IVangeli Lokuhlupheka

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
ka-Ephreli 18, 2014
Iphasika

nina kungenzeka ukuthi uqaphele emibhalweni eminingi, muva nje, indikimba “yemithombo yamanzi aphilayo” egeleza isuka ngaphakathi komphefumulo wekholwa. Okuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu yisithembiso 'sesibusiso' esizayo engibhale ngaso kuleli sonto Ukuguquka nesibusiso.

Kepha njengoba sizindla ngeSiphambano namuhla, ngifuna ukukhuluma ngomthombo owodwa wamanzi aphilayo, lowo manje osengagobhoza kusuka ngaphakathi ukunisela imiphefumulo yabanye. Ngikhuluma ngalokhu ukuhlupheka.

Esifundweni sokuqala, u-Isaya uyabhala, “ngemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe thina.” Umzimba kaJesu waba kithi isilonda okugobhoza kuso insindiso yethu, okugobhoza kulo umusa ongcwelisayo nakho konke okusiphilisayo.

…phezu kwakhe kwakukhona isijeziso esisenza siphelele. (Isifundo sokuqala)

Kodwa thina asisibo yini umzimba ongaqondakali kaKristu? Ngobhapathizo, sihlanganiswa noKristu futhi “noma ubani ohlanganiswe neNkosi uba umoya munye nayo.” ^[1]isib. 1 Kor 6:17 Ngokufanayo, ngeSidlo, “ngoba isinkwa sinye, thina, nakuba sibaningi, simzimba munye.” ^[2]isib. 1 Kor 10:17 Uma ngamanxeba akhe, namanxeba asemzimbeni wakhe, siphilisiwe thina, singumzimba wakhe; ngamanxeba ethu ahlanganiswe nelakhe, ukuphulukiswa kugeleza kwabanye. Okungukuthi, ngokuhlupheka kwethu okuhlanganiswe nokukaKrestu, amandla kaMoya oNgcwele aqala ukugeleza emoyeni wethu njengomthombo ofinyelela, ngokuvamile ngezindlela ezingaziwa, ukuphuzisa imiphefumulo yabanye.

Isihluthulelo esivula amandla kaMoya kithi ekuhluphekeni kwethu ukholo ukusebenza kuwo ubuthakathaka.

Ngokuba wabethelwa esiphambanweni ngobuthakathaka, kepha uphila ngamandla kaNkulunkulu. Kanjalo nathi sibuthakathaka kuye, kepha ngakini siyakuphila kanye naye ngamandla kaNkulunkulu. (Funda eyesi-2 Korinte 13:4.)

Ukuhlupheka ngokuyisisekelo kuwukuhlangenwe nakho kobuthakathaka—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usizi lwempi noma umkhuhlane ovamile. Lapho sihlupheka kakhulu, siba buthaka, ikakhulukazi lapho lokho kuhlupheka kungaphezu kwamandla ethu. Kwaba ukuhlupheka okungaphezu kwamandla akhe okwaholela uSt. Paul ukuba akhale kuNkulunkulu, owaphendula:

Umusa wami ukwanele, ngokuba amandla enziwa aphelele ebuthakathakeni.

Futhi uPawulu uyaphendula:

kungcono ngiziqhayise ngentokozo enkulu ngobuthakathaka bami, ukuze kube njalo amandla kaKristu ahlale nami. (2 Kor. 12:9)

Uma njengoJesu ensimini yaseGetsemane, sithi, “Baba, uma uthanda, susa kimi lesisitsha; nokho, kungenzeki intando yami kodwa eyakho,” ^[3]Lk. 22:42 ngokushesha sihlanganisa ukuhlupheka kwethu kukaKristu ngesenzo soku ukholo. Akudingekile ukuba sizwe lutho; akudingekile nokuba sikuthande; sidinga nje ukukwenza futhi nikela ngothando. Futhi kulokho isilonda, lo amandla kaKristu iqala ukugeleza ngathi, isiguqule, futhi yenza “okuntula osizini lukaKristu.” ^[4]isib. Kol 1:24 Okwe…

… Ekuhluphekeni kufihliwe ikakhulukazi amandla adonsela umuntu ngaphakathi kuKristu, umusa okhethekile…ukuze zonke izinhlobo zokuhlupheka, ezinikezwa impilo entsha ngamandla alesisiphambano, zingabi ubuthakathaka bomuntu kodwa zibe amandla kaNkulunkulu. —UBUSISEKILE UJOHANE PAUL II, USalvifici Doloris, Incwadi yabaPhostoli, n. 26

Yebo, amandla kaMoya ageleza kithi ezinkolelweni, ekugcotshweni, ekudumiseni, emthandazweni, nasothandweni. Kodwa futhi kukhona amandla afihliwe avela kithi ukuhlupheka lokho kunamandla, kusebenza ngendlela efanayo, lapho silenga kulesosiphambano sansuku zonke ngokukholwa.

Namuhla, mhlawumbe njengezinye izikhathi emlandweni lapho ukuhlupheka kukhulu kangaka, ukusindiswa kwezwe kungathinteka kakhulu—hhayi kakhulu ngezinhlelo, izinkulumo ezinobuciko, noma izimangaliso ezimangalisayo—kodwa ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele ogelezayo. ngamanxeba omzimba kaKristu. Yilokhu esikushoyo uma sithi “igazi labafel’ ukholo liyinzalo yeBandla.” ^[5]UTertullian, Apologeticus, Ch. 50 Kodwa ungakhohlwa ukufela ukholo kwabamhlophe usuku ngalunye okuba yimbewu, umthombo womusa womhlaba. Yilokhu Ivangeli Lokuhlupheka kulotshiwe ekushiyweni kwethu osizini lobuthakathaka, lokuswela amandla, lokuhlupheka...

IVangeli lokuhlupheka libhalwa ngokungaphezi, futhi likhuluma ngokunganqamuki ngamazwi alesi sidida esiyinqaba: imithombo yamandla aphezulu iphuma ngqo phakathi kobuthakathaka bomuntu. —UBUSISEKILE UJOHANE PAUL II, USalvifici Doloris, Incwadi yabaPhostoli, n. 26

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