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Silingwe ngenxa yethu
ImiBhalo isitshela ukuthi umPristi wethu Omkhulu uJesu “ulingwa kukho konke njengathi, kodwa engenasono.” ( Hebheru 4,15). Leli qiniso elibalulekile libonakala emfundisweni yomlando yobuKristu, ngokusho kukaJesu, esesimweni somuntu, athatha umsebenzi wobufundisi, njengokungathi.
Igama lesiLatini elithi vicarius lisho "ukusebenza njengommeleli noma umbusi wothile". Ngokuthatha kwayo isimo somuntu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yaphakade yaba umuntu kuyilapho ilondoloza ubunkulunkulu bayo. UCalvin wakhuluma “ngokushintshana okuyisimangaliso” kulo mongo. U-TF Torrance wasebenzisa igama elithi substitution: “Ekuthatheni kwayo isimo somuntu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yazithoba yathatha indawo yethu futhi yazibeka phakathi kwethu noNkulunkulu uBaba, yathatha phezu kwayo lonke ihlazo nokulahlwa kwethu—hhayi umuntu wesithathu, kodwa njengalowo unguNkulunkulu uqobo Lwakhe” (Atonement, p. 151). Kwenye yezincwadi zakhe, umngane wethu uChris Kettler ubhekisela “ekuxhumaneni okunamandla phakathi kukaKristu nobuntu bethu ezingeni lokuba khona kwethu, izinga le-ontological,” engiyichaza ngezansi.
Ngobuntu bakhe obunamandla, uJesu umelela sonke isintu. Ungu-Adamu wesibili omkhulu kakhulu kunowokuqala. Emelela thina, uJesu wabhapathizwa esikhundleni sethu - abangenasono esikhundleni sesintu esinesono. Ngakho-ke, ukubhapathizwa kwethu kuwukuhlanganyela kwakhe. UJesu wabethelwa esiphambanweni ngenxa yethu futhi wasifela ukuze siphile (Roma 6,4). Kwabe sekufika ukuvuka kwakhe ethuneni, asiphilisa ngaso ngesikhathi esifanayo njengaye (Kwabase-Efesu 2,4-5). Lokhu kwalandelwa ukwenyukela kwakhe ezulwini, lapho asinika khona indawo eduze kwakhe embusweni lapho (Kwabase-Efesu 2,6; Zurich Bible). Konke uJesu akwenza, wakwenzela thina, esikhundleni sethu. Futhi lokho kuhlanganisa nesilingo asibekela sona.
Ngikuthola kukhuthaza ukwazi ukuthi iNkosi yethu yabhekana nezilingo ezifanayo nengabhekana nazo - futhi imelana nazo ngenxa yami, egameni lami. Ukubhekana nokumelana nezilingo zethu kwakungesinye sezizathu ezenza uJesu waya ehlane ngemva kokubhapathizwa kwakhe. Nalapho isitha simfaka ekhoneni, wama waqina. Ungumnqobi - esikhundleni sami, esikhundleni sami. Ukuqaphela lokhu kwenza umehluko omkhulu!
Ngisanda kubhala ngenkinga abaningi ababhekene nayo mayelana nokuthi bangobani. Ngokwenza kanjalo, ngihlole izindlela ezintathu ezingasizi abantu abajwayele ukuzibona: kwakumele bamelane nazo. Emsebenzini wakhe wokumela abantu, wahlangana naye wamelana naye endaweni yethu. "Ngenxa yethu nasendaweni yethu, uJesu waphila lokho kuphila okunamandla ngokuthembela ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu nomusa wakhe nobuhle bakhe" (Incarnation, p. 125). Wasenzela lokhu ngokuqiniseka okusobala kokuthi wayengubani: indodana kaNkulunkulu nendodana yomuntu.
Ukuze sikwazi ukumelana nesilingo ekuphileni kwethu, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi singobani ngempela. Njengezoni ezisindisiwe ngomusa, sinobuntu obusha: singabafowabo nodadewabo bakaJesu abathandekayo, abantwana bakaNkulunkulu abathandekayo kakhulu. Lokhu akubona ubuwena obusifanele futhi ngokuqinisekile akubona abanye abangasinika sona. Cha, sasiphiwa nguNkulunkulu ngokuba yinyama kweNdodana yakhe. Kudingeka nje ukuthembela kuye ukuze abe yilokho ayikho ngempela kithi ukuze uthole lobu buntu obusha obuvela kuye ngokubonga okukhulu.
Sithola amandla ngokwazi ukuthi uJesu wayazi indlela yokunqoba inkohliso yezilingo zikaSathane ezicashile kodwa ezinamandla mayelana nemvelo nomthombo wobuntu bethu bangempela. Njengoba sithwalwa yimpilo kuKristu, siyaqaphela ekuqinisekeni kwalobu buthina ukuthi okwakuvame ukusilinga futhi kusenze sone kuya ngokuya kuba buthaka. Ngokwenza lokho esiyikho ngempela kube okwethu futhi sikuvumele kufezeke ezimpilweni zethu, sithola amandla, sazi ukuthi kungokwemvelo kithi ebuhlotsheni bethu noNkulunkulu oMthathu Emnye, othembekile futhi ogcwele uthando kithi nakubantwana bakhe.
Nokho, uma singaqiniseki ngobuwena bangempela, nokho, isilingo singase sisibuyisele emuva. Singase singabaze ubuKristu bethu noma uthando lukaNkulunkulu olungenamibandela ngathi. Singase sithambekele ekukholweni ukuthi lona kanye iqiniso lokuthi siyalingwa lifana nokuthi uNkulunkulu uyasifulathela kancane kancane. Ukwazi ngobunjalo bethu bangempela njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu abathandekayo abaqotho kuyisipho esiphanayo. Singazizwa silondekile ngenxa yolwazi lokuthi uJesu ngokuba senyameni kwakhe ngenxa yethu - esikhundleni sethu - wamelana nazo zonke izilingo. Ukwazi lokhu, uma sona (okuyinto engenakugwenywa), singaphinda sizithathe ngokuzumayo, senze izilungiso ezidingekayo futhi sithembe ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzosiqhubela phambili. Yebo, lapho sivuma izono zethu futhi sidinga intethelelo kaNkulunkulu, lokhu kuwuphawu lwendlela uNkulunkulu aqhubeka ngayo ema eceleni kwethu ngokungenamibandela nangokwethembeka. Ukube bekungenjalo, futhi ukube uye wasidumaza, besingeke siphinde siphendukele kuye ngokuzithandela kwethu ukuze samukele umusa wakhe omkhulu futhi ngaleyo ndlela sithole ukuvuselelwa kokubonga ekwamukeleni kwakhe, esihlangana nakho ngezandla ezimhlophe. Ake sibhekise amehlo ethu kuJesu, owalingwa ngazo zonke izindlela njengathi kodwa akazange awele esonweni. Masithembele emseni wakhe, othandweni namandla. Futhi masidumise uNkulunkulu ngoba uJesu Kristu wasinqobela ekuthatheni kwakhe isimo somuntu.
Bethweswa umusa neqiniso lakhe,
UJoseph Tkach
UMongameli GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL
