KwiTestamente eNdala nakwiivangeli ezine zeTestamente eNtsha, sifunda ngeNgcwele kaNgcwele. INgcwele kaNgcwele yayiyindawo yokuhlala kaThixo kwiTabernakele. UMoya kaThixo; uMoya oyiNgcwele wahlala kwiNgcwele kaNgcwele. Akukho mntu wayevunyelwe ukungena kwiNgcwele kaNgcwele, ngaphandle kombingeleli omkhulu. Kanye ngonyaka, umbingeleli omkhulu wayevunyelwe ukungena kwiNgcwele kaNgcwele. Nangona kunjalo, kungabi ngaphandle kokugqunywa kwegazi leenkomo, elanikelwa ngenxa yakhe nangenxa yeziphoso nezono zabantu bakaThixo. KuMnqophiso Omtsha, uMoya oyiNgcwele akasahlali kwisakhiwo, kodwa entliziyweni yesidalwa esitsha. Nangona kunjalo, kule mihla, UMoya oyiNgcwele akasoloko wamkelekile kubomi bamaKristu. Kubomi bamaKristu amaninzi, uMoya oyiNgcwele uyagxothwa entliziyweni aze abuyiselwe kwisakhiwo. UMoya oyiNgcwele wamkelekile kuphela kwaye unokuzibonakalisa ngexesha lenkonzo yecawe, kodwa injalo. Kutheni uMoya oyiNgcwele egxothwa ezintliziyweni zamaKristu amaninzi?
Ikhuselo lakrazuka kubini
Nini UYesu wafa emnqamlezweni, wazithabathela kuye zonke izono nobugwenxa boluntu, umkhusane owahlula intente yokuqala kweyesibini; kweNgcwele kaNgcwele, yaqwengwa kubini, ukusuka phezulu ukuya ezantsi. Intente yokuqala yayingasekho. Ngoku, indlela eya kweNgcwele kaNgcwele, indlela eya kuThixo yayivuliwe, kumntu wonke. Wonke umntu, ababeza kukholwa kuYesu Kristu, UMesiya, kwaye baya kuMamkela njengoMsindisi, kwaye iNkosi iya kuxolelaniswa noThixo.
Xa uYesu wavuswayo kwabafileyo, UYesuwenyuka waya kuBawo. UYesu wahamba nelaKhe igazi, kwindawo engcwele waza wazuza inkululeko engunaphakade kuye wonke ubani, Ngubani onokukholelwa kuye.
Ukususela kumzuzu awafa ngawo uYesu laza ikhuselo leNgcwele kaNgcwele lakrazuka kubini, the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit was not in the Holy of Holiest, behind the second veil, kwakhona. God assigned another dwelling place for His Holy Spirit, namely in the heart of every new creation, who would belong to the Body of Christ.
Born into the Body of Christ
Kuba kwabakuKristu Yesu, akunamandla anto ukwaluka, kwanokungaluki, kodwa sisidalwa esitsha (kwabaseGalati 6:15)
From the moment that you become uzelwe ngokutsha kwayeube sisidalwa esitsha, you belong to the Body of Jesus Christ. The only access into the Body of Christ; the Church is through regeneration; being born again. A membership of the local church will not give you access to the Body of Christ.
Ungu ndaluswe kuYesu Kristu. This means that you have laid down your imvelo yesono, and buried it through ubhaptizo.
The old you don’t exist anymore and therefore you will not be able to walk in sin. Because your sinful nature is dead:
For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Kwaye ugqibelele kuye, Yeyiphi iNtloko yazo yonke kunye namandla: enathi kuye naluswa nokwaluswa ngolwaluko olungenakwenziwa ngazandla, ekuhlutheni umzimba wezono zenyama, ngalo ulwaluko lukaKristu: Wangcwatywa kunye naYe elubhaptizweni, enithi nikuye, navuswa nokuvuswa naye, ngokholo lokusebenza kukaThixo, owamvusayo kwabafileyo (KwabaseKolose 2:9-12)
Your spirit is raised from the dead, by the power of the Holy Spirit. You have been given a new heart of flesh. Yakho heart of stone, which was full of adultery, uhenyuzo, (ngokwesondo) ukungahlambuluki, immorality, I-Lascivied, unqulo-zithixo, ubugqwirha, intiyo, umahluko, ukufuya, ingqumbo, Imbambano, ukumiselwa, i-heredies, khuthaza, ukubulala, ukunxila, ukuphindezela, njl. has been replaced by a new heart of flesh. Lo nto, the Holy Spirit can dwell in you.
Now that you have been given a new heart of flesh and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, intando kaThixo; His commandments are written upon your heart. You have everything you need to walk after His commandments and do His will on this earth, njengoYesu.
