UYesu Uthandaza Emyezweni, nguGustave Doré, 1832-1883
Ukupapashwa kokuqala kukaSeptemba 27, 2006. Ndiwuhlaziyile lo mbhalo…
INTONI luloyiko olubambe iCawe?
Kwincwadi yam ebhaliweyo Ukwazi Njani Xa isohlwayo sikufuphi, ngokungathi uMzimba kaKristu, okanye ubuncinci iinxalenye zawo, zikhubazekile xa kufikwa kumba wokukhusela inyaniso, ukukhusela ubomi, okanye ukukhusela abamsulwa.
Siyoyika. Ukoyika ukuhlekwa, ukuthukwa, okanye ukukhutshelwa ngaphandle kubahlobo bethu, usapho, okanye isangqa seofisi.
Uloyiko sisifo sexesha lethu. -Ubhishophu omkhulu uCharles J. Chaput, ngoMatshi 21, 2009, I-Catholic News Agency
Ninoyolo nina, xa bathe abantu banithiya, naxa bathe banigxotha, baningcikiva, balingcikiva igama lenu ngokuthi likhohlakele ngenxa yoNyana woMntu. Vuyani, nixhume ngaloo mini! Uyabona, umvuzo wakho mkhulu ezulwini. (Luka 6:22)
Akukho kutsiba ngokokude ndikuxelele, ngaphandle kokuba mhlawumbi amaKristu aphume endleleni yayo nayiphi na impikiswano. Ngaba siphulukene nembono yethu malunga nokuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngumlandeli kaYesu Krestu, abatshutshiswayo Nye?
UKULAHLEKA
Njengokuba uKristu wanikela ngobomi bakhe ngenxa yethu, nathi simele sibunikele ubomi bethu ngenxa yabazalwana. (1 John 3: 16)
Le yingcaciso ka "Christ-ian", kuba njengokuba umlandeli kaYesu ethatha igama lika "Krestu", ngokunjalo kufanele ukuba ubomi bakhe buxelise uMphathi.
Akukho khoboka likhulu kunenkosi yalo. (UYohane 15:20)
UYesu akazange eze emhlabeni ukuba abe muhle, weza emhlabeni ukusikhulula esonweni. Kwenziwe njani oku? Ngokubandezeleka kwakhe, ngokufa nangokuvuka kwakhe. Kutheni ke mna nawe njengabasebenza kunye eBukumkanini ukuba sizise imiphefumlo kwisidlo sasezulwini?
Nabani na onqwenela ukundilandela makazincame, athabathe umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele. Kuba othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, nangenxa yeendaba ezilungileyo ezi, wowusindisa. (UMarko 34-35)
Kufuneka sithathe indlela efanayo noKristu; nathi kufuneka sibandezeleke — sive ubunzima ngenxa yomzalwana wethu:
Thwalisanani ubunzima, ukuze niwuzalise umthetho kaKristu. (Galati 6: 2)
Njengokuba u Yesu wasithwala umnqamlezo, nathi ngoku kufuneka sinyamezele ukubandezeleka kwehlabathi uthando. Uhambo lobuKristu lolunye oluqala kwifonti yobhaptizo… kwaye idlule eGolgotha. Njengoko icala likaKristu laphalaza igazi ukuze lisindiswe, nathi kufuneka sizigalele elinye icala. Oku kubuhlungu, ngakumbi xa olu thando laliwe, ukulunga kuthathwa njengokubi, okanye into esiyivakalisayo ithathwa njengobuxoki. Emveni kwakho konke, yayinguNyaniso owayebethelelwe emnqamlezweni.
Kodwa hleze ucinge ukuba ubuKrestu bumbona ngamehlo, ayisosiphelo sebali eli!
… Singabantwana bakaThixo, ukuba ke singabantwana, sikwaziindlalifa, iindlalifa zikaThixo, iindlalifa ke kunye noKristu; ukuba nje siva ubunzima kunye naye, ukuze sizukiswe nokuzukiswa kunye naye. (KwabaseRoma 8: 16-17)
Kodwa masibe sengqiqweni. Ngubani othanda ukubandezeleka? Ndikhumbula umbhali ongumKatolika uRalph Martin wakhe wathi kwinkomfa, "Andoyiki ukuba ngumfeli-nkolo; yeyona nto ukholo indawo eza kum… uyazi, xa bekhupha iinzipho zakho nganye nganye. "Sonke sahleka.
