Intlambululo-miphefumlo, Uxolelo, Iziphumo

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Intlambululo-miphefumlo asiyiyo enye indawo yezulu okanye esihogweni. Yimeko yethutyana apho abanye imiphefumlo kufuneka idlule ukuze ifumane ukuhlanjululwa kokugqibela ngaphambi kokungena ezulwini (Bona i Incwadi yeSityhilelo 21:27). Njengoko iBhunga lesiBini leVatican lafundisayo, intlambululo-miphefumlo ikhona ngenxa yokuba “naxa ubugwenxa besono bususiwe, Isohlwayo saso okanye iziphumo zaso zisenokuhlala zixolelwe okanye zicocwe” (Imfundiso Yokuxolela 3).

Ngokunjalo, i ICatechism yeCawa yamaKatolika ithi, “Bonke abafa kubabalo nobuhlobo bukaThixo, ukanti uhlanjululwe ngokungagqibelelanga, ngokwenene baqinisekiswa ngosindiso lwabo lwanaphakade; kodwa emva kokufa baya kuhlanjululwa, ukuze sizuze ubungcwele obuyimfuneko ukuze singene kuvuyo lwezulu” (1030, p. 268). “Kwindawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo,” ubhala watsho umthetheleli woxolo uKarl Keating, “konke ukuzithanda okuseleyo kuguqulwa kube kukuthanda uThixo” (UbuKatolika, p. 190).

IBandla limthatha nzulu uYesu’ umyalelo kwi UMateyu 5:48 ukuze “bagqibelele, njengokuba uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile,” kwaye ibambelele nkqi kwi Ileta eya kumaHebhere’12:14 efundisayo, “Zamelani uxolo nabantu bonke, nangenxa yobungcwele, ekungekho namnye uya kuyibona iNkosi, engenabo.

Ngaphezu koko, iCawe iyayamkela inyaniso yebhayibhile yokuba imfezeko yokomoya iyafuneka ukuze abantu bangene ezulwini, ngokwereferensi yethu engasentla kwi Incwadi yeSityhilelo (21:27), akukho nto iyinqambi ayisayi kungena kuyo.

Inyaniso, Ukwala kukaThixo uMoses ukuba awele kwiLizwe Ledinga njengesohlwayo ngenxa yokungathembeki kwakhe kuyavisisana nale nkolelo. (bona iDuteronomi 32:48).

Ngokufanayo, elinye lawona mabali ahlabayo kwizibhalo liyibonisa kakuhle le ngcamango yoxolelo kunye neziphumo. Libali loMhle uDavide kunye nomprofeti uNatan njengoko bexoxa ngobugwenxa bukaDavide noBhatshebha Incwadi yesibini kaSamuweli, 12:1-14:

2 uSamuweli 12

12:1 UNdikhoyo ke wathumela uNatan kuDavide. Weza ke kuye, Wathi kuye: “Amadoda amabini ayekwisixeko esinye: omnye usisityebi, abanye ke bangamahlwempu.
12:2 Indoda esisityebi yayinempahla emfutshane neenkomo ezininzi kunene.
12:3 Kodwa ihlwempu lona lalingenanto konke konke, ngaphandle kwegusha enye, awayeyithengile waza wayondla. Waye wakhula phambi kwakhe, kunye nabantwana bakhe, esitya isonka sakhe, esela endebeni yakhe, elele esifubeni sakhe. Kwaye kuye kwaba njengentombi kuye.
12:4 Ke kaloku kwafika umhambi othile kwindoda esisityebi, etyeshela ukuthabatha kweyakhe impahla emfutshane neenkomo zakhe, ukuze amenzele isidlo umhambi lowo, ababeze kuye, wayithabatha impahla emfutshane yendoda elihlwempu, wamenzela ukudla loo mntu ubeze kuye.
12:5 Wavutha ke umsindo kaDavide kunene ngakuloo ndoda, wathi kuNatan: “Ehleli nje uYehova, ngunyana wokufa umntu owenze loo nto.
12:6 Uya kuyibuyisela ngesine impahla emfutshane, ngokuba elenzile elo lizwi, akaba nalufefe.
12:7 Wathi uNatan kuDavide: “Nguwe laa ndoda. utsho uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli: ‘Ndakuthambisa njengokumkani phezu koSirayeli, ndanihlangula esandleni sikaSawule.
12:8 Ndakunika indlu yenkosi yakho kuwe, nabafazi benkosi yakho esifubeni sakho. Kwaye indlu kaSirayeli nendlu kaYuda ndayinikela kuwe. Kwaye ngokungathi ezi zinto zincinci, Ndiya kongeza izinto ezinkulu kakhulu kuni.
12:9 Ngoko ke, Yini na ukuba ulidele ilizwi likaNdikhoyo?, nesuka nenza okubi emehlweni am? Umxabele u-Uriya umHeti ngekrele. Uze umthathele umfazi wayo ukuba abe ngumfazi wakho. Kwaye umbulale ngekrele loonyana baka-Amon.
12:10 Ngesi sizathu, Ikrele aliyi kumka endlwini yakho, naphakade, ngokuba undidelile, umzekile umkaUriya umHeti, ukuze abe ngumfazi wakho.’
12:11 Kwaye, utsho uYehova: ‘Khangela, ndiya kukuvelisela ububi obuphuma endlwini yakho;. Kwaye ndiza kubathabatha abafazi bakho phambi kwamehlo akho, ndizinike ummelwane wakho. Kwaye uya kulala nabafazi bakho phambi kweli langa.
12:12 Kuba wenze ngokufihlakeleyo. Ke mna ndolenza eli lizwi emehlweni amaSirayeli onke, naphambi kwelanga.’ ”
12:13 Wathi uDavide kuNatan, “Ndonile kuYehova.” Wathi uNatan kuDavide: “Kwaye uYehova ubususile ubugwenxa bakho. Aniyi kufa.
12:14 Kodwa ngokwenene, ngokuba uzinike ithuba lokunyelisa iintshaba zikaYehova, ngenxa yelo lizwi, unyana omzalelweyo: ukufa uya kufa.”

