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Ukholo lobuKristu lumemezela isigijimi sokuthi ngesikhathi esifanele iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yaba yinyama endaweni eyayinqunywe kusengaphambili futhi yahlala phakathi kwethu bantu. UJesu wayenobuntu obuphawuleka kangangokuthi abanye baze bangabaza ukuthi wayengumuntu. Nokho, iBhayibheli ligcizelela ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu enyameni - ozelwe ngowesifazane - empeleni wayengumuntu, okungukuthi, ngaphandle kwesono sethu, wayefana nathi kukho konke (Johane. 1,14; KwabaseGalathiya 4,4; AbaseFilipi 2,7; amaHebheru 2,17). Empeleni wayengumuntu. Ukuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu kuvame ukugujwa ngoKhisimusi, ngisho noma empeleni kwaqala ngokukhulelwa kukaMariya, ngokwekhalenda lendabuko langomhla zi-2 kuZibandlela.5. NgoNdasa, umkhosi wokuMenyezelwa (ngaphambili owawubizwa futhi ngokuthi umkhosi Wokuba Senyameni noma Ukuvela KukaNkulunkulu).

UKristu wabethelwa

Nakuba ukukhulelwa nokuzalwa kukaJesu kungase kubaluleke okholweni lwethu, akukhona endaweni yokuqala esigijimini sokholo esiwudlulisela emhlabeni. Lapho uPawulu eshumayela eKorinte, wanikeza umlayezo ovusa inkanuko kakhulu: lowo kaKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni.1. AbaseKorinte 1,23).

Izwe lamaGrikhi namaRoma lalizazi izindaba eziningi zonkulunkulu abazalwa, kepha akekho noyedwa owake wezwa ngokubethelwa esiphambanweni. Kwakumangalisa - njengokuthembisa insindiso kubantu uma bekholelwa kuphela esigebengwini esibulewe. Kepha kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi ihlengwe yisigebengu?

Kodwa lelo kwakuyiphuzu elibalulekile—iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yahlupheka ngokufa okuyihlazo esiphambanweni futhi ngemva kwalokho yaphinde yathola inkazimulo ngovuko. UPetru watshela iSanhedrini: “UNkulunkulu wawobaba wamvusa uJesu kwabafileyo . . . uNkulunkulu wamphakamisa ngesandla sakhe sokunene ukuba abe yiNkosi noMsindisi, ukuze anike u-Israyeli ukuphenduka nokuthethelelwa kwezono.” 5,30-31). UJesu wavuswa kwabafileyo futhi waphakanyiswa ukuze izono zethu zikhululwe.

Nokho, uPetru akazange ahluleke ukukhuluma nengxenye yendaba ebangela amahloni futhi: “...owamlengisa esihlahleni wambulala.” Igama elithi “ukhuni” ngokungangabazeki lalikhumbuza abaholi benkolo bamaJuda amazwi akuDuteronomi 51,23 uyakhumbula: "... umuntu ozilengisile uqalekisiwe nguNkulunkulu."

Hhawu! Kungani uPetru kwadingeka aveze lokhu? Akazange azame ukuzungeza iwa lezenhlalo nezombusazwe, kodwa wafaka ngokuqaphela lesi sici. Umlayezo wakhe wawungekona nje ukuthi uJesu wafa, kodwa nangalendlela ehlazisayo. Kwakungeyona nje le ngxenye yomlayezo, kodwa kwakuwumyalezo wawo oyinhloko. Lapho uPawulu eshumayela eKorinte, ukukhathazeka okuyinhloko kokushumayela kwakhe kwakungekhona nje ukuqonda ukufa kukaKristu kanjalo, kodwa nokufa kwakhe esiphambanweni (1. AbaseKorinte 1,23).

EGalathiya ngokusobala wasebenzisa indlela ecacile yokusho: “... emehlweni abo uJesu Kristu wapendwa ebethelwe esiphambanweni” (KwabaseGalathiya). 3,1). Kungani uPawulu kwakudingeka agcizelele ukufa okubi kangaka okwabonwa imiBhalo njengophawu oluqinisekile lwesiqalekiso sikaNkulunkulu?

Ingabe lokho kwakudingeka?

