Ngaba Kufuneka Siyigcine iSabatha ukuze Sisindiswe?

NgokukaSeventh-day Adventists, inkolo yabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezili-14, kunye nabantu abafana noMark Martin, owayesakuba ngumtshayeli we-JW oye waba ngumshumayeli wevangeli, asiyi kusindiswa ukuba asiyigcini iSabatha- oko kuthetha ukuba asiyenzi. “isebenza” ngoMgqibelo (ngokwekhalenda yamaYuda).

Kakade ke, amaSabatha adla ngokuvakalisa ukuba iSabatha yabakho ngaphambi komthetho kaMoses yaye yamiselwa ngexesha lokudala. Ukuba oku kunjalo, kutheni le nto iSabatha yangoMgqibelo ngokwekhalenda yamaJuda ishunyayelwa ngamaSabatha? Ngokuqinisekileyo ngexesha lokudala kwakungekho khalenda yenziwe ngumntu.

Ukuba umgaqo wokuba ekuphumleni kukaThixo uyasebenza ezintliziyweni nasezingqondweni zamaKristu okwenyaniso, ngoko ngokuqinisekileyo amaKristu anjalo ayaqonda ukuba senziwe amalungisa ngokholo lwethu, ngomoya oyingcwele kungekhona ngemigudu yethu ephindaphindwayo, nengento yanto. Roma 8:9,10, 2). Yaye, kambe ke, sifanele sikhumbule ukuba abantwana bakaThixo bangabantu bomoya, isidalwa esitsha, ( 5 Korinte 17:XNUMX ) abaye bafumana inkululeko yabo kuKristu; Ukukhululwa kungekuphela nje ebukhobokeni besono nokufa, kodwa nakuyo yonke imisebenzi abayenzayo ukucamagushela ezo zono. Umpostile uPawulos wakubethelela oku xa wathi ukuba sisazama ukuzuza usindiso noxolelaniso kuThixo ngemisebenzi ephindaphindwayo esicinga ukuba iyasifanelekela (njengakumaKristu alandela uMthetho kaMoses okanye ukubala iiyure kubulungiseleli basentsimini) ngoko ke siye safumana ithuba lokuzuza usindiso nokuxolelaniswa noThixo ngemisebenzi ephindaphindwayo esicinga ukuba iyasifanelekela (njengamaKristu alandela uMthetho kaMoses okanye ukubala iiyure kubulungiseleli basentsimini) bahluliwe kuKristu, balushiya ubabalo.

“UKrestu wasikhulula ukuze sibe ngabantu abakhululekileyo mpela. Ngoko yimani niqinile, ningaphindi nibotshwe yidyokhwe yobukhoboka...Nina, niza kugwetyelwa ngomthetho, nizahlukanisiwe noKristu; niwile elubabalweni. Ke ngokholo silinde ngoMoya ithemba lobulungisa. ( Galati 5:1,4,5, XNUMX, XNUMX )

La ngamazwi anamandla! Musani ukulahlekiswa ziimfundiso zamaSabatha okanye niza kwahlukaniswa noKrestu. Kwabo kuni basenokuba bakwiphulo lokulahlekiswa yingcamango yokuba kufuneka “niphumle,” kufuneka bagcine iSabatha emiselwe ixesha elibekelwe uLwesihlanu ukuya kutsho ngoMgqibelo ukususela ekutshoneni kwelanga ukusa ekutshoneni kwelanga okanye baya kujongana nesiphumo sokufumana uphawu irhamncwa (okanye obunye ubuvuvu obunjalo) kwaye liya kutshatyalaliswa eArmagedon, phefumla ngokunzulu. Masiqiqe ngokucokisekileyo ngokusuka kwisibhalo ngaphandle kokucalucalulwa kwangaphambili kwaye sikuxoxe ngokusengqiqweni.

Okokuqala, ukuba ukugcinwa kweSabatha kuthetha ukuqukwa kuvuko lwamalungisa noYesu Kristu, ngaba inxalenye enkulu yeendaba ezilungileyo zoBukumkani bukaThixo ezashunyayelwa nguYesu nabapostile bakhe ibingayi kuthetha ngayo? Okanye besiya kwazi njani na thina zintlanga? Ngapha koko, abeeNtlanga babengenalo nofifi ngeSabatha okanye bazixakekise ngokugcinwa kweSabatha noko kuquka oko ngokungafaniyo namaYuda awayeyigcina njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo yoMthetho kaMoses ngaphezu kweminyaka eli-1,500 5. Ngaphandle koMthetho kaMoses olawula oko kunokwenziwa nokungenakwenziwa ngeSabatha, amaSabatha anamhlanje amele azenzele eyawo imithetho emitsha ephathelele “umsebenzi” “nokuphumla” kuba iBhayibhile ayinikeli mithetho ngaloo ndlela. . Ngokungasebenzi (Ngaba abayi kuthwala ukhuko lwabo?) bagcina ingcamango yokuhlala ekuphumleni kukaThixo kuyingcamango yenyama kunokuba ibe yeyomoya. Masingaweli kuloo mgibe kodwa sigcine engqondweni yaye singaze silibale ukuba siye saba ngamalungisa phambi koThixo ngokholo lwethu kuKristu, kungekhona ngemisebenzi yethu. “Kodwa ngokholo silinde ngoMoya ithemba lobulungisa.” ( Galati 5:XNUMX ).

