Owesifazane waseSamariya

Ngesikhathi owesifazane waseSamariya ethola ukuthi ubhekene nomprofethi, wafuna ukwazi ngezindaba zikamoya: ukukhonza, washiya nezidingo zakhe ngemuva.

Owesifazane waseSamariya

“Owesifazana wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngiyabona ukuthi ungumprofethi wena.” (Johane 4:19)

Isingeniso

Umvangeli uJohane wabhala ukuthi konke akubhala wayehlose ukukuholela abafundi bakhe ekukholweni ukuthi uJesu wayenguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo, nasekukholweni, ukuba nokuphila okuchichimayo.

“Nokho, lezi zabhalwa ukuze nikholwe ukuthi uJesu unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, nokuthi nikholwe, nibe nokuphila egameni lakhe” (Johane 20:31).

Ikakhulu, kunezinto endabeni yowesifazane waseSamariya ekhombisa ukuthi uKristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo, iNdodana kaDavide ethenjiswe emiBhalweni.

Umvangeli uJohane wabhala ukuthi ngenkathi uJesu ethola ukuthi abaFarisi bezwile ukuthi Wenza izimangaliso eziningi nokuthi wabhabhadisa kakhulu kunoJohane uMbhapathizi, wasuka eJudiya waya eGalile (Johane 4: 2-3), futhi lokho kwakumele kudlule ngeSamariya (Luka 17:11).

UJesu waya emzini waseSamariya obizwa ngokuthi yiSikhari, ondawo yawo kwakuyifa uJakobe alinika indodana yakhe uJosefa (Johane 4: 5). Indawo lapho uJesu aya khona eSikhari yayimbiwa kahle nguJakobe.

Umvangeli uqokomisa ubuntu bukaJesu ngokuchaza ukukhathala, indlala nokoma kwakhe. Lapho sisho ukuthi abafundi bakhe bayothenga ukudla, kusenza siqonde ukuthi uJesu udinga ukudla, nokuthi wahlala phansi ngoba wayekhathele futhi, lapho ecela amanzi kowesifazane waseSamariya, kwakusho ukuthi womile.

Yize ukugxila kwendlela umvangeli bekungakhombisi ukuthi iNkosi uJesu yomele amanzi, njengoba okwabonakala kwaba yisidingo sakhe sokumemezela izindaba ezinhle zombuso kubantu besifazane, kusobala ukuthi uJesu weza enyameni (1Jo 4: 2-3 no-2 Johane 1: 7).

UJesu wayehlala ngasemthonjeni kaJakobe, cishe ngehora lesithupha (emini) (Johane 4: 6, 8), lapho owesifazane waseSamariya efika emthonjeni ezokha amanzi (ukubiza umuntu ngegama lomuzi kwakuyinto engemnandi, ngoba ukuthi umuntu onjalo wayengeyena owomphakathi wakwa-Israyeli), futhi uMphathi wathintana naye wathi:

– Ngiphuzise (Johane 4: 7).

Isimo seNkosi ngomSamariya (ecela amanzi) saveza lokho abesilisa nabesifazane abahloniphekile abanakho okuhle kakhulu: ukuqonda, ukubonisana (Jobe 32: 8).

Owesifazane kumele ngabe ubuze umbuzo ngokususelwa kububanzi bolwazi lwangaphambili. Akazange akhe umcabango omuhle kakhulu wobuntu, kepha kuphakamise umbuzo obalulekile kulowo wesifazane nakubantu bakhe:

– UngumJuda, ungicela kanjani ukuba ngiphuze kimi, ukuthi ngingowesifazane waseSamariya? (Johane 4: 9).

AmaSamariya ayebandlululwa ngamaJuda, kepha uJesu, yize ayengumJuda, akazange alubalule lolu daba, kepha lona wesifazane wayifeza injongo yakhe kahle kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi.

Embuzweni, owesifazane uqhakambisa ukuthi wayengowesifazane futhi ngasikhathi sinye ungumSamariya, okungukuthi, ukuthi kwakukhona isithiyo esiphindwe kabili kuleyo ndoda okwakungathi, kufanele, ibe ngumJuda onomona ngokwenkolo yakhe.

Imibuzo eminingi yavela ekhanda lomSamariya, njengoba uJesu ayishaya indiva imikhuba nemithetho ephathelene nobuJuda lapho ecela amanzi. – Wayengazi yini ukuthi ngingowesifazane nomSamariya? Ngabe uzophuza amanzi engimnika wona ngaphandle kokwesaba ukungcoliseka?

Isipho SikaNkulunkulu

Ngemuva kokuvusa ukucabanga komSamariya, uJesu uphinde avuse intshisekelo yowesifazane:

– Uma usazi isipho sikaNkulunkulu, futhi ngubani othi kuwe: Ngiphuzise, ubungacela kuye, akuphe amanzi aphilayo.

Owesifazane waseSamariya akazange afinyelele ngokushesha ekuphakameni kwamazwi kaKristu, ngoba wayengenalo ulwazi eqinisweni.

“Kepha ukudla okuqinile kungokwalabo abaphelele, abathi, ngokwesiko, basebenzise izinzwa zabo ukwahlukanisa okuhle nokubi” (Heb 5:14).

Ukube umSamariya ubenengqondo evocavoca umzimba, ubengeke abuze lo mbuzo:

– Nkosi, awunakho ukuhamba nakho, futhi umthombo ujulile; uwathathaphi-ke amanzi aphilayo?

Kusukela empikiswaneni, uyabona ukuthi owesifazane waseSamariya ugxila ekungenzeki kokuthola amanzi ngaphandle kwezindlela ezidingekayo, kodwa-ke, akazange aphikisane nalokho uJesu akusho ngokuba namanzi aphilayo.

Engacabangi ngempikiswano yokuqala kaJesu mayelana nesipho sikaNkulunkulu, wahlaziya:

Wena umkhulu yini kunobaba uJakobe, owasinika lo mthombo, eziphuza kuwo, nezingane zakhe, nezinkomo zakhe na?

Ukunikela ngenye indlela yamanzi ngaphandle kwamanzi emthonjeni kaJakobe kwenza kwabonakala kumSamariya ukuthi lowo mJuda ongaziwa, okungenani, wayegabadela, njengoba wazibeka endaweni ephakeme kunaleyo kaJakobe, owashiya lo mthombo njengefa ezinganeni zakhe futhi, ngaleso sikhathi okunikeze isidingo samaSamariya amaningi.

Imibuzo elandelayo ibidinga izimpendulo:

Awudingi ukukha amanzi nomthombo ujulile! Uwathathaphi amanzi aphilayo?

Kepha uJesu wayesebenzela ukuthi “ukuzwa” kwalowo wesifazane kuvuswe yizwi likaNkulunkulu, ngoba isiphakamiso sakhe sakwenza kwaziwa ukuthi empeleni wayephakeme kunoyise uJakobe uqobo.

Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho ulwazi lomSamariya lwalungelona, ngoba ukube wayazi ukuthi uJesu ungubani, wayezokwazi ngasikhathi sinye isipho sikaNkulunkulu, ngoba uKristu uyisipho sikaNkulunkulu.

Ukube wayazi ukuthi ubani owayebuza: – Ngiphuzise, ngangizokwazi ukuthi wayemkhulu kunobaba uJakobe, ngangizokwazi ukuthi uKristu wayeyinzalo ethenjisiwe ka-Abrahama okuzozibusisa ngayo yonke imindeni yomhlaba (Gen. 28:14).

Ukube wayazi ukuthi uKristu ungubani, wayezobona ukuthi ngamanzi ayenikelwa nguKristu, empeleni nangomthetho wayezoba ngomunye wabantwana baka-Abrahama. Ukube wayemazi uKristu, wayezobona ukuthi izingane ngokwenyama akuzona ezika-Abrahama, kodwa zingabantwana bokukholwa, inzalo ka-Adamu wokugcina (uKristu) owayezibonakalisa emhlabeni (Gal 3:26) -29; Roma 9: 8).

Ukube wayemazi uKristu, wayezobona ukuthi yize ayengowokugcina angaba yingxenye yabokuqala, ngoba ngeNzalo kungenzeka ukuthi zonke izizwe zibusiswe njengo-Abrahama okholwayo (Mt 19:30).

Ukube wayazi Lowo owayecela okuphuzwayo futhi owayemupha amanzi aphilayo, wayezobona ukuthi uyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, ngoba nguKristu onika impilo emhlabeni (Johane 1: 4). Wayezobona ukuthi ungumpristi omkhulu ngokohlelo lukaMelkisedeki, okungathi ngaye bonke abantu, besizwe noma ulimi, banikele ngezipho futhi bamukelwe nguNkulunkulu.

“Wenyukela phezulu, wathumba abathunjiweyo, wamukela izipho zabantu, ngisho nezihlubuki, ukuze iNkosi uNkulunkulu ihlale phakathi kwabo” (IHu 68:18).

UNkulunkulu wafakaza ngomnikelo (izipho) u-Abela ayenikele ngaye ngenxa yalowo owayezokhuphukela endaweni ephakeme, athumbe ukuthunjwa, umpristi ophakeme owenziwe nguNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokuqala (nokuphela) kosuku (Heb 7: 3) wazinikela kuye njengewundlu elingenasici kuNkulunkulu, futhi kungaye kuphela amadoda amukelwa uNkulunkulu (Heb 7:25).

Izidingo zansuku zonke

Umbuzo wowesifazane: -Wena umkhulu yini kunobaba uJakobe na? I ibisebenza, kodwa-ke, ibingamvumeli ukuthi abone ukuthi ngubani lowo muntu owacela amanzi emthonjeni kaJacob futhi, ngasikhathi sinye, wanikela ngamanzi aphilayo

“Noma ngubani ophuza la manzi uyophinde ome; Kepha noma ngubani ophuza amanzi engimnika wona akasoze oma, ngoba amanzi engimupha wona ayoba ngumthombo wamanzi kuye ogxumela empilweni yaphakade” (Johane 4:14).

Kuyamangaza ukuthi owesifazane waseSamariya, owayenomcabango obanzi ngenkathi ebona ukuthi uJesu wayesho ukuthi wayemkhulu kunoBaba uJakobe, wasemukela isicelo sakhe, sokuthi wayenamanzi ayengamvimba ukuba ome, kepha akubuze ngamanzi kahle kaJakobe.

Isiphakamiso sikaJesu sasicacile: ‘Noma ngubani ophuza amanzi engimnika wona akasoze oma’, i- futhi wayewafunelani amanzi, uma enamanzi aphezulu?

Owesifazane wayenesithakazelo kulokho uJesu ayekusho, kodwa ukuqonda kwakhe kwakungabonakali.

Yini eyenza lo wesifazane afune amanzi uJesu amnikeze wona, yize iNkosi yayomile?

Impendulo itholakala esicelweni somSamariya:

– Nkosi, ngiphe lawo manzi, ukuze ngingabe ngisoma futhi, futhi ngingezi lapha ukuwakha.

Kulezi zinsuku kucishe kungacabangeki ukuthi lowo wesifazane kwakumele athole amanzi. Kwakuyihora lesithupha lapho lo wesifazane eyokha amanzi ukuze amnikeze izidingo zakhe eziyisisekelo.

Ngenkathi osukwini lwethu lokho abaningi abakuqondayo ngokuyisisekelo, okubalulekile, kuhlukile kulokho lowo wesifazane ayekudinga, kungenzeka ukukala ukuthi kungakanani okuqondwa yindoda njengokucabanga okudaka okubalulekile. Uma okusemqoka kuphazamisa ukuqonda kokuhlongozwayo kuvangeli, kuthiwani ngezindaba zalokhu kuphila?

Indoda owesifazane waseSamariya wayengazi ukuthi ucele amanzi, manje-ke wamnikeza amanzi anezakhiwo ezingacabangeki: wayecima ukoma kwakhe ukuze angabe esadinga ukuphuza amanzi futhi.

Lapho lona wesifazane ekhombisa intshisekelo ‘ngamanzi aphilayo’, uJesu wathi:

– Hamba uyobiza umyeni wakho: – Anginayo indoda.

UJesu waphendula wathi:

– Usho kahle: Anginandoda; Ngoba ubunamadoda amahlanu, futhi lokhu onakho manje akuyona indoda yakho; lokhu ukusho ngeqiniso.

Qaphela ukuthi uJesu akazange akhiphe isinqumo samagugu ngesimo sowesifazane, ngoba Yena uqobo wathi akahluleli muntu ngokwenyama, ngoba akazelanga ukwahlulela umhlaba, kepha ukusindisa (Johane 8:15). Johane 12:47).

Ngalesi sikhathi owesifazane wabona ukuthi uJesu ungumprofethi:

Nkosi, ngiyabona ukuthi ungumprofethi wena. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi owesifazane waseSamariya wabona lowo mJuda njengomprofethi ngasikhathi sinye futhi, ngasikhathi sinye, ngokumangazayo, wabuza lo mbuzo olandelayo:

Baba bethu babekhonza kule ntaba, kepha nina nithi iJerusalema yindawo yokukhonza.

Lapho owesifazane waseSamariya ethola ukuthi uKristu ungumprofethi, washiya izidingo zakhe eziyisisekelo eceleni waqala ukubuza ngendawo yokukhonzela.

NjengomSamariya, wayeyazi kahle indaba eyaholela amaJuda ukuthi angaxhumani namaSamariya. Incwadi ka-Ezra iqukethe okunye ukungezwani okwakukhona phakathi kwamaJuda namaSamariya ngoba amaJuda awavumanga amaSamariya ukuthi asize ekwakheni ithempeli lesibili ngaphansi komyalo kaKoresi (Umd. 4: 1-24), futhi ukuvukela umbuso kwaqala ngoba inkosi yase I-Asiriya yafaka emadolobheni aseSamariya abantu abavela eBabiloni abeza ukuhlala esifundeni, bathatha indawo yabantu bakwa-Israyeli ababethunjiwe phambilini futhi abamukela inkolo yamaJuda (2Kho 17:24 comp. Ed 4: 2 no 9- 10).

Umbuzo wokuthi indawo ye- yokukhonza i-era millenary futhi, ngaphambi komprofethi, izingxabano zakhe zansuku zonke azisabalulekile, ngoba ithuba lalihlukile: thola indawo yokukhonza nokuthi ungakhonza kanjani.

Ngabe kunelukuluku yini ukwazi ukuthi ukusabela kungaba njani, osukwini lwethu, uma umKristu ethola ukuthi wayephambi komprofethi? Kungaba yini imibuzo ngomuntu oziveza njengomprofethi?

Ngicabanga ukuthi uma amaKrestu anamhlanje ethola umprofethi, imibuzo ibizothi: – Ngizoyithenga nini indlu yami? Ngizoba nayo nini imoto yami? Ngishada nini? Ngizoshada nobani? Ngabe ingane yami izoba owesilisa noma owesifazane? Ngizokhokha nini izikweletu zami? Ingabe ngizoceba? Njll

Kepha lapho umSamariya ethola ukuthi wayephambi komprofethi, wafuna ukwazi ngezindaba zikamoya, eshiya izidingo zakhe zasemuva ngemuva. Kwakungabalulekanga ukwazi ukuthi uzoba nendoda yini, nokuthi uzoyeka yini ukuya emthonjeni kaJakobe ukuyokha amanzi. Manje, umbuzo wendawo yokukhonzela ubulokhu uqhubeka izizukulwane ngezizukulwane futhi lelo bekuyithuba ebelingeke liphuthelwe.

Ngalesi sitatimende:

– Ngiyabona ukuthi ungumprofethi wena. singacabanga ukuthi owesifazane wayekuqonda okwakwenzeka ngempela.

Ngokungafani namanye amaJuda ayegxile ekukholweni kwawo, emthethweni nasekwenzeni amasiko, abaprofethi bakwa-Israyeli babengewona amaJuda aboshwe kulezi zibopho.

Kwakufana nokuthi: – Ah, manje sengiyaqonda! Wena ufana no-Eliya no-Elisha, abaprofethi abangazange bancengwe ngabanye abantu, ngoba bobabili baya kwezinye izizwe futhi bangena nasemakhaya ezintandane, abafelokazi, njll. Kuphela njengomprofethi ukuxhumana nowesifazane waseSamariya, ngoba u-Eliya waya ekhaya lomfelokazi owayehlala eSarepta, emazweni aseSidoni wamcela amanzi okuphuza:

“Ngicela ungilethele amanzi, ngiphuze ngevazi” (1Kho 17:10).

U-Elisha yena wasebenzisa lokho ayekunikezwa owesifazane ocebile owayehlala edolobheni laseSunem, naye owaqanjwa ngegama elifanayo lomuzi njengoba kwenzeka kowesifazane waseSamariya (2 AmaKhosi 4: 8).

Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuhlaziya umlando kaNicodemus uma uqhathanisa nowesifazane waseSamariya, ngoba phambi kukaNkulunkulu indoda enazo zonke izimfanelo zokuziphatha nezengqondo njengoba kwakunjalo ngoNikodemu ulingana nomuntu ongenanhlonipho, njengoba kwenzeka kumSamariya owesifazane.

Worship

Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uJesu aphendula khona:

Ngikholwe, sifazane, ukuthi isikhathi siyeza, lapho ningasayikukhuleka kuBaba kule ntaba naseJerusalema.

UJesu wafundisa owesifazane waseSamariya ukuthi isikhathi sesifikile, ngoba ukukhonza kwakungasaboshelwe entabeni, kungaba yintaba yaseJerusalema noma eyaseSamariya.

UJesu wacela owesifazane waseSamariya ukuba akholelwe kuye futhi alandele imfundiso yakhe- “Mfazi, ngikholwe…” (v. 21). Ube esephendula umbuzo ojwayele amaJuda namaSamariya:

– “Ukhonza ongakwaziyo; sithanda esikwaziyo ngoba insindiso ivela kuma Juda”.

Yize amaSamariya ayeqonda ukuthi akhonza uNkulunkulu, kepha ayemkhonza engamazi. Isimo samaSamariya yilokho umphostoli uPawulu asivezela amaKrestu ase-Efesu:

“Khumbulani-ke ukuthi phambilini beningabezizwe ngokwenyama, nabizwa ngokungasoki yilabo abasenyameni ababizwa ngokuthi ukusoka okwenziwe ngezandla zabantu; Ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi wawungenaye uKristu, uhlukanisiwe nomphakathi wakwa-Israyeli, futhi ungabafokazi ezivumelwaneni zesithembiso, ungenathemba, futhi ungenaye uNkulunkulu emhlabeni” (Efe 2: 11 -12).

Ukuba nentando yokukhonza uNkulunkulu akuniki kumuntu isimo somkhulekeli weqiniso, ngoba amaJuda nawo ayekhonza, futhi akhonze abakwaziyo, ngoba insindiso ivela kumaJuda (Johane 4:22), kepha-ke, ukukhonza okunjalo kwakungekho emoyeni nangeqiniso (v. 23). Abaprofethi baphikisana nalokhu:

“Ngoba iNkosi ishilo ukuthi, Laba bantu basondela kimi, futhi bangidumisa ngomlomo wabo nangezindebe zabo, kepha izinhliziyo zabo ziyangifulathela, nokwesaba kwabo kimi kuqukethe imiyalo yabantu kuphela, ayekufundisiwe” (Is 29: 13).

Isitatimende sikaJesu silingana namaJuda kanye namaSamariya, njengoba bobabili bekholelwa ukuthi bakhonza uNkulunkulu, noma kunjalo, ukukhonza kwabo bekuyinto evela emlonyeni kuphela, kepha kude ‘nezinso’

“Ubatshalile, futhi baba nezimpande; bayakhula, bathele futhi; usemlonyeni wakho, kepha ukude nezinso zakho” (Jer 12: 2).

UJesu wethula umqondo weqiniso wokukhonza lapho ethi:

“Kepha isikhathi siyeza, sesikhona namanje, lapho abakhulekeli beqiniso beyakukhuleka kuBaba ngomoya nangeqiniso; ngoba uBaba ufuna abakhuleka kuye” (v. 23).

Ukukhonza uNkulunkulu kwenzeka kuphela ngomoya nangeqiniso, ngokungafani nokukhonza ngezindebe, okusho ‘ukusondela’ kuNkulunkulu ngezindebe kuphela, kubonakala, kepha inhliziyo ihlala ihlukanisiwe noNkulunkulu.

