UMoya oNgcwele: Uhlala kithi!

Ngabe kwesinye isikhathi uke uzwe sengathi uNkulunkulu akekho empilweni yakho? UMoya oNgcwele ungakuguqula lokho kuwe. Ababhali beTestamente Elisha bagcizelela ukuthi amaKrestu abephila esikhathini sabo abuzwa ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu. Kodwa ingabe ulapha ngenxa yethu namuhla? Uma kunjalo, ukhona kanjani? Impendulo ithi namuhla, njengakuqala ngamaKristu okuqala, uNkulunkulu uhlala kithi ngoMoya oNgcwele. Ngabe siyawuzwa umoya kaNkulunkulu uhlala kithi? Uma kungenjalo, singakuguqula kanjani lokho?

UGordon D. Fee, encwadini yakhe ethi “God's Empowering Presence”, ulandisa amazwi omfundi ngesimo kanye nokusebenza kukaMoya oNgcwele: “UNkulunkulu uBaba unengqondo ngokuphelele kimi. Ngiyayiqonda iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, kepha uMoya oNgcwele ungumbala ompunga, oblong kimi, ”kusho umfundi. Imibono enjalo engaphelele ibangelwa ngokwengxenye iqiniso lokuthi uMoya oNgcwele uyilokho nje - uMoya. Njengoba uJesu asho, kunjengomoya futhi akubonakali.

Azikho izinyathelo

Esinye isazi esingumKristu sathi: “Umoya ongcwele awushiyi mikhondo esihlabathini. Njengoba ingabonakali ezinzwa zethu, ishalazelwa kalula futhi iqondwa kalula. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ulwazi lwethu ngoJesu Kristu luqinile. Ngenxa yokuthi uMsindisi wethu wayengumuntu, uNkulunkulu waphila phakathi kwethu enyameni yomuntu, uJesu unobuso ngathi. UNkulunkulu iNdodana wanika uNkulunkulu uYise “ubuso”. UJesu wagcizelela ukuthi labo ababembonile kufanele babone noYise: “Sengibe nani isikhathi esingaka, awukangazi, Filiphu? Obona mina ubona ubaba. Khona-ke usho kanjani ukuthi: Sibonise uBaba na? (Johane 14,9). Bobabili uBaba neNdodana bahlala kumaKristu namuhla agcwaliswe ngoMoya. Bakhona kumaKristu ngoMoya oNgcwele. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ngokuqinisekile singathanda ukufunda okwengeziwe ngomoya futhi sizizwele ngawo mathupha. KungoMoya lapho amakholwa ezwa khona ukusondelana kukaNkulunkulu futhi anikwe amandla okusebenzisa uthando lwakhe.

Umduduzi wethu

Kubaphostoli, uMoya oNgcwele ungumeluleki noma umduduzi. Ungumuntu obizelwe ukusiza ngezikhathi zokuswela noma ubuthakathaka. “Ngokunjalo nomoya usiza ubuthakathaka 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 avunyelwe ukumbiza ngokuthi uyise. Ngokugcwaliswa ngoMoya, abantu bakaNkulunkulu bangaphila ngokukhululeka ngokomoya. Awusagqilazwa yimvelo yesono futhi uphila impilo entsha yogqozi kanye nobunye noNkulunkulu. “Kepha nina anisibo abenyama, kodwa ningabangokomoya, ngokuba uMoya kaNkulunkulu uhlala kini. Kodwa lowo ongenaye uMoya kaKristu akasiye owakhe.” 8,9). Lolu wushintsho olukhulu uMoya oNgcwele alwenzayo kubantu njengoba beguquka.

Ngakho-ke izifiso zakho zisuka kulomhlaba ziye kuNkulunkulu. UPawulu wakhuluma ngalokhu kuguqulwa: “Kepha kwathi umusa nothando lukaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu selubonakala, wasisindisa, kungengenxa yemisebenzi ebesiyakuyenza ekulungeni, kodwa ngokomusa wakhe ngokugeza kokuphindukuzalwa. nokuvuselelwa kuMoya oNgcwele” (Thithu 3,4-5). Ubukhona bukaMoya oNgcwele buyiqiniso elichazayo lokuguquka. Ngaphandle kwengqondo; akukho ukuguqulwa; akukho ukuzalwa kabusha okungokomoya. Njengoba uNkulunkulu enguYise, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele, uMoya kaKristu umane uyindlela ehlukile yokuxhumana noMoya oNgcwele. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma umuntu ephenduke ngempela, uKristu uyophila kuye ngoMoya oNgcwele. Abantu abanjalo bangabakaNkulunkulu ngoba ubenze bakhe ngomoya wakhe.

