Yintoni iPentekoste kwaye kwenzeka ntoni ngomhla wePentekoste? Ngomhla wePentekoste, AmaKristu akhumbula ukuthululwa koMoya oyiNgcwele. Kodwa ukuza kukaMoya oyiNgcwele kwathetha ntoni eluntwini?
Idinga likaBawo
Bakubon’ ukuba bahlanganisene ngoko, babuza kuYe, esithi, Nkosi, uya kububuyisela ngeli xesha na ubukumkani kuSirayeli?? Wathi ke yena kubo, Asikokwenu ukwazi amaxesha nokuba ngamathuba;, athe uBawo wawabeka kwelakhe igunya. Niya kwamkela ke amandla, emva koko uMoya oyiNgcwele uhlile phezu kwenu: nibe ngamangqina am eYerusalem, nakulo lonke elakwaYuda, nakwaSamari, kuse eziphelweni zehlabathi. Akuba ezithethile ezi zinto, ngoxa babebukele, Wanyuswa; lathi ilifu lamthabatha emehlweni abo (IZenzo 1:6-9)
Emva koYesu’ uvuko, UYesu wayechithe 40 nabafundi bakhe, ebafundisa ngobukumkani bukaThixo. Xa babekwiNtaba yemiNquma, UYesu wabayalela ukuba balinde eYerusalem idinga likaBawo. Abafundi bacinga, ukuba uYesu wayebhekisela ekubuyiselweni kobukumkani bakwaSirayeli. Kodwa uYesu wathetha obunye ubukumkani: uBukumkani bukaThixo.
UYesu wabaphendula abafundi bakhe, ukuba ibingekokwabo ukwazi amaxesha okanye ixesha, ngokuba nguBawo yedwa owaziyo. UYesu waqhubeka wathembisa, ukuze bamkele amandla emva kokuza kukaMoya oyiNgcwele phezu kwabo. Lo nto, babeya kuba ngamangqina aKhe baze bazise iLizwi kulo lonke ihlabathi.
Emva koko UYesu wenyuka waya ezulwini, abafundi babuyela eYerusalem, kwigumbi eliphezulu. Abafundi balinda kwigumbi eliphezulu ngedinga loMoya oyiNgcwele.
Silindele idinga loMoya oyiNgcwele
Ngoxa abafundi babekwigumbi eliphezulu eYerusalem, kubhiyozelwa umthendeleko weeveki. Lo mthendeleko weeveki ukwabizwa ngokuba ngumthendeleko weziqhamo zokuqala. Onke amadoda angamaYuda ephuma kulo lonke elimiweyo eza etempileni eYerusalem. Baya etempileni, ukuze banike uThixo intlahlela yabo. Bamnika iminikelo yokuqhutywa yintliziyo, bavuya phambi koYehova uThixo wabo. Ngaloo mini, bakhumbula ixesha lobukhoboka eYiputa.
Ukubhiyozelwa komthendeleko weeveki kwenzeka ngelo xesha, ukuba abafundi beNkosi uYesu Kristu babehlanganisene kwigumbi eliphezulu. Bathe besathandaza, balinda idinga loMoya oyiNgcwele.
Babengazi, ukuba baya kuba yintlahlela ye indalo entsha ngomhla womthendeleko weentlahlela.
Kwenzeka ntoni ngomhla wePentekoste?
Xa wawuzalisekile umhla wepentekoste, baye bonke bemxhelo mnye ndaweni-nye. Kwaza ngequbuliso kwaphuma ezulwini isandi somoya ovuthuza ngamandla, wayizalisa yonke indlu ababehleli kuyo. Kwabonakala kubo iilwimi ezabekayo, ngathi zezomlilo, lwahlala phezu kwabo bonke ngabanye. Bazaliswa bonke nguMoya oyiNgcwele, baqala ukuthetha ngalwimi zimbi, njengoko uMoya wayebanika ukuba bathethe. Ke kaloku kwakuhlala amaYuda eYerusalem, amadoda azinikeleyo, kuzo zonke iintlanga eziphantsi kwezulu.
