Ukukhonza noma ukukhonza izithombe

Kwabanye abantu, ingxoxo emayelana nokubukwa komhlaba ibukeka ifundisa kakhulu futhi ingaqondakali - ikude kakhulu nempilo yansuku zonke. Kepha kulabo abafisa ukuphila impilo eguqulwe nguMoya oNgcwele kuKristu, zimbalwa izinto ezibaluleke kakhulu futhi ezinemiphumela ejulile empilweni yangempela. Ukubuka kwethu umhlaba kunquma ukuthi sizibuka kanjani zonke izinhlobo zezihloko - uNkulunkulu, ezombusazwe, iqiniso, imfundo, ukukhipha isisu, umshado, imvelo, isiko, ubulili, ezomnotho, ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba ngumuntu, imvelaphi yendawo yonke - ukubala okumbalwa.

Encwadini yakhe ethi The New Testament and the People of God, u-NT Wright uyaphawula: "Ukubukwa komhlaba yikho kanye okuyisisekelo sokuphila komuntu, ilensi umhlaba obonakala ngayo, ipulani, njengoba umuntu engabona kuwe kufanele aphile, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke zinamathela emqondweni wobuntu kanye nekhaya elenza abantu babe yilokho abayikho. Ukungayinaki imibono yomhlaba, kungaba eyakho noma eyelinye isiko esilifundayo, kungaba yinto engenamqondo "(ikhasi 124).

Ukuqondaniswa kokubukwa kwethu komhlaba

Uma umbono wethu wezwe futhi ngaleyo ndlela umuzwa esihambisana nawo wobuyena ugxile kakhulu emhlabeni kunokugxila kuKristu, lokhu kusiholela ngandlela thile kude nendlela kaKristu yokucabanga. Ngalesi sizathu, kubalulekile ukuthi siqaphele futhi sibhekane nazo zonke izici zokubuka kwethu umhlaba ezingaphansi kokubusa kukaKristu.

Kuyinselele ukuvumelanisa umbono wethu wezwe ngokwengeziwe noKristu, ngoba ngesikhathi esasikulungele ukuthatha uNkulunkulu ngokungathi sína, imvamisa sasivele sinombono wezwe osuthuthuke ngokuphelele - owawushayelwa yi-osmosis (ithonya) nokucabanga ngamabomu kwakhiwa . Ukwenza umbono womhlaba kufana nendlela ingane efunda ngayo ulimi lwabo. Kungumsebenzi osemthethweni, ngamabomu wengane nabazali, futhi inqubo enenjongo empilweni yayo. Okuningi kwalokhu kwenzeka nje kumagugu athile nokucabanga okuzizwa kufanele kithi njengoba kuba yisisekelo lapho thina (sobabili nangokuqonda) sihlola okwenzekayo nokusizungezile. Ukuphendula okungazi lutho okuvame ukuba yisithiyo esinzima kakhulu ekukhuleni kwethu kanye nobufakazi njengabalandeli bakaJesu.

Ubudlelwano bethu namasiko esintu

UmBhalo uxwayisa ngokuthi wonke amasiko abantu, ngokwezinga elithile, awahambisani nezimiso nezindlela zombuso kaNkulunkulu. NjengamaKristu, sibizelwe ukuba senqabe izindinganiso ezinjalo nezindlela zokuphila njengamanxusa ombuso kaNkulunkulu. ImiBhalo ivame ukusebenzisa igama elithi iBabiloni ukuchaza amasiko anobutha kuNkulunkulu, imbiza ngokuthi “unina… wazo zonke izinengiso emhlabeni” (IsAmbulo 1 Kor.7,5 NGÜ) und fordert uns auf, alle gottlosen Werte und Verhaltensweisen in der uns umgebenden Kultur (Welt) abzulehnen. Beachten Sie, was der Apostel Paulus hierüber geschrieben hat: "Richtet euch nicht länger nach den Massstäben dieser Welt, sondern lernt, in einer neuen Weise zu denken, damit ihr verändert werdet und beurteilen könnt, ob etwas Gottes Wille ist – ob es gut ist, ob Gott Freude daran hat und ob es vollkommen ist" (Römer 12,2 NGU).

