Ukuchasana kweMigaqo

Ndikhumbula iqhina elalisuka kudala ngeentsuku zam zeSikolweni sabaNtwana – elinye endilivile ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kubantu abaninzi abadala nabakrelekrele.: ‘Ukuba uThixo unamandla onke, Ngaba unokudala ilitye elinzima kakhulu ukuba angaliphakamisa?’ Uninzi lwabantu luyasokola ngale nto. Ukuba unako, ngoko ke akanamandla onke: kwaye ukuba akakwazi, ngoko ke akanamandla onke. Inokubakho njani ke into enjengoThixo onamandla onke? Ngokwenene, ngenene ngumdlalo nje ochuliweyo ngentsingiselo yamagama. Ngaba ingaze ibekho into efana nelitye elingashukumiyo? Hayi; yinto engabonakaliyo (oko kukuthi. engekhoyo) ingcamango. Kwaye lenza ntoni igama, ‘dala’ thetha? Ukuzisa ubukho. Ngoko unako ukuzisa into ekhoyo, ngengcaciso, ayinakubakho? Hayi. Ubume bento kunye nesenzo esichaziweyo senza ukuba umbuzo wonke ube nokuziphikisa okunengqiqo. Ngoku qwalasela oku...

Ubume bothando

Zintanda, masithandane, ngokuba uthando lwaphuma kuThixo; Bonke abanothando bazelwe nguThixo, kwaye uyamazi uThixo. Lowo ungenaluthando akazanga amazi uThixo, ngokuba uThixo uluthando. (1Jn 4:7-8)

Wathi uYesu kuye, ” ‘Uze umthande uYehova uThixo wakho ngentliziyo yakho yonke, ngomphefumlo wakho wonke, nangengqondo yakho yonke.’ Lo ngumthetho wokuqala nomkhulu. Owesibini ngokufanayo ngulo, ‘Uze umthande ummelwane wakho njengawe siqu.’ Umthetho wonke nabaprofeti baxhomekeke kule mithetho mibini.” (Mat 22:37-40)

Thina siyalwazi, sakholwa luthando analo kuthi uThixo. uthixo Luthando, lowo ke uhleli eluthandweni uhleli kuThixo, yaye uThixo uhleli kuye. (1Jn 4:16)

Le yenye yeengcamango zezakwalizwi ezinzulu eBhayibhileni; kodwa, njengoko kuchaziwe, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqonda ukuba akukho gama kulwimi lwesiNgesi elakha lathotywa ngokuyingozi ngaphezu kweli gama, ‘uthando.’ Kukho iintlobo ezininzi zokuziphatha okanye iimvakalelo esizibiza ngokuba 'luthando'; yaye ulwimi lwesiGrike eneneni lusebenzisa amagama aliqela awahlukeneyo ukuwahlula. ‘ Kodwa uthando kuthethwa ngalo apha ligama lesiGrike, ‘agape‘ (bizwa ‘agapay'). NgesiNgesi sakudala oku kwakubizwa ngokuba ‘yisisa:’ nangona kule mihla intsingiselo yeli gama iye yatshintshwa phantse ngaphaya kokuqondwa. USathana ungxamele kakhulu ukusithintela ekuqondeni eyona ntsingiselo yeli gama. Ndingacebisa ngamandla ukuba uyifunde yonke 1John 4:1-21, ilandelwe ngu 1Corinthians 13:1-13; John 13:34-35 & John 17:1-26, ukuze uqonde ngcono ukuba yintoni kanye kanye.

‘Agape‘ luthando olukulungeleyo ukupha nokuqhubeka lupha, kungakhathaliseki ukuba yiyiphi indleko kulowo unikelayo. Yindalo kaThixo esisiseko; isiseko kunye nemali yezulu. Ngaphandle kwayo, izulu alinakuba lizulu. Isichasi solu thando asiyontiyo: kukuzicingela nokungakhathali. Leyo yityhefu ebulalayo etshabalalisa uthando; yaye ke ngoko uThixo achase ngokungenakuphikiswa.

