UJesu Uthandaza Ensimini, nguGustave Doré, 1832-1883
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoSepthemba 27, 2006. Ngibuyekeze lo mbhalo…
INI ngabe lokhu kwesaba okubambe iSonto?
Ekubhalweni kwami Ungazi Kanjani Uma Isijeziso Siseduze, kunjengokungathi uMzimba kaKristu, noma okungenani izingxenye zawo, ukhubazekile uma kukhulunywa ngokuvikela iqiniso, ukuvikela impilo, noma ukuvikela abangenacala.
Siyesaba. Sesaba ukuhlekwa usulu, ukuthukwa, noma ukukhishwa kubangani bethu, umndeni, noma umbuthano wasehhovisi.
Ukwesaba yisifo seminyaka yethu. - UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uCharles J. Chaput, Mashi 21, 2009, I-Catholic News Agency
Nibusisiwe, nxa abantu benizonda, nanxa benivalela, benithuka, behlambalaza igama lenu njengelibi ngenxa yeNdodana yomuntu. Jabula futhi ugxume ngenjabulo ngalolo suku! Bhekani, umvuzo wenu uyakuba mkhulu ezulwini. ( Luka 6:22 )
Akukho ukweqa ngendlela engikwazi ngayo, ngaphandle kokuthi mhlawumbe amaKristu agxume asuke endleleni yanoma iyiphi impikiswano. Ingabe sesilahlekelwe umbono wethu wokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba umlandeli kaJesu Kristu, abashushiswayo Eyodwa?
ELAHLEKELWE UMBONO
Njengalokhu uKristu wasibekela phansi ukuphila kwakhe, nathi kufanele sinikele ukuphila kwethu ngenxa yabafowethu. (I-1 John 3: 16)
Lena incazelo yegama elithi “umKristu”, ngoba njengoba umlandeli kaJesu ethatha igama elithi “Kristu”, kanjalo nokuphila kwakhe kufanele kube ukulingisa okweNkosi.
Akukho sigqila esikhulu kunenkosi yaso. ( Johane 15:20 )
UJesu akezelanga ukuzoba muhle emhlabeni, weza emhlabeni ukuze asikhulule esonweni. Kwafezwa kanjani lokhu? Ngokuhlupheka, ukufa, nokuvuka kwakhe. Pho-ke mina nawe njengezisebenzi zoMbuso singayiletha kanjani imiphefumulo edilini lasezulwini?
Noma ubani ofuna ukuza emva kwami makazidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele. Ngokuba yilowo nalowo othanda ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe uyakulahlekelwa yikho, kepha olahlekelwa ngukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yami nangenxa yevangeli uyakukusindisa. (Marku 34-35)
Kufanele sithathe indlela efanayo noKristu; nathi simelwe ukuhlupheka, sihlupheke ngenxa yomzalwane wethu;
Thwalisanani imithwalo yenu, nize nigcwalise umthetho kaKristu. ( Galathiya 6:2 )
Njengoba uJesu wasithwala isiphambano, manje nathi kumele sithwale ukuhlupheka kwezwe ngakho ukuthanda. Uhambo lobuKristu luqala endaweni yokubhabhadiswa… futhi ludlule eGolgotha. Njengoba uhlangothi lukaKristu luthulula igazi ukuze sisindiswe, kufanele sizithulule ngenxa yomunye. Lokhu kubuhlungu, ikakhulukazi lapho lolu thando lwenqatshwa, ubuhle bubhekwa njengobubi, noma lokho esikushumayelayo kubhekwa njengamanga. Phela, kwakunguQiniso owabethelwa esiphambanweni.
Kodwa funa ucabange ukuthi inkolo yobuKrestu yi-masochistic, lokhu akukona ukuphela kwendaba!
... singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, futhi uma singabantwana, futhi izindlalifa, izindlalifa zikaNkulunkulu nezindlalifa kanye noKristu, uma nje sihlupheka kanye naye ukuze futhi siphiwe inkazimulo kanye naye. ( Roma 8:16-17 )
Kodwa masibe namaqiniso. Ubani othanda ukuhlupheka? Ngikhumbula umlobi ongumKatolika uRalph Martin wake waphawula engqungqutheleni, “Angesabi ukuba umfel’ ukholo; ukholo ingxenye engifikayo kimi… uyazi, lapho bekhipha izinzipho zakho ngamunye ngamunye.” Sahleka sonke. Ngokuthuthumela.
