Shoko rekuti “kuberekwazve” rinoreva kutanga kweukama hutsva pakati paMwari nemunhu wacho anenge aberekwazve. (Johani 3:​3, 7) Mwari anogamuchira vaya vanenge vaberekwazve kuti vave vana vake. (VaRoma 8:15, 16; VaGaratiya 4:5; 1 Johani 3:1) Kungofanana nevaya vanotorwa zviri pamutemo kuti vave vana vemumwe munhu, mamiriro ezvinhu evaya vanenge vaberekwazve anochinja, vobva vava nhengo dzemhuri yaMwari.​—2 VaKorinde 6:18.

Nei munhu achifanira kuberekwazve?

 Jesu akati: “Kana munhu asina kuberekwazve, haagoni kuona Umambo hwaMwari.” (Johani 3:3) Saka kuberekwazve kunoita kuti munhu akodzere kuzotonga naKristu muUmambo hwaMwari. Umambo uhwu hunotonga huri kudenga, saka Bhaibheri rinorondedzera “kuberekwazve” richiti ndiko kunoita kuti munhu azowana nhaka ‘yakachengetwa kudenga.’ (1 Petro 1:​3, 4) Vaya vanoberekwazve vanoitwa kuti vave nechivimbo chekuti ‘vachatonga pamwe chete semadzimambo’ naKristu.​—2 Timoti 2:12; 2 VaKorinde 1:21, 22.

Munhu anoberekwazve sei?

 Jesu paakataura nezvenyaya yekuberekwazve akati vaya vanoberekwazve ‘vaizoberekwa nemvura nemweya.’ (Johani 3:5) Mashoko iwayo anoreva kubhabhatidzwa mumvura kunoteverwa nekubhabhatidzwa nemweya mutsvene.​—Mabasa 1:5; 2:1-4.

 Jesu ndiye wekutanga kuberekwazve. Akabhabhatidzirwa muRwizi rwaJodhani, Mwari achibva amuzodza (kana kuti kumubhabhatidza) nemweya mutsvene. Saka Jesu akabva aberekwazve nemweya mutsvene semwanakomana waMwari wemweya aiva netariro yekudzokera kunoraramazve ari kudenga. (Mako 1:9-11) Mwari akazadzisa tariro iyi nekumutsa Jesu sechisikwa chemweya.​—Mabasa 13:33.

 Vamwe vanoberekwazve vanotangawo vabhabhatidzwa mumvura vasati vagamuchira mweya mutsvene. a (Mabasa 2:38, 41) Kana zvadaro vanenge vava netariro yechokwadi yekuti vachanorarama vari kudenga, iyo ichazadziswa naMwari pavanomutswa.​—1 VaKorinde 15:42-49.

Zvinofungwa nevamwe panyaya yekuberekwazve

 Zvavanofunga: Munhu anogona kusarudza kuberekwazve.

 Chokwadi nezvenyaya iyi: Munhu wese ane mukana wekuti ave shamwari yaMwari uye kuti awane ruponeso. (1 Timoti 2:3, 4; Jakobho 4:8) Kunyange zvakadaro, Mwari ndiye anosarudza vaya vanoberekwazve, kana kuti vanozodzwa nemweya mutsvene. Maererano nezvinotaurwa neBhaibheri, kuti munhu azoberekwazve ‘hazvibvi pachido chine munhu kana zvaanoedza kuita, asi zviri kuna Mwari.’ (VaRoma 9:16) Mashoko ekuti “kuberekwazve” anogonawo kushandurwa kuti “kuberekwa kubva kumusoro,” zvichisimbisa pfungwa yekuti kusarudzwa kwevaya vanozoberekwazve “kunobva kumusoro,” kana kuti kuna Mwari.