Ukuhlawula izishumi kunye neminikelo yinto kwaye ihlala ingumbandela onameva kubomi bamaKristu amaninzi kunye nenqaku lengxoxo ebandleni.. Kodwa kutheni abantu benobunzima obungaka ekunikeni imali? Ilula kakhulu, Isiqhamo sokupha sisiqhamo sendalo entsha. Ukuba amaKristu akazithwali esi siqhamo sokupha, Kukho into engalunganga.
Indalo entsha ithwala isiqhamo sokupha
Xa abantu beba yindalo entsha, Zithwala iziqhamo zendalo entsha ngokutshintsha kwentliziyo, Utshintsho lwendalo, kwaye i Ukuhlaziywa kwengqondo ngeLizwi likaThixo. Isiqhamo sendalo entsha sisiqhamo sokupha.
AbaNgcwele ePhilippi bazala iziqhamo zokupha
Ngoku niyazi kakuhle ngoku, Ekuqaleni kweVangeli, Xa ndimkile eMakedonia, Akukho sicaka siye sanxibelelana nam ngokungathi sikufumane kwaye sifumane, Kodwa wena kuphela. Kuba, naseTesalonika, kwaba kanye nakabini niya kuyifumana,. Hayi ngenxa yokuba ndinqwenela isipho: Kodwa ndinqwenela iziqhamo ezinokuphuphuma kwiakhawunti yakho. Kodwa ndinayo yonke, kwaye indand: Ndigcwele, ukuba ne-Epafroditus izinto ezithunyelwe kuwe, ivumba levumba elimnandi, Idini elamkelekileyo, Kuyamphelela uThixo (KwabaseFilipi 4:15-18)
Kwi-Filippip 4:15-18, Sifunda ngesiqhamo sokupha ebomini babaNgcwele kwiPhilippi. Ngokungafaniyo nezinye iicawa, AbaNgcwele ePhilippi babemxhasa ngezemali uPawulos nomsebenzi woBukumkani.
UPaul wayengazange acele imali. Wayengazicelanga abangcwele ukumxhasa ngemali, Kodwa abangcwele bamnika.
Yayingeyiyo malunga nemali. Kodwa isiqhamo sokupha yayikukuba kungumqondiso kaPawulos umqondiso wokuba ukuzalwa ngokutsha kukaKristu kwenzekile kwaye iimfundiso zakhe zazalisa iziqhamo ebomini babo.
Babengasekho indalo yakudala, Ngubani onobuhlayi, ukubawa, kwaye ayikhathaleli abanye. Kodwa babe indalo entsha kwaye wazala iziqhamo zokupha.
Abakhange banike ngenxa yokuba baceliwe ukuba banike. Abakhange banikele fumana ngaphezulu. Kodwa abangcwele banikeza ngokukhululekileyo ngaphandle kwemitya eqhotyoshelweyo.
AbaNgcwele banikele entliziyweni yabo, indalo yabo entsha, kunye nengqondo yabo ehlaziyiweyo.
AbaNgcwele eFilipi bakhathazeka ngoPaul
Bazelwe nguThixo kwaye babenobunjani boyise kwaye bajonga (Isidingo se) umntakwabo kaPawulos, obethelela ubomi bakhe kubo ukuze abuze kwaye ashumayele iVangeli kaYesu Krestu, ayihlangule aze abakhulule emandleni kaMtyholi, ukufa, nesihogo.
Esebenzisa uPawulos nokushumayela kwakhe, Uthando lukaThixo lwalubonakaliswa kubo. Bawakholelwa amazwi kaPawulos kwaye basamkela uthando lukaThixo, kwaye waguquka, babekhona ubhaptiziwe, kwaye wamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele.
Babenombulelo kuThixo kwaye babemthanda uYesu noBawo ngaphezu kwako konke. Ngokholo lwabo, umbulelo, Kwaye ukuthanda uThixo, Banike umnikelo wabo.
Ngokunika umnikelo wawo bavuma uThixo njengeNkosi kwaye bambulela kuye kwaye bamzukise. Banokuthi Bamthanda uThixo, Kodwa ngokunika abapho baso bambonisa ukuba bayamthanda uThixo kwaye bamkholisa.
Njengomhlolokazi olihlwempu etempileni kumnqophiso wakudala. Umhlolokazi olihlwempu akananto ininzi, Kodwa wanika yonke into awayenayo kuThixo kuba wayemthanda uThixo ngaphezu kwako konke (Phawula 12:42-43, ULuka 21:2-4).
UPawulos wasamkela izipho zabo ukuba angabi sisityebi, Kodwa ukuya kufezekisa iimfuno zakhe.
Xa abantu bengathwali iziqhamo zokupha
Indalo entsha ayifani nokuzingca kwabantu abadala kunye ne-covetous. Indalo entsha ayizenzi i-puss kwaye inyuke ngeempikiswano ekufuneka zibakhulule ekunikezeleni. Kodwa indalo entsha ine fIndlebe yeNkosi uThixo kwaye umthanda kwaye unika ngokukhululekileyo.
Ukuba abantu abathwali siqhamo sokupha kwaye beza nazo zonke iintlobo zezizathu zokungazinike izishumi zazo kunye neminikelo, emva koko bangabasebenzi kwaye bangomoya.
Ngenxa yokuba ngokuzalwa ngokutsha kuKrestu nakwiimfundiso eziyinyani eLizwini, indalo entsha, Ngubani odlelweyo kwaye waba ngokomoya kuKristu, iya kuthwala isiqhamo sokupha.
Ukuqukumbela
Undoqo kukuba ukuba abantu bayala ukunika, bakhokelwa ngumoya wokubawa kunye uthando ngemali, Endaweni yoMoya oyiNgcwele kunye ne uthando ngoThixo.
Ngokuba wonke umntu, okhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele atyhila isiqhamo sokupha kwaye ngenxa yoko unike, Njengecawe yokuqala kunye necawa ePhilippi. Ukungafumani mva ngaphezulu, Kodwa ngenxa yokuba nombulelo nokuthanda utata nonyana wakhe kwaye baqubude kwaye babanikele.
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
