Isihluthu Esikhulu SikaSathane!

“Uzokuchoboza ikhanda lakho…” (Genesise 3:15)
Angazi ukuthi yini eyangena emqondweni kaSathane lapho ezwa lawo mazwi, kepha ngiyacabanga ukuthi isisu sasihlupha kanjani lapho ngizwa uNkulunkulu engangikhipha isigwebo esinjalo. Into eyodwa esingayazi emlandweni ukuthi uSathane akazange akuthathe lokhu kulahlwa okulele phansi. Umlando usikhombisa ukuthi lonke lelo vesi lagcwaliseka: “… wena uzakulimaza isithende sakhe.”
Njengoba imbewu yowesifazane iye yembulwa ngokuqhubekayo, uSathane ubelokhu elwa nayo, futhi ngempumelelo enkulu. Waphumelela ukonakalisa ama-Israyeli okwaprofethwa ukuthi inzalo yayiyovela ngawo, ekugcineni afinyelela ekuqhekekeni kwesivumelwano phakathi kwabo noJehova. Kodwa-ke, iSivumelwano Esisha saqala ukusebenza njengoba esokuqala sachithwa futhi imbewu yagcina ikhonjwe ngesambulo ebesikade silindelwe semfihlo engcwele kaNkulunkulu. (I-Ro 11: 25,26; I-16: 25,26)
Ngokuvumelana negama lakhe elisha, elithi Sathane[A] manje ihlasele into esemthethweni yale mbewu. Izikhathi ezintathu walinga uJesu, kodwa lapho lokho kwehluleka, akazange adikibale kodwa wahamba kwaze kwavela esinye isikhathi esikahle. (I-Lu 4: 1-13Ekugcineni, wehluleka ngokuphelele futhi wagcina ngokumisa iSivumelwano Esisha esenziwa saba khona ngokufa kukaJesu okuthembekile. Noma kunjalo, naphezu kwalokhu, ukwehluleka kwakhe okukhulu, uSathane akazange adikibale. Manje wabhekisa ukunaka kwakhe kulabo ababebizelwe ukuba yingxenye yenzalo yowesifazane. (I-Re 12: 17) Njengama-Israyeli angokoqobo ayengaphambi kwawo, la ma-Israyeli angokomoya anqotshwa amaqhinga kaSathane acashile. Bambalwa kuphela phakathi namakhulu eminyaka abama beqinile ngokumelene naye. (Efe 6:11 NWT)
Lapho uJesu emisa lokho manje esikubiza ngokuthi iSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa wathi kubaphostoli bakhe: “Le ndebe isho isivumelwano esisha esenziwa ngegazi lami, elizothululwa ngenxa yenu.” (Luk 22: 20) Kungaphikiswa ukuthi iqhinga likaSathane elideleleke kakhulu ukucekela phansi lo mkhosi okhombisa ubulungu bomKristu ngamunye ngaphakathi kweSivumelwano Esisha. Ngokuhlanekezela uphawu, wenza ukuthi amaKrestu ahlekise ngokungafanele ngalokho elikumele.

Ukonakalisa Umkhosi Obusisiwe

ISonto lamaKatolika laba inkolo yokuqala yobuKhrestu ehlelekile.[B] Kuze kube ushintsho olwethulwe yiVatican II, abantu abavamile bebengadli le wayini, kepha bebedla isinkwa kuphela. Kusukela lapho, ukuthatha iwayini ngabantu abavamile kungakhethwa. Abaningi namanje abakwenzi lokho. ISidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa sachithwa. Kepha akugcinanga lapho. Isonto lifundisa nokuthi iwayini lidluliselwa egazini emlonyeni walowo odlayo. Ukuphuza igazi langempela akuvunyelwe emiBhalweni, ngakho-ke inkolelo enjalo yephula umthetho kaNkulunkulu.