Uxolelo kunye neziphumo

Ibali likaBhatshebha noDavide noNatan lisixelela okuninzi ngohlobo lwesono nenceba kaThixo.. UDavide, ongukumkani oyintanda kaYehova kwaye ebonakala engenakwenza ububi, wenza isono esibi. UThixo wayezimisele yaye ekulungele ukuxolela nokubuyisela, kodwa bekufuneka kubekho iziphumo.

Imiphumo yesono nemiphumo yesono isoloko ixutyushwa phakathi kwamaKristu. Sisenokuzibuza, zithini kanye iziphumo kunye neziphumo ukuba, inyaniso, sonke isono sacanyagushelwa emnqamlezweni? Sonke isono esiye senziwa ngabantu sacanyagushelwa ngedini likaKristu ngokwakhe, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba iziphumo zesono ziyalahlwa–ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo kobu bomi. Cinga ngalo naliphi na inani lezono (kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho) njengokubulala, ukutshiswa kunye nokuhlaselwa. Zonke zineempembelelo zomhlaba ezihlala ixesha elide. Ngoko, uxolo ke, akuthethi ukuba iziphumo ziyasuswa.

Uxolelo, ukanti Isohlwayo

Ukuqonda ukuba isohlwayo sinokuhlala njani nasemva kokuba izono zikabani zixolelwe, kuyimfuneko ukwahlula phakathi ngonaphakade kwaye okwexeshana isohlwayo.

I ngonaphakade isohlwayo sesono sisihogo. Umntu uyasindiswa kwesi sohlwayo sikaThixo xa yena–umoni–uyaguquka azivume ezo zono. Ukanti nasemva kokuba umntu exolelwe, okwexeshana Isohlwayo sisenokusala nekufuneka sixolelwe.

Khawucinge ngoku, umzekelo, indoda engathembekanga emfazini wayo. Ukuziva uzisola, ugqiba kwelokuba atshintshe iindlela zakhe aze ayivume into ayenzileyo. Umfazi wakhe, ngokulunga kwakhe, uyamxolela, nangona kunjalo, kusenokuthabatha ixesha ngaphambi kokuba aphinde amthembe. Kuya kufuneka aphinde amthembe, ukupholisa inxeba alibangele kubudlelwane babo. Xa sisona siyalonakalisa ulwalamano lwethu noThixo nabanye.

La manxeba kufuneka anyangwe ngaphambi kokuba umntu angene ezulwini. Kanjalo, oku kuphiliswa kwenzeka ngobabalo lukaThixo nge iingenelo zokufa kukaYesu Kristu emnqamlezweni. Intlambululo-miphefumlo, nangona, kunye nezohlwayo esizenzayo emhlabeni, ziindlela zikaThixo zokusivumela ukuba sithathe inxaxheba kwinkqubo yokuphilisa njengoko sithwala uxanduva lokungalunganga esikwenzileyo.

Ukucaca, Intlambululo-miphefumlo ayinanto yakwenza noxolelo lwesono kuba izono zemiphefumlo ekwindawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo sele zixolelwe. Ngoko, bubuxoki ukubanga ukuba imfundiso yeCawa yentlambululo-miphefumlo ibandakanya umvuzo uxolelo lukaThixo. Kwakhona, le miphefumlo isindisiwe, kodwa ukungena kwabo ezulwini kulibele. Njengoko uSaint Paul watshoyo kwincwadi yakhe Ileta yokuqala eya kwabaseKorinte, “Xa sigwetywa yiNkosi, siqeqeshwa, ukuze singasingelwa phantsi ndawonye nehlabathi.” “kuba lowo amthandayo uYehova uyamohlwaya, Umohlwaya ke unyana amamkelayo” (bona i Ileta eya kumaHebhere 12:5-6 kwaye 5:8-9).

