Mumazana ose emazana emakore erima rapapa nedzvinyiriro, Mwari aitarisira basa rake nevana vake. Mukati mokushorwa, kurwisana, uye kutambudzwa, gadziriro youchenjeri hwose yakanga ichiri kushanda kuti iwedzere umambo hwaJesu. Satani akashandisa simba rake kuvhiringidza basa raMwari uye kuparadza vashandi biyake; asi mumwe wevanhu vake paakangosungwa kana kuurayiwa, mumwe akatora nzvimbo yake. Pasinei zvapo nechishoro chamasimba masimba ezvakaipa, ngirozi dzaMwari dzakaita basa radzo, uye vatumwa vokudenga vakatsvaka vanhu vanovhenekera nomutoo wakatsiga mukati merima. Pasinei nokuramba kutenda kwakapararira, kwaiva nemweya yakatendeka yaiteerera chiedza chose chaipenya pavari. Mukusaziva kwavo Shoko raMwari, vakanga vagamuchira dzidziso dzavanhu namagamuchidzanwa. Asi apo Shoko rakaitwa kuti riwanike kwavari, vakafunda zvapachokwadi mapeji aro. Nemwoyo wakazvininipisa vakachema uye vakanyengetera kuti Mwari avaratidze kuda Kwake. Nomufaro mukuru vakagamuchira chiedza chezvokwadi uye vakaedza nenzira yokudisa kupfuudza chiedza kuvanhu biyavo.

Kupfurikidza nebasa raWycliffe, Hus, uye vachinji vomudzimu vehama, zviuru zvezvapupu zvakaisvonaka zvakanga zvapupurira zvokwadi. Asi pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi 16 rima rokusaziva nokutenda mashura rakanga richiri sechidzitiro pamusoro pechechi nenyika. Chitendero chakanga chadzikisirwa kuva muitiro wetsika. Zvizhinji zveizvi zvakabva muchihedheni. Asi ose akatangwa naSatani kuti atsause pfungwa dzevanhu kubva kuna Mwari nechokwadi. Kunamatwa kwemifananidzo nezvisaririra kwakanga kuchiri kuchengetwa. Tsika yomuBhaibheri yeChirairo chaShe yakatsiviwa nechibairo chokunamata zvidhori cheMisa. Mapope nemaprisita vaiti vane simba rekuregerera zvivi uye nekuvhura nekuvhara masuwo edenga kuvanhu vose. Kutenda mashura kusina mufungo nezvinodikanwa zvakasimba zvakanga zvatsiva kunamata kwechokwadi. Upenyu hwavanapapa nevafundisi hwakanga hwakashata kwazvo, kunyepedzera kwavo kwokuzvikudza kwaimhura zvikuru, zvokuti vanhu vakanaka vaityira tsika dzechizvarwa chiduku. Nehuipi hwakanga hwabata pazvinhanho zvepamusoro-soro zveChechi, zvaiita sezvisingadzivisiki kuti nyika yaizokurumidza kuva yakaipa sezvakaita vanhu pamberi peMafashamo kana vagari veSodhoma.

Vhangeri rakadziviswa kuvanhu. Zvainzi imhosva kuva neBhaibheri kana kuverenga. Kunyange pamatunhu akakwirira, zvakanga zvakaoma kuona zvishoma mapeji eShoko raMwari. Satani ainyatsoziva kuti kana vanhu vakabvumirwa kuzviverengera nekududzira Bhaibheri pachavo, unyengeri hwake hwaizokurumidza kufumurwa. Saka akaita nhamburiko huru kuti adzivise vanhu kure neBhaibheri uye kuita kuti ndangariro dzavo dzisavhenekerwe nedzidziso dzeevhangeri. Asi zuva reruzivo rwechitendero uye rusununguko rwakanga rwava pedyo nokuuya panyika. Kuedza kwese kwaSatani nemauto ake hakuna kukwanisa kudzivirira mambakwedza aya.

Hudiki hwaLuther nehudiki

Pakati peavo vakadanwa kutungamirira Chechi kubva murima regadziriro yapapa kupinda muchiedza chekutenda kwakachena, Martin Luther akamira pekutanga. Kunyange zvazvo, kufanana nevamwe vomuzuva rake, aisaona pfundo riri rose rokutenda zvakajeka sezvatinoita nhasi, akanga achine chishuvo chapachokwadi chokuita kuda kwaMwari. Akagamuchira nomufaro chokwadi chakazaruka mundangariro dzake. Azere neshingairo, mwoto, uye kuzvipira, Luther aiziva kutya asi kutya Mwari bedzi. Akabvuma Magwaro Matsvene sehwaro bedzi hwechitendero nechitendero. Aive murume wenguva yake. Kuburikidza naye, Mwari akaita basa guru rekununura kereke uye kuvhenekerwa kwenyika.

imba yevabereki

Kufanana nevatumwa vekutanga veEvhangeri, Luther akabvawo kubva kumamiriro ezvinhu evarombo. Baba vake vaiwana mari yedzidzo yake kuburikidza nebasa remazuva ose semugodhi. Akanga aronga basa rehugweta kumwanakomana wake. Asi Mwari aida kuti ave muvaki wetemberi huru yakanga yave ichikura kwemazana emakore.

