Impilo yomKrestu
“Uniphilisile nani enanifile ngeziphambeko nangezono zenu, enanikade nihamba kuzo ngokwendlela yaleli zwe, ngokombusi wamandla omkhathi, ongumoya osasebenza kubantwana bokungalaleli”
Uke uzwe umuntu ethi akakwazi ukuba ngumKrestu ngenxa yokuziphatha kwakhe okungenabo ubuKrestu? Lendlela yokuzahlulela isitshela ukuthi amaKhristu angabantu abalungile, abazalwe benjalo futhi nabangakaze bona empilweni yabo. Lokhu akusiwo amanga kuphela, kodwa Kuletha omunye umbono, ukuthi amaKristu abafarisi, lokhu kuza emva kwakukuba bebonile ukuthi bafana nabo bonke abantu. Lokhu kungaba iqiniso uma wonke amaKristu ethi awanasici futh awakaze one. Umuntu onjalo akamdingi uMsindisi, ngoba umdingelani uMsindisi uma ungenasono? IBhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi asinakuzisiza sidinga ozosisiza, ngoba uma sithi asinasono siyazikhohlisa neqiniso alikho kithina (1 NgokukaJohane 1:8).
Nokho, asihlali esonweni, siyasilwa. Phambilini sasingajwayele ukungadabukwe ngokona kwethu ngenxa yezinhliziyo ezilukhuni futhi okukho okwakusinxenxa. Kodwa akusiyo indlela okumele sikhonjwe ngayo, hhayi ngemva kokuba Siphilisiwe kuKristu. Akekho ongaziqhayisa ngalokho ngoba akusikho ukwenza kwethu. Khumbula sasifile ezonweni singenalusizo, konke esasikwenza kwakungukugculisa izinkanuko zenyama, zisigculisa izinkanuko zenhliziyo nemicabango. Kulapho ke okungaphumi lutho olungcwele. ngokuba ngaphakathi enhliziyweni yabantu kuphuma imicabango emibi, nobufebe, nokweba, nokubulala, 22nokuphinga, nokufisa, nokushinga, nenkohliso, nokungabi nanhloni, neso elibi, nokuhlambalaza, nokuzidla, nobuwula. (NgokukaMarku 7:21-22) ngakhoke uNkulunkulu ongwele unendaba nesono, kumele ahlulele, futhi mina nawe ngokwemvelo sasingabafanelwe ulaka Lwakhe (KwabaseEfesu 2:3). Kodwa ngomusa wakhe, wasihlenga yena ngokwakhe kulaka lwakhe.
UNkulunkulu akaze athi uhlenga abantu abalungile, ngoba uma sibheka iqiniso, akekho ongaba nethuba. Uma sifunda Ibhayibheli siyambona uNkulinkulu esebenzisa abantu abangalungile ukuveza inkazimulo yakhe futhi akekho noyedwa ongathi ubefanelekile. Umngane usanda Kubeka ““IBhayibheli alinawo amahloni ekusiboniseni ukwehluleka kwamakhosi kaNkulunkulu. INkosi uSolomoni yayihlakaniphe, kodwa engahlakaniphi ngokwanele ukuba igweme ukukhonza izithombe nokuzidumisa. Inkosi uDavide yayinolwazi nokwesaba uJehova, kepha ukwazi kwayo nokwesaba uJehova akuzange kumyekise ukuphinga nokubulala. Ukholo lweNkosi uHezekiya aluzange luphumele ekuhlakanipheni nasekuqondeni okwayivikela ekuboniseni amandla ayo ngokuzidla phambi kwenkosi yezinye izizwe”. Kusitshelani lokhu? Akekho olungile (ngaphandle kukaJesu) ngisho noyedwa (KwabaseRoma 3:10) futhi siyopheleliswa njengoKristu lapho ebonakala (1 Johane 3:2).
Senze njani ke ngalokhu?
UNkulunkulu akazange asihlengele ukuba singayi esihogweni kuphele, kodwa usihlengela ukuba sibe nobudlelwane naye. Hhayi ukusho okusobala lapha, kodwa okokuqala, uma uthandana nomuntu, ufuna ukuqhubeka nokukhulumisana naye, uthole ukuthi yini ayithandayo ngoba iqiniso liwukuthi, asisoze saba khona isikhathi lapho sigcwele ulwazi lwalowo muntu kangangokuthi ayisekho indawo yokutholwa okwengeziwe. ngakho-ke sihlala siphishekela izindlela zokwazi ezizokwazisa ukuthi sizobathanda futhi sibakhonze kanjani... futhi ngeke silindele ukuthi lobo budlelwano buchume uma singazimisele ukugoba izenzo zethu nentando yethu kwezabo, ngokweqiniso nokuhlakanipha.
Lokhu kuyiqiniso nakakhulu kumuntu onobuhlobo noNkulunkulu. Izimpilo zethu, siqu nangokomphakathi, kufanele zihambisane nokufunda iBhayibheli, zihlanganiswe nomkhuleko, futhi zihlotshiswe ngenkonzo. Sifunda imibhalo ukuze sikhule olwazini lwethu ngoNkulunkulu, siyakhuleka ngoba iyona ndlela kuphela yokukhuluma naye futhi sibonga ukuthi waze wasenzela indlela yokusondela esihlalweni sakhe somusa ngokuzethemba ( Heberu 4:16 ), futhi simkhonza ngoba simthanda kakhulu sifuna ukunikela ngezimpilo zethu kube ngumnikelo ophilayo ( Rom 12:1). iZwi lakhe liyayala ngakho futhi sesiyazi kakade ukuthi kuyintando yakhe. Umhlaba, nakho konke okunikezayo, akufanele uthathe indawo yokuqala ezimpilweni zethu ngoba siyazi ukuthi akukhona konke lokhu. Yonke indalo yayihloselwe ukusikhomba kuMdali, ngakho ekujabuleleni kwethu, akufanele silahlekelwe umbono wesithombe esikhulu, silindele ngokulangazela ukuthi iNkosi yethu noMsindisi wethu uJesu, abuye noma asibize ekhaya.
