IBhayibheli - IZwi LikaNkulunkulu?

016 wkg bs ibhayibheli

“Imibhalo iyizwi likaNkulunkulu eliphefumulelwe, ubufakazi obuthembekile bevangeli, kanye nokukhiqizwa kabusha kweqiniso nokunemba kwesambulo sikaNkulunkulu kumuntu. Kulokhu, imiBhalo Engcwele ayinaphutha futhi iyisisekelo eBandleni kuyo yonke imibuzo ephathelene nezimfundiso nokuphila ”(2. UThimothi 3,15-ishumi nesithupha; 2. UPetrus 1,20-21; Johane 17,17).

Umbhali wamaHeberu usho lokhu okulandelayo ngendlela uNkulunkulu aye wakhuluma ngayo phakathi namakhulu eminyaka yokuba khona komuntu: “Ngemva kokuba uNkulunkulu esekhulumile kokhokho kubaprofethi izikhathi eziningi nangezindlela eziningi esikhathini esidlule, ukhulumile kithi kulezi zinsuku zokugcina. ngeNdodana” (Hebheru 1,1-enye).

Itestamente elidala

Umqondo othi “eziningi nangezindlela eziningi” ubalulekile.Izwi elilotshiwe lalingekho ngaso sonke isikhathi, futhi ngezikhathi ezithile uNkulunkulu wembula imicabango Yakhe kokhokho abanjengoAbrahama, uNowa, njll. ngezenzakalo ezimangalisayo. 1. Incwadi kaMose yembula okuningi kwalokhu kuhlangana kwasekuqaleni phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu. Njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka, uNkulunkulu wasebenzisa izindlela ezihlukahlukene ukuze adonse ukunaka komuntu (njengesihlahla esivuthayo 2. mose 3,2), futhi wathumela izithunywa ezinjengoMose, uJoshuwa, uDebora njll ukuba zinikeze izwi lakhe kubantu.

Kubukeka sengathi ngokuthuthuka kwemibhalo, uNkulunkulu waqala ukusebenzisa le ndlela ukugcina umlayezo waKhe kithi ozayo; Wagqugquzela abaprofethi nothisha ukuba babhale lokho ayefuna ukukusho esintwini.

Ngokungafani nemibhalo eminingi yezinye izinkolo ezithandwayo, iqoqo lezincwadi ezibizwa ngokuthi “iTestamente Elidala,” elihlanganisa imibhalo ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu, lihlala lithi liyiZwi likaNkulunkulu. 1,9; u-Amose 1,3.6.9; 11 no-13; UMikha 1,1 nezinye izindima eziningi zibonisa ukuthi abaprofethi babeqonda izigijimi zabo ezilotshiwe njengokungathi uNkulunkulu Uqobo Lwakhe wayekhuluma. Ngale ndlela, “abantu beqhutshwa nguMoya oNgcwele bakhuluma egameni likaNkulunkulu” (2. UPetrus 1,21). UPawulu ubiza iTestamente Elidala ngokuthi “imibhalo” “enikezwe [ephefumulelwe] nguNkulunkulu” (2. UThimothi 3,15-enye). 

ITestamente elisha

Lo mqondo wokuphefumulelwa uthathwe ngababhali beTestamente Elisha. ITestamente Elisha iqoqo lemibhalo eyayithi igunya njengoMbhalo ngokuyinhloko ngokuhlangana nalabo ababeqashelwa njengabaphostoli ngaphambi [kwesikhathi] seZenzo 15. Phawula ukuthi umphostoli uPetru wahlukanisa izincwadi zikaPawulu, ezalotshwa “ngokokuhlakanipha akuphiwayo,” phakathi ‘kweminye imibhalo [engcwele].2. UPetrus 3,15-16). Ngemva kokufa kwalaba baphostoli bokuqala, akukho ncwadi eyabhalwa kamuva eyamukelwa njengengxenye yalokho manje esikubiza ngokuthi iBhayibheli.

Abaphostoli abanjengoJohane noPetru ababehamba noKristu basilobela amaphuzu aphakeme enkonzo kaJesu nokufundisa kwakhe (1. UJohannes 1,1-4; Johane 21,24.25). ‘Babezibonele ngokwabo inkazimulo yakhe’ futhi ‘baba nesiprofetho ngokuqina nakakhulu’ futhi “basazisa amandla nokufika kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu” ( NW )2. UPetrus 1,16-19). ULuka, udokotela futhi owayebhekwa njengesazi-mlando, waqoqa izindaba “kofakazi bokuzibonela nezikhonzi zezwi” futhi wabhala “umbhalo oqondile” ukuze “sazi isisekelo esiqinisekile semfundiso esafundiswa kuyo” ( Luka 1,1-enye).

