Kuyini ukukhonza

Ukukhulekela kuwukusabela okudalwe ngokwaphezulu enkazimulweni kaNkulunkulu. Kugqugquzelwa uthando olungcwele futhi kuvela ekuzaziseni kukaNkulunkulu kuye endalweni Yakhe. Ekukhonzeni, ikholwa lingena ekuxhumaneni noNkulunkulu uBaba ngoJesu Kristu ongumlamuli kaMoya oNgcwele. Ukukhulekela kusho nokuthi ngokuzithoba nangenjabulo sibeka uNkulunkulu kuqala kuzo zonke izinto. Liziveza ngezimo zengqondo nezenzo ezinjengalezi: umthandazo, ukudumisa, umkhosi, ukupha, isihe esisebenzayo, ukuphenduka (Joh. 4,23; 1. UJohannes 4,19; AbaseFilipi 2,5-ishumi nesithupha; 1. UPetrus 2,9-10; Kwabase-Efesu 5,18-20; AbaseKolose 3,16-17; AmaRoma 5,8-11; 1th2,1; Hebheru 12,28; I-13,15-enye).

UNkulunkulu ufanelwe udumo nodumo

Igama lesiNgisi elithi "worship" libhekisela ekunikezeni ukubaluleka nenhlonipho komunye umuntu. Kunamagama amaningi esiHebheru nesiGreki ahunyushwa ngokuthi ukukhulekela, kodwa ayinhloko aqukethe umqondo oyisisekelo wenkonzo nomsebenzi, njengokuthi inceku iwubonisa inkosi yayo. Baveza umqondo wokuthi uNkulunkulu kuphela oyiNkosi yazo zonke izindawo zokuphila kwethu, njengasempendulweni kaKristu kuSathane kuMathewu. 4,10 wafanekisa: “Suka wena, Sathane! Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Wokhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.” ( Mathewu 4,10; Luka 4,8; 5 Mon. 10,20).

Eminye imiqondo ihlanganisa umhlatshelo, ukukhothama, ukuvuma izono, ukuhlonipha, ukuzinikela, njll. "Ingqikithi yokukhulekela kwaphezulu inika-ukunikeza uNkulunkulu lokho okufanele kuye" (Barackman 1981: 417).
UKristu wathi “ihora selifikile lapho abakhulekayo abaqinisileyo beyakukhuleka kuBaba ngomoya nangeqiniso; ngoba noBaba ufuna ukuba nabakhulekeli abanjalo. UNkulunkulu ungumoya, futhi labo abamkhulekelayo kumelwe bakhulekele ngomoya nangeqiniso.” ( Joh 4,23-enye).

Isiqephu esingenhla sisikisela ukuthi ukukhonza kuqondiswe kuBaba futhi kuyingxenye ebalulekile yempilo yekholwa. Njengoba nje uNkulunkulu enguMoya, kanjalo ukukhonza kwethu ngeke kube okomzimba nje kuphela kodwa kuyoba umuntu ophelele futhi osekelwe eqinisweni (qaphela ukuthi uJesu, iZwi, uyiqiniso—bheka uJohane. 1,1.14; 14,6; I-17,17).

Impilo yonke yokukholwa ingukukhonza ekuphenduleni isenzo sikaNkulunkulu njengoba “siyithanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu ngayo yonke inhliziyo yethu, nangawo wonke umphefumulo wethu, nangayo yonke ingqondo yethu, nangawo onke amandla ethu” ( Marku 12,30). Ukukhulekela kweqiniso kubonisa ukujula kwamazwi kaMariya: “Umphefumulo wami uyayitusa iNkosi.” ( Luka 1,46). 

"Ukukhulekela kuyimpilo yonke yesonto, lapho umzimba wamakholwa uthi, ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele, Amen (makube njalo!) kuNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu" (Jinkins 2001: 229).

Noma yini umKristu ayenzayo iyithuba lokukhulekela kokwazisa. “Noma yini eniyenzayo, noma kungezwi noma kungomsebenzi, kwenzeni konke egameni leNkosi uJesu, nimbonga uNkulunkulu uYise ngayo.” ( Kolose 3,17; bhekafuthi 1. AbaseKorinte 10,31).

