Ungawethemba Yini Umoya Ongcwele?

Omunye wabadala bethu muva nje ungitshele ukuthi isizathu esikhulu sokuthi abhaphathizwe eminyakeni engama-20 eyedlule yingoba wayefuna ukwamukela amandla kaMoya oNgcwele ukuze anqobe zonke izono zakhe. Izinhloso zakhe bezizinhle, kepha ukuqonda kwakhe bekungenaphutha (vele, akekho onokuqonda okuphelele, sisindiswa ngomusa kaNkulunkulu yize singaqondi kahle).

UMoya oNgcwele awuyona into 'esingavele siyivule' ukuze sifinyelele "izinjongo zethu zokunqoba," njengohlobo oluthile lweshaja yamandla ethu. UMoya oNgcwele unguNkulunkulu, unathi futhi ukithi, usinika uthando, isiqiniseko kanye nenhlanganyelo eseduze uBaba asenzela yona kuKristu. NgoKristu uBaba usenze abantwana bakhe, futhi uMoya oNgcwele usinika ukuqonda okungokomoya ukuze sikwazi (KwabaseRoma 8,16). UMoya oNgcwele usinika ubudlelwano obuseduze noNkulunkulu ngoKristu, kodwa awusilahli amandla ethu okona. Siyoba nezifiso ezimbi, izisusa ezimbi, imicabango emibi, amazwi nezenzo ezingalungile. 

Noma sizama ukuyeka umkhuba othile, sithola ukuthi asikakwazi ukwenza kanjalo. Siyazi ukuthi kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuthi sikhululwe kulenkinga, kepha ngasizathu simbe sisabonakala singenamandla okususa isibambo sayo phezu kwethu.

Singakholwa yini ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele uyasebenza ngempela ezimpilweni zethu - ikakhulukazi uma kubonakala sengathi akwenzeki lutho ngoba asiwona amaKristu "amahle" kakhulu? Uma siqhubeka nokuzabalaza nesono lapho kubonakala sengathi asishintshi kakhulu, ingabe siphetha ngokuthi siphuke kangangokuthi ngisho noNkulunkulu akakwazi ukuyilungisa inkinga?

Izinsana Nentsha

Lapho siza kuKristu ngokukholwa, sizalwa kabusha, sidalwe kabusha ngoKristu. Siyizidalwa ezintsha, abantu abasha, izingane kuKristu. Izingane azinawo amandla, azinawo amakhono, azizihlanzi.

Njengoba bekhula, bathola amakhono athile futhi baqala nokubona ukuthi kuningi abangakwazi ukukwenza kwesinye isikhathi okuholela ekukhungathekeni. Bahlangana ngamakhrayoni nesikele futhi bakhathazeke ngokuthi ngeke bakwazi ukukwenza njengomuntu omdala. Kepha izikhathi zokudinwa ngeke zisize - isikhathi nokuzijwayeza kuphela okuzoqhubeka.

Lokhu kuyasebenza nasempilweni yethu engokomoya. Ngezinye izikhathi amaKristu asemasha athola amandla amakhulu okugqashula ekubeni imilutha yezidakamizwa noma intukuthelo. Ngezinye izikhathi amaKristu asemasha “awumcebo” osheshayo webandla. Ngemva kokuvame kakhulu, kubonakala sengathi, amaKristu alwa nezono ezifanayo njengakuqala, anobuntu obufanayo, ukwesaba okufanayo nokukhungatheka. Abazona iziqhwaga ezingokomoya.

UJesu wasinqoba isono, siyatshelwa, kodwa kubonakala sengathi isono sisenamandla aso. Imvelo yesono engaphakathi kwethu isinqotshiwe, kodwa isasiphatha sengathi siyizithunjwa zakhe. Hhawu silusizi thina bantu! Ubani oyosikhulula esonweni nasekufeni? UJesu uqinisile (Roma 7,24-25). Usenqobile - futhi wenze lokho kwawina nathi.