Ngesikhathi sezinguquko, kwavela inkolo yamaProthestani. Lokhu kwanikeza ithuba lokuhlukana nemikhuba yamaKatolika eyayihlanekezele iSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa amakhulu eminyaka. Ngeshwa, ithonya elonakalisayo likaSathane laqhubeka. UMartin Luther wayekholelwa inyunyana yesakramental. UKristu uqobo eSakrameni le-Eucharist noma ngabe bangamakholwa noma abakholwa. ”
Ngesikhathi se-18^th futhi 19^th emakhulwini eminyaka kwaba nokuvuka okukhulu kwezenkolo ngenxa yenkululeko enkulu engokwenkolo neyezepolitiki eyenziwe yenzeka emhlabeni, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokutholwa kweNew World futhi ngokwengxenye ngenxa yamandla anikezwe izixuku ngoguquko lwezimboni. Njengoba kwavela amahlelo ahlukahlukene obuKristu, ngamunye wayenethuba lokubuyisela umkhosi ongcwele weSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa esimweni sawo esifanele, ukuze namaKhristu abuye futhi awugubhe ngendlela uKristu ayehlose ngayo. Yeka ukuthi kudabukisa kanjani leso sikhathi futhi lelo thuba kwanikezwa ithuba.
Umkhosi ngokwawo ulula kakhulu futhi uchazwe ngokucacile embhalweni kangangokuba kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi ungonakaliswa kanjani kalula.
Indlela abenza ngayo amaWeseli ukuthi kube nabantu abangajwayelekile abaya e-altare bathole isinkwa kubefundisi bese besifaka enkomishini yewayini. Ukufaka umhluzi ekhofi lakho kungahle kulungele isidlo sasekuseni esisheshayo, kepha yikuphi okufanekisela okuthile okungadaka isinkwa (inyama kaKristu) ewayinini (igazi lakhe) okungenzeka kube nalo?
Kunamahlelo amaningi amaBaptist akholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu akavumeli utshwala, ngakho kubo iwayini eSidlweni SeNkosi Sakusihlwa lithathelwa indawo ujusi wamagilebhisi. Kulokhu bafana nama-Adventist akholelwa ukuthi iwayini kumele libe isithelo esingenamvubelo noma esingonakalisiwe somvini, i-ergo, ijusi lamagilebhisi. Kuyisilima kanjani lokhu. Beka amabhodlela amabili akhonjiwe eceleni, elinye ligcwele "ujusi wamagilebhisi ongonakalisiwe" kanti elinye liqukethe iwayini. Shiya zombili izinsuku ezimbalwa bese ubona ukuthi iluphi olubilayo bese luqhuma ukhokho walo. Ubumsulwa bewayini yilokho obukuvumela ukuthi kugcinwe iminyaka. Ukufaka ijusi lamagilebhisi esikhundleni salo, kufaka uphawu olungahlanzekile ukumela igazi likaJesu elimsulwa.
USathane kumele ajabule kakhulu.
Ngenkathi isebenzisa iwayini nesinkwa, iSonto LaseNgilandi liphambanisa iSidlo Sokugcina Sokuguqula libe lisiko eligcwele amasiko nezingoma njengoba kubekiwe Incwadi yomthandazo ovamile. Ngakho-ke iSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa sisetshenziswa njengethuba lokufakwa kwamaKristu ezinkolelweni zenkolo yamanga nasekusekelweni kwesakhiwo samandla esonto.
NjengeSonto LamaKatolika, inkolo yePresbyterian iyayisekela inqubo yokubhapathizwa kwezinsana. Njengamalungu esonto abhapathiziwe, izingane ezisencane kakhulu ukuba ziqonde ukubaluleka kanye nezibopho zobulungu eSivumelwaneni Esisha zivunyelwe ukuba zidle izimpawu.
Kunezibonelo eziningi, kepha lezi zikhombisa ukukhombisa iphethini futhi zikhombise ukuthi uSathane uthathe kanjani le mikhosi engcwele kunazo zonke futhi wayiphendukezela ezinjongweni zakhe. Kepha kunokunye.
Ngenkathi wonke lawa mabandla echezuke ezingeni elikhudlwana noma elincanyana emcimbini weqiniso futhi olula iNkosi yethu eyamisela ukufaka uphawu kubafundi bayo njengamalungu eqiniso eSivumelwaneni Esisha, kukhona elilodwa elidlule onke amanye. Ngenkathi abanye bevumela amalungu ukuthi adle isinkwa, noma isinkwa esigcwele iwayini, kanti abanye bashintsha iwayini ngejusi lamagilebhisi, kukhona inkolo eyodwa yobuKrestu engavumeli abantu bayo ukuthi badle nhlobo. Amalungu esonto anqatshelwa ilungelo lokwenza okungaphezulu kokuphatha izifanekiselo njengoba bezidlulisa.
