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Kholwa kuNkulunkulu
Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kuyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu, esisekelwe eNdodaneni yakhe esesimweni somuntu futhi kukhanyiselwa yizwi lakhe laphakade ngobufakazi bukaMoya oNgcwele embhalweni. Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kwenza izinhliziyo nezingqondo zabantu zamukele isipho sikaNkulunkulu somusa, insindiso. NgoJesu Kristu kanye noMoya oNgcwele, ukholo lusenza sikwazi ukuxhumana ngokomoya futhi sithembeke kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu. UJesu Kristu ungumqambi nomphelelisi wokholo lwethu, futhi ngokholo, hhayi imisebenzi, sithola insindiso ngomusa. (Kwabase-Efesu 2,8; Izenzo 15,9; I-14,27; AmaRoma 12,3; UJohane 1,1.4; IzEnzo ZabaPhostoli 3,16; AmaRoma 10,17; amaHebheru 11,1; AmaRoma 5,1-ishumi nesithupha; 1,17; 3,21-ishumi nesithupha; 11,6; Kwabase-Efesu 3,12; 1. AbaseKorinte 2,5; Hebheru 12,2)
Phendula uNkulunkulu ngokukholwa
UNkulunkulu mkhulu futhi muhle. UNkulunkulu usebenzisa amandla akhe amakhulu ukuze aqhubekisele phambili isithembiso sakhe sothando nomusa kubantu bakhe. Umnene, unothando, wephuza ukuthukuthela, ucebile ngomusa.
Kuhle lokho, kodwa kusithinta kanjani? Kwenza mehluko muni ekuphileni kwethu? Sisabela kanjani kuNkulunkulu onamandla futhi omnene ngesikhathi esisodwa? Siphendula okungenani ngezindlela ezimbili.
ithemba
Lapho siqaphela ukuthi uNkulunkulu unawo wonke amandla okwenza noma yini ayifunayo, nokuthi njalo usebenzisa lawo mandla ukuze abusise isintu, singaba nokuqiniseka okuphelele ukuthi sisezandleni ezilungile. Unakho kokubili ikhono nenjongo eshiwo yokwenza zonke izinto, kuhlanganise nokuhlubuka kwethu, inzondo, nokumkhaphela kwethu nomunye nomunye, ukuze sisindiswe. Uthembeke ngokuphelele - kufanele simethembe.
Lapho siphakathi kovivinyo, ukugula, ukuhlupheka, ngisho nokufa, singaqiniseka ukuthi uNkulunkulu usenathi, ukuthi uyasikhathalela, futhi uyasilawula. Kungase kungabonakali kanjalo, futhi ngokuqinisekile sizizwa silawula, kodwa singaqiniseka ukuthi uNkulunkulu ngeke amangale. Angakwazi ukuguqula noma yisiphi isimo, noma iyiphi inhlekelele ngokusemandleni ethu.
Akufanele neze singabaze uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngathi. “Kodwa uNkulunkulu ubonakalisa uthando lwakhe ngathi ngoba siseyizoni uKristu wasifela” (Roma 5,8). “Ngalokhu siyalwazi uthando, ukuthi uJesu Kristu wabeka ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yethu” (1. UJohannes 3,16). Singathembela eqinisweni lokuthi uNkulunkulu, ongazange ayigodle ngisho neNdodana yakhe, uyosinika ngeNdodana yakhe konke esikudingayo ukuze sithole injabulo yaphakade.
UNkulunkulu akazange athumele omunye umuntu: iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ebalulekile ebuNkulunkulu, yaba umuntu ukuze isifele futhi ivuke kwabafileyo (Hebheru 2,14). Asihlengwanga ngegazi lezilwane, hhayi ngegazi lomuntu olungileyo, kodwa ngegazi likaNkulunkulu owaba umuntu. Njalo uma sithatha isidlo esingcwele siyakhunjuzwa ngalelizinga lothando ngathi. Singaqiniseka ngokuthi uyasithanda. Yena
uzuze ukwethenjwa kwethu.