Ukuphila okugcwele komoya

Singaba kanjani namandla nobukhona bukaMoya oNgcwele ezimpilweni zethu futhi sazi ukuthi uMoya kaNkulunkulu uhlala kithi? Ababhali beTestamente Elisha, ikakhulukazi uPaul, bathi ukufanelekela kuza ngenxa yempendulo yomuntu esikhalazweni. Isikhalazo ukwamukela umusa kaNkulunkulu kuJesu Kristu, ushiye izindlela zakudala zokucabanga, bese uqala ukuphila ngoMoya.

Ngakho-ke, kufanele sikhuthazwe ukuba siqondiswe umoya, sihambe ngomoya, futhi siphile ngomoya. Indlela yokwenza lokhu ibekwe ngokomgomo ezincwadini zeTestamente Elisha. Umphostoli uPawulu wagcizelela ukuthi amaKristu kumelwe avuselelwe emoyeni nasemoyeni nokuthi isithelo esisha kumelwe sikhule: “Kepha isithelo sikaMoya siluthando, nokujabula, nokuthula, nokubekezela, nobubele, nobuvi, nokukholeka, nobumnene, nobumsulwa; akukho mthetho omelene nakho konke lokho” (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.

Lapho ubuhle busetshenziswa, baba izithelo noma ubufakazi bokuthi uMoya oNgcwele uyasebenza ngaphakathi kwethu. Indlela yokunikezwa amandla nguMoya ukucela uNkulunkulu ngobuhle boMoya bese uqondiswa yiwo.

Lapho uMoya ehola abantu bakaNkulunkulu, uMoya uphinde uqinise impilo yebandla nezikhungo zalo ngamakholwa ngamanye aphila ngokukaMoya. Lokho kusho ukuthi, kufanele siqaphele ukuthi singadidanisi izici zempilo yebandla - njengezinhlelo, imikhosi, noma izinkolelo - nomsebenzi onamandla woMoya oNgcwele ezimpilweni zabantu.

Uthando lwamakholwa

Ubufakazi obubaluleke kakhulu noma ikhwalithi yomsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele phakathi kwamakholwa uthando. Le mfanelo ichaza ingqikithi yokuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani - futhi ikhomba amakholwa aholwa nguMoya. Kwakulolu thando umphostoli uPawulu nabanye abafundisi beTestamente Elisha ababehlala belunakekela kwasekuqaleni. Babefuna ukwazi ukuthi izimpilo zamaKrestu ngazinye ziyaqiniswa futhi ziguqulwe ngothando lukaMoya oNgcwele.
Izipho zikamoya, ukukhonza, nokufundisa okuphefumulelwe kwakubalulekile futhi kubalulekile esontweni. KuPawulu, nokho, ukusebenza okunamandla kothando lukaMoya oNgcwele phakathi kwamakholwa kuKristu kwakubaluleke kakhulu.

• UPawulu wathi uma ekwazi ukukhuluma ngezilimi ezihlukahlukene kakhulu zomhlaba, yebo, ngisho nangolimi lwezingelosi, kodwa engenalo uthando, wayeyoba insimbi ekhala ngokwayo noma insimbi eqhumayo (1. AbaseKorinte 13,1).
• Ufinyelela ekuqondeni ukuthi uma enokuphefumlelwa okungokwesiprofetho, azi zonke izimfihlo zasezulwini, enalo lonke ulwazi futhi enokholo olungagudluza izintaba kodwa kudingeke aphile ngaphandle kothando, wayeyoba yize (v. 2). Akukho ngisho nenqolobane yolwazi lweBhayibheli, imfundiso yenkolo, noma izinkolelo eziqinile ezingangena esikhundleni sokufaneleka ngothando lukaMoya.
• UPawulu wayengathi ngisho: Uma ngabe nginikela ngakho konke enginakho kubampofu futhi ngithatha ukufa emlilweni, kodwa ukuphila kwami ​​​​kungenalo uthando, ngabe angizuzanga lutho (v. 3). Ukungenzi ngisho nemisebenzi emihle ngenxa yabo akufanele kudidaniswe nokusebenza kukaMoya oNgcwele othandweni.

AmaKristu angempela

Kubalulekile ukuthi amakholwa abe nobukhona obusebenzayo bukaMoya oNgcwele futhi aphendule kuMoya. UPawulu ugcizelela ukuthi abantu bakaNkulunkulu beqiniso - amaKrestu angempela - yilabo abavuselelwe, bazalwa ngokusha, futhi baguqulwa babonakalisa uthando lukaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabo. Kunendlela eyodwa kuphela lolu shintsho olungenzeka ngayo ngaphakathi kwethu. Kungokuphila okuholwa nokuphila ngothando lukaMoya oNgcwele ohleli ngaphakathi. UNkulunkulu uMoya oNgcwele ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu enhliziyweni nasengqondweni yakho.

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