Nhasi Iwe Uchava Neni muParadhiso

Rwendo Rwezuva Uno Uri Neni muParadhiso

Na Dr. Harry Reeder III

Zvirokwazvo, kunyanya ndiye kupriviliji kukuru kuva pano nemi. Tora Bhaibheri yako ugotendeuka neni kuLuka chitsauko cha 23? Luka 23. Chidzidzo chikuru kwazvo. Uye kutopa, pfungwa huru - kusangana pamwe chechi dze dzimwe ne dzimwe nevimbuki mazuva ano ekugadzirira kupembera Pasika, isiri kure.

Makazvino tendeuka ipapo, nditenderei zvakare nemukana wekuva pano nemi. Ndanga ndichiedza kufunga nezvechimwe chinhu - Vap preacheri vanowanzosvika vanoedza kuita jejo shoma kuunganidza kubatana, sezvo isu tisingawani nguva yakawanda nemi semupasti wenyu. Na vamwe vako munoziva ndine mukana wekutevera Frank Barker, saka regai ndikuudzei nyaya ya Frank Barker. Zvinso ndokutungamirira kwenzvimbo yedu.

Sasa, handizive kana ichi chokwadi kana kwete - hauwezi kuvimba Frank - asi heino nyaya yacho. Munhu akagara kudya nevshamwari vatatu. Akavaratidza akati, "Varume, dai wasafa uye wakapinda mukofu, chii chingadiwa nevanhu kutaura pavakakupfuurira nemakuona musati maitiro?"

Munhu mumwe akati, "Zvakanaka, ndinoda kuti vati, 'Aiva munhu wakanaka we mhuri.

Mumwe akati, "Ndinoda kuti vati, 'Ino arimwake wakakwana akachengeta shoko rake.

Munhu wechitatu akati, "Ndinoda ivo vakapfuura, vakatarisa, voti, 'Tarira - ndinofunga ari kufamba.'"

Vamwe venyu vachafanira kufunga nezvazvo kweminiti. Zvinjejo shoma, asi zvino ndokutungamirira kwenzvimbo yedu.

Kubvira pano tiri kutarira muruba afa - munhu, mumawaa mashoma, achapfuura nerufu rworwadzi. NaShe akatubvumira, munzvimbo ino imwe chete yaBhaibheri, kuona chii ngano yakuru ya chis Grace chake. Rufu - muvengi watinodzivisa nezvose - zvino shanduka shamwari yake, kukwidza kwake. Zvirokwazvo chinhu chikuru chiri pamberi pedu.

Regai ndipei imwe isina utoropodzi. Ini handizive kana iyi ndeyechokwadi kana kwete, asi pandakashumira kuKristo Covenant, taiva neagency dzevaumishinari dzakanaka nzira dzakati revedi dzakadaidzwa JARS, neWycliffe Bible Translators. Vazhinji vavo vakauya kunzvimba yedu. Ndakava nemukana wokutaura naimwe murume uyo akagovera nyaya iyi.

Amai vakadaidza pasita vawo vasati vafa. Vakaplanura mariro yavo yose navo—hapana kutya zvachose. Pakupedzisira vakaona, “Pasita, ndinoziva unowanzo vhura inovharwa, asi ndinokukumbira kuvhura kwandiri.”

Akaona, “Amai, handiwanzoita izvozvo. Hazikodziri kup preach ne inovharwa yakavhurika.”

Amai vakaona, “Ndino kukumbira kuita izvozvo. Uye chimwezve: ita shuwa munhu wese anofamba nebhokisi langu vasati vagara. Uye ita shuwa kuti muruoko rwangu rweruboshwe uri naBhaibheri, uye muruoko rwangu rwerudyi uri naforoko.”

Akaona, “Amai, unofanira kutsanangura izvozvo. Ndinoziva Bhaibheri, asi foroko iri kunetsa.”

Amai vakaona, “Wanavo pavanofamba, ukanodzita kuti vaone ruoko rwangu rweruboshwe. Shoko laMwari rakaunza Jesu Kristo kwandiri, uye ndakashumira hupenyu hwangu paShoko laMwari, uye handina zvandinokunyanyira. Ita shuwa ukanodzita izvozvo.”

Akaona, “Ndakafunga chikamu ichocho. Asi ndibatsirei neforoko.”

