Kusoweka kwa Nkhristu kwa Munthu Wochimwa Vesi Loloweza: “Yesu anayankha nati kwa iye, indetu, indetu, ndinena kwa iwe, ngati Munthu sabadwa mwatsopano, sangathe kuona ufumu wa Mulungu” (Yohane 3:3).
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Steps to Christ, pp. 17–22.
“Chiyembekezo chokhacho cha chiwombolo cha mtundu wathu wokugwa chili mwa Khristu.”—The Desire of Ages, p. 147.
a. Fotokozani mmene munthu analiri mu Edeni. Genesis 1:26, 27, 31; Masalmo 8:4–6.“Poyamba munthu anapatsidwa mphamvu zaulemu ndi maganizo okhazikika bwino. Iye anali wangwiro m’chikhalidwe chake, ndipo anali mu mgwirizano ndi Mulungu.”—Steps to Christ, p. 17.“Munthu anayenera kusonyeza chifanizo cha Mulungu, pa maonekedwe akunja komanso pa khalidwe. Khristu yekha ndiye ‘chifanizo chenicheni’ (Ahebri 1:3) cha Atate; koma munthu analengedwa m’chifanizo cha Mulungu. Chikhalidwe chake chinali mu mgwirizano ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu. Maganizo ake anatha kumvetsa zinthu zaumulungu. Zokonda zake zinali zoyera; zilakolako ndi zikhumbo zake zinali pansi pa ulamuliro wa nzeru. Iye anali woyera ndi wokondwa chifukwa chonyamula chifanizo cha Mulungu ndi kumvera mwangwiro chifuniro Chake.”—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 45.b. Kodi Satana anagwira ntchito bwanji kuti awononge cholinga chaumulungu pakulengedwa kwa munthu? Genesis 3:1–7; Aroma 6:16; 1 Yohane 2:16.“Kudzera mu kusamvera, mphamvu za [munthu] zinapotozedwa, ndipo kudzikonda kunalowa m’malo mwa chikondi. Chikhalidwe chake chinafooka kwambiri chifukwa cha kuchimwa moti zinali zosatheka kwa iye, mwa mphamvu zake yekha, kukana mphamvu ya choipa. Iye anakhala kapolo wa Satana, ndipo akanakhalabe choncho mpaka kalekale Mulungu akanapanda kulowererapo mwapadera. Cholinga cha woyesa chinali kusokoneza dongosolo la Mulungu pakulengedwa kwa munthu ndi kudzaza dziko lapansi ndi chisoni ndi chiwonongeko. Ndipo akanasonyeza zoyipa zonsezi ngati zotsatira za ntchito ya Mulungu yolenga munthu.”—Steps to Christ, p. 17.
2. KUTHAWA PAMASO PA MULUNGU Lachiwiri, Julayi 6
a. Atachimwa, Adamu ndi Hava anachita bwanji atamva mau a Mulungu? Genesis 3:8–10.b. N’chifukwa chiyani anthu ochimwa sakwanitsa kuyima pamaso pa Wosathayo? Eksodo 33:20; Deuteronomo 4:23, 24.“Mu chikhalidwe chake chosachimwa, munthu anali ndi ubwenzi wosangalala ndi Iye ‘amene mwabisidwa chuma chonse cha nzeru ndi chidziwitso.’ Akolose 2:3. Koma atachimwa, sanathenso kusangalala ndi chiyero, ndipo anayesera kubisala pamaso pa Mulungu. Umenewu ndi m’mene mtima wosabadwanso umakhalirabe mpaka lero. Suli mu mgwirizano ndi Mulungu ndipo supeza chisangalalo mu chiyanjano ndi Iye. Wochimwa sangathe kukhala wokondwa pamaso pa Mulungu; angapewere kukhala pamodzi ndi oyera mtima. Ngati ataloledwa kulowa kumwamba, kumeneko sikukanakhala kosangalatsa kwa iye. Mzimu wa chikondi chosadzikonda womwe umalamulira kumeneko, mtima uliwonse ukuyankha mtima wa Chikondi Chopanda Malire, sukanakhudza chilichonse mu moyo wake. Maganizo ake, zokonda zake, ndi zolinga zake zikanakhala zosiyana ndi za anthu opanda tchimo okhala kumeneko. Akanakhala ngati mawu osagwirizana m’nyimbo ya kumwamba. Kumwamba kungakhale kwa iye malo ozunzika; akanalakalaka kubisika kwa Iye amene ali kuunika kwake ndi pakati pa chisangalalo chake. Sikuti ndi lamulo lopanda chilungamo la Mulungu lomwe limatseka oipa kunja kwa kumwamba; iwo amatsekedwa ndi kusayenerera kwawo kukhala pamodzi ndi oyera. Ulemerero wa Mulungu ukadakhala kwa iwo moto wowawononga.”