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Ukuphilisa isimangaliso
Ngokwesiko lethu, igama elithi isimangaliso livame ukusetshenziswa kancane. Uma, ngokwesibonelo, ekwandisweni komdlalo webhola lezinyawo, iqembu likwazi ukushaya ngokumangazayo igoli lokuwina ngokudubula okungamamitha angama-20, abanye abahlaziyi bethelevishini bangakhuluma ngesimangaliso. Emidlalweni yesekisi umqondisi umemezela ukuphindaphinda okuyisimangaliso okuphindwe kane ngumculi. Akunakwenzeka ukuthi lokhu kuyizimangaliso, kepha ukuzijabulisa okumangazayo.
Isimangaliso siyisenzakalo esingaphezu kwemvelo esingaphezu kwamandla emvelo emvelo, nakuba uCS Lewis ebonisa encwadini yakhe ethi Miracles ukuthi “izimangaliso aziyiphuli imithetho yemvelo. “Lapho uNkulunkulu enza isimangaliso, uphazamisa izinqubo zemvelo ngendlela angakwazi ngayo kuphela. Ngeshwa, ngezinye izikhathi amaKristu aba nemibono eyiphutha ngezimangaliso. Ngokwesibonelo, abanye bathi ukube abantu abengeziwe bebenokholo, bekuyoba nezimangaliso ezengeziwe. Kodwa umlando ubonisa okuphambene - nakuba ama-Israyeli abhekana nezimangaliso eziningi uNkulunkulu ayezenza, ayentula ukholo. Njengesinye isibonelo, abanye bathi konke ukuphulukisa kuyizimangaliso. Kodwa-ke, ukuphulukiswa okuningi akuhambisani nencazelo esemthethweni yezimangaliso - izimangaliso eziningi ziwumphumela wenqubo yemvelo. Uma sisika umunwe wethu futhi siwubona ululama kancane kancane, lokho kwakuyinqubo yemvelo uNkulunkulu ayifake emzimbeni womuntu. Ukwelashwa kwemvelo kuwuphawu (umboniso) wobuhle bukaNkulunkulu uMdali wethu. Kodwa-ke, lapho isilonda esijulile saphola ngokushesha, siyaqonda ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenze isimangaliso - uye wangenela ngokuqondile nangaphezu kwemvelo. Esimweni sokuqala sinesibonakaliso esingaqondile futhi okwesibili uphawu oluqondile - kokubili okukhomba ebuhleni bukaNkulunkulu.
Ngeshwa, kukhona abanye abaphatha igama likaKristu ngeze ngisho nezimangaliso zomgunyathi ukuze bathole abalandeli. Ukubona lokhu ngezinye izikhathi kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi "izinkonzo zokuphulukisa." Umkhuba onjalo ohlukumezayo wokuphulukisa ngokuyisimangaliso awutholakali eTestamenteni Elisha. Kunalokho, ibika izinkonzo zokukhulekela ngezindikimba eziwumgogodla zokholo, ithemba, nothando lukaNkulunkulu, amakholwa abheke kuye insindiso ngokushunyayelwa kwevangeli. Nokho, ukusebenzisa kabi izimangaliso akufanele kunciphise ukwazisa kwethu izimangaliso zangempela. Ake ngikutshele ngesimangaliso engingasifakazela mina. Ngangingene emithandazweni yabanye abaningi ngithandazela owesifazane onomdlavuza omubi osuvele wamudla ezinye izimbambo. Wayelashwa futhi lapho esegcotshiwe, wacela kuNkulunkulu isimangaliso sokuphulukisa. Ngenxa yalokho, umdlavuza awubange usabonwa futhi izimbambo zakhe zakhula! Udokotela wakhe wamtshela ukuthi kwakuyisimangaliso ukuthi aqhubeke nakho konke abekwenza.” Wamchazela ukuthi kwakungelona iphutha lakhe, kodwa ukuthi kwakuyisibusiso sikaNkulunkulu. Abanye bangase bathi ukwelashwa kwezokwelapha kwenza umdlavuza waphela futhi izimbambo zakhula ngokwazo, okuyinto engenzeka ngokuphelele. Kuphela, lokho kwakuyothatha isikhathi eside, kodwa izimbambo zakhe zabuyiselwa ngokushesha okukhulu. Ngenxa yokuthi udokotela wakhe “akakwazanga ukuchaza” ukululama kwakhe ngokushesha, siphetha ngokuthi uNkulunkulu wangenela futhi wenza isimangaliso.
Ukukholelwa ezimangalisweni akusho ngempela ukuthi kuphambene nesayensi yemvelo, futhi ukufuna izincazelo zemvelo akubonisi nokuntula ukukholelwa kuNkulunkulu. Lapho ososayensi benza i-hypothesis, bayahlola ukuze babone ukuthi awekho yini amaphutha. Uma kungekho amaphutha angafakazelwa ezivivinyweni, lokho kukhuluma nge-hypothesis. Ngakho-ke, asikubheki ukufuna incazelo engokwemvelo yesenzakalo esiyisimangaliso njengokuphika ukukholelwa ezimangalisweni.
