Kodi Tikupita Kuphompho?

Pamene tiyang’ana m’mbuyo m’mbiri yonse ya anthu, tikuwona mabwinja a zitukuko zakalezi; zambiri zomwe zasokonekera ndikusiya pafupifupi palibe. Pokhapokha, Njira zamakono zofufuzira mothandizidwa ndi laser zasonyeza kuti nkhalango imene anthu ankaganiza kuti ndi ya Amazonia inabisaladi mabwinja a misewu yaikulu yolumikizana., mizinda ndi ntchito zoyang'anira nthaka. Malingaliro ofotokozera kukwera ndi kugwa kwa zitukuko izi zakhala zambiri komanso zosiyanasiyana, monga momwe zaneneratu kuti dziko lapansi linali pachiwopsezo cha tsoka komanso nkhani za kutha kwa anthu ambiri m'mbuyomu, kuyambira pa Chigumula cha Nowa kupita ku meteorite imene amati inawononga ma dinosaurs.

Pakadali pano, ngakhale kuti anthu ambiri ananeneratu za tsiku la chiwonongeko, moyo wa munthu wapulumuka masoka onsewa. Koma ndi ‘mwayi wathu’ zatsala pang'ono kutha?

Kuchulukitsa kwathu kwa Kudziwononga

Sitinakhalepo ndi mphamvu zochuluka chotere kuti tidziwononge tokha – komanso dziko lapansi – monga ife tiri nazo lero. Zopezedwa za sayansi ndi luso zaunjikana pamlingo wodabwitsa: koma ndi chiwonjezeko chiri chonse cha kuthekera kwa munthu ngozi zatsopano zakhala zikuwonekera. Pamene chiwerengero cha anthu chawonjezeka, momwemonso kukakamiza zinthu zachilengedwe zathu – chakudya, madzi, dziko, mphamvu ndi zipangizo – ndipo ndi zitsenderezozi zabwera mikangano yambiri yapachiŵeniŵeni ndi yapadziko lonse pakati pa ‘okhala nawo’ ndi 'opanda', pakati pa amphamvu ndi apansi; kaŵirikaŵiri amabisidwa mopepuka ndi kawonekedwe ka makhalidwe, mfundo za dziko kapena zachipembedzo. Mphamvu za nyukiliya zabweretsa chiwopsezo cha kuwonongedwa kwa dziko lonse pakachitika nkhondo. Mankhwala aulimi akuwopseza kuwonongedwa kwa mitundu ya miyala yamtengo wapatali. Kupanga mafakitale kwadzetsa kuipitsa kofala. Kutentha kwa dziko kumawopseza kukhazikika kwa nyengo yathu. Asayansi akuchulukirachulukira akuyamba kuda nkhawa kuti Artificial Intelligence ikhoza kukhala mbuye wathu mosavuta, osati mtumiki wathu, kapena kuti Bio-Engineering ingayambitse mwangozi kusintha kwa ma genetic.

Kunyada kwa Anthu ndi Misala Yamakhalidwe

Koma, pamwamba pa izi, kunyada kwa anthu pazochita zathu kumapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala odzikuza nthawi zonse.. Timanyoza umbuli wachikale wa mafumu akale amene amadzitcha ‘milungu’ ndi kunyoza olamulira ankhanza amene akupitirizabe kuchita zimenezi ngakhale masiku ano; kukhulupirira zimenezo, posachedwa, adzalandira kubwera kwawo ndi chifuniro cha ‘anthu’ adzapambana. Koma, nthawi yomweyo, tikulola kuti tinyengedwe kukhulupirira kuti tilibe ngongole kwa wina aliyense kupatula ife eni; ndi kuti palibe nzeru kapena ulamuliro wa makhalidwe abwino m’chilengedwe chonse umene uyenera kuloledwa kukhala pamwamba pa zathu. Osati kudzichepetsa ndi kukula kochititsa chidwi ndi zovuta za dziko limene tikukhalamo ife tonse tikuyang'ana ku cholinga chomwecho.; kuumirira pa ‘ufulu wathu’ ndi kudziyimira pawokha osati maudindo athu, ndi kudalira, ena.

