Ndifunda nje eyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte apho uPawulos athetha ngokubandezeleka ngameva enyameni. Uyayikhumbula loo nxalenye? NjengeNgqina likaYehova, ndafundiswa ukuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba wayethetha ngokungaboni kakuhle. Andizange ndiyithande loo ngcaciso. Kwakubonakala ngathi kuthambile kakhulu. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ukungaboni kakuhle kwakhe kwakungekho mfihlo, kutheni ke ungaphumi phandle uthethe njalo?

Kutheni le mfihlakalo? Kuhlala kunenjongo kuyo yonke into ebhaliweyo esiBhalweni.

Kubonakala kum ukuba ukuba sizama ukufumanisa ukuba liyintoni "iliva enyameni", siyaphoswa yile nto siyibhangayo kwaye siphanga umyalezo kaPawulos ngamandla amakhulu akhe.

Umntu unokukuthelekelela ngokulula ukucaphuka kokufumana iliva enyameni yakhe, ngakumbi ukuba awukwazi ukulikhupha. Ngokusebenzisa lo mzekeliso nokugcina imva yakhe enyameni iyimfihlo, uPawulos usivumela ukuba sivelane naye. NjengoPawulos, sonke sizama ngeendlela zethu ukuba siphile kubizo lokuba ngabantwana bakaThixo, kwaye njengoPawulos, sonke sinemiqobo esisithintelayo. Kutheni le nto iNkosi yethu ivumela imiqobo enjalo?

UPawulos uyacacisa:

“… Ndanikwa iliva enyameni yam, isithunywa sikaSathana, ukuba sindihlukumeze. Ndayibongoza kathathu iNkosi ukuba iyisuse kum. Ithe yona kum, Ubabalo lwam lukwanele, kuba amandla am azalisekiswa ekuswelekeni kwamandla. Ndiya kuqhayisa ngovuyo ngokuswela kwam amandla, ukuze abe nokuqina amandla kaKristu. Kungenxa yoko, ngenxa kaKristu, ndonwabela ukuswela amandla, kuthuko, ubunzima, iintshutshiso, ubunzima. Kuba xa sukuba ndiswele amandla, kuxa ndinamandla. (2 kwabaseKorinte 12: 7-10 BSB)

Igama “ubuthathaka” apha lisuka kwigama lesiGrike i-astheneia; intsingiselo yokoqobo, "ngaphandle kwamandla"; kwaye inentsingiselo ethile, ngakumbi leyo yesondlo esikuthintela ukuba wonwabe okanye ufeze nantoni na othanda ukuyenza.

Sonke siye sagula kangangokuba ingcinga yokwenza into, nokuba yinto esithanda ukuyenza, iyasongamela. Obo bubuthathaka athetha ngabo uPawulos.

Masingakhathazeki malunga nokuba yayinjani iliva enyameni kaPawulos. Masingoyisi injongo kunye namandla esi siluleko. Kungcono asazi. Ngale ndlela sinokuyisebenzisa kubomi bethu xa kukho into esihluphayo esiphindaphindayo njengameva enyameni yethu.

Umzekelo, ngaba ukhathazwa sisilingo esingapheliyo, njengotywala ongakhange asele iminyaka, kodwa yonke imihla kufuneka alwe nomnqweno wokunikezela kwaye "usele nje into enye". Kukho imeko yokulutha esonweni. Ibhayibhile ithi "iyasihenda".

Okanye ngaba kukudakumba, okanye okunye ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo okanye komzimba?

Kuthekani ngokubandezeleka phantsi kwentshutshiso, njengokuhleba okunyelisayo, izithuko kunye nentetho yentiyo. Uninzi lwabantu abalushiyayo unqulo lwamaNgqina kaYehova baziva bebethwa phantsi kukucekiswa kwabo ngenxa nje yokuthetha ngokungekho sikweni kwintlangano okanye ngenxa yokuba benesibindi sokuthetha inyani kubahlobo ababekade bethembekile. Rhoqo ukunqandwa kuhamba kunye namazwi anenzondo nobuxoki obucacileyo.

Nokuba yintoni na iliva elisenyameni yakho, linokubonakala ngokungathi “yingelosi kaSathana” —ngokuqinisekileyo, umthunywa osuka ekuchaseni.

Ngaba ngoku uyakubona ukubaluleka kokungazi ingxaki ethile kaPawulos?

