Umkhuleko - ungaphezu nje kwamagama

Ngicabanga ukuthi nawe uke waba nezikhathi zokuphelelwa yithemba, ucela ukungenela kukaNkulunkulu. Kungenzeka ukuthi uye wathandazela isimangaliso, kodwa ngokusobala wathandazela ize; isimangaliso asenzekanga. Ngokufanayo, ngicabanga ukuthi ukujabulele ukufunda ukuthi imithandazo yokuphulukiswa komuntu yayiphenduliwe. Ngiyazi intokazi eyamila ubambo emva kokuyithandazela. Udokotela wameluleka, “Noma yini oyenzayo, qhubeka!” Abaningi bethu, ngiyaqiniseka, bayaduduzeka futhi bayakhuthazeka ukwazi ukuthi abanye bayasithandazela. Ngihlala ngikhuthazeka uma abantu bengitshela ukuthi bayangithandazela. Ekuphenduleni, ngivame ukuthi, "Ngiyabonga kakhulu, ngiyidinga ngempela yonke imithandazo yakho!"

Isimo sengqondo esingalungile

Izehlakalo zethu zomkhuleko kungenzeka zibe zinhle noma zingezinhle (mhlawumbe zombili). Ngakho-ke, akufanele sikhohlwe lokho uKarl Barth aphawula: "Isici esibalulekile emithandazweni yethu akuzona izicelo zethu, kodwa impendulo kaNkulunkulu" ( Umthandazo, p. 66). Kulula ukungaqondi indlela uNkulunkulu asabela ngayo lapho engakaphenduli ngendlela obuyilindele. Umuntu uyashesha ukukholelwa ukuthi umthandazo uyinqubo yemishini - umuntu angasebenzisa uNkulunkulu njengomshini wokuthengisa we-cosmic lapho umuntu ephonsa khona izifiso zakhe futhi "umkhiqizo" awufisayo ungahoxiswa. Lo mqondo odukile, ofana nohlobo oluthile lokufumbathisa, uvame ukungena emthandazweni mayelana nokulawula isimo esingenamandla kuso.

Inhloso yomkhuleko

Inhloso yomthandazo akukhona ukwenza uNkulunkulu enze izinto angafuni ukuzenza, kodwa ukuhambisana nalokho akwenzayo. Futhi akukhona ngokufuna ukulawula uNkulunkulu, kodwa kunalokho ukuqaphela ukuthi ulawula yonke into. UBarth ukuchaza ngale ndlela: “Ngokusonga izandla zethu ngomthandazo kuqala ukuvukela kwethu ukungalungi kwaleli zwe.” Ngala mazwi, wavuma ukuthi thina esingebona abomhlaba sihlanganyela emkhulekweni ekuthumeni kukaNkulunkulu emhlabeni. phakathi Esikhundleni sokusikhipha emhlabeni (nakho konke ukungalungi), umthandazo usihlanganisa noNkulunkulu kanye nomsebenzi wakhe wokusindisa umhlaba. Ngenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu uyawuthanda umhlaba, wathumela indodana yakhe emhlabeni. Lapho sivula izinhliziyo nezingqondo zethu entandweni kaNkulunkulu ngomthandazo, sibeka ithemba lethu kuLowo othanda izwe nosithandayo. Nguye owazi isiphetho kusukela ekuqaleni futhi ongasisiza sibone ukuthi ukuphila kwamanje okunomkhawulo kuyisiqalo hhayi ukuphela. Lolu hlobo lomthandazo lusisiza ukuba sibone ukuthi lo mhlaba awuyona indlela uNkulunkulu afuna ube ngayo, futhi uyasishintsha ukuze sibe abathwali bethemba lapha namanje embusweni kaNkulunkulu okhulayo. Lapho kwenzeka okuphambene nalokho abakucelile, abanye abantu bagijimela embonweni wobunkulunkulu ngoNkulunkulu okude nongenandaba. Abanye-ke abafuni lutho ngokukholelwa kuNkulunkulu. Wakuthola kanjalo uMichael Shermer, umsunguli weSceptic's Society. Waphelelwa ukholo lapho umngane wakhe wasekolishi elimala kabi engozini yemoto. Umgogodla wakhe wawuphukile futhi uhamba ngesihlalo esinamasondo ngenxa yokukhubazeka kusukela okhalweni kwehle. UMichael wayekholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu kwakufanele aphendule imithandazo yokuphulukiswa kwakhe ngoba wayengumuntu olungile ngempela.

