Kusunungura uto revatsvene
naBrian Sauder
Chisungo 5 mu Apostolic Series
Ndinoshamisika kuti Pauro aifungei paakanyora tsamba yake kuvaEfeso. Akanga atoenda kuEfeso kaviri. Nguva imwe neimwe, akaona kufambira mberi kukuru mukukura nokukura kwechechi.
Parwendo rwake rwokutanga, Pauro akatora Prisira naAkwira akavasiya kuti vashumire. Pauro akawana vamwe vadzidzi vaiziva nezvekubhabhatidzwa kwaJohani chete. Izvi zvaibva pane zvaidzidziswa naAporo. Pauro paakaturika maoko pamusoro pavo, Mweya Mutsvene akauya nesimba. Simba iri rakaramba richiyerera pakati pevatendi muEfeso. Paive nezvishamiso zvinoshamisa nerumutsiriro, pamwe nemhirizhonga nemhirizhonga yevagari apo vhangeri rakapararira. Asi pakanga pachine zvakawanda zvokuita.
Parwendo rwake rwechipiri, Pauro akapedza makore matatu ose ari muEfeso. Akatanga kudzidzisa vatungamiri pachikoro chake chokudyara chechi muhoro yehurukuro yaTirannous, uye evhangeri yakasvika kuAsia yose. Nzvimbo ine vanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva mamiriyoni maviri yakasvikwa mumakore maviri. Makereke akadyarwa muEfeso neAsia Minor, kusanganisira makereke manomwe anotaurwa pakutanga kwebhuku raZvakazarurwa. Akasiya vakuru vechechi kuti vapedze basa, achivapa mirairo yake yekupedzisira yehutungamiriri paMereto.
Rwendo rwokupedzisira rwaPauro rwakaguma muna AD 57, uye tsamba yake kuEfeso yakanyorwa makore mashanu gare gare muna AD 62. Chinenge chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chenzira inopinda mutsamba yacho, Pauro anotsanangura kuti imba yaMwari ine nheyo dzayo pavaapostora navaporofita naJesu ari ibwe guru repakona. Ipapo zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvenzira nomutsamba, Pauro anosuma hushumiri hushanu. Jesu akanga ataura nezvevaapostora. Vadzidzisi, vaporofita, uye vaevhangeri vakambotaurwawo muBhaibheri. Asi ndima yacho Ephesians 4 ndiyo nguva yokutanga uye chete apo Pauro anosunganidza zvipo izvi pamwe chete neicho chemufundisi uye anozivisa kuti vashanu vavo vanoshanda pamwechete mubasa rekugadzirira.
Pauro akanga afungisisa kwenguva yakareba sei zviri mutsamba iyi asati aitumira kukereke yeEfeso? Uye sei yakatumirwa zvakananga kukereke yeEfeso? Kuregererei kuchechi yeKorinte? Kuregererei kuvaKristu vomuRoma? Ichi chaiva chimwe chinhu chaidzidziswa naPauro muhoro yehurukuro yaTirano uye akanga ava kunyora nepepa here? Asi zvakakwana zvekufungidzira. Ngatiende kune chokwadi. Pauro haana kudana chaakatanga pano kuti “ushumiri hukapetwa kashanu,” asi ndiwo madaniro atakaita pfungwa iyi kuitira kuti tikurukure tichinzwisisa.
Zvinokosha Pakushongedza
Vaapostora vanosundwa kudzidzisa vatungamiriri uye kugadzirira vatendi kufambisira mberi Humambo hwaMwari. Vanoona kukosha kwakakosha mukushongedza vamwe. Zvinoita mufungo wakakwana, ipapoka, kuti vanoda kumutsa vamwe vaapostora, vaporofita, vadzidzisi, vaevhangeri, uye vafundisi. Shungu dzavo ndedzekudzidzisa vatsvene kuhushumiri. Pauro akaona mukana waigona kusunungurwa kana vatsvene vose vakashongedzerwa kushumira. Nguva dzose aipiwa rovedzo (sezvatichakurukura munyaya yedu inotevera). Akaudza Timoti kuti adzidzise vamwe vaizogonawo kudzidzisa vamwe (2 Timothy 2: 2).