Amai vakaona, “Hakuna here kutamana katikati kametafura—muzvikoto zvevatendi, nevanoda? Ndinodawo ndima apo mukadzi anouya, atora ndiro, oti, ‘Chengetai foroko yenyu,’ nokuti ndinoziva zvakanaka zviri kuuya. Uye ukanodzita: Ndakachengeta foroko yangu, nokuti zvakanaka zviri kuuya.”

“Nhasi… nhasi uchava neni mu paradiso.”

Ngativerengei mashoko—Luka sura 23. Ngatibayirei kubva kwatiri mu bhuleteni kuenda kuvese 32.

Vamwe vaviri, vakashamwaridzwa naJesu, vakomberawo nemhosva, vakasungwa kutekwa vafe neye, zvikava zvapera kunzvimbo inonzi Dendere, ndipo vakamutekerera pamuchinjikwa, pamwe chete nemakombera vaviri, mumwe yake kurudyi yake kuruboshwe, aye Jesu akati, "Baba, varegererei, nokuti havazivi zvavari kuita", zvikava vakapiga makundi, vachigovana nguo zake, boka revanhu rakamirira, richiiona, vachinde vatongi vaitsekesa, vachiti, 'Akuponesa vamwe, aponeze isuwo, kana uyu ndiKristo waMwari, uyu Saranzwa. Vakati vanzevaJesu, vachimupa waini inovava, vachiti, 'Kana uri Mambo waVaJudha, iponesa. Iye pamusoro pake, kwaiva neyaka rakanyorwa. uyu ndiye Mambo waVaJudha. Mkombera muno, wakatemerwa pamuchinjikwa, akamupfuka makombzero, achiti, "Hauna Kristo? Iponesa isuwo. Asi owamwe akamutsaurira, achimurambidza, achiti, "Hauna kutya Mwari, zvikava uri pasi pehukumu humwe, nawo tiri kutambura zvakarurama, nokuti tiri kugamuchira zvinhu zvatakakomba nezvivi zvedu. Asi uyu akaita zvinhu zvakanaka, zvikava akati, Jesu, ndapota, unondiyeuka usati wasvika muumambo hwako. Akamuti, Chokwadi ndinokuudza, nhasi unozo va naeni muParadhiso.

Ini ndinokuudza, ndiri munyori wenhau. Ndinoda nhau – ndinoda kuverenga, ndinoda kuenda kunzvimbo dzakaitika. Mushure kwamasvondo matatu ndichaenda ne vanhu kuIsraeri. Mumwe akati, “Uri kuenda ikoko nezvinhu zvese zviri kuitika?” Zikava, kana uri kumirira rugare rweIsraeri kuenda, uchafanira kumirira Israeli itsva naJerusarema idzva. Ndichaenda ikoko. Nditarisira kumira munzvimbo dzakaitika – yakava dendere, yakava Golgotha. Izvi zvakaitika chaizvoizvo munzvimbo, nguva, nenhau makore 2 000 adarika.

Murume uyu—hatizivi zita rake—akachengetedzwa nekuregerwa kunowanikwa naJesu Kristo, akapinzwa mu vechakare urefu hwake zuva iro. Uri kuverenga chimwe chinhu chakatika murume chaiye, munguva chaiyo, pasi paadzo chaiyo yaMwari.

Iwe uri kusoma izvo zvatinodaidza kuti mashoko manomwe kana mashoko manomwe aKristo. Watova wakafukidza chekutanga: “Baba, varegererei, nekuti havazivi zvavanoita.” Muchowo chake chake tinoona kuzvipira kwaMwari pakutsa kwakajairika—kutambudzika kwake kunyange kwaari vaye, panguva iyoyo, vari kuuraya Mwanakomana waMwari.

Asi ikozvino tinofamba kubva pakutsa kwajairika kuenda kukutsa kunodzorera. Kwete kunyengetera kwakajairika—“Baba, ivei nemoyo minyoro kwavari vane hondo”—asi zvakananga, kusarudza, kutendeuka, kuchinja kutsa kunobata murume uyu.

Kana iwe unoziva Jesu Kristo semwene wako naMuponesi, pane zuva rinouya apo uchasangana na murume uyu. Hachizovi dambudziko kutsvaga mumwe nemumwe. Bhaibheri inoti tichagari mugwagwa regoridhe—kwete migwagwa, asi gwagwa—saka kunyange ini handizovi ndakashaika. Ini ndichamusangana. Aripo nekuti Jesu Akamupawozwi la kuregerwa: “Nhasi iwe uchava neni mu paradiso.”

