Liyini isonto?

IBhayibheli lithi: Noma ngubani okholwa kuKrestu uba yingxenye yesonto noma umphakathi.
Yini, isonto, ibandla? Ihlelwe kanjani? Yini iphuzu?

UJesu uyalakha ibandla lakhe

UJesu wathi: Ngifuna ukwakha ibandla lami (Mathewu 16,18). IBandla libalulekile kuye – wayelithanda kangangokuba waze wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yalo (Kwabase-Efesu 5,25). Uma sicabanga njengaye, nathi sizothanda futhi sizinikele eBandleni. Isonto noma umphakathi lihunyushwe lisuselwa ku-Greek ekklesia, okusho ukuhlangana. KuZenzo 19,39-40 igama lisetshenziswe ngomqondo wokuhlangana kwabantu okuvamile. KumKrestu, nokho, i-ekklesia inencazelo ekhethekile: bonke abakholwa kuJesu Kristu.

Lapho eqala ukusebenzisa leli gama, uLuka wabhala: “Kwaba khona ukwesaba okukhulu phezu kwawo wonke umphakathi ...” ( IzEnzo ZabaPhostoli. 5,11). Akadingi ukuchaza ukuthi igama lisho ukuthini; abafundi bakhe base bebazi. Kwakusho wonke amaKristu, hhayi nje labo ababebuthene kule ndawo ngaleso sikhathi. “IBandla” lifanekisela ibandla, lifanekisela bonke abafundi bakaKristu. Umphakathi wabantu, hhayi isakhiwo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, umphakathi ubuye ubhekisele emibuthanweni yendawo yamaKristu. UPawulu wabhalela “ibandla likaNkulunkulu eKorinte” (1. AbaseKorinte 1,2); ukhuluma “ngawo wonke amabandla kaKristu” (Roma 4,16). Kodwa futhi usebenzisa leli gama njengegama eliyiqoqo lomphakathi wawo wonke amakholwa lapho ethi “uKristu walithanda ibandla futhi wazinikela ngenxa yalo” ( Efesu 5,25).

Isonto likhona emazingeni amaningi. Ezingeni elilodwa kunomphakathi wendawo yonke noma isonto, okubandakanya wonke umuntu emhlabeni ozibiza ngoJesu Kristu njengeNkosi noMsindisi. Imiphakathi yasendaweni, imiphakathi ngomqondo omncane, amaqembu ezifunda abantu abahlangana njalo, asezingeni elihlukile. Ezingeni eliphakathi kukhona amahlelo noma ukuvuma izono, okungukuthi, amaqembu amabandla asebenza ndawonye ngomlando ofanayo nenkolelo.

Amasonto endawo kwesinye isikhathi abandakanya abangakholwa - amalungu omndeni angazibizi ngoJesu njengoMsindisi kepha abamba iqhaza empilweni yesonto. Abantu abakholelwa ukuthi bangamaKristu kodwa bazikhohlise nabo bangaba kuleli qembu. Okuhlangenwe nakho kubonisa ukuthi abanye babo kamuva bayavuma ukuthi babengewona amaKristu angempela.

Kungani sidinga isonto

Abantu abaningi bazichaza njengabakholwa kuKristu, kodwa abafuni ukujoyina noma yiliphi ibandla. Nalokhu kumele kubizwe ngokuthi yisimo esibi. ITestamente Elisha libonisa ukuthi indaba evamile ukuthi amakholwa abe yibandla (AmaHeberu 10,25).

Ngokuphindaphindiwe uPawulu ubiza amaKristu ukuba abe omunye komunye futhi asebenze omunye komunye, ukukhonza omunye komunye, ebunyeni (KwabaseRoma 12,10; I-15,7; 1. AbaseKorinte 12,25; KwabaseGalathiya 5,13; Kwabase-Efesu 4,32; AbaseFilipi 2,3; AbaseKolose 3,13; 1 Thesalonika 5,13). Ukulandela lesi sikhalazo kuhle ngendlela engenakwenzeka kumuntu oyisizungu ongafuni ukusondelana namanye amakholwa.

Isonto lingasinikeza umuzwa wokuba yilungu, umuzwa wobunye bobuKristu. Kungasinikeza izinga eliphansi lokuphepha ngokomoya ukuze singalahleki ngemibono engajwayelekile. Isonto lingasinika ubungani, ubudlelwane, nesikhuthazo. Ingasifundisa izinto ebesingeke sizifunde sisodwa. Kungasiza ukukhulisa izingane zethu, kungasisiza "sikhonze uNkulunkulu" ngempumelelo enkulu, kungasinika namathuba wenkonzo yezenhlalo esikhula kuyo, imvamisa ngezindlela ezingalindelekile.