Yini uBaba ayifunayo? Abakhulekeli beqiniso, okungukuthi, labo abakhonza ngomoya nangeqiniso. NgokwemiBhalo, amehlo kaNkulunkulu afuna abalungileyo, abathembekile ebusweni bomhlaba, ngoba yilabo kuphela abahamba indlela eqondile abangamsebenzela “Amehlo ami azobe ethembekile ezweni, ukuze bahlale nami; ohamba ngendlela eqondileyo uyakungikhonza” (IHu 101: 6), ephikisana nesimo sabantu bakwa-Israyeli: “Kepha bayangifuna imihla ngemihla, bayakujabulela ukwazi izindlela zami, njengabantu abenza ubulungiswa, abangashiyi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu wabo; bangicela amalungelo obulungiswa, futhi bayakujabulela ukufinyelela kuNkulunkulu” (Isa 58: 2).

Okungukuthi, uNkulunkulu useduze nalabo abambizayo, kodwa-ke, kulabo abambiza ngeqiniso “INKOSI iseduze nabo bonke abayibizayo, bonke abayibizayo ngeqiniso” (IHu 145: 18).

Kungokuncenga uNkulunkulu ‘ngeqiniso’ kuphela lapho ubutha buphukile futhi ubudlelwano busungulwa kabusha kuze kube sezingeni lokuthi umuntu ahlale noNkulunkulu “Wasivusa kanye naye, wasihlalisa ezindaweni zasezulwini, kuKristu Jesu” (Efe. 2: 6).

Ungabiza kanjani uNkulunkulu ngeqiniso? Ukungena emnyango wokulunga. Yilabo kuphela abangena emnyango wokulunga abazuza udumo lweqiniso kuNkulunkulu (IHu 118: 19). Yilabo kuphela abangena emnyango weNkosi abathembekile futhi abalungile (iHu 118: 20), futhi kuphela kulokhu, amehlo eNkosi.

UJesu ukubeka kucace ukuthi: “UNkulunkulu unguMoya, futhi kubalulekile ukuthi labo abamkhonzayo bamkhonze ngomoya nangeqiniso”, kungani, uNkulunkulu enguMoya, futhi uJesu wengeza ukuthi amazwi awashoyo angumoya nokuphila (Johane 7:63), ngakho-ke, ukuze sikhonze ngomoya nangeqiniso kuyadingeka ukuthi umuntu azalwe ngamanzi nangoMoya (Johane 3: 5), azalwe ngamazwi akhulunywa nguKristu.

Ukuqiniseka kowesifazane waseSamariya

Phezu kwesidingo sansuku zonke sokuyokha amanzi, okukhombisa isimo sowesifazane esithobekile, njengoba engenaso isigqila, ubenethemba. Yize engeyena owomphakathi wakwa-Israyeli, wayeqinisekile:

– Ngiyazi ukuthi uMesiya (othiwa uKristu) uyeza; lapho efika, uyakusitshela konke.

Kwavelaphi lokhu kuqiniseka? Manje, isiqinisekiso esinjalo savela emiBhalweni. Ukuzethemba kwakhe bekuqinile, njengoba ebengalindele ukuba nomthombo wangasese, noma umyeni wakhe. ImiBhalo ayithembisi ukwenziwa ngcono kwezezimali noma komndeni, kepha ikhombisa ukuthi uKristu, umlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, wayezofika, nokuthi uzokwazisa abantu konke okuphathelene nombuso kaNkulunkulu.

Ngenxa yokwethembela kowesifazane emiBhalweni, uJesu uyaziveza: – Yimi, ngikhuluma nawe! I- Kungani uJesu aziveza kulowo wesifazane, uma kwezinye izindima zebhayibheli ayalela abafundi bakhe ukuthi bangavezi kunoma ngubani ukuthi unguKristu? (Mt 16: 20) Ngoba ukuvuma kweqiniso yilokho okuvela ebufakazini obunikezwa yiMibhalo ngoKristu (uJohn 5: 32 no-39), hhayi ezibonakalisweni eziyisimangaliso (John 1:50; John 6:30).

Ngaleso sikhathi abafundi bafika futhi badideka ukuthi uKristu ukhuluma nowesifazane “Ngalokhu abafundi bakhe beza, bamangala ukuthi ukhuluma nowesifazane; kodwa kakho owathi kuye: Imiphi imibuzo? noma: Kungani ukhuluma naye?” (v. 27).

Owesifazane waseSamariya washiya inhloso yakhe wagijimela edolobheni wabiza amadoda ukuba aphenye ukuthi umJuda emthonjeni kaJakobe wayenguKristu “Owesifazane wayeseshiya imbiza yakhe, wangena emzini, wathi kulawo madoda: ‘Wozani nibone umuntu ongitshele konke engikwenzileyo. Lo akuyena yini uKristu?” (Ikhasi 28 no-29)

Njengowesifazane ngaleso sikhathi owayeyisakhamuzi sesigaba sesibili, akazange aphoqe inkolelo yakhe, kunalokho wanxusa amadoda ukuba aye kuJesu futhi ahlaziye amazwi akhe. Abantu basekhaya bahamba baya kuKristu

– “Ngakho-ke bashiya umuzi baya kuye” (v. 30).

Kwaphinda futhi kwacaca izimpawu zomprofethi weqiniso: “Bakhubeka ngaye. Kodwa uJesu wathi kubo, “Akekho umprofethi ngaphandle kokuhlonishwa, ngaphandle kwezwe lakhe nasekhaya lakhe” (Mt 13: 57). Kubantu bezinye izizwe uJesu wahlonishwa njengomprofethi, ohlukile ezweni lakubo nasekhaya (Mt 13: 54).

Abafundi bancenga iNkosi:

– Rabí, yidla. U- uJesu wabaphendula wathi:

Nginokudla engikudlayo eningakwaziyo.

Ukukhulelwa kwabo kwakusagxile ezidingweni zomuntu. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uJesu amemezela kubo ukuthi ‘wayelambele’ ukwenza intando kaYise, nokwenza umsebenzi wakhe. Bekungaba yimuphi umsebenzi? Impendulo ikuJohn 6, ivesi 29:

“Lona ngumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu: kholwa kulowo amthumileyo”.

Ngenkathi abafundi bakhe bekwazi ukufunda izikhathi lapho lomhlaba watshalwa futhi wavunwa (Johane 4:34), uJesu ‘wayebona’ amasimu amhlophe ngesivuno sikaYise. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi lapho uKristu wayezibonakalisa kubavuni base bevele bethola inkokhelo yabo emhlabeni, futhi isivuno sempilo engunaphakade sase siqalile, futhi bobabili umhlwanyeli nomvuni bajabula ngomsebenzi owenziwe (v.

UJesu ucaphuna isisho esithi:“Omunye ngumhlwanyeli, omunye ngumvuni” i- (v. 37), futhi uxwayisa abafundi bakhe ukuthi babethunywe ukuba bavune emasimini ababengawasebenzi (v. 38). Yimiphi imikhakha le? Manje izinkambu uJesu azibona sezikulungele ukuvunwa kwakungabeZizwe. Babengakaze basebenze phakathi kwabeZizwe, manje babethunywe ukuthi basebenze phakathi kwabeZizwe, njengoba abanye base bewenzile lo mnumzane, okungukuthi, abanye abaprofethi abanjengo-Eliya no-Elisha babeye kwabeZizwe befanekisela umsebenzi ababezowenza (v. 38).

Ngenxa yobufakazi bowesifazane, owathi:

Wangitshela konke engikwenzile, amaSamariya amaningi akholelwa kuKristu. Thanda? Ngoba uthe: Wangitshela konke engikwenzile, uJesu waya ku amaSamariyawahlala nabo izinsuku ezimbili, bakholwa kuye ngenxa yakhe. Amazwi (Johane 4:41).

Abakholwanga kuKristu kuphela ngobufakazi bowesifazane, kodwa bakholwa ngoba, ngokuzwa uKristu ememezela umbuso wezulu kubo, bakholwa ukuthi ngempela unguMsindisi womhlaba (Johane 4:42).

Ukuhlanekezelwa kwe

Ngenkathi inhloso yoMbhalo noKristu kwakungukuthi amadoda akholelwe ukuthi unguMsindisi womhlaba, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu elisusa isono somhlaba, njll. Osukwini lwethu kunezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zamavangeli angakhuthazi umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu weqiniso, okungukuthi: ukuthi abantu bakholelwe kuKristu njengomthunywa kaNkulunkulu.

Ithemba labo akulona izwe elizayo, lapho uKristu ezofika khona athathe labo abakholwa kanye Naye (Johane 14: 1-4), kodwa bagxile ezintweni nasezifisweni zalo mhlaba.

Abafundisi abaningi bamanga badonsela ukunaka kwabangaqaphile ngokukhomba izidingo zabo zansuku zonke. Kungani? Ngoba izidingo zamadoda kufiphaza ukucabanga futhi zingazivumeli zihlaziye imibuzo enengqondo ebalulekile. Inkulumo yothisha bamanga ihlale ikhomba izidingo zempilo yansuku zonke ukudida abangaqaphile, njengoba izinkulumo zabo ziyize.

Kukhona labo abazozungeza othisha ngokwezintshisekelo zabo bese bephendukela ezinganekwaneni (2 Thim. 4: 4). Abanye bacabanga ukuthi uKristu ungumthombo wenzuzo, futhi bakhetha labo abafuna ukuceba (1 Thim. 6: 5-9).

Kepha kukhona nalabo abanokubukeka kokumesaba uNkulunkulu, okungenye nje inkolo, ngoba umyalezo wabo ubhekiswe ezintandaneni nakubafelokazi, balwela injongo yabampofu futhi badinga izinto ezibonakalayo, kepha bayakuphika ukusebenza kwevangeli ., ngoba aphikisana namaqiniso abalulekile njengokuvuka kwabafileyo esikhathini esizayo nokubuya kukaJesu (2 Thim 2:18 no 3: 5;)

“Kungani, liyini ithemba lethu, noma injabulo, noma umqhele wenkazimulo na? Ingabe nawe awukho phambi kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu ekufikeni kwayo? ” (1Th 2:19).

Incwadi kaJakobe

Umsebenzi odingekayo encwadini kaJakobe othi unokholo (inkolelo) ngumsebenzi ukuthi ukubekezela kuyaphela (Jak 1: 4), okungukuthi, ukuhlala ukholelwa emthethweni ophelele, umthetho wenkululeko (Jak 1: 25).

Incwadi kaJakobe

Isingeniso

UJames the Just, okungenzeka ukuthi wayengomunye wabafowabo bakaJesu (Mt 13:55; Marku 6: 3), ungumbhali wale ncwadi.

UMfoweth ‘uJames waguqulwa kuphela ngemuva kokuvuka kukaKristu (John 7: 3-5; Ac 1:14; 1 Cor 15: 7; Gal 1:19), waba ngomunye wabaholi bebandla laseJerusalema, futhi wabekwa njengomunye izinsika zebandla (Gal. 2: 9).

Incwadi kaJakobe yango-45 AD. C., ngaphambi komkhandlu wokuqala eJerusalema, lokho kwenzeka cishe ngama-50 d. C., elenza incwadi endala kakhulu yeTestamente Elisha. Ngokwesazi-mlando uFlávio Josefo, uTiago wabulawa cishe ngonyaka ka-62 d. Ç.

Izengezo zalencwadi zingamaJuda ahlakazekile aguqukela ebuKristwini (Jak 1: 1), yingakho ithoni nolimi olunzima kumaJuda.

Ngenkathi ebhala lencwadi, uJakobe wafuna ukuphikisa imfundiso yamaJuda yokuba nokholo kuNkulunkulu oyedwa, nemfundiso yevangeli, okungukuthi ukuba nokholo kuJesu Kristu, ngoba akusizi ukusho ukuthi uyakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuthi akawulaleli umyalo kaNkulunkulu.uNkulunkulu, okuwukukholwa kuKristu.

Indlela uJakobe enza ngayo isikhumbuza lokho uJesu akufundisa: “IZINhliziyo zenu mazingakhathazeki; uyakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, uyakholelwa nakimi ”(Johane 14: 1), kukhombisa ukuhlobana kwesihloko okukhulunywa ngaso ngokwabantu ababhekiswe kubo: AmaJuda aguqukele ebuKristwini.

Kodwa-ke, ukungaqondi kahle ngencwadi kaJakobe kwasabalala kulo lonke eLobukholwa, ukuthi wayevikela insindiso ngemisebenzi, ephikisana nomphostoli kwabeZizwe, ababevikela insindiso ngokholo.

Ukungazwisisi indlela kaJames okwenza uMartin Luther wayenyanya le ncwadi, wayibiza ngokuthi “incwadi yotshani”. Wehluleka ukubona ukuthi imfundiso kaJakobe ayihlukile kuleyo eyafundiswa umphostoli uPawulu.

Isifinyezo sencwadi kaJakobe

Incwadi kaJakobe iqala ngesikhuthazo sokubekezela okholweni, ngoba ngokubekezela umsebenzi wokukholwa uphothuliwe (Jak 1: 3-4). Noma ngubani okhuthazelela ukulingwa engapheli, ubusisiwe, ngoba uzokwamukela umqhele wokuphila kuNkulunkulu, ozonikezwa labo abamlalelayo (abamthandayo) (Jak 1:12).

UJames usebenzisa igama elithi ‘ukukholwa’ ngomqondo ‘wokukholwa’, ‘ukukholwa’, ‘ukuthembela’, ngokungafani nomphostoli uPaul, osebenzisa leligama kokubili ngomqondo ‘wokukholwa’ nangomqondo ‘weqiniso’, futhi le ncazelo yokugcina isetshenziswa kakhulu kunalokho.

Bese, uJakobe wethula ingqikithi yevangeli, okungukuzalwa okusha ngezwi leqiniso (Jak 1:18). Ngemuva kokugcizelela ukuthi kuyadingeka ukwamukela izwi levangeli njengenceku elalelayo, okungamandla kaNkulunkulu okusindisa (uJakobe 2: 21), uJakobe unxusa abasebenzisana naye ukuthi bafeze lokho okunqunywe yivangeli, bangakhohlwa imfundiso kaKristu (Jakobe 2: 21).

UJakobe ukhumbula ukuthi noma ngubani onaka iqiniso levangeli futhi abekezele kulo, engeyena umlaleli okhohliwe, wenza umsebenzi owasungulwa uNkulunkulu: ukukholwa kuKristu (Jakobe 2:25).

Ngokubuka umsebenzi odingwa nguNkulunkulu, uJakobe utshengisa ukuthi ukuba nenkolo ngaphandle kokubamba okuvela enhliziyweni, ukuzikhohlisa, futhi inkolo yalowo muntu iba yize (Jakobe 2: 26-27).

Nakulokhu uJakobe ubiza labo abekade besebenzisana naye, abese ebabiza ukuthi bangakhombisi inhlonipho kubantu, njengoba bebethi bangamakholwa kuKristu (Jak 2: 1). Uma umuntu ethi uyakholelwa eNkosini uJesu, kumele aqhubeke ngokulandela leyo nkolelo: angahloniphi abantu ngenxa yemvelaphi, ulimi, isizwe, isizwe, njll. (Jak 2: 12)

Indlela kaTiago iyashintsha futhi ngokusebenzisa into ebucayi: – ‘Bafowethu’, ukubabuza ukuthi kuyasiza yini ukuthi bathi banokholo, uma bengenayo imisebenzi. Kungenzeka yini inkolelo ngaphandle kokulondoloza imisebenzi?

Igama elithi umsebenzi ngokomongo kufanele liqondwe ngokombono womuntu wasendulo, ongumphumela wokulalela umyalo. Kwabesilisa ngaleso sikhathi, umyalo wenkosi nokulalela kwenceku kwaholela emsebenzini.

Indlela ishintsha isuka kubantu iye ensindisweni. Okokuqala; Noma ngubani onokholo kuKristu akakwazi ukuhlonipha. Okwesibili: Noma ngubani othi unokholo lokuthi uNkulunkulu munye, uma engenzi umsebenzi odingwa uNkulunkulu, ngeke asindiswe.

Udaba alukho ngomuntu othi unokholo kuKristu, kepha umuntu othi unokholo, nokho, ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu munye. Noma ngubani onokholo kuKristu uyosindiswa, ngoba lona ngumsebenzi odingwa uNkulunkulu. Awukwazi ukusindisa umuntu othi unokholo kuNkulunkulu, kodwa ongakholelwa kuKristu, ngoba akayena owenzayo lowo msebenzi.

Umsebenzi odingekayo kulabo abathi banokholo (inkolelo) ngumsebenzi ukuthi ukubekezela kuyaphela (Jak 1: 4), okungukuthi, ukuhlala ukholelwa emthethweni ophelele, umthetho wenkululeko (Jak 1:25).

Njengoba abaguqukayo abangamaKristu phakathi kwamaJuda babazi ukuthi umsebenzi odingwa uNkulunkulu ukukholwa kuKristu, ngokuthi akwanele ukusho ukuthi unokholo, uJames wayegcizelela ukuthi akunabungozi ukukholelwa kuNkulunkulu nokungakholwa kuKristu.

Indlela esahlukweni 3 iyashintsha futhi uma kuthiwa: bafowethu (Jak 3: 1). Imfundo ibhekiswe kulabo abafuna ukuba ngamakhosi, kodwa-ke, kulo msebenzi wenkonzo kubalulekile ukuthi ‘uphelele’. Ukuba “ ngabaphelele ” kumongo akukhona ukukhubeka ezwini leqiniso (Jak 3: 2), futhi ngaleyo ndlela bazokwazi ukuhola umzimba (abafundi).

Ngemuva kwezibonelo zalokho igama elikwaziyo ukukwazisa, futhi le ndlela ishintshiwe, ukubhekana nokungenzeki kokuqhubeka nemiyalezo ehlukile evela kumuntu ofanayo, kuqhathaniswa nolwazi ngoNkulunkulu kuqhathaniswa nokuhlakanipha nesiko lomuntu (Jak 3:10 -12) .

Okokugcina, imiyalo ithi amaKristu aguqulwe esuka kumaJuda akufanele akhulume kabi ngomunye nomunye (uJakobe 4:11), futhi, ngomfanekiso (ocebile), abhekise kumaJuda abulala uKristu.

Incwadi ivaliwe ngokukhuluma ngesihloko sokuqala esithi: ukubekezela (Jak 5:11), ukukhuthaza amakholwa ukuthi abekezele ekuhluphekeni.

Imibono eyiphutha eyinhloko yokuhumusha

Qonda ukuthi uTiago ukhathazekile ngezinkinga ezinjengobulungiswa bezenhlalo, ukwabiwa kwemali engenayo, izenzo zosizo, njll
Ukubheka ukukhuza okunzima kulabo ‘abacebile’ abaqongelela izimpahla njengokukhuza kulabo ababephethe ingcebo yokwehluleka ukubona ukuthi igama elithi ‘ukuceba’ liyisimo esisebenza kumaJuda;
Qonda ukuthi incwadi kaJakobe iphikisana nemfundiso yomphostoli uPawule, owethula insindiso ngokukholwa kuKristu Jesu. Eqinisweni, uJakobe utshengisa ukuthi ukukholelwa kuNkulunkulu akuyona into uNkulunkulu ayifunayo ukuze asindiswe, kodwa kunalokho, ukukholwa ukuthi uJesu unguKristu, umsebenzi wokukholwa;
Qonda ukuthi imisebenzi emihle iyadingeka ukuqinisekisa labo abanokholo lweqiniso. Noma ngubani onokholo kuKristu ngokwemibhalo, unokholo lwangempela, ngoba lona ngumsebenzi odingwa uNkulunkulu;
Hlanganisa imisebenzi emihle nesithelo isihlahla esikhonjwe ngaso.

Ingabe uMariya wathela amakha ezinyaweni zikaJesu?

UMariya, obizwa ngokuthi uMagdalena, akayena udadewabo kaLazaru. Okuwukuphela kolwazi esinalo ngoMariya Magdalena ukuthi wakhululwa emimoyeni emibi nokuthi wayekhona ngesikhathi kubethelwa uJesu futhi evuka, ehamba nonina, uMariya.

Ingabe uMariya wathela amakha ezinyaweni zikaJesu?

Ukulandisa komvangeli uJoão

Umvangeli uJohane ulandisa ukuthi uJesu, ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngaphambi komkhosi wePhasika, waya edolobheni laseBethaniya, idolobha likaLazaru, owayenezinsuku ezine efile futhi uJesu amvusa kwabafileyo (Johane 12: 1).

Kwanikezwa isidlo sakusihlwa, futhi njengenjwayelo, uMartha waphaka itafula, okwakunguJesu noLazaru, phakathi kwabanye (Luka 10:40; Johane 12: 2).

