Ngaphakathi 1 uTimoti 5:20, UPawulos wabhala ngomdala owonayo ebandleni nokuba makwenziwe ntoni xa umdala esona. UPawulos wayalela uTimote ukuba angasifumani isityholo somdala ngaphandle kokuba isityholo sasisekwe kumangqina amabini okanye amathathu. Only when the accusation was based upon two or three witnesses, Timothy had to rebuke the sinning elder before the congregation so that the fear of God would remain. Let’s look at what the Bible says about the spiritual meaning and purpose of rebuking a sinning elder publicly (before all in the church).
Kwenzeka ntoni ngomdala onesono kwiCawe namhlanje?
Namhlanje, Uninzi lwamaKristu luya kucinga kwangoko okanye litsho: “Yintoni ingxaki kwaye ithetha into yokwenza!”, "Owu, Le ndoda ihlwempu (umdala)! Akukho mfuneko yokuba siyenze ngaloo ndlela, Kungenxa yokuba loo mntu ulihlwempu wabandezeleka ukuba enze isono "okanye" iBhayibhile isiyalela ukuba sihambe ngothando, Kwaye olu asilophawu lokuhamba luthando kunye nokubonisa uthando kummelwane wakho. Akukho mntu ufuna ukuba neentloni phambi kwebandla lonke, kuba asifezekanga, Sonke sona sonke”.
Many Christians would say these things because Bayinyama yenyama instead of spiritual. They walk after the flesh instead of the Spirit.
Instead of being led by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, they’re led by their opinions, iimvakalelo, kunye neemvakalelo. Nangona kunjalo, this is very dangerous for the Body of Christ.
Ngenxa yale nto, Christians don’t change their lives to the Word of God. Kunoko, they adjust the words of God and Imiyalelo kaYesu Krestu kwintando yabo, iinkanuko, kunye neminqweno. Bawavala amehlo abo kwaye bazenzele iindlebe zabo kwinyaniso kaThixo.
Kweli nqaku, Umdala ubhalwe kwifomu ye-masculine kuba kulula ukuyifunda. Kodwa isebenza kuwo omabini amadoda kunye nabasetyhini.
Ngokuchasene nomdala ayamkela isityholo, Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba amabini okanye amathathu. Abo isono siyakhalimela phambi kwabo bonke, Abanye banokoyika
1 uTimoti 5:20
What does the Bible say about the characteristics of elders in the church?
Umdala uyalelwe eNkosini uYesu Krestu, nokuba ngumthunywa wobukumkani bukaThixo (Njengokuba wonke umKristu ufanele abe njalo). The Bible says about the characteristics of an elder (ubhishophu) that An elder should walk in righteousness and be blameless (Oko kuthetha ukubangenazo izono ebomini bakhe).
An elder should be a husband of one wife, Ukuba nabantwana abathembekileyo, abangatyholwanga ngokupinto okanye bengalawulwa. One that rules well his own house, abantwana bakhe bemthobele, benokundileka konke.
Umdala kufuneka angabi natyala, Njengomphathi kaThixo; hayi ukuzingca, ayingomsindo kungekudala, Ayinikwanga yi wayini, Akukho mntu wokubetha, ayinikezelwanga I-clthy lucre.
Umdala kufuneka abe ngumthandi wokubuk 'iindwendwe, Umthandi wamadoda amahle, phawula, nje, ngcwele, kwaye ishushu. Ufanele ukubambelele ngokuthe ngqo kwilizwi elithembekileyo njengoko efundisiwe, ukuba akwazi ngemfundiso evakalayo yokubongoza kunye nokukholisa i-zuloseyer.
Umdala kufuneka Yondla umhlambi kaThixo. Kuya kufuneka athobele ukongamela kwayo, hayi ngesithintelo, kodwa ngokuzithandela; hayi i-filthy lucre, Kodwa yengqondo elungele; nokuba yiNkosi yeNkosi yelifa likaThixo. Kodwa umdala ufanele abe ngumzekelo kumhlambi (IZenzo 14:23, uTimoti 1:6-9, 1 UPetros 5:1-3).
Abadala bakumele uBukumkani bukaThixo
Every born again Christian, kubandakanya umdala, Ngaba ungummi wobukumkani bukaThixo. NjengomKristu obe nguMkristu; a citizen of the Kingdom of God, you have a responsibility. You have to obey the law and the rules of the King and His Kingdom.
As a born again Christian and follower of Jesus Christ, Ungumthunywa; Ummeli kaYesu Krestu noBukumkani bakhe.
You are no longer a representative of the kingdom of darkness. Ithetha ukuba, that you don’t live in submission to the ruler of the darkness (umtyholi) and obey him. Awuyenzi into uMtyholi, Umhlaba, and your flesh (umphefumlo nomzimba) yithi kwaye ndikuyalele ukuba wenze.
Kungenxa yokuba, you have crucified the flesh in Christ and live in submission to Christ. You obey Jesus Christ (ilizwi) and you do what is written in the Bible.
Ke kaloku abo ke bakaKristu, inyama bayibethelele emnqamlezweni, kunye neminqweno neenkanuko zayo
kwabaseGalati 5:24
Umdala onesono unemodeli njengoBawo
When an elder sins it means that the elder lives after the flesh and listened and obeyed the devil instead of God. Umdala, who sins rebels against God and disobeys His Word by fulfilling the desires and lusts of his flesh.
Through his deed of unrighteousness, he has rejected the Word and denied Jesus Christ. I Isenzo somdala sibonisile Ngaphantsi kwegunya lakhe ohlala nalowo alivayo.
Ungoyihlo nguMtyholi, kwaye iinkanuko zikatata wakho uya kuyenza. Yena waye esisibulala-mntu kwasekuqaleni, kwaye abakhange bahlale enyanisweni, ngokuba akukho nyaniso kuye. Xa ethetha ubuxoki, Uthetha eyakhe: ngokuba ulixoki, noyise wayo. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba ndinixelela inyaniso, uyandikholelwa. Yeyiphi kuwe inkndazi yesono? Kwaye ukuba ndithetha inyaniso, Kutheni ungakholelwa kum? Lowo ungokaThixo uyava amazwi kaThixo: Uyabava ke, kuba awungoThixo (UYohane 8:44-47)
Jonga kwi Umyezo wase-Eden. Adam and Eve didn’t have a sinful nature, but they believed the words of the serpent (umtyholi) and followed up his advice. While God was very clear and warned them what kind of evil would happen to them, if they ate the fruit from the forbidden tree.
Ngaphandle kwesilumkiso sikaThixo, they believed the words of the devil instead of the words of God. Through their deed of eating from the forbidden tree, they rejected God and His truth and obeyed the devil and his lie and sinned.
It is the same for everyone that walks in sin. Bona Yala uYesu (ilizwi) Imiyalelo yakhe, kwaye ukholwe kwaye uthobele ubuxoki bukaMtyholi, osebenza ngenyama kunye nenkqubo yehlabathi.
Kwakutheni ukuze uTimoti akhalimele umdala onesono phambi kwako konke?
Timothy had to rebuke the sinning elder in front of the whole congregation, so that every believer would have and keep uloyiko nenkokeli kaThixo uSomandla; UMdali wamazulu nomhlaba kwaye yonke indawo ngaphakathi.
Ukoyika uYehova kwakufuneka bahlale bekho ecaweni. Because without the fear of the Lord, Amakholwa aya kungena ngeendlela zokuzikhethela. They would do what they wanted to do and live after their own will, njengehlabathi, ngaphandle kwe Intando kaThixo.
The believers had to know that you can’t play games with the Almighty God and this is still the case.
Wonwabile yindoda ebiyilo: Ke yena okhohlakele ukwentliziyo yakhe, uya kuwela ebubini
IMizekeliso 28:14
How to prevent spiritual lukewarmness in the church?
UPawulos wayalela uTimoti ukuba athobele kwaye agcine lo myalelo. Ukuze amakholwa ayiyi kuba yindawo yokomoya kuThixo kwaye angakhathali kwisono.
UPawulos wabona i Imeko yokomoya yeCawa. Wayeziqonda ukuba yindawo yokomoya: Ubukumkani BukaThixo nobukumkani bobumnyama.
Paul knew when a sinning elder would teach the believers in the Word of God (Ibhayibhile), Lo womoya ungcolileyo owawulawula ebomini bomdala onesono, would come upon all the believers (ibandla).
Kungenxa yoko le nto uPawulos wayengqongqo kwaye elumkelekile ngokuvumela ukuvumela kwaye kutyumbe amakholwa kwizikhundla zobunkokeli.
UPaul wayesazi kakuhle, what sin is and what sin produces in a person’s life.