“UNkulunkulu uthembekile,” kusho uPawulu, “ongayikuvuma ukuba nilingwe ngokungaphezu kwamandla enu, kodwa uqeda ukulingwa ngendlela eningakhuthazela ngayo.”1. AbaseKorinte 10,13). “Kepha iNkosi ithembekile; uyakukuqinisa, akuvikele ebubini” (2. Thesalonika 3,3). Ngisho nalapho “singathembekile, yena uhlala ethembekile” (2. UThimothi 2,13). Ngeke ashintshe umqondo wakhe ngokufuna thina, asibize, abe nomusa kithi. “Masibambelele ngokuqinile ekuvunyweni kwethemba, singantengantengi; ngoba uthembekile owabathembisayo.” ( Hebheru 10,23).
Wenze isithembiso kithi, wenza isivumelwano sokusihlenga, ukusinika ukuphila okuphakade, nokusithanda kuze kube phakade. Akafuni ukuba ngaphandle kwethu. Uthembekile, kodwa kufanele sisabele kanjani kuye? Ingabe sikhathazekile Ingabe silwela ukufanelekela uthando lwakhe? Noma siyamethemba?
Akudingeki siwangabaze amandla kaNkulunkulu. Lokhu kubonakala ekuvukeni kukaJesu kwabafileyo. Lona nguNkulunkulu onamandla phezu kokufa uqobo, onamandla phezu kwazo zonke izidalwa azidalile, amandla phezu kwawo wonke amanye amandla (KwabaseKolose 2,15). Wanqoba zonke izinto ngesiphambano, futhi lokhu kufakazelwa ngokuvuka kwakhe. Ukufa kwakungeke kubambelele kuye ngoba uyinkosi yokuphila (Izenzo Zabaphostoli 3,15).
Amandla afanayo avusa uJesu kwabafileyo azosinika ukuphila okungenakufa (Roma 8,11). Singamethemba ukuthi unamandla nesifiso sokugcwalisa zonke izithembiso Zakhe ngathi. Singamethemba kuzo zonke izinto - futhi lokho kuhle ngoba kuwubuwula ukwethemba noma yini enye.
Uma sishiywa sodwa, sizohluleka. Uma lishiywe lodwa, ngisho nelanga liyohluleka. Okuwukuphela kwethemba likuNkulunkulu onamandla amakhulu kunelanga, amandla amakhulu kunendawo yonke, othembeke ngaphezu kwesikhathi nendawo, ogcwele uthando nokwethembeka kithi. Sinaleli themba eliqinisekile kuJesu uMhlengi wethu.
Ukukholwa nokwethemba
Bonke abakholwa kuJesu Kristu bazosindiswa (Izenzo 1 Sept.6,31). Kodwa kusho ukuthini ukukholelwa kuJesu Kristu? Ngisho noSathane uyakholelwa ukuthi uJesu unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Akakuthandi, kodwa uyazi ukuthi kuyiqiniso. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uSathane uyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona nokuthi uyabavuza labo abamfunayo (Hebheru 11,6).
Ngakho uyini umehluko phakathi kwezinkolelo zethu nezikaSathane? Abaningi bethu bayayazi impendulo eyodwa kuJakobe: Ukukholwa kweqiniso kubonakala ngezenzo (Jakobe 2,18-19). Esikwenzayo kubonisa lokho esikukholelwa ngempela. Ukuziphatha kungaba ubufakazi benkolelo nakuba abanye abantu belalela ngezizathu ezingalungile. Ngisho noSathane usebenza ngaphansi kwemingcele ebekwe uNkulunkulu.
Ngakho iyini inkolelo, futhi ihluke kanjani enkolelweni? Ngicabanga ukuthi incazelo elula ukuthi ukholo olusindisayo ukwethembana. Siyamethemba uNkulunkulu ukuthi uzosinakekela, asenzele okuhle esikhundleni sokubi, asinike ukuphila okuphakade. Ukwethemba ukwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona, ukuthi muhle, ukuthi unamandla okwenza lokho akufunayo, nokuba nethemba lokuthi lawo mandla uyowasebenzisa ukuze asenzele okungcono kakhulu. Ukwethemba kusho ukuzimisela ukuzithoba Kuye kanye nokuzimisela ukumlalela—hhayi ngenxa yokwesaba, kodwa ngenxa yothando. Uma simethemba uNkulunkulu, siyamthanda.
Ukuthembela kuyabonakala kwesikwenzayo. Kodwa isenzo asikona ukwethembana futhi akudali ukwethembana - siwumphumela nje wokwethenjwa. Ukholo lweqiniso luwumgogodla wokuthembela kuJesu Kristu.
