Ukungcweliswa

Ukungcweliswa kuyisenzo somusa uNkulunkulu athi ngaso ukulunga nobungcwele bukaJesu Kristu kumuntu okholwayo futhi amfake kukho. Ukungcweliswa kubonakala ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu futhi kwenziwa ngokuba khona kukaMoya oNgcwele kubantu. (AmaRoma 6,11; 1. UJohannes 1,8-9; AmaRoma 6,22; 2. Thesalonika 2,13; (Galathiya 5:22-23)

Ukungcweliswa

Ngokwe-Concise Oxford Dictionary, ukungcwelisa kusho ukubeka eceleni noma ukubheka njengokungcwele, noma ukuhlanza noma ukukhulula esonweni.¹ Lezi zincazelo zibonisa iqiniso lokuthi iBhayibheli lisebenzisa igama elithi “ngcwele” ngezindlela ezimbili: 1) isikhundla esikhethekile, okungukuthi esihlukaniselwe ukusetshenziswa uNkulunkulu, kanye 2) nokuziphatha kokuziphatha – imicabango nezenzo ezifanele isikhundla esingcwele, Imicabango nezenzo ezihambisanayo. ngendlela kaNkulunkulu.²

UNkulunkulu ongcwelisa abantu bakhe. Nguye olihlukanisela injongo yalo, futhi nguye olenza libe ngcwele. Kuncane ukuphikisana ngephuzu lokuqala, lokuthi uNkulunkulu uhlukanisa abantu ngenjongo Yakhe. Kodwa kukhona impikiswano mayelana nokusebenzisana phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu okuhambisana nokuziphatha okungcwelisayo.

Imibuzo ihlanganisa: Iyiphi indima ebalulekile amaKristu okufanele ayifeze ekungcwelisweni? AmaKristu kufanele akulindele ngezinga elingakanani ukuphumelela ekuvumelaniseni imicabango nezenzo zawo nezindinganiso zaphezulu? Isonto kufanele liwakhuze kanjani amalungu alo?

Sizokwethula amaphuzu alandelayo:

• Ukungcweliswa kwenziwa kwenzeke ngomusa kaNkulunkulu.
• AmaKristu kufanele azame ukuvumelanisa imicabango nezenzo zawo nentando kaNkulunkulu njengoba yembulwe eBhayibhelini.
• Ukungcweliswa ukukhula okuqhubekayo ekuphenduleni intando kaNkulunkulu. Ake sixoxe ngokuthi ukungcweliswa kuqala kanjani.

Ukungcweliswa kokuqala

Abantu bakhohlakele ngokokuziphatha futhi abakwazi ukuzikhethela uNkulunkulu ngokuthanda kwabo. Ukubuyisana kufanele kuqalwe nguNkulunkulu. Ukungenela kukaNkulunkulu komusa kuyadingeka ngaphambi kokuba umuntu abe nokholo futhi aphendukele kuNkulunkulu. Ukuthi lo musa awunakuphikiswa kuyaphikiswa, kodwa ama-Orthodox ayavuma ukuthi nguNkulunkulu owenza ukukhetha. Ukhetha abantu ngenjongo yakhe futhi ngaleyo ndlela abangcwelise noma abahlukanisele abanye. Ezikhathini zasendulo, uNkulunkulu wangcwelisa abantu bakwa-Israyeli, futhi phakathi kwalaba bantu waqhubeka nokungcwelisa amaLevi (isib. 3. uMose 20,26:2; 1,6; 5 Mon. 7,6). Wabaqoka ngenjongo yakhe.³

Nokho, amaKristu ahlukaniswa ngendlela ehlukile: “Abangcwelisiwe kuKristu Jesu” (1. AbaseKorinte 1,2). “Singcwelisiwe kanye kuphela ngomhlatshelo womzimba kaJesu Kristu” (Hebheru 10,10).⁴ AmaKristu enziwa ngcwele ngegazi likaJesu (Hebheru 10,29; I-12,12). Kuye kwathiwa bangcwele (1. UPetrus 2,5. 9) futhi babizwa “ngabangcwele” kulo lonke iTestamente Elisha. Isimo sakhe leso. Lokhu kungcweliswa kokuqala kufana nokulungisiswa (1. AbaseKorinte 6,11). “UNkulunkulu wanikhetha kuqala ukuba nisindiswe ngokungcweliswa ngoMoya” (2. Thesalonika 2,13).