Mufaro waPauro wokurovedza munhu ari wose nokuda kwoushumiri wakafanana neizvo Jesu akaona pashure pokutumira vane makumi manomwe navaviri muna Ruka ganhuro 10. Vaya vakatumwa vakadzoka nemishumo inofadza yorubudiriro. Jesu akati, “Ndakaona Satani achiwa semheni.” Jesu akataura nezvevamwe muTestamente Yekare vangadai vakafarira zuva iro Mweya Mutsvene waiwanikwa kune vese pane kungova nemuporofita mumwechete kana mambo. Izvi ndizvo zvazvaizoda here kuona umambo hwaSatani huchiwa? Ndinotenda kuti Jesu aireva chirevo cheSungano Itsva umo vatsvene—vatendi vose, mhomho yevatendi—vanogamuchira Mweya Mutsvene uye vakashongedzerwa kushumira.
Ndinofarira mazwi aRuka ekuti “mamwe acho” mukati Mabasa 11: 20: “Zvisinei, vamwe vavo, varume vokuKupro neKurini, vakaenda kuAndiyoki vakatanga kutaurawo nevaGiriki, vachivaudza mashoko akanaka pamusoro paShe Jesu.” Ndivanaani vaiva “vamwe vavo”? Ndivanaani vaiva vashumiri ava vasina kutaurwa nemazita? Hatizivi! Mune mamwe mazwi, hazvisi zvemazita makuru. Kunyange nanhasi, hazvisi zvemazita makuru. Ndezvemutendi wese anotakura Humambo hwaMwari uye kugadzirirwa kuzviita zvinobudirira. Kushongedza ibasa rehushumiri hushanu.
Sezvakanyorwa naBill Hamon mubhuku rake Zuva reVatsvene,”Bhuku raVaEfeso rinotiudza zvakajeka kuti Mwari akapa vashumiri vakapetwa kashanu, kubatanidza vaapostora navaporofita, kuchechi nokuda kwedonzo rokushongedzera vatsvene nokuda kwebasa roushumiri.”
VaEfeso Chitsauko chechina
Saka, ndima idzi dziri muna VaEfeso chitsauko 4 dzinomboti chii? Ngativerengei.
7 Asi kuno mumwe nomumwe wedu kwakapiwa nyasha sokugoverwa kwadzakaitwa naKristu. 8 Ndokusaka zvichinzi: “Paakakwira kumusoro, akatora nhapwa zhinji uye akapa zvipo kuvanhu vake.” 9 (Kuti “akakwira” kunorevei kunze kwokuti akaburukawo kunzvimbo dzakaderera, dzapasi? 10 Akaburuka ndiye akakwira kumusoro-soro kwematenga ose, kuti azadze nyika yose.) 11 Naizvozvo Kristu amene wakapa vaapositori, nevaporofita, nevaevhangeri, nevafudzi nevadzidzisi, 12 kuti agadzirire vanhu vake mabasa oushumiri, kuti muviri waKristu uvakwe.
Maererano nendima yechinomwe, nyasha dzakapiwa maererano nechiyero chechipo chaKristu. Vatsvene vakashongedzerwa nyasha. Nyasha dzinotipa kugona kwehumwari kuita zvatakadanirwa kuita.
Mutsamba yapfuura kuvatendi veKorinte, Pauro akati Mweya Mutsvene ndiwo unopa zvipo zveMweya. Izvozvo zvakanyorwa makore asati anyora tsamba yake kuEfeso. Asi zvino anonyora kuti Kristu anopa zvipo zvakare. Pauro akanga asina magwaro eTestamende Itsva aaigona kutora kubva paainyora. Magwaro ega aakawana aive mabhuku eTestamente Yekare. Saka hazvishamise kuti anotora ndima yeTestamende Yekare kubva Pisarema 68: 16 iyo inoti, “akapa zvipo kuvanhu.” Pauro anotsanangura kuti “iye” aireva muna Pisarema 68 ndiJesu. Jesu akapa zvipo kuvarume paakakwira kudenga. Nokuda kweizvi, vamwe vanotaura nezvezvipo zvakapetwa kashanu se“zvipo zvokukwira kudenga.”
Izvi zvipo zvaKristu, zvipo zvehushumiri zvakapetwa kashanu, zvinogadzira kudaidzwa. Kana ndiri muporofita akapetwa kashanu (kana vamwe vachiti kana ndiri “munzvimbo yemuporofita”), ichi hachisi chinhu chandinoita. do. Ndini uyo ini am. Kana ndiri muporofita zvinoreva kuti ndiri muporofita kwese kwandinoenda. Ndiri muporofita zvisinei kuti vamwe vanondiziva semuporofita here kana kuti kwete. Shamwari yedu yekare yaiti chipo chakapetwa kashanu unewe kubva “mudumbu uchienda kuguva.”
