Ngabe Sibheke Kwalasha?

Njengoba sibheka emuva esikhathini somlando wesintu, sibona amanxiwa ale mpucuko yasendulo; eziningi zazo esezinyamalele zashiya cishe umkhondo. Muva nje, Izindlela zesimanje zokuhlola olwenziwa nge-laser ziye zembula ukuthi lokho okwakucatshangwa ukuthi ihlathi lase-Amazonian elimsulwa empeleni lifihla izinsalela zemigwaqo emikhulu exhumene., amadolobha kanye nemisebenzi yokuphatha umhlaba. Imibono yokuchaza ukukhuphuka nokuwa kwalezi zimpucuko ibe miningi futhi ihlukahlukene, njengoba kuye kwabikezelwa ukuthi umhlaba wawusonqenqemeni lwenhlekelele kanye nemibiko yokuqothulwa kwabantu abaningi esikhathini esidlule, kusukela kuZamcolo kaNowa kuya emkhathini okuthiwa waqothula izibankwakazi.

Kuze kube manje, naphezu kwezibikezelo eziningi zangaphambili zosuku lwembubhiso, ukuphila komuntu kuye kwasinda kuzo zonke lezi zinhlekelele. Kodwa ‘inhlanhla yethu’ esezophela?

Amandla ethu akhulayo okuzibhubhisa

Asikaze sibe namandla angaka okuzibhubhisa – kanye neplanethi – njengoba sinanamuhla. Okutholwe kwesayensi nobuchwepheshe kuye kwanqwabelana ngezinga elimangalisayo: kodwa ngokwanda ngakunye emandleni omuntu kuye kwaba sobala izingozi ezintsha. Njengoba inani labantu liye landa, kanjalo nengcindezi emithonjeni yethu yemvelo – ukudla, amanzi, umhlaba, amandla nezinto zokusetshenziswa – futhi ngalezi zingcindezi kuye kwavela inqwaba yezingxabano zombango nezamazwe ngamazwe phakathi ‘kwabacebile’ futhi ‘abangenakho’, phakathi kwabanamandla nabaphansi; ngokuvamile kuvame ukufihlwa yinkomba yokuziphatha, isimiso sobuzwe noma senkolo. Amandla enuzi alethe usongo lokuqothulwa komhlaba wonke uma kunempi. Amakhemikhali ezolimo asongela ukucekelwa phansi kwezinhlobo zamatshe ayinhloko. Ukukhiqizwa kwezimboni kuye kwaphumela ekungcoleni okusakazekile. Ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kusongela ukuzinza kwesimo sezulu sethu. Inani elandayo lososayensi seliqala ukukhathazeka ngokuthi i-Artificial Intelligence ingaba inkosi yethu kalula, kunenceku yethu, noma ukuthi i-Bio-Engineering ingaholela ngephutha ekuguquguqukeni kofuzo okubulalayo.

Ukuzikhukhumeza Komuntu kanye Nobuhlanya Bokuziphatha

Nokho, phezu kwalokhu, ukuziqhenya kwesintu ngezimpumelelo zethu kuholela esimweni sengqondo esikhula njalo sokuzikhukhumeza. Siyakweyisa ukungazi kwakudala kwababusi besikhathi esidlule ababezibiza ‘ngonkulunkulu’ futhi badelele omashiqela abaqhubeka benza kanjalo nanamuhla; ukukholwa lokho, ngokushesha noma kamuva, bayokwamukela ukuza kwabo kanye nentando ‘yabantu’ uzonqoba. Nokho, ngesikhathi esifanayo, sizivumela ukuba sikholwe ukuthi asikweleti lutho omunye umuntu ngaphandle kwethu; nokuthi abukho ubuhlakani noma igunya lokuziphatha endaweni yonke okufanele livunyelwe ukuba libe ngaphezu kokwethu. Kude nokuthotshiswa ubukhulu obumangalisayo nobunkimbinkimbi bomhlaba esiphila kuwo sonke sigobela emgomweni ofanayo.; ukugcizelela ‘amalungelo ethu’ kanye nokuzimela kunokuba izibopho zethu, nokuncika ku, abanye.

