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Umfanekiso odumile kaJesu: Abantu ababili baya ethempelini beyothandaza. Omunye ungumFarisi, omunye ungumthelisi (Luka 18,9.14). Namuhla, ngemva kweminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili uJesu esho lo mfanekiso, singase silingeke ukuba sinqekuzise ikhanda sazi sithi, “Yebo, abaFarisi, umfanekiso wokuzibona ulungile nobuzenzisi!” Kuhle...kodwa ake sikubeke eceleni lokho kuhlola cabanga ukuthi lo mfanekiso wabathinta kanjani izilaleli zikaJesu. Okokuqala, abaFarisi babengabonwa njengabazenzisi abakhulu thina, amaKristu aneminyaka engu-2000 yomlando webandla, esithanda ukubacabanga njengabo. Kunalokho, abaFarisi babeyiqembu elincane lamaJuda elizinikele, elishisekayo, elizinikele ngokwenkolo elamela ngesibindi igagasi elikhulayo lenkululeko, ukuyekethisa, nokuvumelana phakathi kwezwe lamaRoma nesiko lawo lamaGreki lobuqaba. Babiza abantu ukuthi babuyele emthethweni futhi bathembisa ukukholwa ngokulalela.
Lapho umFarisi ekhuleka emfanekisweni: “Ngiyakubonga, Nkulunkulu, ngokuba angifani nabanye abantu,” khona-ke lokhu akukhona ukudumazeka, akukhona ukuziqhayisa okuyize. Kwakuyiqiniso. Inhlonipho yakhe ngomthetho yayingenasici; yena nedlanzana labaFarisi base beyithathile indaba yokwethembeka emthethweni ezweni lapho umthetho wawuwohloka ngokushesha. Wayengafani nabanye abantu, futhi akazithathi ngisho udumo ngalokho—ubonga uNkulunkulu kuba kunjalo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi: Abathelisi, abathelisi ePalestina, babenedumela elibi kakhulu—ngamaJuda ayeqoqa intela kubantu bakubo ukuze abuse umbuso wamaRoma futhi ayevame ukuzicebisa ngendlela engafanele (qhathanisa noMathewu. 5,46). Ngakho ukwabiwa kwezindima kuyobe kucace ngokushesha ezilalelini zikaJesu: umFarisi, umuntu kaNkulunkulu, ‘njengomuntu omuhle’ nomthelisi, isigebengu esikhulu, ‘njengomubi.
Njengenhlalayenza, uJesu wenza isitatimende esingalindelekile emfanekisweni wakhe: lokho esiyikho noma lokho okumele sikwenze akunamphumela omuhle noma omubi kuNkulunkulu; uthethelela wonke umuntu, ngisho nesoni esibi kakhulu. Okufanele sikwenze ukumethemba. Futhi okushaqisayo: Lowo okholwa ukuthi ulungile kunabanye (ngisho noma engaba nobufakazi obuqinile ngakho) usesezonweni zakhe, hhayi ngoba uNkulunkulu akamthethelelanga, kodwa ngoba ngeke akuthole lokho angakudingi. nibe namakholwa.
Izindaba ezinhle ezoni: Ivangeli libhekiswe ezoni, hhayi abalungile. Abalungile abayiqondi ingqikithi yangempela yevangeli ngoba banomuzwa wokuthi abaludingi lolo hlobo lwevangeli. Kwabalungile, ivangeli livela njengezindaba ezinhle zokuthi uNkulunkulu useceleni kwakhe. Ukuthembela kwakhe kuNkulunkulu kukhulu ngoba uyazi ukuthi uphila ngokumesaba uNkulunkulu ukwedlula izoni ezisobala emhlabeni omzungezile. Ngolimi olubukhali ugxeka izono ezimbi zabanye abantu futhi ujabulela ukusondelana noNkulunkulu hhayi ukuphila njengeziphingi, ababulali namasela awabona emigwaqweni nasezindabeni. Kwabalungile, ivangeli liwukubukela izoni zomhlaba, isiyalo esivuthayo sokuthi isoni kufanele siyeke ukona futhi siphile njengoba siphila, olungileyo.