Ngokuvamile kungashiwo: Inzuzo umphakathi osinika yona ilingana nokuzibophezela esikutshalayo. Kodwa mhlawumbe isizathu esibaluleke kakhulu sokuba ikholwa ngalinye lijoyine ibandla yilesi: Ibandla liyasidinga. UNkulunkulu unikeze izipho ezihlukene kumakholwa ngamanye futhi ufuna sisebenzisane “ukuze kuzuze bonke” (1. AbaseKorinte 12,4-7). Uma ingxenye yabasebenzi ikhombisa umsebenzi, ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi ibandla alenzi okuningi ngendlela ebesinethemba ngayo noma ukuthi asiphilile ngendlela ebesinethemba ngayo. Ngeshwa, abanye bakuthola kulula ukugxeka kunokusiza.

Ibandla lidinga isikhathi sethu, amakhono ethu, neziphiwo zethu. Udinga abantu athembele kubo - udinga ukuzibophezela kwethu. UJesu wabiza izisebenzi ukuba zikhuleke (Mathewu 9,38). Ufuna ukuthi ngamunye wethu alule isandla hhayi nje ukudlala isibukeli esingenzi lutho. Noma ubani ofuna ukuba umKristu ngaphandle kwesonto akasebenzisi amandla akhe njengoba kufanele siwasebenzise ngokweBhayibheli, okungukuthi ukusiza. IBandla liwumphakathi wokusizana (mutual help community) futhi kufanele sisizane sazi ukuthi luyeza usuku (yebo, selufikile), ukuthi nathi sidinga usizo.

Isonto / umphakathi: izithombe nezimpawu

Isonto likhulunywa ngezindlela ezahlukene: abantu bakaNkulunkulu, umndeni kaNkulunkulu, umakoti kaKristu. Siyisakhiwo, ithempeli, umzimba. UJesu wakhuluma nathi njengezimvu, njengensimu, nangesivini. Ngayinye yalezi zimpawu ikhombisa uhlangothi oluhlukile lweSonto.

Imifanekiso eminingi yombuso evela emlonyeni kaJesu nayo ikhuluma ngebandla. Njengembewu yesinaphi, iBandla laqala lincane futhi lakhula (Mathewu 13,31-32). Ibandla lifana nensimu lapho ukhula lumila khona kanye nokolweni (amavesi 24-30). Kufana nenetha elibamba izinhlanzi ezinhle nezimbi ( amavesi 47-50 ). Kufana nesivini lapho abanye besebenza amahora amade, abanye isikhathi esifushane (Mathewu 20,1:16-2). Ufana nezinceku ezaziphathiswe imali yinkosi yazo futhi eziyibeke kahle ngokwengxenye enye kabi (Mathewu )5,14-30). UJesu wazibiza ngokuthi ungumalusi nabafundi bakhe umhlambi (Mathewu 26,31); Umsebenzi wakhe kwakuwukufuna izimvu ezilahlekile (Mathewu 18,11-14). Uchaza amakholwa akhe njengezimvu okufanele ziluswe futhi zinakekelwe1,15-17). UPawulu noPetru nabo basebenzisa lolu phawu futhi bathi abaholi besonto kumelwe ‘baluse umhlambi’ ( IzEnzo 20,28:1; ​​Petru 5,2).

“Siyisakhiwo sikaNkulunkulu,” kubhala uPawulu 1. AbaseKorinte 3,9. Isisekelo nguKristu (ivesi 11), lapho isakhiwo somuntu sisekelwe khona. UPetru usibiza ngokuthi “ngamatshe aphilayo, akhelwe indlu yomoya.” (1 Petru 2,5). Ndawonye sakhelwa “endaweni yokuhlala kaNkulunkulu ngoMoya” (Efe 2,22). Thina siyithempeli likaNkulunkulu, ithempeli likaMoya oNgcwele (1. AbaseKorinte 3,17;6,19). Kuyiqiniso ukuthi uNkulunkulu angakhonzwa kunoma iyiphi indawo; kodwa ibandla linokudumisa njengencazelo yalo emaphakathi.

