The nqaku yangaphambili Ithethe ngeembewu ezimbini ezikhuphisanayo ezisukuzana enye nenye ixesha lonke kude kube kufikelela esiphelweni sosindiso loluntu. Ngoku sikwinqanaba lesine lolu ngcelele kwaye okwangoku asikaze sime ukubuza umbuzo: Luyintoni usindiso lwethu?

Luquka ntoni usindiso lwabantu? Ukuba ucinga impendulo icacile, cinga kwakhona. Ndenze njalo, ndaye ndenza njalo. Ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba emva kokucingisisa nzulu, ndiye ndabona ukuba yeyona nto iqondwa phosakeleyo nengachazwanga kakuhle kuzo zonke iimfundiso zobuKristu.

Ukuba ubunokubuza umProtestanti wakho loo mbuzo, ubunokuva ukuba usindiso luthetha ukuya ezulwini ukuba ulungile. Kwelinye icala, ukuba awulunganga, uya esihogweni. Ukuba ubuza umKatolika, uya kufumana impendulo efanayo, kunye nesihlomelo esithi ukuba awulunganga ngokwaneleyo ukuba ungalifanela izulu, kodwa ungalunganga ngokwaneleyo ukuba ufanele ukugwetywa esihogweni, uya ePurgatory, eluhlobo lokucoca indlu, njenge-Ellis Island ibuyile emini.

Kula maqela, uvuko lomzimba, kuba umphefumlo awufi, ungafiyo kwaye konke.[i]  Ewe kunjalo, ukukholelwa kumphefumlo ongafiyo kuthetha ukuba akukho themba, okanye umvuzo wobomi obungunaphakade, kuba ngokwengcaciso, umphefumlo ongafiyo ungunaphakade. Kubonakala ngathi kuninzi lwabo bakwiNgqobhoko, usindiso-njengoko indawo yokuhlala bezisitsho-konke malunga "nendawo, indawo, indawo". Oku kukwathetha ukuba kwinkoliso yabo bazibanga bengamaKristu, le planethi ingaphezulu nje kokuba ngumhlaba wokuvavanya; indawo yokuhlala yexeshana apho sivavanywa kwaye sacocwa ngaphambi kokuya kumvuzo wethu ongunaphakade ezulwini okanye ukugwetywa kwethu ngonaphakade esihogweni.

Betyeshela isibakala sokuba kungekho sizathu sivakalayo esingokweZibhalo sale mfundiso yezakwalizwi, bambi basityeshela ngokusengqiqweni. Baqiqa ngelithi, ukuba umhlaba yindawo yokubonisa ukuba usilungele umvuzo wasezulwini, kwakutheni ukuze uThixo azenzele iingelosi ngokungqalileyo njengezidalwa zomoya? Akunyanzelekanga ukuba nabo bavavanywe? Ukuba akunjalo, kutheni ke thina? Kutheni usenza izidalwa ezibonakalayo ukuba le nto uyikhangelayo, ukuba ufuna ukugqiba ngayo, yeyokomoya? Kubonakala njengenkunkuma yomzamo. Kananjalo, kutheni le nto uThixo onothando ebavumela ngabom abantu abamsulwa ukuba babandezeleke? Ukuba umhlaba uvavanyiwe kwaye usulungekisiwe, ke umntu akanikwanga ukhetho. Wayedalelwe ukuba abandezeleke. Oku akuhambelani noko sikuxelelwa ngu-1 Yohane 4: 7-10 ngoThixo.

Okokugqibela, kwaye eyona nto yoyikekayo kubo bonke, kwakutheni ukuze uThixo adale isihogo? Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, akukho namnye kuthi owacela ukudalwa. Phambi kokuba sonke sibe khona, sasingeyonto, singasekho. Umsebenzi kaThixo ke ngowokuba, "Uyandithanda kwaye ndiyakukusa ezulwini, okanye undilahle, ndiyakukuhlukumeza naphakade." Asifumani thuba lokubuyela ngokulula koko sasinako ngaphambi kobukho; Akukho thuba lokubuyela kokungekhoyo apho sivela khona ukuba asifuni ukuthatha isivumelwano. Hayi, kukuthobela uThixo kwaye uphile, okanye ukumala uThixo kwaye ungcungcuthekiswe ngonaphakade kanaphakade.

Nantsi into esingayibiza ngokuba yi-Godfather theology: "UThixo uza kusenzela into esingeke sayala."