Ndiyazi ukuba kunzima kakhulu kwabo baphuma kwiinkonzo ezilungelelanisiweyo ukubona ukuba umsebenzi awuyondlela eya ezulwini, ukuya kukhonza noKristu kuBukumkani bakhe obungoMesiya. IZibhalo zisixelela ukuba usindiso alungomvuzo wemisebenzi emihle esiyenzileyo, ngoko ke akukho namnye kuthi onokuqhayisa ( Efese 2:9 ). Ewe, amaKristu aqolileyo ayazi kakhulu ukuba sisengabantu benyama kwaye ke senze ngokuhambelana nokholo lwethu njengoko uYakobi wabhalayo:

“Ufuna na ubungqina, mntundini ungento, ukuba ukholo olu, ingekho imisebenzi, alinto yanto? UAbraham, ubawo wethu, akagwetyelwanga na ngokunikela kwakhe uIsake unyana wakhe phezu kwesibingelelo? Uyabona ukuba ukholo lwakhe lwalusebenza ngokwasemisebenzini, lwagqibelela ukholo lwakhe ngokwasemisebenzini yakhe. ( Yakobi 2:20-22 )

Kambe ke, abaFarisi, ababengcungcuthekisa uYesu nabafundi bakhe ngenxa yokukha izikhwebu baze bazitye ngeSabatha, babenokuqhayisa ngemisebenzi yabo kuba bengenalukholo. Ngokufana neendidi ezingama-39 zemisebenzi eyalelweyo ngeSabatha, kuquka ukukha iinkozo ukuze banelise indlala, unqulo lwabo lwaluxakeke yimisebenzi. UYesu wasabela ekubhokoxeni kwabo ngokuzama ukubanceda baqonde ukuba babemisele inkqubo ecinezelayo nengqongqo yemithetho yeSabatha eyayingenanceba nokusesikweni. Waqiqa nabo, njengoko sibona kuMarko 2:27 , ukuba “isabatha le yabakho ngenxa yomntu, asingumntu owabakhoyo ngenxa yesabatha.” NjengeNkosi yeSabatha ( Mateyu 12:8; Marko 2:28; Luka 6:5 ) UYesu wayeze kufundisa ukuba sinokuqonda ukuba akufuneki sisebenze nzima ukuze sizuze usindiso lwethu ngemisebenzi, kodwa ngokholo.

“Nonke ningoonyana bakaThixo ngako ukukholwa kuKristu Yesu.” ( Galati 3:26 )

Xa uYesu kamva waxelela abaFarisi ukuba uBukumkani bukaThixo babuya kuthatyathwa kumaSirayeli buze bunikwe abantu beeNtlanga, ababeza kuvelisa isiqhamo sabo kuMateyu 21:43 , wayesithi iiNtlanga zaziya kuzuza ubutyebi. Ubabalo lukaThixo. Yaye ayengabantu abaninzi ngakumbi kunamaSirayeli, akunjalo!? Ke ngoko, ukuba ngokwenene ukugcina iSabatha kwakuyeyona nto ibalulekileyo yeendaba ezilungileyo zoBukumkani bukaThixo, ngoko besiya kulindela ukubona izibongozo ezininzi eziphuma rhoqo ezibhalweni eziyalela amaKristu eeNtlanga asandul’ ukuguquka ukuba agcine iSabatha. akunjalo thina?

Nangona kunjalo, ukuba uphengulula kwizibhalo zamaKristu ukhangela umzekelo apho abeeNtlanga bayalelwa ukuba bagcine iSabatha, awusayi kufumana nenye-hayi kwiNtshumayelo yaseNtabeni, hayi kwiimfundiso zikaYesu naphi na, kwaye hayi incwadi yeZenzo zabapostile. Into esiyibonayo kwincwadi yeZenzo ngabapostile nabafundi bashumayela kumaYuda kwizindlu zesikhungu ngeSabatha ukuze abe nokholo kuYesu Kristu. Masifunde ngezi zihlandlo ezimbalwa:

