Basa na Mhedzisiro ya Bhuku raZvakazarika

Chirevo chaRukaudzo neMigumisiro Yacho

Na Dr. Neil Neilson

Kwamakore anoda 34 emuchato wedu—uye kunyange kwemakore mashoma pamberi paizvozvo—I nyora rwiyo rwe zuva reValentine rwekuda kwaakanyorera mudzimai wangu.

Musafadzwe.

Rwiyo rurumwe nerwiyo rwechidakwa chokuda kwangu kwake, richiratidza makore emuchato wedu nemadingindira akasiyana, mafomu, na manzwisisiro. Zvimwe zvanga zvakakomba, zvimwe zvaka komesha. Asi chinhu chimwe chakanga chakijana kuzvose: ndiro rwiyo rwoffu.

Uye heino veshoni yegore rino, iyo achazoziona kekutanga manherwe eChipiri. Imi hamuoni. Uye kana achiona, achanyorera nerufaro kutonga kwake kwakanaka kwe rwiyo. Iye munyori mukuru—munyori wechokwadi—uye achazofarira na kuzvikoshesa. Na nezwi rine utachiona, achatobudisa achiongorora sezvinei chakanyorwa chinokosha.

Naizvozvo tinosvika kuPisarema 19, izvo C. S. Lewis akanyora,

“Ndinoona izvi se rwiyo rukuru kupinduka muPisarema na rimwe la rwiyo rukuru dunhu.”

Mazwi acho, ndiro riri nani kupinduka kwangu.

Pane zvinhu zvakadzikama zveunhu hwechokwadi hwerwiyo, kunyanya zvinhu zvakasanganiswa nerwiyo rwechihebheru: ritimiro, mitsetse yakafanana yezvirevo, na metaphors na similes dzine utachiona. Sezvo Lewis anocherechedza, zvinhu izvi zvakasanganiswa, mu kutungamirira kwaMwari, zvinogona kurarama shandurwa kumi mutauro mutsva—asi kwete difformu, izvo zvakaoma shandura. Naizvozvo kunyange muChirungu, tinogona kuzvikoshesa nezvinhu zvakanaka na zvinhu zvakasanganiswa zve rwiyo ruri.

Kana muri kufarira kuongorora zvinhu zvinyorwa na zvinhu zvakasanganiswa muPisarema, ndinorumbidza kuverenga C. S. Lewis’s Reflections on the Psalms, na Leland Ryken’s Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible. Ndinozviziva Dr. Ryken akashanda semubatsiri wezvinyorwa panguva yose yeshanduro English Standard Version yeBhaibheri, izvo ndinotenda unacho mumaoko enyu mangwanani.

Asi, Psalm 19 haingori rimwe chete rinoshamisa rroehutauro. Iri ndiro psalmo rinoratidza vanhu vaMwari nzira yokunzwisisa ukuru na runako rwaKuburitsa Kwake - zvose munyika nezvinyorwa - ndokuratidza kuti mhinduro yedu yakarurama inofanira kunge yakadii pamberi pa chokwadi chikuru chakadaro.

Iri pfuma, sezvamunoona zvakanaka zviri kuonekwa - ndinoronga nzira iri kuonekwa mubhuku leti mangwanani - rinouya munyaya.

Maverse 1-6 anoratidza izvo zvinowanzodanwa kuti Kuburitsa Kwake Mwari.

Maverse 7-11 anoratidza izvo zvinowanzodanwa kuti Kuburitsa Kwevakuru kwaMwari.

Maverse 12-14 anoratidza simba, kuponesa, kuchenesa kunaka Mwari anazvo kwatiri somugumisiro waKuburitsa Kwake.

Heino chirevo chekutanga chemutinhira wemutiyo wepsalmo, kuitira kuti munzwe, mugokwanisa kutevera:

Kudzidza na kufadzwa naKuburitsa Kwake Mwari kunokurudzira kudzidza na kufadzwa naKuburitsa Kwevakuru kwaMwari - zvose du kanokurudzira, pakupedzisira, kufadzwa nevangelion na zvibereko zvevangelion muupenyu hwedu.

Heino tichadzidza sei Mwari anazvo nyika yake naShoko Lake kutitwisa pakupedzisira ku kuponeswa.

