isono

Isono siwukweqa umthetho, isimo sokuhlubuka kuNkulunkulu. Kusukela ngesikhathi isono sangena emhlabeni ngo-Adamu no-Eva, umuntu ubengaphansi kwejoka lesono - ijoka elingasuswa kuphela ngomusa kaNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu. Isimo sesintu esinesono sibonisa ukuthambekela kokuzibeka kanye nezithakazelo zomuntu ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu nentando yakhe. Isono siholela ekuhlukaneni noNkulunkulu nokuhlupheka nokufa. Ngenxa yokuthi bonke abantu bayizoni, bonke bayakudinga ukuhlengwa uNkulunkulu akunikeza ngeNdodana yakhe. (1. UJohannes 3,4; AmaRoma 5,12; 7,24-25; Maka 7,21-23; KwabaseGalathiya 5,19-21; AmaRoma 6,23; 3,23-24)

Ukubeka inkinga yesono kuNkulunkulu

“Kulungile, ngiyakuzwa: igazi likaKristu lisusa zonke izono. Futhi ngiyabona ukuthi akukho engingakwengeza kulokho. Kodwa nginombuzo owodwa futhi: Uma uNkulunkulu esethethelele ngokuphelele zonke izono zami, izono zesikhathi esidlule, izono zamanje noma zesikhathi esizayo, ngenxa kaKristu, yini ezongivimba ukuba ngiqhubeke ngona kuze kube nganeliswe inhliziyo yami? Ngisho ukuthi umthetho awusho lutho kumaKristu? Ingabe manje uNkulunkulu uthule anganaki lapho ngona? Akafuni ngempela ukuba ngiyeke ukona?” Yimibuzo emine leyo – futhi ebaluleke kakhulu kulokho. Ake sizibheke ngamunye ngamunye - mhlawumbe zizoba ngaphezulu.

Zonke izono zethu zithethelelwe

Okokuqala, uthe uyaqonda ukuthi igazi likaKristu lizokwenza zonke izono zinyamalale. Leyo yindlela ebalulekile. AmaKrestu amaningi awakwazi lokhu. Bakholelwa ukuthi ukuthethelelwa kwezono kuyibhizinisi, uhlobo oluthile lokuhweba phakathi komuntu noNkulunkulu, lapho umuntu eziphatha ngokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu kanti uBaba waseZulwini uthembisa ukuthethelelwa nokuhlengwa, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso.

Ngokwalolu hlobo lokucabanga, ngokwesibonelo, usebenzisa ukholo lwakho kuJesu Kristu futhi uNkulunkulu ukuvuza ngalo ngokusebenzisa igazi leNdodana yakhe ukusula izono zakho. Isihloko setat. Lokho impela kungaba ukuthengiselana okuhle, kepha kube ukuthengiselana, ibhizinisi futhi akusona isenzo somusa esimsulwa njengoba kumenyezelwa yivangeli. Ngokwale ndlela yokucabanga, abantu abaningi bayalahlwa ngoba sebephuze kakhulu ukuzibophezela kwabo futhi uNkulunkulu unikeza kuphela igazi likaJesu kwabambalwa - okungenani alisebenzi insindiso yomhlaba wonke.

Kodwa amasonto amaningi awagcini lapho. Amakholwa angaba khona adonseleka esithembisweni sensindiso ngomusa kuphela; uma esejoyine ibandla, nokho, ikholwa libe selibhekana nochungechunge lweziqondiso lapho ukuziphatha okungahambisani nakho kungajeziswa ngokuxoshwa - hhayi ebandleni kuphela kodwa ngokunokwenzeka nasembusweni kaNkulunkulu uqobo. Kakhulu ngokusindiswa ngomusa.

NgokweBhayibheli, kunesizathu sokukhipha umuntu ebudlelwaneni besonto (kepha hhayi embusweni kaNkulunkulu, kunjalo), kepha leyo yinto ehlukile. Okwamanje sifuna ukukuyekela esitatimendeni sokuthi emibuthanweni yenkolo umuntu akathandi ukuba nezoni, lapho ivangeli ligcina umnyango uvulekile kubo.

Ngokwevangeli, uJesu Kristu uyinhlawulo, hhayi nje yezono zethu kuphela, kodwa nezono zomhlaba wonke (1. UJohannes 2,2). Futhi lokho, ngokuphambene nalokho amaKristu amaningi akutshelwa abashumayeli bawo, kusho ukuthi ngempela wayenecala komunye nomunye wabo.