Wayeyazi, ukuba nini isono yayi tolerated ecaweni, Akuyi kuba kudala icawe iphela ingachaphazeleka bububi kwaye inokufa ngokomoya.
When an elder or any other person in the church walks in sin, Kuthetha ukuba umntu uhamba ebumnyameni kwaye ububi (ubumnyama) is present in the heart of the person.
Abadala bafanele baphile ubomi obungcwele kwaye bahambe ngobulungisa
In the many letters that Paul wrote to the saints, Wayehlala ebakhuthaza ukuba baphile kwaye bahambe ngobulungisa kwaye basuse indoda endala. Ngalo lonke ixesha uPawulos wakhumbuza amakholwa, oko ngokukholwa kuYesu Kristu, Babesele ba indalo entsha.
Paul taught them, how they should walk as the new creation in this new (ngokomoya) life that was given to them in Christ by the ubabalo lukaThixo.
Kuba njengoThixo, UYESU khristu, noMoya oyiNgcwele, Ohlala kulwelwe nguMkristu nguMoya, zingcwele kwaye zilungile, Ke kufuneka ulwenziwe ngumKristu, Ngubani owenziwe ngokomfanekiso kaThixo, Yiba Ngcwele kwaye uhambe ngobulungisa.
Njengabantwana abathobelayo, ayizukuzonwabisa ngokwangaphambili: Ke, njengokuba enibizayo, ungcwele, Ke yibani ngcwele ngandlela zonke zencoko; Kuba kubhaliwe, Yiba ngcwele; Kuba ndingcwele. (1 UPetros 1:14-17)
UThixo unike oonyana bakhe (kokubini amadoda nabafazi), everything in Christ to resist the devil and sin.
He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in High Places, so that we’ll be able to live holy and walk in righteousness in obedience to God and His Word, and represent and manifest the Kingdom of God on earth.
Ngegazi likaYesu kunye Umsebenzi wakhe wokukhulula, wenziwa ngcwele, walungisa. Ngoko ke, Uya kuphila kwaye uhambe njengendalo entsha kubungcwele kunye nobulungisa. Just like Jesus walked in holiness and righteousness through obedience to His Father and doing His will.
Ngalo lonke ixesha uphulaphula igama, kwaye uthobele kwaye wenze igama, you stay in Christ and live after the Spirit in freedom under the blood.
Umoya wokukhetha ecaweni
UTimo kwakufuneka agcine lo myalelo, Ngaphandle kokuba ulwalamano lwayo noMdala onesono (an acquaintance, umhlobo, okanye ilungu losapho), kwaye ngaphandle kwakhe (ezentlalo) Imeko kunye nobutyebi.
UTimo akakwazanga ukuvumela nakuphi na ukukhetha kwiCawe. Kwakufuneka aphathe abantu ngokulinganayo, Kubandakanya abadala abonileyo. Ukuba uTimoti uphatha abantu ngokungalingani, he would be led by a spirit of partiality. (Funda kwakhona: Umoya kaEli).
Awuyi kubahlonele abantu ekugwetyweni; Kodwa uya kuyiva encinci kunye nenkulu; Awuyi koyika ubuso bomntu; Kuba umgwebo nguThixo: kwaye unobangela onzima kakhulu kuwe, yizise kum, kwaye ndiza kuyiva (iDuteronomi 1:17)
Bazalwana bam, Ngaba ukholo lweNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, NguYehova wozuko, ngokubhekisele ebantwini (UJames 2:1)
Icawe kufuneka inyangwe njani umdala onesono?
Kwicawa yanamhlanje, kunqabile okanye ungaze wenzeke, ukuba umshumayeli owonayo okanye umshumayeli owonayo ayohlwaywa ngaphambi kwebandla.
Ngeentsuku zakudala, Kwakuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuba umdala onesono wavuma izono zakhe kwaye waguquka Phambi kwebandla lonke kwaye wakhutshwa eofisini yakhe, ethoba imbandezelo yakhe. Kodwa kule mihla phantse yonke 'ingxaki' kwinkokeli yokomoya isonjululwe ngasemva kweengcango ezivaliweyo kwindawo yangasese. Amaxesha amaninzi igcinwe imfihlo.
Ngamaxesha athile, kodwa hayi rhoqo, Umdala onesono uya kususwa okwethutyana eofisini, so that ’the issue’ can appease. But after a short time, Umntu uza kuphinda afakwe kwakhona njengomdala kwicawa enye okanye kwenye icawe.