Kodwa asikaboni ukunqoba okuphelele okwamanje. Asikawaboni amandla akhe phezu kokufa, futhi asiboni ukuphela okuphelele kwesono ezimpilweni zethu. NjengamaHeberu 2,8 ithi asiziboni zonke izinto ezenziwa ngaphansi kwezinyawo zethu okwamanje. Esikwenzayo - siyamethemba uJesu. Siyalethemba izwi lakhe lokuthi uzuze ukunqoba, futhi siyalethemba izwi lakhe lokuthi singabanqobi nakuye.

Noma sazi ukuthi sihlanzekile futhi simsulwa kuKristu, singathanda ukubona inqubekela phambili ekunqobeni izono zethu. Le nqubo ingahle ibonakale ihamba kancane ngezinye izikhathi, kodwa singamethemba uNkulunkulu ukuthi uzokwenza lokho akuthembisile - kithi nakwabanye. Kakade, kungokwakhe, hhayi umsebenzi wethu. Kuyi-ajenda yakhe, hhayi eyethu. Uma sizithoba kuNkulunkulu, kufanele sizimisele ukumlinda. Kumele sizimisele ukumethemba ukuthi uzokwenza umsebenzi wakhe ngaphakathi kwethu ngendlela nangejubane abona lifanele.
Intsha ivame ukucabanga ukuthi yazi ngaphezu koyise. Bathi bayazi ukuthi ukuphila kumayelana nani nokuthi bangakwazi ukwenza yonke into kahle bebodwa (Yebo, akuyona yonke intsha enjalo, kodwa inkolelo-mbono isekelwe ebufakazini obuthile).

Thina maKristu ngezinye izikhathi singacabanga ngendlela efana nokukhula. Singase siqale ukucabanga ukuthi “ukukhula” okungokomoya kusekelwe ekuziphatheni okufanele, okusiholela ekucabangeni ukuthi ukuma kwethu phambi kukaNkulunkulu kuxhomeke endleleni esiziphatha ngayo. Lapho siziphethe kahle, singabonisa ukuthambekela kokubukela phansi abanye abantu abangajabule njengathi. Uma singaziphathi kahle, singawela ekulahlekeni nasekucindezelekeni, sikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu usilahlile.

Kodwa uNkulunkulu akasiceli ukuba sizenze abalungileyo phambi kwakhe; usicela ukuthi simethembe, Lowo olungisisa ababi (KwabaseRoma 4,5) osithandayo nosisindisayo ngenxa kaKristu.
Njengoba sikhula kuKristu, siphumula kakhulu othandweni lukaNkulunkulu olwambulwa kithi ngendlela ephakeme kakhulu kuKristu1. UJohannes 4,9). Njengoba siphumule kuye, sibheke phambili osukwini olwembulwa kusAmbulo 21,4 Kuyachazwa: “Futhi uNkulunkulu uyosula zonke izinyembezi emehlweni abo, futhi ukufa ngeke kusaba khona, noma ukulila noma ukukhala noma ubuhlungu ngeke kusaba khona; ngoba eyokuqala isidlulile.

Ukuphelela!

Lapho lolo suku lufika, uPawulu wathi, siyoshintshwa ngokuphazima kweso. Siyokwenziwa singafi, singafi, singonakali (1. AbaseKorinte 15,52-53). UNkulunkulu uhlenga umuntu wangaphakathi, hhayi nje ongaphandle. Ushintsha ingaphakathi lethu, lisuka ebuthakathakeni nasekungapheleni liye enkazimulweni futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, ekungabini nasono. Lapho kukhala icilongo lokugcina, siyoguqulwa ngokuphazima kweso. Imizimba yethu ihlengiwe (KwabaseRoma 8,23), kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho, ekugcineni sizozibona njengoba uNkulunkulu wasenza kuKristu (1. UJohannes 3,2). Siyobe sesibona ngokucacile iqiniso elingabonakali uNkulunkulu alenza laba ngokoqobo kuKristu.

