I kuThixo oziqu zithathu emnye

1. UTHIXO OMNYE

‘Yiva, Okanye uSirayeli: NguYehova uThixo wethu, nguYehova mnye: …’ Deut. 6:4.

‘Phambi kwam akukho Thixo wayilwa, kananjalo akuyi kubakho namnye emva kwam.’ Isaiah 43:10.

‘Ndingowokuqala kwaye ndingowokugqibela; ngaphandle kwam akukho Thixo.’ Isaiah 44:6.

‘Ngaba ukho uThixo ngaphandle kwam?? Hayi, akukho liwa limbi; Andazi namnye. ‘Isaiah 44:8.

• (Le ndinyana iluncedo ngokukodwa kwiiMormon, abathi kukho oThixo abalawula amanye amazwe. Oko bekuya kumenza ixoki uThixo, kuba wayengenakubazi ngobukho babo!)

‘Siyazi ukuba isithixo asinto yanto ehlabathini kwaye akukho Thixo inye. Kuba nokuba kuthiwa thixo, nokuba kusezulwini okanye emhlabeni (njengokuba zininzi “oothixo” kwaye ezininzi “iinkosi”), Ukanti kuthi thina mnye uThixo, uBawo, zivela kuye zonke izinto, sihleli nje thina; kwaye inye iNkosi, UYESU khristu, ezithe ngaye zonke izinto zadla ubomi ngaye. ‘1 Cor. 8:4-6.

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2. ABANTU ABAThathu

Umntu ubonakaliswa ngokuba nengqondo, ukuthanda kunye neemvakalelo zabo; nangona oko kungafanele kubhidaniswa nentando yakho: kokukhona abantu bethandana, okona bakhathazeke kakhulu ziingcinga zomnye, iminqweno neemvakalelo.

2.1 UBawo

Kunqabile ukuba kuboniswe ukuba ngubani uBawo. Ukuba unguThixo kuchazwe ngokucacileyo kwi Iivesi zokugqibela ezicatshuliweyo. UYesu wayesoloko ebhekisela kuThixo njengoBawo: ‘Bawo wethu osemazulwini, Malingcwaliswe igama lakho, ..’ (Mt. 6:9), ‘Ndibuyela kuBawo nakuYihlo, kuThixo wam noThixo wakho’ (Jn. 20:17). Isibhalo sigcwele izikhombisi ezityhila uBawo hayi njengamandla angekhoyo, kodwa njengesilumko, unamandla kwaye uziva umntu.

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2.2 UNyana

Akunakubakho gumbi lokuthandabuza ukuba uYesu ngumntu onengqondo, ukuthanda kunye neemvakalelo ezizezakhe. Nangona wayehlala esenza ukuthanda kukaBawo (Jn. 6:38; 8:29) yayiyimeko ‘engeyiyo intando yam, kodwa eyakho mayenziwe’ (Lk. 21:42).

Zininzi, nangona kunjalo, woyisakele ukuqonda ukuba ukwanguThixo. AmaJuda ayeshushu kakhulu kwinto yokuba kukho uThixo omnye kuphela kangangokuba kuye nawuphi na omnye umntu athi unguThixo okanye uNyana kaThixo (efikelela kwinto enye – yabona Jn 5:18) Ngephanyazo yathathwa njengokunyelisa.

Nangona kunjalo, nangona uYesu wayeyiphepha imbambano ngalo mbandela kwaye wasebenzisa isibizo esithi ‘Nyana woMntu’ (Mt. 16:13-20), ngenene wenza loo mabango.

Wavuma inkcazo kaPetros ‘njengoNyana kaThixo’ ngaphakathi Mt. 16:16 naleyo yabaFarisi kwi Mt. 26:63-4. Ngokucacileyo nangoku, wasebenzisa igama likaThixo elityhilwe kuMoses (Ex. 3:14) kwingxelo yakhe 'ndikuxelela inyani, ngaphambi kokuzalwa kuka-Abraham, ndinguye!’ kwaye waphantse wagityiselwa ngamatye kuloo ndawo (Jn. 8:59). Kabini ngaphambili kuloo ncoko (Jn. 8:24 & 28) wayesebenzise kwa elo gama linye (nangona ngendlela egqunyiweyo engazukuvela ngokucacileyo kuguqulelo), kwaye amaYuda ayesebenzise okokuqala: ke akunakubakho ukungaqondi kakuhle ngoYesu’ intsingiselo. Nangona kuthathe uPetros nabanye abafundi ukumazi uYesu njengoThixo, alithandabuzeki elokuba benjenjalo.

UJohn uqala iindaba ezilungileyo ngengxelo, ‘Ekuqalekeni ube ekho uLizwi, waye uLizwi ekuye uThixo, waye uLizwi enguThixo,’ emva koko uqhubeke uthi, ‘ULizwi waba yinyama, wahlala phakathi kwethu’ (Jn. 1:1 & 14).

• (INgqina likaYehova’ ubanga ukuba lo kumele ukuba ‘nguthixo’ ngenxa yokuba isiGrike santlandlolo asithi ‘uThixo’ ayinasiseko. ‘UThixo’ isetyenziswa ngamanye amaxesha amahlanu kweyokuqala 18 iivesi kwaye inye kuphela ethi 'uThixo'. Kwakhona, uhlobo lwamagama asetyenziswe kwisiGrike alwenzi nje ukuba luyimfuneko ‘kwi’ ukushiywa ngaphandle: eneneni ligxininisa uLizwi ‘uThixo’ ngokuyibeka kuqala.)

UTomas wavuma ukuba uYesu ‘yiNkosi yam noThixo wam!’ (Jn. 20:28)

• (Le yindinyana eluncedo kuJ, kuba inguqulelo yokoqobo yile ‘yiNkosi yam noThixo wam!’ noYesu, kude ekulungiseni uTomas, ikuqinisekisa ngokuthi ‘Kungenxa yokuba undibonile, ukholiwe. ’)

UPaul uthi ‘Ungumfanekiso kaThixo ongabonakaliyo, owamazibulo kwindalo yonke. Ngokuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto: izinto ezulwini nasemhlabeni, ebonakalayo nengabonakaliyo, nokuba ziitrone, nokuba zibubukhosi, nokuba zizilawuli, nokuba ngamagunya;; Zonke izinto zadalwa ngaye zidalelwe yena. Phambi kwazo zonke izinto, zaye zonke izinto zibambelele kuye. Kwaye uyintloko yomzimba, ibandla; usisiqalo namazibulo kwabafileyo, ngokokuze, ezintweni zonke, abe ngophambili. Kuba kwakholeka kuThixo ukuthi inzaliseko yakhe ihlale kuye, nokuthi ngaye azixolelanise naye zonke izinto, ..’ (Col. 1:15-20)

Umbhali wamaHebhere ubhala ukuba uThixo ‘uthethile nathi ngoNyana wakhe, wamenza indlalifa yeento zonke, Kwaye awathi wenza ngaye indalo yonke. UNyana ukubengezela kobuqaqawuli bukaThixo kunye nokubonakaliswa ngqo kobukho bakhe, Ukuxhasa izinto zonke ngelizwi lakhe elinamandla.’ (Heb. 1:2-3) Utsho ke kwi Psalm 45:6-7 nguBawo ngokwakhe othetha ngoYesu: ‘Itrone yakho, Owu Thixo, ziya kuhlala zikho ngonaphakade, ubulungisa ke buya kuba yintonga yobukumkani bakho. Uthandile ubulungisa, wathiya okungendawo;; ke ngoko nguThixo, uThixo wakho, Ukumise ngaphezu kwamaqabane akho’ (Heb. 1:8-9)

UIsaya uthi ‘uya kubizwa ngokuba nguMcebisi Omangalisayo, UThixo Onamandla, UBawo ongunaPhakade, INkosana yoXolo.’ (Is. 9:6)

UYesu wasebenzisa ngabom igama elingcwele elithi ‘ndinguye.’ Isaiah 43:10 ithi ‘ndingowokuqala nowokugqibela; ngaphandle kwam akukho Thixo ’: ukanti uYesu ungene Revelation 1:17; 2:8 & 22:13 uthi 'ndingowokuqala nowokugqibela'.

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2.3 UMoya oyiNgcwele

Bambalwa abanokuphikisana nobungcwele boMoya oyiNgcwele. Uchazwa ngokwahlukeneyo 'njengoMoya kaThixo’ (Rom. 8:9), ‘UMoya oyiNgcwele kaThixo’ (Eph. 4:30), ‘UMoya wozuko nokaThixo’ (1 Pet. 4:14), ‘UMoya weNkosi’ (2 Cor. 3:17), ‘UMoya weNkosi uThixo’ (Is. 61:1), ‘UMoya kaKristu’ (Rom. 8:9) kunye ‘noMoya ongunaPhakade’ (Heb. 9:14), ukukhankanya nje amagama akhe ambalwa.

