[eli nqaku linikelwe nguAlex Rover]
Iimpawu ezintlanu eziphambili zeCalvinism zizinto ezibonisa amanyala apheleleyo, unyulo olungenamiqathango, uxolelwano oluncinci, unyamezelo olungagungqiyo nokunyamezelwa kwabangcwele. Kweli nqaku, siza kuqwalasela eyokuqala kwezihlanu. Okokuqala ngaphandle: yintoni i-Depravity iyonke? I-Depravity iyonke yimfundiso echaza imeko yomntu phambi koThixo, njengezidalwa eziphele esonweni ngokupheleleyo kwaye ezingakwaziyo ukuzisindisa. UJohn Calvin ukubeka ngale ndlela:
"Mayime, ke, njengenyaniso engenakuchaphazeleka, engashukumiyo iinjini, ukuba ingqondo yomntu yahlukaniswe ngokupheleleyo nobulungisa bukaThixo, kangangokuba akanakuba namandla okucinga, umnqweno, okanye uyilo nayiphi na into engendawo engendawo, egqwethiweyo, engcolileyo. , abangahlambulukanga nabangendawo; ukuba intliziyo yakhe ibhalwe ngokupheleleyo sisono, ukuba ingaphefumla ngaphandle kokonakala nokubola; Ukuba abanye abantu ngamanye amaxesha benza ukubonisa ukulunga, iingqondo zabo zihlala zihlangana nohanahaniso nenkohliso, umphefumlo wabo ngaphakathi uboshwe ngamakhamandela obubi." [i]
Ngamanye amagama, uzalelwe ungumoni, kwaye uya kufa ngenxa yeso sono, nokuba ungantoni na, yenzela ukuxolelwa nguThixo. Akukho mntu owakha waphila ngonaphakade, okuthetha ukuba akukho namnye uzuze ngokwabo ukulunga. UPawulos wathi:
“Ngaba singcono? Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho […] Akukho namnye olilungisa, nokuba ungomnye, akukho namnye uqondayo, akukho namnye ufuna uThixo. Zonke zijikile. ”- KwabaseRoma 3: 9-12
Kuthekani ngoDavide?
Hayi, uyolo lwalowo uxolelwe izono, oxolelweyo! Hayi, uyolo lwalowo ungahambi kakuhle uYehova, ekungekho moya wokwenza ubuqhophololo. ”- IiNdumiso 32: 1-2
Ngaba le ndinyana ichasene nokuDodobala ngokupheleleyo? Ngaba uDavide wayengumntu owayegatya umthetho? Ngapha koko, umntu unokuba nawo njani umoya ngaphandle kwenkohliso ukuba iyonke i-Depravity iyinyani? Esi siqwalaselwe apha sisizathu sokuba uDavide wayefuna uxolelo okanye uxolelo ngobudenge bakhe. Umoya wakhe ococekileyo ngenxa yoko wasisenzo sikaThixo.
Kuthekani ngo-Abraham?
Kuba uAbraham, ukuba wayegwetyelwe ngokwasemisebenzini, ange eneqhayiya ngaye, kodwa phambi koThixo. Sithini isibhalo? "U-Abraham wakholwa kuThixo, kwaza oko kwabalelwa ebulungiseni kuye. […] Ukholo lwakhe lubizwa njengobulungisa. ”- KwabaseRoma 4: 2-5
Ngaba olu luyolo ke lolwaluko okanye lolwaluko? Kuba sithi, “ukholo lwathi ngenxa ka-Abraham, lwabalelwa ebulungiseni. Wabalelwa njani ke kuye? Wayalukile ke yena ngeloxesha, okanye akunjalo? Ewe, wayengalukanga kodwa engalukanga. […] Ukuze abe nguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo ”- KwabaseRoma 4: 9-14
Ngaba uAbraham wayehlukile kulo mmiselo, njengendoda elilungisa? Ngokucacileyo akunjalo, kuba wayefuna a ityala ubulungisa ke obusekelwe kukholo lwakhe. Ezinye iinguqulelo zisebenzisa igama elithi "impute", elithetha ukuba ukholo lwakhe lwalubalwa njengobulungisa, ukugubungela ukonakala kwakhe. Isiphetho sibonakala ukuba wayengelolungisa ngokwakhe, kwaye ngenxa yoko ubulungisa bakhe abuyenzi mbi imfundiso yokonakala ngokupheleleyo.
Isono sokuqala
Isono sokuqala sakhokelela kuThixo ukuba abhengeza isigwebo sentambo (iGen 3: 19), ukubeleka kuya kuba nzima ngakumbi (Gen 3: 18), ukuzala komntwana kuya kuba buhlungu (IG 3: 16), kwaye bakhutshiwe kwiGadi yase-Eden .
Kodwa siphi isiqalekiso sokunganyaniseki ngokupheleleyo, ukuba uAdam nembewu yakhe baya kuthukwa ukuba basoloko besenza okungalunganga? Esi siqalekiso asifumaneki eSibhalweni, kwaye le yingxaki yeCalvinism.
Kubonakala kuphela kwendlela yokususa uluvo lokonakala ngokupheleleyo kule akhawunti kukusuka kwisiqalekiso sokufa. Ukufa yintlawulo efunekayo ngenxa yesono (KwabaseRoma 6:23). Sele siyazi ukuba uAdam wona kwakanye. Kodwa ngaba wona kamva? Siyayazi imbewu yakhe, kuba uKayin wambulala umntakwabo. Kungekudala emva kokufa kuka-Adam, iZibhalo zirekhoda okwenzekileyo eluntwini:
Kodwa ke uNdikhoyo wabona ukuba ububi babantu bandile emhlabeni. Zonke iingcinga zabo bazonakalisayo lonke ixesha. ”- IGenesis 6: 5
Yiyo loo nto kubonakala ukuba ukonakala njengeyona nto ixhaphakileyo kulandela isono sokuqala yinto echazwe eBhayibhileni. Kodwa ngaba ngumthetho wokuba bonke abantu mababe yile ndlela? UNowa ubonakala eyiphikisa loo mbono. Ukuba uThixo uvakalisa isiqalekiso, kufuneka sisebenze rhoqo, kuba uThixo akanakuxoka.
Kodwa mhlawumbi eyona nto ivakalayo ngalo mbandela yingxelo kaYobhi, omnye wabazukulwana baka-Adam. Masiqokelele kwiakhawunti yakhe ukuba ngaba uwonke wonke umntu unenkohliso.
umsebenzi
Incwadi kaYobhi ivula ngala mazwi:
Kwakukho umntu ezweni laseUtse, ogama linguYobhi. kwaye yayinguye loo ndoda ongenakusoleka nothe tyeKe kaloku, ndiyamoyika uThixo, ndibuye ebubini. ”(uYobhi 1: 1 NASB)
Kungekudala emva koko uSathana wabonakala phambi koYehova uThixo wathi:
Umgqalile na umkhonzi wam uYobhi? Kuba akukho unjengaye emhlabeni, umntu ongenakusoleka, othe tye, owoyik 'uThixo, ebuya ebubini. USathana wamphendula uYehova, wathi,Ngaba uYobhi umoyikela ilize uThixo?? '”(Umsebenzi 1: 8-9 NASB)
Ukuba uYobi wayekhululiwe ekuziphatheni okubi ngokupheleleyo, kwakutheni ukuze uSathana angaceli ukuba asuse unobangela wokuxolelwa? Inene baninzi abantu abachumileyo ababi. UDavide wathi:
“Kuba ndibamonela abo banekratshi, njengoko ndibonayo ukuphumelela kwabangendawo.” - INdumiso 73: 3
NgokukaCalvinism, imeko kaJobe inokuba sisiphumo sohlobo oluthile lokuxolelwa okanye inceba. Kodwa impendulo kaSathana kuThixo ityhila kakhulu. Ngamazwi akhe, uSathana wenza imeko yokuba uYobhi wayengenatyala kwaye ethe tye kuphela ngoba wasikelelwa ngempumelelo enkulu. Akukho kukhankanywa kokuxolelwa kunye nenceba okanye omnye umthetho osebenzayo. Isibhalo sithi le yayiyimeko yokungagqibeki kukaYobhi, kwaye oku kuyaphikisana nemfundiso kaCalvin.
Intliziyo elukhuni
Unokuthi imfundiso yokuziphatha kakubi ithetha ukuba lonke uluntu luzalwa luneentliziyo ezilukhuni kwinto elungileyo. Imfundiso kaCalvin imnyama kwaye imhlophe nyhani: nokuba ukhohlakele ngokupheleleyo, okanye ulungile ngokupheleleyo ngobabalo.
Ke abanye banokuthi bayiqaqadekise njani iintliziyo zabo konke konke ngokweBhayibhile? Ukuba sele ilukhuni ngokupheleleyo, ke ayinakuba nzima ngakumbi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuba ngaba banyamezele ngokupheleleyo (unyamezelo lwabo bangcwele), inokwenzeka njani ke ukuba lukhuni iintliziyo zabo?
Abanye abaphindayo ukona banokonakalisa izazela zabo kwaye bazenze bavakalelwe ngaphambili. (Kwabase-Efese 4: 19, 1 Timothy 4: 2) UPawulos ulumkisa ukuba abanye babeneentliziyo zabo zobudenge zimnyama (KwabaseRoma 1: 21). Akukho nanye kwezi inokwenzeka ukuba imfundiso epheleleyo yokudodobala iyinyani.
Ngaba Bonke Abantu Bakho Njengobungendawo?
Yintsilelo yethu ukuthambekela Ukwenza okubi kuyacaca: UPaul wakwenza kwacaca oku kwabaseRoma izahluko 7 kunye 8 apho echaza umlo wakhe ongenakwenzeka ngokuchasene neyakhe inyama:
Kuba andiyiqondi into endiyenzayo. Kuba andiyenzi into endiyifunayo - endaweni yoko, ndenza le nto ndiyithiyile. ”- KwabaseRoma 7: 15
Ukanti uPawulos wayezama ukuba ngolungileyo, nangona wayenotyekelo. Wayezithiyile izenzo zakhe zesono. Ukuba imisebenzi ayinakusivakalisa silungile, icacile ukuba sisiSibhalo. Ukholo ke luyasisindisa. Kodwa umbono weCalvin wehlabathi lilonke Ukonakala kuphelelwe lithemba. Uyakujonga ukuba senziwe ngokomfanekiso kaThixo, inyani engahambelaniyo nemfundiso yakhe. Ubungqina bamandla oku "kubonakaliswa kukaThixo" kumntu ngamnye kuthi kukuba naphakathi kwabo baphikayo ukuba kukho uthixo, sibona ububele nenceba kaThixo ibonakaliswa kwabanye kwizenzo zokuzinikela. Sisebenzisa igama elithi “ububele bobuntu”, kodwa ekubeni senziwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo obo bubele buvela kuye nokuba sinqwenela ukuyamkela okanye hayi.
Ngaba abantu badalwe ngokulungileyo okanye ububi? Kubonakala ngathi sobabini siyakwazi ukulunga nokubi ngaxeshanye; le mikhosi mibini iphikisana rhoqo. Umbono kaCalvin awuvumeli naluphi na uhlobo lokulunga okungokwemvelo. KwiCalvinism, kuphela ngamakholwa okwenyani abizwe nguThixo anakho ukubonisa ukulunga kokwenyani.
Kubonakala kum sidinga esinye isakhelo sokuqonda ukonakala okugqugqisileyo kweli hlabathi. Siza kusiphonononga esi sihloko kwicandelo 2.
[i] UJohn Calvin, Amaziko eNkolo yobuKristu, Ishicilelwe ngokutsha i-1983, iv. I-1, iphe. 291.
6 Ke, lungekho ukholo, akunakubakho ukumkholisa kakuhle uThixo; ngokuba lowo uzayo kuye, umelwe kukukholwa ukuba ukho, nokuba uyabavuza abo bamfunayo. 6:Hebhere 11
Kodwa imbono kaCalvin yehlabathi ngokuziphatha okubi ngokupheleleyo ayinathemba kwaphela. Akayikhathalelanga into yokuba senziwe ngokomfanekiso kaThixo, nto leyo engavisisaniyo nemfundiso yakhe.” Ungenathemba kakhulu? UHitler “wenziwa ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo.” Oku kuhambelana njani nemfundiso yakho "yethemba"? Ngokwenene, eli nqaku lingasentla lithetha ngesono noCalvin linempazamo “njengezizukulwana ezilandelelanayo” ze<em>Mboniselo. Ayiziqondi nje iindaba ezilungileyo. Oku kufanele kulindelekile, kuba IMboniselo ayifundisi okanye ayiyiqondi ivangeli. Yintoni ivangeli? “Isono sangena ngamntu mnye ehlabathini, kwangena ke ukufa ngaso isono;... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
[…] Inxalenye yoku-1 yeli nqaku, sivavanye imfundiso kaCalvin yoKonakala konke. Ukonakala konke […]
Othandekayo uAlex Rover, ndimtsha kakhulu kule ndawo kwaye ndigqibe kwelokuba ndiqale phezulu ndidlule ngamanqaku. Ndingumntu othandabuzayo kakhulu ngendalo, kodwa bendizimisele ukuvula ingqondo nentliziyo yam ukuba icace gca ukuqonda. Ndacinga ukuba ndingafumana inqaku apha okanye phaya eliza kucacisa inqaku elincinci endinengxaki nalo, kodwa eli nqaku liye landifikela kumongo.Ndiqale uphando lokukhangela isono ndaqala ngokufunda umxholo.Sothile, yonke inzima umbo jumbo wanyibilika kwaye konke okushiyekileyo kuyinyani eqaqambileyo.... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
Owu, kwaye ulibale ukukhankanya ukuba ungadinga ukukholelwa kuThintelo lweTyala ukuze uphephe ubuqhetseba beSemi-Pelagianism - inkolelo yokuba sinako ukwenza ukuthanda kukaThixo NGAPHANDLE koncedo lwaKhe. Kunzima, akunjalo?
Olu luphononongo oluqhubekayo lwam ngokunjalo. Ukuwohloka okupheleleyo akuthethi ukuba sibi ngangokunokwenzeka, kodwa ukuba isono sichaphazela UKUPHELELA kobukho bethu - iingqondo, ukuthanda, kunye neemvakalelo. Njengoko i-RC Sproul isitsho, asikho "sigwenxa kwaphela", kodwa isono sigcwele ubukho bethu. Akunzima kakhulu ukukholelwa.
Ke, eneneni, amaCalvinists KUNYE NABASEKHAYA baseArmini bobabini bakholelwa kwi-Depravity epheleleyo. Isisa sikaThixo esisilungeleyo siyimfuneko ukuze siqonde kwaye siphendule kwisipho sakhe sothando noxolelo. Nokuba le Nceba ibenza nje, okanye, qinisekisa, ke iba ngumbuzo.
Ngelishwa, abaninzi abalandela iimfundiso zikaCalvin kubonakala ngathi abayazi imbali yeli shishini. Ukuzibandakanya kwakhe ngokuthe ngcembe, kukuhlushwa ukufa ngokutshiswa kwisibonda sikaMichael Servetus nabanye. Kuyasazisa ngokwenene ekhaya ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuhlala usiphanda ngokucokisekileyo ngaphambi kokuba unxulumana nolunye unqulo.
Emva kokuba ndigqibile ukufunda iFoxes Book of Martyrs ndiyavuma nawe.
UCalvin wayeyi-SELF yehagu elilungisa etshabalalisa umbono wakhe opheleleyo ngesicatshulwa kubo bonke. Ukudibana kwakhe kwezopolitiko kunye necawa yamaKatolika yayingengobusathane.
Njengazo zonke ezi ntlobo zeenkokeli zonqulo bayamngcatsha uThixo ngokwamkela isimilo sikaLusifa ngelixa befuna ukukhanyiselwa nguKristu.
Ungaze uqaphele ukuba uCalvin noRonald banezinto ezimbalwa (kancinci) ezifanayo. UCalvin wayengummeli waba ngumfundisi. U-Rutherford wayengumgwebi (wexeshana) waba ngumfundisi UCalvin uthanda imithetho engqongqo kunye nolawulo olomeleleyo kwicawa (es). URonald ngokunjalo wayesaziwa njengongaguqukiyo kwiimbono zabanye, kunye neseti yolawulo ephambili kwiicawe zeJW (amabandla). UCalvin wayekholelwa kumaqela ama-2, ekhethwe ukuba asindiswe kwaye ngubani awamfelayo. Kwaye enye imiselwe intshabalalo. U-Rutherford wazisa kunye nemfundiso yeqela le-2: abathanjiswa kunye nabangathanjiswanga. Ezokuqala zibizwa / zikhethwe... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
Ngaba iLizwi likaThixo… liyinyaniso okanye akunjalo? Ngaba ngenene bekungaphandle kwendawo yokomoya ukumisa ukuba uThixo anga / angaqinisekisa ukuba unxibelelwano olubalulekileyo alunqwenelayo eluntwini luyafumaneka ngokukhuselekileyo eLizwini lakhe kunye nokusebenza kukaMoya oyiNgcwele? Nangona kungafuneka sifike apho ngokugqogqa nasekukhangeleni.
Ndizifumene iingcinga zakho apha kunokuba nzima ukuza kummiselo ngalo mcimbi uAlex. -Mnombulelo ngokufanayo ngemizamo kunye namandla owazisa kule ndawo ithandwayo yokuthuthuzela!
Molo maAfrika,
Enkosi ngengcaciso yakho. Ngelishwa, andikuqondi ukuba uzama ukuthini, nceda undincede.
1. Ilizwi likaThixo liyinyaniso, ngokuqinisekileyo. Ngaba ndenza enye ingcebiso ngenye indlela? Nceda undazise ukuze ndiphonononge amazwi am.
2. Zeziphi iingcinga ekunzima ukuzifikelela? Ndandivavanya imfundiso enamakholwa amaninzi kwaye ndibonise iingxaki ngayo, ndigqiba kwelokuba andivumelani noCalvin.
Ukonakala ngokupheleleyo kuya kuthetha ukuba abantu abanesono abanakukholelwa kuKristu okanye kwiVangeli, akunjalo? Siyazi ukuba xa umntu ezalwa ngokutsha “kungenxa” yenkolelo. UYohane 1: 12,13 “Ke bonke abamamkelayo wabanika igunya lokuba babe ngabantwana bakaThixo, abo ke bakholwayo kwigama lakhe; Ngaloo ndlela uYohane 3:16 unikela impendulo kule mfundiso yobuxoki yeCalvinism. “Kuba wenjenje uThixo ukulithanda kwakhe ihlabathi ude wancama uNyana wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo, ukuze bonke abakholwayo kuye bangatshabalali, koko baphile ngonaphakade... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
Mhlawumbi ukudodobala ngokupheleleyo asikusimo esihle sokujonga okwenyani, kodwa sisiseko esisebenzayo esimiselweyo xa sizijonga Ukuzijonga ngale ndlela kunokusinceda ukuba singazithembi kakhulu kubuchule bethu. I-1) igcina ukujolisa kuThixo ngokusinika amandla okuhamba ngokuthe ngqo kwaye i-2) isigcina singavumi ukuba sithembele kumandla ethu kunoBawo wethu. Ingcinga nje.
Ukohloka kuqinisekile, kodwa inkohliso iyonke ayinathemba.
Kwaye ukuba sikubabalo lukaThixo .. akukho nto inokusithintela ekuphumeleleni. Ke kutheni le nto kufuneka sithembele kuBawo konke konke?
UAlex. sincike kuBawo kuba kunyanzelekile. Ukuba 'kubabalo' lukaThixo okanye "ububele obungasifanelanga" kunemiqathango. Ngaphandle koko, xa sele ekuleso sikhundla, umntu wayenokwenza izinto eziphikisanayo nokuthanda kukaThixo aze acinge ukuba akangekhe enze nto ngaloo nto. Asinakucinga ukuba uThixo angazivumela ukuba anyanzeleke ukuba abe sisibonelelo kwabo bamchasayo; loo nto ingambeka kwindawo engenakuxoleleka, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo unengqondo elungileyo yokungakuvumeli oko ukuba kwenzeke. Ndifumanisa ukuba sonke esi sihloko “sokonakala” sibeka ecaleni kwaye sidimazeka. Ngubani na... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
molo qspf,
Ukucinga nje ukuba ulifunda lonke inqaku. Ndigqibe ngokufana nawe ukuba uCalvinism ayonyani.
Obo bubungozi bokuxoxa ezi zinto ngaphandle kokufunda ngokupheleleyo imisebenzi yabahlaziyi. Kukuchazwa gwenxa ukuba uCalvin wayecinga ukuba nabani na akananto ilungileyo. Umbuzo ufana kakhulu, yeyiphi imigangatho esiyisebenzisayo. Ukuba ngumgangatho womntu, ndinokuba lilungisa ngakumbi njengesiqhelo isela, kodwa mhlawumbi ndililungisa kancinci kunaye umama uTheresa okanye uGhandi. Ukanti sonke, kubandakanya isela, banako ukwenza okuhle kuthi, okanye banokwenza okuhle. Ukuba umgangatho welungisa nguThixo, ibhola ekhatywayo iyatshintsha. Sinesono, siyona... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
Ndivakalelwa kukuba isikhundla sikaCalvin sigqithise kakhulu kwaye andivumelani noko. Kodwa ewe, ndilifundile lonke inqaku lika-Alex. Njengoko benditshilo ngaphambilana, ndiyazi okuncinci malunga noCalvin, ke thatha ingqolowa yetyuwa nantoni na endiyithethileyo isisiseko sokungabinayo imvelaphi yobuCalvin. Ndiyaqonda ukuba uAlex uyavumelana naleyo kaCalvinism. Isichaso sam sikunye noCalvin, hayi noAlex kunjalo.
Uxolo qspf, andivumelani noCalvin. Yintoni ebangela ukuba ucinge njalo kwinqaku?
Ndichitha umzamo kwinqaku ndisophula ukuba kutheni ndingavumelani naye. Kungenxa yoko le nto ndibuze ukuba ufunda inqaku elipheleleyo.
Ndiphonononga kuphela umbono wakhe kunye neecawe ezihlaziyiweyo, kanye njengokuba sijonga iitowelowow kwaye ndibonisa kwiSibhalo apho kusilela khona.
Uxolo, Alex. Ndiqaphele kwenye impendulo endiyaziyo ukuba awuvumelani naye. Ndilifundile lonke inqaku. Inqaku lam kuphela yayikukuba iimfundiso zikaCalvin, njengoko ndazithathayo, zazindidandathekisa kwaye zindityhafisa. Kodwa, kucacile ukuba ndiyazi okuncinci malunga nalo, bekufanele ukuba ndiyiyekile kuloo nto, ukunqanda nakuphi na ukungaqondani. Ndiyathemba ukuba uya kuthi, ngaxa lithile, uchaze ukubaluleka kokubandakanya eli nqaku kunye namanye owacwangcisileyo, ngokunxulumene nomxholo abonakala kuwo ngaphakathi kwiipokethi zeBeroean. Kutheni le micimbi... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
Molo qspf, ndidibene neeCalvinists ezimbalwa kwaye ndafunda ukuba naliphi na igama lecawa elinegama eliguqulwe kulo (umzekelo i-Baptist Church), elithobela izimvo zikaCalvin. Sisabela njani kubo? Le bhlog imalunga nophando lwenyani. Ndithe xa ndilinganisa iimpikiswano ndixhasa uCalvinism ndabona ukuba angafika njani kolo luvo. Ndive nje ngathi ayingomfanekiso wonke. Uhlobo onokuthi ukholelwe ukuba kukho i-FDS namhlanje ukusuka kuMateyu 24, kodwa ukufunda sonke iSibhalo kungavumeli itoliki yeJW. Kwinxalenye yesibini,... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
Ubungendawo, ukonakala abakubonisayo kuthelekiswa noThixo, hayi nabanye abantu. Leyo yingcinga yabahlaziyi. Xa kuthelekiswa noThixo, sonke sisilele eluzukweni lwakhe. Uhlaziyo ukholelwa NGOKUFAR. Iingxoxo zihlala zijikeleza INDLELA FAR, endaweni yoko kukuba sisilele. Ukucinga okuhle ngohlaziyo ukubeka ukubeka kuThixo, kunye nokuxhomekeka kwethu kuye ukuze asindiswe, hayi imisebenzi yethu. Kulabo bathambekele kwezomthetho, umyalezo kaCalvin unokuba yile nto kanye kufuneka siyive. Nangona kunjalo, ndiyavuma,... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
UAlex ndicinga ukuba uyigqithisile imbono kaCalvin kwiImago Dei. Kuba uCalvin, aBantu, amadoda nabafazi bobabini ngabantwana bakaThixo, abasele bedalile, kwaye ekuweni abantu baphulukana nalo mfanekiso. Ucela umngeni kwaye ufuna ukugxininisa iziphumo ezibi zokuwa, evala ucango lwentsebenziswano, ngelixa kwangaxeshanye evuma intsalela eshiyekileyo, ukuze asuse isimangalo sokuzimisela ". AmaRoma Katolika amchonga uCalvin kunye namaProtestanti aqatha amkela isimiselo njengobungqina bokuba abantu abanayo inkululeko yokuziphatha, kwaye ngenxa yoko banokuba netyala. UCalvin waphendula wathi abantu abawileyo basenayo nangoku... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
Enkosi ngokucacisa uluvo lukaCalvin ngomntu owenziwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo nendlela ehambelana ngayo nokonakala konke. Ukuba ujonga isicatshulwa sokuvula esivela kuCalvin kwinqaku lam, kubonakala ngathi akukho nto iseleyo kwi-Imago Dei kubantu abonakele ngokupheleleyo. Ngenxa yoko ndibhale kumhlathi wokuvala: Ubungqina bamandla oku "kubonakaliswa kukaThixo" kumntu ngamnye kuthi kukuba naphakathi kwabo baphikayo ukuba kukho uthixo, sibona ububele nenceba kaThixo ibonakalisiwe kwabanye kwizenzo zokuzincama . Ndikhethe ngononophelo igama apha, ukusukela kwelikaCalvin... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
UMateyu 26:45 uthi: “Khangela! Lisondele ilixa lokuba uNyana womntu angcatshwe ezandleni zaboni. ” Oku kwathethwa nguYesu kubafundi bakhe xa wayeza kubanjwa. Ukanti, abafundi bakhe babengaboni, ngengqiqo engqongqo yelo gama. Kubonakala ngathi iBhayibhile isebenzisa "umoni" ngeendlela ezininzi. Sonke singaboni, kuba sizalelwe esonweni, yaye ngenxa yoko, ekugqibeleni siya kwaluphala, sigule size sife. Kodwa kukho abantu abasele 'bephambukile endleleni yabo' ukuba babi,... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
UCalvin wayengumntwana wexesha lakhe qspf. Yena kunye nabanye njengoko naye wavukela ekuzukisweni komntu kwaye wayefuna ukwenza yonke into ngakumbi uThixo. Xa ndinike i-biblestudy kumshumayeli weCalvinistic kunye nomfo owaya ecaweni esekwe kwiCalvin, ndingqina ukuba aba bantu ngokuqinisekileyo abashumayeli le mbono ukugcina amalungu emgceni. Ngapha koko, uninzi lwabo banobubele kakhulu, banesimo sengqondo sokuthobeka kakhulu, kwaye banothando olukhulu ngoThixo, njengoko imfundiso yokuziphatha gwenxa iqinisa umbono kunye nabo ukuba baludinga kangakanani usindiso, kwaye... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "
Molo Alex, Olunye uluvo oluhle, enkosi. Ngokwam, ndifumanise ukuba i-TULIP iluncedo ngakumbi ekuqondeni ingqondo nenkcubeko yomvuseleli kunokubamba iinyaniso ezinzulu zesiBhalo. Umcimbi wokuba i-Imago Dei icinyiwe emntwini- okanye icinyiwe- kubonakala ngathi ibisekwe ngaphezulu koqwalaselo lweteksti kunokubhekiswa ngaphambili. Umzekelo, qwa lasela enye ingcamango yendlela uCalvin awajonga ngayo ukonakala kumazwi kaYesu ngokubhekisele kubuntu bukaNathaniyeli: UYesu wabona uNatan'ael esiza kuye wathi... Funda ngokugqithisileyo "