Kutheni uThixo engqongqo kakhulu?
Kule mihla, kuninzi okuthethwa ngothando lukaYesu noxolelo kangangokuba sisoloko sifumana ingcamango yokuba unesimo sengqondo esikhululekileyo ngesono kunokuba uThixo wayenaso kwixesha elidlulileyo.. Kodwa, inyaniso, imigangatho yakhe inzima kakhulu.
Cofa apha ukuze ubuyele esihogweni uPhumelela okanye eZulwini ukuhlawula, okanye kuyo nayiphi na imixholwana engezantsi:
Ukuba uhlalutyo lweelwimi lukaYesu’ iimfundiso zikholisa ukungqina, kunokuba ukukhanyela, ukuba ngenene uYesu wasilumkisa ngengozi eyoyikekayo enokubakho yesiphelo esibi ngaphezu kokufa, emva koko kufuneka sibuze, “Ngoba?” Kutheni le nto uThixo kufuneka abe ngumntu othanda izinto ngokugqibeleleyo? Yaye kutheni uThixo onamandla engenakusuka nje adale ihlabathi apho wonke umntu ethanda wonke umntu? Kutheni engenako ukuphelisa ububi ngaphandle kokuphelisa abo benza izinto ezimbi? Mhlawumbi siyavuma ukuba ezinye zingendawo kangangokuba kufuneka zitshatyalaliswe: kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo abantu abaninzi abanjalo lonto embi? Kwaye kuyo nayiphi na imeko, azinakwenzeka ukuba ezona zimbi ngokwenene zipheliswe ngokungenantlungu? Ngaba isohlwayo asikho ngaphezu kolwaphulo-mthetho ngokwalo?
Unaye uYesu’ imfundiso ngalo mba iye yabaxwa, okanye ngaba asibuqondi ngokunzulu ubunzulu bemeko? Ukuze siqale ukuqonda iimpendulo zale mibuzo kufuneka sihlolisise ngakumbi uYesu’ iimfundiso…
Imfuneko Yenguquko
NguYesu’ ubulungiseleli buqala ngomyalezo kaYohane umBhaptizi, exelela abantu ukuba kufuneka baguquke, ngokuba uMesiya uyeza. Iindaba Ezilungileyo ziqala ngeNdaba ezimbi: UThixo uyeza kwaye asikufanelanga ukudibana naye.
Wayesithi ngoko kuzo izihlwele ezaziphuma zisiza kubhaptizwa nguye, “Nzalandini yamarhamba, owanibonisayo, ukuba niyibaleke ingqumbo ezayo? Veza ngoko iziqhamo ekufanele ukuguquka, Kwaye musa ukuqalisa ukuthetha phakathi kwenu, 'Sinaye utata wethu ka-Abraham;’ Kuba ndithi kuni, nguThixo onako ukumvelisela abantwana kula matye! Nangoku i-ax ilele kwingcambu yemithi. Wonke umthi ongakhange uveze iziqhamo ezilungileyo unqunyulwe, uphoswe emlilweni.”(Luk 3:7-9.)
UMateyu uyakutyhila oko, ekuqaleni, Isigidimi sikaYohane sasinemvumelwano yabaFarisi nabaSadusi ababezinikele kunqulo oluphakamileyo (Mat 3:7). Kodwa ke waqalisa ukuhlasela izono zabo; zaza zaqalisa ukuba neengcinga (Jn 1:19-25).
Emva kokubanjwa kukaYohane, UYesu weza kwelaseGalili, eshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zobukumkani bukaThixo, ebakhulula abantu (Lk 4:18-19). Kodwa, njengoYohane, waqhubeka egxininisa imfuneko yokuguquka (Mk 1:14-15).
Ukuphakamisa uMgangatho
Kodwa apha kufuneka sijongane nogxininiso kuYesu’ ubulungiseleli obuphikisana ngokuthe ngqo noninzi lwemzobo yale mihla yemfundiso yakhe. Kule mihla, kuninzi okuthethwa ngoYesu’ uxolelo, uthando kunye nokuzimisela ukungaziboni iintsilelo zabantu zangaphambili. Ingcamango eveliswayo yeyokuba uYesu unesimo sengqondo sokukhululeka ngakumbi kwisono kunokuba wayenaso uThixo kwixesha elidlulileyo: kodwa oku akuyonyani.