Isipho esivela kuNkulunkulu
Luvelaphi lolu hlobo lokwethenjwa? Akuyona into esingayikhipha kithi. Asikwazi ukuzikholisa noma ukusebenzisa ingqondo yomuntu ukwakha icala eliqinile. Asisoze saba naso isikhathi sokubhekana nakho konke ukuphikisa, zonke izimpikiswano zefilosofi ngoNkulunkulu. Kodwa siphoqeleka ukuba senze isinqumo nsuku zonke: sizomethemba uNkulunkulu noma cha? Ukuzama ukubeka isinqumo ebholeni kuyisinqumo ngokwakho - asikamethembi okwamanje.
Wonke umKristu wake wenza isinqumo sokuthembela kuKristu ngesikhathi esithile. Kwabanye, kwakuyisinqumo esicatshangelwe kahle. Kwabanye, kwakuyisinqumo esingenangqondo esenziwe ngezizathu ezingalungile - kodwa kwakuyisinqumo esifanele. Besingeke sathembela komunye umuntu, ngisho nathi ngokwethu. Uma sisele sodwa, besingcolisa izimpilo zethu. Asikwazanga ukwethemba nezinye iziphathimandla ezingabantu. Kwabanye bethu, ukukholwa kwaba ukukhetha okwenziwe ngenxa yokuphelelwa ithemba – sasingenayo enye indawo esingaya kuyo ngaphandle kuKristu (Johane. 6,68).
Kuvamile ukuthi inkolelo yethu yokuqala ibe inkolelo engavuthiwe - isiqalo esihle, kodwa hhayi indawo enhle yokuma. Kudingeka sikhule okholweni lwethu. Njengoba indoda yathi kuJesu:
"Ngiyakholwa; siza ukungakholwa kwami.” (Marku 9,24). Abafundi ngokwabo baba nokungabaza okuthile ngisho nangemva kokukhonza uJesu ovusiwe8,17).
Pho ukholo luvelaphi? Kuyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu. Kwabase-Efesu 2,8 isitshela ukuthi insindiso iyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu, okusho ukuthi ukholo oluholela ensindisweni kufanele lube isipho.
KuZenzo 15,9 sitshelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wahlanza izinhliziyo zamakholwa ngokukholwa. UNkulunkulu wasebenza ngaphakathi kwakhe. Nguye “owavula umnyango wokukholwa” (IzE. 1 Kor4,27). UNkulunkulu wakwenza ngoba nguye osenza sikholwe.
Besingeke simethembe uNkulunkulu uma engasinikanga ikhono lokumethemba. Abantu bonakaliswe kakhulu yisono ukuba bakholwe noma bathembele kuNkulunkulu ngamandla noma ukuhlakanipha kwabo. Yingakho ukukholwa kungewona “umsebenzi” osenza sifanelekele insindiso. Asizuzi udumo ngokufaneleka - ukukholwa kungukwamukela isipho, ukubonga isipho. UNkulunkulu usinika ikhono lokwamukela isipho, ukujabulela isipho.
Uthembekile
UNkulunkulu unesizathu esihle sokusikholelwa ngoba kukhona umuntu onokwethenjelwa ngokuphelele ukuba akholelwe kuye futhi asindiswe ngaye. Ukholo asinika lona lusekelwe eNdodaneni yakhe, eyaba yinyama ukuze sisindiswe. Sinesizathu esihle sokuba nokholo ngoba sinoMsindisi owasithengela insindiso. Wenze konke okudingekayo, kanye kuphela, wasayina, watywinwa, futhi wakhululwa. Ukholo lwethu lunesisekelo esiqinile: uJesu Kristu.
UJesu ungumqali nomphelelisi wokukholwa (KumaHeberu 12,2), kodwa akawenzi yedwa umsebenzi. UJesu wenza kuphela lokho uBaba akufunayo futhi usebenza ezinhliziyweni zethu ngoMoya oNgcwele. UMoya oNgcwele uyasifundisa, uyasisola, futhi usinika ukholo4,26; I-15,26; I-16,10).
Ngezwi
UNkulunkulu (uYise, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele) usinika kanjani ukholo? Ngokuvamile kwenzeka ngentshumayelo. “Ngakho ukukholwa kuvela ngokuzwa, kepha ukuzwa kuvela ngezwi likaKristu” (Roma 10,17). Intshumayelo isezwini elilotshiwe likaNkulunkulu, iBhayibheli, futhi isezwini elikhulunywe nguNkulunkulu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuyintshumayelo yasebandleni noma ubufakazi obulula bomuntu oyedwa komunye.
