KuMathewu 16:18, UJesu wakhuluma ngeBandla Lakhe namasango esihogo. Jesus not only promised that He would build His Church upon the testimony of Peter, okwenzeka ngosuku lwePentekosti, Kepha uJesu wathembisa ukuthi amasango esihogo ngeke anqobe isonto lakhe. What are the gates of hell and how shall the gates of hell not prevail against the Church of Jesus Christ according to the Bible?
What authority has Jesus Christ in heaven and on earth?
Jesus has the highest authority in heaven and earth. The Father gave His Son Jesus this position and the power after His sufferings, ukufa, ukubusa, and ascension.
Lapho uJesu efa esiphambanweni futhi wathatha zonke izono nobubi bezwe phezu kwakhe, Jesus entered Hell (IHayidesi). Nokho, Ukufa bekungaqinile ngokwanele ukugcina uJesu lapho. Ngemva 3 izinsuku, Jesus rose from the dead and left by the power of God and left an empty tomb.
Ngokufa kwakhe, Jesus overcame the devil that had the power of death (amaHebheru 2:14). UJesu wanqoba ukufa futhi wabuyisa ngokusemthethweni okhiye besihogo nokufa.
Jesus is seated in heaven on the right hand of the Father and has the highest authority in heaven and on earth.
Ungufakazi othembekile, Owokuqala Wabafileyo, nesikhulu samakhosi omhlaba. (IsAmbulo 1:5).
UJesu nguye Head of His Church (the assembly of born-again believers that are His witnesses on earth).
As long as the Church is seated in Christ and stays in Him, His Church has the highest authority on earth. This means that the Church has power over hell and death, umbuso kaSathane (ubumnyama).
ISonto likaJesu Kristu liyinhlangano engokomoya enamandla kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Amasango esihogo ngeke anqobe umzimba kaJesu Kristu; iBandla.
Leli iqiniso, Futhi yile ndlela okufanele ngabe yiyo.
Kepha kwenzeka kanjani, that many times we don’t see this truth manifesting in the natural? How come that satanic powers have free rein in the church and prevail against local churches? Yini okufanele yenziwe amaKristu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amasango esihogo ngeke anqobe isonto ngokweBhayibheli?
The Church is an Embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth
The Church must acknowledge that the Church is the embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. She is the assembly of believers, Obani azalwe kabusha in Christ by water and Spirit. The Church is the connection on earth between people and the Kingdom of Heaven.
The assembly of Jesus Christ represents God’s spiritual power and Kingdom on earth.
The Church is an Embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven that is appointed and founded on earth and acts on behalf of Jesus Christ in His authority and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
UJesu nguye Inhloko yesonto. Yena (iZwi) controls the Church through the Holy Spirit Who dwells in the born-again believers.
Isonto Elingenalukholo
ISonto LikaJesu Kristu lingokomoya futhi laliholwa futhi lilawulwa yiZwi noMoya oNgcwele. Without the Word and the Holy Spirit, the church is nothing more than a (social) humanistic organization that is spiritually dead.
Ngaphandle kweZwi noMoya oNgcwele, the church is carnal and a worldly organization that is controlled and led by carnal knowledge, ukuhlakanipha, and methods of this world (human wisdom, amafilosofi, namasu) and uses natural means. The church will be controlled through the flesh by the darkness instead of through the Spirit by the Light.
Isonto le-carnal lihamba ngemuva kwenyama futhi liholwa izinzwa zalo, imizwelo, imizwa, nobuhlakani. The people shall be the center of the church instead of Jesus. Ngakho-ke, the church focuses on pleasing people instead of pleasing Jesus Christ and glorifying the Father.
Isonto lizohlala ezintweni zalo mhlaba futhi lilandele imimoya (ukuthambekela) waleli zwe. The carnal church shall tolerate sin and Shintsha amagama kaNkulunkulu ezinkanukweni, izifiso, imizwa, intando, nezimpilo zabantu.
The church shall resist and rebel against the Truth of God and defile the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world (ubumnyama).
The church shall not be occupied with the things of the Kingdom of God and shall not instruct and correct Christians in the Bible, so that they get to know the will of God and adjust their lives to the Word and will of God, futhi ukhulele abe ngamadodana kaNkulunkulu avuthiwe (lokhu kusebenza kokubili abesilisa nabesifazane), abaphilela izimpilo ezingcwele nezilungile. But the church shall be occupied with death works that are done by the flesh.
Isonto elingenalukholo yi-carnal futhi lisebenza endaweni ebonakalayo
Isonto lenyama alinasisekelo futhi lisebenza endaweni engokomzimba esikhundleni sendawo engokomoya. Yize isonto linolwazi oluningi lwekhanda lenyama kanye nama-trust emqondweni wakhe, ufile ngokomoya nangokomoya. Ngenxa yalokho, the spirits of this world can easily enter the church through the lives of people and take their place without any resistance from the church leaders.
Isonto lizozama ukuthatha igunya emandleni amabi obumnyama kepha azohluleka. That’s because the believers that are the church are dominated and controlled by the same powers of darkness, abafuna ukubusa futhi bathathe igunya ngaphezulu.
Isonto lenyama alikwazi ukuthatha isikhundla salo endaweni engokomoya. It’s even dangerous when a carnal church tries to enter the spiritual realm, because the church will enter the spiritual realm out of the soul instead of the Spirit. Lokhu kusho, that they are not protected in Christ.
Ngaphandle kokuvikelwa nguJesu Kristu, the church shall be overwhelmed by the evil powers of darkness.
This becomes visible in the natural realm by the fruit that the church (Amakholwa) bears, the teachings and decisions that are made in the church that oppose the will of God and His Word.
