1. YESU, M’MODZI NDI ATATE Loyamba , Dis. 29

a. Kodi Mawu a Mulungu amati chiyani za Yesu asanakhale munthu? Yohane 1:1, “Kuyambira masiku amuyaya Ambuye Yesu Khristu anali mmodzi ndi Atate; Iye anali ‘chifaniziro cha Mulungu,’ chifaniziro cha ukulu ndi ulemerero Wake, ‘chinyezimiro cha ulemerero wake.’ Kunali kusonyeza ulemerero umenewu kuti anadza ku dziko lathu lapansi. Ku dziko lapansi lokhala ndi mdima wa uchimo Iye anabwera kudzaulula kuwala kwa chikondi cha Mulungu—kukhala ‘Mulungu nafe.’”— The Desire of Ages, p. 19.“Kristu, Mawu, wobadwa yekha wa Mulungu, anali mmodzi ndi Atate wamuyaya—m’modzi mwachibadwa, m’makhalidwe, m’chifuniro—munthu yekhayo amene akanatha kulowa mu uphungu ndi zifuno zonse za Mulungu.”—Patriarchs and Prophets. p. 34. b. Kodi Atate ndi angelo ankamuona bwanji Yesu? Masalmo 45:6; Yesaya 9:6; Ahebri 1:3, 6-8. “Angelo ndi atumiki a Mulungu, onyezimira ndi kuunika koyenda kosalekeza kuchokera pamaso pake ndi kufulumira kuchita chifuniro Chake. Koma Mwana, wodzozedwa wa Mulungu, ‘chifaniziro choonekera cha umunthu Wake,’ ‘kuwala kwa ulemerero Wake,’‘wonyamula zinthu zonse ndi mawu amphamvu yake,’ ali ndi mphamvu pa onse.”— Ibid.

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2. NTCHITO YOLENGA Lachiwiri , Dis 30

a. Kodi ndi ndani amene analenga zinthu zonse? Yohane 1:3, 10; Akolose 1:15-17; Ahebri 1:2. “Anali Kristu amene anayala miyamba, nakhazikitsa maziko a dziko lapansi. Linali dzanja Lake limene linapachika maiko mu mlengalenga, ndi kupanga maluwa a kuthengo. ‘Mphamvu yake inakhazikitsa mapiri.’ ‘Nyanja ndi yake, ndipo anaipanga.’ Masalmo 65:6; 95:5. Anali Iye amene anadzaza dziko lapansi ndi kukongola, ndi mpweya ndi nyimbo. Ndipo pa zinthu zonse zapadziko lapansi, mumlengalenga, ndi mlengalenga, Iye analemba uthenga wa chikondi cha Atate.”— The Desire of Ages, p. 20. b. Fotokozani mmene maiko ndi chilengedwe chonse zinalengedwera. Masalmo 33:6, 9; 104:1–6. “Mulungu analankhula, ndipo mawu ake analenga ntchito zake m’chilengedwe. Chilengedwe cha Mulungu ndi nkhokwe ya zinthu zokonzedwa kuti Iye azizigwiritsa ntchito nthaŵi yomweyo kuchita zimene Iye amafuna.”—The SDA Bible Commentary [E. G. White Comments], vol. 1, p. 1081.“Pamene dziko lapansi linatuluka kuchokera m’dzanja la Mlengi wake, linali lokongola kwambiri. Pamwamba pake panali mapiri, zitunda, ndi zigwa, zophatikizika ndi mitsinje yolemekezeka ndi nyanja zokongola; koma zitunda ndi mapiri sizinali zoopya ndi zokhotakhota, zodzala ndi maphompho owopsa, monga momwe zimakhalira tsopano; nsonga zakuthwa, zosongoka za maziko a miyala ya dziko lapansi zinakwiriridwa pansi pa nthaka yobala zipatso, imene paliponse inatulutsa kumera kochuluka kwa maluwa. Panalibe zithapwi zonyansa kapena zipululu zopanda kanthu. Zitsamba zokongola ndi maluwa osakhwima zinkalonjera diso kulikonse. Pamwamba pake panali mitengo yamtengo wapatali kwambiri kuposa ina iliyonse yomwe ilipo tsopano. Mpweya, wosaipitsidwa ndi mafungo onyansa, unali wabwino komanso wathanzi. Panthaka ponse panaposa kukongola kwa malo okongoletsedwa ozungulira nyumba yachifumu yokwezeka kwambiri. Khamu la angelo linawona chochitikacho mokondwera, ndipo anakondwera ndi ntchito zodabwitsa za Mulungu.”— Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 44.“Baibulo silimafotokoza za zaka zambiri zammene dziko lapansi linasintha pang’onopang’ono kuchoka ku chipwirikiti. Pa tsiku lililonse lotsatizana la kulenga, malembo opatulika amafotokoza kuti kunali madzulo ndi m’maŵa, mofanana ndi masiku ena onse amene anatsatirapo. Kumapeto kwa tsiku lililonse kumaperekedwa chotulukapo cha ntchito ya Mlengi.”—Ibid., p. 112.

