Ukufa Okuhle

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IT uthi kuZaga,

Ngaphandle kombono abantu balahlekelwa ukuzibamba. (IzA 29:18)

Ezinsukwini zokuqala zale Lenten Retreat, ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuthi sibe nombono wokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba ngumKristu, umbono weVangeli. Noma, njengoba kusho umprofethi uHoseya:

Abantu bami bayabhubha ngokuswela ulwazi! (Hoseya 4: 6)

Uke waqaphela ukuthi kanjani ukufa isibe yisisombululo sezinkinga zomhlaba wethu? Uma unokukhulelwa okungafunwa, kubhubhise. Uma ugula, umdala kakhulu, noma ucindezelekile, zibulale. Uma usola ukuthi izwe elingumakhelwane liyingozi, yenza isiteleka sangaphambi kokuqeda konke… ukufa sekuyisixazululo esisodwa. Kepha akunjalo. Ngamanga avela “kuyise wamanga”, uSathane, lowo uJesu athi wayenguye “Umqambimanga nombulali kwasekuqaleni.” ^[1]isib. Johane 8: 44-45

Isela kalizi kungengokweba nokubulala nokubhubhisa; Ngize ukuze babe nokuphila babe nakho ngokuchichimayo. (Johane 10:10)

Ngakho-ke uJesu ufuna siphile ngobuningi! Kepha sikulinganisa kanjani lokho neqiniso lokuthi sonke sisagula, sisaluphala… sisafa? Impendulo ithi impilo uJesu eze ukuyiletha ngu okungokomoya ukuphila. Ngoba okusihlukanisa nobuphakade ngu ukufa ngokomoya.

Ngokuba inkokhelo yesono ingukufa, kepha isipho somusa sikaNkulunkulu singukuphila okuphakade kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. (Rom 6:23)

Lokhu "kuphila" empeleni nguJesu. NguNkulunkulu. Futhi Ikhulelwe ngaphakathi kwezinhliziyo zethu ngobhapathizo. Kepha kufanele ikhule, futhi yilokho okusikhathazayo kule Lenten Retreat: ukuletha impilo kaJesu ngaphakathi kwethu ekuvuthweni. Nakhu ukuthi: ngokubulala konke okungekhona okomoya kaNkulunkulu, okungukuthi, konke okungokwenyama “, okungokwenyama nokungahambi kahle.

Futhi ngalokho, njengamaKristu, singakhuluma "ngokufa okuhle." Leyo, ukuzibulala nakho konke okuvimba impilo kaKristu ukuthi ingakhuli ngaphakathi kithi. Futhi yilokho isono esivimbela, ngoba “Inkokhelo yesono ingukufa.”

Ngamazwi Akhe nangempilo Yakhe, uJesu wasikhombisa indlela eya ekuphileni okuphakade.

… Wazidela, wathatha isimo sesigqila… wazithoba, walalela kwaze kwaba sekufeni, ngitsho ekufeni esiphambanweni. (Fil 2: 7-8)

Wasiyala ukuba silandele le Ndlela:

Noma ngubani othanda ukungilandela makazidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele. (Math 16:24)

Ngakho ukufa is Isixazululo: kepha hhayi ukubhujiswa ngamabomu komzimba womuntu noma omunye, kunalokho, ukufa komuntu kuthanda. “Hhayi intando yami, kodwa eyakho mayenziwe,” UJesu wathi eGetsemane.

Manje, konke lokhu kungazwakala kuthena amandla futhi kucindezela, uhlobo lwenkolo ekhwantabalisayo. Kepha iqiniso yilokho Isono yikho okwenza impilo ibe dreary futhi icindezele futhi idumaze. Ngiyakuthanda okushiwo nguJohn Paul II,

UJesu ufuna ngenkani, ngoba ufisa injabulo yethu yangempela. —UBUSISWE UJOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo Wosuku Lwentsha Lomhlaba Wonke ngo-2005, eVatican City, Agasti 27, 2004, iZenit.org

Ngenkathi iBuddhism iphela ngokuzikhipha, ubuKristu abupheli. Iyaqhubeka nokugcwaliswa kwempilo kaNkulunkulu. UJesu wathi:

Ngaphandle kokuthi inhlamvu kakolweni iwele emhlabathini bese ifa, ihlala njengenhlamvu kakolweni kuphela; kodwa uma ifa, ithela izithelo eziningi. Lowo othanda impilo yakhe uyalahlekelwa yiyo, kanti loba ngubani ozonda impilo yakhe kulumhlaba uzayilondolozela impilo elaphakade. Lowo ongikhonzayo kufanele angilandele, futhi lapho ngikhona, nenceku yami iyoba lapho futhi. (Johane 12: 24-26)

Uyezwa ukuthi uthini? Lowo onqaba isono, ofuna kuqala umbuso kaNkulunkulu kunombuso wakhe, uyohlala enoJesu: Lapho ngikhona, nenceku yami iyakuba khona lapho. ” Kungakho abaNgcwele babegcwaliswa ngenjabulo nangokuthula ngokungenasifo: babenoJesu owayenabo. Abazange benqabe iqiniso lokuthi uJesu wayekhona futhi ufuna ngenkani. UbuKristu bufuna ukuzincisha. Awunakuba nalo uvuko ngaphandle kwesiphambano. Kepha ukushintshaniswa kuphume ngokoqobo kuleli zwe. Futhi lokhu, empeleni, yilokho ubungcwele okuyikho: ukuzincisha ngokuphelele uthando lukaKristu.

… Ubungcwele bukalwa ngokuya 'ngemfihlakalo enkulu' lapho uMlobokazi esabela khona ngesipho sothando kusipho soMyeni. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,n. 773

Yebo, ushintshanisa impilo yakho nekaKristu, njengoba nje eshintshe impilo yakhe ngeyakho. Kungakho akhethe isithombe soMlobokazi noMyeni, ngoba injabulo akuhlosele yona ukubusiswa kokuhlangana noZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele — ukunikela okuphelele nokuphelele komunye nomunye.

UbuKristu buyindlela eya enjabulweni, hhayi kosizi, futhi nakanjani hhayi ekufeni… kepha kuphela lapho samukela futhi samukela "ukufa okuhle."

 

ISIFINYEZO NOMBHALO

Kumele siphike izinkanuko zenyama futhi siphenduke esonweni ukuze sithole injabulo uNkulunkulu asifisela yona: Impilo Yakhe ephila kithi.

Ngoba thina esiphilayo sihlala sinikelwa ekufeni ngenxa kaJesu, ukuze impilo kaJesu ibonakaliswe enyameni yethu efayo. (2 Kor 4:11)

 

 

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