Le yividiyo yesihlanu kungcelele lwethu, "Ukugcina uBuntu." Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, siye sabonisa ukuba kukho iindlela ezimbini zokujonga ubomi nokufa. Kukho “abaphilayo” okanye “abafileyo” njengoko sibona thina makholwa, yaye, ewe, le kuphela kwembono abanayo abantu abangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo. Noko ke, abantu abanokholo nabaqondayo baya kuqonda ukuba eyona nto ibalulekileyo yindlela uMdali abujonga ngayo ubomi nokufa.

Ngoko ke siyakwazi ukuba sifile, ukanti emehlweni kaThixo siyaphila. “AkaThixo wabafileyo [ebhekisela kuAbraham, uIsake, noYakobi], kodwa ngowabaphilayo, kuba bonke bayaphila kuye.” ULUKA 20:38 XHO8 - Nokuba singadla ubomi, kanti uThixo usibona singabafileyo. Wathi ke uYesu kuye, Ndilandele, ubayeke abafileyo bangcwabe abafileyo babo. Mateyu 22:XNUMX

Xa ujonga into yexesha, oku kuyaqala ukwenza ingqiqo. Ukuthabatha owona mzekelo ubalaseleyo, uYesu Kristu wafa waza waba sengcwabeni iintsuku ezintathu, ukanti wayephila kuThixo, nto leyo eyayithetha ukuba kwakusele kudlule ixesha ngaphambi kokuba aphile ngandlela zonke. Nangona abantu babembulele, akukho nto banokuyenza ukuze bathintele uYise ekubuyiseleni unyana wakhe ebomini nangaphezulu, ngokumnika ukungafi.

Ngamandla akhe uThixo wayivusa kwabafileyo iNkosi, yaye uya kusivusa nathi. Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 6:14 ithi: “Kodwa uThixo wamvusa kwabafileyo, emkhulula inimba yokufa, ngenxa yokuba ebengenako ukubanjwa. IZenzo 2:24

Ngoku, akukho nto inokumbulala unyana kaThixo. Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wento enye kum nawe, ubomi bokungafi.

Lowo weyisayo, ndiya kumnika igunya lokuhlala nam etroneni yam, njengokuba nam ndeyisayo, ndaza ndahlala phantsi noBawo etroneni yakhe. ISityhilelo 3:21 BSB

Yile nto inikelwa kuthi ngoku. Oku kuthetha ukuba nokuba uyafa okanye ubulewe ngendlela awabulawa ngayo uYesu, usuka ulale nje de kufike ixesha lokuvuka kwakho. Xa ulala ubusuku ngabunye, awufi. Uyaqhubeka uphila kwaye xa uvuka kusasa, uqhubeka uphila. Ngokufanayo, xa usifa, uyaqhubeka uphila yaye xa uvuka eluvukweni, uqhubeka uphila. Oku kungenxa yokuba njengomntwana kaThixo, sele ubunikiwe ubomi obungunaphakade. Kungenxa yoko le nto uPawulos waxelela uTimoti ukuba ‘ulwe umlo omhle wokholo. bubambe ubomi obungunaphakade, owabizelwa kubo, xa wawuvumayo uvumo lwakho oluhle phambi kwamangqina amaninzi. (Funda eyoku-1 kuTimoti 6:12.)

Kodwa kuthekani ngabo bangenalo olu kholo, abathi, nangasiphi na isizathu, bangabubambanga ubomi obungunaphakade? Uthando lukaThixo lubonakala ngokuba uye walungiselela uvuko lwesibini, uvuko lomgwebo.

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

Kolu vuko, abantu babuyiselwa kubomi basemhlabeni kodwa bahlala bekwimeko yesono, yaye ngaphandle kokuba nokholo kuKristu, basafile emehlweni kaThixo. Ebudeni bolawulo lukaKristu lweminyaka eli-1000, kuya kwenziwa amalungiselelo okuba aba bavusiweyo basebenzise inkululeko yabo yokuzikhethela baze bamamkele uThixo njengoYise ngokusebenzisa amandla akhululayo obomi bukaKristu bobuntu obanikelwa ngenxa yabo; okanye, banokuyala. Ukhetho lwabo. Basenokukhetha ubomi, okanye ukufa.