Kutanga, ipapo, mumaverse 1-6, muimbi wepsalmo anotaura nezeshupiro lisina mazwi laMwari munyika na kuburikidza naKusikwa Kwake. Iri ndiro rinowanzodanwa Kuburitsa Kwake - dzimwe nguva inoreva "bhuku renyika". Na pointi ya muimbi ndiyo mi, kudenga, na kutadzira zvinhu zvose, zvapupu kuna Musiki Wavo.

Se James Boice, mupastora we Tenth Presbyterian muPhiladelphia, akati: bhuku renyika rinopa Kuburitsa kwaMwari kuvepo na simba guru kudaro kuti rinofanira kutungamirira munhu wose mupenyu wenyika kutafuta Mwari, kumutenda prokuunza iye kana kuti iye muvepo, na kumunamatira.

Rukudzo rwaMwari urwu rusingati kuitwa rukudzo rwe tsika. Muchaona kuti zita laMwari riri pano muHebra riri El, zita rakajairika zvikuru rinoreva Mwari, Musiki. Na rukudzo ruri pano harusi rukudzo rwe tsika – zvinhu zvake zvakadaro sekururamisira, tsitsi, rudo, kunaka, nyasha. Rinoreva zvikuruwande zake, ukuru wake, nesimba lake pakusika zvinhu zvose zviripo. Tatatuimba nezvazvo mangwanani muno zvakanaka.

Mubhuku romaRomans 1, Paulo anoti rukudzo rwaMwari rwekusika harusi rwekukurudzira kuab worship chete ukuru wake, asi rwuri kupiwa kumunhu wose panyika. Simba lake rekuramba nerunako rwaMwari zvakaonekwa zvakajeka, zvichinzwisiswa kubva kumasiki akaitwa, kuitira varume vasave na chikonzero. Panorama iri ye rukudzo rwaMwari mukusika inokurudzira ibwe renhando na chishamiso – na inounza khatira kune avo vanoramba kuziva Musiki.

Zvinofadza, kwatiri tinobatanidzwa mudzidzo – kunyanya dzidzo yaKristu – mairi 1-6 ane zvinoreva zvakanaka kwatinoita mukirasi nevakasiyana zvidzidzo. Tinodzidza pano kuti nyika iri yakakodzera kudzidzwa; kuti iri yakanaka, inoonekwa, inonzwisiswa. Hatisi kuvharirwa mukati kwezvekufunga kwedu. Tinoona mapatani, kurongeka, kurongwa. Tinozvipima. Tinoona kusangana kwekuda. Tinoita mhedziso pamusoro pekuti kuedza kwedu kungakanganisa sei zviripo, zvakanaka kana zvakaipa.

Nyika inotaura nguva dzose – masikati ne manheru. Inotaura pasina kusarura – inosvika kumuromo wenyika. Hapana munhu wose panyika asingazivi izwi hili risina mazwi kuMwari riri pamberi pezvake.

Mugumo, Zaburo rino rinokurudzira kwete tu dzidzo ya nyeredzi, izvo zvinoita sezvinoreva cha cha pano, asi mashoko ose ose a "bhuku la nyika." Tinoona masvomhu na fizikisi—kuyera, kuverenga, mapatani, kurongeka. Uye tatoburitsa chimiro cha Zaburo rino: ipoetry, unyanzvi hwakakwirira hwakaisvonaka hwine metafora, kufanana, chimiro chekudhumhana, nerhizimbi.

Nzvimbo inotaura. Ndinoda mutsara: zuva rinafanana negomba richibuda muimba yaro.

Nyevenzai muzvikoro zvenyu, sumo rinoti, “Kumutungamiriri waimbi”—izvi zvaifungwa seZaburo rekutendwa.

Kune kusimbisa kwehunyanzvi hwemimhanzi pano futi. Mune mamwe mashoko, mune zvatinazvo muzvinyorwa zvitanhatu zvokutanga hazvisi chete kurayira kunamatira Mwari Musiki wepasirese, asi kusimbisa—kusimbisa kwakaisvonaka, ndinotenda—kwezvose zvitadzo zvedu, zvose zvayakureva, izvo zvine semwoyo zvinhu zvekusika kwaMwari. Uye kuzviziva kwechipumbo chokudaro, kusika chokudaro muhurongwa hurwo hwose naubatsiri naakasiyana, kunofanira kumanikidza munhu wose kutakura Mwari Musiki.

