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Hlala ukulungele ukunikeza incazelo
noma ubani okubuza isizathu sethemba lakho,
kodwa kwenzeni ngobumnene nangenhlonipho... 
(I-1 Peter 3: 15)

Anginamahloni ngeVangeli:
kungamandla kaNkulunkulu ensindiso
kubo bonke abanokholo.
( Roma 1:16 )

 

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DUyazi ukuthi ungabelana kanjani ngeVangeli? Ungazi nokuthi uzothini? Ukulungele ukwabelana ngalo, "kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kulula noma akukuhle" ( 2 Thimothewu 4:2 )?

Eminyakeni edlule, ngizwe amaKatolika ethi awakhulumi ngokholo lwawo kwabanye ngoba “luyimfihlo.” Nokho, ukholo lwakho luyi- yomuntu siqu — kodwa akukaze kube yimfihlo. 

Nina ningukukhanya kwezwe. Umuzi omi entabeni awunakufihlwa... ukukhanya kwenu kumelwe kukhanye phambi kwabanye, ukuze babone imisebenzi yenu emihle futhi badumise uYihlo osezulwini. (Mathewu 5:14, 16) 

Ungase uthathe lesi sigaba njengesisho ukuthi okudingekayo ukuba umuntu omuhle. Kodwa uJesu futhi wayala iSonto ukuba lenze izizwe zibe abafundi, “Nibafundise ukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho.” ^[1]UMathewu 28: 20 Ngakho-ke akwanele ukugcwalisa nje isibopho sethu sangeSonto futhi sibe nomusa. 

… Akwanele ukuthi abantu abangamaKristu babekhona futhi bahleleke esizweni esinikeziwe, futhi akwanele ukwenza ubuphostoli ngesibonelo esihle. Bahlelelwe le njongo, bakhona kulokhu: ukumemezela uKristu kubantu abakanye nabo abangebona abaKrestu ngezwi nangesibonelo, nokubasiza ekwamukelweni ngokugcwele kukaKristu. - UMkhandlu Wesibili WaseVatican, Abezikhangiso, n. 15; v Vatican.va

La mazwi, ngokungangabazeki, azovusa ukwesaba nezimpendulo eziningana, njengokuthi:

• Ukuhlazeka ngokucabanga ngokukhuluma ngoJesu
• Ukwesaba ukulahlekelwa abangane
• Ukwesaba ukubangela ukwahlukana kanye nempikiswano
• Ukwesaba ukubhekwa njengomuntu oshaya iBhayibheli
• Ukwesaba ukukhuluma uma amazwi engezi kalula
• Ukwesaba ukungabi nolwazi ngokholo lwakho
• Ukwesaba ukulahlekelwa umsebenzi
• Ukwesaba ukwehluleka. 

UDeveli akudingeki akubulale ukuze athulise iVangeli; kufanele nje akuqinisekise ukuthi kungcono ukungashukumisi isikebhe, ukuhlala endleleni yakho, ukuze gcina ukuthulaKodwa uJesu uphonsa leso mpikiswano ngokweqile:

Ningacabangi ukuthi ngize ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni. Angizile ukuletha ukuthula kodwa inkemba. Ngokuba ngize ukuzohlukanisa umuntu noyise, nendodakazi nonina, nomalokazana noninazala; nezitha zomuntu ziyoba ngabendlu yakhe. (UMathewu 10: 34-36)

Kungani? Ngoba…

... nansi isigwebo: ukuthi ukukhanya kufikile ezweni, kodwa abantu bakhetha ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngoba imisebenzi yabo yayimibi. (UJohn 3: 19)

Noma kunjalo, uyafuna ukwazi ukuthi uJesu wathini ngokushesha ngaphambi kokuthi uzele ukuletha inkemba?

Ungabesabi... Lokho engikusho kini ebumnyameni, kukhulumeni ekukhanyeni; lokho enikuzwayo kuhletshwa, kumemezeleni phezu kwezindlu… Wonke umuntu ongivumayo phambi kwabantu, nami ngiyakumvuma phambi kukaBaba osezulwini. (Mathewu 10:26-27, 32)

 

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Nansi imfihlo yokungesabi ukwabelana ngeVangeli. Akukhona ukujoyina ama-Toastmasters; akukhona ukuthola iziqu kwezenkolo noma ukufunda i-Catechism kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni - yize lokhu kungaba nenzuzo. Kunalokho, kumayelana nokwazi uJesu mathupha — umema nsuku zonke Yena, oluthando uqobo, enhliziyweni yakho, ngoba...

