Insindiso

Insindiso iwukubuyiselwa kobudlelwane bomuntu noNkulunkulu kanye nokuhlengwa kwayo yonke indalo ebugqilini besono nokufa. UNkulunkulu akanikezi insindiso kuphela lokhu kuphila, kodwa kuze kube phakade kuwo wonke umuntu owamukela uJesu Kristu njengeNkosi noMsindisi. Insindiso iyisipho sikaNkulunkulu esenziwe saba nokwenzeka ngomusa, esinikezwa ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu, hhayi ngenxa yokuzikhethela komuntu siqu noma imisebenzi emihle. (Kwabase-Efesu 2,4-ishumi nesithupha; 1. AbaseKorinte 1,9; AmaRoma 8,21-ishumi nesithupha; 6,18.22-23)

Insindiso - umsebenzi wokutakula!

Insindiso, ukuhlengwa kuwumsebenzi wokuhlenga. Ukuze sisondele emcabangweni wensindiso sidinga ukwazi izinto ezintathu: ukuthi yayiyini inkinga; lokho uNkulunkulu akwenza ngakho; nokuthi kufanele sisabele kanjani kukho.

Uyini umuntu

Lapho uNkulunkulu edala umuntu, wamdala “ngomfanekiso wakhe,” futhi wabiza indalo yakhe ngokuthi “yinhle kakhulu” (1. mose 1,26-27 futhi 31). Umuntu wayeyisidalwa esimangalisayo: wadalwa ngothuli, kodwa waphiliswa ngomoya kaNkulunkulu (1. mose 2,7).

"Umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu" cishe uhlanganisa ubuhlakani, amandla okudala kanye negunya phezu kwendalo. Futhi nekhono lokungena ebudlelwaneni nokwenza izinqumo zokuziphatha. Ngandlela thize sifana noNkulunkulu uqobo Lwakhe, kungenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu unenjongo ekhetheke kakhulu ngathi, abantwana Bakhe.

UGenesise usitshela ukuthi abantu bokuqala benza into uNkulunkulu ayebenqabele yona.1. mose 3,1-13). Ukungalaleli kwabo kwabonisa ukuthi babengamethembi uNkulunkulu; futhi kwaba ukwephulwa kokuthembela kwakhe kuye. Babesonakalisa ubuhlobo ngenxa yokungakholwa futhi behluleka ukuphila ngokuvumelana nalokho uNkulunkulu ayekufuna ngabo. Ngenxa yalokho, balahlekelwa kancane ukuba njengoNkulunkulu. Umphumela, uNkulunkulu wathi, wawuyoba: ukuzabalaza, ubuhlungu, nokufa ( amavesi 16-19 ). Uma bengafuni ukulandela imiyalelo yoMdali, kwakufanele badlule esigodini sezinyembezi.

Umuntu uhloniphekile futhi ukhohlakele ngesikhathi esifanayo. Singaba nemibono ephezulu futhi sibe nobuqaba. SinjengoNkulunkulu kodwa nokho asimhloniphi uNkulunkulu. Asisekho "ngomqondo womqambi". Nakuba “sizibonakalisile” ngokwethu, uNkulunkulu usacabanga ukuthi senziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu (1. mose 9,6). Amandla okuba njengoNkulunkulu asekhona. Kungakho uNkulunkulu efuna ukusisindisa, yingakho efuna ukusihlenga abuyisele ubudlelwano ayenabo nathi.

UNkulunkulu ufuna ukusinika impilo yaphakade, ngaphandle kobuhlungu, impilo enobudlelwano obuhle noNkulunkulu kanye nomunye nomunye. Ufuna ukuthi ubuhlakani bethu, ubuhlakani namandla ethu kusetshenziselwe okuhle. Ufuna sifane naye, ukuthi singcono kakhulu kunabantu bokuqala. Leyo insindiso.

Inhliziyo yohlelo

Ngakho-ke sidinga ukutakulwa. Futhi uNkulunkulu wasisindisa - kodwa ngendlela okungekho muntu owayengayilindela. INdodana kaNkulunkulu yaba ngumuntu, yaphila impilo engenasono, futhi sayibulala. Futhi lokho - kusho uNkulunkulu - kuyinsindiso esiyidingayo. Yeka indida! Sisindiswa isisulu. UMdali wethu waba yinyama ukuze akwazi ukubambela isono sethu. UNkulunkulu wamvusa, futhi ngoJesu uthembisa ukusiholela ovukweni.