Timanyalanyaza mwachisawawa nzeru zonse zimene anthu zaka masauzande akumana nazo, kunena kuti chenicheni chathu chikhoza kukhala chilichonse chomwe tikufuna kuti chikhale ndipo ndife olamulira tsogolo lathu. Nthawi ina, kudzikuza kumeneku kunasonyezedwa ngati kulimbana pakati pa kufunafuna ‘sayansi’ ndi kulingalira motsutsana ndi zikhulupiriro chabe. Osatinso pano. M’mbadwo umodzi wokha tachoka pa lingaliro lofanana la ukwati monga mgwirizano wa mwamuna ndi mkazi ndi cholinga cholera ana m’malo osungika., amuna ndi akazi onse akuchita ngati zitsanzo, kunena kuti izi ndi zosafunikira. Alipo, kumene, nthawi zonse akhala amene asankha kuchita mosiyana: ngakhale kuwunika kowona kumapitilirabe kuvomereza lingaliro lachikhalidwe. Koma chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi kukana mfundo za chilengedwe zokhudza kusiyana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi.¹ Tsopano, anthu akudzinenera ‘ufulu’ kutanthauziranso matupi awo, ngakhale zitakhudza kudzicheka dala kuti izi zitheke. Zikuoneka ngati kuti anthu salinso pankhondo pakati pathu, kapena motsutsana ndi chilengedwe kapena lingaliro lililonse la ulamuliro wapamwamba: koma motsutsana ndi ife tokha, kunyoza matupi omwe ife tirimo. Chikuchitika ndi chiyani? Tingakhale opusa bwanji?

Mavuto Amene Alipo

Monga momwe anthu amaganizira zovuta za dziko lathu lapansi, ndi ziyembekezo zake zonse, maloto osweka, kukongola kwachilengedwe ndi kupanda chilungamo kowonekera, zabweretsa funso, ‘Kodi zonsezi n’chiyani??’ Kalelo mu nthawi za Chipangano Chakale, Mfumu Solomo inafotokoza motere:

Choncho ndinasinkhasinkha pa zonsezi ndipo ndinatsimikiza kuti olungama ndi anzeru ndi zochita zawo zili m’manja mwa Mulungu, koma palibe amene akudziwa ngati chikondi kapena chidani chidzawayembekezera. Onse ali ndi tsogolo limodzi—olungama ndi oipa, zabwino ndi zoipa, woyera ndi wodetsedwa, amene amapereka nsembe ndi amene sapereka. Monga momwe zilili ndi zabwino, Momwemonso ndi Ochimwa; monga momwe zilili ndi amene amalumbira, momwemonso ndi amene akuopa kuwatenga. Ichi ndi choipa m'zonse zimachitika pansi pano: Tsogolo lomwelo limapeza onse. Mitima ya anthu, Komanso, Adzadza ndi zoipa, Ndipo m’mitima mwawo muli misala pamene Adali ndi moyo, ndipo pambuyo pake amaphatikizana ndi akufa. Aliyense mwa amoyo ali ndi chiyembekezo, ngakhale galu wamoyo ali bwino kuposa mkango wakufa! Pakuti amoyo adziwa kuti tidzafa;, koma akufa sadziwa kanthu; alibe mphotho ina, ndipo ngakhale dzina lawo laiwalika. Chikondi chawo, chidani chawo ndi nsanje zawo zatha kalekale; sadzagawananso kanthu kalikonse kakuchitika pansi pano. (Ecc 9:1-6 NIV)

Ndi chiyembekezo chosasangalatsa: komabe kuthedwa nzeru kotheratu kunali kolinganizidwa ndi chiyembekezo. Kuzungulira kopitilira nthawi yobzala ndi kukolola, ndipo chodabwitsa cha kusinthika kwa zinthu chinapereka maziko a chiyembekezo chakuti imfa sinali mapeto ake.. Ndi kucholowana kwenikweni kwa dziko lino, zomwe zimakhala zokulirapo komanso zovuta kwambiri momwe chidziwitso chathu chimafikira patali, anakopa anthu kuti dziko lapansi ndi ntchito ya luntha yokhala ndi zolinga zazikulu kuposa zathu. ngakhale lero, ambiri amalingaliro athu akuluakulu asayansi ndi filosofi amva kuti ali ndi udindo womaliza, ndi Wolemba Masalmo:

Zakumwamba zimalengeza ulemerero wa Mulungu. thambo limasonyeza ntchito ya manja ake. Tsiku ndi tsiku alankhula mawu, Ndipo usiku ndi usiku Amapereka chidziwitso. Palibe kulankhula kapena chinenero, kumene mawu awo samveka. (Psa 19:1-3)

Ndikaganizira zakumwamba kwanu, ntchito ya zala zanu, mwezi ndi nyenyezi, zomwe mudazipanga; munthu ndi chiyani, kuti mumaganiza za iye? Mwana wa munthu ndi chiyani, kuti mumamusamalira? (Psa 8:3-4)

