If the gospel would still be compelling, why do so many Christians seek in the world for counsel, answers, Ulwazi kunye nobulumko, including Eastern religions and philosophies and get involved with occult practices? Instead of being inspired and led by the Word and the Holy Spirit, many Christians are inspired and led by human words of knowledge and wisdom, amaphupha, imibono, izibonakaliso ezingaphezu kwendalo, kunye nezityhilelo, that originate from seductive spirits from the kingdom of darkness. These seductive spirits are the originators of false doctrines that oppose the Bible and cause the people to walk on ways, Akufanelanga ukuba bahambe. Ukuba iVangeli iya kuhlala inyanzelekile, Kutheni le nto amaKristu amaninzi kangaka elichitha elizweni kunye nezinto zeli lizwe kunokusebenzisana noThixo nakwizinto zoBukumkani bukaThixo? And if the gospel would still be compelling, why do people change so many things to the gospel and apply the wisdom and knowledge of the world and add all kinds of natural means in the church to make the gospel more appealing to the people?
If the gospel is still compelling why has the message changed?
Kutheni le nto umyalezo utshintshile ukuba iVangeli isaya kuba yinyanzelekile? If you compare the message that is preached in today’s church and on the streets, to the message that was preached 2000 Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, Ke ayisiyonto injalo umyalezo owashunyayelwa nguYesu Kristu kunye nabafundi bakhe.
We don’t read anywhere that Jesus nor His disciples told the people in their surroundings and the people they encountered on the street, "UThixo Uyakuthanda!”, okanye abapostile kunye nabafundi bakaYesu Kristu kumnqophiso omtsha watsho, "UYesu Uyakuthanda", emva koko wangena, waqhubeka noko bakwenzayo kwaye wabashiya abantu ezinzweni zabo nakwikhoboka likaMtyholi nobukumkani bobumnyama.
They didn’t preach comforting soothing words that pleased the flesh and caressed people’s emotions and feelings.
Kunoko, they preached the truth of God, Ubulungisa, ubomi, nomgwebo kaThixo, babiza abantu ukuba baguquke, bawakhulule abantu. – kwaye bawenze baphelele, abakholwayo amazwi abo baguquka, waza wanikela ngobomi babo kuThixo.
Abaprofeti kunye noYesu Krestu, owayehlala kumnqophiso omdala, Kwaye abapostile kunye nabafundi bakaYesu Krestu, owayehlala kumnqophiso omtsha, had lied down their own lives out of love for God and were not ashamed of the gospel.
Their message didn’t please the feelings and emotions of people. Their message didn’t approve of sin and allow the people to keep sinning. But their message was often hard and confronting and called the people to repentance.
Ngezi ntsuku, the message they preached, would be considered unloving. Kodwa umahluko phakathi kwexeshana kwaye ngoku, Bamthanda uThixo, bandoyike uYehova (a referenced for God).
What happens when the love for the Lord and the fear of the Lord controls peoples lives?
The love for the Lord and the fear of the Lord controlled their lives. Nje ngeziphumo, their lives were yieded to God and they walked in submission to His words and commandments.
They lived according to His will and preached His words; the truth of the Kingdom of God, and called the people to repentance and to follow the law of Moses, Umthetho wesono nokufa, Kumnqophiso wakudala (yenzelwe abantu bakaThixo benyama yenyama), Kwaye xa umnqophiso omtsha weza kusebenza, to follow the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Oko kwenzelwe abantu bokomoya bakaThixo).
Malimoyike lonke ihlabathi: Mabamoyike bonke abemi behlabathi. Kuba uyathetha, kwaye kwenziwe; Wayalela, kwaye yema ngokukhawuleza (Iindumiso 33:8-9)
Ukoyika uYehova kukuqala kolwazi: Ke izitho ngezityhutyhila, zidela ubulumko noqeqesho (IMizekeliso 1:7)
Ukoyika uYehova kukuthiya ububi: ikratshi, kunye nekratshi, kunye nendlela embi, nomlomo otyhafileyo, Ngaba ndiyayicaphukela (IMizekeliso 8:13)
Jesus didn’t allow the people to keep sinning and He didn’t approve of sin. Nabapostile nangabafundi bakaYesu Kristu, Ngoobani icawe; Umzimba kaKristu emhlabeni, Vumela abantu bagcine isono.
Babengatshonga, UThixo uthanda wonke umntu kwaye uYesu uyakuthanda, indlela oyiyo. Ngoko ke, you may stay the way you are. Asifundanga naphi na eBhayibhileni.
We don’t read anywhere that people could stay the way they were. Nor do we read that God approved of sin and God understood everyone’s situation, iimvakalelo, Izigqibo, izizathu, kunye nendlela yokuphila.
Hayi, everyone needed to repent and become born again in Christ and lay down the old man and its sinful nature and yambathani umntu omtsha.
Ngokungafaniyo namakholwa amaninzi namhlanje, UYesu nabafundi bakhe, abazelwe ngokutsha kwaye babe yindoda entsha; Oonyana bakaThixo, ebengeyonkathalo kodwa ngokomoya. Zange bamfanyekiswa nguThixo weli lizwe. Kunoko, they were enlightened by God and His Holy Spirit and discerned the spirits.
Babengavumelekanga ngenyama yabo, kodwa kungoMoya. They discerned the Kingdom of God from the kingdom of darkness and discerned the spirits and works of the darkness and the works of the Kingdom of God. Ewe, Bayiqonda inyama ngoMoya.
Peter preached the gospel of Christ and called the house of Israel to repentance
Xa uPetros wayezaliswa ngumoya oyingcwele kwaye wafumana iilwimi njengomlilo, UPetros wamshumayeza uYesu, uKrestu, wabiza abantu bakaThixo, ababehlanganisene eYerusalem ukuze babhiyozele i-shavuot; i umthendeleko weeveki, enguqukweni
Aba bantu bengabakwindlu kaSirayeli. They were the seed and offspring of Jacob (Sirayeli ) and were God’s carnal covenant people.
But despite the fact that they belonged to the house of Israel and obeyed the law, kuba beze eYerusalem kumthendeleko weeveki, Peter called them to repentance.
Peter not only called them to repentance but also to be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and they would receive the Holy Ghost.
Inguquko, baptism and the receiving of the Holy Spirit were the izinto ezintathu zokuzalwa ngokutsha.
Nangona amazwi kaPeter ebenzima kwaye ejongana, they were the truth and did bring the people to repentance and salvation.
And so the people, who believed the words of Peter, repented of their sins and were baptized and received the Holy Ghost and were reconciled with God (IZenzo 2).
Kweli xesha, Ungazibuza ukuba ngaba abantu, Abathi bangamaKristu kwaye baya ecaweni okanye bashumayele ecaweni kwaye bange bazelwe ngokutsha kwaye babe noMoya oyiNgcwele, zizalwa ngokwenyani?
Ngaba bahlala njengendalo entsha njengoonyana bakaThixo (kokubini amadoda nabafazi) in obedience to the Word according to the will of God or do they live as indalo endala as the world and do the works of the flesh?
UPawulos washumayela iindaba ezilungileyo, Ngawo amandla kaThixo
Njengabanye abafundi bakaYesu Krestu, Paul was also not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. Since the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes.
Kuba andinazintloni ngazo iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKristu,: kuba ngamandla kaThixo okusindisa wonke umntu okholwayo; kumYuda kuqala, nakwisiGrike. Kuba kukho ubulungisa bukaThixo butyhilwa ekwelfeni, baye elukholweni: njengoko kubhaliweyo, Ilungisa liya kuphila ngokholo. Kuba ityhilwe ingqumbo kaThixo ivela ezulwini, ichasene nokungahloneli Thixo, nokungahloneli kwabantu, Ngubani obambe inyaniso kwintswela-bulungisa; Kuba oko kwaziwa nguThixo kuyabonakala kubo; Kuba uThixo ubabonisile bona (AmaRoma 1:16-19)
The gospel brought and still brings deliverance from the power of the devil and death and hell, and reconciles people with God and heals (restores) people from their fallen state.
Paul didn’t change the gospel and the words of God to please the people or to be liked and accepted by the people. But Paul confronted the people with the truth of God and preached the living Christ and called the people to repentance. Because of his preaching of the gospel, many people were delivered from the power of the darkness and through regeneration in Christ were saved and transferred into the Kingdom of God, apho uYesu Kristu nguKumkani (KwabaseKolose 1:13-14).