“Njengesiqhelo ke, uPawulos wangena endlwini yesikhungu, waqiqa nabo ngeZibhalo iisabatha ezintathu; ecacisa, engqina ukuba uKristu ubemelwe kukuva ubunzima, aze avuke kwabafileyo.” ( IZenzo 17:2,3, XNUMX )

“Banduluka ePerga, banduluka emhlabeni, baya kwa-Antiyokwe yasePisidiya, bangena endlwini yesikhungu ngesabatha, bahlala phantsi. Emva kokufundwa koMthetho nabaprofeti, abaphathi bendlu yesikhungu bathumela kubo: “Bazalwana, ukuba ninelizwi lokukhuthaza abantu, ncedani nithethe.” (Izenzo 13: 14,15)

“Ngazo zonke iisabatha wayexoxa endlwini yesikhungu, ezamela ukweyisa amaYuda kwanamaGrike. Ke kaloku, bakuhla bevela kwelaseMakedoni ooSilas noTimoti. UPawulos wayezinikele ngokupheleleyo elizwini, eqononondisa kumaYuda ukuba uYesu lo unguye uKristu.” ( IZenzo 18:4,5, XNUMX )

AmaSabatha aya kuchaza ukuba ezo zibhalo zithi ayenqula ngeSabatha. Ngokuqinisekileyo amaYuda angengomaKristu ayenqula ngeSabatha. UPawulos wayeshumayela kumaYuda awayeyigcina isabatha kuba yayilusuku awayehlanganisana ngalo. Yonke imihla kwakufuneka basebenze.

Enye into emayiqwalaselwe kukuba xa sijonga kwimibhalo kaPawulos, simbona echitha ixesha elininzi kunye nomgudu efundisa umahluko phakathi kwabantu benyama nabantu bomoya kumxholo wokuqonda umahluko phakathi koMnqophiso woMthetho kunye noMnqophiso Omtsha. Ubongoza abantwana bakaThixo ukuba baqonde ukuba, njengabantwana abamkelweyo bakhokelwa ngumoya, befundiswa ngumoya oyingcwele kungekhona ngemithetho nemimiselo ebhaliweyo, okanye ngabantu—njengabaFarisi, ababhali, “abapostile abaziincamisa” okanye abalawuli. Amalungu omzimba (2 Korinte 11:5, 1 Yohane 2:26,27).

“Thina asamkelanga moya wehlabathi, kodwa nguMoya ophuma kuThixo, ukuze sikuqonde oko uThixo asinike ngesisa. Oku ke sikuthethayo, kungengamazwi anokufundiswa bubulumko babantu, kungawo anokufundiswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele; ecacisa izinto zokomoya ngamazwi afundiswe nguMoya.” ( 1 Korinte 2:12-13 ).

Umahluko phakathi kokomoya nokwenyama ubalulekile kuba uPawulos walatha kwabaseKorinte (nathi sonke) ukuba phantsi koMnqophiso woMthetho kaMoses amaSirayeli ayengenakufundiswa ngoMoya ngenxa yokuba izazela zawo zazingenakuhlanjululwa. Phantsi komnqophiso woMthetho kaMoses kuphela ayenelungiselelo lokucamagushela izono zawo ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngokwenza amadini ezilwanyana. Ngamanye amazwi, babesebenza baze basebenzele ukucamagushela izono ngokunikela ngegazi lezilwanyana. Loo mibingelelo yayizizikhumbuzo nje zokuba nesono “kuba igazi leenkunzi zeenkomo neleebhokhwe alinakuzisusa izono.” ( Hebhere 10:5 )

Ngokuphathelele umsebenzi womoya oyingcwele kaThixo, umbhali wamaHebhere wathi:

“Ngeli lungiselelo [ukucanyagushelwa kwezono ngamadini ezilwanyana] UMoya oyiNgcwele yayibonisa ukuba indlela yeYona Ngcwele yayingekatyhilwa lo gama umnquba wokuqala wawusemi. Lo ngumzekeliso wangoku, ngenxa yokuba iminikelo kwanamadini asondezwayo, azinako ukusihlambulula isazela salowo ukhonzayo. Ziquka kuphela ukutya neziselo nezihlambululo ezikhethekileyo—imithetho yangaphandle eyamiselwa de kufike ixesha lohlaziyo.” ( Hebhere 9:8-10 )

Kodwa xa uKristu weza, yonke into yatshintsha. UKristu ungumlamleli womnqophiso omtsha. Ngelixa umnqophiso omdala, uMnqophiso woMthetho kaMoses wawunokucamagushela izono kuphela ngegazi lezilwanyana, igazi likaKristu lihlanjululwe kwaba kanye. isazela kubo bonke abakholwayo kuye. Oku kubalulekile ukukuqonda.