Asikunaki nje ukuhlakanipha okuqoqiwe kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka yokuhlangenwe nakho komuntu, sithi iqiniso lethu lingaba yinoma yini esifuna libe yiyo futhi singabaphathi besiphetho sethu. Ngesinye isikhathi, lokhu kuzikhukhumeza kwavezwa njengomzabalazo phakathi kokuphishekela ‘isayensi’ kanye nesizathu ngokumelene nenkolelo-ze nje. Akusenjalo. Phakathi nesizukulwane esisodwa siye sasuka ekuqondeni okufanayo ngomshado njengokuhlanganiswa kwendoda nowesifazane ngenjongo yokukhulisa izingane endaweni elondekile., bobubili ubulili busebenza njengezibonelo, ukusho ukuthi lokhu akudingekile neze. Bakhona, kunjalo, njalo kube yilabo abakhethe ukwenza okuhlukile: nakuba ukubhekwa okuyiqiniso kuqhubeka nokusekela umbono wendabuko. Kodwa okugqama nakakhulu ukuphikwa kweqiniso lebhayoloji eliphathelene nokwehlukana ngokomzimba phakathi kobulili.¹ Manje, abantu bathi ‘ilungelo’ ukuze bachaze kabusha eyabo imizimba, noma ngabe kuhlanganisa ukuzilimaza ngamabomu ukuze kufezwe lokhu. Kubukeka sengathi isintu asiseyona nje impi phakathi kwethu, noma ngokumelene nemvelo noma yimuphi umqondo wegunya eliphakeme: kodwa ngokumelene nathi ngokwethu, sidelela yona kanye imizimba esikhona kuyo. Kwenzekani? Singaba kanjani izilima?

Inkinga Ekhona

Njengoba amadoda ecabangisise ngobunkimbinkimbi bomhlaba wethu, nawo wonke amathemba ayo, amaphupho aphukile, ubuhle bemvelo kanye nokungabi nabulungisa okusobala, nakanjani kuholele embuzweni, ‘Iyini injongo yakho konke lokhu?’ Emuva ngezikhathi zeTestamente Elidala, INkosi uSolomoni yakubeka ngale ndlela:

Ngakho ngacabanga ngakho konke lokhu futhi ngaphetha ngokuthi abalungile nabahlakaniphile nalokho abakwenzayo kusezandleni zikaNkulunkulu, kodwa akekho owaziyo ukuthi balindelwe luthando noma inzondo. Bonke banesiphetho esifanayo—abalungile nababi, okuhle nokubi, ohlanzekileyo nongcolileyo, labo abanikela imihlatshelo labangayenziyo. Njengoba kunjalo nabahle, kanjalo ngezoni; njengoba kunjalo kulabo abafungayo, kanjalo nalabo abesabayo ukuzithatha. Lobu bubi kukho konke okwenzeka phansi kwelanga: Isiphetho esifanayo sidlula zonke. Izinhliziyo zabantu, ngaphezu kwalokho, bagcwele ububi futhi kukhona ubuhlanya ezinhliziyweni zabo besaphila, andukuba bahlangane nabafileyo. Noma ubani phakathi kwabaphilayo unethemba, ngisho nenja ephilayo ingcono kunengonyama efileyo! Ngoba abaphilayo bayazi ukuthi bayokufa, kodwa abafileyo abazi lutho; abasenawo omunye umvuzo, ngisho negama labo selikhohliwe. Uthando lwabo, inzondo yabo nomhawu wabo kade washabalala; abasayikuba nesabelo kukho konke okwenzeka phansi kwelanga. (Ecc 9:1-6 NIV)

Kuyithemba elifiphele: nokho ukuphelelwa ithemba kokugcina kwalinganiswa ithemba. Umjikelezo oqhubekayo wesikhathi sokutshala nokuvuna, futhi isenzakalo esimangalisayo sokushintshashintsha kwesimo sanikeza izizathu zethemba lokuthi ukufa kwakungesona isiphetho ngempela.. Futhi inkimbinkimbi nje yalo mhlaba, okuya kuba kukhulu futhi kube nzima nakakhulu lapho ulwazi lwethu ludlulela phambili, wakholisa abantu ukuthi umhlaba wawungumsebenzi wobuhlakani obunezinjongo ezinkulu kakhulu kunezethu. ngisho nanamuhla, eziningi zezingqondo zethu ezinkulu zesayensi nezefilosofi ziye zazizwa zibophekile ukuphetha, noMhlabeleli:

Amazulu amemezela inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu. Umkhathi ukhombisa umsebenzi wezandla zakhe. Imihla ngemihla bakhuluma inkulumo, futhi ubusuku ngemva kobusuku baveza ulwazi. Akukho nkulumo noma ulimi, lapho izwi labo lingezwakali. (Psa 19:1-3)

Lapho ngibheka amazulu akho, umsebenzi weminwe yakho, inyanga nezinkanyezi, owakumisayo; uyini umuntu, ukuthi ucabanga ngaye? Yini ndodana yomuntu, ukuthi uyamkhathalela? (Psa 8:3-4)