Poyeneradi, Pamene taphunzira zambiri za mphamvu zofunika kwambiri zimene zimaumba chilengedwe chathu, tapeza kuti pamafunika kulinganiza bwino kwambiri kwa mphamvu zimenezi kuti thambo likhale ndi mphamvu zopanga zamoyo.. Poyeneradi, mwayi wotsutsa kuti izi zichitike mwangozi ndi wapamwamba kwambiri mwa zakuthambo kotero kuti alipo okha 2 mfundo zimene zingatsutse mfundo yakuti chilengedwe chili ndi cholinga chenicheni cha kukhalapo kwake. Izi ndi:

1. Pali malo opanda malire kapena pafupifupi opanda malire a maiko ena; ndipo ‘zinachitika’ kukhala m'modzi wokhoza kuchirikiza moyo; kapena
2. Lingaliro lonse la cholinga ndilopanda ntchito. Tikadapanda kukhala pano, sitingafunse chifukwa chomwe tili.

Yankhani 1, ngakhale otchuka kwambiri masiku ano, zikuwoneka kukhala pafupifupi zosaneneka kwambiri; pamene kuyankha kwachilengedwe kwa 2 adzakhala: ‘Koma INE NDINE pano; ndipo NDIKUfunsa. Mukungokana kukumana ndi zenizeni!’ Komabe, ngakhale zili choncho, maganizo ofala pakati pa ‘osonkhezera’ m'badwo wathu ukupitiriza kukhala kuti zamoyo zinangokhalako mwangozi. Osonkhezera ameneŵa amanena kuti kulibe Mulungu; kuti sitiyankha kwa wina aliyense koma ife tokha, pa imfa, timangosiya kukhalapo.

Kupanda Phindu kwa Moyo Wamunthu

Pamene panopa mukusangalala nokha, kusowa kuyankha uku kumamveka ngati lingaliro lalikulu. Koma mapeto ake nthawi zonse amakhala moyo wopanda cholinga komanso wopanda chiyembekezo. Ngati mapeto athu ndi kufa osadziwa kanthu, moyo ndi wofunika kukhala ndi moyo ukakhalabe wosangalatsa; ndipo ngati iyenera kuthetsedwa msanga - ndiye chiyani? Akufa sadzasamala: choncho imfa, kaya mwa kupha kapena kudzipha, imakhala njira yofulumira komanso yomveka yothetsera mavuto onse. Sitikufuna kukumana ndi zovuta izi: chotero timalankhula mokweza ponena za okondedwa athu ‘atadutsa’ ndi kukhala ‘nthawi zonse m’maganizo mwathu’ — palibe chimene chiri chowona ngati ‘otisonkhezera’ ayenera kukhulupirira. Koma malingaliro ozizira awa a imfa nthawi zonse amadya njira mu chikhalidwe chathu. “Ndithudi,” amatsutsana, “ngati wina akudwala matenda osachiritsika kapena ukalamba, si mwa iwo (ndi wathu) zabwino kuti iwo afe?” Ndipo zimenezi sizikukhudzanso makanda olumala? Kapena bwanji za mimba yosafunidwa ija? Siziyenera kukhala, “Thupi langa; kusankha kwanga?” Ndipo ngati moyo wanu wawonongeka ndi wokonda wosakhulupirika, kapena wogulitsa zonyansa, asangalale bwanji moyo wako waonongeka? Is it not this very culture of death that lies behind many of the revenge killings and terrorist attacks that we have witnessed in recent years?

Who Are the Real Influencers?

But when we look around to see where this culture of death is really coming from, it is difficult to find anyone who will openly stand up and acknowledge that it is their own denials of accountability and purpose that are to blame. M'malo mwake, everywhere you look you will find well-intentioned people pledging themselves as campaigners for truth, chilungamo, human rights, preservation of the environment, the advancement of civilisation, ndi zina.. Conspiracy theories abound, kumene: but who is really pulling the strings? Those at the top of the pile will naturally want to stay there; but not if it becomes too much effort. Ndipo ndani amene angafune kulamulira dziko ngati akhulupiriradi kuti zoyesayesa zawo zonse potsirizira pake zidzathetsedwa ndi kuiŵalika?

Mapeto a Satana

Baibulo, mbali inayi, amaloza chala cha mlandu kwa mdani wakale wa anthu, Satana; amene amadziŵa bwino lomwe lonjezo la Mulungu kwa Adamu lakuti mmodzi wa mbadwa zake adzaphwanya mutu wa Satana². Zoyesa za Satana zokopa Yesu zalephereka; ndipo anthu akupatsidwanso mwayi wolumikizananso ndi Mulungu ndikukhala ndi moyo kosatha. Kwa Satana lingaliro lakuti ife—nyama chabe zokhala ndi matupi amene mwachibadwa akanawola ngati Mulungu akanaleka kutidyetsa ndi kutichirikiza, ndipo nzeru zotsika kwambiri kuposa zake - ziyenera kukondedwa, pomwe iye mwini akulangidwa, nzosapiririka.

Satana poyamba anali ndi zolinga ziwiri: oyamba, kupanga kukhala kosatheka mwamakhalidwe kuti Mulungu atikhululukire popanda kuchotsa chilango cha Satana ndi, kachiwiri, kukhala akapolo ndi kuwononga ambiri a ife momwe tingathere. Cholinga chake choyamba chinalephereka pamene Mulungu anachita, Kwa Satana, sizinali zomveka. Iye analola kuti Yesu afe m’malo mwathu mosonkhezeredwa ndi Satana iye mwini.

Pa nthawi ya chakudya chamadzulo, mdierekezi ataika kale mu mtima wa Yudasi Isikarioti, mwana wa Simoni, kuti ampereke Iye… Pambuyo pa chidutswa cha mkate, pamenepo Satana analowa mwa iye. Pamenepo Yesu ananena naye, “Zomwe mumachita, chitani msanga.” (Joh 13:2 & 27)

Koma timalankhula nzeru za Mulungu mwachinsinsi, nzeru imene yabisika, zimene Mulungu anazikonzeratu zisadakhale zolengedwa ku ulemerero wathu, chimene palibe mmodzi wa olamulira a dziko lapansi adachidziwa. Pakuti akadadziwa, sakanapachika Ambuye wa ulemerero. (1Co 2:7-8)

Njira Zoyimitsa

Satana amangoganizira zofuna zake; ndipo kotero kwenikweni ndi kunyoza chikondi, kuziwona ngati gwero la kufooka komwe kungagwiritsidwe ntchito kusokoneza ena. Koma waphunzira kuti Mulungu adzachita zonse zimene angathe kuti apulumutse anthu amene amawakonda – ndi, makamaka, ife. Baibulo limafotokoza kuti chifukwa chimene Mulungu amakanira kuweruza dziko n’chakuti n’zotheka kuti anthu ambiri apulumuke..

Yehova sazengereza nalo lonjezano;, monga ena amawerengera kuchedwa; koma aleza nafe, osafuna kuti ena awonongeke, koma kuti onse afike kukulapa. (2Pe 3:9)

Kufunika Kolapa

Mulungu wachita kale zonse zofunika kuti alipire mtengo wa chikhululukiro chathu: koma pali chinthu chimodzi chimene sangatichitire; ndiko kulapa. Kungopanga zinthu kukhala zabwinonso sikuthetsa vutoli. Adamu anachimwa pamene anali kukhala m’paradaiso. Payenera kukhala kusintha kwakukulu kwa mtima. Poyeneradi, kusintha kumeneko ndi kwakukulu kwambiri kotero kuti sitingathe kudziyendetsa tokha: koma tiyenera kuzifuna. Zili ngati munthu womira m’madzi amene wangoponyedwa kumene kuti apulumuke. Tiyenera kuchigwira, ngakhale mbiri yonse ya chipulumutso chathu ili ndi wopulumutsa.

Satana amadziwa zimenezi: choncho amachita zonse zomwe angathe kuti achedwetse kufalikira kwa uthenga wabwino ndi kukopa anthu kuyesa njira iliyonse yothetsera mavuto athu kupatula kulapa koona.. Ndipo watsimikiza mtima kubwezera chilango kwa Mulungu ndi anthu mwa kutipanga akapolo ndi kuwononga ambiri a ife monga momwe angathere., mwanjira iliyonse zotheka.

Choncho, mwamsanga angatikope kuti tidziwononge tokha, chabwino; ndi, makamaka, pamene iye akhoza kuwononga otsatira ambiri a Yesu, chabwino. Kodi munayamba mwadzifunsapo kuti zakhala bwanji kuti otsatira a Mfumu ya Chikondi ndi Kalonga wa Mtendere akhale anthu ozunzidwa kwambiri padziko lapansi??³

Tikamaona mmene dziko lilili panopa, ndi mkhalidwe womvetsa chisoni wa ambiri a mpingo, Ambiri angaganize kuti Satana ndi amene ali wamphamvu ndipo chikhulupiriro chachikhristu chatsala pang’ono kutha. Poyeneradi, anali Yesu mwiniyo amene anafunsa funsolo, “Komabe, pamene Mwana wa munthu adzadza, adzapeza chikhulupiriro padziko lapansi?” (Lk 18:8) Why did he say that?