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3. KUWUNIKA KWA DZIKO LONSE Lachitatu , Dis 31

a. Kodi ndi ndani amene ndi Oyambitsa wa zamoyo zonse ndi kuunika konse —ndipo kodi zimenezi zili ndi phindu lanji kwa ife? Yohane 1:4-9; Machitidwe 17:28. “Anali [Khristu] amene analankhula kudzera mwa aliyense amene kupyora m’mibadwo yonse analengeza mawu a Mulungu kwa anthu. Mwa Iye maulemerero wonse woonekera mu miyoyo ya anthu olemekezeka ndi okwezeka kwambiri apadziko lapansi anali chinyezimiro chake.”—Education, p. 73.“Khristu ndiye ‘Kuunika kwenikweni kumene kuunikira anthu onse akulowa m’dziko lapansi.’ Yohane 1:9. Pakuti kudzera mwa Khristu munthu aliyense ali ndi moyo, momwemonso kudzera mwa Iye mzimu uliwonse umalandira kuwala kwina kwa umulungu.”—Ibid., p. 29.“Mphamvu ya Mulungu ikugwiritsidwabe ntchito posamalira zinthu za chilengedwe Chake. Sichifukwa cha chipangizo chimene chinaikidwa ndi kuyamba kuyenda kamangopitirizabe kugwira ntchito ndi mphamvu zake kuti mtima umagunda, ndi kupuma kumatsatira kupuma. Kupuma kulikonse, kugunda kulikonse kwa mtima, ndi umboni wa chisamaliro cha Iye amene tikukhala ndi kuyendayenda ndi kukhala ndi moyo wathu. Kuyambira kachirombo kakang'ono kufikira munthu, cholengedwa chilichonse tsiku lililonse chimadalira pa chisamaliro Chake....“Mphamvu yamphamvu imene imagwira ntchito m’chilengedwe chonse ndi kuchirikiza zinthu zonse siili, monga momwe anthu ena asayansi amanenera, si mfundo yofala ponseponse, yosonkhezera zinthu. Mulungu ndiye mzimu; komabe Iye ndi munthu payekha, pakuti munthu anapangidwa m’chifanizo Chake. Monga munthu, Mulungu wadziulula Yekha mwa Mwana Wake.”—Ibid., p. 131. b. Kodi Yesu akunena chiyani za Iyemwini? Yohane 9:5; 8:12; 3:19; 12:46. “M’mawu akuti, ‘Ine ndine kuunika kwa dziko lapansi,’ Yesu anadzitcha yekha Mesiya. Simeoni wokalamba... analankhula za Iye monga ‘kuunika kukuunikira amitundu, ndi ulemerero wa anthu anu Israyeli.’ Luka 2:32. M’mawu amenewa anali kunena kwa Iye ulosi wodziwika kwa Aisiraeli onse. Mwa mneneri Yesaya, Mzimu Woyera analengeza kuti, ‘Ciri cinthu copepuka ndithu kuti Iwe ukhale mtumiki wanga wakuutsa mafuko a Yakobo, ndi kubwezera osungika a Isiraeli; ndizakupatsanso ukhale kuunika kwa amitundu, kuti ukhale chipulumutso Changa kufikira malekezero a dziko lapansi.’ (Yesaya 49:6, R.V.). Uneneri umenewu kaŵirikaŵiri umazindikiridwa kuti unalankhulidwa ponena za Mesiya, ndipo pamene Yesu anati, ‘Ine ndine kuunika kwa dziko lapansi,’ anthu sanalephere kuzindikira kudzinenera Kwake kukhala Wolonjezedwayo.”— The Desire of Ages, p. 465.

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4. MULUNGU NAFE Lachinayi , Jan 1

