Amafutha omnqumo angcwele namafutha omnqumo asasetshenziswa phakathi kwamaKristu amaningi. AmaKristu asebenzisa uwoyela ngezinhloso eziningana, Ngokwesibonelo, ukubeka – futhi ungcwelise othile ehhovisi (inkonzo), ngcwelisa izindlu, izakhiwo, kanye nezinto, Futhi ukuphulukisa abagulayo. Kodwa ukusebenzisa amafutha okugcoba eBhayibheli futhi kuyingxenye yamafutha okugcoba eSivumelwaneni Esisha? Noma ingabe lokhu kuwumkhuba owawusenziwa eSivumelwaneni Esidala, amaKristu asemukele futhi asisebenzisa esivumelwaneni esisha? Ingabe uwoyela wokugcoba unamandla? Uyisebenzisa kanjani i-anointing oil? Lithini ibhayibheli ngamafutha okugcoba? Ake sibheke ukuphila kukaJesu nabaphostoli nokuthi uJesu nabaphostoli bawasebenzisa yini amafutha okugcoba.
Amafutha angcwele okugcoba eSivumelwaneni Esidala
Ku-Eksodusi 30, sifunda ngokubunjwa kanye nenjongo yamafutha angcwele okugcoba. UMose wayalwa nguNkulunkulu ukuba alungise amafutha angcwele okugcoba futhi agcobe itabernakele lokuhlangana, nomphongolo wobufakazi, netafula nezitsha zalo zonke, nothi lwesibani nezitsha zalo, ne-altare lempepho, ne-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa nezinto zalo zonke, nomcengezi nonyawo lwawo. UMose kwadingeka abangcwelise ukuze babe ngcwelengcwele, futhi noma yini eyayizithinta yayiyoba ngcwele (nokho umuntu ongagunyaziwe ubengavunyelwe ukuthi azithinte. Funda futhi: Isizathu sokufa kuka-Uza). UMose naye kwadingeka enze kanjalo ugcobe u-Aroni namadodana akhe, futhi ubangcwelise, ukuze bakhonze iNkosi esikhundleni sobupristi. Amafutha angcwele okugcoba ayeyosetshenziswa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
Kodwa uNkulunkulu wayala ngokuqondile ukuthi lamafutha angcwele okugcoba ayengenakusetshenziselwa ukuthela enyameni yomuntu. Futhi yayingavunyelwe ukwenza enye efana nayo, ngemva kokubunjwa kwayo, ngoba lalingcwele, ngakho lalizakuba ngcwele kubo. Uma umuntu engeza okufana nalokhu, kumbe wembeswa umuntu angamazi (umuntu ongagunyaziwe), wayeyonqunywa kubantu bakubo (Eksodusi 30:22-33)
Lokhu kuyasitshela, ukuthi amafutha angcwele okugcoba ayevunyelwe kuphela ukuba asetshenziselwe inkonzo engcwele yeNkosi nokugcoba (ngcwelisa) i (phezulu)mpristi(s), itabernakele, kanye nezinto zokwakha kanye nezinto, ezazisetshenziswa enkonzweni yeNkosi.
Amafutha angcwele okugcoba ayengavunyelwe ukugcoba umzimba womuntu (isihambi) futhi kwakungavunyelwe ukuphindaphinda amafutha okugcoba.
Uma lawa kungamazwi kaNkulunkulu, pho kungani abantu behweba ngamafutha angcwele okugcoba bese bewadayisa ukuze bathole inzuzo? Benza amafutha angcwele okugcoba emva kokuqanjwa, okulotshwe eBhayibhelini, futhi wenze sengathi lamafutha anamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo (ukuphulukisa) amandla. AmaKristu amaningi awela ogibeni lwala manga. Bakholelwa lawa mazwi omuntu futhi bathenge amafutha okugcoba. Bakholwa bathenge amafutha angcwele okugcoba, ngoba abanalwazi ngoba abazifundeli bona iBhayibheli. Ngakho bakholwa yikho konke okushunyayelwayo.
Bathenga amafutha bagcobe yonke into nawo wonke umuntu, oza ngendlela yabo. Ngoba bayakholwa, ukuthi amafutha anamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo (ukuphulukisa) amandla, nokuthi ngokusebenzisa lamafutha ayisimangaliso badedela amandla akhethekile, lokho kuzophilisa abagulayo, khulula abantu, futhi ahlanze izindlu, izakhiwo, kanye nezinto ezivela emandleni amademoni. Ngoba izimfundiso zamanga, bakholelwa ukuthi uma begcoba okuthile noma othile ngamafutha, amadimoni azobaleka.
Ingabe uJesu wasebenzisa amafutha okugcoba?