Mutungamiriri weChikoro cheBheteri cheUshumiri Hwepamusoro Kris Vallotton anoti chipo chakapetwa kashanu chakafanana nekunhuhwirira. Anofananidza hushumiri hushanu nezvinonhuhwira patsime resoda. Michina nhasi ine muchina mumwe chete waunosarudza kunaka kwechinwiwa kubva mauri wobuda. Zvitubu zvishanu…chete pachinzvimbo cheCoke, Sprite neGomo reDew… mupostora, muporofita, muevhangeri, mufundisi, uye mudzidzisi. Tsime ndiro rinotara kunaka. Vatendi vose vane chitsama chakati chechimwe kana kupfuura chezvinakiro zvishanu. Kunyangwe ichishandiswa papuratifomu yeruzhinji, kugadzirira uye kudzidziswa kwakawanda kupfuura izvi.
Tinodzidza pano kuti mutendi wese ane imwe kana yakawanda yezvishanu zvinonaka. Semuenzaniso, mumwe munhu anogona kunge ari muevhangeri/mudzidzisi kana mufundisi/muevhangeri. Nyasha dzemudzidzisi flavour dzinobata munhu uye dzinomupa nyasha dzekudzidzisa. Kana ndikauya kuna mufundisi flavour, ndinogashira zvipo zvehufundisi nekuti kune zvipo chaizvo zvinoyerera pamwe chete nekudana kwehufundisi.
Nditenderei kuti ndienzanisire izvi ndichishandisa muenzaniso wangu. Kana ndagamuchira nyasha dzevapostora (funga “kunhuwirira”), zvinondigonesa kuyerera muzvipo zvemupostori. Asi hazvindiite mupostori. Mupostori anotungamira muDOVE International network ndiLarry Kreider. Pasi pehutungamiriri hwake, ndinokwanisa kuita zvese zvinoitwa nemuapostora-asi handina kuzivikanwa semuapostora. ndinoita zvechipostora. Asi pandinonamatirwa nekugamuchira hushumiri hwechiporofita, ndinogara ndichipiwa mazwi pamusoro pezvipo zvangu zvishanu zviri munharaunda yeuporofita nedzidziso. Ndinoziva kuti izvi ndizvo zvipo zvangu zvakasimba zvinopa simba, asi iniwo ndiri mugwara rechiapostora uye nekuyerera apo pandinoshanda ndiri pasi paLarry Kreider, mupostora. Kana ndiri mukuyerera kwenyasha dzevapostora, ndinokwanisa kushanda semupostori.
Ini nomudzimai wangu takavaka imba itsva patakanga tichangobva kuchata. Mukuita kudaro, takachera tsime renzvimbo yacho. Pashure pemakore mashomanana, tsime redu rakapwa mumwaka wokusanaya kwemvura. Nzvimbo yedu yakanga isina mvura. Saka ndakaenda kune mumwe muvakidzani ndokuita chibvumirano. Takafambisa pombi kubva kumba kwake kuenda kwangu kusvika takwanisa kuchera rimwe tsime. Iyi inyaya yechokwadi. Chikonzero chakaita kuti ndive nemvura imhaka yehukama hwangu nemuvakidzani wangu.
Nenzira yakafanana, ndingati tsime rechipostori harisi papfuma yangu, asi ndinogona kuita somupostori nokuti ndiri muukama (kuwirirana) nomunhu ane chizoro chechipostora.
Iyo Kashanu Inopa Kupa
Kana maporofita enhanho yeshanu anouya kwatiri DOVE Global Leadership uye Chikoro Choushumiri, vanoita hushumiri hwechiporofita hunoshamisa uye kazhinji vanopa vadzidzi shoko reuporofita rakarurama. Pane nguva dzose pfungwa yekuvepo kwaMwari uye kutya semunhu asina kujairana nevadzidzi vanotaura nemazvo uye zvinoenderana muhupenyu hwavo. Asi kunze kweizvozvo, kune kutenda kwakawedzera kuti munhu wega wega anogona kufamba muchipo chechiporofita zvakare. Dhipoziti yekutenda yehushumiri hwechiporofita inosiiwa kumashure.