Ukuba indoda yokholo kunye nobume bukaPaul kungaziswa imeko ebuthathaka ngameva athile enyameni, ngoko unokuba nako nam.

Ukuba ingelosi ethile kaSathana ikuhlutha ulonwabo lwakho lobomi; ukuba ucela iNkosi ukuba isike ameva; emva koko unokuthuthuzelwa yinto yokuba ebeyithetha kuPaul, uyathetha nakuwe:

"Ubabalo lwam lukwanele, kuba amandla am enziwa buthathaka."

Oku akuyi kuba sengqiqweni kumntu ongenguye umKristu. Ngapha koko, uninzi lwamaKristu alunakuyifumana kuba bafundiswe ukuba ukuba balungile, baya ezulwini, okanye kwimeko yeenkolo ezithile, njengamaNgqina, baya kuphila emhlabeni. Ndiyathetha, ukuba ithemba kukuphila ngonaphakade ezulwini okanye emhlabeni, kukuzonwabisa kwiparadesi entle, kutheni le nto kufuneka sibandezeleke? Kufumaneka ntoni? Kutheni le nto kufuneka sithotywe phantsi kangangokuba amandla eNkosi kuphela anokusixhasa? Ngaba olu luhlobo oluthile lokuhamba ngamandla kweNkosi? Ingaba uYesu uthi, “Ndifuna nje ukuba niqonde ukuba nindidinga kangakanani, kulungile? Andikuthandi ukuthathelwa ingqalelo. ”

Andiyicingi njalo.

Uyabona, ukuba sinikwa nje isipho sobomi, akufuneki kubekho mfuneko yezilingo neemvavanyo. Asizuzi malungelo obomi. Sisipho. Ukuba unika umntu isipho, awumenzi aphumelele kuvavanyo ngaphambi kokuba usinike. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba ulungiselela umntu umsebenzi okhethekileyo; ukuba uzama ukubaqeqesha ukuze babe nokulungela isikhundla esithile segunya, ke olo vavanyo luyavakala.

Oku kufuna ukuba siqonde ukuba kuthetha ntoni ukuba ngumntwana kaThixo ngaphakathi kwimeko yobuKristu. Kungale ndlela kuphela ke esinokuthi siqonde ubunyani bokwenyani nobumangalisayo bamazwi ka Yesu athi: “Ubabalo lwam lukwanele, kuba amandla am azalisekiswa ekuswelekeni”, kulapho ke sinokufumana khona intsingiselo yoko.

Emva koko uPawulos uthi:

“Ke ngoko, ndiya kuqhayisa ngovuyo olukhulu kubuthathaka bam, ukuze amandla kaKristu ahlala phezu kwam. Kungenxa yoko, ngenxa kaKristu, ndonwabela ukuswela amandla, kuthuko, ubunzima, iintshutshiso, ubunzima. Kuba xa sukuba ndiswele amandla, kuxa ndinamandla.

Ungayicacisa njani le…?

UMoses wanyanzelwa ukuba akhokele lonke ilizwe lakwaSirayeli kwilizwe lesithembiso. Kwiminyaka engama-40, wayenemfundo kunye nesikhundla sokwenza oko. Ubuncinci wayecinga njalo. Kwaye ke uThixo akamxhasanga. Wayengakulungelanga. Wayesenolona phawu lubalulekileyo kulo msebenzi. Ngewayengazange ayiqonde ngelo xesha, kodwa ekugqibeleni, wayeza kunikwa isikhundla njengoThixo, esenza eminye yezona zinto zoyikekayo zibhalwe eBhayibhileni nokulawula izigidi zabantu.

Ukuba uYahweh okanye uYehovah wayeya kutyala loo mali kwindoda enye, kuya kufuneka aqiniseke ukuba loo mandla ayengayi kumonakalisa. UMoses wayefuna ukuba ahluthwe isikhonkwane, ukuze sisebenzise intetho yanamhlanje. Umzamo wakhe wokwenza utshintsho awuphumelelanga ngaphambi kokuba uwe emhlabeni, kwaye wayethunyelwe epakisha, umsila phakathi kwemilenze yakhe, ebaleka esiya enkqantosini ukusindisa ulusu. Apho, wayehlala khona iminyaka engama-40, engasosikhulu saseYiputa kodwa engumalusi othobekileyo.

