Umboni wa zinthu zoyembekezeredwa
Atawukitsidwa, Yesu anapitiliza kukonzekeretsa ophunzira ake kuti azitumikira “Tomasi, wotchedwa Didimo, m'modzi wa khumi ndi awiriwo, analibe iwo pamene Yesu adadza. Pamenepo wophunzira ena adanena naye, Tamuwona Ambuye. Chifukwa chake adati kwa iwo, Ndikapanda kuwona m'manja Ake mabala a misomaliyo, ndi kuyika chala changa m'mizere ya misomaliyo, ndi kuyika dzanja langa m'mbali mwake, sindikhulupirira. Patatha masiku asanu ndi atatu ophunzira ake adalinso mkatimo, ndipo Tomasi adali nawo pamodzi. Yesu adadza, makomo ali otsekeka, nayimilira pakati, nati, Mtendere ukhale ndi inu. Kenako anati kwa Tomasi, 'Bweretsa chala chako apa, ndipo uyang'ane pa manja Anga; ndipo fika dzanja lako apa, nuliike ku nthiti kwanga. Musakhale osakhulupirira, koma okhulupirira. ' Ndipo Tomasi adayankha nati kwa Iye, Mbuye wanga ndi Mulungu wanga! Yesu anati kwa iye, 'Chifukwa wandiona Ine, wakhulupirira. Odala iwo akukhulupira, angakhale sanaona. (John 20: 24-29) Yesu adadziwa zomwe Tomasi adafunikira kuti akhulupirire, ndipo adafunitsitsa kumuwonetsa iye umboni womwe amamufuna. Yesu adafotokozera Tomasi kuti poti amuona adakhulupirira; Komabe, odala ali iwo amene sadzaona Yesu koma amene akhulupirira.
Zimaphunzitsa mu Ahebri kuti chikhulupiriro ndi chinthu chamtengo woyembekezera, umboni wa zinthu zosawoneka (Ahebri 11: 1). Zimatiuzanso kuti popanda chikhulupiriro sikutheka kukondweretsa Mulungu (Ahebri 11: 6). Pamene tikulingalira kuti chikhulupiriro ndi 'umboni wa zinthu zosawoneka,' kodi chikhulupiriro ndi umboni zikugwirizana bwanji? Nthawi zambiri tikamaganizira za chikhulupiriro, sitimaganizira za umboni. Zikuwoneka ngati ndizokha. Pakati pa 11th chaputala cha Ahebri ('holo ya chikhulupiriro'), tapatsidwa zitsanzo za chikhulupiriro kapena umboni wazinthu zosawoneka: Nowa adakonza chombo; Abrahamu adachoka kwawo napita, osadziwa kumene amapita; Mose anabisidwa ndi makolo ake; Mose anachoka ku Igupto; Rahabi analandira azondi aja; etc. Zomwe okhulupilira akalewa adachita zinali umboni wa chitsogozo cha Mulungu m'miyoyo yawo. Chaputala 11 cha Ahebri chimaperekanso umboni wowonjezereka wazomwe okhulupirira awa adachita: adagonjetsa maufumu; anachita chilungamo; analandira malonjezo; analetsa pakamwa pa mikango; nazimitsa chiwawa cha moto; anapulumuka lupanga; kuchokera kufooka adalimbikitsidwa; adakhala olimba mtima pankhondo; Anathamangitsa magulu ankhondo a alendo; analandira akufa awo aukitsidwa kwa moyo; anazunzidwa, kunyozedwa, kukwapulidwa, kumangidwa, kuponyedwa miyala, kudula pakati, ndi kuphedwa ndi lupanga; ankayendayenda mu zikopa za nkhosa; anali osawuka, ozunzidwa, ndi ozunzidwa (Ahebri 11: 32-40).
Chikhulupiriro chathu sichimangobweretsa kupambana kwakanthawi pothana ndi zovuta zam'moyo. Kukhulupirira Mulungu m'malo mwake kumatha kubweretsa mazunzo osiyanasiyana, ndi zovuta. Pakadali pano kuchokera ku ziphunzitso zabodza komanso zabodza za uthenga wabwino, monga Joel Osteen amalalikira, awa ndi mawu a Yesu - “'Ngati dziko lapansi lida inu, mudziwa kuti linada Ine lisadayambe kuda inu. Mukadakhala adziko lapansi, dziko lapansi likadakonda zake za lokha. Popeza simuli a dziko lapansi, koma Ine ndinakusankhani inu mwa dziko lapansi, chifukwa cha ichi likudani inu. Kumbukirani mawu amene Ine ndinanena kwa inu, Kapolo sali wamkulu kuposa mbuye wake; ngati adandizunza Ine, adzakulondalondani inunso. Ngati anasunga mawu anga, adzasunga anunso. Koma adzakuchitirani zonsezi chifukwa cha dzina langa; chifukwa sadziwa wondituma Ine. (John 15: 18-21)
Tomasi adafuna kuwona ndikukhudza umboni kuti Yesu anali Ambuye Wake woukitsidwa yemwe adapachikidwa. Timayenda mwa chikhulupiriro, chikhulupiriro mu zomwe zaululidwa kwa ife za Yesu. Tisataye mtima ndi kukhumudwitsidwa pamene umboni m'miyoyo yathu ya dzanja la Mulungu sichiri njira ya duwa kapena njerwa yachikaso yomwe mwina timayembekezera.
