Yiba ngumndeni

Kwakungeyona inhloso kaNkulunkulu ukuthi ibandla libe isikhungo nje. UMdali wethu wayehlale efuna baziphathe njengomkhaya futhi baphathane ngothando. Lapho enquma ukubeka phansi izici eziyisisekelo zempucuko yomuntu, wakha umkhaya njengeyunithi. Wayezoba yisibonelo ebandleni. Ngesonto sisho umphakathi wababiziwe abakhonza uNkulunkulu kanye nabanye abantu ngothando. Amabandla asungulwe ngokusemthethweni alahlekelwa amandla uNkulunkulu ayehlose ukuba abe nawo.

Njengoba uJesu elenga esiphambanweni, imicabango yakhe yayikanye nomndeni wakhe futhi, ngokomfanekiso, nebandla lakhe lesikhathi esizayo. “UJesu ebona unina nomfundi amthandayo bemi eduze kwakhe, wathi kunina: “Mame, bheka, le yindodana yakho; Wayesethi kumfundi: Bheka, unyoko lo! Kusukela kulelo hora umfundi wamthatha wamyisa kuye” (Johane 19,26-27). Waphendukela kunina kanye nakumfundi uJohane, futhi ngamazwi akhe wabeka isiqalo salokho okwakuzoba iBandla, umndeni kaNkulunkulu.

KuKristu siba “abafowethu nodadewethu”. Lokhu akukona ukuzwela, kodwa kuveza isithombe esinembile salokho esiyikho njengebandla: esibizelwe emndenini kaNkulunkulu. Leso yisigejane esixubene kahle sabantu abanezinkinga. Kulo mndeni kukhona ababekade benamadimoni, abathelisi, odokotela, abadobi, abashisekeli bepolitiki, abangabazayo, ababeyizifebe, abangemaJuda, abaJuda, abesilisa, abesifazane, abadala, intsha, izifundiswa, izisebenzi, izifebe noma abangenalwazi.

UNkulunkulu kuphela ongahlanganisa bonke laba bantu futhi abaguqule babe yimbumba eyodwa esekelwe othandweni. Iqiniso liwukuthi iBandla lihlala ndawonye njengomndeni weqiniso. Ngomusa nobizo lukaNkulunkulu, abalingiswa abahluke kakhulu baguqulwa bafane noNkulunkulu futhi ngaleyo ndlela bahlale bexhumene othandweni.

Uma sivuma ukuthi umqondo womndeni kufanele ube isibonelo sempilo yesonto, khona-ke Uyini umndeni onempilo? Enye imfanelo imikhaya esebenzayo ebonisayo ukuthi ilungu ngalinye liyawakhathalela amanye. Imindeni enempilo izama ukuveza okuhle komunye nomunye. Imindeni enempilo ilwela ukusiza ilungu ngalinye ngokusemandleni azo. UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuthuthukisa amandla akhe ngaye, ngaye nangaphakathi kwakhe. Lokhu akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi kithina bantu, ikakhulukazi uma sicabangela ukuhlukahluka kobuntu nabantu abanamaphutha abakha umkhaya kaNkulunkulu. AmaKristu amaningi kakhulu ayazulazula efuna umndeni wesonto ofanele, kodwa uNkulunkulu usitshela ukuthi sithande esinaye. Omunye wake wathi: Wonke umuntu angalithanda ibandla elifanele. Inselele iwukuthanda iBandla leqiniso. Ibandla likaNkulunkulu kwamakhelwane.

Uthando lungaphezu komuzwa nje. Kuphinde kuthonye ukuziphatha kwethu. Umphakathi nobungane yizici ezibalulekile emndenini ozwanayo. Akukho lapho imiBhalo isinikeza khona imvume yokuyeka ukuya esontweni, siyeke ukuba umndeni, ngoba nje kukhona osekwenziwe kithi. Ebandleni lokuqala kwakunokuphikisana nokungaboni ngaso linye, kodwa babambelela ngokuqinile evangelini nasekumenyezelweni kwalo futhi banqoba ubunzima, ngenxa yoMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu.

Lapho u-Evodiya noSintike bengazwani, uPawulu wakhuthaza ababehilelekile ukuba banqobe ukungezwani kwabo (KwabaseFilipi 4,2). UPawulu noBarnaba bake baba nengxabano eshisayo ngoJohane Marku eyabangela ukuba bahlukane (Izenzo 1 Kor5,36-40). UPawulu wamelana noPetru ubuso nobuso ngenxa yokuzenzisa kwakhe kwabeZizwe namaJuda (Galathiya 2,11).

Impela kuzoba nezikhathi zokungakhululeki sindawonye, ​​kodwa ukuba umzimba munye, umndeni owodwa kuKristu kusho ukuthi sizokubona konke ndawonye. Uthando olungavuthiwe, noma ngamanye amazwi ukungabi naluthando, okusenza sisuke kubantu bakaNkulunkulu. Ubufakazi bomndeni kaNkulunkulu bunamandla kangangokuthi uJesu wathi ngokuthandana kwethu bonke abantu bayokwazi ukuthi singabakhe.
Kunodaba olumayelana nosomabhange owake waphonsa uhlamvu lwemali enkomishini yomuntu oyisinxibi enqunywe umlenze ehlezi emgwaqeni phambi kwebhange. Kodwa ngokungafani nabantu abaningi, umnikazi webhange wayehlale ephikelela ekutholeni elinye lamapensela indoda eyayinawo eduze kwakhe. Ungumthengisi, kusho umnikazi webhange, futhi ngihlale ngilindele inzuzo enhle kubathengisi engisebenza nabo ibhizinisi. Ngelinye ilanga indoda eyayinqunyiwe yayingekho eceleni komgwaqo. Sahamba isikhathi umabhange wakhohlwa ngaye waze wayongena endlini yomphakathi nangu owayekade ecela ehleli esitobhini. Ngokusobala wayesengumnikazi webhizinisi elincane. Ngangihlale nginethemba lokuthi ngelinye ilanga uzodlula, kusho le ndoda. Unesibopho esikhulu ngokuba kwami ​​lapha. Babelokhu bengitshela ukuthi “ngingumthengisi”. Ngaqala ukuzibona nginjalo, esikhundleni sokuba isinxibi esithola izipho. Ngaqala ukuthengisa amapensela - amaningi awo. Banginike ukuzihlonipha futhi bangenza ngizibone ngendlela ehlukile.

Yini ebalulekile?

Umhlaba kungenzeka ungaliboni iBandla ukuthi liyini ngempela, kodwa thina kufanele! UKristu uguqula konke. Kuye kunomndeni wangempela ochitha ukuphila okuphakade ndawonye. Kuye siba abafowethu nodadewethu, umndeni owodwa naphezu kokungafani kwethu. Lezi zibopho zomndeni ezintsha ziyohlala phakade kuKristu. Masiqhubeke sisakaza lomlayezo ngezwi nangesenzo emhlabeni esiphila kuwo.

nguSantiago Lange