Saka kana ukaenda kubasa nechina chemangwanani— kana ukagara pano mangwanani—tarisa. Zvose zvaunoona zvinoridza kukudzwa kwaMwari. Angave uri mubhizinesi kana mushonga kana mitemo kana kugadzira kana kutumwa kwako, chero zvinhu na zvishandiso zvekugadzira kwako, chero zvitatu zvino dzora shanduko yavo, chero zvibereko na michero yebasa lakko—zvose zvinodudzira kukudzwa kwaMwari. Uye seRom 1 inodzokorora, tinofuratira kukudzwa ikoko nenjodzi yedu. Iri kupemberera ukuru na runako rwepasirese na zvinhu zvose zvirimo.

Ashoka psalmi haamire ipapo, nokuti mufananidzo iwoyo waKudaratswa kwaMwari hausati yakakwana. Mwari anozviratidza asiri chete munyaya isina mashoko yaKusikwa kwake, asiwo—na zvakatowanda chaizvoizvo na zvakadzama—inShoko lake, Nyaya yake yakazara, Mabhukuera. Saka chechipiri, muzvinyorwa 7–11, psalmi anotaura nezveNyaya yakanyorwa yaMwari muMabhukuera, inowanzodanwa kududzwa seKudaratswa kwakakosha, dzimwe nguva inoreva “bhuku laShoko.”

Sasa, shanduko kubva pasita 6 kuenda kupasita 7—munoziva kuti ndakamiswa—yakaita kwavimwe vakadaro kutya zvikuru zvekuti vanogumisa aya anofanira kunge ari mapsalmi maviri akasiyana, neimwe nzira akabatanidzwa pamwe. Chaizvoizvo, ndinofunga zviriuchapupu zvekuti psalmi anzwisisa zvekuti nyaya mbiri izi—bhuku laNyika na bhuku laShoko—zakatodzidzana na kuzvibatanidza.

Teerera kudzamara C. S. Lewis adudza kubatana ikoko muzvirevo zve poemu. Ivhara rekureba zvishoma, asi rinokosha kuteerera. Lewis anonyora:

Kutanga afunga nezvedenga, zuva nezuva anachiona achiratidza kukudzwa kwaSiki wake. Pashure anofunga nezvezuva—kujairira mufaro wake waKuroora, kumhanya kusingafungidziki kwa zuva kwake kuenda kubva kumavirazuva kuenda kumatavirazuva; pakupedzisira, kudziya kwake, kwete kudziya kwemwaka, asi mazuva asina makore, kupofumisa, mazuva asingafungidziki achirova mapani, achitsvaka kona dzose. Chirevo chakakosha chinorembera poemu yose ndicho “hapana chakaipwa kudziya kwake.” Kupenya kwake kunapenya kwose kunzvimba kwake. Ipapo pakarepo, pasita nomwe, anotaura nezvechimwe chinhu, chisicho chinhu chake, nokuti chakafanana na kutopenya, kuzivisa. Mutemo wakachena, wakachena na wekusingaperi—kupenya, kuomesha, kuchenesa, kufara. Sezvake afungisisa zuva, pamwe ari murenje, achimutsvaka munzvimba dzake dzose dzakavigwa, anonzwa mutemo, achitsvaka nyika dzake dzakavigwa dzemweya.

Uye zvechokwadi, Lewis ari pamusoro pevhu rakavharwa nebhuku pano. Unorangarira mashoko iwayo kubva kwaHebheru 4: Shoko laMwari rine upenyu, rinoshanda, rinokacha kupfuura kango mbari mbili… rikaparadzanisa pfungwa naitendi dzemwoyo. Wozhinji hapana anovharika kubva pamberi pacho. Zuva re muviri, rine chiedza chachose chinotsvaga na kupisa kunopisa, rine simba kutuisa kutarisisa kukuru kunopfuura- zvisingaverengeki- kupenya, chena-inopisa, kutonga na kuponesa kuchema kweShoko rine Bhuku laMwari.

Ndinofarira: Ndakaratidza kare kuti zita laMwari muzvinyorwa 1-6 ndi El, zita rakapfava, rinoreva Musiki. Asi pano muzvinyorwa 7, zita laMwari rinoshanduka. Zita lake iYahweh- Mwari anoita, anochengeta, anotaura waAbrahamu, waIsaka, waJakobho nawaDavidi. NaTenzi Iye, Mwari Jehovha, ataurwa. Ataura mu mashoko akanyorwa kwatiri muBhuku Rinenge, akanyorwa pasi kuti zvizvarwa zvose na vanhu wose na mitauro yose panguva dzose na munzvimbo dzose vane uchapupu huu hweshoko huchabata muoko mwaavo.

Unogona kuziva kuti nguva ya kutanga munhu akanyora mashoko aMwari- kana zvishoma ndizvo zvandinoziva- kwaiva muDeuteronomio 31, apo Mose na vanhu vave kuda kupinda munyika yechipikirwa na Mose achisiya uongozi kwaJoshua. Na tinaverenga muDeuteronomio 31:9 mashoko aya: Ipapo Mose akanyora sheria hii. Mashoko iwayo anogona kudarika nyore, asi ari mashoko enormous, achichinja mitambo. Vanhu vaitongonzwa chete naMwari vari ikozvino vangakwanisa kunzwa, kuzvikera zvizvarwa, mashoko chaiwo aMwari- kunyange kwatiri.

Cherechedza mashoko aya—mashoko akadudzwa naMwari—anotsanangurwa sei. Chekutanga, majina: mutemo, mirayo, mirairo, mirayo, kutya, mitemo. Zvese izvi pamwe chete zvinogadzira kunzwisisa kwakakwana kwemashoko yaMwari kwatiri muBhaibheri. Pana zivo yaBhuku laNyika inoda kuremekedza na kutenda nekuda kweukuru Wake, Bhuku laShoko—mutemo, mirayo, kutya—inoda mhinduro yetsika na mweya. Tinofanira kumuremekedza. Tinofanira kumutya. Tinofanira kumuita.

Cherechedza zvirevo: zvakakwana, zvakasimba, zvakarurama, zvachena, zvokweli. Kukkakwana kwaMwari kunoratidzwa. Ukweli kukakwana. Hapana chikanganiso chimwe chete kana kukanganisa kupi zvese.

Uye woona zvirevo zvinoenderana na zviito zvinotsanangura chibereko chaShoko laMwari: chinazvekesa mweya. Chinokamisa vakapusa. Chinopa mufaro wechipfu che moyo na chiedza ku meso. Chinomira nekusingaperi. Chinotinyevera na kuunza mubairo mukuru.

Bhuku laNyika—neukuru wake wose na runako na chishamiso na kupfuma na kubatsira—hazigoni kupa kukakwana na mifaro na makomborero akadai.

Muprofita uri kutikurudzira kuona basa letu rese munyika—dzidzo yedu, basa redu, mabasa edu, mufaro wedu—kuona zvese izvi muzvinhu zveShoko Lake Rakaratidzwa, iro rinodiwa kupfuura goridhe, rinotapira kupfuura uchi utapira.

Kunakidza semabasa edu, sezvinhu zvinofadza na zvibatsira sezvazvingava, iwo hapo akakwana, asina kukomberedza, na pamagumo asina kukakwana kubva kunze kwaKuratidzwa Kwakakosha kwaBhaibheri. Chaizvoizvo, zano rese laBhaibheri rinoitaudza zジノ kuti hatigoni kunzwisisa nyika yakatipoteredza kubva kunze kwaShoko Lake Rakanyorwa, iro rinatigonesa kuona zvese mu chiedza chaMwoyo waMwari weZisiko Lake naNzira Yakagadzwa yaKurejesa naKubatana zvese kwaari.