Murume uyu akatamira munguva imwe chete kubva pakusava netariro kuenda kuupenyu hwe vechakare, kubva pakusava na simba kuenda kusimba kwaMwari kumutakura kuenda ku vechakare. Akanga asina tariro—uye ipapo akanga ane tariro yakachengeteka, nekuti akanga ane tariro yakakomborerwa, Jesu Kristo.

“Chokwadi”—amene—“ndinoti kwamuri…”

Uye uchaona chimwe chinhu: apo mupresbyterian anop preachera achiita chinhu cha kururama, kunyange mugereji ya Presbyterian, mumwe anogona kuti “amen.” Havazoti izvozvo nenzwi guru. Vanogona kungokwiza musoro wavo. Ndiyo amene ya Presbyterian.

Ndiyo yakapenzera. Asi unoona chimwe chinhu: apo chokwadi chinotaurwa—apo uno chinzwa—unoita amene? Naamene rinoreva ndei? “Kwaizvozvo zvive zvechokwadi.” Kururama? Amene. Amene. Ndakango tarisa kuti uri pano.

Jesu akati amen, muchaona chinhu chimwe muMagwaro Evangelo: Akanga asinganisi amen pashure pezvakanga vataura. Asi akanga achitaura amen pamberi pezvakanga vataura. Tiri isu tinotarisira kutenga chokwadi tisati tati amen. Tinotarisira kuchinzwa, kutayera, kuona kana chiri pamwechete neShoko laMwari. Asi Jesu akanga ataurwa, Akanga agona kutaura “Amen” pakutanga, nokuti zvakanga zvichitaurwa zvaiuya zvaiwa Shoko laMwari—naShoko laMwari richazadzikiswa.

Murume uyu—amen. “Chokwadi ndinokuudza, nhasi iwe uchava neni muParadhiso.” Murume asina tariro yava netariro yakachengeteka, nokuti ane tariro, yava Jesu Kristo.

Zvino, tarisai neni pamurume uyu muzvinyorwa zvake. Regai ndichidhururisa zvatinotarisa mu nguva yenhoro dze mbiri dzakareruka.

Kutanga, muchaona murume uyo, nerufaro rwaMwari, akaona mamiriro yake akayeuka.

Chepiri, muchaona murume uyo, nerufaro rwayo rweMwari, akaona kukwana kwaMuponesi.

Akaona chokwadi pamusoro pake, yava akaona chokwadi pamusoro paKristo.

Saka chii chaiva mamiriro akayeuka uyu? Hatitani kufungidzira. Anotizivisa nezvake muMagwaro. Anova muenzaniso werarame waMagwaro Evangelo: vose vakatadza. Murume uyu mutadzi. Anomira pasi pehakatwa yaMwari. Anova asina tariro yerufaro nekuda kwezvinyorwa zake zvekujeza. Anova asina rubatsiro nekuda kwemweya wake. Nawo pamusoro pezvinyorwa zvekufa, anova achitadzira pamusoro paMwari ari mune.

Regai ndikuoneshei mamiriro ake matatu.

Kutanga, nezvake anonziwa.

New American Standard inomuita mupambi. King James inomuita mupandwa. Ndaiwanzoda izwi riye. Mupandwa anobva kumasita rirw Latin: mal—akaipa; na facere—kuti. Mupandwa i mutadzi. Akaipa evanga? Magwaro anokuudza: iye muba, iye mupambi.

Asi ini ndichataura kuti Biblia iri kutapira. Ini ndinofunga kuti iye akatyi kupfuura mbavha kana jaya rinobhomba. Nei? Nokuti iye ari kuurawa. Mutemo wechiHebheru kana mutemo wechiRoma waigumisa mbavha. Vaida mbavha dzivepo kuti dzigone kubhadhara dzimwe mari. Asi nei murume uyu achiurawa pamuchinjiko?

Ndiyo ndedzipfuatayi—uye ndiyo chete ndedzipfuatayi—ndinofunga kuti iye akabatanidzwa nomumwe murume akangobva kuburwa. Ko pane anoyeuka zita rake? Barabbas. Ndiyo ndedzipfuatayi murume uyu akanga asiri mbavha chete. Iye aiva mupurisa. Iye akatyora sheria yaMwari kubva kumusoro kusvika kunzasi—anavenga Mwari, anakahodza, anoba, anoparadza. Iye ni mutadzi wezvose.

Chechipiri, iye ni mupinga waMwari pamberi paMwari.

