Kwanamandla ovuko lwakhe

1.1 Ngaba kukho okungakumbi ukusindiswa kunokusindiswa?

EWE!! Funda Phil. 3:7-14. Ubudlelwane bethu kunye nokufana kukaYesu kufanele ukuba kukhule kufutshane ngalo lonke ixesha. Olo lubonakaliso lubaluleke kakhulu 'lwamandla okuvuka kwakhe’ athetha ngayo uPawulos ngaphakathi Phil. 3:10 – Amandla kaThixo ukuguqula ubomi (cf. Rom. 8:11). Nangona kunjalo, ukuba sazi uYesu kwaye sifana naye yayiyeyona njongo yethu njengamaKristu singabhetele ezulwini ngoku; apho siya kumbona khona ubuso ngobuso (1 Cor. 13:12) kwaye sikhululeke ngonaphakade kwisilingo seempawu zethu zesono (1 Cor. 15:42-4,50-4).

Kodwa akuphelelanga apho. Funda Rom. 1:1-6. UYesu wayenza yacaca into yokuba kukho elinye icala elinamandla okuvuka kwakhe: 'Kodwa uyakufumana amandla xa uMoya oyiNgcwele esiza phezu kwakho; Niya kuba ngamangqina am..’ (Acts 1:8). Sifanele ukuba sifumane amandla nguMoya oyiNgcwele ukuze sibe ngamangqina kaYesu.

Oko kuphakamisa imibuzo emibini ebaluleke kakhulu:

1. Ngaba amandla uYesu awayebhekisela kuwo kumandla nje okumazi ngcono kwaye ube njengaye?
2. Ngaba sifumana ngokuzenzekelayo la mandla okuba ngamangqina avela kuMoya oyiNgcwele xa sizalwa ngokutsha?

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1.2 Ziphi izipho ze?

Utshilo uYesu, 'Uya kuba ngamangqina am ..’ (Acts 1:8). Inkonzo kaMoya oyiNgcwele kukungqina ngoYesu (John 15:26-7 & 16:7-15) kunye nezipho ezisithoba ezidweliswe apha 1 Cor 12:8-10 kufuneka uqinisekise ubungqina (Mark 16:20). Ezi ziwela 3 uluhlu olubanzi; nangona ezi ingelondawo engenamanzi:

Ukuxela: Iilwimi, Ingcaciso kunye nesiProfetho.

Ezi zizipho ezenza ukuba sikwazi ukuyixela inyaniso.

Ukubonisa: Ukuphilisa, Imimangaliso kunye nokholo.

Ezi zipho zibonisa amandla nothando lukaThixo.

Ukuqonda: Ukuqonda imimoya, Ulwazi kunye nobulumko.

Ezi zipho zibonisa ukuba uThixo wazi konke.

Kukho abo bathi ezo zibonakaliso zokomoya zazifunwa ekuqaleni ukuze baqiniseke ngenyaniso yabapostile’ ubungqina. Ngamanye amaxesha bayakukhomba 1 Cor. 13:8-10 – 'Kodwa ke apho kukho iziprofetho, ziyakuphela; apho kukho iilwimi, baya kuncwina … xa imfezeko isiza, ukungafezeki,’ – bephikisa ukuba uLizwi kaThixo ubhalo. Kodwa oku akuthathi iivesi ngaphandle komxholo: ithatha indawo ephakathi kule vesi: '.. apho kukho ulwazi, iya kudlula. Kuba sazi ngokuyinxenye kwaye siprofeta ngokuyinxenye, kodwa xa ufezeko bufika bungafezekanga.’ UPawulos uyaqhubeka 1 Cor. 13:12 ukuyicacisa ukuba ukugqibelela athetha ngayo asisosibhalo, kodwa xa 'siya kubona ubuso ngobuso. Ngoku ndiyazi ngokuyinxalenye; ke ndiya kwazi ngokupheleleyo, njengoko ndaziwa ngako konke.’