...uthando oluphelele luxosha ukwesaba... Siyathanda ngoba yena wasithanda kuqala. (I-1 John 4: 18-19)

Awukwazi ukwabelana ngalokho ongakukwazi; awukwazi ukunikeza lokho ongenayo. Ukungesabi umsebenzi owenziwa ezinyaweni zikaKristu emthandazweni wansuku zonke, lapho uzokwenzela khona ukuhlangana Uthando lwakhe, iZwi lakhe, ubukhona bakhe, ukuphulukisa, kanye namandla akhe. 

...singaba ofakazi kuphela uma simazi uKristu mathupha, hhayi nje ngabanye abantu — kusukela kithi. siqu impilo yethu, kusukela ukuhlangana komuntu siqu noKristu. Ukumthola ngempela empilweni yethu yokholo, siba ofakazi…  —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, eVatican City, ngoJanuwari 20, 2010, Zenit

Njengoba uSt. John Paul II asho, 

...akuyona indaba yokudlulisa nje imfundiso, kodwa kunalokho ukuhlangana komuntu siqu nokujulile noMsindisi.  —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Ukuthunywa Kwemindeni, Indlela Ye-Neo-Catechumenal, 1991

Umuntu wanamuhla ulalela ngokuzithandela ofakazi kunabafundisi, futhi uma elalela othisha, kungenxa yokuthi bangofakazi... —UPAPA ST. PAUL VI, Evangelii nuntiandi,n. 76

Uthisha wabelana ngemfundiso; ufakazi uyaphila ngayo. Ngakho-ke, enye yezinto ezinamandla kakhulu ongazenza ukwabelana ngendaba yakho, noma ingxenye yendaba yakho, nomunye umphefumulo. Yabelana ngendlela oye waluzwa ngayo uthando namandla kaNkulunkulu; lokhu sikubiza ngokuthi ubufakazi.^[2]isib. IsAm 12:11 Iphuzu, ikakhulukazi kwabangakholwayo, ukubasiza ukuba bakholwe kuJesu; bamamukele njengoMsindisi wabo, ngaleyo ndlela, bathole isipho sokuphila okuphakade.  

Okulandelayo incazelo eyisisekelo “yesizathu sethemba lethu.” Uma isikhathi sifika, ungachaza umongo walo ngokuphelele noma ngokwengxenye kumongo wakho nangamazwi akho, ngokuzethemba nangenjabulo, njengoba uMoya oNgcwele uhola…

 

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UNkulunkulu wadala indoda nowesifazane ngesimo Sakhe. Ngokungafani nezilwane, abantu badalwe benomphefumulo waphakade kanye nenkululeko yokuzikhethela. UNkulunkulu wasenzela Yena, ukuze sithande futhi sithandwe ngokukhululeka. Wadala uMhlaba ukuze siphile kuwo futhi siwujabulele, njengokubonakaliswa kothando Lwakhe kanye nokubonakaliswa kwezimfanelo Zakhe zobuNkulunkulu: 

Ngoba kusukela ebukhulu nasebuhleni bezinto ezidaliwe kuvela umbono ofanayo ngoMdali wazo. ( Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni 13:5 )

Ingxenye yendalo kaNkulunkulu ihlanganisa izingelosi, nazo ezinenkululeko yokuzikhethela. Ngokudabukisayo, ezinye zaphenduka ngenxa yokuqhosha. UDeveli, naye, walinga abazali bethu bokuqala (u-Adamu no-Eva) ukuba baziqhenye, babe onkulunkulu babo. Abamlalelanga uMdali wabo futhi ngaleyo ndlela…

...ngomona kadeveli ukufa kwangena emhlabeni ( Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni 2:24 )

Ngempela, iBhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi “UNkulunkulu uluthando” (1 Johane 4:8) nokuthi...

UNkulunkulu akadalanga ukufa, futhi akajabuli ngokufa kwabaphilayo. ( Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni 1:13 )

Lonke usizi nokuhlupheka emhlabeni kwakungelona uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu… kodwa kwakuhlale kuyicebo kungenzeka ngoba wasidala ukuba sikhululeke ukumthanda noma ukumlahla. U-Adamu no-Eva benqaba ngokukhululekile uthando lwaKhe, futhi ngenxa yalokho, bazincisha hhayi nje ubungane noNkulunkulu kodwa nokuphila okuphakade.

