Ukubeka izandla ngesiquphe akukho mntu unentsingiselo eyahlukileyo njengoko uninzi lwamaKrestu lucinga. Kwiileta eziya kuTimoti, Paul gave clear instructions about the structure and behavior of the church. Ngaphakathi 1 uTimoti 5:22, Paul instructed Timothy to lay hands suddenly on no man. Wayethetha ukuthini uPawulos ngokubeka izandla ngequbuliso ngaphandle kwendoda, because Jesus commanded believers to lay hands on the sick and they would recover? Does the Bible contradict Itself concerning the laying on of hands? Hayi, the Bible doesn’t contradict Itself and shall never contradict Itself. ILizwi likaThixo liyinyaniso; ke ngoko, the Bible is reliable and trustworthy. Nangona kunjalo, you must read the Scriptures in the right context. Ngoku, let’s have a look at what Paul meant by not to lay hands suddenly on no man.
What does lay hands suddenly on no man mean in the Bible?
When we read 1 uTimoti 5:22 in the right context, we can conclude that 1 uTimoti 5:22 ayinanto yakwenza nokubekwa kwezandla kwabagulayo. Njengoko ubhale ngaphambili, UYesu wayalela amakholwa ukuba abeke izandla phezu kwabagulayo. UPawulos wahamba emva koMoya ngokuthobela iLizwi. UPawulos wayengenakuze aliphikisane neLizwi aze angalithobeli iLizwi, kodwa lingqinele iLizwi.
KuTimoti 5:22 UPawulos akazange athethe ngabagulayo, kodwa uPawulos wathetha ngomdala owonileyo. Esi sono saqinisekiswa ngamangqina amabini okanye amathathu. (Funda kwakhona: Kwakutheni ukuze uTimoti abe nalo ukukhalimela indoda enkulu engumoni phambi kwabantu bonke ebandleni?)
Ungabeki zandla mntu ngesiquphe, kananjalo ungadlelani ngezono zabanye abantu: zigcine nyulu (1 uTimoti 5:22)
Xa uPawulos wayalela uTimoti ukuba angabeki izandla umntu ongxamileyo, UPawulos wayethetha ukuba uTimoti makangangxami:
- Misa okanye umisele ikholwa njengomdala ebandleni (ibandla)
- Mmisele kwakhona okanye ubuyisele umdala, owenza isono
Abantu bamiselwa kubulungiseleli ngokubekwa kwezandla
Umntu wayemiselwa njengesicaka sobulungiseleli aze abekwe kwisikhundla ebandleni ngesiko lokubekwa izandla. Sikwafunda oku nakwiNcwadi yeZenzo:
Lalunga elo zwi lalunga kwindimbane yonke: banyula ke uStefano, indoda ezele lukholo nanguMoya oyiNgcwele, noFilipu, kunye neProchorus, kunye noNicanor, kunye noTimon, kunye neParmenas, noNikolawo owaguqukela ebuYudeni wakwa-Antiyokwe: Babamisa phambi kwabapostile: bathi bakugqiba ukuthandaza, bazibeka izandla phezu kwabo (IZenzo 6:5-6)
njengoko babelungiselela eNkosini, waza wazila ukutya, watsho uMoya oyiNgcwele, Ndahluleleni ke uBharnabhas kwanoSawule, baye emsebenzini endibabizele kuwo. Bathe ke bakuzila ukudla, bathandaza, babeka izandla phezu kwabo, babandulula (IZenzo 13:2-3)
UTimoti wayengenakukwazi ukubuyisela umdala owonayo ngokungxama ebandleni ngokubekwa izandla.
Kwakufuneka aqiniseke ukuba loo mntu unengenelo ekusebenzeni njengomdala nokuba ngumzekelo nenkokeli yokomoya kumakholwa..
UTimoti kwakufuneka aqiniseke ukuba umntu uhlonel’ uThixo, ezele lukholo nanguMoya oyiNgcwele, kwaye wahamba emva koMoya ngokweLizwi.
Umdala kwakufuneka ahambe ngobulungisa, aphile ubomi obungcwele, abe ngumzekelo kumakholwa. Umdala wayengakwazi ukuhamba emva kwenyama Ukuvukela uThixo esonweni.
Unozakuzaku wobukumkani bukaThixo angahamba njani elandela inyama esonweni?