Ngakho-ke, makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngalokho UJesu ngokwakhe wayekwazi ukwesaba, ukuze kuthi nakulokhu, simlingise.
UNKULUNKULU WAYESABA
Lapho uJesu engena eNsimini yaseGetsemane eqala Ukukhathazeka Kwakhe, uMarku oNgcwele ubhala ukuthi "waqala ukukhathazeka nokucindezeleka okukhulu(14:33).azi konke okuzokwenzeka kuye," (Joh 18:4) wayegcwele ukwesabeka kokuhlushwa ebuntwini bakhe.
Kodwa nansi umzuzu owujuqu, futhi ngaphakathi kwawo kungcwatshwe umusa oyimfihlo wokufel’ ukholo (kungakhathaliseki ukuthi “umhlophe” noma “ubomvu”):
… eguqe ngamadolo, wathandaza: “Baba, uma uthanda, susa lesisitsha kimi; nokho kungenzeki intando yami kodwa eyakho.” Kwabonakala kuye ingelosi evela ezulwini ukuze imqinise.’ ( Luka 22:42-43 ) )
Trust.
Bheka ukuthi kwenzekani njengoba uJesu engena kulokhu kujula ukwethemba kaBaba, ukwazi ukuthi isipho Sakhe sothando kwabanye siyobuyiswa ngokushushiswa, ukuhlushwa, nokufa. Buka, njengoba uJesu esho okuncane noma engasho lutho—futhi eqala ukunqoba imiphefumulo, ngamunye ngesikhathi:
- Ngemva kokuqiniswa yingelosi (khumbula lokhu), uJesu uvusa abafundi bakhe ukuze balungiselele ukulingwa. Uyena okufanele ahlupheke, nokho ukhathazekile ngabo.
- UJesu welula isandla aphulukise indlebe yesosha elizombamba.
- UPilatu, eshukunyiswa ukuthula kukaKristu nokuba khona okunamandla, uyaqiniseka ngobumsulwa Bakhe.
- Ukubona kukaKristu, ethwele uthando emhlane wakhe, kwenza abesifazane baseJerusalema bakhale.
- USimoni waseKhurene ethwele isiphambano sikaKristu. Okuhlangenwe nakho kumelwe ukuba kwamshukumisa, ngoba ngokweSiko, amadodana akhe aba izithunywa zevangeli.
- Esinye sezigebengu esibethelwe noJesu sathinteka kakhulu ngokukhuthazela Kwakhe ngesineke, kangangokuthi saphenduka ngokushesha.
- I-Centurion, eyayiphethe ukubethelwa esiphambanweni, nayo yaguqulwa njengoba ibona ukugeleza kothando emanxebeni kaNkulunkulu-Muntu.
Ibuphi obunye ubufakazi obudingayo bokuthi uthando lunqoba ukwesaba?
UMUSA UZOBE UKHONA
Buyela eNsimini, futhi lapho uzobona isipho-hhayi kakhulu kuKristu, kodwa ngawe nami:
Futhi kwabonakala kuye ingelosi evela ezulwini ukuze amqinise. ( Luka 22:42-43 )
UmBhalo awuthembisi yini ukuthi ngeke silingwe ngokungaphezu kwamandla ethu (1 Korinte 10:13)? Ingabe uKristu kufanele asisize ekulingweni kwangasese kuphela, kodwa asilahle lapho izimpisi zibuthana? Ake sizwe futhi amandla aphelele esithembiso seNkosi:
Mina nginani njalo kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe. ( Mathewu 28:20 )
Ngabe usesaba ukuvikela abangakazalwa, umshado, nabangenacala?
Yini ezosihlukanisa nothando lukaKristu? Noma usizi, noma ukucindezeleka, noma ukuzingelwa, noma indlala, noma ukuhamba-ze, noma ingozi, noma inkemba? ( Roma 8:35 )
Bese ubheka kubafel’ ukholo beBandla. Sinendaba ngemva kwendaba ekhazimulayo yamadoda nabesifazane abashona, ngokuvamile ngokuthula okungaphezu kwemvelo, futhi ngezinye izikhathi injabulo njengoba kufakazelwa ababukele. St. Stephen, St. Cyprian, St. Bibiana, St. Thomas More, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Polycarp
, nabanye abaningi esingakaze sizwe ngabo… wonke lawo angamazwi esithembiso sikaKristu sokuhlala nathi kuze kube yilapho sesiphefumula okokugcina.
