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Umklomelo wenyoka

Sekuvele kuphakanyisiwe ukuthi inyoka yayine-ajenda yomuntu siqu ejulile kunokuhlambalaza indalo kaNkulunkulu kuphela. Ngakho-ke yini ayelindele ukuzuza isono sika-Adamu?

• UNkulunkulu wayenze umbusi u-Adamu noMvikeli womhlaba (Gen 1:28). UNkulunkulu Weqiniso Ezwini Lakhe: futhi lelo gama limemezela ukuthi izipho nokubizwa kukaNkulunkulu azinakuphikwa (Num 23:19, Rom 11:29). Uma nje u-Adamu elandela uNkulunkulu, Umhlaba wahlala ngaphansi kokubusa kukaNkulunkulu okuphambili. Kodwa, Ngokukhetha ukulandela inyoka, U-Adamu wayemlalela kunoNkulunkulu; Ngakho-ke inyoka yaba umbusi womhlaba. Washo obala lokhu lapho efuna uJesu (Lk 4:5-6), Futhi uJesu wavuma ngokubhekisa kuye ngokuthi 'yinkosana yalomhlaba’ (Jn 12:31). Ngokungafani noNkulunkulu, Inzalo yenyoka ekubuseni umhlaba yayinobugovu. Lokhu kwakuyizindaba ezimbi zika-Adamu nomhlaba wonke (Gen 3:17-8, Rom 8:22).
• Emehlweni kaNkulunkulu, Inyoka yayiyisihlubuki nesigebengu. Kungani-ke uNkulunkulu angambhubhisi nje? Enye yezindlela ezizwakala kaningi ezingokwesigebengu ezinamakhompiyutha, “Ngiyawazi amalungelo ami!” UNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu wobulungisa; Kepha nothando nesihe: Ngenkathi inyoka ibona zonke lezi zimfanelo njengezibuthakathaka nje zokuxhashazwa. Wayebona uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngo-Adamu no-Eva, futhi bebefuna inqubomgomo yomshuwalense. Manje, Uma uNkulunkulu efuna ukumhlulela, Wayengakhomba isono sika-Adamu futhi athi uNkulunkulu wayengeke aphele imali ngokungabi nakubi kodwa. Futhi umuntu owengeziwe wona, icala lakhe liba namandla. Kusuka kulokhu uthola elinye igama lakhe likaSathane - 'ummangaleli.’
• USathane wayeseqonda okushiwo amagama, “Ngosuku odla ngalo ngalo impela uzokufa,” (Gen 2:17); ngoba wayesevele engaphansi kwesigwebo esifanayo. Kwakusho ukuhlukaniswa kuze kube phakade empilweni kaNkulunkulu. USathane wakukholwa lokho, Uma uNkulunkulu efuna ukukhansela le nhlawulo ku-Adamu, Wayengasho ukuthi ubulungiswa budinga inkokhelo efanayo – kungaba ukuxolelwa kwakhe noma uhlobo oluthile lwenhlawulo engenamkhawulo yokukhetha kwakhe. Kodwa kuSathane, kuphuphuthekiswa ngobuntu bakhe, umbono wokuthi uNkulunkulu angazinikela njengenkokhelo, wayengumfokihla ngokuphelele. Wayecabanga ukuthi ukhulume uNkulunkulu.

Ukuwa kwemvelo

Abantu bayizilwane; nezinhlobo ezifanayo zezidingo zemvelo kanye nemvelo njengabanye. Lokhu kwenza kube lula ngathi ukubona nokuqonda izidingo zendalo esaklanyelwe ukubusa. Kepha into esiphaphamela ngaphandle kwazo zonke ezinye izilwane amandla ethu omazi uNkulunkulu, ukucabanga, Qagela futhi wenze izinqumo zokuziphatha. Ngokwezinga elikhulu kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi esinye isilwane esikwazi ukwenza ngezindlela zedlula izinhlelo zethu zemvelo.

Lokhu kusho ukuthi singafunda kokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu, lindela imiphumela engaba khona yezenzo zethu futhi iguqule isimilo sethu ukuze kufinyelelwe umphumela ongcono. Sinikwe amandla okuyazisa izimfanelo ezifana nothando olungaphezulu kokucatshangelwa okuncane - noma, Uma kunesidingo, ngaphezulu kokuphepha nokududuza thina noma imindeni yethu.