Ngoku xa kungxolwa le nto ngaphandle, yabuthelana inkitha, kwaye baphoxeka, ekubeni elowo ubebeva bethetha ngezakomawabo iintetho. Bathi nqa ke bonke, bamangaliswa, besitsho omnye komnye, Khangela, Aba bathethayo asingamaGalili bonke;? Thina ke siva njani ke, wonke umntu ethetha ngezakomawethu iintetho, esazalelwa kuyo? AmaPati, namaMedi, namaElam, nabemi baseMesopotami, nakwelakwaYuda, kunye neKapadokiya, ePonto, kunye neAsia, eFrigiya, kunye nePamfiliya, eYiputa, nakwimimandla yeLibhiya malunga neKirene, nabasemzini baseRoma, amaYuda namaguquka, AmaKrete nama-Arabia, siyabeva bethetha ngeelwimi zethu imisebenzi emangalisayo kaThixo.
Bathi nqa ke bonke, kwaye babethandabuza, besitsho omnye komnye, Ithetha ukuthini lento? Abanye baphoxisa bathi, La madoda azele yiwayini entsha(IZenzo 2:1-13)
Ngexesha lomthendeleko weeveki, xa i 120 abafundi babehlanganisene kwigumbi eliphezulu yaye ngoxa babethandaza, uMoya oyiNgcwele wehla phezu kwabafundi. Ngomhla wePentekoste, abafundi babezaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele nokuzalwa kwendalo entsha; umntu omtsha yathatha indawo.
Umoya womntu wavuswa ekufeni
ngomhla wePentekoste
Yintoni uThixo aphulukene nayo kuMyezo wase-Eden, Wabuyela egumbini eliphezulu; Oonyana bakhe nentombi. Xa uMoya oyiNgcwele wehla phezu kwabafundi, umoya wabo wavuka, wavuka kwabafileyo. Ngokubhaptizwa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, bafumana ubume bukaThixo. Baye baba indalo entsha; uhlobo olutsha. Yaba sisiphelo sendalo yenyama ixhego eliwileyo.
Yayisisiqalo soMnqophiso oMtsha kuMoya; UMoya oyiNgcwele wawuphilisa umoya womntu waza wadibanisa umoya wamakholwa noMoya kaThixo.
Ngomhla wePentekoste kwazalwa indalo entsha
Ngomhla wePentekoste, indalo entsha yazalwa. Indalo entsha yayihleli kuYesu Kristu kwaye yamkelwa UYesu igunya lakhe. Babengasengawo amakhoboka esono esidala somntu owileyo ngoko ke ayengasengawo amakhoboka kasathana. Baba ziinkosi phezu kwesono nokufa kwaye baba ziinkosi phezu komtyholi noomoya bakhe abangendawo (iidemon).
Phambi kokuba bamkele uMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye babe sisidalwa esitsha, umoya wabo wawusefile, babelawulwa yinyama yabo; iingqondo zabo, iimvakalelo, iingcinga, iimvakalelo, intando, iinkanuko, iminqweno, njl.
Ngoko ke ukufika kukaMoya oyiNgcwele kweza nembonakalo ebonakalayo nevakalayo. Beva isandi, evela ezulwini, kwabonakala kubo iilwimi ezabekayo, ngathi zezomlilo, lwahlala phezu kwabo bonke ngabanye.
Isithembiso sikaYesu sazaliseka, elalilidinga loMoya oyiNgcwele.
Ngomhla wePentekoste, xa uMoya oyiNgcwele wehla phezu kwabo, baba yinxalenye ye (ngokomoya) Umzimba kaYesu Kristu; iBandla. Bawamkela uMoya waKhe kunye nendalo yakhe. UMoya oyiNgcwele wathabatha indawo Yakhe emizimbeni yabo kwaye imizimba yabo yaba yindawo yakhe yokuhlala; Itempile yakhe.
