Ngemihla kaLote

ULote obaleka iSodom, UBenjamin West, ngo-1810

THE amaza okudideka, intlekele, kunye nokungaqiniseki zibetha eminyango yazo zonke izizwe ezisemhlabeni. Njengokuba amaxabiso okutya kunye nepetroli enyuka kwaye uqoqosho lwehlabathi luyatshona njenge-ankile kulwandle, kuyathethwa kakhulu zokufihla—Indawo ezikhuselekileyo zokujongana noqhwithela. Kodwa kukho umngcipheko ojamelene namanye amaKristu namhlanje, kwaye oko kukuwela kumoya wokuzikhusela oya uxhaphaka ngakumbi. Iiwebhusayithi ze-Survivalist, iintengiso zeekiti zongxamiseko, iijenreyitha zamandla, abapheki bokutya, kunye negolide kunye nesilivere iminikelo… uloyiko kunye neparanoia namhlanje ziyabonakala njengamakhowa okungazithembi. Kodwa uThixo ubizela abantu baKhe kumoya owahlukileyo kunowo wehlabathi. Umoya wokungagungqi ukuthembela.

UYesu uxela abaphulaphuli bakhe malunga nokuba liyakuba njani na ilizwe xa isohlwayo siza kwenzeka:  ^[1]ukubona Umgwebo wokuGqibela

Njengokuba yayinjalo imihla kaNowa, koba njalo nangemihla yoNyana woMntu… .kwanjalo nangemihla kaLote: babesidla, besela, bethenga, bethengisa, betyala, besakha. Ngomhla wokuphuma kukaLote eSodom, kwana umlilo nesulfure ezulwini, babatshabalalisa bonke. Kuya kuba kwanjengoko ngemini atyhileka ngayo uNyana woMntu. (ULuka 17: 26-35)

NgoJuni ka-1988, uKhadinali Ratzinger (uPopu Benedict XVI) wamkela “njengomntu onokuthenjwa nofanelekileyo ukukholelwa” umyalezo ovela kuMama Oyisikelelekileyo owadluliselwa kuSr. Agnes Sasagawa waseJapan. Echaza isilumkiso sikaKristu, umyalezo wathi:

… Ukuba abantu abaguquki kwaye baziphucule, uBawo uya kunika isohlwayo esibi kubo bonke abantu. Iya kuba sisohlwayo esingaphezulu kunogumbe, esingazange sabonwa ngaphambili. Umlilo uya kuwa uphuma esibhakabhakeni kwaye uyosula indawo enkulu yoluntu, elungileyo kunye nengalunganga, ungasindisi ababingeleli nabathembekileyo. Abasindileyo baya kuzifumana bengamabhodlo kangangokuba baya kubamonela abafileyo. Iingalo kuphela eziza kuhlala kuwe ziya kuba yiRosari kunye noMqondiso oshiywe nguNyana wam. Yonke imihla cengceleza imithandazo yeRosari. Kunye neRosari, thandazela uPopu, oobhishophu nababingeleli.-Umyalezo ovunyelweyo weNtombi Enyulu kaMariya ku-Sr. Agnes Sasagawa, Akita, Japan; Ilayibrari ekwi-intanethi ye-EWTN

Ngaphandle kobudlelwane obuhle noThixo, umntu unokufunda ngokulula loo mazwi kwaye oyike. Ukanti, ukuba sijonga ngononophelo kule ndima yeVangeli ingasentla, uYesu akathethi nje ngemeko yokomoya yoluntu, kodwa usixelela Ulungelelwano abantu baKhe ekufuneka benalo ngaloo mihla izayo — oko kukuthi, iyafana naleyo kaNowa noLote.

