EBhayibhileni kuYohane 3: 1-10, UYesu wathetha noNikodemo ngokuzalwa ngokutsha. Wayethetha ukuthini uYesu, xa wathi kuNikodimo ukuba nimelwe kukuba nizalwe ngokutsha, nize nibone, ningene ebukumkanini bukaThixo? Kuthetha ukuthini ukuzalwa ngokutsha ngamanzi noMoya?
“Ukuba akathanga umntu azalwe ngokutsha, akanakububona ubukumkani bukaThixo, akanakungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo”
Kwaye kukho umntu wakubaFarisi, ogama linguNikodemo, umlawuli wamaYuda: Lowo weza kuYesu ebusuku, Yathi kuye, Rabhi, siyazi ukuba ungumfundisi ophuma kuThixo: kuba akukho namnye unako ukuyenza le miqondiso uyenzayo wena, ngaphandle kokuba uThixo abe naye. Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Inene, inene, Ndithi kuwe, Ukuba akathanga umntu azalwe ngokutsha, akanakububona ubukumkani bukaThixo. Wathi uNikodemo kuye, Umntu angazalwa njani emdala? Ngaba unokungena okwesibini esizalweni sikanina, kwaye uzalwe?
Waphendula uYesu, Inene, inene, Ndithi kuwe, Ngaphandle kokuba umntu azalwe ngamanzi nangoMoya, akanakungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo. Oko kuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama;; Oko kuzelwe nguMoya kungumoya. Musa ukumangaliswa kukuba ndithe kuwe, Nimelwe kukuthi nizalwe ngokutsha. Umoya uvuthuza apho uthanda khona, Uyasiva isandi sayo, kodwa awazi apho ivela khona, nalapho iya khona: banjalo bonke abazelwe nguMoya. Waphendula uNikodemo wathi kuye, Zinokwenzeka njani ezi zinto? Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Uyinkosi kaSirayeli, kwaye akazazi ezi zinto? (UYohane 3:1-10)
UNikodemo wayengumFarisi, utitshala, nomlawuli wakwaSirayeli
UNikodemo wayengumFarisi, umfundisi nomphathi, nenkosi kaSirayeli. Kodwa uNikodemo wayengakuqondi oko kwakuthethwa nguYesu ngokuzalwa ngokutsha. UNikodemo wayelilungu elisisityebi nelinamandla lequmrhu eliphakamileyo lokugweba kumaYuda amandulo, iSanhedrin enkulu. Wayengomnye wootitshala ababalaseleyo esizweni. Wayenesiphiwo, eqaqambileyo, kwaye wayenokuqonda okunzulu kweSibhalo, neziprofeto ezingoMesiya.
Ebusuku, UNikodimo waya kuYesu waza wambuza, “Rabhi, siyazi ukuba ungumfundisi ophuma kuThixo: kuba akukho namnye unako ukuyenza le miqondiso uyenzayo Wena, ngaphandle kokuba uThixo abe naye”.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba uNikodemo aqhubeke nengxoxo yakhe, UYesu wamphazamisa uNikodemo. Wathi uYesu, ukuba umntu akathanga azalwe ngokutsha, akaboni, okanye bangene ebukumkanini bukaThixo. Kodwa kwakutheni ukuze uYesu athethe oku?
UNikodemo wayengumlawuli, wayesisityebi, wayengowonqulo, wayezazi iZibhalo, wayengumfundisi-ntsapho, wayekholelwa kuThixo, wayesoyika uThixo, wamkela i amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo, waye emhlonela ke uYesu. Noko ke, ngazo zonke ezi zinto akabanga nakungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
Umntu wenyama akakwazi ukuqonda izinto zoMoya
UNikodemo wayengaqondi, wayethetha ukuthini uYesu ngokuzalwa ngokutsha. Kungenxa yokuba uNikodemo wayengowenyama, UNikodemo ubhekisele ekuzalweni kwasenyameni. Xa uYesu wamphendula uNikodemo, wayengekaqondi ukuba uYesu wayethetha ukuthini. Wathi uYesu, ukuze yena, njengomfundisi kaSirayeli, akwazi ukuba uthetha ntoni na. Ngoba umntu unjani, abashumayelayo bafundise amazwi kaThixo, akaziqondi izinto zobukumkani bukaThixo?
