Ukuziphatha kobuKristu

Isisekelo sokuziphatha kobuKristu siwukwethemba nokwethembeka kothando kuMhlengi wethu, owasithanda futhi wazinikela ngenxa yethu. Ukuthembela kuJesu Kristu kubonakaliswa ngokholo evangelini nasemisebenzini yothando. NgoMoya oNgcwele, uKristu uguqula izinhliziyo zabakholwayo bakhe futhi abenze bathele izithelo: uthando, injabulo, ukuthula, ukwethembeka, ukubekezela, umusa, ubumnene, ukuzithiba, ukulunga neqiniso. (1. UJohannes 3,23-ishumi nesithupha; 4,20-ishumi nesithupha; 2. AbaseKorinte 5,15; KwabaseGalathiya 5,6.22-23; Kwabase-Efesu 5,9) 

izindinganiso zokuziphatha ebuKristwini

AmaKristu awekho ngaphansi komthetho kaMose futhi asinakusindiswa nganoma yimuphi umthetho, kuhlanganise nemiyalo yeTestamente Elisha. Kodwa ubuKristu busenazo izindinganiso zokuziphatha. Kuhilela izinguquko endleleni esiphila ngayo. Kwenza izimfuno ezimpilweni zethu. Kufanele siphilele uKristu, hhayi thina (2. AbaseKorinte 5,15). UNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu wethu, ohamba phambili kukho konke, futhi unokuthile angakusho ngendlela esiphila ngayo.

Enye yezinto zokugcina uJesu azitshela abafundi bakhe kwakuwukufundisa abantu “ukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho” ( Mathewu 28,20). UJesu wanikeza imiyalo futhi njengabafundi Bakhe kufanele futhi sishumayele imiyalo nokulalela. Sishumayela futhi silalele le mithetho hhayi njengendlela yensindiso, noma njengendlela yokulahlwa, kodwa njengemiyalelo yeNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Abantu kufanele balalele amazwi Akhe, hhayi ngenxa yokwesaba ukujeziswa, kodwa ngoba nje uMsindisi wabo esho njalo.

Ukulalela okuphelele akuwona umgomo wempilo yobuKristu; umgomo wempilo yobuKristu ukuba ngokaNkulunkulu. SingabakaNkulunkulu nxa uKristu ehlala kithi, loKristu ehlala kithi nxa sibeka ithemba lethu kuye. UKristu okithi usiholela ekulaleleni ngoMoya oNgcwele.

UNkulunkulu usiguqulela emfanekisweni kaKristu. Ngamandla nomusa kaNkulunkulu, siya ngokuya sifana noKristu. Imiyalo yakhe ayisebenzi nje ekuziphatheni kwangaphandle kuphela, kodwa nasezingqondweni nasezinhliziyweni zethu. Lemicabango kanye nezisusa zezinhliziyo zethu zidinga amandla okuguqula kaMoya oNgcwele; ngeke sikwazi ukuziguqula ngamandla ethu nje kuphela. Ngakho-ke, ingxenye yokukholwa ukwethemba uNkulunkulu ukuthi uzokwenza umsebenzi Wakhe wokuguqula kithi.

Ngakho umyalo omkhulu kunayo yonke—uthando ngoNkulunkulu—uyisisusa esikhulu kunazo zonke sokulalela. Siyamlalela ngoba simthanda, futhi siyamthanda ngoba ngomusa wasingenisa endlini yakhe siqu. KunguNkulunkulu osebenza kithi ukusebenzela ukuthanda nokwenza ngokwentando yakhe enhle (Filipi 2,13).

Senzenjani uma singafinyeleli umgomo? Yebo siyaphenduka futhi sicele intethelelo, siqiniseka ngokugcwele ukuthi iyatholakala kithi. Asifuni ukukuthatha kancane lokhu, kodwa kufanele sikusebenzise ngaso sonke isikhathi.

Senzenjani lapho abanye behluleka? Ukubalahla nokuphikelela ngokuthi benze imisebenzi emihle ukuze babonise ubuqotho babo? Lokhu kubonakala kuwukuthambekela komuntu, kodwa yilokho kanye uKristu athi akufanele sikwenze (Luka 1 Kor7,3).

