Isikrweqe sokukhanya kwabaseRoma 13:12 yenzelwe amaKristu. Wonke umKristu, Ngubani ozelwe ngokutsha kuKristu, 17 Wakhululwa egunyeni lobumnyama, wasiwa ekukhanyeni. AmaKristu akasekho ebumnyameni kwakhona, but to the Kingdom of Light. Ngoko ke, Christians shall not live in the kingdom of darkness, hamba ebumnyameni, and do the works of darkness. But Christians shall live in the Kingdom of God and do righteous works. Through the new birth and the change of sonship, indalo, nobukumkani, Christians shall put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light and walk in the light. let’s look at the armor of light in Romans 13:12 and how you put on the armor of light according to the Bible.
Put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light
Ubusuku buhambile, imini isondele: masiyilahle ngoko imisebenzi yobumnyama, and let us put on the armor of light. Masihambe ngokunyaniseka, njengasemini; kungekhona kwiziphithiphithi nasekunxileni, kungabi ngoburheletya, kungabi ngeengxabano nomona. Yambathani ke iNkosi uYesu Kristu, ningayilungiseleli inyama, to fulfill the lusts (AmaRoma 13:12-14)
The Day of the Lord is near. Ngoko ke, lixesha, ukuba onke amaKristu, abathi bayakholelwa, bavuke kubuthongo babo bokomoya. Lixesha lokuvuka kuKristu kwaye ungene isibindi emva koMoya ekuthobeleni iLizwi ekukhanyeni.
Konke okusingqongileyo, sibona ukwanda kwamandla obumnyama. Uyanda umhlaba womoya uthatyathwa ngamandla obumnyama, ebonakala kwindawo yendalo kwindalo kunye nobomi babantu.
Ezona zizathu zokwanda kobumnyama kukwanda kowexuko, ukungasebenzi kakuhle, kunye nemeko edikidiki yabantu, abathi bangamaKristu.
AmaKristu amaninzi awathethi inyani kodwa agcina imilomo yawo ivaliwe ngeNyaniso kaThixo ukuze athintele ungquzulwano okanye ukwaliwa ngabantu..
Endaweni yokuma phezu kweLizwi, bayalalanisa kunye nehlabathi kwaye bayamkele imisebenzi yobumnyama. They even partake in the works of darkness.
There is hardly any distinction between good and evil and the majority of believers and unbelievers.
Ngoko ke, it’s time that those, abathi bayakholelwa, become serious and show through their lives, that they believe in Jesus Christ; ilizwi, and are sons of God (oku kusebenza kuzo zombini iinkunzi nemazi), who don’t belong to the darkness (Umhlaba) kwakhona, but the Light.
Isono masingabi salawula njengokumkani ebomini bakho
Ngoko isono masingalawuli emzimbeni wenu onokufa, ukuze niwululamele ngokweenkanuko zawo. Kanjalo amalungu enu maningawanikeli kuso isono, ukuba abe ziintonga zentswela-bulungisa;: kodwa zinikeleni nina ngokwenu kuThixo, njengabaphilayo bephuma kwabafileyo, amalungu enu ke, ukuba abe ziintonga zobulungisa kuThixo (AmaRoma 6:12-13)
People who keep walking in darkness and doing the works of darkness and obey and serve sin and death through their flesh, don’t walk in the light.
Ngoko ke, abantu, who walk in darkness are not the light in the world.
They shall not be able to deliver other people from the power of darkness. They shall also not be able to teach others in the truth of God’s Word. Since they are blinded and walk in darkness themselves and sin still reigns as king ebomini babo.
Kodwa iBhayibhile (ILizwi likaThixo) commands everyone, ukuba niyilahle imisebenzi yobumnyama, ningabi sahamba ngokweenkanuko zenyama. IBhayibhile iyalela wonk’ ubani ukuba ahambe njengabantwana bokukhanya axhobe isikrweqe sokukhanya aze anikele amalungu awo njengezixhobo zobulungisa kuThixo..
Kwaye ungabi nabudlelane kunye nemisebenzi engabinayo yobumnyama, Kodwa ke ubazohlwaya. Kuba kulihlazo nokuthetha ezo zinto zenziwa kuzo emfihlekweni. Kodwa zonke izinto ezikohlwaywa zibonakalalisiwe kukukhanya: kuba nantoni na eyenza ibonakaliswe kukukhanya (Kwabase-Efese 5:11-13)
ILizwi liyalela ukuba singabi nabudlelane nemisebenzi yobumnyama engenasiqhamo, kodwa eyohlwaya imisebenzi yobumnyama ngayo inyaniso kaThixo.
Uyilahla njani imisebenzi yobumnyama kwaye ukhuphe ixhego?
Wonke amakholwa kufuneka alahle imisebenzi yobumnyama kwaye likhuphe ixhego. Sisenzo esimele ukwenziwa lilonke ikholwa. Akukho mntu unokukwenzela yona. Hayi noThixo.