Uye regai nditi zvishoma: iyi ndeimwe yezvokwadi zveBhaibheri izvo zvazadza mwoyo wangu nemufaro sezvandinofunga nezvezvichauya kwandiri. Nekuti munzvimbo ambapo nhovo yevhangeri ine simba, apo chechi iri kukura, apo kupararira kwevanhu na kukura kweupfumi kuri kuputika—munzvimbo seIndonesia naIndia, uye munguva yakapfuura Cambodia naLaos—pane kufambira mberi kwemakuru mu dzidzo yeKhristu. Vatu vatungamiriri veChechi veko vari kutsvaga kuendesera zvokwadi zvevhangeri na chimiro cheBhaibheri kupinda munzvimbo dzose dzekufunga kwavanhu nezvese.

Mune zvechokwadi, vanonditaurira kuti vanoda nhoroondo yenyika ino, apo makore akapfuura zviyunivhesiti na makoreji akavambwa na kuiswa pasi pamchimiro cheBhaibheri. Uye ndinofunga tinogona kunzi zvakanaka kuti kudzidza munzvimbo iyoyo kwakubereka michero mikuru yetsika yedu. Ndifungawo kuti zvakanaka kuzoti tiri munjodzi munyika ino yokukanganwa nhoroondo iyoyo— kana kuitora seyakajairika. Asi kwete zvakadaro neIndonesia, apo pane nzara yedzidzo yeKhristu inobva Bhaibheri rose, yakabatanidzwa na kukura kwevanhu na kukura kweupfumi. Ndichataura zvimwe pamusoro pazvo gare gare.

Asi chinhu ndeichi: kana bhuku la pasi rose rikakurudzira ibwe la Mwari Wekudenga nekuda kwezvaakagadzira, kazhinji zvingani bhuku laShoko rikakurudzira kutishamisa na kuzviisa pasi na kuab worship na kuteerera na utsvene na mufaro. El ndiye Jehovah.

Neku Enjoy 'vanhu vakagadzira Mwari munzvimbo dzose na kuonekwa— kana uchida zvakasikwa na kushanda mugadini yako, kana uchida imba yako na basa lakko na mhuri yako na zvinhu zvako— ipapo kazhinji, unofanira, zvakanaka, kumhanyira ku dzimwe mikana na mazinga apo ungaswika Mwari Wekudenga achitaura mashoko ayo tose tinogona kunzwisisa.

Mwari akafara. Uye Mwari anofara. Uye ini ndinoda kutaura: tingashinga sei, semaKristu, kufadzwa nekupupurira pasina shoko kwechisiko—zvinofadza sezvazviri—patinenge tine shoko hili rizere rekupupurira, riri, maererano naJakobhi 1, rinogona kuponesa mweya wedu.

Nezvo hatisati takasvika kumagumo enyaya ya rwiyo. Mwari anoda zvese zvake zvichifuratirwa—zvibvira zvese na zvishoma—to tikutungamirira kumwe. Uye ndosaka tichitendeuka kumaturo 12–14, apo muimbi werwiyo anofara nezvinoreva zvese izvi. Nei buku rekusika, pakupedzisira? Nei buku laShoko?

Kwaka Mwari, kupingana naKusika, hakusi kupingana naMwari pachake. Zvinofadza—zvakanaka na zvishandiswa kutungamirira vanhu vose vasingarambi vachifadzwa na kuziva Mwari semusiki. Asi hakusi kukwana kungofadza zvipo zvaMwari zvekusika na mikuruko yedu.

Kwaka Mwari, hapana mharo yeKusika. Bhaibheri—Shoko raMwari rinofudziwa, rinofuridzirwa—po rinodiwa na rinokosha ku faith chaiyo na kuwirirana, pakupedzisira rinotitungamirira, naRoho waMwari, ku kuregerera na kutenda na kutsanya na kuvimba.

Tingava vadzidzi vakanaka veBhaibheri. Tingadzidza, kuziva, tingafadzwa nacho kubva kutanga kusvika kumagumo—asara tikapotsa zvinoreva Mwari kwatiri. Tingava sezvavo Yakobo 5:39, vataka Kristu akati, “Munatsvaga Maandiko nekuti munofunga kuupenyu hwe vevekare; uye maandiko oposhese nezvangu, asi muchiramba kuuya kwandiri kuti muupenyu.”