Konke kubini. Ukufa okubini, ubomi obubini, uvuko olubini, kwaye ngoku iiseti ezimbini zamehlo. Ewe, ukuze siluqonde ngokupheleleyo usindiso lwethu, kufuneka sijonge izinto kungekhona ngamehlo entloko kodwa ngamehlo okholo. Eneneni, njengamaKristu, “sihamba ngokholo, kungekhona ngokubona.” ( 2 Korinte 5:7 )

Ngaphandle kwamehlo anikelwa lukholo, siya kujonga ihlabathi size sifikelele kwisigqibo esiphosakeleyo. Umzekelo wesigqibo sokuba abantu abangenakubalwa baye bathatywayo banokubonakaliswa kule ngqungquthela yodliwano-ndlebe kunye noStephen Fry onamakhono amaninzi.

UStephen Fry akakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo, ukanti apha akaceli mngeni kubukho bukaThixo, kodwa endaweni yoko uthatha umbono wokuba kukho ngokwenene uThixo, kuya kufuneka abe sisilo esiziphethe kakuhle. Ukholelwa kwelokuba inkxwaleko nokubandezeleka okuthwaxa uluntu akulotyala lethu. Ngoko ke, uThixo umele abeke ityala. Khawufan’ ucinge, ekubeni engakholelwa ngokwenene kuThixo, ubani akanakuzibamba uyazibuza ukuba ngubani osele ebekek’ ityala.

Njengoko benditshilo, imbono kaStephen Fry ayifani nayo yodwa, kodwa imele inani elikhulu nelikhulayo labantu kwinto ethe ngcembe isiba lihlabathi lasemva kobuKristu. Le mbono inokusiphembelela nathi, ukuba asilumkanga. Iingcinga ezigxekayo esiye sazisebenzisa xa sisaba kunqulo lobuxoki azimele zicinywe ngonaphakade. Okulusizi kukuba, abaninzi abaye balubaleka unqulo lobuxoki, baye banikezela kwiingcamango eziphangaleleyo zabantu, baza baphelelwa lukholo kuThixo. Ngaloo ndlela, ababoni nantoni na abangenakuyibona ngamehlo abo enyama

Baqiqa ngelithi: ukuba ngokwenene ebekho uThixo onothando, owazi konke, onamandla onke, ngewayekuphelisile ukubandezeleka okukhoyo ehlabathini. Ngoko ke, mhlawumbi akakho, okanye, njengoko uFry ebeka, uyisiphukuphuku kunye nobubi.

Abo baqiqa ngolu hlobo baphosakele kakhulu, kwaye ukubonisa ukuba kutheni na, masingene kuvavanyo lwengcinga encinane.

Masikubeke endaweni kaThixo. Ngoku wazi konke, unamandla onke. Uyakubona ukubandezeleka kwehlabathi kwaye ufuna ukukulungisa. Uqala ngesifo, kodwa kungekhona nje umhlaza wethambo kumntwana, kodwa zonke izifo. Sisisombululo esilula kuThixo onamandla onke. Nika abantu nje amajoni omzimba akwazi ukulwa nayiphi na intsholongwane okanye ibhaktheriya. Noko ke, izinto eziphilayo zasemzini azikuphela konobangela wokubandezeleka nokufa. Sonke siyaluphala, siphelelwe ngamandla, size ekugqibeleni sife ngenxa yokwaluphala nokuba asinazifo. Ngoko, ukuze uphelise ukubandezeleka kuya kufuneka uphelise inkqubo yokwaluphala nokufa. Kuya kufuneka wandise ubomi ngonaphakade ukuphelisa ngokwenene intlungu kunye nokubandezeleka.

Kodwa loo nto iza nayo, iingxaki zayo, kuba abantu badla ngokuba ngabayili bokubandezeleka okukhulu koluntu. Abantu bayawungcolisa umhlaba. Amadoda atshabalalisa izilwanyana aze atshayele uhlaza olukhulu, nto leyo echaphazela imozulu. Abantu babangela iimfazwe nokufa kwezigidi zabantu. Kukho intlupheko ebangelwa yintlupheko ebangelwa ziinkqubo zoqoqosho lwethu. Kwinqanaba lendawo, kukho ukubulala kunye nokuphangwa. Kukho ukuxhatshazwa kwabantwana nababuthathaka—ukuxhatshazwa kwasekhaya. Ukuba ngokwenene uza kuphelisa inkxwaleko, intlungu, nokubandezeleka kwehlabathi njengoThixo uSomandla, ufanele ukuphelise konke oku.

Apha kulapho izinto ziba dicey. Ngaba ubulala wonke umntu obangela intlungu nokubandezeleka kwalo naluphi na uhlobo? Okanye, ukuba awufuni ukubulala nabani na, unokusuka nje ufikelele ezingqondweni zabo uze wenze oko ukuze bangabi nakwenza nto iphosakeleyo? Ngaloo ndlela akukho mntu kufuneka afe. Unokuzicombulula zonke iingxaki zoluntu ngokuguqulela abantu ekubeni babe ziirobhothi zebhayoloji, ezilungiselelwe ukwenza okulungileyo nokuziphatha kuphela.

Kulula kakhulu ukudlala ikota ye-armchair de bakubeke kumdlalo. Ndinokuxelela ngokusuka kufundisiso lwam lweBhayibhile ukuba uThixo akafuni nje ukuphelisa ukubandezeleka, kodwa ebesoloko ekwenza oko ukususela ekuqaleni. Nangona kunjalo, ukulungiswa ngokukhawuleza okufunwa ngabantu abaninzi akuyi kuba sisisombululo abasidingayo. UThixo akanakuyisusa inkululeko yethu yokuzikhethela kuba singabantwana bakhe, abenziwe ngokomfanekiso wakhe. Ubawo onothando akafuni iirobhothi zabantwana, kodwa ufuna abantu abalawulwa yimilinganiselo yokuziphatha nobulumko bokuzikhethela. Ukufikelela isiphelo sokubandezeleka ngoxa silondoloza inkululeko yethu yokuzikhethela kusinika ingxaki enokwenziwa nguThixo kuphela onokuyicombulula. Ezinye iividiyo kolu ngcelele ziya kuphonononga eso sisombululo.

Endleleni, siza kudibana nezinye izinto ezijongwa phezulu okanye ngokuchanekileyo ngakumbi ngokwasemzimbeni ngaphandle kwamehlo okholo ziya kubonakala ngathi zizenzo zenkohlakalo ezingakhuselekanga. Ngokomzekelo, siya kuzibuza oku: “UThixo onothando wayenokulitshabalalisa njani ihlabathi Loluntu, kuquka abantwana abancinane, abantywilise ngoNogumbe womhla kaNowa? Kwakutheni ukuze uThixo onobulungisa azitshise izixeko zaseSodom naseGomora engakhange azinike nethuba lokuguquka? Kwakutheni ukuze uThixo ayalele ukutshatyalaliswa kohlanga kwabemi belizwe lakwaKanan? Kwakutheni ukuze uThixo abulale abantu bakhe abangama-70,000 XNUMX ngenxa yokuba uKumkani ebale uhlanga? Sinokumgqala njani uSomandla njengoBawo onothando nosesikweni xa sifunda ukuba ukohlwaya uDavide noBhatshebha ngesono sabo, wabulala usana lwabo olusandul’ ukuzalwa olumsulwa?

Le mibuzo ifuna ukuphendulwa ukuba siza kwakhela ukholo lwethu kwisiseko esiqinileyo. Noko ke, ngaba le mibuzo siyibuza ngokusekelwe kwimbono ephosakeleyo? Makhe sihlolisise eyona nto isenokubonakala ingenakuphenduleka kule mibuzo: ukufa kukaDavide nomntwana kaBhatshebha. UDavide noBhatshebha bafa kamva, kodwa bafa. Enyanisweni, ukuze wonke umntu kweso sizukulwana, kwaye ngenxa yoko, zonke izizukulwana ezilandeleyo ukuya kuthi ga ngoku. Ngoko kutheni sixhalatyiswa kukufa komntwana omnye, kungekhona ukufa kweebhiliyoni zabantu? Ngaba kungenxa yokuba sinengcamango yokuba umntwana wahluthwa ubomi obuqhelekileyo wonke umntu anelungelo kubo? Ngaba siyakholelwa ukuba wonke umntu unelungelo lokufa ngendlela eqhelekileyo? Siyifumana phi ingcamango yokuba nakuphi na ukufa komntu kunokugqalwa njengendalo?