UJesu wathi: “Futhi mina, lapho ngiphakanyiswa emhlabeni, ngiyodonsela bonke kimi.” ( Johane 12,32). UJesu unguNkulunkulu iNdodana okukhona ngayo konke (AmaHeberu 1,2-3) futhi ogazi lakhe libuyisana ngempela nakho konke akudalile (Kolose 1,20).

Ngomusa kuphela

Uphinde wathi uyazi ukuthi uhlelo uNkulunkulu akwenzele lona kuKristu alunakuguqulwa lube yinzuzo yakho ngokubamba kwakho iqhaza. Mayelana nalokhu, futhi, unokuningi ngaphambi kwabanye. Umhlaba ugcwele abashumayeli abaziphethe kahle abalwa nezono, abathumela abalandeli babo abesabekayo isonto nesonto enkambweni enezinyathelo ezingaba khona, lapho kufanele bahlangabezane nochungechunge lwezimo ezikhethekile nokushiywa futhi abalalelayo noma abangathobeli zihlale ziklebhula ukubekezela kukaNkulunkulu ezisongela ngakho, lapho iqembu elincane elidabukisayo lizibona lihlale livulelekile engozini yokuhlupheka emlilweni esihogweni njengokuhluleka ngokomoya.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ivangeli limemezela ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyabathanda abantu. Akamlandeli noma umelene naye. Akalindi ukuthi akhubeke bese ewachoboza okwezilokazane. Kunalokho, useceleni kwakhe futhi umthanda kakhulu kangangokuthi ngeNhlawulo yeNdodana yakhe ukhulule bonke abantu, nomaphi lapho behlala khona, kuso sonke isono (Johane. 3,16).

KuKristu umnyango wombuso kaNkulunkulu uvulekile. Abantu bangathembela (bakholwe) ezwini likaNkulunkulu, baphendukele kulo (baphenduke) futhi bamukele ifa elinikelwa ngesandla esivulekile - noma bangaqhubeka nokuphika uNkulunkulu njengoYise futhi badelele indima yabo emndenini kaNkulunkulu. USomandla usinikeza inkululeko yokuzikhethela. Uma simphika, uyokuhlonipha ukukhetha kwethu. Ukukhetha esikwenzayo ngaleso sikhathi akukhona lokho obekuhloselwe thina, kepha kusishiya nenkululeko yokuzenzela izinqumo.

impendulo

UNkulunkulu usenzele konke ongakucabanga. KuKristu wathi "yebo" kithi. Manje sekukithi ukuthi siphendule “yebo” wakhe sithi “yebo” ngasohlangothini lwethu. Kodwa iBhayibheli libonisa ukuthi, ngokumangalisayo, empeleni kunabantu abaphendula ngokuthi “cha” esicelweni sakhe. Yilabo abangamhloniphi uNkulunkulu, abanenzondo, labo abamelene noMninimandla onke futhi bamelene nabo ngokwabo.

Ekugcineni, bathi bazi indlela engcono; abamdingi uBaba wabo waseZulwini. Abamhloniphi uNkulunkulu noma umuntu. Isithembiso sakhe sokusixolela zonke izono zethu nokubusiswa nguye kuze kube phakade asikufanele nakancane emehlweni abo, kodwa ukuhlekwa usulu - ngaphandle kwencazelo noma ukubaluleka. UNkulunkulu, obuye wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ngenxa yabo, umane abheke isinqumo sabo esibi sokuhlala bengabantwana bakadeveli, abathanda uNkulunkulu ngaphezu kwabo.

UnguMhlengi hhayi umbhubhisi. Futhi konke akwenzayo akwenzi lutho ngaphandle kwentando yakhe - futhi angenza lokho akufunayo. Akaboshiwe yimithetho yakwamanye amazwe, kodwa ngokuthanda kwakhe uhlala ethembekile ngokungenakuphikiswa othandweni lwakhe aluthembise ngesifungo nangesithembiso sakhe. Uyilokhu ayikho futhi uyilokho kanye afuna ukuba yikho; unguNkulunkulu wethu ogcwele umusa neqiniso nokuthembeka. Uyasithethelela izono zethu ngoba uyasithanda. Ufuna kanjalo, futhi kunjalo.