Imwe nguva takanga tine muevhangeri kashanu ainzi Larry achitaura pachikoro. Akasiya dhipoziti yakakosha yekutenda kweevhangeri kune wese aive mukamuri. Ndinozviziva sei izvozvo? Nokuti ndiri munzira kuenda kumba, ndakamira pachiteshi chepeturu kuti ndinwe kofi uye ndakazopedzisira ndagovera vhangeri kumunhu aiva kumashure kwekaunda. Uhwu ufakazi chaihwoihwo nokuti kare ihwohwu usiku chaihwo ndakanga ndaita jee kupfurikidza nokutaura kuti apo muevhangeri anomira nokuda kwekofi, munhu anogovera kofi anoponeswa, asi apo asiri muevhangeri akaita seni anomira nokuda kwekofi, ndinongowana kofi. Larry akandiratidza kuti handina kururama. Larry, muevhangeri kashanu, akapa kutenda mandiri nokuda kwouevhangeri.
Paul akati mukati VaRoma 1: 11 kuti vatendi veRoma vaisazogadzwa kutozosvikira iye auya akavapa chipo chemweya. Kudzidzisa kwakanaka, asi kupa kunochinja hupenyu. Handingodi zivo; Ndinodawo kupihwa nyasha. Tinogona sei kuyera kugovera? Hatikwanisi. Tinongoziva kana tachigamuchira.
Pauro akanyorera Timotio nezve "chipo" chakapihwa nechiporofita sezvo vatungamiriri vakaisa maoko avo paari (1 Timothy 4: 14) Chiporofita ndicho chaiva chiratidzo, asi kupiwa kwacho dzaiva nyasha. Zviri pachena kuti chipo chakagamuchirwa uye chimwe chinhu chakagoverwa sezvo vakuru vakaisa maoko avo pana Timotio ndokuporofita. Kana wagamuchira kupiwa kwenyasha, unofanira kuita chimwe chinhu nazvo. Zvakafanana nemotokari ine injini ine simba guru; unofanira kuzvitanga.
Vaapostora Vanounza Hushumiri Hushanu pamwechete
Mupostora anokwanisa kubata, kudzidzisa, uye kusunungura humwe hushumiri hushanu. Patinodzidzisa nezvehushumiri hushanu, tinoshandisa muenzaniso weminwe mishanu yeruoko rwedu. Mupostori (anomiririrwa nechigunwe chikuru) anogona kubata nekuunza pamwechete chimwe nechimwe chemimwe minwe. Chigunwe chinonongedza semuporofita. Chigunwe chepakati chinotambanuka semuvhangeri. Chigunwe chemhete "chakachata" kuchechi semufundisi uye kagunwe kadiki kuchera zvinhu semudzidzisi. Chigunwe chinokwanisa kuunza zvose pamwechete kuti zvigadzire chibhakera chinova mucherechedzo wesimba.
Chipo chechipostora nechizoro chinofanira kugara chiri pamwoyo wekereke. Ndiwo musimboti, pakati, uye musimboti wezvinofambisa muviri waKristu. Ndiyo chikamu chepakati panounganidzirwa mamwe mativi uye akaunganidzwa. Vaapostora vekutanga ndivo vakapa musimboti wekereke. Vamwe vakatanga kuvaunganira, kushanda muzvipo zvavo nenyasha, uye vachivabatsira kuti vafambire mberi kuti vazadzikise Basa Guru raShe wedu.
Kutangira paGrassroots Level
Mubhuku rake Kashanu Ushumiri Hunoitwa Kuti Hushande, Ron Myer anorondedzera kuti akanga aneta sei nokugara achiunza vashumiri “vakazodzwa” kubva kunze kuti vataure kuchechi yaaitungamirira. Naizvozvo, akanyengetera ndokutsunga nebetsero yaMwari kuwana nzira yokumutsa nayo ushumiri hushanu muungano yake yomunzvimbomo. Kurovedzwa pamusoro poushumiri hushanu kwakapiwa pamwero weboka duku, uye ushumiri hwakatangira ipapo. Kutanga uku kwekutanga kwakonzera kuburitswa kwevazhinji vanozivikanwa, vanofamba, vanozvidavirira zvizere kashanu vashumiri vanoshumira mhiri kweDOVE USA.
Ron anotsanangura hushumiri hushanu seizvi: “Vaapostora vanotonga. Vaporofita vanotungamira. Vavhangeri vanoungana. Vafundisi murinde. Vadzidzisi vakasununguka. " Bhuku rake rine zvitsauko zvinotsanangura imwe neimwe yehushumiri uhwu. VaEfeso 4: 14 zvinoratidza kuti somugumisiro wehushumiri hushanu hatichisiri vana vanonyengerwa nyore. Asi mira, haasi mudzidzisi chete anotidzivirira kubva pakunyengedza. Vese vashanu vevashumiri ava vashanu vanodyara hutano matiri. Pasina pesvedzero yevashanu vose, chimwe chinhu chingadai chiri kushaikwa muupenyu hwedu. Tingadai tisina dziviriro iyo Mwari akarongera muviri wake.
