umthandazo wabo bonke abantu

UPawulu wathumela uThimothewu ebandleni lase-Efesu ukuze alungise izinkinga ezithile ekudluliseleni ukholo. Wamthumelela nencwadi echaza umsebenzi wakhe. Le ncwadi kwakumelwe ifundwe phambi kwebandla lonke ukuze ilungu ngalinye lalo liqaphele igunya likaThimothewu lokuthatha isinyathelo esikhundleni somphostoli.

UPawulu wabonisa, phakathi kokunye, lokho okumelwe kuqashelwe enkonzweni yebandla: “Ngakho ngiyala ukuba phezu kwakho konke umuntu enze izicelo, nokukhuleka, nokunxusa, nokubonga ngenxa yabantu bonke.”1. UThimothi 2,1). Kufanele futhi ifake nemithandazo enesimo esihle, ngokungafani nemiyalezo eyindelelo eyabe iyingxenye yenkonzo yenkolo kwamanye amasinagoge.

Ukunxusa akufanele kuthinte amalungu ebandla kuphela, kodwa kunalokho imithandazo kufanele isebenze kubo bonke: “Nikhulekele ababusi, nabo bonke abanegunya, ukuze sihlale ngokuthula nangokuthula, ngokumesaba uNkulunkulu, nangokulunga. "(1. UThimothi 2,2 IBhayibheli Lezindaba Ezinhle). UPawulu wayengafuni ukuba isonto libe ngabavelele noma lihlotshaniswe neqembu elizimele eliphikisayo. Njengesibonelo, ukusebenzelana kobuJuda noMbuso WamaRoma kungase kubhekiselwe kukho. AmaJuda ayengafuni ukukhulekela umbusi, kodwa ayekwazi ukuthandazela umbusi; bakhonza uNkulunkulu futhi banikela kuye imihlatshelo: “Abapristi bayonikela ngempepho kuNkulunkulu wezulu futhi bathandazele ukuphila kwenkosi neyamadodana ayo.” ( Ezra 6,10 Ithemba labo bonke).

AmaKristu okuqala ashushiswa ngenxa yevangeli nokwethembeka kwawo komunye umfundisi. Ngakho-ke kwakungadingeki ukuthi bachukuluze ubuholi bombuso ngothuthuva olumelene nohulumeni. Lesi simo sengqondo sivunywa uNkulunkulu uqobo: “Lokhu kuhle, kuyabongeka emehlweni kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu” (1. UThimothi 2,3). Igama elithi “uMsindisi” livame ukubhekisela kuJesu, ngakho kulesi simo kubonakala sengathi libhekisela kuYise.

UPawulu ufaka isehlukaniso esibalulekile mayelana nentando kaNkulunkulu: “Ofisa ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe” (1. UThimothi 2,4). Emithandazweni yethu kufanele sikhumbule izikhonzi ezinzima; ngoba uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe akabafiseli okubi. Ufuna ukuba basindiswe, kodwa lokho kudinga ukwamukela isigijimi sevangeli kuqala: “Ukuze bafinyelele olwazini lweqiniso” (1. UThimothi 2,4).

Ingabe konke kwenzeka njalo ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu? Ingabe wonke umuntu uzosindiswa ngempela? UPawule akawuphenduli lombuzo, kodwa ngokusobala izifiso zikaBaba wethu oseZulwini azifezeki ngaso sonke isikhathi, okungenani akwenzeki ngokushesha. Ngisho nanamuhla, cishe eminyakeni eyizi-2000 kamuva, “abantu bonke” abakaze bafinyelele olwazini lwevangeli, bambalwa kakhulu abalamukele lona futhi bathola insindiso. UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuba abantwana bakhe bathandane, kodwa akunjalo yonke indawo. Ngoba naye ufuna abantu babe nentando yabo. UPawulu usekela amazwi akhe ngokuwasekela ngezizathu: “Ngokuba munye uNkulunkulu, munye nomlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, umuntu uKristu Jesu” (1. UThimothi 2,5).

Munye kuphela uNkulunkulu owadala zonke izinto nawo wonke umuntu. Isu lakhe lisebenza ngokulinganayo kubo bonke abantu: Sonke sadalwa ngomfanekiso wakhe, ukuze sifakazele uNkulunkulu emhlabeni: “UNkulunkulu wamdala umuntu ngomfanekiso wakhe, yebo, ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu; futhi wabadala owesilisa nowesifazane” (1. Genesise 1:27). Ubuyena bukaNkulunkulu bukhomba ukuthi ngokohlelo lwakhe yonke indalo yakhe iyodwa. Bonke abantu bahilelekile.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona umlamuleli. Sonke sihlobene noNkulunkulu ngeNdodana kaNkulunkulu esesimweni somuntu, uJesu Kristu. UNkulunkulu onguJesu kusengabhekiselwa kuye kanjalo, njengoba engazange anikele isimo sakhe sobuntu ethuneni. Kunalokho, waphinde wavuka njengomuntu okhazimulisiwe futhi kanjalo wenyukela ezulwini; ngoba isintu esikhazinyulisiwe siyingxenye yaso.Njengoba isintu sadalwa ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, izici ezibalulekile zesimo somuntu zazikhona kuSomandla kusukela ekuqaleni; ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi imvelo yomuntu kufanele ivezwe esimweni sobuNkulunkulu sikaJesu.

Njengomlamuleli wethu, uJesu uyena “owazinikela abe-yinhlawulo yabo bonke, kube ngubufakazi bakhe ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.”1. UThimothi 2,6). Ezinye izazi zemfundiso yenkolo ziyayiphikisa incazelo elula yaleli vesi, kodwa ihambisana kahle nevesi 7 kanye nokuqukethwe yilokho uPawulu akufunda kamuva: “Sisebenza kanzima futhi sihlupheka kakhulu ngoba ithemba lethu lingunkulunkulu ophilayo. UnguMhlengi wabo bonke abantu, ikakhulukazi abakholwayo» (1. UThimothi 4,10 Ithemba kubo bonke). Wafela izono zabo bonke abantu, ngisho nalabo abangakazazi. Wafa kanye kuphela futhi akazange alinde ukuba ukholo lwethu luthathe isinyathelo ukuze sisindiswe. Ukubeka ngokwesifaniso sezimali, wasikhokhela ngokwakhe isikweletu kubantu ababengaqapheli.

Manje njengoba uJesu esesenzele lokhu, yini okusamelwe yenziwe? Manje yisikhathi sokuba abantu baqaphele lokho uJesu abafezile, futhi yilokho uPawulu azama ukukufeza ngamazwi akhe. “Ngenxa yalokhu ngimiswe ukuba ngibe umshumayeli nomphostoli—ngikhuluma iqiniso futhi angiqambi amanga, njengomfundisi wabezizwe ekukholweni naseqinisweni.”1. UThimothi 2,7). UPhawuli wayefuna ukuthi uThimothi abe ngumfundisi wabezizwe ekukholweni langeqiniso.

ngu-Michael Morrison