Kungani uJesu afa kabuhlungu kangaka? Mhlawumbe uPawulu wayebhekane nalombuzo isikhathi eside futhi kanzima. Wayembonile uKristu ovusiwe futhi wayazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayethumele uMesiya kulo muntu. Kodwa kungani uNkulunkulu kufanele avumele lowo ogcotshiweyo afe aze afe imiBhalo ethi isiqalekiso? (Ngakho ngisho namaMuslim awakholelwa ukuthi uJesu wabethelwa esiphambanweni. Emehlweni awo wayengumprofethi, futhi uNkulunkulu wayengeke neze avumele into enje ukuba yenzeke kuye ngaleyo ndlela. Baphikisa ngokuthi kwabethelwa omunye esiphambanweni esikhundleni sikaJesu. kube.)

Nangempela uJesu wakhuleka eNsimini yaseGetsemane ukuthi kube nenye indlela yakhe, kepha yayingekho. UHerode noPilatu bamane benza lokho uNkulunkulu “akumisile ukuba kwenzeke”—ukuthi kufanele abulawe ngale ndlela eqalekisiwe (IzE. 4,28; Zurich Bible).

Kungani? Ngoba uJesu wasifela—ngenxa yezono zethu—futhi siqalekisiwe ngenxa yezono zethu. Ngisho neziphambeko zethu ezincane zifana nokubethelwa esiphambanweni ekusoleni kwazo phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Sonke isintu siqalekisiwe ngokuba necala lesono. Kodwa ivangeli, ivangeli, liyathembisa: “Kepha uKristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho, ngokuba waba yisiqalekiso ngenxa yethu” (KwabaseGalathiya). 3,13). UJesu wabethelwa esiphambanweni ngenxa yomuntu ngamunye. Wabuthatha ubuhlungu namahloni okwakufanele ngempela ukubekezelela.

Amanye ama-analogies

Nokho, akusona lesi kuphela isifaniso iBhayibheli elisinika lona, ​​futhi uPawulu ukhuluma ngalo mbono kuphela kwenye yezincwadi zakhe. Kaningi umane athi uJesu “wasifela”. Uma uthi nhlá nje, umusho okhethwe lapha ubukeka njengokushintshana okulula: sasifanelwe ukufa, uJesu wazinikela ukuba asifele, ngakho-ke siyasinda kulokhu.

Nokho, akulula kanjalo. Phakathi kokunye, thina bantu sisafa. Futhi ngokombono ohlukile, sifa kanye noKristu (Roma 6,3-5). Ngokwalesi sifaniso, ukufa kukaJesu kwaba yinzuzo kithi kokubili (wafa esikhundleni sethu) futhi kwaba nokuhlanganyela (okungukuthi, sihlanganyela ekufeni kwakhe ngokufa kanye naye); Okwenza kucace kahle ukuthi yini ebalulekile: Sihlengiwe ngokubethelwa kukaJesu esiphambanweni, ngakho singasindiswa kuphela ngesiphambano sikaKristu.

Esinye isifaniso esakhethwa uJesu ngokwakhe sisebenzisa isihlengo njengesiqhathaniso: “...iNdodana yomuntu ayizelanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza, nokunikela ukuphila kwayo, kube-yisihlengo sabaningi” ( Marku. 10,45). Njengokungathi sasithunjwe yisitha futhi ukufa kukaJesu kwaqinisekisa inkululeko yethu.

UPaul wenza ukuqhathanisa okufanayo lapho ethi ngathi sihlengiwe. Leli gama lingakhumbuza abanye abafundi ngemakethe yezigqila, abanye futhi lingabakhumbuza ngokufuduka kwama-Israyeli eGibhithe. Izigqila zazihlengwa ebugqilini, ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu wabuye wathenga abantu bakwa-Israyeli bakhululeka eGibhithe. Ngokuthumela iNdodana yakhe, uBaba wethu waseZulwini wasithenga kakhulu. Uthathe isijeziso sezono zethu.

KwabaseKolose 2,15 esinye isithombe sisetshenziselwa ukuqhathanisa: “... waphuca izikhali ngokuphelele iziphathimandla namandla wakubeka obala. Ngaye [esiphambanweni] wabanqoba” ( Elberfeld Bible ). Isithombe esidwetshwe lapha simele umbukiso wokunqoba: umholi wezempi onqobile uletha iziboshwa ezingahlomile, ezithotshisiwe ziboshwe ngamaketanga edolobheni. Lesi siqephu kwabaseKolose sikwenza kucace ukuthi uJesu Kristu, ngokubethelwa kwakhe esiphambanweni, waphula amandla ezitha zakhe zonke futhi wanqoba ngenxa yethu.

