Kungani uJesu kwakufanele afe?

Umsebenzi kaJesu wawuthela ngendlela emangalisayo. Wafundisa futhi waphulukisa izinkulungwane. Idonse ababukeli abaningi futhi ibingaba nomthelela obanzi kakhulu. Wayengaphilisa izinkulungwane ezengeziwe ukube wayeye kumaJuda nakwabezizwe ababehlala kwezinye izifunda. Kodwa uJesu wavumela umsebenzi wakhe ukuba ufike esiphethweni esingazelelwe. Wayengakugwema ukuboshwa, kepha wakhetha ukufa esikhundleni sokuqhubekisela phambili ukushumayela kwakhe emhlabeni. Yize izimfundiso zakhe zazibalulekile, akazelanga ukuzofundisa kuphela kepha nokufa, futhi wenza okuningi ngokufa kwakhe kunalokho akwenzayo empilweni yakhe. Ukufa kwakuyingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yomsebenzi kaJesu. Uma sicabanga ngoJesu, sicabanga ngesiphambano njengophawu lobuKristu, ngesinkwa newayini leSidlo SeNkosi. UMhlengi wethu uMhlengi owafa.

Wazalelwa ukufa

ITestamente Elidala lisitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu wabonakala esesimweni somuntu izikhathi eziningana. Ukube uJesu wayefuna kuphela ukuphulukisa nokufundisa, ngabe “wavela” nje. Kodwa wenza okwengeziwe: waba umuntu. Kungani? Ukuze afe. Ukuze siqonde uJesu, kumelwe sikuqonde ukufa kwakhe. Ukufa kwakhe kuyingxenye esemqoka yevangeli lensindiso futhi into ethinta ngqo wonke amaKristu.

UJesu wathi “iNdodana yomuntu ayizelanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza nokunikela ukuphila kwayo njengesihlengo sabaningi” Math. 20,28). Weza ukunikela ngokuphila kwakhe, ukuze afe; ukufa kwakhe kwakuwukuthengela abanye insindiso. Lesi kwakuyisizathu esiyinhloko sokuza kwakhe emhlabeni. Igazi lakhe lachitheka ngenxa yabanye.

UJesu wamemezela usizi nokufa kwakhe kubafundi bakhe, kodwa ngokusobala abazange bamkholelwe. “Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukubonisa abafundi bakhe indlela okumelwe aye ngayo eJerusalema futhi ahlushwe kakhulu ezandleni zabadala nabapristi abakhulu nababhali futhi abulawe futhi avuswe ngosuku lwesithathu. UPetru wamthathela eceleni, wamthethisa, wathi: “Nkulunkulu akusindise, Nkosi! Ungakuvumeli lokho kwenzeke kuwe!” ( 1 Kor6,21- 22.)

UJesu wayazi ukuthi kwakufanele afe ngoba kulotshwe kanjalo. “...Pho, kulotshiwe kanjani ngeNdodana yomuntu ukuthi iyohlupheka kakhulu futhi idelelwe na?” ( Marku. 9,12; 9,31; 10,33-34.) “Waqala ngoMose nakubo bonke abaprofethi, wabachazela okwashiwo ngaye emiBhalweni yonke... Kanjalo kulotshiwe ukuthi uKristu uyakuhlushwa, avuke kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu” ( Luk. 24,27 futhi 46).

Konke kwenzeka ngokwecebo likaNkulunkulu: UHerode noPilatu benza kuphela lokho isandla sikaNkulunkulu neseluleko “sasikunqumele kusengaphambili ukuba kwenzeke” ( IzE. 4,28). Ensimini yaseGetsemane wanxusa emthandazweni ukuthi kungabi khona yini enye indlela; kwakungekho (Luk. 22,42). Ukufa kwakhe kwakudingeka ukuze sisindiswe.

Inceku ehluphekayo

Ibhalwe kuphi Isiprofetho esicacile sitholakala ku-Isaya 53. UJesu ngokwakhe uno-Isaya 53,12 wacashunwa: “Ngoba ngithi kini, kumelwe kugcwaliseke kimi okulotshiweyo ukuthi: ‘Wabalelwa phakathi kwabenzi bokubi. Ngokuba okulotshiweyo ngami kuyofezeka” (Luka 22,37). UJesu, ongenasono, kufanele abalwe phakathi kwezoni.