Ngempela, njengoba siye safunda okwengeziwe ngamandla ayisisekelo akha umkhathi wethu siye sathola ukuthi kudinga ukulingana okunembe ngendlela emangalisayo kwalawa mandla ukuze nje kubangele indawo yonke enamandla okuba ukuphila kuthuthuke.. Ngempela, amathuba okuthi lokhu kwenzeke ngenhlanhla aphakeme kakhulu ngokwezinkanyezi kangangokuthi akhona kuphela 2 izimpikiswano ezingamelana ngokunengqondo nesiphetho sokuthi indawo yonke inenjongo eqinisekile yokuba khona kwayo. Lezi izi:

1. Kunenombolo engapheli noma eseduze-engapheli yamanye ama-universe; futhi nje ‘kwenzeka’ ukuba ngomunye okwazi ukusekela ukuphila; noma
2. Wonke umqondo wenhloso awubalulekile. Ukube besingekho, besingeke sibuze ukuthi kungani sikhona.

Phendula 1, nakuba ethandwa kakhulu namuhla, kubonakala kumangalisa kakhulu; ngenkathi impendulo yemvelo ku 2 kungaba: ‘Kodwa NGIKHONA; futhi NGIYABUZA. Unqaba nje ukubhekana neqiniso!’ Noma kunjalo, naphezu kwalokho, isimo sengqondo esikhona phakathi ‘kwabathonya’ esizukulwaneni sethu iyaqhubeka ukuthi ukuphila kwaba umkhiqizo wenhlanhla nje okungahleliwe. Laba abathonya baphikelela ngokuthi akekho uNkulunkulu; ukuthi asinakuziphendulela kumuntu ngaphandle kwethu nokuthi, ekufeni, simane singabe sisaba khona.

Ukungabi Nanzuzo Kwempilo Yomuntu

Ngenkathi uzijabulisa njengamanje, lokhu kuntuleka kokuziphendulela kuzwakala kuwumbono omuhle kakhulu. Kodwa isiphetho sawo sokugcina sihlale siyimpilo engenanjongo futhi engenathemba. Uma isiphetho sethu kuwukufa singazi lutho, impilo ibalulekile nje ukuphila ngenkathi ihlezi imnandi; futhi uma kufanele iqedwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi - pho kuthiwani? Abafileyo ngeke babe nandaba: kanjalo ukufa, kungaba ngokubulala noma ukuzibulala, iba yindlela esheshayo nenengqondo yokuqeda konke ukuhlupheka. Asithandi ukubhekana naleli qiniso elibuhlungu: ngakho sikhuluma ngokuziphakamisa ngokuthi abathandekayo bethu ‘sebedlulile’ nokuba ‘semicabangweni yethu ngaso sonke isikhathi’ - akukho okuyiqiniso uma 'abathonya bethu’ kufanele bakholwe. Kodwa lomqondo obandayo wokufa uhlala udla indlela yawo esikweni lethu. “Impela,” kuyaphikiswana, “uma othile ehlushwa ukugula okungapheli noma ukuguga, ayikho kubo (futhi wethu) izithakazelo ezingcono kakhulu ukuba bafe?” Futhi impikiswano efanayo ayisebenzi ezinganeni ezikhubazekile? Noma kuthiwani ngalokho kukhulelwa okungafunwa? Akufanele yini kube njalo, “Umzimba wami; ukukhetha kwami?” Futhi uma impilo yakho iye yaphihlizwa isithandwa esingathembekile, noma umdayisi ongcolile, kungani kufanele bazijabulele lapho ukuphila kwakho konakele? Akulona yini leli siko lokufa elibangela ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi beziphindiselela nokuhlasela kwamaphekula esiye sakubona eminyakeni yamuva nje??

Obani Abangabathonya Bangempela?

Kodwa uma siqalaza ukuthi leli siko lokufa liqhamukaphi ngempela, Kunzima ukuthola noma ngubani ozosukuma aphumele obala avume ukuthi ukuphika kwabo ukuziphendulela kanye nenjongo okumele basolwe. Ngokuphambene nalokho, yonke indawo lapho ubheka khona uzothola abantu abanezinhloso ezinhle bazibophezela njengabakhankasi beqiniso, ubulungiswa, amalungelo abantu, ukulondolozwa kwemvelo, ukuthuthukiswa kwempucuko, njll.. Izinkolelo-mbono zozungu ziningi, kunjalo: kodwa ubani ngempela odonsa izintambo? Labo abaphezulu kwenqwaba bazofuna ngokwemvelo ukuhlala lapho; kodwa hhayi uma kuba umzamo omkhulu kakhulu. Futhi obani ababengafuna ukubusa umhlaba uma bekholelwa ngempela ukuthi yonke imizamo yabo ekugcineni iyoba ize futhi ilibaleke?

