Lapho sibheka ngathi, siyabona ukuthi izwe lisebumnyameni futhi ukufa kubusa njengenkosi kulo mhlaba. Udeveli uthola indawo eyandayo, ngisho nasezimpilweni zamaKristu amaningi., abathi bangukukhanya kwalumhlaba. Noma yikuphi lapho kukhanya khona udeveli uzama ukungena futhi akhohlise, ukweba, bulala, futhi ubhubhise. Ngoba lokho kungumsebenzi kasathane, ukucisha ukukhanya kwebandla nokwenza umhlaba ungabi nasimo futhi ube yize futhi uvumele ubumnyama nokufa kubuse emhlabeni. Futhi kanjalo ubumnyama bucisha ukukhanya futhi ibandla lenzani?
UNkulunkulu ungukukhanya futhi kuye abukho ubumnyama
Ku 1 UJohane 1:15 kulotshiwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungukukhanya futhi abukho ubumnyama kuye. Into yokuqala, ukuthi uNkulunkulu wadala, lapho umhlaba wawungenalutho futhi ungenalutho futhi ubumnyama buphezu kotwa, kwakungukukhanya. UNkulunkulu wathi: “Makube khona ukukhanya” kwase kuba khona ukukhanya.
UNkulunkulu wahlukanisa ukukhanya nobumnyama, wabiza ukukhanya imini, nobumnyama wabiza ubusuku (Genesis 1:1-5). Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kwakungekho bumnyama kuphela, kodwa kwakukhona umehluko phakathi kokukhanya nobumnyama.
Ubumnyama obabukhona kanye nokungabi nasimo nobuze bomhlaba okwabangelwa usathane namadimoni akhe. (izingelosi eziwile), abaphonswa emhlabeni emva kwalokho impi engadini. Yilokho udeveli ayekwenzile emhlabeni, futhi yilokho udeveli ayekwenzile ngemva kokuba uNkulunkulu edale umhlaba nakho konke okungaphakathi ngokuphelele, ngokuyenga umuntu, futhi yilokho udeveli asakwenza ngomhlaba nakho konke okuphilayo.
Izingane zasebusuku
UDeveli ungunkulunkulu walelizwe nalapho amise khona umbuso wakhe, ubumnyama bukhona. Nakuba uJesu eyiNkosi futhi usethathile okhiye, igunya ezulwini nasemhlabeni, Kusuka kuDeveli, usathane usenamandla okweba, bulala futhi ubhubhise.
USathane uhamba njengebhubesi elibhodlayo futhi ufuna engamshwabadela. Ngoba umsebenzi wakhe uwukubhubhisa wonke umphefumulo futhi ukweba ifa, uNkulunkulu alinike abangcwele bakhe ngoJesu Kristu. Uzama ukucisha konke ukukhanya okukodwa okukhanya ebumnyameni balo mhlaba.
UDeveli uzama ukuyenga nokudukisa abantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngamanga akhe. Ubagcina bengalazi iqiniso futhi ubalalisa futhi ubenza abantwana basebusuku.
Kungakho udeveli ezama ukuvimba amakholwa kude neBhayibheli; iZwi futhi baqinisekise ukuthi bakhela ukholo lwabo phezu kwamazwi abantu, abaye baxuba amafilosofi abo, imibono nezinkanuko zenyama kanye nezifiso ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu, futhi waphendula iqiniso likaNkulunkulu amanga.
Wonke umuntu, ongowenyama futhi ohamba ngokwenyama futhi onomoya walelizwe uyalalela futhi akholwe yilaba abashumayeli zomhlaba kanye nezwe kufanele ukusho.
Bangabezwe (ubumnyama), futhi bangabantwana bomhlaba; izingane zasebusuku.
Umoya wabo ufile futhi ababoni ukuthi kwenzekani ngempela ngakubo. Balele ngokomoya futhi baphila ebumnyameni futhi abakwazi ukumela ukukhanya. Ngakho-ke, bagwema konke ukukhanya okusondelayo.
Ngaphandle uma bazonda izimpilo zabo futhi besuthi ngempilo yabo yesono. Kuphela-ke kuphela, bazadonswa ngukukhanya okukhanya ebumnyameni.
