Yesu anatiphunzitsa zimene tiyenera kupempherera
Pamene ophunzirawo anapempha Yesu kuti awaphunzitse kupemphera, Choyamba Iye anawaphunzitsa chimene chinali chofunika koposa kupempherera.
Yesu anaphunzitsa ophunzira Ake kupemphera kuti dzina la Mulungu lilemekezedwe, kuti ufumu Wake udze, ndipo chifuniro Chake chichitike. (Mateyu 6:9-13; —Luka 11:1-4.) Pemphero loterolo limakondweretsa Mulungu. Amayankha mapemphero ngati amenewa. Koma timawerenga pa Yakobo 4:3 kuti n'zothekanso kupempherera "zinthu zolakwika" n'kungopempherera zifukwa zadyera.
Pempherani m'dzina la Atate
Tiyenera kupemphera m'dzina la Atate! Osati m'dzina lathu. Ndi za ufumu Wake! Chilungamo chake, mtendere ndi chimwemwe. Osati "ufumu" wathu. Ndi za chifuniro Chake, chomwe chiri chabwino, chosangalatsa ndi changwiro. (Aroma 12:2.) Osati za kudzisankhira kwathu, zomwe sizabwino, zosangalatsa kapena zangwiro. Pano tikuwona kulakalaka kwenikweni kwa wophunzira weniweni wa Yesu Kristu kukhala ndi moyo wokondweretsa Mulungu, ndi zifukwa za mapemphero awo.
Pamene tiŵerenga pemphero la Yesu mu Yohane 17, timaona zimene zinali pamtima Pake. Pano Iye akupempherera Iyemwini, atumwi Ake ndi okhulupirira onse m'mibadwo yonse. Iye akuti m'pemphero Lake kwa Atate Wake: "Ndaonetsa ulemerero wanu padziko lapansi; Ndamaliza ntchito imene munandipatsa kuti ndichite." Yohane 17:4 (GNT). Pano tikuwona pemphero lopanda zifukwa zadyera.
Pamene Paulo analemba za kulakalaka kwake kwakukulu ndi chiyembekezo chake, chinali chakuti "nthawi zonse, ndipo makamaka pakali pano, ndidzakhala wodzala ndi kulimba mtima, kuti ndi moyo wanga wonse ndibweretse ulemu kwa Khristu." Afilipi 1:20 (GNT).
Pa Yakobo 4:6 (NCV) tingawerenge za limodzi mwa malamulo akuluakulu a ufumu wa Mulungu kuti: "Mulungu amatsutsana ndi onyada, koma amapereka chisomo kwa odzichepetsa." Si bwino kupemphera motsutsana ndi malamulo a Mulungu. Mulungu sadzamva pemphero loterolo, ngati kuti linalembedwa pa Miyambo 28:9 (CEV): "Mulungu sangapirire mapemphero a aliyense wosamvera Chilamulo chake."
Thandizo pamene tikufunikira
Mu Ahebri 4:15-16 (GNT) timawerenga kuti Yesu anayesedwa m'njira iliyonse imene tikuyesedwa, ndipo chifukwa chake tikhoza kupita kwa Iye ndi chidaliro, chifukwa "kumeneko tidzalandira chifundo ndi kupeza chisomo chotithandiza pamene tikufunikira." Grace! Thandizo! Pamene tikufunikira! Kwa anthu amene ali ndi mtima wofuna kukhala ndi moyo wokondweretsa Mulungu, nthawi imene akufuna thandizo ndi pamene ali m'mayesero ndipo akuyesedwa. Pamenepo amafunikira thandizo kuti asagwere mu uchimo, koma kuti athe kugonjetsa ndi kupeza zambiri za chipatso cha Mzimu, chikhalidwe chaumulungu kwambiri (Aroma 12:2; 2 Petro 1:4).
Inde, tiyeni tipite kwa Yesu ndi kupeza thandizo. Pali thandizo kumeneko kwa onse "amene ndi mtima woyera amaitana kwa Ambuye kuti athandizidwe" (2 Timoteo 2:22, GNT) – amene amapempherera zifukwa zoyenera.
Pemphererani wina ndi mnzake
Pa 1 Timoteyo 2:3-4 (CEV) Paulo akutiuza kuti tiyenera kupempherera anthu onse ndi kuwathokoza. "Pemphero la mtundu umenewu ndi labwino, ndipo limakondweretsa Mulungu Mpulumutsi wathu. Mulungu amafuna kuti aliyense apulumuke ndi kudziwa choonadi chonse." Tisaiwale kuti Yesu nthawi zonse amapemphera kwa Mulungu m'malo mwathu (Ahebri 7:25). Ichi chiyenera kukhala chilimbikitso champhamvu kwa ife amene timamtsatira Iye, kuti tiyeneranso kukhala pamodzi m'kupempherera ena.