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Yini ekhetheke kangaka ngoJesu?
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngihamba ngemoto ngibuya emsebenzini, ngabona isikhangiso esiseceleni komgwaqo sithuthukisa isihloko sakamuva somhleli ephephandabeni. Iphosta ibibhalwe ukuthi: “UMandela nguJesu”. Ngiqale ngishaqekile yile nkulumo. Umuntu angasho kanjani into enjalo! UMandela ungumuntu okhethekile, kodwa angaqhathaniswa noma alinganiswe noJesu? Nokho, le poster yangenza ngacabanga. Ngaphandle kukaMandela, baningi abantu abakhethekile abake baphila kulo mhlaba. Eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule iyodwa kube nabantu abafana noMahatma Gandhi, uMartin Luther King Jr. kanye noNelson Mandela, labo njengoJesu, abaye babhekana nokungabi nabulungisa futhi banqoba izithiyo ezazibonakala zingenakunqotshwa futhi baze bazuza udumo emhlabeni wonke. Ngamunye wabo wahlupheka ngendlela yakhe. Bashaywa, bagqunywa ejele, besatshiswa, bethuswa, futhi babulawa. Emacaleni kaGandhi noMartin Luther King Jr., bobabili bakhokha izimpilo zabo. Pho yini eyenza uJesu akhetheke kangaka? Kungani amaKristu angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili emkhulekela?
UJesu wayengenasono
Akekho uGandhi, uMartin Luther King Jr. noma uNelson Mandela owake wathi akanasono. Nokho eTestamenteni Elisha abaningi bayafakaza ukuthi uJesu ulangazelela ubudlelwano obuseduze nathi; akekho omunye umuntu owenza futhi ongabhala iqiniso lokuthi uJesu wayengenasono. Ku 1. UPetrus 2,22 singafunda: “ongonanga, nokungafunyanwanga nkohliso emlonyeni wakhe” nakumaHeberu 4,15 “Ngokuba asinaye umpristi omkhulu ongenakuzwelana nobuthakathaka bethu, kodwa owalingwa kukho konke njengathi, engenasono.” UJesu wayephelele futhi, ngokungafani noMandela nabanye, wayengakaze one.
UJesu wathi unguNkulunkulu
Akekho uGandhi, uMartin Luther King Jr. noma uNelson Mandela owake wathi unguNkulunkulu, kodwa uJesu wakwenza lokho. 10,30 ithi, “Mina noBaba simunye.”, kubhekiselwa kuNkulunkulu Uqobo Lwakhe.” Inkulumo enjalo inesibindi kakhulu, nokho uJesu wayisho. Ngaleso sizathu amaJuda ayefuna ukumbethela esiphambanweni.
Kubekhona abanye abantu emlandweni, njengo-Augustus Caesar neNkosi uNebukadinesari, abathi bangaphezulu. Kepha umthetho wabo wawungabonakali ngokuthula, uthando nemvelo enhle kubantu, kepha wawuphawuleka ngokucindezelwa, inzondo nokuhahela amandla. Ngokuphikisana ngokweqile, kukhona ukuba ngumfundi kaJesu, okungafuni ukumenza adume, acebe futhi abe namandla, kepha kuphela ukuletha uthando lukaNkulunkulu nezindaba ezinhle zensindiso ngoJesu Kristu kubantu.
