Kuthiwani ngemuva kovuko?

Kungaphikiswana ngokuthi abafundi abazange baguquke ngempela kwaze kwaba ngemva kukaJesu’ uvuko; lapho kungase kubuzwe ukuthi isimo sengqondo sikaJesu ngesono phakathi nenkonzo yakhe yasemhlabeni sibonisa ngokunembile yini lokho akulindele kubalandeli bakhe manje.. Kunjalo, UJesu wayengekho ngokoqobo ngemva kwalokho. Okuwukuphela kwesibonelo esisobala sakhe siqu sokubhekana nenkinga yesono ngesikhathi sokuvela kwakhe ngemva kokuvuka kwabafileyo ingxoxo yakhe noPetru.: kodwa njengoba lokho kuhlobene nokuphika kukaPetru ngaphambi kokubethelwa (Jn 21:15-19), ayiwuphenduli lo mbuzo.

Kodwa uJesu wasitshela lokho, emva kokuvuka kwakhe, uMoya oNgcwele (uMluleki noMoya weqiniso) wayezofika.

Nokho nginitshela iqiniso: Kulizuzisa nina ukuthi ngihambe, ngoba uma ngingahambi, uMeluleki ngeke eze kuwe. Kodwa uma ngihamba, ngizomthumela kuwe. Uma esefikile, uyakulahla izwe ngesono, mayelana nokulunga, langokwahlulela; ngesono, ngoba abakholwa kimi; mayelana nokulunga, ngoba mina ngiya kuBaba, futhi angeke nisangibona; mayelana nokwahlulela, ngoba umbusi walumhlaba ugwetshiwe. “Ngisenezinto eziningi zokunitshela, kodwa awukwazi ukubathwala manje. Nokho lapho yena, uMoya weqiniso, ufikile, uzakuniholela kulo lonke iqiniso, ngoba kayikuzikhulumela ngokwakhe; kodwa loba yini ayizwayo, uzokhuluma. Uzomemezela kini izinto ezizayo. Uzongikhazimulisa, ngoba uzathatha kokungokwami, futhi ngizakutshela yona. (Joh 16:7-14)

Ngakho, uma sifuna ukwazi uJesu’ isimo sengqondo esonweni phakathi kwabalandeli bakhe, kufanele sibheke ukubona ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele wabhekana kanjani nesono ebandleni lamaKristu okuqala.

u-Ananiya noSafira

Isibonelo sokuqala siyisixwayiso esizuzisayo kunoma ubani ongase alingeke ukuba athethelele isimo sengqondo sokuyekelela ngesono..

Kodwa indoda ethile uAnaniya ngebizo, kanye noSafira, umkakhe, wathengisa ngempahla, futhi wagodla ingxenye yenani, umkakhe naye ekwazi lokho, futhi yaletha ingxenye ethile, wakubeka kubaphostoli’ amale. Kodwa uPetro wathi, “Ananiya, kungani uSathane egcwalise inhliziyo yakho ukuze uqambe amanga kuMoya oNgcwele, nokugodla ingxenye yentengo yezwe? Ngenkathi uyigcinile, akuzange kuhlale kungokwakho? Ngemva kokudayiswa, bekungekho emandleni akho? Kwenzeke kanjani ukuthi uyicabange lento enhliziyweni yakho? Awuzange uqambe amanga emadodeni, kodwa kuNkulunkulu.” Ananiya, ukuzwa lamazwi, wawa wafa. Ukwesaba okukhulu kwehlela phezu kwabo bonke abezwa lezizinto. Zasukuma izinsizwa zamgoqa, bamkhiphela phandle bammbela. (Act 5:1-6)

