IT kusekubhekweni emuva manje ukuthi mhlawumbe amaRoma Isahluko 1 abe yinye yezindima ezingokwesiprofetho kakhulu kwiTestamente Elisha. USt. Paul ubeka inqubekela phambili ethakazelisayo: ukuphika uNkulunkulu njengeNkosi yendalo kuholela ekucabangeni okuyize; ukucabanga okuyize kuholela ekukhonzeni isidalwa; futhi ukukhulekelwa kwesidalwa kuholela ekuguqulweni kobuntu **, nokuqhuma kobubi.
AmaRoma 1 mhlawumbe ngesinye sezibonakaliso ezinkulu zezikhathi zethu…
IZIPHETHO
I-sophistry: impikiswano engavumelekile ngamabomu ekhombisa ubuhlakani ekucabangeni ngethemba lokukhohlisa umuntu.
[USathane] wayeyinduna kwasekuqaleni… ungumqambimanga noyise wamanga. (Johane 8:44)
Njengoba ngichaza encwadini yami Ubuso bokugcina, kanye naku Isiqephu 3 Sokwamukela Ithemba, “udrako omkhulu… inyoka yasendulo, ebizwa ngokuthi uDeveli noSathane” (IsAm 12: 9) iqala ngokuhlasela kwakhe okokugcina esintwini — hhayi ngendlela yodlame (oluzayo) —kodwa ifilosofi. Ngokusebenzisa ama-sophistries, udrako uqala ukuqamba amanga, hhayi ngokwenqaba uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele, kepha ngokucindezela iqiniso:
Ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwembulwa ngempela luvela ezulwini ngokumelene nakho konke ukungamhloniphi uNkulunkulu nobubi balabo abacindezela iqiniso ngobubi babo. Ngoba okungaziwa ngoNkulunkulu kusobala kubo, ngoba uNkulunkulu wakwenza kwacaca kubo. Kusukela ekudalweni komhlaba, izimfanelo zakhe ezingabonakali zamandla aphakade nobunkulunkulu zikwazile ukuqondwa nokubonakala kulokho akwenzile. Ngenxa yalokho, abanazaba; ngoba noma babemazi uNkulunkulu abamnikanga udumo njengoNkulunkulu noma ukumbonga. (Rom 1: 18-19)
Ngempela, njengo-Adamu no-Eva, ukuziqhenya kwakuyisihibe somcuphi. Imbewu yefilosofi deism (ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-16) kwahlwanyelwa ezingqondweni zabantu — umbono wokuthi uNkulunkulu wadala amazulu nomhlaba, kodwa wabe esebashiya, kanye nekusasa lesimilo lesintu, ukuze babonisane bodwa. Lokhu kwaholela kwamanye amafilosofi aqala ukuphika “izimfanelo ezingabonakali zamandla angunaphakade nobunkulunkulu,” njenge ukucabanga, isayensi, Futhi ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo lokho ngokuvamile kwakubheka ubukhona bomuntu ngombono onengqondo futhi othanda izinto ezibonakalayo, okubeka okungaphezu kwemvelo kunenkolelo-ze noma inganekwane nje.
ETHANDWAYO
Kunalokho, baba yize ekucabangeni kwabo, futhi izingqondo zabo ezingenangqondo zamnyama. Ngenkathi bethi bahlakaniphile, baba yiziphukuphuku futhi bashintsha inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongafiyo bafana nomfanekiso womuntu ofayo noma wezinyoni noma wezilwane ezinemilenze emine noma izinyoka. (Rom 1: 21-23)
USt. Paul uchaza ukuqhubekela phambili kwemvelo: lapho uNkulunkulu eqhutshelwa eceleni, umuntu — okwathi ngenxa yokuthi wayenzelwe uNkulunkulu, nokukhulekelwa kukaNkulunkulu — wabe eseqala ukuguqula into ayikhonzayo ayenze indalo uqobo. Ngakho-ke, amafilosofi amasha nokucacile aqala ukuvela: ukuziphendukela kwemvelo, ngokwesibonelo, waphakamisa ukuthi indawo yonke nakho konke okudaliweyo kumane nje kuyizinto ezenzeka ngengozi nenqubo eqhubekayo yokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Ukudalwa, ikakhulukazi umuntu, akusona isithelo secebo elingcwele, kodwa inqubo nje "yokukhethwa kwemvelo." Njengalokhu, lokhu kwaholela ekuthini kufinyelele phambili amafilosofi aphazamisayo ngaphakathi I-Marxism: umcabango wokuthi umuntu ngeke nje azidalele isimo sakhe ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa nokuthi umuntu uqobo angazinqumela inqubo "yokuzikhethela kwemvelo". Ngakho-ke, ubuKhomanisi nobuNazi baba yizithelo ezichitha igazi zomzamo kaSathane “wokucindezela iqiniso” nokunquma ikusasa. Amazinyo kadrako aseqala ukukhombisa.