Dzimwe nguva ndinashamisika nei tichinetseka kunzwa kuti Mwari Mwenyewe ari pakati pedu patinoungana. Panofanira kuva na mufaro, hongu, asiwo na ruremeko. Na pano, pagomo uyu, hapana kukambira kupfanyisa kwaShekinah yaMwari kupfuura makore 33 Mwari akayambira pamwe panyika muumbe.

Iye ni Jesu Kristo—kunaka kwa Baba, akazara nacho nacho. Uye murume uyu anoita akam?

Luka anotizwisa zvaiitika mune moyo wemurume uyu. Asi Mateo naMarko vanotizwisa zvaiitika asati anabatiwa nacho. Mateo 27 anoti vanobira mbavha vaviri vakamuseka. Asati achinja, iye aiva pamwe na varwi, vasande, vanhu—vachimuseka Mwanakomana waMwari.

Moyo womunhu uyu, vanhu. Moyo womunhu uyu. Ndiyo ndiyo inzwi ratisingadi kuvandudzwa. Hatidi kuvandudzwa zvishoma. Hatidi rubatsiro rwepfungwa. Tinofanira kuzvarwa patsva.

Chechitatu, nokuti zvose izvi, iye anomirira pasi pakutongwa kwaMwari.

Mubairo wotadza uri rufu. Murume uyu akarembera pakati pe denga na panyika—i akarembera pamusoro pe gomba reternity, ane mhosva, asina tariro.

Asi ipapo—ne ruoko rwa Mwari—murume uyu anoona kukwana kwa Muponesi.

Dzokera kuLuka 23. Kumwe mumaawa aya, murume uyu akamuseka Jesu anokokera shanduko yakakwana.

Teerera:

“Haunotyepi kunyange kutya Mwari… tiri kugamuchira zvatinofanira… asi murume uyu akatenda haka… Jesu, ndiyeuye zvako pandauya muushe wako.”

Anoona mamiriro ake. Anoona kusatenda kwaKristu. Anoona ushe waKristu. Naanoita mhere—asiri kwaPilato, asiri kwaHerodi, asiri kuna vafundisi, asiri kuchaparutsi—but kwaMunhu Mumwe: Jesu.

“Ndiyeuye zvako.”

Akazouya sei? Kana usina kunzwisisa chimwe chinhu nhasi, zviite izvi.

Akazouya nenzira imwe chete uyeani anouya—kureva kana Mwari akasinterira nenzira isiyo.

Neno laMwari, muruoko rwaMweya waMwari, akauya murume uyu kuna Mwanakomana waMwari.

Ndiyo nzira inogara ichiitika.

Iri ndiro fungu, asi aiva neJew. Aiziva zvimwe zvezvirevo vyaJesu. Akazouya muchaparutsi, mwoyo wake wakaipa wakabatanidzwa mukuseka, uye ipapo—kamwe—anouya panzvimbo rakasiyana. Anoripisa mumwe murume akaipa. Anobvuma chivi chake. Anodaidza Jesu.

Akazouya sei?

Neno laMwari rauya kumwoyo wake naMweya waMwari.

Unoti, “Zvakanaka, Jesu akataura naye rini?” Handizivi kana Jesu akataura naye zvakananga kana kwete, handigoni kufunganya. Asi handizivi izvi: aiva nevamwe vakati wandei vakamupoteredza vachizivisa chokwadi chokwadi chaMwari—kunze mukuseka.

Enda tarisa mapoka mashanu anipfira makashure: varume akaipa, vanhu, vatongi, varwi, nevafundisi. Iro ndiro rakanaka rekudzidza—hatina nguva yakakwana kwairi usiku—asi enda orodza kukashure kwawo. Zvauchawana: Mwanakomana waMwari, Mambo waVaJuda, Mesia, Uzodziwa, Anofarirwa naMwari. Vanotodzosera kWake majwi Wake: “Kana Uchigona kuponesa vamwe, Ipponese.”

Naizvozvo ndizvo zvandinofarira: kana Mwari agona kuponesa murume akaipa anofa munguva, achishandisa vanhu vanotaura chokwadi chaShoko laMwari mukashure, zvino zvingaiita na mikono ya mupresbytera anotyoka achiedza kuita setakatika?

Murume wechimwe akandibvunza kamwe, “Harry, unonzwa sei mushure meSvondo?” Ndakati, “Kufanana nekuregera. Kufanana nekudzorera chero mapepa akandipa. Kufanana nekusiya.” Vanhu vanobvunza, “Unoteerera here mapurogiramu ako?” Zvinoita. Chinhu chinodzikisa moyo. Vanhu vanouya vachiti, “Ndakunzwa mangwanzi mu radio—waifungei?” Ndinoita, “Ndakatokanganwa kuti yaiva mu.” Vanobvunza, “Hauteereri here purogiramu yako?” Aiwa. Ndicho chinhu chekupedzisira chandinoteerera mangwanzi. Ndino shandura Steve Brown.