Yini enye ebhalwe ku-Isaya 53? “Ngempela wathwala ukugula kwethu futhi wathwala izinhlungu zethu. Kepha thina sasicabanga ukuthi uhlushwa, ashaywe futhi abulawelwe ukholo nguNkulunkulu. Kodwa ulinyazwe ngenxa yobubi bethu futhi walinyazwa ngenxa yezono zethu. Isijeziso siphezu kwakhe ukuze sibe nokuthula, nangemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe. Sonke saduka njengezimvu, yilowo lalowo ekhangela indlela yakhe. Kepha uJehova waphonsa phezu kwakhe izono zethu sonke” (amavesi 4-6).

“Wayehlukunyezwa ngenxa yobubi babantu bami...noma engonanga muntu...Ngakho uJehova wayemshaya ngokugula. Lapho enikela ngokuphila kwakhe kube ngumnikelo wecala...[u]thwala izono zabo...uthwale izono zabaningi... futhi ekhulumela abenzi bokubi” (amavesi 8-12). U-Isaya uchaza umuntu ongahlupheki ngenxa yezono zakhe kodwa ngenxa yezono zabanye.

Indoda le kumele ‘ihlwithwe elizweni labaphilayo’ ( ivesi 8 ) kodwa indaba kayipheleli lapho. Kumelwe “abone ukukhanya abe nokuchichima. Ngokwazi kwayo, inceku yami, olungileyo uyakumisa ukulunga phakathi kwabaningi...iyakuba nenzalo, iphile isikhathi eside” (amavesi 11 & 10).

Lokho u-Isaya akuloba kwagcwaliseka uJesu. Wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yezimvu zakhe ( Joh. 10, 15 ). Ekufeni kwakhe wathatha izono zethu futhi wahlupheka ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu; wajeziswa ukuze sibe nokuthula noNkulunkulu. Ngokuhlupheka nokufa kwakhe, ukugula komphefumulo wethu kuyelapheka; silungisisiwe - izono zethu zisusiwe. Lamaqiniso anwetshiwe futhi ajula eTestamenteni Elisha.

Ukufa ngamahloni nehlazo

“Umuntu olengisiwe uqalekisiwe nguNkulunkulu,” kusho ngaphakathi 5. UMose 21,23. Ngenxa yaleli vesi, amaJuda abona isiqalekiso sikaNkulunkulu kuwo wonke umuntu obethelwe esiphambanweni, njengoba u-Isaya ebhala, ‘njengoshaywa nguNkulunkulu. Abapristi abangamaJuda cishe babecabanga ukuthi lokhu kwakuzothiya futhi kukhubaze abafundi bakaJesu. Eqinisweni, ukubethelwa kwawaqeda amathemba abo. Ngokudangala, bavuma: “Besethemba ukuthi nguye owayezakuhlenga u-Israyeli” ( Luka 24,21). Uvuko lwabe selubuyisela ithemba lakhe, futhi isimangaliso sePhentekoste samnikeza isibindi esivuselelwe sokumemezela iqhawe, ngokwenkolelo evamile, elaliyiqhawe eliphelele: uMesiya obethelwe esiphambanweni.

“UNkulunkulu wawokhokho bethu,” uPetru ememezela phambi kweSanhedrini, “umvuse uJesu, enamlengisa esihlahleni, nambulala.” ( IzEnzo. 5,30). Ku-"Holz" uPetru uvumela lonke ihlazo lokubethelwa ukuba likhale. Kodwa ihlazo, uthi, alikho kuJesu—kulabo ababembethela esiphambanweni. UNkulunkulu wambusisa ngoba wayengakufanelekeli ukuqalekiswa abhekana nakho. UNkulunkulu wakuqeda ukucwaswa.

UPawulu ukhuluma isiqalekiso esifanayo kwabaseGalathiya 3,13 ku: “Kepha uKristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho, ngokuba waba yisiqalekiso ngenxa yethu; ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Uqalekisiwe wonke olenga esihlahleni’...” UJesu waba yisiqalekiso esikhundleni sethu ukuze sikhululwe esiqalekisweni somthetho. Waba into angeyena ukuze sibe into esingeyona. “Ngokuba wamenza isono ngenxa yethu esingasazi isono, ukuze kuye sibe ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu” (2. Kor.
5,21).

UJesu waba yisono ngenxa yethu ukuze kuthiwe silungile ngaye. Ngokuba wahlupheka ngokufanele thina, wasihlenga esiqalekisweni—esijezisweni—somthetho. “Isijeziso siphezu kwakhe ukuze sibe nokuthula.” Ngenxa yesijeziso sakhe, singajabulela ukuthula noNkulunkulu.

Igama elivela esiphambanweni

Abafundi abazange bayikhohlwe indlela ehlazisayo uJesu afa ngayo. Ngezinye izikhathi kwakugxile ekushumayeleni kwabo: “... kodwa sishumayela uKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni, isikhubekiso kubaJuda nobuwula kumaGreki”1. AbaseKorinte 1,23). UPawulu uze abize ivangeli ngokuthi “izwi lesiphambano” (ivesi 18). Usola abaseGalathiya ngokulahlekelwa umbono womfanekiso wangempela kaKristu: “Ngubani owanibonisa, lokhu uJesu Kristu wapendwa ebethelwe esiphambanweni emehlweni enu na?” (Gal. 3,1Kulokhu wabona umlayezo owumongo wevangeli.

Kungani isiphambano "ivangeli," izindaba ezinhle? Ngoba sahlengwa esiphambanweni futhi lapho izono zethu zathola isijeziso esisifanele. UPawulu ugxila esiphambanweni ngoba siyisihluthulelo sensindiso yethu ngoJesu.

Ngeke sivuswe enkazimulweni kuze kube yilapho icala lezono zethu selikhokhiwe, lapho senziwe abalungileyo kuKristu njengoba "kuphambi kukaNkulunkulu." Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho singangena khona enkazimulweni noJesu.

UPhawuli wathi uJesu wasifela (Rom. 5,6-ishumi nesithupha; 2. Korinte 5:14; 1. Thesalonika 5,10); futhi “ngenxa yezono zethu” wafa (1. AbaseKorinte 15,3; Gal. 1,4). “Wathwala izono zethu phezu kwakhe...ngomzimba wakhe esihlahleni” (1. uPeter 2,24; 3,18). UPhawuli uqhubeka athi safa kanye loKhristu (Rom. 6,3-8). Ngokukholwa kuye sihlanganyela ekufeni kwakhe.

Uma samukela uJesu Kristu njengoMsindisi wethu, ukufa kwaKhe kubalwa njengokwethu; izono zethu zibala njengezakhe, futhi ukufa kwakhe kukhokha inhlawulo yalezo zono. Kufana nokulenga esiphambanweni, njengokwamukela isiqalekiso izono zethu ezisilethele sona. Kepha ukwenzele thina, futhi ngoba ukwenzile, singalungisiswa, okungukuthi, sibalwe njengabalungile. Uthatha isono sethu nokufa kwethu; usinika ukulunga nempilo. Inkosana isiphenduke umfana wokunxiba ukuze nathi abafana abangcengayo sibe ngamakhosana.

Nakuba eBhayibhelini kuthiwa uJesu wakhokha isihlengo (ngomqondo omdala wokuhlenga: isihlengo, isihlengo) ngenxa yethu, isihlengo asizange sikhokhelwe kunoma yiliphi igunya elikhethekile - siwumusho ongokomfanekiso ofuna ukukucacisa ukuthi wasilahlekisela inani eliphakeme ngendlela engakholakali ukuze asikhulule. “Nathengwa ngenani” yindlela uPawulu akuchaza ngayo ukuhlengwa kwethu ngoJesu: nalokhu umusho oyisingathekiso. UJesu “wasithenga” kodwa “akakhokhanga” muntu.

Abanye bathi uJesu wafela ukwanelisa izimangalo zikayise ezingokomthetho - kodwa omunye angathi nguyise ngokwakhe owakhokha inani ngokuthumela nokunikela ngendodana yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo. 3,16; Rom. 5,8). KuKristu, uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe wathatha isijeziso - ngakho kwakungeke kudingeke ukuba; “Ngoba ngomusa kaNkulunkulu kufanele ezwe ukufa ngenxa yabo bonke.” ( Heb. 2,9).

Ukubalekela ulaka lukaNkulunkulu

UNkulunkulu uyabathanda abantu - kodwa uyasizonda isono ngoba isono silimaza abantu. Ngakho, kuyoba khona “usuku lolaka” lapho uNkulunkulu ehlulela umhlaba (Rom. 1,18; 2,5).

