Mawu onse ndi nkhani za m’Baibulo zimatithandiza kumvetsa bwino kukhulupirika, mphamvu, ndi chikondi cha Mulungu. Ndikhoza kuona momwe mtima wanga umadzaza ndi chiyembekezo chifukwa chakuti chaputala chilichonse ndi vesi lililonse linalembedwa ndi mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera.
Mawu a Mulungu amandidzudzula ndi kunditsogolera, komanso amandipatsa mphamvu kuti ndichite chifuniro cha Mulungu pa moyo wanga. Ndikamapita kwa Mulungu, ndimalola chikondi chake ndi Mawu ake odabwitsa kusintha moyo wanga.
Sindipeza madalitso ndekha ayi, koma ndimatha kudalitsa anthu ondizungulira, kuwalimbikitsa ndi zimene ndikugawana nawo. Monga momwe ndalandira kuchokera kwa Mzimu Woyera, inenso ndiyenera kugawana ndi banja langa, anzanga, ndi anansi anga.
Ndipo tikudziŵa kuti Mulungu amayendetsa zinthu mwa njira yoti zonse ziŵakomere anthu omukonda ndipo apindulepo. Anthuwo ndi amene Iye amaŵaitana monga momwe Iye adazikonzera.
Paja ndidakulamula kuti ukhale wamphamvu. Usamaopa kapena kutaya mtima, poti Ine, Chauta, Mulungu wako, ndidzakhala nawe kulikonse kumene udzapite.”
Mulungutu adaŵakonda kwambiri anthu a pa dziko lonse lapansi. Anali naye Mwana mmodzi yekha, komabe adampereka kuti aliyense wokhulupirira Iyeyo asatayike, koma akhale ndi moyo wosatha.
Koma amene amakhulupirira Chauta adzalandira mphamvu zatsopano, adzauluka ngati ziwombankhanga. Adzathamanga koma osatopa, adzayenda koma osalefuka konse.
Pansi pano chinthu chilichonse chili ndi nyengo yake ndi nthaŵi yake yomwe adaika Mulungu:
koma Iwo adandiwuza kuti, “Chithandizo changa nchokukwanira. Mphamvu zanga zimaoneka kwenikweni mwa munthu wofooka.” Nchifukwa chake makamaka ndidzanyadira kufooka kwanga, kuti mphamvu za Khristu zikhale mwa ine.
Lero ndiye tsiku limene Chauta adalipanga. Tiyeni tikondwe ndi kusangalala pa tsiku limeneli.
Koma zipatso zimene Mzimu Woyera amabweretsa m'moyo wa munthu ndi izi: Chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, chifundo, kukoma mtima, kukhulupirika, kufatsa ndiponso kudziletsa. Zimenezi palibe lamulo loziletsa.
“Pemphani ndipo adzakupatsani. Funafunani ndipo mudzapeza, gogodani, ndipo adzakutsekulirani.
Koma mudzalandira mphamvu, Mzimu Woyera akadzabwera pa inu, ndipo mudzakhala mboni zanga ku Yerusalemu, ku Yudeya ndi ku Samariya konse, mpaka ku malekezero a dziko lapansi.”
Muzikondana, monga Khristu adatikonda ife, nadzipereka kwa Mulungu chifukwa cha ife. Adadzipereka ngati chopereka ndi nsembe ya fungo lokondweretsa Mulungu.
Mwana muzimuphunzitsa njira yoti aziyendamo, ndipo atakalamba sadzachokamo m'njira imeneyo.
Inu Chauta, mumapatsa mtendere weniweni kwa amene ali ndi mtima wokhazikika, chifukwa chokhulupirira Inu.
Mumandiwonetsa njira ya ku moyo. Ndimapeza chimwemwe chachikulu kumene kuli Inu, ndidzasangalala mpaka muyaya ku dzanja lanu lamanja.
Chikondi ncholeza mtima ndiponso nchofatsa. Chikondi chilibe kaduka, ndipo sichidzitamanda kapena kudzikuza.