Lokhu ngokuqinisekile akukhona ukulinda okungenanhloso, ukubuka ukuphuma nokushona kwelanga, ukuphawula ngesimo sezulu, ukuskrola ngokungenanjongo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngenxa yokuthi sinesikhathi esiningi kakhulu ezandleni zethu. Cha mngane, kuningi okumelwe sikwenze, njengoba simba sijula eZwini likaNkulunkulu, ngeke kuthathe isikhathi eside size sibone ukuguquka kwesimo sengqondo sezinhliziyo zethu. Njengoba silindele ngokuqaphela ukufika koMbuso kaNkulunkulu njengoba imithandazo yethu isikisela, sizoqala ukubona izithelo zikaMoya ezimpilweni zethu, uthando, ukwethembeka, ukuzithiba, ukubala okumbalwa. Yilolu thando oluzoshukumisa izinkanuko zethu zisuke ekufuneni ukukhonza, ukuthanda uKristu futhi ngenxa yalokho sithande abanye, yilokhu kwethembeka okuzosenza singaguquguquki emthandazweni nasezwini lethu, khona kanye ukuzithiba okuyosenza singabi namahloni, ukuntuleka kwalokhu ezimpilweni zethu noma ezisizungezile kufanele kusize izinhliziyo zethu ezimangazayo ukuba zibambe ukuphuthuma kwevangeli, okwesibili ukuphila ngalo.
Uma siphila ngoMoya, sizohambisana noMoya (Galathiya 5:22), futhi masinyane sizophinde siqaphele, ukuthi ukukholwa kwethu akufanele kuzuze thina kuphela, kodwa nabanye futhi. izithelo zethu ziyokwenza abanye abantu bezwe babone ukuthi uJehova muhle (AmaHubo 34:8) njengoba siziqhenya ngenjabulo nangokulindela ngaLowo oguqule izimpilo zethu kodwa ikakhulukazi ubuphakade bethu. Ngakho-ke, siphila izimpilo zethu ngokubheka ikusasa njengamanje, singalindi ukuthi i-confetti iwe ngaphambi kokuba siphile izimpilo ezigcwele kube inkazimulo yaLowo owasibizela ebuhlotsheni. Uma uthanda okuthile ngokweqiniso, yilokho kuphela ofuna ukukhuluma ngakho, futhi ukukhuluma ngamandla okusindisa evangeli kuyinto enothando kakhulu ongayenzela abanye. Lokhu akunzima njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi ukwenze ekhanda lakho, ngoba uNkulunkulu usevele wenza umsebenzi wakhe wokusindisa futhi ukumema ukuba ube yingxenye yawo. Ingabe uzosamukela isimemo?
Isimemo
U-C.S. Lewis waphawula ngokufanelekile ukuthi ukuthembisa ingane ehlala emijondolo iholidi olwandle, engakaze ilibone, kungase kuzwakale kungenangqondo. Bangase bancamele ukuqhubeka benza ophaya bodaka kunokuba bakuthathe njengezwi lakho. Yithi laba uma senqaba ukukholelwa ebuhleni esisindisiwe ukuze sibujabulele phakade. Kodwa ngokungafani nathi, uNkulunkulu, ngomusa Wakhe nokuhlakanipha, usinika amazwibela ale ndawo. Usinika umusa njalo ekuseni ukuze sibambe lawa maqiniso ngemiBhalo. Ngokungafani nengane engenakuzisiza ehlala emijondolo, uNkulunkulu ubeke ubuphakade ezinhliziyweni zethu (UmShumayeli 3:11). UMoya oNgcwele usiholela kulo lonke iqiniso, ethatha lokho uJesu anakho futhi asimemezele kithi (Johane 16:13-14). Ngemva kokuba sesikulwile ukulwa okuhle, siqedile ibanga, futhi sigcina ukholo, umqhele wethu wenkazimulo ulindele ngalé kwethuna (2 Thimothewu 4:7-8). Nakuba izipho ezinhle uNkulunkulu asinika zona zisisekela, zingcoliswe isono. Kwesinye isikhathi ukuhlupheka kubusa izimpilo zethu, kusiqhubezela ukuthi sithandaze sithi, “Woza, Nkosi Jesu.” Yilokhu kuhlupheka okufanele kwenziwe enhliziyweni yekholwa—kusinxusele emhlabeni ongcono esibizelwe kuwo.
UPawulu uyabhala: “Ngokuba ngithi izinhlupheko zalesi sikhathi azinakuqhathaniswa nenkazimulo ezokwambulwa kithi.” (KwabaseRoma 8:18). UJohane usikhumbuza ukuthi zonke izinto ziyokwenziwa zibe zintsha. UNkulunkulu uyosula zonke izinyembezi; akusayikuba-khona ukulila, nokukhala, nobuhlungu (Isambulo 21:3-4).Ngesikhathi sisalinde lokhu, masikhumbule ukuthi ngakho konke okuzodlula, liyoba njalo nethuba lokuhlanganyela ivangeli kwabalahlekile. Asilwazi usuku nehora (Mathewu 24:36). Masingazikhohlisi ngokucabanga ukuthi sinesikhathi. Ngubani owaziyo uma imiphefumulo yethu izofunwa kithi ngalobu busuku?
