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Inkazimulo yentethelelo kaNkulunkulu
Yize intethelelo emangalisayo kaNkulunkulu ingenye yezihloko engizithandayo, kufanele ngivume ukuthi kunzima ngisho nokuqala ukuqonda ukuthi kungokoqobo kangakanani. UNkulunkulu wabaklama kusukela ekuqaleni njengesipho saKhe esivulekile, isenzo esithengwe kakhulu sokuxolela nokubuyisana ngeNdodana Yakhe, umvuthwandaba wayo okwaba ukufa kwakhe esiphambanweni. Ngenxa yalokhu, asikhululwa nje kuphela, siyabuyiselwa - “senziwa balandelana” noNkulunkulu wethu oziqu zintathu onothando.
Encwadini yakhe ethi Atonement: The Person and Work of Christ, uTF Torrance wakubeka ngalendlela: “Kudingeka sibeke izandla zethu emilonyeni yethu ngoba asiwatholi amagama angase ngisho asondele ekwaneliseni incazelo engcwele engapheli. ukubuyisana”. Uthatha imfihlakalo yokuthethelela kukaNkulunkulu njengomsebenzi woMdali onomusa - umsebenzi omsulwa nomkhulu kangangokuthi ngeke siwuqonde ngokugcwele. NgokweBhayibheli, inkazimulo yokuthethelela kukaNkulunkulu ibonakala ezibusisweni eziningi ezihlobene nakho. Ake sibheke kafushane lezi zipho zomusa.
1. Ngokuthethelelwa, izono zethu zithethelelwe
Isidingo sokufa kukaJesu esiphambanweni ngenxa yezono zethu sisisiza ukuba siqonde ukuthi uNkulunkulu usithatha ngokungathi sína kangakanani isono nokuthi kufanele sisithathe ngokungathi sína kangakanani isono necala. Isono sethu sikhulula amandla ayeyobhubhisa iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngokwayo futhi abhubhise uZiqu-zintathu uma kungenzeka. Isono sethu sasidinga ukungenela kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu ukuze inqobe ububi esibuvezayo; lokhu wakwenza ngokunikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yethu. Njengamakholwa, asikubheki ukufa kukaJesu ukuze athethelelwe njengokuthile nje “okunikiwe” noma “okulungile” - kusiqondisa ekukhulekeleni okuthobekile nokujulile kukaKristu, kusisusa ekukholweni kokuqala kuya ekwamukelweni okujabulisayo futhi ekugcineni sikhonze ngempilo yethu yonke. .
Ngenxa yomhlatshelo kaJesu, sithethelelwe ngokuphelele. Lokhu kusho ukuthi konke ukungabi nabulungisa kusulwe yijaji elingakhethi futhi eliphelele. Wonke amanga ayaziwa futhi ayanqotshwa - esuliwe futhi enziwe afanelekela ukusindiswa kwethu ngezindleko zikaNkulunkulu. Masingamane singazibi leli qiniso elimangalisayo. Intethelelo kaNkulunkulu ayiyona into eyimpumputhe - ngokuphambene nalokho. Akukho okunganakwa. Ububi buyalahlwa futhi buqediwe futhi sisindisiwe emiphumeleni yabo ebulalayo futhi sithole impilo entsha. UNkulunkulu wazi yonke imininingwane yesono nokuthi siyilimaza kanjani indalo Yakhe emihle. Uyazi ukuthi isono sikulimaza kanjani wena nalabo obathandayo. Uphinde abheke ngale kwamanje futhi abone ukuthi isono sithinta futhi silimaze kanjani isizukulwane sesithathu nesesine (nangaphezulu!). Uyawazi amandla nokujula kwesono; ngakho-ke, ufuna siqonde futhi sijabulele amandla nokujula kwentethelelo yakhe.
Ukuthethelela kusivumela ukuba sibone futhi sazi ukuthi kuningi esingakuzwa kunalokho esikubona ekuphileni kwethu kwamanje kwesikhashana. Ngenxa yentethelelo kaNkulunkulu, singabheka ngokulangazela ikusasa elikhazimulayo uNkulunkulu asilungiselele lona. Akazange avumele noma yini ukuba yenzeke umsebenzi wakhe wokubuyisana owawungakwazi ukuhlenga, ukuvuselela, nokubuyisela. Isikhathi esidlule asinawo amandla okunquma ikusasa uNkulunkulu, ngenxa yomsebenzi wokubuyisana weNdodana yakhe ethandekayo, asivulele kulo umnyango.
2. Kungentethelelo lapho sibuyisana khona noNkulunkulu
NgeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, umfowethu omdala nompristi omkhulu, sazi uNkulunkulu njengoBaba wethu. UJesu wasimema ukuba sihlanganyele enkulumweni yakhe kuNkulunkulu uBaba futhi simbize ngokuthi Abba. Lesi isisho esiyimfihlo sikababa noma ubaba othandekayo. Uhlanganyela nathi ukujwayelana kobudlelwane bakhe noBaba futhi asiholele ekusondeleni kukaBaba, lokho akufisayo nathi.
Ukuze asiholele kulokhu kusondelana, uJesu wasithumelela uMoya oNgcwele. NgoMoya oNgcwele singakwazi ukuqaphela uthando lukaBaba futhi siqale ukuphila njengabantwana Bakhe abathandekayo. Umbhali wencwadi yamaHeberu ugcizelela ukubaluleka komsebenzi kaJesu kulokhu: “Isikhundla sikaJesu sasiphakeme kunesabapristi besivumelwano esidala, ngoba isivumelwano asengumlamuleli waso manje sikhulu kunesidala; kusekelwe izithembiso ezingcono...Ngokuba ngiyakuba nesihawu ngobubi babo, futhi angisayikuzikhumbula izono zabo” (Heb. 8,6.12).
3. Ukuthethelela kuqeda ukufa
Engxoxweni yohlelo lwethu oluthi You'r Included, uRobert Walker, umshana ka-TF Torrance, waveza ukuthi ubufakazi bokuthethelelwa kwethu ukubhujiswa kwesono nokufa, okuqinisekiswa wuvuko. Uvuko luyisenzakalo esinamandla kakhulu. Akukhona nje ukuvuka komuntu ofile. Kuyisiqalo sendalo entsha - ukuqala kokuvuselelwa kwesikhathi nendawo... Uvuko luyintethelelo. Akubona nje ubufakazi bokuthethelelwa, kodwa ukuthethelelwa, njengoba ngokweBhayibheli, isono nokufa kuhambisana. Ngakho-ke, ukubhujiswa kwesono kusho ukubhujiswa kokufa. Lokhu kusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu ususa isono ngokuvuka kwabafileyo. Kwadingeka ukuba othile avuswe ukuze akhiphe isono sethu ethuneni ukuze novuko lube olwethu. Yingakho uPawulu ayengabhala: “Kepha uma uKristu engavuswanga, nisesezonweni zenu.” … Uvuko alukona nje ukuvuka komuntu ofile; kunalokho, kumelela ukuqala kokubuyiselwa kwazo zonke izinto.
4. Ukuthethelela kubuyisela ukuphelela
Ukukhethwa kwethu ensindisweni kuqeda inkinga yefilosofi endala—uNkulunkulu uthumela oyedwa wabaningi, futhi abaningi bafakwe koyedwa. Kungakho umphostoli uPawulu abhalela uThimothewu: “Ngokuba munye uNkulunkulu, munye nomlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, umuntu uKristu Jesu, owazinikela abe-yinhlawulo yabo bonke, kube-ngubufakazi bakhe ngesikhathi esifanele. Ngenxa yalokhu ngibekwe ukuba ngibe umshumayeli nomphostoli, njengomfundisi wabezizwe ekukholweni nangeqiniso.”1. UThimothi 2,5-enye).
Amacebo kaNkulunkulu ngo-Israyeli naso sonke isintu ayagcwaliseka kuJesu. Uyinceku ethembekileyo kaNkulunkulu oyedwa, umphristi wenkosi, owabaningi, owabo bonke! UJesu unguYe okwafezwa ngaye inhloso kaNkulunkulu yokunikeza umusa wokuthethelela kubo bonke abantu abake baphila. UNkulunkulu akakhethi noma akhethe oyedwa ozolahla abaningi, kodwa njengendlela yokuhlanganisa abaningi. Ebudlelwaneni obusindisayo bukaNkulunkulu, ukukhetha akusho ukuthi kufanele kube nokulahlwa okusobala. Kunalokho, ukusho kukaJesu kuphela ukuthi kungaye kuphela bonke abantu abangabuyisana noNkulunkulu. Sicela uqaphele amavesi alandelayo eZenzo zabaPhostoli: “Ayikho insindiso ngomunye, futhi alikho futhi elinye igama ngaphansi kwezulu elinikiwe phakathi kwabantu okumelwe sisindiswe ngalo” ( IzEnzo. 4,12). “Kuyakuthi yilowo nalowo obiza igama leNkosi uyakusindiswa.” (IzE 2,21).
Asidlulise izindaba ezimnandi
Ngicabanga ukuthi nonke nizovuma ukuthi ukuzwa izindaba ezinhle zokuthethelela kukaNkulunkulu kubaluleke kakhulu kubo bonke abantu. Bonke abantu badinga ukwazi ukuthi babuyisane noNkulunkulu. Bacelwa ukuba basabele kulokho kubuyisana okwenziwa kwaziwe ngesimemezelo esinamandla sikaMoya oNgcwele seZwi likaNkulunkulu. Bonke abantu kufanele baqonde ukuthi bamenyiwe ukwamukela lokho uNkulunkulu abasebenzele. Bamenywa futhi ukuba bahlanganyele emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu wamanje ukuze baphile ebunyeni bomuntu siqu nokuhlanganyela noNkulunkulu kuKristu. Bonke abantu kufanele bazi ukuthi uJesu, njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, waba umuntu. UJesu wagcwalisa icebo likaNkulunkulu laphakade. Wasinika uthando lwakhe olumsulwa nolungapheli, wabhubhisa ukufa futhi ufuna ukuba sibe naye futhi ekuphileni okuphakade. Sonke isintu sidinga umlayezo wevangeli ngoba, njengoba i-TF Torrence iphawula, kuyimfihlakalo "okufanele kusimangaze kakhulu kunalokho ebesingachazwa."
Ngenjabulo ngokuthi izono zethu zihlawulelwe, ngokuthi uNkulunkulu usithethelele futhi usithanda ngempela kuze kube phakade.
UJoseph Tkach
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