Awukho umthetho ongasindisa

Awukho umthetho ongasiyisa ekuphileni okuphakade (KwabaseGalathiya 3,21). Thina bantu asiyilaleli imithetho. Singaphikisana usuku lonke mayelana nokuthi ngokwethiyori singagcina umthetho, kodwa ekugcineni asikwenzi lokho. Kwakunjalo esikhathini esidlule futhi kuyoba njalo nasesikhathini esizayo. Owayengenza lokhu nguJesu yedwa.

Yinye kuphela indlela yokuthola insindiso, leyo ngesipho sikaNkulunkulu, esingasemukela ngaphandle kwe-quid pro quo noma izimo (Kwabase-Efesu. 2,8-10). Njenganoma yisiphi esinye isipho, singasamukela noma senqabe. Noma yini esiyinqumayo, ingeyethu ngomusa kaNkulunkulu kuphela, kodwa kuyosilethela inzuzo nenjabulo kuphela uma sikwamukela ngempela. Yindaba nje yokuthembana. Siyakholwa kuNkulunkulu futhi siphendukela kuye.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma empeleni siyiziphukuphuku ngokwenqaba ukwenqaba, kubuhlungu njengoba kunjalo, sizoqhubeka nokuhlala ebumnyameni bethu bokufa esizikhethele bona, sengathi indebe yegolide eyasinika ukukhanya nokuphila yayingakaze inikezwe.

Isihogo - ukukhetha

Noma ubani onquma ngale ndlela futhi enqaba uNkulunkulu ngokunganaki okunjalo ngesipho esingenakuthengwa - isipho esikhokhelwa kakhulu ngegazi lendodana yakhe okukhona konke - akakhethi lutho ngaphandle kwesihogo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi, isipho sikaNkulunkulu sokuphila okuthengiwe sisebenza kakhulu kulabo abakhetha le ndlela kanye nalabo abamukela isipho sakhe. Igazi likaJesu lihlawulela zonke izono, hhayi nje ezinye (Kolose 1,20). Inhlawulo Yakhe ingeyakho yonke indalo, hhayi nje ingxenye yayo.

Labo abenqaba isipho esinjalo bavinjelwa kuphela ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu ngoba bazinqumele bona ngokwabo. Abafuni ukuba nengxenye kukho, futhi yize uNkulunkulu engayeki ukubathanda, ngeke akubekezelele nokuhlala kwabo lapho, ukuze bangoni umkhosi waphakade wenjabulo ngokuziqhenya, inzondo nokungakholwa abakwenzayo. Ngakho-ke baya lapho bethanda khona kakhulu - baqonde esihogweni, lapho kungenamuntu othokozela ukonakalisa ukuzethemba kwabo okulusizi.

Umusa onikezwe ngaphandle kokucatshangelwa - izindaba ezimnandi kanjani! Noma singakufanele ngandlela thile, uNkulunkulu wakhetha ukusinika impilo engunaphakade eNdodaneni yakhe. Yikholwe noma uyihlekise. Noma ngabe yini esinqumayo, lokhu kuyiqiniso kuze kube phakade naphakade: Ngokufa nokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu, uNkulunkulu usibonisile ngqo ukuthi usithanda kangakanani nokuthi uzosithethelela kangakanani nezono zethu zokubuyisana naye.

Ngokuphana, othandweni olungapheli, unikeza umusa wakhe kuwo wonke umuntu yonke indawo. UNkulunkulu usenza isipho sensindiso ngomusa omsulwa futhi ngaphandle kokucela ukubuyiselwa okuthile, futhi empeleni wonke umuntu olikholwa izwi lakhe futhi alamukele ngokwemibandela yakhe angalijabulela.

Yini engivimbayo?

Kuze kube manje kuhle kakhulu. Manje sibuya emibuzweni yakho. Uma uNkulunkulu engixolele izono zami ngisho nangaphambi kokuba ngizenze, yini engangivimba ukuba ngone ngangokunokwenzeka?

Okokuqala, ake sithole okuthile okuqondile. Isono sivela ngokuyinhloko enhliziyweni futhi asilona nje uchungechunge lwezenzo ezimbi. Izono aziqhamuki ndawo; zivela ezinhliziyweni zethu ezilukhuni. Ngakho-ke ukuxazulula inkinga yethu yesono kudinga inhliziyo egxilile, futhi lokho kudinga ukufinyelela emsukeni wenkinga kunokulapha imiphumela yayo.

