Kwividiyo yangaphambili yolu ngcelele olunesihloko esithi “Ukusindisa Uluntu, iCandelo 5: Ngaba Singambeka ityala uThixo Ngentlungu, Usizi, kunye Nokubandezeleka kwethu?” Ndathi sizakuqala isifundo sethu malunga nosindiso loluntu ngokubuyela ekuqaleni kwaye sisebenzele phambili ukusuka apho. Eso siqalo, engqondweni yam, sasikwiGenesis 3:15 , esisisiprofeto sokuqala eBhayibhileni esiphathelele umnombo okanye iimbewu zabantu ezaziya kulwa ukutyhubela ixesha de ekugqibeleni imbewu okanye inzala yomfazi yoyise inyoka nembewu yayo.

Ndiya kumisa ubutshaba phakathi kwakho nomfazi, naphakathi kwembewu yakho nembewu yakhe; yona iya kukutyumza intloko, wena uya kuyityumza isithende. ( Genesis 3:15 New International Version )

Noko ke, ngoku ndiyaqonda ukuba ndandingabuyeli emva ngokwaneleyo. Ukuqonda ngenene zonke izinto ezinxulumene nosindiso loluntu, kufuneka sibuyele emva kwasekuqaleni kwexesha, ekudalweni kwendalo yonke.

IBhayibhile ithi kwiGenesis 1:1 ekuqaleni uThixo wadala izulu nomhlaba. Umbuzo ongafane uve mntu ubuza wona ngulo: Ngoba?

Kwakutheni ukuze uThixo adale amazulu nomhlaba? Yonke into esiyenzayo mna nawe, siyenza ngesizathu. Enoba sithetha ngezinto ezincinane ezifana nokuxubha amazinyo nokukama iinwele zethu, okanye izigqibo ezinkulu ezifana nokuba siqale intsapho okanye sithenge indlu, nantoni na esiyenzayo, siyenza ngesizathu esithile. Kukho into esikhuthazayo. Ukuba asikwazi ukuqonda ukuba yintoni eyashukumisela uThixo ukuba adale zonke izinto kuquka nohlanga loluntu, ngokuqinisekileyo siya kufikelela kwizigqibo eziphosakeleyo ngalo lonke ixesha sizama ukucacisa ukusebenzisana kukaThixo noluntu. Kodwa asizontshukumisa zikaThixo kuphela ekufuneka sizihlolisise, kodwa nezethu. Ukuba sifunda ingxelo eZibhalweni esixelela ngokutshabalalisa kukaThixo inyambalala yabantu, njengengelosi eyabulala amajoni ali-186,000 XNUMX aseAsiriya awayehlasela ilizwe lakwaSirayeli, okanye yatshayela phantse bonke abantu ngoNogumbe, sinokumgweba njengendoda egwebayo. ukhohlakele kwaye unempindezelo. Kodwa ngaba sigxalathelana ukuya emgwebeni singamniki uThixo ithuba lokuzichaza? Ngaba sishukunyiswa ngumnqweno onyanisekileyo wokufuna ukwazi inyaniso, okanye ngaba sijonge ukuthethelela ikhondo lobomi elingaxhomekekanga nangayiphi na indlela kubukho bukaThixo? Ukugweba omnye ngokuqatha kunokusenza sizive bhetele, kodwa ngaba oko kububulungisa?

Umgwebi olilungisa uphulaphula zonke izibakala ngaphambi kokuba agwebe. Kufuneka siqonde hayi nje okwenzekileyo, kodwa kutheni kwenzekile, kwaye xa sifika “kubeni?”, sifikelela kwinjongo. Ngoko, masiqale ngaloo nto.

Abafundi beBhayibhile banokukuxelela oko uthixo Luthando, kuba usityhilela oko kweyoku- 1 kaYohane 4:8 , kwenye yeencwadi zeBhayibhile zokugqibela ezabhalwa ekupheleni kwenkulungwane yokuqala. Usenokuzibuza ukuba kwakutheni ukuze uThixo angasixeleli ukuba kwincwadi yokuqala yeBhayibhile eyabhalwayo, kwiminyaka emalunga ne-1600 XNUMX ngaphambi kokuba uYohane abhale ileta yakhe. Kutheni silinda de kube sekupheleni ukuze sityhile loo nkalo ibalulekileyo yobuntu Bakhe? Ngapha koko, ukususela ekudalweni kuka-Adam ukuya kuthi ga ekufikeni kukaKristu, kubonakala ngathi akuzange kubekho ngxelo ibhaliweyo apho uYehova uThixo waxelela uluntu ukuba “uluthando”.