Xwayani abafuna ukunicupha ngefilosofi eyize nekhohlisayo, ngemibono yemvelaphi yomuntu ezungeza izimiso ezibusa leli zwe hhayi uKristu (KwabaseKolose. 2,8 NGU).

Okubalulekile ebizweni lethu njengabalandeli bakaJesu yisidingo sokuphila ngendlela elwa namasiko - ngokungafani nezici zesono zalolusiko olusizungezile. Kuye kwathiwa uJesu wayephila ngonyawo olulodwa emasikweni amaJuda kanti ngolunye unyawo lwalugxile kakhulu kumagugu ombuso kaNkulunkulu. Wayehlala elahla isiko ukuze angabanjwa yimibono nemikhuba eyayihlambalaza uNkulunkulu. Kodwa-ke, uJesu akazange abalahle abantu abakulelisiko. Kunalokho, wayebathanda futhi ebazwela. Ngenkathi egcizelela izici zamasiko ezaziphikisana nezindlela zikaNkulunkulu, wabuye wagcizelela izici ezinhle - empeleni, wonke amasiko ayingxube yazo zombili.

Sibizelwe ukulandela isibonelo sikaJesu. INkosi yethu evukile, ekhuphukele ezulwini, ilindele ukuthi sizithobe ngokuzithandela ekuqondisweni kwezwi nomoya wayo ukuze, njengamanxusa athembekile ombuso wakhe wothando, sivumele ukukhanya kwenkazimulo yakhe kukhanye ezweni elivame ukuba mnyama.

Qaphela ukukhonza izithombe

Ukuze siphile njengamanxusa emhlabeni namasiko awo ahlukene, silandela isibonelo sikaJesu. Sihlala njalo sisazi isono esijule kakhulu esikweni lesintu - okuyiyona eyinkinga yenkinga yokubuka umhlaba. Leyo nkinga, leso sono, ukukhonza izithombe. Kuliqiniso elidabukisayo ukuthi ukukhonza izithixo kwandile esikweni lethu lesimanjemanje, elinobugovu. Sidinga amehlo aqaphile ukuze sibone leli qiniso - ezweni elisizungezile nasekubukeni kwethu kwezwe. Ukubona lokhu kuyinselele ngoba ukukhonza izithombe akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi ukukubona.

Ukukhonza izithombe kungukukhonza okuthile ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu. Imayelana nokuthanda, ukuthembela, nokusebenzela okuthile noma othile ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu. Kuwo wonke umbhalo, sithola uNkulunkulu nabaholi abesaba uNkulunkulu abasiza abantu ukuthi bathole ukukhonza izithombe bese bekuyeka. Isibonelo, iMiyalo Eyishumi iqala ngokwenqabela ukukhonza izithombe. Incwadi yabaHluleli kanye neZincwadi zabaProfethi zisho ngezinkinga zezenhlalo, ezepolitiki nezomnotho ezingalandelwa emuva kubantu abathembela kothile noma kokunye ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu weqiniso.

Isono esikhulu esibangela zonke ezinye izono ukukhonza izithombe - ukuhluleka ukuthanda, ukulalela, nokukhonza uNkulunkulu. Njengoba umphostoli uPawulu aphawula, imiphumela ibuhlungu: “Ngokuba naphezu kwakho konke ababekwazi ngoNkulunkulu, abamnikanga inkazimulo nokubonga okwakumelwe kuye, balahlekelwa imicabango eyize, nasenhlizweni yabo bentula ukuqonda. , kwaba mnyama. Esikhundleni senkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo babeka izithombe... Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezinkanukweni zezinhliziyo zabo, wabenza baphinga, bahlambalaza imizimba yomunye nomunye” ( Roma . 1,21;23;24 NGÜ). Paulus zeigt, dass eine mangelnde Bereitschaft, Gott als wahren Gott anzunehmen, zu Unmoral, Verderbnis des Geistes und Verdunkelung der Herzen führt.