UJesu Kristu nokukhulekelwa

Isiqephu esingenhla sisho ukuthi sibonga ngoJesu Kristu. Njengoba iNkosi uJesu, “uMoya” (2. AbaseKorinte 3,17), unguMlamuleli noMmeli wethu, ukukhonza kwethu kugeleza kuye kuye kuBaba.
Ukukhulekela akubadingi abalamuleli abangabantu njengabapristi ngoba isintu siye sabuyisana noNkulunkulu ngokufa kukaKristu futhi ngaye “sangena kuBaba ngomoya munye” ( Efesu 2,14-18). Le mfundiso ingumbhalo wokuqala kaMartin Luther othi “ubupristi bawo wonke amakholwa”. “…ibandla likhonza uNkulunkulu njengoba lihlanganyela ekukhonzeni okuphelele (i-leiturgia) uKristu asinika lona kuNkulunkulu.

UJesu Kristu wakhulekelwa ezenzakalweni ezibalulekile ekuphileni kwakhe. Esinye salezo zenzakalo kwakuwumkhosi wokuzalwa kwakhe (Mathewu 2,11) lapho izingelosi nabelusi bejabula ( Luka 2,13-14. 20), nasekuvukeni kwakhe (Mathewu 28,9. 17; Luka 24,52). Ngisho nangesikhathi senkonzo yakhe yasemhlabeni, abantu babemkhulekela ngenxa yenkonzo yakhe kubo (Mathewu 8,2; 9,18; I-14,33; Maka 5,6 njll.). i-epiphany 5,20 uyamemezela, ebhekisele kuKristu: "Lifanele iWundlu elihlatshiweyo."

Ukukhulekela okuhlangene eTestamenteni Elidala

“Abantwana bayodumisa imisebenzi yakho futhi bamemezele izenzo zakho zamandla. Bayakukhuluma ngenkazimulo yakho ephakemeyo, bazindle ngezimangaliso zakho; bayakukhuluma ngemisebenzi yakho yamandla, bashumayele ngodumo lwakho; bayotusa ubuhle bakho obukhulu, bakhazimulise ukulunga kwakho.” ( IHubo 145,4-enye).

Umkhuba wokudumisa nokukhulekela ngokuhlanganyela ususelwe kakhulu emasikweni eBhayibheli.
Nakuba kunezenzakalo zomhlatshelo nokukhulekela komuntu ngamunye, kanye nemisebenzi yobuqaba, yayingekho inkambo ecacile yokukhulekela uNkulunkulu weqiniso njengeqembu ngaphambi kokusungulwa kukaIsrayeli njengesizwe. Ukunxusa kukaMose kuFaro ukuba avumele ama-Israyeli ukuba agubhele uJehova umkhosi kuphakathi kwezimpawu zokuqala zokubizelwa ekukhulekeleni ndawonye2. mose 5,1).
Endleleni eya ezweni lesithembiso, uMose wabeka imikhosi ama-Israyeli okwakumelwe ayigubhe ngokomzimba. Lezi ziku-Eksodusi 2, 3. UGenesise 23 nakwezinye izindawo okukhulunywe ngakho. Babhekisela emuva ngokwencazelo emikhumbuzweni yoFuduko lwaseGibhithe nokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo ogwadule. Ngokwesibonelo, uMkhosi Wamadokodo wamiswa ukuze inzalo yakwa-Israyeli yazi “ukuthi uNkulunkulu wabahlalisa kanjani abantwana bakwa-Israyeli emadokodweni” lapho ebakhipha ezweni laseGibhithe.3. UMose 23,43).

Ukuthi ukugcinwa kwale mihlangano engcwele kwakungelona ikhalenda elivaliwe lenkonzo yama-Israyeli kucaciswa amaqiniso angokomBhalo okuthi kamuva emlandweni wakwaIsrayeli kwenezelwa izinsuku ezimbili zedili laminyaka yonke lokukhululwa kwesizwe. Omunye kwakunguMkhosi wePhurimi, isikhathi “sentokozo nesenjabulo, idili nedili” (Esteri[isikhala]]8,17; noJohane 5,1 ngokunokwenzeka ebhekisela emkhosini wePhurimi). Eyesibili kwakuwumkhosi wokunikezelwa kwethempeli. Yathatha izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili futhi yaqala ngosuku lwesi-2 lwekhalenda lesiHeberu5. Kislev (December), lapho kugujwa khona ukuhlanzwa kwethempeli nokunqoba kuka-Antiochus Epiphanes kukaJudas Maccabee ngo-164 B.C., ngemibukiso yokukhanya. UJesu ngokwakhe, “ukukhanya kwezwe,” wayekhona ethempelini ngalolo suku (Joh 1,9; 9,5; 10,22-enye).