Akumangalisi ke ukuba inani elandayo labantu liphethukela kubukho bukaThixo okanye kubukho bukaThixo. Iimfundiso zecawa, endaweni yokubonisa isiseko esisengqiqweni sesayensi, zibhenca isiseko sazo sokwenyani kwiintsomi zabantu bamandulo.

Ngexesha lokudla kwam ubomi, ndiye ndaneengxoxo ezinde kunye nabantu bazo zonke ezona zikhulu kunye neenkolelo ezincinci emhlabeni, zombini ezobuKrestu nezingezizo ezobuKrestu. Andikayifumani ehambelana ngokupheleleyo noko kufundiswa yiBhayibhile. Oku akumele kusimangalise. UMtyholi akafuni ukuba amaKristu ayiqonde eyona ntsindiso. Nangona kunjalo, amaqela akhe amaninzi akhuphisanayo anengxaki kuwo nawuphi na umbutho onemveliso ayithengisayo. (2 KwabaseKorinte 11:14, 15) Into umntu ngamnye afanele ayinike umthengi kufuneka yahluke kwabo bakhuphisana nabo; Ngaphandle koko, kutheni abantu betshintsha? Olu luphawu lokuvelisa 101.

Ingxaki ezijamelene nazo zonke ezi nkolo kukuba elona themba losindiso asikokuphathwa kwayo nayiphi na inkolo. Injengemana eyawa emazulwini kwintlango yeSinayi; apho bonke baya kuthatha ngentando. Ngokusisiseko, inkolo elungelelanisiweyo izama ukuthengisa ukutya kubantu abarhangqwe kuko, konke simahla. Abezenkolo bayayiqonda into yokuba abanakubalawula abantu ngaphandle kokuba balawule ukutya kwabo, ke bazibiza ngokuba "bangumkhonzi othembekileyo noqondayo" kaMateyu 24: 45-47, umthengisi wokutya okhethekileyo womhlambi kaThixo, kwaye banethemba lokuba akukho mntu ubabonayo simahla ukufumana ukutya ngokwabo. Ngelishwa, esi sicwangciso sisebenze amakhulu eminyaka kwaye siyaqhubeka nokwenza njalo.

Ewe, kule ndawo, akukho mntu uzama ukulawula okanye ukulawula omnye. Apha sifuna ukuqonda nje iBhayibhile. Apha, oyena mntu uphetheyo nguYesu. Xa uneyona nto intle, ngubani oyidingayo yonke le nto!

Ke masijonge kwiBhayibhile kunye kwaye sibone ukuba yintoni esinokuza nayo, andibi kunjalo?

Buyela kwizinto ezisisiseko

Njengesiqalo, masivume ukuba usindiso lwethu kukubuyisela oko kulahlekileyo e-Eden. Ukuba besingalahlekanga, nokuba ibiyintoni na, ngekhe sidinge ukusindiswa. Oko kubonakala kusengqiqweni. Ke ngoko, ukuba sinokuqonda kakuhle ukuba yintoni eyayilahlekile ngelo xesha, siyakwazi oko kufuneka sibuye ukuze sisindiswe.

Siyazi ukuba uAdam wadalwa nguThixo ngokomfanekiso wakhe nangokufana naye. UAdam wayengunyana kaThixo, eyinxalenye yosapho lukaThixo kwindalo iphela. (Ge 1:26; Luk 3:38) IZibhalo zikwabonisa ukuba izilwanyana nazo zadalwa nguThixo kodwa azenziwanga ngokomfanekiselo wakhe nangokufana naye. IBhayibhile ayizange ibhekise kwizilwanyana njengabantwana bakaThixo. Yindalo yaKhe kuphela, kanti abantu bayindalo yaKhe nabantwana baKhe. Iingelosi kukwathethwa ngazo njengoonyana bakaThixo. (Yobhi 38: 7)

Abantwana bafumana ilifa lotata. Abantwana bakaThixo badla ilifa kuYise osemazulwini, oko kuthetha ukuba, phakathi kwezinye izinto, bafumana ubomi obungunaphakade. Izilwanyana azingobantwana bakaThixo, ke azizuzi ilifa likaThixo. Yiyo loo nto izilwanyana zifa ngokwendalo. Yonke indalo kaThixo, nokuba yinxalenye yosapho okanye ayiyiyo, iphantsi kwakhe. Ke ngoko, singatsho ngaphandle koloyiko lokuphikisana ukuba uYehova ngumongami wendalo iphela.

