AmaKristu amaninzi avumayo uYesu Kristu njengeNkosi, Kodwa ngobomi babo kunye nezenzo, bayamkhanyela uYesu kwaye bakhonze uMtyholi endaweni yoko. Ngaba uyamvuma uYesu phambi kwabantu okanye uyamkhanyela uYesu? Kuba ungatsho kwaye uvume konke okufunayo. Ungatsho, Ukuba uyakholelwa kuThixo nakuYesu Kristu nokuba uMoya wakhe oyiNgcwele uhlala kuwe, Kodwa ukuba isenzo sakho, ukuziphatha, Kwaye ubomi musa ukulungelelanisa ngamazwi owavumayo kunye nokuthanda kukaThixo neLizwi lakhe, Ke amazwi akho akanaxabiso. Ngokuhamba kwakho kunye nobomi bakho, Ubonisa ukuba ungubani ngokwenene kwaye ngubani: NguThixo okanye uMtyholi?
Ngaba uyamvuma uYesu okanye uyamkhanyela uYesu phambi kwabantu?
Osukuba evuma phambi kwabantu, Ndiya kumvuma phambi koBawo osemazulwini. Ke othe wandikhanyela phambi kwabantu, Ndiza kumkhanyele phambi koBawo osemazulwini (UMateyu 10:32-33)
Ukuba uzalelwa ngokutsha kwaye uphile emva komoya ngokuthobela igama, Oko kuthetha ukuba wenza ukuba igama linixelela ukuba wenze ntoni, Emva koko umele kwaye uvume uYesu phambi kwamadoda. Ukuba uyamvuma uYesu phambi kwabantu, UYesu uya kuvuma phambi koYise, Ngubani osezulwini.
Kodwa okoko nje uhlala udale; Indoda endala kwaye ihambe emva kwenyama kwaye ingakwenzi oko litshoyo igama, Uyamkhanyela uYesu phambi kwabantu. Ukuba uyamkhanyela uYesu phambi kwabantu, UYesu uyakukhanyela phambi koYise, Ngubani osezulwini.
Xa uvuma uYesu, wenza ukuthanda kwakhe
Ukuba uyavuma uYesu, Uza kuphila ngokokuthanda kwakhe nokuphakamisa uYesu ngokuziphatha nobomi bakho. Xa ukuphakamisa uYesu, uyakwenza ngokuzenzekelayo phakamisa utata. Nokuba le yindlela, ukuba abantu bayakugculela kwaye bayakugculela.
Xa uhlala ngokwegama, Umhlaba uya kukuhleka, cinga ngesidenge. Kodwa xa uphila emva komoya nokuthanda kwakhe, Ke izimvo zabantu aziyi kukukhathaza.
Awuyi kushukunyiswa, Kodwa uhlala uthembekile kuye. Kuba yonke into ofuna ukuyenza kukucela ukumphakamisa.
Uyazi ukuba ukuthanda kukaThixo kuhamba nxamnye Intando yeHlabathi. Kwaye ukuba umhlaba uthanda izinto, Ukuba uThixo ubagqala ububi, bangamasikizi kuye.
Ngoku, Yinto yonke malunga nokuba uqhubekani nimi eLizwini kwaye nihlala nithembekile kuvumo lwakho. Okanye uya kothuswa enyameni ngabantu kwaye uphambuka eLizwini kwaye amkele umbono wehlabathi?
Ihlabathi Lichana ILizwi LikaThixo. Ithetha ukuba, ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuthobela umhlaba kwaye ukhetha umhlaba kwaye uphile njengehlabathi, Uya kumkhanyeza uYesu phambi kwabantu, ukhonze uMtyholi. Kuba awukwazi ukhonza uYesu: ILizwi kunye noMtyholi, Ngubani umlawuli wehlabathi. Ezi zikumkani zimbini zokomoya azinanto.
Lithetha ntoni igama elithi?