UNkulunkulu akanandaba namarobhothi aziphatha kahle njalo. Ufuna ukugcina ubudlelwane nathi obusekelwe othandweni. Uyasithanda. Kungakho uKrestu weza ukuzosisindisa. Futhi ubudlelwano bususelwa ekuxolelweni nasemuseni - hhayi ukulandela ngenkani.

Isibonelo, uma ngifuna ukuthi umkami angithande, ingabe ngiyamphoqa ukuba enze sengathi uyangithanda? Uma ngenzile, indlela engiziphethe ngayo ingahle iholele ekuthobeleni, kodwa lokho bekungeke kumenze angithande ngokweqiniso. Uthando alunakuphoqwa. Ungaphoqa kuphela abantu ukuthi benze izinto ezithile.

Ngokuzidela, uNkulunkulu wasibonisa indlela asithanda ngayo. Ubonise uthando lwakhe olukhulu ngokuthethelela nangomusa. Ngokuhlupheka ngenxa yezono zethu esikhundleni sethu, wabonisa ukuthi akukho okungasehlukanisa nothando lwakhe (Roma 8,38).

UNkulunkulu ufuna izingane, hhayi izigqila. Ufuna isivumelwano sothando nathi hhayi umhlaba ogcwele abazithobayo abazithobayo. Usenze izidalwa ezikhululekile, wanikezwa inkululeko yangempela yokuzikhethela - futhi ukukhetha kwethu kusho lukhulu kuye. Ufuna sikhethe yena.

Inkululeko yangempela

UNkulunkulu usinika inkululeko yokwenza njengoba sibona kufanelekile futhi asixolele ngamaphutha ethu. Lokhu ukwenza ngokuzithandela. Wayefuna kanjalo, futhi kwenziwa kanjalo, ngaphandle kokuyekethisa. Futhi lapho sinomqondo omncane nje, siyabona ukuthi uthando lwakhe kuhloswe ukuba lube kanjani futhi sibambelele kuye sengathi namuhla usuku lokugcina.

Ngakho yini okufanele isivimbele esonweni ngokukhululeka? Lutho. Lutho neze. Futhi akukaze kwehluke. Umthetho awuzange uvimbele noma ubani esonweni ngesikhathi efuna (KwabaseGalathiya 3,21-22). Ngakho-ke sonile, futhi uNkulunkulu ubelokhu ekuvumela. Akazange asivimbe. Akakuvumeli esikwenzayo. Futhi akabheki nakulo athule. Akakugunyazi. Yebo, kubuhlungu kuye. Nokho njalo uyakuvumela. Lokho kubizwa ngenkululeko.

KuKristu

Lapho ibhayibheli lithi sinokulunga kuKristu, lisho ncamashi njengoba kulotshiwe (1. AbaseKorinte 1,30; AbaseFilipi 3,9).

Sinokulunga phambi kukaNkulunkulu hhayi ngaphakathi kwethu, kodwa kuKristu kuphela. Sifile ngokwethu ngenxa yezono zethu, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo siphila kuKristu - ukuphila kwethu kufihliwe kuKristu (KwabaseKolose. 3,3).

Ngaphandle kukaKristu isimo sethu asinathemba; ngaphandle kwakhe sathengiswa ngaphansi kwesono futhi asinakusasa. Kodwa uKristu wasisindisa. Leli yivangeli - izindaba ezimnandi kanjani! Ngensindiso yakhe, uma samukela isipho sakhe, sizofinyelela ebudlelwaneni obusha ngokuphelele noNkulunkulu.

Ngenxa yakho konke uNkulunkulu kuKristu asenzele khona - okuhlanganisa isikhuthazo sakhe, ngisho nokunxusa, ukuba simethembe - uKristu manje usekithi. Nangenxa kaKristu (ngoba uyasimela; uvusa abafileyo), nakuba sifile ngenxa yesono, sinokulunga phambi kukaNkulunkulu futhi samukelwa nguye. Futhi konke lokhu kwenzeka kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni, hhayi ngathi, kodwa ngoNkulunkulu, ongasizuzi ngokucindezelwa, kodwa ngenxa yothando lwakhe, olufinyelela ezingeni lokuzidela, njengoba luzibonakalisa ekupheni. ngaye.

Ingabe Umthetho Awunanjongo?

UPawulu wakwenza kwacaca ngokusobala ukuthi liyini iphuzu lomthetho. Kuyasikhombisa ukuthi siyizoni (Roma 7,7). Kubonisa ukuthi sasigqilazekile esonweni ukuze silungisiswe ngokholo, lapho uKristu efika (KwabaseGalathiya). 3,19-enye).

