Isithombo emhlabathini ongenalutho

Sidaliwe, abantu abathembele futhi abanomkhawulo. Akekho phakathi kwethu onokuphila ngaphakathi kwakhe, ukuphila sikunikiwe futhi kwathathwa kithi. UNkulunkulu onguMthathu Emnye, uYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele ukhona kusukela phakade, ongenasiqalo nasiphelo. Wayehlezi enoBaba, kusukela phakade. Kungakho umphostoli uPawulu ebhala: “Yena [uJesu] osesimweni sobuNkulunkulu akakubhekanga njengokuphanga ukulingana noNkulunkulu, kodwa wazidela, wathatha isimo senceku, enziwe walingana nabantu, waqashelwa ebugqilini. ukubonakala komuntu” (KwabaseFilipi 2,6-7). Eminyakeni engu-700 ngaphambi kokuba uJesu azalwe, umprofethi u-Isaya uchaza uMsindisi othenjiswe uNkulunkulu: “Wakhula phambi kwakhe njengesithombo, njengehlumela emhlabathini owomileyo. Wayengenasimo nobukhazikhazi; sambona, kepha umbono awusithokozisanga” (Isaya 5).3,2 IBhayibheli le-Butcher).

Impilo kaJesu, ukuhlupheka kanye nesenzo sakhe sokuhlenga kuchazwe lapha ngendlela ekhethekile. ULuther wahumusha leli vesi: “Wadubula njengegatsha phambi kwakhe”. Ngakho-ke ingoma kaKhisimusi: "I-rose isivele". Lokhu akusho irose, kodwa irayisi, okuyihlumela elincane, ihlumela elincanyana noma ihlumela lesitshalo futhi liwuphawu lukaJesu, uMesiya noma uKristu.

incazelo yesithombe

Umprofethi u-Isaya uveza uJesu njengesithombo esibuthakathaka esaphuka endaweni ewugwadule newugwadule! Impande emila ensimini ecebile nevundile ikhula ngenxa yenhlabathi enhle. Noma yimuphi umlimi obeka isitshalo uyazi ukuthi sincike enhlabathini ekahle. Yingakho elima, evundisa, eququda futhi esebenza insimu yakhe ukuze ibe inhlabathi ekahle, enomsoco. Lapho sibona isitshalo sikhula ngokunethezeka endaweni eqinile, eyomile, noma ngisho nasesihlabathini sasogwadule, siyamangala futhi siyakhala: kusengenzeka kanjani ukuthi noma yini iphumelele lapha? Ukubona kanjalo u-Isaya. Igama elithi ugwadule libonisa ukomile nokuba nenyumba, isimo esingakwazi ukukhiqiza ukuphila. Lesi isithombe sesintu esihlukaniswe noNkulunkulu. Usamile endleleni yakhe yokuphila yesono, akanayo indlela yokuzikhulula ekubanjweni yisono ngokwakhe. Ngokuyisisekelo ucekelwe phansi yimvelo yesono, ehlukanisiwe noNkulunkulu.

UMsindisi wethu, uJesu Kristu, unjengempande yehlumela, engakhiphi lutho emhlabathini lapho ikhula, kodwa ethela konke emhlabathini owugwadule, ongelutho, ongenalutho, ongelusizo lwalutho. “Ngokuba niyawazi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, ukuthi nakuba ecebile, waba mpofu ngenxa yenu, ukuze ngobumpofu bakhe nina nicebe.”2. AbaseKorinte 8,9).

Niyayiqonda incazelo yalo mfanekiso? UJesu akaphilanga ngalokho izwe elimnike lona, ​​kodwa izwe liphila ngalokho uJesu alinikeza kona. Ngokungafani noJesu, izwe lizondla njengehlumela elisha, lithatha yonke into enhlabathini evundile futhi libuyisela kancane. Lowo umehluko omkhulu phakathi kombuso kaNkulunkulu nezwe lethu elonakele nelibi.