—Steps to Christ, pp. 17, 18.c. N’chifukwa chiyani n’zosatheka kuti munthu mwa iye yekha athawe chilango cha tchimo? Yobu 14:4; Aroma 8:7, 8; Yesaya 64:6.“N’zosatheka kwa ife, mwa ife tokha, kuthawa dzenje la tchimo limene tagweramo. Mitima yathu ndi yoyipa, ndipo sitingaisinthe. ‘Ndani angatulutse choyera m’chonyansa? Palibe mmodzi.’ Yobu 14:4. . . . Maphunziro, chikhalidwe, kugwiritsa ntchito chifuniro, ndi khama laumunthu, zonsezi zili ndi malo ake; koma pa nkhaniyi zilibe mphamvu. Zingapange khalidwe labwino looneka kunja, koma sizingasinthe mtima; sizingayeretse magwero a moyo. Payenera kukhala mphamvu yogwira ntchito kuchokera mkati, moyo watsopano wochokera kumwamba, munthu asanasinthidwe kuchoka mu tchimo kupita ku chiyero. Mphamvu imeneyo ndi Khristu. Chisomo Chake chokha chingapereke moyo ku mphamvu zakufa za moyo wamkati, ndi kukokera moyo kwa Mulungu, ku chiyero.”—Ibid., p. 18.
3. KUFUNIKA KWA MPULUMUTSI Lachitatu, Julayi 7
a. Kodi tiyenera kuzindikira chiyani za mtima wa munthu? Masalimo 14:1–3; Aroma 3:9–11.“Mawu a Mulungu alengeza kuti, ‘Onse anachimwa, naperewera pa ulemerero wa Mulungu’ (Aroma 3:23). ‘Palibe wochita zabwino, palibe ngakhale mmodzi’ (Aroma 3:12). Ambiri amanyengedwa pa nkhani ya chikhalidwe cha mitima yawo. Sadziwa kuti mtima wachibadwa ndi wachinyengo koposa zinthu zonse, ndipo ndi woipa kwambiri. Amadzifunda ndi chilungamo chawo, ndipo amakhutitsidwa pofika pa muyezo wawo waumunthu wa khalidwe; koma alephera koopsa pamene safika pa muyezo waumulungu, ndipo mwa iwo okha sangathe kukwaniritsa zofuna za Mulungu.”—Selected Messages, bk. 1, p. 320.b. N’chifukwa chiyani ife monga anthu sitingathe kuzindikira dziko lauzimu ndi kuona ufumu wa Mulungu? 1 Akorinto 2:14; 2 Akorinto 4:4.“Mpulumutsi anati, ‘Munthu akapanda kubadwa kuchokera kumwamba,’ pokhapokha atalandira mtima watsopano, zokhumba zatsopano, zolinga zatsopano, ndi njira zatsopano zotsogolera ku moyo watsopano, ‘sangathe kuona ufumu wa Mulungu.’ Yohane 3:3, kumapeto. Lingaliro lakuti munthu amafunikira kokha kukulitsa zabwino zomwe zili mwa iye mwachibadwa, ndi chinyengo chowopsa. ‘Munthu wachibadwa salandira zinthu za Mzimu wa Mulungu, chifukwa zili zopusa kwa iye; ndipo sangathe kuzidziwa, chifukwa zidziwika mwa uzimu.’ ‘Musadabwe kuti ndinati kwa iwe, Muyenera kubadwanso.’ 1 Akorinto 2:14; 3:7. Za Khristu kwalembedwa kuti, ‘Mwa Iye munali moyo; ndipo moyowo unali kuunika kwa anthu’ ndi ‘dzina lokhalo pansi pa thambo lopatsidwa mwa anthu limene tiyenera kupulumutsidwa nalo.’ Yohane 1:4; Machitidwe 4:12.”—Steps to Christ, pp. 18, 19.c. Ngakhale sitingathe kudzipulumutsa tokha, kodi tingachite chiyani? Mateyu 11:28–30; Yohane 3:3.“Mulungu anayenera kuonetsedwa mwa Khristu, ‘kuyanjanitsa dziko lapansi ndi Iye mwini.’ 