Zvinobatsira kunzwisisa kuti kune hova mbiri dzehutungamiriri hweTestamente Itsva: imwe ndeyehurumende uye imwe iri kugadzirira. Mira ipapo, nekuti tsananguro yandichapa kune idzi mbiri hova dzehutungamiriri ine hunyanzvi. Testamente Itsva inotsanangura vatungamiriri vehurumende vekereke sevaapositori (pamusoro pematunhu), vakuru (pamusoro pemakereke) uye madhikoni (vachishanda nevanhu). Rudzi rwechipiri rwehutungamiriri hushanu. Ava ndivo vanhu vanopihwa basa rekushongedza. Vatungamiriri vashanu muTestamente Itsva vanoita kunge vaive nechisimbiso chekufamba. Vaiva nebasa rekugadzirira vatsvene kuti vashumire vamwe uye kukurudzira muviri waKristu.
Iwe unogona kunge waona kuti maapostora vari muhurumende nerukova rwekugadzirira. Nekuda kweizvi, vanogona kubatanidza hurumende nehova dzinoshongedza pamwechete.
Kudiwa Kukuru KweVaapostora
Mukupfupisa, tinogona kutaura kuti vaapostora vanoona mufananidzo mukuru uye vanoda kuzvipira kwakadzama. Vaapostora, zvakare, vachave nemwero mukuru wechimiro chevaapostora muhupenyu hwavo kuti vagovere nekukuchidzira uku kuzodzwa muvatsvene. Chechi inotungamirwa nevapostora, asi isina vafundisi nevadzidzisi vanoshumira pamwe chete, yaigona kuomesera vanhu nokuti vaapostora vaizofunga kuti munhu wose anofanira kuona sezvaanoona, kuzvipira sechibayiro, uye kufamba sezvavanofamba. Mufundisi nemudzidzisi vanounza kuenzana kuchimiro che“enda undoita” chekudana kwevapostora nekubatanidza hanya nerudo, kubata kwemunhu pachake, nehanya nezvidikanwi zvemunhu wega wega nemhuri muboka.
Vafundisi nevadzidzisi vanokasira kuona zvinodiwa nevanhu. Dai ivo vega vaive vari muhutungamiriri, kuenderera mberi kwekereke kwaigona kudzikira kana kuti chechi yaigona kudzika midzi. Chipo chechipostora chinounza chinhu chechiratidzo sezvachinosimbisa seizvi: “Enda. Batikana. Chibaira nokuda kwaMambo.” Vatendi vakadanwa kuhushumiri hushanu vanova nechikamu chikuru chekuzodzwa kweMweya Mutsvene muchipo chavakadanirwa.
Kunyangwe hushumiri hushanu huri hurongwa hwaMwari uye kana hukaiswa pabepa hunoita sehunoshanda zvakakwana, chokwadi ndechekuti hahuite. Rick Joyner anozvitsanangura seizvi: “Jesu ndiye Uyo ari kuvaka kereke Yake. Kunyangwe basa Rake ringave rakakwana, Haana zvinhu zvakakwana kana vanhu vokushanda navo. Uyewo Haana mhizha dzakakwana—vaapositori, vaporofita, vavhangeri, vafundisi, nevadzidzisi vaAkapa kuti vashongedze muviri kuita basa rehushumiri. Vanofanirawo kukura muhushumiri hwavo. Kunyange vaapostora vakuru vanotanga sevaapostora vasati vakura uye vanofanira kukura muushumiri hwavo sezvinoita vamwe vose.”
Ungave uchiziva nezvomumwe munhu aizviti aiva mushumiri akapetwa kashanu asi wakaodzwa mwoyo nounhu hwavo kana kuti kukura. Zvichida vaizvisimudzira kana kuti mumwe munhu akakurumidza kuvabudisa muushumiri. Zvisinei, apo vashumiri vakapetwa kashanu vari mutsinhirano navaapostora vakakura mumudzimu, simba guru rinobudiswa.
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Joyner, Rick. Zviratidzo zveHumambo, Chikamu XIX. Rick Joyner Shoko reVhiki, Gunyana 5, 2023.
Myer, Ron. Iyo Kashanu Yakagadzirwa Kushanda. Lititz: Imba Neimba Zvinyorwa, 2019.
Vallotton, Kris. The Simba reUshumiri Hushanu. Mharidzo yeChechi yeBheteri yeVhiki Podcast, Chikunguru 9, 2021.
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