Ukuphela komdlalo kaSathane

IBhayibheli, Ngokwesinye isandla, ukhomba umunwe wecala esitheni sesintu sasendulo, uSathane; osazi kahle isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu ku-Adamu sokuthi enye yenzalo yakhe yayiyochoboza ikhanda likaSathane². Imizamo kaSathane yokuyenga uJesu isihlulekile kakade; futhi isintu siyaphinda futhi sinikezwa ithuba lokuhlangana noNkulunkulu futhi siphile ingunaphakade. KuSathane umcabango wokuthi thina—izilwane nje ezinemizimba eyobola ngokwemvelo uma uNkulunkulu engayeka ukusondla nokusisekela, nokuhlakanipha okungaphansi kakhulu kokwakhe - kufanele kuthandwe kakhulu, kuyilapho yena ngokwakhe ejeziswa, ayibekezeleleki.

Ekuqaleni uSathane wayenemigomo emibili: okomfanyana, ukwenza kungenzeki ngokuziphatha ukuthi uNkulunkulu asithethelele ngaphandle kokuhoxisa isijeziso sikaSathane futhi, okwesibili, ukugqilaza nokubhubhisa abaningi bethu ngangokunokwenzeka. Umgomo wakhe wokuqala wabhuntshiwa lapho uNkulunkulu enza lokho, kuSathane, kwakungacabangeki. Wavumela uJesu ukuba afe esikhundleni sethu ngokugqugquzelwa uSathane ngokwakhe.

Ngesikhathi sesidlo sakusihlwa, uSathane esemfakile enhliziyweni kaJuda Iskariyothe, Indodana kaSimoni, ukumkhaphela… Ngemuva kwesinkwa sesinkwa, USathane wabe esengena kuye. UJesu wabe esethi kuye, “Wenzani, yenza ngokushesha.” (Joh 13:2 & 27)

Kodwa sikhuluma ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu emfihlakalweni, ukuhlakanipha obekufihliwe, uNkulunkulu akumisela ngaphambili umhlaba ungakabi khona kube yinkazimulo yethu, okungaziwa namunye wababusi balumhlaba. Ngoba ukube babekwazi, babengeke bayibethele iNkosi yenkazimulo. (1Co 2:7-8)

Ukumisa Amaqhinga

USathane ugxile ezinzuzweni zakhe; kanjalo nokudelela uthando, ukukubona njengomthombo wobuthakathaka obungaxhashazwa ukuxhaphaza abanye. Kodwa uye wafunda ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuze asindise labo abathandayo – futhi, ngokuqondene, thina. IBhayibheli liyachaza ukuthi isizathu esenza uNkulunkulu enqabe ukwahlulela izwe ukuthi kusengenzeka ukuba kusindiswe abengeziwe..

INkosi ayilibali ngesithembiso sayo, njengoba abanye bebala ukunensa; kodwa uyasibekezelela, engathandi ukuthi kubhubhe namunye, kodwa ukuze bonke beze ekuphendukeni. (2Pe 3:9)

Isidingo Sokuphenduka

UNkulunkulu usekwenze konke okudingekayo ukuze akhokhele intethelelo yethu: kodwa kunento eyodwa angeke asenzele yona; futhi lokho kungukuphenduka. Ukwenza izinto ziphelele futhi akuxazululi inkinga. U-Adamu wona ngesikhathi ephila epharadesi. Kufanele kube noshintsho olukhulu lwenhliziyo. Ngempela, lolo shintsho lukhulu kangangokuthi asikwazi nokuzilawula thina ngokwethu: kodwa kufanele sikufune. Kufana nomuntu ominzayo osanda kuphonswa intambo yokuzivikela. Kufanele siyibambe, nakuba lonke udumo ngokuhlenga kwethu likumhlengi.

USathane uyakwazi lokhu: ngakho-ke wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuthi abambezele ukusakazeka kwevangeli futhi anxenxe abantu ukuthi bazame noma yiliphi ikhambi lezinkinga zethu ngaphandle kokuphenduka kweqiniso.. Futhi uzimisele ukuziphindiselela kuNkulunkulu nakubantu ngokugqilaza nokubhubhisa abaningi bethu ngangokunokwenzeka., nganoma iyiphi indlela engenzeka.