Kodwa ubuthathaka bendalo bothando - isiphene esibonakala sibangela ukuba abaninzi bakholelwe ukuba ukuzicingela yeyona ndlela ilula -, inokunyanzeliswa njani? Kukho ingxaki yokuziphatha kabini apha. Ukuba kukho umnyanzelisi, akayi kuthi umntu atyholwe ngokwenza oko ngenxa yeminqweno yakhe? Kwaye umntu unokwenza njani ngenxa yothando ngaphandle kokuba ukhululekile ukuzikhethela? Eyokuqala kule miba siza kuyixubusha kamva: kodwa ngoku, makhe sicinge ngesesibini.

Kutheni uthando lungaze lunyanzeliswe

Xa umntu esenza izinto zothando kuba esoyikiswe ngesohlwayo ukuba akenzi njalo; ayilothando olo: kodwa unomdla wobuqu. Ukuba baye baxhotyiswa kangangokuba ngokuzenzekelayo benze ngendlela enothando, ayilothando ngenene olo. Isenokuphumela kuluntu lweUtopian: kodwa basenokuba nje iirobhothi ezingacingiyo. Yaye ukuba bayayihlolisisa imeko baze bagqibe kwelokuba ukhetho lothando luya kubalungela bona ekugqibeleni, oko kukuzingca. Ekuphela kwezenzo zokwenene zothando kulapho abantu benza ukhetho olukhululekileyo noluqondayo ukuze kuzuze omnye, ngeendleko ezithile zobuqu kubo, ngenxa yexabiso abalibekayo phezu kweengcinga neemvakalelo zomnye.

Imibono yethu ye-Phony yaseZulwini

Sihlala sicinga ngokungazi ngeZulu ngokungathi yindawo apho yonke into ilungelelaniswe nolwaneliseko lwethu, kunokuba njengendawo yokuphumla yobumnandi. Akusayi kubakho kuxambulisana okanye kubusela, ukukhalaza okanye umona ngenxa yokuba zonke izinto esizifunayo ziya kubonelelwa. Akusayi kubakho kugula okanye ukudinwa, ngoko ke asiyi kuba nomsindo. Kuya kuhlala kukho imimangaliso emitsha yokujonga, ngoko asiyi kuba nesithukuthezi. Akuyi kubakho uMtyholi! (Ihip, hip horay!) Ngoko akusayi kubakho sihendo sokona kwakhona, uya khona?

Kodwa akukho lula ngolo hlobo. Ukuba bekunjalo, liphi ithuba lokuba sibonise uthando aluxabisileyo uThixo? Kutheni sinokulufuna ukholo oluhlala luhleli kunye nethemba elichazwe kulo 1Cor 13:13? Khumbula, UAdam wona kumyezo wase-Eden (Gen 3:1-8); noSathana ngokwakhe wona phambi koThixo, wakhutshelwa ngaphandle (Luk 10:18, Rev 12:7-9).

Inyaniso, izulu alikho ikhaya lomhlalaphantsi: yindawo yayo yentsebenziswano kunye nenkonzo - uluntu lothando - apho abo bakhonza kakuhle bawongwa ngezikhundla zokuthembana kunye noxanduva. Yinto ‘ejonge ezantsi’ ulawulo lwezikhundla; apho abo banezikhundla eziphezulu ngabona bazinikele kakhulu ekukhathaleleni abanye (Mk 10:42-45).

Owokuqala weza phambi kwakhe, bathi, ‘Nkosi, imina yakho izuze iimina zalishumi.’ “Wathi kuye, 'Wenze kakuhle, wena mkhonzi olungileyo! Ngokuba nafunyanwa nithembekile kwizinto ezingento, woba negunya kwimizi elishumi.’ “Weza owesibini, bathi, ‘Imina yakho, Nkosi, wenze iimina ezintlanu.’ “Wathi ke yena kuye, ‘Kwaye uya kuba phezu kwezixeko ezihlanu.’ (Luk 19:16-19)

Wababiza ke uYesu, wathi kubo, “Niyazi ukuba abo kuthiwa balawula iintlanga, bayazigagamela;, nabo bazizikhulu zazo benza ngegunya kuzo. Ke kuni akuyi kuba njalo, nosukuba efuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu, makabe ngumlungiseleli wenu;. nabani na kuni ofuna ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu, uya kuba ngumkhonzi wabo bonke. kuba noNyana woMntu engezanga kulungiselelwa;, kodwa ukukhonza, nokuncama ubomi bakhe bube yintlawulelo yokukhulula abaninzi.” (Mar 10:42-45. Bona kwakho Jn 13:12-17; Lk 22:26-27.)