Kwinqaku elidlulileyo, Ukulungelelaniswa kwakhona komdala onesono kuxoxwa. Ke le nto ayizukuxoxwa kweli nqaku. Ukuba awukalifundi inqaku okwangoku, kwaye ungathanda ukuyifunda, Emva koko unokucofa kwikhonkco elilandelayo: Wayethetha ukuthini uPawulos ngokubeka izandla ngequbuliso ngaphandle kwendoda?
In the name of false love and grace sin is accepted in the church
Ukukhalimela umdala onesono esidlangalaleni awusekho. Ityhala phantsi kwengubo ye uthando kunye nobabalo, kwaye isonjululwe kwindawo yabucala. Kodwa le ayisiyiyo indlela kaThixo (noYesu) wants the church to deal with sin.
I umzimba ka-Kristu; the church is one body and not a divided body and should live holy.
The church needs to obey the Head Jesus (ilizwi), endaweni kaMtyholi (Umlawuli wehlabathi).
Especially the elders and leaders of the church should be spiritually mature, and walk as adult sons of God after the Word and the Spirit and bear the isiqhamo soMoya.
Bafanele baphile kwaye bangamalungisa kwaye babe ngumzekelo kumaKristu.
Bamele baphakamise amakholwa kwiLizwi LikaThixo, ukuze babe njengabo, and like Jesus and walk after the Spirit instead of the flesh.
Ngelishwa, Abadala abaninzi bahlala bexhelo. Bakhokelwa ngumoya weli lizwe kwaye baphila nje kwihlabathi. They approve and accept sin in the church and change the Word of God.
They change the gospel of Jesus Christ and the words of God in the Bible to their own opinion, feelings and the carnal will, iinkanuko neminqweno, ukuze amaKristu enyama, kubandakanya, Ungaphila njengeLizwe, doing what they want and keep walking in sin.
Yintoni injongo yokukhalimela isono phambi kwayo yonke icawa?
When the sin of an elder is exposed in the church and the sinning elder is rebuked before all, kwaye ikhupha eofisini, it ensures that:
- AmaKristu agcina uloyiko lweNkosi (intlonipho) Kwaye ukuhlonela uThixo neLizwi lakhe
- AmaKristu ayazi ukuba uThixo nguThixo olilungisa kwaye umthiyile isono kwaye yena (nabantu bakhe) Awunakuba nomthendeleko ngesono
- Kuyakhuthazeka amaKristu kwaye abongozwa ukuba aphile ubomi obungcwele kwaye axhathise isono, kwaye uhlale ukuthobela igama
- AmaKristu ahlala ethembekile kwaye azimisele ngezinto zobukumkani bukaThixo kwaye ungabi livila kwaye udayike
- Icawe ihlala Vuka kwaye ujonge kwaye ukwazi isono kunye neziphumo zako
- Preventing lukewarmness among Christians
- Gossip and speculations about the matter and the sinning elder will be prevented in the church
Umdala ufanele aziqhelanise nokuba umdala ushumayela
Xa umdala onqiyo aqhubekekile okanye aya kuxhomekeka emva kwexesha elifutshane kwaye abuyele kwisono esinye, Ngaba umdala usathembekile?
When a sinning elder commands the believers to stay obedient to the Word and live according to what the Bible says, Kodwa umdala akayenzi kwaye akayenzi into ayenzayo, Ngaba ucinga ukuba amakholwa aya kumhlonela umdala kwaye akholelwe kwaye athobele imiyalelo yakhe?
The believers shall have little or no reverence and don’t believe his words let alone apply his words in their lives.
They shall think, “”Ha hear him talking! Telling us what we can’t do, but he does what he commands us not to do.”
Many elders are just like the Pharisees that acted piously in the presence of people. Bayalela abantu ukuba bathobele amazwi kaThixo, kodwa emfihlekweni, Xa kwakungekho mntu ubukeleyo, they disobeyed the words of God.
Nangona kunjalo, UYesu, Yayingubani owazalwa kwindalo entsha, wabona kwaye wazi yonke into ngoMoya. Wayeyazi intliziyo yabo kwaye wazityhilela iintliziyo zabo phambi kwabantu. UYesu akazange afihle nantoni na kwaye yayingeyonyani, but He exposed evil and tshabalalisa imisebenzi yobumnyama.