Kuqinisekiswe izimangaliso neziphrofetho
Encwadini yeZenzo zabaPhostoli 2,22-23 umphostoli ubhala okulandelayo ngePhentekoste: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, yizwani lawa mazwi: UJesu waseNazaretha obonakaliswe nguNkulunkulu phakathi kwenu ngezenzo nangezimangaliso nangezibonakaliso uNkulunkulu azenza ngaye phakathi kwenu, njengokuba nazi nina ngokwenu, lo, owabethelwa lapho ngesimiso nangokuqondisa kukaNkulunkulu, ngezandla zabezizwe, wabulawa.” UPetru ukhuluma lapha kubantu abasamazi ngokuqondile uJesu. Babona izimangaliso ayezenza futhi abanye babo cishe babekhona lapho evusa uLazaru kwabafileyo, wondla amadoda ayizi-5000 (ngaphandle kwabesifazane nabantwana), ekhipha imimoya emibi futhi ephulukisa abagulayo nezinyonga. Abantu abaningi nabo babona futhi babona ukuvuswa kwakhe. Wayengeyena nje noma iyiphi indoda. Akagcinanga nje ngokukhuluma, kodwa wenza ngalokho ayekusho. Naphezu kobuchwepheshe banamuhla, akekho ongazenza izimangaliso ezenziwa uJesu. Akekho namuhla ongaphendula amanzi abe iwayini, avuse abantu kwabafileyo, andise ukudla. Nakuba zonke lezi zinto zihlaba umxhwele kakhulu, iqiniso engilithola lihlaba umxhwele kakhulu ngezimangaliso uJesu azenza liwukuthi iziprofetho ezingaphezu kuka-700 kwakumelwe zigcwaliseke ngoMesiya futhi uJesu wazigcwalisa zonke zazo. Lezi ziprofetho zenziwa eminyakeni engaphezu kwenkulungwane ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe. Ukuze uqonde ngempela ukuthi kukhetheke kangakanani ukuthi uJesu wagcwalisa lezi ziprofetho, umuntu kufanele abheke ukuthi kungenzeka yini ngokwezibalo ukuthi noma ubani azigcwalise zonke lezi ziprofetho. Uma besingabheka ukuthi kungenzeka noma yimuphi umuntu ogcwalisa iziprofetho ezibaluleke kakhulu ezingama-300 ngoJesu, kungenzeka ukuthi umuntu oyedwa kwabayi-1; (Omunye olandelwa ngoziro abangu-10). Amathuba okuthi uJesu wagcwalisa zonke iziprofetho ngenhlanhla mancane kakhulu kangangokuthi abonakala engenakwenzeka. Okuwukuphela kwencazelo yendlela uJesu akwazi ngayo ukugcwalisa zonke lezi ziprofetho ukuthi yena ngokwakhe unguNkulunkulu futhi uqondise izenzakalo.
UJesu ulangazelela ubuhlobo obuseduze nathi bantu
njengoGandhi, uMartin Luther King Jr. kanye noMandela babenabalandeli abaningi, kodwa kwakungenakwenzeka ngomuntu ojwayelekile ukuba azihlanganise nabo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uJesu usimema ukuba sibe nobuhlobo bomuntu siqu naye. KuJohane 17,20-23 ukhuleka la mazwi alandelayo: “Angikhulekeli bona bodwa, kepha nalabo abayakukholwa yimi ngezwi labo, ukuze bonke babe munye. Njengoba wena, Baba ukimi, nami ngikuwe, kanjalo nabo bamelwe ukuba kithi, ukuze izwe likholwe ukuthi ungithumile. Futhi ngibanikile inkazimulo onginike yona, ukuze babe munye, njengoba thina simunye, mina kubo, nawe ukimi, ukuze babe munye ngokuphelele, futhi ukuze izwe lazi ukuthi wena ungithumile futhi uyabathanda. uyangithanda."
UMandela akazi, njengoba ngikhona, ngeke futhi akwenze lokho. Phela ungumuntu nje. Kepha ngamunye wethu unokufinyelela ebudlelwaneni noJesu. Ungabelana naye ngezifiso zakho ezijulile, injabulo, ukwesaba nokukhathazeka. Ababona umthwalo kuye futhi ngeke akhathele kakhulu noma abe matasa kakhulu ukuba angabalalela. UJesu ungaphezu kwanoma imuphi umuntu obalulekile owake waphila ngoba wayengeyena umuntu kuphela kodwa futhi wayenguNkulunkulu.
isifinyezo
Noma ekuqaleni kwalesi sihloko bekubukeka sengathi uMandela angaqhathaniswa noJesu, kodwa sithola ukuthi akunakwenzeka. Singamfanisa uMandela noGandhi noMartin Luther King Jr., kodwa hhayi noJesu, ngoba yileyondlela esingaqhathanisa ngayo ithonsi lamanzi nolwandle. Awukwazi ukuqhathanisa noma ubani noJesu ngoba akekho onjengaye. Ngoba akekho okhethekile njengaye.
nguShaun de Greeff