Cishe ngemva kwamahora amathathu, umkakhe, engazi ukuthi kwenzakaleni, wangena. UPetru wamphendula, “Ngitshele ukuthi umhlaba awudayisi ngemali engaka.” Wathi, “Yebo, okungaka.” Kodwa uPetro wambuza, “Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi nivumelane ndawonye ukulinga uMoya weNkosi? Bheka, izinyawo zalabo abangcwabe indoda yakho zisemnyango, futhi bazakukhipha.” Wawa phansi masinyane ngasezinyaweni zakhe, futhi wafa. Zangena izinsizwa zamfica eseshonile, bamthwalela phandle, bammbela eduze kwendoda yakhe. Ukwesaba okukhulu kwehlela phezu kwebandla lonke, laphezu kwabo bonke abezwa lezizinto. (Act 5:7-11)

inothi, nokho, ukuthi kwakungebona ubugovu babo obaletha lesi sahlulelo phezu kwabo: kwakuwumzamo wabo wokukhohlisa uNkulunkulu nokufihla isono sabo. Umbhalo uthi, “Ofihla izono zakhe ngeke aphumelele, kodwa ozivumayo azilahle uyahawukelwa” (Pro 28:13). Leso sigameko saphetha kabi kubakhohlisi; nakuba yafundisa isifundo esibalulekile ebandleni lilonke. Elandelayo iqala kabi kodwa iphetha kahle.

Abafelokazi Abanganakiwe

Manje ngalezo zinsuku, lapho inani labafundi lisanda, kwavela isikhalo kumaGreki ngokumelene namaHeberu, ngoba abafelokazi babo babengananzwa enkonzweni yensuku zonke. Abayishumi nambili babizela kuye uquqaba lwabafundi, bathi, “Akufanele ukuthi sishiye izwi likaNkulunkulu futhi sikhonze amatafula. Ngakho khethani phakathi kwenu, bafowethu, amadoda ayisikhombisa anodumo oluhle, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele nokuhlakanipha, esingammisa phezu kwalomsebenzi. Kepha thina siyakuqinisela ekukhulekeni nasenkonzweni yezwi.” (Act 6:1-4)

Lawo mazwi ajabulisa isixuku sonke. Bakhetha uStefanu, indoda egcwele ukholo loMoya oNgcwele, UHlip, I-Prochorus, Nicanor, uThimoni, I-Parmenas, kanye noNikolawu, umproselithe wase-Antiyokiya; abababeka phambi kwabaphostoli. Sebekhulekile, babeka izandla phezu kwabo. Izwi likaNkulunkulu landa, nenani labafundi landa kakhulu eJerusalema. Isixuku esikhulu sabapristi salalela ukholo. (Act 6:5-7)

Siqala ngesimo esibandakanya ukungalingani kwezinhlanga kanye nokukhononda; isimo esasingaholela kalula ekuhlukaneni kwebandla, nabo bonke ubuhlungu nokulimala okuhlala njalo okubandakanya lokhu ngokujwayelekile. Noma kwakungase kuphambuke kalula abaphostoli enjongweni eyinhloko yenkonzo yabo. Abaphostoli abazange bahlulele noma basole muntu. Kunalokho, balubeka obala udaba. Abazange bakhiphe noma ubani ohlelweni lokuthatha izinqumo ‘njengomkhathazi ongase abe khona;’ futhi abazange balawule isimo ngokwabo. Kunalokho, bagxilisa ukunaka kwabantu esidingweni sokugcotshwa nokuhlakanipha kukaMoya oNgcwele. Base bethemba abantu ukuthi bazofuna uNkulunkulu ndawonye ukuze bathole amadoda ayengahlangabezana kangcono nesidingo.

Ini? Ingabe kwakungekho ukuphenduka? Yize bekungekho ukubizwa komphakathi ukuthi baphenduke, ukuphenduka kwakusenhliziyweni yalokho okwenzeka. Abantu bashintsha indlela ababecabanga ngayo ngenkinga - kanye nomunye nomunye. Babuyisana, wafuna uNkulunkulu futhi wasebenza ndawonye ukuze athole ikhambi elisebenzela wonke umuntu. Ngakho, esikhundleni sokulimala kanye nesithiyo, kwaba khona isibusiso nokukhula.

Umphakathi Oguquliwe

Empeleni, uma sibhekisisa kakhulu esontweni lokuqala, sithola ukuthi impilo yabo yonke yayingeyokuphenduka.

