Chineke Atọ n'Ime Otu

1. OTU CHINEKE

‘Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one: …’ Deut. 6:4.

‘Before me no God was formed, nor will there be one after me.’ Isaiah 43:10.

‘I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.’ Isaiah 44:6.

‘Is there any God besides me? Mba, there is no other Rock; I know not one. ‘Isaiah 44:8.

• (This verse is particularly useful with Mormons, who claim that there are Gods who rule over other worlds. This would make God a liar, since he could not be unaware of their existence!)

‘We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesu Kristi, through whom all things came and through whom we live. ‘1 Cor. 8:4-6.

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2. MMADỤ atọ

A person is characterised by having a mind, will and emotions of their own; though that should not be confused with self-will: the more people love each other, ka ha na-enwekwu nchegbu na echiche nke ndị ọzọ, ọchịchọ na mmetụta.

2.1 Nna

Ọ dịchaghị mkpa igosi onye Nna bụ. Na ọ bụ Chineke kwuru n'ụzọ doro anya na amaokwu ikpeazụ e zoro aka na ya. Jizọs na-akpọkarị Chineke Nna: 'Nna Anyị N'elu Eluigwe, KA EGO NA-EGO, ..’ (Mt. 6:9), ‘Ana m alaghachikwute Nna m na Nna unu, nye Chinekem na Chineke-unu’ (Jn. 20:17). Akwụkwọ Nsọ juputara na ntụaka na-ekpughe Nna ya ọ bụghị dị ka ike nkịtị, ma dị ka onye maara ihe, ike na mmetụta onye.

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2.2 Ọkpara ahụ

A pụghị inwe ohere inwe obi abụọ na Jizọs bụ onye nwere uche, uche na mmetụta nke ya. N’agbanyeghị na ọ na-eme uche Nna mgbe niile (Jn. 6:38; 8:29) ọ bụ ikpe ‘ọ bụghị uche m, mana nke gi emee’ (Lk. 21:42).

Ọtụtụ, mana, aghọtaghị na ọ bụkwa Chineke. Ndị Juu na-ekpo ọkụ nke ukwuu na e nwere nanị otu Chineke nke na onye ọ bụla ọzọ na-azọrọ na ya bụ Chineke ma ọ bụ Ọkpara Chineke. (nke bụ otu ihe ahụ – ile Jn 5:18) e were ya ozugbo dị ka nkwulu.

Ka o sina dị, n’agbanyeghị na Jizọs na-ezere esemokwu n’okwu a ma jiri utu aha bụ́ ‘Nwa nke mmadụ’ (Mt. 16:13-20), N'ezie, o kwuru ụdị ihe ahụ.

O kwetara na Pita kọwara ya dị ka ‘Ọkpara Chineke’ n'ime Mt. 16:16 na nke ndi-Farisi nime Mt. 26:63-4. N'ụzọ doro anya ka, o kpọrọ aha Chineke e kpughere Mozis (Ex. 3:14) n’okwu ya ‘Ana m agwa unu eziokwu, tutu Abraham amua, abum!’ na ọ fọrọ nke nta ka a tụọ ya nkume n'ebe ahụ (Jn. 8:59). Ugboro abụọ tupu mgbe ahụ na mkparịta ụka ahụ (Jn. 8:24 & 28) ọ bụla otu aha ahụ (ọ bụ ezie na n'ụdị mkpuchi karịa nke na-apụtaghị nke ọma na ntụgharị), ma ndị Juu malitere iji ya mee ihe na mbụ: ya mere enweghi nghọtahie Jisos’ nghota. Ọ bụ ezie na o were Pita na ndị na-eso ụzọ ndị ọzọ oge ịmata na Jizọs bụ Chineke, obi abụọ adịghị ya na ha mere.

Jọn ji okwu ahụ malite ozi ọma ya, ‘Na mbụ ka Okwu ahụ dị, Okwu ahu we diyere Chineke, Okwu ahu we buru Chineke,’ wee gaa n'ihu ikwu, ‘Okwu ahụ wee ghọọ anụ ahụ́ wee biri n’etiti anyị’ (Jn. 1:1 & 14).