Baba vaLuther vaiva murume ane simba uye aishingaira. Akanga ane tsika dzakakwirira, akanga akatendeseka, akatsunga, akananga, uye akavimbika zvikuru. Kana aiona chimwe chinhu sebasa rake, akanga asingatyi migumisiro yacho. Hapana chaigona kumudzivisa. Nekuda kweruzivo rwake rwakanaka rwehunhu hwevanhu, aiona hupenyu hwemamongi nekusavimba. Akagumbuka zvikuru Luther paakazopinda mumusha wemamongi asina mvumo yake. Makore maviri gare gare akayananiswa nemwanakomana wake. Zvisinei, hapana chakachinja mumaonero ake.

Vabereki vaLuther vakanga vakangwarira zvikuru, vakangwarira uye vakazvipira kukurera nedzidzo yavana vavo. Vakatsvaka kuvadzidzisa zvose pamusoro paMwari nounhu hunoshanda, hwechiKristu. Nekusimba kwavo uye nekusimba kwehunhu hwavo, dzimwe nguva vaive vakaomesesa; vaitonga mutemo nenhevedzano. Amai vacho vakanyanya kuratidza rudo rushoma pakurera mwanakomana wavo ainzwira tsitsi. Kunyange zvazvo aimurayiridza nokutendeka mabasa echiKristu sezvaainzwisisa, kukomba uye dzimwe nguva kuomarara kwaakaitwa zvakamupa mufananidzo wenhema woupenyu hwokutenda. Yakanga iri pesvedzero yemafungiro ekutanga aya ayo, makore gare gare, akamuita kuti asarudze hupenyu hwemumongi. Nokuti akanzwa kuti uhwu hwakanga huri hupenyu hwekuzviramba, kunyadziswa uye kuchena, uye naizvozvo zvinofadza kuna Mwari.

Kubva pamakore ake ehudiki, hupenyu hwaLuther hwaive nehurombo, kushanda nesimba uye kurangwa kwakaomarara. Mugumisiro wokurerwa uku waioneka muchitendero chake muupenyu hwake hwose. Nepo Luther pachake aiziva kuti vabereki vake vakanga vakanganisa mune zvimwe zvinhu, akawana kurerwa kwavo kwakanaka kupfuura kwakaipa.

Chikanganiso chakanyanya kuitika mudzidzo nhasi kushivirira kuvana. Vechiduku havana simba uye havakwanisi, vane simba shoma romuviri uye simba retsika, nokuti vabereki vavo havavadzidzisi kubva pauduku kuti vave vanongwarira uye vanobishaira kunze kwetsika. Hwaro hweunhu hwakaiswa pamusha: hapana pesvedzero inotevera kubva kune chero kupi zvayo inogona kugadzirisa zvizere mhedzisiro yekurerwa kwevabereki. Kana kusimba nekutsunga zvinosanganiswa nerudo netsitsi mukurera vana, taizoona vechidiki vachikura vachizviitira mazita, saLuther, vachikomborera nyika.

chikoro neyunivhesiti

Kuchikoro, kwaaifanira kupinda kubva achiri muduku, Luther aibatwa noutsinye kupfuura kumba—kunyange zvechisimba. Hurombo hwevabereki vake hwaive hwakanyanya zvekuti aibva kudhorobha raive pedyo nekwaive nechikoro aitoita zvekuimba ari pamusuwo kuti awane chekudya. Dumbu raiwanzogara risina chinhu. Mamiriro erima, ekutenda mashura enguva iyoyo akamutyisa. Husiku akaenda kunorara moyo uchirwadza. Ramangwana rakasviba rakamudedera. Aigara achitya Mwari waaifungidzira somutongi ane utsinye, asingashiviriri, mudzvinyiriri ane utsinye, panzvimbo paBaba vokudenga vane mutsa. Vechiduku vakawanda nhasi vangadai vakakanda mapfumo pasi pasi pekuodzwa mwoyo kwakawanda uye kukuru; asi Luther akarwisa zvakasimba kuchinangwa chehunhu chepamusoro nebudiriro yehungwaru yaakanga akatsunga kuwana.

