Unjani unkulunkulu

Ngokobufakazi bomBhalo, uNkulunkulu ungowaphezulu kubantu abathathu baphakade, abafanayo kodwa abehlukene - uYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. Uwukuphela kukaNkulunkulu weqiniso, ongunaphakade, ongaguquki, onamandla onke, wazi konke, okhona yonke indawo. Ungumdali wezulu nomhlaba, umgcini wendawo yonke nomthombo wensindiso yomuntu. Nakuba evelele, uNkulunkulu usebenza ngokuqondile nangomuntu siqu kubantu. UNkulunkulu uluthando kanye nobuhle obungapheli (Marku 12,29; 1. UThimothi 1,17; Kwabase-Efesu 4,6; Mathewu 28,19; 1. UJohannes 4,8; 5,20; Thithu 2,11; Johane 16,27; 2. AbaseKorinte 13,13; 1. AbaseKorinte 8,4-enye).

“UNkulunkulu uBaba unguMuntu wokuqala wobuNkulunkulu, oNgazalwanga, iNdodana yazalwa ngaye ngaphambi kwaphakade, futhi uMoya oNgcwele ophuma kuye phakade ngeNdodana. UBaba, owenza zonke izinto zibonakale nezingabonakali ngeNdodana, uthumela iNdodana ukuze samukele insindiso, futhi unikeza uMoya oNgcwele ukuze senze kabusha futhi samukelwe njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.” ( Joh. 1,1.14, 18; AmaRoma 15,6; AbaseKolose 1,15-16; UJohane 3,16; I-14,26; I-15,26; AmaRoma 8,14-17; Izenzo 17,28).

Ingabe sidale uNkulunkulu noma uNkulunkulu wasidala?

UNkulunkulu akayona inkolo, muhle, "Omunye Wethu, UmMelika, Ungxowankulu" yisihloko sencwadi yakamuva. Ikhuluma ngemibono eyiphutha ngoNkulunkulu.

Kungumsebenzi othakazelisayo wokuhlola ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwethu kwakhiwa kanjani nguNkulunkulu ngomndeni wethu nabangane; ngezincwadi nangobuciko; ngokusebenzisa ithelevishini nabezindaba; ngezingoma nangezinganekwane; ngezethu izidingo nezidingo; futhi-ke, ngokuhlangenwe nakho okungokwenkolo nefilosofi ethandwayo. Iqiniso ukuthi uNkulunkulu akayena owakhayo noma umqondo. UNkulunkulu akayena umqondo, hhayi umqondo ongaqondakali wengqondo yethu ehlakaniphile.

Ngokombono weBhayibheli, yonke into, ngisho nemicabango yethu namandla ethu okwakha imibono, ivela kuNkulunkulu esingamdalanga, noma osimilo nezimfanelo zakhe akudalwanga yithi (KwabaseKolose. 1,16-17; amaHebheru 1,3); uNkulunkulu omane enguNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu akanaso isiqalo nesiphetho.

Ekuqaleni kwakungekho mbono womuntu ngoNkulunkulu, kunalokho [ekuqaleni] (inkomba yesikhashana uNkulunkulu ayisebenzisayo ekuqondeni kwethu okulinganiselwe) kwakunguNkulunkulu (1. mose 1,1; UJohane 1,1). Asidalanga uNkulunkulu, kodwa uNkulunkulu wasidala ngomfanekiso wakhe (1. mose 1,27). UNkulunkulu unguye, ngakho-ke siyikho. UNkulunkulu Ongunaphakade unguMdali wazo zonke izinto (Izenzo 17,24-25); Isaya 40,28, njll.) futhi ngentando Yakhe kuphela zonke izinto zikhona.

Izincwadi eziningi ziqagela ngokuthi uNkulunkulu unjani. Akungabazeki ukuthi singavela nohlu lwezichasiso namabizo achaza umbono wethu wokuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani nokuthi wenzani. Inhloso yalolu cwaningo, nokho, ukuqaphela ukuthi uNkulunkulu uchazwa kanjani emibhalweni bese sixoxa ngokuthi kungani lezo zincazelo zibalulekile ekholweni.

IBhayibheli lichaza uMdali njengonaphakade, ongabonakali, omnissend namandla onke

UNkulunkulu uphambi kwendalo Yakhe ( IHubo 90,2:5 ) futhi “uhlala phakade” ( Isaya 7,15). “Akekho owake wabona uNkulunkulu.” (Joh 1,18), futhi akayena owenyama, kodwa “uNkulunkulu ungumoya” ( Joh 4,24). Akanqunyelwe isikhathi nendawo, futhi akukho okufihliwe kuye (IHubo 139,1-ishumi nesithupha; 1. Amakhosi 8,27, Jeremiya 23,24). “Wazi zonke izinto” (1. UJohannes 3,20).