Ndinengcamango yokuba kutheni uBawo wethu osezulwini walinda de kwasekupheleni kwemibhalo ephefumlelweyo ukuze atyhile le nkalo iphambili yobuntu bakhe. Ngamafutshane, besingekakulungeli oko. Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, ndiye ndabona abafundi beBhayibhile abazimiseleyo bethandabuza uthando lukaThixo, bebonisa ukuba abaluqondi ngokupheleleyo uthando Lwakhe. Bacinga ukuba ukuthanda kufana nokuba nobubele. Kubo, uthando luthetha ukuba ungaze ucele uxolo, kuba ukuba unothando soze wenze into eza kukhubekisa mntu. Kwakhona kubonakala kuthetha ukuba, kwabanye, nantoni na ihamba egameni likaThixo, yaye sinokukholelwa nantoni na esiyifunayo kuba “siyabathanda” abanye yaye “bayasithanda” thina.

Ayilothando olo.

Kukho amagama amane kwisiGrike anokuguqulelwa ngokuthi “uthando” kulwimi lwethu yaye amathathu kula magama mane avela eBhayibhileni. Sithetha ngokuthandana kunye nokwenza uthando kwaye apha sithetha ngothando lwesondo okanye olushushu. NgesiGrike, elo gama lithi eros apho sifumana igama elithi "inkanuko". Ngokucacileyo elo asilogama elisetyenziswe nguThixo kweyoku- 1 kaYohane 4:8 . Okulandelayo siye storgē, elibhekisela ngokuyintloko kuthando lwentsapho, uthando lukaBawo ngonyana, okanye intombi ngonina. Igama lesithathu lesiGrike elithetha uthando lithi philia elibhekisa kuthando oluphakathi kwabahlobo. Eli lilizwi lothando, yaye sicinga ngalo ngokubhekisele kubantu abathile abaziziswe ezikhethekileyo zothando nengqalelo yethu yobuqu.

La magama mathathu akafane afumaneke kwiZibhalo zamaKristu. Inyaniso, eros alifumaneki naphi na eBhayibhileni. Ukanti kuncwadi lwamandulo lwesiGrike, la magama mathathu othando, eros, storgē, kwaye philia Nangona kungekho nanye kuzo ebanzi ngokwaneleyo ukuba ingamkela ubude, ububanzi nobunzulu bothando lobuKristu. UPawulos uyibeka ngolu hlobo le nto:

Ke nina, nimiliselwe eluthandweni, noba namandla, ndawonye nabo bonke abangcwele, ukuba nibuqonde ubude, nobubanzi, nokuphakama, nobunzulu bothando lukaKristu; nokulwazi olu uthando oluncamisa ukwazi, ukuze nizaliswe. ngayo yonke inzaliseko kaThixo. (Efese 3:17b-19)

Kaloku, umKristu umele axelise uYesu Kristu, ongumfanekiso ogqibeleleyo kaYise, uYehova uThixo, njengoko ezi Zibhalo zibonisa:

Ungumfanekiso kaThixo ongabonakaliyo, owamazibulo kwindalo yonke. ( Kolose 1:15 )

UNyana ukubengezela kozuko lukaThixo kwaye imbonakaliso echanekileyo yobume bakheethwala zonke izinto ngelizwi lakhe elinamandla… (Hebhere1:3 Berean Study Bible)

Ekubeni uThixo eluthando, kucacile ukuba uYesu uluthando, nto leyo ethetha ukuba sifanele sizabalazele ukuba nothando. Sinokukwenza njani oko yaye sinokufunda ntoni kwinkqubo ephathelele uhlobo lothando lukaThixo?

Ukuze siphendule lo mbuzo, kufuneka sikhangele kwigama lesine lesiGrike elithetha uthando: agapē. Eli gama phantse alikho kuncwadi lwamandulo lwesiGrike, ukanti likhulu lee kunamanye amagama amathathu esiGrike othando kwiZibhalo zamaKristu, livela ngaphezu kwezihlandlo ezili-120 njengesibizo yaye ngaphezu kwezihlandlo ezili-130 njengesenzi.

Kwakutheni ukuze uYesu abambe eli gama lesiGrike lingafane lisetyenziswe, aphe, ukuze sibonakalise olona phawu lubalaseleyo lwamaKristu? Kutheni eli gama lisetyenziswa nguYohane xa wayebhala, “uThixo uluthando” (ho Theos agapē estin)?