Ke, xa wayeneminyaka engama-80 ubudala, wayethobekile kangangokuba wathi akugqiba ukuthunywa ukuba athathe inxaxheba njengoMhlanguli wesizwe, wala, evakalelwa kukuba wayengekho kulo msebenzi. Kwakufuneka anyanzelwe ukuba athathe inxaxheba. Sele kusithiwa olona lawulo lubalaseleyo lelinye ekufuneka lirhuqiwe ukukhahlela lakhwaza kwiofisi yeziphathamandla.

Ithemba elinikwe amaKristu namhlanje asikokungxengxezela ezulwini okanye emhlabeni. Ewe, umhlaba ekugqibeleni uyakuzaliswa ngabantu abangenasono abaphinde babe yinxalenye yosapho lonke lukaThixo, kodwa ayilo themba eli linikezelwe kumaKristu okwangoku.

Ithemba lethu laboniswa kakuhle ngumpostile uPawulos kwincwadi yakhe eya kwabaseKolose. Ukufunda kwinguqulelo kaWilliam Barclay yeTestamente eNtsha:

“Ukuba ngoko uvuselwe ebomini kunye noKristu, intliziyo yakho kufuneka ibekwe kwizinto ezinkulu zeli ziko lasezulwini, apho uKristu ahleli ngasekunene kukaThixo. Ukuxhalaba kwakho rhoqo kufuneka kube kunye nezinto zasemazulwini, hayi nezinto ezingenamsebenzi zomhlaba. Kuba ufe kulo mhlaba, kwaye ngoku ungene noKrestu kubomi obufihlakeleyo bukaThixo. Xa uKrestu obubomi bakho, esiza kwakhona ukuba abonwe lihlabathi lonke, emva koko wonke umhlaba uya kubona ukuba nawe wabelana ngozuko lwakhe. ” (KwabaseKolose 3: 1-4)

NjengoMoses owayonyulwe ukuba akhokele abantu bakaThixo kwilizwe lesithembiso, sinethemba lokwabelana nozuko lukaKristu njengoko ekhokelela uluntu lubuyisele kwintsapho kaThixo. Kwaye njengoMoses, amandla amakhulu aya kuphathiswa ukuba sifeze lo msebenzi.

UYesu uyasixelela:

“Lowo weyisayo emfazweni, nobomi endiyalela ukuba buphile, ndiya kunika igunya ezintlangeni. Uya kuzivikiva ngentonga yentsimbi; baya kutyunyuzwa njengeengceba zomdongwe. Igunya lakhe liya kuba njengegunya endalifumana kuBawo. Ndiya kumnika ikhwezi lokusa. (ISityhilelo 2: 26-28 ITestamente eNtsha NguWilliam Barclay)

Ngoku siyasibona isizathu sokuba uYesu afune ukuba sifunde ukuthembela kuye kwaye siqonde ukuba amandla ethu awaveli ngaphakathi, avela emntwini, kodwa avela phezulu. Kufuneka sivavanywe kwaye sihlanjululwe njengoMoses, kuba umsebenzi ophambi kwethu awufani nayo nantoni na eyakha yabonwa nangubani na ngaphambili.

Akuyomfuneko ukuba sizikhathaze ngokuba siza kukwazi ukuwenza lo msebenzi. Nawuphi na amandla, ulwazi, okanye ukuqonda okufunekayo siya kunikwa ngelo xesha. Into esingenako ukuyinikwa yinto esiyizisa kwitafile yethu yokuzikhethela: Umgangatho ofundwayo wokuthobeka; uphawu oluvavanyiweyo lokuthembela kuYise; umnqweno wokusebenzisa uthando ngenyaniso nangabanye abantu nakwezona meko zinzima.

Ezi zizinto ekufuneka sizikhethele ukuzizisa ngokwethu kwinkonzo yeNkosi, kwaye kufuneka sizikhethe imihla ngemihla, sihlala siphantsi kwentshutshiso, ngelixa sinyamezelwa izinyeliso nokunyeliswa. Kuyakubakho ameva enyameni evela kuSathana azakusenza buthathaka, kodwa ke, kwimeko yobuthathaka, amandla kaKristu asebenza ukusomeleza.

Ke, ukuba uneva enyameni, yonwabele.

Yitsho, njengoko watshoyo uPawulos, Ngenxa kaKristu, ndikholosekile kukuswela amandla, kukuphathwa gadalala, nobunzima, iintshutshiso, nobunzima. Kuba xa sukuba ndiswele amandla, kuxa ndinamandla.

 

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