Ngokwe-cocordance eyomeleleyo, 'Ukukhanyela' kubuchwephesha kwigama lesiGrike 'Arnéomail'Kwaye kuthetha: ukuchasana, yiyo i, i-disavow, ukwala, galelo.
Uyamkhanyela nini uYesu?
Ukuba ufunda kwaye ufunde amazwi kaThixo, kodwa ungakholelwa, thobela, kwaye usebenzise amazwi kaThixo ebomini bakho, Uyawagatya amazwi akhe kwaye uyamkhanyela uThixo kunye neLizwi lakhe.
Ukuba awuzimisele ukuthobela amazwi akhe kwaye usebenzise amazwi akhe ebomini bakho, Kodwa endaweni yoko uvela nazo zonke iintlobo zezizathu, ukuze kunganyanzelekanga ukuba wenze oko litshoyo liLizwi kunye nento eyakuyalela yona uYesu ukuba uyenze, Emva koko uyayigatya inyaniso kwaye uyamkhanyela uYesu; ilizwi. Kuba ukhetha ukukholelwa 'inyani' yehlabathi ngaphezu kwenyaniso kaThixo.
Umzekelo, Ukuba uThixo uyazijonga ubufanasini isikizi kunye nokungakhathali kwesenzo, Kodwa ucinga ukuba kulungile, Kuba umhlaba uyakuvumela ubufanasini kwaye uyijonga iqhelekile kwaye ithi kulungile ukuba ube sisitabane, Umela ukuthanda kwehlabathi, hayi ukuthanda kukaThixo. Ngokugatya inyaniso kaThixo nokuthanda kwakhe, Uyamkhanyela uThixo.
UPetros wakhala uYesu Kristu
Owona mzekelo waziwayo ngebhayibhile, Ngubani owakhanyela uYesu, i, kanjalo, UPetros. Kodwa eneneni, UYesu wayengavinjwanga kuphela nguPeter, Kodwa ngabo bonke abafundi bakhe, ababesekhona Indalo yakudala. Kuba xa bathatha uYesu, Akukho namnye kubafundi bakhe owayehlala noYesu. Bonke abafundi bakhe babaleka.
Kwaye masingalibali umzuzu phambi kukaYesu’ Ukubethelelwa emnqamlezweni. Abantu bakaThixo banikwa ithuba lokuvota uYesu’ ukukhululwa. Nangona kunjalo, Akukho namnye kubo, kubandakanya abafundi bakhe, bakhetha uYesu kodwa bakhetha ukukhulula amaBharabhas.
Kuyo yemizekelo, Sibona ubuthathaka bendoda endala. Indoda endala yoyikeka 'ngoondaba lwezakwalizwi ngeli xesha; AbaFarisi nabaSadusi. Umhlaba awuzange ubeke uYesu, Kodwa abantu bakhe benzile. (funda kwakhona: ‘Idabi kunye nobuthathaka bendoda endala‘ kwaye ‘Ukubandezeleka kunye nokugculelwa kukaYesu Kristu‘).
Kodwa makhe sijonge ubomi bukaPeter. Waye wawuyeka umsebenzi wakhe kunye nobomi bakhe ngenxa kaYesu, wamlandela.
UPeter wahamba emanzini kodwa …
Ekuphela komfundi, Ngubani owakholelwa kumazwi kaYesu kwaye iphumile ngaphandle kwesikhephe kwaye uhambe emanzini yayinguPeter.
UPetros wahamba emanzini de uPeter waqalisa ukujonga iimeko zendalo; isaqhwithi. Ngokuguqula amehlo akhe kuYesu kwaye ujonge iimeko, doubt entered and affected Peter’s faith. Peter began to doubt and as a result, he began to sink.
Later, Peter confessed that Jesus was the Son of the living God. Jesus told Peter that flesh and blood had not revealed that to him, kodwa uYise. Jesus promised Peter, that Jesus would build His church upon Peter’s testimony. What a great promise!