Isizathu sinokucaciswa kakuhle ngokuhlolisisa amazwi kaYesu akuMateyu isahluko 5 :

“Nivile ukuba kwathiwa, Uthando,agapēseisUze uthiye utshaba lwakho. Kodwa ndiyakuxelela, uthando (agapateiintshaba zenu, nibathandazele abo banitshutshisayo, ukuze nibe ngabantwana boYihlo osemazulwini. Ulenza ilanga lakhe liphume phezu kwabakhohlakeleyo nabalungileyo; nemvula eyinisa phezu kwabalungisayo nabangengomalungisa. Ukuba uyathanda (agapēsēte) abo babathandayo (agapontaswena, wowufumana mni na umvuzo? Abenzi kwaloo nto na nababuthi berhafu? Naxa nibulisa abazalwana benu bodwa, yintoni na egqithiseleyo eniyenzayo? Abenzi kwaloo nto na nabeentlanga?

Ngoko yibani ngabafezekileyo, njengoko uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile.” ( Mateyu 5:43-48 ) IBhayibhile yesiXhosa yowe-XNUMX

Asiyomvelo ukuba sibe nomsa kwiintshaba zethu, ngabantu abasithiyileyo nabangathanda ukusibona sitshabalala emhlabeni. Uthando athetha ngalo uYesu apha aluphumi entliziyweni, kodwa lusuka engqondweni. Kuyimveliso yokuthanda komntu. Oku akuthethi ukuba akukho mvakalelo emva kolu thando, kodwa iimvakalelo aziyiqhubeli. Olu luthando olulawulwayo, olukhokelwa yingqondo eqeqeshelwe ukwenza ngokwazi nangobulumko esoloko efuna inzuzo yomnye, njengoko uPawulos esithi:

“Ningenzi nanye into ngokweyelenqe, nangokozuko olulambathayo; Makangathi elowo axunele kwezakhe izinto zodwa, kodwa kwanezilangazelelo zabanye. (Funda eyabaseFilipi 2:3,4, XNUMX.)

Ukuchaza agapē ngebinzana elinye elifutshane, “Luthando olusoloko lufuna eyona nzuzo iphakamileyo kulowo umthandayo.” Sifanele sizithande iintshaba zethu, kungekhona ngokuzixhasa kwikhondo lazo eliphosakeleyo, kodwa ngokuzabalazela ukufumana iindlela zokuzijika kwelo khondo libi. Oku kuthetha ukuba agapē ngokufuthi kusishukumisela ukuba senzele abanye okulungileyo nangona bona ngokwabo. Basenokude bazijonge izenzo zethu njengentiyo nobuqhophololo, nangona ekuhambeni kwexesha okulungileyo kuya kuphumelela.

Ngokomzekelo, ngaphambi kokuba ndiwashiye amaNgqina kaYehova, ndathetha neqela labahlobo bam abasenyongweni ngeenyaniso endandizifundile. Oku kwabacaphukisa. Babekholelwa ukuba ndingumngcatshi kukholo lwam noThixo wam uYehova. Bavakalisa imvakalelo yokuba ndandizama ukubenza buhlungu ngokuphazamisa ukholo lwabo. Njengoko ndandibalumkisa ngengozi ababekuyo, nangenxa yokuba bephoswa lithuba lokwenene losindiso olunikelwa kuBantwana bakaThixo, yakhula inzondo yabo. Ekugqibeleni, bethobela imithetho yeQumrhu Elilawulayo, ngokuthobeka andayeka. Abahlobo bam babenyanzelekile ukuba bandikhwebule, nto leyo abayenzayo ngokuthobela imfundiso yeJW, becinga ukuba benza ngothando, nangona uYesu wayibeka yacaca into yokuba thina njengamaKristu kusafuneka sithande nabani na esimbonayo (ngobuxoki okanye ngenye indlela) njengotshaba. Ewe kunjalo, bafundiswe ukuba bacinge ukuba ngokundiphepha, banokundibuyisela kwisibaya seJW. Abazange babone ukuba izenzo zabo ngokwenene zifana nokuthotywa ngokweemvakalelo. Kunoko, babeqinisekile ukuba babesenza izinto ngenxa yothando.

