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Ivangeli - isimemo sakho embusweni kaNkulunkulu
Wonke umuntu unombono wokulungile nokungalungile, futhi wonke umuntu wenze okungalungile ngisho nangomcabango wakhe. “Ukuphambuka kungumuntu,” kusho isaga esaziwayo. Wonke umuntu udumaze umngane, wephule isithembiso, walimaza imizwa yomunye ngesikhathi esithile. Wonke umuntu uyayazi imizwa yecala.
Ngakho abantu abafuni ukuba nento yokwenza noNkulunkulu. Abafuni usuku lokwahlulela ngoba bayazi ukuthi ngeke bame phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngonembeza omsulwa. Bayazi ukuthi kufanele bamlalele, kodwa futhi bayazi ukuthi abazange bamlalele. Banamahloni futhi bazizwa benecala. Isikweletu sabo singahlengwa kanjani? Indlela yokuhlanza ingqondo? “Ukuthethelela kungokwaphezulu,” kuphetha igama elingukhiye. UNkulunkulu uqobo Lwakhe othethelelayo.
Abantu abaningi bayasazi lesi sisho, kodwa abakholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu unobungcwele ngokwanele ukuba athethelele izono zabo. Usazizwa unecala. Basasaba ukubonakala kukaNkulunkulu nosuku lokwahlulela.
Kepha uNkulunkulu ubonakele ngaphambili - ngomuntu kaJesu Kristu. Akezanga ukuzolahla kepha ukusindisa. Waletha umyalezo wokuxolela futhi wafa esiphambanweni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi nathi singaxolelwa.
Umlayezo kaJesu, umlayezo wesiphambano, izindaba ezinhle kulabo abazizwa benecala. UJesu, uNkulunkulu nomuntu munye, wasithathela isijeziso sethu. Intethelelo inikezwa labo abathobeke ngokwanele ukukholwa kuvangeli likaJesu Kristu. Siyazidinga lezi zindaba ezinhle. Ivangeli likaKristu liletha ukuthula kwengqondo, injabulo kanye nokunqoba komuntu siqu.
Ivangeli leqiniso, izindaba ezinhle, ivangeli elashunyayelwa nguKristu. Abaphostoli nabo bashumayela ivangeli elifanayo: UJesu Kristu, ebethelwe esiphambanweni (1. AbaseKorinte 2,2), uJesu Kristu kumaKristu, ithemba lenkazimulo (Kolose 1,27), uvuko kwabafileyo, isigijimi sethemba nensindiso yesintu. Leli yivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu elashunyayelwa nguJesu.
Izindaba ezinhle kubo bonke abantu
“Ngemva kokuboshwa kukaJohane, uJesu wafika eGalile, washumayela ivangeli likaNkulunkulu, ethi, Isikhathi sigcwalisekile, nombuso kaNkulunkulu ususondele. Phendukani futhi nikholwe yivangeli.” (Marku 1,14"15). Lelivangeli uJesu alilethile “liyizindaba ezinhle” - umyalezo "onamandla" oguqula futhi uguqule izimpilo. Ivangeli aligcini ngokugweba futhi liguqule, kodwa ekugcineni lizocasula bonke abaliphikisayo. Ivangeli “lingamandla kaNkulunkulu kube yinsindiso kuwo wonke okholwayo” (Roma 1,16). Ivangeli liyisimemo sikaNkulunkulu kithi ukuthi siphile ezingeni elehluke ngokuphelele. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi sinefa eliyoba elethu ngokugcwele lapho uKristu ebuya. Kuyisimemo futhi seqiniso elingokomoya eliqinisayo esingaba ngelethu manje. UPawulu ubiza ivangeli ngokuthi "iVangeli" igelium likaKristu (1. AbaseKorinte 9,12).
“Ivangeli likaNkulunkulu” (Roma 1 Kor5,16) kanye “nevangeli lokuthula” ( Efesu 6,15). Eqala ngoJesu, uqala ukuchaza kabusha umbono wamaJuda ngombuso kaNkulunkulu, egxila encazelweni yendawo yonke yokufika kokuqala kukaKristu. UPawulu ufundisa ukuthi uJesu owazulazula emigwaqweni enothuli yaseJudiya naseGalile manje unguKristu ovusiwe, ohlezi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu futhi “uyinhloko yawo wonke amandla namandla” (Kolose 2,10). NgokukaPawulu, ukufa nokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu kuza “kuqala” evangelini; ziyizehlakalo ezibalulekile ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu (1. AbaseKorinte 15,1-11). Ivangeli liyizindaba ezimnandi kwabampofu nabacindezelwe.Indaba inenhloso. Ekugcineni, ilungelo liyonqoba, hhayi amandla.
