Kwi blogpost yangaphambili kwaxoxwa ngevangeli yanamhlanje yobabalo, apho akuyi kufuneka utshintshe kwaye yonke into ivumelekile. Konke ukuziphatha, kuquka isono, ivumelekile kwaye yamkelwe, ngenxa yoko kubizwa ngokuba luthando lukaThixo nobabalo lukaThixo. Konke kungobabalo kwaye yiyo loo nto kungafuneki utshintshe. Ungahlala, indlela oyiyo, kwaye uphile ngendlela ofuna ukuphila ngayo. Kodwa ngaba oku kuyinyaniso? Yintoni ubabalo ngokwebhayibhile? Luthetha ntoni ubabalo lukaThixo kubomi bamaKristu azelwe ngokutsha? Ukuba akufuneki utshintshe ngenxa yobabalo lukaThixo, ngoko kwakutheni ukuze abaprofeti, abapostile, kwaye uYesu ubizela abantu enguqukweni aze athethe ngokususa izono nokuphila ubomi obungcwele?
Ngaba uYesu nabapostile babengamaxoki?
Abapostile baphila kwakulaa xesha lomoya lobabalo njengoko siphila kulo, kwaye kwi. Kwiileta zabo, ezabhalwa emva kokufa nokuvuka kukaYesu Kristu nasemva kokufika koMoya oyiNgcwele, babenganeli nje ukubhala amazwi athambileyo nakhuthazayo kumakholwa, kodwa ngokuyintloko babhala izilungiso, ukuqeqesha, ukususwa kwezono, ukukhupha ixhego, ukungcwaliswa kunye umnxeba ukuphila ubomi obungcwele (Funda kwakhona: Indlela yokulahla ixhego? kwaye Indlela yokunxiba umntu omtsha?)
KwiNcwadi yesiTyhilelo, nayo eyabhalwa emva kokufa nokuvuka kukaYesu Krestu nasemva kokufika koMoya oyiNgcwele, UYesu akazange athethe amazwi athambileyo alungileyo kuphela ngeCawa yakhe, kodwa uYesu wajongana namakholwa amabandla asixhenxe ngokuziphatha kwawo nemisebenzi yawo waza wababizela enguqukweni (Funda kwakhona: Ubizo lwenguquko) .
Ngaba uYesu nabapostile babengamaxoki?
Ukuba ubabalo lukaThixo luyafana nobabalo lukaThixo, oko kushunyayelwayo namhlanje, apho akuyi kufuneka utshintshe kwaye ungaphila ngendlela ofuna ukuphila ngayo, ke oko kuthetha ukuba uYesu nabapostile bathetha ubuxoki kumakholwa, ababengamalungu eBandla; uMzimba kaKristu.
Kuba ukuba amakholwa akuyi kufuneka atshintshe emva kokuba ezelwe ngokutsha, ngoko kwakutheni ukuze uYesu nabapostile bajamelane nabo ngemisebenzi yabo? Kwaye kwakutheni ukuze babayalele ukuba batshintshe ukuziphatha kwabo kunye nokuhamba kwabo? Ngubani othetha inyani? UYesu nabapostile okanye abashumayeli nabafundisi bale mihla?
Ukuba ubabalo lukaThixo luya kuvuma kwaye lunyamezele lonke uhlobo lokuziphatha, nokuba iyaphikisana neLizwi, kwaye ebengayi kuwaphendulisa amakholwa ngamazwi nangemisebenzi yawo, ke uYesu nabapostile bekunganyanzelekanga ukuba balungise amakholwa. Kwakufuneka nje bathi, “Wenze kakuhle, qhubeka!”
Kodwa uYesu nabapostile abazange bayithethe loo nto, kodwa wabaqononondisa, waqubisana nabo ngamazwi abo, imisebenzi nobomi kwaye wayesoloko ethetha amazwi anzima emabandleni, kanye njengokuba uYesu wathetha amazwi anzima ngexesha lokuhamba kwakhe emhlabeni, emva kokuvuka kwakhe nangethuba lokubonakala kwakhe kuYohane kwiNcwadi yeZityhilelo.