Ibhayibheli lidlulisa umyalezo wensindiso kithi ngezithombe hhayi ngezindlela eziqinile, ezingenakunyakaziswa zokholo. Isibonelo, ukufa kukaJesu komhlatshelo esikhundleni sethu kungenye nje yezithombe eziningi ezisetshenziswa imiBhalo Engcwele ukwenza iphuzu elibalulekile licace. Njengoba isono sichazwa ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene, umsebenzi kaJesu wokuhlenga izono zethu ungakhonjiswa nangezindlela ezihlukile. Uma sibona isono njengokwephula umthetho, singabona esiphambanweni isenzo sokukhonza isigwebo sethu esikhundleni salokho. Uma sikubona njengokwephula ubungcwele bukaNkulunkulu, sibona kuJesu ukubuyisana okukulethelayo. Lapho lisilimaza, igazi likaJesu lisigeza sihlanze. Uma sizibona sicindezelwa nguye, uJesu unguMhlengi wethu, uMkhululi wethu onqobayo. Nomaphi lapho ehlwanyela khona ubutha, uJesu uletha ukubuyisana. Uma sibona uphawu lokungazi noma lobuthutha kulo, nguJesu osinika ukukhanyiselwa nokuhlakanipha. Zonke lezi zithombe zisisiza.

Ngabe intukuthelo kaNkulunkulu ingashwelezwa?

Ukungahloniphi uNkulunkulu kuyothukuthelisa ulaka lukaNkulunkulu, futhi kuyoba “usuku lolaka” ayokwahlulela ngalo umhlaba ( Roma 1,18; 2,5). Labo “abangalilaleli iqiniso” bayojeziswa ( ivesi 8 ). UNkulunkulu uyabathanda abantu futhi angamane ababone beshintsha, kodwa uyabajezisa lapho bemelana Naye ngenkani. Noma ubani ozivalela eqinisweni lothando nomusa kaNkulunkulu uyothola isijeziso sakhe.

Ngokungafani nomuntu othukuthele odinga ukushwelezwa ngaphambi kokuba azehlise, uyasithanda futhi wenza isiqiniseko sokuthi izono zethu zithethelelwe. Ngakho-ke awazange asuswe nje kuphela, kodwa anikezwe uJesu nemiphumela yangempela. “Wamenza isono ngenxa yethu esingasazi isono” (2. AbaseKorinte 5,21; Zurich Bible). UJesu waba yisiqalekiso ngenxa yethu, waba yisono ngenxa yethu. Njengoba izono zethu zedluliselwa kuye, ukulunga kwakhe kwedlulisela kithi “ukuze sibe ngukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kuye” (ivesi elifanayo). Ukulunga sikunikwe nguNkulunkulu.

Ukwembulwa kokulunga kukaNkulunkulu

Ivangeli lembula ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu - ukuthi wenza ukulunga kubuse ukuze asithethelele esikhundleni sokusilahla (Roma 1,17). Akazishayi indiva izono zethu, kodwa uyazinakekela ngokubethelwa kukaJesu Kristu esiphambanweni. Isiphambano siwuphawu lokulunga kukaNkulunkulu (KwabaseRoma 3,25-26) kanye nothando lwakhe (5,8). Limelela ukulunga ngoba libonisa ngokwanele isijeziso sesono ngokufa, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo limelela uthando ngoba umthetheleli ubamukela ngokuzithandela ubuhlungu.

UJesu wakhokha inani lezono zethu - inani lomuntu siqu ngesimo sobuhlungu nehlazo. Wathola ukubuyisana (ukubuyiselwa kobudlelwane bomuntu siqu) ngesiphambano (Kolose 1,20). Ngisho nalapho siseyizitha, wasifela (Roma 5,8).
Kunokuningi ebulungisweni kunokuba semthethweni. UmSamariya olungileyo akazange alalele noma yimuphi umthetho owawufuna ukuthi asize le ndoda eyayilimele, kodwa wenza okulungile ngokusiza.

Uma kusemandleni ethu ukusindisa umuntu ominzayo, akufanele singabaze ukukwenza. Futhi ngakho kwakusemandleni kaNkulunkulu ukusindisa izwe elinesono, futhi wakwenza ngokuthumela uJesu Kristu. "... uyinhlawulo yezono zethu, hhayi ezethu kuphela, kodwa nezomhlaba wonke" (1. UJohannes 2,2). Wasifela sonke, futhi wakwenza “lapho siseyizoni.

