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Kusho ukuthini ukuba kuKristu?
Ibinzana esike salizwa ngaphambili. U-Albert Schweitzer wachaza “ukuba kuKristu” njengemfihlakalo eyinhloko yemfundiso yomphostoli uPawulu. Futhi ekugcineni, uSchweitzer kwadingeka azi. Njengesazi sezenkolo esidumile, umculi kanye nodokotela obalulekile wemishini, i-Alsatian yayingomunye wamaJalimane avelele kakhulu ekhulwini lama-20. Ngo-1952 wanikezwa uMklomelo KaNobel. Encwadini yakhe ethi The Mysticism of the Apostle Paulus, eyanyatheliswa ngo-1931, u-Schweitzer ugcizelela isici esibalulekile sokuthi ukuphila kobuKristu kuKristu akukhona ukukholelwa kuNkulunkulu, kodwa, njengoba yena ngokwakhe ekubiza ngokuthi, i-Christ-mysticism. Ezinye izinkolo, kuhlanganise nabaprofethi, izanusi nezazi zefilosofi, zifuna “uNkulunkulu” nganoma yiluphi uhlobo. Kodwa u-Schweitzer waqaphela ukuthi kuPawulu umKristu, ithemba kanye nempilo yansuku zonke kunendlela eqondile neqinisekile—okungukuthi, impilo entsha kuKristu.
UPawulu usebenzisa inkulumo ethi “kuKristu” izikhathi ezingekho ngaphansi kweshumi nambili ezincwadini zakhe. Isibonelo esihle salokhu isiqephu esakhayo 2. AbaseKorinte 5,17: “Kanjalo uma umuntu ekuKristu, uyisidalwa esisha; okwakuqala kudlulile, bhekani, sekuvele okusha.” Ekugcineni, u-Albert Schweitzer wayengeyena umKristu ovamile, kodwa bambalwa abantu abawubonisa umoya wobuKristu ngendlela emangalisa kakhulu kunaye. Wafingqa imiqondo yomphostoli uPawulu kulokhu ngala mazwi alandelayo: “Ngokuba [uPawulu] abakholwayo bahlengwa ngokuba bangene esimweni esingaphezu kwemvelo behlangene noKristu ngokufa okungaqondakali nokuvuka kanye naye ngokwenyama. iminyaka , lapho beyoba sembusweni kaNkulunkulu. NgoKristu siyasuswa kulo mhlaba futhi sibekwe esimweni sokuba ngombuso kaNkulunkulu, nakuba lokhu kungakabonakali...” ( The Mysticism of the Apostle Paul, p. 369).
Qaphela ukuthi u-Schweitzer ubonisa kanjani ukuthi uPawulu ubona izingxenye ezimbili zokuza kukaKristu zixhumene nenkathi yokuphela kwesikhathi—umbuso kaNkulunkulu ekuphileni kwamanje kanye nokupheleliswa kwawo ekuphileni okuzayo. Abanye bangase bangavumi ukuthi amaKristu axubane ngamagama anjengokuthi "imfihlakalo" kanye "noKristu-imfihlakalo" nokuzibandakanya ngendlela engavamile no-Albert Schweitzer; Okungephikiswe, nokho, ukuthi uPawulu wayengumuntu obona imibono futhi eyimfihlakalo. Wayenemibono nezambulo eziningi kunanoma yimaphi amalungu ebandla lakhe (2. AbaseKorinte 12,1-7). Konke lokhu kuxhumene kanjani ngokuyikho futhi kungavunyelaniswa kanjani nesenzakalo esibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wesintu - ukuvuka kukaJesu Kristu?
Izulu vele manje?
