Chimene Isitala imatanthauza kwa ine ndi ufulu. Chifukwa cha nsembe ya Yesu, kupambana Kwake pa uchimo ndi Satana, ndi kuuka Kwake kwa akufa, ndilibenso ngongole iliyonse kwa Yesu analipira ngongole kwa ine, Iye anatenga chilango cha machimo anga: Ine sindilinso kapolo wa uchimo. Ufulu umenewu uli ndi mbali ziwiri.
Ufulu – gawo 1
Ndikanakhala ndi machimo amene sanakhululukidwe, ndiye kuti Satana akanakhala ndi kanthu kena kondigwiritsira ntchito, ndipo ndikanakhala wa ufumu wa imfa. Pakuti malipiro a uchimo ndi imfa. Zimenezo nzotsimikizirika. (Aroma 6:23.)
Koma ine ndilibe tchimo losakhululukidwa. Ndikalapa n'kupempha kuti andikhululukire, ndiye kuti ndakhululukidwa. Ndilibe ngongole imene ndili nayo chifukwa cha uchimo. Yesu wandilipira ngongole imeneyo, ndi moyo Wake.
Ngati Satana amayesa kunena chilichonse konse - "Chabwino, anachita izi ndi izi, kotero iye alidi wanga; Ndiyenera kusankha zomwe zimamuchitikira," - ndiye Yesu akubweranso ndi, "Inde, mwina anachita zimenezo, koma ndinagula ngongoleyo, ndipo ndinalipira ndi moyo Wanga, kotero tsopano ndi Wanga kukhululukira, ndipo ndikuchita zimenezo mofunitsitsa."
Ine, amene ndikuyenera kufa chifukwa ndachimwa, ndakhululukidwa kotheratu ndipo tsopano ndine wa ufumu wakumwamba m'malo mwa ufumu wa imfa. Zimenezo ndi chisomo kuposa zomwe ndikuyenera, koma zilibe kanthu ndi zomwe ndikuyenera ndi zonse zochita ndi chikondi cha Yesu ndi chisomo kwa ine ndekha.
Ufulu – gawo 2
Mbali yachiwiri ya ufulu umenewu ndi yaikulu ngati yoyamba. Umenewu ndiwo ufulu wa kuchimwa poyamba. Yesu anali munthu wokhala ndi chibadwa chochimwa, monga momwe ine ndiriri, ndipo Iye anagonjetsa nthaŵi iriyonse pamene Iye anayesedwa kuchimwa. Iye anali woyamba kupita pa njira imeneyi yogonjetsera uchimo, ndipo tsopano zinatheketsa ife amene timamutsatira Iye kuchita chimodzimodzi. Izi zikutanthauza kuti m'malo mokhala kapolo wa uchimo - kukhala wopanda mphamvu yonena kuti Ayi kuchimwa pamene ndikuyesedwa - tsopano ndili mfulu - sindikusowa kupereka zilakolako ndi zokhumba mu chikhalidwe changa chochimwa kapena kuchita chilichonse chochokera kumeneko.
Ufulu wogonjetsa kunyada ndikuganiza kuti ndine wabwino kuposa ena, ndipo m'malo mwake khalani wodzichepetsa mtima.
Ufulu wogonjetsa kukwiya ndi kukhumudwa, ndipo m'malo mwake chitani moleza mtima ndi mokoma mtima.
Ufulu wogonjetsa kupanda chiyembekezo ndi kulefulidwa, ndipo m'malo mwake khalani ndi chiyembekezo ndi chikhulupiriro cha mtsogolo.
Ufulu osati kukhumudwa kapena kuwawa kapena nsanje anthu, koma m'malo kukhala woyamikira, wachikondi, wosangalala.
Ufulu wokhala wosangalala, kukhala ndi chimwemwe, kupeza zipatso zonse za Mzimu monga gawo la chikhalidwe changa. Munthu sangakhumba kanthu kena koposa pamenepo.
Zinthu zonsezi ndikhoza kuchita mwa mphamvu ndi chisomo chimene ndingapeze chifukwa Yesu anapereka nsembe Iyemwini, anafera ine, ndipo anauka kachiwiri chifukwa Iye anali ndi ngongole ya imfa kanthu ndipo sizinathe kumugwira Iye.
Ufulu umenewu sungafanane ndi china chilichonse. Ndikudziwa zomwe ndikanakhala ngati ndinalibe chitonthozo chodziwa kuti tsiku lina zinthu zonsezi zomwe ndikuyesedwa zidzagonjetsedwa kwathunthu m'moyo wanga. Ndikanakhala munthu wopanda chiyembekezo womvetsa chisoni, amene akathera masiku anga alibe chiyembekezo ndi monga kapolo wa tchimo limene limatsogolera ku kupanda chimwemwe ndi imfa. Kudziwa kuti sindiyenera kukhala monga momwe ndiriri - munthu yemwe ali ndi chikhalidwe chaumunthu ndi chikhumbo chofuna kuchimwa - koma akhoza kukhala munthu watsopano kwathunthu, ndi chitonthozo chachikulu kwambiri ndi ufulu ndikuyembekeza kuti mwina ndingaganizire. Ndikhoza kukhala woyera ndi woyera ndi kusinthidwa kukhala ngati Khristu. (Aroma 8:29.) Ichi ndi chitonthozo chachikulu kwambiri chomwe ndikudziwa. (2 Akorinto 1:3-7.)
Ndikutamanda Yesu chifukwa cha zimene Iye wandichitira ineyo pandekha. Iye wandipatsa njira yotulukira ku uchimo ndi imfa. Zimenezi zimapangitsa moyo kukhala watanthauzo, wolemera, ndi woyenera kukhala ndi moyo.