Insindiso

Sisindisiwe Kanjani?

Impendulo emfushane kungomusa kaNkulunkulu, kodwa kukhona okwengeziwe, kunjalo, kuhlanganise noJesu’ umhlatshelo, ukholo lwethu, kanye nezenzo zethu.

Kunokuphikisana okuqhubekayo mayelana nokuthi umuntu angasindiswa ngokukholwa kuphela noma ukukholwa kufanele kuhambisane nemisebenzi. Ngomqondo othile, ingxoxo imayelana nokuthi kungenzeka yini ukuba nokholo ngaphandle kokulubonisa (ngezenzo ezibonisa uthando ngoNkulunkulu nabanye).

IBandla liyafundisa:

“Ukulungisiswa kwethu kuvela emseni kaNkulunkulu. Umusa uwumusa, usizo lwamahhala nolungafanele uNkulunkulu asinika lona ukuze sisabele obizweni lwakhe lokuba ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, amadodana okutholwa, abahlanganyeli besimo sobuNkulunkulu kanye nokuphila okuphakade”

–Kusukela kuKhathekizimu yeBandla lamaKhatholika 1996; ngezinkomba ku UJohane 1:12-18; 17:3; OkaPawulu Incwadi eya kwabaseRoma 8:14-17; kanye noPetru Incwadi Yesibili, 1:3-4.

AmaKristu akholelwa esidingweni somusa kaNkulunkulu wensindiso, kodwa kunemibono eyahlukene ngokuthi kusho ukuthini lokho.

AmaKatolika akholelwa ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu uyasebenza. Akugcini nje ukumboza ukona kwethu, kodwa uyasiguqula ngokweqiniso futhi asenze sibe ngcwele.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, AmaKatolika akholelwa lokho ngokwamukela isipho somusa kaNkulunkulu, sibizelwe ukubambisana nayo. Ngakho, singadlala indima ebonakalayo ensindisweni yethu-kodwa indima encike ngokuphelele emseni kaNkulunkulu; asikwazi ukuzisindisa.

AmaKatolika akholelwa futhi ukuthi insindiso ayisona isenzakalo sesikhathi esisodwa, kodwa kunalokho inqubo evame ukuvela phakathi nokuphila komuntu.

Isono Soqobo

Ukuze siqonde ukuthi kungani sidinga ukusindiswa, sidinga ukuqonda umsuka wemvelo yethu ewile, i.e., isono sokuqala.

Isono sokuqala sibhekisela esonweni sika-Adamu no-Eva nokudla kwabo isithelo esinqatshelwe. Umuntu angakubheka njengesono sokuzidla–isifiso sokungasebenzeli uMdali kodwa ukufana Naye, ukuze alingane naKhe (bheka iNcwadi kaGenesise, 3:5).

 

Icala nemiphumela yesono sika-Adamu no-Eva kwadluliselwa kuso sonke isintu (bona Genesis 3:16-19). Njengoba uSaint Paul abhala, “Isono sangena emhlabeni ngomuntu oyedwa nokufa kwangena ngesono futhi kanjalo ukufa kwasakazekela kubantu bonke ngenxa yokuthi bonke abantu bonile.” (Bona eyakhe Incwadi eya kwabaseRoma 5:12, kanye neyakhe Incwadi Yokuqala KwabaseKorinte, 15:21-23).

Umuntu owake waba isidalwa sikaNkulunkulu esithandwayo, wazithola esezohlupheka ehlazweni, engakwazi nhlobo ukubuyisela ubungane noMenzi Wakhe obabunqanyulwe ukungalaleli. (Yebo, UNkulunkulu unenkumbulo ende.)

Ukuhlengwa (ngokubethelwa kanye nokuvuka kwabafileyo)

Nokho, ngomusa Wakhe ongapheli uNkulunkulu wathembisa ukuthumela iNdodana Yakhe uqobo esesimweni somuntu ukuze ihlenge abantwana Bakhe abalahlekile–ukuze bafele izono zabo (bheka uGenesise 3:15). Njengoba uJohane oNgcwele abhala, “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.. Ngoba uNkulunkulu wayithumela iNdodana emhlabeni, hhayi ukulahla izwe, kodwa ukuze umhlaba usindiswe ngaye.” (Bona i- IVangeli likaJohane 3:16-17, kanye noJohane Incwadi Yokuqala 4:9-10.)

Esikhundleni salokho, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, owayeyikho kokubili uNkulunkulu ngokugcwele futhi engumuntu ngokugcwele, wayezozinikela ngokukhululekile njengoMhlatshelo kuNkulunkulu, ukulungisa ukudelela komuntu ngesenzo sokulalela okuphelele njengoba uPawulu asho kweyakhe Izincwadi eziya kwabaseRoma 5:15, AbaseKolose (1:19-20), futhi amaHebheru 2:9.

Ukuze kuphumelele ukuZaliswa komuntu kwakudingeka kube ngokoqobo; ngakho, iNdodana yayidinga ngempela ukuthatha isimo somuntu, ukuze abe ngu-Emmanuel, “UNkulunkulu unathi” (bona Mathewu 1:23, UJohane 1:14, kanye noJohane Incwadi Yokuqala, 4:2-3). Ukube wamane waba umfanekiso wendoda, njengoba abanye bebambelele, Umhlatshelo wakhe ngenxa yethu wawuyoba ngokoqobo, i.e., ubengeke alahlekelwe lutho, kodwa njengendoda, walahlekelwa ukuphila kwakhe.

Ukubethelwa

Ngakho, uJesu’ ukubethelwa nokufa kwakha indida yazo zonke izindida. Ukufa kwakhe kwakungukufa koMdali Wokuphila, ukufa kukaNkulunkulu.¹ (Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe ngokubethelwa, ngicela uvakashele lokho ikhasi.)

Ngoba ukubethelwa kwakugcinelwe izigebengu ezimbi kakhulu, umcabango wokukhulekela umuntu ofile ngale ndlela ungabonakala uyindida kwabaningi besikhathi sakhe. “Sishumayela uKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni,” wamemezela oNgcwele uPawulu encwadini yakhe yokuqala eya kwabaseKorinte (1:23), “isikhubekiso kumaJuda nobuwula kwabezizwe.”

 

Nokho, kumaKrestu isiphambano siwuphawu lokunqoba— ukunqoba kokulunga phezu kwesono nokuphila phezu kokufa (bona IVangeli likaLuka, 9:23; eSaint Paul Incwadi Yokuqala KwabaseKorinte, 1:18; kanye neyakhe Izincwadi eziya kwabaseGalathiya, 6:14; AbaseKolose, 1:24; futhi amaHebheru, 13:13).²

Qaphela, futhi, ukuthi ukubethelwa kwaprofethwa futhi kwafanekiselwa emakhasini eTestamente Elidala, lapho umprofethi u-Isaya abhala khona, “Impela uzithwalele usizi lwethu, wathwala usizi lwethu;; kepha thina sathi ushaywe, eshaywe nguNkulunkulu, futhi ehlushwa. Kodwa walinyazwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu, wachobozwa ngenxa yobubi bethu; phezu kwakhe isijeziso esasiphilisa, nangemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe thina” (bona Isaya, 53:4-5 futhi 52:14 futhi Amahubo, 22:14-18). Empeleni, UJesu uyacaphuna 22^nd Ihubo lasesiphambanweni, ephindaphinda umugqa wokuvula, "Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni?”ku Mathewu 27:46. Ihubo 18^th ivesi, “Bahlukaniselana izingubo zami, nangesambatho sami benza inkatho yokuphosa,” ihambisana ngqo nemicimbi yokubethelwa futhi ikhonjiwe ku IVangeli likaJohane 19:23-24. Eksodusi 12:46 futhi uZakariya 12:10 kubhekiselwa kuzo futhi (bona UJohane 19:36-37).]

Sibona uMhlatshelo kaKristu ufanekiselwa ngomfanekiso ka-Isaka ehamba ngokuzimisela ephethe izinkuni zomnikelo wakhe emhlane wakhe. (bona Genesis 22:6; bheka futhi uClement oNgcwele wase-Alexandria, Umfundisi Wezingane 1:5:23:1). Ukufa kukaKristu okujabulisayo kufanekiselwa nasenyokeni yethusi egxunyekwe esigxotsheni, uJehova ayala uMose ukuba abumbe ukuze abalunywe yizinyoka bayibheke baphile (bona i Incwadi kaNumeri, 21:8-9, futhi UJohane 3:14-15).

Uvuko

Ebonisa ukubusa Kwakhe okuphelele phezu kokufa, UKristu Jesu wabuya ethuneni ngosuku lwesithathu. Njengoba nje ukufa Kwakhe kuwubufakazi bobuntu Bakhe, Ukuvuka Kwakhe kuwubufakazi bobunkulunkulu Bakhe (bona Mathewu, 12:38 futhi 27:62 futhi UJohane 2:19, phakathi kwabanye.).

