera m'mabaibulo ena - chikondi chimenecho kwa Yesu chomwe chinabadwa mumtima mwake pamene anayamba kukhulupirira.
Kodi "chikondi choyamba" n'chiyani?"
Chikondi choyamba chimatanthauza chikondi chomwe chimabwera pamaso pa ena onse: chikondi chachikulu.
Waukulu kuposa chikondi chathu cha:
Ife eni
Banja lathu
Anzathu
Ngakhale pamene timakonda ndi kutumikira ndi kupereka nthaŵi yathu kaamba ka ena, chikondi chathu pa Yesu ziyenera kubwera patsogolo pa chirichonse cha zimenezo, kotero kuti tikonde banja lathu ndi mabwenzi ndi chikondi chaumulungu, osati chaumunthu. N'chifukwa chake Yesu anati:
"Ngati wina abwera kwa Ine ndipo sadana ndi bambo ake ndi mayi ake, mkazi wake ndi ana, abale ndi alongo, inde, ndi moyo wake komanso, sangakhale wophunzira Wanga." —Luka 14:26.
Kukonda Yesu ndiko kusunga malamulo Ake. (Yohane 14:15.) Choncho ngati chilichonse, zokhumba zathu, kapena ubale wathu ndi ena, zingatiyese kuti tiphwanye malamulo Ake alionse - ngati tili ndi chikondi choyamba, tidzaika Yesu patsogolo pa zonse ndikusankha kuchita chifuniro Chake. N'chifukwa chake Yesu amagwiritsa ntchito mawu amphamvu ngati chidani. Ndi chidani pa chilichonse chimene chingatichititse kuchimwira Iye.
Tikakhala ndi chikondi choyamba chimenechi, ndiye kuti timachita zonse chifukwa cha Yesu. Sitichita zabwino ndi kusankha zinthu zoyenera kokha chifukwa chakuti timaganiza kuti tiyenera kutero, ndipo ifenso sitichita zimenezo kuti tipeze ulemu kwa ife eni. Timachita zimenezi pa chifukwa chimodzi chokha, ndipo zimenezo ndi za Yesu.
Werenganinso kuti: Kodi Khristu ndiye wolamulira wa mtima wanu?
Chikondi choyamba: Kuchita zinthu pazifukwa zoyenera
Tingakhale achangu ndi achangu mosavuta kuchita ntchito zabwino, makamaka pamene zili ndi zochita ndi zinthu zimene ena angaone, pazifukwa zolakwika. Tiyenera kudziweruza tokha mosalekeza ndi kuchotsa chikhumbo chilichonse chofuna kudzilemekeza tokha, chikhumbo chilichonse chofuna kukhala ndi dzina labwino pamaso pa anthu. Pamenepo tingakhalebe m'chikondi chathu choyamba pa Yesu, ndipo zonse zimene timachita zidzachitidwa m'chikondi. (1 Akorinto 16:14.)
Tingachite zinthu mosavuta mogwirizana ndi zimene anzathu ndi achibale athu amanena ndi kuganiza. Timada nkhaŵa ndi zimene angaganize ngati tichita zimenezi kapena zimenezo, kapena malingaliro athu aumunthu ndi malingaliro athu amatiletsa kuchita malamulo a Kristu. Kukhalabe m'chikondi choyamba kumatanthauza kuti zochita zathu zimangozikidwa pa Mawu a Mulungu, ndipo palibe china.
Chikondi choyamba kwa Khristu chimatipangitsa kufuna kukhala ngati Iye, kotero kuti tiphunzire kuchita ndi kuchitapo kanthu monga momwe Iye angachitire. (Aroma 8:29.) Ndiye timapeza chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, kukoma mtima, ubwino, kukhulupirika, kufatsa, kudziletsa. (Agalatiya 5:22-23.) Pamenepo zochita zathu ndizo dalitso ndi chitsanzo, ndipo tingakhale ndi chikondi chaumulungu kwa anthu. Pamene tilingalira za Yesu choyamba, ndiye kuti tili ndi maunansi abwino chifukwa chakuti zonse zimene timachita n'zopanda uchimo ndi dyera. Choyamba tiyenera kulingalira za unansi wathu ndi Atate ndi Mwana, ndiyeno maunansi athu padziko lapansi.
Werenganinso: Kodi mukudziwa kuti moyo wa Yesu ukhoza kukhala moyo wanu?
Kalata yochokera kwa Yesu
Kodi Yesu akanati chiyani ngati Iye analemba kalata kwa inu? Kodi Iye akakhoza kutamanda chikondi chanu pa Iye kapena kodi inu, mofanana ndi mtsogoleri wa tchalitchi cha Efeso, mukafunikira kuuzidwa kuti "... kumbukirani chifukwa chake kuchokera kumene mwagwa; kulapa ndi kuchita ntchito zoyamba"? (Chivumbulutso 2:5.) Kukhala ndi chikondi choyamba chimenechi ndi kukhala ndi chidwi chochita zinthu zonse chifukwa cha Iye pamene tiyamba kupereka mtima wathu kwa Yesu n'kwakukulu. Koma kukhalabe m'chikondi chimenecho m'mikhalidwe yonse ya moyo, m'moyo wathu wonse, popanda kuleka ndipo popanda kufunafuna phindu lathu, zimenezo zimatsogolera ku moyo wosatha.
"Koma inu, okondedwa, dzilimbikitseni m'chikhulupiriro chanu choyera koposa. Pempherani mwa Mzimu Woyera. Khalani m'chikondi cha Mulungu pamene mukuyembekezera chifundo cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, chimene chimatsogolera ku moyo wosatha." Yuda 20-21.