Isahlulelo Sokugcina

“Kuyeza ukwahlulela! Ukwahlulela kuyeza! Phenduka manje, kungenjalo uzongena esihogweni. Mhlawumbe usuwazwile lawa noma amagama afanayo kubashumayeli abaklabalasayo. Inhloso yabo: Ukuholela abalaleli ekuzinikeleni kuJesu ngokwesaba. Amazwi anjalo ayahlanekezela ivangeli. Mhlawumbe-ke, lokhu akukude kakhulu nomfanekiso "wokwahlulela okuphakade" amaKristu amaningi ayekholelwa ngokuthuthumela phakathi namakhulu eminyaka, ikakhulukazi ngeNkathi Ephakathi. Ungathola imifanekiso eqoshiwe nemidwebo ebonisa abalungile bentanta ezulwini beyohlangabeza uKristu nabangalungile behudulelwa esihogweni ngamademoni anonya. Nokho, uKwahlulelwa Kokugcina kuyingxenye yemfundiso ‘yezinto zokugcina. – Lezi zithembisa ukubuya kukaJesu Kristu, ukuvuka kwabalungile nabangalungile, ukuphela kwezwe elibi lamanje, eliyothathelwa indawo umbuso okhazimulayo kaNkulunkulu.

Injongo kaNkulunkulu ngesintu

Indaba iqala ngaphambi kokudalwa komhlaba wethu. UNkulunkulu unguYise, iNdodana noMoya ngenhlanganyelo, ophila othandweni lwaphakade, olungenambandela kanye nokupha. Isono sethu asizange simmangaze uNkulunkulu. Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba uNkulunkulu adale isintu, wayazi ukuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yayizofela izono zomuntu. Wayazi kusenesikhathi ukuthi sizohluleka, kodwa wasidala ngoba esazi isixazululo senkinga. UNkulunkulu wadala abantu ngomfanekiso wakhe: “Masenze umuntu ngomfanekiso wethu, abuse phezu kwezinhlanzi zolwandle, nezinyoni zezulu, nezinkomo, nomhlaba wonke, nezibungu zonke. ekhasa emhlabeni. UNkulunkulu wamdala umuntu ngomfanekiso wakhe, wamdala ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu; futhi wabadala owesilisa nowesifazane” (1. mose 1,26-enye).

Ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, sidalwe ukuba sibe nobudlelwano bothando obubonisa uthando uNkulunkulu analo kuZiqu-zintathu. UNkulunkulu ufuna sisebenzisane ngothando futhi siphile ebuhlotsheni obunothando noNkulunkulu. Umbono njengesithembiso saphezulu, esivezwe ekupheleni kweBhayibheli, ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyohlala nabantu bakhe: «Ngezwa izwi elikhulu livela esihlalweni sobukhosi, lithi: Bheka itabernakele likaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabantu! Uyohlala nabo, futhi bona bayoba abantu bakhe, futhi yena, uNkulunkulu nabo, uyoba nguNkulunkulu wabo.” ( IsAmbulo 21,3).

UNkulunkulu wadala abantu ngoba wayefuna ukwabelana nathi ngothando lwakhe lwaphakade nolungenamibandela. Inkinga iwukuthi thina bantu sasingafuni ukuphila othandweni phakathi kwethu noma kuNkulunkulu: “Bonke bayizoni futhi abanalo inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu” ( Roma . 3,23).

Kanjalo iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uMdali wesintu, yaba umuntu ukuze iphile futhi ifele abantu bayo: “Ngokuba munye uNkulunkulu, munye nomlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, umuntu uKristu Jesu, owazinikela ukuba abe yiNkosi. isihlengo sabo bonke, kube ngubufakazi bakhe ngesikhathi esifaneleyo” (1. UThimothi 2,5-enye).