Oku kusizisa kwingongoma ebalulekileyo ekufuneka siyiqwalasele agapē. Eli gama ngokwalo alixhonywanga luphawu oluthile lwemvelo lokuziphatha. Ngamanye amazwi, agapē asilohlobo lulungileyo lothando, ingelulo uhlobo olubi lothando. Luthando kuphela. Yintoni eyenza ibe ntle okanye ibe mbi lukhokelo lwayo. Ukubonisa ukuba ndithetha ukuthini, qwalasela le ndinyana:

"... ngenxa kaDemas, ngenxa yokuba wayemthanda (agapēsasLindishiyile eli hlabathi, laya eTesalonika.” ( 2 Timoti 4:10 ) IBhayibhile ithi:

Oku kuguqulela imo yesenzi ye agapē, oko ikukuthi agapaó, "ukuthanda". UDemas wamshiya uPawulos ngesizathu. Ingqondo yakhe yamqiqa ukuba wayenokufumana kuphela oko wayekufuna ehlabathini ngokulahla uPawulos. Wayezithanda yena. Yayingenayo, ingaphumi; ndingenzeli mna, kungekhona abanye, kungekhona uPawulos, okanye uKristu, kule meko. Ukuba wethu agapē ibhekiswa ngaphakathi; ukuba kukuzingca, oko kuyakukhokelela ekubeni sizenzakalise ekugqibeleni, nokuba kukho inzuzo yexesha elifutshane. Ukuba wethu agapē engazingci, ejoliswe kwabanye, ngoko kuya kuba yingenelo kubo nakuthi, ngenxa yokuba asenzi ngokuzingca, kodwa endaweni yoko, sibeka iimfuno zabanye kuqala. Kungenxa yoko le nto uYesu wathi: “Yibani ngabafezekileyo, ngoko, njengoko uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile.” ( Mateyu 5:48 ) IBhayibhile yesiXhosa yowe-XNUMX

NgesiGrike, igama elithi “ukugqibelela” apha lithi teleios, oko akuthethi engenasono, Kodwa epheleleyo. Ukuze sifikelele kwimfezeko yobuKristu, simele sithande abahlobo bethu neentshaba zethu, kanye njengokuba uYesu wasifundisayo kuMateyu 5:43-48 . Simele sifune oko kusilungeleyo, kungekuphela nje kwabanye, kungekuphela nje abo banokusibuyisela, ngokungathi kunjalo.

Njengoko esi sifundo kungcelele lwethu Lokusindisa Abantu siqhubeka, siza kuhlolisisa ezinye zeenkqubano zikaYehova uThixo nabantu ezisenokubonakala zingenaluthando. Ngokomzekelo, ukutshatyalaliswa komlilo kweSodom neGomora kwakunokuba sisenzo sothando njani? Kwakuza kwenzeka njani ukuba ukuguqula umfazi kaLote abe yintsika yetyuwa, kujongwe njengesenzo sothando? Ukuba siyifuna ngokwenene inyaniso kungekhona nje ukufuna isizathu sokuyigatya iBhayibhile njengentsomi, ngoko kufuneka siqonde ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuthi uThixo ukho. agapē, uthando.

Siza kuzama ukwenza oko njengoko olu ngcelele lweevidiyo luqhubeka, kodwa singenza isiqalo esihle ngokujonga kuthi. IBhayibhile ifundisa ukuba ekuqaleni abantu babenziwe ngokomfanekiso kaThixo, kanye njengoYesu.

Ekubeni uThixo eluthando, sizalwa sinamandla okuthanda njengaye. UPawulos wagqabaza ngaloo nto kumaRoma 2:14 ne-15 xa wathi,

“Kwaneentlanga zíngenawo umthetho kaThixo, zibonakalalisa ukuba ziyawazi umthetho wakhe, ziwugcina ngokwemvelo, nokuba zingawuvanga. Babonakalisa ukuba umthetho kaThixo ubhalwe ezintliziyweni zabo, ngenxa yokuba isazela sabo, neengcinga zabo, sibagxeka, sibagxeka; ( Roma 2:14, 15 ) I<em>New Living Translation

Ukuba sinokuyiqonda ngokupheleleyo indlela uthando oluyi<em>agapē olubakho ngaphakathi kwethu (kuthi ngokwethu ngokwenza ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo) oko kuya kuba negalelo elikhulu ekumqondeni uYehova uThixo. Ngaba bekungayi kuba njalo?