Masiphinde: Yonke into ekhoyo yindalo kaThixo. UyiNkosi enguMongami wayo yonke indalo. Inxalenye encinci yendalo yakhe ikwajongwa njengabantwana baKhe, usapho lukaThixo. Njengakwimeko yotata nabantwana, abantwana bakaThixo bamile ngokomfanekiselo nangokufana naye. Njengabantwana, balidla ilifa kuYe. Ngamalungu osapho lukaThixo kuphela adla ilifa kwaye ke ngamalungu osapho kuphela anako ukufumana ubomi uThixo anabo: ubomi obungunaphakade.

Endleleni, abanye boonyana bakaThixo abaziingelosi kunye nabantwana baKhe bokuqala abangabantu bavukela. Oku kwakungathethi ukuba uThixo wayekile ukuba ngukumkani wabo. Yonke indalo iyaqhubeka iphantsi kwakhe. Umzekelo, kwakude kudala emva kokuvukela kwakhe, uSathana wayesathobela ukuthanda kukaThixo. (Bona uYobhi 1:11, 12) Ngelixa benikwe inkululeko, indalo enemvukelo yayingaze ikhululeke ngokupheleleyo ukuba yenze nantoni na eyifunayo. UYehova, njengeNkosi enguMongami, wabeka imida yokuba abantu kunye needemon basebenze. Xa kwagqitywa loo mida, kwabakho iziphumo, njengokutshatyalaliswa kwehlabathi loMkhukula, okanye ukutshatyalaliswa kweSodom neGomora, okanye ukuthotywa kwendoda enye, njengoKumkani uNebhukadenetsare waseBhabheli. (Ge 6: 1-3; 18:20; Dan 4: 29-35; Yude 6, 7)

Ngenxa yokuba ubudlelwane boburhulumente bukaThixo phezu koMntu buqhubeka bekhona emva kokuba uAdam onile, sinokugqiba ukuba ubudlelwane obalahlwa nguAdam kwakungebona boMongami / Isihloko. Oko waphulukana nako yayilulwalamano losapho, olo loyise nabantwana bakhe. UAdam wagxothwa e-Eden, ikhaya elalilungiselelwe nguYehova ngabantu bokuqala. Wayengafumani lifa. Kuba ngabantwana bakaThixo kuphela abanokuzuza izinto zikaThixo, kubandakanya ubomi obungunaphakade, uAdam waphulukana nelifa lakhe. Ke, waba yenye indalo kaThixo njengezilwanyana.

“Ngokuba bayahlelwa abantu, kwaye bayahlelwa nabafana neenkomo zabo; zonke zineziphumo ezifanayo. Njengoko kunjalo ukufa kwabo, kunjalo ukufa kwazo; umoya mnye kubo bonke. Ngoko umntu akazongami kunezilwanyana, kuba yonke into ililize. ” (INtshumayeli 3:19)

Ukuba umntu wenziwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo nangokufana naye, kwaye eyinxalenye yosapho lukaThixo, kwaye ebudla ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade, kungatshiwo njani ukuba “umntu akongamele izilwanyana”? Akunakuba njalo. Ke ngoko, umbhali weNtshumayeli uthetha 'ngomntu owileyo'. Ngenxa yokuthwaliswa isono, ukukhutshwa kwilifa losapho lukaThixo, abantu ababalulekanga kunezilwanyana. Njengoko kunjalo ukufa kwabo, kunjalo ukufa kwazo;

Indima yesono

Oku kusinceda ukubeka indima yesono kwindawo efanelekileyo. Akukho namnye kuthi owakhetha ukona ekuqaleni, kodwa sizalelwe kuso njengoko iBhayibhile isitsho:

Njengokuba ke isono sangena ngamntu mnye ehlabathini, kwangena ke ukufa ngaso isono, ngokunjalo nokufa kwadluliselwa kubantu bonke, ngenxa yokuba bonke bonayo. - KwabaseRoma 5:12 BSB[ii]

Isono lilifa lethu elivela kuAdam, ngokuzalwa ngokwemfuza kuye. Imalunga nosapho kunye nosapho lwethu oluzifa kutata wethu uAdam; Kodwa ke umxokelelwane welifa uyekile kuye, kuba wagxothwa ngaphandle kosapho lukaThixo. Yiyo loo nto sonke sizinkedama. Sisesendalweni kaThixo, kodwa njengezilwanyana, asisengonyana bakhe.

Sifumana njani ubomi obungunaphakade? Uyeke ukona? Oko kungaphaya kwamandla ethu, kodwa nokuba bekungenjalo, ukugxila kwisono kukuphosa owona mcimbi mkhulu, owona mba.

Ukuwuqonda ngcono umba wokwenene wosindiso, kuya kufuneka sijonge okokugqibela kwinto uAdam awayenayo ngaphambi kokuba amkhanyele uThixo njengoYise.