Ukufa kwakhe kungukuhlengwa kwethu; Ukuvuka kwakhe, isiqinisekiso sethu nathi siyovuka futhi (bona ekaPawuli Incwadi eya kwabaseRoma 8:11; yakhe Incwadi Yesibili KwabaseKorinte, 5:15; futhi Incwadi Yokuqala KaPetru, 1:3-4). Njengoba uPawulu oNgcwele abhala kweyakhe Incwadi Yokuqala KwabaseKorinte 15:14, “Uma uKristu engavuswanga, ukushumayela kwethu kuyize nokukholwa kwenu kuyize.”

Ubufakazi Bofakazi bokuzibonela

Ofakazi bokuzibonela bobuKristu bokuqala kuKristu Ovukile kwakungabesifazane, ikakhulukazi uMariya Magdalena oNgcwele (bheka uMathewu 28:1, Ngokwesibonelo). Ukuthi ubufakazi bokuqala boVuko, iqiniso lesisekelo sokholo, okuphathiswe abesifazane kubaluleke kakhulu. Ngaleso sikhathi, ubufakazi babesifazane babunesisindo esincane (Luka 24:10-11), kunengqondo ukuthi ngabe ukuVuka kwabafileyo kuwumqando, khona-ke ngabe lakhiwe ngendlela yokuthi uJesu abonakale kuqala kumuntu, mhlawumbe kuPetru oNgcwele noma omunye wabaPhostoli—kothile, leyo, ubufakazi bakhe bube nesisindo esikhulu esikhundleni sobuncane.

Umusa kaNkulunkulu

Izinzuzo zokufa kukaKristu okusindisayo zisetshenziswa kumuntu ngomusa kaNkulunkulu kuphela (bheka incwadi kaPawulu eya kwabaseRoma, 3:24), kodwa yemukelwa kanjani leyonsindiso?

Kunengqondo ukuthi amadoda awile–thina–abakwazi ukusondela kuYe ekuleso simo. , Kumele aqale asiphe amandla ngesipho sokukholwa, obesesivumela ukuthi simkhonze (bheka incwadi yokuqala kaJohane, 4:19).

Ngalowo mqondo, insindiso, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu kumuntu njengoba bekungeke kwenzeke ukusifanelekela noma ukukuzuza ngokwethu; bheka iVangeli likaJohane 6:44, noma incwadi yokuqala kaPawulu eya kwabaseKorinte,12:3, noma incwadi ayibhalela uFilemoni, 2:13.

Ebizwe Nguye, nokwazi ukuthi asiphelele noma senza ngokuhambisana Naye ngaso sonke isikhathi, kufanele siphendule ngokuphenduka, noma ukuqaphela amaphutha ethu, kanye nesenzo sokuhlanza soMbhapathizo. Njengoba uPetru oNgcwele abhala, “Phenduka, nibhapathizwe yilowo nalowo egameni likaJesu Kristu kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono zenu, namukele isipho sikaMoya oNgcwele.” (Bheka Izenzo Zabaphostoli, 2:38, kanye noMarku 16:16).

Ngakho, Ubhapathizo akusona nje isenzo esingokomfanekiso, kodwa isakramente elidlulisa umusa ongcwelisayo, esenza sibe ngabalungileyo ngempela (ngencwadi yokuqala kaPetru, 3:21). IBhayibheli lifundisa ngokucacile ukuthi kumelwe sibe njalo “azalwe kabusha” ngoMbhapathizo wamanzi ukungena ezulwini; bheka iVangeli likaJohane 3:5, Incwadi kaPawulu kuThithu, 3:5; kanye neZenzo zabaPhostoli, 8:37.

Ngemva kokuhlanzwa eMbhapathizweni, kudingekile ukuba umuntu aphikelele esimweni sobungcwele, ngoba “okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni nguyena oyakusindiswa” (bheka uMathewu, 10:22). Ngakho, ukholo kufanele luphile ngokugcwele futhi luboniswe ngemisebenzi yothando, ngoba “ukholo ngokwalo, uma ingenayo imisebenzi, ufile." (Bheka Incwadi kaSaint James, 2:17, kanye nencwadi kaPawulu kwabaseGalathiya, 5:6.) INkosi yembula ukuthi ekwaHlulweni Kokugcina insindiso iyonikezwa noma yenqatshwe ngokusekelwe endleleni umuntu aphatha ngayo abampofu., omncane kubafowabo (bheka uMathewu, 25:34 futhi 7:21-24 futhi 19:16-21; UJohane 14:15; kanye nencwadi yokuqala kaJohane, 3:21 futhi 5:1-3). U-Saint James uyabhala, “Niyabona ukuthi umuntu ulungisiswa ngemisebenzi na hhayi ngokukholwa kuphela” (UJames, 2:24; kugcizelelwa yithi).

