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Umusogongero

Turiho mu isi yiyitaho ubwayo yatwawe n’iby’ubucuruzi, ireba ku by’ubugingo n’idini ririmo, mu by’ibanze igira ibitekerezo byo kwikunda. Kandi iki gitekerezo cy’iby’isi ku bakristo gishira vuba. Abakristo benshi babona imigisha n’ibyo Imana yabahaye muri Kristo nk’ibigenewe kuba ibyishimo no kumererwa neza gusa. Muri ibi bihe dukunze kwishimisha naho kumererwa neza kwacu kukaba idini. Nkuko Packer abivuga :

Twita cyane ku kugera ku bintu by’icyubahiro aho gushimisha Imana. Umukristo usanzwe muri ibi bihe, cyane cyane mu bihugu bivuga icyongereza, usanga yarashidukiye ibitabo ngo byigisha uko ibintu bikorwa, bitujyana mu bumwe burushijeho gutera imbere, kurushaho kwishimisha mu busambanyi, kuba umuntu kurushaho, kugera ku byo dushoboye byose, kurushaho kwishimisha buri munsi, kugabanya umubyibuho wacu, kurushaho kurya neza, gukoresha neza amafaranga yacu, guha imiryango yacu isura irushijeho gushimisha, n’ibindi. Ku bantu bakunda guha Imana icyubahiro kurusha ibindi, ibi nta gushidikanya ni ibintu byemewe; ariko ibitabo byigisha uko ibintu bikorwa bibashyira mu buryo bwo kwiyitaho budushimisha mu bugingo aho kugira ngo icyubahiro cy’Imana abe ari cyo kiba mu byo twitaho kurusha ibindi.95

Ahubwo Ibyanditswe bitwigisha ko ukumererwa neza duhabwa n’Imana ari ko kudufasha gukomeza abandi no gukomezwa ubwacu dukura kuri Yo (2 Abakorinto 1:3-4). Mu yandi magambo, kimwe n’Umukiza wacu wazanywe no gukorera abandi aho gukorerwa, ubugingo bw’umukristo bugomba kwita ku bandi.

Umwe mu migambi y’Imana ku itorero ni uko tugomba kuyireka ngo yigaragarize muri twe nk’ibisonga byiza by’ubuntu bwinshi bwayo. Igisonga ni umucunga w’ibintu, si nyirabyo. Ni uwo gucunga iby’undi. Imana ni Yo nyir’ibintu, naho twe turi ababicunga mu busonga bunyuranye yaduhaye. Birumvikana ko ibi birimo ubugingo bwose. Ariko kuba ibisonga byiza by’ubuntu bwayo, tugomba kumenya neza ko iby’ubusonga Imana itubaraho izabitubaza. Ibyanditswe bishyira ibi mu bice byinshi. Urugero, abana ni impano y’Imana kandi ni kimwe mu bice by’ubusonga bwacu. Dukurikije inshingano zo kuremwa mu Itangiriro igice cya mbere, tugomba kuba ibisonga byiza byo kurema kwayo. Ariko kubera intego z’iyi nyigisho, tuzareba ibice bine gusa by’ubusonga.

Buri ngingo muri izi yari ikwiriye igitabo cyayo cyuzuye kandi hari benshi babikoze batyo. Icyakora, kubwo gukurikiza intego yo gushinga urufatiro rwo gukura gikristo, ibice bimwe bizajya bigirwa bigufi mu gihe umwanya mwinshi uzahabwa iby’ivugabutumwa no guhindura abandi abigishwa.


95 J.I. Packer, Keeping in Step With the Spirit, Fleming H. Reveil, Old Tappan, NJ 1984, p.97.

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