NgoKristu isimo sethu sesono esidala sanqotshwa futhi sabhujiswa. Ngempela, ufile, “Ngokuba nafa,” kusho uPawulu, “futhi ukuphila kwenu kufihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu.” ( KwabaseKolose 3,3). Isono ‘esisibamba kalula’ futhi ‘esizama ukusilahla’ ( 1 Kor2,1) akayona ingxenye yomuntu omusha esinguye kuKristu ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu. KuKristu sinempilo entsha. Ekufikeni kukaKristu, ekugcineni sizozibona njengoba uBaba asenza kuKristu. Sizozibona njengoba sinjalo ngempela, siphelele kuKristu owukuphila kwethu kwangempela (Kolose 3,3-4). Ngaleso sizathu, njengoba sesivele safa futhi savuka kanye noKristu, “sibulala” (ivesi 5) okusemhlabeni kithi.

Siyamnqoba uSathane nesono nokufa ngendlela eyodwa kuphela – ngegazi leWundlu (Isambulo 1 Kor2,11). Kungenxa yokunqoba kukaJesu Kristu esiphambanweni lapho sithola khona ukunqoba phezu kwesono nokufa, hhayi ngokulwa kwethu nesono. Ukulwa kwethu nesono kuwukubonakaliswa kweqiniso lokuthi sikuKristu, ukuthi asisezona izitha zikaNkulunkulu kodwa singabangane bakhe, ngoMoya oNgcwele ekuhlanganyeleni naye, osebenza kithi kokubili ukuthanda nokwenza okuhle kukaNkulunkulu. injabulo (Filipi 2,13).

Ukulwa kwethu nesono akusona isizathu sokulunga kwethu kuKristu. Akabukhiqizi ubungcwele. Uthando lukaNkulunkulu kanye nobuhle bakhe kithina kuKristu yisona sizathu, ukuphela kwesizathu, sokulunga kwethu. Silungisisiwe, sihlengiwe nguNkulunkulu ngoKristu kuzo zonke izono nokungamesabi uNkulunkulu ngoba uNkulunkulu ugcwele uthando nomusa - futhi asikho esinye isizathu. Umzabalazo wethu wokulwa nesono ungumphumela wobuntu obusha nokulunga esikuphiwe ngoKristu, hhayi imbangela yaso. UKristu wasifela siseyizoni (KwabaseRoma 5,8).

Siyasizonda isono, silwa nesono, sifuna ukugwema ubuhlungu nokuhlupheka okubangelwa yisono kithi nakwabanye ngoba uNkulunkulu usenze saphila kuKristu futhi uMoya oNgcwele usebenza kithi. Ngenxa yokuthi sikuKristu, silwa nesono “esisibamba kalula” ( Heb. 12,1). Kodwa asizuzi ukunqoba ngemizamo yethu, ngisho nangemizamo yethu eyenziwa uMoya oNgcwele. Sizuza ukunqoba ngegazi likaKristu, ngokufa nokuvuka kwakhe njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu esesimweni somuntu, uNkulunkulu enyameni ngenxa yethu.

UNkulunkulu kuKristu usevele esenze konke okudingekayo ukuze sisindiswe futhi usevele usinike konke esikudingayo ukuze siphile futhi sihlonipheke, ngokusibiza nje ukuba simazi kuKristu. Wenza lokhu nje ngoba emuhle ngendlela emangalisayo (2. (Funda uPetru 1:2-3.)

Incwadi yeSambulo isitshela ukuthi kuzofika isikhathi lapho kungasayikuba khona ukukhala nezinyembezi, ukuhlupheka nobuhlungu - futhi lokho kusho ukuthi ngeke sisaba khona isono, ngoba yisono esibangelwa ukuhlupheka. Ngokuphazima kweso, ngomzuzwana omncane, ubumnyama buzophela futhi isono ngeke sisakwazi ukusiholela ekucabangeni ukuthi siyizithunjwa Zakhe. Inkululeko yethu yangempela, impilo yethu entsha kuKristu, izokhanya kuze kube phakade kanye naye enkazimulweni yakhe yonke. Okwamanje, siyalithemba izwi lesithembiso Sakhe - futhi leyo yinto okufanele siyicabange ngempela.

nguJoseph Tkach