UNikodemo wayenolwazi olukhulu lobukrelekrele beZibhalo, ilizwi elibhaliweyo. Kodwa uNikodemo wayengazi kwaye engaliqondi iLizwi eliPhilayo.
UNikodemo akazange ambone uYesu njengoNyana kaThixo, ngoxa iZibhalo zingqina ngaye. Ngoko ke, UNikodemo ngewayeyazi, ukuba uYesu wayenguNyana kaThixo. Wabona uNikodemo ukuba uThixo unaye, kodwa wabona uYesu njengoMfundisi kuphela, Ngubani owathunyelwa nguThixo.
UYesu wabonakalisa uBukumkani bukaThixo kummandla wendalo
Ngaphambi kokuba uYesu eze kulo mhlaba kwaye waba ngumntu ngokupheleleyo, Wayehlala noThixo; Utata wakhe. UYesu wayephila kuBukumkani bukaThixo waza weza kulo mhlaba, ukushumayela ubukumkani bukaThixo. Akazange ashumayele ngoBukumkani bukaThixo kuphela, kodwa Wabonakalalisa wazisa uBukumkani bukaThixo kulo mhlaba.
Ngoxa uYesu wayeshumayela waza wazisa uBukumkani bukaThixo kubantu bakaThixo (indlu kaSirayeli), Imiqondiso nezimanga yayimlandela.
UBukumkani bukaThixo babonakala kummandla wendalo, ngokushunyayelwa kweLizwi, iziprofeto, ukuxolelwa kwezono, ukuphilisa, ukukhululwa, iimpawu, kunye nezimanga.
UNikodemo, omnye wakubaFarisi, wayiva wayibona imisebenzi kaYesu. Wabona uNikodemo ukuba uThixo unaye uYesu, kodwa ebeba uYesu ungumfundisi. Xa uNikodemo wayelindele ukuba uYesu aqinisekise ukuba ungumfundisi, UYesu waqalisa ukuthetha ngokuzalwa ngokutsha.
Kwakutheni ukuze uYesu athethe ngokuzalwa ngokutsha?
Kwakutheni ukuze uYesu athethe ngokuzalwa ngokutsha? Kulungile, kuba uYesu wawuphendula umbuzo kaNikodemo ngokuphathelele imisebenzi Yakhe. UYesu wathetha ngayo indalo entsha. UYesu wamxelela, ukuba akunakwenzeka ukubona uBukumkani bukaThixo kwaye ungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo, ngaphandle kokuzalwa ngokutsha; ezelwe ngamanzi (ubhaptizo lwamanzi) nangoMoya (Ubhaptizo noMoya oyiNgcwele).
UYesu wazalwa ngamanzi waza wazalwa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. WayeliZibulo lendalo entsha; uNyana kaThixo.
WayengowokuQala kwabaninzi, ababeza kulandela kwaye babeza kuba ngoonyana bakaThixo (oku kusebenza kuzo zombini iinkunzi nemazi); bazelwe ngamanzi nangoMoya.
UYesu wayemela waza wabonakalisa uBukumkani bukaThixo, ngokuba waphuma ebukumkanini bukaThixo, wahlala kobu Bukumkani. Nangona wayephila kweli hlabathi kwaye engumntu ngokupheleleyo, UYesu akazange abe ngowehlabathi. Ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe emhlabeni, UYesu wahamba kobu Bukumkani.
UYesu wayebazi uBukumkani bukaThixo, yiloo nto wayekwazi ukushumayela nokuzisa uBukumkani bukaThixo kubantu bakaThixo emhlabeni.