Inkohliso Yomphik'ukristu isivele iqala ukwakheka emhlabeni ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho kwenziwa isimangalo sokubona emlandweni lelo themba likaMesiya elingafinyelelwa ngaphezu komlando ngokwahlulelwa komkhathi. ISonto selinqabile ngisho nezindlela eziguquliwe zalokhu kufakazelwa kombuso ukuthi kube ngaphansi kwegama leminyaka, ikakhulukazi uhlobo lwezepolitiki "oluphambeke ngokwedlulele" lobuMesiya bezwe. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika, 676
Kepha lezinhlangano zikaSathane zazingo-a isibikezelo- isexwayiso sokuthi ubuntu buya ngaphi: ngqo emlonyeni kadrako, "esikweni lokufa" lomhlaba wonke. Konke obekudingeka bekungukuthi amanye amafilosofi amathathu amukelwe ngokuphelele: ukungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu (ukuphika uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele); ukusetshenziswa (umbono wokuthi izenzo ziyafaneleka uma zilusizo noma ziyinzuzo eningi); futhi ukuzimela ebeka izidingo nezidingo zomuntu enkabeni yendawo yonke, kuneyomakhelwane wakho.
Asinakuphika ukuthi izinguquko ezisheshayo ezenzeka emhlabeni wethu nazo ziveza ezinye zezimpawu eziphazamisayo zokuqhekeka nokubuyela emuva ebuntwini obubodwa. Ukusabalala kokuxhumana kwezokuxhumana kwe-elektroniki kwezinye izikhathi kubangele ukuhlukaniswa okukhulu… Okunye okukhathaza kakhulu ukusabalala kwemibono yezwe eyehlisa isithunzi noma yenqaba iqiniso eleqile. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, inkulumo eSontweni i-St Joseph's, ngo-Ephreli 8, 2008, Yorkville, eNew York; I-Catholic News Agency
Ngokusebenzisa ukusebenza kwengqondo futhi I-Freudianism, ukuqonda komuntu ngokwakhe kwaba ngaphansi kwamandla akhe. Ekugcineni, lonke uhlelo lwezinto, ngisho nobulili bomuntu uqobo, lapho-ke, bungabonakala, busetshenziswe, futhi busontwe bubheke uqobo. Uma engekho uNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke ayikho imikhuba yokuziphatha, ngakho-ke asikho isizathu sokuzincisha inkanuko yenyama:
Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ekungcoleni ngezinkanuko zezinhliziyo zabo ngenxa yokonakala kwemizimba yabo. Banana iqiniso likaNkulunkulu ngamanga, bahlonipha bakhonza okudaliweyo kunoMdali obongekayo kuze kube phakade. Amen. Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezinkanukweni ezilulazayo. Abesifazane babo bananale okwemvelo kokungekhona okwemvelo, nabesilisa ngokufanayo badela ubudlelwano bemvelo nabesifazane futhi bashiswa ngokukhanukelana. Abesilisa benza izinto ezihlazisayo nabesilisa futhi ngaleyo ndlela bathola kubantu babo isijeziso esifanele sokukhohlakala kwabo. Futhi njengoba bengakubonanga kufanelekile ukwamukela uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezingqondweni zabo ezingakwaziyo ukwenza okungalungile. (Rom 12: 24-28)
ISIVIVINYO SOKUGQIBELA