Ngokukholwa

Umusa kaNkulunkulu kithi uwuphawu lokulunga kwakhe. Wenza ngokulunga ngokusinika ukulunga lanxa siyizoni. Kungani? Ngoba wenza uKristu abe yikulunga kwethu (1. AbaseKorinte 1,30). Njengoba simunye noKristu, izono zethu zidlulela kuye futhi sithola ukulunga kwakhe. Ngakho-ke asinakho ukulunga kwethu okuvela kithi, kodwa kuvela kuNkulunkulu futhi sikunikwa ngokukholwa kwethu (KwabaseFiliphi 3,9).

“Kepha ngikhuluma ngokulunga phambi kukaNkulunkulu okuza ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu kubo bonke abakholwayo. Ngokuba akukho mehluko lapha: bonke bayizoni, futhi bayantula inkazimulo okufanele babe nayo kuNkulunkulu, futhi balungisiswa ngaphandle kwemfanelo ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okukuKristu Jesu. UNkulunkulu wammisa ngenxa yokholo, abe yinhlawulo ngegazi lakhe, ukuze abonakalise ukulunga kwakhe ngokuthethelela izono ezenziwa ngaphambili ezinsukwini zokubekezela kwakhe, ukuze manje abonakalise ukulunga kwakhe kulesi sikhathi, ukuthi yena ngokwakhe ulungile futhi ulungile. lowo ongokukholwa kuJesu” (Roma 3,22-enye).

Ukubuyisana kukaJesu kwakungokwabo bonke, kodwa yilabo kuphela abakholelwa kuye abayothola izibusiso ezihambisana nakho. Yilabo kuphela abamukela iqiniso abangathola umusa. Ngale ndlela siqaphela ukufa kwakhe njengokwethu (njengokufa ahlupheka nguye esikhundleni sethu, esihlanganyela kukho); futhi njengesijeziso sakhe, kanjalo nathi siyakubona ukunqoba nokuvuka kwakhe njengokwethu. Ngakho uNkulunkulu uqinisile kuye - unesihe futhi ulungile. Isono asinakwa njengezoni ngokwazo.Umusa kaNkulunkulu uyanqoba ukwahlulela (Jakobe 2,13).

Ngesiphambano uKristu wabuyisa umhlaba wonke (2. AbaseKorinte 5,19). Yebo, ngesiphambano umhlaba wonke ubuyisana noNkulunkulu (Kolose 1,20). Yonke indalo inensindiso ngenxa yalokho uJesu akwenza! Lokho kweqa ngempela noma yini esiyihlanganisa negama elithi insindiso, akunjalo?

Wazalelwa Ukufa

Okubalulekile ukuthi sihlengiwe ngokufa kukaJesu Kristu. Yebo, ngenxa yaleso sizathu waba yinyama. Ukuze asiholele enkazimulweni, uNkulunkulu wajabulisa uJesu ukuba ahlupheke futhi afe (Hebheru 2,10). Ngoba wayefuna ukusihlenga, waba njengathi; ngoba kuphela ngokusifela angasisindisa.

“Ngenxa yokuthi abantwana bayinyama negazi, naye wakwamukela kanjalo, ukuze ngokufa kwakhe asuse amandla alowo owayenamandla phezu kokufa onguSathane, futhi ahlenge labo abesaba ukufa ngokuphelele ukuphila. yiba yizinceku" (2,14-15). Ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, uJesu wafela omunye nomunye wethu.2,9). "...UKristu wahlupheka kwaba kanye ngezono, olungileyo ngenxa yabangalungile, ukuze aniyise kuNkulunkulu..." (1. UPetrus 3,18).

IBhayibheli lisinikeza amathuba amaningi okuzindla ngalokho uJesu asenzela khona esiphambanweni. Impela asiqondi ngokuningiliziwe ukuthi konke "kuhlobene" kanjani, kepha siyakwemukela ukuthi kunjalo. Ngoba wafa, singabelana ngokuphila okuphakade noNkulunkulu ngenjabulo.

Ekugcineni, ngithanda ukuthatha esinye isici sesiphambano - leso semodeli:
“Ngalokhu uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwabonakala phakathi kwethu, ukuthi uNkulunkulu wathumela iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa emhlabeni, ukuze siphile ngayo. Yilolu uthando: kungesikho ukuthi thina samthanda uNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuthi yena wasithanda, wathuma iNdodana yakhe ibe yinhlawulo ngezono zethu. Bathandekayo, uma uNkulunkulu wasithanda kangaka, nathi kufanele sithandane.”1. UJohannes 4,9-enye).

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