KWIINTSUKU ZENKQUBO

ULote wayehlala eSodom — isixeko esasidume ngokuziphatha kakubi nokungawahloneli amahlwempu. ^[2]cf. umbhalo osemazantsi kwi IBhayibhile eNtsha yaseMelika kwiGenesis 18:20 Ebe hayi belindele ukohlwaywa xa iingelosi ezimbini zambulisayo esangweni lesixeko. Ngokukwanjalo, utsho uPaul Paul, uninzi aluzukulindela ukohlwaywa okuza ngesiquphe:

Kuba nani ngokwenu niyazi ngokucacileyo, ukuba imini yeNkosi, njengesela ebusuku, yenjenjalo ukuza kwayo. Kuba xenikweni baya kuthi, Luxolo nokunqaba, oko baya kufikelwa yintshabalaliso ngebhaqo, kwanjengenimba komithiyo; baye bengayi kukha basinde. (1 Tes.5: 2-3)

ULote wabangenisa ezi ngelosi zimbini. Kwaye njengoko ibali liqhubeka, sibona indlela ulungiselelo lukaThixo olukhusela ngayo uLote umzuzu nomzuzu-hayi indlu yakhe, impahla yakhe, okanye ikhondo lomsebenzi- kodwa eyakhe umphefumlo.

Ngesiquphe, abantu bedolophu bangena endlwini kaLote, befuna ngenkani ukuba "nokusondelelana" kunye neengelosi ezimbini (ezavela njengamadoda). Ekugqibeleni, ubugwenxa besi sizukulwana sele buhambe ngokwaneleyo. Indebe yobulungisa bukaThixo yayigcwele, iyaphuphuma…

Isikhalazo ngeSodom neGomora sikhulu kakhulu, kwaye nesono sabo sinzima… (Gen 18:20)

Umthetho wezulu wawusele uza kuwa, kuba u-Yehova akazange afumane nabalishumi abalungileyo eSodom. ^[3]cf. IGenesis 18: 32-33 Kodwa uThixo wayenenjongo yokukhusela abo zaye elilungisa, oko kukuthi, uLote.

Ke ngequbuliso, kwabakho ku khanyisa.

[Iingelosi] zolule izandla zazo, zangena noLote ngaphakathi, zavala umnyango; Kwangelo xesha babetha amadoda emnyango wendlu, bonke, ngesibane esimfamekileyo kangangokuba abakwazi ukufikelela emnyango. (v. 10-11)

Yayilithuba likaLote, kunye fa yakhemily, ukufumana indawo yokusabela (kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo, ukukhanya okungaboniyo kunokuba lithuba labangendawo ukuba babubone ubukho bukaThixo kwaye baguquke). Njengoko ndibhalile Ukungena kwiYure yokuPhelaNdiyakholelwa ukuba iNkosi izakubonelela ngala mathuba kwabo sibathandazelayo, abanjengosapho nabahlobo abawileyo. inceba yakhe. Kodwa sonke sinenkululeko yokuzikhethela-ukukhetha ukwamkela okanye ukwala uThixo:

Ke izithunywa zathi kuLothe… “Ngoku siza kuyonakalisa le ndawo, kuba kaloku isikhalo esi sifike kuNdikhoyo sisingise abemi besi sixeko sikhulu kangangokuba usithume ukuba siyonakalise.” Waphuma uLote wathetha nabayeni beentombi zakhe, abebetshate neentombi zakhe. Wathi kubo, Vukani nimke apha; Ewe, uNdikhoyo uza kusitshabalalisa isixeko. ” Kodwa abakhwenyana bakhe babecinga ukuba uyadlala. Kwakusa, iingelosi zamcenga uLote, zisithi, “Hamba! Thatha umfazi wakho kunye neentombi zakho ezimbini apha, kungenjalo uya kutshayelwa ngesohlwayo esixekweni. ” Akuthandabuza, la madoda, ngenceba kaNdikhoyo, abamba isandla sakhe kunye nesandla somfazi wakhe neentombi zakhe ezimbini, azikhokelela ngaphandle kukhuseleko ngaphandle kwesixeko. (V. 12-15)

Ummi omkhulu undibhalele kutshanje ngombuzo onengxaki:

Ndinesifo sikaParkinson, isifo se-scoliosis, i-asthma, i-osteo-arthritis, ii-hernias ezimbini, ukungabi sisithulu, kwaye imiphunga yam icinezelekile kwaye ixinene yi-scoliosis kunye ne-hernia kunye neengxaki ze-reflux. Njengoko unokucinga kakuhle, andinakukwazi ukubaleka ndisindisa ubomi bam. Kwenzeka ntoni kubantu abafana nathi? Kuyothusa!