Ekupheleni kwenkathi, uJesu uyobuyela emhlabeni njengomahluleli ekwahlulelweni kokugcina. “UBaba akahluleli muntu, kodwa unikele konke ukwahlulela eNdodaneni.” (Joh 5,22). Ingabe uJesu uzodabuka ngoba abantu bazokona futhi bamlahle? Cha, wayazi ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka. Wayevele enalo icebo noNkulunkulu uBaba kusukela ekuqaleni lokusibuyisela ebudlelwaneni obufanele noNkulunkulu. UJesu wazithoba ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu olulungile phezu kobubi futhi wazibonela ngemiphumela yezono zethu, okwaholela ekufeni kwakhe. Wathulula ukuphila kwakhe ukuze sibe nokuphila kuye: “UNkulunkulu ekuKristu, wenza ukuba izwe libuyisane naye, akababalelanga izono zabo, walimisa phakathi kwethu izwi lokubuyisana”2. AbaseKorinte 5,19).

Thina, maKristu akholwayo, sesahluliwe kakade futhi satholwa sinecala. Sithethelelwe ngomhlatshelo kaJesu futhi savuselelwa ngokuphila okuvusiwe kukaJesu Kristu. UJesu wahlulelwa futhi walahlwa ngecala esikhundleni sethu ngenxa yethu, wathatha isono nokufa kwethu futhi esikhundleni sakhe wasinika ukuphila kwakhe, ubuhlobo bakhe obufanele noNkulunkulu, ukuze sihambe ekuhlanganyeleni okuphakade nothando olungcwele naye .

NgoSuku Lokwahlulela, akubona bonke abantu abayokwazisa lokho uKristu abenzele kona. Abanye abantu bayodelela isinqumo sikaJesu futhi benqabe ilungelo likaKristu lokubahlulela nomhlatshelo waKhe. Bayazibuza, “Ingabe izono zami zazizimbi kangako?” futhi bayomelana nokubuyiswa kwecala labo. Abanye bathi, "Angikwazi yini ukukhokha izikweletu zami ngaphandle kokuhlala ngikweleta uJesu?" Isimo sabo sengqondo kanye nokusabela kwabo emseni kaNkulunkulu kuyokwembulwa ekwaHlulweni Kokugcina.

Igama lesiGreki elisho “ukwahlulela” elisetshenziswe ezindimeni zeTestamente Elisha lithi krisis, lapho igama elithi “inhlekelele” lisuselwa kulo. I-Crisis isho isikhathi nesimo lapho isinqumo senziwa ngenxa noma ngokumelene nothile. Ngalo mqondo, inkinga iyiphuzu empilweni yomuntu noma emhlabeni. Ngokuqondile, uKrisis ubhekisela emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu noma uMesiya njengomahluleli womhlaba ngoSuku Lokugcina Lokwahlulela noma Lokwahlulela, noma singasho ukuqala "kokwahlulela kwaphakade." Lona akuwona umusho omfushane, kodwa inqubo engathatha isikhathi eside futhi ihlanganisa nethuba lokuphenduka.

Ngempela, ngokusabela kwabo kumahluleli, uJesu Kristu, abantu bayozahlulela futhi bazahlulele. Ingabe bazokhetha indlela yothando, ukuthobeka, umusa kanye nokulunga, noma bazokhetha ubugovu, ukulunga bona kanye nokuzimisela? Ingabe bafuna ukuphila noNkulunkulu ngokwemibandela Yakhe noma kwenye indawo ngokuthanda kwabo? Kulesi sahlulelo, ukwehluleka kwalaba bantu akukhona ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyabalahla, kodwa kungenxa yokuthi bayamenqaba uNkulunkulu nokwahlulela Kwakhe komusa ngoJesu Kristu.

Usuku lwesinqumo

Ngalokhu kubuka konke, manje singahlola amavesi mayelana nokwahlulela. Kuyisenzakalo esibucayi kubo bonke abantu: “Kepha mina ngithi kini: Wonke amazwi ayize abawakhulumayo abantu bayakuzilandisa ngosuku lokwahlulelwa. Ngamazwi akho uyakulungisiswa, nangamazwi akho uyakulahlwa.” ( Mathewu 12,36-enye).