Ukufa nokuvuka kukaJesu kubonisa ukufa nokuvuka kwesintu sonke futhi kwenze kube nokwenzeka kwasekuqaleni. Ukufa kwakhe yikho okufanele ukwehluleka kwethu namaphutha ethu, futhi njengoMdali wethu, wawenza wonke amaphutha ethu. Yize ayengakufanele ukufa, ngokuzithandela wakuthathela lokhu esikhundleni sethu.

UJesu Kristu wasifela futhi wavuswa ngenxa yethu (KwabaseRoma 4,25). Kwafa kanye naye ubuntu bethu obudala, futhi naye umuntu omusha wavuswa (Roma 6,3-4). Ngomhlatshelo owodwa wathwala isijeziso sezono “zezwe lonke” (1. UJohannes 2,2). Inkokhelo isivele yenziwe; umbuzo manje ukuthi ungazuza kanjani kukho. Ukuhlanganyela kwethu ohlelweni kungokuguquka kanye nokholo.

Ukuzisola

UJesu weza ukuzobiza abantu ekuphendukeni (Luka 5,32); (“Ukuphenduka” kuvame ukuhunyushwa nguLuther ngokuthi “ukuphenduka”). UPetru wabiza ukuphenduka nokuphendukela kuNkulunkulu ukuze athethelelwe (IzE 2,38; 3,19). UPawulu wanxusa abantu ukuba ‘baphenduke kuNkulunkulu’ ( IzEnzo 20,21:1 , Elberfeld Bible ). Ukuphenduka kusho ukufulathela isono nokuphendukela kuNkulunkulu. UPawulu wamemezela kwabase-Athene ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayengakunaki ukukhonza izithombe okungenalwazi, kodwa manje “uyala abantu ezindaweni zonke ukuba baphenduke” (IzEnzo Kor.7,30). Yithi: Kufanele bayeke ukukhonza izithombe.

UPawulu wayekhathazekile ngokuthi amanye amaKristu aseKorinte angase angaphenduki ezonweni zawo zobufebe (2. AbaseKorinte 12,21). Kulaba bantu, ukuphenduka kwakusho ukuzimisela ukuyeka ubufebe. Umuntu, ngokukaPawulu, kufanele “enze imisebenzi elungileyo yokuphenduka” okungukuthi, afakazele ubuqotho bokuphenduka kwakhe ngezenzo (Izenzo 2)6,20). Sishintsha isimo sethu sengqondo nokuziphatha kwethu.

Isisekelo semfundiso yethu “singukuphenduka emisebenzini efileyo” (Hebheru 6,1). Lokhu akusho ukuphelela kwasekuqaleni – umKristu akaphelele (1Joh1,8). Ukuzisola akusho ukuthi sesifikile emgomweni wethu, kodwa ukuthi sesiqala ukuhamba ngendlela efanele.

Asisaziphileli thina, kodwa siphilela uKristu uMhlengi (2. AbaseKorinte 5,15; 1. AbaseKorinte 6,20). UPawulu uyasitshela: “Njengoba nanikela izitho zenu enkonzweni yokungcola nokungalungi kuze kube phakade ukungalungi okusha, kanjalo manje nikelani izitho zenu enkonzweni yokulunga ukuze zibe ngcwele.” ( Roma , ) UPawulu waphetha ngokuthi: 6,19).

Ukholo

Ukumane ubize abantu ukuthi baphenduke akukabasindisi ekukhohlisweni kwabo. Abantu sebebizelwe ukulalela izinkulungwane zeminyaka, kodwa basadinga insindiso. Into yesibili iyadingeka futhi leyo yinkolelo. ITestamente Elisha lisho okuningi kakhulu ngokholo kunalokhu elikushoyo ngokuphenduka (ukuphenduka) - amagama asho ukholo avamile ngokuphindwe kasishiyagalombili.

Lowo okholwa kuJesu uyothethelelwa (IzE 10,43). “Kholwa eNkosini uJesu, futhi wena nendlu yakho niyosindiswa” (Izenzo 16,31Ivangeli “lingamandla kaNkulunkulu asindisa wonke umuntu okholwa yiyo” (Roma 1,16). AmaKristu abizwa ngokuthi amakholwa, angaphenduki. Ukukholwa kuyisihluthulelo.

Kusho ukuthini "ukukholwa" - ukwamukela amaqiniso athile? Igama lesiGreki lingasho lolu hlobo lwenkolelo, kodwa ikakhulukazi linomqondo oyinhloko "ukwethemba". Lapho uPawulu esibiza ukuba sikholwe kuKristu, akasho ngokuyinhloko iqiniso. (Ngisho nodeveli uyawazi amaqiniso ngoJesu, kodwa akakasindiswa.)