UAdam wayehamba ethetha noThixo ngokucacileyo rhoqo. (Ge 3: 8) Olu lwalamano lubonakala ngathi lwalunezinto ezininzi ezifanayo kuYise nonyana kunakuKumkani nesifundo sakhe. UYehova waphatha isibini sokuqala njengabantwana bakhe, kungekhona abakhonzi bakhe. Sithini isidingo sikaThixo sabakhonzi? UThixo uluthando, kwaye uthando lwakhe lubonakaliswa kwilungiselelo losapho. Kukho iintsapho ezulwini njengokuba kukho neentsapho emhlabeni. (Efe. 3:15) Utata ongumama olungileyo uya kubeka ubomi bomntwana wabo kwindawo yokuqala, ade azincame. Senziwe ngokomfanekiso kaThixo kwaye ke, nangona sinesono, sibonisa intwana yothando olungenasiphelo uThixo analo ngabantwana bakhe.

Ulwalamano awayenalo uAdam noEva noYise, uYehova uThixo, lwaluza kuba lolwethu. Leyo yinxalenye yelifa esilindeleyo. Inxalenye yosindiso lwethu.

Uthando lukaThixo luvula indlela yokubuya

Kude kufike uKristu, amadoda athembekileyo ayengenakumgqala ngokufanelekileyo uYehova njengoYise wawo ngaphezu kwesikweko. Usenokubhekiswa kuye njengoBawo wohlanga lakwaSirayeli, kodwa kuyacaca ukuba ngelo xesha kwakungekho mntu wayecinga ngaye njengotata, ngendlela amaKristu enza ngayo. Ke, asizukufumana mthandazo wenziwa kwiZibhalo zangaphambi kobuKristu (iTestamente eNdala) apho umkhonzi othembekileyo kaThixo embiza njengoYise. Amagama asetyenzisiweyo abhekisa kuye njengeNkosi ngengqondo ebalaseleyo (I-NWT ihlala iguqulela oku njenge "Nkosi enguMongami".) Okanye njengoThixo uSomandla, okanye amanye amagama agxininisa amandla akhe, ubukhosi kunye nozuko. Amadoda akudala athembekileyo — oosolusapho, ookumkani, nabaprofeti — babengazithathi njengabantwana bakaThixo, kodwa babefuna nje ukuba ngabakhonzi baKhe. UKumkani uDavide wade wazibiza ngokuba 'ungunyana wekhobokazana [likaYehova].' (Nd 86:16)

Konke oku kwaguquka noKristu, kwaye yayilithambo lempikiswano nabachasi bakhe. Xa wathi uThixo nguYise, bakugqala njengokunyelisa kwaye bafuna ukumxuluba ngamatye kwangoko.

". . Kodwa wabaphendula wathi: "UBawo uyasebenza kude kube ngoku, nam ke ndiyasebenza." 18 Ngenxa yoko ke ayefuna ngakumbi amaYuda ukumbulala; ngokuba ubengaphule sabatha yodwa, wayetshilo nokuthi, uThixo ngowakhe uYise, ezenza alingane noThixo. (Yoh 5:17, 18 NWT)

Ke xa uYesu wafundisa abalandeli bakhe ukuba bathandaze bathi, "Bawo wethu osemazulwini, malingcwaliswe igama lakho ..." besithetha ubuqhetseba kwiinkokheli zamaJuda. Ukanti wayithetha ngaphandle koloyiko kuba wayehambisa inyani ebalulekileyo. Ubomi obungunaphakade yinto efunyanwa njengelifa. Ngamanye amagama, ukuba uThixo akangoYihlo, awuzukuphila ngonaphakade. Ilula ngoluhlobo. Umbono wokuba singaphila ngonaphakade kuphela njengabakhonzi bakaThixo, okanye singabahlobo bakaThixo, asizondaba zimnandi ezazivakaliswa nguYesu.

(Inkcaso awaba nayo uYesu nabalandeli bakhe xa babesithi bangabantwana bakaThixo ayisiyonto ifileyo. Umzekelo, amaNgqina kaYehova ayakrokrela elinye iNgqina xa ethe wazenza umntwana kaThixo.)

UYesu ungumsindisi wethu, kwaye usindisa ngokusivulela indlela yokuba sibuyele kusapho lukaThixo.