Athi kubo uYesu, Ke nina nithi ndingubani na?? And Simon Peter answered and said, UnguKristu, uNyana kaThixo ophilileyo. Waphendula ke uYesu, wathi kuye, Unoyolo wena, USimon Barjona: ngokuba akukutyhilelwanga oku yinyama negazi, but my Father which is in heaven And I say also unto thee, UnguPeter, kwaye upon this rock I will build my church; kwaye the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Kwaye ndiya kukunika the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: kwaye othe wakukhulula emhlabeni, kokhululwa emazulwini. (UMateyu 16:15-19)
Peter was still the old carnal man. He wasn’t born again. Peter’s flesh wasn’t crucified in Jesus Christ yet. And his spirit wasn’t raised from the dead and didn’t reign as king in his life. Peter was still a carnal man, who was a slave of his flesh (iimvakalelo, iimvakalelo, iimvakalelo, iingcinga, njl.). His flesh reigned as king in his life and told him what to do.
“Though all men shall be offended because of Thee, yet will I never be offended!”
When Jesus predicted to His disciples that they would all deny Him, Peter opened his mouth and said: “though all men shall be offended because of Thee, yet will I never be offended!” (UMateyu 26:33).
But Jesus answered him and said: “verily I say unto thee, that this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice” (UMateyu 26:34-35).
The other disciples spoke the same words as Peter. Jesus and the disciples both predicted the future. Nangona kunjalo, only the words of Jesus became the truth and not the words of the disciples.
“I don’t know Him”
Kuba xa bathatha uYesu, Peter and all the other disciples ran away and fled from Him. Peter looked from a distance. But when they recognized Peter as a disciple of Jesus, Peter denied that he knew Jesus. He denied his Master and Lord. Peter was ashamed of Jesus and afraid of what people would do to him. That’s why Peter pretended, that he didn’t know Jesus.
Peter didn’t deny Jesus once, not twice, kodwa kathathu. Three times, Peter said that he didn’t know Jesus.
UPetros, who told Jesus a few days before, that he would never leave Jesus and would not deny Jesus, but was willing to die with Jesus, denied Jesus thrice, by saying that he didn’t know Jesus. He even called Jesus: laa ndoda.
When Peter heard the cock crow, he remembered the words of Jesus and became aware that he had denied Jesus, and Peter wept bitterly.
Can the old man follow Jesus?
The old man is not able to follow Jesus. Jesus this. He knew the nature of the old carnal man and the weakness of the flesh. Jesus knew that the old man could not Mlandeleni because the old man is bound to the flesh and its sinful nature.
He knew the battle between the flesh and the Spirit. Jesus knew that a man could only follow Him and be saved by regeneration. Because only by becoming uzelwe ngokutsha, when the flesh is crucified and the spirit of man becomes alive, man is able to see and enter the Kingdom of God. Because the Kingdom of God is a spiritual Kingdom and flesh and blood cannot inherit uBukumkani bukaThixo.
Ngalo lonke ixesha umntu akazalelwanga kwakhona, the person remains unspiritual and considers the words of God as foolishness. Because the words of God go against the will of the flesh and the natural laws of the world.
The old Peter hadn’t denied himself; he had not wayibeka phantsi inyama yakhe and wasn’t born again. That’s why Peter went along with the world and denied Jesus because he was afraid to lose his own life. Peter must have felt very miserable and ashamed when Jesus was crucified and entered Hades and stayed there for three days. Peter returned to his old profession and picked up his old life. But Jesus had not rejected Peter but gave him a new chance, because He had a plan for his life. Jesus had promised Peter, that on his testimony He would build His church.
“Do you really love me?”
UYesu wabuza uPetros 3 times if he really loved Him, and Peter answered Him wholeheartedly, that he did love Him.
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Ewe, Nkosi; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Ewe, Nkosi; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Nkosi, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Uthi uYesu kuye, Feed my sheep (UYohane 21:15-17)
Xa uYesu wayewathetha la mazwi, He made known to Peter with what kind of death, he would exalt God (UYohane 21:18-19)
The new Peter confessed Jesus Christ before men
But when the spirit of Peter was raised from the dead and Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, he became a new creation. The Spirit reigned in his life. Therefore Peter wasn’t ashamed of Jesus Christ anymore. Peter witnessed in public Jesus Christ, uNyana kaThixo ophilileyo.
