Kulapa

Kulapa ndiko kuvomereza machimo a munthu kwa Mulungu.

Machimo ndi chiyani??

Machimo ndi kulakwira Mulungu: zilakolako kapena maganizo kapena zochita zomwe zimasemphana ndi momwe Iye amafuna kuti tizichita. (Monga Akatolika, timakhulupirira kuti anthu ali ndi ufulu womvera Mulungu ndi kuchita zinthu mogwirizana ndi iye, kapena osati.)

Tchimo limatitengera kutali ndi Mulungu, ndi kuvomereza, kapena kuzindikira ndi kuvomereza zolakwa zathu, zimatithandiza kuti tikhale pa ubwenzi ndi Mulungu.

Udindo wa Ansembe

Choncho, chifukwa chiyani Akatolika amapita kwa ansembe kuti akhululukidwe machimo awo, m’malo mopita mwachindunji kwa Mulungu?

Akatolika amapita kwa ansembe kuti akhululukidwe machimo awo chifukwa Yesu anapatsa Atumwi mphamvu yokhululukira machimo. Mu sakramenti la Kuvomereza, machimo akhululukidwa ndi ntchito ya Mulungu kupyolera mu chida wa wansembe.

Monga Mauthenga Abwino amationetsera, Yesu anapereka mphamvu kwa Atumwi kuti akhululukire machimo usiku wa kuuka kwake kwa akufa, kunena kwa iwo, “Mtendere ukhale nanu. monga Atate anandituma Ine, ngakhale ndikutumiza iwe” (Yohane 20:21). Ndiye, kupumira pa iwo, Iye analengeza, “Landirani Mzimu Woyera. Ngati mukhululukira machimo a aliyense, akhululukidwa; ngati musunga zolakwa za aliyense, zasungidwa” (Yohane 20:22-23).

Mawu akuti “otumidwa”—“Monga Atate wandituma Ine, momwemonso ndikutumizani inu”—chimenechi chikusonyeza kuti mphatso imene Yehova anapereka inayenera kusungidwa kwa atumiki oikidwa. (onani Uthenga Wabwino wa Yohane 13:20; 17:18; Kalata ya Paulo kwa Aroma, 10:15; ndi Uthenga Wabwino wa Mateyu 28:18-20). Tiyeneranso kunena kuti sanangowapatsa mphamvu yokhululukira machimo okha, koma ku kukana kukhululukiranso machimo. Umenewu ndi umboni wowonjezereka wakuti mphatsoyo inali ya atsogoleri achipembedzo kokha chifukwa chakuti wotsatira wa Yesu kusakhululukidwa m’lingaliro wamba kukakhala tchimo mwa iwo wokha..1

Mphamvu yokhululukira machimo imalumikizidwa ndi ulamuliro “kumanga ndi kumasula”, anaperekedwa makamaka kwa Petro Woyera, papa woyamba, komanso kwa Atumwi monga gulu; ndi ku mphamvu ya mafungulo, kuperekedwa kwa Petro yekha, ngakhale kuti anagawana nawo mbali imeneyi mwa ulamuliro wa Petro (onani Mateyu 16:18-19; 18:18).2 Ulamuliro womanga ndi kumasula, ku letsa ndi chilolezo, zimapatsa Atumwi mphamvu zochotsa munthu pagulu chifukwa cha uchimo ndi kumulowetsanso mwa kulapa.3

Yakobo Woyera akuvumbulutsa kufunika kwa atsogoleri achipembedzo pa mwambo wokhululukira machimo, kunena m'malo mwake Kalata:

5:14 Kodi alipo wina wa inu akudwala?? Aitane akulu a mpingo, ndipo apemphere pa iye, kumudzoza ndi mafuta m’dzina la Ambuye;

15 ndipo pemphero la chikhulupiriro lidzapulumutsa wodwala, ndipo Ambuye adzamuukitsa; ndipo ngati adachita machimo, adzakhululukidwa.

16 Choncho muululane machimo anu kwa wina ndi mzake, ndi kupemphererana wina ndi mzake, kuti muchiritsidwe. Pemphero la munthu wolungama lili ndi mphamvu zambiri.

Akristu ena omwe si Akatolika angalimbikire malangizo a Yakobo akuti “kuululani machimo anu kwa wina ndi mnzake” (v. 16) ndi umboni wotsutsa kufunikira kwa kuulula machimo kwa wansembe. Mawu awa, komabe, zimangosonyeza kuti mu Mpingo woyambirira kuulula kunkaperekedwa mwachizolowezi pamaso pa msonkhano.4 Kuvomereza kwapoyera kumeneku kunali kutsogozedwa ndi atsogoleri achipembedzo, komabe, amene machimo ake anakhululukidwa pansi pa ulamuliro wake. James akutsimikizira zimenezi, akulangiza Akhristu kuti “aitane akulu (kapena akulu) wa mpingo, ndipo apemphere pa iye” (v. 14). Kutsindika kwakukulu mu James 5 ali pa machiritso auzimu osati mwakuthupi; Mtumwi akusonyeza kuti machimo a munthuyo adzakhululukidwa kupyolera mwa kupembedzera kwa akulu (v. 15), amene “ali ndi mphamvu yaikulu m’zochita zake” (v. 16).

  1. Wansembe ali ndi ulamuliro wokana kukhululukidwa kwa wolapa ngati wazindikira kuti wolapayo waulula machimo ake popanda cholinga chotsimikizirika cha kukonzanso..
  2. Monga Ludwig Ott adawonera, “Munthu amene ali ndi mphamvu ya makiyi ali ndi mphamvu zonse zolola munthu kulowa mu Ufumu wa Mulungu kapena kumuchotsa mu Ufumuwo.. Koma monga momwe zilili tchimo lomwe limalepheretsa kulowa mu Ufumu wa Mulungu mu ungwiro wake (cf. Aef. 4, 4; 1 Akor. 6, 9 ndi seq.; Agal. 5, 19 ndi seq.), mphamvu yakukhululukira machimo iyeneranso kuphatikizidwa mu mphamvu ya makiyiwo” (Zofunikira za Chiphunzitso Chachikatolika, Mabuku a Tan, 1960, p. 418).
  3. Izi zikuonekera bwino ndi nkhani ya Mateyu 18:18, zomwe zatsatiridwa ndi malangizo a Yesu onena za mmene wochimwa wolapa ayenera kubwezeretsedwanso m’khola ndiponso kuti wochimwa wosalapa achotsedwe. (Ott, p. 418).
  4. The Didache, zomwe zinayamba mu nthawi za utumwi, akuti, “Lapani zolakwa zanu mu mpingo…” (4:14). Kuchokera ku Origen (d. ca. 254) timaphunzira kuti okhulupirika nthawi zambiri ankapita kwa woulula payekha choyamba ndi, ngati adalangiza choncho, anaulula machimo awo pamaso pa mpingo kuti “ena akhoza kumangiriridwa, pamene inu nokha muli ochiritsidwa mosavuta” (Zolemba pa Masalmo 2:6).

    Pa Public Penance, Kaisara Woyera waku Arles (d. 542) adayankha, “Ndithu, iye wolandira kulapa pamaso pa anthu akadachita mseri. Koma ine ndikuganiza iye akuwona, poganizira kuchuluka kwa machimo ake, kuti iye alibe mphamvu zokwanira zolimbana ndi zoipa zazikulu zoterozo yekha; ndipo chifukwa chake akufuna kupempha thandizo kwa anthu onse” (Maulaliki 67:1).

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