Asi hechino chandinoda: kana Mwari akagona kuponesa mbavha akafa ane vatatu vachipembedza ukweli netsaona, ipapo Anogona kushandisa iwe na ini. Rangarirai izvi nguva inotevera kana kaenda kunoshumira. Sekutaura kwaMr. Booth weSalvation Army, tingori munomumwe anokumbira ari kuudza mumwe anokumbira kwaanowana chingwa.

Tingafanira kuva vanopupurira vakanaka sezvatinogona, asi tichitenda Mwari—hazisi kwauri. Ziri muShoko laJesu Kristo, ndiro simba laMwari. Kunyange vatatu vachipembedza vachishandisa Shoko, vakashandiswa kuponesa mbavha ino.

Sasa, ndinotenda kuti maitiro na demeanor waMuponesi akakokera murume ino. Muponesi anotapiwa. Asi Shoko laMwari, riri mumaoko aMweya waMwari, ndiro lakaenda kudziva na moyo wa murume ino.

Uye ndapeni—mupastora wako akazita kare—musarega chigaro chino chisiyaniswe. Maumbowo akasiyana, masitayili akasiyana, asi musarega chigaro chino chisiya kududzira Shoko laMwari kudziva na moyo wa vanhu waMwari. Hautozivi Muponesi kusvikira waziva pamusoro paMuponesi. Hautohave upenyu hwakakwana pasina dudziro yakakwana. Na dudziro yakakwana inofanira kugara iudhurwa kuziva na moyo. Ndizvo zvakaitika kumu murume ino. Anoshandura nyasha dzakamusvikira nekuti dziva na moyo wake vakadudzwa.

Tinoona kuko kweri muReformation. Wakamboona here muenzaniso wakajeka wezwi redu? Waponwa na nyasha dzake, nerutendo wake, muKristo wake.

Akawanira sei mwana uyu? Muri mwizi, mupombwe, mupfugu. Akamire pasi pekutongwa. Akasina chinhu chekumutsigira kuna Mwari.

Akawanira sei?

Nekuda kwenyasha chete.

Akawanira sei?

Nekutenda chete.

Mumwake?

Muna Kristu chete.

Nshoko ya Mwari, nekuda kweMweya waMwari, yakabata pfungwa na moyo wa mwana uyu, ikamutumira kuMwanakomana waMwari kuti apedze. Na mwana uyu—akarembera pamuchinjwa, akaturikwa pasi pekutongwa—anofamba kubva pakutongwa kuenda kuupenyu hwe vechisiki nekuda kwokuridza voko ravoko roponesi. Anova muenzaniso mupenyu wa Roma 8:1: Naivowo hakuwi nekutongwa kwavari vari muna Kristu Yesu.

Zvino regai ndikuudzei zvimwe zvinhu zvishoma zvekushandisa kwamuri—zvinhu zvishoma zvinoonekwa muchinyorwa chino ndinoda kukukandira.

Kutanga, Chinyorwa cheMwari chinotiyeuchidza kuti vose vatadzi vatakure pasi pekutongwa kwaMwari. Mwana uyu uri iwe. Makore maviri apfuura, vanhu vakabata Mwari kwaigona kuvabata—vachimuuraya. VaRoma, vatadzi, vapristi, mapoka. Na kana tisina nyasha zaMwari, iwe na ini taigona kuita zvimwe. Chaiye, taigona kutungamira boka kana Mwari asina kutikanyima.

Hakuna chinhu chakanaka chiri muno mugati.

Ndinoda kuteya vanhu nezvinhu izvi. Ndino bvunza, “Uri kuita sei?” Vanoti, “Zvakanaka.” Chokutanga, izvo hazvisi Chirungu chakanaka. Chechipiri, zvinondipa mukana: “Bhaibheri inoti hakuna anaka—aiwa, hakuna munhu. Unogona sei kuita zvakanaka?” Inzira yangu itsva yokuparidza nhishanyira.

Chikonzero nei vanhu vakaipa vasina kuipa sezvavaigona kuipa, nekuda kwenyasha zaMwari dzinovatyisa. Na nyasha zaMwari dzinoponesa vamwe, vanova chikamu chenyasha zake dzinotyisa dunhu.