Inja eqhelekileyo iphila phakathi kweminyaka eli-12 ukuya kweli-14 ubudala; Iikati, i-12 ukuya kwi-18; phakathi kwezona zilwanyana ziphila ixesha elide nguMnenga weBowhead ophila ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-200, kodwa zonke izilwanyana ziyafa. Yindalo yabo leyo. Kuko oko kuthetha ukufa kukufa kwemvelo. Umntu okholelwa kwindaleko uya kumgqala umntu njengesilwanyana nje esinobomi obungaphantsi kwenkulungwane ngokomlinganiselo, nangona amayeza anamhlanje ekwazile ukusinyusa kancinane. Sekunjalo, uyafa ngokwemvelo xa indaleko ifumene kuye oko ikufunayo: ukuzala. Emva kokuba engasakwazi ukuzala, kwenziwa indaleko kunye naye.

Noko ke, ngokutsho kweBhayibhile, abantu bangaphezulu lee kunezilwanyana. benziwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo yaye ngenxa yoko bagqalwa njengabantwana bakaThixo. Njengabantwana bakaThixo, sibudla ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade. Ngoko, ngokutsho kweBhayibhile, ubomi babantu abuyonto nje yendalo. Ngenxa yoko, simele sigqibe kwelokuba siyafa ngenxa yokuba sigwetyelwe ukufa nguThixo ngenxa yesono santlandlolo esiye sazuz’ ilifa sonke.

Kuba umvuzo wesono kukufa; ke sona isipho sikaThixo bubomi obungunaphakade, kuKristu Yesu iNkosi yethu. Roma 6:23 BSB

Ngoko, kunokuba sizixhalabise ngokufa komntwana omnye omsulwa, sifanele sixhalabele oko kuthethwa kukuba uThixo usigwebele ukufa sonke, amawaka ezigidi zethu. Ngaba oko kubonakala kulungile xa sicinga ukuba akukho namnye kuthi owakhetha ukuzalwa engaboni? Ndinobuganga bokuthi ukuba bekunokukhethwa, uninzi lwethu beluya kukhetha ngovuyo ukuzalwa lungenalo utyekelo lwesono.

Omnye umfo, othe wagqabaza kwijelo leYouTube, wayebonakala elangazelela ukufumana iimpazamo kuThixo. Wandibuza ukuba ndicinga ntoni ngoThixo ukuba angarhaxa usana. (Ndicinga ukuba wayebhekisela kumkhukula womhla kaNowa.) Wabonakala njengombuzo onzima, ngoko ndagqiba ekubeni ndivavanye i-ajenda yakhe. Kunokuba ndiphendule ngokungqalileyo, ndambuza enoba wayekholelwa ukuba uThixo unokubavusa abafileyo. Akayi kuyamkela loo nto njengesiseko. Ngoku, ekubeni lo mbuzo ucingela ukuba uThixo ungumdali wabo bonke ubomi, kutheni engayifuni into yokuba uThixo angaphinda adale ubomi? Kuyabonakala ukuba, wayefuna ukugatya nantoni na eyayiza kubangela ukuba uThixo akhululwe. Ithemba lovuko lenza kanye oko.

Kwividiyo yethu elandelayo, siza kungena kwizinto ezininzi ezibizwa ngokuba “zizenzo zenkohlakalo” uThixo azenzileyo size sifunde ukuba aziyonto. Okwangoku, nangona kunjalo, kufuneka siseke isiseko esisisiseko esitshintsha yonke imbonakalo yomhlaba. UThixo akangomntu oneentsilelo zomntu. Akanayo imida enjalo. Amandla akhe amvumela ukuba alungise nakuphi na okuphosakeleyo, alungise nawuphi na umonakalo. Ukwenza umzekelo, ukuba awukholelwa kubukho bukaThixo kwaye ugwetywe ubomi entolongweni kungekho thuba lengqawule, kodwa unikwe ukhetho lokubulawa ngesitofu esibulalayo, ubuya kukhetha ntoni? Ndicinga ukuba kukhuselekile ukuthi uninzi luya kukhetha ukuphila, nakwezo meko. Kodwa thatha loo meko kwaye uyibeke ezandleni zomntwana kaThixo. Ndingazithethela kuphela, kodwa ukuba bendinokunikwa ithuba lokukhetha phakathi kokuchitha bonke ubomi bam kwibhokisi yesamente engqongwe zezona nxalenye zimbi zebutho labantu, okanye ndifike ngokukhawuleza ebukumkanini bukaThixo, oko bekungayi kuba njalo. t kuba lukhetho olunzima konke konke. Ndibona ngoko nangoko, kuba ndinembono kaThixo yokuba ukufa yimeko nje yokungazi nto efana nokulala. Ixesha eliphakathi kokufa kwam nokuvuka kwam, nokuba yimini okanye iwaka leminyaka, liya kuba kum ngoko nangoko. Kule meko ekuphela kwembono ebalulekileyo yeyam. Ukungena ngephanyazo ebukumkanini bukaThixo ngokuchasene nobomi bonke entolongweni, masiqhubele phambili esi sohlwayo.