Isandla esigwazwe sanqoba isibhakela sokuzivikela. Umbuso wobubi ungena embusweni kaJesu Kristu, ukuhleleka kwezinto amaKristu asezitholile ngokwengxenye.
UPawulu wagcizelela lesi sici sevangeli kwabaseKolose: “Bongani ngokuthokoza kuBaba owanenza nafanelekela ukuba nefa labangcwele ekukhanyeni. Wasikhulula emandleni obumnyama, wasidlulisela embusweni weNdodana yakhe ethandekayo, lapho sinokuhlengwa okuwukuthethelelwa kwezono.” ( Kolose 1,12 futhi 14).
Kuwo wonke amaKristu, ivangeli liyilo futhi belilokhu liyiqiniso lamanje nethemba lesikhathi esizayo. UKristu ovukile, oyiNkosi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, indawo nakho konke okwenzeka lapha ezansi, ungumpetha wamaKristu. Lowo owanyuselwa ezulwini ungumthombo wamandla okhona yonke indawo (Efe3,20-enye).
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi uJesu Kristu wanqoba zonke izithiyo empilweni Yakhe yasemhlabeni. Indlela yesiphambano iyindlela enzima kodwa enqobayo yokungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Kungakho uPawulu ekwazi ukufingqa ivangeli ngamafuphi, “Ngokuba mina bengithi kufanele ukuba ngazi lutho phakathi kwenu, kuphela uJesu Kristu yedwa, futhi obethelwe esiphambanweni” (1. AbaseKorinte 2,2).
Ukuguqulwa okukhulu
Lapho uJesu ebonakala eGalile futhi eshumayela ivangeli ngobuqotho, wayelindele impendulo. Ulindele nempendulo kithi namuhla. Kodwa isimemo sikaJesu sokungena embusweni asizange sibanjwe nje. Ubizo lukaJesu lombuso kaNkulunkulu lwaluhambisana nezibonakaliso nezimangaliso ezihlaba umxhwele ezenza izwe elihluphekayo ngaphansi kombuso wamaRoma lavuka laqaphela. Lesi esinye sezizathu ezenza uJesu acacise ukuthi wayesho ukuthini ngombuso kaNkulunkulu. AmaJuda osuku lukaJesu ayelindele umholi owayezobuyisela isizwe sawo enkazimulweni yezinsuku zikaDavide noSolomoni. Kodwa isigijimi sikaJesu “sasiyinguquko ephindwe kabili,” kubhala isazi sase-Oxford u-NT Wright. Okokuqala, wayelindele ukuthi isifunda esikhulu samaJuda silahle ijoka lamaRoma futhi siliguqule libe into ehluke ngokuphelele. Waphendula ithemba elithandwayo lenkululeko yezombangazwe laba umlayezo wensindiso yokomoya: ivangeli!
“Umbuso kaNkulunkulu ususondele, wangathi uyasho, kepha awunjengoba ubucabanga. UJesu washaqisa abantu ngemiphumela yezindaba zakhe ezinhle. “Kepha abaningi abokuqala bayakuba-ngabokugcina, nabokugcina babe ngabokuqala” (Mathewu 19,30).
“Lapho kuyakuba-khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo,” esho kumaJuda akubo, “lapho nibona u-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, nabo bonke abaprofethi embusweni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa nina nikhishelwe ngaphandle” ( Luka 13,28).
Isidlo esikhulu sakusihlwa sasingesabo bonke (Luka 1 Kor4,16-24). Ngisho nabezizwe bamenywa embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Futhi umzuzwana wawungashintshile.
Lomphrofethi waseNazaretha wayebonakala enesikhathi esiningi sezigebengu - kusukela kwabanochoko nezigoga kuya kubathelisi abanomhobholo - kwesinye isikhathi ngisho nabacindezeli bamaRoma ababezondwa. Izindaba ezinhle ezalethwa uJesu zafeza konke okwakulindelwe, ngisho nalezo zabafundi bakhe abathembekile (Luka 9,51-56). Ngokuphindaphindiwe uJesu wathi umbuso owawubalindele esikhathini esizayo wawususebenza ngamandla. Ngemva kwesenzakalo esivusa amadlingozi, wathi: “Kepha uma ngikhipha omoya ababi ngeminwe kaNkulunkulu, umbuso kaNkulunkulu usufikile phezu kwenu.” ( Luka 11,20). Ngamanye amazwi, abantu ababona inkonzo kaJesu babhekana nesimo samanje sesikhathi esizayo. UJesu waguqula okulindelwe okuvamile ekhanda labo okungenani ngezindlela ezintathu:
- UJesu wafundisa izindaba ezinhle ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu uyisipho—ukubusa kukaNkulunkulu osekulethile kakade ukuphulukisa. Ngakho uJesu wamisa “unyaka womusa weNkosi” (Luka 4,19; Isaya 61,1-2). Kodwa “abavunywayo” embusweni kwakungabantu abakhathele nabasindwayo, abampofu nezinxibi, izingane ezingamahlongandlebe nabathelisi abaphendukayo, izifebe eziphendukayo kanye neziphambeko zomphakathi. Ezimvini ezimnyama nezimvu ezilahlekile ngokomoya, wazibiza ngokuthi ungumalusi wazo.