2 Akorinto 5:19. Munthu anali atatsika kwambiri chifukwa cha tchimo moti zinali zosatheka kwa iye, mwa iye yekha, kubwera mu mgwirizano ndi Iye amene chikhalidwe Chake ndi chiyero ndi ubwino. Koma Khristu, atawombola munthu ku chiweruzo cha lamulo, akanatha kupereka mphamvu yaumulungu kuti igwirizane ndi khama laumunthu. Motero, mwa kulapa kwa Mulungu ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu, ana a Adamu ogwa akanatha kukhalanso ‘ana a Mulungu.’ 1 Yohane 3:2.”—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 64.
4. PEMPHERO LA WOCHIMWA Lachinayi, Julayi 8
a. Kodi vuto la mtumwi Paulo linali chiyani pamene anazindikira mokwanira mmene analiri ngati wochimwa pamaso pa Mulungu? Aroma 7:12, 14, 24.“Sikokwanira kungoona kukoma mtima kwa Mulungu, kuona ubwino ndi chisamaliro chaubambo cha khalidwe Lake. Sikokwanira kuzindikira nzeru ndi chilungamo cha lamulo Lake, ndi kuona kuti lakhazikitsidwa pa mfundo yosatha ya chikondi. Mtumwi Paulo anaona zonsezi pamene anafuula kuti, ‘Ndikuvomereza kuti lamulo ndi labwino.’ ‘Lamulo ndi loyera, ndipo chilamulocho ndi choyera, cholungama, ndi chabwino.’ Koma anawonjezera, mu kuwawa kwa moyo wake ndi kusimidwa, kuti, ‘Ine ndine wathupi, wogulitsidwa ku tchimo.’ Aroma 7:16, 12, 14. Iye analakalaka chiyero ndi chilungamo, zimene mwa iye yekha analibe mphamvu yopezera, ndipo anafuula, ‘Ine munthu watsoka, ndani adzandilanditsa ku thupi ili la imfa?’ Aroma 7:24, kumapeto. Kulira kotereku kwakwera kuchokera ku mitima yolemetsedwa m’maiko onse ndi m’nthawi zonse. Kwa onse, yankho lake ndi limodzi lokha, ‘Onani Mwanawankhosa wa Mulungu, amene achotsa tchimo la dziko lapansi.’ Yohane 1:29.”—Steps to Christ, p. 19.“Pali ambiri amene amazindikira kusathekera kwawo, ndipo amalakalaka moyo wauzimu umene ungawabweretse mu mgwirizano ndi Mulungu; koma akuyesera mopanda pake kuupeza. . . . Mpulumutsi akuweramira pa chinthu chimene anachigula ndi mwazi Wake, akunena ndi chifundo ndi chisoni chosafotokozeka kuti, ‘Kodi ufuna kuchiritsidwa?’”—The Desire of Ages, p. 203.b. Kodi Yakobo anatsimikiziridwa bwanji ndi Mulungu kuti sanasiidwe pamene anathawa m’bale wake Esau? Genesis 28:10–13.“[Yakobo] anamva kuti ali ngati wotayidwa, ndipo anadziwa kuti mavuto onsewa abwera chifukwa cha njira yake yolakwika. Mdima wa kusimidwa unalemera pa moyo wake, ndipo sanalimbikire ngakhale kupemphera. Koma anali yekhayekha kwambiri moti anamva kufunikira kwa chitetezo cha Mulungu monga sanamvere kale. Ndi kulira ndi kudzichepetsa kwakukulu anavomereza tchimo lake, ndipo anapempha umboni wakuti sanasiyidwe konse. Komabe mtima wake wolemetsedwa sunapeze mpumulo. Anataya chidaliro chonse mwa iye yekha, ndipo anaopa kuti Mulungu wa makolo ake wamukana.“Koma Mulungu sanasiye Yakobo. Chifundo Chake chinapitiriza kufikira mtumiki Wake wolakwa ndi wosakhulupirira. Mwachifundo, Yehova anaonetsa Yakobo chimene ankafunikira, Mpulumutsi. Iye anachimwa, koma mtima wake unadzazidwa ndi chiyamiko pamene anaona njira yoonetsedwa imene akanabwezeretsedwanso ku chisomo cha Mulungu.”—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 183.
