Mpostolo Pedru adapitiriza kukumbukira bzakuphonya bzace. Mbaticezeraneni bziratizo bzinango. Pomwe Jezu adalewa kuti iye angadabonera na kuphedwa ninga momwe Bzinembo bzikhadalewera kale, Pedru adamutsimula Jezuyo. (Mar. 8:31-33) Pedru na apostolo anzace adapopotezana mwakubwereza-bwereza pa nkhani yakuti mbani akhali mkulu pakati pawo. (Mar. 9:33, 34) Usiku bwakumalizira pomwe Jezu akhanati kuphedwa, Pedru adagwata khutu la munthu. (Juw. 18:10) Ndipo usiku bubodzi-bodzibo, Pedru adakhala na mantha kwene-kwene pomwe wanthu adalewa kuti iye akhafamba pabodzi na Jezu. Ndipo iye adalamba Jezu katatu kuti akhamudziwa lini. (Mar. 14:66-72) Bzimwebzi bzidacitisa kuti Pedru alire kwene-kwene. Jezu alibe kumusiya mteweri wace omwe akhadasunamayu. Pomwe Jezu adalamusidwa, adamutsimikizira Pedru kuti akhamufuna. Ndipo Jezuyo adapasa basa Pedru lakukhala makabusa wa mabira yace. (Juw. 21:15-17) Pedru akhali wakukonzeka kucita bzomwe Jezu adamuuza. Iye akhalipombo pa ntsiku ya Pentekosite mu mzinda wa Jeruzalemu ndipo adakhala m’bodzi wa wanthu wakuyamba kudzozedwa na mzimu wakucena. w23.09 22 ¶6-7

Mpostolo Pedru adauza akulu anzace kuti: “Usani mabira ya Mulungu.” (1 Ped. 5:1-4) Penu imwepo ndimwe mkulu wa gwere, ifepano tikudziwa kuti mumbafuna abale na mpfumakazi zanu ndipo mumbafuna kuwathandiza mwauzimu. Tsono, nthawe zinango imwepo mungabzibve kuti muna bzizinji bzakucita ayai mwaneta mwakuti mungakwanise lini kucita bzinthu bzinango. N’ciyani comwe mungacite? Uzani Yahova bza thupo lomwe munalo. Pedru adanemba kuti: “Penu munthu akutumikira, atumikire mwakuphatisa basa mphanvu ya Mulungu.” (1 Ped. 4:11) Abale na mpfumakazi zanu angakhale akugumana na mabvuto yomwe yangamale lini mu dziko la Sathani lino. Tsono kumbukirani kuti “m’busa mkulu,” omwe ni Jezu Kristu, angawathandize kulimbana na mabvuto yawoyo kuposa momwe imwepo mungawathandizire. Iye angacite bzimwebzo ntsiku zino na mu dziko lipsa. Comwe Mulungu akufuna n’cakuti akulu ambalatize kuti ambafuna abale wawo, ambawathandize na kukhala “ciratizo kwa iwo.” w23.09 29-30 ¶13-14

Ifepano tin’funika kutcenkha kumbathemba nzeru za wanthu. Tikayamba kukumbuka ninga momwe wanthu ambacitira ku dzikoli tingasiye kubvera malamulo ya Yahova. (1 Ako. 3:19) “Nzeru za m’dzikoli” kazinji-kazinji zimbalimbikisa wanthu kuti aleke kubvera Mulungu. Akristau winango wa ku Pergamo na ku Tiyatira akhatewezera wanthu omwe akhanamata bzifanikiso na kucita bzinthu bza upombo omwe akhakhala kumweko. Jezu adapereka malango yamphanvu kuna magwere mawiriya thangwe ra kucita bzinthu bza upombo. (Apok. 2:14, 20) Ntsiku zino, wanthu ambayezera kutipumpsa kuti tikhale na nzeru zakuipa. Wanthu wa m’banja mwathu na wanthu omwe timbadziwana nawo ambayezera kutipumpsa kuti tileke kubvera malamulo ya Yahova. Iwo angalewe kuti malamulo ya m’Bibliya njakale-kale ndipo ifepano tingacite bzomwe tingafune. Nthawe zinango tingawone ninga kuti malango yomwe Yahova ambatipasa njakukwanira lini. Ndipo tingafune “[kucita] bzinthu bzomwe bziribe kunembedwa.” — 1 Ako. 4:6. w23.07 16 ¶10-11