Baqinisela kubaphostoli’ ukufundisa nokuhlanganyela, 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. INkosi yenezela ebandleni imihla ngemihla abasindiswayo. (Acts 2:42-47)

Qhathanisa lokhu nencazelo kaJohane uMbhapathizi yokuthi ukuphenduka kufanele kubukeke kanjani:

“Ngakho vezani izithelo ezifanele ukuphenduka, futhi ningaqali ukusho phakathi kwenu, ‘Sinobaba u-Abrahama;’ ngokuba ngithi kini: UNkulunkulu unamandla okuvusela u-Abrahama abantwana kulawa matshe! Namanje imbazo isibekiwe empandeni yemithi;. Ngakho-ke yonke imithi engatheli izithelo ezinhle iyanqunywa, laphoswa emlilweni.” Izixuku zambuza, “Yini-ke okufanele siyenze?” Wabaphendula, “Onamajazi amabili, akanike ongenakho. Onakho ukudla, makenze njalo.” Abathelisi nabo beza bazobhapathizwa, bathi kuye, “Uthishela, yini okufanele siyenze?” Wathi kubo, “Ningabutheli okungaphezu kwalokho enikumiselweyo.” Namasosha ambuza, ethi, “Kuthiwani ngathi? Yini okufanele siyenze?” Wathi kubo, “Ungaphangi muntu ngodlame, futhi ningamangaleli muntu ngokungeyikho. Yaneliswani ngenkokhelo yenu.” (Luk 3:8-14)

Kudingeka siqaphele ukuthi isici esibaluleke kakhulu sokuphenduka inguquko: ngingazisoli. UNkulunkulu akafuni siphile esimweni sokulila njalo ngenxa yamaphutha adlule. Sithethelelwe futhi asisaphili ngaphansi kokulahlwa. Manje kufanele sigxile ekuvezeni izindinganiso zikaNkulunkulu endleleni esiphila ngayo. Lapho sikhumbula okwedlule, kuwukuzindla ngenani uJesu asikhokhela lona futhi sijabule ngesihe sakhe. Yilokho lamaKristu okuqala ayekwenza lapho ehlanganyela lokho ayenakho futhi ‘ehlephula isinkwa’ ndawonye.

Ukusoka

Impikiswano enkulu elandelayo eyavela kwaba impikiswano yokuthi ngabe abeZizwe yini (abangewona amaJuda) kwakufanele asokwe.

Kwehla abathile bevela eJudiya bafundisa abazalwane, “ngaphandle kokuthi nisokiwe ngokwesiko likaMose, awukwazi ukusindiswa.” Ngakho kwathi lapho uPawuli loBarnabasi bebanga ukuxabana okukhulu lokukhulumisana labo, bamisa uPawulu noBarnaba, labanye babo, ukukhuphukela eJerusalema kubaphostoli namalunga ngalowo mbuzo. (Act 15:1-2)

Lona bekuwumbuzo oyinkimbinkimbi ofanele i-athikili yonke ngokwayo. Iphuzu eliyinhloko lokuhambisana nalesi sihloko ukubona ukuthi inkinga yavela ngoba, nakuba izinhlangothi zombili zazikholelwa ngobuqotho ukuthi zazilungile, okungenani uhlangothi olulodwa kwakufanele lube nephutha futhi kwakuyodingeka ‘luphenduke’ ngombono wayo. Okomfanyana, lokhu kubonisa ukuthi amaKristu awawona amaphutha futhi angenza izinto zibe zimbi, ngisho nalapho sekuza ekuhumusheni umBhalo. Uma kungaxazululwanga, kuyophumela ekuhlukaneni nasekulimaleni; ngakho zombili izinhlangothi kwakudingeka zizimisele ukuhambisa imibono yazo esahlulelweni esihlangene sebandla. Komzuzwana, ibandla lilonke kwakufanele lihambise imibono yalo yomuntu siqu ekuholeni uMoya oNgcwele. Kwakuthuse wonke amaKristu angamaJuda (kuhlanganise noPetru) ukuthola ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwabezizwe abangasokile. Kodwa, ebuka ubufakazi, abakwazanga ukuzibamba baphethe ngokuthi Wayenjalo; nokuthi ngenxa yalokho kwakudingeka babuyekeze ukuqonda kwabo imiBhalo

