Onenhlanganyelo noNkulunkulu uneNhlanganyelo noJesu nabafundi Bakhe
Kuvamile ukuthi abantu bathi: “Angifuni ukukhuluma ngoJesu, masikhulume ngoNkulunkulu. Bathi bayakholwa kuNkulunkulu ngaphandle kukaJesu, futhi lokho kwanele.” Kodwa lokhu akuphelele. IBhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi akukho ukwazi uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kukaJesu. UJesu uqobo lwakhe ungumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonwayo (Kolose 1:15; Hebheru 1:3; Johane 14:9).
Cabanga ngomuntu othi angakwazi ukubona ngaphandle, ngaphandle kokuba kube khona iwindi. Yize kunjalo, uma usesendlini awukwazi ukubona lutho ngaphandle kokubheka emawindini noma ukuphuma ngomnyango. Kananjalo nathi, uJesu uyiwona “amawindi” akhombisa ubuso bukaNkulunkulu. Ngaphandle kwakhe asikwazi ukwazi uNkulunkulu.
Lokhu kwakuyingxabano enkulu ngesikhathi somphostoli uJohane. Amanye amalungu ayekade eyingxenye yebandla aqala ukuphika ubuNkulunkulu bukaJesu. Abanye bathi uJesu wayengeyona iNdodana kaNkulunkulu (1 Johane 2:22), kanti abanye babengaboni isidingo sokuhlanzwa ezonweni zabo (1 Johane 3:7–10). Kwakucacile ukuthi laba abaphikayo babengasakwazi ukuhlala enhlanganyelweni yebandla (1 Johane 2:18–19).
UMpostoli wabhala izincwadi zakhe ukuze aqinisekise amakholwa, ikakhulukazi abasanda kukholwa. Wayefuna ukuba baqonde ukuthi inhlanganyelo yangempela akuyona nje ukuhlala ndawonye noma ukuchitha isikhathi nabanye, kodwa ukuxhumana okujulile okuhambisana nenhloso efanayo.
Inhlanganyelo: hhayi ukuhlala ndawonye kuphela
NgesiNgisi, “fellowship” ivame ukuhumushelwa ngokuthi inhlanganyelo. Kodwa thina sivame ukuyicabanga njenge “ukuba ndawonye” noma “ukuchitha isikhathi.” Empeleni, igama uJohane alisebenzisayo lisho “ukubamba iqhaza” (participation). Kungukuhlanganyela emgomweni ofanayo.
Umfanekiso ocacile lapha owabacaci bamadwala. Abantu abakhuphuka amadwala abenza kanjalo bebophelene ngentambo, ukuze uma omunye ewe, bonke basekele futhi bahambe ndawonye. Lokhu akuwona nje umfanekiso wokufika phezulu kanyekanye, kodwa futhi wokuthi uma kudingeka sife, sife sonke. Le yiyo inhlanganyelo uJohane ayekhuluma ngayo:
“Sinishumayeza khona nani, ukuze nani nibe nenhlanganyelo nathi. Kepha thina sinenhlanganyelo noYise naneNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu” (1 Johane 1:3).
Isifundo sikaJohane
Ngakho, labo abaphika uJesu noma abaphula ubudlelwane nabapostoli babengeke babe yingxenye yale nhlanganyelo. Inhlanganyelo yangempela iqala ngokubona, ukuzwa, nokwamukela uJesu njengoba kwenza abafundi bokuqala ababehlala naye mathupha (1 Johane 1:1–2).
Ngalesi sizathu, uJohane ubiza amakholwa ukuba angalandeli abenzi bamanga, kodwa akhumbule ukuthi iqiniso lisekelwe ekuboneni kukaJesu njengaye kuphela onguMfanekiso kaNkulunkulu. Inhlanganyelo noNkulunkulu ihamba njalo nenhlanganyelo noJesu nofakazi bakhe bokuqala.
