Ucabangani ngabangakholwa?

327 uzizwa kanjani ngabantu abangakholwa? Ngiphendukela kuwe ngombuzo obalulekile: ucabangani ngabangewona amakholwa? Ngicabanga ukuthi lo ngumbuzo okufanele sonke sizindle ngawo! UChuck Colson, umsunguli e-USA wohlelo lwePrison Fellowship kanye nohlelo lweBreakpoint Radio, wake waphendula lo mbuzo ngokufanisa: Uma umuntu oyimpumputhe ekuhamba ngonyawo lwakho noma ethelela ikhofi elishisayo ehembe lakho, ungamthukuthelela? Naye uqobo uphendula ngokuthi mhlawumbe bekungeke kube yithina, impela ngoba umuntu oyimpumputhe akaboni okungaphambi kwakhe.

Sicela futhi ukhumbule ukuthi abantu abangakabizwa ukuba bakholwe kuKristu abakwazi ukubona iqiniso phambi kwamehlo abo. Ngenxa yokuwa, bayizimpumputhe ngokomoya (2. AbaseKorinte 4,3-4). Kodwa ngesikhathi esifaneleyo, uMoya oNgcwele uvula amehlo abo omoya ukuze babone (Efesu 1,18). OFata BeSonto babiza lesi senzakalo ngokuthi isimangaliso sokukhanyiselwa. Uma kwenzeka, kwakungenzeka ukuthi abantu bakholwe; babengakukholwa ababekubona ngamehlo abo.

Yize abanye abantu, yize bebona ngamehlo, bekhetha ukungakholwa, ngikholwa ukuthi iningi labo kwesinye isikhathi ezimpilweni zabo liyosabela kahle ebizweni elicacile likaNkulunkulu. Ngithandazela ukuthi bazokwenza lokhu kungekudala, ukuze ngalesi sikhathi bakwazi ukuthola ukuthula nenjabulo yokwazi uNkulunkulu futhi batshele abanye ngoNkulunkulu.

Sikholwa ukuthi siyabona ukuthi abangakholwayo banemibono engalungile ngoNkulunkulu. Eminye yale mibono ingumphumela wezibonelo ezimbi ezivela kumaKrestu. Ezinye zavela emibonweni engenangqondo nengacabangi ngoNkulunkulu eyayizwakale iminyaka eminingi. Le mibono eyiphutha yenza ubumpumputhe obungokomoya bubi kakhulu. Sikuphendula kanjani ukungakholwa kwabo? Ngeshwa, amaKristu amaningi aphendula ngokubeka izindonga zokuzivikela noma ukwenqaba okuqinile. Ngokwakha lezi zindonga, babhekisisa iqiniso lokuthi abangakholwa nabo babalulekile kuNkulunkulu njengamakholwa. Bakhohliwe ukuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ayizelanga amakholwa kuphela emhlabeni.

Lapho uJesu eqala inkonzo yakhe emhlabeni ayengekho amaKristu - iningi labantu lalingewona amakholwa, ngisho namaJuda angaleso sikhathi. Kodwa ngokubonga uJesu wayengumngane wezoni – umkhulumeli wabangakholwayo. Wayeqonda ukuthi “abaphilayo abamdingi udokotela, kodwa abagulayo bayamdinga.” (Math 9,12). UJesu wazibophezela ekufuneni izoni ezilahlekile ukuze zimamukele kanye nensindiso azinikeza yona. Ngakho wachitha ingxenye enkulu yesikhathi sakhe nabantu ababebhekwa njengabangafaneleki nabangafaneleki ukunakwa. Ngakho abaholi benkolo bamaJuda babiza uJesu ngokuthi “isiminzi nesidakwa sewayini, umngane wabathelisi nezoni.” 7,34).