The Holy Spirit dwells in the heart of the new creation
UMoya oyiNgcwele, Who first dwelled in the Holy of Holiest of the Tempel, behind the second veil, and whom no man could approach, except for the high priest, now lives in the heart of every new creation. Your body has become a temple of the living God and the Holy Spirit dwells inside of you.
Intoni? Anazi na ukuba umzimba wakho uyitempile yendoda oyiNgcwele okukuwe, eninayo uThixo, kwaye anikho eyakho? Kuba nathengwa ngexabiso: Mzukise ke uThixo ngomzimba wakho, kwaye emoyeni wakho, engoThixo (1 KwabaseKorinte 6:19-20)
Xa uye waba indalo entsha, uya kwenza hayi walk after the flesh anymore, but you shall walk after the Spirit.
You shall do what the Word, Ibhayibhile, ikuxelela ukuba wenze. If you allow the Word in your life. Because you decide if you want to walk after the Spirit or after the flesh. Because you can raise your flesh, from the dead anytime you want.
How do you raise your flesh from the dead? By listening to the lusts and desires of the flesh and feeding your flesh and by walking after the flesh.
Xa uhamba emva koMoya, uya kuhamba imiyalelo kaYesu, ilizwi. You shall do what He tells you to do, instead of doing what your flesh (o.k. iimvakalelo, iimvakalelo, iingcinga, ingqondo, iimvakalelo, njl.) tells you to do.
Thoughts, iimvakalelo, and emotions belong to the flesh and can be deceptive, therefore you can’t rely on them, nor build upon them. There is only one Truth: ilizwi. Therefore you can only rely and build upon the Word.
The sons of God are led by the Holy Spirit
‘Kuba bonke abakhokelwa nguMoya kaThixo, bangoonyana bakaThixo bona (AmaRoma 8:14)
ILizwi lithi, that the sons of God are (rhoqo) sikhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele. Njengendalo entsha; unyana kaThixo, Namamkele ngokuzeleyo uMoya oyiNgcwele, kwaye hayi nje inxalenye Yakhe.
Awunyanzelekanga ukuba uye ecaweni ukuze ube nentlanganiso noMoya oyiNgcwele. Kuba xa uzelwe ngokutsha emoyeni, nokuthetha ngeelwimi ezintsha, ke uMoya oyiNgcwele uhlala kuyo yonke inzaliseko yaKhe ngaphakathi kuwe. Usuke waba yitempile kaMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye uMoya oyiNgcwele uhlala kuwe.
Xa udibana nomntu, onengxaki, njengesigulo, ingxaki yengqondo, ingxaki yosapho, ingxaki yomtshato, ingxaki yemali, njl., ke akuyi kufuneka umthumele ecaweni loo mntu, ukuze ufumane uncedo.
Kulungile, kanjalo, ukumemela umntu ecaweni. Kodwa unayo le nto ifunwa ngulo mntu, onguMoya oyiNgcwele.
UMoya oyiNgcwele unako, kwaye uMoya oyiNgcwele ufuna ukunceda wonke umntu kulo mhlaba, ukuba umntu uyamvumela. Kwaye kufuneka umvumele ukuba asebenze ngawe kwaye ngawe.
UMoya oyiNgcwele uya kuwanika amandla amazwi, ukuba uthetha ngobomi okanye imeko yalo mntu. Niya kusebenza kunye; niliqela elinye kwaye kunye ningamangqina kaYesu Krestu; iLizwi kwaye uzukise kuYe.
Animamkelanga uMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuba nemvakalelo emnandi. Namamkela ke uMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuba nibe ngamangqina kaYesu Kristu, ukuzisa iindaba ezilungileyo ebantwini, ukusasaza ubomi, ukukhulula abathinjwa, nokuphilisa abagulayo. Namamkele uMoya oyiNgcwele, ukukhonza uYesu Kristu nokusebenzela abantu.
UMoya oyiNgcwele wagxothwa entliziyweni
Kodwa kwenzeka ntoni namhlanje, kukuba iintliziyo ezininzi zizaliswe, kwaye ungcolisekile, ngezinto zehlabathi, kwaye ‘ubuqu’ usahleli etroneni. Akusekho ndawo yoMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye ke uMoya oyiNgcwele ugxothiwe entliziyweni.
UMoya oyiNgcwele uyafutha, nge Iinkanuko kunye neminqweno yenyama, nangezinto zehlabathi.
AmaKristu amaninzi ayazalisa, ngezinto zehlabathi, endaweni yokuzizalisa ngeLizwi likaThixo.
Bafuna izinto zeli hlabathi kunokuba bafune izinto zaphezulu, apho uKrestu uhleli ngasekunene kukaBawo.
Ngenxa yoko, UMoya oyiNgcwele uyinikwe indawo yakhe endala, oko kukuthi isakhiwo, ezenziwe ngezandla zomntu.
