Ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu

UShakespeare wake wabhala emdlalweni wakhe othi “As You Like It”: Umhlaba wonke uyisiteji futhi thina bantu singabadlali nje kuwo! Uma ngicabanga ngalokhu kanye namazwi kaNkulunkulu eBhayibhelini, kulapho ngibona ngokucacile ukuthi kukhona okuthile kulesi sitatimende. Sonke sibonakala siphila izimpilo zethu kusukela kuskripthi esibhalwe emakhanda ethu, iskripthi esinesiphetho esivulekile. Noma ubani esihlangana naye ubhala umbhalo ngokuqhubekayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi othisha esikoleni basitshela ukuthi ngeke sifike ndawo, noma abazali bethu abahlonishwayo basitshela ukuthi sizalwa okwengeziwe. Imiphumela iyafana. Uma sisethemba iskripthi, sizozama ukusisebenzisa ngokungcono noma okubi. Kodwa manje ukuphila kwethu sekungokoqobo kakhulu. Ubuhlungu esibuzwayo nezinyembezi ezibuhlungu akuzona ezomlingisi osesiteji. Izinyembezi zangempela, ubuhlungu bethu bungokoqobo. Siyathanda ukuzincinza ukuze sithole ukuthi sike saba nephupho elibi noma cha. Isikhathi esiningi kumele sibhekane neqiniso elibuhlungu lokuthi konke kuyiqiniso. Ukuphila kwethu akulandeli umbhalo onqunywe kusengaphambili. konke kuyiqiniso

Qonda umbhalo

Umbhalo wokuqala wezimpilo zethu wawubhalwe nguNkulunkulu uqobo Lwakhe.Ekuqaleni kweBhayibheli sifunda ukuthi: “Masenze umuntu ngomfanekiso wethu” (1. mose 1,26). Ngokwalo mbhalo, sadalwa ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu oyedwa weqiniso onguMdali wethu, ukuze sifane naye.

Ngemuva kokuthi uWill Smith enikezwe indawo ka-Muhammad Ali, wayechitha amahora amaningi ejimini ezama ukufanisa hhayi nje noma yimuphi umshayisibhakela kodwa noMuhammad uqobo.Ngikhumbula ngifunda ukuthi uSmith wazifaka esibhakeleni esinzima nokuzilolonga ukuze azizwe njengomshayisibhakela futhi. ukwazisa izithombe zika-Ali osemncane kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe, agcine esefana naye ngokuphelele. Wakwenza ngendlela uWill Smith kuphela angayenza. Njengomlingisi, wayemuhle kakhulu endimeni yakhe waze waqokwa kuma-Oscar. Okubi kakhulu ukuthi akazange ayithole! Uyabona, uma ususiqondisile isikripthi, ungenza noma yini ukuze usiveze ngendlela ekholisayo ngefilimu. Ngeshwa, umbhalo wesintu uqale kabi ngoba wonakalisiwe.

Ngemva kokuba umuntu edalwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ukuze afane naye, kwangena omunye umlingisi esiteji washintsha umbhalo. Inyoka yathi ku-Eva: “Anisoze nakufa, kodwa uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi mhla nizidla, amehlo enu ayovuleka futhi niyoba njengoNkulunkulu futhi niyokwazi okuhle nokubi.”1. mose 3,4-enye).

Amanga amakhulu kunawo wonke

Ayeyini amanga asetshenziswa ukukhohlisa u-Eva? Kuyaye kuthiwe amanga asemazwini kasathane: Aniyikufa nakancane. Sekuyisikhathi eside ngifunda indaba ka-Adamu, futhi angicabangi kanjalo. Amanga eqiniso namakhulu kunawo wonke, amanga ezikhathi zonke, amanga awo wonke amanga, afakwa emhlabeni nguyise wamanga ngokwakhe, ayethi: ngokushesha nje lapho niwadla, amehlo enu ayovuleka; niyoba njengoNkulunkulu futhi nikwazi okuhle nokubi! Njengoba sesifundile, abantu badalwa ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ukuze bafane naye. Ngemva kokuba sebedle isithelo salowo muthi owawuphakathi nensimu, bahluka kuye. UDeveli wayazi ukuthi abantu bafana noNkulunkulu. Nokho, wayazi nokuthi okuwukuphela kwendlela ayengashintsha ngayo yonke imibhalo yesintu yayiwukuba ayengenza abantu bakholelwe ukuthi abafani noMdali. Ngeshwa, iqhinga lakhe lababamba. Abantu badalwa benesimiso sokuziphatha esingokwemvelo. Kwakungadingeki badle emthini wokwazi okuhle nokubi ukuze bazi okuhle nokubi. «Bafakazela ukuthi umsebenzi womthetho ulotshiwe ezinhliziyweni zabo; Unembeza wabo uyafakaza ngabo, nemicabango yabo, emangalelana noma ethethelelana.” ( Roma 2,15).

Kusukela ngalelo langa sahluka kuNkulunkulu. Ubuhlobo bethu naye baphazamiseka ngoba asisafani naye. Kusukela lapho, abantu baye bazama kaningi ukufana naye. Kodwa-ke, njengoba singazidalanga, nathi ngeke sikwazi ukuzibuyisela esimweni esidala. Uma ingxenye yendlebe iwe esifanekisweni, isithombe asikwazi ukusicosha futhi sisibuyisele endaweni yaso yasekuqaleni. Ngumqophi kuphela ongenza lokho.Kuyafana nakithi. Sifana nobumba ezandleni zikaNkulunkulu. Nguye owasidala ngomfanekiso wakhe kusukela ekuqaleni, futhi nguye ongasibuyisela. Wathuma uJesu ukuba eze ukuzosinika insindiso yakhe; uJesu ofanayo owaphulukisa indlebe eyayinqunyiwe yenceku yompristi omkhulu (Luka 22,50-enye).