Na ndosaka tichiuya kumaturo 12–14:

"Tingashinga sei kutadza kwake? Ndizivise ini kubva kuzvivi zvandinovanda. Ndindichengete mulemyi wako kubva kuzvivi zvikuru; zive zvisanditawire. Ipapo ndichava asina mhosva na asina mhosva wezvivi zvikuru."

Tinoona muitikiro waMwari watinooshana. Shamwari yangu yakanaka Don Carson anozvitaura seizvi: izvi ndizvo Mwari anozvishuvira kubva kureva kwake kwazhinji na kureva kwake kwakakosha. Carson anonyora kuti Mwari anoshuvira kupfuura kungo vabva pamberi pake panguva yekutya kwake, kupfuura kungofarira kwaMwari anotaura. Muitikiro wakakodzera ndewekutendeuka na kutenda na namata yakashinga kuti Mwari pachake atisachengete mukati na kuita makuredu nezvatinofunga zvive zvakanaka pamberi pake.

Kutendeuka kwezvivi zvakavanzika—izvo zvakavigwa kwazhinji hatuzivi kuti zviripo.

Kutendeuka kwezvivi zvekusazvibata—izvo zvitendo zvekusateerera zvinotarisirwa naMwari.

Na si kutendeuka chete, asi namata ya kutekeswa naMwari: Ndiperekewe mulega wako kubva kuzvivi zvekusazvibata; zvisave na simba juu kwangu.

Asi izvi zvikuru kupfuura namata ya kutendeuka, zvikuru kupfuura namata ya kudzivirwa mukati kwekuyedzwa. Ndinoona izvi zvechokwadi namata ya kutenda yakaponesa, nekuti Dhavhi anonyora chirevo chakasiyana: Nditangazve… ipapo ndichava asina mhosva na asina mhosva wezvivi zvikuru.

Ndega kani kunoita Dhavhi asina mhosva na asina mhosva? Ndega kani kunoita isu asina mhosva na asina mhosva? Tisina asina mhosva. Dhavhi aizviziva izvi. Verenga MaPsalm 32. Verenga MaPsalm 51. Hakuzi kaimbira asina mhosva sehwaro hwekuva mwena pamberi paMwari. Ari kukumbira kuti Mwari amtangazve.

Nditangazve, anodamba—na ipapo chete ndichava asina mhosva.

Izi ni chii? Ndinoona izvi, zvakavigwa kwazhinji mamiriyoni makore asati Jesu akauya dunhu, pointero ya kukosha ya bible inoda kureva—injiri yakanaka ya ku Mwari anoregerera na kununura.

Kubook ya dunhu, tinonzwisisa kuti Iye ndiye Musiki anodzitonga.

Nebhuku laShoko, tinonzwisisa kuti Iye mwenye tsvene uye akarurama—uye kuti kutarisana kwakaipa, isu, takafanana naDhavhidhi, tiri vamukandamwi vanomukanga Mwari mummoyo wedu. Hatina rubatsiro uye hatina tariro, hatigoni kuzirudza isu pachedu kubva mumamiriro edu akaipa.

KwaDhavhidhi anozvikandamira pamwiri waMwari—Mwari uyo, panzvimbo rwake, anosarudza kutisafanyira Dhavhidhi kana isu sezvatinofanira, asi anotiregerera, achitizivisa Dhavhidhi na kuzitizivisa isu sevanaalibi. Asi kwete nekuti tinaalibi, asi nekuti Mwari anosarudza kutarira kufa kwaMwanake, Jesu—uyo Dhavhidhi akaona chete mumvuri, uye uyo tinoona zvikwanira—uyo kufa kwake tino fanira pamwe chete kana tichidya Supper yaShe.

Jesu, uyo akarurama wega, uyo wega akanga asina mhosva naakaririka, akafa panzvimbo pako semutsigamupanze—uyo asina mhosva panzvimbo paane mhosva, uyo akanga asina mhosva panzvimbo paane mhosva—kubhadhara mutengo wekukandamwa kwedu kurwisa Mwari mwenye tsvene. NaMwari anogamuchira ubhadharo uwo. Pamabasa yaJesu kufa, anotizivisa asina mhosva naakaririka pamberi pake.

Wakaziva here kuti Psalm 19 inozivisa kururamiswa na kutenda wega? Inokudzwa sei.