Ngesikhathi esithile, ngesikhathi sokudla kwakusihlwa, phambi kwabafundi, uMariya wathatha i-arrátel [1] yamafutha enadi acwebileyo, anenani elikhulu, wagcoba izinyawo zikaJesu. Ngemuva kwalokho wabe esomisa izinyawo zikaJesu ngezinwele zakhe, ukuze indlu igcobe iphunga lamafutha lawo (Johane 12: 3).

YiloMariya ofanayo owayemi ezinyaweni zikaJesu ukulalela izimfundiso zakhe, ngenkathi uMarta enakekela imisebenzi yasendlini (Johane 11: 2; Luka 10:42).

Ukulandisa kwabavangeli uMateus no Marcos

Abashumayeli bevangeli uMathewu noMark balandisa ngomcimbi ofanayo, okhuluma ngowesifazane owachitha amakha, isenzo esifana naleso esenziwa nguMariya, umfowabo kaLazaru, nokho, lona wesifazane wathela inadi ekhanda likaJesu futhi akazange asebenzise izinwele zakhe yome.

Umvangeli uMark ubeka lo mcimbi ngesikhathi njengezinsuku ezimbili ngaphambi kwePhasika, futhi bobabili uMathewu noMark bakha le ndawo njengekhaya likaSimoni onochoko (Marku 14: 1-3; Mt 26: 6-7).

Ngokungafani noJohn, abavangeli uMathewu noMark abazange balibhalise igama lowesifazane, okukhombisa ukuthi wayengaziwa esiyingini sabaphostoli, ngoba wonke umuntu wayemazi uLazaru nodadewabo ababili, uMartha noMariya.

Ukwazi ukuthi ungubani noma ubuhlobo bakhe nomunye umuntu, okwaziwayo, kwenza ababalisi bangakhohlwa ukubhalisa igama lomuntu. Umvangeli uJohn akalisho igama lowesifazane waseSamariya, ngoba wayengowabantu abangaxhumani namaJuda, wayengowesifazane futhi eyisihambi, ngakho-ke, abafundi babengenakho ukusondela kuye. Okuphawule lo wesifazane yimvelaphi yakhe, iSamariya, nokungaboni ngaso linye phakathi kwamaSamariya namaJuda, izinto ezibaluleke ngokwanele kulokho kulandisa (Johane 4: 7).

Ukulandisa koMvangeli uLucas

ULuka ulandisa ngesinye isenzakalo, esihilela uJesu nowesifazane, lapho umFarisi emmemela esidlweni. Lapho uJesu ehlezi etafuleni, owesifazane weza kuye, ekhala, wageza izinyawo zikaJesu ngezinyembezi futhi wesula izinyawo zakhe ngezinwele zakhe; bese eqabula futhi egcoba izinyawo zikaJesu ngamafutha abesesitsheni (Luka 7: 37-38).

UmFarisi, ebona lesi senzakalo, wakhonona, wathi: “Ukube ubengumprofethi, ngabe uyazi ukuthi ngubani futhi ngubani owesifazane omthintile, ngoba uyisoni” (Luka 7:39). UmFarisi wayemazi lo wesifazane futhi embiza ngesoni, kepha umvangeli uLucas wayengamazi futhi negama lakhe lalingeke lisebenze, ngoba wayengenabo ubudlelwano nabanye abalingiswa beTestamente Elisha.

Amavangeli Okufanisa

Okungabonakala ngokufunda amavangeli okuqala ukuthi, ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngaphambi kwedili lePhasika, uMariya, udadewabo kaLazaru, edolobheni laseBethaniya, ngesikhathi sedina, wagcoba izinyawo zikaJesu wazesula ngezinwele zakhe. Kamuva, omunye wesifazane, igama lakhe elingadalulwanga, endlini kaSimoni onochoko, wathela amakha afanayo ekhanda likaJesu, ngaleyo ndlela wagcoba umzimba wakhe (Mt 26: 7 no-12; Marku 14: 3 no-8).

Ekulandiseni kwabavangeli uMathewu noMark, uJesu wayeseBethaniya, ekhaya likaSimoni owayenochoko, lapho owesifazane ethela ibhodlela lamafutha abizayo ekhanda lakhe. Isenzo salo wesifazane sivuse ulaka kubafundi, abathi amakha abiza kakhulu nokuthi anganikezwa abampofu. NoJesu wabe esekhuza abafundi, egqamisa umthetho (Dut 15: 11), nokuthi isenzo salowo wesifazane kwaba yisibonakaliso sokufa kwakhe nethuna, nokuthi lowo mcimbi uzobikwa noma kuphi lapho ivangeli lamenyezelwa (Mt 26: 10-13; Marku 14: 6-9).

UJohn, eVangelini lakhe, usitshela ukuthi lesi sehlakalo senzeka eBethany, ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngaphambi kwePhasika, nokuthi uLazaru wayekhona. Uveza ukuthi uMariya uthatha amakha futhi ugcoba izinyawo zikaJesu, azesule ngezinwele zakhe, ngenkathi uMarta ephaka itafula, okusikisela ukuthi isidlo sasebusuku senzeka endlini kaLazaru.

UMariya, obizwa ngokuthi uMagdalena, akayona udadewabo kaLazaru. Okuwukuphela kolwazi esinalo ngoMariya Magdalena ukuthi wakhululwa emimoyeni emibi nokuthi wayekhona ngesikhathi kubethelwa uJesu futhi evuka, ehamba nonina, uMariya.

“Futhi abanye besifazane ababephulukiswe emimoyeni emibi nasezifweni, uMariya, obizwa ngokuthi Magdalena, okuphume kuye amademoni ayisikhombisa” (Luka 8: 2).

UMary Magdalene, naye, wayengeyena owesifazane oyisoni owageza izinyawo zikaJesu ngezinyembezi zakhe endlini yomFarisi, njengoba kwabikwa ngumvangeli uLuka. Asikho isisekelo seBhayibheli sokubheka uMary Magdalene njengesifebe noma isoni noma, njengodadewabo kaLazaru.

USt. Gregory the Great, owaphila cishe iminyaka eyi-1500, nguyena owabona ngokungeyikho uMary Magdalene “njengesoni” esikuLuka 8, ivesi 2, futhi njengoMariya ofanayo waseBethany, udadewabo kaLazaru.

NjengoMarias

Umvangeli uJohn ukubeka kucace ukuthi owesifazane ogcobe izinyawo zikaKristu eBethaniya ngesikhathi sedina kwakunguMariya, udadewabo kaLazaru (Johane 11: 2). Akunakwenzeka ukuthi umvangeli waphutha ngokuthi ungubani umuntu ogcobe izinyawo zikaKristu futhi womisa ngezinwele zakhe, njengoba wayebazi bobabili: uMariya, udadewabo kaLazaru noMariya Magdalena, ngakho-ke kulandela ukuthi owesifazane ogcobe izinyawo zikaJesu hhayi uMariya Magdalena.

Umvangeli uLucas, ngemuva kokulandisa ngesiqephu sowesifazane, endlini yomFarisi, owageza izinyawo zikaJesu ngezinyembezi futhi wazesula ngezinwele zakhe, ubhekisa kuMariya Magdalena njengomlandeli kaJesu, nabanye besifazane. Ngakho-ke, umvangeli uLucas wayemazi uMary Magdalene, futhi asikho isizathu esenza ashiye igama lakhe, uma owesifazane owageza izinyawo zikaJesu ngezinyembezi kwakunguMariya Magdalena ngempela.

Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi umcimbi olandiswa ngudokotela othandekayo wenzeka ngaseGalile futhi, ngesikhathi esihlukile sePhasika, ikakhulukazi iPhasika elandulela ukufa kukaKristu. IPhasika lokugcina libikwa esahlukweni 22 kuphela, kanti indaba yowesifazane owanisela izinyawo zikaJesu yabikwa esahlukweni 7 sevangeli likaLuka.

Ngaphandle kokufana phakathi kwezindaba ezilandiswa ngabavangeli, izindaba zikaMathewu noMark zibhekisa kowesifazane ofanayo, naye, okungesiye uMariya, udadewabo kaLazaru, noma isoni esabikwa nguLucas.

Umehluko phakathi kwendaba elandiswa nguMathewu noMark, elandiswa nguLuka noJohane, isikisela ukuthi indaba ebhalwe nguMathewu noMark ikhuluma ngowesifazane owayengaziwa ngabaphostoli. Wathela ibhalsamu eliyigugu ekhanda likaKristu, kanti abanye besifazane ababili, uMariya, udadewabo kaLazaru nesoni, bagcoba izinyawo zikaKristu.

UMateus noMarcos abakhulumi ngomuntu kaLazaru, yize babaluleke ngokomlando, futhi ababhekiseli kuMaria, udadewabo kaLazaro, owesifazane owaziwa kakhulu ngabafundi.

Yize uJesu wayeseBethaniya, enabantu abaningi nguMariya nodadewabo uMarta, uJesu wayedla isidlo sakusihlwa endlini kaSimoni onochoko ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambi kwePhasika, hhayi izinsuku eziyisithupha, njengoba umvangeli uJohane esitshela.

Owesifazane oyingxenye yendaba kaMathewu noMark akazange asebenzise izinwele zakhe ukomisa izinyawo zikaJesu, wavele wathela amakha la, okuholela esiphethweni sokuthi kwakungeyena uMariya, udadewabo kaLazaru, ngisho noMariya. owayaziwa kakhulu ngabafundi.

Abazali, izingane kanye nesonto

Njengamalungu omphakathi, abazali abangamaKristu kumele bafundise izingane zabo, futhi akumele bashiye inkokhiso enjalo esontweni, noma kwesinye isikhungo.

Abazali, izingane kanye nesonto

Isingeniso

Yini engingayenza ukugcina ingane yami isesontweni? Lo ngumbuzo obuzwe abazali abaningi abangamaKristu.

Labo abanezingane ezincane bafuna amafomula okuvimba izingane zabo ukuthi zingaphambuki esontweni, kanti lezo ezinabantwana abakhulu, abaziqhelelanise nesonto, bafuna uNkulunkulu enze isimangaliso.

Okufanele ngikwenze?

Indodana ekholwayo idinga ukuzalwa ngokusha

Okokuqala, wonke umKristu kumele azi ukuthi ‘abantwana benyama kabasibo abantwana bakaNkulunkulu’. Thanda? Ngabe ingane yami, izalelwe endaweni yokuzalwa yevangeli kanye / noma yamaProthestani, akuyona ingane kaNkulunkulu?

Manje, uma ‘indodana yekholwa ibiyindodana kaNkulunkulu’, bekufanele sivume ukuthi yonke inzalo ka-Abrahama nayo ingabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, noma kunjalo, lokhu akuyona into efundiswa yiBhayibheli.

Umphostoli uPawulu, ebhalela amaKristu aseRoma, wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi ukuba yinzalo yenyama ka-Abrahama akukhona lokho okunikeza ukujeziswa kwaphezulu “Akukhona ukuthi izwi likaNkulunkulu lalintula, ngoba akusibo bonke abavela kwa-Israyeli abangama-Israyeli; Hhayi ngoba beyinzalo ka-Abrahama, bonke bangabantwana” (Rom. 9: 6 -7).“… akusibo abantwana benyama abangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, kepha abantwana besithembiso babalwa njengezizukulwane” (Rom. 9: 8). Manje, uma abantwana baka-Abrahama bengebona abantwana bakaNkulunkulu, kuyalandela futhi ukuthi indodana yekholwa akuyona ingane kaNkulunkulu.

Ngakho-ke, noma ngubani ofuna ukuzuza ubumbano lwaphezulu kumele abe nokholo olufanayo nokholo u-Abrahama ayenalo, okungukuthi, ukuze indodana yomKristu ibe ngumntwana kaNkulunkulu, kumele akholelwe ngendlela efanayo naleyo ubaba akholwa ngayo emyalezweni wevangeli .

“Yazini-ke ukuthi labo abakholwayo bangabantwana baka-Abrahama” (Gal. 3: 7).

Yilabo kuphela abenziwa ngembewu engenakonakala, okuyizwi likaNkulunkulu, abangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, okungukuthi, abantwana bamaKrestu akubona ngempela abangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.

ISonto lingumzimba kaKristu

Okwesibili, wonke amaKrestu kumele azi ukuthi umzimba kaKristu, obizwa nangokuthi isonto, awukwazi ukudideka nezinhlangano zabantu, njengomndeni kanye nesonto. Ukuba yingxenye yesikhungo somuntu akumenzi umuntu abe ngowomzimba kaKristu, okungukuthi, usindisiwe.

Umsebenzi wokufundisa

Njengelungu lomphakathi, abazali abangamaKristu kumele bafundise izingane zabo, futhi akufanele ushiye inkokhelo enjalo esontweni, noma kwesinye isikhungo. Umsebenzi onjalo ungowabazali kuphela. Uma abazali bengekho, lo msebenzi kufanele udluliselwe komunye umuntu odlala le ndima: ogogo nomkhulu, omalume, noma, njengesinqumo sokugcina, isikhungo esisungulwe umphakathi (ikhaya lezintandane).

Kungani umsebenzi wokukhulisa izingane unganikezwa amandla? Ngoba ngaphakathi kokujwayelekile, abazali ngabantu abathembela okuhle kakhulu futhi okukhulu eminyakeni yokuqala yempilo yomuntu. Ngokuya ngalobu budlelwano bokuthembana, isikhungo somndeni siba ilabhorethri lapho kwenziwa khona konke ukuhlolwa ukukhiqiza isakhamuzi esinokwethenjelwa.

Kusemndenini lapho umuntu afunda khona okuyigunya nomsebenzi. Ubudlelwano babantu buyafundwa futhi buthuthukiswe emndenini, njengobuzalwane, ubungani, ukwethembana, inhlonipho, uthando, njll.

Njengoba abazali benobudlelwano obuhle futhi obuthembeke kakhulu, yibo futhi abahamba phambili ukwethula ivangeli likaKristu ezinganeni ngesikhathi senqubo yokufunda. Ngakho-ke, kuwusizo ukuthi abazali bangazinikeli izingane zabo uNkulunkulu ophindiselayo nonenzondo. Imisho efana nale: “- Musa ukwenza lokhu ngoba ubaba akayithandi! Noma, – uma wenza lokhu, uNkulunkulu uyajezisa!”, Alibonisi iqiniso levangeli futhi lidala umonakalo omkhulu ekuqondeni kwengane.

Ubudlelwano obusungulwa yivangeli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu buholwa ukwethembeka nokwethembeka. Kungenzeka yini ukwethemba umuntu onenzondo nophindiselayo? Akunjalo! Manje kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi insizwa ithembele kuNkulunkulu, uma lokho okwethulwe kuye kungafani neqiniso levangeli?

Abazali kudingeka bakhombise ezinganeni zabo ukuthi ezinye izindlela zokuziphatha azibekezelelwa ngoba ubaba nomama bengakwamukeli kahle. Ukuthi izimo zengqondo ezinjalo zivinjelwe ngempumelelo ngubaba nomama. Ukuthi ukuziphatha okunjalo kuyingozi futhi umphakathi wonke nawo awukuthandi lokho.

Ungayivezi ingane yakho ngoNkulunkulu othukuthele novalo okulungele ukukujezisa nganoma yikuphi ukungaziphathi kahle. Ukuziphatha okunjalo kwabazali kukhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi babalekela umthwalo wabo wokuba ngabafundisi.

Ukufundisa izingane ngokusungula ubudlelwane bokwesaba, ukuba noNkulunkulu, isonto, umfundisi, umpristi, udeveli, isihogo, amaphoyisa, inkabi enobuso obumnyama, njll, njengabahluleli noma isijeziso, kugcina kuveza amadoda abangazenzi hlonipha izikhungo futhi udelele labo abasebenzisa igunya. Lolu hlobo lwemfundo lusungula ukwesaba esikhundleni senhlonipho, njengoba ubudlelwano bokuthembana bungasungulwa. Lapho ukwesaba kudlula, asisekho isizathu sokulalela.

Abazali abenza ngale ndlela lapho befundisa izingane zabo banecala labo ekudukiseni izingane zabo. Isonto nalo linesabelo salo, ngoba lehlulekile ukuqoka abazali njengowukuphela futhi osemthethweni onesibopho semfundo yezingane zabo. Umbuso nawo unecala, njengoba uthatha indima yokuba uthisha, kanti empeleni, kuyimoto yokudlulisa ulwazi kuphela.

Uma izisekelo zemfundo zingachazwanga emndenini, futhi imiqondo enjalo isetshenzisiwe futhi inolwazi ebudlelwaneni bomndeni, noma yisiphi esinye isikhungo sabantu, njengesonto nombuso, ngeke siphumelele.

Iningi labazali liyazikhandla ekusebenzeni, ekutadisheni nasesontweni, kepha-ke, abalisebenzisi isikhathi semfundo yezingane zabo. Ukufundiswa kwezingane kwenzeka ngokugcwele futhi akunampilo ukungasinaki lesi sikhathi.

Uzoqala nini ukufundisa?

Ukukhathazeka ngezingane kuvame ukuvela kuphela lapho abazali abangamaKristu benomuzwa wokuthi izingane zabo ziyaziqhelelanisa nesikhungo sesonto. Ukunxusa okusabekayo ekubekweni nasekucindezelweni, kuphoqa izingane ukuthi ziye esontweni. Isimo sengqondo esinjalo siphambuke kakhulu kunokungayali ingane ngesikhathi esifanele.

Le mibuzo iyabethusa abanye abazali abangamaKristu ngoba abazi ukuthi liyini iqhaza labo njengelungu lomphakathi, nokuthi yini inhloso yabo njengenxusa levangeli. Abazali abangamaKristu abakwazi ukuxuba le misebenzi emibili.

Abazali abangamaKristu banemishini emibili eyehluke kakhulu:

a) ukufundisa izingane zabo ukuba ngamalungu omphakathi, futhi;

b) ukumemezela izithembiso ezinhle zevangeli ezinganeni ukuze zingaphambuki okholweni.

Le mishini kumele yenziwe kusukela ebuncaneni, iqikelela ukubhekana ngasikhathi sinye nemfundo nokuqeqeshwa kwesakhamuzi, ngaphandle kokudebeselela ukufundiswa kwezwi leqiniso, kugcizelelwa uthando nokwethembeka kukaNkulunkulu.

Kusukela isencane ingane kufanele ifundiswe ukuhlonipha iziphathimandla, futhi kungabazali lapho ingane izosetshenziswa mayelana nokuthobela igunya. Ngezingane zakini, ogogo nomkhulu nomalume ingane izofunda inhlonipho nokwethembeka. Njengabangani, othisha, omakhelwane nabantu ongabazi, ingane izofunda ubudlelwano nezwe.

Kuthiwani ngevangeli? Lithini iBhayibheli? KuDuteronomi sifunde okulandelayo: “Futhi uzozifundisa izingane zakho futhi ukhulume ngazo uhlezi endlini yakho, futhi uhamba endleleni, ulele phansi uvuke” (Duteronomi 6: 7). Mayelana nendlela yokuphila ingane kufanele ifundiswe ngaso sonke isikhathi, okungukuthi, ekhaya, endleleni, ngesikhathi sokulala nalapho ivuka.

Ukufundiswa ‘kwezincwadi’ ezingcwele kungumsebenzi wabazali! Ukunikeza umsebenzi onjalo kuthisha weSonto sikole akunconywa yimibhalo, ngaphezu kwalokho, kuvimbela isikhathi sokufundisa ngoKristu kube kanye ngesonto, isikhathi sehora elilodwa nje. Kwehluke ngokuphelele kulokho umbhalo okuncomayo: ukufundisa nsuku zonke.

Izingane kanye nomphakathi

Abazali kudingeka basize izingane ziqonde ukuthi wonke umuntu ukweleta ukulalela abazali nomphakathi. Ukuhanjiswa kwabazali namuhla kuyindatshana nokufundela ukulethwa okuzodingeka ngumphakathi, kokubili esikoleni nasemsebenzini.

Ngemuva kokuyalelwa, noma ngabe umuntu omusha wayengafuni ukulandela ivangeli likaKrestu, sizoba nesakhamuzi esizibophezele ezindinganisweni ezithile zenhlalo.