Manje ake sithi okwesikhashana ubhekane nesahlulelo sokugcina emkhosini
Zikholwe ukuthi ungama phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngoba konke ukuzabalaza kwakho bekuhlale kungukulalela uBaba waseZulwini. Futhi-ke, esikhundleni sokugqoka ingubo yomshado ihlale ilungile emnyango (ingubo yamahhala, emsulwa ehloselwe abantu abanesono abaziyo ukuthi bayayidinga), begqoke eyakho ingubo yansuku zonke, ebimakwe kabi ngokungaguquguquki umzamo, ungena emnyango ohlangothini uthathe indawo yakho etafuleni, nephunga lakho elibi nawe zonke izinyathelo zendlela.

Umninikhaya uzothi kuwe: “Hhawu, wawuthathaphi umfutho wokungena ungithuke ngezingubo zakho ezingcolile phambi kwabo bonke abavakashi bami?” bese umkhiphela ngaphandle!

Kalula nje, asikwazi ukuhlanza ubuso bethu obungcolile ngamanzi ethu angcolile, insipho yethu engcolile nendwangu yethu yokuwasha engcolile sisodwa futhi sihambe sijabule, sicabange ngephutha ukuthi ubuso bethu obungcolile obungenathemba manje buhlanzekile. Yinye kuphela indlela yokunqoba isono futhi kuphume ezandleni zethu.

Singakhohlwa ukuthi sifile ngenxa yesono (KwabaseRoma 8,10), futhi abafileyo abakwazi, ngokwencazelo, baphile. Kunalokho, umuzwa wethu wecala ophakeme kufanele usishukumisele ukuba sethembe ukuthi uJesu uzosigeza asuke ezonweni zethu (1. UPetrus 5,10-enye).

UNkulunkulu ufisa ukuba singabi nasono

UNkulunkulu usinike umusa ongaka kanye nensindiso ukuze asikhulule esonweni, hhayi ukusinika inkululeko yokuqhubeka nokwenza isono noma nini. Ngalokhu asikhululwanga kuphela esonweni, kodwa futhi sisesimweni sokubona isono sinqunu njengoba sinjalo, hhayi emiculweni emihle eklanyelwe ukusikhohlisa. Futhi ngakho singakwazi futhi ukubona futhi siwathintithe amandla alo anenkohliso nokugabadela ewasebenzisa phezu kwethu. Noma kunjalo, umhlatshelo wenhlawulo kaJesu uhlala kithi - nakuba siqhubeka sisona, okuyinto esizokwenza - ukuma ngaphandle kokuyekethisa (1. UJohannes 2,1-enye).

UNkulunkulu akakunaki buthule ukoniwa kwethu, kepha umane akulahle. Akayamukeli indlela yethu esangulukile, enengqondo njengoba nje nokuchayeka kwethu ngokweqile ekuqondeni noma ukusabela kwethu ngamawala ngokuphelele ezilingweni zanoma yiluphi uhlobo, kusuka entukuthelweni kuya enkanukweni nasekuhlekeleni nasekuziqhenyeni. Imvamisa ngokwanele lize lisivumele sithwale imiphumela yemvelo yezenzo zethu esizikhethile sodwa.

Nokho, akasivali thina esibeka ukholo lwethu nokuthembela kuye (okusho ukuthi sigqoka imvunulo yomshado ehlanzekile asigcinele yona) (njengoba abanye abashumayeli babonakala bekholelwa) ngenxa yokukhetha okubi esikwenzayo, kusukela. idili lakhe lomshado.

Ukuvuma icala

Lapho uhlangabezane nesono ekuphileni kwakho, ingabe wake waqaphela ukuthi unembeza wakho ukuhlupha uze uvume ububi bakho kuNkulunkulu? (Futhi mhlawumbe kukhona lapho kufanele uye ekuvumeni izono kaningi.)

Kungani bekwenza lokho? Ingabe kungenxa yokuthi usunqume “ukona ngokusutha enhliziyweni yakho kusukela manje kuqhubeke”? Noma mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi inhliziyo yakho ikuKristu futhi, ngokuvumelana noMoya oNgcwele ohlala ngaphakathi, udabuka ngokujulile uze ulunge eNkosini yakho?