UJesu wafingqa isahlulelo esizayo mayelana nesiphetho sabalungile nababi: “Ningamangali ngalokho. Isikhathi siyeza lapho bonke abasemathuneni beyakulizwa izwi layo, abenze okuhle baphumele ekuvukeni kokuphila, kodwa abenze okubi ekuvukeni kokulahlwa.” ( Joh. 5,28-enye).

Lamavesi kumele aqondwe ngokukhanya kwelinye iqiniso leBhayibheli; wonke umuntu wenze okubi futhi uyisoni. Ukwahlulela akuhlanganisi lokho abantu abakwenzile kuphela, kodwa nalokho uJesu abenzele kona. Usesikhokhile kakade icala lezono zabo bonke abantu.

izimvu nezimbuzi

UJesu wachaza isimo soKwahlulelwa Kokugcina ngendlela engokomfanekiso: “Lapho iNdodana yomuntu iza ngenkazimulo yayo nezingelosi zonke ezingcwele kanye nayo, khona-ke iyohlala phansi esihlalweni sayo senkazimulo, futhi zonke izizwe ziyobuthelwa phambi kwayo. . Iyakubahlukanisa omunye komunye, njengomalusi ehlukanisa izimvu ezimbuzini, abeke izimvu ngakwesokunene sakhe, nezimbuzi ngakwesokhohlo sakhe” ( Mathewu 2 )5,31-enye).

Izimvu ezingakwesokunene sakhe ziyakuzwa ngesibusiso sakhe ngala mazwi: “Zanini nina enibusisiwe nguBaba, nidle ifa lombuso eniwulungiselweyo selokhu kwasekelwa umhlaba. (Ivesi 34).

Kungani ekhetha yena? “Ngokuba bengilambile nanginika ukudla; ngomile nangiphuzisa; ngangiyisihambi nangingenisa. benginqunu nangigqokisa; Bengigula nangivakashela. ngangiboshiwe neza kimi” (amavesi 35-36).

Izimbuzi ezingakwesokhohlo sakhe nazo ziyatshelwa ngesiphetho sazo: “Khona iyakuthi nakwabangakwesokhohlo sayo: Sukani kimi, nina baqalekisiweyo, niye emlilweni ophakade olungiselwe uSathane nezingelosi zakhe; (Ivesi 41).

Lo mfanekiso awusiniki imininingwane mayelana nokuqulwa kwecala nokuthi uzothini "ekwaHlulweni Kokugcina." Akukho kukhulunywa ngokuthethelela noma ukholo kula mavesi. Izimvu zazingazi ukuthi uJesu wayehileleke kulokho ezazikwenza. Ukusiza labo abadinga usizo kuyinto enhle, kodwa akuyona kuphela into ebalulekile futhi ebalulekile esinqumweni sokugcina. Lomfanekiso wafundisa amaphuzu amabili amasha: Umahluleli yiNdodana yomuntu, uJesu Kristu uqobo lwakhe. UNkulunkulu akasilahli thina bantu, kodwa usinika umusa, ikakhulukazi umusa wokuthethelela. Ububele nomusa kulabo abadinga isihe nomusa bayovuzwa esikhathini esizayo ngomusa kaNkulunkulu uqobo abanikezwe wona. “Kepha wena, ngenhliziyo yakho elukhuni nengaphendukiyo, uzibekelela ulaka ngosuku lolaka nokwambulwa kokwahlulela okulungileyo kukaNkulunkulu.” 2,5).

UPawulu futhi ubhekisela osukwini lokwahlulela futhi uluchaza ‘njengosuku lolaka lukaNkulunkulu’ lapho ukwahlulela kwakhe okulungileyo kuyokwembulwa: “Oyakunika yilowo nalowo njengokwemisebenzi yakhe: ukuphila okuphakade kulabo abaphishekela imisebenzi emihle ngokubekezela. inkazimulo, nodumo, nokuphila okungenakufa; Kodwa ulaka nentukuthelo phezu kwabaphikisanayo futhi abangalaleli iqiniso, kodwa balalela ukungalungi.” ( Roma 2,6-enye).