Kodwa esikhundleni sokulahla isintu, uBaba waseZulwini wayenelinye icebo:

UNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuze yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, abe nokuphila okuphakade. Ngokuba uNkulunkulu wathumela iNdodana ezweni, kungesikho ukwahlulela izwe, kodwa ukuba izwe lisindiswe ngayo. (UJohn 3: 16-17)

UJesu waba ngumuntu, ethatha isimo sethu sobuntu.^[3]“Ngakho-ke njengoba abantwana behlanganyela igazi nenyama, naye ngokwakhe wahlanganyela imvelo efanayo, ukuze ngokufa ambhubhise lowo onamandla okufa, okungukuthi, uDeveli, futhi abakhulule bonke labo abathi ngokwesaba ukufa babeboshelwe ebugqilini impilo yabo yonke.” (Hebheru 2:14-15) Wahlupheka futhi wafa esiphambanweni ngenxa yothando lwakhe wena ukuze imiphumela yaphakade yesono isulwe. 

Ngokuba inkokhelo yesono ingukufa, kepha isipho somusa sikaNkulunkulu singukuphila okuphakade kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu (KwabaseRoma 6: 23). Yena ngokwakhe wathwala izono zethu emzimbeni wakhe esiphambanweni, ukuze, sikhululekile esonweni, siphilele ukulunga. Ngemivimbo yakhe niphilisiwe. (I-1 Peter 2: 24) Wanivusa kanye naye, esithethelela zonke iziphambeko zethu, esesulile isibopho esasimelene nathi kanye nemithetho yaso; wasisusa, wasibethela esiphambanweni, wahlubula ohulumeni namandla, wabenza isibonelo obala, ebanqoba kuye. ( Kolose 2:13, 15-XNUMX )

Ngakho-ke manje, uJesu ukupha lesi sipho samahhala: impilo engapheli.^[4]“Lapho enyukela phezulu wathumba inqwaba yabathunjwa, wanika abantu izipho.” (Kwabase-Efesu 4:8) Uzinikela ukuthethelela zonke izono zakho, ukukuhlanza, nokukubuyisela kuBaba. UJesu ufuna ukukukhulula emandleni obumnyama namahloni, futhi akubuyisele ebuhlotsheni noNkulunkulu.^[5]“Wasikhulula emandleni obumnyama, wasidlulisela embusweni weNdodana yakhe ethandekayo, esinokuhlengwa kuyo, ukuthethelelwa kwezono… uMsindisi wethu uKristu Jesu, owachitha ukufa, waletha ukuphila nokungafi ekukhanyeni ngevangeli.” (KwabaseKolose 1:13-14, 2 Thimothewu 1:10)

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Yini okudingeka uyenze? ImiBhalo ithi:

Ngakho-ke phendukani, niguquke, ukuze izono zenu zisulwe. (Izenzo 3: 19)

Kufanele siphenduke kulezo zinto ezisihlukanisa noNkulunkulu — lokho esikubiza ngokuthi “isono.” IBhayibheli lithi, “Ukuba umthandi wezwe kusho ubutha noNkulunkulu” (Jakobe 4:4). Kodwa uJesu wathi,

Mina ngiyindlela neqiniso nokuphila. Akekho oza kuBaba ngaphandle kwami. (UJohn 14: 6)

Sifika kule mpilo entsha kuNkulunkulu ngokukholwa kuJesu, okusho ukulalela iqiniso alifundisayo — futhi "Iqiniso lizonikhulula", Uthe.^[6]John 8: 32 Kumelwe sikhethe ukuthi sizolandela uJesu… noma sizolandela indlela yethu, njengoba kwenza u-Adamu…

Ekuqaleni uNkulunkulu wadala abantu wabenza bazithoba ekukhetheni kwabo. Uma ukhetha, ungagcina imiyalo; ukwethembeka ukwenza intando kaNkulunkulu. Kubekwe phambi kwakho umlilo namanzi; noma yini oyikhethayo, yelula isandla sakho. (Funda uSirayi 15:14-16.)