UMoya oNgcwele ohlala ngaphakathi, ubizwa kwabaseRoma 8,15-17, “efakazela umoya wethu ukuthi singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu”. Ngokwenza kanjalo, akufanele ulahlekelwe umbono wamaphuzu amabili: 1. Wena, uMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu uqobo uyafakaza, kuKristu kanye nabo bonke abangcwele ungumntwana kaBaba wethu waseZulwini, futhi 2. UMoya oNgcwele, njengofakazi bakho ohlala phakathi kwakho bangempela, ngeke uphumule ukukuvusa uma ufisa ukuqhubeka uphila sengathi “useyinyama efile” njengangaphambi kokuhlengwa kwakho ngoJesu Kristu.

Ungenzi iphutha! Isono siyisitha sikaNkulunkulu kanye nesitha sakho, futhi kumele silwe naso kuze kube segazini. Ngokwenza njalo, noma kunjalo, akumele sikholelwe ukuthi ukusindiswa kwethu kuncike ekutheni sikhankasa kanjani ngempumelelo ngokumelene nabo. Ukusindiswa kwethu kuncike ekunqobeni kukaKristu isono, futhi iNkosi yethu isivele isisithathile. Isono nokufa okwakusimboze sekuvele kunqotshwe ukufa nokuvuka kukaJesu, futhi amandla avela kulokho kunqoba akhonjiswa kuyo yonke indalo kusukela ekuqaleni kwesikhathi kuze kube phakade. Ukuphela kwabantu emhlabeni abaye banqoba isono yilabo abanokholo oluqinile lokuthi uKristu ukuvuka kwabo nokuphila kwabo.

Imisebenzi emihle

UNkulunkulu uyajabula ngemisebenzi emihle yabantwana bakhe (IHubo 147,11; i-epiphany 8,4). Uyawujabulela umusa nomusa esiwubonisa omunye komunye, ngeminikelo yethu yothando, ukushisekela ubulungisa, nangobuqotho nokuthula (Hebheru 6,10).

Njenganoma yimuphi omunye umsebenzi omuhle, lezi zivela emsebenzini kaMoya oNgcwele kithi, osishukumisela ukuba simethembe, simthande futhi simhloniphe uNkulunkulu. Axhumene ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nobuhlobo bothando angena kubo nathi ngokufa komhlatshelo nokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu, iNkosi yokuphila. Izenzo ezinjalo nemisebenzi ivela ekusebenzeni kukaNkulunkulu kithina esingabantwana bakhe abathandekayo, futhi ngenxa yalokho azilona ize.1. AbaseKorinte 15,58).

Umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu kithi

Intshiseko yethu eqotho ekwenzeni okujabulisa uNkulunkulu ikhombisa uthando loMsindisi wethu, kepha akusikho, futhi, imisebenzi yethu emihle esiyenzayo egameni lakhe okusisindisayo. Ngemuva kokulunga okuvezwa ngamazwi nasezenzweni zethu ezilalela imithetho kaNkulunkulu, kumi uNkulunkulu uqobo, osebenza ngenjabulo nangokukhazimulayo ukuveza izithelo ezinhle.

Ngakho kungaba ubuwula ukufuna ukuzitshela lokho elikwenzayo kithi. Kungaba ubuwula ngokufanayo ukucabanga ukuthi igazi likaJesu, elisula zonke izono, liyovumela ezinye zezono zethu ukuba ziqhubeke. Ngokuba uma besicabanga kanjalo, besingeke sibe nalwazi ukuthi ungubani lo Nkulunkulu ongunaphakade, onguMthath'emunye, uYise, neNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele, owadala konke, wasihlenga ngegazi leNdodana yakhe, uMoya oyiNgcwele ohlezi thina futhi enze kabusha yonke indalo, yebo, ophila kanye nomhlaba wonke (Isaya 65,17) kwakhiwe kabusha ngothando olukhulu ngendlela engachazeki (2. AbaseKorinte 5,17).

Impilo eyiqiniso

Yize uNkulunkulu esiyala ukuba senze okulungile nokuhle, akacacisi ukusindiswa kwethu ngokuya ngedebithi nekhredithi. Okusilungele nathi, ngoba uma ebengakwenza besizokwenqatshwa sonke ngokungafaneleki.

UNkulunkulu usisindisa ngomusa futhi singajabulela insindiso ngaye lapho sibeka ukuphila kwethu ngokuphelele ezandleni zakhe futhi siphendukela kuye futhi sithembele kuye yedwa ukuba asivuse kwabafileyo (Kwabase-Efesu 2,4-10; UJames 4,10).