Ukuyisho zisuka nje, indaba yemfihlakalo ibalulekile ekuqondeni izindinyana ezinobuciko njengeyabaseRoma 6,3-8 okubaluleke kakhulu: “Kumbe anazi yini ukuthi sonke esabhapathizelwa kuKristu Jesu, sabhapathizelwa kukho ukufa kwakhe na? Sangcwatshwa kanye naye ngokubhapathizelwa ekufeni, ukuze njengalokho uKristu wavuswa kwabafileyo ngenkazimulo kaYise, nathi sihambe ekuphileni okusha. Ngokuba uma sihlanganiswe naye futhi sifana naye ekufeni kwakhe, siyakuba njengaye nasekuvukeni... Kepha uma safa kanye noKristu, siyakholwa ukuthi siyakuphila naye futhi..."
Lona nguPawulu njengoba simazi. Wabheka uvuko njengesisekelo sezimfundiso zobuKristu. AmaKristu awangcwatshwa nje ngokomfanekiso noKristu ngokubhapathizwa, futhi ngokomfanekiso ahlanganyela uvuko kanye naye. Kodwa lapha kudlula kancane okuqukethwe okungokomfanekiso kuphela. Le mfundiso yenkolo ehlukanisiwe ihambisana nokusiza okuhle kweqiniso elinzima. Bheka indlela uPawulu akhuluma ngayo ngale ndaba encwadini yakhe eya kwabase-Efesu ku 2. Isahluko 4, amavesi 6 siyaqhubeka: “Kepha uNkulunkulu, ocebile ngesihawu, othandweni lwakhe olukhulu ... usenze siphile kanye noKristu, enanifile ezonweni – ngomusa nisindisiwe, futhi wasivusa. wenyuka kanye nathi, wasimisa kanye nathi ezulwini kuKristu Jesu.” Kwenzeka kanjani lokho? Funda lokho futhi: Thina sibekwe ezulwini kuKristu?
Kungenzeka kanjani lokho? Nokho, futhi, amazwi omphostoli uPawulu awaqondwa lapha ngokwezwi nezwi nangokuqondile, kodwa awumfanekiso, nokubaluleka okungaqondakali. Ugomela ngokuthi ngenxa yamandla kaNkulunkulu okunikeza insindiso ebonakaliswa ekuvukeni kukaKristu, manje singajabulela ukuhlanganyela embusweni wezulu, indawo yokuhlala kaNkulunkulu noKristu, ngoMoya oNgcwele. Lokhu sithenjiswe kona ngokuphila “kuKristu”, ukuvuka kwakhe nokwenyuka kwakhe. Ukuba “kuKristu” kwenza konke lokhu kwenzeke. Lokhu kuqonda singakubiza ngokuthi isimiso sokuvuka noma isici sovuko.
Isici sokuvuka
Nakulokhu singabuka ngokumangala umfutho omkhulu ovela ekuvukeni kweNkosi noMsindisi wethu, sazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi akumele nje kuphela isenzakalo esibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni, kodwa futhi iyisisusa sakho konke okwenziwa yikholwa leli zwe ithemba futhi ulindele. "KuKristu" inkulumo eyimfihlakalo, kodwa enencazelo ejulile yedlula umlingiswa ongokomfanekiso, kunalokho oqhathaniswayo. Ihlobene eduze nenye inkulumo eyimfihlakalo "ebekwe ezulwini."
Bheka amazwi abalulekile kweyabase-Efesu avela kwabanye bababhali beBhayibheli abakhulu emhlabeni 2,6 phambi kwamehlo akho. Ku-Max Turner elandelayo ku-New Bible Commentary enguqulweni yesi-21. Ikhulu leminyaka: “Ukusho ukuthi siphiliswe kanye noKristu kubonakala kuwufushaniso lapho sithi ‘sizophinde sivukele ekuphileni okusha noKristu,’ futhi singakhuluma ngakho njengokungathi kwase kwenzekile kakade ngenxa yesenzakalo esibalulekile [ Uvuko lukaKristu], okokuqala, lwasendulo, futhi okwesibili, sesivele siqala ukuhlanganyela kulokho kuphila okusha okudaliwe ngobudlelwane bethu bamanje Naye” (ikhasi 1229).