Ukubaluleka Komlando

UJesu Kristu akakweleti lutho ohlwini lozalo lwakhe lobuntu. Umkhaya kaJesu wasemhlabeni ungafaniswa ngempela nomhlabathi owomile. UMaria wayempofu, intombazane yasemaphandleni futhi uJoseph wayengumbazi ompofu ngokulinganayo. Akukho lutho uJesu ayengazuza kukho. Ukube wazalelwa emndenini ohlonishwayo, ukube wayeyindodana yomuntu omkhulu, khona-ke umuntu ubengathi: UJesu unecala elikhulu ngomkhaya wakhe. Umthetho wawuthi abazali bakaJesu balethe izibulo labo eNkosini ngemva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu nantathu futhi banikele ngomhlatshelo wokuhlanjululwa kukaMariya: “Bonke abaduna abafika kuqala esibelethweni bayakuthiwa bangcwele kuJehova, banikele ngomhlatshelo njengokushiwo emthethweni kaJehova: amahobhe amabili noma amaphuphu amabili amajuba.” 2,23-24). Iqiniso lokuthi uMariya noJosefa abazange banikele imvu njengomhlatshelo liwuphawu lobumpofu uJesu azalelwa kubo.

UJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, wazalelwa eBhetlehema kodwa wakhulela eNazaretha. Le ndawo yayivame ukudelelwa amaJuda: “UFiliphu wabona uNathanayeli wathi kuye: “Simtholile lowo uMose aloba ngaye emthethweni futhi okwamenyezelwa nakubaprofethi! NguJesu, indodana kaJosefa; uvela eNazaretha. eNazaretha?” kuphendula uNathanayeli. "Yini enhle engaphuma eNazaretha?" (UJohane 1,45-46). Lona kwakuyinhlabathi uJesu akhulela kuyo. Isitshalo esincane esiyigugu, i-rose encane, i-rose, impande ehluma kancane emhlabathini owomile.

Lapho uJesu efika emhlabeni esezakhe, wazizwa enqatshelwe uHerode kuphela. Abaholi benkolo bangalesosikhathi—abaSadusi, abaFarisi, nababhali—babephethe amasiko asekelwe ekucabangeni kwabantu (iTalmud) futhi bewabeka ngaphezu kweZwi likaNkulunkulu. “Wayekhona ezweni futhi izwe laba khona ngaye, kodwa izwe alimazanga. Weza kwezakhe, kodwa abakhe abamamukelanga.” (Joh 1,10-11 Butcher Bible). Iningi labantu bakwa-Israyeli alizange limamukele uJesu, ngakho phezu kwabo wayeyimpande emhlabathini owomile!

Abafundi bakhe nabo babenomhlabathi owomile. Ngokombono wezwe, wayengaqoka amadoda ambalwa anethonya kwezombusazwe namabhizinisi futhi, abe ohlangothini oluphephile, futhi abanye abavela eMkhandlwini Ophakeme, ababengamkhulumela futhi bakhulume: “Kodwa yini ewubuwula umhlaba, uNkulunkulu awukhethile, ukuba ujabhise abahlakaniphileyo; nalokho okubuthakathaka emhlabeni uNkulunkulu ukukhethile ukuba ajabhise okunamandla.”1. AbaseKorinte 1,27). UJesu waya ezikebheni zokudoba oLwandle LwaseGalile futhi wakhetha amadoda avamile ayefundile.

“UNkulunkulu uBaba wayengafuni ukuba uJesu abe okuthile ngabafundi bakhe, kodwa ukuthi abalandeli bakhe kufanele bathole konke njengesipho ngoJesu!

UPawulu naye wabhekana nalokhu: «Ngokuba kwabonakala kimi: uma kuqhathaniswa nenzuzo engenakuqhathaniswa yokuthi uJesu Kristu uyiNkosi yami, konke okunye kulahlekelwe ukubaluleka kwakho. Konke lokho ngikubeka emva kwami ​​ngenxa yakhe; kungukungcola kimi kuphela uma nginoKristu” (Filipi 3,8 Ithemba kubo bonke). Lokhu ukuguquka kukaPawulu. Wayebheka inzuzo yakhe njengombhali nomFarisi njengokungcola.