Malume emalunguleni akho asehlabathini; uhenyuzo, ukungahlambuluki, I-Inordinate Uthando, Ingqiniso lobubi, kunye nokubawa, engowasezithixo: Zeziphi izinto’ Ngenxa ingqumbo kaThixo yeza abantwana bokungathobeli: Kwindawo enahambe ngayo, xa nihlala kuzo. Ke ngoku niyilahla yonke le nto; umsindo, ingqumbo, ububi, ukunyelisa, Unxibelelwano olungcolileyo ngaphandle komlomo wakho. Ulele enye kwenye, Ndibona ukuba niyilahle ixhego ngezenzo zakhe ezindala; Kwaye ubeke indoda entsha, oluthi luhlaziyeke ekwazini ngokomfanekiselo walowo wamdalayo (KwabaseKolose 3:5-10)
Ngoku imisebenzi yenyama ibonakalisiwe, zeziphi ezi; Ukukrexeza, uhenyuzo, ukungahlambuluki, I-Lascivied, Unqulo-zithixo, ubugqwirha, intiyo, umahluko, ukufuya, ingqumbo, Imbambano, ukumiselwa, i-heredies, Umona, ukubulala, ukunxila, impindezelo, kwaye kanjalo: yeyo, Njengoko bendikuxelele ngexesha elidlulileyo, Ukuze benze izinto ezinjalo abayi kulifumana ilifa uBukumkani bukaThixo(kwabaseGalati 5:19-22)
UThixo ukunike kuKristu lonke igunya namandla okuchasa umtyholi kwaye uxhathise isono; imisebenzi yobumnyama.
Emva kukaYesu Kristu, uNyana kaThixo, was baptized in water by UYohane umBhaptizi and received the Holy Spirit from the Father, UYesu wakhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwintlango.
Entlango, UYesu wayekhona ehendwa nguMtyholi iintsuku ezimashumi mane. During those forty days, Jesus learned to stay obedient to His Father and resist the devil and all his temptations.
Jesus didn’t compromise and didn’t bow to the devil. But Jesus only bowed to His Father, by staying faithful and obedient to His Father and His will.
Kwaye njengoYesu, the sons of God should also walk in obedience to the Word and the Holy Spirit. They should resist the devil and don’t give into his deceptions and temptations, ezikhokelela esonweni.
And that’s only possible if you thanda uThixo ngentliziyo yakho yonke, umphefumlo, ingqondo, kunye namandla,h and know His will and yield yourself to His will, njengoYesu, Who loved His Father with all His heart, umphefumlo, mind and strength and knew His Father’s will and yielded Himself to the will of the Father.
Yintoni intando kaThixo?
Kuba le yintando kaThixo, Nokuba ubungcwalise lwakho, ukuba nikhumke kulo uhenyuzo: ukuze elowo kuni akwazi ukusizuza asiphathe kakuhle isitya sakhe, enobungcwalisa, enembeko; Hayi kwinkanuko yenkanuko, kwanjengeentlanga ezingamaziyo uThixo: That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, Kodwa kubungcwele. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, Kodwa nguThixo, who hath also given unto us His Holy Spirit (1 KwabaseTesalonika 4:3-8)
Ndiya kufaka uMoya wam phakathi kwenu, ndinihambise ngemimiselo yam, nize niwagcine amasiko am, kwaye wenze (UHezekile 36:27)
Kwaye ungafani neli lizwe: Kodwa yiba utshintsha yingqondo yakho, ukuba niya kungqina oko kulungileyo, kwaye yamkelekile, kwaye igqibelele, intando kaThixo (AmaRoma 12:2)
Through the resurrection of the spirit from the dead and the baptism with the Holy Spirit, God’s will is written in the mind and heart of the new man. Nangona kunjalo, the carnal mind is not renewed with the Word and thinks like the world, and can become a hindrance in the lives of Christians. A carnal mind ensure that people keep walking in disobedience to the Word in unbelief.
Therefore Christians need to Vuselela iingqondo zabo ngeLizwi likaThixo. Lo nto, they will get to know the Father and His will.
Ngokuthanda kwabo uThixo nangokukholwa kuThixo nakwiLizwi Lakhe, baya kuwathobela amazwi kaThixo. Baya kuwasebenzisa amazwi aKhe ebomini babo baze bahambe ngokwamazwi akhe baze bahlale eLizwini. Ngokuthobela kwabo uThixo, bona hamba eluthandweni ngokokuthanda kukaThixo.
Ithini iBhayibhile ngenkqubo yokungcwaliswa?
Inkqubo yongcwaliso yinkqubo eyenziwa ngumntu wonke, othe waguquka waba sisidalwa esitsha kuYesu Krestu uya kudlula. Kwanaxa ukhuliswe kwintsapho yamaKristu, uya kuhamba kwinkqubo yongcwaliso emva kokuba uzelwe ngokutsha (i Ubhaptizo emanzini kunye nobhaptizo noMoya oyiNgcwele).