a. Kodi Yesaya analosera chiyani za dzina la Kristu? Yesaya 7:14. Kodi ulosi umenewu unakwaniritsidwa liti? Mateyu 1:22, 23. “Popeza Yesu anabwera kudzakhala nafe, tikudziwa kuti Mulungu amadziŵa mayesero athu, ndipo amamva chisoni tikamamva chisoni. Mwana aliyense wa Adamu angamvetsetse kuti Mlengi wathu ndi bwenzi la ochimwa. Pakuti mu chiphunzitso chirichonse cha chisomo, lonjezo lirilonse la chisangalalo, ntchito iriyonse ya chikondi, kukopa kulikonse kwa umulungu koperekedwa mu moyo wa Mpulumutsi pa dziko lapansi, tikuona ‘Mulungu nafe.’”— The Desire of Ages, p. 24. b. Kodi Yesu anachita chiyani kuti atifikire mu khalidwe lathu wakugwa? Yohane 1:14; Afilipi 2:5-8; Ahebri 2:14-18. “Kuti tidziwe khalidwe Lake la umulungu ndi moyo wake, Khristu anatenga chikhalidwe chathu nakhala pakati pathu. Umulungu unavumbulutsidwa mu umunthu; ulemerero wosaoneka m’maonekedwe ooneka aumunthu. Anthu atha kuphunzira za wosadziwika kudzera mu wodziwika; Zakumwamba zinavumbulutsidwa kudzera mwa zapadziko lapansi; Mulungu anaonekera m’mafanizidwe a anthu.”—Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 17.“Mwana wa Mulungu anaukiridwa pa sitepe iliyonse ndi mphamvu za mdima. Atatha kubatizidwa anatsogoleredwa ndi Mzimu kupita ku chipululu, ndipo adayesedwa kwa masiku makumi anayi.... Ngati Iye sakanakhala wogawana nawo chikhalidwe chathu, sakanayesedwa monga mmene munthu amayesedwera. Ngati sikunali kotheka kwa Iye kugonja ku mayesero, sakanakhala mthandizi wathu. Chinali chenicheni chotsimikizirika kuti Kristu anabwera kudzamenya nkhondo monga munthu, m’malo mwa munthu. Mayesero ndi chigonjetso chake zimatiuza kuti umunthu uyenera kutengera Chitsanzo; munthu ayenera kukhala wogawana nawo mkhalidwe waumulungu.”— The SDA Bible Commentary [E. G. White Comments], vol. 5, p. 1082.“Kuti asunge ulemerero Wake wophimbika monga mwana wa mtundu wamunthu wakugwa, ichi chinali chilango chokhwima kwambiri chimene Kalonga wa moyo anazipereka yekha kudusamo. Momwemo adayeza mphamvu Zake ndi Satana. Iye amene anathamangitsidwa kumwamba anamenya nkhondo molimba mtima kuti apambane ndi Iye amene m’mabwalo akumwamba amamuchitira nsanje. Imeneyi inali nkhondo yotani nanga! Palibe chinenero chokwanira kuchifotokoza. Koma posachedwapa zidzamvetsetsedwa ndi awo amene alakika kudzera mu mwazi wa Mwanawankhosa ndi mawu a umboni wawo.”—Ibid., pp. 1081, 1082.

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5. CHOLINGA CHA KUSANDULIKA Lachisanu , Jan 2

a. Kodi Yesu anabwera kudzachitira chiyani kwa mtundu wa munthu? Yohane 3:16, 17; 1:12; Luka 19:10. “Khristu anachitiridwa monga kuyenera ife, kuti ife tichitidwe monga kuyenera Iye. Iye anaweruzidwa chifukwa cha machimo athu, amene analibe nawo gawo, kuti ife tikayesedwe olungama ndi chilungamo chake, chimene ife tinalibe nacho gawo. Iye anavutika ndi imfa yomwe inali yathu, kuti ife tikhoze kulandira moyo umene unali Wake. ‘Ndi mikwingwirima Yake ife tachiritsidwa.’ ”— The Desire of Ages, p. 25. b. Kodi timabwezeretsedwa bwanji kudzera mu nsembe ya Kristu? Agalatiya 4:5-7; Ahebri 2:10. “Khristu anapereka nsembe yodzaza ndi yokwanira, nsembe yokwanira kupulumutsa mwana wamwamuna ndi wamkazi aliyense wa Adamu amene angathe kulapa kwa Mulungu chifukwa cholakwira lamulo Lake, ndi kusonyeza chikhulupiriro mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu.... Khristu ndiye woyang’anira chipulumutso chathu, ndipo kudzera mu mazunzo ndi nsembe Yake Iye wapereka chitsanzo kwa otsatira ake onse kuti kukhala maso ndi kupemphera, ndi kuyesesa kulimbikira, ndi zofunikira ku mbali yawo ngati iwo angathe kuimirira moyenera chikondi chimene chinakhala pachifuwa chake kwa mtundu wakugwa.”— Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 664.“Mulungu amakonda ana ake omvera. Iye ali ndi ufumu wokonzedwera, osati kwa anthu osakhulupirika, koma kwa ana Ake amene anawayesa ndi kuwayesa m’dziko loipitsidwa ndi uchimo. Monga ana omvera, tili ndi mwayi wokhala paubwenzi ndi Mulungu. ‘Ngati ana,’ akutero, ‘ndiye olandira cholowa’ chosafa.... Kristu ndi anthu Ake ndi amodzi.”— The SDA Bible Commentary [E. G. White Comments], vol. 6, p. 1077.

6. MAFUNSO OBWEREZA PAWEKHA Lachisanu ndi chimodzi , Jan 3

1. Kodi ndi khalidwe lanji limene Yesu wakhala ali nalo kuyambira nthawi zosamba? 2. Ndani anayala kumwamba, nakhazikitsa maziko a dziko lapansi? 3. Kodi kuunika konse koona kumachokera kwa ndani? 4. Kodi Yesu akutchedwa chiyani pa Yesaya 7:14? 5. Kodi Yesu anakhala chiyani atatenga umunthu wathu?