Kodi tingadziwe chiyani za Mulungu?
M'kalata yomwe Paulo analembera Aroma, Paulo anayamba kufotokoza zomwe Mulungu amudzudzula pa dziko lonse lapansi - "Chifukwa mkwiyo wa Mulungu udawonekera kuchokera kumwamba kutsutsana ndi chisapembedzo chonse ndi chosalungama cha anthu, amene amaphwanya chowonadi ndi chosalungama, chifukwa zinthu zomwe zingadziwike ndi Mulungu zimawonekera mwa iwo, chifukwa Mulungu adaziwonetsa izo. Popeza kuyambira chilengedwe cha dziko lapansi mawonekedwe ake osawoneka bwino akuwonekera, m'zinthu zomwe zidapangidwa, mphamvu Yake yosatha ndi Umulungu wake, kotero kuti alibe chowiringula. " (Aroma 1: 18-20)
Warren Weirsbe anena m'ndemanga yake kuti munthu kuyambira pa chilengedwe, amadziwa Mulungu. Komabe, monga zimapezekera mu nkhani ya Adamu ndi Hava, munthu anapatuka kwa Mulungu ndipo anamukana.
Amati m'mavesi apamwamba kuti 'zomwe zingadziwike za Mulungu zimawonekera mwa iwo, chifukwa Mulungu wazionetsa izo kwa iwo.' Mwamuna ndi mkazi aliyense amabadwa ndi chikumbumtima. Kodi Mulungu watisonyeza chiyani? Adationetsa chilengedwe chake. Ganizirani za chilengedwe cha Mulungu chozungulira ife. Kodi amatiuza chiyani za Mulungu tikamaona thambo, mitambo, mapiri, mbewu ndi nyama? Zimatiuza kuti Mulungu ndi mlengi wanzeru kwambiri. Mphamvu ndi kuthekera kwake ndizochulukirapo kuposa zathu.
Zomwe zili za Mulungu 'zosaoneka' zikhumbo?
Choyambirira, Mulungu amapezeka paliponse. Izi zikutanthauza kuti Mulungu amapezeka paliponse nthawi imodzi. Mulungu ndi 'wopezekapo' m'chilengedwe chake chonse, koma polekezera pazolengedwa Zake. Mphamvu zonse za Mulungu sizoyenera kudziwa kuti Iye ndi ndani, koma ndi ufulu wa kufuna kwake. Chikhulupiriro chabodza cha kupendekera chimamangiriza Mulungu ku chilengedwe chonse ndikupanga Iye kuti azigonjera. Komabe, Mulungu ndiwopanda malire ndipo sagonjera zolengedwa Zake.
Mulungu ndi wodziwa zonse. Iye ndiwopanda nzeru. Amadziwa zinthu zonse, kuphatikiza Iye mokwanira komanso kwathunthu; kaya zidapitilira, za pano, kapena zamtsogolo. Malembo akutiuza kuti palibe chobisika kwa Iye. Mulungu amadziwa zonse zomwe zingatheke. Amadziwa zam'tsogolo.
Mulungu ndi wamphamvuzonse. Amphamvu zonse ndipo amatha kuchita chilichonse chomwe angafune. Amatha kuchita chilichonse chomwe chimagwirizana ndi chikhalidwe chake. Sangayang'anire chisomo pa kusaweruzika. Sangathe kudzikana Yekha. Sakanama. Sangayesere kapena kuyesedwa kuti achimwe. Tsiku lina iwo amene akhulupirira kuti ndi amphamvu kwambiri ndipo adzafunafuna kubisala kwa Iye, ndipo bondo lililonse tsiku lina lidzagwada pa Iye.
Mulungu sangasinthe. Iye sasintha mu 'chikhalidwe, malingaliro, chikumbumtima, ndi chifuniro chake.' Kusintha kapena kuwonongeka sikungatheke ndi Mulungu. Mulungu sasintha, kutengera umunthu wake, mphamvu zake, malingaliro ndi zolinga zake, malonjezo ake, chikondi chake ndi chifundo, kapena chilungamo chake.
Mulungu ndi wolungama. Mulungu ndi wabwino. Mulungu ndiye chowonadi.
Mulungu ndi woyera, kapena olekanitsidwa ndi kukwezedwa kuposa zolengedwa Zake zonse ndi zoipa zonse zamachimo ndi uchimo. Pali phokoso pakati pa Mulungu ndi wochimwa, ndipo Mulungu akhoza kufikiridwa ndi ulemu ndi mantha pokhapokha pazabwino zomwe Yesu wachita. (Thupi 80-88)
ZOKHUDZA:
Thiesson, Henry Clarence. Maphunziro mu Theology a Dongosolo. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1979.
Weirsbe, Warren W., The Weirsbe Bible Commentary. Colado Springs: David C. Cook, 2007.