Ku Aefeso 4:14-16 Paulo amatipatsa chithunzi chomveka bwino cha mmene thupi la Khristu ndi chiwalo chilichonse cha thupilo zimagwirira ntchito ndi kukula:
“Motero sitikhalanso makanda, ogwedezekagwedezeka ndi mafunde, otengekatengeka ndi mphepo iliyonse ya chiphunzitso ndi kuchenjera kwa anthu achinyengo amene amasocheretsa anthu ndi kuchenjera kwawo. M'malo mwake, poyankhula choonadi mwachikondi, tidzakula mu zinthu zonse ndi kukhala thupi la Khristu, amene ndi Mutu, omwe ndi mpingo. Mwa Iye thupi lonse lalumikizidwa ndi kugwirana pamodzi ndi mitsempha yothandizira. Likukula ndi kudzilimbitsa lokha mwachikondi, pomwe chiwalo chilichonse chikugwira ntchito yake.”
Petro akulemba ku 1 Petro 2:2: “… Monga makanda obadwa kumene amalilira mkaka, inunso mudzilakalaka mkaka weniweni wauzimu, kuti mukule ndi kukufikitsani ku chipulumutso chanu.” Ndipo ndi mmene zilili kwa tonsefe. Tikangoyamba kuyenda ndi Yesu monga Ambuye ndi Mpulumutsi wathu, timafunikira mkaka wangwiro wa mawu. Mwauzimu ndife osakhwima kwambiri moti sitingathe kudya china chilichonse, ndipo tikafika pamenepa, ndi mmene ziyenera kukhalira!
Thupi la Khristu liyenera kukula
N’zosangalatsa kwambiri kuona makanda ndi ana akukula. Timasangalala tikawaona akutenga masitepe awo oyamba ndi kunena mawu awo oyamba. Ndamva anthu ena akunena kuti, “Aa, ndikukhumba akanakhalabe khanda mpaka kalekale!” Koma ngati zimenezo zitachitikadi, ndiye kuti chinachake chikhala cholakwika kwambiri. Tsoka ilo, pali anthu amene amaganiza chimodzimodzi pa nkhani ya kukula kwauzimu. Koma Yesu sakufuna mwana wauzimu ngati mkwatibwi Wake. Ndiye, tingakule bwanji kuti tikhale gawo la thupi la Khristu?
“Aliyense amene amangodya mkaka okha, akanali mwana wakhanda, sakudziwa bwino chiphunzitso cha chilungamo. Koma chakudya cholimba ndi cha anthu okhwima msinkhu, amene pogwiritsa ntchito nzeru zawo, aphunzira kusiyanitsa chabwino ndi choyipa.” Ahebri 5:13-14. Kumasulira kwina kumati iwo ndi osadziwa bwino mawu a chilungamo. Mwa njira ina, tiyenera kuzolowera kuchita mawu a chilungamo!
Yesu akutisonyeza ku Mateyu 7:24-25 kufunika kwa zimenezi: “Nʼchifukwa chake aliyense amene amva mawu anga ndi kuwachita akufanana ndi munthu wanzeru amene anamanga nyumba yake pa thanthwe. Mvula inagwa, mitsinje inadzaza, ndipo mphepo zinawomba ndi kugunda nyumbayo; koma sinagwe, chifukwa maziko ake anali pa thanthwe.”
Chitani zimene mawu akunena
Chinsinsi chakuti thupi la Khristu likule ndi chakuti “chiwalo chilichonse pachokha chigwire ntchito monga kuyenera.” Okhulupirira ambiri amaganiza kuti kumva ndi kukhulupirira mawu a Mulungu ndi zimene zimatipatsa kukula kwauzimu.
Koma choonadi ndi chakuti njira yokhayo yokulira mwauzimu ndi kuchita zimene Mawu akunena, monga tikuwerenga momveka bwino ku Yakobo 1:22-24: “Musamangomvetsera chabe Mawu a Mulungu. Muyenera kuchita zimene amanena. Apo ayi, mukungodzinyenga nokha. Pakuti ngati mumamvetsera Mawu koma osawamvera, zili ngati kuyangʼana nkhope yanu pagalasi. Mumadziona nokha, kuchokapo, ndi kuyiwala mmene mukuonekera.” Tiyenera kukhala oona mtima kwa ife tokha ndi kudzifunsa ngati tikuchita zimene timawerenga ndi kumva kuchokera ku Mawu a Mulungu.
