Palibe chachikulu kuposa kuitana kwathu monga Akristu – chomwe ndi kugawana nawo chikhalidwe chaumulungu! Mulungu watipatsa lonjezo lakuti tikhoza kukhala ndi phande m'chibadwa Chake. Timaitanidwa kuti titsatire Khristu m'njira iliyonse ndipo ngati tili okhulupirika pochita zimenezo, Iye amatilonjeza mphoto yolemera ndi yosatha. Mulungu watipatsanso zonse zomwe tikufunikira kuti tibwere ku moyo woterewu komwe timagawana nawo chikhalidwe chaumulungu - moyo woyenera kusiya zonse.
"Mwa mphamvu yake yaumulungu, Mulungu watipatsa zonse zomwe tikufunikira kuti tikhale ndi moyo waumulungu ... watipatsa malonjezo aakulu ndi amtengo wapatali. Awa ndi malonjezo amene amakuthandizani kugawana chikhalidwe chake chaumulungu [chaumulungu] ndi kuthawa ziphuphu za dziko zochititsidwa ndi zilakolako za anthu." 2 Petro 1:3-4 (NLT).
Akhungu ku choonadi
Tikadziwa kuti kuitana kumeneku n'kwakukulu bwanji, tidzafuna kuti okondedwa athu nawonso apite panjira imeneyi kupita ku ulemerero wosatha, kuti nawonso apulumutsidwe ku "chinyengo cha dziko chochititsidwa ndi zilakolako za anthu". N'zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri tikaona mmene Satana wawachititsa khungu ku choonadi, mmene wawanyengera kuti asaone kufunika kwawo kwa Mulungu, ndipo sakuona kuti ngati apitiriza kutsatira zilakolako ndi zilakolako zawo zauchimo, zidzawawonongadi.
Satana amanama, amapusitsa, amachititsa kuti uchimo uoneke ngati wochepa kwambiri kusiyana ndi mmene zilili kuti anthu asaone mavuto amene angawononge. Iye ndi wanzeru kwambiri. Amapangitsa uchimo kuoneka wokongola ndi wosalakwa. "Chabe iyi nthawi imodzi ... Sizofunika kwambiri ... Tangolingalirani mmene zidzamvera bwino! ... Sizidzapweteka aliyense!"
Kodi tingawapangitse bwanji kumvetsetsa kuti tchimo ndi lalikulu kwambiri, kwambiri - kuti kunama pang'ono, kukayikira, kulankhula zoipa za ena, ndi zina zotero - zinthu zonsezi zomwe zimawoneka ngati zopanda vuto - kwenikweni zikuwononga mizimu yathu kwamuyaya? Kumbi tingaŵawovya wuli kuti awoni ivi? Nthaŵi zambiri, kuyesa kulankhula nawo kumangoyambitsa mikangano ndi maunansi oipa. Anthu ayenera kuona phindu la kusankha kukhala Mkristu. Kulalikira kwa iwo popanda kukhala ndi moyo wa Mkristu wokhulupirika nokha, kuli kopanda pake.
Kuwala kwanu kuŵalitse kwambiri
"Mulungu amadalitsa anthu amene amapirira moleza mtima kuyesedwa ndi mayesero. Pambuyo pake adzalandira korona wa moyo umene Mulungu walonjeza kwa anthu amene amamukonda." Yakobo 1:12 (NLT).
Ngati tikufuna kulandira korona wa moyo umenewu, ndikuwonetsa anzathu ndi achibale athu chifukwa chake ayeneranso kusankha moyo uno, tiyenera kugwira ntchito, kumenyana, kupemphera, ndi kukhala 100% omvera pamene Mulungu akutisonyeza kumene tiyenera kudzichotsera tchimo lomwe tikuyesedwa. "Choncho pamenepo, dzichotseni zoipa zonse, bodza lonse, chinyengo, nsanje, ndi mawu oipa." 1 Petro 2:1 (NCV). Umu ndi mmene tiyenera kuzitenga mwamphamvu.
Pamene kwakhala kofunika kwambiri kwa ife kugonjetsa Satana ndi uchimo, pamenepo miyoyo yathu idzasintha. Ena adzaona kuti pamene tinali kuchita zinthu mosaleza mtima, tsopano ndife oleza mtima. Kumene tinkangoganizira za ife eni, tsopano timangoganiza zopangitsa zinthu kukhala zabwino kwa ena. Kumene tinali kulankhula zoipa ponena za ena, tsopano pali ubwino ndi kukoma mtima kokha. Akaona zimenezi, adzadziwa kuti chinachake chikuchitika m'moyo wathu. Adzaona zotsatira za moyo wokhulupirika.
Ndi moyo umene timakhala nawo umene udzalankhula nawo kwambiri. Ndizo zomwe zidzawapangitsa kuti awone kuti moyo womwe akukhala suli wokwanira - kuti moyo watsopanowu ndi moyo womwe umakhutiritsadi.
"Momwemo kuunika kwanu kuyenera kuwala pamaso pa anthu, kuti aone zinthu zabwino zimene mumachita ndi kutamanda Atate wanu kumwamba." —Mateyu 5:16 (GNT).
"Mmishonale" wopambana
Pamene tidzichotsera uchimo ndi kukana mdyerekezi, timayandikira kwa Mulungu. (Yakobo 4:7-8.) Tikakhala ndi mgwirizano umenewu ndi Iye, Iye akhoza kutipatsa mawu oyenera kulankhula komanso kutisonyeza nthawi yoyenera kulankhula. Koma zimenezi sizingatheke popanda kukhala ndi moyo kumbuyo kwa mawu athu. Ngati sitikukhala moyo uno, sitingakhale "mmishonale".
Ndipo tingapempherere mabwenzi athu ndi okondedwa athu! Pempherani kuti Mulungu atsegule maso awo kuti aone kusoŵa kwawo! Zalembedwa chifukwa chakuti "pemphero lochokera pansi pa mtima la munthu wolungama lili ndi mphamvu yaikulu ndipo limatulutsa zotsatira zodabwitsa." Yakobo 5:16 (NLT).