Asi kunyange izvozvo hakuwa kupera. Rwiyo rworwika nerwiyo rwatinofarira:

"Shoko dzemunwa wangu nafungu dzemoyo wangu zvikwanire pamberi pako, hai Mwari, ibwe langu naRedemer wangu."

Dhavhidhi anoziva kuti akaregerwa naMwari kuzivisa ngoni. Zvino anonamata kuti munwa wake na moyo wake— zvese zvatinotaura na zvese zvatinofunga na kunzwa—zvikwanire na kukwanisa Mwari. Mumashoko mamwe, anonamata kuti Mwari uyo anotururisawo atisvitsisire. Zvirizvo 1 Johane 1:9: Kana tikareurura zvitadzo zvedu, Mwari ngwavanhu naakarurama kutiregerera zvitadzo zvedu na kutisvitsira kubva kuukama wose usakarurama.

Tingawupa sei mhinduro yepi kuna Mwari akatiponesa kubva kwatiri mamiriro yedu asina hope, asina rubatsiro, kunze kwekuti timuite nemabasa edu akapfuma nemashoko evangelion, akapfumwa naGracious yake — hupenyu hwokuteerera na hwokudzingirira umutsvene muzvinhu zvose zvehupenyu hwedu?

KwaSasa tine kufamba kwakakwana kwepasi ino:

Kana tikafadzwa nekupupura kwemashoko asina mashoko aMwari mukuziviswa kwakawanda, tingafadzwa sei kupupura kwemashoko aMwari mukuziviswa kwakakosha? Kushamwaridzana kwedu nenyika yaMwari kunotituma kumhanyira kuShoko laMwari, patinonzwa Mwari achitaura.

Asi kana tikafadzwa nekupupura kwemashoko aMwari mukuziviswa kwakakosha, tingafadzwa sei — kunyange manguva ano — kuzviisa pachena pakushandira kwake, kutendeseka, kururamiswa, na kutsvina? Tidzike na kuzvininipisa, seDhavhidhi, timhanye kwaari kuti aite basa datino — kwete kamwe chete, se dai takachengeta kare, asi kugara takafadzwa nenhau dzakanaka dzezvirevo zvaMwari zvekusabvumwa kwedu, kutora rufu rwaJesu sehwaro hwezvirevo zvaMwari, na kutafuta umutsvene na kuteerera evangelion kunoongorora Rock yedu yakasimba na Muponesi akatukomborera.

KwaSasa, vana, na vadzi, fadzai munyika yaMwari na zvido zvaari akuzviita mairi. Kunyange zviri nani, fadzai muShoko laMwari na zvese zvaari kutizivisa pamusoro paari na zvake zvinoregedza. Asi chakanakisa, tevera njira ya MaPisarema 19 — tevera bhuku la nyika na bhuku laShoko kusvika kuinjira: nhau dzakanaka dzeMwari kuregerera vatadzi kwaJesu akafa panzira, na nhau dzakanaka dzeevangelion iyi tinogona kutaura na kufikira na kurarama zvakanaka pamberi pake.

Iyi ndiyo nzira — iyi ndiyo nzira ya MaPisarema 19, asi haina kuperera mune melodic line ya MaPisarema 19, asi haina kuperera mune melodic line yaMwari yezvinoregedza zvekudzikinura kwake kwaakasika na kwauri.

Uye tichavhara nekutimba rwiyo runotsanangura chinopera chekupedzisira kwechinangwa chikuru cheMwari—kuzviratidza iye kuti tizive, tikuregerwe, uye tifambe muutsvene pamberi piye. Uchanzwa zvakanaka kwazvo mu rwiyo rwekupedzisira:

"Finish, then, Thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be. Let us see Thy great salvation perfectly restored in Thee; changed from glory into glory…. To Jesus Christ alone be the glory and praise."

Niel Nielson ndiye purezidenti weCovenant College iri paLookout Mountain, GA.

Chinyorwa ichi chakabva pahurukuro yakanyorwa yakatengeswa naDr. Nielson. Yakagadziriswa zvishoma naCopilot pamwe chete nevashandi vebasa re theology pa Third Millennium Ministries.