Imiyalo yeTestamente Elisha

Injani impilo yobuKristu? Kunemiyalo engamakhulu amaningana eTestamenteni Elisha. Asintuli isiqondiso sokuthi ukuphila okusekelwe okholweni kusebenza kanjani emhlabeni wangempela. Kunemiyalo yokuthi abacebile kufanele babaphathe kanjani abampofu, imiyalelo yokuthi amadoda kufanele abaphathe kanjani abafazi babo, imiyalo yokuthi kufanele sisebenzisane kanjani njengebandla.

1. Thesalonika 5,21-22 iqukethe uhlu olulula:

• hlalani ngokuthula...
• khuzani abangahlelekile.
• niduduze abadangele, nisekele ababuthakathaka, nesineke kubo bonke.
• Qaphelani kungabikho ophindisela okubi ngokubi...
• hlalani niphishekela okuhle...
• Hlala ujabule;
• khulekani ningaphezi;
• bongani kukho konke...
• Ungawuthobisi umoya;
• ningadeleli ukuprofetha.
• Kodwa hlola konke.
• Gcina okuhle.
• Gwema ububi nganoma iyiphi indlela.

UPawulu wayazi ukuthi amaKristu aseThesalonika ayenoMoya oNgcwele owawuqondisa futhi uwafundise. Wayazi futhi ukuthi babedinga iziyalo nezikhumbuzi eziyisisekelo ngempilo yobuKristu. UMoya oNgcwele wakhetha ukubafundisa nokubaqondisa ngoPawulu uqobo. UPawulu akazange abesabise ngokubakhipha ebandleni uma bengahlangabezani nezimfuneko—wamane wabanikeza imiyalo eyayibaqondisa ukuba bahambe ezindleleni zokwethembeka.

Isexwayiso ngokungalaleli

UPawulu wayenezindinganiso eziphakeme. Nakuba intethelelo yesono ikhona, kunezinhlawulo zesono kulokhu kuphila - futhi ngezinye izikhathi zihlanganisa izinhlawulo zomphakathi. “Ningahlangani namuntu obizwa ngokuthi ungumzalwane, noma eyisifebe, noma eyisixhwanguxhwangu, noma engokhonza izithombe, noma engumhlambalazi, noma eyisidakwa, noma engumphangi; nawe akufanele udle nayo" (1. AbaseKorinte 5,11).

UPawulu wayengafuni ukuba ibandla libe yindawo ephephile izoni ezisobala, ezihlamukayo. Isonto liwuhlobo lwesibhedlela sokululama, kodwa hhayi "indawo ephephile" yezilokazane zomphakathi. UPawulu wayala amaKristu aseKorinte ukuba ajezise indoda eye yalala nesihlobo (1. AbaseKorinte 5,5-8) futhi wamkhuthaza ukuba amthethelele ngemva kokuba esephendukile (2. AbaseKorinte 2,5-enye).

ITestamente Elisha linokuningi elikushoyo ngesono futhi lisinika imiyalo eminingi. Ake sibheke ngokushesha kwabaseGalathiya. Kulombonakaliso wenkululeko yobuKristu emthethweni, uPawulu usinika imiyalo enesibindi. AmaKristu awekho ngaphansi komthetho, kodwa futhi aweqa umthetho. Uyaxwayisa, “Ningasoki, funa niwe emseni!” Lona umyalo obalulekile (KwabaseGalathiya). 5,2-4). Ungagqilazwa wumyalo ophelelwe yisikhathi!

UPawulu uxwayisa abaseGalathiya ngabantu ababezama “ukubavimbela ekulaleleni iqiniso” ( ivesi 7 ). UPawulu waphendukela abashisekeli benkolo yobuJuda. Babethi bayamlalela uNkulunkulu, kodwa uPawulu wathi babengamlaleli. Asimlaleli uNkulunkulu lapho sizama ukuyala into engasenamsebenzi manje.

UPawulu uthatha elinye ithuba evesini 9: “Imvubelo encane ibilisa inhlama yonke.” Kulokhu, imvubelo eyisono iyisimo sengqondo esisekelwe emthethweni ngenkolo. Leli phutha lingasabalala uma iqiniso lomusa lingashunyayelwa. Kuhlale kukhona abantu abazimisele ukubheka umthetho njengesilinganiso sokuthi bakholwa kangakanani. Ngisho nemithetho evimbelayo ithola umusa kubantu abanezinhloso ezinhle (Kolose 2,23).