• (Ndịàmà Jehova’ na-ekwu na nke a kwesịrị ịbụ ‘chi’ n’ihi na Grik mbụ ahụ asịghị ‘Chineke’ enweghị ntọala. ‘Chineke’ a na-eji ugboro ise ọzọ na nke mbụ 18 amaokwu na naanị otu kwuru 'Chineke'. Nakwa, Ụdị okwu e ji mee ihe na Grik abụghị nanị na ọ dị mkpa maka ‘ihe’ a ga-ahapụ: ọ na-emesi Okwu ahụ ‘Chineke ike’ site n'itinye ya ụzọ.)

Tọmọs kwetara na Jizọs bụ ‘Onyenwe m na Chineke m!’ (Jn. 20:28)

• (Nke a bụ amaokwu bara uru maka J.W, ebe ọ bụ na nsụgharị nkịtị bụ ‘Onyenwe m na Chineke nke m!’ na Jisus, tere aka ịgbazi Thomas, na-akwado ya site n’ịsị ‘N’ihi na ị hụwo m, unu ekwerela.’)

Pọl kwuru, sị: ‘Ọ bụ onyinyo nke Chineke a na-apụghị ịhụ anya, ọkpara n'elu ihe nile e kere eke. N'ihi na ekère ihe nile site n'aka-Ya: ihe dị n’eluigwe na n’ụwa, anya na-adịghị ahụ anya, ma ọ bụ ocheeze ma ọ bụ ikike ma ọ bụ ndị ọchịchị ma ọ bụ ndị ọchịchị; Ekère ihe nile site n'aka-Ya, nye kwa Ya. Ọ bu ụzọ ihe nile, ọ bu kwa nime Ya ka ihe nile nēkekọ;. Ọ bụkwa ya bụ isi nke anụ ahụ, ụka; ọ bu onye-nmalite na ọkpara n'etiti ndi nwuru anwu, ka o we nwe ike n'ihe nile. N'ihi na ọ di Chineke utọ ka njuputa-Ya nile biri nime Ya, site kwa n'aka-Ya ime ka ya na ya di n'ihe nile, ..’ (Col. 1:15-20)

Onye dere Ndị Hibru dere na Chineke ‘esiwo n’aka Ọkpara ya gwa anyị okwu, onye ọ kpọrọ onye-nketa nke ihe nile, na onye o mere eluigwe na ala. Ọkpara ahụ bụ nchapụta ebube nke Chineke na ihe nnọchianya nke ọdịdị ya, nēji okwu-Ya di ike kwagide ihe nile.’ (Heb. 1:2-3) Ọ na-ekwu na na Psalm 45:6-7 ọ bụ Nna n’onwe ya na-ekwu banyere Jizọs: 'Ocheeze gị, Chineke, ga-adigide rue mgbe ebighi ebi, ezi omume gābu kwa nkpa-n'aka nke ala-eze-Gi. Ị hụwo ezi omume n'anya, kpọọkwa ajọ omume asị; ya mere Chineke, Chineke gị, emewo ka i karia ndi-ibe-gi’ (Heb. 1:8-9)

Aịzaya kwuru na ‘a ga-akpọ ya Onye ndụmọdụ dị ebube, Chineke di ike, Nna ebighebi, Onyeisi Udo.’ (Is. 9:6)

Jesus deliberately used the Divine name ‘I am.’ Isaiah 43:10 says ‘I am the first and the last; apart from me there is no God’: yet Jesus in Revelation 1:17; 2:8 & 22:13 says ‘I am the First and the Last’.

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2.3 Mmụọ Nsọ

Few would dispute the Divinity of the Holy Spirit. He is variously described as ‘the Spirit of God’ (Rom. 8:9), ‘the Holy Spirit of God’ (Eph. 4:30), ‘the Spirit of glory and of God’ (1 Pet. 4:14), ‘the Spirit of the Lord’ (2 Cor. 3:17), ‘the Spirit of the Lord God’ (Is. 61:1), ‘the Spirit of Christ’ (Rom. 8:9) and ‘the Eternal Spirit’ (Heb. 9:14), to mention just a few of his names.