Kuba kum mna, ukudla ubomi kunguKristu, ukufa kuyinzuzo. 22Kodwa ke ukuba ndidla ubomi, ndisesenyameni leyo, oko kuya kuba yisiqhamo somsebenzi kum. Khona ndiza kukhetha ntoni? Andazi. 23Ndixinekile phakathi kwezinto ezimbini; ndilangazelela ukunduluka, ndiye kuba noKristu; 24Kodwa ke kubaluleke ngakumbi kuni ukuba ndihlale ndisesemzimbeni. (Funda eyabaseFilipi 1:21-24.)

Kufuneka sijonge yonke into abalatha kuyo abantu bezama ukufumana isiphoso kuThixo – ukumtyhola ngenkohlakalo, ukubulawa kwabantu, nokufa kwabamsulwa – sikujonge ngamehlo okholo. Abantu abakholelwa kwindaleko nabangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo bayakugxeka oku. Kubo ingcamango yokusindiswa komntu ibubudenge, kuba ababoni ngamehlo okholo

Siphi na isilumko? Uphi na umfundisi womthetho? Uphi na isithandi sobulumko sesi sizukulwana? UThixo akabenzanga baba bubudenge na ubulumko behlabathi? Ekubeni ke kuthe, ebulumkweni bukaThixo, ihlabathi alamazi ngobulumko balo, kwakholeka kuThixo ukusindisa abo bakholwayo, ngabo ubudenge bokuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo. AmaYuda afuna imiqondiso, amaGrike afuna ubulumko; ke thina sivakalisa uKristu ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni: Isikhubekiso kumaYuda, ubudenge kumaGrike; ke kwabo babiziweyo, amaYuda kwanamaGrike, sivakalisa uKristu ongamandla kaThixo, nobulumko bukaThixo. Kuba into kaThixo ebubudenge inobulumko kunabantu, nento kaThixo engenamandla yomelele kunabantu. (Funda eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 1:20-25.)

Abanye basenokuphikisana, kodwa kutheni ubulala umntwana? Ngokuqinisekileyo, uThixo unokuluvusa usana kwiLizwe Elitsha yaye umntwana akanakuze azi umahluko. Uya kube ephulukene nobomi ngexesha likaDavide, kodwa endaweni yoko uya kuphila kwixesha likaDavide Omkhulu, uYesu Kristu, kwihlabathi elilunge ngakumbi kunokuba lalinjalo uSirayeli wamandulo. Ndazalwa phakathi kwinkulungwane edluleyo, yaye andizisoli ngokuphoswa li-18.th kwinkulungwane okanye kwi-17th kwinkulungwane. Ngokwenyani, xa kujongwa into endiyaziyo ngezo nkulungwane, ndonwabile ukuba ndazalwa ngexesha nendawo endandikuyo. Sekunjalo, umbuzo usaphakama: kwakutheni ukuze uYehova uThixo ambulale umntwana?

Impendulo kuloo nto inzulu ngakumbi kunokuba ubunokucinga ekuqaleni. Enyanisweni, sifanele siye kwincwadi yokuqala yeBhayibhile ukuze sibeke isiseko, kungekuphela nje ukuze siphendule loo mbuzo, kodwa kuyo yonke eminye ephathelele izenzo zikaThixo ngokuphathelele uluntu ukutyhubela iinkulungwane. Siza kuqala ngeGenesis 3:15 kwaye siqhubele phambili. Siza kuyenza loo nto kwividiyo yethu elandelayo kolu ngcelele.

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