Ucabangani ngabangakholwa?

Ngiza kuwe nombuzo obalulekile: uzizwa kanjani ngabangewona amakholwa? Ngicabanga ukuthi lowo ngumbuzo okufanele sonke sicabange ngawo! U-Chuck Colson, umsunguli we-Prison Fellowship e-USA, wake waphendula lo mbuzo ngesifaniso: “Uma indoda eyimpumputhe ikunyathela noma ichithele ikhofi elishisayo ehembeni lakho, ubungayithukuthelela? Yena ngokwakhe uphendula ngokuthi mhlawumbe asikho, ngoba umuntu oyimpumputhe akakwazi ukubona okuphambi kwakhe".

Sicela ukhumbule, abantu abangakabizwa ukuba bakholwe kuKristu abakwazi ukubona iqiniso phambi kwamehlo abo. “Kwabangakholwayo, abaphuphuthekiswe unkulunkulu walelizwe izingqondo zabo ukuba bangaboni ukukhanya okukhazimulayo kwevangeli lenkazimulo kaKristu, ongumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.”2. AbaseKorinte 4,4). Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanele, uMoya oNgcwele uvula amehlo abo omoya ukuze babone. “Futhi yena (uJesu Kristu) unipha amehlo akhanyiselwe enhliziyo, ukuze nazi ithemba enabizelwa kulo nguye, ukuthi inothile kangakanani inkazimulo yefa lakhe kwabangcwele.” ( Kwabase-Efesu 1,18). OFata BeSonto babiza lesi senzakalo ngokuthi “isimangaliso sokukhanyiselwa”. Lapho lokho kwenzeka, kuyenzeka ukuba abantu bakholwe. Bakholwa ngoba manje sebezibonela ngawabo amehlo. Nakuba abanye abantu, naphezu kokubona amehlo, bekhetha ukungakholwa, kuyinkolelo yami ukuthi abaningi babo bayosabela kahle obizweni olucacile lukaNkulunkulu esikhathini esithile ekuphileni kwabo. Ngithandazela ukuthi bakwenze ngokushesha kunokuba kamuva ukuze ngaleso sikhathi bathole ukuthula nenjabulo yokwazi uNkulunkulu nokuhlanganyela uNkulunkulu nabanye.

Sikholwa ukuthi siyabona ukuthi abangakholwayo banemibono engalungile ngoNkulunkulu. Eminye yale mibono ingumphumela wezibonelo ezimbi ezivela kumaKrestu. Ezinye zavela emibonweni engenangqondo nengacabangi ngoNkulunkulu eyayizwakale iminyaka eminingi. Le mibono eyiphutha yenza ubumpumputhe obungokomoya bubi kakhulu. Sikuphendula kanjani ukungakholwa kwabo? Ngeshwa, thina maKrestu siphendula ngokubeka izindonga zokuvikela noma ukwenqaba okuqinile. Ekumiseni lezi zindonga, asinaki iqiniso lokuthi abangakholwa nabo babalulekile kuNkulunkulu njengamakholwa. Siyakhohlwa ukuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yeza emhlabeni hhayi kumakholwa kuphela, kodwa nakubo bonke abantu.

Lapho uJesu eqala inkonzo yakhe emhlabeni ayengekho amaKristu - iningi labantu lalingewona amakholwa, ngisho namaJuda angaleso sikhathi. Kodwa ngokubonga uJesu wayengumngane wezoni – umkhulumeli wabangakholwayo. Wathi: “Abanamandla abamdingi udokotela, kodwa abagulayo.” ( Mathewu 9,12). UJesu wazibophezela ekufuneni izoni ezilahlekile ukuze zimamukele kanye nensindiso azinikeza yona. Ngakho wachitha ingxenye enkulu yesikhathi sakhe nabantu ababebhekwa njengabangafaneleki nabangafaneleki ukunakwa. Ngakho abaholi benkolo bamaJuda babiza uJesu ngokuthi “isiminzi, isidakwa sewayini, nomngane wabathelisi nezoni.” 7,34).