Werengani zambiri za kuchita mawu a Mulungu: “Uthenga wa mtanda: Chikhristu chochitachita”
Yakobo akunena pa Yakobo 1:25 kuti: “Koma munthu amene amayang’ana mwachidwi lamulo langwiro limene limapatsa ufulu, ndipo ngati achita zimene limanena osayiwala zimene wamva, Mulungu adzamudalitsa chifukwa chochita zimenezo.” N’zoonekeratu kuti pamafunika kugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti tilimbane ndi zilakolako ndi zokhumba zauchimo zomwe zili mu chibadwa chathu chakugwa cha uchimo. Kunena kuti Ayi kwa ife eni ndi kunyamula mtanda wathu kumafuna khama lenileni. Koma ndi momwemo ndithu mmene timakhalira chiwalo cha thupi la Khristu! (Luka 9:23).
“Pachiyambi panali Mawu, ndipo Mawu anali kwa Mulungu, ndipo Mawu ndiye Mulungu.” Yohane 1:1. Tikamva Mawu a Mulungu, timaona pang’ono za Yesu, ndipo nthawi yomweyo timazindikira mmene tiliri kutali ndi kukhala ofanana ndi Yesu. Sizimveka bwino tikamaona kusiyana kumeneku, koma ndi pamenepo pamene Mulungu amationetsa momwe tilili kwenikweni mwachibadwa ndi pamene tiyenera kusintha. Ndipo ngati timakhulupiriradi malonjezo amene ali m’Mawu a Mulungu, ndiye kuti timafika pa zimene Petro amazitcha “malonjezo aakulu ndi amtengo wapatali,” monga timawerenga ku 2 Petro 1:3-4:
“Mulungu mwa mphamvu zake anatipatsa zonse zofunika kukhala moyo opembedza, potidziwitsa za Iyeyo amene anatiyitana ku ulemerero wake ndi ubwino wake. Mwa ulemerero ndi ubwino wakewo, anatipatsa malonjezo opambana kwambiri ndi a mtengowapatali. Amenewa ndi malonjezo amene amakuthandizani kulandira nawo moyo wa Mulungu, mutapulumuka ku chiwonongeko chimene chili m’dziko lapansi chifukwa cha zilakolako zoyipa.” Kumasulira kwina kumanena motere: “Mulungu anapereka malonjezo aakulu ndi odabwitsa, kuti chikhalidwe chake chikhale gawo la ife.”
Chikhalidwe cha Yesu chimakula mwa ife
Tikukamba za kukula kumene zilakolako ndi zikhumbo zathu zamphamvu zimafooka pang’onopang’ono mpaka kufa! Ndipo nthawi yomweyo chikhalidwe chaumulungu cha Yesu chimakula mwa ife! Kodi izi n’zotheka kwenikweni? INDE, n’zotheka ndithu, kwathunthu komanso kotheratu!
“Amene ali a Khristu Yesu anapachika pa mtanda thupi lawo la uchimo pamodzi ndi zokhumba zawo ndi zolakalaka zawo.” Agalatiya 5:24.
“Wophunzira sangapose mphunzitsi wake, koma yense amene waphunzitsidwa bwinobwino adzakhala ngati mphunzitsi wake.” Luka 6:40. Yesu amatiphunzitsa kunyamula ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mtanda wathu aliyense payekha, kutanthauza kuti timakana zilakolako zauchimo zimene zimakhala m’chibadwa chathu chakugwa, ndipo timasankha kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu osati chifuniro chathu. Iye amatiphunzitsa kuyika mtanda wathu aliyense payekha pakhomo la mitima yathu kuti nthawi zonse tizisunga mtima woyera kwa Mulungu.
Pamene “chiwalo chilichonse chosiyana chikugwira ntchito yake monga kuyenera,” ndiko kunyamula mtanda wawo, pamenepo adzaona kukula kwa thupi la Khristu, kumene ndiko kukula mu zipatso za Mzimu. “Koma chipatso cha Mzimu ndicho chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, kukoma mtima, ubwino, kukhulupirika, kufatsa, kudziletsa.” Agalatiya 5:22-23.