“Sukucinga ukuba ndize kutshabalalisa umthetho okanye abaprofeti. Khange ndize kutshabalalisa, kodwa ukuzalisekisa. Inene kakhulu, Ndiyakuxelela, ide izulu nomhlaba idlulile, hayi neleta encinci yencinci okanye ipeni enye encinci iya kudlula nayiphi na indlela kude nomthetho, zide zifeze zonke izinto. Nabani na, ke ngoko, iyaphuka enye yale miyalelo incinci, kwaye ufundise abanye ukuba benze njalo, Uya kubizwa ngokuba nguBukumkani bamazulu; ke osukuba enisukuba ekwenza, abafundise, baya kubizwa ngokuba bukhulu ebukumkanini bamazulu. Kuba ndithi kuni, Ngaphandle kobulungisa benu iyagqitha leyo yababhali nabaFarisi, Akuyi kungena ebukumkanini bamazulu.” (Mat 5:17-20)
NguYesu’ imigangatho eneneni yomelele kakhulu. Yinyani, he is indifferent or even scathing towards outward show and appearances (yabona, umzekelo, Mat 15:1-20; Mk 2:23-28). And he displays an incredible readiness to forgive even the most serious sins (Jn 8:3-11; Lk 19:2-10; Lk 23:39-43). But when it comes to the inward attitudes of the heart, he is far more demanding.
“Uvile ukuba kwathiwa mandulo, 'Awuyi kubulala;’ Kwaye "nabani na oyabulala, abe semngciphekweni womgwebo.’ Kodwa ndiyakuxelela, ukuba wonke umntu onomsindo kumzalwana wakhe ngaphandle kwesizathu uya kuba semngciphekweni womgwebo; kwaye nabani na othi kumzalwana wakhe, 'Rack!’ iya kuba semngciphekweni weBhunga; kwaye nabani na othi, 'Wena sidenge!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna. (Mat 5:21-22. Bona kwakho Mt 5:23-48.)
Do all roads lead to God?
This is a common saying; and all but the most unforgiving of us would like to think it was true. We want to believe that, regardless of how well or badly we do, we will all end up in heaven. Kodwa, whenever this idea is discussed, Jesus firmly denies it.
“Ayinguye wonke umntu othi kum, ‘Nkosi, Nkosi,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Nkosi, Nkosi, Asizange na siprofete egameni lakho saza sakhupha iidemon egameni lakho senza imimangaliso emininzi egameni lakho?’ Ndiya kwandula ke ndithethe kubo ngokuphandle, ‘Andizange ndinazi. Kude kum, nina benzi bobubi!'” (Mat 7:21-23).
“Ngenani ngesango elimxinwa;. ngokuba libanzi isango, iphangalele nendlela, esa entshabalalweni;, baye baninzi ke abangena ngayo. Ke lincinane isango, icuthene nendlela, esa ebomini, kwaye bambalwa abayifumanayo.” (Mat 7:13-14)
Umntu wambuza, “Nkosi, bambalwa abantu abaya kusindiswa?” Uthe kubo, “Yenzani unako-nako ukungena ngomnyango omxinwa, ngokuba baninzi, Ndiyakuxelela, izakuzama ukungena kwaye ayizukwazi. Uke waphakama umninimzi wavala ucango, uya kuma ngaphandle unkqonkqoza, ucenga, ‘Mhlekazi, sivulele umnyango.’ Kodwa uya kuphendula, ‘Andikwazi wena okanye apho uvela khona.’ Emva koko uya kuthi, ‘Sadla saza sasela nawe, Wafundisa ezitratweni zethu.’ Kodwa uya kuphendula, ‘Andikwazi wena okanye apho uvela khona. Kude kum, nonke nina benzi bobubi!’ kuya kubakho ukulila khona, nokutshixiza kwamazinyo, xa ubona uAbraham, uIsake noYakobi nabo bonke abaprofeti ebukumkanini bukaThixo, kodwa nina nikhutshelwe ngaphandle. Abantu baya kuza bevela empumalanga nasentshona nasemntla nasezantsi, kwaye baya kumema emthendelekweni ebukumkanini bukaThixo. Ewe, bakho abokugqibela abaya kuba ngabokuqala, nabokuqala abaya kuba ngabokugqibela.” (Luk 13:23-30)
Waphendula uYesu, “Ndim indlela, ndim inyaniso, ndim ubomi;. akukho bani uzayo kuBawo engezi ngam.” (Joh 14:6)
Okwangoku, ngaxeshanye, UYesu usoloko emchaza uYise njengongafuni kutshabalale nabani na (ewe. Mt 18:10-14). Ke, ukuba uThixo unamandla onke, kutheni engenakukuthintela?
'Tshayela ngokuBanzi’ yeSibhalo
Kwasekuqaleni kobulungiseleli bakhe, UYesu waxelela abafundi bakhe ukuba abaprofeti nabafundisi bobuxoki abaninzi babeya kuza baze bafune ukugqwetha imfundiso yakhe baze balahlekise abanye (ewe. Mk 13:22-23, Mt 7:15, Lk:21:8). Wawalumkisa ngokukhethekileyo nxamnye nokuzivumela ukuba athuliswe luloyiko okanye ukuhlonela iimbono zabantu ngokungeyomfuneko:
Kuba othe waneentloni ngam nangamazwi am, kwesi sizukulwana sikrexezayo, sonayo, naye uNyana woMntu uya kuba neentloni ngaye, xa athe weza esebuqaqawulini boYise, enezithunywa ezingcwele.” (Mar 8:38)
Okubuhlungu, zimbalwa iimfundiso zezibhalo ezithe zachatshazelwa ngendlela engeyiyo, kunoYesu’ ukufundisa ngothando nokugweba. Umphumo ube kukuba icawa yamaKristu iye yahlulahlulwe ubukhulu becala yangamaqela amabini alwayo – abo bathetha ngokuphandle ekuzingiseni kwabo kumgwebo kaThixo kangangokuba inkoliso yabangengomaKristu iba kude kangangoko kunokwenzeka kubo.: yaye abo bangenabuganga bacebisa ukuba uThixo uya kuze angenelele ukuze ohlwaye ububi. The worst of it is that both groups imagine they are conforming to what they describe as ‘the broad sweep of scripture;’ whereas each is so focussed on one side or the other that both fail to recognize the scriptures revealing the other side of the picture.1
Judgement and Mercy
The true ‘broad sweep of scripture’ is that God is the ultimate source and defender of both love yaye ubulungisa. The two are inseparable; coexisting in a constant state of voluntary tension, maintaining a balance between our personal desires and those of others. Le, essentially, is what love is all about; placing the same, or even greater, value on the desires and feelings of others as you do on your own.
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; kuba oko kungumthetho nabaprofeti. (Mat 7:12[\x])
UYesu wayifundisa waza wayibonisa ngokwakhe le migaqo; esoloko ebeka iimfuno zethu phambi kwezakhe; ekulungele ukubeka phantsi ubomi bakhe, nokuba zithini na iindleko, ukuze asisindise ekugwetyweni ebesifanelekele. Ukanti kwangaxeshanye, njengomkhuseli wethu, kufika ixesha apho kufuneka angenelele ukuze asikhusele kwizenzo zabo banokusenzakalisa. Kodwa olu lukhetho olunzima kakhulu, njengoko siza kubona…
Ixesha Lokuvuna
Enye yeentloko ‘zokutshayela ngokubanzi’ imixholo equlathwe kuYesu’ imfundiso ikukuvuna nokuchuma.
Wababekela omnye umzekeliso, bathi, “Ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nomntu owahlwayela imbewu entle entsimini yakhe, kodwa ngelixa abantu belele, lwafika utshaba lwakhe, lwahlwayela umdiza phakathi kwengqolowa, wahamba. Ithe ke yakudubula, yakuba neenkozo, Wandula ukubonakala nomdiza. Bezile abakhonzi bomninindlu, bathi kuye, ‘Mhlekazi, ubungahlwayelanga imbewu entle na entsimini yakho? Uvela phi lo mdiza??’ “Uthe kubo, ‘Ngumntu olutshaba owenze le nto.’ “Bambuza abakhonzi, ‘Ngaba uyafuna ukuba siye kuziqokelela?’ “Kodwa wathi, 'Hayi, hleze nithi, xa niwubuthayo umdiza, nincothule nengqolowa kunye nabo. Yekani kukhule ndawonye kokubini, kude kube sekuvuneni;, ngexa lokuvuna ndoxelela abavuni, “Ekuqaleni, wuhlanganiseni umdiza, nibabophe babe zizithungu, batshiswe; kodwa yihlanganiseleni kuvimba wam ingqolowa.” ‘ ” (Mat 13:24-30)