Kepha ngaphandle kobukhona bukaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zethu amandla ethu okuzijabulisa akhubazekile, ngezindlela eziningi:

• Amandla ethu okubona kusengaphambili imiphumela yokukhetha kwethu ikhawulelwe kakhulu. Ngaphandle kokuthi singakwazi ukufinyelela ukuhlakanipha okuphakeme kunokwethu, Amaphutha aqinisekisiwe kakhulu. (Kepha phawula ukuthi lokhu kube ukwehluleka kokuziphatha kuphela lapho ukuhlakanipha okunjalo kutholakala futhi sikhetha ukungakunaki.)
• Ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu asikho indinganiso ephelele yokuziphatha kokulungile nokungalungile. Impilo ikhubaza 'ukusinda kwe-fittest;’ lapho 'kuluhle kakhulu’ ichazwa njenge, 'Lowo osindayo,’ futhi 'kwesokudla’ njengoba lokho okusebenzela osindile.
• Ngaphandle kobukhona bukaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zethu asinaso isisusa sokwenza kahle.
• Ngaphandle kobukhona bukaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zethu asinawo amandla okwenza kahle. Njengoba nje imizimba yethu ebonakalayo ilahlekelwa amandla ngaphandle kwezidingo ezidingekayo zokudla, umoya nokufudumala, Ngakho-ke, imvelo yethu engokomoya neyokuziphatha yaba buthaka lapho singaxhunyiwe kuNkulunkulu.
• Wonke umuntu ozelwe emhlabeni kusukela lapho kuzalwa emhlabeni onakalisiwe ububi; futhi kutholakala ngaphansi kwethonya lalowo ububi ngisho nangaphambi kokuba bakhule ngokwanele ukuba bakhethe ngonembeza ukuze benze kabi.

Umphumela uba ukuthi sihlehlela emuva emkhakheni wezilwane ezinobuhlakani’ - usakwazi ukufunda nokwenza izinto ezimangazayo: kodwa ayikwazi ukuphatha kahle imvelo yethu yemvelo ngokwemvelo. Imiphumela yalokhu ingabonakala nxazonke kwethu ekujuleni kwesihluku, ukunganaki nokunganaki ekuhluphekeni kwabanye lapho ubuntu buvame ukulwandle.

Kepha kungenzeka ukuthi kubi kakhulu. Akunandaba ukuthi banamandla futhi banonya kwaba ngonya nakanjani laba bantu, Ekugcineni bonke bafa; kanye nokukhuphuka kwesizukulwane esisha, Sigula ngamaphutha abo, Kwenziwe imizamo emisha yokwakha ikusasa elingcono. Kepha kuthiwani uma abenzi bokubi balezi zimbi bengafi?

Yaywa uNkulunkulu uNkulunkulu wathi, “Bheka, Indoda isibe njengomunye wethu, ukwazi okuhle nokubi. Manje, funa wakhipha isandla sakhe, futhi uthathe nesihlahla sokuphila, futhi udle, futhi uphile phakade…” Ngalokho-ke uJehova uNkulunkulu wamthumela evela ensimini yase-Edene, ukuze aze aze emhlabathini athathwe kuwo. Ngakho waxosha indoda; Wabeka amakherubi empumalanga yensimu yase-Edene, nelangabi lenkemba yaphenduka zonke izindlela, Ukuqapha indlela eya esihlahleni sokuphila. (Gen 3:22-24)

Ngakho-ke ngalolo suku, Njengoba uNkulunkulu ayebikezele, U-Adamu wanqunywa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu nasekufinyeleleni esihlahleni sokuphila. Lokhu kusho ukuthi, ngokomoya, wayeseshonile (ukubona “Kusho ukuthini ukufa?” Ngencazelo ephelele) futhi, ngokomzimba, yena nawo wonke umjaho wethu wawukufa. Ukuze usebenzise umzekeliso wanamuhla, Sifana ne-laptop noma ifoni ephathekayo ngaphandle kweshaja – iphoqelelwe ukusebenza ebhethri elikhule kancane kancane, Kuze kube yilapho amandla ephela futhi ayinamsebenzi.