Ngakho-ke, sesifikile kulokho uJohn Paul II akubiza “ngempi yokugcina” —impi yendawo yonke phakathi kohlelo lukaNkulunkulu necebo likadrako; phakathi kwesiko lempilo kanye nesiko lokufa; phakathi kokuyalelwa nguNkulunkulu ne ubushiqela wensimbi yamandla edragoni: a isilo lokho kudala uhlelo olusha lokuziphatha nolwemvelo oluphikisana nobunkulunkulu bukaKristu (IsAm 13: 1) futhi luphike inani elingaphakathi lomuntu ngamunye; umyalo ophakamisa…
… Umbuso wobushiqela wobumbano olungabheki lutho njengolucacile, futhi olushiya njengesilinganiso sokugcina kuphela komuntu nezifiso zakhe. —UKhadinali Ratzinger (uPapa BENEDICT XVI) ngaphambi komhlangano u-Homily, ngo-Ephreli 18, 2005
… Isono ngaleyo ndlela sizenze saqina ekhaya emhlabeni futhi ukuphika uNkulunkulu sekusabalele kakhulu ”, futhi abaningi “Cishe izinhlekelele ezibhubhisayo… zihlangana njengefu elimnyama phezu kwesintu… ngaphezu kwalokho ezake zaba khona kwesinye isikhathi enkathini yomlando. - UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, oHomily eMisa eFatima, ngoMeyi 13, 1982
ISIKO LOKUFA… NE-ANTIDOTE
Ngakho-ke, uSt.Paul uqhubeka achaze ukuthi umhlaba uzobukeka kanjani ongananisa iqiniso ngamanga:
… Njengoba bengakuboni kufanelekile ukwamukela uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezingqondweni zabo ezingakwazi ukwenza okungalungile. Bagcwele yonke inhlobo yobubi, ububi, ukuhaha nobubi; igcwele umona, **, umbango, ubuqili kanye nenhliziyo. Bayizinhlebi futhi bangamahlazo futhi bayamzonda uNkulunkulu. Bayadelela, bayazikhukhumeza, bayaziqhenya, bahlakaniphile ebubini babo, futhi bahlubuka kubazali babo. Abanangqondo, abanokholo, abananhliziyo, abanonya. Yize besazi isimemezelo esilungile sikaNkulunkulu sokuthi bonke abenza izinto ezinjalo bafanelwe ukufa, abazenzi nje kuphela kepha banika imvume kulabo abazenzayo. (Rom 12: 28-32)
Encwadini ayibhalela uThimothewu, uSt. Paul uchaza lokhu kuqhuma kobubi, komhlaba laphouthando lwabaningi selupholile”(Math. 24:12), njengokuziphatha okuzokwanda“… Ezinsukwini zokugcina”(2 Thim 3: 1-5). Isembuli esiyinhloko salokhu kwamukelwa kokugcina kobubi, uthi, kuzoba umhlaba lapho abantu bengagcini ngokuphika uNkulunkulu ngokwabo… Baphike isimo sabo somzimba, somoya, nesocansi.
Ekugcineni, isiko lokufa ngeke linqobe. Ikhanda likadrako kuthanda uchotshozwe (Gen 3:15). Ikhambi lezinkinga zanamuhla zilula ngokumangazayo… zilula njengokufana nengane lapho umuntu esondela kuyo yonke into (Math 18: 3). Lokho kusho ukwamukela nokuphila umlayezo we-Divine Mercy, ofingqiwe emthandazweni omncane uJesu awafundisa uSt. Faustina: Jesu, ngithemba wena. Kula magama kunendlela eya phambili edlula “esigodini sethunzi lokufa”:
Ngoba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa… (Efe 2: 8)
Okholwa eNdodaneni unokuphila okuphakade; ongalaleli iNdodana kayikubona impilo, kepha ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luphezu kwakhe…. Angesabi okubi, ngoba unami; induku yakho nodondolo lwakho kuyangiduduza. (Johane 3:36; IHubo 23: 4)
UKUFUNDA OKWENGEZIWE:
Akubusise futhi ngiyabonga ngakho
ukusekela le nkonzo.
Ukuhamba noMark ku The Manje iZwi,
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