UNkulunkulu ungumbusi

Umthandazo awuyona indlela yokufuna ukuqondisa uNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuvuma ngokuzithoba ukuthi konke kungaphansi kokulawula kwakhe, kodwa hhayi thina. Encwadini yakhe ethi God in the Dock, uCS Lewis ukuchaza ngale ndlela: Izenzakalo eziningi ezenzeka endaweni yonke zingaphezu kwamandla ethu, kodwa ezinye zingaphezu kwamandla ethu. Kuyafana nomdlalo lapho isizinda nesakhiwo sendaba sibekwe ngumbhali; nokho-ke, kusasele indlela ethile abalingisi okufanele bathuthuke ngayo. Kungase kubonakale kuyinqaba ukuthi usivumela ukuba siqalise izenzakalo zangempela nhlobo, futhi okumangalisa nakakhulu ukuthi usinike umthandazo esikhundleni sanoma iyiphi enye indlela. Isazi sefilosofi esingumKristu uBlaise Pascal sathi uNkulunkulu “wasungula umthandazo ukuze anikeze izidalwa zaKhe isithunzi sokukwazi ukwenza izinguquko.”

Mhlawumbe kungaba yiqiniso ngokwengeziwe ukusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakucabangela kokubili umthandazo nesenzo esingokomzimba ngokwalenjongo. Wasinika izidalwa ezincane isithunzi sokuhlanganyela ezenzakalweni ngezindlela ezimbili. Wadala indaba yendawo yonke ngendlela yokuthi sikwazi ukuyisebenzisa ngaphakathi kwemingcele ethile; ngakho-ke singakwazi ukugeza izandla zethu futhi sizisebenzise ukondla noma ukubulala abantu bakithi. Ngokufanayo, uNkulunkulu waqaphela ohlelweni lwakhe noma indaba ukuthi ivumela inkululeko ethile nokuthi ingashintshwa ukuze kuphenduleke imithandazo yethu. Kuwubuwula futhi akulungile ukucela ukunqoba empini (uma kulindeleke ukuthi wazi okungcono kakhulu); lokho kungaba ubuwula nokungafaneleki ukucela isimo sezulu esihle futhi ufake ijazi lemvula - ingabe uNkulunkulu akazi kangcono ukuthi kufanele some noma sibe manzi?

Kungani uthandaza?

ULewis uveza ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna sikhulume naye ngomthandazo futhi uchaza encwadini yakhe ethi Izimangaliso ukuthi uNkulunkulu usezilungiselele kakade izimpendulo zemithandazo yethu. Umbuzo uphakama: kungani uthandaza? Impendulo ivela ku- Lewis:

Lapho sithandazela umphumela, sithi, ingxabano noma ukubonisana nodokotela, kuvame ukuvela kithi (uma nje besazi) ukuthi umcimbi usuvele unqunywe ngenye indlela noma enye. Angiboni ukuthi kuyimpikiswano enhle leyo ukuyeka ukuthandaza. Umcimbi unqunywe ngokuqinisekile - ngomqondo wokuthi kwanqunywa "ngaphambi kwaso sonke isikhathi nomhlaba wonke". Nokho, into eyodwa ecatshangelwayo esinqumweni futhi eyenza kube isenzakalo esiqinisekile kungaba wona kanye umthandazo esiwenzayo manje.