IZwi leVangeli lisitshela ngoJesu, ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu, futhi uMoya oNgcwele usebenzisa leloZwi ukuze asikhanyisele futhi ngandlela thize usivumele ukuba sizinikele kuleloZwi. Lokhu ngezinye izikhathi kubizwa ngokuthi “ufakazi kaMoya oNgcwele,” kodwa akufani nofakazi wasenkantolo esingambuza.
Kufana neswishi yangaphakathi ephenyisiwe futhi isivumele ukuba sithole izindaba ezinhle ezishunyayelwayo. Kuzwakala kumnandi; nakuba sisengaba nemibuzo, sikholelwa ukuthi singaphila ngalomyalezo. Singakwazi ukwakha izimpilo zethu phezu kwayo, singakwazi ukuthatha izinqumo kulesi sisekelo. Kunengqondo. Kungcono kakhulu ukukhetha. UNkulunkulu usinika ikhono lokumethemba. Usinika nekhono lokukhula okholweni. Idiphozithi yokukholwa iyimbewu emilayo. Wenza futhi anikeze izingqondo zethu kanye nemizwa yethu amandla okuqonda kabanzi ivangeli. Usisiza ukuba siqonde okwengeziwe ngoNkulunkulu ngokuzembula kithi ngoJesu Kristu. Ukusebenzisa umfanekiso weTestamente Elidala, siqala ukuhamba noNkulunkulu. Siphila kuye, sicabanga kuye, sikholelwa kuye.
UZweifel
Kodwa amaKristu amaningi alwa nokholo lwawo ngezinye izikhathi. Ukukhula kwethu akuhlala kushelela futhi kungaguquki - kwenzeka ngokuhlolwa nokubuza. Kwabanye, ukungabaza kuphakama ngenxa yenhlekelele noma ukuhlupheka okukhulu. Kwabanye, ukuchuma noma izikhathi ezimnandi ezizama ngokuzithoba ukusethemba kakhulu ezintweni ezibonakalayo kunoNkulunkulu. Abaningi bethu bazobhekana nazo zombili izinhlobo zezinselele okholweni lwethu.
Abantu abampofu bavame ukuba nokholo oluqinile kunabantu abacebile. Abantu abahlushwa izilingo ezingapheli bayazi ukuthi abanalo ithemba ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu, akukho okunye abangakwenza ngaphandle kokumethemba. Izibalo zikhomba ukuthi abantu abampofu banikela ngesilinganiso esiphezulu seholo labo eBandleni kunalabo abacebile. Kubonakala sengathi izinkolelo zabo (nakuba zingaphelele) ziyaphikelela.
Isitha esikhulu senkolelo, kubonakala sengathi, yilapho konke kuhamba kahle. Abantu balingeka ukuba bakholelwe ukuthi kungenxa yamandla obuhlakani babo abazuze lukhulu. Balahlekelwa isimo sabo sengqondo esinjengesabantwana sokuncika kuNkulunkulu. Bathembele kulokho abanakho esikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu.
Abantu abampofu basesimweni esingcono sokufunda ukuthi ukuphila kulo mhlaba kugcwele imibuzo nokuthi uNkulunkulu akabuzwa kangako. Bamethemba ngoba konke okunye akubonakali ukuthi uthembekile. Imali, impilo, nabangane - konke kuyashintshashintsha. Ngeke sithembele kubo.
UNkulunkulu kuphela okungathenjelwa kuye, kodwa ngisho noma kunjalo, asinabo ngaso sonke isikhathi ubufakazi esingathanda ukuba nabo. Ngakho kufanele simethembe. Njengoba uJobe asho: Noma engangibulala, ngizothembela kuye3,15). Nguye kuphela onikeza ithemba lokuphila okuphakade. Nguye kuphela onikeza ithemba lokuthi ukuphila kunenjongo.
Ingxenye yokukhula
Noma kunjalo, ngezinye izikhathi sibhekana nokungabaza. Kuyingxenye yenqubo yokukhula okholweni njengoba sifunda ukwethemba uNkulunkulu ngokuphila okwengeziwe. Sibona ukukhetha okuphambi kwethu, bese sikhetha uNkulunkulu njengekhambi elingcono kakhulu.