Kuba, ukuba igazi leebhokhwe neleenkunzi zeenkomo, nothuthu lwethokazi olufefa abo bangamanyala, bangcwalise ke, ukuba bahlambuluke imizimba yabo; lobeka phi na ukugqithisela lona igazi likaKristu, owazisondeza ngoMoya ongunaphakade, engenasiphako, kuye uThixo, ukusihlambulula isazela sethu emisebenzini yokufa, ukuze sikhonze uThixo ophilileyo?( Hebhere 9:13,14, XNUMX )

Ngokwendalo inguqulelo ukusuka kuMnqophiso woMthetho kaMoses, nemithetho nemimiselo yawo engaphezulu kwama-600, ukuya enkululekweni kuKristu kwakunzima ngabaninzi ukuyiqonda okanye ukuyamkela. Nangona uThixo wawuphelisayo uMthetho kaMoses, olu hlobo lolawulo lulandelayo lunomtsalane kwiingqondo zokwenyama zabantu abangenamoya kumhla wethu. Amalungu eenkonzo ezilungelelanisiweyo ayakuvuyela ukulandela imithetho nemimiselo, njengabaFarisi ababekho ngexesha labo, kuba aba bantu abafuni kufumana inkululeko kuKristu. Kuba iinkokeli zamabandla namhlanje zingekayifumani inkululeko yazo kuKrestu aziyi kuvumela nabani na ukuba ayifumane. Le yindlela yokucinga yenyama kunye "namahlelo" kunye "nezantlukwano" (onke amawaka eenkolo ezibhalisiweyo ezidalwe zaza zahlelwa ngabantu) zibizwa ngokuba "yimisebenzi yenyama" nguPawulos ( Galati 5: 19-21 ).

Xa bekhangela emva kwinkulungwane yokuqala, abo ‘banengqondo yenyama’ babesabambelele kuMthetho kaMoses xa uKristu weza kuzalisekisa loo mthetho, babengakuqondi oko kwakuthethwa kukuba uKristu wafa ukuze asikhulule kubukhoboka besono ngenxa yokuba babengenalukholo. kunye nomnqweno wokuqonda. Kwakhona, njengobungqina bale ngxaki, sibona uPawulos ewakhalimela amaKristu amatsha eeNtlanga ngenxa yokuphenjelelwa ngamaYuda. Abantu ababexhasa ubuYuda yayingaloo “maKristu” angamaYuda awayengakhokelwa nguMoya ngenxa yokuba ayezingisa ekubuyeleni kumthetho omdala wolwaluko (ukuvula iingcango zokuthobela uMthetho kaMoses) njengendlela yokusindiswa nguThixo. Balikhumbula iphenyane. UPawulos wababiza aba baxhasa ubuYuda ngokuthi ‘ziintlola. Wathi ngezi ntlola ezazikhuthaza indlela yokucinga yokwenyama kungekhona eyokomoya okanye ethembekileyo:

“Lo mbandela wabakho ngenxa yokuba kwakungena abazalwana bobuxoki XNUMX besenzela ukuthozama ukukhululeka kwethu kuKristu Yesu, ukuze basenze amakhoboka. Asizange sinikezele kubo nakancinane, ukuze inyaniso yeendaba ezilungileyo ihlale kuni.” ( Galati 2:4,5, XNUMX )

UPawulos wakwenza kwacaca ukuba amakholwa okwenyaniso ayeya kuthembela kukholo lwawo kuYesu Kristu aze akhokelwe nguMoya kungekhona ngabantu ababezama ukuwabuyisela kuqheliselo loMthetho. Kwenye ingxabano eya kwabaseGalati uPawulos wabhala:

Ndingathanda ukufunda nto-nye kuni: Namamkela uMoya emisebenzini yomthetho, namamkela ngokuva ngokwaselukholweni, kusini na? Nizidenge kangaka? Nakuba niqale kuMoya, ngoku nigqibela nisenyameni?  Ubuva ubunzima obuninzi na ngelize, ukuba ngaba ngenene? Ngaba uThixo unika uMoya wakhe phezu kwenu nangenxa yokuba nisenza imiqondiso phakathi kwenu, ngenxa yokuba nisenza umthetho, okanye ngenxa yokuba nisiva nje nakholwa?” ( Galati 3:3-5 )

UPawulos usibonisa umongo walo mbandela. UYesu Kristu wabethelela imiyalelo yekhowudi yoMthetho emnqamlezweni ( Kolose 2:14 ) baza bafa kunye naye. UKristu wawuzalisekisa umthetho, kodwa akazange awubhangise (Mateyu 5:17). UPawulos wakucacisa oku xa wathi ngoYesu: “Wenjenjalo ukusigweba isono esenyameni, ukuze ummiselo womthetho uzaliseke kuthi, thina singahambiyo ngokwenyama, sihamba ngokoMoya.” (KwabaseRoma 8: 3,4)