Ukuba sifunda incwadi yeZenzo kuyacaca ukuba, kungengobapostile bodwa kodwa, nkqu nabo bamiselwe ukuba 'balinde etafileni’ babenikwe amandla okwenza imimangaliso nemiqondiso emikhulu phakathi kwabantu’ (Acts 6:1-8). Kwiminyaka yokungakhathali kunye neenkolelo ezininzi kangaka zobuxoki kukho imfuneko yecawa ebonakalisa ngokwenyani amandla kaThixo ophilayo.

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1.3 Iziqhamo xa kuthelekiswa neZipho

Isiqhamo soMoya sisiphumo sokuphila ngokuvuselelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele ophila ngaphakathi kwikholwa (Gal 5:16-25). Isiqhamo sithatha ixesha ukukhula, kwaye ubukho bayo luphawu lomntu ongumKristu oqolileyo. Akukho mKristu unokuhlawulela ukuba ngaphandle kwayo.

Izipho zoMoya zizenzo zokomoya zoMoya Oyingcwele ezingqina ngoYesu ngokuthetha okanye ngokulungiselela iimfuno ezithile. UYesu wayenza yacaca kubafundi ukuba baya kufuna amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo oMoya oyiNgcwele ukuze banike ubungqina ngokufanelekileyo (Acts 1:4-8). Isixhobo senkonzo.

Ijoni le-rookie linokuba nazo zonke izixhobo zakutshanje (izipho): kodwa kwiimeko ezininzi ndingathanda ukuthembela kwindoda engenavalo ye-SAS (iziqhamo)! Ngokufanelekileyo, nangona, Ndifuna umntu oxhotyiswe ngokupheleleyo yi-SAS. Sifuna zombini iziqhamo kunye nezipho.

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1.4 Nge, In & Phaya

Ukuphendula umbuzo wokuba siwafumana ngokwawo la mandla xa sizalwa ngokutsha kuyanceda ukujonga ngakumbi okwenzekileyo kubapostile; ukuze babone ukuba ngokwabo bazelwe ngokutsha kusini na nokuba oko kungangqinelani noMoya oyiNgcwele esiza phezu kwabo. In Rom. 8:9-10 UPawulos uthi, 'Wena, nangona kunjalo, abalawulwa yinyama yesono kodwa nguMoya, ukuba uMoya kaThixo uhlala ngaphakathi kwakho. Kwaye ukuba ubani akanaye uMoya kaKristu, Akanguye uKrestu. Kodwa ukuba uKrestu ukuwe, umzimba wakho ufile ngenxa yesono, Ukanti umoya wakho uyaphila ngenxa yobulungisa.’

Kunzima kakhulu ukudlulisa umbono weenqanaba ezahlukeneyo kunye neentlobo zobudlelwane nomntu ozalisa yonke into; kodwa ukuba sinikela ingqalelo kwindlela amagama amathathu 'ngayo', 'Ngaphakathi’ kunye 'no’ zisetyenziswa xa sithetha ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, umfanekiso uza kucaca ngakumbi.

KwiSidlo sangokuhlwa sokugqibela:

'Uyahlala nge wena kwaye uya kuba ngaphakathi wena.’ (Jn 14:17).

Ngaphambi kokuba uYesu afe uMoya oyiNgcwele wayekhona ‘nge‘ abafundi, etyhila izinto kubo (njengoko enjenjalo nakwabangakholwayo (Jn 16:8)) kunye nokusebenza nabo kubulungiseleli babo kuYesu. Ukuzalwa ngokutsha kunye noMoya ohleli ngaphakathi kwahlukile kuMnqophiso omtsha (Jer. 31:31-4 & Ez. 36:25-7). Oku bekunganyanzelekanga de uYesu wasifela (Heb 9:15-7); UMoya ke wawungekho ngaphakathi kubo ngale ndlela: kwaye nge Ingcaciso kaPawulos bebengazalwanga ngokutsha.

Ngokuhlwa ngovuko:

'Waphefumlela phezulu wathi, “Yamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele.”‘ (Jn 20:22).

Ngoku, kwangoko emva kokuvuka kwakhe, UYesu uxelela abafundi ukuba bamkele uMoya. Akatsho “Uya kufumana ..” okanye “Yiba ukulungele ukwamkela ..” Oku 'apha kwaye ngoku’ Umyalelo, ukuphawula umzuzu wokuzalwa kwabo ngokutsha; xa uMoya oyiNgcwele wabakho ‘ngaphakathi‘ zona.