Pamenepo mtendere wochokera kwa Mulungu, umene uli wopitirira nzeru zonse za anthu, udzasunga bwino mitima yanu ndi maganizo anu mwa Khristu Yesu.
Mtima wanga umakhala chete kuyembekezera Mulungu yekha, pakuti chipulumutso changa chimafumira kwa Iye.
Mulungu ndiye kothaŵira kwathu, ndiye mphamvu zathu. Ali wokonzekeratu kutithandiza pa nthaŵi yamavuto.
Khristu adatiwombola ku temberero la Malamulo pakusanduka wotembereredwa m'malo mwathu. Paja Malembo akuti, “Ndi wotembereredwa aliyense wopachikidwa pa mtengo.”
Koma inu, yambani mwafunafuna ufumu wa Mulungu ndi kumachita zimene Iye akufuna, ndipo zina zonsezi adzakupatsaninso.
Iye adzaŵapukuta misozi yonse m'maso mwao. Sipadzakhalanso imfa, chisoni, kulira, kapena kumva zoŵaŵa. Zakale zonse zapitiratu.”
Inu Chauta, ndidzaimba mosalekeza nyimbo yotamanda chikondi chanu chosasinthika. Ndidzalalika ndi pakamwa panga za kukhulupirika kwanu ku mibadwo yonse.
Mau anga ndi maganizo anga avomerezeke pamaso panu, Inu Chauta, thanthwe langa ndi mpulumutsi wanga.
Kukhulupirika kwanu kumakhala mpaka pa mibadwo yonse. Inu mwakhazikitsa dziko, ndipo siligwedezeka.
Iyai, Chauta adakuwonetsa kale, munthu iwe, chimene chili chabwino. Zimene akufuna kuti uzichita ndi izi: uzichita zolungama, uzikhala wachifundo, ndipo uziyenda modzichepetsa pamaso pa Mulungu wako.
Ndidzakuthokozani, Inu Chauta, pakati pa mitundu ya anthu. Ndidzaimba nyimbo zokutamandani pakati pa anthu a m'maiko onse,
Chilichonse chimene mungachite, muchichite ndi mtima wonse, ngati kuti mukuchitira Ambuye, osati anthu ai.
Chikondi ncholeza mtima ndiponso nchofatsa. Chikondi chilibe kaduka, ndipo sichidzitamanda kapena kudzikuza. Chikondi chilibe matama kapena chipongwe, sichidzikonda, sichikwiya, sichisunga mangaŵa. Sichikondwerera zosalungama, koma chimakondwerera choona. Chikondi chimakhululukira zonse, chimakhulupirira nthaŵi zonse, sichitaya mtima, ndipo chimapirira onse.
Koma tsiku la Ambuye lidzafika ngati mbala. Pa tsikulo zakumwamba zidzatha ndi phokoso loopsa. Zinthu zonse zidzayaka moto nkusungunuka, ndipo dziko lapansi ndi zonse zili m'menemo zidzapseratu.
Uzikhulupirira Chauta ndi mtima wako wonse, usadalire nzeru zako za kumvetsa zinthu. Pa ntchito zako zonse uzivomera kuti kuli Mulungu, choncho njira zako Iye adzazilungamitsa.
Choncho pakali pano zilipo zinthu zitatuzi: chikhulupiriro, chiyembekezo ndi chikondi. Koma mwa zonsezi chopambana ndi chikondi.
Uziŵerenga buku lamalamuloli, ndipo usana ndi usiku uzisinkhasinkha zolembedwa m'menemo, kuti uzisunge zonse. Tsono ukamatero, udzapeza bwino ndipo udzapambana.
Yesu adadza pafupi naŵauza kuti, “Mphamvu zonse zapatsidwa kwa Ine Kumwamba ndi pansi pano.