Kukwanjalo kwakhona, abantwana bakaThixo, amaKristu okwenyaniso ahamba ngokoMoya kwaye abakhathali ngemithetho yenkolo nemithetho emidala engasasebenziyo. Kungoko uPawulos wathi kwabaseKolose:

“Ngoko ke makungabikho mntu unigwebayo ngento eniyityayo, nangento eselwayo, nangemithendeleko, nangenyanga ethwasileyo, nangeemithendeleko. ngeSabatha.” Kolose 2:13-16

AmaKristu, enoba ayephuma kwimvelaphi yobuYuda okanye abeeNtlanga, ayeqonda ukuba ukuze uKristu asikhulule ebukhobokeni besono nokufa, kwanezithethe ezazicamagushela ukuba nesono ngokusisigxina. Esinjani sona isiqabu! Ngenxa yoko, uPawulos wayenokuthi emabandleni ukuba yinxalenye yobukumkani bukaThixo kwakungaxhomekekanga ekumiseleni izithethe zangaphandle, kodwa kwisenzo somoya oyingcwele esizisa ubani ebulungiseni. UPawulos wabiza ubulungiseleli obutsha, bubulungiseleli boMoya.

“Ke kaloku, ukuba ulungiselelo olufayo, lukroliweyo ematyeni ngombhalo, lweza lunobuqaqawuli, kangangokuba amaSirayeli angabi nako ukukhangela ebusweni bukaMoses, ngenxa yobuqaqawuli bakhe obedlulayo; aluyi kuba nobuqaqawuli ngakumbi na ulungiselelo lwakhe uMoya? Kuba, ukuba ulungiselelo olugwebayo lunobuqaqawuli, kokukhona luya kugqithisela ngobuqaqawuli ulungiselelo lobulungisa. (2 Kor. 3: 7-9)

UPawulos waphinda wabonisa ukuba ukungena eBukumkanini bukaThixo kwakungaxhomekekanga kuhlobo lokutya amaKristu awayekutya okanye akuselayo:

“Kuba ubukumkani bukaThixo bubo Ingabi yeyokudla nakusela; ibe yeyobulungisa noxolo novuyo kuMoya oyiNgcwele.” ( Roma 14:17 ).

UPawulos ubethelela ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba uBukumkani bukaThixo abukho kwimibhiyozo yangaphandle kodwa bufuna ukuthandazela umoya oyingcwele ukuba usishukumisele ekubeni sibe ngamalungisa ngokholo lwethu kuYesu Kristu. Siyawubona lo mxholo uphindwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwiZibhalo zamaKristu, akunjalo!

Ngelishwa, amaSabatha awabuboni ubunyani bezi zibhalo. UMark Martin ngokwenene uthi kwenye yeentshumayelo zakhe ezibizwa ngokuba "Sinenjongo yokutshintsha amaxesha kunye noMthetho" (enye yecandelo lakhe eli-6 leSiprofetho seThemba) ukuba ukugcina umhla weSabatha kwahlula amaKristu okwenyaniso ehlabathini lonke, nto leyo eya kuquka onke amaKristu angayigciniyo iSabatha. La mazwi aqaqadekileyo. Nanku umongo wayo.

Njengabakholelwa kuBathathu Emnye, amaSabatha anolwabo ucalucalulo, iintetho zenkalipho nezibubuxoki, ekufuneka zibhencwe indlela uYesu awalibhenca ngayo “igwele labaFarisi.” ( Mateyu 16:6 ) Bayingozi kubantwana bakaThixo abasandul’ ukukuqonda ukwamkelwa kwabo nguThixo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, makhe sibone ukuba amanye amaSeventh-day Adventist athini ngeSabatha. Kwenye yeewebhusayithi zabo, sifunda:

ISabatha yi “uphawu ukukhululwa kwethu kuKristu, uphawu ukungcwaliswa kwethu, umqondiso yentembeko yethu, kwaye ukungcamla kwangaphambili ngekamva lethu lanaphakade ebukumkanini bukaThixo, kwaye umqondiso ongunaphakade womnqophiso kaThixo ongunaphakade phakathi kwakhe nabantu bakhe.” (Ukusuka kwi-Adventist.org/the-sabbath/).

Enjani yona ukubalasela ingqokelela yamagama aphakamileyo, yaye onke angenayo nenye imbekiselo yesibhalo! Bathi yiSabatha umqondiso ongunaphakade kunye netywina lomnqophiso ongunaphakade kaThixo phakathi kwakhe nabantu bakhe. Kufuneka sizibuze ukuba babhekisa kubaphi abantu. Enyanisweni, bamisela imfundiso yobuxoki yokuba iSabatha, njengenxalenye yomnqophiso woMthetho kaMoses, iba ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade ongaphambili okanye obaluleke ngakumbi kunomnqophiso omtsha uBawo wethu Osezulwini awawenza nabantwana bakaThixo njengoko umlamli kaYesu Kristu. ( Hebhere 12:24 ) esekelwe elukholweni.