Aida kuziva zvikuru. Mweya wake wakakomba uye unoshanda waishuvira zvakasimba uye zvinobatsira kupfuura zvinoshamisira uye zvepamusoro. Paakapinda Yunivhesiti yeErfurt aine makore gumi nemasere, mamiriro ake ezvinhu akange ari nani uye tarisiro yake iri nani kupfuura mumakore ake ekutanga. Vabereki vake vainge vawana hunyanzvi hwakawandisa kuburikidza nekusabhadhara uye kushanda zvekuti vaigona kumubatsira pazvaidiwa. Kurudziro yeshamwari dzine musoro yakati dzikamei kusasuwa kwekudzidziswa kwake kwekare. Iye zvino akazvipira pakudzidza kwevanyori vakanakisisa, achiunganidza nekushingaira pfungwa dzavo dzakanyanya kukosha, uye kuenzanisa huchenjeri hwevakachenjera. Ndangariro yakaisvonaka, fungidziro inofadza, nzwisiso huru uye shingairo yokudzidza nechido zvakakurumidza kumuita pakati pezvakanakisisa zvegore rake.

zvakavanzika zvake

“Kutya Jehovha ndiko kuvamba kwouchenjeri.” ( Zvirevo 9,10:XNUMX ) Kutya uku kwakazadza mwoyo waLuther. Izvi zvakamubvumira kuti arambe aine pfungwa imwe chete uye awedzere kuzvipira kuna Mwari. Aigara achiziva kuti aivimba nebetsero youmwari. Ndosaka asina kumbotanga zuva asina munamato. Asi akanyengeterawo chinyararire zuva rose kuti atungamirirwe uye atsigirwe. “Munyengetero wokushingaira,” iye aiwanzotaura kudaro, “inopfuura hafu.

Nzira yaLuther yekuRoma

Rimwe zuva, achinzvera mabhuku muraibhurari yeyunivhesiti, Luther akawana Bhaibheri rechiLatin. Anofanira kunge akanzwa zvikamu zveevhangeri netsamba dzacho, nokuti dzaiverengwa kubva kwadziri mumabasa eruzhinji. Asi aifunga kuti ndiro Bhaibheri rose. Zvino, kekutanga, akanga aine Shoko raMwari rose mumaoko ake. Akavhura mapeji anoyera nemusanganiswa wekutya nekushamisika. Kurova kwake kwakawedzera, hana yake yakarova, paakaverenga Mazwi eHupenyu pachake kekutanga. Akaramba achiti, “Dai Mwari akandipa bhuku rakadai! Ndingazvirangarira ndimene kuva neropafadzo yokuva nebhuku rakadaro.’ Ngirozi dzokudenga dzakanga dziri parutivi rwake, uye mwaranzi yechiedza yaibva kuchigaro choumambo chaMwari yakavhenekera mapeji matsvene ndokukiinura pfuma yezvokwadi kunzwisiso yake. Akanga agara achitya kutadzira Mwari. Asi zvino, kupfuura nakare kose, akaziva kuti akanga ari mutadzi zvakadini.

Kupinda kumamongi

Chishuvo chapachokwadi chokusunungurwa pachivi nokuwana rugare naMwari pakupedzisira chakamutungamirira kunzvimbo yainogara mamongi, kwaakazvipira amene kuupenyu hwoumongi. Apa aitofanira kuita mabasa akaderera ari bouncer nekucleaner nekuenda paimba neimba somupemhi. Akanga ari pazera apo munhu anoda kuremekedzwa nokuzivikanwa. Naizvozvo akawana basa iri richinyadzisa zvikuru. Asi akatsungirira uku kunyadziswa nokushivirira, achidavira kuti kwakanga kwakafanira nokuda kwezvivi zvake. Kurerwa uku kwakamuita kuti ave mushandi ane simba mukuvaka kwaMwari.

Kuzvinyima senzira yokutsveneswa nayo?

Akazvipira nguva yese yaaigona kurega kubva kumabasa ake ezuva nezuva kuenda kuzvidzidzo zvake. Haana kumbozvibvumira kurara kana kuti nguva yokudya zvokudya zvake zvishomanene. Kupfuura zvose, ainakidzwa nokudzidza Shoko raMwari. Akanga awana Bhaibheri rakasungirirwa necheni pamadziro eimba yemamongi. Aiwanzobvapo. Paakawedzera kuziva nezvechivi chake kuburikidza nekudzidza Bhaibheri, akatsvaga nyasha nerunyararo kuburikidza nemabasa ake. Kuburikidza nehupenyu hwakaoma zvikuru hwekutsanya, kusvinura, uye kupenga, akatsvaga kuroverera nyama yake yakaipa. Haana kurega chibayiro kuti ave mutsvene uye awane denga. Mugumisiro wechirango chinorwadza chokuzvipa uyu waiva muviri wakaonda uye zvitsinga zvokufenda. Haana kumbonyatsopora kubva pane zvakazoitika. Asi kuedza kwese hakuna kuunza zororo kumweya wake wairwadziwa. Zvakazoita kuti apedzisire apererwa.