Inyaniso kukuba, nokuba izinto zihamba kakuhle - xa mhlawumbi siphumle kwiholide elangeni - besiya kuba nzima ukuhamba usuku olunye ngaphandle kohlobo oluthile lwesono., ingcinga egxekayo okanye yokucingela isiqu sakho okanye impendulo ingena ngaphakathi! Kwaye sonke siyazi ngokukhawuleza nangokulula ukuba isenzo esinye esibi sikhokelela kwenye impendulo embi. Ucinga ukuba ungahlala ixesha elingakanani? Sinethemba lokuba uThixo uya kukulungela ukumhoya ‘omncinane’ wethu’ izono: kodwa iSibhalo sityhila uThixo njengobungcwele obupheleleyo namandla kangangokuba nezithunywa zezulu kufuneka ziwakhusele amehlo azo.! (Isaiah 6:2-3). Kuya kufuna utshintsho olusisiseko kubuntu bethu ukuze kusenze sikufanelekele ukuhlala kwindawo enjalo.

Kufuneka Sizikhethele Ukuba Sifuna Ukuba Ngoobani Na

Ngeliphandle, sikude ekuqondeni ngenene ukuba ezo nguqu kufuneka zibe kude kangakanani na. Kanjalo, NguThixo unakho nje ‘phosa iswitshi’ kwaye usenze singakwazi ukwenza ukhetho olungalunganga kwakhona. Kodwa, ukuba uthando luthando, kwaye ibe yeyona njongo iphambili kubomi bethu, olu tshintsho kufuneka lube sisiphumo sokuqonda, ukhetho olunganyanzelwanga kwicala lethu – yethu ngokwenene ukufuna ukuze ufane naYe ngakumbi. Uthando kufuneka lube lokuzithandela: okanye ayilothando kwaphela.

KuYesu’ umzekeliso wesityebi noLazaro, isityebi siyambongoza uAbraham:

” Ndiyanibuza ke ngoko, utata, ukuba umthumele endlwini kabawo; kuba ndinabazalwana abahlanu, ukuze abangqine kubo, ukuze bangangeni nabo kule ndawo yentuthumbo.’ “Wathi uAbraham kuye, ‘BanoMoses nabaprofeti. Mabaphulaphule bona.’ “Uthe, 'Hayi, ubawo uAbraham, ukuba kuthe kwaya kubo ovela kwabafileyo, baya kuguquka.’ “Wathi kuye, ‘Ukuba abammameli uMoses nabaprofeti, abayi koyiseka, ukuba kuthe kwavuka bani kwabafileyo.’ ” (Lk 16:27-31)

Owona mbandela ubalulekileyo ngowokuba isityebi sasiphila kubunewunewu bokungakhathali kwiimfuno zabo babesingqongileyo.. Oku kwenzeka nangona kunjalo wonke umYuda wayefundiswe kwasebuntwaneni ukuba ihambo enjalo ayamkelekanga kuThixo. Ingcinga yesityebi yayinjalo, ‘Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuba abantu babesazi ngokwenene ukuba oko kufundiswa yiBhayibhile kuyinyaniso, emva koko babeza kwenza into elungileyo.’ Kodwa uYesu usixelela ukuba eyona ngxaki asikokuba abayazi into abafanele bayenze: kodwa ukuba abakhathali ngokwenene. Ukunika ubungqina obungakumbi besohlwayo esibalindeleyo kunokuboyikisa abazalwana: kodwa ayisayi kubenza bathande ngakumbi.

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