Ngabe sishumayela “ngomusa oshibhile”?

Mhlawumbe nawe uke uzwe kuthiwa ngomusa “awunamkhawulo” noma “wenza izimfuno”. Labo abagcizelela uthando lukaNkulunkulu nokuthethelela bayohlala behlangana nabantu ababasola ngokuthi bakhulumela lokho abakubiza ngokudelela ngokuthi "umusa oshibhile." Yilokhu kanye okwenzeka ngomngane wami omkhulu nomfundisi we-GCI, u-Tim Brassel. Wayesolwa ngokushumayela "umusa oshibhile." Ngiyayithanda indlela asabela ngayo kulokho. Impendulo yakhe yathi: "Cha, angishumayeli umusa oshibhile, kodwa okungcono kakhulu: umusa wamahhala!"

Impikiswano Yokusindisa Ubukhosi

Izwi eliphambili kule nkulumo-mpikiswano, umlandeli kaCalvin owaziwayo onamaphoyinti amahlanu, uhlale egomela ngokuthi labo abathi ukuzivuma komuntu siqu kuKristu kuphela kuyadingeka ukuze usindiswe banecala lokumela “umusa oshibhile.” Ugomela ngokuthi ukwenza isivumo sokholo (ukwamukela uJesu njengoMsindisi) nokwenza imisebenzi ethile emihle (ekulaleleni uJesu njengeNkosi) kuyadingeka ukuze uthole insindiso.

Zombili izinhlangothi zinezimpikiswano ezinhle kule mpikiswano. Ngikholwa ukuthi kukhona amaphutha ngokwendlela yokubuka zombili izinhlangothi ebengagwemeka. Okokuqala nokuphambili, kuya ngobudlelwano phakathi kukaJesu noYise hhayi ukuthi thina bantu siziphatha kanjani kuNkulunkulu. Ngokwalo mbono, kusobala ukuthi uJesu uyiNkosi noMsindisi. Izinhlangothi zombili zingakubona njengesipho somusa ukuthi kufanele siqondiswe nguMoya oNgcwele ukuze sizibandakanye kakhulu ebudlelwaneni bukaJesu noYise.

Ngalombono ogxile kuKristu noZiqu-zintathu, izinhlangothi zombili zizobona imisebenzi emihle hhayi njengento ezuza insindiso (noma njengento engafanele), kodwa ukuthi sadalelwa ukuhamba kuyo kuKristu (Kwabase-Efesu 2,10). Bayoqaphela futhi ukuthi sihlengiwe ngaphandle kwanoma yikuphi ukufaneleka futhi hhayi ngemisebenzi yethu (kuhlanganise nenkolo yethu siqu) kodwa ngomsebenzi nokholo lukaJesu ngenxa yethu (Kwabase-Efesu 2,8-9; KwabaseGalathiya 2,20). Khona-ke bangase baphethe ngokuthi akukho okungenziwa ekusindisweni, ngokwenezela noma ngokugcinwa kukho. Njengoba umshumayeli omkhulu uCharles Spurgeon akubeka: “Uma bekufanele sihlabe ngisho iphinifa elilodwa engutsheni yensindiso yethu, besiyolichitha ngokuphelele.

Umsebenzi kaJesu usinikeza umusa wakhe ohlanganisa konke

Njengoba sike saxoxa ngaphambili kulolu chungechunge lomusa, kufanele sithembele emsebenzini kaJesu (ukwethembeka kwakhe) kakhulu kakhulu kunasekwenzeni kwethu. umusa. UKarl Barth wabhala: “Akekho ongasindiswa ngezenzo zakhe siqu, kodwa wonke umuntu angasindiswa izenzo zikaNkulunkulu.”

UmBhalo usifundisa ukuthi noma ubani okholwa kuJesu “unokuphila okuphakade” (Joh 3,16; I-36; 5,24) futhi “usindisiwe” (Roma 10,9). Kunamavesi asikhuthaza ukuthi silandele uJesu ngokuphila impilo yethu entsha kuye. Noma isiphi isifiso sokusondela kuNkulunkulu futhi sifune umusa waKhe owehlukanisa uJesu njengoMsindisi noJesu njengeNkosi sidukile. UJesu uyinto engokoqobo engahlukanisiwe, kokubili uMsindisi neNkosi. NjengoMhlengi uyiNkosi futhi njengeNkosi unguMhlengi. Ukuzama ukuhlukanisa leli qiniso ngezigaba ezimbili akusizi futhi akusebenzi. Uma wenza kanjalo, udala ubuKristu obuhlukana baba izigaba ezimbili, okuholela amalungu abo ukuze enze izahlulelo mayelana nokuthi ubani ongumKristu nongeyena. Futhi, umuntu uvame ukuhlukanisa ukuthi ngingubani kulokho engikwenzayo.

Ukwehlukanisa uJesu emsebenzini Wakhe wokuhlenga kuncike embonweni wezohwebo (ozuzisayo ngokufanayo) wensindiso owehlukanisa ukulungisiswa nokungcweliswa. Nokho, insindiso, ephelele futhi ngokuphelele ngomusa, imayelana nobudlelwane noNkulunkulu obuholela endleleni entsha yokuphila. Umusa kaNkulunkulu osindisayo usilethela ukulungisiswa nokungcweliswa ngokuthi uJesu uqobo, ngoMoya oNgcwele, waba ukulungisiswa nokungcweliswa kwethu (1. AbaseKorinte 1,30).