UYESU usabona kwaye uyazi yonke into. NgoMoya oyiNgcwele, Ugcina into eyenzeka ebumnyameni. Jesus reveals everything, Logama icawe iqhubeka ihamba ekukhanyeni kwakhe.
Ukuvuma isono phambi kwabo bonke
Xa kwiintsuku zakudala, Abadala abonileyo basivuma izono zabo phambi kwabo bonke, it ensured that elders would think twice before they listened to their flesh and gave in to the will, Iminqweno kunye neenkanuko zenyama yazo nesono.
Baqhubeka nokoyika uThixo kwaye behlonela iLizwi lakhe. Abayi kulunga ukutshintsha nantoni na ngamazwi kaThixo kwaye Lungisa igama kwiminqweno yabo kunye nenkanuko.
Akukho mntu wayefuna ukuba 'ahlazeke' phambi kwabantu. Akukho mntu wayefuna ukuba phawulwe njengomdala wesono.
Abantu babephaphile ngokomoya kwaye begatya. Kwakukho uloyiko lweNkosi kunye nokwazisa isono.
Babesazi ukuba isono yayingumqondiso wemvukelo nokungathobeli uThixo.
Babesazi ukuba isono singenandawo ecaweni. Kungenxa yokuba icawe imele ubulungisa bukaThixo kunye negunya lokomoya uBukumkani bukaThixo Kumhlaba.
AmaKristu ayesazi ukuba isono sithetha ukuthobela kuMtyholi nakwisono saba sahlukane phakathi kwabo noThixo.
Kwicawa zanamhlanje zomhla, Isono ivunyelwe. Umdala onesono akakhatywa phambi kwabantu kwakhona kwaye ngenxa yokoyika uYehova kuphelile. Akukho mnqweno phakathi kwabantu ukuba axhathise isono kwaye aphile ubomi obuzingcwalisayo noNgcwele kuKristu.
Uninzi lwamaKristu lufuna ukuphila kanye njengehlabathi kwaye alufuni ukuncama ubomi babo. Bahlala bexhelo kwaye bahlala ubomi babo emva kwenyama.
Umdala onesono uyalungisa uYesu kwaye owenza uBukumkani bukaThixo
Many elders and pastors of the church keep living like the world. They live after the flesh instead of the Spirit. Iindwendwe zeCawe azijongana nazo izono zabo kwakhona. Azilungiswanga, Kuba abadala kunye nabashumayeli bahambe ngezono zabo. Bayenza into ekholisa kwaye bajonge bona kunye nobukumkani babo. Abakhathaleli impilo-ntle yokomoya yamakholwa kunye nobukumkani bukaThixo.
Ngalo lonke ixesha, Xa umdala okanye umshumayeli ethathe isono, he mocks Jesus and defiles the body of Christ. Through his deed of disobedience to God he damages the Kingdom of God.
A sinning elder or preacher doesn’t walk in love and doesn’t love God above all. Kodwa umdala onesono uyazithanda kunye nenyama yakhe ngaphezu kwako konke. Ulikhoboka lomzimba wakhe kunye nosathana.
Mthobele uYesu kwaye nixhathise isono
Ngoko ke, let us become serious again regarding the Kingdom of God. Kumele ukuba kubekho umnqweno walo lonke ikholwa luthobele uYesu kwaye luphile elingcwele kwaye uhamba ulilungisa ngokuthanda kukaThixo. Kungenxa yokuba ikholwa limthanda ngaphezu kwayo yonke ikholwa ligcina imiyalelo yakhe.
Xhathisa izono, eziza ngezilingo zikaMtyholi enyameni. Yithi hayi kwisono, endaweni yokuba ngubani Ikhoboka lesono.
UYesu woyisa isono ngomsebenzi wakhe ogqibeleleyo wentlawulelo. Ukuba uzalwe ngokutsha (Inyama yakho ifile kuKrestu, nomoya wakho uvusiwe ekuswelekeni kwabafileyo) uyindalo entsha. Uhleli kuKristu kwaye wakunika yonke into oyifunayo ukuze uxhathise uMtyholi nesono uze ubonakalise uBukumkani bukaThixo emhlabeni.
Akukho mntu unesandiso kwakhona. Akukho mntu unokugxeka omnye umntu, Nokuba uMtyholi akangoMtyholi. Wonke umKristu unoxanduva lwezenzo zakhe ebomini kwaye uya kuphendulwa ngomhla omninzi womgwebo.
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
