Umusa osizini nasekufeni

Njengoba ngibhala le migqa, ngilungiselela ukuya emngcwabeni kamalume wami. Uke wazizwa kabi kabi isikhashana. Isisho esidumile sikaBenjamin Franklin siyathandwa: "Zimbili kuphela izinto kulo mhlaba eziqinisekile kithina: ukufa nezintela." Sengivele ngilahlekelwe abantu abaningi ababalulekile empilweni yami; kuhlanganise nobaba wami. Ngisakhumbula ngimvakashela esibhedlela. Wayenobuhlungu obukhulu futhi ngangingakwazi ukubekezelela ukumbona ehlupheka okunje. Bengigcina ukumbona esaphila. Ngisadabukile namuhla ukuthi angisenaye ubaba engingambiza futhi ngichithe isikhathi naye ngoSuku Lobaba. Noma kunjalo, ngiyambonga uNkulunkulu ngomusa esiwuthola kuye ngokufa. Ngaye umusa nesihe sikaNkulunkulu kufinyeleleka kubo bonke abantu nezidalwa eziphilayo. Ngenkathi u-Adamu no-Eva bona, uNkulunkulu wabavimba ukuba badle umuthi wokuphila. Wayefuna ukuthi afe, kodwa ngani? Impendulo yile: uma beqhubeka nokudla emthini wokuphila noma ngabe bonile, bebeyophila phakade esonweni nasezifweni. Uma, njengobaba wami, babenesifo sokuqina kwesibindi, babeyophila unomphela besezinhlungwini nasekuguleni. Uma benomdlavuza bebeyohlushwa unomphela bengenathemba ngoba umdlavuza ubungeke ubabulale. UNkulunkulu usinike ukufa ngomusa ukuze ngolunye usuku sikwazi ukuphunyula ebuhlungwini basemhlabeni. Ukufa kwakungeyona isijeziso sesono, kodwa kwakuyisipho esiholela empilweni yangempela.

“Kepha uNkulunkulu unesihe, wasithanda kakhulu, waze wasinika thina esasifile ngezono zethu ukuphila okusha kanye noKristu lapho emvusa kwabafileyo. Kwakungomusa kaNkulunkulu kuphela ukuthi nasindiswa! Ngoba yena wasivusa kwabafileyo kanye noKristu futhi manje singabakaJesu embusweni wakhe wasezulwini.” 2,4-6 New Life Bible).

UJesu weza emhlabeni njengomuntu ukuze akhulule abantu etilongweni lokufa. Njengoba ehlela ethuneni, wahlanganyela nabo bonke abantu abake baphila futhi bafa futhi ababeyokufa kuze kube phakade. Nokho, kwakuyisu lakhe ukuthi uzovuka ethuneni kanye nabo bonke abantu. UPawulu wakuchaza ngale ndlela: “Ngakho-ke uma navuswa kanye noKristu, funani okwaphezulu, lapho ekhona uKristu, ehlezi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu.” ( Kolose 3,1).

Ikhambi lesono

Sitshelwa ukuthi uma sona, ukuhlupheka emhlabeni kuyanda. UNkulunkulu ufinyeza isikhathi sokuphila kwabantu, lithi kuGenesise: “Khona-ke uJehova wathi: Umoya wami ngeke ubuse kumuntu kuze kube phakade, ngoba umuntu futhi uyinyama. ngiyakumnika iminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amabili kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe”1. mose 6,3). AmaHubo aloba ngoMose eminyakeni eminingi kamuva ekhala ngesimo sesintu: “Ulaka lwakho lunzima phezu kwethu, lunjengokububula; Singase siphile iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa, singase siphile size sifinyelele emashumini ayisishiyagalombili - kodwa ngisho neminyaka engcono kakhulu kuwumshikashika nomthwalo! Yeka ukuthi konke kudlula ngokushesha kangakanani futhi singasekho” (IHubo 90,9:120f; GN). Isono senyukile futhi isikhathi sokuphila kwabantu siye sancishiswa sisuka eminyakeni eyi njengoba kulotshwe kuGenesise saya eminyakeni ephansi. Isono sinjengomdlavuza. Okuwukuphela kwendlela ephumelelayo yokubhekana naye ukumbulala. Ukufa kuwumphumela wesono. Ngakho-ke, ekufeni, uJesu wathatha izono zethu phezu kwakhe, waqeda izono zethu kulesosiphambano. Ngokufa kwakhe sithola ikhambi lesono, uthando lwakhe njengomusa wokuphila. Udosi lokufa alusekho ngoba uJesu wafa wabuye wavuka.

Ngenxa yokufa nokuvuka kukaKristu, sibheke phambili ekuvusweni kwabalandeli bakhe ngokuqiniseka. “Ngokuba njengalokhu bonke befa ku-Adamu, kanjalo kuKristu bonke bayakuphiliswa” (1. AbaseKorinte 15,22). Lokhu kuphila kunemiphumela emangalisayo: “Futhi uNkulunkulu uyosula zonke izinyembezi emehlweni akho, futhi ukufa ngeke kusaba khona, noma ukulila noma ukukhala noma ubuhlungu ngeke kusaba khona; ngokuba owokuqala udlulile” (IsAmbulo 21,4). Ngemva kovuko, ukufa ngeke kusaba khona! Ngenxa yalelithemba uPawulu ubhalela abaseThesalonika ukuba bangalili njengabantu abangenalo ithemba: “Kepha asithandi ukuba nina, bazalwane abathandekayo, nisale ebumnyameni ngabaleleyo, ukuze nihlushwe. angadabuki njengabanye abangenathemba. Ngokuba uma sikholwa ukuthi uJesu wafa wabuye wavuka, uNkulunkulu uyakubavusa nabalele naye ngoJesu. Ngoba yilokhu esikusho kini ngezwi leNkosi, ukuthi thina esiphilayo esisekhona kuze kube sekufikeni kweNkosi ngeke sibandulele labo asebalala.”1. Thes 4,13-enye).