Futhi, lokhu angeke kuthathwe njengencazelo ephelele yokwahlulela, ngoba akusho lutho ngomusa noma ukholo. Uthi asilungisiswa ngemisebenzi yethu kodwa ngokukholwa. “Kodwa njengoba siyazi ukuthi umuntu akalungisiswa ngemisebenzi yomthetho, kodwa ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu, nathi sakholwa kuKristu Jesu, ukuze silungisiswe ngokukholwa kuKristu, hhayi ngemisebenzi yomthetho; ngoba ngemisebenzi yomthetho akekho olungisiswayo” (Galathiya 2,16).

Ukuziphatha okuhle kuhle, kodwa ngeke kusisindise. Akuthiwa silungile ngenxa yezenzo zethu, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi samukela ukulunga kukaKristu futhi ngalokho sihlanganyela kukho: “Kepha ngaye nikuKristu Jesu, owaba ukuhlakanipha kithi ngoNkulunkulu, nokulunga, nokungcweliswa, insindiso» (1. AbaseKorinte 1,30). Amavesi amaningi ngokwahlulela kokugcina awasho lutho ngomusa nothando lukaNkulunkulu oluyingxenye eyinhloko yevangeli lobuKristu.

injongo yokuphila

Njengoba sizindla ngokwahlulela, kufanele sihlale sikhumbula ukuthi uNkulunkulu wasidala ngenjongo. Ufuna siphile naye ngenhlanganyelo yaphakade nasebudlelwaneni obuseduze. “Njengoba abantu bemiselwe ukufa kanye, emva kwalokho ukwahlulelwa, kanjalo noKristu wanikelwa kwaba kanye ukuba asuse izono zabaningi; ngokwesibili akabonakali ngenxa yesono, kodwa ngenxa yokusindiswa kwalabo abamlindileyo.” ( Hebheru 9,27-enye).

Labo abathembela kuye futhi benziwe balungile ngomsebenzi wakhe wokusindisa akudingeki besabe ukwahlulela. UJohane uqinisekisa abafundi bakhe: “Ngalokhu uthando lupheleliswa kithi, ukuze sibe nenkululeko yokukhuluma ngosuku lokwahlulela; ngokuba njengoba enjalo yena, sinjalo nathi kuleli zwe” (1. UJohannes 4,17). Labo abangabakaKristu bayovuzwa.

Abangakholwa abenqaba ukuphenduka, baguqule ukuphila kwabo, futhi bavume ukuthi badinga isihe nomusa kaKristu kanye nelungelo likaNkulunkulu lokwahlulela okubi yilabo abangamhloniphi uNkulunkulu, futhi bayothola isahlulelo esihlukile: Kanjalo futhi manje ngezwi elifanayo izulu nomhlaba. zigcinelwe umlilo, zigcinelwe usuku lokwahlulelwa nokulahlwa kwabantu abangamesabi uNkulunkulu.”2. UPetrus 3,7).

Abantu abangamesabi uNkulunkulu abangaphenduki ekwahlulelweni bayobhekana nokufa kwesibili futhi ngeke bahlushwe phakade. UNkulunkulu uzokwenza okuthile ngobubi. Ngokusithethelela, akagcini nje ngokusula imicabango yethu emibi, amazwi, kanye nezenzo zethu njengokungathi azibalulekile. Cha, wasikhokhela inani ukuze aqede ububi futhi asisindise emandleni omubi. Wahlupheka, wanqoba futhi wanqoba imiphumela yobubi bethu.