Izinsuku zokuzila ezihlukene zamenyezelwa ngezikhathi ezimisiwe (Zakariya 8,19), futhi kwabonwa ukwethwasa kwezinyanga ( Ezra[isikhala]3,5 njll.). Kwakunemithetho yansuku zonke neyamasonto onke, amasiko, nemihlatshelo. ISabatha lamasonto onke laliwumhlangano “ongcwele” oyaliwe (3. UMose 23,3) kanye nesibonakaliso sesivumelwano esidala (2. UMose 31,12-18) phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nama-Israyeli, kanye nesipho esivela kuNkulunkulu ukuze baphumule futhi bazuze (2. UMose 16,29-30). Kanye nezinsuku ezingcwele zamaLevi, iSabatha lalithathwa njengengxenye yeSivumelwano Esidala (2. UMose 34,10-enye).

Ithempeli lalingesinye isici esibalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwezindlela zokukhonza zeTestamente Elidala. Ngethempeli lalo, iJerusalema laba yindawo emaphakathi amakholwa ayehamba kuyo ukuze agubhe imikhosi ehlukahlukene. “Ngiyakucabanga ngalokhu, ngithulule inhliziyo yami kimi: ukuthi ngahamba kanjani ngiyisixuku ukuya nabo endlini kaNkulunkulu ngokuthokoza.
nokubonga phakathi kwabajabulayo.”—IHubo 42,4; bheka futhi eyoku-1 IziKronike 23,27-32; 2 IziKr 8,12-13; Johane 12,12; IzEnzo ZabaPhostoli 2,5-11 njll).

Ukuhlanganyela ngokugcwele ekukhulekeleni kwasobala kwakuvinjelwe esivumelwaneni esidala. Egcekeni lethempeli, abesifazane nezingane babevame ukuvinjelwa ukuba bangene endaweni eyinhloko yokukhulekela. Abahlubukile nabangemthetho, kanye namaqembu ezizwe ahlukahlukene njengabakwaMowabi, "abasoze" bangene ebandleni (Duteronomi 5 Kor.3,1-8). Kuyathakazelisa ukuhlaziya umqondo wesiHeberu othi "ungalokothi". UJesu wayeyinzalo yowesifazane wakwaMowabi ogama lakhe linguRuthe ohlangothini lukanina (Luka 3,32; Mathewu 1,5).

Ukukhulekela okuhlangene eTestamenteni Elisha

Kunokwehluka okuphawulekayo phakathi kweTestamente Elidala neLisha mayelana nobungcwele maqondana nokukhonza. Njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, kwiTestamente Elidala izindawo ezithile, izikhathi, nabantu babethathwa njengabangcwele kakhulu futhi ngakho-ke kufaneleka kakhulu ekukhonzeni kunezinye.

NgeTestamente eliSha sisuka ebunzimeni beTestamente eliDala siye ekubandakanyeni kweTestamente Elisha ngombono wobungcwele nokudumisa; kusuka ezindaweni ezithile nakubantu kuya kuzo zonke izindawo, izikhathi nabantu.

Ngokwesibonelo, itabernakele nethempeli laseJerusalema kwakuyizindawo ezingcwele “lapho umuntu okufanele akhulekelwe khona” (Joh 4,20), kuyilapho uPawulu eyala ukuthi amadoda kufanele ‘aphakamise izandla ezingcwele kuzo zonke izindawo,’ hhayi kuphela eTestamenteni Elidala noma ezindaweni zokukhulekela zamaJuda, umkhuba ohlobene nendawo engcwele ethempelini (1. UThimothi 2,8; IHubo 134,2).

ETestamenteni Elisha, imihlangano yebandla iba ezindlini, emakamelweni aphezulu, osebeni lwemifula, onqenqemeni lwamachibi, emagqumeni, ezikoleni, njll. (Marku 1)6,20). Amakholwa aba yithempeli okuhlala kulo uMoya oNgcwele (1. AbaseKorinte 3,15-17), futhi babuthana noma kuphi lapho uMoya oNgcwele ubaqondisa khona emihlanganweni.