Kodwa inhloso kaNkulunkulu ngabantu Bakhe idlula isimemezelo esilula sesikhundla esisha—iwukubekelwa eceleni ukuze asisebenzise, ​​futhi ukusebenzisa Kwakhe kuhilela ukuguqulwa kokuziphatha kwabantu Bakhe. Abantu “bamiselwe . . . ukulalela uJesu Kristu” (1. UPetrus 1,2). Kufanele baguqulwe babe ngumfanekiso kaJesu Kristu (2. AbaseKorinte 3,18). Akufanele nje kuphela kuthiwe bangcwele futhi balungile, baphinde bazalwe kabusha. Impilo entsha iqala ukukhula, impilo okufanele iziphathe ngendlela engcwele nelungile. Kanjalo ukungcweliswa kokuqala kuholela ekungcwelisweni kokuziphatha.

Ukungcweliswa kokuziphatha

Ngisho naseTestamenteni Elidala, uNkulunkulu watshela abantu Bakhe ukuthi isikhundla sabo esingcwele sasihlanganisa noshintsho ekuziphatheni. Ama-Israyeli kwakufanele akugweme ukungcola okungokwesiko ngoba uNkulunkulu wayewakhethile4,21). Isimo sabo esingcwele sasincike ekulaleleni kwabo8,9). Abapristi kufanele bathethelele izono ezithile ngoba babengcwele (3. UMose 21,6-7). Abazinikele bekumele bashintshe indlela abaziphatha ngayo ngenkathi behlukaniswa (4. mose 6,5).

Ukukhethwa kwethu kuKristu kunendlela yokuziphatha. Njengoba oNgcwele esibizile, amaKristu akhuthazwa ukuba ‘abe ngcwele kukho konke ukuziphatha kwenu’ ( NW )1. UPetrus 1,15-16). Njengabantu bakaNkulunkulu abakhethiweyo nabangcwele, kufanele sibonise ububele obusuka enhliziyweni, umusa, ukuthobeka, ubumnene, nokubekezela (KwabaseKolose. 3,12).

Isono nokungcola akukona okwabantu bakaNkulunkulu (Efesu 5,3; 2. Thesalonika 4,3). Lapho abantu bezihlanza ezinhlosweni ezimbi, “bangcweliswa” (2. UThimothi 2,21). Kufanele silawule imizimba yethu ngendlela engcwele (2. Thesalonika 4,4). Igama elithi “ngcwele” livame ukuhlotshaniswa “nokungasoleki” (Efesu 1,4; 5,27; 2. Thesalonika 2,10; 3,13; 5,23; Thithu 1,8). AmaKristu “abizelwe ukuba ngcwele” (1. AbaseKorinte 1,2), “ukuhola uhambo olungcwele” (2. Thesalonika 4,7; 2. UThimothi 1,9; 2. UPetrus 3,11). Siyalwa ukuba “siphishekele ukungcweliswa” (Hebheru 1 Kor2,14). Siyakhuthazwa ukuba sibe ngcwele (KwabaseRoma 1 Kor2,1), sitshelwa ukuthi “senziwe ngcwele” (Hebheru 2,11; 10,14), futhi sikhuthazwa ukuba siqhubeke singcwele ( IsAmbulo 2 Dec.2,11). Senziwa ngcwele ngomsebenzi kaKristu kanye nobukhona bukaMoya oNgcwele phakathi kwethu. Uyasishintsha ngaphakathi.

Lesi sifundo esifushane seZwi sibonisa ukuthi ubungcwele nokungcweliswa kunento yokwenza nokuziphatha. UNkulunkulu uhlukanisa abantu ngokuthi “bangcwele” ngenjongo, ukuze baphile ukuphila okungcwele emfundisweni kaKristu. Sisindisiwe ukuze siveze imisebenzi emihle nezithelo ezinhle (Efesu 2,8-10; KwabaseGalathiya 5,22-23). Imisebenzi emihle ayiyona imbangela yensindiso, kodwa umphumela wayo.

Imisebenzi emihle iwubufakazi bokuthi ukukholwa komuntu kuyiqiniso (Jakobe 2,18). UPawulu ukhuluma “ngokulalela ngokukholwa” futhi uthi ukholo lubonakaliswa ngothando (Roma 1,5; KwabaseGalathiya 5,6).

