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Roman 10,1-15: Izindaba ezimnandi kuwo wonke umuntu
UPawulu wabhala kweyabaseRoma: “Bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, engikulangazelela ngama-Israyeli ngenhliziyo yami yonke futhi engikucela kuNkulunkulu ngenxa yawo kuwukuba asindiswe.” 10,1 NGU).
Kodwa kwakunenkinga: “Ngokuba abasweli ukushisekela umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu; Ngingakufakazela lokho. Abantula ulwazi olufanele. Abakaqondi ukuthi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kumayelana nani futhi bazama ukuma phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngokulunga kwabo siqu. Ngokwenza kanjalo, bavukela ubulungisa bukaNkulunkulu esikhundleni sokuzithoba kubo.” (Roma 10,2-3 NGÜ).
AmaIsrayeli uPawulu ayewazi ayefuna ukulunga phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngemisebenzi yawo siqu (ngokugcina imithetho).
“Ngokuba umgomo womthetho ufezwa ngoKristu: wonke okholwa kuye uyakuthiwa ulungile. Indlela eya ekulungeni iyafana kumaJuda nakwabeZizwe” (Roma 10,4 NGÜ). Sie können Gottes Gerechtigkeit nicht erreichen, indem Sie sich verbessern. Gott schenkt Ihnen die Gerechtigkeit.
Sonke siye saphila ngaphansi kwemithetho ngezinye izikhathi. Lapho ngisengumfana, ngangiphila ngaphansi kwemithetho kamama. Omunye wemithetho yabo kwakuwukungikhumula izicathulo ngaphambi kokungena endlini ngemva kokudlala egcekeni. Kwadingeka ngihlanze izicathulo ezingcoliswe kakhulu ngamanzi kuvulandi.
UJesu uhlanza ukungcola
UNkulunkulu akaziphathi ngendlela ehlukile. Akafuni ukungcola kwezono zethu kusabalele endlini yakhe yonke. Inkinga iwukuthi asinayo indlela yokuzihlanza futhi ngeke sikwazi ukungena size sihlanzeke. UNkulunkulu ungenisa kuphela endaweni yakhe yokuhlala labo abangcwele, abangenasono nabamsulwa. Akekho ongafinyelela lobu bumsulwa ngokwakhe.
Kungakho uJesu kwadingeka aphume endlini yakhe azosihlambulula. Nguye kuphela owayengasihlanza. Uma umatasa ukhipha ukungcola kwakho, ungazihlanza kuze kube usuku lokugcina, ngeke kwanele ukungena endlini. Nokho, uma ukukholelwa lokho uJesu akushoyo, ngoba kakade usekuhlanzile, ungangena endlini kaNkulunkulu futhi uhlale etafuleni lakhe ukuze udle.
Amavesi 5-15 kwabaseRoma 10 akhuluma ngaleliqiniso elilandelayo: Akunakwenzeka ukumazi uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokuba isono sisuswe. Ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu alukwazi ukususa isono sethu.
Mayelana naleli phuzu kwabaseRoma 10,5-8 ukusekela, ucaphuna uPawulu 5. Genesise 30,11:12: “Ungasho enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi: ‘Ngubani oyakwenyukela ezulwini na? - njengokungathi bafuna ukwehlisa uKristu lapho." Kuthiwa njengabantu singamfuna futhi simthole uNkulunkulu. Kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi, uNkulunkulu uyeza kithi futhi asithole.
IZwi likaNkulunkulu laphakade lifikile kithi njengoNkulunkulu nomuntu, njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uJesu Kristu owenziwe ngenyama negazi. Asizange simthole ezulwini. Wanquma enkululekweni yakhe yobuNkulunkulu ukwehla eze kithi. UJesu wasisindisa thina bantu ngokugeza ukungcola kwesono nokusivulela indlela yokungena endlini kaNkulunkulu.
Lokhu kuphakamisa umbuzo: Ingabe uyakukholelwa lokho uNkulunkulu akushoyo? Uyakholwa ukuthi uJesu usekutholile futhi usekugezile ukungcola kwakho ukuze manje ungene endlini yakhe? Uma ningakukholwa lokhu, ningaphandle kwendlu kaNkulunkulu, anikwazi ukungena.
UPawulu ukhuluma kwabaseRoma 10,9-13 NIV: “Ngakho-ke uma uvuma ngomlomo wakho ukuthi uJesu uyiNkosi, ukholwa enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo, uyakusindiswa. Ngokuba umuntu kuthiwa ulungile lapho ekholwa ngenhliziyo; umuntu uyasindiswa lapho “evuma ukholo” ngomlomo. Kungakho umbhalo uthi, “Bonke abathembela kuye bayakusindiswa ekubhujisweni” (Isaya 2)8,16). Akwenzi mehluko ukuthi umuntu ungumJuda noma ongeyena umJuda: wonke umuntu uneNkosi eyodwa, futhi uvumela wonke umuntu obiza kuye “ngomthandazo” ahlanganyele engcebweni yakhe. “Obiza igama likaJehova uyakusindiswa.” (Jow 3,5).