Maonero matsva

Apo zvose zvakaratidzika kuva zvakarasika kuna Luther, Mwari akamumutsira shamwari nomubetseri. Staupitz akazvipira akabetsera Luther kunzwisisa Shoko raMwari ndokumukumbira kutarira kure kwaari amene, kubva pachirango chisingagumi chokudarika kwake mutemo waMwari, kutarira kuna Jesu, Muponesi wake anokanganwira zvivi. »Usazvitambudza zvakare nebhuku rako rezvitadzo, asi zviwisire mumaoko eMudzikinuri! Vimba naye, hupenyu hwake hwakarurama, rudzikinuro kubudikidza nerufu rwake! … Teerera kuMwanakomana waMwari! Akava munhu kuti akuvimbise nezvenyasha dzaMwari. Ida uyo akatanga kukuda!” Akadaro Mutumwa waTsitsi. Luther akaororwa zvikuru nemashoko ake. Pashure pokutambura kuzhinji nezvikanganiso zvagara kwenguva refu, iye zvino akanga ava kukwanisa kunzwisisa zvokwadi. Ipapo runyararo rwakabva rwapinda mumoyo make.

Zvino uye zvino

Kudai mumwe bedzi akaona kuzvishora kwakadzama kwakadaro nhasi sezvakaita Martin Luther—kunyadziswa kukuru kwakadaro pamberi paMwari nokutenda kwakasimba kwakadaro apo zivo inopiwa! Kubvuma kwechokwadi kwechivi kwave kushoma nhasi; kutendeuka kwepamusoro kunoonekwa muhuwandu. Hupenyu hwekutenda hwakashata uye husina mweya. Sei? Nokuti vabereki vanodzidzisa vana vavo zvisiri izvo uye zvisina kunaka, uye vafundisi vanodzidzisawo ungano dzavo. Chinhu chiri chose chinoitwa kugutsa rudo rwepwere rwomufarwa, uye hapana chinovadzivisa kuronda nzira yokutadza. Somuuyo, vanokanganwa mitoro yavo yemhuri ndokudzidza kutsika-tsika chiremera chavabereki vavo. Ndosaka vachidisawo kuzvidza chiremera chaMwari. Kunyange makereke haayambirwe kana abatana nenyika nezvivi zvayo nemafaro. Vanorasikirwa nechiono chebasa ravo kuna Mwari nechirongwa Chake kwavari. Kunyange zvakadaro, vanovimbiswa ngoni dzaMwari. Ngavakanganwe nezvekururamisira kwaMwari. Vaigona kuponeswa nechibayiro chaJesu vasingateereri mutemo waMwari. Havanyatsozivi zvivi zvavo. Nokudaro, havagoni kuwana kutendeuka kwechokwadi.

Nzira yehupenyu

Luther akanzvera Bhaibheri nefariro huru neshingairo. Pakupedzisira akawana mariri nzira youpenyu yakanyatsoratidzwa. Akadzidza kuti vanhu havafanire kutarisira kuregererwa nekururamiswa kubva kuna papa, asi kuna Jesu. “Hakuna rimwe zita pasi pedenga, rakapiwa pakati pavanhu, ratingaponeswa naro!” ( Mabasa 4,12:10,9 ) Jesu ndiye chete yananiso yechivi; ndiye chibayiro chakakwana uye chakakwana kuzvivi zvenyika yose. Anowana ruregerero kune avo vose vanotenda maari seakagadzwa naMwari. Jesu pachake anozivisa kuti: “Ndini mukova. kana munhu achipinda neni, uchaponeswa.” ( Johane XNUMX:XNUMX ) Luther anoona kuti Jesu Kristu akauya munyika kwete kuzoponesa vanhu vake muzvivi zvavo asi pazvivi zvavo. Nzira chete iyo mutadzi anogona kuponeswa nayo kana atyora mutemo wake ndeyekutendeuka kuna Mwari. Nokuvimba kuti Ishe Jesu Kristu achamuregerera zvivi zvake uye agomupa nyasha dzekurarama hupenyu hwekuteerera.

Kupfuura hero kusvika kudenga?

Dzidziso inonyengera yapapa yakanga yamutungamirira kudavira kuti ruponeso runogona kuwanwa kupfurikidza nechirango nokupfidza, uye kuti vanhu vanoenda kudenga nomuhero. Iye zvino akadzidza kubva muBhaibheri rinokosha: Vaya vasina kugezwa vakachena pazvivi neropa raJesu rinoyananisa havazocheneswiwo mumoto wehero. Dzidziso yepurigatori ingori zano rakatangwa nababa venhema. Hupenyu hwazvino ndiyo chete nguva yekuyedzwa umo munhu anogona kuzvigadzirira nzanga yakachena uye inoyera.

Zviratidzo Zvenguva, Chivabvu 31, 1883