Ukuziphatha kwabantu kunye nezenzo zabo ziphuma engqondweni. Ngoko ke, ingqondo imisela ukuziphatha kunye nezenzo zabantu. Ngaphambi kokuba umntu enze into, a lot has already taken place in the mind. IBhayibhile ithi, that the mind can be controlled and dominated by the flesh; which is controlled by the kingdom of darkness or by the Spirit; Who is being controlled by the Kingdom of God. Therefore the mind has a choice to do the will of God or the will of the devil.
The carnal mind
Before you believed in Jesus Christ and waguquka, your mind was carnal and was being controlled by the world; ubukumkani bobumnyama. Your mind was fed and formed by the knowledge, wisdom and the things of this world.
But when you believed in Jesus Christ, waguquka, kwaye yaba uzelwe ngokutsha emoyeni, Utshintshelwa kubukumkani bobumnyama buye ebukumkanini bukaThixo. You were set apart from the world. You didn’t belong to the world; ubukumkani bobumnyama, kwakhona, but you belonged to the Kingdom of God. You were no longer the old creation but you had become a indalo entsha; unyana kaThixo (oku kusebenza kuzo zombini iinkunzi nemazi), but your mind was still the same.
The renewing of the mind
Although you became a new creation, your mind was still the same. Your mind was unchanged and your mind was still conformed to the world. Ngoko ke, it was necessary to renew your mind with God’s Word, so that you would find out the intando kaThixo kwaye uhambe ngokwentando yakhe.
It’s so important, that your mind is being conformed to the Word of God. Kuba kuphela emva koko, will you have the mind of Christ. When you have the mind of Christ, you will speak and act like Jesus and live according to God’s will in holiness and righteousness.
Kwaye ungafani neli lizwe: Kodwa yiba utshintsha yingqondo yakho, ukuba niya kungqina oko kulungileyo, kwaye yamkelekile, kwaye igqibelele, intando kaThixo (AmaRoma 12:2)
Kwaye uvuseleleke kumoya wengqondo yakho; Kwaye ninxibe indoda entsha, Emveni koThixo enziwa ebulungiseni nasebungcweleni bokwenene (Ef 4:23-24)
Kodwa okoko nje, as you don’t hlaziya ingqondo yakho ngeLizwi likaThixo, your mind will stay unrenewed and therefore you will stay the same as before your repentance. Your mind will stay carnal and you will keep walking as the Indalo yakudala Emva kwenyama. You shall be controlled by your flesh and shall be led by your senses, iimvakalelo, iingcinga, iimvakalelo, izimvo, will etc. As long as you are being controlled by the flesh, you will sow in the flesh and shall reap corruption and death.
Ukuba nengqondo ye-carnnly kukufa; Kodwa ukuze babe nengqondo yokomoya bubomi noxolo. Kuba ingqondo yenyama ibutshaba ngakuThixo: kuba ayixhomekeki emthethweni kaThixo, Akukho nto inokwenzeka. Ke ngoko abo basenyameni abanakumkholisa uThixo (I-ROM 8:6-8)
Ezo, who are continuously dominated by the flesh (Imo yesono) shall also put their mind on the things of the flesh (imvelo yesono) and shall do what the flesh wants to do. Kodwa abo, who are continuously being dominated by the Spirit, shall also put their mind on the things of Spirit and the Kingdom of God.
The old man blames others
Many times believers, who misbehave or have made a mistake often say: ”the devil made me do it, he made me sin”. I indoda endala always hides and blames others for his behavior and mistake(s) and never takes responsibility for the mistake(s) he made.
Xa uAdam wonayo, he hid himself from God. When God asked him, if he had eaten from the forbidden tree, Adam immediately blamed Eve for his ukungamthobeli uThixo. Eve acted the same way and blamed the serpent for her disobedience.
Kanjalo, inyoka yamlinga uEva, kodwa uEva noAdam babebekek’ ityala ngezenzo zabo. Xa uEva wayehendwa ngumtyholi, ingcinga yokufun’ ukwazi nesilingo yangena engqondweni yakhe endaweni yokuba ayalele loo ngcinga ukuba imke, wavumela loo ngcinga ukuba ingene engqondweni yakhe waza wayibamba loo ngcinga.