Umbhali obhidekileyo wela bhulubhu yewebhu yeSabatha uthatha amagama esiGrike esisetyenziswe eBhayibhileni ukuchaza umoya oyingcwele njengowomoya oyingcwele. uphawu, uphawu, uphawu, kunye nesiqinisekiso sokuvunywa kaBawo wethu osezulwini kubantwana bakhe abanyuliweyo bakaThixo kwaye usebenzisa loo mazwi ukuchaza isithethe seSabatha. Esi sisenzo sonyeliso njengoko kungakhankanywa itywina, umqondiso, umqondiso, okanye umfuziselo onxulumene neSabatha naphi na kwiZibhalo zamaKristu. Kambe ke, siyabona ukuba igama elithi “umqondiso” nelithi “itywina” lalidla ngokusetyenziswa kwizibhalo zesiHebhere ezibhekisela kwizinto ezinjengomnqophiso wolwaluko nomnqophiso weSabatha kodwa ezo zinto zazisetyenziswa kuphela kwimibhalo yamandulo yesiHebhere xa kuthethwa ngamaSirayeli. phantsi kwedyokhwe yoMnqophiso woMthetho kaMoses.

Makhe sihlolisise imibhalo kaPawulos ephathelele itywina, umqondiso, nesiqinisekiso somoya oyingcwele kwiindinyana ezininzi ezibonisa inkoliseko kaThixo ngabantwana bakhe abanyuliweyo abasekelwe kukholo lwabo kuYesu.

“Nani ke, nimanywe noKrestu nje, nithe naliva ilizwi lenyaniso, iindaba ezilungileyo zosindiso lwenu. Xa wawukholwayo, wawuphawulwa kuye ngophawu itywina, isithembiso UMoya oyiNgcwele osisiqinisekiso selifa lethu ide ibe yintlawulelo yokukhulula abaphuma kuThixo, ukuba kudunyiswe uzuko lwakhe. ( Efe 1:13,14, XNUMX )

“Ke kaloku nguThixo osiqiniselayo sobabini, nani nimanywe noKrestu. Wasithambisa, wasibeka phezu kwethu itywina lakhe, wafaka uMoya wakhe ezintliziyweni zethu, njengesibambiso saloo nto izayo.” (Funda eyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte 1:21,22, XNUMX.)

“Kwaye uThixo usilungiselele le njongo kwaye usinike uMoya njengesibambiso oko kuza kuza.” (Funda eyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte 5:5.)

Kulungile, ke makhe sishwankathele oko sikufumeneyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Akukhankanywa ukuphakanyiswa kweSabatha njengetywina lolwamkelo lukaThixo kwizibhalo zamaKristu. Ngumoya oyingcwele ochazwa njengetywina lokwamkelwa kwabantwana bakaThixo. Kufana nokuba amaSabatha akanalukholo kuKristu Yesu nakwiindaba ezilungileyo awayezifundisa kuba abaqondi ukuba siba ngamalungisa ngomoya kungekhona ngomsebenzi wamandulo ongokwesithethe.

Sekunjalo, ngendlela eyiyo yokucacisa, masijike sijonge ngocoselelo ukuba zeziphi na izinto ezibumba iindaba ezilungileyo ukuze sibone ukuba akukho nakuphi na ukuchaneka kwalo naluphi na uhlobo lokukhankanywa kokugcinwa kweSabatha njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo yokwamkelwa kubukumkani bukaThixo.

Ukuqala, kuyenzeka kum ukuba ndikhankanye ukuba uluhlu lwezono olugcina abantu baphuma eBukumkanini bukaThixo lubalwe ku-1 Kor 6: 9-11 alubandakanyi ukungagcini iSabatha. Ngaba oko bekungayi kuba kuluhlu ukuba ngokwenene inyuswe njenge “umqondiso ongunaphakade womnqophiso kaThixo ongunaphakade phakathi kwakhe nabantu bakhe” (ngokwewebhusayithi yeSeventh-day Adventist esicatshulwe ngasentla)?