Izenzo Zikhuluma Kakhulu Kunamagama, kodwa…

UmBhalo uphinde ufundise ukuthi okuhle esikwenzayo emhlabeni kuyovuzwa eZulwini. Kulabo abashushiswa ngenxa Yakhe uJesu uthi: “Jabulani nijabule, ngokuba umvuzo wenu mkhulu ezulwini” kuMathewu 5:12, futhi “Xwayani ukwenza ukulunga kwenu phambi kwabantu ukuze nibonwe yibo, ngokuba lapho aniyikuba nawo umvuzo kuYihlo osezulwini” kuMathewu. 6:1; bheka uMathewu, 5:46 futhi 6:19-20; Izincwadi zikaSaint uPawulu kwabaseKorinte (5:10) kanye namaHeberu (6:10); Incwadi yokuqala kaPetru (4:8) kanye neNcwadi yeSambulo, 14:13.

Futhi, kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ukufaneleka esikutholayo akuveli ezenzweni ngokwazo, kodwa esenzweni sokufa kukaKristu okusindisa eKalvari. Njengoba uJesu asho, “Mina ngingumvini, nina ningamagatsha. ohlala kimi, nami kuye, nguye othela izithelo ezinengi, ngokuba ngaphandle kwami ​​ningenze lutho. Bheka iVangeli likaJohane, 15:5, kanye nencwadi kaPawulu eya kwabaseFilipi, 4:13.

Lokhu (kakhulu) Incazelo yamaKhatholika yemiBhalo kanye nokuqonda okuphelele kwensindiso kufakazelwa imibhalo yomlando yamaKristu okuqala. Ngokwesibonelo, USanta Justin the Martyr wachaza mayelana 150 A.D., Ngokwesibonelo, “Wonke umuntu uyothola isijeziso saphakade noma umvuzo ofanele izenzo zakhe” (Okokuqala Ukuxolisa 12). U-Origen wabhala mayelana 230, “Noma ubani ofela ezonweni zakhe, noma ethi ukholwa kuKristu, akakholwa Kuye ngokweqiniso; futhi noma lokho okukhona ngaphandle kwemisebenzi kubizwa ngokuthi ukholo, ukukholwa okunjalo kufile ngokwako, njengoba sifunda eNcwadini enegama likaJakobe (2:17)” (Amazwana ngoJohane 19:6).

Ngokukholwa Kuphela? Hhayi impela.

Abanye bazama ukukhombisa ukuthi ukholo lulodwa lwanele insindiso ngokucaphuna incwadi kaSaint uPawulu eya kwabase-Efesu, 2:8-9: “Ngokuba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa; futhi lokhu akukona okwenzayo, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, kungengenxa yemisebenzi, ukuze kungabikho ozibongayo. Nokho, lowo musho kufanele ufundwe ngokwengqikithi.

UPawulu ulahla umoya obangela imisebenzi ngaphezu kwemisebenzi ngokwayo, ekhuza amaKristu angamaJuda ngokucabanga ukuthi ayosindiswa nje kuphela ngokugcina kwawo umthetho. Lolu hlobo lokucabanga okungokomthetho lwakha ubuhlobo obuqinile benceku nenkosi noNkulunkulu, sengathi umuntu angasondela kuYe ngoSuku Lokwahlulela futhi afune inkokhelo ngezinkonzo azenzile, ukunciphisa insindiso kuhlobo lwebhizinisi elingokomoya! Ukulwa nalolu hlobo lokucabanga uPawulu wabhala, “Ngokuba ukusoka nokungasoki akusizi lutho, kodwa egcina imilayo kaNkulunkulu,” okubonisa ngokucacile izenzo. Bheka incwadi yokuqala kaPawulu eya kwabaseKorinte, 7:19, nezincwadi zakhe eziya kwabaseRoma, 13:8-10, kanye nabaseGalathiya, 5:6 futhi 6:15.

NgokukaPawulu, ukukholwa komuntu kumele kuphile ngemisebenzi yothando, “Ukholo olusebenza ngothando” (kwabaseGalathiya, 5:6). Ukuthi uPawulu wayekholelwa ukuthi imisebenzi emihle ibalulekile ekusindisweni kubonakala evesini elilandela abase-Efesu ngokushesha 2:9, ethi, “Siwumsebenzi wakhe, sidalelwe imisebenzi emihle kuKristu Jesu, uNkulunkulu azilungisela ngaphambili, ukuze sihambe kuzo.”