UPawulu noBarnaba

Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokhu, sifunda ngenkinga phakathi kukaPawulu noBarnaba:

Emva kwezinsuku ezithile uPawulu wathi kuBarnaba, “Manje ake sibuye futhi sivakashele abafowethu kuwo wonke amadolobha esashumayela kuwo izwi leNkosi, ukubona ukuthi baqhuba kanjani.” UBarnabasi wahlela ukuthatha uJohane, owayethiwa nguMarku, nabo futhi. Kodwa uPawulu akabonanga ukuthi kuyisu elihle ukuhamba nabo owabahlubuka ePhamfiliya., futhi akahambanga nabo ukwenza umsebenzi. Khona-ke ukuphikisana kwakhula kangangokuthi bahlukana omunye nomunye. UBarnaba wathatha uMarku wahamba naye, samuka ngomkhumbi, saya eKhupro, kodwa uPawulu wakhetha uSila, waphuma, enikelwe ngabazalwane emuseni kaNkulunkulu. Wadabula iSiriya neKhilikhiya, eqinisa imihlangano. (Act 15:36-41)

Lesi sigameko siphakamisa izindaba ezimbili. Kukhona iqiniso lokuthi ukungezwani kwabangela ukuba uPawulu noBarnaba bahlukane. Futhi okuyisisekelo salokhu iqiniso lokuthi uPawulu wayengazimisele ukubekela eceleni ukwehluleka kukaJohane Marku kwangaphambilini, lapho ebashiyile phakathi nohambo lwabo lokugcina lobuvangeli. Kubonakala sengathi bobathathu banamaphutha ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene: Maka ngokushiywa; uBarnaba ngokusobala ukuthi nguye owaphuma kuqala, ethatha uMarku ahambe naye; noPawulu ngokwenqaba ukuthethelela nokunikeza uMarku elinye ithuba.

Inkinga enkulu lapha akukhona kakhulu ngokuthi ubani owayelungile: kodwa ukuthi isimo sasingathwa kanjani futhi kuphi ukuphenduka. Kubonakala sengathi bahlukene ngaphambi kokuthi udaba luxazululwe ngendlela efanele. UMark wayenephutha ngokuhamba: kodwa wayesephendukile futhi manje wayesezimisele ukuhamba futhi. uBarnaba’ isifiso sokunikeza uMarku elinye ithuba sasihambisana ngokugcwele noJesu’ imfundiso yokuthethelela (Luk 17:3-4) nokuyisa uMarku eKhupro kwakunengqondo, njengoba uMarku ayekade enoPawulu noBarnaba phakathi naleyo ngxenye yohambo lwabo (Acts 13:4-13): kodwa isikhathi sokuhamba kwakhe sishiya uphawu lombuzo wokuthi ukungezwani kwakhe noPawulu kwase kuxazululiwe noma cha.. Abukho ubufakazi obucacile bokuthi uPawulu wayesewushintshile umqondo wakhe: kodwa njengoba uBarnaba esehambile kwakukuncane ayengakwenza ngaleso sikhathi. Isimo sezindaba esingagculisi; kanye nesikhumbuzo esiwusizo sokuthi izimo ezinjalo ezingase zibe yingozi zingavela, ngisho naphakathi kwamaKristu azelwe ngokusha, uma ingaphathwanga kahle.

Isembozo Somusa

Kodwa likhona ikhambi, ngisho nasezimweni ezinzima kangaka; umusa kaNkulunkulu. Ibandla likhulekele umusa wokusibekela lesi simo; futhi lokho, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kwaba yilokho okwenzekile. UMark wenza kahle. Lapho eRoma, UPawulu wabhalela uThimothewu wathi, “Thatha uMark, uze naye, ngoba ulusizo kimi emsebenzini” (2Tim 4:11). Wafika uMarku: Col 4:10 umbala njengomunye wabangane bakaPawulu eRoma.