Kodwa akulona ivangeli lelo. Ivangeli liyizindaba ezinhle ezoni. Ichaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu usezithethelele izono zabo futhi wabanika impilo entsha kuJesu Kristu. Kungumlayezo ozokwenza izoni zikhathale ubushiqela obunonya besono zihlale futhi ziqaphele. Kusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wokulunga, ababecabanga ukuthi umelene nabo (ngoba unazo zonke izizathu zokuba njalo), ungowabo futhi uyabathanda. Kusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu akazibaleli izono zabo, kodwa ukuthi izono sezihlawulelwe nguJesu Kristu, izoni sezikhululiwe kakade ekubanjweni kwesono. Kusho ukuthi akumele baphile ngokwesaba, ukungabaza kanye nokucindezelwa unembeza usuku olulodwa. Kusho ukuthi bangakhela phezu kweqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu kuJesu Kristu uyikho konke abathembise kona - umthetheleli, umhlengi, umsindisi, ummeli, umvikeli, umngane.
Ngaphezu kwenkolo
UJesu Kristu akayena nje umuntu oyedwa ongokwenkolo phakathi kwabaningi. Akayena umuntu obuthakathaka onamehlo aluhlaza onemibono ehloniphekile kodwa ekugcineni engeyona eyezwe mayelana namandla omusa womuntu. Futhi akayena omunye wothisha abaningi bokuziphatha ababize abantu ukuthi "balwe kanzima", ekucwengisweni kokuziphatha kanye nomthwalo wemfanelo womphakathi. Cha, uma sikhuluma ngoJesu Kristu sikhuluma ngomthombo waphakade wazo zonke izinto (Hebheru 1,2-3), futhi ngaphezu kwalokho: Uphinde abe nguMhlengi, uMhlanzi, uMbuyiseli womhlaba, okwathi ngokufa nokuvuka kwakhe waphinda wabuyisana nomhlaba wonke odukile noNkulunkulu (KwabaseKolose. 1,20). UJesu Kristu nguye owadala konke okukhona, othwala konke okukhona ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi othathe zonke izono ukuze ahlenge konke okukhona - kuhlanganise nami nawe. Weza kithi njengomunye wethu ukuze asenze lokho Asenze saba yikho.
UJesu akayena nje umuntu oyedwa wenkolo phakathi kwabaningi futhi ivangeli aliyona nje incwadi engcwele phakathi kwabaningi. Ivangeli aliyona isethi yemithetho, amafomula, neziqondiso ezintsha nezithuthukisiwe ezihloselwe ukusenzela isimo sezulu esihle ngoMuntu oPhakeme onolaka, onolaka; kungukuphela kwenkolo. "Inkolo" yizindaba ezimbi: isitshela ukuthi onkulunkulu (noma uNkulunkulu) basithukuthelele kakhulu futhi bangashweleza kuphela ngokulandela ngokucophelela imithetho kaninginingi bese bemamatheka nathi futhi. Kodwa ivangeli aliyona “inkolo”: Liyizindaba ezinhle zikaNkulunkulu uqobo esintwini. Limemezela zonke izono zithethelelwe futhi wonke amadoda, owesifazane kanye nengane umngane kaNkulunkulu. Kwenza umnikelo omkhulu ngendlela emangalisayo, ongenamibandela wokubuyisana ngokungenamibandela kunoma ubani ohlakaniphe ngokwanele ukuba akukholelwe futhi akwamukele (1. UJohannes 2,2).
"Kodwa akukho lutho empilweni lwamahhala," usho njalo. Yebo, kulokhu kukhona okuthile mahhala. Kuyisipho esikhulu kunazo zonke ongase usicabange, futhi sihlala phakade. Ukuze uyithole, into eyodwa kuphela edingekayo: ukwethemba umuphi.
UNkulunkulu uzonda isono - hhayi thina
UNkulunkulu uzonda isono ngesizathu esisodwa kuphela - ngoba sibhubhisa thina nakho konke okusizungezile. Uyabona, uNkulunkulu akaqondile ukusibhubhisa ngoba siyizoni; uhlela ukusisindisa esonweni esisibhubhisayo. Futhi ingxenye engcono kakhulu - usevele ekwenzile. KuJesu Kristu usekwenzile.
