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KOSA nthawi, Ndidayankhula zakukhala olimba mumsewu wa Narrow Pilgrim, "kukana kuyesedwa kumanja kwako, ndikunyenga kumanzere kwako." Koma ndisanalankhule zambiri pamutu wofunikira wa yesero, ndikuganiza kuti zingakhale zothandiza kudziwa zambiri za chikhalidwe za Mkhristu — za zomwe zimachitikira inu ndi ine mu Ubatizo — ndi zomwe sizimachitika.

Tikabatizidwa, Woyera Paulo akuphunzitsa kuti timakhala “cholengedwa chatsopano” mwa Khristu: “Zoyambazo zapita; taona, zatsopano zachitika. ^[1]2 Cor 5: 17 Mwakutero, Mulungu amapumira Mzimu Wake mwa ife kotero kuti Mzimu Wake umakhala umodzi ndi wathu, ndikupangitsa mzimu wathu kukhala wathu mtima chatsopano. Pali imfa yeniyeni ndi kubwezeretsedwanso kwa munthu mzimu zomwe zimachitika, kotero kuti St. Paul akuti:

… Mudafa, ndipo moyo wanu wabisika ndi Khristu mwa Mulungu. (Akol. 3: 3)

St. John waku Avila amatenga bwino "kuuka" kwa akufa mwauzimu kudzera mu Ubatizo:

Khristu ali ndi mzimu wamoyo, wopatsa moyo womwe umadzutsa ife omwe tikufuna kukhala ndi moyo. Tiyeni tipite kwa Khristu, tiyeni tifunefune Khristu, yemwe ali ndi mpweya wamoyo. Ngakhale utakhala woyipa motani, wotayika bwanji, wosokonezeka bwanji, ngati upita kwa iye, ngati umufunafuna, adzakupulumutsa, adzakugonjetsa ndikukonza bwino ndikukuchiritsa. —St. John waku Avila, Ulaliki pa Sabata la Pentekoste, kuchokera Baibulo la Navarre, “Akorinto”, p. 152

St. Athanasius ananenanso kuti:

… Mwana wa Mulungu anakhala munthu kuti ife tikhale Mulungu. -Katekisimu wa Katolika, n. Zamgululi

Mawu ofunikira apa ndi awa ndicholinga choti ife tikhoza kukhala monga Iye. ^[2]Kuti timvetsetsedwe mwanjira yoti miyoyo yathu siifa ndipo imagawana za umunthu waumulungu, koma osalingalira kufanana ndi Mulungu, yemwe ndi wamkulu kwambiri ndipo moyo wonse umachokera. Mwakutero, kupembedza ndi kupembedza ndi za Utatu Woyera Wokha. Ubatizo umatithandiza kukhala monga Khristu, koma ndi wathu basi mgwirizano ndi chisomo zomwe zidzakwaniritse ntchitoyi, chifukwa, mwa zina, tidakali omvera. 

Choyamba, tikupitirizabe kukumana ndi zotsatira za uchimo, monga matenda, kuvutika, ndi imfa. Chifukwa chiyani? Kudzera mu Ubatizo, "mtima" wathu kapena mzimu wathu umakhala nawo mu chikhalidwe chaumulungu; koma umunthu za munthuyo: zawo chifukwa, nzerundipo nditero adatengera "bala" la tchimo loyambirira, lomwe limakonda kuchita zoipa mgwirizano. Ndipo kotero, matupi athu amapitilizabe kutsatira zilakolako za thupi. ^[3]onani. Chibvumbulutso 20: 11-15

Ubatizo, wopatsa moyo wachisomo cha Khristu, umachotsa tchimo loyambirira ndikubwezeretsa munthu kubwerera kwa Mulungu, koma zotulukapo zachilengedwe, zofooka komanso zokonda zoipa, zimapitilira mwa munthu ndikumuitanira kunkhondo yauzimu. -CCC, N. 405

Nkhondo yauzimu, ndiye, ndi imodzi mwa kutembenuka: kubweretsa thupi, malingaliro, ndi chifuniro kuti zigwirizane ndi zatsopano mzimu. Ndikulimbana kuti tibweretse olephera umunthu mu umodzi ndi chatsopano ndi chikhalidwe chaumulungu anatipatsa kwa Ubatizo. Ndipo kotero, St. Paul akulemba kuti:

Timasunga chuma ichi m'zotengera zadothi, kuti mphamvu yoposayo ikhale ya Mulungu, yosachokeranso kwa ife… nthawi zonse titanyamula thupi lathu, kufa kwa Yesu, kuti moyonso wa Yesu uwonekere m'thupi lathu. (2 Akor. 4: 7-10)

Moyo wa Yesu ukuwonetseredwa mwa ife motere: pakupereka imfa chirichonse izi ndizosiyana ndi kukonda. Mulungu atayika Adamu ndi Hava ngati oyang'anira pa chilengedwe chonse, udindowo udadziperekanso kwa iwo:

"Kulamulira" padziko lapansi komwe Mulungu adapereka kwa munthu kuyambira pachiyambi kunakwaniritsidwa koposa zonse mwa munthu mwini: ukatswiri wa wekha. -CCC, N. 377

Chifukwa chake, abale ndi alongo, ulendo wachikhristu wopita mu "Narrow Pilgrim Road" ndi umodzi mwanjira yokhazikitsanso, mwachisomo, izi ukatswiri wa wekha kudzera m'moyo wapakati wamapemphero kuti tikhale, m'mbali zonse za umunthu wathu, chithunzi cha Mulungu, amene ali kukonda.

Koma kugwira ntchito motsutsana nafe nthawi zonse ndi mayesero…

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Ubatizo umatipanga ife kukhala ogawana mu umulungu, koma ntchito yobweretsa matupi athu, malingaliro athu ndi chifuniro chathu mu chiyanjano ndi iyo, ikupitilira.

… Watipatsa malonjezano ake a mtengo wapatali, kuti kudzera mu izi mutha kuthawa chivundi chomwe chili mdziko chifukwa cha kukhumbira, ndikukhala ogawana nawo umulungu. (2 Pet. 1:14)

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