Sonke sithandazele ukuphulukiswa kwabagulayo. Abanye baphulukiswa ngaso leso sikhathi ngokuyisimangaliso, kuyilapho abanye kancane kancane belulama ngokwemvelo. Ezimweni zokuphulukiswa ngokuyisimangaliso, kwakungaxhomekile ekutheni kwakuthandaza bani noma bangaki. Umphostoli uPawulu akazange aphulukiswe “iva enyameni” yakhe naphezu kokuthandaza kathathu. Okubalulekile kimina yilokhu: lapho sithandazela isimangaliso sokuphulukiswa, sivumela ukholo lwethu sivumele uNkulunkulu anqume ukuthi uyophulukisa, nini, futhi kanjani. Sithembela kuye ukuthi uyosenzela okungcono kakhulu, sazi ukuthi ngokuhlakanipha nobuhle bakhe ucabangela izici esingenakuzibona.
Ngokuthandazela ukuphulukiswa komuntu ogulayo, sibonisa enye yezindlela esingabonisa ngazo uthando nesihawu kwabaswele futhi sixhumane noJesu ekunxuseni kwakhe ngokwethembeka njengomlamuleli wethu nompristi omkhulu. Abanye banomyalelo kuJakobe 5,14 bengakuqondi kahle ukuthi yini eyenza bangabaze ukuthandazela umuntu ogulayo, becabanga ukuthi abadala bewodi kuphela abagunyazwe ukwenza kanjalo, noma ukuthi umthandazo womdala ngandlela-thile uphumelela kakhulu kunemithandazo yabangane noma yabathandekayo. Kubonakala sengathi uJakobe wayehlose ukuthi umyalo wakhe kumalungu esigceme ukuba abize abadala ukuze bagcobe abagulayo kufanele ukwenze kucace ukuthi abadala kufanele bakhonze njengezinceku zalabo abaswele. Izazi zeBhayibheli zibona emyalweni kamphostoli uJakobe kubhekiselwa kuJesu ethuma abafundi ngamaqembu ngababili (Marku 6,7), “owakhipha imimoya emibi eminingi futhi wagcoba abagulayo abaningi ngamafutha wabaphulukisa” ( Marku 6,13). [1]
Lapho sithandazela ukuphulukiswa, umuntu akufanele acabange ukuthi kuwumsebenzi wethu ngandlela-thile ukuhambisa uNkulunkulu enze ngokomusa Wakhe. Ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu buyisipho esiphanayo ngaso sonke isikhathi! Khona-ke kungani uthandaza? Ngomthandazo sibamba iqhaza emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabanye abantu, kanye nasezimpilweni zethu, njengoba uNkulunkulu esilungiselela lokho Azokwenza ngokobubele nokuhlakanipha Kwakhe.
Ake nginikeze inothi lokucabangela: uma umuntu ecela usizo kuwe ngomkhuleko mayelana nesimo sempilo futhi efisa ukuthi sihlale siyimfihlo, leso sicelo kufanele sihlonishwe ngaso sonke isikhathi. Akufanele umuntu adukise noma ubani acabange ukuthi “amathuba” okwelapha ayalingana ngandlela thize nenani labantu abakuthandazelayo. Umcabango onjalo awuveli eBhayibhelini, kodwa uvela emcabangweni wemilingo.
Kuzo zonke izinto esizicabangayo ngokuphulukisa, kufanele sihlale sikhumbula ukuthi uNkulunkulu nguye ophulukisayo. Ngezinye izikhathi uphulukisa ngesimangaliso futhi ngezinye izikhathi uphulukisa ngokwemvelo lokho kakade endalweni yakhe. Noma ngayiphi indlela, lonke udumo lufanele kuye. KwabaseFilipi 2,27 umphostoli uPawulu ubonga uNkulunkulu ngesihe sakhe kumngane wakhe u-Ephafrodithu, owayegulela ukufa ngaphambi kokuba uNkulunkulu amphulukise. UPawulu akakhulumi lutho ngenkonzo yokuphulukisa noma umuntu okhethekile (ohlanganisiwe) onegunya elikhethekile. Kunalokho, uPawulu umane adumise uNkulunkulu ngokuphulukisa umngane wakhe. Lesi yisibonelo esihle okumele sisilandele.
Ngenxa yesimangaliso engasibona kanye nesinye engasizwa ngabanye abantu, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi uNkulunkulu uselapha manje. Lapho sigula, sinenkululeko kuKristu yokucela othile ukuthi asikhulekele futhi abize abadala bebandla lethu ukuthi bazosigcoba ngamafutha futhi bakhulekele ukuphulukiswa kwethu. Khona-ke kuwumthwalo wethu wemfanelo nelungelo ukuthandazela abanye, sicele uNkulunkulu, uma kuyintando yaKhe, ukuba aphulukise labo phakathi kwethu abagulayo nabahluphekayo. Noma ngabe yikuphi, siyayethemba impendulo nesimiso sikaNkulunkulu.
Ngokubonga ukuphulukiswa kukaNkulunkulu,
UJoseph Tkach
umongameli
UMUSA WOKUXHUMANA NOMHLABA WONKE