Kodwa ke, kubo bonke abo bamamkelayo, wabanika igunya lokuba ngabantwana bakaThixo, kuba babebonisa ukholo egameni lakhe. ”(Joh 1: 12 NWT)

Ukubaluleka kobudlelwane bosapho kusindiso lwethu kuqhutyelwa ekhaya yinto yokuba uYesu ebizwa rhoqo, "uNyana woMntu." Usisindisa ngokuba yinxalenye yosapho loLuntu. Usapho lusindisa usapho. (Okuninzi koku kamva.)

Ukuba usindiso lumalunga nosapho kunokubonwa ngokuskena ezi ndinyana zeBhayibhile:

“Asingabo bonke na oomoya benkonzo engcwele, abathunyelwe ukulungiselela abo baza kuba ziindlalifa zalo usindiso?” (Heb 1:14)

“Banoyolo abanomoya wobulali, kuba baya kuwudla ilifa umhlaba.” (Mt 5: 5)

Kwaye nabani na oshiye izindlu okanye abantakwabo okanye oodade wabo okanye utata okanye umama okanye abantwana okanye imihlaba ngenxa yegama lam uya kwamkela kalikhulu kwaye abudle ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade. ” (Mt 19:29)

“Uya kuthi ke ukumkani kwabangasekunene kwakhe, Yizani, nina nisikelelweyo nguBawo, nibudle ilifa uBukumkani obalungiselwa nina kwasekusekweni kwehlabathi.” (Mt 25: 34)

"Uthe ke ehamba, kweza kuye umntu, wagidima, wawa ngamadolo kuye, wambuza wathi," Mfundisi olungileyo, ndenze ntoni na ukuze ndibudle ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade? "(Mnu 10:17)

“Ukuze, emva kokuba sivakaliswe singamalungisa ngenxa yobubele obungasifanelanga balowo, sibe ziindlalifa ngokwethemba lobomi obungunaphakade.” (Tit 3: 7)

“Ke kaloku ningoonyana, uThixo wamkhupha umoya woNyana wakhe, weza ezintliziyweni zethu; “Abba, Utata!" 7 Ngoko ke akusengumkhonzi, ungunyana; ukuba ke ungunyana, ukwayindlalifa ngoThixo. ” (Gal 4: 6, 7)

“Ongumqondiso wangaphambili welifa lethu, ukuze sikhulule ilifa eliliThixo ngentlawulelo, ukuze kuzukiswe igama lakhe.” (Efese 1:14)

"Ukhanyisele amehlo entliziyo yakho, ukuze ukwazi ukuba likubize ngantoni na ithemba, bubutyebi obungakanani na obuphethwe lilifa labangcwele," (Eph 1: 18).

“Kuba niyazi ukuba ilifa niya kulifumana kuYehova. Yibani ngamakhoboka eNkosi, uKristu. ” (Kol 3:24)

Olu ayilo luhlu lupheleleyo, kodwa lwanele ukubonisa ubungqina bokuba usindiso lwethu luza kuthi ngelifa-abantwana abazuza ilifa kuYise.

Abantwana bakaThixo

Indlela ebuyela kusapho lukaThixo ngoYesu. Intlawulelo isivulele ithuba lokuba sixolelaniswe noThixo, isibuyisele kusapho lwakhe. Nangona kunjalo, kuya kusiba nzima ngakumbi kunoko. Intlawulelo isetyenziswa ngeendlela ezimbini: kukho abantwana bakaThixo nabantwana bakaYesu. Siza kujonga abantwana bakaThixo kuqala.

Njengoko sibonile kuYohane 1:12, abantwana bakaThixo babakho ngenxa yokuba nokholo kwigama likaYesu. Oku kunzima kakhulu kunokuba kunokubonakala ngathi kukuqala nje. Ngapha koko, bambalwa kakhulu abaphumeza oku.

Kodwa ke akufika uNyana woMntu, wolufumana na ke ukholo ehlabathini apha? (Luka 18: 8 DBT[iii])

Kubonakala ngathi kukhuselekile ukuthi sonke sisivile isikhalazo sokuba ukuba ukhona nyhani uThixo, kutheni angazibonakalisi kwaye enziwe ngaso? Abaninzi banoluvo lokuba esi sisicombululo sazo zonke iingxaki zehlabathi; kodwa umbono onje ulula, ukungahoyi uhlobo lwenkululeko yokuzikhethela njengoko kutyhilwe zizibali zembali.