N’chifukwa Chiyani Mulungu Sangoletsa Zoipazo??

Kodi zinthu zitha kuipiraipira? Sizitengera malingaliro ambiri kuti azindikire kuti angathe: ndiye bwanji Mulungu salowererapo tsopano, iwo asanatero? Zonse zimabwerera ku mtengo wosayerekezeka ndi wamuyaya umene Mulungu amaika pa inu, ine ndi mzimu wa munthu aliyense. Tangowerenga kumene kuti chikhumbo champhamvu cha Mulungu ndi, “kuti onse afike kukulapa” (2Pe 3:9). ndipo, monga mbusa mkati Mt 18:12-14, ali wokonzeka kulimbana ndi ngozi ya chilichonse chimene chingachitike kwa otsala a nkhosa zake kuti ayesetse kupulumutsa gulu limodzi lokha.. Iye amamvetsa, bwino kwambiri kuposa momwe timachitira, kuti masautso aliwonse omwe ife - ndi Iye - tingakumane nawo m'zaka zochepa zomwe moyo wathu wamakono ukhoza kukhala wopambana kwambiri ndi chimwemwe chosatha chomwe chikuyembekezera ife ndi tsoka la iwo omwe akuchiphonya..

Koma kwa aliyense wa ife funso lofunika kwambiri ndilo, “Pamene Mwana wa munthu adzadza, adzapeza chikhulupiriro mwa inu?” Iye amakuonani. Iye akudziwa zimene zili mu mtima mwanu. Palibe chimene mungachite kuti mulandire chiyanjo choterocho. Koma walonjeza kuti mukadzafika kwa iye simudzakanidwa. (kuwona Jn 6:37 ndi Rom 8:28-30). Kodi mudzabwera kwa Iye ndi chikhulupiriro ndi chikondi, kubweretsa zolakwa zanu zonse ndi manyazi, ndikusiya 'ufulu' wanu woti mukhale mtsogoleri wa tsogolo lanu? Izo ziyenera kukhala zanu kusankha. Sadzakupangirani inu. koma, kamodzi mzimu wotsiriza wapanga chisankho chawo, njira imodzi kapena imzake, pamenepo mapeto adzafika.

Werengani …

Mawu a M'munsi

1. Zakhala zikudziwika kuti anthu ochepa okha amavutika ndi chibadwa komanso matenda; ndipo amene ali ndi mavuto otero kaŵirikaŵiri amachitiridwa nkhanza (monganso omwe ali ndi mitundu ina yambiri ya olumala). Anthu amenewa ndi amtengo wapatali kwa Mulungu ngati mmene ifeyo tilili; ndipo m’pofunika kuti tiziwachitira onse mwachikondi ndi mwaulemu.
2. Kuwona ' Mbiri Yakale – Chibvumbulutso Chopita patsogolo’; kapena kukambirana mwatsatanetsatane, kuwona ‘Momwe zidayendera bwino’, m'ndandanda wamaphunziro, ‘Sitingachite Cholakwa?’.
3. E.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48146305. Osati kuti pali chifukwa chimodzi chokha. Poyamba, pakhala pali anthu ambiri odzitcha okha otsatira a Yesu amene amanyoza Yesu poyera’ ziphunzitso, kutembenuza ena kutsutsana naye: pomwe, mbali inayi, otsatira ambiri amakhalidwe abwino ndi olemekeza mulungu a zipembedzo zina nawonso azunzidwa – nthawi zina m’manja mwa odzitcha Akristu. Koma pamenepo, pali mfundo yakuti Yesu anaphunzitsa motsutsana ndi machimo ambiri okondedwa a dziko lapansi (mfundo imene kaŵirikaŵiri imagogomezeredwa mopambanitsa pa chiphunzitso chake cha chikondi ndi chikhululukiro). Ndipo Yesu anaumiriranso kuti iye ndiye njira yokhayo yofikira kwa Mulungu; zomwe sizikuyenda bwino ndi iwo omwe amakonda njira zawo – makamaka Satana ndi otsatira ake. Chinthu chinanso ndi Yesu’ kuumirira kwaumwini pa kusachita chiwawa ndi ‘kutembenuzira tsaya lina;’ zomwe zimapangitsa Akhristu kukhala osavuta kwa adani awo.