isipiliyoni ngaleli qiniso 

Akufanele sikhohlwe ukuthi sivelaphi nokuthi sasiyini ngenkathi siphila kulo mhlaba ngaphandle kukaJesu. Mfundi othandekayo, bekunjani ukuguquka kwakho? UJesu wathi: “Akekho ongeza kimi ngaphandle kokuba uBaba ongithumileyo emdonsa.” (Joh 6,44 IBhayibheli le-Butcher). Lapho uJesu Kristu efika ezokusindisa, ingabe wathola inhlabathi evundile yokuba umusa wakhe ukhule enhliziyweni yakho? Umhlaba wawuqinile, womile futhi ufile.Thina bantu asinakuletha lutho kuNkulunkulu ngaphandle kwesomiso, ukoma, isono nokwehluleka. IBhayibheli lichaza lokhu ngokonakala kwenyama yethu, isimo sobuntu. KwabaseRoma, uPawulu ukhuluma njengomKristu ophendukile, ebheka emuva esikhathini lapho wayesesesimweni sika-Adamu wokuqala, ephila njengesigqila sesono futhi ehlukanisiwe noNkulunkulu: “Ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi kimi, okungukuthi inyama yami, akuhlali lutho oluhle. Nginayo intando, kodwa angikwazi ukwenza okuhle” (Roma 7,18). Umhlaba kumelwe uphile ngokunye: «Ngumoya ophilisayo; inyama ayinamsebenzi. Amazwi engiwakhulume kini angumoya futhi angukuphila.” ( Joh 6,63).

Umhlabathi womuntu, inyama, awusizi lutho. Kusifundisani lokhu? Ingabe imbali kufanele ikhule ngenxa yokona kwethu nobulukhuni benhliziyo yethu? Umnduze wokuzisola mhlawumbe? Okufana nembali eyomisiwe yempi, inzondo nokubhujiswa. Kufanele avelephi? Kusukela emhlabathini owomile? Lokho akunakwenzeka. Akekho umuntu ongaphenduka ngokwakhe, aveze ukuphenduka noma ukholo! Kungani? Ngoba sasifile ngokomoya. Kudingeka isimangaliso ukwenza lokho. Ehlane lezinhliziyo zethu ezomile, uNkulunkulu watshala ihlumela elivela ezulwini—okuwukuthi ukuzalwa kabusha komoya: “Kepha uma uKristu ekini, umzimba ufile ngesono, kepha umoya uphila ekulungeni” (KwabaseRoma. 8,10). Emhlane wempilo yethu, lapho kungakhuli khona ngokomoya, uNkulunkulu watshala uMoya wakhe oNgcwele, ukuphila kukaJesu Kristu. Lesi isitshalo esingasoze sanyathelwa.

UNkulunkulu akakhethi ngoba abantu bekhetha ukwenza njalo noma befanelwe ukwenza kanjalo, kodwa ngoba ukwenza lokho ngenxa yomusa nothando. Insindiso ivela ngokuphelele esandleni sikaNkulunkulu kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni. Ekugcineni, ngisho nesisekelo sesinqumo sethu noma ngokumelene nokholo lobuKristu asiveli kithi ngokwethu: “Ngokuba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa, nalokhu akuveli kini, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, akuveli ngemisebenzi, ukuze kungabikho ozibongayo. (Kwabase-Efesu 2,8-enye).

Uma umuntu engasindiswa ngokukholwa kuKristu nemisebenzi yakhe emihle, singaba nesimo esingenangqondo sokuthi kukhona abaSindisi ababili, uJesu kanye nesoni. Ukuguquka kwethu konke akuveli eqinisweni lokuthi uNkulunkulu wathola izimo ezinhle kangaka kithi, kodwa kwamjabulisa ukutshala umoya wakhe lapho kungekho lutho olungakhula ngaphandle kwawo. Kodwa isimangaliso sezimangaliso sithi: Isitshalo somusa sishintsha inhlabathi yezinhliziyo zethu! Emhlabathini owawungenalutho kukhula ukuphenduka, ukuphenduka, ukholo, uthando, ukulalela, ukungcweliswa, nethemba. Umusa kaNkulunkulu kuphela ongakwenza lokho! Uyaqonda? Lokho uNkulunkulu akutshalayo akuncikile emhlabathini wethu, kodwa okuphambene nalokho.

Ngesithombo, uJesu Kristu, owahlala kithi ngoMoya oNgcwele, sibona ubunyumba bethu futhi samukela ngokubonga isipho sakhe somusa. Umhlaba owomile, inhlabathi ewugwadule, uthola ukuphila okusha ngoJesu Kristu. Lowo ngumusa kaNkulunkulu! UJesu wachaza lesi simiso ku-Andreya noFiliphu: “Ngaphandle kokuba uhlamvu lukakolweni luwele emhlabeni futhi lufe, luhlala lodwa; kodwa lapho isifile, ithela izithelo eziningi.” ( Johane 12,24).