Ngokusekelwe kumazwi kaYesu ebudeni bokuhamba kwakhe emhlabeni nasemva kokufa nokuvuka kwakhe nobukumkani bakhe, sinokugqiba kwelokuba ukuba umntu ungokaYesu kwaye uyafunaMlandeleni, ke umntu akanakuhlala ephila ngokwenyama aze aqhubeke ephila esonweni kwaye akufuneki aguquke, wenze ntoni (s)ufuna ukwenza. Kuba iya kufika imini apho wonke umntu, kuquka namakholwa, uya kuma phambi kwetrone yakhe, agwetywe ngokwe……. imisebenzi yabo (2 KwabaseKorinte 11:15, ISityhilelo 20:12-15).
Oko kuthetha ukuba imisebenzi ibalulekile kwaye indlela umntu aphila ngayo nento ayenzayo umntu, zibalulekile ngokweLizwi.
Kodwa yintoni na ubabalo lukaThixo, athetha ngayo wonke umntu, thetha? Ukuze uthintele le ngxelo yebhlog ekubeni ibe nde kakhulu, lo mbandela uya kuxutyushwa kwiiblogi ezininzi.
Yintoni ubabalo?
Kwitestamente entsha ubabalo luguqulelwe ukusuka kwigama lesiGrike elithi ‘χάρις’, Hayi 5485 (SC) oko kukuthi: ubabalo, imo yobubele nenkoliseko emntwini, rhoqo ngokugxila kwinzuzo enikwe into; ngokongezwa: isipho, inzuzo;ikhredithi; amazwi obubele nengenelo: enkosi, intsikelelo:- ubabalo, enkosi, enkosi, ulonwabo, eyamkelekileyo, inzuzo, isipho, ubabalo, inkululeko, ndabulela, enkosi ngokufanelekileyo.
Ubabalo uthetha, ukuba ufumana into ngaphandle kokuyisebenzela. Ngenxa yenyani, ukuba akukho mfuneko yokuba wenze nantoni na, awukwazi ukuyifumana. Yiyo loo nto ububele buyinto engafanelekanga. Kuba kamsinya nje nakuba nakuzuza ngayo ngemisebenzi yenu ayiselulo ubabalo, kodwa ubuhle bakho (AmaRoma 11:5-6).
Oku kukwasebenza kubabalo lukaThixo. Ubabalo lukaThixo lusibonisa ukulunga kukaThixo, inceba, kunye nothando ebantwini kwaye kubandakanya okugqibeleleyo umsebenzi wokuhlangula kaYesu Krestu nentlawulelo nokubuyiselwa komntu owileyo, othe waxolelaniswa noThixo, wabuzuza ngokuzalwa ngokutsha, ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
Kuphela ngokholo, unokuba nesabelo kubabalo lukaThixo. Ngokholo kuYesu Krestu kunye nomsebenzi waKhe wentlawulelo nangokungawo inguquko kwaye ukuzalwa ngokutsha, ugwetyelwe, wamkelekile kuThixo. Anigwetyelwanga nakwenziwa ngcwele nangamalungisa ngemisebenzi yenu kodwa ngomsebenzi kaYesu Kristu. Ngokuzalwa ngokutsha kuKristu, uye waba lidlelane kubume obuNgcwele bukaThixo (AmaRoma 4:16-17, uTito 3:5-7, 2 UPetros 1:4).
Wonke umntu kulo mhlaba unikwe inkululeko yokuzikhethela ukuba azenzele ukhetho lokuthabatha ubabalo lukaThixo okanye hayi..
Ubabalo lukaThixo; idinga likaMesiya
Kwi umyezo wase-Eden, emva kokuba umntu wonayo waza ke ngoko wawa kwisikhundla uThixo awayesinike umntu, UThixo wenza isithembiso (ngokomoya) ukubuyiselwa komntu owileyo, emntwini nakwimbewu yakhe (inzala). UThixo wathembisa ukuba wayeza kubeka ubutshaba phakathi kwenyoka nomfazi naphakathi kwembewu yakhe neMbewu yakhe nokuba yayiya kuyityumza intloko. (Gen 3:15). IMbewu yayibhekisela kuYesu Kristu.
Ngu Isithembiso sakhe, UThixo wabonakalisa ubabalo lwaKhe; Inceba yakhe nokulunga kwakhe, kuba umntu ebengakufanelanga. Kubalulekile ukwazi, ukuba uAdam wayengengowabantu benyama bakwaSirayeli. UAdam wayengunyana kaThixo, umntu wamazibulo kulo mhlaba, noyise wendoda ewileyo; aboni.
Ngenxa yakhe ukungathobeli emazwini kaThixo, UAdam wawa kwisikhundla uThixo awayesinike umntu, kwaye ngenxa yoko umoya wakhe, owamdibanisa noYise, wafa waza ke ngoko uAdam wohlulwa ngokwasemoyeni kuThixo.
Umntu waba ngumphefumlo ophilayo oqulethe umzimba nomphefumlo (inyama).
Ezo, owayeza kuzalwa embewini yomntu, wayeza kuzalwa njengomntu owileyo; umoni. Akukho mntu wayekhutshelwe ngaphandle! Yiyo loo nto uThixo wathi, ukuba iMbewu yomfazi iya kutyumza intloko kaMtyholi. Kuba akukho mntu, owayeya kuzalwa ngembewu yomntu aze azalwe engumoni, wayeya kuba nako ukutyumza intloko kaMtyholi aze athabathe igunya lakhe. Ngokuba wonke umntu, ozelwe engumoni uphila phantsi kwegunya likaMtyholi (isiphatha-zingelosi esiwileyo) kwaye ubekwe phantsi kweengelosi.
Kwi umyezo wase-Eden UThixo wathembisa ukubuyiselwa komntu owileyo noxolelwaniso phakathi koThixo noluntu. Umntu wayengakufanelanga oko, kwaye akanakuze akwazi ukuyifanelekela, kodwa uThixo wenza isithembiso wasigcina isithembiso sakhe. Ngenxa yothando lwakhe olukhulu, ukulunga, nenceba, Wanikela ngoNyana wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo uYesu Krestu ukuba akhulule umntu owileyo kwaye abuyisele isikhundla somntu owileyo (Yoh 3:16).
Awunako ukulufanelekela ubabalo ngemisebenzi
kuba bonile bonke;, yaye basilela eluzukweni lukaThixo; begwetyelwe ngesisa lubabalo lwakhe ngako ukukhululwa ngentlawulelo ekuYesu Kristu: athe uThixo wammisa, ukuba abe sisicamagushelo ngegazi lakhe, ngako ukukholwa, ukuba bubonakalaliswe ubulungisa bakhe ngenxa yoxolelo lwezono ezidluleyo, ngonyamezelo lukaThixo; Ukuvakalisa, Ndithi, ngeli xesha ubulungisa bakhe: ukuze Yena abe lilungisa, nomgwebeli walowo waselukholweni lukaYesu (AmaRoma 3:22-26)
Wonke umntu, ozelwe embewini yomntu wazalwa engumoni. Akukho bani ukhutshiweyo. Wonke umntu, ozelwe apha emhlabeni esenyameni, iimfuno intlawulelo yendalo yakhe ewileyo, ekhoyo enyameni, kuquka nezo, abangababantu bakaThixo ngokwenyama. Kuba eso sisithembiso uThixo asinika abantu Bakhe benyama kuqala, waza ke kwiiNtlanga (uIsaya 56, uHoseya 2:23, AmaRoma 9:24-29)
Umphefumlo womntu owileyo uhlala emzimbeni, kodwa umoya womntu owileyo (umoni) ufile kwaye uhlala efile.
Indoda ewileyo (umoni) uphila phantsi kwegunya nolawulo lukaMtyholi nobukumkani bakhe, akanako ukusaba ebukumkanini bakhe nobukumkani bakhe ngemisebenzi yakhe.. Umntu owileyo akanako ukusinda ekufeni ngemisebenzi yakhe.