Ngokomzekelo, uYehova uyabonakala kwiingelosi ukanti abaninzi balandela uMtyholi kwikhondo lakhe lokuvukela. Ukukholelwa kubukho bukaThixo akuzange kubancede bahlale belungile. (Yakobi 2:19)

AmaSirayeli eYiphutha anikela ubungqina kwizimbonakaliso ezilishumi ezimangalisayo zamandla kaThixo emva koko abona indawo yoLwandle oluBomvu ivumela ukuba babaleke kumhlaba owomileyo, kodwa bavala kamva, beginya iintshaba zabo. Ukanti, zingaphelanga iintsuku bamlahla uThixo kwaye baqala ukunqula ithole legolide. Emva kokuba etshabalalisile abo bantu banemvukelo, uYehova waxelela abantu ababesele ukuba bathabathe ilizwe lakwaKanan. Kwakhona, endaweni yokufumana isibindi esisekwe kwinto abasandula ukuyibona ngamandla kaThixo okusindisa, baye boyika kwaye abathobela. Ngenxa yoko, bohlwaywa ngokuzula entlango iminyaka engamashumi amane de onke amadoda omeleleyo eso sizukulwana afa.

Kule nto, sinokubona ukuba kukho umahluko phakathi kwenkolelo nokholo. Nangona kunjalo, uThixo uyasazi kwaye uyakhumbula ukuba siluthuli. (Yobhi 10: 9) Ngoko kwanamadoda nabafazi njengala maSirayeli abhadulayo aya kuba nethuba lokuxolelaniswa noThixo. Nangona kunjalo, baya kufuna ngaphezulu kokunye ukubonakaliswa kwamandla okuntywila ukuze babe nokholo kuye. Oko kuthethiweyo, baya kufumana ubungqina babo obubonakalayo. (1 Tesalonika 2: 8; ISityhilelo 1: 7)

Ke kukho abo bahamba ngokholo nabo bahamba ngokubona. Amaqela amabini. Nangona kunjalo ithuba lokusindiswa lenziwa lifumaneke kubo bobabini kuba uThixo uluthando. Abo bahamba ngokholo babizwa ngokuba ngabantwana bakaThixo. Ngokubhekiselele kwiqela lesibini, baya kuba nethuba lokuba ngabantwana bakaYesu.

UYohane 5:28, 29 uthetha ngala maqela mabini.

Musani ukumangaliswa kuko oko; ngokuba kuza ilixa abaya kuthi ngalo bonke abasemangcwabeni balive ilizwi lakhe; 29baphume ke: abo benza izinto ezilungileyo beze eluvukweni lobomi; nabo benza izinto ezimbi, beze eluvukweni lokugwetywa. (UYohane 5:28, 29 BSB)

U-Yesu ubhekisa kuhlobo lovuko olwenzeka kwiqela ngalinye, ngelixa uPawulos ethetha ngemeko okanye inqanaba leqela ngalinye eluvukweni.

“Ndinethemba kuThixo, into abayamkelayo naba ngokwabo, ukuba kuza kubakho uvuko, lwamalungisa nabangengomalungisa.” (IZenzo 24: 15 HCSB[iv])

Amalungisa avuswa kuqala. Babudla ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade kwaye babudla ilifa uBukumkani obalungiselelwa bona ukusukela ekuqaleni kokuzala kwabantu. Balawula njengookumkani nababingeleli iminyaka eliwaka. Bangabantwana bakaThixo. Nangona kunjalo, abangobantwana bakaYesu. Baba ngabantakwabo, kuba baziindlalifa kunye noNyana woMntu. (ISi 1,000: 20-4)

Uya kuthi ke ukumkani kwabangasekunene kwakhe: “Yizani, nina nisikelelweyo nguBawo, nibudle ilifa ubukumkani obalungiselelwa nina kwasekusekweni kwehlabathi.” (Mt 25: 34)

Kuba bonke abakhokelwa ngumoya kaThixo bangoonyana bakaThixo. 15 Kuba anamkelanga moya wabukhoboka, wabuya wanika uloyiko, kodwa nafumana umoya wokwenziwa oonyana, esidanduluka ngawo sithi: “Abba, Utata!" 16 UMoya ngokwakhe ungqinelana nomoya wethu, ukuba singabantwana bakaThixo. 17 Ukuba ke singabantwana, sikwaziindlalifa; iindlalifa zikaThixo, iindlalifa ke kunye noKristu; ukuba okunene siva ubunzima kunye naye, ukuze sizukiswe nokuzukiswa kunye naye. (Rom 8: 14-17)

Ngokuqinisekileyo, uya kuqaphela ukuba sisathetha 'ngeendlalifa' kunye 'nelifa'. Nangona uBukumkani okanye urhulumente kuthethwa ngaye apha, akuyeki ukuba malunga nosapho. Njengoko iSityhilelo 20: 4-6 sibonisa, ubude bobu Bukumkani bunokuphela. Inenjongo, kwaye yakuba ifezekisiwe, iya kuthatyathelwa indawo lilungiselelo uThixo anenjongo yalo kwasekuqaleni: Usapho lwabantwana abangabantu.

