Amabandla Amakristu kaNakulunkulu

 

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UkuGuquka Nokubhapathizwa

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Leli phepha liphathelene nezimfundiso eziphathelene nokubekwa phambili nokubizwa kukaNkulunkulu. Ukuqumuka nokuguquka kuboniswa njengokuyimfuneko ngaphambi kokubhapathizwa futhi kulandela ngemuva kwaso empilweni yomKristu.Izinkolo

 

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Ukuqothoza nokubhapathizwa

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Izimfundiso eziphathelene nokubekwa phambili

Ukungena eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu kuwumsebenzi wobubele. Akekho umuntu oza kuNkulunkulu ngokuqonda kwakhe. Akuyona inqubo yokucabanga. Ukube bekunjalo, abafundi bezifundo bebengangena eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu kuqala. Lokho abangakwenzi kuyabonakala ngalokho abakushoyo.

Bonke abantu bayenza isono. Abantu abanakho uMoya Oyingcwele.

 Ngakho-ke ingqondo yomuntu iphikisana noNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke iSkripthi lithi ingqondo yenyama iyizitha zikaNkulunkulu (Roma 8:7). Lokhu kuhlelwe kabusha kithi: ingqondo ebekwe enyameni iyizitha zikaNkulunkulu ku-RSV. Isizathu ukuthi ubunjalo bukaNkulunkulu budluliselwa ngoMoya oNgcwele. Ngaphandle koMoya oNgcwele siphikisana noMthetho ngoba asinalo ubunjalo bukaNkulunkulu.

 Lelo simo lithathwa kuNkulunkulu njengesisekelo sobulungisa. UNkulunkulu yiqiniso, futhi yiqiniso kuphela elingasikhulula (Johane 8:32). Iqiniso-ke ngumqondo ophuma kuMoya, ubuqotho abakhethiweyo (Johane 17:17-19).

Ngakho-ke asikwazi ukuba yingxenye yoMbuso ngaphandle kokuthola uMoya oNgcwele. Lowo Moya uyazihlukanisa nesono.

 Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu kumele enze isinqumo ngokuqaphela sokuveza abakhethiweyo kuMoya, eyazi ukuthi ngeke bahluleke. Wenza lokhu ngokwazi kwakhe konke okungokwezimoya. Ngakho-ke sabizelwa ekuphumuleni kwakhe, siqala kuKristu (1Pet. 1:20), futhi sabhalwa eNcwadini Yempilo kusukela ekusungulweni kwezwe (Rev. 17:8). Imisebenzi yakhe yaqedwa ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwezwe (Heb. 4:3).

 Abakhethiweyo ngumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu.

Kungukuthi uNkulunkulu ngoKristu, ngokusebenzisa uMoya oNgcwele, ovula ingqondo yabakhethiweyo bonke eqala kwizinceku eziyishumi nambili ukuze iZibhalo ziqondwe (Lk. 24:45).

 Kungakho uKristu ekhuluma ngezifaniso ukuze labo abangakhethwanga bangaqondi. Ngaleyo ndlela babeyaphenduka basindiswe (Mat. 13:10-17) ngaphambi kokuba bakwazi ukungena ekwahlulweni. UNkulunkulu unomusa futhi akafuni ukuthi noma ubani alahleke (2Pet. 3:9). Ngakho-ke ngokwazi kwakhe okungcwele, wonke umuntu ubizwa ngokuhambisana nenhloso yakhe. Labo ayebazi kusengaphambili wababeka phambili ukuze bafaniswe nesithombe seNdodana yakhe, ukuze abe ngowokuqala kwabazalwane abaningi. Labo abebebeke phambili wababizela; labo abebebize wabamhlambulula; nalabo abebemhlambulule wabakhazimulisa. Manje-ke, sizothini ngalokhu? Uma uNkulunkulu eseceleni kwethu, ubani ongasiphikisa? (Roma 8:28-31).

 Bheka futhi iphepha elithi Ukuhlelwa Kusengaphambili (No. 296).

Ukuqumuka nokuguquka

Ukuze isintu siphile, noma sibe nokuphila okuphakade, uNkulunkulu ufuna ukuthi siqumuke. Uma singaqumuki sizobhujiswa (Lk. 13:3,5). UKristu wathunywa ukuzobiza isintu ekuguqukeni (Lk. 11:32).

 UKristu waqala inkonzo yakhe ngemva kokuboshwa kukaJohane uMbhapathizi (Mat. 4:12,17). Ukuboshwa kukaJohane kwenzeka ngemuva kwePhasika lika-28 CE (Jn. 3:22-24; Mat. 4:12) eyayiyiphaskazi ngemva kokuqala kwenkonzo kaJohane ngonyaka weshumi nanhlanu kaTiberius (Lk. 3:1).

 Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukushumayela ethi: "Guqukani, ngokuba umbuso wezulu ususeduze" (Mat. 4:17). UKristu wayalela abafundi bakhe ukuba bashumayele ivangeli lokuguquka, ebapha igunya phezu kwemimoya embi (Mk. 6:7,12; Lk. 10:1,17-20).

Kunezinto ezimbili eziyisisekelo ekuguqukeni.

 Okokuqala ulwazi ngesono nokuthi umuntu wenze isono (Roma 3:23). Okwesibili ukukwazi ukubuyela kuNkulunkulu ngelizwi lakhe. Ngakho-ke kumele sinikezwe ikhono lokuqonda imvelo yesono nokuqukethwe kwezimfihlakalo zikaNkulunkulu. Abakhethiwe banikwa amandla phezu kwamadimoni ngenhloso yokukhombisa ukuthi amagama abo abhalwe ezulwini nokulawula izenzo nezimo ezibazungezile empini yomoya ababhekana nayo.

 Ngakho-ke bathemba ukuthi banamandla kunamandla amadimoni.

Ukuqedwa kwesono (noma ububi; Izenzo 8:22) kwakufundiswa njengesiqalo sokuxolelwa kwesono ukuze kufike isikhathi sokuvuselelwa esuka ebukhoneni boJehova; ukuze athumele uKristu obekelwe thina (Izenzo 3:19-20).Ngakho-ke uKristu akathunywa kithi kuze kube sekuziphendukeleni. Lena inqubo eqhubekayo. UKristu uthunywa ngomuntu ngamunye kanye nangaso sonke isikhathi. AmaTrinitarians banobunzima ekuqondeni le nqubo ngenxa yokungaqondi ubuBunkulunkulu.

Izikhathi zobumpofu bokwazi, njengoba kubizwa, uNkulunkulu wazidlula kodwa ngemva kukaKristu wayala bonke abantu ukuba baziphendukele, ebeke usuku lokwahlulela kubo (Izenzo 17:30). Ngakho-ke ukuziphendukela kunikezwa nezizwe (bona futhi Izenzo 15:3).

Ukuqaphela isono nokungabaluleki komoni kuyisici esikhulu ekuziphendukeleni. Ngakho-ke ukuzibona ulungile kunazo zonke izoni okubi kakhulu ngoba umoni akanakubona ukungapheleli kwakhe. Kuyizikhohliso.UNkulunkulu ususa iziphambeko zethu njengokude komhlaba lasempumalanga ukusuka olwandle lwasentshonalanga (Hubo 103:12). Qaphela umqondo ojwayelekile weHubo 103:6-14.

IHubo 103:6-14  I Nkosi isebenza ukulungisa nokwahlulela kubo bonke abacindezelwayo. 7 Wavezela uMose izindlela zakhe, kwabantu bakwa-Israyeli izenzo zakhe. 8 I Nkosi inomusa futhi inobubele, inokubekezela ekuthukeni futhi igcwele uthando oluthembekile. 9 Ayisoze isolise phakade, futhi ayisoze igcine intukuthelo yayo unomphela. 10 Ayiphathi nathi ngokwezono zethu, futhi ayibuyiseli ngokwezobubi bethu. 11 Ngokuba izulu liphakeme phezu komhlaba, kanjalo uthando lwakhe oluqinile lukhulu kulabo abamesabayo; 12 njengokuba umpumalanga ikude nentshonalanga, kanjalo uyasusa iziphambeko zethu kithi; 13 njengokuba uyise ezizwela izingane zakhe, kanjalo iNkosi izizwela labo abamesabayo. 14 Ngokuba iyazi ukwakhiwa kwethu; iyakhumbula ukuthi siyithuli. (RSV)

 

Ukusuka ekuzisole nasekubuyeleni kuNkulunkulu, umoni ozisole kufanele enze izenzo ezifanele ukuzisola (Izenzo 26:20). Kufanele sishintshe ukuziphatha kwethu. Isono asiyona ingozi; sivela ekufundiseni kwengqondo. Ingqondo igcinwa ememori yesikhathi eside, okuyimpendulo yomzimba nekhemikhali ebuchosheni. Yingakho kunzima kubantu ukulwa nesono. Kufanele bashintshe izinqubo zengqondo uqobo. Lena yisisekelo sombhalo: Nikeza imisebenzi yakho kuNkulunkulu futhi yena uzomisa imicabango yakho. Lokhu kuchazwe ku-RSV kanje: Nikeza imisebenzi yakho eNkosini futhi yena uzomisa izinhlelo zakho (IzAga 16:3; bheka futhi 2 Kor. 10:5).