Kukho kuphela Indlela enye yaye oko kungokholo kuYesu Kristu, nomsebenzi Wakhe, kwaye nge ukuzalwa ngokutsha.
UYesu Krestu uye wajongana nengxaki yesono kunye nemvelo yesono ekhoyo enyameni yomntu owileyo kwaye woyisa isono nobugwenxa kwindawo yokubethwa kwaye umnqamlezo. UYesu waba nguMbambeli womntu owileyo waza wathabatha zonke izono nobugwenxa, ezikhokelela ekufeni, phezu kwaKhe wathabatha isohlwayo sokufa. Lo nto, UYesu wayeza kungena akoyise ukufa aze abuyisele isikhundla somntu owileyo aze axolelanise umntu abuyele kuThixo.
Wonke umntu, ababeza kukholwa kuYesu Kristu, uNyana kaThixo ophilileyo, uyaguquka aze azalwe ngokutsha, wayeya kukhululwa ekufeni ngokubeka inyama yakhe phantsi. Umntu wayeya kwenziwa ngcwele aze abe lilungisa ngegazi likaYesu yaye umoya wakhe uya kuvuswa kwabafileyo ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele aze afumane ubomi obungunaphakade. (AmaRoma 3:24, Kwabase-Efese 1:4-12, uTito 3:5-7, 1 UPetros 3:18).
Yiyo loo nto uYesu kwafuneka alingane nomntu (UZiqondakalise nomntu), ukuze abe nguMbambi wethu. Kuphela kuxa uzazisa ngokufa nokuvuka kukaYesu Krestu, uya kuba seluxolweni noThixo, ube nobomi obungunaphakade (Funda kwakhona: ‘UYesu wayengumntu ngokupheleleyo?‘).
Ukugwetyelwa ngokukholwa kuYesu Kristu
Ngoko ke, sigwetyelwe ngokwaselukholweni, sinoxolo kuThixo ngayo iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu: esaba nako ngaye ukuthi singene ngokholo kolu lubabalo simiyo kulo, nigcobe ngethemba lozuko lukaThixo (AmaRoma 5:1-2)
Ngokukholwa kuYesu Kristu; uNyana kaThixo ophilileyo nokugqibelele kwakhe umsebenzi wokuhlangula, oko uYesu akufezileyo emnqamlezweni, zezo, abakholwayo kuye, guqukani nizalwe ngokutsha, wenziwa ilungisa wakhululwa ekufeni ((1 KwabaseKorinte 1:4, AmaRoma 5:15, uTito 3:5-7).
Ngokuzalwa ngokutsha, inyama yakho uyibethelele emnqamlezweni, kunye nemvelo yayo yesono, nesono sihleli kuso, sikubangele ukuba uzingise esonweni, nangamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, umoya wakho uvukile kwabafileyo. Niye nakhululwa kulawulo lobumnyama yaye niye nakhutshelwa eBukumkanini boNyana wakhe oyintanda uYesu Kristu (KwabaseKolose 1:13-14).
Idinga likaThixo likuzo iintlanga
Lubabalo lukaThixo, ukuba idinga likaThixo alikho kubantu bakaThixo benyama kuphela (Sirayeli ), nokuba uThixo akazange abanike nje amandla okusindiswa ekufeni baze bakhululwe kubume besono bomntu owileyo., kodwa kananjalo uThixo wanika iiNtlanga amandla okusindiswa nokuba zihlangulwe emandleni omtyholi, olawula ekwisimo esonakeleyo senyama, nokuba ngokuzalwa ngokutsha baya kuxolelaniswa noThixo kwaye bafumene amandla okuba ngoonyana bakaThixo.
Wonke umntu unikwe amandla okuba yinxalenye yabantu bakaThixo, nge ulwaluko kuKristu (UYohane 1:12-13, IZenzo 4:33-34, AmaRoma 15:15-16, Kwabase-Efese 3:6, KwabaseKolose 1:6, 2 Tim 1:9-10, uTito 3:4:7,1 UPetros 1:10-11).