Leli iqiniso: UNkulunkulu wahlenga indalo Yakhe ngoJesu Kristu. Wazihlanza izono zethu futhi wasihlanza ngomhlatshelo wakhe, ngaphandle kosizo noma isicelo sethu. Uma sikholwa kuJesu futhi sivuma ukuthi uyiNkosi, sesivele siphila kuleli qiniso.
isibonelo sobugqila
Am 1. NgoJanuwari 1863, uMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln wasayina iSimemezelo Sokukhululwa. Lo myalelo wesigungu uthe zonke izigqila kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezivukela uhulumeni wase-US sezikhululekile. Izindaba zale nkululeko azizange zifinyelele izigqila zaseGalveston, eTexas, kwaze kwaba nguJuni 19, 1865. Iminyaka emibili nengxenye, lezi zigqila zazingazi ngenkululeko yazo futhi zazibonela nje iqiniso lapho amasosha ase-US Army ezitshela.
UJesu unguMsindisi wethu
Ukuvuma kwethu akusindisi, kodwa uJesu unguMsindisi wethu. Ngeke siphoqe uNkulunkulu ukuba asenzele noma yini. Imisebenzi yethu emihle ngeke isenze singabi nasono. Akunandaba ukuthi hlobo luni lomsebenzi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukuthobela umthetho - njengokugcina usuku lungcwele noma ukugwema utshwala - noma ngabe umsebenzi wokuthi, "Ngiyakholwa." UPawulu usho ngokucacile: “Futhi, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu nisindisiwe, futhi lokho ngokukholwa. Ngakho awuzikweleti insindiso yakho; cha, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu.” ( Efesu 2,8 NGÜ). Sogar der Glaube ist ein Geschenk Gottes!
UNkulunkulu akalindele ukuvuma izono
Kuyasiza ukuqonda umehluko phakathi kwenkontileka nokuvuma izono. Inkontileka yisivumelwano esisemthethweni lapho kuhwebelana khona. Iqembu ngalinye libophekile ukuthi lishintshisane ngokuthile. Uma sinesivumelwano noNkulunkulu, khona-ke ukuzibophezela kwethu kuJesu kusibophezela ekusindisweni. Kodwa ngeke siphoqe uNkulunkulu ukuba asithathele isinyathelo. Umusa nguKristu ekhetha ukwehla eze kithi ngenkululeko yakhe yobuNkulunkulu.
Enkantolo evulekile, umuntu uyavuma ukuthi icala likhona ngokulivuma. Isigebengu singase sithi, “Ngiyavuma ukuthi ngeba izimpahla. Ulamukele iqiniso empilweni yakhe. Ngokufanayo, umlandeli kaJesu uthi, “Ngiyavuma ukuthi ngidinga ukusindiswa noma uJesu wangisindisa.
Ubizelwe enkululekweni
Okudingwa yizigqila eTexas ngo-1865 kwakungeyona inkontileka yokuthenga inkululeko yazo. Kwakumele bazi futhi bavume ukuthi base bekhululekile. Inkululeko yabo yayisivele isikhona. UMongameli uLincoln wayengabakhulula, futhi wabakhulula ngomthetho wakhe. UNkulunkulu wayenelungelo lokusisindisa futhi wasisindisa ngokuphila kweNdodana yakhe. Okudingwa yizigqila zaseTexas kwakuwukuzwa ngenkululeko yazo, ukukholelwa ukuthi injalo, futhi ziphile ngokufanele. Izigqila zidinga umuntu ozofika azitshele ukuthi zikhululekile.
Lona umlayezo kaPawulu kwabaseRoma 10:14 : “Manje kuyiqiniso ukuthi ningabiza iNkosi kuphela uma nikholwa yiyo. Ungakholelwa kuye kuphela uma uke wezwa ngaye. Ungamuzwa kuphela uma kukhona ozomemezela isigijimi sakhe.”
Ungacabanga ukuthi kwakunjani ngalezi zigqila ukuqoba ukotini ekushiseni okungama-degree angu-40 eTexas ngalolo suku lwangoJuni futhi zizwe izindaba ezinhle zenkululeko yazo? Babenosuku oluhle kakhulu ekuphileni kwabo! KwabaseRoma 10,15 UPawulu ucaphuna ku-Isaya: “Yeka ukuthi zinhle kangakanani izinyawo zabaletha izindaba ezinhle” ( Isaya 52,7).
Iyini indima yethu?
Iyini indima yethu ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu lwensindiso? Siyizithunywa zakhe zenjabulo futhi sihambisa izindaba ezinhle zenkululeko kubantu abangakezwa ngenkululeko yabo. Asikwazi ukusindisa umuntu oyedwa. Siyizithunywa, amahange ezindaba ezinhle futhi siletha izindaba ezinhle: “UJesu ufeze konke, nikhululekile”!
Ama-Israyeli uPawulu ayewazi ezwa izindaba ezinhle. Abazange bawakholelwe amazwi uPawulu ayewalethe kubo. Uyakholelwa ekukhululweni ebugqilini bakho futhi uphila enkululekweni entsha?
nguJonathan Stepp