Sihlanganiswe noKristu, kunjalo, ngoMoya oNgcwele. Kungakho izwe lemicabango engemuva kwale mibono ephakeme kakhulu lifinyeleleka ekholweni kuphela ngoMoya oNgcwele uqobo. Manje bheka incazelo kaFrancis Foulkes kwabase-Efesu. 2,6 kwethi Tyndale New Testament: “Kwabase-Efesu 1,3 yasho umphostoli ukuthi uNkulunkulu ngoKristu usibusise ngazo zonke izibusiso zomoya ezulwini. Manje ucacisa ukuthi ukuphila kwethu manje kukhona, wamiswa ekubuseni ezulwini noKristu ... Ngenxa ukunqoba kukaKristu phezu kwesono nokufa kanye ngokuphakanyiswa kwakhe, isintu uye waphakanyiswa esihogweni esijulile ezulwini uqobo '(Calvin). Manje sinamalungelo omphakathi ezulwini (Filipi 3,20); futhi lapho, kukhishwe imikhawulo kanye nemikhawulo ebekwe umhlaba... yilapho kutholakala khona impilo yangempela” (ikhasi 82).
Encwadini yakhe ethi The Message of Ephesians, uJohn Stott ukhuluma ngabase-Efesu 2,6 kanje: “Okusimangalisayo nokho, ukuthi uPawulu akabhali ngoKristu lapha, kodwa ngathi. Ayiqinisekisi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamvusa, wamphakamisa, wammisa uKristu embusweni wasezulwini, kodwa ukuthi wasivusa, wasiphakamisa, wasibeka embusweni wasezulwini kanye noKristu... Lo mbono wokuhlanganyela kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu noKristu isisekelo sobuKristu beTestamente Elisha . Njengabantu 'kuKristu' [ino] ubumbano olusha. Ngempela, ngenxa yobudlelwane bayo noKristu, ihlanganyela ekuvukeni Kwakhe, ekwenyukeni Kwakhe, nasekumisweni Kwakhe.”
Nge-"institution" uStott, ngomqondo wemfundiso yenkolo, ubhekisela ekubuseni kukaKristu kwamanje phezu kwayo yonke indalo. Ngakho-ke, ngokukaStott, yonke le nkulumo mayelana nokubusa kwethu okufanayo noKristu akuyona “imfihlakalo yobuKristu engenanjongo”. Kunalokho, iyingxenye ebalulekile yemfihlakalo yobuKristu futhi idlulela nangale kwayo. UStott uyanezela: “‘Ezulwini,’ izwe elingabonakali elingokoqobo elingokomoya lapho kubusa khona okunamandla namandla.3,10;6,12futhi lapho uKristu ebusa phezu kwakho konke (1,20), uNkulunkulu ubusise abantu bakhe kuKristu (1,3) futhi wawumisa noKristu embusweni wasezulwini ... Kuwubufakazi obuphilayo ukuthi uKristu usinike ukuphila okusha ngakolunye uhlangothi kanye nokunqoba okusha ngakolunye. Sasifile kodwa senziwa saphila ngokomoya futhi siphapheme. Sasithunjiwe kodwa sabekwa embusweni wasezulwini.”
UMax Turner uqinisile. Kunokuningi kula magama kunokufanekisa okumsulwa - okungaqondakali njengoba le mfundiso ivela. Okuchazwa nguPawule lapha kuyincazelo yangempela, incazelo ejulile yempilo yethu entsha kuKristu. Kulo mongo, okungenani izici ezintathu zidinga ukugqanyiswa.
Imiphumela ebonakalayo
Okokuqala nje, amaKristu ‘aseduze nje’ ngokuqondene nensindiso yawo. Labo “abakuKristu” izono zabo zithethelelwe nguKristu uqobo Lwakhe. Bahlanganyela naye ukufa, ukungcwatshwa, ukuvuka, nokwenyukela ezulwini, futhi ngomqondo othile kakade sebephila naye embusweni wezulu. Le mfundiso akufanele isebenze njengesilingo esinengqondo. Ekuqaleni wayekhuluma namaKristu aphila ngaphansi kwezimo ezimbi kakhulu emadolobheni anenkohlakalo angenawo lawo malungelo omphakathi nawezombangazwe esivame ukuwathatha kalula. Ukufa ngenkemba yamaRoma kwakungenzeka kubafundi bomphostoli uPawulu, bekhumbula ukuthi abantu abaningi bangaleso sikhathi babephila baze babe neminyaka engu-40 noma engu-45 kuphela ubudala.