Abantu abaningi bavuma uJesu njengeNkosi, okwamanje, balalela udeveli futhi bahamba ebumnyameni
Abantu abaningi bavuma uJesu njengeNkosi kuyilapho beziphatha futhi bephila njengezwe futhi belele ngokomoya. Bazondla ngezinto zaleli zwe futhi bayathonywa futhi baholwe yizo. Ngakho-ke baholwa ukuhlakanipha nolwazi lwalo mhlaba (ulwazi lwezinto zemvelo), (social)abezindaba, izimo, nazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto zasemhlabeni, abakuqondayo ngezinzwa zabo, futhi bakhe ulwazi lwabo, ukuhlakanipha, imfundiso, nokukholwa phezu kwabo, njengomhlaba nje. (Funda futhi: Ngabe uyavuma uJesu noma uyamphika uJesu phambi kwabesilisa?).
Bacabanga ukuthi bangamaKristu futhi bayadlula ukholo. Kepha empeleni, abalilaleli iZwi futhi abahambi ngokwalokho iZwi elikushoyo.
Abaholwa yiZwi noMoya, kodwa balandela umoya walelizwe futhi baholwa yiyiphi isayensi, (social)abezindaba, kanye nezifundiswa (abahlakaniphileyo balomhlaba) isho.
Bakholelwa futhi benze kulokho izwe elibelulekayo nelibayala ukuba bakwenze futhi baye emhlabeni ukuze bathole usizo, esikhundleni sokukholelwa nokwenza lokho uJesu abayala ukuba bakwenze nokuya kuye ukuze bathole usizo. Futhi yingakho abantu abaningi, abathi bangamakholwa, bangabezwe futhi bangabantwana bobusuku.
Udeveli usebenzisa amanga namaqhinga amaningi ukuze ayenge futhi adukise amaKristu futhi awabangele ukuba aphambuke. Ngale ndlela ucisha ukukhanya kwabo, ukuze bangabe besaba usongo embusweni wakhe.
Udeveli usebenzisa amanga nazo zonke izilingo zomhlaba, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bayaqhubeka behlala esonweni.
Usebenzisa iziphazamiso, izinkinga, izimo, ukuzijabulisa, njalo njalo, ukugcina abantu bematasa futhi bephazamisekile futhi begxile kubo kanye nezimo zabo, esikhundleni sokugxila kuJesu Kristu nokumisa uMbuso waKhe emhlabeni.
Inqobo nje uma abantu behlala benyama futhi bengazimisele ukubeka phansi inyama, usathane uzophumelela ekuqinisekiseni, ukuthi bahlale begxile kubo futhi bazondle ngezinto zaleli zwe, ukuze bangabe besaba usongo embusweni wakhe.
Ngoba abantu abaningi bazondla ngezinto zalo mhlaba, kulapho ziba mnyama. Bayohlala esonweni; phakathi ukungalaleli uNkulunkulu nentando yakhe.
Kungakho kubalulekile ukuhlala kuJesu Kristu; iZwi futhi niqhubeke nihamba ngokwentando yaKhe. Ngisho noma lokho kusho ukulahlwa nokushushiswa emhlabeni. Ngoba ubumnyama buyohlala buzama ukucisha konke ukukhanya, ukuze abantu baphile esonweni ngaphandle kokuphikiswa nokulahlwa, njengaku izinsuku zikaNowa.
Izingane zosuku
Uma ukholwa kuJesu Kristu futhi ungowakhe ngokusebenzisa ukuvuselelwa futhi uhlale kuye, ningabemini nibe ngukukhanya kwezwe. UJesu ungukukhanya kwezwe nawo wonke umuntu, ongowakhe ohlala kuye usephenduke ukukhanya kwezwe.
Ngakho-ke, inqobo nje uma uhlala kuKristu futhi uphila ngokwentando Yakhe, okuyintando kaNkulunkulu futhi, uzakuba ngukukhanya kulomhlaba.