Mwana uyu anoturatidza kuipa kwatinogona kuita—vatadzi, vopfu, vanopamba— kunyange pamberi paMwari.

Chechipiri, ruponeso runowanikwa chete nerufaro rwakawanikwa naJesu Kristo, ruchitaurwa muEvangeliyu. “Handichadi kutya Evangeliyu, nokuti ndiro simba raMwari rokuponesa.” Kutowo kuJudea mweya-kunyange akanga ari murwi wobira akafa-uyewo kunyange dzimwe nyika, sezvakanga zvakadaro kwacenturion uyo zvimwe zvake anga achishandurwa zuro.

Regai ndikupei nyaya imwe. Ndanga ndiri mupresbytera mutsva-hakuna bhizinesi rekupresbytera. Vanhu gumi naanomwe vakandikumbira rubatsiro, uye vakakura kusvika vanhu kuenda. Mutsvene wekare akati, “Mupresbytera, mwanakomana wangu achauya zuro reMai. Ungamuponesa here?” Ndakati, “Amai, iro oda rakakwirira. Handifungi kuti ndinogona kuita izvozvo.” Akati, “Oo ndap請求wa, iye haiwani Jehovha.”

Iye aiva mutambi we basketball weAmerica yose-Chuventesi yaTennessee kuChattanooga. Munhu anonakidza. Taimungana muimba-hakuna chivakwa chero. Pulpiti yangu yaiva terevhizheni yakare. Taitafunga kana ndisiri kuita zvakanaka, taigona kungoichinja uye kutafuta mumwe munhu akanaka. Ndakaimba kuseri kweTV. Yaiva na tubes- vamwe vechidiki venyu havafani nazvo-uye matube aya akandikonzera. Ndakanga na vaviri zvipfeko: Polly naEsther. Uye nguva dzose ndaipresbytera kuseri kweTV, matube aya akandikonzera zvipfeko.

Ndakaimba kuseri kweTV, ndichipresbytera. Iye akauya achida kuita nguva yaamai zuro reMai. Handizombofe kukanganwa. Akabata chimwe chete chete dining room, akalichinja akadzidzira, akapeta maoko yake kumusoro, uye akanditarisa.

Ndichakuwa akatendeseka-ndakafara. Ndakatanga kupresbytera zvakananga kwaari. Kutarisa kumashure, handifungi kuti ndakanga ndiri pasi pamweya Mutsvene. Ndakafunga kuti ndakanga ndiri mumudzimu. Iye akanditarisa, uye ndakanga kupresbytera kwaari nokuti akanditarisa.

Uyezvino ndakazvimirira ini kuitira kuti apaswe achibuda. Akapfuura —akanga akareba sechomera, saka ndakamanikidza kutarisa kumusoro—uye akanditarisa pasi akadaro, “Hey muprista. Ndakunzwa nezvako. Ndakafunga kuuya nhasi.” Ndizvo zvose. Akabuda musuwo. Akakwira Harley Davidson yake. Akanyangarika.

Ndakakwira mumotokari ndikatidzika kuna Cindy, “Mhuka, ndinofunga hatina kuita zvakanaka nemwanakomana waMiss Ruth.” Akadaro, “Aiwa, ndinofunga hatina kuita zvakanaka futi.”

Takadya masikati. Ndakanga ndatozofa—sezvandinoita muMasedekai masikati—ndakati ndanzwa Harley Davidson ikwira kuchikomo, ichipuputira kupaka kwangu, ichiyambuka munda, mabhureki achipiga. Ndakanzwa kikistendi ichidzika. Mabhootsi akaremera achikwira masitepisi. Pashure ndokuridza mupundo.

Ndakaona, “Zvakanaka, pamwe ndakanga ndine nyama yakawandisa. Akauya kuzondipedza.”

Ndakavhura musuwo, uye akamira Randy—misodzi ichiyerera pasi pezviso zvake.

“Muprista,” akadaro, “handigoni kusiya zvinhu zvandakati. Ndinoda kupa hupenyu hwangu kwaJesu. Unganamata neni here?”

Kana munhu akanditaurira kuti izvozvo zvaizokuitika musi waMasedekai—pashure paaakapfuura—handingadambira. Handina kunyomba, asi handina kunge ndichip preachera muMweya. Asi ndinoziva izvi: nhovo yaMwari yakataurwa, nhovo yaMwari ndiyo nguzu yaMwari. Yakabata murume iye mlungu akamupinza muboka.