Ngakho, uPawulu ukhuthaza abafundi bakhe ngomunye umqondo othathwe emfundisweni ewumongo nesici sokholo olusha—ukuvuka kukaKristu. Ukuba “kuKristu” kusho ukuthi uma uNkulunkulu esibheka, akaziboni izono zethu. Ubona uKristu. Ayikho imfundiso engasenza sibe nethemba ngokwengeziwe! KwabaseKolose 3,3 Lokhu kugcizelelwa futhi: "Ngokuba nafa, futhi ukuphila kwenu kufihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu" (Zurich Bible).
Okwesibili, ukuba “kuKristu” kusho ukuphila njengomKristu emazweni amabili ahlukene—indawo engokoqobo yansuku zonke kanye “nezwe elingabonakali” elingokoqobo elingokomoya, njengoba uStott elibiza kanjalo. Lokhu kuthinta indlela esibona ngayo lo mhlaba. Ngakho-ke kufanele siphile impilo eyenza ubulungisa kule mihlaba yomibili, lapho umsebenzi wethu wokuqala wokwethembeka usembusweni kaNkulunkulu kanye nezindinganiso zawo, kodwa ngakolunye uhlangothi akufanele sibe ngabakwelinye izwe kangangokuba singakusebenzeli okuhle kwasemhlabeni. . Kuwuhambo oluqinile futhi wonke umKristu udinga usizo lukaNkulunkulu ukuze ahambe kulo ngonyawo oluqinisekile.
Okwesithathu, ukuba “kuKristu” kusho ukuthi siyizimpawu zokunqoba zomusa kaNkulunkulu. Uma uBaba oseZulwini esenzela konke lokhu, usesinikeze indawo embusweni wezulu, njengokungathi, kusho ukuthi kufanele siphile njengamanxusa kaKristu.
UFrancis Foulkes wakubeka ngalendlela: “Lokho umphostoli uPawulu akuqondayo injongo kaNkulunkulu ngebandla lakhe kufinyelela ngalé kwalo, ukuhlengwa, ukukhanyiselwa nokudalwa okusha komuntu ngamunye, ubunye bakhe nokuba umfundi, ngisho nobufakazi balo ngalelizwe. Kunalokho, ibandla kufanele lifakaze kuyo yonke indalo yokuhlakanipha, uthando, nomusa kaNkulunkulu kuKristu” (ikhasi 82).
Kuyiqiniso kangakanani. Ukuba “kuKristu,” sithola isipho sokuphila okusha kuKristu, sazi ukuthi izono zethu zifihliwe kuNkulunkulu ngaye—konke lokhu kusho ukuthi kufanele sibe njengoKristu ekusebenzelaneni kwethu nalabo esizihlanganisa nabo. Thina maKrestu singahamba ngezindlela ezahlukene, kodwa kubantu esiphila nabo lapha emhlabeni, sihlangana nomoya kaKristu. Ngokuvuka koMsindisi, uNkulunkulu akasinikanga isibonakaliso sokuba namandla onke ukuze sihambe ngeze siphakamise amakhanda ethu, kodwa sifakazele ubuhle bakhe nsuku zonke kabusha futhi ngemisebenzi yethu emihle kube uphawu lokuba khona kwakhe futhi ngokunakekelwa kwakhe okungenamkhawulo kuwo wonke umuntu obekwe kulo mhlaba. Ukuvuka kukaKristu kanye nokwenyuka kwakhe ezulwini kunethonya elikhulu ekubhekeni kwethu izwe. Inselele okufanele sibhekane nayo ngeyokuphila ngaleli gama amahora angama-24 ngosuku.
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