Musamatsanzira makhalidwe a anthu odalira zapansipano, koma Mulungu asinthe moyo wanu wonse pakukupatsani mitima yatsopano. Pamenepo mudzatha kudziŵa zimene Mulungu afuna, ndipo mudzazindikira zimene zili zabwino, zangwiro ndi zomkondwetsa.
Choncho ngati munthu ali mwa Khristu, ngwolengedwa kwatsopano. Zakale zapita, zimene zilipo nzatsopano.
Tikati kukhulupirira, ndiye kuti kusakayika konse pa zinthu zimene tikuziyembekeza, ndiponso kutsimikiza kuti zinthu zimene sitikuziwona zilipo ndithu.
Ndi kukoma mtima kwa Mulungu kumene kudakupulumutsani pakukhulupirira. Simudapulumuke chifukwa cha zimene inuyo mudaachita ai, kupulumuka kwanu ndi mphatso ya Mulungu. Munthu sapulumuka chifukwa cha ntchito zake, kuwopa kuti angamanyade.
Usachite mantha chifukwa Ine ndili nawe, usataye mtima, poti Ine ndine Mulungu wako. Ndidzakupatsa mphamvu, ndidzakuthandiza, ndidzakutchinjiriza ndi dzanja langa lamanja logonjetsa.
Ndimakweza maso anga ku mapiri. Kodi chithandizo changa chimachokera kuti? Chithandizo changa nchochokera kwa Chauta, amene adalenga kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi.
Ndikukutamandani, Inu oopsa ndi odabwitsa. Ntchito zanu zonse nzodabwitsa. Mumandidziŵa bwino kwambiri.
Ngati uvomereza ndi pakamwa pako kuti Yesu ndi Ambuye, ndipo ukhulupirira mumtima mwako kuti Mulungu adamuukitsa kwa akufa, udzapulumuka.
Paja Mzimu amene Mulungu adatipatsa, si Mzimu wotipatsa mtima wa mantha ai, koma Mzimu wotipatsa mphamvu, chikondi ndi kudzigwira.
Musade nkhaŵa ndi kanthu kalikonse, koma m'mapemphero anu onse muzipempha Mulungu zimene zikusoŵani, ndipo nthaŵi zonse muzipemphe ndi mtima woyamika. Pamenepo mtendere wochokera kwa Mulungu, umene uli wopitirira nzeru zonse za anthu, udzasunga bwino mitima yanu ndi maganizo anu mwa Khristu Yesu.
Nchifukwa chake inu pitani kwa anthu a mitundu yonse, mukaŵasandutse ophunzira anga. Muzikaŵabatiza m'dzina la Atate, ndi la Mwana ndi la Mzimu Woyera. Mwadzidzidzi kudachita chivomezi chachikulu. Ndiye kuti mngelo wa Ambuye adaatsika kuchokera Kumwamba, nadzagubuduza chimwala chija, nkukhalapo. Muzikaŵaphunzitsa kusunga zonse zimene Ine ndidakulamulani. Ndipo Ineyo ndili nanu masiku onse, mpaka kutha kwa dziko lino lapansi.”
Ndidapachikidwa pa mtanda pamodzi ndi Khristu, kotero kuti sindinenso amene ndili ndi moyo, koma ndi Khristu amene ali ndi moyo mwa ine. Moyo umene ndili nawo tsopano m'thupi lino, ndi moyo wokhulupirira Mwana wa Mulungu, amene adandikonda napereka moyo wake chifukwa cha ine.
Koma Mulungu adatsimikiza kuti amatikonda kwambiri, chifukwa pamene tinali ochimwabe, Khristu adatifera.
Iwo adamuyankha kuti, “Khulupirira Ambuye Yesu, ndipo udzapulumuka iwe ndi a m'nyumba mwako.”
Koma tikamavomera kuti ndife ochimwa, Mulungu amene ali wokhulupirika ndi wolungama, adzatikhululukira machimo athuwo. Adzatiyeretsa ndi kutichotsera kusalungama kwathu konse.