Pashure, Mwari akamupa mke mweya, vana vatatu vakakanaka, uye kuburikidza nechapupu chake, baba zake—pashure pemakore 55 ekumukira—akauya kwaKristu.

Inde ndiyo nguzu ya nhovo.

Teerera kwandiri: Ini ndinotsigira zvikuru zvitsva. Ndinoda vanhu vane vavariro. Asi mhinduro ye kucherwa kwechechi dzedu nekuporeswa kwenzanga yedu haisi kungwara kwedu, haisi nzira dzedu, haisi matekiniki edu. Iri ndiro evhangeri yaJesu Kristo—inodiwa, inorarama, inogoverwa, inoziviswa. Kana ikagona kusvika kukumudzi akafa pamuromo wekusingaperi, mune kuoma kwemoyo wake, achituka Mwanakomana waMwari pachena, ipapo igogona kubata murwi wechivi chero.

Chetatu, kutenda nekutendeuka.

Kutenda nekutendeuka ndizvo zvinokubatanidza naJesu Kristo. Murume uyu akafaratidza zvose. Ndinoziva sei?

Nekutenda akavimba Jesu: “Ndiyeukwa.”

Akadaira: “Tiripo pano zvakarurama… tiripo tichigamuchira zvatinokodzera.”

Ane chivi chake. Anobvuma chivi chake. Anobvuma Kristo semutumwa wake wega. Iro ndiro kutendeuka: kuve na chivi chako, kutendeuka ku—asi kwete “kuita zviri nani”—asi kuJesu Kristo, anotisukuta neRopa rake na kupfeka nekururama kwake.

Kutenda nekutendeuka ndizvo vaviri vane hukama. Kwese kwaunowana imwe, unowana imwe.

Chechina, nyasha dzino hana musamidzwa.

Unoponeswa nenyasha dzega, nekutenda dzega, muna Kristo dzega—asi nyasha dzo hana musamidzwa. Nyasha dzinokutora kwauri uri, asi dzo hana kukusiya kwauri uri. Nyasha dzino hana musiya nzira.

Cindy naIni dzimwe nguva tinosvika paBald Head Island muNorth Carolina. Unotora ngovha—hapana mota, mabhasiketi na makarati. Ngovha inobva Southport, inofanira kufamba zvishoma nekuda kwemarinas. Zviratidzo kwese: Hapana musiya. Nekuti kana ukafamba nekumhanya, unosiya musiya unokuvadza ngovha.

Hezvino zvandiri kutaura: kana Mweya waMwari ukafamba pamoyo womurume, igara nosiya musiya. Igara nosiya nzira.

Rega ndiite sezvandinogona:

Hapana michero, hapana mudzi.

Kana iri mudzi wenyasha yemoyo wako, igara nemichero muupenyu hwako. Hapana michero yakakwana. Hapana muyero wakafanana mune vese vanotenda. Vamwe vane zvimwe makumi matatu, vamwe makumi matanhatu, vamwe zana. Asi igara nemichero.

Tarira murume uyu. Kana munhu ari muKristo, iye munhu mutsva. Zvekare zvapera; tarira, zvitsva zvauya. Anochinja kubva kuvanhu vanotuka Mwari kusvika kuvanhu vanonamata, kubva kuvanhu vanoseka kusvika kuvanhu vanopupura, kubva kurufu kusvika kurupfu. Kunyange muromo wake unova humbowo hwekuti mwoyo wake wachinja.

Zvino teererai zvinyatso: musabude kunze vachiti, “Kwete, kana Jesu akukuchenesa, ndinofanira kukuchenesa ndisati ndaa kwaJesu.” Aiwa. Vavhimi havachenesi hove vasati varibata. Unomuchenesa mushure. Uya kwaJesu sewe zvauri. Iye ndiye anokuchenesa.

Pakupedzisira, uyu ndiuyo unondikurudzira:

Imi na ini tangoverenga kubhabhatidzwa kwepasipasi pamubhedha wokufa muBhaibheri. Rimwe. Rimwe chete.

Ndinofunga kuti Bhishopu Ryle ndiye akati izvi—kunyangwe kazhinji ndinokopa Augustino, Kalvin, kana Ryle pazvinhu zvese. Akati:

Pane kubhabhatidzwa kwepasipasi pamubhedha wokufa kuitira kuti musarasikirwa netariro yevanodiwa, kunyange kufema kwavo kwekupedzisira.

