Moyo wonse umachokera kwa Mulungu; Iye ndi kuwala, ndipo mwa Iye mulibe mdima konse. (1 Yohane 1:5.) Satana ndi wosiyana ndi Mulungu ndipo amakhala mumdima ndi uchimo. Kuyambira pachiyambi Mulungu anafotokoza momveka bwino kuti uchimo udzatsogolera ku imfa. (Genesis 2:17; Aroma 6:23.)
Uchimo umatilekanitsa ndi Mulungu
Pamene Satana ananyenga Hava, ndipo pambuyo pake anakakamiza Adamu kusamvera Mulungu, uchimo unaloŵa m'chibadwa chawo. Tchimo limeneli linabwera pakati pawo ndi Mulungu ngati nsalu yotchinga kapena chotchinga cholemera, kuwalekanitsa ndi Mulungu amene ali magwero a moyo. Kunena mwauzimu, iwo anali akufa chifukwa cha kusamvera kwawo ndi machimo awo. (Aefeso 2:1.) Uchimo unali utabwera m'dziko, chotero dziko linatembereredwa, ndipo zamoyo zonse zinafunikanso kufa imfa yakuthupi.
Tchimo limene linabwera m'chikhalidwe cha Adamu ndi Hava linaperekedwa kwa ana awo onse ndi mibadwo yamtsogolo. "Tchimo m'chilengedwe chathu" limeneli, lomwe limatchedwanso "tchimo m'thupi lathu", ndi chikhumbo champhamvu chofuna kuchita chifuniro chathu osati chifuniro cha Mulungu. Sitili olakwa chifukwa cha zimenezo. Koma ngati tigonja ku chikhumbo chimenechi, ngati tigonja pamene tiyesedwa, timachimwa, ndipo chifukwa cha zimenezo tili ndi liwongo. Pofuna kuthandiza anthu Ake kuchita chifuniro Chake, Mulungu anawapatsa malamulo amene anawamveketsa bwino kwambiri chifuniro Chake.
Koma anthu anali ofooka kwambiri ndipo palibe amene anakwanitsa kudzisunga yekha woyera ku uchimo. Ndipotu, ngakhale abwino kwambiri a iwo nthawi zambiri ankachimwa tsiku ndi tsiku poganiza, mawu ndi zochita. M'mawu ena, anthu onse anali olakwa, ndipo Satana akanagwiritsira ntchito zimenezi kuwaimba mlandu, akumafuna kuti afe. (Aroma 5:12.) M'kachisi, amene ali chizindikiro cha nyumba ya Mulungu padziko lapansi, nsalu yaikulu, yaikulu yopachikidwa kutsogolo kwa Holiest ya Holies. Nsalu yotchinga imeneyi ndi chizindikiro cha tchimo m'chikhalidwe cha anthu lomwe linawalekanitsa ndi Mulungu. Aliyense wodutsa nsalu yotchinga imeneyo adzafa nthaŵi yomweyo, popeza kuti palibe tchimo limene likanaima pamaso pa Mulungu.
Kukhululuka mwa kudzimana
Koma Mulungu anapatsa anthu mwayi: mwa kupereka nsembe nyama yathanzi yopanda chilema, anthuwo akanatha kukhululukidwa. Kamodzi pachaka mkulu wa ansembe ankatha kupita ku Holiest of Holies, kunyamula magazi a nsembe, ndi kupeza chikhululukiro kwa anthu. Kupyolera m'kukhetsa mwazi wa nsembe yopanda liwongo, ngongole ya uchimo ingaperekedwe. (Levitiko 17:11; Ahebri 9:22.)
Koma magazi a nyama sanathe kuchotsa chifukwa chenicheni cha vutoli, chomwe ndi tchimo m'chibadwa cha anthu. Machimo awo atakhululukidwa, anthu anapitirizabe kuchimwa, kutanthauza kuti anayenera kubweranso ndi kudzimana, chaka ndi chaka. Ngakhale mkulu wa ansembe sakanatha kuwathandiza; iye mwiniyo anali wochimwa, ndipo nsembeyo inali ya iye mwini ndi anthu. (Ahebri 10:1-4.)