I-KJV mhlawumbe ibamba incazelo ebanzi yomsebenzi wobuchopho. Kungumsebenzi oqhubekayo. Ezinye izakhiwo zomphakathi sezidlulele kakhulu kangangokuba azikwazi ukunqoba izinkinga zazo. UNkulunkulu wabhubhisa iSodoma ngoba yayingeke ilungiswe ngaphansi kwesikhathi esinqunyiwe sokuSebenza KweHlelo kanye namandla abo okufinyelela ekuziphendukeleni. Ngamanye amazwi, babevele badlulele kakhulu ngokwengqondo ukuze baphendule emiyalezweni ababeyithola. Ngakho-ke abantu abavumeli iNkosi ukuba ivuselele izizwe kulezi Zinsuku Zokugcina, yize ubufakazi beziprofetho neSibhalo busemaphambi kwabo. Yingakho iSodoma izohlulela abantu bethu (Mat. 11:23-24; Mk. 6:11; Lk. 10:12) – ngoba thina sinomlayezo kaKristu kanti bona babengenawo.

Ngakho-ke isimemo sikaNkulunkulu ngokohlelo lwezinto oluqukethwe kusengaphambili luyisigaba sokuqala noma isigaba senqubo yokungena eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu uyakwazi ukuphela kusukela ekuqaleni. Akasoze abeke abantu abazohluleka kusengaphambili. Ngakho-ke, abaningi bayabizwa kodwa abambalwa bakhethwa (Mat. 22:14).

UNkulunkulu ngenhloso akalethi abantu ekuhlulweni kuze kube sebekwazi ukubekezelela inqubo.

 Ngakho-ke ababizwayo kodwa bengakhethwanga babuyela nje ekuvukeni kwabafileyo kwesibili. Isibonelo, bonke labo ababhapathizwe ebandleni njengamanje abaphendukela ebuTrinitariansibeni bayaya ekuvukeni kwabafileyo kwesibili. Abavunyelwa nje ukuba bahlulelwe. UNkulunkulu akazivezi kubo. Isidingo sokuba ekuvukeni kwabafileyo kokuqala, okungukuthi ukuba nempilo engapheli, wukwazi uNkulunkulu oyedwa wangempela kanye noNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu (Johane 17:3) UJohane 17:3 isebenza kokubili ekuvukeni kwabafileyo nasebantwini bonke. Akekho umkhulekeli kaNkulunkulu wamanga, noma ngabe othi ungumKristu, njengomuntu othembisa iTrinitarianism, noma wabanye onkulunkulu bamanga, ozothola ukuphila okuphakade ngisho nangokuvuka kwabafileyo kwesibili. Bazofundiswa ngabakhulunywayo abazoba othisha babo njengabantu bomoya. Uma bengaphenduki ekuvukeni kwabafileyo kwesibili, bazofa futhi bazoshiswa eGehenna.

 Bazobhekana nokukhetha phakathi kweminyaka eyikhulu (Isaya 65:20). Bazoguquka noma bafe!

Lokho kusebenza kuwo wonke amacala esono ngaphansi kwesigaba samaMandla kaNkulunkulu. Iyala Elikhulu Nokuqala – Uzothanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke, nangomphefumulo wakho wonke, nangokuqonda kwakho konke (Mat. 22:37; Mk. 12:28; Lk. 20:27-40, cf. Deut. 6:5) – ihlanganisa imiyalo emine yokuqala kweziyishumi. Umthetho wesibili omkhulu – Uthande umakhelwane wakho njengokuzithanda wena (Mat. 22:39, cf. Lev. 19:18) – ihlanganisa imiyalo eyisithupha yokugcina. Kule miyalo emibili emikhulu noma eyinhloko kusekelwe yonke iMthetho nabaprofethi (Mat. 22:40). Ngakho-ke, imiyalo eyishumi ayikhethi; iyisandiso salokhu okubili futhi iyinhliziyo yoMthetho owawunikezwa uMesiya kuMose ngomoya oNgcwele.

 Ukuqothoqa kuwumkhuba wokubuyela kuNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kwesakhiwo saKhe (Mal. 3:6-12) (bheka uchungechunge lweMthetho ephepheni iMthetho kaNkulunkulu (No. L1)).