Enye yezinkinga ezifanele emfundweni yezingane zamaKrestu namuhla ukuhlanganisa imfundo yomndeni nesonto. Ukunikeza ibandla umthwalo wokudlulisa izindinganiso zenhlalo namasiko kuyiphutha elikhulu. Lapho umuntu omusha ekhula futhi edumele ngabantu abathile ngaphakathi kwalesi sikhungo, ugcina eshiya ubulungu bomphakathi abewuhambele, futhi ngasikhathi sinye uvukela noma yiluphi uhlobo nazo zonke izinhlobo zamagugu omphakathi.

Lapho abazali bazi ukuthi abazaleli izingane uNkulunkulu, basebenzisa okuningi emfundweni nasekuvangeleni kwezingane. Futhi abalahli ithemba lapho bebona ukuthi amahlumela abo awekho esimweni sokuya esontweni. Ngeke bazizwe benecala noma benesibopho ngezingane zabo lapho bengabheki izinkinga ezithile zesikhungo.

Kuyadingeka ukufundisa izingane ngokufundisa izwi likaNkulunkulu, noma kunjalo, ngaphandle kokukhohlwa ukudlulisa nokugxilisa izindinganiso zenhlalo. Imfundo ifaka phakathi ingxoxo, ukudlala, ukukhuza, isexwayiso, njll. Vumela izingane ukuthi zizwe zonke izigaba zokuphila, kusukela ebuntwaneni, ebusheni nasebusheni.

Kepha, yini okufanele uyenze lapho izingane ziphambuka esontweni? Okokuqala, kuyadingeka ukuhlukanisa ukuthi izingane ziphambukile yini evangelini noma baziqhelelanise nesikhungo esithile.

Ukungazinaki izimiso zevangeli eziyisisekelo kuholela abazali ekudidekeni ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba ngumntwana kaNkulunkulu nokuba yilowo nalowo wesonto elithile. Uma ingane ingasasebenzi njalo esontweni, akufanele kuthiwe ilahlekile, noma ithi iya esihogweni, njll.

Uma umuntu ethi iqiniso levangeli njengoba imibhalo isho, kusho ukuthi akayena odukayo, kodwa kufanele aziswe kuphela ngesidingo sokuhlangana. Kungadingeka ukuthi abazali baphenye ukuthi kungani izingane zabo zishiya umkhuba wokuhlangana namanye amaKrestu.

Manje, uma indodana ingalisho iqiniso levangeli futhi iqhubeka nokuhlangana ngaphandle komkhuba, isimo sayo phambi kukaNkulunkulu siyakhathaza. Yini ayaziyo ngevangeli? Ngabe uveza ukholo lwevangeli? Uma impendulo ingu-negative, kuyadingeka ukumemezela iqiniso levangeli, ukuze akholwe futhi asindiswe, hhayi nje umuntu ohamba isonto.

Umzekeliso wesikhonyane somprofethi uJoweli

Umonakalo ochazwe isenzo sesikhonyane, ubhekisa ebubini obukhulu obudalwe yimpi yezizwe zakwamanye amazwe hhayi amabutho wamademoni. Kungamanga angakaze ashiwo ukusho ukuthi uhlobo ngalunye lwentethe lumele amabutho amadimoni, enza ngokuphila kwabantu.

Umzekeliso wesikhonyane somprofethi uJoweli

Isingeniso

Akunangqondo inani lezintshumayelo, izindatshana, izincwadi nemibukiso echaza umbono wesikhonyane, owamenyezelwa ngumphrofethi uJoel, njengamabutho amadimoni ahlasela umkhondo wamakholwa angakhiphi okweshumi.

Ukusesha okulula ku-Intanethi kubuyisa izindatshana nezincwadi ezingenakubalwa [1] ezibeka ngokusobala ukuthi izinkumbi ngamabutho amadimoni asebenza ngqo emafeni abantu, acekela phansi izindlu, izimoto, izingubo, okokuthenga, amaholo, njll. Ukuthi lamademoni adala izinhlekelele ezimotweni, ezindizeni, kuminza imikhumbi, adiliza izakhiwo, abulale abantu, aqothule izizwe, imindeni, amasonto, imishado namakhaya.

Kunjalo, umelelani umfanekiso wesikhonyane owamenyezelwa nguJoweli? Ingabe isikhonyane singamademoni?

Umzekeliso

“Okusalile kwesibungu, isikhonyane sakudla, kwasala isikhonyane, kwasidla isikhonyane kwasala isikhonyane, kwafunwa i-aphid.” (Joweli 1: 4)

Ngaphambi kokuhlaziya lo mbhalo, ngifuna ukuqinisekisa umfundi ukuthi izibalo zesibungu, intethe, intethe kanye ne-aphid, ezakha umfanekiso womprofethi uJoel, akuwona amadimoni. Noma iyiphi indlela, ngalo mqondo, ihlose ukukhohlisa abangaqaphile ngokwenza umuntu ojwayelekile kanye neophyte isisulu esilula sabantu abangathembekile noma, okungenani, abangazi iqiniso leBhayibheli.

Umfanekiso owamenyezelwa ngumprofethi uJoel wawunezithameli ezithile: amaJuda, ngaphambi kokuhlakazeka. Ngenkathi uJoel ememezela umyalezo kaNkulunkulu kwabadala nezakhamizi zezwe, akazange akhombe isintu, sengathi wayekhuluma ngeplanethi yomhlaba, phambilini, umyalezo wawubhekiswe kubaholi bamaJuda kanye nezakhamizi zezwe laseKhanani, okungukuthi, amaJuda. (Joweli 1: 2)

Ukwandisa ububanzi besiprofetho, ukukhuluma nabeZizwe noma ngisho nokukhuluma namalungu eBandla likaKrestu, ukuguqula umyalezo womprofethi uJoel, ngoba ababhekiswe kulo mlayezo ngama-Israyeli, njengoba kungabonakala emshweni wokugcina kusuka evesini: ‘… noma, ezinsukwini zawoyihlo’, indlela yokubhekisa ezizukulwaneni ezedlule zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

“Yizwani lokhu, nina badala, nilalele, nonke nina enihlala emhlabeni: Ingabe lokhu kwenzeka ezinsukwini zenu noma, ezinsukwini zabazali benu?” (Joweli 1: 2)

Ama-Israyeli kufanele adlulisele umyalezo womprofethi uJoweli, mayelana nesikhonyane, ezinganeni zawo nasezinganeni ezinganeni zawo, ukuze umyalezo ufinyelele ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. (Joweli 1: 3)

Ziyini izinkumbi kulo mfanekiso? Impendulo itholakala evesini 6: isizwe esinamandla futhi esiningi esivela kwamanye amazwe!

“Ngokuba isizwe esinamandla esingenakubalwa sivukele izwe lami; amazinyo aso ayizimbali futhi anemihlathi yengonyama endala.” (Joweli 1: 6)

Umprofethi uJeremiya, naye, wabhekisa ekuhlaselweni kwamanye amazwe, esebenzisa ezinye izibalo:

“Ngoba ngizokuhambela ngezinhlobo ezine zobubi, isho iNkosi: ngenkemba yokubulala nezinja, ukubahudula, ngezinyoni zezulu nangezilwane zomhlaba, ukuzishwabadela.” (Jer 15: 3)

Ukuhlasela kwezizwe zakwamanye amazwe kwase kubikezelwe ngumprofethi uMose:

“INkosi iyakukuvusela isizwe esivela kude, esiphelweni somhlaba, esindiza njengokhozi, isizwe esinolimi ongasaluqondi; Isizwe esibhekene nolaka, esingeke sihloniphe ubuso bekhehla, noma siyizwele insizwa; Izakudla izithelo zezilwane zakho, nezithelo zomhlaba wakho, uze ubhujiswe; futhi ngeke sikushiyele okusanhlamvu, noma, noma uwoyela, namazinyane ezinkomo zakho, noma ezimvu zakho, size sikuqede.” (Duteronomi 28: 49-51)

Umprofethi uJoel wenza isibikezelo esifanayo, noma kunjalo, uqamba umzekeliso ukwenza lula ukumenyezelwa kwemicimbi yesikhathi esizayo, kusuka kubazali kuya ezinganeni. Umuntu angakhohlwa kanjani umfanekiso oqukethe izinkumbi, oqeda konke okuphambi kwawo?

Ukuhlasela kwamaKhaledi kuqhathaniswa nokubhujiswa okubangelwe yisikhonyane, njengoba bebezohlasela imizi yakwa-Israyeli, eyayifana ne-Edene, okwathi ngemuva kokuhlasela kweBabiloni, kwasala incithakalo kuphela.

“Usuku lobumnyama nobumnyama; usuku lwamafu nobumnyama obukhulu, njengokusa okusabalele izintaba; abantu abakhulu nabanamandla, okungakaze kube khona, kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, noma emva kwabo iminyaka ezayo, izizukulwane ngezizukulwane. Phambi kwakhe umlilo uqothula futhi ngemva kwakhe ilangabi elivuthayo; izwe eliphambi kwakhe linjengensimu yase-Edene, kodwa emva kwakhe lihlane eliyincithakalo; yebo, akukho okuyakuphunyuka. ” (Joweli 2: 2-3)

Umzekeliso wesikhonyane wafeza inhloso yokufanekisa okwabikezelwa nguMose, ngoba isizwe esasizohlasela u-Israyeli sasizoshwabadela konke okwakhiqizwa yizilwane nensimu. Ngeke kube khona okusanhlamvu, kumele, uwoyela noma inzalo yesilwane, ngenxa yokuhlasela kwangaphandle.

Umvini nomkhiwane yizimpawu ezibhekisa ezindlini ezimbili zamadodana kaJakobe: uJuda no-Israyeli, ukuze isiprofetho nomfanekiso zimelele, kuphela futhi kuphela, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli. Ukubeka amadoda, noma abeZizwe, noma isonto, njengezinto zesikhonyane, kuyiphupho lekhanda lomuntu ongafundile.

Umprofethi u-Isaya noJeremiya bafanisa izizwe ezingabazi nezilo zasendle, esikhundleni sokusebenzisa isikhonyane:

“Wena, zonke izilwane zasendle, zonke izilwane zehlathi, wozani nidle” (Is 56: 9);

“Ngakho-ke, ibhubesi lasehlathini labashaya, impisi evela ezingwadule iyobahlupha; ingwe ibuka amadolobha ayo; noma ngubani ophuma kuzo uyaphihlizwa; ngoba izeqo zabo ziyanda, ukuhlubuka kwabo kwandile. ” (Jer 5: 6)

Noma ngubani othi intethe luhlobo lwebutho lamademoni, elenza impilo yalabo abangalaleli uNkulunkulu, ungumqambimanga.

UNkulunkulu waqalekisa umhlaba ngenxa yokungalaleli kuka-Adamu, futhi ekugcineni, wanquma ukuthi umuntu uzodla izithukuthuku ebusweni bakhe (Gen. 3: 17-19). Lokho kuzimisela kwaphezulu kwehlela abalungile nabangalungile! Esinye isiqalekiso esehlele isintu, amaJuda kanye nabeZizwe, kwaba ukufa, lapho bonke abantu behlukaniswe nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu.

Kepha, ngaphandle kwesiqalekiso esivela ekoneni kuka-Adam, inhlanhla iphonswa ethangeni layo yonke inzalo yakhe, ngaphandle kokuhlukanisa abalungile nabangalungile “ngoba isikhathi nethuba kuthinta wonke umuntu, ngokungaqondakali” (IzA 9:11). Wonke umuntu osebenza kulempilo unelungelo lokudla, ngoba umthetho wokuhlwanyela uyefana kuwo wonke umuntu: ulungile futhi awunabulungisa.

Ukusho ukuthi isikhonyane esisika sisebenza empilweni yabangakholwayo ngamanga. Ukusho ukuthi ingxenye yalokho okuzuzwa ngumuntu ongakholwa ngomsebenzi wakhe, kungokwamadimoni kuyisicefe, ngoba umhlaba nokugcwala kwawo kungokukaJehova.

Usebenzisa u-Isaya 55, ivesi 2, ukukhuluma ngezimali, ufakaza ngokumelene neqiniso lomBhalo. Lapho u-Isaya ebuza abantu, ngokuchitha lokho abakutholile besebenza kulokho okungesona isinkwa, wayengakhulumi ngogwayi, iziphuzo, ukuzijabulisa, imithi, njll. UNkulunkulu wayekhuza abantu ngokusebenzisa imali ayizuzile emihlatshelweni, iminikelo engamjabulisi uNkulunkulu (Isa 1: 11-12; Isa 66: 3).

Okujabulisa uNkulunkulu, futhi okwanelisa umuntu ngokweqiniso, ukuthi uzolalela izwi likaNkulunkulu, ngoba, ‘ukuphendula kungcono kunokuzidela’. (1 Sam 15:22) Kepha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babenikelwa emihlatshelweni, okungukuthi, basebenzisa izithelo zomsebenzi kulokho ababengenakukugculisa!

“Kepha uSamuweli wathi:“ UJehova uyenamela iminikelo yokushiswa nemihlatshelo, njengalokhu enamele ukulalelwa kwezwi likaJehova na? Bheka, ukulalela kungcono kunomhlatshelo; futhi ukukhonza kungcono kunamanoni emvu.” (1 Sam 15:22)

Akunangqondo ukusho ukuthi isikhonyane esibhubhisayo sibhekisa ezinhlekeleleni zemvelo, izinhlekelele, isimo sezulu esibi, njll., Kepha ukusebenzisa uJohn 10, ivesi 10, lapho isela lafika khona, uma lingezukubulala, ukweba nokubhubhisa, njengesenzo sodeveli , ukufunda kabi ngezisusa ezingezinhle. Ukusho ukuthi ibutho lamademoni, elimelelwa yisikhonyane, ngababulali abenza okushiwo nguJohane 10, ivesi 10; kuyabheda.

Isela uJesu athi lize ukuzobulala, ukweba nokuchitha alibhekiseli kudeveli, kodwa kubaholi bakwa-Israyeli, abeza phambi kwakhe. Abaholi bakwa-Israyeli babengamasela nabaphangi, ngoba benza ngaphambi kokuba uJesu eze, ngenxa yalokho okwabikezelwa ngabaprofethi:

“Ngabe le ndlu ebizwa ngegama lami ingumhume wabaphangi emehlweni akho na? Bhekani, nami sengikubonile lokhu,” usho uJehova. (Jer 7:11);

“Bonke abafike ngaphambi kwami bangamasela nabaphangi; kepha izimvu azibezwanga.” (Johane 10: 8);

“Isela kalizi kungengokweba nokubulala nokubhubhisa; Mina ngizile ukuze babe nokuphila, babe nakho kuchichime.” (Johane 10:10);

“Futhi wathi kubo, Kulotshiwe ukuthi, Indlu yami izobizwa ngokuthi yindlu yomkhuleko; kepha nina niyenze umhume wamasela ”. (Mt 21:13)

Isiphetho sezikhulumi ezisebenzisa umzekeliso wesikhonyane siyamangaza kakhulu uma siphakamisa indlela yokunqoba isikhonyane: ukuthi ube khona!

Ngenkathi izinkumbi zazimele isizwe samaKhaledi, esahlasela iJerusalema ngo-586 BC, ngenkathi uNebukadinesari II – umbusi waseBabiloni – ehlasela uMbuso wakwaJuda, echitha idolobha laseJerusalema kanye neThempeli, futhi edingisela amaJuda eMesopotamiya. , ungazinqoba kanjani lezi ‘zinkumbi’, uma amaKaledi engasekho?

Ngaphezu kokuthi izinkumbi ezisemfanekisweni kaJoweli ziyizinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zamademoni, izikhulumi eziningi zithi ukuphela kwendlela yokuzishaya ukwethembeka kokweshumi neminikelo! Amanga!

Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bahlaselwa izizwe zakwamanye amazwe, ngoba abaphumulanga umhlaba, ngokwezwi leNkosi, hhayi ngoba bengekho lapho, njengoba sifunda:

“Ngiyakunihlakazela ezizweni, ngihoshe inkemba emva kwakho; izwe lakho liyakuba yincithakalo, imizi yakho ibe yihlane. Khona izwe liyakujabulela amasabatha alo, zonke izinsuku liyincithakalo, ube sezweni lezitha zakho; lapho-ke umhlaba uzophumula futhi udlale ngeMigqibelo yawo. Uzophumula zonke izinsuku eziyincithakalo, ngoba akaphumulanga ngamasabatha akho, lapho uhlala kuwo” (Lev 26:33 -35).

Kungenxa yokuthi akawuphumulanga umhlaba, ukuthi uNkulunkulu wasungula amasonto angama-70 kaDaniel, njengoba kubhalwe eNcwadini yeziKronike:

“Ukuze izwi likaJehova lifezeke ngomlomo kaJeremiya, lize izwe laneliswe ngamasabatha alo; zonke izinsuku zokubhujiswa zaphumula, yagcwaliseka iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa.” (2 IziKr. 36:21).

Isikhalazo sikaMalaki ngokuletha konke okweshumi esikhwameni semali kudala ngemuva kokudingiswa eBhabhiloni (Mal 3:10). Umprofethi uMalaki wayephila ngesikhathi esifanayo no-Ezra noNehemiya, esikhathini esingemuva kokudingiswa, lapho izindonga zaseJerusalema zase zakhiwe kabusha, cishe ngonyaka ka-445 ngaphambi kukaKhristu.

IBhayibheli licacile:

“Njengenyoni ezulazulayo, njengenkonjane endiza, kanjalo isiqalekiso ngaphandle kwesizathu ngeke size”. (IzA 26: 2)

Ngabe isiqalekiso sehlela abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ngesenzo samademoni? Akunjalo! Amademoni aqalekisiwe ngokwemvelo, kepha awazona izimbangela zeziqalekiso esintwini. Imbangela yesiqalekiso eyehlele abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukungalaleli imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, eyanikezwa nguMose. Ukuhlasela kweBabiloni kwenzeka kuphela ngenxa yokungalaleli kuka-Israyeli hhayi isenzo samademoni!

Kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uNkulunkulu waphakamisa izibusiso neziqalekiso kanti isiqubulo sokuzithola kwakungukulalela nokungalaleli. Imbangela yesiqalekiso kwaba ukungalaleli, ngoba ngaphandle kwesiqalekiso ngeke sibe khona isiqalekiso.

Futhi ngubani owasungula isiqalekiso? UNkulunkulu uqobo!

“Kuyakuthi-ke uma ungalaleli izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukuze ungagcini ukugcina yonke imiyalo yakhe nezimiso zakhe engikuyala ngakho namuhla, zonke lezi ziqalekiso ziyakufika phezu kwakho, zikufice; Damn wena edolobheni futhi damn wena ezweni. Kulahla ubhasikidi wakho kanye ne-kneader yakho. Siqalekisiwe isithelo sesizalo sakho, nezithelo zomhlaba wakho, nenzalo yezinkomo zakho, neyezimvu zakho. Uzoqalekiswa lapho ungena futhi uqalekiswa lapho uhamba. UJehova uyakuthuma isiqalekiso phezu kwakho; ukudideka nokwehlulwa kukho konke obeka isandla sakho ukukwenza; uze ubhujiswe futhi uze ubhubhe ngokuzumayo ngenxa yobubi bemisebenzi yakho ongishiye ngayo.” (Duteronomi 28: 15-20)

Kuyiqiniso ukuthi, ngaphandle kwesizathu, akukho siqalekiso!

Ukunikela kwezezimali esikhungweni esinikeziwe akukhululi muntu emadimonini, eziqalekisweni, esweni elibi, njll. Imiyalezo enjalo iyakhohlisa ukuxhuma leyo elula. Akungenxa yokuthi awunalo ulwazi lokuthi ngeke ujeziswe:

“Abaxwayisiwe babona okubi bacashe; kepha abangenacala bayadlula, bahlupheke ngakho.” (IzA 27:12)

Ukufuna ukungazi phambi kukaNkulunkulu akukhululi muntu emiphumeleni. Ngakho-ke isidingo sokuthi umuntu anake izwi likaNkulunkulu.

Kepha, kukhona labo abezwa izwi likaNkulunkulu, noma kunjalo, banquma ukuhamba ngokwalokho okushiwo yizinhliziyo zabo ezikhohlisayo, becabanga ukuthi bazoba nokuthula. Inkohliso enkulu, ngoba isibusiso seNkosi ngesalabo abalalela izwi Layo.