Ukuthetha ngeelwimi
Wathi uYesu, ukuba babe ngamangqina akhe ehlabathini lonke. Xa abafundi bamkela ubhaptizo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, baqala ukuthetha ngalwimi zimbi. UMoya oyiNgcwele wathetha ngabo kwaye wangqina ngoYesu Krestu uMesiya kunye nemisebenzi emangalisayo kaThixo. Kanye njengokuba uYesu wayexele kwangaphambili abafundi bakhe, xa uYesu wathi, ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele uyakuba lingqina laKhe. Kwaye yiloo nto kanye eyenzekayo ngomhla wePentekoste. Ngenxa yokuba 120 abafundi baqalisa ukuthetha ngeelwimi ezintsha yaye bethetha ngazo zonke iintlobo zeelwimi ezahlukahlukeneyo.
AmaYuda, ababevela kwamanye amazwe yaye bonke bahlanganisana eYerusalem ukuze babhiyozele umthendeleko weeveki, weva esi sandi. Bahlanganisana ke, babeva bethetha ngeelwimi zabo.
Ayekhwankqiswa amaYuda, amangaliswa;, ngokuba ebengénze njani na la maGalili, ababengenabuchule, bathethe ngeelwimi zabo imisebenzi emangalisayo kaThixo? Yayinokwenzeka njani loo nto?
Babengazi, ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele wathetha ngabo ngemisebenzi emangalisayo kaThixo.
Wesuka wema uPetros kunye nabo 11 abafundi babethetha ngokungafihlisiyo. UPetros, ababenayo wamkhanyela uYesu amaxa amathathu, ngokuba ebesoyika umphefumlo wakhe, wema ngenkalipho. Ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, wathetha ngokungafihlisiyo kubo.
“Ndiya kuthulula uMoya wam phezu kwenyama yonke”
UPetros wangqina yeLizwi; UYESU khristu, walingqina ngalo idinga, uThixo awayewunike umprofeti uYoweli, ngubani owathi:
Kuya kuthi emveni kokuba njalo, ukuba ndiya kuthulula uMoya wam phezu kwenyama yonke; oonyana benu neentombi zenu baprofete, amadoda enu amakhulu aya kuphupha amaphupha, amadodana enu aya kubona imibono: Kwanaphezu kwabakhonzi naphezu kwabakhonzazana ndothulula uMoya wam ngaloo mihla. ndenze izimanga emazulwini nasehlabathini;, igazi, kunye nomlilo, neentsika zomsi. Ilanga liya kujika libe bubumnyama, nenyanga ibe ligazi, ingekafiki imini enkulu eyoyikekayo kaYehova. Kwaye kuya kwenzeka, ukuze bonke abasukuba belinqula igama leNkosi basindiswe (Yoweli 2:28-32)
UPetros wangqina ngoYesu Kristu, Ukufa nokuvuka kwakhe. Xa beva uPetros eshumayela, bahlabeka ezintliziyweni bonke babuza ukuba mabenze ntoni? Wabaphendula ke uPetros: “Guquka, kwaye abhaptizwe nonke ningene eGameni likaYesu Kristu ukuze kuxolelwe izono, kwaye niya kwamkela isipho soMoya oyiNgcwele”.
Bawathobela amazwi akhe baza bafumana ubhaptiziwe. Kwaye ngomhla wePentekoste, malunga 3000 yongezwa imiphefumlo.
Elinjani lona ixesha elihle likaThixo! Ngaloo mini yePentekoste, ngomhla womthendeleko weeveki, umthendeleko wentlahlela, xa abantu bamaYuda babehlanganisene bephuma kuzo zonke iintlanga, eYerusalem, lafika idinga loMoya oyiNgcwele. Ngexesha elifanelekileyo; ngemini elungileyo nangexesha elifanelekileyo, UThixo weza wajikeleza 3120 waba iziqhamo zokuqala zendalo entsha.
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