Mulungu ankadana ndi zinthu zoipa zimene zinayamba. Kulakalaka kwake kunali kuyanjana ndi anthu ndi kuwapulumutsa. Anayang'ana munthu yemwe angatsogolere anthu kutuluka mumsampha wa kuchimwa, kupempha chikhululukiro, kuchimwa kachiwiri etc. Koma, ngakhale kuti panali anthu olungama, oopa Mulungu m'mbiri yonse, palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anali wopanda mlandu, ndipo palibe aliyense wa iwo amene akanatha "kuima mu mpata" pakati pa Mulungu ndi anthu. (Ezekieli 22:30.) Choncho kenako Mulungu anatumiza Mwana Wake kuti akagwire ntchito yaikulu kwambiri imeneyi m'mbiri. (Yesaya 41:28; Yesaya 60:16; Yesaya 63:5; Yohane 3:16-17.)
Yesu: munthu m'lingaliro lililonse la mawu
Yesu anali Mwana wa Mulungu, koma Iye mofunitsitsa anapereka malo Ake ndi Mulungu ndipo anakhala "Mwana wa munthu" - munthu m'lingaliro lililonse la mawu, ndi chikhalidwe chofanana cha anthu monga tonsefe. Zimenezi zinatanthauza kuti Yesu anayesedwa monga momwe ife tirili. Koma Yesu anabadwanso ndi Mzimu wa Mulungu, ndipo Mzimu umenewu unali ndi Iye moyo Wake wonse, kumupatsa mphamvu kuti agwire ntchito imene Anatumizidwa. (Luka 1:30-35; Afilipi 2:5-8; Yesaya 61:1-3.)
"Iye anabadwa monga munthu ndipo anakhala ngati mtumiki. Ndipo pamene anali kukhala monga munthu, anadzichepetsa ndipo anali kumvera Mulungu ndi mtima wonse, ngakhale pamene zimenezo zinachititsa imfa yake—imfa pamtanda." Afilipi 2:7,8. Zinali monga munthu kuti Yesu anayenera kuphunzira kumvera chifukwa, pokhala munthu, Iye anali ndi chifuniro Chake, chomwe chiri chofanana ndi kukhala ndi uchimo mu chikhalidwe Chake chaumunthu, ndipo chifukwa chake Iye akhoza kuyesedwa. Kumeneko Anaphunzira kudzikana Yekha, ndi kupha tchimo limenelo. (Akolose 3:5.) Chotulukapo chake chinali chakuti Iye sanachimwe konse ndipo analibe uchimo. (Ahebri 2:18; Ahebri 4:15; Ahebri 5:7-8.)
Pamene Yesu analankhula motsutsana ndi uchimo ndi motsutsana ndi chinyengo cha atsogoleri achipembedzo a panthaŵiyo, Iye analankhula ndi ulamuliro ndi chitsimikizo. Koma Iye sanamvetsetsedwe ndi pafupifupi anthu onse amene anakhalako pa nthawi Yake. Potsirizira pake, Iye anamangidwa ndi kupachikidwa. Munthu woyera, wolungama, wopanda mlandu anafa ngati chigawenga, analangidwa chifukwa cha machimo amene Iye sanachitepo. Chifukwa?
Kukhululuka – ndi njira yotsatira
Pokhala wopanda liwongo, munthu yekhayo m'mbiri yonse amene anali woyera kotheratu ndipo sanachimwepo, Yesu ndiye yekha amene akanatha "kuima m'mpata," yekhayo amene Satana analibe chonena. Iye anali yekha amene sanayenere imfa, kaya yakuthupi kapena yauzimu. Koma, pokwaniritsa chifuno chimene Iye anadza padziko lapansi, Yesu mofunitsitsa anadzipereka Yekha. Iye anapachikidwa pamtanda monga nsembe yomalizira, yopanda liwongo. Iye anafa monga Mwanawankhosa wa Mulungu, akumalipira machimo kaamba ka mtundu wonse wa anthu. Iye ananyamula chilango cha machimo athu onse, ndipo anafa, cholungama kaamba ka chisalungamo. (Aroma 5:10; 2 Akorinto 5:21; 1 Petro 3:18.) Iye sanangofa imfa yakuthupi, koma Iye analekanitsidwa ngakhale ndi Mulungu pamene Iye anali atapachikidwa pa mtanda. (Mateyu 27:46; —Maliko 15:34.) Kupyolera mu nsembe imeneyi, onse amene amakhulupirira Mwa Iye angalandire chikhululukiro.