- Izindaba ezinhle zikaJesu zazikhona nangalabo ababezimisele ukuphendukela kuNkulunkulu ngokuphenduka okuqotho. Lezi zoni eziphenduka ngobuqotho zaziyothola kuNkulunkulu uBaba ophanayo, ohlola umkhathizwe ukuze abone amadodana namadodakazi akhe adukayo futhi awabone lapho ‘ekude’ ( Luka 1 Kor.5,20). Izindaba ezinhle zevangeli zazisho ukuthi noma ubani osho ngenhliziyo ukuthi, “Nkulunkulu yiba nomusa kimi mina soni” (Luka 1 Kor.8,13) futhi usho ngobuqotho, ungathola ukuzwa okunozwelo kuNkulunkulu. Njalo. “Celani futhi niyophiwa; funani futhi nizothola; ngqongqothani, nizovulelwa.” (Luka 11,9). Kulabo abakholwayo futhi baphenduka ezindleleni zezwe, lezi kwakuyizindaba ezinhle kakhulu ababengazizwa.
- Ivangeli likaJesu futhi lalisho ukuthi akukho okungavimba ukunqotshwa kombuso owalethwa nguJesu, noma ngabe wawubukeka njengokuphambene. Lo mbuso wawuzohlangabezana nokuphikiswa okunolaka, okungenasihe, kodwa ekugcineni wawuzonqoba ngamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo nenkazimulo.
UKristu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Lapho iNdodana yomuntu iza ngenkazimulo yayo nezingelosi zonke kanye nayo, khona-ke iyohlala esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi esikhazimulayo, futhi zonke izizwe ziyobuthelwa phambi kwayo. Futhi iyobahlukanisa omunye komunye njengoba umalusi ehlukanisa izimvu ezimbuzini” (Mathewu 2).5,31-enye).
Ngakho-ke izindaba ezinhle zikaJesu zazinokungezwani okunamandla phakathi “kwabavele bekhona” kanye “nabangakabi”. Ivangeli lombuso lalibhekisela embusweni kaNkulunkulu owawukhona manje—“izimpumputhe ziyabona, nezinyonga ziyahamba, abanochoko bayahlanjululwa, nezithulu ziyezwa, abafileyo bayavuswa, nabampofu bayashunyayelwa ivangeli” ( Mathewu ) Mathewu 11,5).
Kodwa umbuso ‘wawungakafiki’ ngomqondo wokuthi ukugcwaliseka kwawo okuphelele kwakuseza. Ukuqonda iVangeli kusho ukubamba lesi sici esikabili: ngakolunye uhlangothi ubukhona obuthenjisiwe beNkosi esivele iphila phakathi kwabantu bayo kanti ngakolunye uhlangothi ukubuya kwayo kwesibili okumangalisayo.
Izindaba ezinhle zensindiso yakho
Isithunywa sevangeli uPawuli wasiza ukuqala umnyakazo wesibili omkhulu wevangeli—ukusabalala kwalo lisuka eJudiya elincane laya ezweni lamaGreki namaRoma eliphucuzekile phakathi nekhulu lokuqala. UPawulu, umshushisi wamaKristu ophendukile, udlulisa ukukhanya okuphuphuthekisayo kwevangeli ngesisekelo sempilo yansuku zonke. Ngenkathi edumisa uKristu okhazinyulisiwe, ukhathazekile futhi ngemiphumela engokoqobo yevangeli. Naphezu kokuphikiswa okushisekayo, uPawulu wadlulisela kwamanye amaKristu ukubaluleka okumangalisayo kokuphila kukaJesu, ukufa nokuvuka kwakhe: “Nani enanikade ningabafokazi nezitha ezenzweni ezimbi, manje usenibuyise ukubuyisana ngokufa komzimba wakhe ofayo, ukuze anibuyisele emhlabeni. zinikeleni ningcwele, ningenasici, ningenabala phambi kobuso bakhe; uma kuphela niphikelela ekukholweni, niqinile futhi niqinile, ningaphambuki ethembeni levangeli enalizwa futhi elishunyayelwa kuyo yonke indalo engaphansi kwezulu. Mina, uPawulu, ngaba isikhonzi sakhe.” (Kolose 1,21futhi 23). babuyisane. engenasici. Umusa. Insindiso. Ukuthethelela. Futhi hhayi nje esikhathini esizayo, kodwa lapha futhi manje. Lelo ivangeli likaPawulu.