UJesu wathi uMoya oNgcwele uyokhumbuza abaphostoli ngezinto azishilo (Joh4,26). Njengoba aphefumulela ababhali beTestamente Elidala, uMoya oNgcwele wayezophefumulela abaphostoli ukuthi basibhalele izincwadi zabo nemibhalo futhi ubaqondise kulo lonke iqiniso (Johane 1 Kor.5,26; I-16,13). Sithola imibhalo engcwele iwubufakazi obuthembekile evangelini likaJesu Kristu.

Umbhalo yizwi likaNkulunkulu eliphefumulelwe

Ngakho-ke, ukusho kweBhayibheli ukuthi imiBhalo iyizwi likaNkulunkulu eliphefumulelwe iyirekhodi eliyiqiniso nelinembile lesambulo sikaNkulunkulu esintwini. Ukhuluma ngegunya likaNkulunkulu. Siyabona ukuthi iBhayibheli lihlukaniswe laba izingxenye ezimbili: iTestamente Elidala, njengoba iNcwadi eya kumaHeberu isho, libonisa lokho uNkulunkulu akukhuluma ngabaprofethi; kanye neTestamente Elisha, eliphinde libhekisele kumaHeberu 1,1-2 kuveza lokho uNkulunkulu akukhulume kithi ngeNdodana (ngemibhalo yabaphostoli). Ngakho-ke, ngokwamazwi emiBhalo, amalungu endlu kaNkulunkulu “akhiwe phezu kwesisekelo sabaphostoli nabaprofethi, noJesu ngokwakhe eyitshe legumbi.” ( Efesu 2,19-enye).

Yini ukubaluleka kwemibhalo ekholwayo?

UmBhalo usiholela ensindisweni ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu. Kokubili iTestamente Elidala nelisha lichaza ukubaluleka komBhalo kumakholwa. “Izwi lakho liyisibani ezinyaweni zami nokukhanya endleleni yami,” kusho umhubi (IHubo 11).9,105). Kodwa igama lisikhomba ngayiphi indlela? Lokhu kuthathwa nguPawulu lapho ebhalela uThimothewu umvangeli. Ake sinakisise ukuthi ukuphi 2. UThimothi 3,15 (ekhishwe kabusha ngezinguqulo ezintathu zeBhayibheli) uthi:

  • “...yazi imiBhalo [engcwele] engakufundisa ensindisweni ngokukholwa kuKristu Jesu” (uLuther 1984).
  • “... yazi imiBhalo Engcwele, engakuhlakaniphisa kube yinsindiso ngokukholwa kuKristu Jesu” (inguqulo kaSchlachter).
  • “Futhi ubujwayelene nemiBhalo Engcwele kusukela usemncane. Ikubonisa ukuphela kwendlela yensindiso, okuwukukholwa kuJesu Kristu” (ithemba labo bonke).

Lesi siqephu esiyisihluthulelo sigcizelela ukuthi umBhalo usiholela ensindisweni ngokukholwa kuKristu. UJesu ngokwakhe wamemezela ukuthi imiBhalo iyafakaza ngaye. Wathi: “Kumelwe kugcwaliseke konke okulotshwe ngami emthethweni kaMose, nakubaProfethi nasemaHutsheni.” ( Luka 2 Kor.4,44). Le mibhalo ibhekisela kuKristu njengoMesiya. Esahlukweni esifanayo, uLuka ubhala ukuthi uJesu wahlangana nabafundi ababili ngesikhathi beya emzaneni okuthiwa i-Emawuse, futhi “eqala kuMose nakubo bonke abaprofethi, wabachazela lokho okwashiwo ngaye emiBhalweni yonke.” ( Luka 24,27).

Kwesinye isiqephu, lapho eshushiswa amaJuda ayecabanga ukuthi ukugcina umthetho kuyindlela yokuphila okuphakade, wawalungisa ngokuthi: “Nihlola imibhalo, ngokuba nithi ninokuphila okuphakade kuyo; futhi nguye ofakaza ngami; kodwa anivumanga ukuza kimi ukuze nibe nokuphila.” ( Joh 5,39-enye).