Imfa ya Yesu pamtanda pa Kalvari ndi imodzi mwa zochitika zofunika kwambiri komanso zamphamvu kwambiri padziko lapansi, koma kwenikweni ndi mbali chabe ya nkhani yachikristu. Pamene Yesu anabadwa monga munthu monga ife, Iye analinso ndi chikhalidwe chaumunthu (chomwe chimatchedwanso "thupi") monga ife; chifukwa chake Iye angayesedwe ku uchimo. Mwa mphamvu ya Mzimu amene anali ndi Iye kuyambira kubadwa, Yesu nthawizonse anati Ayi pamene Iye anayesedwa kuchita tchimo limene Iye anali nalo mu chikhalidwe Chake monga munthu. Izi zimatchedwanso "kuvutika m'thupi". (1 Petro 4:1.) Mwanjira imeneyi tchimo mu chikhalidwe Chake chaumunthu linatsutsidwa ndipo Iye "anaipha". Choncho ngakhale Iye anayesedwa, Iye sanachimwepo. Iye anafa tchimo lonse limene linakhala m'chibadwa Chake chaumunthu. (Aheberi 2:18; Ahebri 4:16.)
Pamene Yesu anafa pa mtanda, Iye anafuula kuti, "Zatha!" Panthaŵi imeneyo, mbali iliyonse yomalizira ya tchimo limene Iye analandira m'chibadwa Chake chaumunthu inali itaphedwa, ndipo ntchito Yake padziko lapansi inatha. Pamene Yesu anafa, nsalu yotchinga yolemera m'kachisi, imene inali chizindikiro cha tchimo m'chibadwa cha anthu chimene chinawalekanitsa ndi Mulungu, inang'ambika kuchokera pamwamba mpaka pansi. Yesu anali atapereka ngongole ya machimo a anthu; njira yobwerera kwa Atate inali yotseguka.
Kupambana kwa Yesu pa uchimo kunalinso kupambana pa imfa. Iye sanakhalebe m'manda koma anauka kwa akufa ndi thupi la ulemerero, mmene munali kukhuta konse kwa chikhalidwe cha Mulungu. Masiku makumi anayi pambuyo pake Iye anakwera kumwamba, kumene Iye akukhala lero kumbali yakumanja ya Atate Wake. (Afilipi 2:5-11; Akolose 2:9.)
Abale a Yesu!
Ndiye kodi kupachikidwa kwa Yesu ndi nsembe zinali zosiyana bwanji ndi nsembe ndi chikhululukiro m'Pangano Lakale? Kodi imfa ya Yesu pamtanda imachotsa bwanji tchimo m'chibadwa chathu chaumunthu? N'chifukwa chiyani tikuyesedwabe? Izi zili choncho chifukwa chakuti kukhululuka kokha sikunali cholinga chomaliza cha moyo wa Yesu, ndiponso si cholinga chomaliza cha Mkristu. Ndipotu kukhululuka ndi chiyambi chabe. Yesu Mwiniyo ananena zimenezi momveka bwino kwambiri kuti: "Onse ofuna kudza pambuyo panga ayenera kukana okha, kutenga mtanda wawo tsiku ndi tsiku, ndi kunditsatira." Luka 9:23.
Cholinga cha Yesu sichinali kokha kukhala nsembe imene inalipira ngongole ya machimo a anthu. Iye ankafuna ophunzira, anthu amene amamutsatira. Sitingathe kumutsatira Iye mpaka imfa pa mtanda pa Calvary, koma tikhoza "kutenga mtanda wathu" tsiku ndi tsiku!
Mwa kumutsatira Iye ngati ameneyu, timakhala ophunzira Ake, ndipo Iye amatitumizira Mzimu Wake Woyera kuti atipatse mphamvu yomweyo imene Iye anayenera kugonjetsa uchimo. Timanenanso kuti Ayi ku tchimo, ku zilakolako zonse zauchimo ndi zikhumbo mu chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu, ndi kuzipha. Mwanjira imeneyi timasiyanso kuchita tchimo, timakhala "ziwalo za thupi Lake," timakhala abale a Yesu, ndipo timakhala ndi phande m'chibadwa chaumulungu! (1 Petro 4:1-2; Agalatiya 5:24; Aroma 8:13; 1 Akorinto 12:12-14; Ahebri 2:11; 2 Petro 1:2-4.)
Imfa ya Yesu pa mtanda wa Kalvari inali mapeto a ntchito Yake yodabwitsa ya chikondi kwa ife anthu. Mwa imfa Yake Iye anabwezeretsa unansi ndi Mulungu kwa awo amene amakhulupirira mwa Iye, ndipo m'moyo Wake Iye anatsegula njira yobwerera kwa Atate kwa awo amene amamutsatira. Mwa imfa chifukwa cha uchimo, Yesu anagonjetsa imfa. (Ahebri 2:14-15.) Mwa moyo Wake Iye anatipatsa moyo. Nsembe Yake isapezeke pachabe – akhale ndi ophunzira ambiri, amene Iye sachita manyazi kuitana abale ndi alongo Ake!