Ngaphambi kokuba enze kwaye atye kwisiqhamo esalelweyo, wayesele enze isigqibo sokutya kwisiqhamo esalelweyo. UAdam wenza kwaloo nto, naye wanikezela isihendo.
Ngoko, bobabini baba noxanduva ngezenzo zabo. Yayingabo, ngubani owonayo kungekhona uMtyholi.
Usathana usazama ukuhenda abantu enyameni, Kuba yintsimi yakhe. Uya kusoloko ezama ukukulinga ngokufaka iingcinga ezimbi engqondweni yakho, oko kuya kukubangela ukuba uziphathe kakubi, wenze impazamo wenze okanye uthethe into echasene nentando kaThixo. Ewe, umtyholi ulinga abantu ngokufaka iingcinga ezingqondweni zabo ezinokubenza bone. Yiloo nto kanye awayenzayo kuAdam noEva, UKayin, Umfazi kaLote, uSamson, USawule, UDavid, uSolomon njl. Ewe, wazama nokulinga uYesu, uNyana kaThixo, kodwa uYesu wayemthanda uThixo ngaphezu kwabo bonke, Wayeyazi into Intando kaYise kunye nemvelo yaKhe, ngoko ke wamoyisa umtyholi ngokusebenzisa iLizwi likaThixo ngendlela eyiyo.
UMtyholi unokukulinga, kodwa akanakukwenza wone
UMtyholi unokukulinga, kodwa akanako ukukukhubekisa. Ungoyena, ngubani onoxanduva lwezono zakho. Ugqiba ekubeni wenze into echasene nokuthanda kukaThixo kwaye wone okanye hayi. Unoxanduva lokuziphatha kwakho kunye nezenzo zakho. Kwaye yonke into iqala engqondweni yakho. Ingqondo yakho iyindawo yokuzalanisa okulungileyo okanye okubi.
Ngelishwa, usathana usenalo ulawulo ezingqondweni zamakholwa amaninzi. Oku kungenxa yokuba amakholwa amaninzi awenzi Vuselela iingqondo zabo ngeLizwi likaThixo. Ngoko ke, abafuni ukwazi intando kaThixo. They keep feeding their mind with the knowledge, wisdom and the things of this world. Ngenxa yoko, their mind belongs to the world; umtyholi, and they walk according to intando yakhe.
Ngenxa yenyani, that the devil controls the mind, he also controls the lives of many believers. He determines their behavior, speech, and actions. Ewe, he controls them by controlling their mind; their thoughts. He puts thoughts into their mind that go against the will of God, and as long as they are carnal and they are being led by the flesh, they shall obey these thoughts. They shall walk and live according to what their thoughts tell and command them to do. Just like the Word says, that before you repented you lived like the world, in the lusts of your flesh, fulfilling the desires of your flesh and of the mind.