Lapho sikholwa kuJesu Kristu, siyamethemba. Siyazi ukuthi uthembekile futhi uthembekile. Singathembela kuye ukuthi uzosinakekela, asinike lokho akuthembisayo. Singathemba ukuthi uzosisindisa ezinkingeni ezinkulu zesintu. Lapho sithembela kuye ukuze sisindiswe, siyavuma ukuthi sidinga usizo nokuthi angasinika lona.

Ukukholwa ngokwako akusisindisi - kufanele kube ukukholwa Kuye, hhayi kunoma yini enye. Sithembela kuye futhi uyasisindisa. Uma simethemba uKristu, siyeka ukuzethemba thina. Nakuba silwela ukuziphatha kahle, asikholelwa ukuthi umzamo wethu uzosisindisa ("ukulwela" akukaze kwenze noma ubani aphelele). Ngakolunye uhlangothi, asililahli ithemba lapho imizamo yethu ingaphumeleli. Sithemba ukuthi uJesu uzosilethela insindiso, hhayi ukuthi sizoyisebenzela thina ngokwethu. Sincika kuye, hhayi empumelelweni yethu noma ekuhlulekeni kwethu.

Ukholo yilona olushukumisela ekuphendukeni. Lapho sethemba uJesu njengoMsindisi wethu; lapho sibona ukuthi uNkulunkulu usithanda kakhulu waze wathumela iNdodana yakhe ukuba izosifela; lapho sazi ukuthi usifunela okungcono kakhulu - kusinika ukuzimisela ukumphila nokumthokozisa. Sithatha isinqumo: sishiya impilo engenanjongo futhi ekhungathekisayo ebesiyiphile futhi samukela injongo esiyinikwe nguNkulunkulu, ukuqondiswa kanye nokuma empilweni.

Ukholo - lolo wushintsho lwangaphakathi olubaluleke kakhulu. Ukukholwa kwethu “akusizuzeli” utho, futhi akwengezi lutho kulokho uJesu “esenzele khona” thina. Ukholo lumane luwukuzimisela ukusabela, ukusabela, kulokho umuntu akwenzile. Sifana nezinceku ezisebenza emgodini wobumba, izigqila uKristu amemezela kuzo ukuthi: “Ngikuhlengile.” Sikhululekile ukuhlala emgodini wobumba noma ukumethemba futhi sishiye umgodi wobumba. Ukuhlengwa kwenzekile; kuwumsebenzi wethu ukuthi sizamukele futhi senze ngokufanele.

umusa

Insindiso iyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu ngomqondo ongokoqobo: UNkulunkulu usinika yona ngomusa wakhe, ngokuphana kwakhe. Asikwazi ukuyithola kungakhathaliseki ukuthi senzani. “Ngokuba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa, nalokhu akuveli kini, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, akuveli ngemisebenzi, ukuze kungabikho ozibongayo.” ( Kwabase-Efesu 2,8-9). Ukholo nalo luyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu. Noma silalela ngokuphelele kusukela kulesi sikhathi kuya phambili, akukho mvuzo osifanele (Luka 1 Kor7,10).

Sadalelwa imisebenzi emihle (Efesu 2,10), kodwa imisebenzi emihle ayinakusisindisa. Balandela ukuzuza insindiso, kodwa abakwazi ukuyiletha. Njengoba uPawulu esho, uma insindiso ingafika ngokugcina imithetho, uKristu wafela ize (KwabaseGalathiya 2,21). Umusa awusiniki imvume yokona, kodwa usinikwa sisasona (KwabaseRoma 6,15; 1 Johane1,9). Lapho senza imisebenzi emihle, kufanele sibonge uNkulunkulu ngoba uyayenza kithi (Galathiya 2,20; AbaseFilipi 2,13).

UNkulunkulu “wasisindisa, wasibiza ngobizo olungcwele, kungenjengokwemisebenzi yethu, kodwa ngokwenhloso nangomusa wakhe” (2 Thim.1,9). UNkulunkulu wasisindisa “hhayi ngenxa yemisebenzi yokulunga esayenzayo, kodwa ngokwesihe sakhe” (Thithu 3,5).