UJesu uthi: Nina ningukukhanya kwezwe. Idolobha elisethwe egqumeni alikwazi ukufihlwa. Akekho Amadoda Ayikhanyisa Ikhandlela, bese uyibeka ngaphansi kwe-bushel, Kepha ku-Candlestick; Futhi inika ukukhanya kubo bonke abasendlini. Kanjalo makukhanye ukukhanya kwenu phambi kwabantu, ukuze babone imisebenzi yenu emihle, futhi nikhazimulise uYihlo osezulwini (Mathewu 5:14:16)
Inqobo nje uma uhlala ku intando kaNkulunkulu futhi wenze imisebenzi emihle, niyakumphakamisa, nimdumise uYihlo, Ngubani osezulwini, nokukhanya kwakho kukhanye phambi kwabantu.
Abanye abantu bayodonswa ukukhanya nalapho ufakaza, bayokholwa kuJesu Kristu futhi babuyisane ngoKristu noBaba. Futhi abanye abantu bayokuzonda ukukhanya futhi bakulahle futhi bangafuni ukuzihlanganisa nawe ngoba ufakaza ngemisebenzi yabo emibi..
Uma kwenzeka lokhu kokugcina, ke ungadabuki, kodwa thokozani. Ngoba iBhayibheli lithi, lokho ngenxa yeGama likaJesu, niyothwala ihlazo futhi niyoshushiswa futhi nilahlwe yizwe. (Funda futhi: Ukuhlupheka ngenxa yeGama leNkosi).
Futhi njengoba umoya walelizwe ukhona emasontweni amaningi, ungase futhi ushushiswe yibandla futhi mhlawumbe uze unqatshelwe ukufinyelela. Lokhu kwenzeka ngoJesu, ngakho lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngempela Abalandeli bakhe, abaMmeleyo.
Lithini iBhayibheli ngoJesu’ Buyisela emuva?
IBhayibheli lithi uJesu’ ukubuya kuyakufika njengesela ebusuku. Ngakho-ke, lapho uJesu ebuya, kuyakuba sebusuku. Kuyoba khona (ngokomoya) ubumnyama phezu komhlaba. (i.e.: Isaya 13:9-10; 24:23, Kwabase-Efesu 32:7-8, UJoweli 2:10,11,31; 3:15, uZakariya 14:6-7, Mathewu 24:29, IzEnzo 2:20)
Ebusuku, lapho kungekho muntu okulindele, UJesu uzobuya. Kuphela izingane zosuku, abangabokuKhanya futhi abaphapheme ngokomoya, bayobona izibonakaliso zokuza kwaKhe futhi balungele ukuhlangana noJesu.
Kodwa izikhathi nezinkathi, bazalwane, anidingi ukuba nginilobele. Ngoba niyazi kahle ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luyeza njengesela ebusuku. Ngoba lapho bethi, Ukuthula nokuphepha; Ngemuva kwalokho ukubhujiswa okungazelelwe kuyeza phezu kwabo, njengosizi kowesifazane onengane; futhi ngeke baphunyuke. Kodwa wena, bazalwane, awekho ebumnyameni, lolo suku lunifice njengesela. Ninazonke nina bantwana bokukhanya, kanye nezingane zosuku: Asisekho ubusuku, noma ubumnyama. Ngakho-ke ake silale, njengabanye; Kepha ake sibuke futhi sibe nesizotha. Kwabalala ebusuku; Futhi labo abadakwa badakwa ebusuku. Kepha ake, Obani usuku, Yiba nesisindo, Ukubeka isivikelo sesifuba sokholo nothando; kanye nesigqoko sokuzivikela, ithemba lensindiso. Ngokuba uNkulunkulu akasimiselanga ulaka, kodwa ukuthola insindiso ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, Owasifela, lokho, noma sivuka noma silele, kufanele sihlale naye. Ngakho-ke duduzanani kanyekanye, futhi nakhane, njengoba nani nenza.
1 Thesalonika 5:1-11
Msindisi womhlaba
Umhlaba uyabola futhi ukungcola nobumnyama kwanda. Sonke Asizungezile, sibona ukufiphala kwezindinganiso nezindinganiso zokuziphatha. Imithetho, ezisekelwe kakhulu eBhayibhelini (IZwi LikaNkulunkulu), zivumelaniswa nomoya waleli zwe; Umoya Womphikukristu, obusa kubantwana bokungalaleli; abantwana bobumnyama, abangabasebusuku.