AmaKristu abizelwe enkululekweni—“Kepha bhekani ukuba nikhululeke ningayiniki inyama indawo; kodwa ngothando khonzanani.” (Galathiya 5,13). Inkululeko iza nezibopho, ngaphandle kwalokho “inkululeko” yomuntu oyedwa ingaphazamisa eyomunye. Akekho okufanele akhululeke ukuholela abanye ebugqilini ngokushumayela, noma ukuzizuzela abalandeli, noma ukubuyisela abantu bakaNkulunkulu. Ukuziphatha okunjalo okuhlukanisayo nokuphambene nobuKristu akuvunyelwe.

Umthwalo Wethu

“Umthetho wonke ugcwaliseka ezwini linye,” kusho uPawulu evesini 14 : “Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena.” Lokhu kufingqa umthwalo wethu wemfanelo komunye nomunye. Indlela ephambene, ukulwela inzuzo yomuntu siqu, iyazilimaza ngempela (v. 15).

“Philani emoyeni, futhi aniyikufeza izinkanuko zenyama” (indima 16). Umoya uyosiholela othandweni, hhayi ubugovu. Imicabango yobugovu ivela enyameni, kodwa uMoya kaNkulunkulu udala imicabango engcono. “Ngokuba inyama ivukela umoya, nomoya uphambene nenyama; bamelene omunye nomunye...” (v. 17). Ngenxa yalokhu kungqubuzana komoya nenyama, ngezinye izikhathi siyona nakuba singafuni.

Pho liyini ikhambi lezono ezisehlela kalula? buyisa umthetho? Cha!
“Kepha uma uMoya enibusa, aniphansi komthetho” (ivesi 18). Indlela yethu yokuphila ihlukile. Sibheke kuMoya futhi uMoya uzothuthukisa kithi isifiso kanye namandla okuphila imiyalelo kaKristu. Sibeka ihhashi phambi kwenqola.

Sibheka kuJesu kuqala, futhi sibona imiyalo Yakhe kumongo wokwethembeka kwethu kuYe, hhayi njengemithetho "ekufanele ilalelwe noma sizojeziswa."

KwabaseGalathiya 5 uPawulu ubala izinhlobonhlobo zezono: “Ubufebe, ukungcola, amanyala; ukukhonza izithombe nokuthakatha; ubutha, ukuxabana, umhawu, ukuthukuthela, ukuxabana, ukuxabana, ukwahlukana, nomhawu; ukuphuza, ukudla, nokunye” (amav. 19-21). Okunye kwalokhu ukuziphatha, okunye yizimo zengqondo, kodwa zonke ziwubugovu futhi zisuka enhliziyweni enesono.

UPawulu uyasixwayisa: “...abenza lokho abayikulidla ifa lombuso kaNkulunkulu” (ivesi 21). Lena akuyona indlela kaNkulunkulu; Lena akuyona indlela esifuna ukuba yiyo; akusiyo indlela esifuna ibandla libe ngayo...

Intethelelo iyatholakala kuzo zonke lezi zono (1. AbaseKorinte 6,9-11). Ingabe lokhu kusho ukuthi ibandla kufanele lishaywe indiva isono? Cha, iBandla aliyona iveli noma indawo ephephile yezono ezinjalo. IBandla kufanele libe yindawo lapho umusa nentethelelo ivezwa futhi inikezwe khona, hhayi indawo lapho isono sivunyelwa ukuba siqhubeke singavinjwa.

“Kepha isithelo sikaMoya siluthando, nokujabula, nokuthula, nokubekezela, nobubele, nobuvi, nokukholeka, nobumnene, nobumsulwa” (Galathiya. 5,22-23). Lokhu kuwumphumela wenhliziyo ezinikele kuNkulunkulu. “Kodwa labo abangabakaKristu Jesu babethele esiphambanweni inyama yabo kanye nokuhuheka nezinkanuko zayo” (indima 24). Ngokusebenza kukaMoya kithi, siyakhula entandweni nasemandleni okulahla imisebenzi yenyama. Sithwala izithelo zomsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kwethu.

Umyalezo kaPawulu ucacile: Asikho ngaphansi komthetho - kodwa akubona abangenamthetho. Singaphansi kwegunya likaKristu, ngaphansi komthetho waKhe, ngaphansi kokuhola kukaMoya oNgcwele. Ukuphila kwethu kusekelwe okholweni, kugqugquzelwa uthando, olubonakala ngenjabulo, ukuthula nokukhula. “Uma sihamba ngoMoya, masihambe futhi ngoMoya” (indima 25).

UJoseph Tkach

Ukuziphatha kobuKristu