Asifuni ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele ahlale nathi, kuba oko kuya kuthetha, ukuze simphulaphule kwaye sigcine imiyalelo Yakhe ngamaxesha onke. Kuthetha ukuba kufuneka siphile ngokwentando yakhe endaweni yeyethu eyakho intando. Ithatha ukuba, ukuba uya kujongana kwaye asilungise kwaye atyhile izinto okanye imikhwa ebomini bethu ekufuneka siyisuse.
Hayi, asiyithandi loo nto. Singathanda ukuba noMoya oyiNgcwele ebandleni; kwisakhiwo, kude neentliziyo zethu, ukuze siqhubeke siphila ubomi bethu. Kuphela ngenkonzo yangeCawe, kunye neenkonzo zosuku lweveki, uMoya oyiNgcwele uvumelekile ukuba abonakale.
Ngaba uMoya oyiNgcwele ubangela iimvakalelo ezimnandi?
Iindlela ezininzi, kunye neendlela zobuchule, zisetyenziselwa ‘ukuvuselela’ uMoya oyiNgcwele, njengomculo ongxolayo, ukucula iingoma, kunye nokuphinda ikhorasi ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Ukucula iingoma ezifana ‘noMoya Oyingcwele uzalise eli gumbi’, ‘UMoya Oyingcwele uyana’ njl. ukuvusa iimvakalelo. Ngokusebenzisa ezi ndlela, uMoya oyiNgcwele uyamenywa kangangeyure okanye ezimbini, ukuze abantu bachukunyiswe, kwaye ube namava amnandi kunye neemvakalelo kwaye ungene uhlobo oluthile lolonwabo.
Kodwa nje ukuba inkonzo iphelile, uMoya oyiNgcwele kufuneka emke. Because the Holy Spirit is not allowed to come with us, to our homes.
As soon as the service is over, it’s time to pick up our daily life, and doing what we want to do. Because imagine, that the Holy Spirit hinders you in something you want to do. That’s out of the question! Therefore we leave the Holy Spirit, where we want Him: ecaweni, kwisakhiwo. Kanye njengakuMnqophiso oMdala, and the rest of the week we live like there is no God and when we go to church we quickly repent and want the Holy Spirit to give us some nice feelings again.
You are a son of God 24 hours a day, iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki!
But that’s not how it works. You are a new creation; unyana kaThixo 24 iiyure ngosuku, iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki. The Holy Spirit is therefore 24 iiyure ngosuku, seven days a week present in you. At least, kufanele kube njalo. If you don’t banish the Holy Spirit out of your heart.
Umoya oyingcwele ngumntu, and not a force, to create a pleasant feeling or emotion. UThixo ukunikile uMoya wakhe oyiNgcwele, so that you can do the work that Jesus has commanded you to do.
The Holy Spirit is your Comforter, and the Holy Spirit is there, to guide you into all truth, to teach you, to correct you, so that you will grow up into the sonship of God, and walk after His will; Imithetho yakhe.
God is not created to please and to serve you,
but you are created to please God and to serve Him
Masi, ke ngoko, lumnka, with the way we speak about the Holy Spirit, and how we treat the Holy Spirit. When you sing in church, songs about the Holy Spirit, and ask the Holy Spirit to descend from heaven, you don’t acknowledge, that the Holy Spirit already lives inside of you. You compare the Holy Spirit with a feeling. But God is Spirit and not a feeling.
By comparing the Holy Spirit with a feeling, nangokucula ukuba Umelwe kukuba ehle evela eZulwini, utsho ngokungathanga ngqo, into onayo ayikoneli kuwe. Ingathetha ngokungathanga, ukuba ungathanda ukuba nemvakalelo emnandi kunye nokubonakaliswa kummandla wendalo, kuquka nenyama yakho.
Kodwa uMoya oyiNgcwele akezanga ngaloo njongo, noYesu Kristu akazange afe, ngaloo njongo. Akazanga ukuza kukonwabisa, ke unikhokelela kuyo yonke inyaniso.
UThixo unike uMoya wakhe oyiNgcwele, kukuhlala kwisidalwa esitsha, kungabi kwisakhiwo esenziwe ngezandla. Yayiyindawo yaKhe leyo kuMnqophiso oMdala. Siphila kumnqophiso omtsha. UThixo unike uMoya wakhe, lo nto sinako ukumkhonza kwaye umphakamise.
Buyisela uMoya oyiNgcwele indawo yakhe. Indawo, eyeyaKhe; intliziyo yakho; ubomi bakho. UMoya oyiNgcwele makabe nguMthuthuzeli wakho, kwaye makanikhokele kuyo yonke inyaniso, ndifundise, lungisa wena. Zithobe kuMoya oyiNgcwele, Mamela, kunye nokusebenza kunye Naye. Only then shall you grow up, kwaye hamba njengonyana kaThixo.
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