Kepha lesi sigwebo se-die sasingesi senzo sesihe - ngokulinganiselwa kokulimala - kuze kube yilapho uhlelo lwe-master - luhlongoze uNkulunkulu ngaphambi kokuba adale umhlaba ungagcwaliseka.

Ikhathalogu Yehluleka

Umlando wesintu kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube sekupheleni kukaJesu kufingqwa njengekhathalogu yokwehluleka, Njengoba isintu safuna zonke izinhlobo zezindlela ezahlukahlukene zokuthola injabulo nokugcwaliseka. Ngezikhathi, kwasungulwa izimpucuko ezinkulu futhi zafezeka: Kepha konke kwaphela ebugovu, Ukuxhashazwa nokwehluleka. Phakathi kwalokhu, Okuphawuleka kakhulu ngokombono walolu cwaningo kungumlando wabantu abangamaJuda.

UNkulunkulu wakhetha umuntu, Uhlobo luka-Abrahama, Ubani ozimisele ukubeka engcupheni yonke into alandele uNkulunkulu futhi akhombisa lokho, ngesimo sengqondo esinjalo, Isizwe esikhulu singakhiwa ngokumelene nengqinamba ebonakala ingenakwenzeka. Esezibonakalise kubo, UNkulunkulu wabe esemisa imithetho yokubusa; Ukuthembisa lokho, Uma bebezolalela kuphela le mithetho, Isizwe sizoqhubeka nokuphumelela futhi sibe ngumthombo wesibusiso emhlabeni wonke. Kepha ukubambelela kwabo kule mithetho kwakuhlala isikhashana: Futhi okusele komlando wabo bekungenye futhi umjikelezo ocindezelayo wempumelelo ngezikhathi ezithile kanye nokwehluleka okuningi.

Isifundo esingeqile komlando singafingqwa kanjena: Indoda, ngobuhlakani bakhe, ingalawula imvelo: Kepha akakwazi ukunqoba ubugovu bakhe. Angabusa umhlaba: Kepha yena uqobo ubuswa isono sakhe futhi ekugcineni wabhekana nokukhohlisa okuqhubekayo komoya okhohlisa ofanayo owawumqale wamthola kulo mkhuba.

Isikweletu sethu esingenakuphikwa

Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzokwahlulela abantu ngokukala 'okuhle’ Izenzo ngokumelene 'kubi’ ezinye - futhi mhlawumbe nakho futhi kuqhathaniswa nokuqhathanisa nokubi’ Ukusebenza kwabanye. Sizobheka imininingwane eminingi ngesisekelo uNkulunkulu ahlulela abantu kwenye indawo. Kepha kunomfanekiso owodwa kaJesu owenza kucace ngokuphelele ukuthi lo mbono ungeyena umQonamba.

Kepha ubani phakathi kwakho, Ukulima inceku noma ukugcina izimvu, lokho kuzosho, Lapho Efika Ensimini, 'Woza masinyane wahlala phansi etafuleni,’ futhi ngeke bamtshele, 'Lungisa isidlo sakusihlwa sami, Gqoka kahle, Futhi ngikhonze, Ngenkathi ngidla futhi ngiphuza. Ngemuva kwalokho uzodla uphuze '? Uyayibonga leyo nceku ngoba wenza izinto ezayalwa? Angicabangi. Noma nawe futhi, Lapho usuqedile zonke izinto eziyalwa wena, khuluma, 'Siyizinceku ezingafanele. Senze umsebenzi wethu.’ ” (Luk 17:7-10)

uJesu’ iphuzu ukuthi noma, kusuka manje, Wenza konke uNkulunkulu akulindele kuwe, awenzanga lutho ukwedlula uNkulunkulu obekulindele ekuqaleni. Awutholi amakhredithi '’ ongazisebenzisa ukulungisa zonke lezi zikhathi lapho ungakaze wenze njengoba kufanele. Kungakhathalekile ukuthi yini wena noma omunye umuntu okungenzeka noma ongase akwenze, Ukwehluleka kwakho komuntu siqu kudala isikweletu esanda njalo ongasoze sakukhokha.

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