ULote waziva ukuba akakwazi ukubaleka nako, kwaye waqhankqalaza:

Bakuba bekhutshelwe ngaphandle, waxelelwa oku: “Balekela ubomi bakho! Sukujonga emva okanye ume naphi na ethafeni. Khawuleza uye ezindulini, ukuze ungatshayelwa. “Hayi, nkosi yam!” waphendula uLote. "Unayo sele ndicinge ngokwaneleyo ngomkhonzi wakho ukuba andenzele ububele obukhulu bokungenelela ukuze asindise ubomi bam. Kodwa andinako ukubalekela ezindulini ukuze ndingafikelwa bububi, ndife ke. Khangela, le dolophu ingaphambili ikufuphi ngokwaneleyo ukuba ungabalekela kuyo. Yindawo encinci kuphela. Mandibalekele khona - yindawo encinci, akunjalo? - ukuze umphefumlo wam usindiswe. ” Waphendula wathi, “Kulungile ke, nam ndiya kukunika le ndawo uyifunayo. Andiyi kubhukuqa le dolophu uthetha ngayo. Khawuleza, zisindise ngokuya khona. Andinakwenza nto ude ufike khona. ” (IV. 17-22)

Kolu tshintshiselwano luhle, siyayibona imfesane kunye nenceba yeNkosi. ^[4]Kwakukho inceba nemfesane kwesohlwayo esisehlele iSodom neGormora, nangona ingabonakali ngokulula. UGenesis 18: 20-21 uthetha “ngesikhalo esichasene nabo”, isikhalo samahlwempu nabacinezelweyo. INkosi yalinda kude kube ngumzuzu wokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba ubulungisa benziwe, ngenceba ukuphelisa ukonakala kokuziphatha okubi kwezo zixeko. Njengokuba oorhulumente beqhubeka nokunyanzela ukuqhomfa kunye nokufundisa abantwana ngesondo ngamanyala, abamsulwa "njengeengelosi", singakhukhumala sikholelwe ukuba oku kugqwethwa komthetho kuya kuqhubeka ngokungenammiselo. [Gal 6: 7] Ngokucacileyo, idolophu uLote wayeza kubalekela kuyo yayenzelwe ukuba yinxalenye yoqeqesho. Kodwa ekukhathaleleni uLote, indawo yokubalekela yenziwa phakathi kolo hlaselo-kwaye u-Yehova wayeza kulinda nokuba uLote akhuseleke. Ewe, ngenceba yaKhe, uya kuguqula amaxesha akhe:

INkosi ayisilibazisi isithembiso sayo, njengoko abanye bathi "ukulibaziseka," kodwa unomonde kuni, engathandi ukuba kutshabalale nabani na kodwa bonke bafikelele enguqukweni. Kodwa imini yeNkosi iya kuza njengesela… (2 Pet. 3: 9-10)

Kodwa ayikuko nokuba le nto ithi uLote wayenethezekile ngalo mzuzu wokubonelelwa nguThixo; ebengenanto ngaphandle kwehempe emqolo, ebesandula kuphulukana nayo yonke into. Kodwa uLote wayengaboni njalo. Endaweni yokuba abone inceba kaThixo kuye, "inceba enkulu yokungenelela ukuze asindise ubomi bam." Lowo yayingumoya wokuthemba nokuzinikela okufana nomntwana ngoku uYesu asibizela ukuba sibe nawo njengoko imimoya yokuqala yesi saqhwithi siKhulu isihla… ^[5]ukufunda Nyusa iiseyile zakho-Ukulungiselela ukohlwaywa

UMOYA WEHLABATHI

Konke oku kwenza uthelekiso olufanelekileyo nomhla wethu, njengoko uYesu watshoyo. Ungaze wenze impazamo—indebe yobulungisa iyaphuphuma. Izono zaseSodom naseGomora zezi mncinci ngeziphoso zomhla wethu. Kodwa uThixo ukwalibazisile okusesikweni kukaThixo ukuze azise imiphefumlo emininzi kwindawo enenceba yakhe.