Isono sibi ngoba siyasihlukanisa noNkulunkulu. Kwenza abantu besabe uNkulunkulu. Kusenza singaliboni iqiniso ngalokho eliyikho. Kufaka ubuthi enjabulweni yethu, kuphazamise izinto eziza kuqala kithi, futhi kuguqule ukuthula, ukuthula nokwaneliseka kube isiphithiphithi, ukwesaba nokwesaba. Kusenza siphelelwe ithemba ngempilo, ngisho futhi ikakhulukazi uma sikholelwa ukuthi sifuna futhi sidinga lokho esikuzuzayo nesinakho. UNkulunkulu uyasizonda isono ngoba siyasibhubhisa - kodwa akasizondi. Uyasithanda. Yingakho enza okuthile ngokumelene nesono. Akwenzayo: Wabathethelela - wasusa izono zezwe (Joh 1,29) - futhi wakwenza ngoJesu Kristu (1. UThimothi 2,6). Ukuma kwethu njengezoni akusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu usinika ihlombe, njengoba ngokuvamile kufundiswa; kuba nomphumela wokuthi thina, njengezoni, sihlubuke kuNkulunkulu, sehlukanisiwe naye. Kodwa ngaphandle kwakhe asilutho - umphefumulo wethu wonke, konke okusichazayo, kuncike kuye. Isono sisebenza njengenkemba esika nhlangothi zombili: ngakolunye uhlangothi, siyasiphoqa ukuba sifulathele uNkulunkulu ngenxa yokwesaba nokungamethembi, silahle uthando lwakhe; ngakolunye uhlangothi, kusishiya silambele lolu thando. (Abazali bentsha bazozwelana kahle nalokhu.)
Isono sesuliwe kuKristu
Mhlawumbe usemncane wanikezwa umbono ngabantu abadala abakuzungezile ukuthi uNkulunkulu uhlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi ngaphezu kwethu njengomahluleli oqinile, esikala zonke izenzo zethu, elungele ukusijezisa uma singenzi konke kahle ngamaphesenti angu, nathi ukuthi isango lezulu, kufanele sikwazi ukukwenza. Nokho, ivangeli lisinikeza izindaba ezinhle zokuthi uNkulunkulu akayena umahluleli oqinile: Kufanele sizimise ngokuphelele emfanekisweni kaJesu. UJesu - iBhayibheli liyasitshela - ungumfanekiso ophelele kaNkulunkulu emehlweni abantu ("umfanekiso wemvelo yakhe", Hebheru 1,3). Kuye uNkulunkulu “uzenzele” ukuza kithi njengomunye wethu ukuze asibonise kahle ukuthi ungubani, wenza kanjani, uzihlanganisa nobani nokuthi kungani; kuye siyamazi uNkulunkulu, unguNkulunkulu, futhi isikhundla sokwahlulela sibekwe ezandleni zakhe.
Yebo, uNkulunkulu wenza uJesu waba umahluleli womhlaba wonke, kodwa akayena umahluleli oqinile. Uthethelela izoni; “uyahlulela,” okungukuthi, akabalahli (Joh 3,17). Balahlwa kuphela uma benqaba ukucela intethelelo kuye (v. 18). Leli jaji likhokha izijeziso zabamangalelwa balo ngephakethe lalo (1. UJohannes 2,1-2), uthi amacala awo wonke umuntu acinywe phakade (KwabaseKolose 1,19-20) bese imema umhlaba wonke emgubhweni omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni womhlaba. Manje sesingahlala siphikisana ngokungapheli ngenkolelo nokungakholwa nokuthi ubani ofakiwe futhi okhishiwe emseni wakhe; noma singakushiya kuye konke lokho (kusezandleni ezinhle lapho), singagxuma sigijimele emgubhweni wakhe, futhi endleleni sisakaze izindaba ezinhle kuwo wonke umuntu futhi sikhulekele wonke umuntu owela indlela yethu.
Ukulunga okuvela kuNkulunkulu
Ivangeli, izindaba ezinhle, liyasitshela: SeningabakaKristu - namukeleni. Jabula ngakho. Mthembe ngempilo yakho. Jabulela ukuthula kwakhe. Vula amehlo akho ubone ubuhle, uthando, ukuthula, injabulo emhlabeni engabonwa kuphela yilabo abaphumule othandweni lukaKristu. KuKristu sikhululekile ukubhekana futhi sivume ukona kwethu. Ngenxa yokuthi siyamethemba, singazivuma ngesibindi izono zethu futhi sizithwese emahlombe akhe. Useceleni kwethu.