Abantu, Ngubani na owenze imisebenzi yenyama, engayi kubudla ilifa uBukumkani bukaThixo
Anazi na, ukuba abangemalungisa abayi kubudla ilifa uBukumkani bukaThixo? Musani ukulahlekiswa: Abahenyuzi, okanye ii-idollaters, okanye abakrexezi, okanye ifakwe, nabahlukumezelayo nabantu (I-vermosexuals), Namasela, okanye i-covetous, okanye amanxila, okanye abaphuluki, okanye abakhupheli, Uya kubudla ilifa uBukumkani bukaThixo. Kwaye njengabanye bakho: Ke nina nihlanjwe, Ke nina ningcwalisiwe, Ke nina nigwetywe egameni leNkosi uYesu, NgoMoya kaThixo woThixo wethu (1 KwabaseKorinte 6:9-11)
Ngoku imisebenzi yenyama ibonakalisiwe, zeziphi ezi; Ukukrexeza (Ukuzithandela ngokwesondo phakathi komntu otshatileyo kunye nomntu ongelilo iqabane lakhe, Ngokujonga inkanuko emva komfazi, uqhawulo-mtshato), uhenyuzo (ubuhenyu, kuquka ukukrexeza kunye nokunyuka, Isondo esingatshatanga, ubufanasini, ngokufuziselayo unqulo-zithixo), 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 5:19-21)
Nokuba kwiicawe zendawo, UPawulos washumayela sonke icebiso, nokuthanda kukaThixo, kubabiza abantu ukuba baphile ubomi obungcwele, ukusukela they were no longer sinners but had become saints. Wajamelana nabo, Wazingisa esonweni, wawawisela ukuba azisuse ezono.
UPaul akazange aqhekeze imisebenzi yobumnyama, imisebenzi yenyama, kwaye bazibize ngegama kwaye bathi ezo, oye wenza le misebenzi kwaye eqhubeka esenza loo misebenzi, Ngaba Babengezabungabudla Ekafani UBukumkani BukaThixo.
UPaul wayengoyiki ukubiza izono ezazibophelele kwaye aziveze aze asuse umntu, Unyamezele esonweni, waqhubeka esenza imisebenzi yenyama, engafuni ukuguquka, Ukusuka ecaweni. Ngoba? Kuba uPawulos wayengunyana kaThixo kwaye wayengokomoya kwaye wayiqonda imisebenzi kaMtyholi kwaye engayivumelanga imisebenzi kaMtyholi ecaweni.
UPawulos wayesazi, NjengoYesu kunye nabanye abapostile, Igwele elincinci libilisa intlama iphela, ke ngoko indlela yesono yomntu, Yeyiphi imvukelo kuThixo neLizwi lakhe kwaye uya kwenza, ndingayithoba icawe (1 KwabaseKorinte 5:1-8 (Funda kwakhona: ‘Ithini iBhayibhile ngesono ebandleni?', ‘Ngaba unokucokisela isono sabanye amakholwa?'Kwaye ‘Kuthetha ukuthini ukunikezela umntu kuSathana?‘)).
UPawulos wayemsulwa egazini labantu bonke
Kwaye ngoku, khangela, Ndiyazi ukuba nonke, Phakathi kwabantu endizishumayeza nabo uBukumkani bukaThixo, Ungayibonanga ubuso bam. Kungoko ndikuthatha ukuba urekhode olu suku, Ndimsulwa egazini lawo onke amadoda. Kuba andikuphelelinga ukuba ndizise lonke icebo likaThixo. (IZenzo 20:25-27)
Wenza zonke ezi zinto, Kuba uPawulos wayesisicaka sikaKristu kwaye wema kwinkonzo kaThixo, hayi umntu (Owu. kwabaseGalati 1:10).
UPaulus akazange aboyike abantu, Kodwa uPawulos wayephila ngokuthobela uYesu Kristu ekoyikeni uYehova emva kwentando yakhe, washumayela lonke icebo likaThixo. Ngenxa yoko uPawulos wayemsulwa egazini labantu bonke.
Ngenxa yenyani, Ukuba uPawulos waba ngunyana kaThixo kunye nesicaka sikaKristu, UPaul waba lutshaba lwehlabathi.
