Okuphakathi ngumyalezo

okuphakathi ngumyalezoOsosayensi bezenhlalakahle basebenzisa amagama athakazelisayo ukuchaza izikhathi esiphila kuzo. Cishe uzwile amagama athi "premodern", "modern" noma "postmodern". Eqinisweni, abanye basibiza ngokuthi isikhathi esiphila kuso manje umhlaba wangemva kwesimanje. Ososayensi bezenhlalakahle baphinde baphakamise amasu ahlukene okuxhumana okuphumelelayo kwesizukulwane ngasinye, kungaba "abakhi", "ama-boomers", "ama-buster", "X-ers", "Y-ers", "Z-ers" noma "Mosaic".

Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siphila kumuphi umhlaba, ukuxhumana kwangempela kwenzeka kuphela lapho izinhlangothi zombili zidlulela ngalé kokulalela nokukhuluma ezingeni lokuqonda. Ongoti bezokuxhumana basitshela ukuthi ukukhuluma nokulalela akukona ukuphela, kodwa kuyindlela yokufinyelela esiphethweni. Ukuqonda kwangempela umgomo wokuxhumana. Ukuthi umuntu uzizwa engcono ngenxa yokuthi “uthulule imicabango yakhe” noma ecabanga ukuthi usefezile isibopho sakhe ngenxa yokuthi ulalele omunye futhi wamvumela ukuba akhulume, akusho ngempela ukuthi umqonde ngempela lowo muntu. Futhi uma beningazwani ngempela, anizange nixhumane ngempela - nivele nikhulume futhi nilalele ningaqondi. NgoNkulunkulu kuhlukile. UNkulunkulu akagcini nje ngokuhlanganyela nathi imicabango yakhe futhi uyasilalela, ukhuluma nathi ngokuqonda.

Okokuqala, Usinikeza iBhayibheli. IBhayibheli aliyona nje incwadi; kungukuzibonakalisa kukaNkulunkulu kithina. NgeBhayibheli, uNkulunkulu uyasazisa ukuthi ungubani, usithanda kangakanani, izipho asinika zona, ukuthi singamazi kanjani, kanye nendlela engcono kakhulu yokuhlela izimpilo zethu. Ibhayibheli liyibalazwe lendlela yobuningi bempilo uNkulunkulu afuna ukusinika yona njengabantwana Bakhe. Kodwa njengoba likhulu iBhayibheli, akuyona indlela yokuxhumana ephakeme kunazo zonke. Indlela ephezulu kakhulu yokuxhumana evela kuNkulunkulu isambulo somuntu siqu ngoJesu Kristu - futhi sifunda kulokhu ngeBhayibheli.

Enye indawo lapho sibona khona lokhu kumaHeberu 1,13: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu esekhulumile kobaba izikhathi eziningi nangezindlela eziningi ngabaprofethi endulo, ukhulumile kithi kulezi zinsuku zokugcina ngeNdodana ayimise ukuba ibe yindlalifa phezu kwakho konke, abuye ngayo. wenza umhlaba. Ungukukhanya kwenkazimulo yakhe nomfanekiso wakhe, futhi usekela zonke izinto ngezwi lakhe elinamandla.” UNkulunkulu udlulisela uthando lwakhe kithi ngokuba ngomunye wethu, ngokuhlanganyela ubuntu bethu, ubuhlungu bethu, izilingo zethu, usizi lwethu. futhi athathe izono zethu, asithethelele zonke futhi asilungiselele indawo noJesu eceleni kukaYise.

Ngisho negama likaJesu likhuluma ngothando lukaNkulunkulu ngathi: igama elithi "Jesu" lisho ukuthi "iNkosi iyinsindiso". Futhi elinye igama likaJesu ngu-Imanuweli, okusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu unathi. UJesu akayona kuphela iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, kodwa futhi iZwi likaNkulunkulu, embula uBaba kanye nentando kaYise kithi.

IVangeli likaJohane liyasitshela:
“ULizwi waba yinyama, wakha phakathi kwethu, sabona inkazimulo yakhe, inkazimulo njengeyozelwe yedwa kuYise, egcwele umusa neqiniso” (Joh. 1,14)". Njengathi uJesu kuJohane 6,40 uthi kuyintando kaYise, “ukuba yilowo nalowo obona iNdodana akholwe kuyo abe-nokuphila okuphakade.” UNkulunkulu ngokwakhe wathatha isinyathelo kuqala ukuze simazi futhi usimema ukuba sibe naye sikhulumisane ngokomuntu siqu ngokufunda imiBhalo, futhi uyasikhuthaza ukuba sibe nokuphila okuphakade. ngomthandazo nangokuhlanganyela nabanye abamaziyo. Useyakwazi. Akusona isikhathi sokuthi umazi?

nguJoseph Tkach


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