Amadoda angamaYuda, who were gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of weeks, ridiculed the disciples by accusing them of drinking too much wine.
But the new Peter wasn’t led by the flesh, but by the Spirit. Ngoko ke, Peter was not intimidated and moved by their words.
Peter stood up and witnessed before all those people of Jesus Christ; uNyana kaThixo ophilileyo.
Peter wasn’t ashamed of Jesus anymore and didn’t hide.
Nangona, there was a moment in Peter’s life, when he was intimidated by the opinions of men and showed hypocritical behavior. But when Paul confronted Peter about his behavior, UPetros waguquka.
Peter walked after the Spirit and stayed loyal to Jesus unto death. He died as a witness of Jesus Christ and exalted God with his death, just like Jesus had foretold.
What happens around us, is the result of the choices of man
Siphila kwixesha, in which we see the prophecies of the Bible coming to pass. Many believers have left God and have deviated from the Word and the faith. Konke okusingqongileyo, we see an increase in the power of the devil, which is visible through the behavior and lives of man and the natural chaos and disasters emhlabeni. Ewe, the devil has been given great power by … abantu.
People often gxeka uThixo for it, but the truth is that people are responsible for it. The people are the ones, who give power to the devil by being obedient to him and exalt and honor him by tolerating and accepting sin and by living in sin.
The world has the final authority in most people’s life. Therefore the spirit of this world controls and determines the lives of people.
The spirit of the world has entered many churches and that’s why sin is tolerated and accepted.
Many leaders are not aware of it or they are aware but don’t do anything, because they are focused on growth and are afraid to lose members.
The Word is changed and adjusted to the lusts and desires of the old carnal man and the will of the world. But by changing and adjusting the words of God, the truth is affected by lies and therefore isn’t the truth but a lie.
Many believers don’t live according to the Word. They don’t apply the words of God in their lives. Kunoko, they listen to the knowledge and wisdom of carnal man and the world and apply this earthly knowledge and wisdom to their lives.
They don’t do, what Jesus commanded them to do. Because His words don’t fit into their lives and the time we live in. They confess they believe in Jesus Christ and that Jesus is their Lord, but with their actions, ukuziphatha, and life they deny Jesus.
Uthini ngawe? Do you confess Jesus or do you deny Jesus?
Every day you choose to stay loyal and obedient to the Word of God or to deviate from the Word and obey the world. When you choose to listen to what the world says and be obedient to the world, then you shall automatically deny Jesus. Because the world and the Word cannot go together. They are operating from two different kingdoms. It’s up to you to decide which kingdom you want to belong to and represent: ubukumkani bukaThixo okanye ubukumkani bobumnyama (Umhlaba).
When you’re not born again or keep walking after the flesh, you shall be a friend of this world and live like the world. ILizwi lithi, that if you are a friend of the world you will become an enemy of God.
Nina bakrexezindini, nabakrexezindini, Anazi ukuba ubuhlobo behlabathi bubutshaba kunye noThixo? Ngoobani na ke ngoko abahlobo behlabathi, lutshaba lukaThixo (UJames 4:4)
That’s why it’s so important to abide and stay in Jesus Christ; the Word and stay obedient to Him. When you confess Jesus Christ before people, by your walk and life, Jesus shall confess you to the Father. But if you want to be a friend of the world and be accepted by the world and choose to obey the world and walk and live like the world, then you shall remain the old carnal man and deny Jesus by your walk and your life. When you deny Jesus, Jesus shall also deny you to the Father.
UYesu uthi: "Ukuba kukho nabani na emva kwam, makazincame, awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe, ndilandele. Kuba othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo: Kwaye othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, wowufumana " (UMateyu 16:24-25)
Kwaye la mazwi, awakuthethayo uYesu, are still true and relevant today.
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