Noma ubani onentshisekelo yokulungisa kabusha umbono wakhe womhlaba angenza kahle ukucwaninga nge-Römer 1,16-32, lapho umphostoli uPawulu ekwenza kucace ukuthi ukukhonza izithombe (inkinga ebangela inkinga) kumelwe kuxazululwe ukuze sihlale sithela izithelo ezinhle (ukwenza izinqumo ezihlakaniphile nokuziphatha ngokuziphatha). UPawulu uhlala engaguquki kuleliphuzu kuyo yonke inkonzo yakhe (bheka isib 1. AbaseKorinte 10,14, lapho uPawulu enxusa amaKristu ukuba abalekele ukukhonza izithombe).

Ukuqeqesha amalungu ethu

Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi ukukhonza izithombe kuyachuma emasikweni akulezi zinsuku aseNtshonalanga, kubalulekile ukuthi sisize amalungu ethu aqonde usongo abhekene nalo. Lokhu kufanele sikudlulisele esizukulwaneni esingavikelekile esibheka ukukhonzwa kwezithixo njengokuyinto yokukhothamela izinto ezibonakalayo. Ukukhonza izithombe kungaphezu kwalokho!

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela, nokho, ukuthi ukubizwa kwethu njengabaholi beBandla akukona ukukhomba abantu njalo uhlobo lokukhonza izithombe ekuziphatheni nasekucabangeni kwabo. Kungumthwalo wakho ukuzitholela ngokwakho. Esikhundleni salokho, “njengabasizi benjabulo yabo,” sibizelwe ukubasiza babone izimo zengqondo nokuziphatha okuyizimpawu zokunamathela kokukhonza izithombe. Sidinga ukubenza baqaphele ubungozi bokukhonza izithombe futhi sibanikeze izindlela ezisebhayibhelini ukuze bahlole imibono nezimiso ezakha umbono wabo wezwe ukuze babone ukuthi ayahambisana yini nokholo lobuKristu abazishoyo.

UPawulu wanikeza lolu hlobo lweziyalo encwadini yakhe ayibhalela ibandla laseKolose. Wabhala ngokuhlobana phakathi kokukhonza izithombe nokuhaha (Kolose 3,5 NGÜ). Wenn wir etwas so sehr besitzen wollen, dass wir es begehren, hat es unser Herz erobert – es ist zu einem Götzen geworden, dem wir nacheifern, wodurch wir unterschlagen, was Gott zusteht. In unserer Zeit des zügellosen Materialismus und Konsums brauchen wir alle Hilfe, um die Habgier zu bekämpfen, die zum Götzendienst führt. Die ganze Welt der Werbung ist darauf angelegt, in uns eine Unzufriedenheit mit dem Leben einzupflanzen, bis wir das Produkt gekauft haben oder dem beworbenen Lebensstil frönen. Es ist, als hätte jemand beschlossen, eine Kultur zu schaffen, die das, was Paulus Timotheus sagte, unterminieren soll:

“Kepha ukumesaba uNkulunkulu kuyinzuzo enkulu kosuthisiweyo, ngokuba asilethanga-lutho ezweni, ngakho-ke asiyikuphuma nalutho. Kepha uma sinokudla nesembatho, masaneliswe yikho. Ngokuba abafunayo ukuceba kuwela esilingweni nasekuhilelekeni nasezinkanukweni eziningi zobuwula ezilimazayo ezibangela abantu ukuba bacwile encithakalweni nasekubhujisweni; ukholo futhi bazenza ubuhlungu obuningi" (1. UThimothi 6,6-enye).

Ingxenye yokubiza kwethu njengabaholi bomphakathi ukusiza amalungu ethu ukuthi aqonde ukuthi isiko likhuluma kanjani nezinhliziyo zethu. Ayigcini nje ngokudala izifiso ezinamandla, kepha futhi idala umuzwa wokuthola ilungelo kanye nomqondo wokuthi asiyena umuntu obalulekile uma senqaba umkhiqizo noma indlela yokuphila ekhangisiwe. Okukhethekile ngalo msebenzi wokufundisa ukuthi izinto eziningi esizenza izithixo yizinto ezinhle. Ngokwakho, kuhle ukuba nekhaya elingcono kanye / noma umsebenzi ongcono. Kodwa-ke, lapho iba yizinto ezinquma ubunikazi bethu, incazelo, ukuphepha, kanye / noma isithunzi, sisamukele isithombe ezimpilweni zethu. Kubalulekile ukuthi sisize amalungu ethu abone lapho ubudlelwane babo baba yimbangela enhle yokukhonza izithombe.

