Ubulumko, Amandla kaThixo

ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
NgoSeptemba 1-Septemba 6, 2014
Ixesha eliqhelekileyo

 

THE abavangeli bokuqala — kungakothusa xa usazi- babengengabo abaPostile. Babenjalo iidemon.

KwiVangeli yangoLwesibini, siva “umoya wedemon engcolileyo” ukhala:

Yintoni na enathi nawe, Yesu waseNazarete? Uze kusitshabalalisa na? Ndiyakwazi ukuba ungubani na, ungoyiNgcwele kaThixo.

Idemon yayingqina ukuba uYesu Kristu wayenguMesiya ekwakukudala elindelwe. Kwakhona, kwiVangeli yangoLwesithathu, siva ukuba iidemon “ezininzi” zakhutshwa nguYesu njengoko zazikhwaza zisithi, “Wena unguNyana kaThixo.” Ukanti, akukho nanye kwezi ngxelo esifunda ukuba ubungqina bezi ngelosi ziwileyo bubangela ukuba abanye baguquke. Ngoba? Ngenxa yokuba amazwi abo, ngoxa eyinyaniso, awazange azaliseke ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele. Ye…

… UMoya oyiNgcwele ngummeli ophambili wovangelo: nguYe onyanzela umntu ngamnye ukuba abhengeze iVangeli, kwaye ikwanguye onzulu kwizazela owenza ukuba ilizwi losindiso lamkelwe kwaye liqondwe. —UAPOPE PAUL VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, n. I-74; www.v Vatican.va

UPawulos oNgcwele wayeqonda ukuba yayingezongxoxo ezeyisayo kangako njengamandla kaThixo avula iintliziyo zosindiso. Ngaloo ndlela, waya kwabaseKorinte “ngokuswela amandla, nokoyika, nokungcangcazela okukhulu,” hayi nge “amazwi ayisayo obulumko” kodwa…

... ngembonakalo yomoya namandla, ukuze ukholo lwenu lungabi sebulumkweni babantu, lube semandleni kaThixo. (ufundo lokuqala lwangoMvulo)

Kwaye kunjalo, uPawulos wenza sebenzisa amagama. Ngoko ke uthetha ukuthini? Ayibobulumko bomntu kodwa Ubulumko bukaThixo ukuba wathi:

UKrestu ongamandla kaThixo nobulumko bukaThixo. ( 1 Korinte 1:24 )

UPawulos oNgcwele wanxulunyaniswa noYesu, emthanda kakhulu, enentliziyo enye kuBukumkani bukaThixo, kangangokuba wayenokuthi, "Ndiyaphila, ayisenguye lo, kodwa uKristu uphila kum." ^[1]cf. Gal 2: 20 Ubulumko babuhlala kuPawulos. Ukanti uPawulos uthi yena nangoku weza ebuthathaka, esoyika, egubha. Umnqa kukuba okukhona wabuvuma nzulu ubuhlwempu bakhe, kokukhona esiba sisityebi ngoMoya kaKristu. Okukhona waba ‘ngowokugqibela kubo bonke’ ‘nesidenge ngenxa kaKristu,’ kokukhona waba buBulumko bukaThixo. ^[2]cf. Ufundo lokuqala lwangoMgqibelo

Ukuba ubani kuni uba usisilumko kweli phakade, makabe sisidenge, ukuze abe sisilumko. (ufundo lokuqala lwangoLwesine)

Ukuba “sisidenge” namhlanje kukulandela imiyalelo kaThixo; kukubambelela kulo lonke ukholo lobuKatolika; kukuphila ngokuchasene nokuqukuqela kwehlabathi, ukulandela iLizwi likaKristu, elidla ngokuphikisana nobulumko bomntu.

Emva kokuba eloba imini yonke, uPetros akazange abambe nto. Ngoko uYesu uthi kuye “ukhuphele enzulwini.” Ngoku, uninzi lwabalobi luyazi ukuba okona kuloba kulungileyo kumanzi amancinci kudla ngokuba kufutshane nonxweme. Kodwa uPetros uyathobela, yaye ngaloo ndlela uYesu uzalisa iminatha yakhe. Ukuthobela ilizwi likaThixo, okanye ukubeka enye indlela-ukuguquka, oyinyaniso ukuguquka—sisitshixo sokuzaliswa ngamandla kaThixo.