Ngaphezu kwalokho, encwadini yakhe eya kwabaseRoma, wabhala, “Ngokuba uyobuyisela kulowo nalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe: kulabo abathi ngokubekezela ekwenzeni okuhle bafune inkazimulo nodumo nokungabhubhi, uyonika ukuphila okuphakade; kodwa kulabo abangamaqili futhi abangalaleli iqiniso, kodwa lalelani ububi, kuyakuba khona ulaka nokufutheka. … Akusibo abezwa umthetho abalungile phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa abenzi bomthetho abayakulungisiswa” (bheka amavesi 2:6-9, 13).

UPawulu ubiza abalandeli bakaKristu ukuba baphakamele ngaphezu kwesikhundla sokuba yizinceku nje futhi babe abantwana bokutholwa bakaNkulunkulu (bheka amaRoma, 8:14); ukulalela Yena hhayi ngenxa yesibopho noma ukwesaba, kodwa ngenxa yothando.³ Imisebenzi eyenziwa amaKristu, bese, akuzona ezabasebenzi abasebenzela iholo, kodwa ngeyabantwana abanakekela umsebenzi kaBaba Wabo ngothando. Ukudebesela ukwenza okuhle, ngakho-ke, kuwukuhluleka ukuthanda uNkulunkulu.

Cabanga ngakho ngale ndlela: UNkulunkulu unomusa, ngakho ukuthanda uNkulunkulu nokwenza njengoba ebengenza kuhlanganisa ukupha abanye. Ngakho, laba ababili “okukhulu kunakho konke” imiyalo–thanda uNkulunkulu futhi uthande umakhelwane wakho–sisekelane.

‘Ukholo Lodwa’ eBhayibhelini?

Okuxakayo, nakuba, njengoba sicaphune ngenhla, indawo eyodwa lapho ibinzana “ukholo lodwa” livela emBhalweni liseNcwadini kaJakobe, ethi, “Niyabona ukuthi umuntu ulungisiswa ngemisebenzi na hhayi ngokholo kuphela” (2:24, kugcizelelwe), okuyinto, kunjalo, kuphambene ncamashi nalokho abanye abangathanda ukukukholelwa.

Akumangalisi ukuthi abanye baye bazama ukususa u-Saint James’ Incwadi yeBhayibheli esekela imibono yabo ngensindiso.

Ukukholwa Nemisebenzi

Lapho uPawulu ethi ukholo lubalulekile, wakwenza lokho ukuze agcizelele ukuthi ukwenza kahle akwanele. Kufanele kwenziwe ngezizathu ezifanele. UJakobe ugcizelela isidingo sokuphikelela othandweni. Izimfundiso zabo azihlukani; ziyaphelelisana.

Akwenzeki ukwehlukanisa ukholo nemisebenzi njengoba imisebenzi iwukupheleliswa kokukholwa (bheka uJames, 2:22). Empeleni, ngo-St. UJames, (2:17), ukukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi kuyize. Besingaxabana, okungenangqondo nokungenalutho.

Ngamafuphi, ngokufa Kwakhe, UJesu wenza ukwaneliseka ngoNkulunkulu; Wakhokha inani eliphelele lokuhlengwa komuntu. INkosi yazuza ukufaneleka okungenakulinganiswa kunalokho obekungadingeka ukuze kusindiswe wonke umuntu owake waphila noma oyoke aphile; futhi akukho okunye okudingekayo. Nokho ngesikhathi esifanayo uNkulunkulu umema umuntu ukuba ahlanganyele emsebenzini Wakhe wokuhlenga (bheka incwadi kaPawulu eya kwabaseKolose, 1:24, kanye nencwadi yokuqala kaJohane, 3:16), njengoba nobaba ongumuntu engase acele ingane yakhe ukuba imsize emsebenzini wakhe, nakuba ayekwazi ukwenza umsebenzi kangcono nangempumelelo eyedwa.

UNkulunkulu ufuna sihlanganyele emsebenzini Wakhe, hhayi ngenxa yesidingo kodwa ngenxa yothando nesifiso sokusinikeza isithunzi ukuze sibe ngaphezu kwezilwane. Ukusho ukuthi imisebenzi emihle iyadingeka ukuze usindiswe akusho ukululaza umhlatshelo kaKristu, kodwa ukuyisebenzisa. Ngaleyo ndlela, akusikho ngokufaneleka kwethu esibizelwe kukho, yenza kusebenze, futhi niphelelise imisebenzi emihle, kodwa kungenxa yokwazi ukuthi kungenxa yaleyo mizamo futhi lokho uKristu asizuzela khona esiphambanweni.