Kwaye wena unidlise ubomi, ababefile ziziphoso na zizono; enanifudula nihamba kuzo ngokweli hlabathi, ngokomthetheli wegunya lesibhakabhaka, UMoya ngoku usebenza kubantwana bokungathobeli: esasifudula sihamba phakathi kwethu sonke, sikhanuka iinkanuko zenyama yethu, ukufeza inkanuko yenyama neyengqondo; babe ke ngemvelo bengabantwana bengqumbo, njengabanye (Kwabase-Efese 2:1-3)
Ukukrexeza
A person doesn’t commit adultery, just like that. Although some believers, abakrexezileyo, yithi, ukuba babengenakuyinceda kwaye ngaphambi kokuba bayazi bakrexeza. Kodwa yimbudane leyo! Ukungathembeki kunye nokukrexeza ngengozi akukho. Kaloku ngaphambi kokuba umntu akrexeze, zonke iintlobo zeengcinga ezingcolileyo zesini sele zingenile engqondweni yomntu. Bavelisa ingcamango yokukrexeza. Umntu unokulahlekisa abantu abaninzi, abenyama nabakhokelwa ziimvakalelo neemvakalelo zabo, ngokuthatha indima yexhoba, ukuze abanye babe nosizi ngalo mntu kwaye babe novelwano. Kodwa abo, abakhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, kwaye abakhokelwa ziimvakalelo neemvakalelo zenyama, musa ukuyiyeka loo nto. baya kucalula oomoya;, kuquka nomoya wokuzisizela.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba umntu akrexeze, ingcamango yesondo engcolileyo yenkanuko kunye nomnqweno sele ingenile engqondweni. Le ngcamango yaphuma kwiinkanuko neminqweno yenyama. Le miboniso, ukuba inyama ayikho ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni kuKristu, kodwa usaphila kwaye uyalawula ebomini bomntu. Ukuba umntu wayenayo negunya phezu kwale ngcamango, ngokuyiyalela ukuba iphume engqondweni yakhe, umntu ebengakrexezanga. Kodwa umntu akazange ayenze loo nto kwaye wayivumela loo ngcamango. Umntu akazange anele nje ukuvumela ingcamango kodwa wayekwacamngca ngale ngcamango. Engqondweni, umntu sele ekrexezile kwaye uzidibanise nomnye umntu. Ngoku, ezi mvakalelo zesini zingcolileyo zenkanuko ziya kuba namandla ngakumbi.
Umntu, owenza umbulo okanye okrexezayo, uyenzile le nto ngocwangciso. Emva kokukrexeza, lo moya ungcolileyo wenkanuko yesini kunye nomnqweno uya kulawula ebomini bomntu. Ngenxa yokuba umntu uye wathobela lo moya ngokukrexeza kwaye uye wavula ithuba lokungena ebomini bakhe. Lo moya uya kuzibonakalisa amaxesha ngamaxesha. Yiyo loo nto amaxesha amaninzi xa umntu ekrexeza ayililo ixesha elinye, Kodwa emva kwethutyana, iyenzeka kwakhona.
Ndinike lo mzekelo wokukrexeza, kodwa mininzi imizekelo enokuchazwa, malunga neengcinga ezibangela ukuziphatha kunye nezenzo, oko kuchasene nentando kaThixo. Njengokuhleba, ukukhohlisa, ukuxoka, iasango, Ixhala, ekhalaza, ukwenzakalisa abanye abantu, imikhonyovu, ubusela, ukurhwaphiliza imali, ukuphepha irhafu njalo njalo. Zonke ezi zenzo zenziwa kuqikelelwa kwangaphambili kuba zonke ziphuma engqondweni yomntu.
Ingqondo inokukhetha
Ingqondo inokukhetha. Ngalo lonke ixesha umntu ehlala enyameni kwaye akakwazi ukulawula inyama yakhe, Ubani uya kuyilawula inyama yakhe; imvelo yesono. Umntu uya kukhokelwa ziingcinga zakhe endaweni yokuthatha igunya phezu kweengcinga zakhe.
Every person makes his/her own decisions to allow thoughts, and conceive thoughts and sin, or to reject thoughts and not sin. Every person is responsible for his/her mind, behavior and actions. Therefore you can’t blame others for your behavior or actions.
Kunjalo ngoba, it’s so important and necessary to hlaziya ingqondo yakho with God’s Word, instead of feeding your mind with the things of this world. Because your mind determines your behavior and your actions.
Your way of life proves, if you have a carnal mind and being led by the flesh or that you have the mind of Christ that is conformed to the Word and are led by the Spirit. If you have the mind of Christ and are led by the Holy Spirit then you shall live according to Intando kaThixo and serve Him.
Serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: ngokuba uYehova uyazigocagoca zonke iintliziyo, kwaye uyaziqonda zonke iingcamango zeengcinga: ukuba uthe wamfuna, Uya kufunyanwa nguwe; ukuba uthe wamshiya, Uya kukulahla ngonaphakade (1 YeziKronike 28:9)
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