Ivangeli lisivezela iqiniso: “UJesu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu waba umuntu, ephila phakathi kwethu, futhi wafa futhi wenyukela ezulwini; wakwenza lokhu kubo bonke abantu”. UmBhalo usitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyalithanda “izwe.” (UJohane 3,16) Lokhu kungasho ukuthi iningi labantu alikholwa. UNkulunkulu ofanayo usibizela ukuba sithande bonke abantu njengoba kwenza uJesu. Ngalokhu sidinga ukuqonda ukuze sibabone “njengabangakakholwa kuKristu” - njengalabo abangabakhe, uJesu awafela wabuye wavuka. Ngeshwa, lokhu kunzima kakhulu kumaKristu amaningi. Ngokusobala kunamaKristu anele azimisele ukwahlulela abanye. INdodana kaNkulunkulu yamemezela: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu kayithumanga iNdodana yakhe ezweni ukuba yahlulele izwe, kodwa ukuba izwe lisindiswe ngayo.” ( Joh. 3,17). Ngokudabukisayo, amanye amaKristu ashisekela kakhulu ukugxeka abangakholwa kangangokuthi ababoni nhlobo ukuthi uNkulunkulu uBaba ubabheka kanjani - njengabantwana Bakhe abathandekayo. Kulababantu wathumela indodana yakhe ukuba izobafela, nakuba babengakayiboni noma bayithande. Singase sibabone njengabangakholwa noma abangakholwa, kepha uNkulunkulu uyababona njengamakholwa azayo. Ngaphambi kokuba uMoya oNgcwele uvule amehlo omuntu ongakholwa, asuke evalwe ngobumpumputhe bokungakholwa - adidwe imibono engalungile ngokwemfundiso yenkolo mayelana nobuyena nothando lukaNkulunkulu. Kungaphansi kwalezi zimo lapho kufanele sizithande esikhundleni sokuzigwema noma sizenqabe. Kufanele sithandazele ukuthi, njengoba uMoya oNgcwele ebasiza, baqonde izindaba ezinhle zomusa kaNkulunkulu wokubuyisana futhi bamukele iqiniso ngokukholwa. Kwangathi laba bantu bangangena ekuphileni okusha ngaphansi kokuqondisa nokubusa kukaNkulunkulu, futhi kwangathi uMoya oNgcwele ungabasiza ukuba bathole ukuthula abakuphiwa njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.

Njengoba sizindla ngabangewona amakholwa, masikhumbule umyalo kaJesu: “Yilo umyalo wami, wokuba nithandane njengoba nje nami nginithanda” ( Johane 15,12).” Futhi uJesu usithanda kanjani? Ngokuhlanganyela ukuphila nothando lwakhe nathi. Akabeki izindonga zokuhlukanisa amakholwa kwabangakholwa. AmaVangeli asitshela ukuthi uJesu wayebathanda futhi ebamukela abathelisi, iziphingi, abanamademoni, nabanochoko. Wayethanda nabesifazane ababenegama elibi, amasosha amklolodelayo futhi amshaya, nezigebengu ezazibethelwe eceleni kwakhe. Njengoba uJesu elenga esiphambanweni futhi ekhumbula bonke laba bantu, wathandaza: “Baba, bathethelele; ngoba abakwazi abakwenzayo.” ( Luka 2 Kor3,34). UJesu uyabathanda futhi wemukela konke, ukuze bonke bathole intethelelo kuye njengoMsindisi neNkosi yabo futhi baphile ekuhlanganyeleni noYise osezulwini ngoMoya oNgcwele.

UJesu ukunika isabelo othandweni lwakhe kwabangakholwa. Ngokwenza njalo, ubona laba bantu njengempahla kaNkulunkulu, adalile futhi azohlenga, yize bengakamazi Lowo obathandayo. Uma ugcina lo mbono, isimo sakho sengqondo nokuziphatha kwakho kwabangakholwa kuzoshintsha. Uzobanga laba bantu ngezandla ezifudumele njengamalungu omndeni ayizintandane nabahlukanisiwe abasazokwazi ubaba wabo weqiniso. Njengabafowethu nodadewethu abalahlekile, abaqapheli ukuthi bahlobene nathi ngoKristu. Funa ukuhlangana nabangakholwa ngothando lukaNkulunkulu, ukuze nabo bamukele umusa kaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabo.

nguJoseph Tkach