Izulu okanye isihogo, olo lukhetho abantu ekufuneka belwenzile ngexesha lokuphila kwabo eMhlabeni. UThixo wanika wonke umntu inkululeko yokuzikhethela ukuba akholwe Kuye noNyana wakhe uYesu Krestu kwaye akhethe ubomi, aze afumane ubomi obungunaphakade aze aye ezulwini okanye amlahle Yena noNyana Wakhe, kwaye ukhethe ukufa kwaye ekugqibeleni isihogo nokufa kwesibini kwidike lomlilo lanaphakade. Makhe sijonge indlela yosindiso ekhokelela ezulwini kunye nendlela yokufa ekhokelela esihogweni.
UYesu kuphela kwendlela eya kuThixo
Ekuphela kwendlela yokusindiswa nokususwa ebukumkanini bobumnyama nisiwe eBukumkanini bamaZulu nokuxolelaniswa noThixo kungoMesiya.: UYESU khristu. Ayikho enye indlela eya kuThixo nakubomi obungunaphakade.
UYesu Kristu kuphela kwendlela. UYesu nguMesiya, uNyana kaThixo, uMbingeleli Omkhulu, UKumkani woKumkani, neNkosi kankosi.
Wonke umntu kufuneka ajongane noYesu. Uya kujongana noYesu Krestu ngexesha lobomi bakho okanye emva kobomi bakho emhlabeni.
Xa udibana noYesu, Ngexesha lobomi bakho, kuthetha ukuba uyakholwa kuYe njengoNyana kaThixo noMsindisi woluntu, kwaye uguquke kwaye uzalwe kwakhona kuye kwaye wenze uYesu Krestu iNkosi yobomi bakho.
Kodwa ukuba awukholelwa kuYesu kwaye awumvumi njengoMsindisi woluntu kwaye awumenzi abe yiNkosi yobomi bakho kwaye ungakwenzi oko akuthethayo., uya kujongana noYesu ngokuzenzekelayo emva kokuba ufile, njengoMgwebi. (Funda kwakhona: Ngaba uYesu uya kuba nguMsindisi wakho okanye uMgwebi wakho?)
UYesu uya kunibhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangomlilo
KuMateyu 3:11-12 kunye noLuka 3:15-17, UYohane umBhaptizi wathetha ngobungangamsha bukaYesu Krestu nendlela uYesu awayeya kubabhaptiza ngayo abantu ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangomlilo.. AmaKristu amaninzi acinga ukuba wathetha ngobhaptizo olubini ebomini. Ubhaptizo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele kunye nobhaptizo lomlilo.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuba sifunda ngakumbi, sinokugqiba kwelokuba ngokwenene uYohane wathetha ngobhaptizo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo, kodwa olu bhaptizo alukho zombini ngexesha lokuphila emhlabeni.
Ubhaptizo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele lusebudeni bobomi emhlabeni kubantu abakholwayo kwaye baguquke kwaye babhaptizwe ekufeni kukaKristu novuko.. Bagwetyelwe kuKristu kwaye bamkele uMoya oyiNgcwele kuYise.
I ubhaptizo ngomlilo kusemva kobomi nasemva komgwebo.
Lubhaptizo kwidike lomlilo lanaphakade olulungiselelwe zonke iintshaba zikaThixo: kubo bonke abantu abangahloneli Thixo ababengakholwa kodwa bamkhanyela uThixo noNyana wakhe uYesu Kristu baza abakwenza oko wakuthethayo., kodwa wahamba esonweni nasebubini.
I abalandeli bakaYesu UKristu akayi kuphoswa kumlilo ongacimiyo ukuba bayayenza into ayithethileyo, bayigcine imithetho yakhe, benze ukuthanda kukaYise., Ngubani osezulwini.
UYesu wathembisa abafundi bakhe ubhaptizo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. Olu bhaptizo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele lwabonisa ukuba bakhululwa ngegazi likaYesu, bagwetyelwe kuKristu, kwaye yayingabakaThixo. UMoya oyiNgcwele kubo wawuya kungqina ukuba babezelwe nguThixo kwaye babengabakhe kwaye babengabantwana Bakhe. (Owu. UYohane 3:5-6; 14:15-17; 2 KwabaseKorinte 5:21; AmaRoma 8:11-17; Kwabase-Efese 2:13; Hebhere 9; 1 UPetros 1:2-19; 1 UYohane 3:9).
Ubhaptizo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele
NgoMhla wePentekoste, abafundi bamkela ubhaptizo loMoya oyiNgcwele; idinga likaBawo. Njengoko amakholwa ayemanyene ekuthandazeni, kwaphuma ezulwini isandi somoya ovuthuza ngamandla. Esi sandi somoya ubhudla ngamandla sazalisa indlu yonke. Kwabonakala kubo iilwimi ezabekayo, ngathi zezomlilo, lwahlala phezu kwabo bonke ngabanye. Bazaliswa bonke nguMoya oyiNgcwele, baqala ukuthetha ngalwimi zimbi, njengoko uMoya wayebanika ukuba bathethe baphimisele.
Olu lubhaptizo olunye ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. Lubhaptizo uYesu awaluthembisa abafundi bakhe.
Akukho ndawo eBhayibhileni apho kubhalwe khona ukuba bazaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye kamva bazaliswa ngomlilo. Hayi, zathi ke iilwimi ezabekayo, ngathi zezomlilo wahlala phezu kwabo bonke ngabanye, baqala khona ukuthetha ngalwimi zimbi, bangqina ukuba babhaptizwa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.