Uma sibheka uJesu Kristu, Kwakungubani Izibulo lendalo entsha, kanye nempilo Yakhe emhlabeni, sifunda noma yini ngoJesu ehamba ephethe ibhodlela lamafutha okugcoba? Ingabe uJesu wasebenzisa amafutha okugcoba ukuze agcobe abantu, izinto, izindlu, kanye nezakhiwo? Cha. UJesu weza eGameni likaYise; egunyeni likaYise futhi wakhuluma amazwi Akhe, namazwi onke aphuma kuJesu’ umlomo kwenzeka.
Ingabe uJesu wagcoba abafundi Bakhe ngamafutha, ngaphambi kokuba uJesu abathume ngababili? Cha, UJesu wanika abafundi bakhe igunya namandla phezu kwemimoya engcolile nokuphulukisa abagulayo (ababuthakathaka). UJesu wabathuma ukuba bashumayele futhi balethe uMbuso kaNkulunkulu kubantu bakaNkulunkulu futhi bababizele ekuphendukeni. Asifundi, ukuthi uJesu wayala abafundi bakhe ukuba baphathe ibhodlela lamafutha ukuze bagcobe izindlu noma abantu (Mathewu 10:1-15, Maka 6:7-13, Luka 9:1-6).
Nokho, nakuba uJesu engashongo lutho ngamafutha okugcoba noma ukugcoba abagulayo ngamafutha, sifunda evangelini likaMarku ukuthi abafundi bagcoba abaningi ababegula (buthaka) ngamafutha, wabaphulukisa.
Isizathu sokuba ngokusobala bagcobe abagulayo ngamafutha, kwakungenxa yokuthi ukugcoba ngamafutha kwakuyisiko elivamile emasikweni amaningi. Emazweni afana ne-Egypt, China, I-India, Greece, futhi e-Italy kwakuyisiko elivamile ukugcoba noma ukugcoba othile, owayegula, ngamafutha.
Empeleni, sifunda ngalomkhuba emzekelisweni womSamariya. Lapho umSamariya eya endodeni eyayilimele, wabopha amanxeba akhe, ethela amafutha newayini (Luka 10:30-35). Amafutha omnqumo ayesetshenziswa njengesiko lezokwelapha.
Nakanjani, UJesu akazange agcobe izindlu, izakhiwo, izinto, noma abantu abanamafutha. UJesu akazange agcobe abagulayo ngamafutha, futhi uJesu akazange ayale abafundi bakhe ukuba benze kanjalo.
Ukuthunywa okukhulu namafutha okugcoba
Ngaphambili UJesu wanyukela ezulwini futhi wathatha indawo yaKhe esihlalweni sobukhosi ngakwesokunene sikaYise, UJesu wanika abafundi bakhe umyalo omkhulu. Lo msebenzi wawungahloselwe abafundi kuphela, ababekhona, kodwa labafundi bakaJesu, ababezakuza ngemva kwabo futhi babeza landela uJesu. UJesu wayala amakholwa ukuba ahambe.
Lapho uJesu ekhuluma nabafundi Bakhe, UJesu akazange akhulume ngamafutha okugcoba noma ukugcoba umuntu noma into ethile ngamafutha. UJesu akazange ayale abafundi bakhe ukuba bagcobe umuntu ngamafutha ukuze abekwe esikhundleni (inkonzo) kanye nokungcwelisa noma ukungcwelisa umuntu. Futhi uJesu akazange ayale ukuba kugcotshwe izindlu noma izakhiwo noma ukugcoba umuntu, owayegula noma ebuthakathaka, ngamafutha. UJesu wayala abafundi bakhe ukuba babeke izandla phezu kwabagulayo ukuze baphile (Maka 16:18)
Abaphostoli kanye namafutha okugcoba esivumelwaneni esisha
Nakuba uPetru wayengomunye wabafundi abayishumi nambili, owathunywa nguJesu emsebenzini futhi ngokusobala wagcoba abagulayo (ababuthakathaka, buthaka) ngamafutha, lapho uPetru eseyisidalwa esisha, asifundanga ndawo ukuthi uPetru wabagcoba labo, ababegula noma bebuthakathaka ngamafutha.
Ukuphulukiswa kokuqala, okwenzeka ngemva kokuba uJesu enyukele ezulwini nangemva kokuthululwa kukaMoya oNgcwele, kwaba ukuphulukiswa kwesinyonga, owabeka esangweni lethempeli. Lapho indoda ibacela izipho, UPetru akazange alibambe ibhodlela lakhe lamafutha ukuze amgcobe. Cha, indoda yelatshwa nguPetro ukholo eGameni likaJesu. UPetru wayekholelwa emsebenzini ophelele wokuhlenga kanye negunya likaJesu Kristu (Dlala 3:16).