Waza uYesu wazindulula izihlwele, sangena endlini. beza kuye abafundi bakhe, bathi, “Sichazele umzekeliso womdiza entsimini.” Waphendula, “Lowo uhlwayela imbewu entle nguNyana woMntu;, intsimi ke lihlabathi; nembewu entle, aba ngoonyana bobukumkani; umdiza ke ngoonyana bongendawo. utshaba ke olwawuhlwayelayo wona nguMtyholi;. Ukuvuna kukupheliswa kwephakade eli, abavuni ke zizithunywa zezulu. Njengokuba ngoko ubuthwa umdiza, utshiswe ngomlilo; kuya kuba njalo ekuphelisweni kweli phakade. UNyana woMntu uya kuthuma izithunywa zakhe;, yaye baya kuhlanganisa baphume ebukumkanini bakhe zonke izinto ezikhubekisayo, nabo benza ubutshinga, zibaphose ezikweni lomlilo. khona apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo. Aya kwandula ke amalungisa ukubengezela njengelanga ebukumkanini boYise wawo. Lowo uneendlebe zokuva, makeve. (Mat 13:36-43)
He spoke to them many things in parables, bathi, “Khangela, a farmer went out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. Others fell among thorns. Imithana enameva yakhula, yabaminxa. Enye yawa kumhlaba olungileyo;, kwaye bavelisa iziqhamo: abanye baphindwe kalikhulu, abanye amashumi amathandathu, abanye amashumi amathathu. Lowo uneendlebe zokuva, makeve.” (Mat 13:3-9)
“Yiva, ngoko, umzekeliso womlimi. Xa nabani na eva ilizwi loBukumkani, kwaye awuyiqondi, ongendawo uyeza, Akuhluthe okuhlwayelwe entliziyweni yakhe. Yiyo le ke eyayihlwayelwe ngasendleleni. Oko kuhlwayelwe ezindaweni ezilulwalwa, nguye lowo ulivayo ilizwi, isamkele kwaoko ngovuyo; ukanti akanazingcambu zendeleyo kuye, kodwa inyamezele umzuzwana. xa kuvela imbandezelo okanye intshutshiso ngenxa yelizwi, uyakhubeka kwaoko. Lowo wahlwayelwa emithaneni enameva, nguye lowo ulivayo ilizwi, kodwa amaxhala eli phakade, nokulukuhla kobutyebi, kuliminxe ilizwi, kwaye uba ngoswele isiqhamo. Oko kuhlwayelwe kumhlaba omhle, nguye lowo ulivayo ilizwi, kwaye uyayiqonda, abathi okunene baxakathe isiqhamo, kwaye izala, abanye baphindwe kalikhulu, abanye amashumi amathandathu, abanye amashumi amathathu.” (Mat 13:18-23)
Ungatsho, ‘Kusele iinyanga ezine, kufike ukuvuna?’ Khangela, Ndiyakuxelela, phakamisa amehlo akho, kwaye jonga amasimi, ukuba aselemhlophe ukuba kuvunwe. Novunayo wamkela umvuzo;, ahlanganise iziqhamo ebomini obungunaphakade; ukuze nalowo uhlwayelayo avuye, kunye nalowo uvunayo. Kuba likule nto ilizwi eliyinyaniso, ‘Omnye uyahlwayela, aze omnye avune.’ Mna ndanithuma ukuvuna oko ningakubulalelanga. Abanye baye basebenza nzima, kwaye ungenile ekubulalekeni kwabo.” (Joh 4:35-38)
Zonke iivangeli ziyasigxininisa esi sigidimi, iyenza icace kakhulu loo nto:
a) Ulindelo lukaThixo kuthi sisiqhamo; nokuba uya kulinda ngomonde kude kube lixesha lokuvuna;
b) ukuba ixesha lethu kulo mhlaba liya kuphela ngovavanyo olucokisekileyo lomkhamo ubomi bethu obusivelise ngawo isiqhamo esinqwenelekayo.; yaye
c) ukuba abo baye baphila ubomi babo ngaphandle kokwenjenjalo baya kugatywa.
Imibhalo esemazantsi
- Omnye weyona mizekelo yamandulo nowona ugabadeleyo wolu hlobo lwemfundiso yocalucalulo yayiyimfundiso kaMarcionite, ibhalwe nguMarcion waseSinope, c. 144AD. UMarcion wayeyisekile kukuba uYesu wayengumfanekiselo wenceba kaThixo kangangokuba akazange avume ukukholelwa ukuba izibhalo ezithetha ngemigwebo kaThixo nxamnye nesono kusenokwenzeka ukuba ziphuma kumthombo ofanayo.. Endaweni yoko, wayigatya yonke iTestamente Endala nenxalenye enkulu yeNtsha, (ngaphandle kweVangeli kaLuka kunye neencwadi zikaPawulos), njengemfundiso yobuxoki evela ‘kuthixo wobuxoki’ ababefuna ukusenza amakhoboka.
Cofa apha ukuze ubuyele esihogweni uPhumelela okanye eZulwini ukuhlawula.
Yiya e: ngoJesu, Liegeman lasekhaya.
indalo yekhasi Kevin King