Ukukhula impilo yonke

Lapho abantu befika ekukholelweni kuKristu, abaphelele okholweni, othandweni, emisebenzini, noma ekuziphatheni. UPawulu ubiza abaseKorinte ngabangcwele nabazalwane, kodwa banezono eziningi ekuphileni kwabo. Iziyalo eziningi eTestamenteni Elisha zibonisa ukuthi abafundi abadingi kuphela izimfundiso zezimfundiso, kodwa neziyalo mayelana nokuziphatha. UMoya oNgcwele uyasishintsha, kodwa akayicindezeli intando yomuntu; ukuphila okungcwele akuvele kugeleze okholweni. UKristu ngamunye kumelwe enze izinqumo zokuthi enze okulungile noma okungalungile, ngisho nalapho uKristu esebenza kithi ukuze aguqule izifiso zethu.

“Umuntu omdala” kungenzeka ukuthi ufile, kodwa amaKristu nawo kufanele awuchithe (Roma 6,6-7; Kwabase-Efesu 4,22). Kufanele siqhubeke sibulala imisebenzi yenyama, izinsalela zobuntu obudala (Roma 8,13; AbaseKolose 3,5). Nakuba safa ngenxa yesono, isono sihlala kithi futhi akufanele sisivumele ukuba sibuse (KwabaseRoma 6,11-13). Imicabango, imizwa nezinqumo kufanele zibunjwe ngokuqaphela ngokwephethini yaphezulu. Ubungcwele yinto okufanele iphishekelwe (KumaHeberu 12,14).

Siyacelwa ukuba siphelele futhi sithande uNkulunkulu ngezinhliziyo zethu zonke (Mathewu 5,48;
22,37). Ngenxa yokulinganiselwa kwenyama kanye nezinsalela zobuntu obudala, asikwazi ukupheleliswa ngaleyo ndlela. Ngisho noWesley, ekhuluma ngesibindi “ngokuphelela,” wachaza ukuthi wayengaqondile ukungabikho ngokuphelele kokungapheleli.⁵ Ukukhula kwenzeka njalo futhi kuyaliwe. Lapho umuntu enothando lobuKristu, uyolwela ukufunda indlela yokulubonisa ngezindlela ezingcono, ngaphandle kwamaphutha ambalwa.

Umphostoli uPawulu wayenesibindi sokusho ukuthi ukuziphatha kwakhe ‘kwakungcwele, kulungile, futhi kungenakusoleka.2. Thesalonika 2,10). Kodwa akazange athi uphelele. Kunalokho, wafinyelela lowo mgomo, ekhuthaza abanye ukuba bangacabangi ukuthi sebewufezile umgomo wabo. 3,12-15). Wonke amaKristu adinga intethelelo (Mathewu 6,12; 1. UJohannes 1,8-9) futhi kufanele akhule emseni nasolwazini (2. UPetrus 3,18). Ukungcweliswa kufanele kukhule kukho konke ukuphila.

Kodwa ukungcweliswa kwethu ngeke kupheleliswe kulokhu kuphila. Grudem uyachaza: “Uma siqaphela ukuthi ukungcweliswa kuhilela wonke umuntu, kuhlanganise nomzimba wethu (2. AbaseKorinte 7,1; 2. Thesalonika 5,23), khona-ke siyaqaphela ukuthi ukungcweliswa ngeke kupheleliswe ngokugcwele kuze kube yilapho iNkosi ibuya futhi samukele imizimba emisha yokuvuka.”⁶ Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho siyokhululwa kuso sonke isono futhi sinikezwe umzimba wenkazimulo njengoKristu.” ( Filipi 3,21; 1. UJohannes 3,2). Ngenxa yaleli themba, sikhula ebungcweleni ngokuzihlambulula.1. UJohannes 3,3).

Isikhuthazo seBhayibheli sokungcwelisa

UWesely wabona isidingo sokwalusa sokunxusa amakholwa ekulaleleni okungokoqobo okuvela othandweni. ITestamente Elisha lineziyalo eziningi ezinjalo, futhi kulungile ukuzishumayela. Kufanelekile ukugxilisa ukuziphatha ngesisusa sothando futhi ekugcineni ungene
ukuhlangana kwethu noKristu ngoMoya oNgcwele ongumthombo wothando.

Nakuba sonke sinika inkazimulo kuNkulunkulu futhi siqaphela ukuthi umusa kufanele uqalise konke ukuziphatha kwethu, siphinde siphethe ngokuthi umusa onjalo ukhona ezinhliziyweni zawo wonke amakholwa, futhi siyabanxusa ukuba basabele kulowomusa.