In 1. UMose 17,1 UNkulunkulu uthi ku-Abrahama, “NginguNkulunkulu uSomandla,” nasesambulweni 4,8 izidalwa ezine eziphilayo ziyamemezela: “Ingcwele, ingcwele, ingcwele iNkosi uNkulunkulu, uMninimandla onke, owayekhona nokhona nozayo”. “Izwi likaJehova linamandla, izwi likaJehova linamandla” (IHubo 29,4).

UPawulu uyala uThimothewu: “Kepha kuNkulunkulu, iNkosi yaphakade, engafiyo nengabonakali, okunguye yedwa onguNkulunkulu, makube udumo nenkazimulo kuze kube phakade. Amen" (1. UThimothi 1,17). Izincazelo ezifanayo zonkulunkulu zingatholakala ezincwadini zamaqaba nasemasikweni amaningi enkolo angewona awobuKristu.

UPawulu usikisela ukuthi ubukhosi bukaNkulunkulu kufanele bubonakale kuwo wonke umuntu lapho ecabangela izimangaliso zendalo. “Ngokuba okungabonakali kukaNkulunkulu, amandla akhe aphakade nobuNkulunkulu bakhe, kubonakala ngemisebenzi yakhe kusukela ekudalweni kwezwe.” 1,20).
Umbono kaPawulu ucacile: Abantu “babe yize emicabangweni yabo (Roma 1,21) futhi bazenzela ezabo izinkolo nokukhonza izithombe. Uveza kuZenzo 17,22-31 iphinde iveze ukuthi abantu bangadideka ngokweqiniso ngesimo saphezulu.

Ingabe kukhona umehluko wekhwalithi phakathi kukaNkulunkulu wamaKristu nabanye onkulunkulu? 
Ngokombono weBhayibheli, izithixo, onkulunkulu basendulo bamaGreki, baseRoma, baseMesophothamiya, nezinye izinganekwane, izinto ezikhonzwa namuhla nezakudala, aziwona neze ubuNkulunkulu ngoba “uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu unguJehova yedwa” (Dut. 6,4). Akekho unkulunkulu ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu weqiniso (2. UMose 15,11; 1. Amakhosi 8,23; IHubo 86,8; I-95,3).

U-Isaya uthi abanye onkulunkulu “abalutho.” (Isaya 4 Kor1,24), futhi uPawulu uqinisekisa ukuthi laba “abathiwa onkulunkulu” abanabo ubunkulunkulu ngoba “akekho uNkulunkulu ngaphandle koyedwa,” “uNkulunkulu oyedwa uYise okuvela kuye zonke izinto” (1. AbaseKorinte 8,4-6). "Asinaye ubaba sonke? Akasidalanga yini unkulunkulu?” kubuza umprofethi uMalaki ngokuphimisela. Bheka futhi eyabase-Efesu 4,6.

Kubalulekile ukuthi ikholwa libonge ubukhosi bukaNkulunkulu futhi libe nenhlonipho ngoNkulunkulu oyedwa. Nokho, lokhu akwanele ngokwakho. “Bheka, uNkulunkulu mkhulu, akanakuqondwa; inani leminyaka yakhe akakho ongaziyo” (Jobe 3)6,26). Umehluko ophawulekayo phakathi kokukhulekela uNkulunkulu weBhayibheli nokukhulekela labo okuthiwa onkulunkulu ukuthi uNkulunkulu weBhayibheli ufuna simazi ngokugcwele, futhi ufuna nokwazi thina ngabanye futhi ngabanye. UNkulunkulu uBaba akafuni ukuzihlanganisa nathi ekude. “Useduze nathi” akayena “uNkulunkulu okude.” ( Jeremiya 2 Kor3,23).

Ngubani unkulunkulu

Ngakho uNkulunkulu esenziwe ngomfanekiso wakhe munye. Omunye wemiphumela yokwenziwa ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu kungenzeka ukuthi singafana Naye. Kodwa unjani uNkulunkulu? Umbhalo ubeka isikhala esiningi ekudaluleni ukuthi ungubani uNkulunkulu nokuthi uyini. Ake sihlole imibono ethile eseBhayibhelini ngoNkulunkulu, futhi sizobona ukuthi ukuqonda ukuthi unjani uNkulunkulu kukhuthaza kanjani izimfanelo zokomoya ukuthi zikhule kulowo okholwayo ebudlelwaneni bakhe nabanye abantu.