“Singabantu bakaNkulunkulu,” uyasitshela 1. UPetrus 2,10. Siyilokho abantu bakwa-Israyeli okwakufanele babe yikho: “isizukulwane esikhethiweyo, ubupristi bobukhosi, abantu abangcwele, abantu bempahla” (ivesi 9; bheka u-Eksodusi 2)9,6). SingabakaNkulunkulu ngoba uKristu wasithenga ngegazi lakhe (Isambulo 5,9). Singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, yena unguBaba wethu (Efesu 3,15). Sibe nefa elikhulu njengezingane futhi ngenxa yalokho kulindeleke ukuba simjabulise futhi siphile ngokuvumelana negama lakhe.

Umbhalo futhi usibiza ngoMlobokazi kaKristu - igama elihambisana nokuthi uKristu usithanda kangakanani nokuthi yiluphi ushintsho olukhulu olwenzekayo kithi ukuze sikwazi ukuba nobuhlobo obuseduze neNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Kweminye yemifanekiso yakhe, uJesu umemela abantu edilini lomshado; lapha simenyiwe ukuba sibe ngumakoti.

“Masijabule sijabule futhi masimnike udumo; ngoba umshado weWundlu usufikile, nomlobokazi walo uselungisile.” ( IsAmbulo 19,7). “Sizilungiselela” kanjani thina? Ngesipho: “Futhi wanikwa ukuba agqoke ilineni elihle nelihlanzekileyo” (ivesi 8). UKristu uyasihlanza “ngokusigeza ngamanzi eZwini” (Efesu 5,26). Ubeka ibandla phambi kwakhe ngemva kokulenza libe nenkazimulo futhi lingabi nabala, libe ngcwele futhi lingabi nasici ( ivesi 27 ). Usebenza kithi.

Ukusebenza ndawonye

Uphawu olukhombisa kahle ukuthi amakholwa kufanele aziphathe kanjani omunye komunye, wumzimba. “Kepha nina ningumzimba kaKristu,” kubhala uPawulu, “futhi yilowo nalowo kini uyisitho.”1. AbaseKorinte 12,27). UJesu Kristu “uyinhloko yomzimba, okungukuthi yebandla” (Kolose 1,18), futhi sonke singamalungu omzimba. Lapho sihlangene noKristu, sibuye sihlanganiswe omunye nomunye, futhi - ngomqondo weqiniso - sizinikele komunye nomunye, akekho ongathi: "Anginidingi"1. AbaseKorinte 12,21), akekho ongathi akahlangene nebandla (v. 18). UNkulunkulu uyasaba izipho zethu ukuze sisebenzisane ukuze kusizakale futhi ukuze sisize futhi sithole usizo ekusebenzeni ndawonye. Akufanele kube khona “ukwahlukana” emzimbeni (v. 25). UPawulu uvame ukugxeka umoya weqembu; ohlwanyela ukungezwani kufanele axoshwe ebandleni (KwabaseRoma 16,17; Thithu 3,10-11). UNkulunkulu uvumela ibandla ukuba “likhule kuzo zonke izingxenye” ngokuthi “ilungu ngalinye lisekela elinye ngokwesilinganiso samandla alo.” ( Efesu 4,16). Ngeshwa, izwe lobuKristu lihlukaniswe ngamahlelo, angavamile ukuxabana. Ibandla alikapheleli ngoba alikho ilungu eliphelele. Noma kunjalo: UKristu ufuna ibandla elihlangene (Johane 17,21). Lokhu akudingekile ukuthi kusho ukuhlanganiswa kwenhlangano, kodwa kudinga umgomo ofanayo. Ubunye beqiniso bungatholakala kuphela ngokulwela ukusondelana nakakhulu noKristu, ukushumayela ivangeli likaKristu, ukuphila ngokwezimiso zakhe. Umgomo uwukumemezela yena, hhayi thina.” Nokho, ukuba namahlelo ahlukene nakho kunenzuzo: Ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene, umlayezo kaKristu ufinyelela abantu abaningi ngendlela abangayiqonda.

Inhlangano

Kunezinhlobo ezintathu eziyisisekelo zenhlangano yesonto kanye nomthethosisekelo ezweni lobuKristu: isigaba sabaphathi, intando yeningi kanye nokumelwa. Babizwa nge-episcopal, ibandla kanye ne-presbyterial.

Uhlobo ngalunye oluyisisekelo lunezinhlobonhlobo zalo, kepha ngokomthetho imodeli yababhishobhi isho ukuthi umfundisi unamandla okusetha izimiso zesonto futhi agcobe abefundisi. Kumodeli yebandla, amabandla azinqumela lezi zinto zombili ngokwazo .. Ohlelweni lwe-presbyterial, amandla ahlukaniswa phakathi kwehlelo nebandla; abadala bakhethwa futhi banikezwa amakhono.