UMcQuilken unikeza indlela engokoqobo kuneyokugomela.7 Akagcizeleli ukuthi wonke amakholwa kufanele abe nesipiliyoni esifanayo ekungcwelisweni. Ukhuthaza izimiso eziphakeme ngaphandle, nokho, ukucabangela ukuphelela. Isikhuthazo sakhe sokukhonza njengomphumela wokugcina wokungcweliswa sihle. Ugcizelela izixwayiso ezilotshiwe mayelana nokuhlubuka kunokuba afinyezwe iziphetho zemfundiso yenkolo ngokuphikelela kwabangcwele.

Ukugcizelela kwayo inkolelo kuyasiza ngoba inkolelo iyisisekelo sabo bonke ubuKristu, futhi inkolelo inemiphumela engokoqobo ekuphileni kwethu. Izindlela zokukhula ziyasebenza: umthandazo, imibhalo engcwele, ukuhlanganyela, kanye nendlela yokuqiniseka yokubhekana nezilingo. U-Robertson unxusa amaKristu ukuba akhule futhi afakaze ngaphandle kokwenza ihaba ngezimfuneko nezilindelwe.

AmaKristu akhuthazwa ukuba abe yilokho isimemezelo sikaNkulunkulu esisho ukuthi aseyikho kakade; impoqo ilandela inkomba. AmaKristu kufanele aphile ukuphila okungcwele ngoba uNkulunkulu uwamemezele angcwele, amiselwe ukusetshenziswa nguye.

UMichael Morrison

¹ RE Allen, ed. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 8th Edition, (Oxford, 1990), p. 1067.

² ETestamenteni Elidala (OT) uNkulunkulu ungcwele, igama Lakhe lingcwele, futhi ungoNgcwele (livela izikhathi ezingaphezu kwekhulu lilonke). ETestamenteni Elisha, elithi “ngcwele” lisetshenziswe kaningi kuJesu kunakuYise (izikhathi eziyi-100 uma kuqhathaniswa no-14), kodwa kaningi kuMoya (izikhathi ezingama-36). I-OT ibhekisela kubantu abangcwele (abazinikele, abapristi, kanye nabantu) izikhathi ezingaba ngu-50, ngokuvamile ngokubhekisela esimweni sabo; I-NT ibhekisela kubantu abangcwele izikhathi ezingaba ngu-110. I-OT ibhekisela kumasayithi angcwele izikhathi ezingaba ngu-17; I-NT izikhathi eziyi-70 kuphela. I-OT ibhekisela ezintweni ezingcwele izikhathi ezingaba ngu-19; I-NT izikhathi ezintathu kuphela njengesithombe sabantu abangcwele. I-OT isho izikhathi ezingcwele emavesini ayi; i-NT ayisho neze isikhathi njengesingcwele. Ngokuphathelene nezindawo, izinto, nesikhathi, ubungcwele bubhekisela esimweni esimisiwe, hhayi ukuziphatha. Kuwo womabili amatestamente, uNkulunkulu ungcwele futhi ubungcwele buvela kuye, kodwa indlela ubungcwele obuthinta ngayo abantu ihlukile. ITestamente Elisha ukugcizelela ubungcwele kuhlobene nabantu nokuziphatha kwabo, hhayi endaweni ethile yezinto, izindawo, kanye nezikhathi.

³ Ikakhulukazi ku-OT, ukungcweliswa akusho ukusindiswa. Lokhu kubonakala ngoba izinto, izindawo nezikhathi nakho kwangcweliswa, futhi lokhu kuhlobene nabantu bakwa-Israyeli. Ukusetshenziswa kwegama elithi "ukungcweliswa" okungabhekiseli ensindisweni nakho kungatholakala ku 1. AbaseKorinte 7,4 thola - ongakholwa wayebekwe esigabeni esikhethekile ukuze asetshenziswe uNkulunkulu ngendlela ethile. amaHebheru 9,13 isebenzisa igama elithi "ngcwele" ukuze ibhekisele esimweni somkhosi ngaphansi kweSivumelwano Esidala.

⁴ UGrudem uphawula ukuthi ezindimeni ezimbalwa zamaHeberu igama elithi “ngcweliswa” licishe lifane negama elithi “lungisiswa” esilulumbeni sikaPawulu (W. Grudem, Systematic Theology, Zondervan 1994, p. 748, inothi 3.)

⁵ John Wesley, "A Plain Account of Christian Perfection," kuMillard J. Erickson, ed. Readings in Christian Theology, uMqulu 3, The New Life (Baker, 1979), p. 159.

⁶ Grudem, ikhasi 749.

⁷ J. Robertson McQuilken, "The Keswick Perspective," Imibono Ezinhlanu Zokungcweliswa (Zondervan, 1987), amakhasi 149-183.

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