Ukuqala kobulumko kukoyika iNkosi… (Prov 9:10)

Nizilahle ubuntu obudala, obungonakaliswa ziinkanuko zokulukuhla, manihlaziywe ke kuwo umoya wengqiqo yenu, nambathe ubuntu obutsha, obudalwe ngokwendlela kaThixo ngobulungisa, nobungcwele benyaniso. ( Efe 4:22-24 )

Bazalwana noodade, ngoku nisenokubuva ubunzima besono senu—njengoko wenzayo uPetros.

Suka kum, Yehova, ngokuba ndiyindoda engumoni. (IVangeli yangoLwesine)

Wathi ke uYesu kuye, njengoko atshoyo kuwe ngoku:

Sukoyika…

Okanye mhlawumbi uva ilizwi eligculelayo lehlabathi elikuxelela iVangeli “bubudenge” ^[3]Ufundo lokuqala lwangoLwesibini. Okanye ubeva bethetha ngawe into efana naleyo benza ngayo ngoYesu:

“Asinguye na lo unyana kaYosefu?” (IVangeli yangoMvulo)

“Ungumntu nje ongenguye… awungomfundisi wezakwalizwi… wazi ntoni wena!” Kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo asikokuba zingaphi na izidanga onazo kodwa ezi ukuthanjiswa koMoya oyiNgcwele.

Rhoqo, rhoqo, sifumana phakathi kwabafazi bethu abathembekileyo nabalula mhlawumbi abangakhange bagqibe nokufunda amabanga aphantsi, kodwa abanokuthetha nathi ngezinto ezingcono kunaye nawuphi na umfundi wezakwalizwi, kuba benoMoya kaKristu. —UPOPA UFrancis, Homily, Septemba 2, eVatican; Zenit.org

Ubulungiseleli bukaYesu basesidlangalaleni abuzange buqale de Waphuma entlango “Ngamandla oMoya.” ^[4]cf. ULuka 4:14 Ke kaloku, akuba ezilese endlwini yesikhungu izibhalo, ezaziviwe amaxesha amaninzi ngaphambili,"UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwam...") ngoku babesiva “ubulumko bukaThixo”, uKristu ngokwakhe ethetha. Kwaye bona “Bamangaliswa ngamazwi amnandi awayephuma emlonyeni wakhe.” ^[5]IVangeli yangoMvulo

Ngokufanayo, ubulungiseleli bethu—enoba bukuba nje ngumzali okanye umfundisi—“buqalisa” xa nathi ‘sisemandleni oMoya. Kodwa nathi kufuneka singene entlango. Uyabona, abantu abaninzi banqwenela izipho zoMoya kodwa hayi uMoya ngokwaKhe; abaninzi bafuna imimoya, kodwa hayi uphawu loo nto yenza umntu abe lingqina eliyinyaniso likaYesu. Akukho ndlela imfutshane; akukho ndlela eya emandleni oVuko ngaphandle komnqamlezo! Ukuba unqwenela ukuba “ngabasebenzi abangamadlelane kaThixo” ^[6]Ufundo lokuqala lwangoLwesithathu ngoko kufuneka ulandele emanyathelweni kaKristu! Itsho njalo iSt.

ndagqiba kwelokuba ndingazi nto ndikunye nani, ingenguYesu Kristu, naye ke ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni. (ufundo lokuqala lwangoMvulo)

Kule Ukwazi UYesu oza ngomthandazo nokuthobela iLizwi laKhe, ngokuthembela kuxolelo nenceba yakhe... Ubulumko, okungamandla kaThixo azalelwa kuwe.

Ulumkile umthetho wakho ngaphezu kweentshaba zam. (Indumiso yangoMvulo)

Bobu Bulumko obufunwa lihlabathi ngokungxamisekileyo.

Ngoku, sinengcinga kaKristu kwaye lowo nguMoya kaKristu. Olu luphawu lobuKristu. Ukungabi nawo umoya wehlabathi, laa ndlela yokucinga, indlela yokugweba ... Unokuba nezidanga ezintlanu kwizakwalizwi, kodwa ungabi nawo uMoya kaThixo! Mhlawumbi uyakuba ngumfundisi wezakwalizwi omkhulu, kodwa awungomKrestu kuba awunawo uMoya kaThixo! Oko kunika igunya, oko kunika isazisi nguMoya oyiNgcwele, intambiso yoMoya oyiNgcwele. —UPOPA UFrancis, Homily, Septemba 2, eVatican; Zenit.org

 

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