Ukusindiswa kwethu kunqunywa yiLowo obhala amagama abantu encwadini yokuphila, futhi kakade usewalobile amagama ethu sonke kuleyo ncwadi ngegazi leWundlu ( NW )1. UJohannes 2,2). Kudabukisa kakhulu ukuthi abanye abafuni ukukukholelwa lokhu; ngoba uma beyethemba iNkosi yokuphila babeyobona ukuthi impilo abazabalaza ukuyisindisa akuyona nhlobo impilo yangempela, kodwa ukufa, nokuthi ukuphila kwabo kwangempela kanye noKristu kuNkulunkulu kufihliwe futhi nje balindele ukwembulwa. UBaba wethu waseZulwini uthanda ngisho nezitha zakhe, futhi ufuna nazo, njengabantu abakanye nazo, ziphendukele kuye futhi zingene enjabulweni yombuso wakhe (1 Thim. 2,4. 6).

isifinyezo

Ngakho ake sifinyeze. Babuza: “Uma, ngenxa kaKristu, uNkulunkulu engithethelele ngokuphelele zonke izono zami, zesikhathi esidlule nezesikhathi esizayo, yini ezongivimba ukuba ngiqhubeke ngenza isono ngokugculiseka kwenhliziyo yami? Ngisho ukuthi umthetho awusho lutho kumaKristu? Ingabe manje uNkulunkulu uthule anganaki lapho ngona? Akafuni ngiyeke ukona na?”

Akukho okuzosivimba esonweni ngokuthanda. Akukaze kwehluke. UNkulunkulu usinikeze inkululeko yokuzikhethela futhi uyinaka kakhulu. Uyasithanda futhi ufuna ukungena esivumelwaneni sothando nathi; Kepha ubudlelwano obunjalo buza kuphela uma buvela esinqumweni samahhala esisekelwa ekuthembekeni nasekuxolelweni hhayi obulethwayo ngokusongelwa noma ukuthobela ngenkani.

Asiwona amarobhothi noma ubujamo obubonakalayo kumdlalo onqunywe kusengaphambili. Sidalwe njengabantu bangempela, abakhululekile nguNkulunkulu enkululekweni yakhe yokudala, futhi ubudlelwano phakathi kwethu naye bukhona ngempela.

Umthetho usekude nokuthi ungasho lutho; isetshenziselwa ukwenza kucace kithi ukuthi siyizoni futhi, ngenxa yalokho, sikude kakhulu nokuvumelana nentando kaNkulunkulu ephelele. USomandla uyavuma ukuthi siyona, kepha impela akakunaki buthule. Ngakho-ke, akazange anqikaze ngisho nokuzidela ukuze asikhulule esonweni. Yikho okusizwisa ubuhlungu thina nabantu esikanye nabo futhi kusibhubhise. Kuvela enhliziyweni enenkani yokungakholwa nokuhlubuka kobugovu emthonjeni wokuqala wokuphila nokuphila kwethu. Kusiphuca amandla okuphendukela empilweni yangempela, empilweni yangempela, futhi kusigcina sibhajwe ebumnyameni bokufa nokungabi nalutho.

Isono sibuhlungu

Uma kwenzeka ungaqaphelanga, isono sibuhlungu njengesihogo—ngokoqobo—ngoba ngokwemvelo yaso, siyisihogo sangempela. Ngakho-ke, uma kuqhathaniswa, "isono ekugculiseni kwenhliziyo yakho" kunengqondo njengokunamathisela isandla sakho kumshini wokusika utshani. “Hhayi-ke,” ngezwa omunye ethi, “uma sesixolelwe, nathi singaphinga.”

Impela, uma ungakhathazeki ukuhlala unovalo njalo ngemiphumela engaba khona, yokuchayeka engozini yokukhulelwa okungafunwa noma noma yiziphi izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi, kanye nokwephula inhliziyo yomndeni wakho, ukuzidicilela phansi, ukulahlekelwa abangane bakho ukuphuma igazi lokondliwa kwezingane, ukuhlushwa unembeza onecala, futhi nokuhlangana nomyeni othukuthele ngokweqile, isoka, umfowethu noma ubaba ngokunjalo.