Olu bhaptizo lunye: ubhaptizo loMoya oyiNgcwele. Lubhaptizo uYesu awaluthembisayo kubafundi bakhe. Yayiyi kuphela ubhaptizo ababelulindile. Yayilubhaptizo kuphela ababelufuna ukuba lingqina likaYesu Krestu nokuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo, nokuzisa ubukumkani bukaThixo ebantwini, nokufundisa zonke iintlanga.
Kwaza ngequbuliso kwaphuma ezulwini isandi somoya ovuthuza ngamandla, wayizalisa yonke indlu ababehleli kuyo. Kwabonakala kubo iilwimi ezabekayo, ngathi zezomlilo, lwahlala phezu kwabo bonke ngabanye. Kwaye bonke bazaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, baqala ukuthetha ngalwimi zimbi, njengoko umoya wabanika amazwi
IZenzo 2:2-4
Lithetha ukuthini igama elithi ubhaptizo?
Ubhaptizo luguqulelwe ngokusuka kwigama lesiGrike elithi ‘baptisma’ kwaye kuthetha: ubhaptizo. Eli gama lithatyathwe kwigama elithi ‘baptizo’. Ndithetha ukubhaptiza: ukwenza ukuphumla (kuthetha ukugquma ngokupheleleyo ngolwelo), ukudipha, ukuhlamba, ukuntywilisela.
Ukubhaptizwa kuthetha: ukuntywiliselwa ngokupheleleyo. Ngokubhekiselele kuMateyu 3, ithatha ukuba: ukuntywiliselwa ngokupheleleyo, entywiliswe ngokupheleleyo kuMoya oyiNgcwele, kwaye untywiliselwe ngokupheleleyo, ifakwe ngokupheleleyo emlilweni.
Ubhaptizo ngomlilo
Esi sithembiso sokuntywiliselwa ngokupheleleyo noMoya oyiNgcwele senzeka ngomhla wePentekoste. Kodwa ubhaptizo oluzeleyo emlilweni; ubhaptizo lomlilo, ayikenzeki. IBhayibhile ithetha ngobhaptizo lomlilo kwiSityhilelo 20:
UMtyholi lowo ubalahlekisayo waphoswa edikeni lomlilo nesulfure, apho likhona irhamncwa nomprofeti wobuxoki, baya kuthuthunjelwa imini nobusuku, ngonaphakade kanaphakade. Ndabona itrone enkulu emhlophe, nalowo wayehleli phezu kwayo, owasabayo umhlaba nezulu; azafunyanelwa ndawo ke.
Ndababona abafileyo, encinci kunye nenkulu, yima phambi koThixo; zavulwa iincwadi: nenye incwadi yavulwa, Yeyiphi incwadi yobomi: bagwetywa abafileyo ngezinto ezibhaliweyo ezincwadini ezo, ngokwemisebenzi yabo.
Lwathi ulwandle lwabakhupha abafileyo abakulo; kwathi ukufa nelabafileyo kwabakhupha abafileyo abakhona: bagwetywa elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe. Kwaza ukufa nelabafileyo kwaphoswa edikeni lomlilo.
Oko kukufa kwesibini. Othe akafunyanwanga ebhaliwe encwadini yobomi, waphoswa edikeni lomlilo (ISityhilelo 20:10-15)
Oku koko wayebhekisela kuko uYohane umBhaptizi. UYohane umBhaptizi wayemazi uYesu Kristu, uNyana kaThixo. Wayewazi amandla negunya likaYesu Kristu kwaye wabazisa abaFarisi ngako.
Umtyholi lixoki, umkhohlisi nombulali
Uyise womntu owileyo kunye nomlawuli (inkosana) yehlabathi, umtyholi, ngumkhohlisi, ixoki, nombulali. Umtyholi uzama ukukhohlisa nokubambisa abantu abaninzi kangangoko. Ufuna ukubatshabalalisa aze abathabathe baye naye edikeni lomlilo elingunaphakade.
Idike lomlilo elingunaphakade yindawo kamtyholi kanaphakade, izithunywa eziwileyo ezamlandela ezulwini, nabo bonke abantu abamlandelayo emhlabeni.
Ngaba ukhetha izulu okanye isihogo
UYesu weza kukhulula abantu kumandla kasathana, isono, nokufa okusebenza enyameni enesono. UYesu uyakuthanda kangangokuba wazinikela ngenxa yakho. Wathwala zonke izono zakho kunye nobugwenxa enyameni yakhe emnqamlezweni.
UYesu ufuna ukuba uye ezulwini, Akafuni ukuba uye esihogweni kwaye indawo oya kuyo ekugqibeleni iya kuba lidike lomlilo elingunaphakade. Ufuna ukuba ukholwe kuye kwaye uguquke kubomi bakho obudala njengomoni. Ufuna ukuba uguqukele kuye kwaye umthande kwaye ufumane ubomi obungunaphakade kwaye uye ezulwini.
UYesu wenza konke anako ukukusindisa. Ngoku, kuxhomekeke kuwe ukuba uthathe isigqibo.
Ngaba uya kukholwa kuYesu Kristu, uNyana kaThixo? Ngaba uyakholelwa kumsebenzi wakhe wokuhlangula kwaye wamkele uYesu njengoMsindisi neNkosi? Okanye hayi?
Ukuba awumamkeli uYesu Kristu njengoMsindisi wakho, ngoko uYesu uya kuba nguMgwebi wenu.
Ukuba awukhethi bomi kodwa uyaligatya iLizwi lobomi, ke ngokuzenzekelayo ukhethe ukufa. Xa uYesu esiba nguMgwebi wakho uya kubhaptizwa ngobhaptizo lomlilo.
Ngoko ke, yenza ukhetho olufanelekileyo, ngelixa usenakho ukwenza ukhetho. Ngokuba ngomso, kusenokuba kusemva kwexesha.
‘Yiba yityuwa yomhlaba’