Masingacingi njengamadoda enyama. Ubukumkani obufunyanwa lilifa labantwana bakaThixo abukho njengoko bekuya kuba njalo ukubandakanyeka kwamadoda. Abanikwanga mandla makhulu ukuze babathethele abanye kwaye balindwe ngesandla neenyawo. Asikaze silubone olu hlobo lobukumkani ngaphambili. Obu bubukumkani bukaThixo kwaye uThixo uluthando, ke obu bubukumkani obusekwe eluthandweni.

“Zintanda, masiqhubeke sithandana, kuba uthando luvela kuThixo, yaye wonke umntu onothando uzelwe nguThixo yaye uyamazi uThixo. 8 Lowo ungenaluthando akazanga amazi uThixo, ngokuba uThixo uluthando. 9 Kwabonakaliswa ngale nto ukusithanda kukaThixo, ngokuthi uThixo athumele uNyana wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo ehlabathini ukuze sizuze ubomi ngaye. ” (1Yo 4: 7-9 NWT)

Obunjani ubutyebi bentsingiselo obunokubakho kwezi ndinyana zimbalwa. “Uthando luvela kuThixo.” Ungumthombo walo lonke uthando. Ukuba asithandi, asinako ukuzalwa nguThixo; asinakuba ngabantwana bakhe. Asinakumazi nokumazi ukuba asimthandi.

UYehova akasayi kunyamezela nabani na kubukumkani bakhe ongashukunyiswa luthando. Akunakubakho nkohliso eBukumkanini baKhe. Yiyo loo nto abo babumba ookumkani nababingeleli ecaleni kukaYesu kufuneka bevavanywe ngokucokisekileyo njengoko iNkosi yabo yavavanywa. (He 12: 1-3; Mt 10:38, 39)

Aba banakho ukuncama yonke into ngenxa yethemba eliphambi kwabo, nangona benobungqina obuncinci bokusekwa kweli themba. Ngelixa ngoku aba banethemba, ukholo nothando, xa umvuzo wabo uzalisekisiwe, abasayi kubafuna ezimbini zokuqala, kodwa baya kuqhubeka nokufuna uthando. (1Ko 13:13; Ro 8:24, 25)

Abantwana bakaYesu

U-Isaya 9: 6 ubhekisa kuYesu njengoBawo ongunaPhakade. UPawulos waxelela abaseKorinte ukuba “'owokuqala umntu uAdam waba ngumphefumlo odla ubomi.' Owokugqibela uAdam waba ngumoya odlisa ubomi. ” (1 Co 15:45) UJohn usixelela ukuba, "Kuba njengokuba uYise enobomi kuye, ngokunjalo wamnika noNyana ukuba abe nobomi kuye." (UYohane 5:26)

UYesu unikwe "ubomi kuye". Ungumoya odlisa ubomi. Ungu "Bawo ongunaPhakade". Abantu bafa ngenxa yesono abasizuz 'ilifa kukhokho wabo, uAdam. Umnombo wosapho uphelela apho, kuba uAdam wayengafumani lifa kwaye engasenakulidla ilifa kuBawo wasezulwini. Ukuba abantu banokutshintsha iintsapho, ukuba banokwamkelwa kusapho olutsha phantsi komnombo kaYesu osenokuthi uYehova unguYise, emva koko ke liyavulwa ikhonkco lelifa, kwaye banokuphinda babudle ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade. Baba ngabantwana bakaThixo ngenxa yokuba noYesu “enguBawo OngunaPhakade”.

KwiGenesis 3:15, sifunda ukuba imbewu yomfazi ilwa nembewu okanye inzala yeNyoka. Bobabini abokugqibela nabokugqibela banokuthi uYehova nguBawo wabo ngqo. UAdam wokugqibela, ngenxa yokuzalwa ngumfazi kumnombo womfazi wokuqala naye unokufuna indawo yakhe kusapho lomntu. Ukuba yinxalenye yosapho lomntu kumnika ilungelo lokwamkela abantwana abangabantu. Ukuba nguNyana kaThixo kumnika ilungelo lokutshintsha uAdam njengentloko yosapho lonke loLuntu.