ITestamente Elisha alisho ibandla elikhethekile noma isakhiwo sebandla. Ikhuluma ngababonisi (ababhishobhi), abadala nabelusi (abefundisi), nakuba lezi ziqu ezingokomthetho zibonakala zishintshashintsha. UPetru uyala abadala ukuba basebenzise abelusi nababonisi: “Yalusani umhlambi . . . niwunakekele.” ( 1 Petru 5,1-2). Ngamazwi afanayo, uPawulu unikeza iziyalezo ezifanayo kubadala ( IzEnzo 20,17:28, ).

Ibandla laseJerusalema laliholwa yiqembu labadala; isifunda saseFiliphi sababhishobhi (Izenzo 15,1-2; AbaseFilipi 1,1). UPawulu washiya uThithu eKrethe ukuze amise amadoda amadala lapho; ubhala ivesi elilodwa mayelana nabadala kanye nambalwa ngababhishobhi, njengokungathi amagama anomqondo ofanayo emikhandlu yamapherishi (Titus 1,5-9). Encwadini eya kumaHeberu (13,7, Quantity and Elberfeld Bible) abaholi bomphakathi bamane babizwe ngokuthi "abaholi". Kuleli qophelo uLuther uhumusha elithi "Führer" nelithi "Teacher", igama elivela njalo (1. AbaseKorinte 12,29; UJames 3,1). Uhlelo lolimi kwabase-Efesu 4,11 libonisa ukuthi “abelusi” kanye “nabafundisi” babengaphansi kwesigaba esifanayo. Esinye sezimfanelo eziyinhloko zezikhonzi ebandleni kwakufanele kube ukuthi “... bakwazi ukufundisa abanye” ( 2 Thim.2,2).

Okufanayo wukuthi: kwaqokwa abaholi bomphakathi. Kwakunezinga elithile lenhlangano yomphakathi, nakuba izihloko ezisemthethweni eziqondile zazingesesibili. Amalungu kwakudingeka abonise inhlonipho nokulalela izikhulu (1 Thes 5,12; 1. UThimothi 5,17; Hebheru 13,17).

Uma umdala ebusa okungalungile, ibandla akufanele lilalele; kodwa ngokuvamile kwakulindeleke ukuba isonto lisekele umdala. Benzani abadala? Uphethe umphakathi (1. UThimothi 5,17). Balusa umhlambi, bahola ngesibonelo nangemfundiso. Baqapha umhlambi (IZenzo 20,28:1). Akufanele babuse ngobushiqela, kodwa bakhonze ( Petru 5,23), »Ukuze abangcwele balungele umsebenzi wokukhonza. Ngalokhu umzimba kaKristu uzokwakhiwa” (Efesu 4,12Abadala bazimisele kanjani? Ezimweni ezimbalwa sithola ulwazi: UPawulu umisa abadala (Izenzo 14,23), ucabanga ukuthi uThimothewu uqoka ababhishobhi (1. UThimothi 3,17), futhi wagunyaza uThithu ukuba amise abadala (Thithu 1,5). Kunoma yikuphi, kwakukhona ubuholi kulezi zimo. Asizitholi izibonelo zendlela ibandla elikhetha ngayo abadala balo.

Abadikoni

Nokho, sibona kuzEnzo 6,1-6, ukuthi labo okuthiwa abanakekeli abampofu bakhethwa kanjani umphakathi. La madoda akhethwa ukuba abele abaswele ukudla, abaphostoli base bewabeka ezikhundleni. Lokhu kwavumela abaphostoli ukuba bagxile emsebenzini kamoya, nomsebenzi wenyama nawo wenziwa (v. 2). Lo mehluko phakathi komsebenzi webandla ongokomoya nowenyama ungatholakala futhi 1. UPetrus 4,10-11.

Izikhulu zomsebenzi wezandla zivame ukubizwa ngokuthi amadikoni, kusukela kwelesiGreek diakoneo, ukukhonza.” Empeleni, wonke amalungu nabaholi kufanele "bakhonze", kodwa kwakukhona abameleli abahlukene bokwenza imisebenzi ngomqondo omncane. Amadikoni wesifazane nawo kukhulunywa ngawo okungenani endaweni eyodwa (KwabaseRoma 16,1).