Uvuko, umvuthwandaba lapho amaSinothi kanye noJohane abaholela khona abafundi bazo ( Johane 20,31 ), ikhulula amandla angaphakathi evangeli empilweni yansuku zonke yomKristu. Ukuvuka kukaKristu kuqinisekisa ivangeli.
Ngakho-ke, uPawulu uyafundisa, lezo zenzakalo zaseJudiya elikude zinikeza ithemba kubo bonke abantu: “Anginamahloni ngevangeli; ngoba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu asindisa wonke okholwayo kuyo, amaJuda kuqala lamaGriki. Ngokuba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa kulo okuvela ekukholweni kuye ekukholweni. (AmaRoma 1,16-enye).
Ucingo lokuphila ikusasa lapha nanamuhla
Umphostoli uJohane wengeza esinye isici evangelini. Iveza uJesu “njengomfundi ayemthanda” (Johane 19,26), ekhunjulwa njengendoda enenhliziyo yomalusi, umholi webandla onothando olujulile ngabantu ngezinto ezibakhathazayo kanye nokwesaba.
“UJesu wenza ezinye izibonakaliso eziningi phambi kwabafundi bakhe ezingalotshiwe kule ncwadi. Kodwa lezi zilotshiwe ukuze nikholwe ukuthi uJesu unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, nokuba ngokukholwa nibe nokuphila egameni lakhe.” ( Johane 20,30:31 ) Ngakho-ke, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yazuza ukuphila okuphakade.
Ingqikithi yokwethulwa kukaJohane ivangeli yinkulumo ephawulekayo: “ukuze ngokukholwa nibe-nokuphila”. UJohane udlulisela kahle enye ingxenye yevangeli: UJesu Kristu ezikhathini zokusondelana okukhulu kakhulu komuntu siqu. UJohane unikeza ukulandisa okucacile kokuba khona kukaMesiya komuntu siqu nokuyisikhonzi.
EVangelini likaJohane sihlangana noKristu owayengumshumayeli wasobala onamandla (Joh 7,37-46). Sibona uJesu efudumele futhi enomoya wokungenisa izihambi. Esimemweni sakhe esimemayo, “Wozani nibone!” (Joh 1,39) enseleleni kuTomase owayengabaza ukuba afake umunwe wakhe emanxebeni asezandleni zakhe ( Johane 20,27 ), lapha uvezwa ngendlela engenakulibaleka owaba yinyama futhi wahlala phakathi kwethu ( Johane ) 1,14).
Abantu bazizwa bamukelekile futhi benethezekile kuJesu kangangokuthi baba nokuxoxisana okujabulisayo naye (Joh 6,58th). Balala eduze kwakhe ngenkathi bedla futhi bedla esitsheni esisodwa (Johane 13,23-26). Babemthanda kakhulu kangangokuthi lapho nje bembona babhukuda baya ogwini ukuze badle izinhlanzi ayezithose ngokwakhe (Johane 2)1,7-enye).
Ivangeli likaJohane lisikhumbuza ukuthi lingakanani ivangeli ngoJesu Kristu, isibonelo Sakhe kanye nokuphila okuphakade esikuthola ngaye (Joh. 10,10).
Kusikhumbuza ukuthi akwanele ukushumayela ivangeli. Nathi kufanele siphile. Umphostoli uJohane usikhuthaza ukuba abanye bazuzwe ngesibonelo sethu ukuze bahlanganyele nathi izindaba ezinhle zombuso kaNkulunkulu. Kwakunjalo ngowesifazane ongumSamariya owahlangana noJesu Kristu emthonjeni (Joh 4,27-30), noMariya Magdalena ( Johane 20,10:18 ).
Lowo owakhala ethuneni likaLazaru, inceku ethobekile eyageza izinyawo zabafundi bakhe, usaphila nanamuhla. Usinika ubukhona bakhe ngokuhlala kukaMoya oNgcwele:
“Ongithandayo uyakugcina izwi lami; futhi ubaba uzomthanda, futhi sizokuza kuye futhi sihlale naye ... ningakhathazeki futhi ningesabi" (Johane 1)4,23 futhi 27).
UJesu uhola abantu Bakhe namuhla ngoMoya oNgcwele. Isimemo sakhe singokomuntu siqu futhi sikhuthaza njengakuqala: “Wozani nibone!” (Joh 1,39).
nguNeil Earle
