Umkhuleko WamaKristu, Noma Ukugula Kwengqondo?

 

Kuyinto eyodwa ukukhuluma noJesu. Kungenye into lapho uJesu ekhuluma nawe. Lokho kubizwa ngokugula ngengqondo, uma ngingalungile, amazwi okuzwa… - UJoyce Behar, Umbono; foxnews.com

 

LOKHO kwakuyisiphetho somsakazi wethelevishini uJoyce Behar esiphethweni somuntu owayesebenza e-White House ukuthi iPhini likaMongameli wase-United States uMike Pence uthi “uJesu umtshela ukuba asho izinto.”  UBehar, owakhuliswa engumKatolika, waqhubeka:

Umbuzo wami uthi, angakhuluma yini noMary Magdalene ngenkathi umkakhe engekho egumbini? -kungabc.com, Febhuwari 13, 2018

I-Co-host ye-Sunny Hostin ihlukanisiwe:

Bheka, ngingumKatolika, ngingumuntu othembekile, kepha angazi ukuthi ngifuna iphini likamongameli wami likhulume ngezilimi. —Ibhid.

Inkinga namuhla akukhona ukuthi abanye abantu bezwa izwi likaNkulunkulu, kodwa abantu abaningi azikho

UJesu wathi:

Anikholwa, ngoba anikho phakathi kwezimvu zami. Izimvu zami ziyalizwa izwi lami; Ngiyabazi, futhi bayangilandela. (Johane 10: 26-27)

Futhi, 

Lowo ongokaNkulunkulu uyezwa amazwi kaNkulunkulu; ngenxa yalesi sizathu awulaleli, ngoba awuyena owakaNkulunkulu. (Johane 8:47)

UJesu uthi abantu “abalizwa” izwi lakhe ngoba “abakholwa” ngakho-ke “abasibo bakaNkulunkulu.” Kungakho abaFarisi, noma "babekhuliswe" okholweni futhi beyazi kahle imiBhalo, abakwazanga "ukuzwa" noma ukuqonda iNkosi. Izinhliziyo zabo zazenziwe lukhuni ngokuziqhenya. 

O, sengathi namhlanje ubungalizwa izwi lakhe, 'Ningazenzi lukhuni izinhliziyo zenu njengasekuvukeleni kosuku lokuvivinywa ehlane…' (Heb 3: 7-8)

Isimo sangaphambi kokuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu enhliziyweni yomuntu ukukholwa, ukukholwa okufana nengane. “Ngaphandle kokuba uphenduke futhi ube njengabantwana,” UJesu wathi, “Ngeke ungene embusweni wezulu.” [1]I-Matt 18: 3 Lokho wukuthi, umusa, izibusiso, kanye nezinzuzo zombuso azisoze zafinyelela enhliziyweni yakho…

Ngoba utholwa yilabo abangamhloli, futhi uzibonakalisa kulabo abangamkholwa. (Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni 1: 2)

Isizathu sokuthi sisengcupheni yeMpi Yezwe Yesithathu, ukuthi amazinga okuzibulala ayaqhuma, ukuthi ukudutshulwa ezikoleni kanye nokuhlaselwa kwamaphekula kuyanda, ukuthi ukuzamazama komhlaba nezinhlekelele zemvelo kuyanda nokuthi yonke indlela yokuziphatha iyaphela… ngoba nabantu bakaNkulunkulu sebethathekile “Konke okusezweni, inkanuko yenyama, ukuheha kwamehlo, nokuphila kokuzenzisa.” [2]I-1 John 2: 16 The izifiso ezimbi yenyama limisa izwi leNkosi, yingakho, “izimvu” zilahlekile.

Lokho, futhi manje siphila esikhathini sangemva kobuKristu. Njengoba uDkt. Ralph Martin esho:

… Isiko elisekelayo “leLobukholwa” selicishe lanyamalala… Impilo yobuKrestu namuhla kumele iphile ngokujule kakhulu, noma kungenzeki nhlobo ukuthi iphile. -Ukugcwaliseka Kwaso Sonke Isifiso, k. 3

Ngempela, uSt. John Paul II uxwayise ngokuthi "singamaKrestu asengozini" namuhla ngaphandle komoya ojulile ogxile kuKrestu, ophilwayo…

… Ebudlelwaneni obubalulekile futhi bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu ophilayo noyiqiniso. Lobu budlelwane ngumthandazo. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 2558

Yebo, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, imiphakathi yethu yobuKristu kufanele ibe njalo "izikole" zangempela zomkhuleko, lapho umhlangano noKrestu uzwakaliswa khona hhayi nje ngokucela usizo kuphela kepha nangokubonga, ukudumisa, ukukhuleka, ukucabangisisa, ukulalela nokuzinikela okukhulu, kuze kube yilapho inhliziyo “isithandana” ngokweqiniso… kungaba yiphutha ukucabanga ukuthi amaKrestu ajwayelekile anganeliseka ngomkhuleko ongajulile ongakwazi ukugcwalisa impilo yabo yonke. —I-POPE ST. UJOHANE PAUL II, Novo Milenio Inuente, n. 33-34

Eqinisweni, amaKristu “ajwayelekile” ayokwenza kanjalo hhayi sisinde kulezi zikhathi. 

Kumele abe ngcwele — okusho ukuthi angcweliswe — noma azonyamalala. Imindeni kuphela yamaKhatholika ezosala iphila futhi ichuma ngekhulu lamashumi amabili nanye yimindeni yabafel 'ukholo. —Inceku kaNkulunkulu, uFr. UJohn A. Hardon, SJ, Intombi Ezibusisiwe Nokungcweliswa Komndeni

Yenza leli Lent kube yithuba lokufunda ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Angiqondile ukuzwakala (futhi ngiyangabaza ukuthi uMnu. Pence naye wayeqonde lokho). Kuthiwa ulimi lukaNkulunkulu luyi ukuthula. Ukhuluma ngokuthula kwenhliziyo kwezokuxhumana esingakwazi ukukuzwa, kepha okufana nenhliziyo efana nengane can qaphela: "amazwi" athule anikeza impilo nokuqondisa, amandla nokuhlakanipha. UJesu, uMalusi wethu Olungileyo, ulindele ukukhuluma nawe… ulinde wena ukuba ungene egumbini lakho, uvale umnyango, ulalele. 

Nawe kuthanda funda ukuzwa izwi lakhe. 

Thula, wazi ukuthi nginguNkulunkulu. (IHubo 46:11)

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Bheka, ngimi ngasemnyango ngiyangqongqoza; Uma umuntu ezwa izwi lami, avule umnyango, ngiyakungena endlini yakhe, ngidle naye, naye adle nami. (Isambulo 3:20)

 

 

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