Ukwenza kucace ukukhonza izithombe njengenkinga ebangela le nkinga kusiza abantu ukuba basungule iziqondiso ezimpilweni zabo ukuze bazi lapho bethatha into enhle futhi bayenze isithixo - into ongayibheka mayelana nokuthula, injabulo, ukushiya incazelo yomuntu siqu nokulondeka. Lezi yizinto uNkulunkulu kuphela ongahlinzeka ngazo ngeqiniso. Izinto ezinhle abantu abangaziguqula zibe "izinto eziphambili" zihlanganisa ubudlelwane, imali, udumo, imibono, ukuthanda izwe, ngisho nokuzinikela komuntu siqu. IBhayibheli ligcwele izindaba zabantu abenza lokhu.

Ukukhonza izithombe ngeNkathi Yolwazi

Siphila kulokho izazi-mlando ezikubiza ngeNkathi Yolwazi (njengoba yehlukile kunenkathi yezimboni esikhathini esedlule). Namuhla, ukukhonzwa kwezithixo kuncane kakhulu ngokukhonzwa kwezinto ezibonakalayo kanye nokukhonzwa kwemibono nolwazi. Izinhlobo zolwazi ezizama kakhulu ukunqoba izinhliziyo zethu yimibono - izindlela zezomnotho, imibono yezengqondo, amafilosofi ezepolitiki, njll. Njengabaholi bamabandla, sishiya abantu bakaNkulunkulu besengozini uma singabasizi ukuba bathuthukise ikhono labo lokuba ngabahluleli lapho umqondo omuhle noma ifilosofi iba yisithixo ezinhliziyweni nasezingqondweni zabo.

Singabasiza ngokubaqeqesha ukuthi babone izindinganiso zabo ezijule kakhulu nezinkolelo zabo - umbono wabo wezwe. Singabafundisa ukuthi bathandaze kanjani ukuze babone ukuthi kungani besabela ngokuqinile entweni ethile ezindabeni noma ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Singabasiza babuze imibuzo enjengale: Kungani ngathukuthela kangaka? Kungani ngizwa lokhu ngamandla? Liyini inani lalokhu nokuthi libe yinani kimi kanjani futhi kanjani? Ingabe impendulo yami iyamkhazimulisa uNkulunkulu futhi ikhombisa uthando nozwela lukaJesu ngabantu?

Qaphela futhi ukuthi nathi ngokwethu siyaqaphela ukuqaphela "izinkomo ezingcwele" ezinhliziyweni nasezingqondweni zethu - imibono, isimo sengqondo kanye nezinto esingafuni ukuthi uNkulunkulu azithinte, izinto "eziyinkomba". Njengabaholi bamabandla, sicela uNkulunkulu ukuba alungise umbono wethu wezwe ukuze esikushoyo nesikwenzayo kuthele izithelo embusweni kaNkulunkulu.

Izwi lokugcina

Izinyathelo zethu eziningi ezingalungile njengamaKristu zivela ethonyeni elivame ukungaziwa ekubukeni kwethu kwezwe. Omunye wemiphumela elimaza kakhulu izinga elinciphile lofakazi bethu abangamaKristu ezweni elilimele. Kaningi sibhekana nezingqinamba ezicindezelayo ngendlela ekhombisa imibono yozakwethu ngamasiko empilo asizungezile. Ngenxa yalokhu, iningi lethu ligodla ekubhekaneni nezingqinamba ezisenkambisweni yethu, okwenza amalungu ethu abe sengozini. Sikweleta uKristu ukusiza abantu bakhe babone izindlela lapho umbono wabo womhlaba onga khulisa ngayo imibono nokuziphatha okuhlazisa uKristu. Kufanele sisize amalungu ethu ahlole isimo sezinhliziyo zawo ngokuya ngomyalo kaKristu wokuthanda uNkulunkulu ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye. Lokhu kusho ukuthi bafunda ukubona nokugwema konke okunamathiselwe ekukhonzeni izithombe.

nguCharles Fleming