Umusa uwumgogodla wevangeli: insindiso iza njengesipho esivela kuNkulunkulu, hhayi ngemisebenzi yethu. Ivangeli “liyizwi lomusa wakhe” (Izenzo 1 Kor4,3; 20,24). Sikholelwa ukuthi “ngomusa weNkosi uJesu Kristu siyakusindiswa.” ( 1 Kor5,11). “Silungisiswa ngaphandle kwemfanelo ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okungoKristu Jesu” (Roma 3,24). Ngaphandle komusa kaNkulunkulu besiyoba ngokungenakulungiseka emseni wesono nokulahlwa.

Insindiso yethu ime futhi iwe ngalokho uKristu akwenzile. UnguMsindisi, osisindisayo. Ngeke siziqhayise ngokulalela kwethu ngoba kuhlale kungaphelele. Okuwukuphela kwento esingaziqhenya ngayo yilokho uKristu akwenzile (2. AbaseKorinte 10,17-18) - futhi wakwenzela wonke umuntu, hhayi thina kuphela.

ukulungiswa

Ibhayibheli lichaza insindiso ngamagama amaningi: isihlengo, ukuhlengwa, ukuxolelwa, ukubuyisana, ukuba yindodana, ukulungiswa, njll. Isizathu: abantu babheka izinkinga zabo ngezindlela ezihlukile. UKristu unikeza ukuhlanzwa kulabo abazizwa bengcolile. Unikela ngesihlengo kulabo abazizwa begqilaziwe; Uthethelela labo abazizwa benecala.

Unikeza ukubuyisana nobungane kulabo abazizwa behlukanisiwe futhi benganakiwe. Noma ngubani ozizwa engelutho unikezwa umuzwa omusha, ovikelekile wokubaluleka. Unikeza insindiso njengobuntwana nefa kulabo abazizwa bengabakuphi. Unikeza incazelo nenjongo kulabo abazizwa bengenanhloso. Unikeza ukuphumula kwabakhathele. Unika abesabayo ukuthula. Konke lokhu insindiso nokuningi.

Ake sibhekisise igama elilodwa: ukulungisiswa. Igama lesiGreki livela emkhakheni wezomthetho. Ummangalelwa kuthiwa "akanacala". Uyakhululwa, abuyiselwe esimweni sakhe, akhululwe. Lapho uNkulunkulu esithethelela, umemezela ukuthi izono zethu azisenacala kithi. I-akhawunti yesikweletu ikhokhiwe.

Lapho samukela ukuthi uJesu wasifela, lapho sivuma ukuthi sidinga uMsindisi, lapho sivuma ukuthi isono sethu sifanelwe ukujeziswa, nokuthi uJesu wasithwala isijeziso, lapho-ke sinokholo futhi uNkulunkulu usinikeza isiqinisekiso sokuthi sithethelelwe.

Akekho ongalungisiswa—ngalungisiswa—“ngemisebenzi yomthetho” (Roma 3,20), ngoba umthetho awusindisi. Kuyizinga nje esingaphili ngalo; akekho ophila ngalelizinga (v. 23). UNkulunkulu ulungisisa lowo “ongokukholwa kuJesu” (indima 26). Umuntu uba ngolungileyo “ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yomthetho, kodwa ngokukholwa kuphela” (indima 28).

Ukuze afanekise isimiso sokulungisiswa ngokholo, uPawulu ucaphuna u-Abrahama: “U-Abrahama wakholwa nguNkulunkulu, kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi kungukulunga” (KwabaseRoma. 4,3, isicaphuna esivela ku 1. UMose 15,6). Ngenxa yokuthi u-Abrahama wayethembele kuNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wambiza ngokuthi ulungile. Lokhu kwakusesikhathini eside ngaphambi kokumiswa kwekhodi yomthetho, ubufakazi bokuthi ukulungisiswa kuyisipho somusa kaNkulunkulu, esitholwa ngokholo, asifaneleki ngokugcina umthetho.

Ukuthethelelwa kungaphezu kokuthethelela, kungaphezu kokusula i-akhawunti yesikweletu. Ukulungisiswa kusho ukuthi: Kusukela manje kuqhubeke sithathwa njengabalungile, simi lapho njengomuntu owenze into efanele. Ukulunga kwethu akuveli ngemisebenzi yethu, kodwa kukaKristu (1. AbaseKorinte 1,30). Ngokulalela kukaKristu, uPawulu uyabhala, ikholwa liyalungisiswa (KwabaseRoma 5,19).