Lapho uPetru eseLida, akazange asebenzise amafutha ukuze agcobe abagulayo, kodwa wamphulukisa uEneya, owayefe uhlangothi, ngokukholwa eGameni likaJesu. UPetru wenza okufanayo eJopha, lapho uThabitha avuswa khona kwabafileyo ngokukholwa eGameni likaJesu (Dlala 9:40-41).
UPawulu nabanye abazange basebenzise amafutha ukuze bagcobe abantu (ababegula noma bebuthakathaka), izindlu, izakhiwo, noma izinto.
Lapho uPawulu ebhala zonke lezo zincwadi eziya emabandleni, asifundi lutho ngokuyala abangcwele ukuthi bagcobe abadala, amadiyakoni, abantu, ababegula noma bebuthakathaka, izindlu, izakhiwo noma izinto ezinamafutha. Ngisho nasezincwadini, ayibhalela ibandla lenyama laseKorinte.
Lokho kungenxa yokuthi, phakathi kwa- ukuvuselelwa, base beyindalo entsha, omoya wakhe wavuswa kwabafileyo. Ngakho-ke, ibandla; Umhlangano wokuzalwa uphinde waba kholwa (okudaliwe okusha) kwase kungokomoya. Babengadingi noma yiziphi izinsiza zemvelo noma benze zonke izinhlobo zemikhuba yenkolo ebonakalayo, ukwenza okukamoya kubonakale kumuntu wenyama, njengaseSivumelwaneni Esidala. Baxhunywe emoyeni ngoMoya oNgcwele noJesu Kristu noYise, futhi yingakho bahamba njengoJesu; Oyizibulo lesidalwa esisha egunyeni Lakhe.
Into kuphela ababefanele bayikhumbule futhi bayigcine kwakuyisidlo, abahlanganyela ngakho ekufeni nasekuvukeni kukaJesu Kristu.
Ukugcoba abagulayo ngamafutha
Ingabe ukhona ogulayo phakathi kwenu? Akabize abadala bebandla; bakhuleke phezu kwakhe, emgcoba ngamafutha egameni leNkosi: nomkhuleko wokukholwa uyakumsindisa ogulayo, futhi iNkosi izamvusa (UJames 5:14-15).
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Isikhathi kuphela ezincwadini zabaphostoli, lapho sifunda khona ngokusetshenziswa kwamafutha nokugcoba umuntu ngamafutha kusencwadini kaJakobe. UJakobe wayala abangcwele ukuba babize abadala uma othile egula futhi bamkhulekele futhi bamgcobe ngamafutha.. Kodwa ukuthi amafutha okugcoba ayengenawo amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo nokuthi umkhuba wokugcoba abagulayo ngamafutha wawungahlangene nokuphulukiswa kufakazelwa ivesi elilandelayo.. Ngoba evesini elilandelayo, kulotshiwe, ukuze umkhuleko wokukholwa usindise futhi uphulukise umuntu.
Ngamanye amazwi, nge ukholo eGameni likaJesu nangokukholwa kokuphelele Kwakhe umsebenzi wokuhlenga esigxotsheni sokushaywa, lapho uJesu wehlisela khona konke ubuthakathaka nezifo, Esiphambanweni, lapho uJesu athatha zonke izono zomhlaba phezu Kwakhe, nangemva kokuba uJesu engene eHayidesi futhi wanqoba ukufa futhi wavuswa kwabafileyo njengoMnqobi, Onawo wonke amandla ezulwini nasemhlabeni, umuntu wasindiswa futhi waphulukiswa (Isaya 53:4-5, 1 UPetru 2:24, IsAmbulo 1:18).
Lithi iZwi, ukuze sibe njengeNkosi yethu leNkosi uJesu Kristu (Mathewu 10:25, Kwabase-Efesu 4:15). Uma uJesu engawasebenzisi amafutha okugcoba, kufanele sizibuze ngobuqotho ukuthi kufanele yini sisebenzise amafutha okugcoba.
Kuyinto edabukisayo, ukuthi amaKristu amaningi anokholo olukhulu emafutheni futhi ayithatha njengekhambi kuneGama likaJesu.
Ukube amakholwa bebeyovuka bazi ukuthi Ubani ohlala ngaphakathi kwabo, nokuthi isiphi isikhundla negunya abalitholile kuJesu Kristu, kabaphindanga bathinta amafutha. Ukukholwa akufanele kube emafutheni kodwa kuJesu Kristu naseGameni laKhe. Kuphela ngokukholwa eGameni likaJesu kanye nemisebenzi etholakala kulokho kukholwa, izosusa izintaba.
Uma abantu bekholelwa ukuthi amafutha afanekisela uMoya oNgcwele nokuthi uMoya oNgcwele uhlala ngaphakathi kubo, pho kungani bedinga amafutha?
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