Labo abalahla iqiniso bayojeziswa ( 2, 8 ). Noma ubani owenqaba iqiniso lomusa waphezulu uyofunda ngakolunye uhlangothi lukaNkulunkulu, intukuthelo yakhe. UNkulunkulu ufuna wonke umuntu aphenduke (2. uPeter 3,9), kodwa labo abangaphenduki bayoyizwa imiphumela yesono sabo.

Ngokufa kukaJesu izono zethu zithethelelwe, futhi ngokufa kwakhe sibalekela ulaka lukaNkulunkulu, isijeziso sesono. Nokho, lokho akusho ukuthi uJesu onothando wehlisa umoya kaNkulunkulu othukuthele noma, ngokwezinga elithile, “wamthenga buthule”. UJesu uthukuthelele isono njengoBaba. UJesu akayena kuphela umahluleli wezwe othanda izoni ukuze akhokhe inhlawulo yezono zazo, futhi ungumahluleli womhlaba olahlayo ( Math.5,31-enye).

Lapho uNkulunkulu esithethelela, akagcini nje ngokugeza isono bese wenza sengathi asikaze sibe khona. Kuyo yonke iTestamente Elisha, ufundisa ukuthi isono sinqotshwa ngokufa kukaJesu. Isono sinemiphumela emibi - imiphumela esingayibona esiphambanweni sikaKristu. Kwabiza uJesu ubuhlungu namahloni nokufa. Wathwala isijeziso esisifanele.

Ivangeli lembula ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenza ngokulunga lapho esithethelela (Rom. 1,17). Akazishayi indiva izono zethu kodwa usebenzelana nazo kuJesu Kristu. “Lowo uNkulunkulu ammisele ukholo, abe-yinhlawulo ngegazi lakhe, ukuze abonakalise ukulunga kwakhe.” (Rom.3,25). Isiphambano sembula ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulungile; kubonisa ukuthi isono sibi kakhulu ukuba singanakwa. Kuyafaneleka ukuba isono sijeziswe, futhi uJesu ngokuzithandela wazithathela isijeziso sethu. Ngaphezu kobulungisa bukaNkulunkulu, isiphambano siphinde sikhombisa uthando lukaNkulunkulu (Rom. 5,8).

Njengoba u-Isaya esho, sinokuthula noNkulunkulu ngoba uKristu wajeziswa. Sasikade sikude noNkulunkulu, kodwa manje sesisondele kuye ngoKristu (Efe. 2,13). Ngamanye amazwi, sibuyisana noNkulunkulu ngesiphambano (v. 16). Kuyinkolelo yobuKristu eyisisekelo yokuthi ubuhlobo bethu noNkulunkulu buxhomeke ekufeni kukaJesu Kristu.

UbuKristu: lokhu akulona iqoqo lemithetho. UbuKristu yinkolelo yokuthi uKristu wenza konke esikudingayo ukuze alungise uNkulunkulu - futhi wakwenza esiphambanweni. “Sabuyisana noNkulunkulu ngokufa kweNdodana yakhe siseyizitha.” (Rom. 5,10). NgoKristu, uNkulunkulu wabuyisa umhlaba “ngokwenza ukuthula ngegazi lakhe esiphambanweni” (KwabaseKolose. 1,20). Uma sibuyisana ngaye, izono zonke zithethelelwe (v. 22) - ukubuyisana, ukuthethelelwa kanye nokulunga konke kusho into eyodwa: ukuthula noNkulunkulu.

Ukunqoba!

UPawulu usebenzisa isingathekiso esithakazelisayo sensindiso lapho ebhala ukuthi uJesu “wahlubula amandla neziphathimandla zamandla azo, wakubeka obala, wakwenza ukunqoba kuKristu [a. tr.: esiphambanweni]” (Kolose 2,15). Usebenzisa umfanekiso wombukiso wezempi: ujenene onqobile uhola iziboshwa eziyisitha odwendweni lokunqoba. Ukhishiwe izikhali, uthotshisiwe, ekubonisweni. Lokhu uPawulu akushoyo lapha ukuthi uJesu wakwenza lokhu esiphambanweni.