Ibandla lomhlaba wonke loFakazi BakaJehova likwazile ukuqeda ngokuphelele ukulalelwa komyalo kaJesu emalungwini alo ayizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili. Idlanzana elincane kuphela — cishe elingu-14,000 23 ekugcineni — elidla izifanekiselo. Ngokusemthethweni, noma ngubani angadla, kepha ukufundiswa okunamandla kusetshenziselwa ukubanqanda nokuthi lokho, kuhambisana ne-opprobrium ekhonjiwe konke okwaziyo ukuthi kuzohambisana nokukhonjiswa kokulalela iNkosi, kwanele ngokwanele ukuvimba abaningi ekuthatheni uhlangothi. Ngakho-ke, bafana nabaFarisi basendulo “abavalela abantu umbuso wamazulu; ngoba [abangeni], futhi abavumeli labo abazongena ukuba bangene. ” Umuntu kufanele akhumbule ukuthi abaFarisi babebhekwa yibo bonke njengabantu abakholwa kakhulu, abesaba uNkulunkulu kakhulu, kunamadoda. (Mt 13: 15-XNUMX NWT)
Lawa maKhristu alahlile ukukhulekelwa kwezithombe kwamaSonto amaKhatholika nama-Orthodox. Bazikhulule ekugqilazweni yizimfundiso zamanga ezonakalisayo njengoZiqu-zintathu, Isihogo Somlilo nokungafi komphefumlo womuntu. Bazigcine bemsulwa emacaleni egazi aqhamuka ngokulwa izimpi zezizwe. Abakhulekeli ohulumeni babantu. Noma kunjalo konke lokho akulutho.
Masibe nesandla esivulekile futhi singakunaki konke okunye ngaphandle kwale nto eyodwa okwamanje. Ngenxa yalokho, ibandla lomhlaba wonke loFakazi BakaJehova lingafaniswa nebandla lase-Efesu. Yayinezenzo ezinhle nokusebenza kanzima nokubekezela nokubekezela futhi ayizange ibekezelele amadoda amabi noma abaphostoli bamanga. Nokho konke lokho kwakunganele. Kwakukhona into eyodwa eyayilahlekile futhi ngaphandle kokuthi ilungisiwe, kwakungukuba kulahlekisela indawo yabo phambi kweNkosi. (I-Re 2: 1-7)
Lokhu akusho ukuthi lokhu kuphela kwento oFakazi BakaJehova okufanele bakulungiselele ukuthola ukuthandwa nguKristu, kodwa mhlawumbe kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu.
Ngikhule nginguFakazi KaJehova futhi ngazi izinto eziningi ezinhle esazenzayo nesazenzayo. Kodwa-ke, uma ibandla lase-Efesu belingasuswa uthi lwalo lwesibani ngokushiya into eyodwa, uthando lwayo lokuqala ngoKristu, kubi kangakanani kithina ophika izigidi ngezigidi ithemba lokuba ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu nabafowabo bakaKristu? Ngabe Jesu uzothukuthela kanjani lapho ebuya ukubona ukuthi sesinqabile uku-oda kwakhe futhi sitshele izigidi ukuthi zingadli; hhayi ukujoyina isivumelwano sakhe esisha; ukungawemukeli umnikelo wakhe wothando? USathane kumele ajabule kakhulu manje. Isiphephelo esihle kanjani lesi! Hhayi-ke, ukuhleka kwakhe kuzothatha isikhashana, kepha maye kuwo wonke amahlelo obuKhristu abonakalise umcimbi ongcwele weSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa.
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[A] USathane usho ukuthi "umphikisi".
[B] Inkolo ehlelekile igama elisetshenziselwa ukuchaza inkolo ehlelwe ngaphansi kwegunya lesikhungo esiphakathi nesonto. Akubhekiseli eqenjini labakhulekeli abaqotho abazibandakanya nenkonzo yabo engcwele kuNkulunkulu ngendlela ehlelekile.

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