Unozakuzaku woBukumkani bukaThixo angahamba njani kwangaxeshanye ebukumkanini bobumnyama aze amele ubumnyama ngokulandela inyama esonweni??
If Timothy would appoint a sinning person as an elder or reinstate a sinning elder, then Timothy would become a partaker of sin.
This spiritual law applied to the church then, and this spiritual law still applies to the church today. Sin means rebellion against God and disobedience to His Word.
When you are born again in Christ and become a new creation, you are no longer the old creation, who lives from his fallen state and his sinful rebellious carnal nature. You’re redeemed from your sinful rebellious nature that always resists God and rebels against the words of God.
Ngoko ke, if you really have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, you won’t rebel anymore.
The new creation loves God above all
Xa uzelwe ngokutsha, you won’t rebel against God and His Word, ngenxa yokuguqulwa kwemvelo yakho. Uya kulithobela iLizwi likaThixo kwaye umthobele. Kuba awufuni ukwenza nantoni na engamkholisiyo uThixo, ungcolisa ibandla, ize yonakalise okanye yenzakalise uBukumkani bukaThixo.
Ekuphela kwento ofuna ukuyenza kukukholisa nokumphakamisa uThixo. Nguwo lowo umnqweno intliziyo entsha yendalo entsha, omthandayo uThixo ngaphezu kwabo bonke.
Ngoku, ukuba ufuna ukukholisa nokuphakamisa uYesu Kristu noYise, uyakholwa kwaye uwathobele amazwi kaYesu, Gcina imiyalelo yakhe, kwaye wenze ukuthanda kwakhe.
Uya kwenza le nto Yena afuna ukuba uyenze, naleyo Akuyalele ukuba uyenze.
Ukuzalwa ngokutsha kuthetha uBawo omtsha, intliziyo entsha, indalo entsha, isikhundla esitsha, ubomi obutsha, noBukumkani obutsha.
Nangona uhlala kweli hlabathi, awungoweli hlabathi kunye nesizukulwana somntu owileyo (indalo endala) kwakhona.
Ungu indalo entsha kwaye yeyakho. Ngoko ke, uthobela uThixo neLizwi laKhe.
Nina nenza ngokwelizwi lakhe, ningenzi ngokwehlabathi nabaphathi beli hlabathi (umtyholi) yithi. Khumbula, uya kumthobela umntu okholelwa kuye nomthandayo.
UTimoti wayesazi njani ukuba umntu uphila ubomi obungcwele?
Kwakukho iindlela ezimbini zokugweba ukuba umntu wayephila ubomi obungcwele nobungcwele:
- Ngokucalula imimoya, ngoMoya oyiNgcwele
- Ngokujonga kwi isiqhamo sobomi bomntu (kuquka ubomi bentsapho)
Umntu unokuba nokholo kakhulu kwaye abe nomtsalane kwinkangeleko yakhe kwaye enze izinto ezichanekileyo ngokwenkolo phambi kwabantu, kodwa kamsinya nje kungabikho bantu kufutshane naxa kungekho mntu ujongileyo, umntu wenza izinto emfihlakalweni ezinxamnye nokuthanda kukaThixo.
Umntu unokuphila uhlobo oluthileifihliwe ubomi obumbaxa. Kule meko, nguMoya oyiNgcwele kuphela onokutyhila imisebenzi nentliziyo yomntu. UMoya oyiNgcwele uyakuxelela, ukuba umntu unyanisekile ngendlela azibonakalisa ngayo okanye akunjalo.
UThixo unamandla kwaye ubona yonke into
UThixo unamandla kwaye ubona yonke into! Akukho nto ifihlakeleyo kuThixo. UThixo utyhila bonke ubumnyama, indawo efihliweyo ebomini bomntu. Xa abantu becinga ukuba uThixo akayiboni into abayenzayo, ingqina kuphela ukuba abamazi uThixo okanye iLizwi; UYesu.
UMoya oyiNgcwele uyakwazi okusentliziyweni yomntu. Nguye yedwa otyhila ezo zinto, ezifihlakeleyo emehlweni emvelo omntu. Yiyo loo nto sifuna uMoya oyiNgcwele ebomini bethu kwaye simthobele. Ukuze sibe namehlo omoya kwaye sicalule oomoya.