“Futhi kungenzeka ukuthi, uma umuntu ezwa amazwi alesi siqalekiso, azibusise enhliziyweni yakhe, athi: Ngizoba nokuthula, noma ngihamba ngokombono wenhliziyo yami; ukwengeza ukoma nokuphuza.” (Duteronomi 29:19)

Isifundo esitholwa yikholwa kuKristu Jesu kulokho okwamenyezelwa emfanekisweni wesikhonyane sivezwa ngumphostoli uPawulu kwabaseKorinte:

“Futhi lezi zinto zenziwa kithi ngomfanekiso, hleze sifise izinto ezimbi njengabo.” (1 Kor 10: 6).

Kulabo abakholelwa ukuthi uJesu unguKristu, akusekho ukulahlwa, futhi lokho esikufunda kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli kwenzelwa ukuthi singenzi amaphutha afanayo. Uma kungekho ukulahlwa kothile oyisidalwa esisha, kuqinisekile ukuthi ucashile noKristu kuNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke, akudingeki esabe amadimoni, iziqalekiso, njll.

Noma ngubani okuKristu omubi akamthinti, ngoba ucashile noKristu, kuNkulunkulu:

“Siyazi ukuthi wonke umuntu ozelwe nguNkulunkulu akoni; kodwa okwenziwe nguNkulunkulu kuyazigcina, futhi omubi akathinti.” (1 Johane 5:18);

“Ngoba usuvele ufile futhi impilo yakho ifihlwe noKristu, ikuNkulunkulu.” (Kol 3: 3)

Bonke abakholwa kuKristu babusisiwe ngazo zonke izibusiso ezingokomoya kuKristu Jesu (Efe. 1: 3), ngakho-ke asikho isidingo sokwesaba isenzo samademoni.

Isiqalekiso kuphela esingafinyelela kumuntu okholwayo ukuzivumela akhohliswe ngabantu abathi, ngobuqili, bazikhohlise ngokwabo, basuke eqinisweni levangeli (Eph 4:14; 2 Pet 2: 20-21), ngakho-ke, maqondana izinto, ungaphezu kokuwina, futhi asikho isidalwa esingamhlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu, olukuKristu.

“Kepha kukho konke lokhu, singabanqobi ngalowo wasithandayo. Ngoba ngineqiniso lokuthi ukufa, noma impilo, noma izingelosi, noma izikhulu, noma amandla, noma okukhona, noma ikusasa, noma ukuphakama, noma ukujula, noma esinye isidalwa, akusikwazi ukusihlukanisa sothando lukaNkulunkulu, olukuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu ”(Rom. 8: 37-39).

Ukunqoba umhlaba

Injabulo enhle i-oda likaKristu, futhi lokhu kufanele kube ngesinye sezici zamaKristu kulomhlaba. Labo abakholwa kuKristu akufanele bakhathazeke (Johane 14: 1). Izinhlupheko zaleli zwe lamanje ziqinisekile, noma kunjalo, azifaniswe nenkazimulo yomhlaba ozayo, oyingxenye yawo.

Ukunqoba umhlaba

Ukuphinda uthi: Wavuswa futhi, futhi manje uyingxenye yomndeni kaNkulunkulu njengendodana, kodwa-ke, kuyintando Yakhe ukuthi ungakhishwa emhlabeni “Angiceli ukuthi ubasuse emhlabeni, kodwa ukuthi bakukhulule kokubi” (Johane 17:15).

Ngaphambi kwaleli zwe ukuhleleka kukaKristu kucacile: yiba nesibindi, ngiwunqobile umhlaba! (Johane 16:36) Siyakwazi lokho “UNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka waze wathumela iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa…” (Johane 3:16), ukuze wonke umuntu okholwa kuKristu angabhubhi athole impilo engunaphakade. Yiliphi izwe uNkulunkulu ayelithanda? UNkulunkulu wasithanda isintu, okungukuthi, uNkulunkulu wathanda bonke abantu abazalwa ngu-Adamu ngaphandle kokwehlukanisa (isintu = umhlaba).

Ubungomunye wabantu uNkulunkulu abathanda kakhulu, futhi noKristu wakhululwa ukuze ungabhubhi, ngoba lokhu kungaba ukuphela kwesintu, ngenxa yenzalo ka-Adamu ebolayo.

Manje, ngoba ukuKristu, awuseyona ingxenye yesintu esilahlekile “Abasibo abezwe, njengalokhu nami angisiye owezwe” (Johane 17:16). UNkulunkulu wayebathanda bonke abantu, futhi labo abakholwayo badalwa futhi njengamadoda angokomoya, futhi bayeka ukuba ngabomhlaba ka-Adamu.

Wakholwa, wazalwa ngokusha futhi waba yingxenye yemvelo kanye nomndeni kaNkulunkulu.} Uyeke ukuba yindodana ka-Adamu futhi waba yindodana kaNkulunkulu kuKristu (u-Adamu wokugcina), indoda yomoya.

UKristu, ngaphambi kokubethelwa, wathandaza kuYise ethi: “Angikuceli ukuba ubasuse ezweni, kodwa ukuba ubagcine ebubini” (Johane 17:15). Okusho ukuthi, uJesu wayesezosuswa kulo mhlaba, kepha labo abakholwa kuye babengeke basuswe kulo mhlaba. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi, yize ungakakhishwa kulo mhlaba, awuseyona eyakhe (umhlaba).

Uyimpahla kaNkulunkulu ekhethekile, uvaliwe ngoMoya oNgcwele othenjisiwe:

“… okuyisiqinisekiso sefa lethu, sokuhlengwa kwempahla kaNkulunkulu, ekudumiseni inkazimulo yakhe” (Efe 1:14).

Yize ungakakhishwa emhlabeni, usuvele uyiphunyukile inkohlakalo ekuwo.

“Ngalokho asinike izithembiso ezinkulu neziyigugu, ukuze ngazo nibe abahlanganyeli bemvelo yobunkulunkulu, nisindile ekonakaleni, okukhanuka okusezweni ngenkanuko” (2Pe 1: 4).

Ukukhumbula njalo “… ukuthi singabakaNkulunkulu, nokuthi umhlaba ulele komubi” (1 Johane 5:19).

UJesu wacela uBaba ukuthi angakhishwa emhlabeni futhi agcinwe engenabo ububi. Ngale ndlela, themba futhi ukuthi nguJesu okugcina ungathintwa komubi (1 Johane 5:18). UJesu walinqoba izwe futhi nawe ubambe iqhaza kulokhu kunqoba. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akusho ukuthi ngenkathi usemhlabeni uvikelekile ezinkingeni “Nginitshelile lokhu, ukuze nibe nokuthula kimi; emhlabeni nizoba nezinhlupheko, kepha yimani isibindi, mina ngilinqobile izwe ”(Johane 16:33).

Ukuthokoza okuhle kungumyalo kaKristu futhi lokhu kumele kube ngesinye sezici zalabo abakholelwa Kuye. Labo abakholwa kuKristu akufanele baphazanyiswe lapho behlangabezana nezinkinga zalokhu kuphila (Johane 14: 1). Izinhlupheko zalo mhlaba ziqinisekile, kodwa-ke, azisondeli nakancane nenkazimulo yomhlaba ozayo, lapho ubambe iqhaza khona. Wanqoba umhlaba ngenkathi uba ngumndeni kaNkulunkulu.

“Bantwanyana, ningabakaNkulunkulu, senivele senibanqobile; ngoba okukhulu okukuwe kunokwasemhlabeni ”(1 Johane 4: 4).

Ungaphezu kokuwina umuntu okuthandayo (Rom. 8:37)! Noma kunjalo, kukhona umyalezo wokuxwayisa: “Ungawuthandi umhlaba noma umhlaba…” (1 Johane 2:15). Siyazi ukuthi uKristu uyinhlawulo yokuhlawulela izono zomhlaba wonke, noma ngubani owemukelayo kungenxa yokuthi Uyamthanda futhi uyamthanda nalowo owamzalayo.

Noma ngubani okholwa kuKristu wenza intando kaNkulunkulu, uyefana nokuthanda uNkulunkulu. Noma ngubani othanda uNkulunkulu akalithandi izwe futhi akayena owomhlaba, okusho ukuthi, ngoba wenze intando kaNkulunkulu, okuwukukholwa kulowo amthumileyo, awuthandi umhlaba. Kepha kulabo abangawuthandi umhlaba (labo abakholelwa kuKristu), kuhlala kungathandi okusezweni.

Ukuze ungakuthandi okusezweni kufanele ulandele isincomo sikamphostoli uPawulu: “Futhi labo abasebenzisa leli zwe, sengathi abalisebenzisanga kabi, ngoba ukubukeka kwaleli zwe kuyadlula” (1Co 7: 31). “Manje izwe liyadlula, nenkanuko yalo…” (1 Johane 2:17), kepha wena uzohlala unaphakade noKristu.

Ngenkathi uzalwa nguNkulunkulu, wawunqoba umhlaba futhi waqala ukuhlala emoyeni. Ngakho-ke, lowo ophila emoyeni (ivangeli), kumele futhi ahambe emoyeni “Ngoba wonke umuntu ozelwe nguNkulunkulu uyawunqoba umhlaba; lokhu kungukunqoba okunqoba izwe, ukukholwa kwethu ”(1 Johane 5: 4).

Unokholo (ukuphumula) kuNkulunkulu, futhi ngenxa yalokhu, usuvele ulinqobile izwe. Ukunqoba okunjalo kwanikezwa ngevangeli likaKristu, ukukholwa okunqoba umhlaba. Manje, kuhlala kuwe ukuthi uhambe phakathi kwabantu ngendlela efanele ubizo obizwe ngalo. Lokho wukuthi, ungabe usaziphatha (njengabanye abezizwe), wenza zonke izinhlobo zokuhlakazeka nezinxushunxushu (Efe 4: 1, 17).

Olungileyo uzophila ngokukholwa

Ngabe olungileyo ‘uphila ngokukholwa’ noma ‘uphila ngawo wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu’? Manje, uKristu uyinkolo eyayizobonakaliswa (Gal 3: 24), isenzo esisenyameni, ngakho-ke, abalungileyo bazophila ngoKristu (Rom 10: 8). Wonke umuntu ovuke noKristu kungenxa yokuthi baphila ngokukholwa, futhi umprofethi uHabakuki ufakaza ukuthi labo abaphila ngokukholwa balungile.

Olungileyo uzophila ngokukholwa

“Kepha kulowo ongenzi, kepha okholelwa kulowo othi ulungile umubi, ukukholwa kwakhe kubalwa njengokulunga” (Rom. 4: 5)

Isingeniso

Ukuvezwa kukamphostoli uPawulu kuyamangaza lapho ekuqinisekisa lokho “uNkulunkulu ubalungisisa ababi” (Rom. 4: 5). Ngokusekelwe kulokho uNkulunkulu athethelela khona ababi? UNkulunkulu, njengoba elungile, angasho kanjani ukuthi akanabulungisa? Ungakwenza kanjani ngaphandle kokuyekethisa ubulungiswa bakho? Uma uNkulunkulu athi: “… ngeke ngibathethelele ababi” (Ex 23: 7), umphostoli kwabezizwe angasho kanjani ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulungisa ababi?

Umusa nokholo

Impendulo ilula: UNkulunkulu ulungisa (ngokukhululekile) izoni ngomusa wakhe omangalisayo! Yize impendulo ilula, umbuzo uhlala uthi: Ukwenza kanjani lokhu? Impendulo ibuye ilula: ngokukholwa “… ukusiholela kuKristu, ukuze silungisiswe ngokukholwa” (Gal 3:24).

Ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu ulungisa ababi, kuqinisekile ukuthi umuntu ulungisiswa ngokukholwa “Ngakho-ke, lokhu silungisisiwe ngokukholwa, sinokuthula noNkulunkulu ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu; okungukuthi futhi sinokungena ngokukholwa kulo musa esimi kuwo; siyazibonga ngethemba lenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ”(Rom. 5: 1-2).

Ngabe uNkulunkulu ulungisile ngenxa yethemba umuntu alibeka kuYe? Ingabe inkolelo yomuntu kwakuyinto evumayo?

Impendulo itholakala kwabaseRoma 1, amavesi 16 no-17: “Ngoba anginamahloni (ngevangeli likaKristu,) ngoba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu okusindisa wonke umuntu okholwayo; okokuqala kumJuda, futhi nakumGriki. Ngoba (kukho ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kutholakala kusuka ekukholweni kuya ekukholweni,) njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Kepha abalungileyo bazakuphila ngokukholwa ”(Rom. 1:16 -17).

Yize kuyiTestamente Elidala, uNkulunkulu etshela kaningi abahluleli bakwa-Israyeli ukuthi kufanele balungisise abalungile futhi balahle ababi, futhi bamemezele Ngaye “… angiyikuthethelela ababi” (Eks 23: 7), umphostoli uPawulu usebenzisa uHabakuki othi: ‘Olungileyo uzophila ngokukholwa’, ukukhombisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulungisa ababi!

UNkulunkulu ulungisa umuntu ngoKristu

Ngokubona okwenziwa ngumphostoli uPawulu ngoHabakuki, kusobala ukuthi ukukholwa akusho ukwethenjwa komuntu, kepha kubhekiswa kuKristu, ukholo olwaluzobonakaliswa.

“Kepha kungakafiki ukukholwa, sasigcinwa phansi komthetho, savalwa kulolo kholo olwaluzobonakaliswa” (Gal 3:23).

Yiluphi ukholo oluzobonakaliswa? Ivangeli likaKristu, elingamandla kaNkulunkulu, ukukholwa okwenziwe kwabonakala kubantu. Ivangeli ukukholwa okufanele amaKristu akulwele (Jd1: 3). Umlayezo wevangeli ukushunyayelwa kokholo (Gal 3: 2, 5). Ivangeli likholwa, okwambulwa ngalo umusa “Ngoba ngomusa nisindisiwe, ngokukholwa; futhi lokhu akuveli kuwe, kuyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu “(Efe. 2: 8).

Ivangeli alivelanga kumuntu, kepha liyisipho sikaNkulunkulu “Ukube ubusazi isipho sikaNkulunkulu nanoma ngubani okucelayo: ngiphuzise, ubuzomcela, futhi ubezokupha amanzi aphilayo” (Johane 4:10).

UKristu uyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, ingqikithi yokushunyayelwa kokholo, umuntu angena ngayo kulomusa. Ngakho-ke, lapho iBhayibheli lithi ngaphandle kokholo akwenzeki ukuthokozisa uNkulunkulu, kufanele kuthiwe ukukholwa okujabulisa uNkulunkulu nguKristu, ukukholwa kufanele kuvezwe, hhayi, njengoba abaningi becabanga, ukuthi kuyithemba lomuntu (Heb 11: 6).

Umbhali wamaHeberu, evesini 26 lesahluko 10 ukhombisa ukuthi awukho umhlatshelo ngemuva kokuthola ulwazi lweqiniso (ivangeli) nokuthi, ngakho-ke, amaKrestu awakwazanga ukwenqaba ukuzethemba ababenakho, okuwumkhiqizo wokholo (ivangeli) (Heb 10:35), ngoba, ngemuva kokwenza intando kaNkulunkulu (okuwukukholwa kuKristu), kufanele babe nokubekezela ukufinyelela isithembiso (Heb 10:36; 1 John 3:24).

Ngemuva kokucaphuna uHabakuki, umbhali wamaHeberu uqhubeka akhulume ngalabo abaphila ngokukholwa (Heb 10:38), okungukuthi, amadoda afana no-Abrahama alungisiswa ngokholo olwaluzobonakaliswa.

“Manje, njengoba umBhalo wabona ngaphambili ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzolungisisa abezizwe ngokukholwa, waqala wamemezela ivangeli ku-Abrahama, wathi,” Zonke izizwe zizobusiswa kuwe “(Gal. 3: 8).

Konke kungenzeka kuNkulunkulu

U-Abrahama walungisiswa ngoba wayekholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayezohlinzeka ngeMbewu, into engenakwenzeka emehlweni akhe, njengoba kunjalo emehlweni abantu ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulungisa ababi “Manje, izethembiso zenziwa ku-Abrahama nenzalo yakhe. Akasho ukuthi: nasenzalweni, njengokhuluma ngabaningi, kepha njengoyedwa: Nasenzalweni yakho enguKristu ”(Gal 3:16).

UKristu uyisisekelo esiqinile sezinto ezilindelwe nobufakazi bezinto ezingabonwayo. “Manje, ukholo luyisisekelo esiqinile sezinto ezithenjwayo, nobufakazi bezinto ezingabonwayo. Ngoba ngalokho abadala bathola ubufakazi ”(Heb 11: 1-2), ngokuba abalungileyo baphila futhi bathola ubufakazi bokuthi uthokozise uNkulunkulu ngoKristu (Thithu 3: 7).

Igama u-Abrahama alizwa yilo eliveze inkolelo yenzalamizi, ngoba “Kodwa lithini? Izwi likuwe, lisemlonyeni wakho nasenhliziyweni yakho; leli yizwi lokholo, esilishumayela…”(Rom 10: 8), kusukela “Ngakho-ke ukukholwa kungukuzwa, ukuzwa kuvela ngezwi likaNkulunkulu” (Rom. 10:17). Ngaphandle kokuzwa izwi elivela kuNkulunkulu, bekungeke kube khona ukwethembela komuntu kuNkulunkulu.

Into ekhiqiza ukulungisiswa yizwi likaKristu, ngoba liqukethe amandla kaNkulunkulu enza kube lula ukuthethelela ababi “Ukwazi: Uma uvuma ngomlomo wakho eNkosini uJesu, futhi ukholwa enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo, uzosindiswa. Ngoba ngenhliziyo umuntu ukholelwa ekulungeni, futhi ngomlomo umuntu uvuma insindiso ”(Rom 10: 9-10).

Lapho umuntu ezwa ivangeli futhi ekholwa, uthola amandla wensindiso (Rom. 1:16; Johane 1:12), futhi athole ukulungisiswa, ngoba uyadlula ekufeni aye ekuphileni ngoba wayekholelwa ekukholweni (Rom. 1:17). Kungenxa yevangeli lapho umuntu eba ngumntwana kaNkulunkulu “Ngokuba nina nonke ningabantwana bakaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa kuKristu Jesu” (Gal 3: 26; Johane 1: 12).

Amandla kankulunkulu

Kungani umphostoli Pawula abe nesibindzi sekutsi Nkulunkulu wenta loko Yena ngokwakhe bekakwengetele bahluleli bakwa-Israyeli? Ngoba babengenawo amandla adingekayo! Ukuze wenze into engenabulungisa, kuyadingeka ukuba namandla afanayo nalawa uJesu awakhombisa ekuphulukiseni umuntu ofe uhlangothi ngemuva kokuthethelela izono zakhe.

“Manje ukuze wazi ukuthi iNdodana yoMuntu inamandla phezu komhlaba okuthethelela izono (wathi kofe uhlangothi), ngithi kuwe, sukuma uthathe uhlaka lwakho, uye ekhaya lakho” (Lk 5 : 24).

Ukukholwa okulungiswayo kungamandla kaNkulunkulu “… ukuze silungisiswe ngokukholwa” (Gal 3: 24), ngoba lapho umuntu ekholwa ukuthi ubhabhadisiwe ekufeni kukaKristu (Gal 3: 27), okusho ukuthi, uthwala isiphambano sakhe, afe futhi angcwatshwe “Noma anazi yini ukuthi bonke ababhapathizwa kuJesu Kristu babhapathizwa ekufeni kwakhe?” (Rom. 6: 3). Manje lowo ofile futhi ulungisisiwe usesonweni! (Rom. 6: 7)

Kepha, bonke abakholwayo futhi bafe kanye noKristu, nabo bavuma uKrestu ngokwalokho abakuzwile nabakufundile “Ngoba ngenhliziyo umuntu ukholwa ngokulunga, futhi ngomlomo umuntu uvuma insindiso” (Rom 10: 9-10).

Manje lowo ovuma uKristu kungenxa yokuthi, ngaphezu kokubhapathizwa kuKristu, usevele ugqoke uKristu. Ukuvuma kuyisithelo sezindebe esikhiqiza kuphela labo abaxhunywe ku-Oliveira wangempela “Ngoba nonke nina enabhapathizwa kuKristu, nembethe uKristu” (Gal 3:27); “Ngakho-ke, masinikele njalo kuNkulunkulu ngomhlatshelo wokubonga, okungukuthi, isithelo sezindebe ezivuma igama lakhe” (Heb 13:15); “Mina ngingumvini, nina ningamagatsha; lowo okimi, nami kuye, uthela izithelo eziningi; ngoba ngaphandle kwami aninakwenza lutho (…) uBaba uyakhazinyuliswa ngalokhu, ukuthi nithela izithelo eziningi; kanjalo nibe ngabafundi bami ”(Johane 15: 6, 8).