Ngoko ke, bazalwana, singaba netyala, hayi enyameni, ukuphila ngokwenyama. Kuba, ukuba niphila ngokwenyama, ewe uya kufa: kodwa ukuba niyazibulala ngoMoya, zife iintlondi zomzimba, niya kudla ubomi Kuba bonke abakhokelwa nguMoya kaThixo, bangoonyana bakaThixo bona. Kuba anamkelanga moya wabukhoboka, ukuba nibuye noyike; Namamkela ke uMoya wokwenziwa oonyana, apho sikhala khona, Abba, Utata (AmaRoma 8:12-15)
Ngexesha lenkqubo ye ukungcwaliswa, niya kuyisusa imisebenzi yobumnyama. Uyomlahla umntu omdala, onesimo somtyholi, yambathani isikrweqe sokukhanya. Uya kwambatha umntu omtsha, wambathiswe uYesu Kristu.
nize ningabi sayenza imisebenzi yenyama;. Kodwa ngoku (amandla e) uMoya, niya kuyibulala imisebenzi yenyama niyenze imisebenzi yoMoya, oluvelisa ubomi noxolo.
Aniyi kuphinda nimamele iinkanuko neminqweno yenyama yenu, okuyalela ukuba uzithande wena nehlabathi kwaye uwalahle amazwi kaThixo, kwaye ufuna ukuxoka, abavukeli, henyuza, ukukrexeza, uqhawulo-mtshato, jonga amanyala, kwaye ube nobudlelwane bezesondo nomntu, ongeloqabane lakho/isini esifanayo/abantu abaninzi/wena/abantwana okanye izilwanyana.
Awusayi kuphinda umamele inyama yakho efuna ukuba uhambe ngokuzingca kwaye ikuyalela ukuba uzibandakanye nayo iinkolo ezingaqhelekanga kunye/okanye (Empuma) iintanda-bulumko, ubugqwirha, ukuvumisa, Nxibelelana nemimoya, ukubamonela abanye kwaye ube nomona, sela utywala, ukuba, intiyo, bulala, yiba ukungaxoleli kwabanye, buyekeza ububi ngobubi, njl.
Kungenxa yokuba ngokwebhayibhile, yonke le misebenzi iyimisebenzi yobumnyama eyeyendoda endala; umoni. Le misebenzi yobumnyama ayiyonto kubomi bomntu omtsha, othe wangcwaliswa, wamalungisa ngegazi likaYesu Kristu nokuzalwa ngokutsha kuye.
Wonke umntu, ababhaptizelwe kuKristu, sambethe uKristu
Kuba nina nonke ningoonyana bakaThixo ngako ukukholwa, nikuKristu Yesu;. Kuba nina nonke, nabhaptizelwayo kuKristu, namambatha uKristu (kwabaseGalati 3:26-27)
Umntu omtsha wambethe uKristu. Ngoko ke, inguqu yokomoya ye indoda endala kumntu omtsha kufuneka abonakale kummandla wendalo kubomi bomntu omtsha.
Indoda entsha, owenziwe ngokomfanekiselo woMdali, yambatha uYesu Kristu; iLizwi kwaye uhambe ekukhanyeni; enyanisweni kaThixo, kwisikrweqe sokukhanya.
Xa sele ungumntu omtsha, uya kuhamba ngokoMoya, umthande uThixo ngentliziyo yakho iphela, umphefumlo, ingqondo namandla nommelwane wakho njengoko uzithanda ngako, nto leyo ethetha ukuba ungakhonzi thixo wumbi, ungabi nathixo bambi, uze ungakrexezi ngokwasemoyeni nezinye iinkolo kunye/okanye iintanda-bulumko, maningathakathi, ukukrexeza, uhenyuzo, ubuxoki, ukuba, bulala, umona njl..
Unxiba njani isikrweqe sokukhanya?
Yambatha isikrweqe sokukhanya ngokuzinikela kuYesu Kristu; iLizwi noMoya oyiNgcwele nokwenza okubhaliweyo eLizwini.
Ngalo lonke ixesha uhlala uthembekile kuYesu Kristu kwaye uhamba emva kwentando kaBawo uya kwenza imisebenzi yobulungisa; imisebenzi yokukhanya kwaye baya kuhamba ngobulungisa.
Umendo wobulungisa asingomendo wehlabathi. Yindlela emxinwa kwaye bambalwa kuphela abaya kuyifumana okanye baqhubeke behamba kule ndlela (UMateyu 7:14). Uhambo lwakho ebomini luxhomekeke kuthando lwakho ngoYesu Krestu noBawo.
Kuphela ukuba uzelwe ngokutsha kuKristu kwaye umthande uThixo ngentliziyo yakho yonke, umphefumlo, ingqondo, nokomelela kwaye uhlale uthobela iLizwi noMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye uhambe ngokholo kubulungisa emva kwentando kaThixo, uya kukwazi:
- Zichaseni zonke izilingo zomtyholi,
- Gcwalisa umsebenzi wakho kuBukumkani bukaThixo emhlabeni,
- Yiba lingqina likaYesu Krestu,
- Yenza imisebenzi yokukhanya,
- Yimani elukholweni.
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