Abefundisi abaninzi ebandleni balandela inyama
Xa abantu bemiselwa kwinkonzo kwaye benze isono okanye bazingise esonweni, ibonisa ukuba abalungiseleli abonayo abahambi ngokoMoya kodwa bahamba ngokwasenyameni. Ngokuba ukuba abalungiseleli bahamba ngokoMoya, they shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh and sin (kwabaseGalati 5:16).
The flesh with all its lusts and desires has died in Christ and therefore the flesh no longer lives. This means if church ministers do the works of the flesh, it proves that their flesh has not died in Christ but is still alive. (Funda kwakhona: Sithini isono seenkokheli zecawe ngabo?).
Hambani ngoMoya, and you shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh
kwabaseGalati 5:16
A sinning minister has an evil heart of unbelief
Besides proving that the minister walks after the flesh, it shows that the person doesn’t fear the Lord but is prideful and that there is evil in the heart of the person.
Kuba ngaphakathi, eziphuma entliziyweni yomntu, phumani iingcinga ezimbi, ukukrexeza, uhenyuzo, ukubulala, IIMPENDULO, ukubawa, ubungendawo, inkohliso, I-Lascivied, iliso elibi, ukunyelisa, ikratshi, ubudenge: zonke ezi zinto zingendawo ziphuma ngaphakathi, amenze inqambi umntu (Phawula 7:21-23)
Lumka, bazalwana, hleze kubekho kubani wenu intliziyo engendawo, engakholwayo, ekumkani kuThixo ophilileyo. manivuselelane imihla ngemihla, ngoxa kusathiwa namhla; ukuze kungabikho mntu kuni wenziwa lukhuni kukulukuhla kwesono (Hebhere 3:12-14)
A church minister has responsibilities towards God, UYesu, UMoya oyiNgcwele, kunye namaKristu.
Ngoko ke, a minister should live a holy life devoted to God.
If a minister doesn’t live a holy life, but secretly commits sin, then the whole church (ibandla) uba lidlelane lesono somlungiseleli.
ngaphandle koko, ukuba umlungiseleli uhlala esonweni, ingqina ukuba usathana usenalo igunya phezu kobomi bakhe. Umphathiswa ngu a UMDALA WAMDE nangenxa yesono, endaweni yekhoboka likaKristu nolobulungisa.
Abalungiseleli kufuneka bayigcine icawe; umzimba kaYesu Kristu ucocekile
UTimoti wayengumgcini-sango webandla; umzimba kaKristu. Umsebenzi wakhe yayikukugcina umzimba kaKristu ucocekile kwaye ungcwele kwaye athintele umzimba kuko nakuphi na ukungcoliswa. Yiyo loo nto uPawulos wayalela uTimoti ukuba angabeki izandla ngequbuliso mntu. Oku kuthetha ukuba ungenzi (re)misela okanye ukubuyisela umntu ngokukhawuleza kubulungiseleli.
UPawulos wayesazi ukuba kwakuya kubakho ithuba lokuba emva kwethuba elithile, umntu uya kuyenza kwakhona aze abuyele kwisono esinye kunye/okanye enze esinye isono.
Umnqamlezo uthetha ukuthi ndlela-ntle enyameni; aboni, nemvukelo engayi kuthobela intando kaThixo.
UPawulos wayalela uTimoti ukuba angabeki zandla mntu ngesiquphe. Oko uPawulos wayalela uTimoti ukuba akwenze kusasebenza nanamhlanje ebandleni.
Kuthetha ntoni ukubeka izandla ngequbuliso kwiCawa namhlanje?
Ecaweni yanamhlanje, Iinkokeli akufuneki zingxame kakhulu ukubeka izandla nokumisela okanye ukumisela kwakhona okanye ukubuyisela umntu owonileyo okanye osahamba esonweni.. Kananjalo iinkokeli zecawe azifanelanga ukuba zingxame ukumisela umntu osandul' ukuguquka kubulungiseleli.
Vumela umguquli omtsha, Okokuqala, ziqeqeshe kwaye uqole ngokomoya. Vumela umntu omtsha ukuba enze izinto uYesu ayalele ikholwa ngalinye ukuba lizenze, oko kukuthi, ukuzishumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zikaYesu Kristu; ilizwi, beka izandla phezu kwabagulayo, Khupha iidemon, njl.
Kule mihla, baninzi abalungiseleli abawela esonweni. Kwezinye iimeko, umntu uya kugxothwa kwaye asuswe kubulungiseleli ixesha elifutshane. Inkokeli eyonayo iyazixela izono zayo, uyaguquka okanye asole omnye umntu, kwaye akukho xesha, inkokeli iya kubuyiselwa.