Umhlengi uqobo uyisipho. Sihlangene kuJesu ngoMoya oNgcwele, siba ngabahlanganyeli bakho konke okungokwakhe. ITestamente Elisha likufingqa lokhu ngokusibiza ngokuthi “izidalwa ezintsha” kuKristu (2. AbaseKorinte 5,17). Akukho lutho olushibhile ngalomusa, ngoba akukho lutho olushibhile ngoJesu noma ngempilo esihlanganyela naye. Iqiniso liwukuthi ubuhlobo naye buletha ukuzisola, ukudedela ubuntu obudala nokungena endleleni entsha yokuphila. UNkulunkulu wothando ulangazelela ukupheleliswa kwabantu abathandayo futhi ukulungiselele lokhu ngokufanele kuJesu. Uthando luphelele, ngaphandle kwalokho bekungeke kube uthando. UCalvin wayevame ukuthi, "Yonke insindiso yethu iphelele kuKristu."

Ukungaqondi komusa nemisebenzi

Nakuba kugxilwa endleleni efanele yokuhlobana nokuqonda, nokwenza imisebenzi emihle, kukhona abanye abakholelwa ngephutha ukuthi ukuhlanganyela okuqhubekayo emisebenzini emihle kuyadingeka ukuze kuqinisekiswe insindiso yethu. Kunokukhathazeka phakathi kwabo kokuthi ukugxila emseni kaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa kuphela kuyimvume yokona (isihloko engikhulume ngaso eNgxenyeni 2). Okungenangqondo ngalo mbono ukuthi umusa awushayi indiva nje imiphumela yesono. Futhi, le ndlela yokucabanga engalungile ihlukanisa umusa kuJesu uqobo, njengokungathi umusa wawuyindaba yokuthengiselana (ukushintshana okuvumelanayo) okungahlukaniswa kube izenzo ezihlukene ngaphandle kokuhilela uKristu. Eqinisweni, kugxilwa kakhulu emisebenzini emihle kangangokuthi ekugcineni abantu bayayeka ukukholelwa ukuthi uJesu wenza noma yini ukuze asisindise. Kushiwo ngamanga ukuthi uJesu umane waqala umsebenzi wensindiso yethu nokuthi manje kusemandleni ethu ukuwuqinisekisa ngandlela thize ngokuziphatha kwethu.

AmaKristu amukele insada yomusa kaNkulunkulu awakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuwanika imvume yokona—okuphambene kakhulu. UPawulu wasolwa ngokushumayela kakhulu ngomusa ukuze "isono sinqobe." Nokho, lokhu kusolwa akuzange kumenze ashintshe isigijimi sakhe. Kunalokho, wasola ummangaleli wakhe ngokuhlanekezela isigijimi sakhe futhi wenza umzamo omkhulu ukuze akwenze kucace ukuthi isihe asiyona indlela yokwenza okuhlukile emithethweni. UPawulu wabhala ukuthi umgomo wenkonzo yakhe wawuwukusungula “ukulalela ngokholo.” (Roma 1,5; I-16,26).

Insindiso ingenzeka kuphela ngomusa: kungumsebenzi kaKristu kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni

Sifanele ukumbonga kakhulu uNkulunkulu ngokuthumela iNdodana yakhe ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele ukusisindisa, hhayi ukusehlulela. Siyaqonda ukuthi awukho umnikelo emisebenzini emihle ongasenza silunge noma sibe ngcwele; uma kunjalo, besingeke simdinge uMsindisi. Noma ngabe kugcizelelwa ukulalela ngokukholwa noma ngokukholwa ngokulalela, akufanele neze sikubukele phansi ukuncika kwethu kuJesu onguMsindisi wethu. Uhlulele futhi walahla zonke izono futhi usithethelele ingunaphakade - isipho esisithola lapho sikholwa futhi simethemba.

Kukholwa kanye nomsebenzi kaJesu uqobo—ukwethembeka kwakhe—okuletha insindiso yethu kusukela ekuqaleni kuye ekugcineni. Usinika ukulunga kwakhe (ukulungisiswa kwethu) futhi, ngoMoya oNgcwele, usinika isabelo empilweni yakhe engcwele (ukungcweliswa kwethu). Lezi zipho ezimbili sizithola ngendlela eyodwa nangendlela efanayo: ngokubeka ithemba lethu kuJesu. Lokho uKristu asenzele khona, uMoya oNgcwele okithi uyasisiza ukuba sikuqonde futhi siphile ngakho. Ukholo lwethu lugxile (njengoba kushiwo kwabaseFilipi 1,6 kusho) “owaqala umsebenzi omuhle kinina uyakuwuqeda”. Uma umuntu engenangxenye kulokho uJesu asebenza kuye, kusho ukuthi isivumo sokholo lwakhe asinasisekelo. Esikhundleni sokwamukela umusa kaNkulunkulu, bayawuphikisa ngokuwufuna. Ngokuqinisekile sifuna ukugwema leli phutha, njengoba nje kungafanele siwele embonweni oyiphutha wokuthi imisebenzi yethu inengxenye ngandlela-thile ensindisweni yethu.

nguJoseph Tkach

Ngabe sishumayela “ngomusa oshibhile”?