Ubufakazi uNkulunkulu abunikeza lowo muntu buwela nje kulabo okuthi, emva kokungcwatshwa, bembethe uKristu, okungukuthi, kuphela labo asebevele bavukile noKristu okuthiwa balungile phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Yilabo kuphela abenziwa kabusha, okungukuthi, abaphila ngokukholwa (ivangeli) abalungile phambi kukaNkulunkulu “Olungileyo uzophila ngokukholwa” (Hc 2: 4).

Abalungileyo bazophila ngokukholwa, okungukuthi, ukukholwa okwakumele kubonakale futhi esikushumayelayo manje (Rom 10: 8). Wonke umuntu ovuke noKristu kungenxa yokuthi baphila ngokukholwa, futhi umprofethi uHabakuki ufakaza ukuthi labo abaphila ngokukholwa balungile.

Ngakho-ke, noma ngubani ongazethembi izenzo zakhe, kepha uhlala kuNkulunkulu olungisisayo, inkolelo yakhe ithathwa kuye njengobulungiswa “Kepha kulowo ongenzi, kepha okholelwa kulowo othi ulungile umubi, ukukholwa kwakhe kubalelwa kuye ukuthi kungukulunga” (Rom. 4: 5); “Wakholelwa eNkosini, futhi wayibeka ngokulunga” (Gen. 15: 6), ngoba ngokukholwa umuntu ufaniswa noKristu ekufeni kwakhe futhi uvuka ngamandla kaNkulunkulu, umuntu omusha edalwa kwathiwa ulungile nguNkulunkulu.

Izwi leNkosi ukukholwa kubonakalisiwe, futhi bonke abakholelwa kulo ngeke badideke “Njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Bheka, ngibeka eSiyoni isikhubekiso nedwala lehlazo; Futhi wonke umuntu okholwa kuyo ngeke adideke ” (Rom. 9:33), okungukuthi, kuvangeli, elingamandla kaNkulunkulu, ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kuyatholakala, okungokholo (ivangeli) ngokukholwa (ukukholwa) (Rom. 1). : 16-17).

Olungileyo uzophila ngoKristu, ngoba wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu azophila umuntu, okungukuthi, ngaphandle kukaKristu, oyisinkwa esiphilayo esehle ezulwini, umuntu akanakho ukuphila kuye uqobo (Johane 3:36) ; Johane 5:24; Mt 4: 4; Heb 2: 4).

Owesifazane waseKhanani

Isixuku sazama ukukhanda uJesu ngamatshe ngenxa yamazwi akhe hhayi ngenxa yezimangaliso azenzayo.

“Nginitshengise imisebenzi eminingi emihle evela kuBaba; Yimuphi kule misebenzi ongikhanda ngamatshe ngayo AmaJuda aphendula athi kuye: Asikukhandi ngamatshe nganoma yimuphi umsebenzi omuhle, kepha ukuhlambalaza; ngoba, njengoba ungumuntu, uba nguNkulunkulu kuwe ”(Johane 10:32 -33).

“Futhi lapho uJesu eshiya lapho waya ezingxenyeni zaseThire naseSidoni. Bheka, owesifazane waseKhanani owayeshiye leyo ndawo wamemeza wathi: “Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele, indodakazi yami ikhwelwe kabi. Kodwa akaphendulanga ngazwi. Abafundi bakhe beza kuye, bamncenga, bathi: “Uvalelise, ngubani obememeza emva kwethu.” Waphendula wathi: Ngithunywe kuphela ezimvwini ezilahlekile zendlu ka-Israyeli. Wafika wakhuleka kuye, wathi: Nkosi, ngisize; Kodwa waphendula wathi: Akukuhle ukuthatha isinkwa sezingane usiphonse emidlwane. Wathi: “Yebo, Nkosi, kepha nezinja zidla imvuthuluka ewa etafuleni labaninizo.” UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Sifazane, kukhulu ukukholwa kwakho; Mawenziwe kuwe njengoba ufisa. Futhi kusukela kulelo hora indodakazi yakhe yaphila ”(Mt 15: 21 -28).

Ikholwa langaphandle

Ngemuva kokusola abaFarisi ngokucabanga ukuthi ukukhonza uNkulunkulu kufana nokulandela amasiko abantu (Marku 7: 24-30), uJesu nabafundi bakhe baya emazweni aseThire naseSidoni.

Umvangeli uLucas ukubeka kucace ukuthi, emazweni aphesheya, uJesu wangena endlini futhi wayengafuni bazi ukuthi wayekhona, nokho, kwakungenakwenzeka ukuthi bacashe. Owesifazane ongumGreki, uSyro-Phoenician wegazi, owayenendodakazi eyayinomoya ongcolile, lapho ezwa ngoJesu, waqala ukumncenga ukuba axoshe umoya owawumhlupha endodakazini yakhe.

“Owesifazane, ondodakazi yakhe yayinomoya ongcolileyo, ezwa ngaye, waya waziphonsa ezinyaweni zakhe” (Mk 7:25).

Umvangeli uMathewu uchaze ukuthi lo wesifazane washiya umakhelwane waqala ukukhala ethi: INkosi, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele, ukuthi indodakazi yami ikhwelwe kabi idimoni! Kodwa, naphezu kokuncenga, uJesu wabonakala engamzwanga.

Ngokungafani nabanye abaningi abezwa ngoJesu, owesifazane waseKhanani wamemezela iqiniso eliyingqayizivele:

– ‘Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele …’.

Owesifazane akazange akhale ngomlingo, umthakathi, inyanga, owenza izimangaliso, udokotela, njll., Kodwa wakhala ngeNdodana kaDavide. Ngenkathi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bebuza ukuthi ngabe uKristu uyiNdodana kaDavide ngempela yini, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, owesifazane waseKhanani wakhala egcwele ukuqiniseka: – ‘Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavida…’, ukuqiniseka okungajwayelekile uma kuqhathaniswa nemibono yesixuku Bonke abantu bamangala bathi: “Lo akasiyo iNdodana kaDavide na?” (Mt 12:23).

UNkulunkulu wayethembisile emibhalweni ukuthi uMesiya wayezoba yindodana kaDavide, futhi abantu bakwa-Israyeli babebheke phambili ekufikeni kwakhe. UNkulunkulu wayethembisile ukuthi inzalo kaDavide, ngokwenyama, yayizokwakhela uNkulunkulu indlu futhi umbuso wakwa-Israyeli uzomiswa ngaphezu kwayo yonke eminye imibuso (2 Sam. 7:13, 16). Kodwa-ke, sona leso siprofetho sakucacisa ukuthi lo mzukulu wayezoba yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ngoba uNkulunkulu uqobo wayezoba nguYise, nozalo abe yiNdodana yakhe.

“Ngizoba nguyise, yena abe yindodana yami; futhi uma ngiza ekoneni, ngizomjezisa ngenduku yabantu, nangemivimbo yamadodana abantu ”(2 Sam 7:14).

Noma wazalelwa endlini kaDavida, ngoba uMariya wayengowozalo lukaDavide, ababhali nabaFarisi bamlahla uMesiya. Yize imiBhalo ikubeka kwacaca ukuthi uNkulunkulu uneNdodana, babengakholelwa kuKristu futhi benqaba ukuthi kungenzeka uNkulunkulu abe neNdodana “Ngubani owenyukela ezulwini wehla? Ngubani ovale imimoya ezibhakeleni zakho? Ngubani owabophela amanzi ezingutsheni? Ngubani owamisa yonke imikhawulo yomhlaba? Ubani igama lakho? Ungubani igama lendodana yakho, uma ulazi? ” (IzA 30: 3).

Ubhekene nombuzo kaJesu: “Basho kanjani ukuthi uKristu uyindodana kaDavide?” (Lk 20:41), abamangaleli bakhe abakwazanga ukuphendula ukuthi kungani uDavide ngokwesiprofetho abiza indodana yakhe ngokuthi iNkosi, uma kukwezingane ukuhlonipha abazali hhayi abazali ezinganeni (Lk 20:44), nokho, lokho lowesifazane wesinye isizwe ukuzwa ngoKristu kwakwanele ukuphetha ngokuthi uKristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu uDavide ambiza ngokuthi yiNkosi.

Manje, yize ayengowesinye isizwe, lona wesifazane wezwa ngoKristu, futhi nemininingwane eyamfinyelela yamholela ekubeni aphethe ngokuthi uKristu wayenguMesiya othenjisiwe, iNzalo kaDavide “Bhekani, izinsuku ziyeza,” usho uJehova, “lapho ngiyakumisela uDavide iHlumela elilungileyo; futhi, ekubeni eyinkosi, uzobusa futhi enze ngokuhlakanipha, futhi enze ukwahlulela nobulungiswa ezweni ”(Jer 23: 5).

Ngenxa yokukhala kowesifazane, abafundi bakhathazeka, futhi bacela uKristu ukuthi amxoshe. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uJesu aphendula khona abafundi wathi:

– Ngathunyelwa kuphela ezimvwini ezilahlekile zendlu ka-Israyeli.

Naphezu kokuba kwelinye izwe, uJesu wakugcizelela lokho ayekuthunywa “Weza okwakhe, kepha abakhe abamamukelanga” (Johane 1:11); “Izimvu ezilahlekile zibe ngabantu bami, abelusi bazo baziphambisile, babaphambukisela ezintabeni; basuka egqumeni baya egqumeni, bakhohlwa indawo yabo yokuphumula ”(Jer 50: 6).

Njengoba abantu bakwa-Israyeli bakhohlwa ‘ngendawo yokuphumula kwabo’, uNkulunkulu wathumela iNdodana yabo, ezelwe ngowesifazane, ukubamemezela:

“Wozani kimi, nina nonke enikhathele nenicindezelwe, ngizoniphumuza” (Mt 11: 28);

“Mayelana neNdodana yakhe, eyazalwa ngenzalo kaDavide ngokwenyama” (Rom. 1: 3).

Lapho ebiza abantu bakhe ethi: – Wozani kimi, nonke nina enikhathele nenicindezelwe, uJesu uziveza njengogcwalisa okwaprofethwa ngomlomo kaJeremiya.

Abantu bakaMesiya bamlahla, kepha owesifazane waseKhanani weza kuJesu wamkhuleka, wathi:

– Nkosi, ngisize!

Umvangeli uMathewu ukubeka kucace ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi lona wesifazane wayecele usizo kuKristu, wayemkhulekela. Ngoba wakhala wathi:

– Nkosi, ngisize! Isicelo sowesifazane kwaba ukukhonza iNdodana kaDavide.

Lapho ezwa ngoJesu, lona wesifazane wakholwa ukuthi uyiNdodana kaDavide futhi, ngasikhathi sinye, wakholwa ukuthi uKristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ngoba wayemkhonza ecela usizo. Umvangeli ukubeka kucace ukuthi isenzo sokucela uKrestu ukuthi amnike isipho sokukhulula indodakazi yakhe kulobo bubi obubi, into engenakwenzeka emadodeni, yakha ukukhonza.

Ukukhonza kowesifazane kubonakala kungabanga namphumela, njengoba uJesu asho: – Akukuhle ukuthatha isinkwa sezingane usiphonse emidlwane. Impendulo kaKristu kowesifazane yayihambisana nempendulo kaKristu kubafundi.

Irekhodi lomvangeli uMarku linikeza incazelo eqondile yebinzana likaKristu: “Vumela abantwana kuqala basuthe; ngoba akulungile ukuthatha isinkwa sezingane usiphonse emidlwane ”(Marku 7:27). UJesu wayegcizelela ukuthi ukuthunywa kwakhe kwakuhlobene nendlu yakwa-Israyeli, futhi ukuyinakekela kungafaniswa nesenzo somuntu womndeni othatha isinkwa ezinganeni zakhe asinike imidlwane.

Impendulo yowesifazane waseKhanani iyamangaza, ngoba akenzanga kamnandi uma eqhathaniswa nezinja, futhi uyaphendula: – Yebo, Nkosi, kepha imidlwane nayo idla imvuthuluka ewa etafuleni labaninizo. Uqinisekisa lokho uJesu amtshele khona, nokho, ugcizelela ukuthi wayengafuneli izingane zakhe ukudla, kepha wayefuna imvuthuluka eyimidlwane.

Kulowo wesifazane, imvuthuluka evela etafuleni leNdodana kaDavide yayanele ukuxazulula inkinga yakhe. Ukhombisile ukuthi wayengahlosile ukuthatha isinkwa ezinganeni ezazinelungelo lokuba abahlanganyeli etafuleni, kepha imvuthuluka eyawa etafuleni leNdodana kaDavide yayanele.

Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uJesu emphendula:

– O mfazi, lukhulu ukholo lwakho! Mawenziwe kuwe njengoba ufisa. Kusukela kulelo hora indodakazi yowesifazane yayiphilile.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi owesifazane waseKhanani wayenakekelwa ngoba wayekholelwa ukuthi uKristu uyisithunywa sikaNkulunkulu, iNdodana kaDavide, iNkosi, hhayi ngoba uJesu wathintwa isimo sikamama oswele ithemba. Akukona ukuphelelwa yithemba kukababa noma kukamama okwenza uNkulunkulu asize abantu, ngoKristu, lapho efunda imiBhalo kumprofethi u-Isaya, othi “UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami…”, wathi: “Namuhla lo mbhalo ugcwalisekile ezindlebeni zakho” (Luka 4:21), futhi wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu okuhambisa isandla sikaNkulunkulu, ngoba kwakukhona abafelokazi abaningi Abaswele eJerusalema, nokho, u-Eliya wathunyelwa ekhaya lomfelokazi wakwelinye izwe. Ngoba? Ngoba lesosakhamuzi saseSarepta de Sidom sabona ukuthi u-Elija wayengumprofethi, futhi naphezu kwesidingo sakhe, esasiphelelwe yithemba, wakhombisa ukuthembela kwakhe kuNkulunkulu ngokulalela izwi lomprofethi (Luka 4:25 -26).

Ubufakazi bemiBhalo

Abaningi abalandela uKristu babenezidingo ezifana nalezi zowesifazane waseKhanani, noma kunjalo, lowo mama wagqama esixukwini ngenxa yokwamukela amaqiniso amabili abalulekile:

ukuthi uKristu wayeyiNdodana kaDavide, futhi;
iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, iNkosi.

Yize uKrestu wayethunyelwe ezimvwini ezilahlekile zendlu yakwa-Israyeli, ememezela ivangeli futhi enza izimangaliso eziningi, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babebheka uJesu Krestu njengomunye nje umprofethi “Abanye, nguJohane uMbhapathizi; abanye ngu-Elias; abanye, uJeremiya, noma omunye wabaprofethi ”(Mt 16: 14).

Njengoba abantwana bakaJakobe babengamazi uJesu njengesithunywa sikaNkulunkulu, indodana yomuntu, uKristu wakhuluma nabafundi bakhe: – ‘Futhi wena, uthi ngingubani?’. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho umphostoli uPetru enza ukuvuma okuhle (wavuma) ukuthi uKristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo.

Njengoba amaJuda ayengaboni ukuthi uKristu wayenguMesiya othenjisiwe, yize babephethe imiBhalo ngesandla, ubufakazi beqiniso bukaNkulunkulu ngeNdodana yaKhe, uJesu wayala abafundi bakhe ukuthi bangalimemezeli leli qiniso kunoma ngubani.

“Wabe esetshela abafundi bakhe ukuthi bangatsheli muntu ukuthi unguJesu uKristu” (Mt 16: 20).

Kungani uJesu engafuni ukuthi abafundi basho ukuthi wayenguKristu?

Ngoba uJesu wayefuna ukuthi abantu bakholwe kuye ngokwemiBhalo, ngoba yibo abafakaza Ngaye. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi uJesu ukubeka kucace ukuthi: akabamukelanga ubufakazi babantu, futhi uma efakaza ngaye uqobo ubufakazi bakhe bebungeke bube yiqiniso “Uma ngizifakazela mina, ubufakazi bami abulona iqiniso” (Johane 5:31), nokuthi ubufakazi obuvela kuYise (obuvela emiBhalweni) babuyiqiniso futhi banele “Kukhona omunye ofakazayo ngami, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe ngami buyiqiniso” (Johane 5:32).

Yize sikuqonda ukuthi uJohane uMbhapathizi wafakaza ngoKristu, kepha ubufakazi bakhe babungubufakazi beqiniso “Nina nithumele izithunywa kuJohane, walifakazela iqiniso” (Johane 5:33), okusho ukuthi, konke okwashiwo umBhaptizi kwakuhlobene ngqo nemiBhalo, ngoba izwi likaNkulunkulu kuphela eliliqiniso (uJohane 17:17).

Manje, uJesu wayengafuni ukuthi abafundi bakhe badalule ukuthi wayenguKristu ngoba akabutholi ubufakazi obuvela kubantu (Johane 5:34), ngaphambi kokuba abe nobufakazi obukhulu, ubufakazi bukaYise, futhi bonke abantu kumele bakholelwe ebufakazini bokuthi uNkulunkulu okulotshwe ngeNdodana yaKhe emiBhalweni “Nihlola imiBhalo, ngoba nicabanga ukuthi ninokuphila okuphakade kuyo, futhi yona iyafakaza ngami” (Johane 5:39).

Ukukholelwa kuNkulunkulu akuveli ezimangalisweni, ngaphambi kobufakazi abaprofethi ababememezela ngeqiniso (Johane 4:48). Ukutshela ‘izimangaliso’ akusilo ubufakazi beqiniso. Umphostoli uPetru ukubeka kucace ukuthi kuyini ukufakaza: “Kepha izwi leNkosi limi kuze kube phakade. Futhi yilo leli zwi elishunyayelwa phakathi kwenu ”(1 Pet. 1:25). Ukufakaza ukukhuluma izwi likaNkulunkulu, ukukhuluma okushiwo yimiBhalo, ukumemezela kubantu ukuthi uKristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

Kulezinsuku iningi ligcizelela abantu nezimangaliso ezenziwa yibo, kepha ibhayibheli likubeka kucace ukuthi inkonzo yabaphostoli yayingasekelwe ezimangalisweni, kodwa yayisekelwe ezwini. Inkulumo yokuqala kaPetru iveze izakhamuzi zaseJerusalema ebufakazini bemiBhalo (Izenzo 2:14 -36). Ngisho nangemva kokuba indoda ekhubazekile iselapheke emnyango wethempeli, yakhuza ababemlalele ukuze bangamangali ngophawu oluyisimangaliso (Ac 3:12), yabe isichaza ubufakazi bemiBhalo (IzE 3:13 -26) .

Ngesikhathi amaJuda ekhanda uStefanu ngamatshe, wayefana noJohane uMbhapathizi, efakaza ngeqiniso, okungukuthi, echaza ubufakazi uNkulunkulu abunikeza ngeNdodana yakhe, ememezela imiBhalo esixukwini esasithukuthele (IzE 7:51 -53).

Ukube uStefanu wayebala izibonakaliso eziyisimangaliso, wayengeke akhandwe ngamatshe, ngoba ukwaliwa kwabantu kuhlobene nezwi levangeli futhi akuhlobene nezimpawu eziyisimangaliso (Johane 6:60). Isixuku besifuna ukukhanda uJesu ngamatshe ngenxa yamazwi akhe, hhayi ngenxa yezimangaliso azenzayo “Nginibonisile imisebenzi eminingi emihle evela kuBaba; Yimuphi kule misebenzi ongikhanda ngamatshe ngayo AmaJuda aphendula athi kuye: Asikukhandi ngamatshe nganoma yimuphi umsebenzi omuhle, kepha ukuhlambalaza; ngoba, njengoba ungumuntu, uba nguNkulunkulu kuwe ”(Johane 10:32 -33).

Abaningi babona isimangaliso uKristu asenzela owesifazane waseKhanani, nokho, isixuku esasimlandela asizange sivume ukuthi uJesu wayeyiNdodana kaDavide njengoba enza lapho ezwa ngeZwi laphakade, izwi leNkosi elihlala kuze kube phakade. Abantu bakwa-Israyeli babenikezwe ukulalela imiBhalo, kepha babeshoda ngowesifazane waseKhanani okwathi lapho ezwa ngoJesu, wadumisa wakhala iNdodana kaDavide, wayikhonza.