Masiqale ngokufunda oko uPawulos wakubhalela abaseKolose ngeendaba ezilungileyo. Wabhala wathi:

 “Kuba sivile ukholo lwakho kuKristu Yesu nokubathanda kwakho bonke abantu bakaThixo abaphuma kuwe Ngethemba eliqinisekileyo loko uThixo akugcinele kona ezulwini. Olo lindelo beninalo kwasekuqaleni nakuvayo inyaniso yeendaba ezimnandi. Kwaezo ndaba zilungileyo zafikayo kuni, ziphuma ehlabathini lonke. Ithwala isiqhamo kuyo yonke indawo ngokuguqula ubomi, kanye njengokuba yatshintsha ubomi benu ukususela kumhla owaqala ukuva nokuqonda ngawo inyaniso ngobabalo lukaThixo olumangalisayo.( Kolose 1:4-6 )

Into esiyibonayo kwesi sibhalo kukuba iindaba ezilungileyo zibandakanya ukholo kuKristu Yesu, ukuthanda bonke abantu bakaThixo (kungasagqalwa nje ngamaSirayeli kuphela kodwa ngokubaluleke ngakumbi nabeeNtlanga), nokuqonda inyaniso yobabalo lukaThixo olumangalisayo! UPawulos uthi iindaba ezilungileyo ziyabutshintsha ubomi babantu, nto leyo ethetha ukusebenza komoya oyingcwele kwabo bazivayo baze baqonde. Kungokusebenza komoya oyingcwele phezu kwethu esenza sibe ngamalungisa emehlweni kaThixo, kungekhona ngemisebenzi yomthetho. UPawulos wakwenza kwacaca oko xa wathi:

Kuba akukho namnye uya kwenziwa abe lilungisa nguThixo ngokwenza oko umthetho;. Umthetho usibonisa nje ukuba sinesono. ( Roma 3:20 )

‘Ngomthetho,’ apha uPawulos ubhekisela kumnqophiso womthetho kaMoses, owawunemithetho nemimiselo engaphezu kwama-600 lungu ngalinye lohlanga lwakwaSirayeli elayalelwa ukuba liyenze. Lo mgaqo wokuziphatha wawusebenza iminyaka emalunga ne-1,600 XNUMX njengelungiselelo uYehova awalinika amaSirayeli ukuba agubungele izono zawo—kungoko umthetho wawubizwa ngokuba “ubuthathaka enyameni.” Njengoko kukhankanyiwe ngasentla kweli nqaku, kodwa kuyaphinda—umthetho wawungenakuze unike amaSirayeli isazela esicocekileyo phambi koThixo. Ligazi likaKristu kuphela elinokukwenza oko. Khumbula oko uPawulos walumkisa abaseGalati ngaye nabani na oshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zobuxoki? Uthe:

Njengokuba besesitshilo, ndiyaphinda, ndithi nangoku, Ukuba ubani unishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo ezinxamnye nezo nazamkelayo, makasingelwe phantsi. ( Galati 1:9 )

Ngaba amaSabatha ashumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zobuxoki? Ewe, kuba benza ukuba ukugcina iSabatha luphawu lokuba ngumKristu kwaye loo nto ayisekelwanga zibhalweni, kodwa asifuni ukuba baqalekiswe ngoko masibancede. Mhlawumbi bekuya kuba luncedo kubo ukuba sithetha ngoMnqophiso wolwaluko awathi uYahweh (uYehova) wawenza noAbraham malunga neminyaka engama-406 phambi kokuba uMnqophiso woMthetho usekwe malunga ne-1513 BCE.

Wathi uThixo kuAbraham,

“Uze uwugcine umnqophiso wam wena nenzala yakho kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Yonke into eyindoda kuni kufuneka yaluswe. Nize naluswe inyama yokwaluswa, ibe ngumqondiso womnqophiso ophakathi kwam nani.Umnqophiso wam enyameni yenu uya kuba ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade. (Genesis 17: 9-13)

Nangona kwindinyana ye-13 sifunda oko lo ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade, ayiphumelelanga. Emva kokuphela komnqophiso woMthetho ngowama-33 C.E. kwakungasekho mfuneko yokwenjenjalo. AmaKristu angamaYuda ayemele acinge ngolwaluko ngendlela efuziselayo xa uYesu esusa isimo sawo sesono. UPawulos wabhalela abaseKolose:

“Kuye [uKristu Yesu] naluswa nokuhluthwa isimo senu esonakeleyo, ngolwaluko olwenziwa nguKristu, kungekhona ngezandla zabantu. Kwaye wangcwatywa naye elubhaptizweni, navuswa kunye naye ngokukholwa kumandla kaThixo, owamvusayo kwabafileyo. ( Kolose 2:11,12, XNUMX )

Ngendlela efanayo, amaSirayeli ayemele ayigcine iSabatha. NjengoMnqophiso wolwaluko, owawubizwa ngokuba ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade, iSabatha yayiza kugcinwa njengomqondiso phakathi koThixo namaSirayeli ukusa kwixesha elingenammiselo.