Ndakuba ndibuze iNkosi uYesu ukuba ingaba angazinyamezela njani izono nezenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezingaka kwaye angazohlwayi, yandiphendula iNkosi, “Ndihlala ndibohlwaya ngonaphakade, kwaye ke ndiyolongeza ixesha lenceba ngenxa [yaboni]. Yeha ke bona, ukuba abalazi eli xesha lokuvelelwa kwam! —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamkwidayari, n. 1160

Ngelishwa, abakhwenyana bakaLote abazithathi ngoyaba izilumkiso, kanye njengokuba uninzi namhlanje lusilele ukuthobela imiqondiso ejikeleze indawo yethu. Bacinga ukuba uLote uyadlala (namhlanje, Bacinga ukuba "amaQashiso" anjalo amantongomane ^[6]ukubona Ityeya yeziDenge). Babesulelwe ngumoya wehlabathi, kwaye babengayi kufumana ubabalo lolo khanyiso lokugqibela…

Ke nina, bazalwana, anisebumnyameni, ukuba imini leyo iniqubule njengesela. Kuba nina nonke ningoonyana bokukhanya, nenzala yemini. (1 Tes. 5: 4)

Kwakukho enye ingozi eyayilele uLote nomfazi wakhe neentombi zakhe. Yayisisilingo sokuyeka ukuthembela kulwalathiso lukaThixo kwaye sibuye umva sisoyika, sizigcine, kwaye sizimele. Iingelosi zazilumkisile ukuba zingabheki emva, kodwa ziqhubeke ziye phambili yokhuseleko. Kodwa intliziyo yomfazi wakhe yayiseSodom:

Umfazi kaLote wajonga ngasemva, wajika waba yintsika yetyuwa. (indima 26)

Akukho mntu unako ukukhonza nkosi mbini. Uya kuyithiya le, athande leya; athi mhlawumbi abambelele kule ayidele leya; Aninako ukukhonza uThixo nobutyebi. (Mat 6: 24)

THEMBELA… INDLELA EYA KUKHUSELA

Kwintetho kaLucan, u Yesu uyaqhubeka:

Khumbula umkaLote. Othe wafuna ukuwugcina umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; Ndithi kuni, Ngobo busuku ababini boba sililini sinye; omnye amkelwe, omnye ashiywe. Amankazana amabini oba esila ndawonye; omnye amkelwe, omnye ashiywe. (ULuka 17: 31-35)

Ingcebiso eya kumaKrestu icacile: kufuneka sibeke ithemba lethu kuYesu yedwa. Watsho ukuba masifune kuqala uBukumkani, wathi, kwaye konke esikudingayo kuya kubonelelwa-kubandakanya, nkqu nendawo yokubalekela ukuba yile nto siyifunayo. Umphefumlo onjalo ke ukulungele ukuhlangana naye nangawuphi na umzuzu.

Ukohlwaya okungaphephekiyo kuya kuchaphazela yonke imiphefumlo esemhlabeni. Akukho ndawo yokufihla, oko kukuthi, ngaphandle kwenceba kaThixo. Yindawo leyo asibizela ukuba sibalekele kuyo ngoku… ^[7]cf. Phuma eBhabheli! uye endaweni ethembeke ngokupheleleyo kuye. Nokuba kwenzeka ntoni, kwaye nokuba zinkulu kangakanani na izono zethu, Ukulungele ukusixolela, asamkele, njengoko bekutshiwo kumyalezo weNkosikazi yethu yaseAkita, isohlwayo siza kuza "ungababulali okanye uthembekile. ” Ngenxa yobunzulu besono sesi sizukulwana ukusukela oko lo myalezo wathethwa ngo-1973 (unyaka, nawo, wokuba ukubulawa kosana olungekazalwa kwamkelwa ngokusemthethweni eUnited States), kunzima ukucinga ukuba isilumkiso asibalulekanga kunakuqala.

Kodwa ukuba ndikwindawo yokusabela yeNceba, ngoko, nokuba ndiyaphila okanye nokuba ndiyafa, ndikhuselekile kwindawo ekhuselekileyo yothando lwaKhe… kwindawo enkulu yokubalekela kunye nendawo ekhuselekileyo yentliziyo yakhe.

Isichotho, eyona ntliziyo inenceba kaYesu,
Umthombo ophilileyo wazo zonke iintlobo zobabalo,
Indawo yethu yokuphela, indawo yethu yokuphela;
Kuwe ndinokhanyiso lwethemba.

Ingoma kaKrestu, uSt. Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kumphefumlo wam, Iidayari, n. 1321