Ngokukholwa kuYesu Kristu nangokuzalwa ngokutsha kuKristu, uye waba a indalo entsha; umntu omtsha. Ube nenxaxheba kwindalo yakhe yobuThixo ngokuhlala koMoya oyiNgcwele.
Lubabalo, ukuba nithe ngokukholwa kuYesu Kristu, nenziwa amalungisa, ninoxolo noThixo (AmaRoma 5:1-2).
Lubabalo, oko ngomsebenzi waKhe wokukhulula, umamkele eyakhe (ngokomoya) ilifa; uMoya wakhe oyiNgcwele. Akunjalo ngemisebenzi yakho, into oyenzileyo, kwaye kungekhona ngenxa yokuba ufanelekile (IZenzo 20:32, 1 KwabaseKorinte 1:4-5, kwabaseGalati 1:3-5).
Kuba ngenxa yenyani, ukuba inyama iqulethe imvelo yesono, wonke umsebenzi ophuma enyameni ungendawo kwaye wonakaliswe sisono kwaye yiyo loo nto umntu engayi kuba nako ukubufanelekela okanye ukuphumeza imeko yobulungisa ngemisebenzi yakhe yenyama..
Ngobabalo lukaYesu Kristu, Lowo wayesisityebi waba lihlwempu, ukuze ngobuhlwempu bakhe, unokuba (ngokomoya) zizityebi (2 KwabaseKorinte 8:9).
Sindiswa ngobabalo
Kodwa uThixo, osisityebi ngenceba, ngenxa yothando lwakhe olukhulu awasithanda ngalo, Naxa sasifile ezonweni, usidlise ubomi ndawonye noKristu, (nisindiswe ngokubabalwa;) Wasivusa kunye, wasihlalisa naye kwezasemazulwini iindawo, sikuKristu Yesu: ukuze ubutyebi obuncamisileyo bobabalo lwakhe abubonakalalise emaphakadeni azayo, ngokusenzela ububele ngoKristu Yesu.. Kuba nisindiswe ngokubabalwa nangalo ukholo; nako oko akuphumi kuni: sisipho sikaThixo eso. Hayi yemisebenzi, kungabikho bani uqhayisayo (Kwabase-Efese 2:4-9).
Lubabalo lukaThixo, ukuba ukwenze waphila kuYesu Kristu waza wakusindisa.
Lubabalo lukaThixo, ukuba uninike kuKristu indawo kwezasezulwini iindawo nokuba ninjalo ehleli kuYe.
Ngoku ungaphila elubabalweni lukaThixo kwaye ubonakalise inceba kaThixo, ukulunga, nobabalo kubantu abakungqongileyo, ngokushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zobabalo, esisisigidimi sikaYesu Kristu, umnqamlezo, kunye nomsebenzi ogqibeleleyo kaThixo wokuhlangula, kwaye ubanike amandla okuza kuYesu Kristu, kwaye bamkele uYesu njengoMsindisi kwaye benze uYesu abe yiNkosi ebomini babo, ukuze bakhululwe kwimvelo yabo yesono, basindiswe ekufeni. Ngokholo kuYesu Krestu, inguquko, kwaye ukuzalwa ngokutsha baba ngamadlelane obabalo lukaThixo.
Ngokuba yivangeli yobabalo leyo: ukuba wonke umoni, noba kwenzekani (s)uyenzile, angaza kuYesu (IZenzo 20:24, 1 UPetros 4:10).
Inye into, into ekufuneka yenziwe ngumntu guqukani kwaye ube uzelwe ngokutsha kuKristu, into ethetha ukuba umntu uyakuyibethelela ayilalise inyama yakhe ukuze umoya osemntwini uvuswe ekufeni ngamandla kaMoya oyiNgcwele.. Kuba umoya womntu awunakuvuka kwabafileyo ngaphandle kokuba inyama ifile.