UGrace wayelapho. Akazange ahambe. Akasoze.
USAsaba?
Kuyini lokhu kwesaba okwenza abantu abadala asebekhulile babe amagundane? Ingabe usongo "lwezinkantolo zamalungelo abantu?"
Cha, kukho konke lokhu singabanqobi ngaye owasithandayo. ( Roma 8:37 )
Ingabe uyesaba ukuthi iningi alisekho ohlangothini lwakho?
ningesabi, ningapheli amandla ngokubona lesi sixuku esikhulu, ngokuba impi akuyona eyenu, ngekaNkulunkulu. ( 2 IziKronike 20:15 )
Ingabe umndeni, abangani, noma osebenza nabo abasongelayo?
Ungesabi noma uphele amandla. Phuma kusasa ubahlangabeze, njalo uJehova uzakuba lawe. (Ibid. v17)
Ingabe uSathane ngokwakhe?
Uma uNkulunkulu engakithi, ubani ongamelana nathi na? ( Roma 8:31 )
Yini ozama ukuyivikela?
Lowo othanda impilo yakhe uyalahlekelwa yiyo, kanti loba ngubani ozonda impilo yakhe kulumhlaba uzayilondolozela impilo elaphakade. (Johane 12:25)
BHPHA IZIKHALA
Mkristu othandekayo, ukwesaba kwethu akunasisekelo, futhi kusekelwe ekuzithandeni.
Akukho ukwesaba othandweni, kepha uthando oluphelele luxosha ukwesaba ngoba ukwesaba kuhlobene nokujeziswa, ngakho-ke lowo owesabayo akakapheleli othandweni. (1 Johane 4:18)
Kudingeka sivume ukuthi asiphelele (uNkulunkulu useyazi), futhi sikusebenzise lokhu njengethuba lokukhula othandweni Lwakhe. Akasigwemi ngoba asiphelele futhi akafuni neze ukuba sakhe isibindi esiwukuzamazama nje. Indlela yokukhula kulolu thando oluxosha konke ukwesaba iwukuzithulula njengoba enza ukuze ugcwaliswe nguNkulunkulu, is uthando.
Wazidela, ethatha isimo senceku, esesimweni somuntu; wafumana isimo somuntu, wazithoba, elalela kwaze kwaba sekufeni, yebo, ukufa esiphambanweni. ( Fil 2:7-8 )
Kunezinhlangothi ezimbili esiphambanweni sikaKristu—uhlangothi olulodwa lapho uMsindisi wakho alenga khona—kanye enye ingeyakho. Kepha uma evusiwe kwabafileyo, aniyikuhlanganyela nani ekuvukeni kwakhe na?
…Ngenxa yalokhu, uNkulunkulu wamphakamisa kakhulu… (Fil 2:9)
Lowo ongikhonzayo kufanele angilandele, futhi lapho ngikhona, nenceku yami iyoba lapho futhi. (Johane 12:26)
Vumela izindebe zomfel' ukholo ziqale ukuvutha ngaphakathi kuwe isibindi esingcwele -isibindi sokudela ukuphila kwakho ngenxa kaJesu.
Makungabikho muntu ocabanga ngokufa, kodwa kuphela ukungafi; makungabikho muntu ocabanga ukuhlupheka okomzuzwana, kodwa kuphela inkazimulo ehlala phakade. Kubhaliwe ukuthi: Kuyigugu emehlweni kaNkulunkulu ukufa kwabangcwele bakhe. UmBhalo oNgcwele ukhuluma futhi ngezinhlupheko ezingcwelisa abafel’ ukholo bakaNkulunkulu futhi zibangcwelise ngokuvivinywa kobuhlungu: Nakuba emehlweni abantu bahlupheka ngokuhlushwa, ithemba labo ligcwele ukungafi. Bayakwahlulela izizwe, babuse abantu, uJehova abuse phezu kwabo kuze kube phakade. Ngakho-ke nxa nikhumbula ukuthi niyakuba ngabahluleli nababusi kanye noKristu iNkosi, thokozani, nidelele ukuhlupheka okukhona ngenxa yentokozo ngalokho okuzayo. —USt. UCyprian, umbhishobhi nomfel 'ukholo