5. KULUMIKIZA KUMWAMBA NDI DZIKO LAPANSI Lachisanu, Julayi 9
a. Kodi phunziro loti tiphunzire kuchokera pa makwerero amene Yakobo anaona m’chipululu ndi liti? Genesis 28:16, 17; Yohane 1:51.“M’masomphenya amenewo dongosolo la chiwombolo linaonetsedwa kwa Yakobo, osati lonse, koma mbali zimene zinali zofunika kwa iye pa nthawiyo. Makwerero achinsinsi amene anaonetsedwa kwa iye m’lotolo anali omwewo amene Khristu anatchula pokambirana ndi Natanayeli. [Yohane 1:51 kotedi]. Kufikira pa nthawi imene munthu anawukira boma la Mulungu, panali ubwenzi waulere pakati pa Mulungu ndi munthu. Koma tchimo la Adamu ndi Hava linalekanitsa dziko lapansi ndi kumwamba, kotero kuti munthu sakanathanso kukhala ndi chiyanjano ndi Mlengi wake. Komabe dziko silinasiidwe lokha lopanda chiyembekezo. Makwererowo akuimira Yesu, njira yosankhidwa yolankhulirana.”—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 184.b. Fotokozani kulumikizana komwe kuyimira kwa Khristu kwakhazikitsa. Aroma 3:23–26; Ahebri 1:14.“Mu kupanduka, munthu anadzipatula kwa Mulungu; dziko lapansi linalekanitsidwa ndi kumwamba. Pa phompho limene linali pakati pake, sipakanakhoza kukhala chiyanjano. Koma kudzera mwa Khristu, dziko lapansi linalumikizananso ndi kumwamba. Ndi ubwino Wake mwini, Khristu wamanga mlatho pa phompho limene tchimo linapanga, kotero kuti angelo otumikira athe kukhala ndi chiyanjano ndi munthu. Khristu amalumikiza munthu wokugwa, wofooka ndi wosowa thandizo, ndi Gwero la mphamvu zopanda malire. . . .“Mtima wa Mulungu umalakalaka ana Ake a pa dziko lapansi ndi chikondi choposa imfa. Popereka Mwana Wake, watitsanulira kumwamba konse mu mphatso imodzi. Moyo wa Mpulumutsi ndi imfa Yake ndi kupembedzera Kwake, utumiki wa angelo, kupempha kwa Mzimu, Atate akugwira ntchito pamwamba ndi kudzera mwa zonse, chidwi chosatha cha zolengedwa zakumwamba, zonsezi zikugwira ntchito m’malo mwa chiwombolo cha munthu.”—Steps to Christ, pp. 20, 21.
MAFUNSO OBWERENZA PA WEKHA Lachisanu n’chimodzi, Julayi 10
1. Yerekezerani chikhalidwe cha anthu atagwa ndi asanagwe.2. Munthu atagwa, anachita chiyani ndipo chifukwa chiyani?3. Kodi yankho lokhalo ku vuto la tchimo linali liti?4. Fotokozani tanthauzo la chizindikiro chodabwitsa chimene chinapatsidwa kwa Yakobo m’lotolo.5. Kodi Mulungu amasunga njira iti yolankhulirana ndi anthu?