PATHIAN IN MI TENGTENG A KIKIM/KILUAL IN A IT MAH HIA?

 


 

Pathian in mi tengteng a kikim/kilual in a it mah hia?

Na zi/nu, na sanggamte na it dan tehna (quality and degree) toh mi dang na lawmte, na saptuampihte na it dan a kibang diam?? No, kibang hetlou ahi. Pathian in mi tengteng it mah hia? Hi, it. That’s right! Himahleh, mi tengteng a kikim/kirual/kibang in a it kei hi (he doesn’t love everyone in the same/equally). Bang ziakin i chihleh gingtute tuh Khrist moute (Kil 19:7,8; 21:9-10) i hi ua, a mou hiloute sangin a moute a it zaw tham ding a chiang hi.

 

13th century lai a Italian theologians minthang Thomas Aquinas in itna a term in “benevolence” (bene volere- good willing) deihsakna/hoihna/migitna in ana gen hi.

R.C. Sproul in a laibu gelh “God’s Love” ah Pathian in mihingte a itna chi 3 in ana khen hi:

(i) Love of benevolence: Pathian in a thilsiamte tunga deihsakna, ahoihna leh migitna itna ziaka taklatna genna ahi. Jesu pianna toh kisai in Luke 2:14 ah, “… Amah angvante/deihsakna/hoih deihnate tungah lemthu leng hen” chih bang ahi. Mi tengteng in akirual a tan uh Pathian itna ahi hiai itna. Gen dan dangin, hehpihna vantang (common grace) tuntawn a Pathian itna thilsiamte tan dinga a deihsakna ahi.

 

(ii) Love of beneficence/providential: Pathian’ hoihna mi tengteng mikhial/khialloute tunga vualzawlna tuamtuam (The primary difference between benevolence and beneficence is the difference between willing and doing) a tante uh genna ahi. Matt 5:45, “…aman tuh migiloute leh mi hoihte tungah a ni a suak saka, mi diktatte leh diktatloute tungah leng vuah a zu sak.” Hiai vualzawlnate tanna ziak tuh Pathian’ hehpihna vantang tungtawn mah ahi. I hoih ziak hiam a lohkhiak ahikei himahleh Pathian hehpihna thilpiak ahi zaw hi.

 

(iii) Love of complacency (God’s intra-trinitarian love between the Father and the Son)- Complacency thumal “mahni kipahtakna” self-satisfaction chih himahleh theological term in Pathian, Jesu Khrist tunga lungkimna ban ah, Jesu tungtawna gingtute tunga lungkimna ahi. Pa in Tapa Jesu Khrist a itna, Jesu’n nungzuite a itna genna ahi. Jesu baptisma tanna Luke 3:22, “…. Nang ka Tapa deihtak na hi; na tungah ka kipak mahmah, a chi a” a pansan hi.

Hiai love of complacency tuh God special love Pathian, Jesu leh gingtute kala a kizopna covenantal love genna ahi. Ginglou/piangthak loute kianga Pathian itna hilou ahi chiin agen hi.

 

Hiai views teng banah views dang khenkhat theologians tuamtuamte’n a pia lai uhi. R.C. Sproul in Pathian’ itna (divine love) chiangtakin chi 3 in a khen hi. Kei leng chi 3 in ka khen hi;

(i) God providential love- Pathian in huam khaklouh neilou in mi tengteng it vek hi. Matt 5:45, “…aman tuh migiloute leh mi hoihte tungah a ni a suak saka, mi diktatte leh diktatloute tungah leng vuah a zu sak.” Hehpihna vantang tungtawn a mi tengteng a dia thilhoih deihsak in, vualzawlnate, nisa leh vuahte pia hi.

(ii) Love of complacency (God’s intra-trinitarian love between the Father and the Son)- Pa in Tapa Jesu a itna, Tapa in Pa a itna, electing love, Pathian in a mite hotdamtate itna, covenantal love ahi a, hotdamloute tan ahikei hi.

(iii) God’s love for his people-conditioned on obedience- Pathian a hotdam a om, Khrist toh kizopna neite a thuman chiang ua itna huai tuh a ziak nei a itna genna ahi. Jude 21, “Khantawn hinna neihsakna khop i Toupa Jesu Krist hehpihna tuh ngak kawmin, Pathian itna a kikem hoih un.” Jesu a nungzuite a itna a om gige dinga genna John 15:9-10, “Pan kei hon it bangmah in kon it hi; ka itna ah om gige un. Nou ka thupiakte na zuih uh leh ka itna ah na om gige ding uhi, ken ka Pa thupiakte ka jui a, a itna a ka om gige mah bangin.”

 

Huaiziakin, Lai Siangthou apan i muh bangin Pathian in mi tengteng a it (in one sense), himahleh mi tengteng a kikim/kirual (equal/same) in a it kei hi.

 

Dawngtu: Kapsuanmung

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