Lena inqubo yokubuyela kuNkulunkulu yenzeka njengengxenye yesenzo sokwazi noma sokufika ekwazini uNkulunkulu (Jn. 17:3; 10:37-38). UKristu uveza uBaba kumuntu ngemuva kokuba uBaba emnike uKristu ukuze aqale inqubo (Johane 6:44,57,65). Ngakho-ke ukubizwa kwenzeka kusukela ekuqaleni kwezwe futhi kuhilela uhlelo. Lona ngumzuzu wokuqala kwezigaba ezintathu, isigaba sesibili ukubhapathizwa kanti sesithathu ukuzisola okuqhubekayo.

Ukubhapathizwa

Yonke igunya lanikezwa uKristu kulandela ukuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo (Mathewu 28:18). Wayaqhuba wathi abafundi bakhe bamane baya kwenza abafundi kuzo zonke izizwe, bebabhapathiza egameni likayise, nelendodana nelomoya ongcwele (Mat. 28:19), bebafundisa ukwenza konke uKristu akuyalele. Ngakho-ke wayezoba nabo njalo kuze kube sekupheleni kwezizukulwane (Mat. 28:20).

Ukuhlanhla kumele kuhambisane nokubhapathizwa ukuze kunikezwe isipho soMoya oNgcwele (IzEnzo 2:38). Asikwazi ukwamukela uMoya oNgcwele ngaphandle kokuba sihlanhla futhi sibhapathizwe, ngaleyo ndlela sizalwe kabusha. Ngaphandle kokuthi sizalwe kabusha asikwazi ukungena eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu (Johane 3:3,5). Ukuqeduka kunemibandela yokubhapathizwa nokwamukela uMoya oNgcwele. Ngakho-ke ukubhapathiza izingane kusukela zisencane kuvinjelwe ngokwengqondo njengokuphikisana neBhayibheli. Ukubhapathizwa kuwumhlinzeko wokuqala kwezimbili kuphela zeSonto. Enye yiSidlo seNkosi (bona iphepha IZinhlinzeko zeSonto (No. 150)).

Isidingo sokuguquka sagcizelelwa ngomsebenzi kaJohane uMbhapathizi, owayengumqambi wokubhaptizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele kuKristu (Makhub. 1:4,8). UJohane wathi uKristu wayezobhapathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele nangomlilo, mayelana nalabo abangaguquki (abachazwe njengokhula) (Luka 3:16-17).

UMoya oNgcwele unikezwa ngomyalelo kaNkulunkulu. Ngokucela, okubonakaliswa ngokubeka izandla, uMoya oNgcwele ungene kumuntu. UMoya oNgcwele awunikezwa ngumuntu obeka izandla kumuntu. Umuntu noma abantu ababeka izandla benza kanjalo njengommeli weSonto becela uMoya Oyingcwele ukuthi ahloniphe isicelo seSonto nomuntu ngamunye, futhi angene kulo muntu ngenjongo yomsebenzi ofanele. Yingakho isimo somgcinimafa weSonto singabalulekile ekusebenzeni kahle kwenqubo. UKristu wathi noma yini eniyibopha emhlabeni izoboshwa ezulwini (Mat. 18:18-20).

Mathewu 18:18-20  Ngempela ngiyanithi, noma yini eniyibopha emhlabeni izoboshwa ezulwini, futhi noma yini eniyikhululayo emhlabeni izokhululwa ezulwini. 19 Futhi ngiyanithi, uma ababili kini bevumelana emhlabeni nganoma yini abacelayo, kuzokwenzeka kubo nguBaba wami osezulwini. 20 Ngokuba lapho ababili noma abathathu behlangene egameni lami, khona ngikhona phakathi kwabo." (RSV)

 

Ngakho-ke uMoya unikezwa kuwo wonke umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu futhi awunikezwa muntu. UMoya Oyingcwele usebenza kusukela ngaphambi kobhapathizo ekubhekaneni nomuntu ngamunye. UMoya udonsa abakhethiweyo baya kuNkulunkulu ngoKristu (Heb. 7:25).

 Izithelo zokuqala zoMoya zinikezwa umuntu ngamunye ekubhapathizweni kusuka kuRoma 8:23, okusho ngokusobala ukuthi ukwamukelwa akwenzeki kuze kube sekukhululweni komzimba. Ngakho-ke sizalwa kabusha kodwa siyaqhubeka sikhula emoyeni nsuku zonke kuKristu uJesu kuze sifinyelele ebukhazikhazini bukaNkulunkulu (bona amaphepha Umoya Wokwamukelwa (No. 34) kanye Nokuzalwa Kabusha (No. 172)).