Isono sinemiphumela, imiphumela emibi, futhi kungalesi sizathu lapho uNkulunkulu esebenza kuwe ukuvumelanisa isiqu sakho nomfanekiso kaKristu. Ungalalela izwi lakhe futhi usebenze nawe noma ungaqhubeka nokufaka amandla akho ekusebenzeni kwezenzo ezisolisayo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, akumelwe sikhohlwe ukuthi izono esivame ukucabanga ngazo lapho sikhuluma “ngokona ngokuzithandela” zimane nje ziyingcosana. Kuthiwani uma “senza” ngokuhaha, ngobugovu, noma ngonya? Lapho sibonisa ukungabongi, sisho izinto ezimbi, noma singasizi lapho kufanele? Kuthiwani ngentukuthelo yethu ngabanye, umona ngomsebenzi wabo, izingubo zabo, imoto, noma indlu, noma imicabango emnyama esiyibambayo? Kuthiwani ngezimpahla zehhovisi lomqashi esizicebisa ngazo, ukuzibandakanya kwethu ekuhlebeni noma ukubukela phansi umlingani wethu noma izingane zethu? Futhi ukuze siqhubeke ngokuthanda kwethu.

Lezo yizono futhi, ezinye zinkulu, ezinye zincane, bese uqagela ukuthi yini? Sizoqhubeka nokwenza njengoba sifuna. Ngakho kuhle ukuthi uNkulunkulu usisindisa ngomusa kunemisebenzi yethu, akunjalo? Akulungile ukuba senze isono, kodwa akusivimbeli ukuba siqhubeke sinecala. UNkulunkulu akafuni ukuba sone, nokho wazi kangcono kunathi ukuthi sifile ngenxa yesono futhi siyoqhubeka sisona kuze kube yilapho ukuphila kwethu kweqiniso okufihlwe kuKristu - sihlengiwe futhi singenasono - kwambulwa ekubuyeni kwakhe (KwabaseKolose. 3,4).

Phila njengesoni kuKristu

Okuxakayo, ngenxa yomusa namandla angenamkhawulo kaNkulunkulu wethu ophilayo phakade nothando lwaphakade, esiwuphiwe ngokuphana, amakholwa afile ngendlela emangalisayo ngenxa yesono kodwa aphila kuJesu Kristu (KwabaseRoma 5,12; 6,4-11). Naphezu kwezono zethu, asisahambi endleleni yokufa ngoba siyakholwa futhi sesamukele ukuvuswa kwethu kuKristu ngenxa yethu (KwabaseRoma 8,10-11; Kwabase-Efesu 2,3-6). Ekubuyeni kukaKristu, lapho ngisho negobolondo lethu elifayo lizuza ukungafi, liyogcwaliseka (1. AbaseKorinte 15,5I-2-53).

Kodwa abangakholwa bayaqhubeka behamba endleleni yokufa, bengakwazi ukujabulela ukuphila kwabo okufihliwe kuKristu (Kolose 3,3) baze bakholwe nabo; igazi likaKristu nalo liyosiqeda isono sabo, kodwa bayokwazi ukumethemba kuphela ukuthi uyobakhulula kwabafileyo uma bengase bakholwe izindaba ezinhle zokuthi ungumsindisi wabo futhi baphendukele kuye. Ngakho-ke abangakholwa bahlengiwe njengamakholwa - uKristu wafela bonke abantu (1 Joh 2,2) - abakakwazi, futhi ngenxa yokuthi abakholelwa kulokho abakwazi, baqhubeka bephila ngokwesaba ukufa (Hebheru 2,14-15) nasekukhandlekeni okuyize kwempilo kukho konke ukubonakaliswa kwayo okungamanga (Kwabase-Efesu 2,3).

UMoya oNgcwele wenza amakholwa emfanekisweni kaKristu (Roma 8,29). KuKristu amandla esono aphukile futhi asisabambeki kuso. Noma kunjalo, sisebuthakathaka futhi sinikeza indawo esonweni (Roma 7,14-29; Hebheru 12,1).

Ngenxa yokuthi uyasithanda, uNkulunkulu unendaba kakhulu nokuba kwethu nesono. Uwuthanda kakhulu umhlaba waze wathumela iNdodana yakhe yaphakade ukuze bonke abakholwa kuye bangahlali ebumnyameni bokufa, okuyisithelo sesono, kodwa babe nokuphila okuphakade kuye. Akukho okungakuhlukanisa nothando lwakhe, ngisho nezono zakho. Mthembe! Uzokusiza uhambe ngokulalela futhi akuthethelele kuzo zonke izono zakho. UnguMhlengi wakho ngokuthanda kwakhe futhi uphelele kulokho akwenzayo.

UMichael Feazell

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