Usuku lokuhlengwa

Kuzofika isikhathi lapho okuhle nokubi kuyohlukaniswa khona futhi ububi buyobe bungasekho. Kwabanye kuyoba isikhathi lapho beyodalulwa njengabanobugovu, abahlubukayo nababi. Kwabanye kuyoba yisikhathi sokusindiswa kubenzi bokubi nasebubini obukubo bonke abantu - kuyoba isikhathi sokuhlengwa. Qaphela ukuthi "ukwahlulela" akusho "ukulahlwa." Kunalokho, kusho ukuthi okuhle nokubi kuyahlelwa futhi kuhlukaniswa ngokusobala komunye nomunye. Abahle bayavezwa, bahlukaniswe nababi, futhi ababi bayabhujiswa. Usuku Lokwahlulela yisikhathi sokuhlengwa njengoba kushiwo emiBhalweni emithathu elandelayo:

• “UNkulunkulu kayithumanga iNdodana yakhe emhlabeni ukuba yahlulele izwe, kodwa ukuba izwe lisindiswe ngayo.” ( Joh. 3,17).
• “Ofuna ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe futhi bafinyelele olwazini lweqiniso” (1. UThimothi 2,3-enye).
• «INkosi ayilibali isithembiso, njengoba abanye becabanga ukulibala; kodwa uyanibekezelela futhi akafuni ukuba kubhubhe namunye, kodwa ukuba wonke umuntu athole ukuphenduka (2. UPetrus 2,9).

Abantu abasindisiwe, abenziwe balungile ngomsebenzi Wakhe wokuhlenga, akudingeki besabe Ukwahlulelwa Kokugcina. Labo abangabakaKristu bayothola umvuzo wabo waphakade. Kodwa ababi bayokufa phakade.

Izehlakalo zokwaHlulelwa Kokugcina noma UkwaHlulelwa Okuphakade azihambisani nalokho amaKristu amaningi akucabangayo. Isazi sezenkolo seReformed esingasekho, uShirley C. Guthrie, uphakamisa ukuthi senza kahle ngokuhlela kabusha ukucabanga kwethu ngalesi sigameko esibucayi: Umcabango wokuqala amaKristu anawo lapho ecabangela isiphetho somlando akufanele ube ukuqagela okwethusayo noma okuphindiselayo mayelana nokuthi ubani oyoba "ngaphakathi" noma. "enyuka" noma "ozophuma" noma "ehla". Kufanele kube umcabango ojabulisayo nojabulisayo esingabheka phambili ngokuqiniseka esikhathini lapho intando yoMdali, uMbuyiseli, uMhlengi, noMbuyiseli iyoba khona unomphela—lapho ubulungisa phezu kokungabi nabulungisa, uthando phezu kwenzondo, ukunganaki nokuhaha. , ukuthula phezu kobutha, isintu phezu konya, umbuso kaNkulunkulu uyonqoba phezu kwamandla obumnyama. UkwaHlulelwa Kokugcina ngeke kumelane nezwe, kodwa kube ngenjongo yokuzuza umhlaba wonke. "Lezi izindaba ezinhle hhayi kumaKristu kuphela kodwa nakubantu bonke!"

Umahluleli wesahlulelo sokugcina nguJesu Kristu, owafela abantu azokwahlulela. Wakhokha inhlawulo yesono ngabo bonke futhi walungisa izinto. Lowo owahlulela abalungile nabangalungile nguye onikele ngokuphila kwakhe ukuze baphile phakade. UJesu usezithathele kuye ukwahlulelwa kwesono nokona. UMahluleli onomusa uJesu Kristu ufisa ukuba bonke abantu bathole ukuphila okuphakade - futhi ukwenze kutholakale kubo bonke abazimisele ukuphenduka futhi bathembele Kuye.

Uma wena, mfundi othandekayo, uqaphela lokho uJesu akwenzele kona futhi ukholelwa kuJesu, ungabhekana nokwahlulelwa ngokuzethemba nangenjabulo, wazi ukuthi insindiso yakho kuJesu Kristu ivikelekile. Labo abangakalitholi ithuba lokuzwa ivangeli futhi bamukele ukholo lukaKristu bayothola ukuthi uNkulunkulu usebahlinzekele kakade. UkwaHlulelwa Kokugcina kufanele kube isikhathi sokujabula kwawo wonke umuntu, njengoba kuyomemezela inkazimulo yombuso kaNkulunkulu waphakade lapho kungeke kube khona lutho ngaphandle kothando nobuhle kuze kube phakade.

nguPaul Kroll