UJesu uyaphila!

Uma ubungakhetha kuphela umBhalo owodwa ohlanganisa impilo yakho yonke njengomKristu, bekungaba yini? Mhlawumbe leli vesi elicashunwe kakhulu: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade na? ( Johane 3:16 ) Ukukhetha okuhle! Kimina, ivesi elibaluleke kakhulu iBhayibheli elilidlulisela lilonke yilo: “Ngalolo suku niyokwazi nina ukuthi ngikuBaba, nani nikimi, nami ngikini” ( Johane 14,20).

Ngobusuku bangaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uJesu akazange nje atshele abafundi bakhe ukuthi babeyonikezwa uMoya oNgcwele “ngalolo suku,” kodwa wabuye wakhuluma ngokuphindaphindiwe ngalokho okwakuyokwenzeka ngokufa kwakhe, ukuvuka kwakhe, nokwenyukela kwakhe ezulwini. Okuthile okungakholakali kuzokwenzeka, into emangalisayo, into eshaqisayo, engabonakali ingenzeka. Le misho emithathu emincane isifundisani?

Uyaqaphela yini ukuthi uJesu ukuYise?

UJesu uphila ngoMoya oNgcwele ebudlelwaneni obuseduze, obuyingqayizivele futhi obukhethekile kakhulu noYise. UJesu uhlala esibelethweni sikayise! “Akakho owake wambona uNkulunkulu; okunguye yedwa onguNkulunkulu osesifubeni sikaYise okumemezele lokho.” ( Joh. 1,18). Esinye isazi siyabhala: “Ukuba sesiswini somuntu kuwukugona othile, ukugcwaliswa ukunakekela okuseduze nokunakekela kothando kothile. UJesu ukhona lapho: "Esifubeni sikaYise osezulwini."

Ingabe Uyaqaphela Ukuthi UkuJesu?

"Wena kimi!" Amazwi amathathu amancane aphefumulayo. uphi uJesu Sisanda kufunda ukuthi usebuhlotsheni bangempela nobujabulisayo noYise wasezulwini. Manje uJesu uthi sikuye njengamagatsha emvinini (Johane 15,1-8). Uyakuqonda ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokho? Sisebuhlotsheni obufana nobukaJesu noYise. Asibhekile ngaphandle sizama ukuthola ukuthi ungaba kanjani yingxenye yalobu budlelwano obukhethekile. Siyingxenye yawo. Lokhu kumayelana nani ngempela? Kwenzeka kanjani konke? Ake sibheke emuva kancane.

IPhasika minyaka yonke lisikhumbuza ngokufa, ukungcwatshwa nokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu. Kodwa lena akuyona nje indaba kaJesu, kodwa futhi indaba yakho! Yindaba yabo bonke ngoba uJesu wayebambele futhi ebambele. Lapho eshona, safa naye sonke. Lapho engcwatshwa, sangcwatshwa naye sonke. Lapho evuka ekuphileni okusha kwenkazimulo, sonke savuka kuleyo mpilo (Roma 6,3-14). Kungani uJesu afa? “Ngokuba noKristu wahlupheka kwaba kanye ngenxa yezono, olungileyo ngenxa yabangalungile, ukuze aniyise kuNkulunkulu, wabulawa enyameni, kodwa wenziwa waphila emoyeni.”1. UPetrus 3,18).

Ngeshwa, abantu abaningi bacabanga uNkulunkulu njengekhehla elinesizungu elihlala ndawana thize ezulwini futhi elisibheka likude. Kodwa uJesu usibonisa okuphambene nalokho. Ngenxa yothando lwakhe olukhulu, uJesu wasihlanganisa naye futhi wasiletha ebukhoneni bukaBaba ngoMoya oNgcwele. “Futhi lapho sengiyonilungisela indawo, ngizophinde ngize futhi nginithathele kimi, ukuze nani nibe lapho ngikhona” (Johane 1)4,3). Ubonile yini ukuthi akushiwo lutho nganoma yini okufanele siyenze noma siyifinyelele ukuze singene ebukhoneni Bakhe? Akukhona mayelana nokulandela imithetho nemithethonqubo ukuze wenze isiqiniseko sokuthi senza kahle ngokwanele. Sesivele sithi: “Wasivusa kanye nathi futhi wasimisa ezulwini kuKristu Jesu” (Efe 2,6). Lobu budlelwane obukhethekile, obuyingqayizivele nobuseduze uJesu anabo noYise ngoMoya oNgcwele kuze kube phakade sebufinyeleleka kuwo wonke umuntu. Manje sebexhumene ngokuseduze noNkulunkulu ngangokunokwenzeka futhi uJesu wenza lobu buhlobo obuseduze baba nokwenzeka.

Uyabona ukuthi uJesu ukuwe?

Impilo yakho ibaluleke kakhulu kunalokho ongakucabanga! Awukho kuJesu kuphela, kodwa Yena ukuwe. Kwandile ngaphakathi kuwe futhi kuhlala ngaphakathi kuwe. Ukhona empilweni yakho yansuku zonke, enhliziyweni yakho, emicabangweni nasebudlelwaneni bakho. UJesu uthatha isimo kuwe (Galathiya 4:19). Uma udlula ezikhathini ezinzima, uJesu udlula kuzo kuwe nakuwe. Unamandla akuwe lapho kufika usizi. Usebumeni obuyingqayizivele, ubuthakathaka kanye nobuthaka bomunye nomunye wethu futhi ujabulela amandla Akhe, injabulo, ukubekezela, intethelelo ebonakaliswa kithi futhi ekhombisa ngathi abanye abantu. UPawulu wathi: “Ngoba kimi ukuphila kunguKristu, futhi ukufa kuyinzuzo.” (Filipi 1,21). Leli qiniso liyasebenza nakuwe: Uyimpilo yakho ngakho-ke kufanelekile ukudela ngenxa yakhe. Themba ukuthi unguye kuwe.

UJesu ukuwe nawe ukuye! Ukulo mkhathi futhi lapho uzothola ukukhanya, ukuphila nokondleka okuzokuqinisa. Lo mkhathi ungaphakathi kwakho nawe, ngaphandle kwawo ubungeke ube khona futhi ungafa. SikuJesu yena ukithi. Ungumkhathi wethu, ukuphila kwethu konke.

Emthandazweni wompristi omkhulu, uJesu uchaza lobu bunye ngokunembe ngisho nangokwengeziwe. "Ngiyazingcwelisa ngenxa yabo, ukuze nabo bangcweliswe eqinisweni. Angikhulekeli bona bodwa, kodwa nalabo abayokholwa yimi ngezwi labo ukuthi bonke bamunye. Njengawe baba "Uma ukimi, nami ngikini, nabo mababe kithi, ukuze izwe likholwe ukuthi wena ungithumile, nenkazimulo onginike yona ngibanikile bona, ukuze babe njengaye.” , mina ngibe kubo, nawe ukimi, ukuze babe munye ngokuphelele, futhi izwe lazi ukuthi wena ungithumile, futhi uyabathanda njengoba ungithanda mina.”7,19-enye).

Ingabe wena mfundi othandekayo, uyabubona ubunye bakho kuNkulunkulu kanye nobunye bukaNkulunkulu kuwe? Lena imfihlo nesipho sakho esikhulu kunazo zonke. Buyisa uthando lwakho ngoNkulunkulu ngokubonga kwakho!

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