“Zanini kimi,” kusho uJesu, “nina nonke enikhatheleyo nenisindwayo; Ngifuna ukuniqabula. Bekani ijoka lami phezu kwenu, nifunde kimi; ngokuba ngimnene futhi ngithobekile ngenhliziyo; ngakho niyakufumana ukuphumula kwemiphefumulo yenu. Ngoba ijoka lami lihle, nomthwalo wami ulula.” ( Mathewu 11,28-enye).
Uma siphumula kuKristu siyayeka ukukala ukulunga; Manje sesingavuma izono zethu kuye ngokungagwegwesi nangokwethembeka. Emfanekisweni kaJesu womFarisi nomthelisi (Luka 18,9-14) ngumthelisi oyisoni ovuma ngokungagodli ukuthi unesono futhi afune umusa kaNkulunkulu olungisiswayo. UmFarisi - oshiwo kusukela ekuqaleni ekulungeni, cishe egcina imibhalo yempumelelo yakhe engcwele - akanaso iso ngesono sakhe kanye nesidingo sakhe esikhulu esihambisanayo sokuthethelelwa nomusa; ngakho-ke akeluli futhi amukele ukulunga okuvela kuNkulunkulu kuphela (Roma 1,17; 3,21; AbaseFilipi 3,9). Yona kanye “impilo yakhe yobungcwele ngencwadi” ifihla umbono wakhe wokuthi uwudinga ngokujulile kangakanani umusa kaNkulunkulu.
Ukuhlola okuqotho
Phakathi nokona kwethu okujulile nokungamesabi uNkulunkulu, uKristu uyeza ukusihlangabeza ngomusa (KwabaseRoma 5,6 futhi 8). Khona lapha, ekungabini nabulungisa kwethu okumnyama kakhulu, ilanga lokulunga liyasiphumela nensindiso ngaphansi kwamaphiko alo (Mal. 3,20). Kuphela uma sizibona sisesidingweni sethu sangempela, njengomthengi nomthelisi emfanekisweni, lapho umthandazo wethu wansuku zonke ungaba "Nkulunkulu, yiba nomusa kimi mina soni", yilapho kuphela lapho singaphefumula khona. ngemfudumalo yokwanga kukaJesu ephulukisa.
Akukho okumele sikuqinisekise kuNkulunkulu. Usazi kangcono kunathi, uyazi ukuthi sinesono, uyasazi isidingo sethu somusa. Usesenzele konke obekufanele sikwenze ukuze siqinisekise ubungane bethu baphakade naye. Singaphumula othandweni lwakhe. Singalethemba izwi Lakhe lokuthethelela. Akudingekile ukuba siphelele; kufanele nje sikholwe kuye futhi simethembe. UNkulunkulu ufuna sibe abangane bakhe, hhayi amathoyizi akhe asebenza ngogesi noma amasosha akhe amathini. Ufuna uthando, hhayi ukulalela nokugoba okuhleliwe.
Kholwa, hhayi imisebenzi
Ubudlelwano obuhle busekelwe ekwethembeni, ezibopho eziqinile, ukwethembeka futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, othandweni. Ukulalela okumsulwa akwanele njengesisekelo (Roma 3,28; 4,1-8). Ukulalela kunendawo yakho, kodwa - kufanele sazi - kungenye yemiphumela yobudlelwane, hhayi enye yezimbangela zakho. Uma umuntu esekela ubuhlobo bakhe noNkulunkulu ekulaleleni kuphela, umuntu uwela ekuzikhukhumezeni okuvimbela umFarisi emfanekisweni noma ekwesabeni nasekukhungathekeni, kuye ngokuthi uthembeke kangakanani lapho efunda izinga lakhe lokuphelela esikalini sokupheleliswa.
U-CS Lewis ubhale kwethi Christianity Par excellence ukuthi asikho isidingo sokuthi uthi uyamethemba umuntu uma ungasilaleli iseluleko sakhe. Yithi: Lowo owethemba uKristu uzolalela iseluleko sakhe futhi asisebenzise ngokusemandleni abo. Kodwa labo abakuKristu, abamethembayo, bayokwenza konke okusemandleni abo ngaphandle kokwesaba ukwaliwa uma behluleka. Kwenzeka kithi sonke kaningi (ukwehluleka, ngisho).