Usuku lokunyuka:

'Uya kwamkela amandla xa uMoya oyiNgcwele esiza on wena ..’ (Acts 1:8).

Ngokucacileyo, oku bekungekenzeki. Ngokufanelekileyo nangokucacileyo, ibhekisa kwinto eyenzeka ngomhla wePentekosti, xa ulwimi lomlilo luphumla ‘on‘ nganye nganye kwaye 'yazaliswa’ ngoMoya oyiNgcwele (Acts 2:3-4). Qaphela ukuba eli ayisiwo amava eTestamente eNtsha; Mininzi imizekelo yokufika koMoya oyiNgcwele ‘kwi‘ Abaprofeti beTestamente Endala namagorha. KwiTestamente Endala, nangona kunjalo, aba babekhethiwe abambalwa (yabona Numbers 11:24-9); kanti uYoweli waprofeta ukuba kuyakufika ixesha apho la mava aya kuvulelwa wonke (Joel 2:28-9). Ngomhla wePentekosti wathi, 'Le yinto eyayithethwa ngumprofeti uJoweli’ (Acts 2:16).

(Buyela kwimixholo)

1.5 Imilambo kunye Well

Uya kuba ubonile ukuba kwakamsinya nje emva koko uMoya oyiNgcwele weza’ abafundi kunokuba bezaliswe’ ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. Yayingezonjongo zikaThixo ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele eze phezu kwethu, ukanti ushiye singenanto ngaphakathi (Ngelishwa ke kwenzeka into kaSamson (Judg. 13:1-16:31) noSawule (1 Sam. 19:19-24)).

In John 4:14 UYesu wathembisa abo babeza kuye 'ngaphakathi' umthombo wamanzi abuyela ebomini banaphakade.’ Nangona kunjalo, ngaphakathi John 7:38 sinesithembiso esingcono ngakumbi: '”Bonke abakholwayo kum .. Imilambo yamanzi aphilayo iya kuphuma ngaphakathi kuye.” Ngale nto wayethetha noMoya, Abo ke babekholwa kuye, baya kwamkela kamva. Ukuza kuthi ga ngelo xesha uMoya wawungekho, kuba uYesu ebengekazukiswa.’

Ngoku ungawugcina ngokulula umthombo ukuze uwusebenzise uwedwa: kodwa awukwazi ukugcina umsinga. Xa iqula liqalisa ukukhula, abanye baya kuziva iziphumo. Onke amakholwa azalwe ngokutsha anayo loo nto’ woMoya oyiNgcwele ophakathi kwabo: kodwa ukufikelela emhlabeni kufuneka 'imilambo.'’ – Imilambo ihamba rhoqo. Iqula lingagcinwa ligcwele ligcuntswana lamanzi; kodwa umlambo unokuhlala kuphela ngelixa amanzi eqhubeka ethulula kuwo.

Xa ke uMoya oyiNgcwele weza phezu kwabo bazaliswa; kwaye kwimizuzwana nje embalwa kwabakho ukuphuphuma okukhulu ezitratweni zaseYerusalem (Acts 2:2-6)! Kodwa kwakuyimfuneko ngelo xesha ukuba baqhubeke nokuzaliswa, njengoba Acts 4:29-31. Yiyo loo nto Eph. 5:18, ezinokuthi ziguqulelwe ngokuthi 'ukuzaliswa nguMoya.’

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1.6 Ngaba wawukhona okanye unjalo?

Isibhalo siyicacisa gca into yokuba ukuthululwa koMoya ngePentekosti kwakungeyonto eyenzekileyo, nokuba yeyecawe iphela okanye yababekhona ngala mhla wokuqala. Abantu abathi 'babhaptizwe ngoMoya’ kuba 'babethetha ngeelwimi’ ngaxa lithile ngaphambili kodwa abangafuni rhoqo uMoya ukuba ubanike amandla kwaye ubanike amandla njengamangqina kaYesu benza isigculelo sebango labo.

Umbuzo ngamnye wethu kufuneka awuphendule ngawo ‘Iba nizaliswe nguMoya,’ kodwa, ‘Ngaba wena?’

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