Indoda endala

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaJuni 5, 2017
UMsombuluko Weviki Lesishiyagalolunye Esikhathini Esijwayelekile
Isikhumbuzo sikaSt. Boniface

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

THE AmaRoma asendulo awazange aswele ukujeziswa ngesihluku kakhulu kwezigebengu. Ukubhaxabulwa nokubethelwa kwakuphakathi kwezihluku zabo ezimbi kakhulu. Kodwa kukhona okunye… lokho kokubopha isidumbu emhlane wombulali olahlwe yicala. Ngaphansi kwesigwebo sentambo, akekho owayevunyelwe ukuyisusa. Futhi ngaleyo ndlela, isigebengu esigwetshiwe ekugcineni sasizotheleleka bese sifa.

Kungenzeka kube lesi sithombe esinamandla nesesabekayo esafika engqondweni njengoba uSt. Paul ebhala:

Beka eceleni i- Indoda endala okungokwendlela yenu yokuphila yakuqala futhi okonakele yizinkanuko ezikhohlisayo, futhi nenziwe basha emoyeni wengqondo yenu, futhi nigqoke isimo esisha, esidalwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ngokulunga kweqiniso nangobungcwele. (Efe 4: 22-24)

Igama lesiGrikhi lapha i-anthropos, okusho ukuthi “umuntu.” Izinguqulo ezintsha zifundeka ngokuthi “imvelo endala” noma “ubuntu obudala.” Yebo, uPawulu wayekhathazeke ngokujulile ngokuthi amaKristu amaningi ayesahamba eboshiwe “ekhehleni,” aqhubeka edliswa izinkanuko zalo ezikhohlisayo.

Siyazi ukuthi umuntu wethu omdala wabethelwa kanye no [Kristu], ukuze umzimba wethu onesono uqedwe, ukuze singabe sisaba yizigqila zesono. Ngoba umuntu ofile ukhululiwe esonweni. (Rom 6: 6)

Ngokubhabhadiswa kwethu, igazi namanzi aphuma enhliziyweni kaJesu “kusikhulule” “ebulenjini” be U-Adamu no-Eva, “besono sokuqala.” Asisahlulelwa ukuboshwa ngamaketanga emvelweni yakudala, kepha kunalokho, sibekwe uphawu futhi sigcwaliswe ngoMoya oNgcwele.

Ngakho-ke noma ngubani okuKristu uyisidalwa esisha: izinto zakudala zidlulile; bheka, sekuvele izinto ezintsha. (2 KwabaseKhorinte 5:17)

Lokhu akuyona nje inkondlo yezithombe. Kuyinguquko yangempela futhi ephumelelayo eyenzeka enhliziyweni.

Ngiyobanika enye inhliziyo nomoya omusha engizowufaka phakathi kwabo. Emizimbeni yabo ngizosusa izinhliziyo zamatshe, ngibanike izinhliziyo zenyama, ukuze bahambe ngokwezimiso zami, baqaphele ukugcina izimiso zami. Bayakuba ngabantu bami, mina ngibe nguNkulunkulu wabo. (Hezekeli 11: 19-20)

Kepha uyabona, asiveli kufonti yokubhapathizwa njengamarobhothi amancane enzelwe ukwenza okuhle kuphela. Cha, sidalwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke, njalo mahhala-Ukukhululeka ukukhetha inkululeko njalo.

UKristu wasikhululela enkululekweni; ngakho-ke yimani niqine futhi ningaphinde nizithobe ejokeni lobugqila. (Gal 5: 1)

Ngamanye amagama, ungaphindi ubophe ikhehla emhlane wakho.

Ngenxa yalokho, nani kufanele nizicabange njengabafile esonweni futhi baphilela uNkulunkulu kuKristu Jesu. Ngakho-ke, isono akufanele sibuse phezu kwemizimba yenu efayo ukuze nilalele izifiso zayo. (Rom 6: 11-12)

Ekufundeni kokuqala kwanamuhla, uTobit usezodla isidlo sakusihlwa esihle ngomkhosi wePentekoste. Ucela indodana yakhe ukuthi ihambe iyofuna "indoda empofu" ezoletha etafuleni layo ukuze ihlanganyele idili layo. Kodwa indodana yakhe ibuya nezindaba zokuthi esinye sezihlobo zabo siklinywe sabulawa emakethe. UTobit uphume etafuleni, wathwala lo muntu ofile wamyisa ekhaya ukuze angcwatshwe ngemuva kokushona kwelanga, bese, egeza izandla, ebuyela edilini lakhe.

Lokhu kuwuphawu oluhle lokuthi thina, esisanda kugubha iPhasika kanye nePentekoste — amadili okukhululwa kwethu ekuthunjweni! - nathi kufanele siphendule lapho sibhekene nesilingo sokubuyela esonweni. UTobit akamletheli umuntu ofile kuye etafuleni, futhi akavumeli ukufa kwakhe ngaphambi kwesikhathi kuphazamise isibopho sokugubha idili. Kepha kukangaki sikhohlwa esingobani kuKristu Jesu, letha "ikhehla" ofele kuKristu liyini idili lethu elifanele? UmKristu, lokhu akwenzi isithunzi sakho! Kungani wena, ngemuva kokushiya ikhehla ekuvumeni izono, bese uyahamba uhudule lesi sidumbu ubuyisele ekhaya — izimpukane, izimpethu nakho konke — ukunambitha nje ubuhlungu besono leso esibuye sigqilaze, sidabukise, futhi siphulaze usuku lwakho, uma hhayi impilo yakho yonke?

NjengoTobit, mina nawe kufanele sigeze izandla zethu ezonweni, unomphela, uma sifisa ngempela ukujabula futhi siphile ngesithunzi kanye nenkululeko esithengelwe yona ngeGazi likaKristu.

Bulala-ke izingxenye zenu zasemhlabeni: ubufebe, ukungcola, isifiso, isifiso esibi, nokuhaha okungukukhonza izithombe. (KwabaseKholose 3: 5)

Yebo yebo, lokhu kusho ukuthi kufanele fight. UGrace akakwenzeli konke, wenza konke nje kungenzeka kwakho. Kepha kusamele uziphike, umelane nenyama yakho, ulwe nesilingo. Yebo, zilwele! Lwela iNkosi yakho! Lwela impilo! Lwela inkululeko yakho! Lwela okungokwakho okulungile — isithelo sikaMoya, esithelwe enhliziyweni yakho!

Kepha manje, lahlani konke, ulaka, ukufutheka, inzondo, ukunyundela, nokuhlambalaza kube semlonyeni wenu. Yekani ukuqamba amanga omunye komunye, ngoba senikhumule umuntu omdala kanye nemikhuba yakhe futhi senigqoke umuntu omusha, owenziwa musha, abe nolwazi, ngomfanekiso womdali wakhe. (Kol 3: 8-10)

Yebo, “umuntu omusha”, “owesifazane omusha” —sisipho sikaNkulunkulu lesi kuwe, ukubuyiswa kwesiqu sakho sangempela. Kuyisifiso esivuthayo sikaBaba ukukubona uba yilokho Akwenza waba yikho: ukhululekile, ungcwele, futhi unokuthula.

Ngakho-ke, ukuba ngongcwele, akusilutho olunye ngaphandle kokuba yisiqu sakho sangempela… ukubonakaliswa okumsulwa komfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.