Lokunikezwa koMoya oNgcwele ebhapathizweni kuwamanzi emithombeni yesindiso athembisiwe nguNkulunkulu ngabaprofethi baKhe (Isaya 12:3). Lawa manzi oMoya oNgcwele kwakuyisithembiso sikaNkulunkulu kuJakobe esibhalwe ku-Isaya 44:3. INkosi uNkulunkulu ingumthombo wamanzi aphilayo (Jeremiya 2:13; 17:13; kanye noZefaniya 14:8). Lena yimfula yamanzi okuphila (IsAmb. 22:1). UKristu, ekhuluma ngoMoya (Joh. 7:39), wathi kuye kuphuma amanzi aphilayo (Joh. 4:10-14; 7:38, cf. Isa. 21:3; 55:1; 58:11; Hezeki. 47:1). Israyeli luhlanzwe ngokomoya ngamanzi avela kuHezekeli 36:25, okuyiwona amanzi okuphila noma uMoya oNgcwele. Abakhethiweyo bathatha lawa manzi mahhala (IsAmbulo 22:17).

Ukuzisola okuqhubekayo

Ukuzisola kuwumsebenzi oqhubekayo futhi kufanele kube ngokujulile njengoba iminyaka ihamba ngemva kokubhapathizwa. Ibandla lase-Efesu labizwa ukuba lizisole futhi likhumbule lokho elaliwele kulo, futhi lenze futhi imisebenzi eyayenza ekuqaleni (IsAmb. 2:5).

 Ngokufanayo iSonto lasePergamum labizwa ukuba liguquke (IsAmbulo 2:16); kanjalo neSonto laseThiyatira (IsAmbulo 2:21-22) elalibeke abaphambuki ekholweni embhedeni nabafundisi bezinkolo abangamanga. Ibandla laseSardisi nalo labizwa ukuba liguquke, kungenjalo uKristu uzofika kubo njengesela ebusuku futhi ngeke bazi ukuthi uzofika ngawuphi umzuzu (IsAmb. 3:3). Labo uKristu abathandayo uyabaxwayisa futhi uyabachitha. Ufuna ukuthi bona (kulokhu amaLaodiceans) babe nomdlandla futhi baguquke (IsAmb. 3:19).

 Ngakho-ke ukuziphendukela kuqhubeka kuwo wonke amabandla kaNkulunkulu njengomthwalo wabo bonke (Jak. 5:19-20).

Ngakho-ke ukuziphendukela kuyisimo esidingekayo kuqala ukuze ungene eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu. Ukube bekungekho ngenxa yabakhethiweyo abangethempeli likaNkulunkulu (Lev. 26:12; 1Kor. 3:16-17; 6:19;

 2 Kor. 6:16; Eph. 2:19-22) futhi ingxenye yenqubo uNkulunkulu ayiqalise kusukela ekuqaleni komhlaba ukuthi kungeke kube nenyama esindiswayo iphile (Mat. 24:22). UNkulunkulu wayezovumela bonke abantu baka-Adamu bafe njengoba wayefuna amaNephilim abhujiswe (bheka iphepha Elithi AmaNephilim (No. 154)).

UNkulunkulu usebenza ukubhekana nobuntu ngoJesu Kristu nabakhethiweyo ababebhalwe eNcwadini Yempilo ngaphambi kokusungulwa komhlaba. Abakhethiweyo babebekwe kusengaphambili ukuba babizwe. Babizwe ekuziphendukeleni. Ukuziphendukela kwakuxhomeke ekwamukeleni uMoya Oyingcwele okwakungaphakanyiswa kuphela ngokubhapathizwa.

 Ukuhlanhla kuqhubeka kusukela ekuvashweni ukuze sikhule eMoyeni size sifinyelele ekupheleleni nasekwamukelweni, okuyikukhululwa komzimba.

Labo abalele kufanele bavuswe enyameni ukuze bagudluzwe njengokwenzeka kuKristu njengomnikelo wesihluthulelo esinyakazwayo. UMesiya wayengowokuqala kwabokuqala. Waba yindodana kaNkulunkulu ngamandla ngenxa yokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo (Roma 1:4). Nathi siyizithelo zokuqala: sinikezwe uMoya ngoPentekoste futhi sihlengwe ekuza kukaKristu. Ulandelelwano lwezinsuku ezingcwele lubonisa lezi zingxenye zokubizwa kwethu nokuxolelaniswa kwethu noNkulunkulu uBaba ngoJesu Kristu.

Bheka amaphepha Imasiko njengoba ihlobene Nokusungulwa (No. 227) Nezinsuku Ezingcwele ZikaNkulunkulu (No. 97).