Akukho mntu unokuzuza usindiso lwakhe. Akukho mntu unokusindiswa aze enziwe ilungisa aze abe ngcwele ngokwenza ‘imisebenzi elungileyo’, umsebenzi wesisa, ukuya ecaweni, kunye/okanye nokugcina umthetho.
Kuphela kungobabalo lukaThixo, nangokukholwa kuYesu Kristu, ngenguquko nokuzalwa ngokutsha, wonke umoni unokukhululwa kwindalo yakhe yesono aze asindiswe ekufeni. Kunjalo ngoba, Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqhubeka ushumayela lo myalezo wobabalo lukaThixo, esi sisigidimi somnqamlezo.
Wenza ntoni ngobabalo lukaThixo?
Ngoko ke sisamkela ubukumkani obungenakuzanyazanyiswa, masenze ubabalo, ukuze simkhonze ngawo uThixo ngokukholekileyo, sinokuhlonela nokoyika;: kuba uThixo wethu ungumlilo odlayo (IsiHebhere 12: 28-29)
Kodwa…. Ngoku ufumene ubabalo emehlweni kaThixo, nto leyo ethetha ukuba usindiswa ngokholo kuYesu Kristu kwaye wamkelwe nguThixo nangayo ukuzalwa ngokutsha, ube ngunyana wakhe, wenza ntoni ngobabalo lwakhe? (Kwabase-Efese 1:5-7, uTito 2:11-14)
Wenza ntoni ngesikhundla sakho esitsha njengonyana kaThixo kwaye wenza ntoni ngelifa, enimamkele ngoYesu Kristu?
Ingaba wenza ntoni, ukubonisa umbulelo wakho kuThixo? UyaMbulela na, mbekani, mzukiseni kwaye umphakamise ngobomi bakho, ngokuhamba elubabalweni lwaKhe nasemva kokuthanda kwakhe? (2 KwabaseTesalonika 1:12)
Okanye uhleli ungowasenyameni uhlale uziphilela kanti usebenzisa ubabalo lukaThixo nako konke okunikiweyo kuwe?, ukwanelisa iminqweno kunye neminqweno yenyama yakho kunye nokwakha ubukumkani bakho?
Nangona ungagwetyelwanga wenziwa ngcwele kwaye ulungile ngemisebenzi yakho kodwa ngobabalo nomsebenzi wakhe, imisebenzi yobulungisa iya kukulandela. Kuba nenziwe ilungisa kuKristu kwaye niye naba sisidalwa esitsha kuye kwaye ninobuntu bukaThixo, niya kulandela uMoya ngobulungisa, nenze imisebenzi yobulungisa.
Ngenxa yenyani, oko ngokukholwa kuYesu Kristu; ilizwi, nangomsebenzi wakhe nenziwe amalungisa, nawe uyakwenza oko iLizwi likuxelela ukuba ukwenze kuba okwenzayo kuya kuluqinisa ukholo lwakho. Xa usitsho uyakholwa, kodwa awukwenzi oko iLizwi likuxelela ukuba ukwenze uze ube abangathobeliyo kwiLizwi, ke ukholo lwakho alunamisebenzi kwaye ke ukholo lwakho alunantsingiselo nokufa (AmaRoma 4:4-5, UJames 2:14-26)
Ewe, nisindisiwe ngobabalo lukaThixo, ningena kuBuntu bukaThixo, kodwa ngayo yonke into oyithethayo noyenzayo ebomini; imisebenzi yakho, uthatha isigqibo sokuba uhlale usindisiwe kwaye uhlale eBukumkanini bukaThixo okanye hayi (Funda kwakhona: ‘Xa ugciniwe uhlala ugciniwe?‘).
Awunako ukusindiswa ngemisebenzi yakho kunye nokugcina yonke imiyalelo yomthetho, Ke yona imisebenzi yakho iyangqina, ongokabani: UYesu, iLizwi kunye noBukumkani bukaThixo okanye umtyholi, elimiweyo nobukumkani bobumnyama.
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