Okwakubonakala kuwukufa okuyichilo empeleni kwakuwukunqoba okukhulu kwecebo likaNkulunkulu, ngoba kwakungesiphambano lapho uJesu azuza khona ukunqoba amabutho ezitha, uSathane, isono nokufa. Izimangalo zabo ngathi zeneliswe ngokuphelele ngokufa kwesisulu esingenacala. Abakwazi ukucela okungaphezu kwalokho osekukhokhelwe. Ngokufa kwakhe, sitshelwa ukuthi, uJesu wathatha amandla “alowo owayenamandla phezu kokufa, yebo udeveli.” (Heb. 2,14). “...Ngalokho iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yabonakala, ukuze ichithe imisebenzi kaSathane” (1. UJohane 3,8). Ukunqoba kwazuzwa esiphambanweni.

Isisulu

Ukufa kukaJesu nakho kuchazwa ngokuthi umhlatshelo. Umqondo womhlatshelo ususelwa esikweni elicebile leTestamente Elidala lokunikela. U-Isaya ubiza uMenzi wethu ngokuthi “umnikelo wecala” (Dut3,10). UJohane uMbhapathizi umbiza ngokuthi “iWundlu likaNkulunkulu, elisusa isono sezwe.” (Joh. 1,29). UPawulu umveza njengomhlatshelo wokubuyisana, njengomnikelo wesono, njengewundlu lePhasika, njengomnikelo wempepho (Rom. 3,25; 8,3; 1. AbaseKorinte 5,7; Efe. 5,2). Incwadi eya kumaHeberu imbiza ngokuthi umnikelo wesono (10,12). UJohane umbiza ngokuthi umhlatshelo “wezono zethu” (1. UJohane 2,2; 4,10).

Kunamagama amaningana alokho uJesu akwenza esiphambanweni. Ababhali beTestamente Elisha ngabanye basebenzisa amagama nemifanekiso ehlukene kulokhu. Ukukhetha okuqondile kwamagama, indlela okuyiyonayona ayinqamuki. Okubalulekile ukuthi sisindisiwe ngokufa kukaJesu, ukuthi kuphela ukufa kwakhe okusivulela insindiso. “Ngemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe thina.” Wafa ukuze asikhulule, asule izono zethu, ahlupheke ngokujeziswa kwethu, athenge insindiso yethu. “Bathandekayo, uma uNkulunkulu wasithanda kanjalo, nathi kufanele sithandane” (1. UJohane 4,11).

Impumelelo Yensindiso: Imiqondo Eyisihluthulelo Eyisikhombisa

Ukunotha komsebenzi kaKristu kuvezwe eTestamenteni Elisha ngohlu lonke lwezithombe zezilimi. Lezi zithombe singazibiza ngokuthi izifaniso, amaphethini, izingathekiso. Ngamunye upenda ingxenye yesithombe:

• Isihlengo (cishe sifane nencazelo ethi “ukuhlengwa”): inani elikhokhelwa isihlengo, elikhulula othile. Okugxilwe embonweni wenkululeko, hhayi uhlobo lomklomelo.
• Ukuhlengwa: ngomqondo wasekuqaleni wegama futhi elisekelwe "kusihlengo", futhi isib. B. ukuhlengwa kwezigqila.
• Ukulungisiswa: ukungabi necala phambi kukaNkulunkulu, njengasemuva kokuhoxiswa enkantolo.
• Insindiso (insindiso): Umqondo oyisisekelo ukukhululwa noma ukusindiswa esimweni esiyingozi. Futhi iqukethe ukuphulukiswa, ukuphulukiswa kanye nokubuyela ekupheleleni.
• Ukubuyisana: Ukwakha kabusha ubudlelwane obuphazamisekile. UNkulunkulu uyasibuyisana naye. Uthatha isinyathelo sokubuyisa ubungani kanti sithatha isinyathelo sakhe.
• Ubuntwana: Siba izingane zikaNkulunkulu ezisemthethweni. Ukholo lubanga ushintsho esimeni sethu somshado: kusuka kwabangaphandle kuya kumalungu omndeni.
• Intethelelo: ingabonakala ngezindlela ezimbili. Ngokombono wezomthetho, ukuthethelelwa kusho ukwesulwa kwesikweletu. Ukuxolelana phakathi kwabantu kusho ukuxolela ukulimala komuntu siqu (okususelwa ku-Alister McGrath, Understanding Jesus, pp. 124-135).

ngu-Michael Morrison

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