Kunyange rimwe chete, kuitira kuti musazvikudza pamusoro paMwari woenda kumucheto worufu nomut傲.

Regai kunditsaurira chokwadi: kazhinji, varume navakadzi vanofa sevo vakurarama. Ndakushumira Kristo kweanoda makore matatu. Ndakagara navazhinji kumagumo. Ndakavapimpla. Ndakavataura navazhinji. Ndakaona vamwe vachauya kwaKristo pakupedzisira—kunyangwe vashoma. Kazhinji, vanhu vanofa sevo vakurarama.

Kana uri Kristu, unorarama—wofa—nenzira iyi…

Endai kudzidza Hebhoria 11. Kana uri Kristu, unorarama sei? Unorarama nokutenda. Uye shoko rovaHebhoria 11 ndiroi? Vakafa sei? Nokutenda.

Rarama nokutenda. Fa nokutenda.

Kwauri ndiko kurarama Kristo—wofork yangu. Zvakanakisa zvichauya. Asi pano, tinotendeka, tinoona nyasha zaMwari dzichipinda muupenyu hwomurume akaomarara, mupfuti, nomutuka-Mwari—kunyangwe kufema kwake kwokupedzisira. Oh, tariro iripo. Kunyangwe rimwe chete, kuitira kuti tisazvikudza.

“Nhasi uchange uri neni mu Paradiso.”

Ko usazishamiswa here kuziva zuva rako uchafa? Ini handizivi zuva randichafa—ikozvino. Uye iwe hautizivi. Asi tinoziva izvi: iwe na ini tine zuva. “Zvakatemwa kuvanhu kuti vafe kamwe, uye shure yaizvozvo kutongwa.”

Zuva iro—zuva rako—richasvika.

Kucha, seba thief uyu, unzwa Muponesi achiti, “Zuva ranhasi uchava naMwenzi wangu mu paradiso”?

Iwe unoti, “Mupadzi, ndachengeta tarisiro iyoyo. Nengasha, kuburikidza nekutenda nekutendeuka, ndakumbundira Jesu Kristo semwene wangu naMuponesi.”

Kwaizvozvo, shamwari zangu, ndiri kukumbira iwe kuti usiye pano manherwe auno pinda mukirasi yako, timu yako, nharaunda yako, hofisi yako, madenderedzwa ako okuzorora—woona zvauri chaizvoizvo kuona: vabavi vafayo vanoda tarisiro yeruponeso. Havina tarisiro imwe. Asi Jesu Kristo anogona. Nawe waona vachiri pamberi pako, yeuka: avo vaiva sewe. Asi ikozvino wakacheneswa neRopa Rake, wakapfeka muKururama Kake, wakagurwa naMweya Wake, uye ufanzi hwako uri kudenga, kwaunotarisira muponesi wako—zita rinopikira majina ose, rinova ndiro zita ratinofanira kuponeswa nalo.

Tatizve.

Baba, tiri kukutendai nezviitiko zvedu pamwe chete muShoko Lako. Tiri kukutendai neropafadzo lako kutungamirira kuzunguka Shoko Rako paunotarira kule vhiki rinokosha rezhizha, paunotarisa kunaka kwengasha Yako yakayambuka kwaTiri—kuponesa si thief vafayo, asi kuponesa varume na vakadzi ambao Baba vakakupa, nawe usingarasikirwi nawe.

Baba, kuona murume uyu akaponeswa kunotiyeuchidza kuti tinofanira kuponeswa naKristo. Naizvozvo ndinokumbira: kana pane munhu pano asati aita sarudzo yaKristo, zuva ranhasi vaone vaeni—vasingatambure pamuchinjiko wakida kuorora kwenguva—asi vakarembera pasi pokutongwa pakati pe denga na nyika, naivo vatize kuna Jesu Kristo kuponeswa zvakanaka na kwe ve nzira refu.

Zita Baba, ndinokumbira vanhu Vako: pavanobva pano, regai shoko iri, chokwadi iri, risachengetwa kana kuvanzwa, asi ngarirarame, nogarishirwa, nogaziviswa kuvanhu vose. Uye nokuti Unoponesa vatadzi nenzira yakadzikama, regai Unogamuchira mbure, rukudzo, nokutongwa, naKristu Ishe wedu. Amen.

Iri bhuku rakabva pahwaro lwenhetembe dzemharidzo yaDr. Harry Reeder. Yakanyorwa zvishoma muCopilot, sezvakaita vashandi vebasa lolwake tevhengero pa Third Millennium Ministries.