Ivangeli lisivezela iqiniso; UJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, waba umuntu owaphila phakathi kwethu, wafa futhi wenyukela ezulwini; wakwenza lokhu kubo bonke abantu. UmBhalo usitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyalithanda “izwe.” (UJohane 3,16) Lokho kungasho nje ukuthi iningi labantu alikholwa. UNkulunkulu ofanayo usibiza ngamakholwa, njengoJesu, ukuba sithande bonke abantu. Ngenxa yalokhu sidinga ukuqonda ukuze sibabone njengabangakholwa kuKristu - njengabangabakhe, uJesu awafela wabuye wavuka. Ngeshwa, lokhu kunzima kakhulu kumaKristu amaningi. Kubonakala sengathi anele amaKristu azimisele ukwahlulela abanye. Nokho, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yamemezela ukuthi yayingezanga ukuzolahla umhlaba kodwa ukuzowusindisa (Joh 3,17). Ngokudabukisayo, amanye amaKristu ashiseka kakhulu ekwahluleleni abangakholwa kangangokuthi awayishayi mkhuba indlela uNkulunkulu uBaba ababheka ngayo - njengabantwana Bakhe abathandekayo. Kulababantu wathumela indodana yakhe ukuba izobafela, nakuba babengakayiboni noma bayithande. Singase sibabone njengabangakholwa noma abangakholwa, kepha uNkulunkulu uyababona njengamakholwa azayo. Ngaphambi kokuba uMoya oNgcwele uvule amehlo omuntu ongakholwa, asuke evalwe ngobumpumputhe bokungakholwa - adidwe imiqondo engalungile ngokwemfundiso yenkolo ngobuyena nothando lukaNkulunkulu. Kungaphansi kwalezi zimo lapho kufanele sizithande esikhundleni sokuzigwema noma sizenqabe. Kufanele sithandazele ukuthi lapho uMoya oNgcwele ebanika amandla, baqonde izindaba ezinhle zomusa kaNkulunkulu wokubuyisana futhi bamukele iqiniso ngokukholwa. Kwangathi laba bantu bangangena ekuphileni okusha ngaphansi kokuqondisa nokubusa kukaNkulunkulu, futhi kwangathi uMoya oNgcwele ungabasiza ukuba bathole ukuthula abakuphiwa njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.

Lapho sicabanga ngabangewona amakholwa, masikhumbule umyalo kaJesu: “Thandanani,” wathi, “njengoba nginithanda” ( Johane 15,12). Futhi uJesu usithanda kanjani? Ngokuhlanganyela ukuphila nothando lwakhe nathi. Akabeki izindonga zokuhlukanisa amakholwa kwabangakholwa. AmaVangeli asitshela ukuthi uJesu wayebathanda futhi ebamukela abathelisi, iziphingi, abanamademoni, nabanochoko. Wayethanda nabesifazane ababenegama elibi, amasosha amklolodelayo futhi amshaya, nezigebengu ezazibethelwe eceleni kwakhe. Njengoba uJesu elenga esiphambanweni futhi ekhumbula bonke laba bantu, wathandaza: “Baba, bathethelele; ngoba abakwazi abakwenzayo.” ( Luka 2 Kor3,34). UJesu uthanda futhi wemukela konke ukuze bonke bathole intethelelo Kuye, njengoMsindisi neNkosi yabo, futhi baphile ekuhlanganyeleni noBaba wabo waseZulwini ngoMoya oNgcwele.

UJesu usinikeza isabelo othandweni lwakhe kwabangakholwa. Ngalokhu sibabona njengabantu bakaNkulunkulu uqobo, abadalile futhi azobahlenga, yize bengakamazi Lowo obathandayo. Uma sigcina lo mbono, isimo sethu sengqondo nokuziphatha kwethu kwabangakholwa kuzoshintsha. Sizobamukela ngezandla ezimhlophe njengamalungu omndeni ayizintandane futhi ahlukanisiwe asazokwazi ubaba wawo weqiniso; njengabafowethu nodadewethu abalahlekile abangaqapheli ukuthi bahlobene nathi ngoKristu. Sizofuna ukuhlangana nabangakholwa ngothando lukaNkulunkulu, ukuze nabo bamukele umusa kaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabo.