Wayengubani uYohane umBhaptizi? UYohane umBhaptizi wayengumntu, owayenyulwe wahlulwa ebantwini nguThixo, akaqubuda ebantwini. UYohane uMbhaptizi wayengunyana wombingeleli uZekariya noElizabhete, owayengoweentombi zika-Aron. Abazali bakaYohane uMbhaptizi babengamalungisa bobabini phambi koThixo kwaye behamba ngokungenakusoleka ekuthobeleni yonke imithetho nemimiselo yeNkosi.. Ngokusebenzisa kwabo Ukuthobela uThixo nemisebenzi yabo, babengamalungisa phambi koThixo. Asisaphili kuMnqophiso oMdala kwakhona kodwa kuMnqophiso oMtsha. KuMnqophiso Omtsha, abantu abasenakwenziwa amalungisa phambi koThixo ngemisebenzi yabo, kodwa kuphela ngokholo kuYesu Krestu ngedini Lakhe negazi Lakhe. Nangona kunjalo, xa abantu sele bengamalungisa, ngokubauzelwe ngokutsha kuYesu Kristu kwaye zikho Azisekho soni, baya kuthwala isiqhamo sobulungisa babo. Oku kuthetha ukuthobela uThixo nokuphila ngokuvisisana nokuthanda kwakhe; Imithetho yakhe, nto leyo Imiyalelo kaYesu kwayeIntando yakhe. Ngoku, makhe sijonge ukuzalwa nobomi bukaYohane umBhaptizi.
Ukubonakala kwengelosi uGabriyeli
UElizabeth wayeludlolo yaye engenabantwana. UZakariya noElizabhete babesele bekhulile. Ngokommandla wendalo kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba uElizabhete akhulelwe aze abe nomntwana. Kodwa akukho nto inokumnqabela uThixo!
Kwaye kwenzeka, ukuba xa uZekariya wayesenza ububingeleli phambi koThixo, unyulelwe ukuba enze isiqhumiso. Xa uZakariya wangena etempileni yeNkosi, ngoxa uZakariya wayetshisa isiqhumiso, isithunywa seNkosi, UGabriyeli, wabonakala kuZekariya, wema ngasekunene kwesibingelelo sesiqhumiso. UZakariya wasibona isithunywa seNkosi, wakhwankqiswa kukoyika. Kodwa uGabriyeli wamxelela, ukuze angoyiki, nokuba umthandazo kaZekariya uviwe. UGabriyeli waxelela uZekariya, nokuba uElizabhete wayeza kuzala unyana, amthiye igama elinguYohane, oko kuthetha ubabalo lukaYehova.
Ingelosi uGabriyeli yaqhubeka yaza yathi, nokuba abe nemivuyo nemincili, nokuba bekuvuyela ukuzalwa kwakhe nabaninzi. Kuba uYohane wayeya kuba mkhulu emehlweni eNkosi.
UJohn akazange asele iwayini kunye neziselo ezinxilisayo. Kodwa uYohane wazala nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwasesizalweni sikanina, wabuyisela oonyana abaninzi bakaSirayeli eNkosini uThixo wabo..
UYohane wayeza kuhamba phambi Kwakhe ngomoya namandla kaEliya, ukuba azibuyisele iintliziyo zooyise ebantwaneni, nabangevayo kuko ukuqonda kwamalungisa; alungisele iNkosi abantu abalungisiweyo (ULuka 1:17).
Kunokuba avuye emva kokuva amazwi engelosi uGabriyeli, UZakariya wawathandabuza amazwi akhe. UZakariya akazange awakholelwe amazwi kaGabriyeli kunye nesithembiso seNkosi. UZekariya nomfazi wakhe bobabini babebadala. Ngenxa yoko kwabonakala kungenakwenzeka kuZekariya, ukuba babeza kuba nomntwana waza uZekariya wacela umqondiso kuGabriyeli. Kodwa ukucela umqondiso kuko kwesizukulwana esingathembekanga; i indoda endala yenyama (UMateyu 12:39). Ngenxa yokungakholwa kwakhe, UZakariya waba sisimumu, akaba nako ukuthetha kwada kwayimini, ukuba izinto, yenzeka loo nto uGabriyeli wayethetha ngayo.
Ukuzalwa kukaYohane umBhaptizi
UElizabhete wamitha, wazala umntwana. Xa umntwana aluke kwi ngosuku lwesibhozo, ngokomthetho, bathi umntwana nguZekariya. Kodwa uElizabhete wabaxelela ukuba bambize ngokuba nguYohane. Nangona kunjalo, ekubeni bekungekho namnye kwintsapho yakowabo ugama linguYohane, babuza uZakariya. UZekariya wabhala kwitafile yokubhala ‘igama lakhe nguYohane’ yaye ngoko nangoko uZekariya’ Lwayekiswa ulwimi, wathetha uZekariya, edumisa uThixo.
Bangenwa luloyiko bonke abemi balapho. Kwaye konke okwenzekileyo, yabhengezwa kulo lonke eleentaba lakwaYuda. Abantu, abevayo, watsho: “Uya kuba yintoni na lo mntwana!” Saye isandla seNkosi sinoYohane.
UZakariya wazaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, waprofeta:
“Makabongwe uYehova uThixo kaSirayeli; ngokuba ubavelele wabakhulula abantu bakhe, Wasiphakamisela uphondo losindiso Endlwini kaDavide, umkhonzi wakhe; Njengoko Wathetha ngomlomo wabaprofeti Bakhe abangcwele, ezikho kususela ekuqalekeni kwehlabathi: Ukuze sisindiswe kwiintshaba zethu, nasesandleni sabo bonke abasithiyayo; Ukuze enze inceba eyathenjiswa oobawo bethu, nokuwukhumbula umnqophiso wakhe ongcwele; Isifungo awasifungela ubawo wethu uAbraham, Ukuba Yena uya kusinika, ukuze sithi, sikhululwe esandleni seentshaba zethu, simkhonze singoyiki, ngobungcwele nangobulungisa phambi kwakhe, yonke imihla yobomi bethu.
Kwaye wena, umntwana, uya kubizwa ngokuba ngumprofeti wOsenyangweni: ngokuba uya kuhamba phambi kobuso beNkosi, ulungise iindlela zayo; Ukubanika ulwazi losindiso abantu bakhe ngoxolelo lwezono zabo, Ngenceba yoThixo wethu; ekwasiveleleyo ukusa kwasenyangweni, Ukuba ukukhanya kwabo bahleli emnyameni nasethunzini lokufa, ukuzikhokelela iinyawo zethu endleleni yoxolo” (ULuka 1)
UYohane umBhaptizi wakhulela entlango
UYohane uMbhaptizi akazange akhule phakathi kwabantu bakhe kwaye akazange abe nobuntwana njengabo bonke abafana beminyaka yakhe. UYohane wabekwa bucala nguThixo ngenxa yenkonzo yakhe waza wakhulela entlango (ULuka 1:80). Sinokuthelekelela nje ngeminyaka kaYohane xa uHerode wakhupha umyalelo wokuba kubulawe onke amakhwenkwe angaphantsi kweminyaka emibini (UMateyu 2:16).
Ekubeni uYohane umBhaptizi wayemalunga neenyanga ezintandathu emdala kunoYesu, UJohn wayenokuba mdala ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini. Kodwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba uYohane wayeneminyaka emibini kwaye eso yayisisizathu, kwakutheni uElizabhete noYohane bakhokelelwe entlango nguThixo, ukuthintela ukuba uYohane abulawe nguHerode.
Nangona uYosefu noMariya babuyela kwaSirayeli emva kokuhlala eYiputa, UYohane wahlala entlango waza wakhulela entlango de uYohane wathunyelwa nguThixo kubantu bakhe.
UYohane umbhaptizi wayelungiselelwa entlango nguThixo, ngaphandle kokuphenjelelwa nokudyojwa yinkcubeko nemikhwa yabantu bakwaSirayeli. Ngokutsho kwehlabathi, UJohn wayephila ubomi obuzolileyo, kodwa yonke yayiyinxalenye Isicwangciso sikaThixo ngenxa yobomi bakhe.
Kuba ukuba uYohane wayekhulele phakathi kwabantu, mhlawumbi ngewayeyiqwalasele imikhwa nemisebenzi yabo, ababesisono emehlweni kaThixo, njengesiqhelo. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba uYehova wamfundisa ekuthi cwaka kweentlango, ahlulwe ebantwini, wayezinikele ngokupheleleyo kuThixo. UYohane wafunda yonke into ngoBukumkani bukaThixo, wakhula, waya esomelela emoyeni.
UYohane wayelungiswa entlango, ukuze alungiselele abantu bakaThixo Ukuza uMesiya UYesu
UYohane uMbhaptizi washumayela ubhaptizo lwenguquko noxolelo lwezono
Xa ixesha lifikile, lafika ilizwi leNkosi kuYohane entlango. UYohane umbhaptizi walithobela ilizwi leNkosi, wawutyhutyha wonke ummandla waseYordan, Ukushumayela ubhaptizo yenguquko noxolelo lwezono, ngokwamazwi, ezaziprofetwe nguIsaya umprofeti (uIsaya 40:3-5). Ngokushumayela ubhaptizo lwenguquko nokujongana nabantu ngezono zabo, ukuze basuse izono zabo, wabalungiselela abantu bakaThixo ukuza kukaYesu Kristu.
UYohane wayekhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, endaweni yokukhokelwa zizimvo zakhe. Ngokuba akakhange abone ngamehlo akhe enyama, wajongana nabantu ngaphandle kokwenza mahlulo. UYohane wazisa imisebenzi yobumnyama ekukhanyeni.
Ke kaloku uYohane wathetha ngegunya elinjalo, ukuba kwakufuneka bamphulaphule. Inkoliso yamphulaphula uYohane, wambuza, into ababefanele bayenze, wayiphendula ke uYohane imibuzo yabo (ULuka 3:10-14)
UYohane umBhaptizi akazange ashumayele ngobubele, ivangeli ekhuthazayo ekholisa umntu. Akazange ashumayele oko abantu babefuna ukukuva, kodwa uYohane umbhaptizi wayeshumayela inyaniso kaThixo; iindaba ezilungileyo zikaThixo, kwaye ke ngoko uYohane uMbhaptizi washumayela izilungiso kwaye wabohlwaya abantu bakaThixo.
Abantu babezibuza ukuba uYohane umbhaptizi wayenguye na uKrestu, wabaphendula ke uYohane, ukuba wayengenguye uKristu. Kuba wabhaptiza ngamanzi kuphela (enguqukweni). Nangona kunjalo, uKristu, Ngubani owayeza kuza, ebeya kuba namandla kunaye, kwaye uYohane ebengafanelanga ukuba akhulule imitya yezihlangu zakhe. Nangona uYohane wabhaptiza ngamanzi, uKristu uya kubhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangomlilo (ULuka 3:15-7 (Funda kwakhona: ‘Luluphi ubhaptizo lomlilo?‘))
UYohane umBhaptizi akazange aqubude ebantwini kwaye akazange alalanise
UYohane wayeyindoda ekhaliphileyo kwaye wayethetha amazwi kaThixo ngegunya. Akazange othuswe ngabantu kwaye akazange enze mahluko phakathi kwabantu, kodwa uYohane umbhaptizi wayebaphatha bonke ngokulinganayo. Wazisa ukuthanda kukaThixo kumntu wonke waza wabaxelela oko babefanele bakwenze nabangamele bakwenze. Inyaniso, ukuba uYohane akazange enze nawuphi na umahluko phakathi kwabantu akazange abonakale kuphela kwisibakala, ukuba waqubisana naye waza walungisa imisebenzi engendawo (izono) abaFarisi nabaSadusi, kwanemisebenzi engendawo kaHerode.
UYohane uMbhaptizi akazange aqubude ebantwini kwaye akazange alalanise kwaye akazange athethe amazwi awayeza kumkholisa uHerode umphathi wesahlulo sesine.. Wahlala ke uYohane umbhaptizi Bamthobela uThixo waza wabonisa uthando lwakhe ngoThixo ngokuhlala ethembekile kuye nangokugcina imiyalelo Yakhe, ezimele Intando yakhe. Ngoko ke, uYohane umBhaptizi wamkhalimela uHerode ngokukrexeza kwakhe noHerodiya; umfazi womninawa wakhe, nayo yonke imisebenzi engendawo awayenzayo uHerode. UHerode akazange akholiswe sisohlwayo sikaYohane uMbhaptizi waza ke uHerode wavalela uYohane umBhaptizi entolongweni..
Ngoxa uYohane umBhaptizi wayesentolongweni, Abafundi bakaYohane umBhaptizi beza kuYohane baza bamxelela zonke izinto ezingoYesu Kristu. Xa uYohane uMbhaptizi waziva zonke izinto, abamxelela yona, UYohane umBhaptizi wabiza ababini kubafundi bakhe waza wabathumela kuYesu ukuba baye kubuza kuye, ukuba Wayenguye, ababeza kuza okanye kwakufuneka bakhangele omnye.
UYohane umBhaptizi wangqina ngoYesu kwaye ngelixa uYohane wayebhaptiza uYesu wayelingqina lenyaniso yokuba uMoya oyiNgcwele wehla phezu koYesu nokuba ilizwi likaThixo laphuma ezulwini kwaye langqina ukuba uYesu Krestu wayenguNyana wakhe. (Phawula 1:9-13). Kodwa phezu kwazo zonke ezi zinto, UYohane umBhaptizi wathumela abafundi bakhe kuYesu ukuba baye kubuza kuye.
Wabaphendula uYesu abafundi bakaYohane, wathi mabamxelele, zonke izinto, ababezibonile. Ngokuba UYesu waphilisa uninzi lobulwelwe babo, Izibetho, nemimoya emdaka, wathi ke iimfama ezininzi wazinika ukubona (ULuka 7:18-23)
Kwakutheni ukuze uYohane umBhaptizi abe ngoyena mkhulu kubo bonke abaprofeti?
UYesu wanikela ubungqina ngoYohane uMbhaptizi phambi kwesihlwele waza waxelela abantu ukuba phakathi kwabo, ababezelwe ngabafazi kwakungekho mprofeti mkhulu kunoYohane umBhaptizi, kodwa yena, Oya kuba ngoyena mncinane ebukumkanini bukaThixo, angaba mkhulu kunoYohane (ULuka 7:28).
Wayethetha ukuthini uYesu xa wayesithi uYohane uMbhaptizi wayengoyena mkhulu kubo bonke abaprofeti?? UYesu wayethetha, ngokuba uYohane wayengoyena mkhulu kubo bonke abaprofeti, nakubantu bonke, abazelwe ngabafazi, kwaye wayephuma kwisizukulwana somntu owileyo; indalo endala kwaye wahlala kuMnqophiso oMdala. Ngokuba nangona uYohane umBhaptizi wayezaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, UYohane wayesengowesizukulwana esidala sendoda ewileyo. Kodwa nabani na, ingaba ngubani uzelwe ngokutsha kuYesu Kristu yaye ngoko wayeza kuzalwa nguThixo aze afuduswe ebukumkanini bobumnyama asiwe eBukumkanini bukaThixo, nangona isikhundla sakhe, abe mkhulu kunoYohane umbhaptizi.
UYohane wayeshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zikaThixo, yona inyaniso kaThixo ebantwini, akaqubuda ebantwini. Yaye ngenxa yenyaniso uYohane uMbhaptizi wayeshumayela ngayo nangenxa yokuba uYohane umbhaptizi akazange aqubude ebantwini., kuquka noHerode, kwaye akazange alalanise, UYohane umbhaptizi wabanjwa waza wavalelwa entolongweni.
Wafa njani uYohane umBhaptizi? UHerodiya wayemthiyile uYohane uMbhaptizi, kuba uJohn wayebekek’ ityala ngokungafumani oko wayekufuna, uHerode, umkhuluwa wakhe. Kwaye ngenxa kaHerodiya’ intiyo, UYohane umBhaptizi wanqunyulwa intloko.
Ukunyaniseka kukaYohane umBhaptizi kunye Ukuthobela uThixo waphulukana nobomi bakhe, njengabanye abaninzi.
UYohane uMbhaptizi wayengabuthandi ubomi bakhe kwaye wayenikele ngobomi bakhe kuThixo. Wayengafuni ukuthandwa nokwamkelwa lihlabathi, kodwa wayefuna ukuthandwa nguThixo. UYohane wayemthanda uThixo ngaphezu kwabo bonke. UYohane wabonisa ukuba uyamthanda uThixo, ngokugcina imiyalelo yakhe nokushumayela ubizo lwenguquko noxolelo lwesono.
UThixo wayemahlule uYohane umBhaptizi waza wamahlula ehlabathini, ukulungiselela abantu bakhe ukuza koNyana wakhe uYesu. Kwaye kungenxa yoko, UYohane wayeshumayela ubhaptizo lwenguquko, uxolelo lwesono, waza wayalela ukuba wonke umntu azisuse izono zakhe ebomini bakhe.
Ihlabathi libe yintlambo yokufa
Siphila kwixesha, apho ihlabathi liye laba yintlambo yokufa, apho kwande isono. Abantu abaninzi benza oko bafuna ukukwenza, endaweni yokwenza oko uThixo athi mabakwenze. Abaphulaphuli Imithetho yakhe, nto leyo Imiyalelo kaYesu, kwaye ungaphili ngokwentando yaKhe. Abaninzi bacinga ukuba banolwalamano noThixo, kodwa isibakala sokuba beyigatya imiyalelo Yakhe singqina okwahlukileyo koko. Kuba ukuba umntu ngokwenene uthanda uThixo ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, umntu uya kwenza okukholekileyo kuThixo, endaweni yokuzikholisa '.
Kufana kanye ngexesha likaNowa, badla bonke abantu, isiselo, baye benza isidlo, beneziyolo, bezicingela bona bodwa.
Ngelixa uNowa wathobela amazwi kaThixo waza wawakha umkhombe, ukuze alungiselele ukuza kwemvula, abantu babengenalo iliso kuye. Abazange bamphulaphule uNowa, kodwa babexakeke kakhulu bubomi babo nemisebenzi yabo yemihla ngemihla. Kwade kwafika ilishwa, yehla imvula.
Ngoxa uNowa nentsapho yakhe nezilwanyana basinda emkhombeni, abantu neenkomo eziseleyo batshona emanzini. Akukho mntu wayefuna ukumphulaphula uNowa, owayengumshumayeli wobulungisa, kodwa babeneliso kuphela nomdla kubo, kunye nokuzalisekisa i iinkanuko neminqweno kwenyama yabo (Funda kwakhona: ‘Ziziphi iimpawu ezisixhenxe zemihla kaNowa?‘)
Akuyi kuba kudala ngaphambili UYesu uyabuya. Kwaye nangona amakholwa amaninzi ecula ngokuza kwakhe kwaye athandazele ukuza kwakhe, abaninzi baphila ngokungathi uYesu akanakuze abuye.
Kodwa uThixo ufuna abantu bakhe bakulungele ukuza kukaYesu. Yiyo loo nto uThixo ebalungiselela abantu baKhe, kanye njengokuba uThixo wenzayo ngexesha likaYohane umBhaptizi xa uYohane wayelungiselela abantu bakaThixo ukuza kukaYesu Krestu.
Ngoku, konke kuxhomekeke ukuba amakholwa akhaliphe ngokwaneleyo ukuze abonise uthando lwawo kuYesu Kristu noThixo uYise, ngokuhlala ethobela iLizwi laKhe, nangokuyigcina imithetho yakhe, nokujongana nabo, Ngoobani Ilizwe, kuquka nabo baya ecaweni, ukanti bengabehlabathi, bahleli esonweni, ngezono zabo kunye Babize ukuba baguquke nokususwa kwesono. Lo nto, abayi kulahleka kodwa baya kusindiswa kwaye bafumane ubomi obungunaphakade. Musa ukuvumela isiphelo sifane nemihla kaNowa xa bambalwa abasindiswayo kukuthobela kwabo uThixo..
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