“Nize nizigcine iisabatha zam, kuba oko kuya kuba ngumqondiso phakathi kwam nani kwizizukulwana ezizayo, ukuze nazi ukuba ndinguYehova oningcwalisayo.Oonyana bakaSirayeli mabayigcine ke isabatha, ukuba ibe ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade kwizizukulwana zabo. ( Eksodus 13-17 )

Kanye njengomnqophiso ongunaphakade wolwaluko, uMnqophiso ongunaphakade weSabatha waphela xa uThixo wanika iintlanga idinga ngoAbraham. Ukuba ke nina ningabakaKristu, niyimbewu ka-Abraham ngoko, neendlalifa ngokwedinga. ( Galati 4:29 )

UMthetho kaMoses wapheliswa waza uMnqophiso Omtsha waqalisa ukusebenza ngegazi likaYesu elaphalalayo. Njengoko izibhalo zisithi:

“Ngoku, nangona kunjalo, uYesu ufumene ulungiselelo olulunge ngakumbi, njengomnqophiso Ungumlamli ungcono kwaye usekelwe kwizithembiso ezingcono. Kuba, ukuba ubungenakusoleka lowo wokuqala, ubungayi kufunelwa ndawo owesibini. Kodwa uThixo wabagweba abantu.”— Hebhere 8:6-8 .

 “Ngokuthetha ngomnqophiso omtsha, uwuphanzisile owokuqala; kwaye into ephelelweyo nokwaluphala kuya kuthi shwaka ngokukhawuleza.( Hebhere 8:13, XNUMX )

Njengoko sifikelela esigqibeni, simele sikhumbule ukuba xa uMthetho kaMoses waphelayo wenjenjalo nemiyalelo yokugcina iSabatha. Ukutshona kwelanga ukuya kutsho ekutshoneni kwelanga iSabatha yayekwa ngamaKristu okwenyaniso yaye akazange ayenze loo nto! Yaye xa ibhunga labapostile nabafundi lalihlanganisene eYerusalem ukuze lithethe ngoko kwakulindeleke ukuba iiNtlanga zikubambelele njengemigaqo yobuKristu, ngokomxholo wembambano evukayo yabo babuyela emva kulwaluko njengendlela yosindiso; asiboni nto ithethwayo ngokugcina iSabatha. Ukungabikho kwegunya elinjalo lokwalathiswa ngumoya kubaluleke kakhulu, akunjalo?

“Kuba kukholekile kumoya oyingcwele nakuthi ngokwethu ukungongeza kuni mthwalo ungaphezu kwezi zinto ziyimfuneko: zokuba nikhwebuke kwizinto ezibingelelwe kwizithixo, negazi, nento ekrwitshiweyo, nohenyuzo.” ( IZenzo 15:28, 29 )

Kwakhona wathi,

“Mawethu, niyazi ukuba kwasekuqaleni uThixo wanyula phakathi kwenu ukuba iintlanga zizive emlonyeni wam iindaba ezimnandi, zikholwe.  Ke kaloku, uThixo, oyaziyo intliziyo, ukholekile kubo ngokubanika uMoya oyiNgcwele, kwanjengokuba wenjenjalo nakuthi. Akacalula phakathi kwethu nazo, kuba wazihlambulula iintliziyo zazo ngokholo. ( IZenzo 15:7-9 )

Into ekufuneka siyiqaphele kwaye sicamngce ngayo kukuba, ngokweSibhalo, imeko yethu yangaphakathi yokuba sikuKristu Yesu yeyona nto ibalulekileyo. Kufuneka sikhokelwe nguMoya. Kwaye njengoko uPetros ekhankanyiwe ngasentla noPawulos wakhankanya amaxesha amaninzi, akukho kucalula kwangaphandle kobuzwe okanye isini okanye inqanaba lobutyebi elibonisa umntwana kaThixo (Kolose 3:11; Galati 3:28,29). Bonke bangabantu bokomoya, amadoda nabafazi abaqondayo ukuba ngumoya oyingcwele kuphela onokubashukumisela ekubeni babe ngamalungisa yaye asikuko ukulandela izithethe, imithetho nemimiselo ebekwe ngamadoda esithi sizuze ubomi kunye noKristu. Isekelwe kukholo lwethu kungekhona ngeSabatha. UPawulos wathi “abo bakhokelwa nguMoya kaThixo bangabantwana bakaThixo.” Akukho nkxaso yezibhalo ithi ukugcina iSabatha luphawu olufanisa abantwana bakaThixo. Kunoko, lukholo olungaphakathi kuKristu Yesu olusenza sifanelekele ubomi obungunaphakade! “Bakukuva oko abeentlanga, bavuya, balizukisa ilizwi leNkosi, bakholwa bonke ababemiselwe ubomi obungunaphakade.” ( IZenzo 13:48 )