Ingelosi, Ikhulula iMiphefumlo kwiPurigator nguLudovico Carracci, c1612
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UVUKA yeyabogqibeleleyo kuphela. Yinyani!
Kodwa emva koko umntu angabuza, “Ndingaya kanjani eZulwini, xa kunjalo, kuba ndide ndaphelelwa?” Omnye angaphendula athi, “Igazi likaYesu liza kukuhlamba!” Kwaye oku kuyinyani nanini na xa sicela ngokunyanisekileyo ukuxolelwa: Igazi likaYesu lisusa izono zethu. Kodwa ngaba ngequbuliso indenza ndingazicingeli, ndithobekile, kwaye ndinobubele-okt. ngokupheleleyo ubuyiselwe kumfanekiselo kaThixo endenziwe kuye? Umntu onyanisekileyo uyazi ukuba kunqabile ukuba kube njalo. Ngokwesiqhelo, nasemva kokuvuma izono, kusekho iintsalela "zomntu omdala" -imfuno yokuphiliswa ngokunzulu kwamanxeba esono nokucocwa kwenjongo neminqweno. Ngamafutshane, bambalwa kuthi abayithanda ngokwenyani iNkosi uThixo wethu zonke iintliziyo zethu, umphefumlo, kunye namandla, njengoko siyalelwe njalo.
Kungenxa yoko le nto, xa umphefumlo oxolelweyo kodwa ongafezekanga usifa elubabalweni lukaThixo, iNkosi, kuzo zombini inceba nobulungisa bayo, ibonelela ngobabalo lokugqibela lwePurgatory. [1]Nangona kungenakuqondwa njengobabalo lokugqibela olwanikwa umphefumlo ngonaphakade. Ayilothuba lesibini eli, kodwa kunoko, impumelelo esiyifumene emnqamlezweni. Yi Lumente ukuba a wasindisa Umphefumlo udlula kuwo ukuze uwufezekise kwaye ngaloo ndlela uwenze ukuba wamkele kwaye umanyane ekukhanyeni okumsulwa nothando lukaThixo. Yimeko apho okusesikweni kukaThixo kulungisa kwaye kuphilise umphefumlo wokungabi nabulungisa lowo mphefumlo ungakwenzelanga imbuyiselo yawo emhlabeni-ukungazicingeli, ukuthobeka, kunye nothando lwesisa umphefumlo owawufanele ukuba ukuvezile, kodwa akwenza njalo.
Ke ngoko, masingasithathi kancinci isipho sokuxolelwa nguThixo, esihlambululayo kuso sonke isono. Kuba injongo kaKrestu ayisiyiyo kuphela yokusixolelanisa noBawo, kodwa bu yisela thina ngokomfanekiso wakhe-ukuziphindaphinda kuthi.
Bantwana bam, endibuye ndasetyenzelwa ngenxa yakhe, ade uKristu amiliswe ngaphakathi kwenu! (Galati 4: 19)
Uxolelwaniso, oko kukuthi, ukuxolelwa kwezono zethu yi isiqalo. Umsebenzi oshiyekileyo kaKrestu wokusihlangula kukusingcwalisa ukuze “siphile, sishukume, sibe nokubakho” [2]IZenzo 17: 28 kumanyano olupheleleyo noYise, noNyana, noMoya oyiNgcwele. Kwaye obu bunye, ubuncinci emoyeni, abujoliswanga ekubeni bubekelwe nto kuphela eZulwini, ngokungathi obu bomi abunalo uxolo kunye nobudlelane babo bangcwele. Njengoko watshoyo uYesu,
Mna ndizele ukuze babe nobomi, babe nabo ke ngokugqithiseleyo. (UYOHANE 10:10)
I-Purgatory, ke, luphawu olungapheliyo lwethemba lokuba, ngaphandle kokungafezeki kwethu, uThixo uya kuwugqiba umsebenzi wakhe wokuhlangula kwabo baxolelaniswe naye. Indawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo ikhumbuza ukuba obu bomi benzelwe ukuba simanyane noThixo apha ngoku.
Zintanda, ngoku singabantwana bakaThixo. oko siza kuba akukabikho kutyhilwa. Siyazi ukuba xa kutyhilwa siya kuba njengaye, kuba siya kumbona njengoko anjalo. Bonke abanalo eli themba kuye, bazenza nyulu, njengokuba yena enyulu. (1 Yohane 3: 2-3)
Okokugqibela, iPurgatory isikhumbuza ukuba siMzimba Mnye kuKristu, kwaye "abagqibeleleyo" abahambe phambi kwethu bafuna imithandazo yethu, kuba ukufaneleka kwethu kunokubuyisela oko bangasenako.
Kule ndibano yokukhumbula bonke abantu abathembekileyo abathembekileyo, masibulele uThixo ngesipho iPurgatory, kwaye sithandazele ukuba akhawulezise yonke imiphefumlo buzalise uBukumkani ngobu busuku.
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