Ebhekisela kuDeveli, naye onecebo ngempilo yakho, uJesu wathi:

Isela liza kuphela ukweba nokuhlaba nokubhubhisa; mina ngize ukuba babe nokuphila, babe nakho kuchichime. (UJohn 10: 10)

Ngifuna lokhu kuphila okuchichimayo. UJesu ufuna nawe ube nakho. Noma ngabe ukhetha ini, yelula isandla sakho, ngoba “Labo abamamukelayo wabapha amandla okuba ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.” (UJohn 1: 12)

 

Ukwamukela Insindiso

Yilokho okuyisisekelo seVangeli. Uma othile ekhetha uKristu phambi kwakho, ungamhola khona lapho ngomthandazo onjengalona:

Nkosi Jesu, ngiyakukhetha.
Ngiyaxolisa ngezono engizenzile.
Ngiyalwamukela uthando lwakho kanye nentethelelo yakho.
Ngicela ukuba ube yiNkosi yami noMsindisi wami.
Ngifuna ukukulandela futhi ngibe ngumfundi wakho.
Ngigcwalise ngoMoya wakho oNgcwele
ukuze ngibe munye nawe
noBaba osezulwini.
Jesu, ngiyabonga ngokungifela.
Jesu, ngithemba wena. 

Uma umuntu engakaze abhapathizwe, mkhuthaze ukuba enze kanjalo, ngoba kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuthi angene eMzimbeni kaKristu.^[7]“Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Akekho ongangena embusweni kaNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokuzalwa ngamanzi nangoMoya” [Johane 3:5]; bheka uMathewu 28:19, Izenzo 2:38, 8:38, 10:48, 19:4-5, Roma 6:3, njll. Baxhumanise nompristi omuhle. Bakhuthaze ukuba bafunde iBhayibheli; baqale ukuchitha isikhathi nsuku zonke bekhuluma noJesu njengokungathi bakhuluma nomngane;^[8]isib. Johane 15:13 ukuthola usizo uma belwa nomlutha; ukuyeka isikhathi esidlule. Futhi zenze utholakale kubo nganoma iyiphi indlela ewusizo nengenzeka. 

Uma umuntu ohamba naye engumuntu owile okholweni, ungamhola ngomthandazo onjengalona:

Nkosi, ngizivumele ukuba ngikhohliswe;
Ngiye ngagwema uthando lwakho ngezindlela eziyinkulungwane,
kodwa ngilapha futhi,
ukuvuselela isivumelwano sami nawe.
Ngiyakudinga. Ngisindise futhi, Nkosi,
Ngiphinde ngithathe ngingene ekwangweni lakho elihlengayo.
-Evangelium Gaudium, n. 3

Okokugcina, beka ukholo lwakho, hhayi emakhonweni akho, kodwa kulokho amandla yeVangeli. Usithume ukuba sabelane ngezindaba ezinhle, ngakho-ke, kukhona amandla ku iZwi:

Ngokuba anginamahloni ngevangeli. Lingamandla kaNkulunkulu okusindisa wonke umuntu okholwayo... Isigijimi sesiphambano siwubuwula kwababhubhayo, kodwa kithina esisindiswayo, singamandla kaNkulunkulu. (KwabaseRoma 1:16, 1 KwabaseKhorinte 1:18)

Ngikushiya nalesi sikhuthazo esinamandla:

Ningesabi ukuphuma emigwaqweni nasezindaweni zomphakathi, njengabaPhostoli bokuqala abashumayela uKristu nezindaba ezinhle zensindiso ezigcawini zemizi, amadolobhana namadolobhana. Lesi akusona isikhathi sokuba namahloni ngeVangeli. Yisikhathi sokuyishumayela ophahleni lwezindlu. Ungesabi ukuphuma ezindleleni ezinethezekile nezijwayelekile, ukuze uthathe inselele yokwenza uKristu aziwe “edolobheni elikhulu” lanamuhla. Nguwe okufanele ‘uphumele ezindleleni’ futhi umeme wonke umuntu ohlangana naye edilini uNkulunkulu alilungiselele abantu bakhe. IVangeli akufanele lifihlwe ngenxa yokwesaba noma ukunganaki. Kwakungahloselwe ukufihlwa ngasese. Kumelwe ibekwe phezu kothi ukuze abantu babone ukukhanya kwayo futhi badumise uBaba wethu osezulwini. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, eHomily, eCherry Creek State Park Homily, eDenver, eColorado, ngo-Agasti 15, 1993; v Vatican.va

...isimemezelo sokuqala kumele simenyezelwe kaninginingi:
“UJesu Kristu uyakuthanda;
Wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ukuze akusindise;
futhi manje uhlala eceleni kwakho nsuku zonke
ukukukhanyisela, ukukuqinisa nokukukhulula.” 
—I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium,n. 164

 

Ukufunda okuhlobene

IVangeli Labo Bonke

Ubudlelwano bomuntu noJesu

Amahloni ngeVangeli

UJesu… Uyamkhumbula?

 

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