Ingakumbi xa umntu elilungu losapho okanye umhlobo womfundisi, abadala, iinkokeli zebandla, ibhodi yecawa, njl.
Kodwa le asiyondlela iBhayibhile esiyalela ngayo ukuba siqhubane nomdala owonayo okanye ezinye iinkokeli zecawa.
Kweli xesha, abantu bajongana ngokulula nesono. Basibetha ngoyaba isono kwaye basigqala njengesiqhelo. Ngoba? AmaKristu amaninzi angabantu benyama kwaye akholelwa ubuxoki bukasathana kwaye asebenzisa izizathu ezininzi zokuvuma isono. Bathi, “Sonke siyona, Singo bonke aboni, Amaxesha atshintshile, siphila kwixesha elahlukileyo ngoku, Simele sithande kwaye singagwebi, UYesu wasixelela ukuba singagwebi”, njl.
Kodwa zonke ezi zibubuxoki ezivela kumtyholi! Ngenxa yobu buxoki, kukho iqaqobana lamaKristu alangazelela ubomi obungcwalisiweyo nobungcwele kuYesu Kristu kunye nomzimba ongcwele.
Kutheni amaKristu amaninzi ebuyela esonweni esinye?
AmaKristu amaninzi ayona, guqukani, kwaye baqhubeke nobomi babo. Kwaye akukho xesha, babuyela kwakweso sono sidala. Akusekho kuzisola kokwenene, kwaye ke, akukho nguquko yokwenene. Kuba ukuba bekukho ukuzisola nenguquko yokwenene, AmaKristu ayengayi kuphinda abuyele esonweni esinye.
Bangabenyama kwaye abamthandi kwaye abamoyiki uYehova ngaphezu kwayo yonke into. Kunoko, bayazithanda kwaye (izinto kunye nolonwabo) Umhlaba. Bafuna ukwenza ukuthanda kwenyama baze bafeze iminqweno neminqweno yenyama. Endaweni yokulawulwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye uhambe ebulungiseni uthiye isono, balawulwa yimimoya yeli hlabathi kwaye bayasixolela isono kwaye bahambe esonweni nobugwenxa.
Abasithathi isono njengobubi kunye nobukhoboka bosathana nokufa. Abayivumi kwaye baqonde unobangela womoya wesono. Ngenxa yokuba ingcambu yesono yeyomoya kungekhona eyenyama. Yiyo loo nto abantu bebuyela kwisono esinye esidala ngokuphindaphindiweyo baze bavumele imimoya engcolileyo ukuba ilawule ubomi babo.
Ukuba kukho isono esikhoyo kubunkokeli bebandla, sobeka phi na ke isono ebomini bamaKristu?
Yintoni isono ngokutsho kwebhayibhile?
Njengoko ubhale ngaphambili, isono kukuvukela uThixo nokungathobeli iLizwi lakhe. Kuthetha ukuba awuyi kukholwa, yamkela, kwaye ulandele amazwi Akhe kwaye wenze amazwi aKhe ebomini bakho. Kunoko, you adjust and change His words so that they will fit into your life and you can live your own life, fulfilling your carnal will, iinkanuko, kunye neminqweno. And that’s what’s happening in many churches. They change and adjust the Word of God to the will, iinkanuko, and desires of the people.
Ukwazi oku, you can conclude that many church leaders and church visitors walk in sin. They walk in rebellion against God and His Word. Living according to their own will and opinions, instead of the will of God, and setting their own rules instead of keeping God’s commandments.
Bacinga ukuba bayamkholisa uThixo. Kodwa enyanisweni, they please and serve the devil, by denying the Word of God and by adjusting and changing the Word to the knowledge of this world and to the carnal will, umnqweno, and lusts of man.
Many churches are not founded upon the Word, kodwa kulwazi lweli hlabathi neentanda-bulumko zalo, izimvo, iziphumo, kunye namava. Kodwa ulwazi lwehlabathi kunye nezimvo zomntu, iziphumo, kwaye amava akayenzi inyaniso kwaye akabakhokeli abantu kubomi obungunaphakade.
LiLizwi likaThixo kuphela elililo kwaye liya kuhlala liyiNyaniso kwaye likhokelela kubomi obungunaphakade.
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