Lokhu kwenzeka nasemasontweni amaningi, lapho ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu neZwi laKhe kungcoliswa futhi kuxutshwe nokuhlakanipha, ulwazi, kanye nombono wabantu benyama kanye nomhlaba, ophethe umoya womphikukristu.
Kuyisiphithiphithi esisodwa esikhulu, futhi akekho obonakala enesixazululo. Hhayi ngisho umphikukristu, ngubani oyakuvuka, lapho ithemba seliphelile futhi lapho kubonakala sengathi ayikho indlela yokuphuma.
Umphik'ukristu uzovela kubantu futhi enze sengathi uyakwazi ukuthola indlela yokuphuma obishini.. Umhlaba uyobheka umphikukristu njengomsindisi womhlaba. Kepha empeleni, lo muntu uzophefumulelwa futhi aholwe udeveli nombuso wobumnyama futhi uyomane enze izinto zibe zimbi nakakhulu.
UMsindisi kuphela, okwazi ukwenza ushintsho, nguJesu Kristu. Ezimpilweni zabantu, lapho uJesu Kristu amukelwa khona, ubumnyama buyobaleka nokuphila, ukukhanya, futhi ukuthula kuyobuyiselwa.
Okuwukuphela kwendlela eya kuBaba kungoJesu Kristu. Nguye kuphela iNdlela, iqiniso, Impilo, kanye nokuKhanya.
Wonke umphefumulo, okhishwa ebumnyameni futhi abuyisane noBaba ngoJesu Kristu, bayakuba ngabakuPhila nokukhanya esikhundleni sokufa nobumnyama futhi bayoba umntwana wemini esikhundleni somntwana wobusuku..
Ngoba kwesinye isikhathi ubumnyama, Kepha manje niyakhanya eNkosini: uhambe njengezingane zokukhanya: (Ukuze izithelo zoMoya zikubuhle bonke nokulunga neqiniso;) Ukufakazela ukuthi yini eyamukelekayo eNkosini. (Kwabase-Efesu 5:8-10)
Kodwa nina niyisizukulwane esikhethiweyo, ubupristi bobukhosi, isizwe esingcwele, abantu abangajwayelekile; ukuze nishumayele ubukhosi balowo owanibiza niphume ebumnyameni, ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okumangalisayo: Okwakudala kwakungesona isizwe, kodwa khathesi selingabantu bakaNkulunkulu: ababengahawukelwanga, kodwa khathesi selihawukelwe. (1 UPetru 2:9-10)
Ungavumeli ubumnyama bucime ukukhanya, kodwa gcina ukukhanya kwakho kukhanye
Yingakho ke, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuhlala nokuhlala Kuye, phaphama futhi ubuke futhi ukumelana nezilingo kadeveli futhi ningabi nanhlanganyelo nemisebenzi yobumnyama.
Ungazami ukuba umngane womhlaba, noma uguqule futhi usebenzise ukuhlakanipha, ulwazi, kanye nemibono yomhlaba empilweni yakho, ngoba lokho akusona isabelo sakho. Uma wenza lokhu, lapho-ke senivele niwele ogibeni lukasathane futhi niyengwa futhi nidukiswa amanga akhe. Ngoba uNkulunkulu uthi, ukuthi ukuhlakanipha nokwazi kwaleli zwe kungubuwula kuye.
Ungagxili kuwena kanye nombuso wakho, kodwa hlala ugxile kuJesu Kristu nasezintweni zoMbuso kaNkulunkulu.
Hlala kuYe, ukuze nenze imisebenzi emihle ngaye. Hlalani niwukukhanya kwaleli zwe, ukuze nizuzele uJesu Kristu imiphefumulo eminingi noMbuso wakhe. Ukuthi nikhiphe imiphefumulo eminingi emangeni kasathane nasemandleni obumnyama.
Lapho kukhanya khona, ubumnyama kumele bubaleke. Ngakho-ke, qiniseka ukuthi ukukhanya kwakho kuhlala kukhanya kuleli zwe elimnyama, futhi ungavumeli ubumnyama bucime ukukhanya kwakho.
‘Yibani usawoti womhlaba’