UCarl uAdam mhlawumbi wanika eyona nkcazo yentlambululo-miphefumlo ngolu hlobo lulandelayo;

Umphefumlo ohluphekayo, besilele ukusebenzisa inguquko elula neyonwabisayo yeli hlabathi, ngoku kufuneka anyamezele bonke ubukrakra kunye nazo zonke izohlwayo ezoyikekayo ezincanyathiselwe ngokuyimfuneko ngumthetho ongenakutshitshiswa wobulungisa bukaThixo nakwisono esincinci., ade angcamle ububi besono kwiintsipho zaso kwaye aphulukane nokona kuncamathelayo kuncinane kuso., kude kube yinzaliseko yothando lukaKristu. Yinkqubo ende kwaye ibuhlungu, “njengomlilo.” Ngaba ngumlilo wokwenene? Asinakuxela; yindalo eyinyani ngokuqinisekileyo iya kuhlala ifihliwe kuthi kweli hlabathi. Kodwa siyayazi le nto: ukuba kungabikho sohlwayo sicinezela kakhulu “imiphefumlo ehlwempuzekileyo” njengoko ukwazi ukuba ngenxa yeempazamo zabo bathintelwa ixesha elide kuMbono osikelelekileyo kaThixo.. Okukhona bengazibandakanyi ngokuthe ngcembe kwikhampasi epheleleyo yobume babo obumxinwa, kwaye kokukhona iintliziyo zabo zivulekele ngokukhululekileyo nangokupheleleyo kuThixo, kakhulu ngakumbi ubukrakra bokwahlulwa kwabo kusenziwa kumila kumbi. Kukukhumbula ikhaya kuBawo wabo; yaye okukhona kuqhubeka ukuhlanjululwa kwabo, kokukhona ibethwa kanobom imiphefumlo yabo ngeentonga zomlilo...

Ukuhlanjululwa kunye nokuCoca

Ngelixa wonke umKristu ezijonga njengomoni, kwangaxeshanye ukholelwa ukuba uya kukhululeka esonweni (kwanokutyekela esonweni) eZulwini. Ngoko ke, inkqubo yokuhlanjululwa kufuneka ibe khona emva kokufa, othi ngawo umphefumlo otyekele esonweni uguquke ube ngumphefumlo ongena kuwo.

Kukho iindinyana ezininzi zesiBhalo ezibhekisa kuhlobo lokuhlawulelwa kwesono emva kokufa.

Ingcamango yeNtlambululo-miphefumlo kwiTestamente eNdala

KwiTestamente eNdala kukho ingxelo kaJudas Maccabeus owathi “wenza idini lokucamagushela abafileyo, ukuze bakhululwe esonweni sabo” (bona i Incwadi yesibini yeMaccabees 12:46).

I Incwadi kaSirakhi, 7:33, ithi, “Yibani ngobubele kubo bonke abaphilayo, uze ungalibali inceba kwabafileyo.” Zombini i Incwadi yesibini yeMaccabees kwaye Sirach zibandakanyiwe phakathi kweencwadi ezisixhenxe zedeuterocanonical, nto leyo engafunwayo ngabaninzi abangamaKatolika. Ukanti nokuba umntu akakholelwa ukuba ezi ncwadi ziphefumlelwe nguThixo, ufanele ubuncinane acinge ngobungqina obungokwembali ababunikelayo. Baqinisekisa amaSirayeli amandulo’ ukuziqhelisa ukuthandazela imiphefumlo yabangasekhoyo. Oku kungqinwa ngu Incwadi yesibini kaSamuweli 1:12, esichazela ngoDavide namadoda akhe “benza isijwili, balila, bazila ukudla kwada kwahlwa (amajoni eNkosi) ngokuba babewile likrele.”

KwiTestamente eNtsha

UPawulos uthandazela abafileyo kweyakhe Incwadi yesibini kuTimoti, ethetha ngomhlobo wakhe ongasekhoyo uOnesiforo, “Yanga iNkosi ingamfumanisa inceba eNkosini ngaloo mini” (1:18).

