UMTHANDO isimemo sobuhlobo bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu. Empeleni,
… Umkhuleko is ubudlelwano obuphilayo bezingane zikaNkulunkulu noYise wazo… -ICatechism yeSonto LamaKatolika (CCC), n. 2565
Kepha lapha, kufanele siqaphele ukuthi singaqapheli noma ngokungazi siqala ukubheka ukusindiswa kwethu njengendaba yomuntu siqu. Kukhona nesilingo sokubalekela umhlaba (ukudelela mundi), ukufihla kuze kudlule iSiphepho, sonke lesi sikhathi abanye bayabhubha ngokuswela ukukhanya okubahola ebumnyameni babo. Yiyo kanye le mibono yokuzikhethela ebusa ubuKrestu banamuhla, ngisho naphakathi kwemibuthano yamaKatolika, futhi iholele uBaba oNgcwele ukuyikhuluma embhalweni wakhe wakamuva:
Bekungenzeka kanjani ukuthi umqondo wokuthi umyalezo kaJesu wawunabantu abancane futhi ubhekiswe kumuntu ngamunye kuphela? Sifike kanjani kule ncazelo “yensindiso yomphefumulo” njengembalekela ukuzibophezela kukho konke, futhi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi sithathe iphrojekthi yobuKrestu njengososesho lokuzicelela usindiso olwenqaba umqondo wokusebenzela abanye? —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 16
ITHEMBA ELIKHULU
Ngivame ukuholwa ukuthi ngifanele imicimbi nemicimbi yesikhathi esizayo njengezikhathi zami "njengezikhulu." Ngokwesibonelo, "UMeshing Omkhulu"noma"Izilingo Ezinkulu"Kukhona futhi lokho uBaba oNgcwele akubiza ngokuthi" ithemba elikhulu. "Futhi yilokhu okuyibizo lokuqala lomuntu ngamunye wethu onesiqu esithi" UmKrestu ":
Ithemba ngomqondo wobuKristu lihlale liyithemba nakwabanye. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 34
Kepha singabelana kanjani naleli themba uma singenalo ngokwethu, noma okungenani silibona? Futhi yingakho kubalulekile ukuthi thina thandaza. Ngoba ngomkhuleko, izinhliziyo zethu zigcwalise kakhulu ngokuningi ukholo. Futhi…
Ukukholwa yingqikithi yethemba… amagama athi "ukukholwa" kanye "nethemba" abonakala eshintshana. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 10
Uyabona ukuthi ngiyaphi nakho konke lokhu? Ngaphandle kwe- ngethemba ebumnyameni obuzayo, kuyakuba khona ukuphelelwa yithemba. Leli ithemba elingaphakathi kwakho, lokhu ukukhanya kukaKristu evutha njengesibani ogqumeni, okuzodonsela imiphefumulo ephelelwe yithemba eceleni kwakho lapho ungabakhomba kuJesu, ithemba lensindiso. Kepha kuyadingeka ukuthi ube naleli themba. Futhi akuveli ngokwazi nje ukuthi siphila ezikhathini zoshintsho olukhulu, kodwa ekwazini Yena ngubani umbhali wenguquko.
Hlala ukulungele ukunikeza incazelo kunoma ngubani okucela isizathu sethemba lakho. (1 Pet. 3:15)
Yize lokhu kulungela ngokuqinisekile kubandakanya ukukulungela ngokwengqondo ukukhuluma "ngenkathi noma ngaphandle," kumele futhi sibe nokuthile esizokusho! Futhi ungaba kanjani nokuthile ongakusho uma ungazi ukuthi ukhuluma ini? Ukwazi leli themba ukuhlangana Nalo. Futhi ukuqhubeka nokuhlangana Kubizwa Umthandazo.
Imvamisa, ikakhulukazi lapho ubhekene nezilingo nokoma ngokomoya, ungahle ungatholi bazizwa sengathi unokholo noma nethemba. Kepha lapha kukhona ukuhlanekezelwa kokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba "nokholo." Mhlawumbe lo mqondo uthonywe yizinhlelo zamavangeli ezisonteka imiBhalo ngendlela eziyithandayo — a "uyiqambe futhi uyibize" ngemfundiso yenkolo lapho umuntu kufanele asebenze khona "ekukholweni" komuntu, futhi ngaleyo ndlela athole noma yini oyifunayo. Lokhu akusho ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba nokholo.
ISIDUMBU
Kukuphi ukucaciswa okuyisikhumbuzo komBhalo otolikwe kabi, uBaba oNgcwele uchaza indima elandelayo yamaHeberu 11: 1:
Ukholo luyisisekelo (i-hypostasis) wezinto ezithenjwayo; ubufakazi bezinto ezingabonwayo.