Ubungcwele bakhe obugqithisileyo bubonakaliswe ngokucacileyo kumazwi kaYesu, ‘Ndikuxelela inyani, Zonke izono nezinyeliso zabantu ziya kuxolelwa. Kodwa othe wanyelisa uMoya oyiNgcwele akasayi kuxolelwa; unetyala lesono sikanaphakade.’ (Mark 3:28-9). (Phawula, nangona kunjalo, ukuba imeko ibonisa ukuba ukunyelisa okunjalo ngabom nokwazi ukwaliwa komsebenzi osindisayo woMoya oyiNgcwele – bona kwakho Heb. 10:29.)

Amahlelo amaninzi ayala ukwamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele njengomntu.

• IJW. ‘INguqulelo Yehlabathi Elitsha,’ njengokuba, ngokungaguquguqukiyo kubhekiswa ‘kuMoya oyiNgcwele’ ‘njengomoya oyingcwele’ kwaye ayisebenzise ’’ endaweni yokuba 'yena'. Eyokuqala ikhuselwe ngabo ngezizathu zokuba amaGrike ahlala eshiya ‘the’ kwaye okwesibini kuba igama lesiGrike lomoya liyenzeka ukuba lingabinayo. Zombini ezi zinto ziyinyani: kodwa 35 ngaphandle kwe 55 Ukubhekisa kuMoya oyiNgcwele kwiZenzo zisebenzisa ‘the’ kwaye konke kodwa 2 ye 17 iimeko apho uMoya oyiNgcwele ingumxholo wale ngxelo zithi 'the’ (omnye komnye 2, Acts 19:2, kucacile ukuba yenzelwe ukufunda 'uMoya oyiNgcwele'). Kwaye nangona ababhali babenyanzelekile ngegrama yesiGrike ukuba bayisebenzise’ ngokudibana negama elingaphandle 'umoya', ukuthanda kwabo ‘yena’ inokubonwa kwi John 16:7-15, apho indoda 'uMcebisi’ isetyenziswa kwi Jn 16:7, elandelwa ‘ngumoya’ ngaphakathi Jn 16:13. Ngaphandle koku amabinzana athi 'Xa yena’ kwaye ‘eyedwa’ ngaphakathi Jn 16:13 kwaye ‘Uya’ ngaphakathi Jn 16:15 usasebenzisa ifom yobudoda.

Akukho mfuneko yokuba sibe zizifundiswa zamaGrike, nangona kunjalo! Ukufunda okulula kukaYohane, izahluko 14 ukuya 16 (Jn 14:15-16:15), iya kubonisa ngokukhawuleza ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele ngokwenene ungumntu: uyafundisa kwaye uyasikhumbuza (Jn 14:26), ungqina ngoYesu (Jn 15:26), amabanjwa (Jn 16:8), Izikhokelo, uyathetha kwaye uyava (Jn 16:13) uthabathe into eyekaYesu ayazise kuthi (Jn 16:14-5).

KwabaseRoma, Isahluko 8, iluncedo ngokukodwa ekuqinisekiseni abo bangafuni kujongana nale nyaniso. Rom 8:34 uthi ‘uKristu .. ngasekunene kukaThixo, kwaye uyasithethelela.’ Ukuthethelela kuxa umntu engena eyokuthethelela omnye umntu egameni lomnye. Buza ukuba uKrestu ebengasithethelela na ukuba ebengenguye umntu? Akunjalongo noko! Ngoku jonga Rom 8:26-7: UMoya oyiNgcwele naye uyasithethelela, ngoko ke kufuneka abe ngumntu naye. Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, kodwa ‘ingqondo yoMoya’ kuthethwa ngokucacileyo ngaye.

Acts 13:2-4 yaye Acts 16:6-7 ubonakalise ngokucacileyo uMoya osebenzisa intando yakhe ngokubhekisele kwimisebenzi yecawa. Rom. 8:26 Uthetha ngoMoya encwina ngenxa yethu kwaye Eph. 4:30 isixelela ukuba 'musani ukumenza buhlungu uMoya oyiNgcwele kaThixo, oye watywinwa kunye naye, usenzela umhla wenkululeko’ (bona kwakho Is. 63:10). Ke zonke iimpawu zomntu wokwenene ziboniswe ngokucacileyo kuMoya oyiNgcwele.

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