UJeremiya uvame ukwaziwa njengomprofethi ‘wenhlekelele nesigayegaye.’ Nokho, phakathi nesiqephu esigxeka izono zika-Israyeli futhi sixwayisa ngokwahlulela okuzayo, sithola leli gugu lesikhuthazo:

Usho kanje uJehova: “Ohlakaniphileyo makangazibongi ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, Iqhawe malingazibongi ngamandla alo, Nocebileyo makangazigabisi ngengcebo yakhe; Kodwa ozibongayo makazincome ngalokhu, Ukuthi uyangiqonda futhi uyangazi Mina, Ukuthi nginguJehova, obonisa umusa wothando, ukwahlulela, nokulunga emhlabeni. Ngokuba ngiyathokoza ngakho,” kusho uJehova. ([x]Jeremiah 9:23-4[/x]).

Lawa mavesi amabili afana nombhalo ophathelene nomthombo wangempela wokugcwaliseka ekuphileni kanye nohlelo lukaNkulunkulu lokusiletha kuleyo ndawo..

Umthombo Wokugcwaliseka kweqiniso

Ukuzethemba Kwamanga

Lesi siqephu siqala ngokukhomba izindawo ezintathu esivame ukubeka ukuzethemba kuzo: ukuhlakanipha, amandla nengcebo. Cishe ngokwemvelo sibheka kulabo esibabona bephumelela kulezi zindawo; futhi, lapho siphezulu sikwazi ukukhuphuka ezilinganisweni zabo zempumelelo, lapho sicabanga ngokwengeziwe ukuthi ‘sesifikile.’ Kodwa ukuhlakanipha akulula (njalo kuholela emibuzweni eyengeziwe); amandla esikhashana (ngisho nabanamandla ekugcineni bawa); ingcebo, noma zisekhona, kuzoshiya inhliziyo idanile noma ilangazelela okwengeziwe. Futhi, nakuba singabala ezinye izindawo eziningi ezingase zibe khona impumelelo yomuntu, zonke zidlula njengempilo uqobo.

NjengoSolomoni, owayenokuhlakanipha, amandla nengcebo echichimayo ekugcineni wakhononda njengoba esondela ekupheleni kokuphila kwakhe: “Akusho lutho! Akusho lutho! … Ayisho lutho! Konke kuyize.” ([x]Ecclesiastes 1:2 I na-[/x])

Ukuthola Inhliziyo KaNkulunkulu

Iyodwa kuphela indlela esingadlula ngayo ukudlula kwempilo; futhi lokho kungokuthola umthombo nenjongo yokuphila kwethu kumuntu ongekho ngaphansi kokufa nokubola. USolomoni naye wakubona lokhu, futhi waphetha:

Isiphetho sendaba. Konke kuzwakele. Mesabeni uNkulunkulu, futhi ugcine imiyalo yakhe; ngoba lokhu kungumsebenzi womuntu wonke. Ngoba uNkulunkulu uyoletha wonke umsebenzi ekwahlulelweni, ngayo yonke into efihliwe, noma kuhle, noma kubi. ([x]Ecclesiastes 12:13-14[/x])

Kodwa ubuhlobo bukaSolomoni noNkulunkulu babuntula. Eminyakeni yakhe yangaphambili wayefune uNkulunkulu futhi wabona umbono omangalisayo wamandla kaNkulunkulu okuhlenga nokubuyisela., njengoba kuvezwe ‘esiHlabelelweni Sezihlabelelo sakhe esimangalisayo.’ Kodwa wayedebeselele ubuhlobo bakhe siqu noNkulunkulu ekuphishekeleni ukwanelisa yena ngokwakhe, benza izivumelwano ngokuganwa abafazi bezinye izizwe futhi bakhe izindawo ezingcwele zonkulunkulu babo ([x]1 Kings 11:4-13[/x]). Futhi, namakhosikazi amaningi kangaka ukuze aneliswe, Kuyadabukisa ukungabaza ukube uthando lwakhe lwasekuqaleni ngabo lwalungasinda. Ngakho wagxila engxenyeni yokwahlulela yesimo sikaNkulunkulu futhi walahlekelwa umbono wenhliziyo Yakhe yeqiniso nenjongo ngezimpilo zethu..

I-Ajenda kaNkulunkulu

Kodwa uJeremiya, nakuba sizungezwe inkohlakalo futhi ngezinye izikhathi sisebumnyameni bokudangala, wayigcina inhliziyo yakhe ivulekile kuNkulunkulu; futhi ngisho nangaleso sikhathi wakwazi ukuthola lesi sambulo esimangalisayo sesimo nenjongo kaNkulunkulu:

Kodwa ozibongayo makazincome ngalokhu, Ukuthi uyangiqonda futhi uyangazi Mina, Ukuthi nginguJehova, obonisa umusa wothando, ukwahlulela, nokulunga emhlabeni. Ngokuba ngiyathokoza ngakho,” kusho uJehova. ([x]Jeremiah 9:23-4[/x]).

I-ajenda kaNkulunkulu ngempilo yethu inezigaba ezintathu, kuboniswe ezicini ezintathu zomusa wothando, ukwahlulela, nokulunga okubalulwe ngenhla. Lokhu ukwamukela, ukuphenduka nokuguquka.