Uyakuqonda konke lokhu? Kungenzeka uNkulunkulu ukubhekele ekuphenduleni umthandazo wakho ozobe uthandaza. Iziphetho ezivela kulokhu zishukumisa ingqondo futhi ziyajabulisa. Kubonisa ngokwengeziwe ukuthi imithandazo yethu ibalulekile; zibalulekile.

U-Lewis uyaqhubeka:
Njengoba kuzwakala kushaqisa, isiphetho sami siwukuthi ntambama singaba yingxenye yochungechunge lwezenzakalo ezenzeka ngo-10.00 ekuseni (ezinye izazi zikuthola kulula ukuchaza kunokubeka amagama afanayo). Ukukucabanga lokhu ngokungangabazeki kuzozizwa sengathi siyakhohliswa manje. Ngakho ngiyabuza, “Ngakho-ke uma sengiqedile ukukhuleka, uNkulunkulu angabuyela emuva futhi aguqule osekwenzekile na?” Cha. Umcimbi usuvele wenzekile kanti esinye sezizathu zalokhu wukuthi ubuza imibuzo enjalo esikhundleni sokuthi uthandaze. Ngakho futhi kuncike ekukhetheni kwami. Ukwenza kwami ​​ngokukhululeka kunomthelela ekubunjweni kwecosmos. Lokhu kubandakanyeka kwabekwa ephakadeni noma “ngaphambi kwazo zonke izikhathi nomhlaba,” kodwa ukwazi kwami ​​ngakho kufinyelela kimi kuphela ngesikhathi esithile.

Umthandazo wenza okuthile

Lokho uLewis azama ukukusho ukuthi umthandazo wenza okuthile; bekulokhu kunjalo futhi kuzohlala kunjalo. Kungani? Ngoba imithandazo isinikeza ithuba lokuhlanganyela ekusebenzelaneni kukaNkulunkulu nalokho akwenzile, akwenzayo, nasazokwenza manje. Asikwazi ukuqonda ukuthi konke kuhlobana kanjani futhi kusebenza kanjani ndawonye: isayensi, uNkulunkulu, umkhuleko, i-physics, isikhathi nendawo, izinto ezifana nokuxakaniseka kwe-quantum ne-quantum mechanics, kepha siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenza konke. Siyazi futhi ukuthi usimema ukuba sihlanganyele kulokho akwenzayo. Umthandazo ubaluleke kakhulu.

Lapho ngithandaza, ngicabanga ukuthi kungcono kakhulu ukubeka imithandazo yami ezandleni zikaNkulunkulu ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi uyoyihlola ngendlela efanele futhi ayifake ezinhlosweni zakhe ezinhle ngendlela efanele. Ngikholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uguqula zonke izinto zibe ngcono ngezinjongo Zakhe ezikhazimulayo (lokhu kuhlanganisa nemithandazo yethu). Ngiyazi futhi ukuthi imithandazo yethu isekelwa uJesu, umpristi wethu omkhulu nommeli. Uyayemukela imithandazo yethu, ayingcwelise futhi ayabele uBaba noMoya oNgcwele. Ngalesi sizathu ngicabanga ukuthi ayikho imithandazo engaphendulwa. Imithandazo yethu ihlangana nentando, inhloso, kanye nomsebenzi kaNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu - okuningi kwakho okwanqunywa ngaphambi kokusekelwa komhlaba.

Uma ngingeke ngikwazi ukuchaza kahle ukuthi kungani umthandazo ubaluleke kangaka, ngibe sengithemba uNkulunkulu ukuthi unjalo. Yingakho ngikhuthazeka lapho ngizwa ukuthi amadoda akithi ayangithandazela futhi ngiyethemba ukuthi nawe uyakhuthazeka, ngoba uyazi ukuthi ngiyakhuleka kuwe Angikwenzi ukuzama ukuqondisa uNkulunkulu, kodwa ukudumisa Lowo oqondisa konke.

Ngibonga futhi ngidumise uNkulunkulu ngokuthi uyiNkosi phezu kwakho konke nokuthi imithandazo yethu ibalulekile kuye.

UJoseph Tkach

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