Ngakho, ngokushesha angasinxenxa ukuba sizibhubhise, okungcono; futhi, -kakhulu, abalandeli bakaJesu abaningi angababhubhisa, okungcono. Uke wama kancane uzibuze ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi abalandeli beNkosi yothando neNkosi yokuthula babe ngabantu abahlukunyezwa kakhulu emhlabeni?³

Uma sibheka isimo somhlaba samanje, kanye nesimo esidabukisayo sebandla elingaka, abaningi bangaphetha ngokuthi uSathane unamandla futhi ukholo lobuKristu luwohloka ngendlela engapheli. Ngempela, nguJesu ngokwakhe owabuza lo mbuzo, “Noma kunjalo, nxa iNdodana yomuntu ifika, uyakufumana ukukholwa emhlabeni?” (Lk 18:8) Kungani esho njalo?

Kungani UNkulunkulu Engabuvimbi Ububi??

Ingabe izinto ziba zimbi nakakhulu? Akuthathi ukucabanga okuningi ukubona ukuthi bangakwazi: pho kungani uNkulunkulu engangeni manje, ngaphambi kokuba benze? Konke kubuyela enanini elingenakulinganiswa neliphakade uNkulunkulu alibeka kuwe, mina nawo wonke umphefumulo womuntu. Sisanda kufunda ukuthi isifiso esijulile sikaNkulunkulu siwukuthi, “ukuba bonke beze ekuphendukeni” (2Pe 3:9). Futhi, njengomalusi phakathi Mt 18:12-14, ukulungele ukubhekana nengozi yanoma yini engase yenzeke kuwo wonke umhlambi wakhe ukuze enze umzamo wokusindisa oyedwa nje kuphela.. Uyaqonda, kangcono kakhulu kunathi, ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuhlupheka thina - kanye Naye - esingabhekana nakho eminyakeni embalwa uma kuqhathaniswa nezimpilo zethu zamanje kungadlula kude ingunaphakade lenjabulo esilindele kanye nosizi lwalabo abaphuthelwa yikho..

Kodwa komunye nomunye wethu umbuzo obalulekile uwukuthi, “Lapho iNdodana yomuntu ifika, uyokuthola ukukholwa kuwe?” Uyakubona. Uyakwazi okusenhliziyweni yakho. Akukho ongakwenza ukuze uthole umusa onjalo. Kodwa uthembisile ukuthi uma ufika kuye angeke waliwa. (ukubona Jn 6:37 futhi Rom 8:28-30). Ingabe uzoza Kuye ngokholo nothando, ukuletha wonke amacala akho kanye nehlazo, futhi ulahle ʻilungelo' lakho lokubusa isiphetho sakho? Kufanele kube njalo lakho ukukhetha. Ngeke akwenzele kona. Kodwa, uma umphefumulo wokugcina usuzikhethele, indlela eyodwa noma enye, khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika.

Funda uqhubeke …

Imibhalo yaphansi

1. Selokhu kwathi nhlo kwaziwa ukuthi idlanzana labantu lihlushwa wufuzo nokungajwayelekile komzimba; futhi labo abanezinkinga ezinjalo ngokuvamile baye baphathwa kabi (njengalabo abanezinye izinhlobo eziningi zokukhubazeka). Lababantu bayigugu njengathi kuNkulunkulu; futhi kubalulekile ukuthi sibaphathe bonke ngothando nangenhlonipho.
2. Qonda ‘Isizinda Somlando – Isambulo Esiqhubekayo’; noma ngengxoxo enemininingwane eyengeziwe, ukubona ‘Kuhambe kabi kanjani konke’, ochungechungeni lokufunda, ‘Asinakwenza Okubi?’.
3. Isib. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48146305. Akukhona ukuthi kunesizathu esisodwa nje. Okokuqala, kube nabaningi abazibiza ngabalandeli bakaJesu abaye badelela obala uJesu’ izimfundiso, ephendulela abanye kuye: ngenkathi, Ngokwesinye isandla, abalandeli abaningi bezinye izinkolo abaziphethe kahle nabahlonipha uNkulunkulu baye bashushiswa – ngezinye izikhathi ezandleni zalabo abathi bangamaKristu. Kodwa ke, kukhona iqiniso lokuthi uJesu wafundisa ngokumelene neningi lezono ezithandwayo emhlabeni (iphuzu elivame ukugcizelelwa ngokweqile ngokulahlekelwa imfundiso yakhe ngothando nokuthethelela). Futhi uJesu wagcizelela ukuthi nguye kuphela indlela eya kuNkulunkulu; okungehli kahle kulabo abakhetha izindlela zabo – ikakhulukazi uSathane nabalandeli bakhe. Esinye isici uJesu’ ukuphikelela komuntu siqu ekungabini kobudlova kanye ‘nokuphendula esinye isihlathi;’ okwenza amaKrestu ahlaselwe lula kubaphikisi bawo.