Njengoba uBlaise Pascal asho emakhulwini eminyaka adlule, uma sikholelwa ngaphandle kwesizathu esithile, okungenani kufanele sikholwe ngoba uNkulunkulu uwukubheja okungcono kakhulu. Uma siyilandela futhi ingekho, kusho ukuthi asilahlekelwanga lutho. Kodwa uma singamlandeli futhi ukhona, kusho ukuthi silahlekelwe yikho konke. Ngakho akukho esingakulahlekela, kodwa konke esingakuzuza uma sikholelwa kuNkulunkulu ngokuphila nangokucabanga ukuthi uyiqiniso eliphephe kunazo zonke endaweni yonke.
Lokho akusho ukuthi sizoqonda yonke into. Cha, ngeke sikuqonde konke. Ukukholwa kusho ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu, ngisho noma singaqondi ngaso sonke isikhathi. Singamkhulekela ngisho nalapho singabaza8,17). Ukusindiswa akuwona ukuncintisana kobuhlakani. Inkolelo esisindisayo ayiveli ezimpikiswaneni zefilosofi ezinempendulo yakho konke ukungabaza. Ukukholwa kuvela kuNkulunkulu. Uma sincika ekwazini impendulo yayo yonke imibuzo, kusho ukuthi asincikile kuNkulunkulu.
Isizathu kuphela sokuba sibe sembusweni kaNkulunkulu kungomusa, ngokukholwa kuMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu. Lapho sincika ekulaleleni kwethu, sincika kokuthile okungalungile, okuthile okungathembeki. Kudingeka siguqule ukholo lwethu kuKristu (sivumele uNkulunkulu ukuba aguqule ukholo lwethu) futhi kuye yedwa. Imithetho, ngisho nemithetho emihle, ayinakuba yisisekelo sensindiso yethu. Ukulalela ngisho nemithetho yesivumelwano esisha ngeke kube umthombo wokulondeka kwethu. UKristu kuphela othembekile.
Ezikhathini eziningi, njengoba sikhula ngokomoya, siqaphela kakhulu izono zethu kanye nokona kwethu. Siyaqaphela ukuthi sikude kangakanani noNkulunkulu, futhi lokho nakho kungasenza singabaze ukuthi ngempela uNkulunkulu wayeyothumela iNdodana yakhe ukuba izofela abantu abonakele njengathi.
Ukungabaza, noma kungaba kukhulu kangakanani, kufanele kusibuyisele ekukholweni okukhulu kuKristu, ngoba kuye kuphela lapho sinethuba nhlobo. Ayikho enye indawo esingajika kuyo. Siyabona emazwini nasezenzweni zakhe ukuthi wayazi kahle ukuthi sikhohlakele kangakanani ngaphambi kokuba afele izono zethu. Lapho sizibona singcono, yilapho sibona khona isidingo sokuzinikela emseni kaNkulunkulu. Nguye kuphela olungele ukusisindisa kithi, futhi nguye kuphela ozosikhulula ekungabazeni kwethu.
Umphakathi
Kungokukholwa ukuthi sinobudlelwane obuthela izithelo noNkulunkulu. Ngokukholwa sikhuleka, ngokukholwa sikhonza, ngokukholwa sizwa amazwi akhe ezintshumayelweni nasebudlelwaneni. Ukholo lusenza sikwazi ukuhlanganyela ekuhlanganyeleni noYise, neNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. Ngokukholwa siyakwazi ukukhombisa ukwethembeka kwethu kuNkulunkulu, ngoMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu, ngoMoya oNgcwele osebenza ezinhliziyweni zethu.
Kwenzeka ngenkolelo yokuthi singabathanda abanye abantu. Ukholo luyasikhulula ekwesabeni ukuhlekwa usulu nokwaliwa. Singabathanda abanye ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokuthi bazosenzani kithi ngoba sithembela kuKristu ukuthi uzosivuza ngomusa. Ngokukholelwa kuNkulunkulu, singaphana kwabanye.
Ngokukholelwa kuNkulunkulu, singambeka kuqala ekuphileni kwethu. Uma sikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu muhle njengoba ethi muhle, khona-ke siyomazisa ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye futhi sizimisele ukuzidela asicela ukuba sikwenze. Siyomethemba, futhi kungokholo lapho siyothola injabulo yensindiso. Impilo yobuKristu iyindaba yokuthembela kuNkulunkulu kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni.
UJoseph Tkach