Ngokuphawulekayo, imiBhalo ayiwatsheli amakholwa ukuba acabange ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ngobukhulu, amandla onke, ukwazi konke, nokunye. UNkulunkulu ungcwele (Samb 6,10; 1. Samuel 2,2; IHubo 78,4; I-99,9; I-111,9). UNkulunkulu ukhazimula ngobungcwele bakhe (2. UMose 15,11). Izazi eziningi zemfundiso yenkolo zichaza ubungcwele ngokuthi isimo sokuhlukaniselwa noma sokungcweliselwa izinjongo zaphezulu. Ubungcwele yilo lonke iqoqo lezimfanelo ezichaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani futhi zimhlukanise konkulunkulu bamanga.

amaHebheru 2,14 isitshela ukuthi ngaphandle kobungcwele “akekho oyoyibona iNkosi”; “...kepha njengalowo owanibizayo engcwele, nani yibani ngcwele kukho konke ukuziphatha kwenu” (1. UPetrus 1,15-ishumi nesithupha; 3. mose 11,44). Kufanele “sihlanganyele ebungcweleni bakhe” (KumaHebheru 1 Kor2,10). UNkulunkulu uluthando futhi ugcwele umusa (1. UJohannes 4,8; IHubo 112,4; I-145,8). Isiqephu esingenhla singene 1. UJohane uthi labo abamaziyo uNkulunkulu babonakala ngokukhathalela kwabo abanye ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando. Uthando lwaqhakaza phakathi kobuNkulunkulu “ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwezwe” (Johane 17,24) ngoba uthando luyimvelo kaNkulunkulu yokuhlala.

Ngoba unesihe [ububele], nathi kufanele sibonisane isihe (1. UPetrus 3,8, uZakariya 7,9). UNkulunkulu unomusa, unesihe, uyathethelela (1. UPetrus 2,3; 2. UMose 34,6; IHubo 86,15; I-111,4; I-116,5).  

Okunye okubonakaliswa kothando lukaNkulunkulu “ubuhle bakhe obukhulu” (Cl 3,2). UNkulunkulu “uyathethelela, unomusa, unesihe, uyabekezela, unomusa omkhulu” (Nehemiya. 9,17). “Kepha kuwe, Jehova Nkulunkulu wethu, kukhona umusa nokuthethelela. Ngoba siye saba yizihlubuki.” (Daniyeli 9,9).

"UNkulunkulu Womusa Wonke" (1. UPetrus 5,10) ulindele ukuthi umusa wakhe usakazwe (2. AbaseKorinte 4,15), nokuthi amaKristu abonakalisa umusa nentethelelo Yakhe ekusebenzelaneni nabanye (Kwabase-Efesu 4,32). UNkulunkulu muhle (Luka 1 Kor8,19; 1 IziKr 16,34; IHubo 25,8; I-34,8; I-86,5; I-145,9).

“Zonke izipho ezinhle nazo zonke izipho eziphelele zehla zivela phezulu, zivela kuYise wokukhanya” (Jakobe 1,17).
Ukwamukela umusa kaNkulunkulu kuwukulungiselela ukuphenduka—“noma udelela ingcebo yomusa wakhe... Anazi yini ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukuholela ekuphendukeni” ( Roma 2,4)?

UNkulunkulu okwaziyo “ukwenza okungaphezu kwalokhu esikucelayo nesikuqondayo” (Efesu 3,20), utshela okholwayo ukuthi “benze okuhle kubantu bonke,” ngoba noma ubani owenza okuhle uvela kuNkulunkulu (3 Johane 11).

UNkulunkulu ungakithi (KwabaseRoma 8,31)

Yiqiniso, uNkulunkulu ungaphezu nje kokuba ulimi lwenyama lungachazwa. “Ubukhulu bakhe abuphenyeki” ( IHubo 145,3). Singamazi kanjani futhi sibonakalise umfanekiso Wakhe? Singasigcwalisa kanjani isifiso Sakhe sokuba ngcwele, uthando, uzwelo, umusa, ububele, ukuthethelela, nokuhle?

UNkulunkulu, “okungekho kuye ukuguquka, noma ukushintshana kokukhanya nobumnyama” (Jakobe 1,17) futhi ubuntu nenjongo yakhe enomusa ingashintshi (Mal 3,6), wasivulela indlela. Ungowethu, futhi ufisa ukuba sibe ngabantwana bakhe (1. UJohannes 3,1).

amaHebheru 1,3 usazisa ukuthi uJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe phakade, uwumfanekiso oqondile wobuntu bukaNkulunkulu obungaphakathi - "umfanekiso wobuntu bakhe" (Hebheru 1,3). Uma sidinga isithombe esibambekayo sikaBaba, uJesu nguye. “Ungumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonakali” (Kolose 1,15).

UKristu wathi: “Zonke izinto ziphathiswe mina nguBaba; futhi akakho owazi iNdodana ngaphandle kukaBaba; futhi akekho owazi uBaba ngaphandle kweNdodana, nalowo iNdodana ethanda ukumbulela.” ( Mathewu 11,27).

Ekuphethenissisiphetho

Indlela yokwazi uNkulunkulu ngeNdodana yakhe. Umbhalo wembula ukuthi unjani uNkulunkulu, futhi lokhu kubalulekile ekholweni ngoba senziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.

UJames Henderson