Ukukhululeka ezinhlungwini

Njengoba sikhala ngokulahlekelwa abathandekayo umndeni nabangane ngoba sibakhumbula, sinethemba lokuthi sizophinde sibabone ezulwini. Kufana nokuvalelisa kumngani ozoya phesheya isikhathi eside. Ukufa akusona isiphetho. Ungumusa osikhulula ebuhlungwini. Lapho uJesu ebuya futhi ngeke kube khona ukufa, ubuhlungu, noma ukudabuka. Singambonga uNkulunkulu ngomusa wokufa lapho othandekayo efa. Kepha kuthiwani ngabantu okumele bahlupheke isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba babizelwe ekhaya labo laphakade? Kungani bengakavunyelwa ukuthola umusa wokufa? Ngabe unkulunkulu umshiyile? Vele akunjalo! Akasoze asishiya noma asilahle ithemba. Ukuhlupheka nakho kungumusa ovela kuNkulunkulu. UJesu, onguNkulunkulu, wezwa ubuhlungu bokuba ngumuntu iminyaka engamashumi amathathu - nakho konke ukulinganiselwa nezilingo. Ukuhlupheka okukhulu akuthola ukufa kwakhe esiphambanweni.

Bamba iqhaza empilweni kaJesu

AmaKristu amaningi awazi ukuthi ukuhlupheka kuyisibusiso. Ubuhlungu nokuhlupheka kungumusa, ngoba ngazo sihlanganyela ukuphila okubuhlungu kukaJesu: «Manje ngiyajabula ezinhluphekweni engihlupheka ngazo ngenxa yenu, futhi enyameni yami ngibuyisela umzimba wakhe lokho okusesilele ezinhluphekweni zikaKristu. , lelo yibandla »(Kolose 1,24).

UPetru wayeyiqonda indima yokuhlupheka ekuphileni kwamaKristu: “Ngenxa yokuthi uKristu wahlupheka enyameni, hlomani nani-mqondo ofanayo; ngokuba ohluphekile enyameni uyekile ukona.”1. UPetrus 4,1). Umbono kaPawulu ngokuhlupheka wawufana nokaPetru. UPawulu ubona ukuhlupheka ukuthi kuyini: umusa wokujabula. “Makabongwe uNkulunkulu, uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, uYise wesihe noNkulunkulu wenduduzo yonke, osiduduza osizini lwethu lonke, ukuze nathi siduduze abasezinhluphekweni zonke ngenduduzo esiduduze ngayo thina ngokwethu. zivela kuNkulunkulu. Ngokuba njengalokhu izinhlupheko zikaKristu zehlela phezu kwethu ngokweqile, kanjalo nathi siduduzwa ngokwengezelelwa ngoKristu. Kodwa uma sinosizi, kungenxa yenduduzo nokusindiswa kwenu. Uma sinenduduzo, ingenxa yenduduzo yenu, ebonakala isebenza lapho nikhuthazela ngokubekezela ezinhluphekweni ezifanayo nathi esihlupheka ngazo.2. AbaseKorinte 1,3-enye).

Kubalulekile ukubona konke ukuhlupheka njengoba uPetru akuchaza. Usikhumbuza ukuthi sihlanganyela ekuhluphekeni kukaJesu lapho sizwa ubuhlungu nokuhlupheka okungathetheleleki «Ngokuba lokho kungumusa lapho umuntu ekhuthazelela ububi futhi ehlupheka ngokungabi nabulungisa phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngenxa kanembeza. Ngoba ludumo luni lapho ushaywa ngenxa yezenzo ezimbi futhi ubekezele? Kepha uma nihlupheka nikhuthazela ezenzweni ezinhle, lowo kungumusa kuNkulunkulu. Ngokuba nabizelwa khona lokho, ngokuba uKristu wahlupheka ngenxa yenu, nashiya isibonelo sokuba nilandele ezinyathelweni zakhe;1. UPetrus 2,19-enye).

Ebuhlungwini, ekuhluphekeni nasekufeni siyajabula ngomusa kaNkulunkulu. NjengoJobe, siyazi futhi lapho thina, ngokombono womuntu, sithola ukugula nokuhlupheka ngendlela engafanele, ukuthi uNkulunkulu akasishiyanga, kodwa ume ngakithi futhi uyajabula ngathi.

Uma osizini lwakho ucela uNkulunkulu ukuba akususe kuwe, uNkulunkulu ufuna ukuba wazi induduzo Yakhe: “Umusa wami ukwanele” (2. AbaseKorinte 12,9). Sengathi ungaba umduduzi kwabanye abantu ngenduduzo abazitholele yona.    

by Takalani Musekiwa