Eyona mbekiselo yeZibhalo ecacileyo yentlambululo-miphefumlo ikwavela kwekaPawulos Ileta yokuqala eya kwabaseKorinte:

3:11 kuba akukho namnye unako ukubeka esinye isiseko, endaweni yaloo nto ibekiweyo, onguKristu Yesu.
3:12 Kodwa ukuba nabani na wakhela phezu kwesi siseko, nokuba yigolide, isilivere, amatye anqabileyo, iinkuni, hay, okanye iindiza,
3:13 umsebenzi womntu ngamnye uya kubonakala. Kuba imini yeNkosi iya kuyixela, ngokuba iya kuvela inomlilo. Kwaye lo mlilo uya kuvavanya umsebenzi ngamnye, ukuba luhlobo luni na.
3:14 Ukuba nabani na umsebenzi, athe wakhela phezu kwayo, uhlala, uya kwandula ke amkele umvuzo.
3:15 Ukuba umsebenzi womntu utshisiwe, uya kulahlekelwa yiyo, kodwa yena ngokwakhe usaya kusindiswa, kusuke kwaba ngathi baphuma emlilweni.

Ivesi 13 ibhekisela kwiMini yoMgwebo, xa imisebenzi yethu iya kwaziswa. Igolide, isilivere, namatye anqabileyo kwivesi 12 bonisa imisebenzi encomekayo; iinkuni, hay, neendiza, imisebenzi engafezekanga.

Zombini ezi meko zibandakanya isakhiwo sobuKristu phezu kwesiseko sikaYesu Kristu. Kwimeko yokuqala, umsebenzi awenziwa ngumKristu ebomini uyasinda ekugwetyweni kwaye uya ngqo kumvuzo wakhe wasezulwini, o.k., ivesi 14. Kwimeko yokugqibela, umsebenzi womKristu awusindi kwaye yena “ubunzima(s) ilahleko,” nangona, ngenceba kaThixo, akalahlekanga kodwa usindisiwe “ngokungathi siphuma emlilweni” kwivesi 15.

Kwi UMateyu 12:32 UYesu ubonakala ethetha ukuba kukho intlawulelo yesono esingaphaya kokufa: “Othe wathetha elichasene noMoya oyiNgcwele, akasayi kuxolelwa;, mhlawumbi kweli xesha okanye kwixesha elizayo” (ugxininiso longeziwe). Jonga uPopu oNgcwele uGregory Omkhulu, Iingxoxo 4:40 kunye noAugustine oNgcwele, ISixeko sikaThixo 21:24 kwizinto ezinxulumeneyo.

Kwenye indawo, UYesu ubonisa ukuba abanye kwabangasekhoyo baya kufumana isohlwayo sexeshana (bona ULuka 12:47-48).

Iimbekiselo zamaKristu okuqala kwiNtlambululo-miphefumlo

Imibhalo efunyenwe kumangcwaba amandulo njenge I-Epitaph nguAbercius Marcellus (ca. 190), umzekelo, bongoza abathembekileyo ukuba bathandazele umfi.

Ulindele ukufela ukholo kwintolongo yaseCarthage ngonyaka 203, UVibia Perpetua wayethandazela umntakwabo oswelekileyo imihla ngemihla, IiDinocrates, efumene umbono wakhe ekwimo yokubandezeleka.

Ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe, watyhilelwa ukuba ungenile eparadesi. “Ndazile,” Uye waphawula, “ukuba ukhululwe kwisohlwayo” (Ukufela ukholo ngokungapheliyo kunye neFelicitas 2:4).

Ngokunzulu kakhulu, sibona uqheliselo lwamaKristu okuqala lokunikela iDini loMthendeleko egameni labafileyo. Tertullian (d. ca. 240), njengokuba, watyhila indlela umhlolokazi ozinikeleyo akuthandazela ngayo ukuphumla komphefumlo womyeni wakhe, kwaye njani “ngonyaka nganye, kwisikhumbuzo sokufa kwakhe, wenza idini” (Ukuba nomfazi omnye 10:4).

Kweyakhe Umthendeleko, Ukusukela phakathi kwinkulungwane yesine, Serapion, uBhishophu waseThmuis, wambongoza uThixo, “egameni labo bonke abangasekhoyo,” ukuya “bangcwalise bonke abalele ukufa eNkosini (Apoc. 14:13) Babale bonke phakathi kwezintlu zabangcwele bakho, Ubanike indawo yokuhlala (UYohane 14:2) ebukumkanini baKho” (Umthendeleko, Anaphora okanye Umthandazo weDini loMthendeleko 13:5).

So Isishiya Phi Lonto?

Abanye basenokubuza, “Ukuba umntu kufuneka afezeke ukuze angene eZulwini, ngubani na ke ongasindiswayo?” Xa abapostile babuza umbuzo ofanayo kuYesu, Wasabela, Emadodeni le nto ayinakwenzeka, ke kuye uThixo zonke izinto zinako ukwenzeka” (bona uMateyu 19:25-26).

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