Ukuba umntu ovela kwilizwe A, uya kuthunyelwa njengonozakuzaku kwilizwe B, ngaphandle kokwazi imithetho, imigaqo, kunye nomthetho welizwe A, kuya kuba nzima ukuba lo mntu afezekise umsebenzi wakhe njengonozakuzaku kwaye amele ilizwe uA. Kaloku unozakuzaku angalimela njani ilizwe, ndingawazi umthetho, imigaqo, nenkcubeko yeli lizwe? Akunakwenzeka.
AmaKristu angama-adadader oBukumkani bukaThixo
Kuyafana ke nangamaKristu. AmaKristu amele amele uBukumkani bukaThixo emhlabeni. Kodwa amaKristu amaninzi awazi nto ingako ngoThixo noBukumkani bukaThixo.
Ungenza njani, njengekholwa elizelwe ngokutsha, zimela uBukumkani bukaThixo ukuba akubazi kangako ngoBukumkani?
- Ungabushumayela njani uBukumkani bukaThixo, ukuba awuwazi umthetho kunye nemimiselo?
- Yaye unokubushumayela njani uBukumkani bukaThixo, ukuba anithanga nithobele kwaye niwugcine umthetho nemimiselo yobu Bukumkani?
- Ungabushumayela njani uBukumkani bukaThixo, ukuba animazi uKumkani okanye animthobeli uKumkani nentando yakhe?
- Ungabumela njani uBukumkani bukaThixo, ukuba uqhubeka usenza intando yakho, ukuzenzela eyakho imithetho nokuphila ngemithetho yakho? Akunakwenzeka!
Awunako ukushumayela uBukumkani bukaThixo ngaphandle kwenyama
Kuphela kuxa uzalwa ngokutsha kuKristu, uya kububona ubukumkani bukaThixo, ungene ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
Ungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo, ngoku usaphila apha emhlabeni hayi emva kokuba ufile. (Funda kwakhona: Kutheni izulu elitsha nomhlaba omtsha zingayi kuzela abaninzi?).
Xa uzalwa ngokutsha, yakho (ibuyiselwe kwaye) Isikhundla esitsha sikuYesu Krestu eZulwini. Xa unjalo Uhleli kuKristu, uya kuzisa ubukumkani bukaThixo kulo mhlaba. Uya kushumayela ubomi kwaye wabele ubomi ebantwini kwaye ubuyisele (hlala) eGameni likaYesu Kristu nangamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, nokubavusa abafileyo (ngokomoya nangokwemvelo).
Kuthetha ukuthini ukuzalwa ngokutsha ngamanzi noMoya?
Ukuzalwa ngokutsha okanye ukuzalwa ngokutsha kuguqulelwe kwigama lesiGrike i-paliggenesia (G3824) kwaye kuthetha: (ngokomoya) ukuzalwa ngokutsha (urhulumente okanye isenzo), yiyo i, (ngokufuziselayo) ukulungiswa ngokomoya; ngokukodwa ukubuyiselwa kukaMesiya: – ukuzalwa ngokutsha.
Ukuzalwa ngokutsha kwenza hayi kuthetha uhlaziyo nje lwendlela yokuphila, ukuya kwiinkonzo zecawa, ukuba ngowonqulo, ubulungu becawa, okanye ukwenza imisebenzi yokunceda abantu. Ayipheli ngentlungu yesono kunye nenguquko.
Abantu banokuba nobubele, ukuthanda, kunye namalungu ecawa anobuntu nathembekileyo kwaye abandakanyeka kwimisebenzi emininzi yecawe.
Banokuba nolwazi olukhulu ngeBhayibhile okanye babe ngabefundisi, umshumayeli, umfundisi okanye umfundisi, kwaye ube ungaveli ngokutsha.
UNikodemo ungumzekelo ogqibeleleyo.
UNikodemo wayengumFarisi, indoda yonqulo. Wayezimisele ngoThixo nomfundisi weZibhalo. Nangona kunjalo, UNikodemo akazange azalwe kwakhona kwaye wayengengowomoya.