Ngisho ‘nakwababi’ “ukholo lwakhe lubalwa njengokulunga” (Roma 4,5). Isoni esithembele kuNkulunkulu silungile emehlweni kaNkulunkulu (ngakho-ke siyokwamukelwa ekwaHlulweni Kokugcina). Labo abathembela kuNkulunkulu ngeke besafuna ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu, kodwa lokhu kuwumphumela, hhayi imbangela, yensindiso. UPawulu uyazi futhi ugcizelela ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi “umuntu akalungisiswa ngemisebenzi yomthetho, kodwa ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu” (KwabaseGalathiya). 2,16).

Isiqalo esisha

Abanye abantu bakholelwa ngomzuzwana. Okuthile kuchofozwa ezingqondweni zabo, ukukhanya kuqhubeke, futhi bathi uJesu unguMsindisi wabo. Abanye beza ekukholweni ngendlela ehamba kancane, bebona kancane ukuthi ukuthola insindiso abasazethembeli kubo, kepha sebethembele kuKristu.

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi, iBhayibheli likuchaza njengokuzalwa kabusha. Uma sinokholo kuKristu, sizalwa ngokusha njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu (Joh 1,12-13; KwabaseGalathiya 3,26; 1 Johane5,1). UMoya oNgcwele uqala ukuhlala kithi (Johane 14,17), futhi uNkulunkulu uqala umjikelezo omusha wendalo kithi (2. AbaseKorinte 5,17; KwabaseGalathiya 6,15). Umuntu omdala uyafa, umuntu omusha uqala ukuzalwa (Efesu 4,22-24) - UNkulunkulu uyasiguqula.

KuJesu Kristu - nakithi uma sikholwa kuye - uNkulunkulu uyayikhansela imiphumela yesono somuntu. Ngomsebenzi kaMoya Oyingcwele kithina, kwakhiwa ubuntu obusha. IBhayibheli alisitsheli ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka kanjani; kumane kusitshele ukuthi kuyenzeka. Inqubo iqala kule mpilo futhi iphothulwa kokulandelayo.

Umgomo uwukuba sibe njengoJesu Kristu ngokwengeziwe. Ungumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ophelele (2. AbaseKorinte 4,4; AbaseKolose 1,15; amaHebheru 1,3), futhi kumelwe siguqulwe sifane naye (2. AbaseKorinte 3,18; Gal4,19; Kwabase-Efesu 4,13; AbaseKolose 3,10). Kumelwe sifane naye emoyeni - othandweni, injabulo, ukuthula, ukuthobeka kanye nezinye izimfanelo zikaNkulunkulu. UMoya oNgcwele uyakwenza lokho kithi. Uvuselela umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.

Insindiso ibuye ichazwe njengokubuyisana - ukubuyiselwa kobudlelwane bethu noNkulunkulu (KwabaseRoma 5,10-ishumi nesithupha; 2. AbaseKorinte 5,18-21; Kwabase-Efesu 2,16; AbaseKolose 1,20-22). Asisamelani noma singamnaki uNkulunkulu - siyamthanda. Ezitheni siba abangani. Yebo, ngaphezu kwabangane—uNkulunkulu uthi uzosithola njengabantwana bakhe (Roma 8,15; Kwabase-Efesu 1,5). Singamalungu omndeni Wakhe, sinamalungelo, imisebenzi, kanye nefa elikhazimulayo (KwabaseRoma 8,16-17; KwabaseGalathiya 3,29; Kwabase-Efesu 1,18; AbaseKolose 1,12).

Ekugcineni ngeke kusaba khona ubuhlungu noma ukuhlupheka (IsAmbulo 2 Kor1,4), okusho ukuthi akekho umuntu owenza amaphutha. Isono ngeke sisaba khona nokufa ngeke kusaba khona (1. AbaseKorinte 15,26). Lowo mgomo ungase ubonakale usekude uma sibheka isimo sethu samanje, kodwa uhambo luqala ngesinyathelo esisodwa—isinyathelo sokwamukela uJesu Kristu njengoMsindisi. UKristu uzoqeda umsebenzi awuqala kithi (Filipi 1,6).

Futhi-ke sizoba njengoKristu nakakhulu (1. AbaseKorinte 15,49; 1. UJohannes 3,2). Siyoba abangafi, abangabhubhi, abakhazimulayo futhi abangenasono. Imizimba yethu yomoya izoba namandla angaphezu kwawemvelo. Sizoba namandla, ubuhlakani, ukusungula izinto, amandla nothando esingeke saphupha ngakho manje. Umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, owake wangcoliswa yisono, uyokhanya kakhulu kunakuqala.

UMichael Morrison

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