UmBhalo uyangcwelisa futhi usihlomise nathi

UmBhalo usiqondisa ekusindisweni kuKristu, futhi ngomsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele singcwelisiwe ngemibhalo (Johane 1)7,17). Ukuphila ngokuvumelana neqiniso lemibhalo kuyasehlukanisa.
UPaul uyachaza ku 2. UThimothi 3,16-17 okulandelayo:

“Ngokuba yonke imibhalo ephefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu ilungele ukufundisa, nokuqondisa, nokuqondisa, nokuyala ekulungeni, ukuze umuntu kaNkulunkulu aphelele, afanele yonke imisebenzi emihle.

Imibhalo, esikhomba kuKristu ukuze sisindiswe, isifundisa futhi izimfundiso zikaKristu ukuze sikhule emfanekisweni Wakhe. 2. UJohane 9 uthi “noma ubani oweqa futhi angahlali emfundisweni kaKristu akanaye uNkulunkulu,” futhi uPawulu uyaphikelela ngokuthi sivumelane “namazwi aphilileyo” kaJesu Kristu.1. UThimothi 6,3). UJesu waqinisekisa ukuthi amakholwa alalela amazwi akhe afana namadoda ahlakaniphile akha izindlu zawo edwaleni (Mathewu 7,24).

Ngakho-ke, umBhalo awusenzi nje sihlakaniphe ekusindisweni, kepha uholela okholwayo ekuvuthweni ngokomoya futhi umhlomisele umsebenzi wevangeli. IBhayibheli alizenzi izithembiso eziyize nganoma iyiphi yalezi zinto. Imibhalo engcwele ayinaphutha futhi iyisisekelo seSonto kuzo zonke izindaba zemfundiso nokuziphatha kwaphezulu.

Ukutadisha IBhayibheli - Isiyalo SobuKristu

Ukutadisha iBhayibheli kuyisiyalo sobuKristu esiyisisekelo esivezwe kahle ekulandiseni kweTestamente Elisha. Abalungileyo baseBereya “balamukela kahle izwi, bahlola imibhalo imihla ngemihla ukuba linjalo yini” ukuze baqinisekise ukukholwa kwabo kuKristu (Izenzo 1 Kor.7,11). Umthenwa weNdlovukazi uKandake waseTopiya wayefunda incwadi ka-Isaya ngenkathi uFiliphu eshumayela ngoJesu kuye (IzE 8,26-39). UThimothewu, owayazi imibhalo kusukela ebuntwaneni ngokholo lukanina nogogo wakhe (2. UThimothi 1,5; 3,15), wakhunjuzwa uPawulu ukuba alisakaze kahle izwi leqiniso (2. UThimothi 2,15), kanye “nokushumayela izwi” (2. UThimothi 4,2).

Incwadi kaThithu isiyala ukuba wonke umdala ‘agcine izwi leqiniso eliqinisekileyo’ (Thithu 1,9). UPawulu ukhumbuza abaseRoma ukuthi “ngokubekezela nangenduduzo yemiBhalo sinethemba.” ( Roma 1 Kor.5,4).

IBhayibheli liyasixwayisa futhi ukuthi singanciki ekuchazeni kwethu izindima zeBhayibheli (2. UPetrus 1,20) ukusonta imibhalo ekulahlweni kwethu (2. UPetrus 3,16), nokuba nezinkulumo-mpikiswano kanye nokuzabalaza ngencazelo yamagama nerejista yobulili (Thithu 3,9; 2. UThimothi 2,14.23). Izwi likaNkulunkulu aliboshiwe emibonweni yethu esesikucabangile kanye nokukhohlisa (2. UThimothi 2,9), kunalokho, “iyaphila futhi inamandla” futhi “ihlulela imicabango nemizwa yenhliziyo” ( Hebheru 4,12).

isiphetho

IBhayibheli lifanelekile kumKristu ngoba. . .

  • yizwi likaNkulunkulu eliphefumulelwe.
  • kuholela okholwayo ekusindisweni ngokukholwa kuKristu.
  • ungcwelisa ikholwa ngomsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele.
  • kuholela okholweni ekuvuthweni ngokomoya.
  • balungiselela amakholwa umsebenzi wevangeli.

UJames Henderson