Akukho bani unokungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo ngemisebenzi emihle, ubomi obungcwele, izakhono zomntu, umzamo, okanye ukulunga. Inye kuphela indlela yokubona nokungena eBukumkanini bukaThixo, kwaye oko kungoYesu Kristu kunye nenkqubo yokuzalwa ngokutsha; ukuzalwa ngokutsha.
Ukuzalwa ngokutsha kufana nokwasemoyeni kokuzalwa kwemvelo. Ayikho enye indlela aboni ukuba bahlanjululwe esonweni nasebubini babo, bagwetyelwe, bangene ebukumkanini bukaThixo, kunokuzalwa ngokutsha kuKristu. (Funda kwakhona: Kutheni inyama negazi zingenako ukubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo?).
Kuthetha ukuthini ukuzalwa ngokutsha kuKristu ngokwebhayibhile?
Ukuba awungeni eBukumkanini bukaThixo ngexesha lobomi bakho apha emhlabeni, Awuyi kungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo emva kokuba ufile. Kuphela ukuba ukulungele ukufa ‘kwisiqu sakho’ kwaye unikele ubomi bakho kuKristu kwaye wenze uYesu abe yiNkosi yobomi bakho kwaye umlandele, kodwa uya kuzuza ubomi obungunaphakade. (Funda kwakhona: Umbhali wosindiso olungonaphakade).
Ukuba ufela ‘ubuqu’ anisayi kuba sahamba njengoko wanyathela ngako ngaphambi kokuguquka kwakho, kwimvelo yenu yesono kwimikhwa yenu yamandulo. Kuba umntu ofileyo unokubuthabatha njani ubomi bakhe obudala? Ayinakwenzeka. Umntu ofileyo uyangcwatywa kwaye oku kunjalo ukuba inyama yakho ingcwatywe kuKristu ngobhaptizo.
Umntu wenyama (endala kuwe) ungcwatyelwe kwindawo yokubhaptiza. Ngoko ke, indala awukho kwakhona.
Emva kokuba ubeke ubomi bakho obudala (ubhaptizo), umoya wakho uya kuvuka kwabafileyo, ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye niya kwamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele (Ubhaptizo noMoya oyiNgcwele). Ukususela kuloo mzuzu uMoya oyiNgcwele uhlala ngaphakathi kuwe.
Kuphela kuxa uMoya oyiNgcwele esiza kwaye uhlala ngaphakathi emzimbeni wakho ofileyo, ukuzalwa ngokutsha kuya kwenzeka. Isidalwa esitsha sivukile kwabafileyo, xa ufileyo kuyo inyama, waza umoya wakho wavuswa kwabafileyo ngoYesu Kristu, ngamandla kaMoya oyiNgcwele. Ngaphandle kukaYesu Krestu nomsebenzi Wakhe wokuhlangula, akunakwenzeka ukuba ube sisidalwa esitsha.
Xa umoya wakho uphila kwaye ube sisidalwa esitsha, lixesha lokondla umoya wakho kwaye hlaziya ingqondo yakho ngeLizwi likaThixo. Lo nto, umoya wakho uya kukhula kwaye uqole kwaye ulawule phezu kwenyama yakho (umphefumlo nomzimba), kwaye niya kuhamba emva koMoya njengesidalwa esitsha, unyana kaThixo (kokubini amadoda nabafazi), athe uThixo wamdala ngokugqibeleleyo ngoYesu Kristu.
Uya kuhamba eBukumkanini bukaThixo ngokuthobela uYesu Kristu; ilizwi, ukuba ngummeli woBukumkani bukaThixo kwindawo ohlala kuyo. Uya kushumayela ububonakalalise ubukumkani bukaThixo ebantwini, ngoxolelo lwesono, ebaphilisa, ebaxolelanisa noThixo, ukuze imiphefumlo emininzi isindiswe kwisigwebo sanaphakade.
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