Ukwehluka kowesifazane kulele kokuthi wezwa futhi wakholwa, ngenkathi isixuku esasilandela uKristu sazibona izimangaliso (Mt 11:20 -22), sahlola imibhalo (John 5:39) futhi ngephutha saphetha ngokuthi uJesu UmProfethi. Bamlahla uKristu ukuze bangabi nayo impilo (Johane 5:40).

Kumfazi waseKhanani nakwabezizwe abaningi abakholwa, isimemezelo sika-Isaya siyagcwaliseka:

“Ngafunwa kwabangangifuni, ngatholakala kwabangangifuni; Ngathi esizweni esingazange saqanjwa ngegama lami: Ngilapha. Nangu mina ”(Is 65: 1).

Manje, siyazi ukuthi (ukukholwa kuza ngokuzwa,) nokuzwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, futhi lokho owesifazane akuzwayo kwakwanele ukukukholwa “Bazombiza kanjani-ke lowo abangakholwanga kuye? Futhi bazokholwa kanjani kuye abangazwanga ngaye na? futhi bayokuzwa kanjani, uma kungekho oshumayelayo na? ” (Rom 10:14). Noma ubani ozwayo futhi akholwe ubusisiwe, ngoba uJesu ngokwakhe wathi: “UJesu wathi kuye: ‘Ngenxa yokungibona kwakho, Tomasi, ukholiwe; babusisiwe abakholwa ”nokho abangabonanga kodwa bakholwa” (Johane 20:29).

Njengoba owesifazane waseKhanani akholwa, wabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu “UJesu wathi kuye: Angikutshelanga yini ukuthi uma ukholwa, uzobona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, na? (Johane 11:40), ngokungafani nabantu bakwa-Israyeli ababelindele ukubona amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo ukuze bakholwe “Zathi kuye: ‘Manje, usenza siphi isibonakaliso sokuthi simbone futhi sikholwe kuwe? Wenzani? “ (Jo 6:30).

Manje inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu yembulwa ebusweni bukaKristu, hhayi ekusebenzeni okuyisimangaliso “Ngoba uNkulunkulu, owathi ukukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni, uyakhanya ezinhliziyweni zethu, ekukhanyeni kolwazi lwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, ebusweni bukaJesu Kristu” (2Ko 4: 6). Okusindisayo ukukhanya kobuso beNkosi obufihle ubuso bayo endlini yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli “Futhi ngizolindela uJehova, ofihla ubuso bakhe endlini kaJakobe, ngimlinde” (Is 8: 17; IHu 80: 3).

Owesifazane waseKhanani wayenakekelwa ngoba wayekholwa, hhayi ngoba ebeka uJesu odongeni, noma ngoba emkhohlisa ngokuthi: – Uma ungangiphenduli, ngizodabula imiBhalo. Ngaphambi kokunikezwa ukukhululwa kwendodakazi yakhe, lo wesifazane wayesekholiwe, ngokungafani nabaningi abafuna isenzo esiyisimangaliso sokukholwa.

Yini owesifazane waseKhanani wezwa ngoKristu? Manje, uma ukukholwa kuza ngokuzwa, futhi ukuzwa kuvela ngezwi likaNkulunkulu. Lokho owesifazane waseKhanani akuzwa kwakungebona ubufakazi bezimangaliso noma ukuthi othile odumile wayesephendukile. Ukuzwa ukuthi othile uzuze isimangaliso, noma ukufunda isibhengezo esithi uzuze umusa ngeke kwenze umuntu avume obala ukuthi uKristu uyiNdodana kaDavide!

Ubufakazi obuveza ukukholwa buvela emiBhalweni, ngoba bona ngubufakazi bukaKristu. Ukusho ukuthi umdwebi uguqukile, noma ukuthi othile ushiye izidakamizwa, ukuthengisa ngomzimba, njll., Akuwona umthetho nobufakazi obuvaliwe phakathi kwabafundi bakaKristu. Umprofethi u-Isaya ucacile:

“Emthethweni nasebufakazini! Uma bengakhulumi ngokwaleli zwi, kungenxa yokuthi akukho ukukhanya phakathi kwabo” (Is 8: 20).

Ubufakazi luphawu lwesonto, hhayi izimpawu eziyisimangaliso, ngoba uKristu uqobo waxwayisa ngokuthi abaprofethi bamanga bazosebenza izimpawu, baprofethe futhi bakhiphe amadimoni (Mt 7: 22). Izithelo ezivela ezindebeni, okungukuthi, ubufakazi ngumehluko phakathi komprofethi weqiniso nomprofethi wamanga, ngoba umprofethi wamanga uzofika efihliwe njengemvu, ukuze, ngezenzo nangokubukeka kungenzeki ukuzibona (Mt 7:15) -16).

‘Noma ngubani okholwa kimi ngokwemiBhalo’ isimo esisungulwe nguKristu ukuze kube nokukhanya kubantu “Noma ngubani okholwa kimi, njengoba kusho umbhalo, imifula yamanzi aphilayo izogobhoza isuka esibelethweni sakhe” (Johane 7:38), ngoba amazwi kaKristu angumoya nokuphila (Johane 6:63), imbewu engenakonakala, futhi kuphela imbewu enjalo ihluma impilo entsha enikeza ilungelo lokuphila okuphakade (1 Pet. 1:23).

Noma ngubani okholelwa kuKristu njengeNdodana kaDavide, iNkosi, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo, ayisekho umfokazi noma umfokazi. Ngeke aphile ngemvuthuluka ewa etafuleni lenkosi yakhe, kepha usephenduke isakhamuzi sabangcwele. Waba yingxenye yomndeni kaNkulunkulu “Ngokushesha nje lapho ningabe nisaba ngabafokazi nezihambi, kodwa niyizakhamizi ezikanye nabangcwele nomndeni kaNkulunkulu” (Eph 2: 19).

Noma ngubani okholelwa eNdodaneni kaDavide wakholwa enzalweni eyathenjiswa u-Abrahama, ngakho-ke ubusisiwe njengo-Abrahama okholwayo, futhi abambe iqhaza kuzo zonke izinzuzo ezathenjiswa uNkulunkulu ngabaprofethi bakhe abangcwele, ngoba konke okwabhalwa ngabaprofethi, kwakubhala ngeNdodana (Johane 5:46 -47; Heb 1: 1-2).

Noma ngubani okholwayo angenza zonke izinto kuNkulunkulu, ngo:

“Abathi ngokholo banqoba imibuso, benza ukulunga, bafeza izithembiso, bavala imilomo yamabhubesi, bacisha amandla omlilo, baphunyuka ebukhali benkemba, bathatha amandla ebuthakathakeni, balwa empini, babeka amabutho abafokazi. Abesifazane bamukela abafileyo babo bevukile; abanye bahlushwa, bengakwamukeli ukukhululwa kwabo, ukuze bazuze uvuko olungcono; Futhi abanye babhekana nokugconwa nokushaywa, ngisho namaketanga namajele. Bakhandwa ngamatshe, basika isaha, bazama, babulawa ngenkemba; bahamba begqoke izimvu nezikhumba zezimbuzi, bengenakuzisiza, behlupheka futhi bephathwa kabi (okungukuthi umhlaba ubungafanele), bezulazula ezingwadule, nasezintabeni, nasemigodini nasemihumeni yomhlaba.Futhi bonke laba, ekubeni benobufakazi ngokukholwa, abafinyelelanga esithembisweni, uNkulunkulu ehlinzeka okuthile okungcono ngathi, ukuthi ngeke bapheleliswe ngaphandle kwethu ”(Heb 11:33 -40)

Kuyini ukulungiswa?

Ukulungisiswa akusikho ukuthathelwa izinyathelo noma isenzo sokwahlulela sikaNkulunkulu, asithethelelayo, simkhulula noma asiphathe umuntu, ongenabo ubulungisa, sengathi ulungile. Manje, uma uNkulunkulu ephatha ongenabulungisa sengathi ulungile, ngabe empeleni wenza ukungabi nabulungisa. Ukube uNkulunkulu umemezele ukuthi isoni silungile, besizoba nenkulumo eqanjiwe, ecatshangelwayo, ngoba uNkulunkulu uzobe ememezela okuthile okungelona iqiniso ngomuntu.

Kuyini ukulungiswa?

“Ngokuba ofileyo ulungisisiwe esonweni” (Rom. 6: 7)

Izincazelo ze Theological

Kuvamile ukuthi imfundiso yenkolo iphathe imfundiso yokulungisiswa njengendaba yokuhleleka, ngakho-ke izinkulumo ezithi ‘isenzo sokwahlulela sikaNkulunkulu’, ‘isenzo sokwazisa saphezulu’, ‘memezela ubulungiswa’, njll, ezincazelweni ngesihloko sokulungisiswa.

KuScofield, yize kufanelekile, ikholwa lisengumoni. UNkulunkulu uyabona futhi aphathe ikholwa njengolungileyo, kepha lokhu akusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenza umuntu alunge.

“Isoni esikholwayo siyalungisiswa, okungukuthi, siphathwa njengabalungileyo (…) Ukulungisiswa kuyisenzo sokwamukelwa nguNkulunkulu futhi akusho ukwenza umuntu alunge …” IScofield Bible with References, Roma 3:28.

Ukuze uCharles C. Ryrie athethelele izindlela:

“Shono ukuthi umuntu akanacala. Kokubili amagama esiHeberu (sadaq) nawesiGreki (dikaioõ) asho ukuthi ‘memezela’ noma ‘khipha’ isinqumo esivumayo, umemezele ukuthi othile ulungile. Lo mqondo awusho ukwenza umuntu abe nobulungiswa kuphela, kodwa umemezela ubulungiswa kuphela ”uRyrie, uCharles Caldwel, i-Basic Theology – Itholakala kuwo wonke umuntu, ihunyushwe nguJarbas Aragão – São Paulo: Christian World, 2004, k. 345.

UGeorge Eldon Ladd uyakuqonda ukulungisiswa okuvela egameni lesiGreki elithi dikaioõ, njengo:

“’Memezela ukulingana’, ungakwenzi kube nobulungiswa ‘. Njengoba sizobona, umqondo oyinhloko, ekulungisisweni, isimemezelo sikaNkulunkulu, umahluleli olungile, ukuthi umuntu okholwa kuKristu, noma eyisoni, ulungile – ubonwa njengolungile, ngoba, kuKristu, wafika ebudlelwaneni obunobulungiswa noNkulunkulu” Ladd, George Eldon, New Testament Theology, eyahunyushwa nguDarci Dusilek noJussara M. Pinto, 1. U-Ed – São Paulo: Eksodusi, 97, k. 409.

Ukulungisiswa akusikho ukuphenya ngamacala noma isenzo sokwahlulela uNkulunkulu asithethelelayo, akhulule futhi aphathe umuntu ongekho nje ngokungathi wayelungile. Manje, uma uNkulunkulu ephatha ongenabulungisa sengathi ulungile, ngabe empeleni wenza ukungabi nabulungisa. Ukube uNkulunkulu umemezele ukuthi isoni silungile, besizoba nenkulumo eqanjiwe, ecatshangelwayo, ngoba uNkulunkulu uzobe ememezela okuthile okungelona iqiniso ngomuntu.

Ingqikithi yemfundiso yokulungisiswa ukuthi uNkulunkulu udala umuntu omusha ebulungiseni nasebungcweleni beqiniso futhi athi ulungile ngoba lowo muntu omusha ulungile empeleni. UNkulunkulu akasebenzi nobulungiswa obuqanjiwe, kuze kube seqophelweni lokuphatha njengalowo ongenabo ubulungisa ngempela.

Kwabafundisi bezinguquko, ukulungiswa kuyisenzo sokwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu ngaphandle kwenguquko empilweni yabo, okungukuthi, uNkulunkulu akashintshi isimo somuntu. Kukhona ukukhohlisa, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulungisa labo abazelwe kabusha (Johane 3: 3). Manje, uma umuntu ephinda ezalwa ngokukaNkulunkulu, lokhu kusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wasiguqula isimo somuntu (1 Petru 1: 3 no-23).

Isimo sekholwa sihluke ngokuphelele kunangesikhathi lapho ayengakholelwa kuKristu. Ngaphambi kokukholwa, umuntu ungaphansi kwamandla obumnyama futhi, ngemuva kokukholwa, uyiswa embusweni weNdodana yothando lwakhe “Owasikhipha emandleni obumnyama, wasiyisa embusweni weNdodana yothando lwakhe” (Cl 1 : 13). Ngesikhathi esemandleni obumnyama umuntu esaphila esonweni, ngakho-ke, akasoze kwathiwa ulungile, kepha abafileyo esonweni balungisisiwe esonweni.

Manje, izindlela zomthetho esizithola ezinkantolo zibhekana nezingqinamba nobudlelwano obuphathekayo phakathi kwabaphilayo, kanti imfundiso yokulungisiswa ayibandakanyi imigomo yobunhloli, ngoba yilabo kuphela abafele esonweni abavunyelwe esonweni!

IBhayibheli likhombisa ukuthi amaJuda nabeZizwe basindiswa ngomusa kaNkulunkulu owembulwe kuKristu Jesu. Ukusindiswa ngomusa kaNkulunkulu kuyefana nokusindiswa ngokukholwa, ngoba uJesu uyinkolo ebonakalayo (Gal 3:23). UJesu uyisisekelo esiqinile lapho umuntu ethembele ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu futhi afaneleke (Heb 11: 1; 2 Kor 3: 4; Kol 1:22).

UDaniel B. Pecota wathi:

“Ukholo alusoze lwaba yisisekelo sokulungisiswa. ITestamente Elisha alikaze lisho ukuthi ukulungiswa yi-dia pistin (“ukushintshanisa ukholo”), kepha njalo i-pisteos dia, (“ngokukholwa”) “.

Manje, uma siqonda ukuthi uKristu uyinkolo eyayizobonakaliswa, kulandela ukuthi uKristu (ukukholwa) wayeyikho, unjalo futhi uyohlala eyisisekelo sokulungisiswa. Ukudideka phakathi kuka-‘di pistin ‘(ukuthembela eqinisweni) no-‘di pisteos’ (iqiniso uqobo) kungenxa yokungafundwa kahle kwezindima zebhayibheli, ngoba uKristu uyisisekelo esiqinile lapho amadoda akholwa athokozisa uNkulunkulu , ngoba ukulungiswa kungoKristu (usuku lwama-pisteos).

Inkinga enkulu ngemfundiso yabaguquli yokulungisiswa ukuzama ukwehlukanisa imfundiso yokulungisiswa emfundisweni yokuzalwa kabusha. Ngaphandle kokuvuselelwa asikho isizathu futhi asikho isizathu ngaphandle kokuvuselelwa. Lapho umuntu enziwe ngokwenyama negazi, kunesinqumo sikaNkulunkulu: unecala, ngoba lesi yisimo somuntu owenziwe ngokwenyama (Johane 1:12). Kepha, lapho umuntu ekhiqizwa futhi (evuselelwa kabusha), isinqumo uNkulunkulu asinikezayo sithi: siyalungiswa, ngoba umuntu ulungile empeleni.

Ukulahlwa ku-Adamu

Isinyathelo sokuqala ekuqondeni imfundiso yokulungisiswa ukuqonda ukuthi bonke abantu bonile futhi bayasilela enkazimulweni kaNkulunkulu (Rom. 3:23). Lokhu kusho ukuthi, ngenxa yokona kuka-Adamu, bonke abantu bebonke, ngenkathi besethangeni lika-Adamu, baba ngabangcolile futhi bafa kuNkulunkulu (IHu 53: 3; IHu 14: 3). Ngemuva kokona kuka-Adamu, yonke inzalo yakhe yaqala ukuphilela isono futhi yayifile (ihlukanisiwe, ihlukanisiwe) kuNkulunkulu.

Ekhuluma ngalesi simo esizuzwe njengefa ku-Adamu, umphostoli uPawulu wathi bonke abantu (amaJuda nabeZizwe) ngokwemvelo babengabantwana bolaka (Efe. 2: 3). Kungani izingane zolaka? Ngoba babeyizingane zokungalaleli kuka-Adamu “Makungabikho muntu onikhohlisa ngamazwi ayize; ngenxa yalezi zinto ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luza phezu kwabantwana bokungalaleli ”(Efe. 5: 6).

Ngenxa yokona kuka-Adamu isono sangena emhlabeni, futhi ngenxa yokungalaleli kwakhe bonke abantu bayizoni “Ngakho-ke njengalokho isono sangena ezweni ngesono, nokufa kwangena ngesono, ngokunjalo ukufa kwadlulela kubo bonke. yingakho bonke bonile ”(Rom. 5:12). Bonke abantu abazalwa ngokwenyama bayizoni ngoba ukulahlwa kuka-Adamu (ukufa) kwadlulela kuyo yonke inzalo yakhe.

Abaningi abazi ukuthi amadoda ayizoni ngenxa yokulahlwa okuzuzwe njengefa ku-Adam, futhi abheka ukuthi amadoda ayizoni ngenxa yezinkinga zokuziphatha ezivela kulwazi lokuhle nokubi.

Kuyadingeka ukubona ukona kuka-Adam kahle kulwazi olutholwe esithelweni solwazi lokuhle nokubi. Ngenkathi ulwazi lokuhle nokubi lwalungekhona okwahlukanisa umuntu noNkulunkulu (isono), ngoba uNkulunkulu wazi okuhle nokubi (Gen. 3:22), ukungalaleli kwaletha isono (ukwahlukana, ukwahlukana, ukuhlukaniswa) imbangela yomthetho owawuthi: uzokufa nokufa (Gen. 2:17).

Isono sikhombise ukuba sibi ngokweqile ngoba umthetho ongcwele, olungile futhi omuhle isono silawula sabulala umuntu (Rom. 7:13). Ngaphandle kwesijeziso somthetho: ‘uzokufa nokufa’, isono besingeke sibe namandla okubusa umuntu, kodwa ngamandla omthetho (uzokufa nakanjani) isono sathola ithuba futhi sabulala umuntu (Rom. 7:11). Umthetho owanikezwa e-Edene wawungcwele, ulungile futhi muhle ngoba wexwayisa umuntu ngemiphumela yokungalaleli (ngeke uwudle, ngoba ngosuku oyowudla ngalo, uzokufa nokufa).

Ngenxa yokoniwa, amadoda akhiwa ngobubi futhi akhulelwa esonweni (IHu 51: 5). Kusukela kumama (kusukela ekuqaleni) abantu bayamfulathela uNkulunkulu (IHu 58: 3), indoda engcono kunazo zonke ifaniswa nameva, futhi eqonde ngqo kuthango olwenziwe ngameva (Mk 7: 4). Kungenxa yecala lika-Adam ukuthi isinqumo sazwakala: unecala! (Rom 3:23)

Ngakho-ke umbuzo kaJobe: “Ngubani ongakhipha okumsulwa kokungahlanzekile? Akekho namunye ”(Jobe 14: 4). Kodwa okungenzeki kubantu kuyenzeka ngoNkulunkulu, ngoba unamandla okwenza konke kube kusha: “Kepha uJesu ebabheka wathi: Kubantu akunakwenzeka, kodwa kungenzeki kuNkulunkulu, ngokuba kuNkulunkulu izinto zingenzeka ”(uMarko 10:27).

Ukulungisiswa kuyimpendulo kaNkulunkulu emibuzweni ebaluleke kunayo yonke yabantu: Umuntu angamukeleka kanjani phambi kukaNkulunkulu? Impendulo icacile eTestamenteni Elisha, ikakhulukazi ngendlela elandelayo kaJesu Kristu: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe, ongazalwanga kabusha akanakubona umbuso kaNkulunkulu” (Johane 3: 3). Kuyadingeka ukuthi uzalwe ngamanzi nangoMoya, ngoba okuzelwe yinyama kungokwenyama, kepha labo abazelwe nguMoya bangokomoya (Rom. 8: 1).

Inkinga yokwehlukana phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu (isono) isukela ekuzalweni kwemvelo (1Co 15: 22), hhayi ekuziphatheni kwabantu. Isono sihlobene nemvelo yomuntu ewile, hhayi nokuziphatha kwakhe emphakathini.

Isixazululo sokulahlwa umuntu asitholile ekulungisisweni kuKristu sivela emandleni kaNkulunkulu, hhayi esenzweni sokwahlulela. Okokuqala, ngoba kwakwanele ukuthi umuntu angamlaleli uMdali ukuze kugwetshwe ukwahlulelwa kokulahlwa: ukufa (ukwahlukaniswa) kwabo bonke abantu (Rom. 5:18). Okwesibili, ngoba lapho uJesu ebiza amadoda ukuthi azothatha isiphambano sakhe, ukubeka kucace ukuthi ukuze kubuyiswane phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu kuyadingeka ukubhekana nesijeziso esibekiwe: ukufa. Ekufeni noKristu ubulungiswa buyaneliswa, ngoba isijeziso asilutho ngaphandle komuntu owonile (Mt 10: 38; 1Ko 15: 36; 2Ko 4: 14).