Ndiyabulela kuThixo, ngoko NoYesu wayesazi uloyiko, ukuze nakule nto, simxelise.
UTHIXO WAYESOYIKA
Xa uYesu wangena kwigadi yaseGetsemane eqala inkanuko yakhe, uMarko oNgcwele ubhala esithi "waqala ukukhathazeka kunye nokukhathazeka ngokunzulu"(14:33). UYesu,"esazi yonke into eza kwenzeka kuye, "(Jn 18: 4) wazaliswa kukungcungcuthekiswa kubuntu bakhe.
Kodwa nanku umzuzu wokuthatha isigqibo, kwaye ngaphakathi kuwo kungcwatyiwe ubabalo olufihlakeleyo lokufela ukholo (nokuba "lumhlophe" okanye "lubomvu"):
Eguqe ngamadolo wathandaza, "Bawo, ukuba uyavuma, mayithabathe le ndebe kum; kodwa makungabi kukuthanda kwam, makube kokwakho okwenzekayo. Kwaye ukumomeleza, kwabonakala kuye isithunywa ezulwini." )
ithemba.
Jonga ukuba kwenzeka ntoni xa uYesu engena kule nzulu themba kaYise, Ukwazi Isipho sakhe sothando kwabanye siza kubuya nentshutshiso, ukungcungcuthekiswa kunye nokufa. Jonga, njengoko uYesu esitsho kancinci okanye angathethi kwanto kwaphela-kwaye aqale ukoyisa imiphefumlo, nganye nganye:
- Emva kokomelezwa yingelosi (khumbula oku), UYesu uvusa abafundi bakhe ukuba balungiselele iimvavanyo. Nguye oza kuva ubunzima, ukanti unomdla kubo.
- UYesu wolula izandla aze aphilise indlebe yejoni elize kumbamba.
- UPilato, eshukunyiswa kukuthula kukaKristu nobukho bakhe obunamandla, uqinisekile ngobumsulwa baKhe.
- Umbono kaKristu, ethwele uthando emqolo, ushukumisela abafazi baseYerusalem ukuba balile.
- USimon waseKirene uthwala umnqamlezo kaKristu. Amava amele ukuba amchukumisa, kuba ngokweSiko, oonyana bakhe baba ngabavangeli.
- Elinye lala masela abethelelwe emnqamlezweni noYesu lashukunyiswa kukunyamezela kwakhe, kangangokuba waguquka kwangoko.
- I-Centurion, ephethe ukubethelelwa emnqamlezweni, nayo yaguqulwa xa ibona uthando luthululwa kumanxeba oThixo-Indoda.
Bubuphi obunye ubungqina obudingayo bokuba uthando luyoyisa uloyiko?
UBABALO LUYA KUBA KHONA
Buyela eGadini, apho uyakubona isipho-hayi esenzelwe uKrestu, kodwa nawe kunye nam.
Kwaye kubonakala kuye ingelosi evela ezulwini. (ULuka 22: 42-43)
Ngaba iSibhalo asithembisi ukuba asizukuvavanywa ngaphaya kwamandla ethu (1 Cor 10:13)? Ngaba uKristu ufanele ukusinceda kuphela kwisilingo sangasese, emva koko asishiye xa iingcuka zihlangana? Makhe sive kwakhona kwakhona isithembiso esipheleleyo seNkosi:
Ndinawe yonke imihla, kude kube sekuphelisweni kwephakade eli. (Mateyu 28:20)
Ngaba woyika ukukhusela umntwana ongekazalwa, umtshato kunye nabamsulwa?
Yintoni eya kusahlula eluthandweni lukaKristu? Yimbandezelo na, luxinzelelo na, yintshutshiso, yindlala, bubuze, yingozi na, likrele na? (KwabaseRoma 8:35)
Emva koko jonga ngakwabafeli-nkolo beCawa. Sinebali emva kwebali elizukileyo lamadoda nabafazi abaya kubhubha kwabo, rhoqo ngoxolo olungaphaya kwendalo, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha uvuyo njengoko kungqinwa ngababukeli. IStephen, iSt. Cyprian, iSt. Bibiana, iSt. Thomas More, iSt. Maximilian Kolbe, iSt. Polycarp
, kwaye abanye abaninzi asikaze sive… zonke ezo ngqina zesithembiso sikaKristu sokuhlala nathi de kube sekufeni kwethu.
