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Njengoko bendixoxe ngaphambili, Abantu banesilwanyana esinezilwanyana ngohlobo olufanayo lweemfuno zendalo kunye neemvakalelo njengabanye. Kodwa sahlulwe ngumthamo wethu wokwazi uThixo, ukuqiqa, Qikelela kwaye wenze ukhetho lokuziphatha. Oku kuthetha ukuba siyilelwe ukuba sikwazi ukwenza ngendlela egqithileyo inkqubo yethu yendalo. Kodwa, Ngaphandle kobukho bukaThixo ebomini bethu, Umthamo wethu wokukhetha isimilo usisiqhwala, ngeendlela ezininzi:

• Ukukwazi kwethu ukubona iziphumo zokhetho lwethu zinqongophele.
• Asinamgangatho ofanelekileyo wokulungileyo nokungalunganga.
• Siswele inkuthazo kunye namandla okwenza okuhle.
• Sizalwe kwihlabathi elanakaliswa bububi kwaye siqwalaselwe nangaphambi kokuba siqonde ukuba sizigwebe sezethu.

Isiphumo kukuba asikwazi ukulawula ngokufanelekileyo imeko yethu yendalo. Esi silwanyana sibizwa ngokuba 'yinyama’ okanye 'ngenyama’ indalo. Kwaye le meko yolawulo, echaphazele wonke umntu ovela kuAdam noEva ukuya phambili, yinto ephambili ekubhekiswa kuyo ngabafundisi bezakwalizwi 'njengesono sokuqala.’ Abanye bathi oku kuyenza kungabi nakho ukukhetha nayiphi na ikhosi yesenzo esikholekileyo ngokuziphatha kuThixo: Kodwa onke amaKristu ayavuma ukuba le nkozo sibalulekileyo yendalo yethu yenza ukuba kube lula ukuhlala ngendlela eyanelisa imilinganiselo kaThixo.

Kodwa nangaphandle kobulala bethu, Kukho impembelelo yokonakalisa ngokomoya – 'Isono’ Ngemali enkulu’ – okukhokelela emsebenzini nguSathana ngokwakhe; oqhubeka efuna ukuxhaphaza ubuthathaka bethu benyama kwaye usilele kude noThixo. Isiphumo kukuba, Nje ukuba sikwazi ukwenza ukhetho lokuziphatha, Sizifumana sizenzela abo bangendawo!

Njengoko kubhaliwe, “Akukho ulilungisa; Hayi, hayi enye. Akukho mntu uqondayo. Akukho namnye ofuna uYehova. Bonke baguqukile. Badibene. Akukho namnye owenza okuhle, Hayi, hayi, kakhulu nje.” (Rom 3:10-12, cf. Ps 14:1-3 & Ps 53:1-3)

Kuba bonke bonile, kwaye zimfutshane ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo. (Rom 3:23)

Ingxaki kaPaul

KwabaseRoma, Isahluko 7, Umpostile uPawulos uchaza eyakhe amava akhe okuqala ngomnqweno wokukhonza uThixo, Kuphela ukuze uzifumane ukuba ulikhoboka lesono.

Kuba xa sasisenyameni, Iinkanuko zesono ezazingoMthetho, basebenza kumalungu ethu ukuba bakhuphe isiqhamo ekufeni. ... kuba ngendingakwazi ukukwazi, Ngaphandle kokuba umthetho utshilo, “Awuyi kunqwenela.” Kodwa isono, Ukufumana ithuba ngomyalelo, ndiveliswe kum zonke iintlobo zokunqwenela. Ngaphandle komthetho, Isono siyafa. Bendiphila ngaphandle komthetho kanye¹, Kodwa xa ifikile umthetho, Isono sivuselelwa, ndafa. Umyalelo, yayiyinto yobomi, le ndifumeneyo ukuba ifile; yesono, Ukufumana ithuba ngomyalelo, ndikhohlise, kwaye ngayo yandibulala. (Rom 7:5,7-11)

Kuba siyazi ukuba umthetho ungowomoya, Kodwa ndiyinyama yenyama, kuthengiswe phantsi kwesono. Andiqondi ukuba ndenza ntoni. Kuba andiyenzi into endiyifunayo: endaweni yoko, Ndenza into endiyithiyayo. Kodwa ukuba ndenza into endingayithandiyo, Ndiyavuma ukuba umthetho ulungile. Ke, kule ndawo, ayise njalo 'i’ Ndiyenza, Kodwa isono esihlala ngaphakathi kum. (Rom 7:14-17)

Kuba, Ngokwendoda engaphakathi, Ndiyayoliswa ngumthetho kaThixo: Kodwa ndibona umthetho owahlukileyo kwamanye amalungu, Ukulwa nomthetho wengqondo yam, ndindenze ukuba ndibambe emthethweni wesono esikwelinye icala. Ndinomthwalo ophantsi! Ngubani oza kundihlangula emzimbeni wokufa okunjalo? Ndiyabulela kuThixo ngoYesu Krestu, INkosi yethu! Ke ngengqondo, Mna nomthetho kaThixo ndiwukhonza umthetho kaThixo: kodwa ngenyama, Umthetho wesono. (Rom 7:22-25)

Abanye bathi le ndima ichaza amava emihla ngemihla amaKristu, kunye namaKristu angengawo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, Uninzi lwamaKristu lunokuchonga amava kaPawulos njengoko isebenza kwilo xesha lobomi babo ngaphambi kokuba, kwaye kwezinye iimeko kungekudala emva, Ukuguqulwa kwabo. Abanye banokuyichaza ngamaxesha xa besenza imikhwa emibi ngakumbi. Kodwa ukuba oku kubonisa umfanekiso wobomi bobuKristu njengoko uThixo wayenenjongo, Ivakala uhlobo oluhle lobukho. Ishiya isiva ngathi siziva sigwetyiwe ngu, kwaye ilangazelela inkululeko, Umthwalo oqhubekayo wesono esiqhubeka usityhala ngezenzo zethu thina kunye noThixo abangavumiyo.