His extreme holiness is most clearly shown in Jesus statement, ‘I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin.’ (Mark 3:28-9). (Rịba ama, mana, na ihe ndị gbara ya gburugburu na-egosi na nkwulu dị otú ahụ bụ ụma na ịmara ọjụjụ nke ọrụ nzọpụta nke Mmụọ Nsọ. – hụkwa Heb. 10:29.)

Otutu otu ọ dị ọtụtụ otu na-ajụ ịnakwere Mmụọ Nsọ dịka onye.

• Ndị J.W. ‘Nsụgharị Ụwa Ọhụrụ,’ dị ka ọmụmaatụ, na-ezo aka mgbe nile na ‘Mmụọ Nsọ’ dị ka ‘mmụọ nsọ’ ma jiri ‘ya’ kama 'ọ'. Ha gbachitere nke mbụ n'ihi na ndị Grik na-ahapụkarị 'ihe’ na nke abụọ n'ihi na okwu Grik e ji sụgharịta mmụọ adịchaghị adị. Ihe abụọ a bụ eziokwu: ma 35 pụọ na 55 nrụtụ aka na Mmụọ Nsọ n’Ọrụ jiri ‘the’ na ihe niile ma 2 nke 17 ikpe ebe Mụọ Nsọ bụ isiokwu nke nkwupụta sị ‘na’ (otu n'ime ndị ọzọ 2, Acts 19:2, pụtara n'ụzọ doro anya ịgụ 'Mmụọ Nsọ'). Na ọ bụ ezie na ndị dere akwụkwọ ji asụsụ Grik manyere ha ka ha jiri ‘ya’ n'imekọrịta ya na okwu neuter 'mmụọ', mmasị ha maka ‘ya’ enwere ike ịhụ na John 16:7-15, ebe nwoke ‘Ndụmọdụ’ eji na Jn 16:7, sochiri ‘mmụọ’ n'ime Jn 16:13. N'agbanyeghị nke a na nkebi ahịrịokwu 'Mgbe ọ’ na ‘n’onwe ya’ n'ime Jn 16:13 na ‘Ọ ga-eme’ n'ime Jn 16:15 ka na-eji ụdị nwoke.

Anyị ekwesịghị ịbụ ndị ọkà mmụta Gris, mana! Ọgụgụ Jọn dị mfe nghọta, isiakwụkwọ 14 ka 16 (Jn 14:15-16:15), ga-egosi ngwa ngwa na Mụọ Nsọ bụ n'ezie mmadụ: ọ na-ezi anyị ma na-echetara anyị (Jn 14:26), na-agba akaebe banyere Jizọs (Jn 15:26), ndị ikpe mara (Jn 16:8), ndu, na-ekwu ma na-anụ (Jn 16:13) were kwa ihe nke Jisus mere ka ayi mara ya (Jn 16:14-5).

Ndị Rom, isi 8, bara uru karịsịa maka ime ka ndị na-achọghị ihu eziokwu a kwenye. Rom 8:34 na-ekwu 'Kraịst .. ọ nọ n'aka nri Chineke, ma na-arịọkwa anyị arịrịọ.’ Arịrịọ bụ mgbe mmadụ batara ịrịọ otu onye arịrịọ maka onye ọzọ. Jụọ ma Kraịst ọ̀ pụrụ ịrịọchitere anyị arịrịọ ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị onye? Ọ bụghị n'ezie! Ugbu a lee Rom 8:26-7: Mmụọ Nsọ na-arịọkwa anyị arịrịọ, ya mere ọ ga-abụrịrị onye. Ọ bụghị naanị nke ahụ, mana ‘uche nke Mmụọ Nsọ’ a na-ekwu nke ọma.

Acts 13:2-4 na Acts 16:6-7 gosi nke ọma na Mụọ Nsọ na-eme uche ya gbasara ọrụ nke ọgbakọ. Rom. 8:26 na-ekwu maka Mmụọ Nsọ na-asụ ude maka anyị na Eph. 4:30 na-agwa anyị ‘unu emela ka mmụọ nsọ nke Chineke nwee mwute, onye e wereworo akara unu akara bayere ubọchi nb͕aputa’ (hụkwa Is. 63:10). Ya mere, egosiputa njirimara niile nke onye dị adị n'ụzọ doro anya na Mụọ Nsọ.

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