Lapho siphumula kuKristu, umzamo wethu wokunqoba imikhuba nemicabango yethu enesono iba umqondo ozinikele ogxile kuNkulunkulu wethu othembekile osithethelelayo futhi asisindise. Akazange asifake empini engapheli yokupheleliswa (KwabaseGalathiya 2,16). Kunalokho, usiyisa ohambweni lokukholwa lapho sifunda khona ukuhlubula amaketango obugqila nobuhlungu esesivele sikhululiwe kubo (KwabaseRoma 6,5-7). Asilahlwa emzabalazweni kaSisyphean wokupheleliswa esingenakuwunqoba; esikhundleni salokho sizuza umusa wempilo entsha lapho uMoya oNgcwele usifundisa khona ukujabulela umuntu omusha, odalwe ekulungeni futhi ofihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu (Kwabase-Efesu 4,24; AbaseKolose 3,2-3). UKristu usekwenzile okunzima kakhulu ukusifela; kakhulu kangakanani azokwenza into elula – ukusiletha ekhaya (Roma 5,8-10)
Ukugxuma kokukholwa
Kholwa kanjalo nathi kumaHeberu 11,1 wathi, ukuqiniseka kwethu okuqinile kulokho thina, abathandekayo bakaKristu, esinethemba lakho. Ukukholwa njengamanje ukuphela okubambekayo, ukubonakala kwangempela kokuhle uNkulunkulu akuthembisile - okuhle okuhlala kufihliwe emizweni yethu emihlanu. Ngamanye amazwi, ngamehlo okholo sibona njengokungathi kakade selikhona, izwe elisha elimangalisayo lapho amazwi anobungane, izandla ezithambile, kunokunala kokudla futhi kungekho muntu wangaphandle. Sibona lokho esingenabo obubambekayo, ubufakazi obuphathekayo emhlabeni omubi manje. Ukukholwa okuvezwa nguMoya oNgcwele, okhela kithi ithemba lensindiso nokuhlengwa kwayo yonke indalo (KwabaseRoma 8,2325), uyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu (Efesu 2,8-9), futhi kuye sigxiliswe ekuthuleni kwakhe, ukuzola kwakhe kanye nenjabulo yakhe ngokuqiniseka okungaqondakali kothando lwakhe oluchichimayo.
Ingabe usuthathe igxathu lokukholwa? Esimweni sezilonda zesisu kanye nomfutho wegazi ophezulu, uMoya oNgcwele uyasinxusa endleleni yokuzola nokuthula ezingalweni zikaJesu Kristu. Nangaphezu kwalokho: Ezweni elesabekayo eligcwele ubumpofu nezifo, indlala, ukungabi nabulungisa okunonya kanye nempi, uNkulunkulu uyasibiza (futhi asenze sikwazi) ukuba siqondise ukubheka kwethu okukholwayo ekukhanyeni kwezwi lakhe, okuletha ukuphela kobuhlungu, izinyembezi; woBushiqela nokufa nokudalwa kwezwe elisha lapho ubulungisa busekhaya, kuyathembisa (2. UPetrus 3,13).
“Ngithembe,” uJesu uyasitshela. "Kungakhathalekile ukuthi ubonani, ngenza konke kube kusha - kufaka phakathi nawe. Ungabe usazikhathaza futhi uthembele kimi ukuthi ngiyoba yilokho kanye engithembise ukuba yikho kuwe, kwabathandekayo bakho kanye nomhlaba wonke. Ungabe usazikhathaza futhi uthembele kimi ukuthi ngizokwenza khona kanye lokho engithe ngizokwenzela khona, obathandayo kanye nomhlaba wonke.”
Singamethemba. Singakwazi ukuthwala imithwalo yethu emahlombe akhe - imithwalo yethu yezono, imithwalo yethu yokwesaba, imithwalo yethu yobuhlungu, ukudumazeka, ukudideka, nokungabaza. Uzowagqoka njengoba ethwele futhi asithwale singakawazi nakancane ngawo.
ngu-J. Michael Feazel