– Nesisombululo sayo

Kodwa ukuba sijonga iivesi ezilandela ngokukhawuleza ukusuka apha, Siyabona ukuba le ichanekile hayi Indlela UPawulos ucinga ngayo ubomi bethu senzelwe ukuba.

Ke ngoko akukho kugwetywa kwabakuKristu Yesu,, abangahambi ngokwenyama, kodwa ngokomoya. Kuba umthetho woMoya wobomi kuKristu Yesu wandikhulula emthethweni wesono nokufa. Oko umthetho wawungenakwenza, ekubeni wayebuthathaka ngayo inyama, UThixo wenjenjalo. Ethumela owakhe uNyana ekwimfano yenyama enesono nangenxa yesono, wasigweba isono esenyameni; ukuze ummiselo womthetho uzaliseke kuthi, abangahambi ngokwenyama, kodwa ngokoMoya. (Rom 8:1-4)

Kuba abo badla ubomi ngokwenyama babeka iingqondo zabo kwizinto zenyama, Kodwa abo bahlala ngokomoya, Izinto zoMoya. Kuba ingqondo yenyama kukufa, Kodwa ingqondo yoMoya bubomi noxolo; Kuba ingqondo yenyama inentiyo kuThixo; kuba ayixhomekeki kuMthetho kaThixo, Akukho okunene ayinakuba njalo. Abo basenyameni abanakumkholisa uThixo. (Rom 8:5-8)

Kodwa awukho enyameni ngaphandle komoya, Ukuba umoya kaThixo uhlala ngaphakathi kwakho. Kodwa ukuba kukho nabani na ongenawo uMoya kaKristu, Akanguye. Ukuba uKrestu ukho kuwe, umzimba ufile ngenxa yesono, Kodwa umoya uyaphila ngenxa yobulungisa. Kodwa ukuba uMoya walo wamvusa uYesu kwabafileyo, uhlala kuwe, Lowo wamvusa uKristu Yesu kwabafileyo, uya kunika ubomi emidoleni yakho efileyo ngoMoya wakhe, ohleli kuni. (Rom 8:9-11)

Ke ngoko, bazalwana, singabinamatyala, hayi kwinyama, Ukuphila emva kwenyama. Kuba xa uphila emva kwenyama, kufuneka ufe; kodwa ukuba usabulala ngoMoya, Izenzo zomzimba, uya kuphila. Kuba bonke abakhokelwa nguMoya kaThixo, Aba ngabantwana bakaThixo. (Rom 8:12-14)

UPawulos usixelela ukuba 'abo bakuKristu Yesu’ Ungaphila ubomi ngaphandle kokugwetywa. Isitshixo kukuba 'uhambe ngo’ (Rom 8:1) kwaye 'ikhokelwa ngu’ (Rom 8:14) 'Umoya'. Abo benza oku zichazwa njenge 'ngoMoya’ kwaye yandiswa nguye (Rom 8:8) kwaye njengokuba nengqondo yethu ihleli 'kwizinto zomoya’ (Rom 8:5).

Umoya uchazwa ngokwahlukeneyo kule ndima njengomoya wobomi’ (Rom 8:2), 'Umoya kaThixo’ (Rom 8:9), 'Umoya kaKristu’ (Rom 8:9) 'nomoya walo wamvusayo uYesu kwabafileyo’ (Rom 8:11). Ezi mpawu zimzukisa njengoMoya oyiNgcwele; Ukubonakaliswa okukhulu kwesimilo kunye nemvelo yoThixo oyinyani kwaye akanabantu. Ukuze ufumane inkcazo I kuThixo oziqu zithathu emnye.

Imveliso yobomi yayihlala kolwalamano olunjalo nomoya oyingcwele yile, endaweni yokuba ilawulwa sisono kunye nokusilela, Ubomi bethu buya kubonakaliswa ngesazela esicocekileyo, Uxolo nendlela elungileyo yokuziphatha.

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Imibhalo esemazantsi

1. Uthetha ukuthini uPawulos?
   Ngokuthi, 'Bendiphila ngaphandle komthetho kanye,’ UPawulos uthetha ukuba wayenolwalamano noThixo de kwalixesha lokuza kwaphula umthetho kaThixo. Oku kuyahambelana noYesu’ Imfundiso yakho malunga nenqanaba labantwana (yabona Mt 18:1-6,10). Qaphela kwakhona ukuba uPawulos wayemcacisile ukuba ngaphandle kwamaYuda, Isazela sabo sokuziphatha sisebenza ngendlela efanayo nomthetho wamaYuda (Rom 2:12-16).