UMoya oNgcwele uhlala kuwe!

Ingabe ngezinye izikhathi uba nomuzwa wokuthi uNkulunkulu akekho ekuphileni kwakho? UMoya oNgcwele ungakuguqulela lokho. Ababhali beTestamente Elisha bagcizelela ukuthi amaKristu angaleso sikhathi azwa ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu obuphilayo. Kodwa ingabe ulapha kithi namuhla? Uma kunjalo, unjani? Impendulo ithi uNkulunkulu uhlala kithi namuhla, njengasesikhathini sabaPhostoli, ngoMoya oNgcwele. Siwubona njengomoya, ngakho asikwazi ukuwubona: “Umoya uphephetha lapho othanda khona, uyezwa ukuduma kwawo, kodwa anazi lapho uvela khona nalapho uya khona. kaMoya” (Joh 3,8).

Isazi esingumKristu sathi, "UMoya oNgcwele awushiyi mikhondo esihlabathini." Ngenxa yokuthi ayibonakali ezinzwa zethu, ishalazelwa kalula futhi kulula ukuyiqonda. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ulwazi lwethu ngoJesu Kristu luqinile ngoba uMsindisi wethu wayengumuntu. UNkulunkulu owaphila phakathi kwethu enyameni yomuntu, uJesu Kristu, wanika uNkulunkulu ubuso ngenxa yethu. Futhi uNkulunkulu iNdodana wanika uNkulunkulu uBaba ubuso. UJesu wagcizelela ukuthi labo ababembona ‘bambonile’ noYise. Bobabili ubaba nendodana bathandana namaKristu agcwele uMoya namuhla. Bakhona phakathi kwamaKristu ngoMoya oNgcwele. Ngenxa yalokhu, ngokuqinisekile sifuna ukwazi okwengeziwe ngomoya futhi sizizwele ngawo mathupha. NgoMoya, amakholwa azwa ukusondelana kukaNkulunkulu futhi anikwa amandla okusebenzisa uthando Lwakhe.

Umduduzi wethu

Kubaphostoli, ikakhulukazi uJohane, uMoya oNgcwele ungumeluleki noma umduduzi. Ungumuntu obizelwe ukusiza enkingeni noma eswele. “Ngokunjalo noMoya uyasisiza ebuthakathakeni bethu, ngokuba asikwazi esiyakukhuleka ngokufanele, kepha uMoya uqobo uyasingenela ngokububula okungakhulumekiyo.” 8,26).

Labo abaholwa nguMoya oNgcwele bangabantu bakaNkulunkulu, kusho uPawulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bangamadodana namadodakazi kaNkulunkulu ambiza ngobaba wawo. Begcwele uMoya, abantu bakaNkulunkulu bangaphila enkululekweni yomoya. Awusaboshiwe yimvelo yesono futhi uphila impilo entsha yokukhuthazeka nobunye noNkulunkulu. Lolu ushintsho olukhulu olwenziwa nguMoya oNgcwele ekuguqukeni kwabantu.

Izifiso zakho zizoqondiswa kuNkulunkulu esikhundleni salomhlaba. UPawulu wakhuluma ngalokhu kuguqulwa: “Kepha kwathi lapho ububele nothando lukaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu lubonakala, wasisindisa, kungengenxa yemisebenzi ebesingayenza ngokulunga, kodwa ngokwesihawu sakhe ngokusigeza. wokuzalwa kutsha nokuvuselelwa koMoya oNgcwele” (Thithu 3,4-enye).
Ubukhona bukaMoya oNgcwele buyiqiniso elichazayo lokuguquka. Ngakho uPawulu wayengathi: “Kepha lowo ongenawo uMoya kaKristu akasiye owakhe” (kusuka kwabaseRoma 8,9). Uma umuntu ephendukile ngokweqiniso, uKristu uzohlala kuye ngoMoya oNgcwele. Abantu abanjalo bangabakaNkulunkulu ngoba umoya wakhe ubenze umkhaya wakhe.