UPawulu unikeza uThimothewu inani lezimfanelo idikoni okufanele libe nalo (1 Thim3,8-12), ngaphandle kokucacisa kahle ukuthi inkonzo yabo yayihlanganisani. Ngenxa yalokhu, amahlelo ahlukene anika amadikoni imisebenzi eyahlukene, kusukela kumuntu okhonza ehholo kuya ekubalweni kwezimali.Okubalulekile ezikhundleni zobuholi akulona igama, akulona uhlaka lwawo, noma indlela agcwaliswa ngayo. Incazelo kanye nenjongo yabo ibalulekile: ukusiza abantu bakaNkulunkulu ekukhuleni kwabo “esilinganisweni esigcwele sokugcwala kukaKristu” ( Kwabase-Efesu. 4,13).

Umuzwa womphakathi

UKristu wakha ibandla lakhe, wanika abantu bakhe izipho nesiqondiso, futhi wasinika umsebenzi. Enye yezinjongo eziyinhloko zomphakathi wesonto ukukhulekela, ukukhonza. UNkulunkulu usibizele “ukuba nishumayele izinzuzo zalowo owanibiza niphume ebumnyameni nize ekukhanyeni kwakhe okumangalisayo” (1 Petru. 2,9). UNkulunkulu ufuna abantu abazomkhonza (Joh 4,23) abamthanda ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye (Mathewu 4,10). Noma yini esiyenzayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi singabantu ngabanye noma njengomphakathi, kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi siyenze ngokumhlonipha.1. AbaseKorinte 10,31). Kumelwe “sidumise uNkulunkulu ngaso sonke isikhathi” (Hebheru 13,15).

Siyalwa: “Khuthazanani ngamahubo, nangezihlabelelo, nangamaculo okomoya.” ( Efesu 5,19). Lapho sibuthana njengebandla, sihlabelela izindumiso zikaNkulunkulu, sithandaza Kuye, futhi sizwe izwi Lakhe. Lezi izinhlobo zokukhulekela. Ngokufanayo nesidlo sakusihlwa, ngokufanayo nombhapathizo, ngokufanayo nokulalela.

Enye injongo yesonto ukufundisa. Kusemoyeni womyalo othi: “Bafundiseni ukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho.” ( Mathewu 2 Kor.8,20). Abaholi bebandla kufanele bafundise, futhi ilungu ngalinye kufanele lifundise amanye (Kolose 3,16). Kufanele sikhuzane (1. AbaseKorinte 14,31; 1Thes 5,11; amaHebheru 10,25). Amaqembu amancane ayisizinda esihle salokhu ukwesekwa nokufundisana.

UPawule uthi labo abafuna izipho zikaMoya kufanele bafune ukwakha ibandla (1. AbaseKorinte 14,12). Inhloso yile: ukwakha, ukukhuza, ukuqinisa, ukududuza (ivesi 3). Konke okwenzeka ebandleni kuthiwa kuyakha ebandleni (v. 26). Kufanele sibe abafundi, abantu abazi futhi basebenzise izwi likaNkulunkulu. AmaKristu okuqala adunyiswa ngoba “aqhubeka” “esifundisweni sabaphostoli nasemihlanganweni, ekuhlephuleni isinkwa, nasemithandazweni.” ( IzEnzo 2,42).

Umqondo wesithathu oyinhloko wesonto "inkonzo yomphakathi". “Ngakho-ke asenzeni okuhle kubo bonke, kodwa kakhulu kwabangakholwayo,” kubuza uPawulu (KwabaseGalathiya). 6,10). Okokuqala, ukuzibophezela kwethu emndenini wethu, bese kuba emphakathini, bese kuba emhlabeni osizungezile. Umyalo wesibili omkhulu uthi: thanda umakhelwane wakho (Mathewu 22,39). Umhlaba wethu unezidingo eziningi ezingokwenyama futhi akufanele sizishaye indiva. Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke lidinga ivangeli, futhi akufanele sikuzibe nalokho. Njengengxenye "" yenkonzo yethu yezenhlalakahle, ibandla kufanele lishumayele izindaba ezinhle zensindiso ngoJesu Kristu. Ayikho enye inhlangano eyenza lo msebenzi - umsebenzi weBandla. Sonke isisebenzi siyadingeka kulokhu - abanye "phambi", abanye "esiteji". Abanye bayatshala, abanye bayavundisa, abanye bayavuna; uma sisebenza ndawonye, ​​uKristu uzokhulisa iBandla (Efesu 4,16).

ngu-Michael Morrison