UPawulos wangqina ukuba imisebenzi yakhe ingendawo, njengoYesu, Kwaye ngenxa yoko uPawulos wayengamkelwa kwaye ethandwa ngumntu wonke kwaye enamava, ukumelana, Intshutshiso kunye nokuvalelwa, Njengabanye abakhonzi bakaKristu, Ngubani owalandela uYesu Krestu kwaye wayengenazintloni ngoYesu nangevangeli kwaye ngenxa yoko washumayela ngeVangeli engaguqukiyo kaYesu Krestu (Funda kwakhona: ”Ukuba neenyawo zinxibe ngokulungiselela ivangeli yoxolo’.
Kodwa uPawulos akazange achaphazeleke zonke ezi zinto. Ezi zinto azizange zenze uPawulos ayeke ukushumayela iVangeli. Kwaye ke uPawulos waqhubeka eshumayela umnqamlezo negazi kunye nalo lonke icebo likaThixo, Kuba yayingamandla osindileyo kuye wonke umntu okholwayo.
Ngaba iVangeli inyanzela ngokwaneleyo kwaye amandla kaThixo?
Kodwa namhlanje, Abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba bayazi ukuba ilunge ngakumbi kunoThixo uYise, UYesu Krestu nomoya oyingcwele kwaye ungazithobi kuYesu Krestu; ilizwi, Ngubani iNtloko yeCawa. Abalishumayeli amazwi akhe, Kodwa bahlengahlengisa amazwi akhe, ukuze amazwi akhe amnandi ukuva.
Nangona kunjalo, Ngokwenza oko batshintshe inyaniso kaThixo ngobuxoki bomntu. Bacinga ukuba benze ivangeli inyanzelekile kwaye inomdla, Kodwa eneneni bazise ngokuchaseneyo.
Iicawa ezininzi ziye zaba yingozi kwaye azixhomekeki kuThixo namandla akhe, kodwa thembela ekuqondeni kwabo, ubulumko, ulwazi, kunye nobuchule kwaye yenza konke abanako ukwenza ukuba iBandla lazo licawa ngokusebenzisa zonke iintlobo zendalo, Njengokukhanya kwe-neon, Imiboniso yokukhanya, Oomatshini bokutshaya kunye noMculo, Kwaye kwizithethi ezikhuthazayo kunye neziganeko zentlalo zenza ukuba ivangeli inomdla kwaye ilahle loo mfanekiso mdala wefashoni. Kwaye ke baye batshintsha iVangeli, Ngawo amandla kaThixo wokusindisa wonke umntu okholwayo, kwivangeli yeemvakalelo ezijolise kwinyama.
Endaweni yokuthembela kuThixo nakwiLizwi lakhe nomoya wakhe oyingcwele kunye nokushumayela ngenene ivangeli yenyani kunye nabantu baguquka ngokunyanisekileyo kwaye bazalwe kwakhona ngoxolo nolonwabo lukaThixo nobomi bakhe ebomini babo, baxhomekeke kwinyama nakuphazathiso lolwazi, Ubulumko nendalo yehlabathi, Bayikhulule ivangeli emandleni ayo baza baguqula ivangeli babonisa amandla angenamandla, apho abantu abangasayi kuphinda banikelwe ngenxa yobumnyama baphile emva kwentando kaThixo, Kodwa qhubeka nokuhamba ebumnyameni ukungathobeli uThixo kwaye ululaze, njengehlabathi, Xa wayehamba ebomini banxunguphele, uxinzelelo kwaye woyisiwe, Ukukhangela emhlabeni woxolo nolonwabo kunye neempendulo kunye nezisombululo zeengxaki zabo.
Kodwa umhlaba awunakubanika izinto abazifunayo kwaye ubulumko nolwazi lwehlabathi azikwazi ukuzihlangula kwaye zisindise. Mnye kuphela umntu, Ngubani onokuhlangula aze asisindise kwaye abanike oko bakufunayo kwaye nguYesu Kristu, Unyana kaThixo kunye neLizwi eliphilayo.
Ke lixesha, ukuba amakholwa aguquke kwaye abuyele eLizwini likaThixo aze athobele eLizwini nomoya oyingcwele aze azisuse konke ukuzonwabisa okuvela ecaweni aze ashumayele inyaniso kunye nentando kaThixo, Ke abantu abaninzi baya kusindiswa banikelwe ebumnyameni naseCaweni abasayi kugutyungelwa ligazi labantu bonke, abalahlekileyo, Kodwa ukuba icawe ihlale icocekile kwaye igutyungelwe ligazi likaYesu Krestu kuphela.
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