Impilo egcwele umoya

Singaba kanjani namandla nobukhona bukaMoya oNgcwele ezimpilweni zethu futhi sazi ukuthi uMoya kaNkulunkulu uhlala kithi? Ababhali beTestamente Elisha, ikakhulukazi uPaul, bathi umphumela wokuphendula komuntu obizweni lukaNkulunkulu ukunika amandla. Ubizo lokwamukela umusa kaNkulunkulu kuJesu Kristu lusenza sikwazi ukushiya izindlela zakudala zokucabanga siphile noMoya.
Ngakho sidinga ukukhuthazwa ukuba siholwe nguMoya, sihambe ngoMoya, siphile ngoMoya. Indlela yokwenza lokhu ichazwe ngomgomo obanzi ezincwadini zeTestamente Elisha. Umphostoli uPawulu ugcizelela ukuthi amaKristu kufanele ‘avuse’ umoya oyowasiza ukuba aphile izici ezinhle zothando, injabulo, ukuthula, ukubekezela, umusa, ukulunga, ukwethembeka, ubumnene, nokuzithiba (Galathiya 5,22-enye).

Ukuqondwa kumongo weTestamente Elisha, lezi zimfanelo zingaphezu kwemiqondo noma imicabango emihle. Babonisa amandla weqiniso angaphakathi kumakholwa njengoba enikezwa nguMoya oNgcwele. La mandla alinde ukusetshenziswa kuzo zonke izimo empilweni.
Uma esetshenziswa, ubuhle buphenduka “isithelo” noma ubufakazi bokuthi uMoya oNgcwele uyasebenza kithi. Indlela yokunikwa amandla nguMoya iwukucela uNkulunkulu ubukhona boMoya okudala ubuhle bese uholwa Nguye.
Njengoba uMoya uhola abantu bakaNkulunkulu, uMoya ubuye uqinise impilo yebandla nezikhungo zalo. Kungale ndlela kuphela lapho ibandla lingaqiniswa njengesakhiwo sobumbano - ngamakholwa ngamanye aphila ngokukaMoya.

Uthando kumaKrestu

Ubufakazi noma ikhwalithi ebaluleke kakhulu yomsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele phakathi kwamakholwa uthando. Le mfanelo ichaza ingqikithi kaNkulunkulu nokuthi ungubani uNkulunkulu. Uthando lukhomba amakholwa aqondiswa ngokomoya. Lolu thando lwaluyinto eyayikhathalelwa kakhulu ngumphostoli uPawulu nabanye abafundisi beTestamente Elisha. Babefuna ukwazi ukuthi uthando lukaMoya oNgcwele luzoqinisa futhi luguqule impilo yomuntu ngamunye yobuKristu.

Izipho zikamoya, ukukhonza, kanye nokufundisa okuphefumulelwe kube (futhi kusabalulekile) eBandleni. Nokho, kuPawulu, ukusebenza okunamandla kothando lukaMoya oNgcwele phakathi kwabakholwayo kuKristu kwakubaluleke kakhulu. UPawulu wayekwazi ukukhuluma “ngezilimi zabantu nezezingelosi” (1. AbaseKorinte 13,1) kodwa lapho entula uthando, wayemane nje engumuntu obangela umsindo. UPawulu wayengase futhi “abe nesiphiwo sokuprofetha,” akwazi “ukuhlola zonke izimfihlakalo nalo lonke ulwazi,” futhi aze abe “nokukholwa okungagudluza izintaba” (ivesi 2). Kodwa uma ebengenalo uthando, akalutho. Ngisho nenqolobane yolwazi lweBhayibheli noma izinkolelo eziqinile azikwazanga ukuthatha indawo yokunika amandla othando lukaMoya. UPawulu angase athi, “Uma nginikela ngakho konke enginakho kwabampofu, futhi nginikela ngomzimba wami emlilweni ngingenalo uthando, akungisizi lutho” (ivesi 3). Ukuzenzela imisebenzi emihle akufanele kudidaniswe nomsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele othandweni.

AmaKristu angempela

Ubukhona obusebenzayo bukaMoya oNgcwele nokuphendula kuMoya kubalulekile kumakholwa. UPawulu ugcizelela ukuthi abantu bakaNkulunkulu beqiniso - amaKrestu angempela - yilabo abavuselelwe, bazalwa ngokusha, futhi baguqulwa bakhombisa uthando lukaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabo. Kunendlela eyodwa kuphela lolu shintsho olungenzeka ngayo kuwe. Kungokuphila okuholwa nokuphila ngothando lukaMoya oNgcwele ohleli ngaphakathi. UNkulunkulu uMoya oNgcwele ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu enhliziyweni nasengqondweni yakho.

nguPaul Kroll