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UJesu wesambulo

Izixwayiso emabandleni

Uma sibheka izincwadi eziya emabandleni, e Rev 2:1-3:22, sibona izixwayiso eziningi ezinzima mayelana nesijeziso okufanele silindelwe uma amabandla eqhubeka ezonweni zawo zamanje. Amasonto amabili kuphela, iSmirna (Rev 2:8-11) kanye nePhiladelphia (Rev 3:7-13) abayalwa ukuba baphenduke. Nokho, lapho sicabangela ubumbi bezinye zalezi zono, futhi kuyamangaza ukuthi abakaxoshwa. Kunalokho, UJesu usabanxusa ukuba bahlanzwe futhi bathethelelwe. Kodwa okunye okumangazayo ukuthi phakathi ‘kwabahlanu abanephutha’ zintathu izono zabo ezinkulu, ngokulandelana: beshiya uthando lwabo lokuqala (Efesu, Rev 2:1-7), bengenayo imisebenzi ‘ephelele’ (iSardesi, Rev 3:1-6) nokubasivivi (iLawodikeya, Rev 3:14-22). UJesu usachaza indinganiso yakhe njengokulwela ukuphelela, ngezinhliziyo ezivutha uthando. Ukunethezeka ngeke kukwenze.

INgonyama neWundlu

Rev 5:1-14 inikeza umbono womqulu ovaliwe; ibhalwe nhlangothi zombili, okubonisa ukuthi iqukethe izahlulelo ezinzima (c.f. Ez 2:10). Kodwa ekuqaleni akekho ongatholakala ofanele ukulivula.

Kusho omunye wabadala kimi, “Ungakhali. Bheka, iNgonyama yesizwe sakwaJuda, iMpande kaDavide, usenqobile; ovula incwadi nezimpawu zayo eziyisikhombisa.” Ngabona phakathi kwesihlalo sobukhosi nezidalwa ezine eziphilayo, laphakathi kwabadala, iWundlu limile, sengathi ibulewe, enezimpondo eziyisikhombisa, lamehlo ayisikhombisa, okungaboMoya abayisikhombisa bakaNkulunkulu, ithunyelwe emhlabeni wonke. (Rev 5:5-6)

UJohn ulindele ukubona iBhubesi: kunalokho ubona iWundlu elihlatshiwe. Kungani?

Bacula ingoma entsha, ethi, “Ufanele ukuthatha incwadi, nokuvula izimpawu zayo: ngoba ubulewe, wasithengela uNkulunkulu ngegazi lakho, kuzo zonke izizwe, ulimi, abantu, kanye nesizwe, wasenza amakhosi nabapristi kuNkulunkulu wethu, futhi sizobusa emhlabeni.” (Rev 5:9-10)

Munye kuphela umuntu uNkulunkulu ambona efanelekile ukuba abe umahluleli ngokumelene nesintu - umahluleli ongancamela ukufa yena kunokuba alahle noma ubani ongasindiswa..

Iphuzu Lokungabuyi

Kodwa isahluko sokugcina sesAmbulo sinikeza isithombe esidabukisayo nakakhulu ngalabo abangeke baphenduke:

Lowo owenza ngokungafanele, makenze okungalungile;. Ongcolile, makaqhubeke engcolile. Olungile, makenze ukulunga njalo. Ongcwele, makabe ngcwele njalo.” “Bheka, Ngiza masinyane. Umvuzo wami unami, ukuze abuyisele kulowo lalowo ngokomsebenzi wakhe. (Rev 22:11-12)

Lokhu kusho ukuthi kuzofika iphuzu lapho uguquko lungasenakwenzeka futhi ukwahlulela kufanele kwehla.

Osolwa njalo, enze lukhuni intamo yakhe, uyakubhujiswa ngokuzumayo, ngaphandle kwekhambi. (Pro 29:1)

Ukusebenza ndawonye, siyanincenga futhi ukuba ningawamukeli ngeze umusa kaNkulunkulu, ngoba uthi, “Ngesikhathi esamukelekayo ngikulalele, ngosuku lwensindiso ngakusiza.” Bheka, manje yiso isikhathi esamukelekayo. Bheka, manje yilo usuku lwensindiso. (2Co 6:1-2)

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