Lapho kubekwa indoda ekhubazekile phambi kukaJesu, wathi: “Manje ukuze wazi ukuthi iNdodana yoMuntu inamandla emhlabeni okuthethelela izono (wathi kofe uhlangothi), ngithi kuwe, Sukuma, uthathe lala, uye endlini yakho ”(Mk 2: 10 -11). Lo mugqa ovela kuJesu ukhombisa ukuthi indatshana yakudala evela kwabaseRoma 3, amavesi 21 kuya ku-25 ekulungisisweni ayibandakanyi imiqondo yocwaningo.

Ukuthethelela izono akuyona into efunwa ngumthetho, kungumbuzo wamandla! Yilabo kuphela abanamandla phezu kobumba abangathethelela izono zokwenza izitsha zodumo ngosayizi ofanayo (Rom 9:21). Yingakho umphostoli uPhawuli wayengenamahloni ngevangeli, ngoba ivangeli lingamandla kaNkulunkulu okusindisa wonke umuntu okholwayo (Rom. 1:16).

Ekhuluma ngalolu daba noJobe, uNkulunkulu ukubeka kucace ukuthi, ukuze umuntu akwazi ukuzibiza ngokuthi ulungile, kungadingeka ukuba nezingalo ezinjengezikaNkulunkulu nokuduma njengoPhezukonke. Kungadingeka ukugqoka ngenkazimulo nobukhazikhazi futhi ugqoke ngokuhlonipheka nangobukhosi. Kufanele akwazi ukuthulula ulaka lwakhe ngokuchoboza ababi endaweni yakhe. Kungokuhlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo ezibalwe ngenhla lapho umuntu angazisindisa khona (Jobe 40: 8-14).

Kepha, njengoba umuntu engenawo lawa amandla achazwe nguNkulunkulu, akasoze akwazi ukuthi yena ulungile noma azisindise. INdodana yomuntu, uJesu Kristu, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ingasho ukuthi umuntu ulungile, ngoba Yena uqobo wazembathisa inkazimulo nobukhosi ngokubuyela enkazimulweni noBaba “Manje, Baba, ngikhazimulise nawe, leyo nkazimulo ebenginayo nawe ngaphambi kokuba kube khona umhlaba ”(Johane 17: 5); “Bhinca inkemba yakho ethangeni, wena onamandla, ngenkazimulo nobukhosi bakho” (IHu 45: 3).

Ijaji le Fair

Isinyathelo sesibili ekuqondeni imfundiso yokulungisiswa ukuqonda ukuthi ayikho indlela yokuthi uNkulunkulu amemezele labo abalahliwe bengenacala. UNkulunkulu nje akanakuvumela ukuthi isijeziso esibekwe kubenzi bokubi sisetshenziswe kubo.

UNkulunkulu akaze athi (ulungisa) olungile ukuthi ulungile “Uyakufulathela amazwi amanga, ungabulali abangenacala nabalungile; ngoba ngeke ngibalungisise ababi “(Ex 23: 7). UNkulunkulu akalokothi aphathe ababi njengokungathi nje “Makube kude nawe ukwenza into enjalo, ukubulala olungileyo kanye nomubi; abalungileyo mababe njengababi, babe kude nawe. Ubengeke yini uMahluleli womhlaba wonke enze ubulungiswa? ” (Gen. 18:25). UNkulunkulu akasoze aqinisekisa ukuthi isijeziso esinikezwe owonile sinikezwa omunye, njengoba kufundeka kanje: “Umphefumulo owonayo, uyakufa; indodana ayiyikuthatha ububi bukayise, nobaba akayikuthatha ububi bendodana. Ukulunga kolungileyo kuzohlala kuye futhi ububi bomubi buzokwehlela kuye ”(Hez 18:20).

Ngenkathi uJesu etshela uNikodemu ukuthi kuyadingeka ukuthi umuntu azalwe kabusha, yonke imibuzo engenhla yacatshangelwa, njengoba uJesu azi kahle ukuthi uNkulunkulu akaze athi labo abazalwa ngokwenyama ka-Adamu bakhululekile ecaleni.

Lapho ukuzalwa kwemvelo, umuntu wenziwa isoni, isitsha sokudikibala, ngakho-ke, ingane yolaka nokungalaleli. Ukumemezela umuntu ekhululekile esonweni, kufanele afe kuqala, ngoba uma engafi akasoze akwazi ukuphilela uNkulunkulu

yesono ”(Rom. 6: 7); “Siphukuphuku! okuhlwanyelayo akwenziwa kuphile ngaphandle kokuthi ufe kuqala ”(1Ko 15:36).

UKristu wafela izoni – abalungileyo abangalungile – kepha noma ngubani ongayidli inyama futhi angaphuzi igazi likaKrestu ngeke abe nokuphila kuye uqobo, okungukuthi, kubalulekile ukuthi umuntu abe yingxenye ekufeni kukaKristu “Ngoba noKristu wahlupheka kanye ngenxa yezono, olungileyo kwabangalungile, ukusiholela kuNkulunkulu; ubulewe enyameni, kepha wavuswa nguMoya ”(1Pet 3:18); “Ngakho-ke uJesu wathi kubo, Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe, Uma ungadli inyama yeNdodana yomuntu, uphuze negazi layo, awuyikuba nakuphila kuwe” (Johane 6:53).

Ukudla inyama nokuphuza igazi likaKristu kuyefana nokukholelwa Kuye (Johane 6:35, 47). Ukukholelwa kuKrestu kufana nokubethelwa kanye naye.Noma ngubani okholwayo ungcwatshwe Naye futhi uyeke ukuphilela isono aqale aphilele uNkulunkulu “Sengibethelwe kanye noKristu; futhi ngiyaphila, akusengimi, kodwa uKristu uphila kimi; futhi impilo engiyiphila manje enyameni, ngiyiphila ngokukholwa kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, eyangithandayo, yazinikela ngenxa yami ”(Gal 2:20; Rom. 6: 4).

Indoda ekholwa kuKristu iyavuma ukuthi inecala lokufa ngenxa yokona kuka-Adam. Ivuma ngokusobala ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulungile lapho ekhuluma futhi umsulwa lapho ahlulela inzalo ka-Adamu njengecala (IHu 51: 4). Uyavuma ukuthi nguKristu kuphela onamandla okudala umuntu omusha ngokuvuka kwabafileyo, ukuze lowo ongcwatshwe Naye avuse isidalwa esisha.

Umuntu omusha kuKristu

Isinyathelo sokugcina ekuqondeni ukulungisiswa ukuqonda ukuthi kusukela ekuzalweni okusha kuvela isidalwa esisha esidalelwe ubulungiswa beqiniso nobungcwele “Ngakho-ke, uma umuntu ekuKristu, isidalwa esisha; izinto ezindala sezihambile; bheka, konke sekukusha ”(2Ko 5:17; Efe 4:24). Lesi sidalwa esisha kuthiwa silungile ngoba ngempumelelo uNkulunkulu wasidala futhi silungile futhi singenacala phambi Kwakhe.

Umuntu okholelwa kuKrestu wenziwa umhlanganyeli omusha wobunkulunkulu (2 Pet. 1: 4), ngoba umuntu omdala wabethelwa esiphambanweni futhi nomzimba wesono wenziwa. Emva kokungcwatshwa noKristu ngokufana nokufa kwakhe, umuntu uvusa isidalwa esisha “Ngokwazi lokhu, ukuthi umuntu wethu omdala wabethelwa kanye naye, ukuze umzimba wesono uhlehliswe, ukuze singabe sisakhonza isono” (Rom 6: 6).

Ngevangeli, uNkulunkulu akagcini ngokuthi umuntu ulungile, kepha futhi udala umuntu omusha olungile. Ngokungafani nalokho okushiwo nguDkt. Scofield, ukuthi uNkulunkulu umemezela kuphela ukuthi isoni silungile, kepha akasenzi silunge.

IBhayibheli lithi uNkulunkulu udala umuntu omusha ebulungiseni nasebungcweleni beqiniso (Efe 4: 24), ngakho-ke, ukulungisiswa kuvela esenzweni sikaNkulunkulu sokudala, lapho umuntu omusha edalwa ebambe iqhaza esimweni saphezulu. Ukulungiswa kweBhayibheli kubhekisa esimweni salabo abenziwa kabusha ngeqiniso levangeli (ukukholwa): bakhululekile ekubeni necala noma ukulahlwa.

Akukho ukulahlwa ngalabo abakuKristu. Kungani kungekho ukulahlwa? Impendulo ilele ekutheni umuntu ‘ukuKristu’, ngoba labo abakuKristu bayizidalwa ezintsha “NGAKHO-ke, manje akukho ukulahlwa ngalabo abakuKristu Jesu, abangahambi ngokwenyama, kodwa ngokukaMoya” (Rom 8: 1); “Ngakho-ke, uma umuntu ekuKristu, isidalwa esisha sinjalo; izinto ezindala sezihambile; bheka, konke sekukusha ”(2Ko 5:17).

Ukulungisiswa kususelwa esimweni esisha salabo abakuKristu, ngoba ukuba kuKristu ukuba yisidalwa esisha “Futhi uma uKristu ekini, umzimba empeleni ufile ngenxa yesono, kodwa umoya uyaphila ngenxa ubulungiswa. Futhi uma uMoya walowo owavusa uJesu kwabafileyo uhlala kini, lowo owavusa uKristu kwabafileyo uzakuphilisa nemizimba yenu efayo ngoMoya wakhe ohlala kini ”(Rom. 8: 10-11).

Nikeza umbuzo womphostoli uPawulu: “Ngoba uma thina, abafuna ukulungisiswa kuKristu, nathi sitholakale siyizoni, ingabe uKristu uyisikhonzi sesono na? Lutho ”(Gal 2:17). Manje uKristu uyisikhonzi sokulunga, futhi akayona nhlobo isikhonzi sesono, ngakho-ke, lowo olungisiswa nguKristu akatholakali eyisoni, ngoba ufile esonweni “Ngokuba ofileyo ulungisisiwe esonweni” (Rom. 6: 7).

Lapho umphostoli uPawulu ethi: nguNkulunkulu obalungisisayo! “Ubani oyomangalela abakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu? NguNkulunkulu obalungisisayo ”(Rom. 8:33), wayeqiniseka impela ukuthi kwakungeyona inkinga yomthetho, ngoba enkantolo umemezela kuphela ukuthi kuyini, ngoba abanawo amandla okuguqula isimo salabo abavela phambi kwabahluleli.

Uma kuthiwa ‘nguNkulunkulu olungisisayo’, umphostoli uPawulu ukhomba amandla kaNkulunkulu adala umuntu omusha. UNkulunkulu uthi umuntu ulungile ngoba akukho ukulahlwa kulabo abayizidalwa ezintsha. UNkulunkulu akasidlulisanga isimo sendoda endala kuKristu, kodwa umuntu omdala wabethelwa esiphambanweni wahlehliswa, ukuze kuvuke izidalwa ezintsha ezifile ezihleli noKristu ngenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu uBaba, futhi akukho kulahlwa okunzima ngabo.

AmaKrestu kuthiwe alungile ngoba enziwe alungile (dikaioõ) ngamandla akwevangeli, umuntu abamba iqhaza ngalo emzimbeni kaKristu, ngoba wafa futhi wavuka futhi noKristu njengomuntu ongcwele, ongenacala futhi ongenacala “Emzimbeni inyama yakhe, ngokufa, ukunethula nibe ngcwele, ningenasici, ningenasici ”phambi kwakhe” (Col 1: 22; Efe 2: 6; Col 3: 1).

Lapho uPaul ethi, “Ngoba vele nifile, futhi impilo yenu ifihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu” (Col 3: 3), kusho ukuthi umKristu ulungisisiwe esonweni, okungukuthi, ufile esonweni (Rom. 6: 1 – 11), futhi ngiphilela uNkulunkulu “Ngakho sangcwatshwa kanye naye ngokubhabhadiswa ekufeni; ukuze, njengalokhu uKristu wavuswa kwabafileyo, ngenkazimulo kaYise, kanjalo nathi sihambe ekuphileni okusha ”(Rom. 6: 4).

UJesu wanikelwa nguNkulunkulu ukuthi afe ngenxa yesono sobuntu, ngoba kuyadingeka ukuthi abantu bafe esonweni ukuze baphilele uNkulunkulu. Kungakho uKristu Jesu wavuka, ukuze kuthi labo abavuka Naye kuthiwe balungile. Ngaphandle kokufa akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, ngaphandle kovuko akukho ukuzithethelela “Ngubani owanikelwa ngenxa yezono zethu, wavuka ngenxa yokulungisiswa kwethu” (Rom. 4:25).

UDavid ulisebenzise kanjani igama elithi ‘justification’

Ngokucaphuna kumhubi uDavida kungenzeka ukuthi ulinganise ubukhulu bezinkulumo ezithi ‘lungisa’ kanye ‘nokulungisiswa’, kusala ukuthi amaKrestu kufanele abheke ukufa kwawo noKristu njengokuqinisekile (Rom. 6: 2-3 no-7 no-11), nokuthi , ukulungisiswa kwabo nakho kuqinisekile, ngoba lowo ofile naye ulungile.

UDavid ulisebenzise kanjani igama elithi ‘justification’

“Ngimelene nawe, ngonile kuwe kuphela, ngenze okubi emehlweni akho, ukuze kuthiwe ulungile uma ukhuluma, ube msulwa lapho wahlulela.” (IHubo 51: 4)

Igama elithi ‘ulungisisiwe’ lisetshenziswe ngumhubi uDavida ukwazisa abafundi bakhe ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulungile (ulungile). Njengoba umhubi azi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulungile, lokhu kushukumisa umhubi ukuba avume isimo sakhe. Ngakho-ke, kubonakala sengathi igama elithi ‘kulungisisiwe’ (ukumemezela okulungile) lisebenza kuphela kulokho okuyiqiniso ngokuyisisekelo.

Kubukeka sengathi akusafuneki, kepha akunjalo: UDavid uthi uNkulunkulu ulungile ngoba ulungile ngokweqiniso, hhayi ngoba umhubi eqonda ukuthi unje.

Umphostoli uPhawuli lapho ememezela ukuthi ‘uNkulunkulu uqinisile’ kusekelwe esimemezelweni seNkosi uDavide, okungukuthi, lapho simemezela okuthile okuthinta uNkulunkulu wethu, sazi ngokugcwele ukuthi kuyiqiniso, ngoba yilokho okushiwo umBhalo.

“Lowo owamukela ubufakazi bakhe waqinisekisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uqinisile” (Johane 3:33)

Sifika ephuzwini elibucayi: uma umphostoli uPawulu esebenzisa igama elithi ‘ukulungisiswa’ (ethi ulungile) ukuveza okuthile ngamaKrestu, leyo nkulumo kufanele futhi ibe yiqiniso, okungukuthi, ifane neqiniso elihambisana namaKrestu.

Ayikho indlela yokumemezela ukuthi othile ulungisisiwe ngaphandle kwalowo muntu engenzi kahle, okungukuthi, amaKrestu afa ngokufanelekile “Thina, esasifile esonweni…”, kwathiwa balungile “… ngoba ofileyo ulungisisiwe isono “.

Lapho umphostoli uPawulu ebhala ukuthi amaKrestu abizwe njengabalungile, akabhekiseli ekuthetheleleni, noma ekulahlweni, noma ekunikezelweni kwemvume, noma ukucabanga noma ukukholwa. UPawulu ubhekisa entweni egcwele konke: lowo ofile ulungisisiwe.

Noma ngubani ongeyena umKristu akaphili ngokuvumelana nesimemezelo esinjalo, njengoba kuqinisekile ukuthi akafanga esonweni. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi umuntu ongafakwanga kwisabizwana somuntu sokuqala esisebuningini bamaRoma ayisithupha, ivesi lesibili elithi ‘Si…’ (Rom. 6: 2), athola isitatimende sokuthi silungile? Cha! Ngoba? Ngoba lo muntu akafile esonweni!

Noma ngubani ongafanga esonweni akanakuthethelelwa (kuthiwe ulungile), ngoba isitatimende esinjalo ngeke sibe yiqiniso.

Ayikho indlela yokusebenzisa igama elithi ‘ukulungisiswa’ kulabo abangazange bafe, ngoba wonke umuntu ozelwe yinyama akulona iqiniso “… nawo wonke umuntu onamanga njengoba kulotshiwe” (Rom. 3: 4).

Bonke abantu abazalwa ngu-Adam abalona iqiniso, kepha uNkulunkulu uneqiniso.

Isimo salowo ongekho kuKristu singamanga, ngokungafani noNkulunkulu, oyiqiniso “Kepha uma iqiniso likaNkulunkulu livelela inkazimulo yami ngenxa yamanga ami …” (Rom. 3: 7).

Ngokucaphuna iHubo 51, ivesi 4, umphostoli uPawulu usibekela umbandela odingekayo ukuze siqonde ubukhulu begama elithi ‘lungisa’ lapho lisetshenziswa nguye.

Umphostoli Pawula usebentisa ligama lelitsi ‘beka’ ngetintfo leliciniso lelicinile. Uma bekukhona isithunzi sokungabaza, noma kungenzeka ukuthi lowo ofile angalungisiswa phambi kukaNkulunkulu, khona-ke uPaul ubengeke asebenzise igama elithi ‘lungisa’.

Kuyiqiniso ukuthi ‘ukuthethelela’ akusho ukwehlisa isithunzi ngokuziphatha kukaNkulunkulu ngokumemezela umuntu ongenabulungisa njengomuntu olungile.

Kungenzeka yini ngoNkulunkulu, oyiqiniso, ukuthi athi umuntu ongenabulungisa ulungile? Sizophetha ngenye indlela: uNkulunkulu akamthetheleli lowo ophilayo esonweni.

Njengoba, ngesilinganiso esivela kumhubi uDavida, kungenzeka ukukala ubukhulu bezinkulumo ezithi ‘beka’ kanye ‘nokulungisiswa’, kusala ukuthi amaKrestu kumele abheke ukufa kwawo noKristu njengokuqinisekile (Rom. 6: 2-3 no-7 no-11), nokuthi, ngendlela efanayo, ukulungisiswa kwabo kuqinisekile, ngoba nalowo ofile ulungile.

Uma uPawulu encoma amaKrestu ukuthi athathe isimo sokufa esonweni (Rom. 6:11), kungenxa yokuthi kwakudingeka bazi ukuthi balungisiswe ngokuphelele phambi kukaNkulunkulu “Ngalokho balungisiswa ngokukholwa…” (Rom. 5: 1).

AmaKrestu angaphambi kukaNkulunkulu ngenxa yalezi zizathu ezilandelayo:

NguNkulunkulu osilungisayo “NguNkulunkulu osilungisisayo” (Rom. 8:32);
Sinokuthula noNkulunkulu, ubufakazi bangempela bokuthi silungisisiwe ngokukholwa “Ngakho-ke, lokhu sesilungisisiwe ngokukholwa, sinokuthula noNkulunkulu ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu” (Rom. 5: 1), futhi;
Akukho kulahlwa ngalabo labakuKhristu Jesu, ngobe sesilungisiswe ngalokuphelele “Ngako-ke, manje akusekho kulahlwa ngalabo labakuKhristu Jesu …” (Rom. 8: 1).

Asikho isizathu salabo abakala ukulahlwa kuye. Akufaneleki ukuthi ngubani osabambene noNkulunkulu. Akufanelekile ukuthi ngubani ongathembi uNkulunkulu, ngubani ongamthethelela.

Uma umuntu engakholelwa kulokho uNkulunkulu asevele ekuhlinzekile ngensindiso yamahhala, kuhlala ukuthi lowo muntu akakholelwa kuKristu Jesu, njengoba zonke lezi zibusiso zanikezwa esiphambanweni.

Umpostoli ukhombisa ukuthi yilabo kuphela abafele esonweni abalungisiswayo futhi uncoma amaKrestu ukuthi asazi lesi simo (Rom. 6:11).

Yilabo kuphela ababethelwa kanye noKristu, abatshalwe Naye, abangcwatshwa ngokubhapathizwa ekufeni futhi abavuka kanye Naye, abalungisiswayo