UKristu okithi, uhlamvu olufile lukakolweni, uyimfihlo yokuphila kwethu nokukhula kwethu komoya: «Nicela ubufakazi bokuthi uKristu ukhuluma kimi, ongebuthakathaka kini, kodwa unamandla phakathi kwenu. Ngokuba noma wabethelwa esiphambanweni ngobuthakathaka, nokho uphila ngamandla kaNkulunkulu. Futhi nakuba sibuthakathaka kuye, nokho siyophila naye ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ngenxa yenu. Zihloleni nina ukuthi nimi ekukholweni; zihlole! Kumbe anazi yini phakathi kwenu ukuthi uJesu Kristu ukini na? (2. AbaseKorinte 13,3-5). Uma ungakutholi ukubaluleka kwakho kuNkulunkulu, kodwa emhlabathini owugwadule, noma yini enye ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu, uyokufa futhi uhlale ufile. Uphila ngempumelelo ngoba amandla kaJesu asebenza ngamandla kuwe!

amazwi enkuthazo 

Lo mfanekiso unikeza amazwi enkuthazo kubo bonke abathi ngemva kokuguquka, bathole inyumba yabo kanye nokona kwabo. Uyakubona ukushiyeka kokulandela kwakho uKristu. Uzizwa njengogwadule oluwugwadule, ugwadule oluphelele, onomphefumulo owomile wokuzigxeka, ukuba necala, ukuzihlambalaza nokwehluleka, ukungabi nazithelo kanye nokomisa.  

Kungani uJesu engalindele usizo lwesoni ukuze asisindise? “Ngokuba kwamthokozisa uNkulunkulu ukwenza konke ukugcwala kuye kuhlale kuJesu” (Kolose 1,19).

Lapho ukugcwala konke kuhlala kuJesu, akadingi mnikelo kithi, futhi akakulindele. UKristu uyikho konke! Ingabe lokhu kukunikeza injabulo? “Kepha le ngcebo sinayo ezitsheni zebumba, ukuze amandla amakhulu kakhulu abe avela kuNkulunkulu, angaveli kithi.”2. AbaseKorinte 4,7).

Kunalokho, kuyinjabulo kaJesu ukungena ezinhliziyweni ezingenalutho futhi azigcwalise ngothando lwakhe. Uyakujabulela ukusebenza ezinhliziyweni ezibandayo futhi azenze zivuthe futhi ngothando lwakhe olungokomoya. Kungumsebenzi wakhe okhethekile ukunikeza izinhliziyo ezifile ukuphila. Ingabe uphila ebunzimeni bokholo, obugcwele izilingo nesono? Ingabe yonke into iqinile, yomile futhi yomile kuwe? Akukho njabulo, akukho ukholo, akukho sithelo, akukho uthando, akukho umlilo? Konke komile? Kunesithembiso esimangalisayo: “Akayikuwuphula umhlanga ofecekileyo, nentambo yesibane elokozayo akayikuyicima; Ufeza ukwahlulela ngokwethembeka.”—Isaya 42,3).

Intambo yentambo evuthayo isizocisha ngokuphelele. Akasaphathi ilangabi ngoba ingcina iyamncisha. Lesi simo simfanele uNkulunkulu. Ukuze angene emhlabathini wakho owomile, enhliziyweni yakho ekhalayo, angathanda ukutshala impande yakhe yaphezulu, inzalo yakhe, uJesu Kristu. Mfundi othandekayo, kunethemba elimangalisayo! “UJehova uyakukuhola njalo, ezweni elomileyo uyakukugcwalisa, aqinise amathambo akho. Futhi niyoba njengensimu eniselwayo, nanjengomthombo wamanzi omanzi awo angeke akhohlise.” ( Isaya 58,11). UNkulunkulu wenza ngendlela yokuthi nguye yedwa othola inkazimulo. Kungakho uJesu osanda kuzalwa akhula njengehlumela emhlabathini owomile hhayi emhlabathini onothile.

nguPablo Nauer

 Isisekelo salesi sihloko yintshumayelo kaCharles Haddon Spurgeon, ayethule ngomhla ka-13. Ngo-Okthoba 1872.