UGrace wayekhona. Akazange ahambe. Akayi kuze.
USENOKOYIKA?
Luyintoni olu loyiko olujika abantu abadala babe ziimpuku? Ngaba sisongelo "senkundla yamalungelo oluntu?"
Hayi, kuzo zonke ezi zinto sisuka soyise sigqithisele, ngaye owasithandayo. (KwabaseRoma 8:37)
Ngaba woyika ukuba uninzi alusekho kwicala lakho?
Musa ukoyika okanye utyhafe xa usibona esi sihlwele sikhulu, kuba idabi asilolakho kodwa lelikaThixo. (2 Kronike 20:15)
Ngaba lusapho, abahlobo, okanye abantu osebenza nabo abasongelayo?
Musa ukoyika okanye utyhafe. Ngomso phumani niye kubahlangabeza, uNdikhoyo uya kuba nani. (Ibid. V17)
Ngaba ngumtyholi ngokwakhe?
Ukuba uThixo ungakuthi ngubani ongasichasayo? (KwabaseRoma 8:31)
Uzama ukukhusela ntoni?
Lowo uwuthandayo umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; lowo uwuthiyayo umphefumlo wakhe kweli hlabathi, wowulondolozela ubomi obungunaphakade. (UYohane 12:25)
NTOMBAZANA YAKHO IZINQINA
MKristu othandekayo, uloyiko lwethu alunasiseko, kwaye lusekelwe ekuzithandeni.
Akukho loyiko eluthandweni, kodwa uthando olugqibeleleyo lulukhuphela ngaphandle uloyiko kuba uloyiko lunento yokwenza nesohlwayo, ke ngoko lowo woyikayo akakapheleli eluthandweni. (1 Yohane 4:18)
Kuya kufuneka sivume ukuba asifezekanga (uThixo sele eyazi), kwaye siyisebenzise njengethuba lokukhula eluthandweni lwaKhe. Akasikhuseli kuba singafezekanga kwaye akafuni ukuba senze inkalipho eyinto engaphambili. Indlela yokukhula kolu thando olulahla lonke uloyiko kukuzikhupha njengoko wenzayo ukuze uzaliswe nguThixo, is uthando.
Waziqongqotha, wathabatha ubume bekhoboka, weza ngokomntu; wabafumana ke ngokomntu, wazithoba, waba ngolulamileyo, wada wesa ekufeni, ukufa ke kwasemnqamlezweni. KwabaseFilipi 2: 7-8.
Kukho amacala amabini emnqamlezweni kaKrestu-icala elinye axhonywe kulo uMsindisi wakho- kwaye enye yeyakho. Ukuba ke uvukile kwabafileyo, awuyi kuba nasabelo na eluvukweni lwakhe?
… Ngenxa yoku, uThixo wamphakamisa kakhulu… (Phil 2: 9)
Ukuba umntu uthi andikhonze, makandilandele; apho ndikhona mna, woba khona apho nondikhonzayo; (UYohane 12:26)
Vumela imilomo yomfeli-nkolo iqale umlilo ngaphakathi kwakho isibindi esingcwele—inkalipho yokuncama ubomi bakho ngenxa kaYesu.
Makungabikho namnye ucinga ngokufa, kodwa mayela nokungafi; makungabikho mntu ucinga ngokubandezeleka okwethutyana, kodwa ngozuko olungunaphakade. Kubhaliwe kwathiwa: Kuxabisekile emehlweni kaThixo ukufa kwabangcwele. Isibhalo esingcwele sikwathetha ngeembandezelo ezingcwalisa abafel 'ukholo bakaThixo zibangcwalise ngokuvavanywa kwentlungu: Nangona emehlweni abantu bebandezeleka, ithemba labo lizele kukungafi. Baya kugweba iintlanga, balawule abantu, ulawule uYehova ngonaphakade. Xa ngoko nikhumbula ukuba niya kuba ngabagwebi nabaphathi ndawonye noKristu iNkosi, nimele ukuba nemihlali, nidela ukubandezeleka okukhona ngenxa yovuyo oluzayo. —St. UCyprian, ubishophu kunye nomfeli-nkolo