Ukwamukela

Into yokuqala uNkulunkulu afuna siyazi ukuthi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi senzeni, Usasithanda futhi usamukela njengoba nje sinjalo.

Ukusebenzelana kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu kuhlala kuphawuleka ngomusa wothando. Ngisho nalapho u-Adamu esanda kuwuqala wonke umlando odabukisayo wokuhlubuka kwabantu, esinye sezenzo zikaNkulunkulu zokuqala kwaba ukumsiza ukuba enze isudi yezingubo engcono ([x]Genesis 3:21[/x]).

Senza iphutha lokucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ‘uzosilanda’ lapho senze okungalungile futhi sicabange ukuthi kufanele sikulungise ngandlela thize ngaphambi kokuba silokothe ​​size kuye. Kodwa uNkulunkulu usibizela ukuthi size njengoba sinjalo futhi uthembisa ukuthi ngeke asifulathele ([x]John 6:37[/x]). (Iqiniso liwukuthi besingeke sikubeke kahle - bheka [x]Isaiah 64:6[/x] & [x]Luka 17:10[/x].)

uJesu’ inkonzo yakufanekisa lokhu.

Lapho abaFarisi bekubona, bathi kubafundi bakhe, “Kungani umfundisi wenu edla nabathelisi nezoni??”
Lapho uJesu ekuzwa, wathi kubo, “Abaphile kahle abamdingi udokotela, kodwa abagulayo bayakwenza. Kodwa hamba uyofunda ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokhu: ‘Ngifuna umusa, futhi hhayi umhlatshelo,’ ngoba angizanga ukuzobiza abalungileyo, kodwa izoni ekuphendukeni.” ([x]Mathewu 9:11-13[/x])

Ukuphenduka

La mazwi kaJesu asiholela esinyathelweni esilandelayo esibalulekile. UNkulunkulu uyokwahlulela isono. Nokho, ukwahlulela kwakhe akuqondiswe kithi: kodwa ezonweni zethu. Ufuna ukusihlukanisa nabo ukuze sikhululeke emiphumeleni yabo.

Kunomehluko omkhulu phakathi kukaNkulunkulu noSathane kulokhu. Igama, ‘Sathane,’ lisho ‘uMmangaleli.’ Injongo yakhe iwukusilahla: ukusenza sizizwe singamukeleki neze futhi singelutho kangangokuthi siyolahlekelwa ithemba futhi singalokothi siphendukele kuNkulunkulu. Kodwa injongo kaNkulunkulu iwukukhulula. Ufuna sibone isono sethu ngendlela asibona ngayo, ukuze sifise ngempela ukuguquka. Futhi uma senza, Ukhona ukuze enze kwenzeke.

Kodwa ‘Ubulungiswa,’ njengoba kusho isisho sakudala, ‘akumele kwenziwe kuphela: ke kumele ubonakale kwenziwe.’ Lapho uJesu efa esiphambanweni kwenzeka ukuthengiselana. Wazithathela imiphumela yazo zonke izono esake sazenza. (Asikwazi ngisho nokuqala ukucabanga ukuthi lokhu kumelwe ukuba kwakunjani – ubuhlungu obukhulu kunabo bonke ubuhlungu noma ubani ake wabuzwa ngenxa yesono. Ukubhaxabulwa nezinzipho bekungeke kuqhathaniswe nalutho.)

Lowo ongasazi isono wamenza isono ngenxa yethu; ukuze kuye sibe ngukulunga kukaNkulunkulu. ([x]2 Korinte 5:21[/x])

Uguquko

Umphumela uba ukuthi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kuba yingxenye yemvelo yethu futhi, futhi siyaguqulwa. Sikhululiwe emandleni esono ezimpilweni zethu ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele ahlala ngaphakathi kwethu futhi senziwe sikwazi ukuphila izimpilo zothando ezizoqhubeka zibe nomthelela ngisho emphakathini esiphila kuwo..

uPetro wathi kubo, “Phenduka, futhi abhapathizwe, nonke, egameni likaJesu Kristu kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono, njalo lizakwemukela isipho sikaMoya oNgcwele. Ngoba isithembiso sikini, nakubantwana bakho, nakubo bonke abakude, bonke iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu eyakubabiza.”

Wafakaza ngamanye amazwi amaningi, wasebakhuthaza, ethi, “Zisindiseni kulesi sizukulwane esigwegwile!” Khona abalamukelayo izwi lakhe ngokuthokoza babhapathizwa. Kwenezelwa ngalolo suku imiphefumulo engaba yizinkulungwane ezintathu.

Baqinisela ekufundiseni kwabaphostoli nasekuhlanganyeleni, ekuhlephuleni isinkwa, kanye nomkhuleko. Ukwesaba kwehlela phezu kwemiphefumulo yonke, futhi kwenzeka izimangaliso eziningi nezibonakaliso ngabaphostoli. Bonke abakholwayo babendawonye, futhi sasihlanganyela zonke izinto. Bathengisa izinto zabo nezimpahla zabo, wasezabela bonke, njengokuswela komuntu. Usuku nosuku, eqinisela nganhliziyonye ethempelini, nokuhlephula isinkwa ekhaya, badla ukudla kwabo ngentokozo nangobumhlophe benhliziyo, bedumisa uNkulunkulu, njalo ethandeka ebantwini bonke. ([x]IzEnzo 2:38-47[/x])