Ukubuyisana

UYesu, njengoYise, akazokunyanzela nabani na ukuba akhuliswe ngabanye abantu. Umthetho wenkululeko uthetha ukuba kufuneka sikhethe ngokukhululekileyo ukwamkela oko sikunikwayo ngaphandle kokunyanzelwa okanye ukunyanzelwa.

UMtyholi akadlali ngaloo mithetho, nangona kunjalo. Ukutyhubela iinkulungwane, izigidi zabantu ziye zaneengxaki zengqondo ngenxa yentlungu, urhwaphilizo, ukuxhatshazwa kunye nentlungu. Amandla abo okucinga agutyungelwe lukhethe, ubuxoki, ukungazi kunye nolwazi olungelulo. Ukunyanzelwa kunye noxinzelelo loontanga kusetyenziswe ukusukela ebusaneni ukubumba ukucinga kwabo.

Ngobulumko bakhe obungenasiphelo, uBawo uzimisele ukuba abantwana bakaThixo abaphantsi kukaKrestu bazakusetyenziswa ukususa yonke into eyonakeleyo yolawulo lomntu olonakeleyo, ukuze abantu babe nethuba labo lokuqala lokwenene lokuxolelaniswa noBawo wasezulwini.

Ezinye zezi zinto zityhilwe kweli nqaku kumaRoma isahluko 8:

18Kuba ndigqiba kwelithi, iintlungu zeli xesha lakalokunje azinakulinganiswa nobuqaqawuli obu buza kutyhilwa kuthi. 19Kuba indalo ilinde ngolangazelelo olukhulu ukutyhileka koonyana bakaThixo. 20Kuba indalo yalulanyiselwa kokuphuthileyo, kungengakuthanda kwayo, kodwa ngenxa yalowo wayithobelayo, ngethemba 21nendalo ngokwayo iya kukhululwa ebukhobokeni bokonakala, isingiswe enkululekweni yozuko lwabantwana bakaThixo. 22Kuba siyazi ukuba yonke indalo iyancwina, inenimba kunye, unangoku. 23Asiyiyo indalo yodwa, kodwa ke nathi, sinentlahlela yoMoya: siyancwina ngaphakathi, silinde ukwenziwa oonyana; inkululeko yomzimba wethu ke leyo. 24Kuba sasindiswe ngeli themba. Ngoku ithemba elibonwayo asilothemba. Kuba ngubani na othembela kwinto ayibonayo? 25Kodwa ke into esingayiboniyo, esithembe ukuyifumana, siyilindela ngomonde. (Rom 8: 18-25)[v])

Abantu abazahlukanisiweyo nosapho lukaThixo, njengoko sibonile, bafana nezilo. Yindalo, hayi usapho. Bayancwina ebukhobokeni babo, kodwa balangazelele inkululeko eza kuza nokubonakala kwabantwana bakaThixo. Okokugqibela, ngoBukumkani obuphantsi kukaKristu, aba nyana bakaThixo baya kusebenza njengookumkani ukulawula kunye nababingeleli ukuba balamle kwaye baphilise. Ubuntu buya kuhlanjululwa kwaye buza kukwazi "inkululeko yozuko lwabantwana bakaThixo".

Usapho luyaphilisa usapho. UYehova ugcina usindiso konke ngaphakathi kosapho lomntu. Xa uBukumkani bukaThixo buyifezekisile injongo yabo, uluntu aluyi kuba phantsi korhulumente njengabalawulwa boKumkani, kodwa endaweni yoko luya kubuyiselwa kusapho noThixo enguBawo. Uya kulawula, kodwa njengoko uBawo elawula. Ngelo xesha limangalisayo, uThixo uya kuba zizinto zonke kuye wonke umntu.

“Xa ke zithe zathotyelwa phantsi kwakhe zonke izinto, uya kwandula noNyana ngokwakhe athotyelwe phantsi kwalowo wazithobela phantsi kwakhe zonke izinto, ukuze uThixo abe zizinto zonke kubo bonke.” --1Ko 15:28

Ke, ukuba siza kuchaza usindiso lwethu ngesivakalisi esinye, kumalunga nokuba yinxalenye yosapho lukaThixo kwakhona.

Ngakumbi malunga noku, bona inqaku elilandelayo kolu ngcelele: https://beroeans.net/2017/05/20/salvation-part-5-the-children-of-god/

 

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[i] IBhayibhile ayifundisi ukungafi komphefumlo womntu. Le mfundiso inemvelaphi yasentsomini yamaGrike.
[ii] IBerean Study Bible
[iii] Inguqulelo yeBhayibhile kaDarby
[iv] I-Holman Christian Standard Bible
[v] I-English Standard Version

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