Okokuqala, simele siqonde ukuba nangona sidalwe sinamandla othando lobuthixo njengabantu, aluzisi kuthi ngokuzenzekelayo kuba sizalwa singabantwana baka-Adam yaye siyizuz’ ilifa imizila yothando lokuzingca. Eneneni, de sibe ngabantwana bakaThixo, singabantwana baka-Adam yaye ngenxa yoko, inkxalabo yethu ixhomekeke kuthi. “Mna…mna…mna,” kukungavumi komntwana omncinci kwaye kaninzi umntu omdala. Ukuze kuphuhliswe ukugqibelela okanye ukugqibelela kwe agapē, sifuna into engaphandle kwethu. Asinakuyenza sisodwa. Sifana nesitya esikwaziyo ukubamba into ethile, kodwa zizinto esinazo eziya kugqiba enoba sizizitya ezibekekileyo okanye ezingabekekanga.

UPawulos ubonisa oku kweyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte 4:7:

Ngoku sinokolu khanyiso lukhanya ezintliziyweni zethu; Oku kuyenza icace into yokuba amandla ethu amakhulu aphuma kuThixo, awaphumi kuthi. ( 2 Korinte 4:7 , New Living Translation )

Into endiyithethayo kukuba ukuze sifezeke ngokwenene eluthandweni njengoko uBawo wethu osezulwini efezekile eluthandweni, thina bantu sidinga umoya kaThixo. UPawulos wathi kumaGalati:

“Ke sona esoMoya isiqhamo luthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ukuzeka kade umsindo, ububele, ukulunga, intembeko, ubulali, ukuzeyisa. akukho mthetho uchasene nezinto ezinjalo. ( Galati 5:22, 23 ) Berean Literal Bible

Ndandidla ngokucinga ukuba ezi mpawu zisithoba ziziqhamo zomoya oyingcwele, kodwa uPawulos uthetha ngazo isithelo (isinye) somoya. IBhayibhile ithi uThixo uluthando, kodwa ayitsho ukuba uThixo uluvuyo okanye uThixo uluxolo. Ngokusekelwe kumxholo, inguqulelo yePassion Bible iguqulela ezi ndinyana ngolu hlobo:

Kodwa isiqhamo esiveliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele ngaphakathi kwakho luthando lobuthixo kuzo zonke iintetho zayo ezahlukeneyo:

uvuyo oluphuphumayo,

uxolo oluthobayo,

umonde onyamezelayo,

ububele ngesenzo,

ubomi obugcwele isidima,

ukholo oluloyisayo,

ubulali bentliziyo, kwaye

amandla omoya.

Ungaze ubeke umthetho ngaphezulu kwezi mpawu, kuba zenzelwe ukuba zingabinamda…

Zonke ezi mpawu zisibhozo ziseleyo ziinkalo okanye yimbonakaliso yothando. Umoya oyingcwele uya kuvelisa uthando lobuthixo kubuKristu. Yiyo i agapē uthando olungaphandle, ukuze kungenelwe abanye.

Ke, isiqhamo somoya luthando,

Uvuyo (love that is jubilant)

Uxolo (uthando oluzolileyo)

Umonde (uthando olunyamezelayo, aluze luyeke)

Ububele (uthando olunolwazelelelo nenceba)

Ukulunga (uthando ekuphumleni, umgangatho wangaphakathi wothando kwisimo somntu)

Ukuthembeka (uthando olujongayo nolukholelwayo kukulunga kwabanye)

Ubumnene (uthando olulinganiswayo, luhlala luyimali elungileyo, ukubamba okulungileyo)

Ukuzeyisa (Uthando olulawula zonke izenzo. Olu luphawu lobukumkani lothando, kuba umntu osegunyeni umele akwazi ukulawula ukuze angoni.)

Ubume obungenasiphelo bukaYehova uThixo buthetha ukuba uthando lwakhe kuzo zonke ezi nkalo okanye ngendlela athetha ngayo alunasiphelo. Njengoko siqalisa ukuhlolisisa iinkqubano zakhe nabantu nezithunywa zezulu ngokufanayo, siya kufunda indlela uthando lwakhe oluzicacisa ngayo zonke iinxalenye zeBhayibhile ezibonakala zingangqinelani kuthi ekuqaleni, yaye ngokwenjenjalo, siya kufunda indlela yokuhlakulela bhetele ubulungiseleli bethu. Isiqhamo somoya. Ukuqonda uthando lukaThixo kunye nendlela oluhlala lusebenza ngayo okokugqibela (elo lelona gama liphambili, elokugqibela) uncedo lomntu ngamnye ozimiseleyo kuya kusinceda ukuba siqonde zonke iindinyana ezinzima zesiBhalo esiza kuzihlolisisa kwiividiyo ezilandelayo kolu ngcelele.

Enkosi ngexesha lakho kunye nenkxaso yakho eqhubekayo kulo msebenzi.

 

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