Ngokuqondene nezinsuku ezingcwele ze-OT ezifana “neholide elihlukile, ukwethwasa kwenyanga, noma iSabatha,” lezi zimelela “isithunzi sezinto ezizayo,” okungokoqobo kwazo uKristu (KwabaseKolose. 2,16-17). Ngakho-ke, umqondo wezikhathi ezikhethekile zokukhulekela ngokugcwala kukaKristu awukho.

Kunenkululeko ekukhetheni izikhathi zokukhonza ngokwezimo zomuntu ngamunye, zebandla kanye namasiko. “Abanye bathi usuku olulodwa luphakeme kunolunye; kodwa omunye ubamba zonke izinsuku ukuba zifane. Wonke umuntu makaqiniseke kowakhe umbono.” ( Roma 1 Kor4,5). ETestamenteni Elisha, imihlangano yenzeka ngezikhathi ezahlukene. Ubunye bebandla babonakaliswa ezimpilweni zabakholwayo kuJesu ngoMoya oNgcwele, hhayi ngamasiko namakhalenda ezinkonzo.

Maqondana nabantu, eTestamenteni Elidala abantu bakwa-Israyeli kuphela ababemelela abantu bakaNkulunkulu abangcwele.1. UPetrus 2,9-enye).

ETestamenteni Elisha sifunda ukuthi ayikho indawo engcwele kunanoma iyiphi enye, asikho isikhathi esingcwele kunanoma iyiphi enye, futhi abekho abantu abangcwele kunabanye. Sifunda ukuthi uNkulunkulu “ongakhethi buso bamuntu” (IzE 10,34-35) futhi ayibheki izikhathi nezindawo.

ETestamenteni Elisha umkhuba wokubutha uyakhuthazwa kakhulu (Hebheru 10,25).
Kuningi okulotshwe ezincwadini zabaphostoli ngalokho okwenzeka emabandleni. "Makwenzeke konke ukuze kwakhiwe!"1. AbaseKorinte 14,26) kusho uPawulu, futhi ngokuqhubekayo: “Kepha konke makube nokuhlonipheka nokuhlelekile” (1. AbaseKorinte 14,40).

Izici eziyinhloko zokukhulekela okuhlangene zazihilela ukushunyayelwa kweZwi (IZenzo 20,7; 2. UThimothi 4,2), ukudumisa nokubonga (Kolose 3,16; 2. Thesalonika 5,18), ukukhulekelwa kwevangeli kanye nomunye nomunye (Kolose 4,2-4; UJames 5,16), ukucobelelana ngezindaba ngomsebenzi wevangeli (Izenzo 14,27) neminikelo kwabaswele ebandleni (1. AbaseKorinte 16,1-2; AbaseFilipi 4,15-enye).

Imicimbi ekhethekile yokukhonza yayihlanganisa nenkumbulo yomhlatshelo kaKristu. Ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe, uJesu wasungula iSidlo SeNkosi ngokuguqula ngokuphelele isiko lePhasika Elidala. Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa umqondo osobala wewundlu ukukhombisa umzimba wakhe owaphulelwe thina, wakhetha isinkwa esasihlephulelwe thina.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, wethula uphawu lwewayini, olufanekisela igazi lakhe elachithwa ngenxa yethu, elalingeyona ingxenye yesiko lePhasika. Wafaka esikhundleni sePhasika leTestamente Elidala wafaka umkhuba wokukhulekela kweSivumelwano Esisha. Njalo uma sidla lesi sinkwa futhi siphuza leli wayini, simemezela ukufa kweNkosi ize ifike (Mathewu 26,26-ishumi nesithupha; 1. AbaseKorinte 11,26).

Ukukhulekela akukhona nje amazwi nezenzo zokudumisa nokudumisa uNkulunkulu. Kumayelana nesimo sethu sengqondo ngabanye. Ngakho-ke, ukuhlanganyela ekukhonzeni ngaphandle komoya wokubuyisana akufanelekile (Mathewu 5,23-enye).

Ukukhulekela kungokomzimba, ngokwengqondo, ngokomzwelo nangokomoya. Kuhilela ukuphila kwethu konke. Sizinikela “njengomhlatshelo ophilayo, ongcwele, owamukelekayo kuNkulunkulu,” okuwukukhonza kwethu okunengqondo (Roma 1 Kor2,1).

Kwanele

Ukukhonza kuyisimemezelo sesithunzi nokuhlonishwa kukaNkulunkulu okuvezwa ngempilo yekholwa nokuzibandakanya emphakathini wamakholwa.

nguJames Henderson