Leli gama "hypostatis" lalizohunyushwa lisuselwa esiGrekini liye esiLatin ngaleli gama i-substantia noma "into." Lokho wukuthi, lolu kholo olungaphakathi kwethu kufanele lutolikwe njengeqiniso langempela - "njengento" engaphakathi kithi:
… Sezivele zikhona kithi izinto ezinethemba: yonke, impilo eyiqiniso. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi into uqobo lwayo isivele ikhona, ukuba khona kwalokhu okuzayo nakho kudala ukuqiniseka: le "nto" okumele ize ayikabonakali emhlabeni wangaphandle (ayi "veli"), kodwa ngenxa yeqiniso ukuthi, njengeqiniso lokuqala futhi eliguquguqukayo, sikuthwala ngaphakathi kwethu, ukuqonda okuthile ngakho sekukhona manje. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 7
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMartin Luther wayeliqonda leli gama, hhayi ngalo mqondo oyinjongo, kodwa ngokuzithoba njengesibonakaliso sangaphakathi isimo sengqondo. Le ncazelo ingene ngokuhumusha kweBhayibheli kweKhatholika lapho ezinguqulweni zesimanje igama eliguquguqukayo elithi "conviction" selithathe isikhundla segama elihlosiwe "ubufakazi." Kodwa-ke, ayinembile: Ngithemba kuKristu ngoba senginabo "ubufakazi" baleli themba, hhayi nje ukuqiniseka.
Lokhu kukholwa nethemba "kuyinto" engokomoya. Akuyona into engiyisebenzisela ukuphikisana kwengqondo noma ukucabanga okuhle: kuyisipho sikaMoya oNgcwele esinikezwe ekubhabhadisweni:
Ubeke uphawu lwakhe kithi futhi wasinika uMoya wakhe ezinhliziyweni zethu njengesiqinisekiso. (2 Kor. 1:22)
Kepha ngaphandle umkhuleko, ukudonsela ubisi lukaMoya oNgcwele kuKristu uMvini ungene emphefumulweni wami, isipho singasitshekelwa ngunembeza othukile noma silahlekelwe ngisho nangokwenqatshwa kokholo noma isono esifayo. Ngomkhuleko — okuwukuhlanganyela kothando — le "nto" iyakhula, ngakho-ke, kanjalo nethemba lami:
Ithemba alisidumazi, ngoba uthando lukaNkulunkulu lutheliwe ezinhliziyweni zethu ngoMoya oNgcwele esimnikiwe wona. (Rom 5: 5)
Le nto "ngamafutha" esigcwalisa ngawo izibani zethu. Kepha ngoba le nto iqhamuke ngobuNkulunkulu, akuyona into ongayithola ngamandla wedwa ngokungathi uNkulunkulu ungumshini we-cosmic vending. Esikhundleni salokho, kungokuba ngumntwana othobekile futhi ufune kuqala umbuso kaNkulunkulu ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye, ikakhulukazi ngomkhuleko nangeSidlo SikaNkulunkulu Esingcwele, lapho "uwoyela wenjabulo" uthelwa ngokucebile enhliziyweni yakho.
ITHEMBA LABANYE
Uyabona-ke, ubuKrestu luhambo oluya kokungaphezu kwemvelo,
noma, kunalokho, izinkambo ezingaphezu kwendalo eziya emphefumulweni: UKristu uza noBaba enhliziyweni yalowo owenza intando yaKhe. Uma lokhu kwenzeka, uNkulunkulu uyasishintsha. Ngingakwazi kanjani ukuguquka lapho uNkulunkulu enza ikhaya Lakhe ngaphakathi kimi futhi ngiba yithempeli likaMoya oNgcwele? Kepha njengoba ngibhalile Xazululwa, lo musa awuzi ngentengo ephansi. Kukhululwa ngokuzinikela okuqhubekayo kokuzinikela kwakho kuNkulunkulu (ukholo). Futhi umusa (ithemba) unikezwa, hhayi thina kuphela, kepha nabanye:
Ukuthandaza akusikho ukuphuma emlandweni bese siziyela ekhoneni lethu langasese lenjabulo. Uma sithandaza kahle senza inqubo yokuzihlanza kwangaphakathi okusivulela kuNkulunkulu kanjalo nakwabanye abantu nathi ... Ngale ndlela sithola lokho kuhlanzwa esivulekele uNkulunkulu futhi sikulungele ukusebenzela abanye abantu. Siyakwazi ukuba nethemba elikhulu, ngalokho-ke siba yizikhonzi zethemba labanye. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 33, 34
Ngamanye amagama, siba imithombo ephilayo lapho abanye bangaphuza khona iMpilo eyithemba lethu. Kufanele sibe yimithombo ephilayo!
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