UBaba wethu waseZulwini usibuyisela kanjani leso simo sokuqala sokudala? Lokhu ukwenza ngokusibonisa umfanekiso wakhe asidale ngawo. Kulokhu wathumela uJesu: “Yena (uJesu) ungumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonakali, izibulo layo yonke indalo.” ( Kolose 1,15).

Incwadi eya kumaHeberu isichazela lokhu ngokuningiliziwe: “Ungukukhanya kwenkazimulo yakhe, nomfanekiso wesimo sakhe.” ( Hebheru 1,3). UJesu-ke, owayenguNkulunkulu ngokwakhe, esadalwa ngomfanekiso wakhe, weza emhlabeni esesimweni somuntu ukuze asambulele uNkulunkulu. Udeveli akakaqedi ngathi, kodwa uNkulunkulu unaye (Johane 19,30). Usasebenzisa lawo manga awasebenzisa kokhokho bethu u-Adamu no-Eva. Injongo yakhe isewukwenza sengathi asifani noNkulunkulu: “Kwabangakholwayo, abaphuphuthekiswa izingqondo zabo unkulunkulu walelizwe ukuba bangaboni ukukhanya okukhazimulayo kwevangeli lenkazimulo kaKristu, ongumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.”2. AbaseKorinte 4,4). Lapho uPawulu ekhuluma ngabangakholwa lapha, amanye amakholwa namanje akakholwa ukuthi sibuyiselwe ngoJesu Kristu ekubonakalisweni kukaBaba wethu osezulwini.

siguquliwe

KuJesu Kristu sibuyisana noNkulunkulu futhi siphinde sibe ngomfanekiso wakhe. Manje abantu banengxenye ekwenziweni ngomfanekiso weNdodana kaNkulunkulu futhi akudingeki benze lutho ukuze bayifinyelele. Akumele sidle isithelo esimnandi sokukholwa ukuze sifane noNkulunkulu, sesifana Naye manje.

Ngamunye wethu uzoguqulwa abe ngumfanekiso wokuqala wenkazimulo. UPawulu usho kanje: “Kepha thina sonke, ubuso bembuliwe, sibonakalisa inkazimulo yeNkosi, siguqulelwa emfanekisweni wayo sisuka kwenye inkazimulo siye kwenye ngeNkosi enguMoya.”2. AbaseKorinte 3,18). NgoMoya Wakhe ohlala ngaphakathi, uBaba wethu waseZulwini uyasiguqula sibe ngumfanekiso weNdodana Yakhe enkazimulweni.

Manje njengoba sesibuyiselwe esimweni sethu sokuqala ngoJesu Kristu nangoJesu Kristu, kufanele silalele amazwi kaJakobe: “Sithandwa, ungalenzi iphutha. Izipho zonke ezinhle neziphiwo zonke ezipheleleyo zehla zivela phezulu, zivela kuYise wokukhanya okungekho kuye ukuguquka, noma ukushintshana kokukhanya nobumnyama. Wasizala ngokwentando yakhe ngezwi leqiniso, ukuze sibe-libo lwezidalwa zakhe.” ( UJakobe. 1,16-enye).

Akukho lutho ngaphandle kwezipho ezinhle, izipho eziphelele kuphela ezivela phezulu, ezivela kumdali wezinkanyezi. Ngaphambi kokuba sizibuke esibukweni, kufanele sizazi ukuthi singobani nokuthi singobani. IZwi likaNkulunkulu liyasithembisa ukuthi siyizidalwa ezintsha: “Ngakho-ke uma umuntu ekuKristu, uyisidalwa esisha; okudala kudlulile, bheka, sekufikile okusha” (2. AbaseKorinte 5,17).

Ingabe sibona esibukweni ukuthi singobani nokuthi siyini futhi siziphatha ngendlela efanele emhlabeni? Esibukweni sibona umsebenzi wobuciko futhi sicabange ngalokho uNkulunkulu asekudalile kabusha kuKristu. Yingakho singeke nje sihambe sikhohlwe ukuthi sibukeka kanjani. Ngoba lapho siziphatha ngale ndlela, sifana nomuntu olungele umshado, oma phambi kwesibuko egqoke ngokugcwele futhi abone ukubukeka kwakhe okuhle nokuhlanzekile, kodwa akhohlwe ukubukeka kwakhe. Ongena egaraji lakhe, angene ngaphansi kwemoto yakhe ukuze ayilungise, bese esula amafutha bese egcoba isudi yakhe emhlophe. “Ngokuba uma umuntu engumuzwi wezwi, engeyena umenzi, lowo ufana nomuntu obuka ubuso bakhe benyama esibukweni; ngoba ngemva kokuzibuka, uyamuka futhi kusukela kulelo hora akhohlwe ukuthi wayebukeka kanjani.” ( UJakobe 1,23-enye).

Yeka okungenangqondo! Yeka ukuthi kudabukisa kanjani! Ungawakholwa amanga! Umbhalo wokuqala ufundeka kanje: Uyindodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo noma uyindodakazi kaNkulunkulu ophilayo. Wakwenza waba musha kuKristu. Uyisidalwa esisha. “Ngokuba singumsebenzi wakhe kuKristu Jesu, sidalelwe imisebenzi emihle, ayilungisela ngaphambili uNkulunkulu ukuba sihambe kuyo.” ( Kwabase-Efesu 2,10).

Ngakho ngokuzayo lapho uzibuka esibukweni, uyobona umsebenzi wobuciko osanda kwakhiwa kaNkulunkulu kuKristu. Lungiselela ukwenza ngokufanele. Ufuna ukugcina umfanekiso kaJesu kuwe!

by Takalani Musekiwa