When shall the gates of hell prevail against the Church?
The gates of hell shall prevail against the Church when the church abandons the Word and becomes worldly and tolerates sin in the church. Ngesono, the devil and hell take dominion over the church and control the church.
Amasango amelela ukungena, isiphathimandla, amandla, ukubusa, ukuhlakanipha, neseluleko. ETestamenteni Elidala, we read that the elders of a city were gathered in the gates to give counsel and to make important decisions. Lapho isonto linqanyulwa egameni, Bese kuthi ngesono, amasango esihogo ayakunqoba isonto.
This means that the church shall be inspired by the kingdom of darkness and operate in the occult power of darkness. The church shall speak and do those things that contradict the Word of God and His will.
Yini isonto elithembekile?
A faithful church is a church that is spiritual and stays faithful to Jesus Christ; Igama eliphilayo noMoya oNgcwele. The faithful church walks according to the Law of Christ in His authority and has dominion over the host of darkness and brings the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
Amasango esihogo ayoba nesonto elithembekile?
Cha, amasango esihogo ngeke anqobe isonto elithembekile, because the faithful church is spiritual and takes her position in Christ in this world and stands her ground. Impilo ibusa esikhundleni sokufa.
The church takes authority and reigns spiritually over areas and claims territories and souls for the Kingdom of God. The church shall claim and save as many souls as possible from the hands of the devil, Ngubani isikhulu saleli zwe.
Futhi ngithi nakuwe, Ukuthi wena unguPeter, naphezu kwalelidwala ngizokwakha isonto lami; amasango esihogo ngeke anqobe lokho (Mathewu 16:18)
In churches where the Holy Spirit is present in the lives of Christians, the people who live in sin and are devoted to sin will be confronted with their sins. That’s because the Holy Spirit reproves the world of sin (Oh. UJohane 16:8-11).
Lapho uMoya oNgcwele ebakhuza ngezono zabo nangesimo sabo esidliwe, they have two options:
They can decide to phenduka ezonweni zabo, turn their lives to Jesus Christ to serve and follow Him, or to continue living in sin and stay obedient to the devil and serve him.
That’s why the church should take her place in Christ, emoyeni, ezindaweni zasezulwini. The church must reign from that position and protect the church against all the evil forces of darkness.
The church should be guided by the Word and the Holy Spirit, so that the world will be reproved of sin.
The importance of knowing the Word
Umhlangano kaJesu Kristu kumele wazi izwi nentando kaNkulunkulu, so that the congregation will walk by faith and can pray according to the will of God and intercede not only for the believers, but also for the people who don’t know Jesus, kanye nemizana, amadolobha, kanye namazwe futhi babafune ngombuso kaNkulunkulu.
Kuphela lapho isonto lithatha isikhundla salo ngoMoya futhi liholwa yiZwi noMoya oNgcwele, shall the church know and recognize its enemy.
The works of the devil and hell shall become visible by the Word. The devil shall come and try to enter as an angel of light through the lives of Christians. Kepha uma isonto libona imimoya, the church shall close the spiritual gates for the devil and his demons, ukuze bangakwazi ukungena esontweni.
UJesu unalo lonke igunya emazulwini nasemhlabeni
UJesu unalo lonke igunya emazulwini nasemhlabeni, Futhi unikeze lonke igunya esontweni lakhe, Umzimba wakhe. Now it’s up to Christians what they do with this responsibility, isiphathimandla, and power on this earth.
Futhi ubeke zonke izinto ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe, futhi wamnika ukuba abe yiNhloko phezu kwakho konke ebandleni, Okuwumzimba wakhe, ukugcwala kwakhe ogcwalisa konke kukho konke
Kwabase-Efesu 1:22-23
Kusho ukuthini amasango esihogo ngeke anqobe isonto?
If we stay faithful to Jesus Christ and remain in Him, then the gates shall not prevail against the Church. We should build the church upon the Rock and not only be hearers of the Word, kodwa abenzi beZwi. This means that we keep His words, Khuluma amazwi akhe, and be doers of His words, and represent Jesus Christ and do what He commanded us to do. (i.e. Mathewu 28:18-19, Maka 16:15-18, UJohane 20:23).
Kuphela lapho sihlala eZwini lakhe, amasango esihogo amelela uMbuso kaDeveli, ngekehlula.
That’s the promise that Jesus gave to His Church (the assembly of born-again believers that walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh).
Jesus knew the devil and He knew what His work on the cross and His resurrection from the dead would cause.
UJesu wayazi ukuthi uDeveli uzothukuthela uma uJesu ethatha lonke igunya kuDeveli.
Ngakho-ke, Jesus knew that the devil would try anything to attack His body, His church, and destroy His body.
Kungakho uJesu anikela isonto izwi lakhe nesithembiso sakhe, that as long as we stay in Him the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church.
Ukuhlaselwa kukaDeveli nesihogo esontweni
The devil knows how dangerous a living, victorious church is that is faithful to God and walks after the Spirit in the authority of Jesus Christ. A church that doesn’t focus on entertaining and pleasing people and their carnal enrichment and prosperity, focuses on Jesus Christ and the mission of the Kingdom of God.
UDeveli akafuni ukuba uMbuso wakhe ubhujiswe. That’s why the devil has one mission, and that is to extinguish the Light.
He wants to spiritually eliminate every local church in every city. The devil succeeds in eliminating local churches by cutting them off from the power Source and connecting them to himself. Ngale ndlela, the church has no authority and power and is seated in darkness, operating from the power of darkness.
How does the devil cut off the church from the power Source?
The devil cuts off the Church from the power Source by removing the words of God and the testimony of Jesus the Christ, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo, okuyi foundation of the Church and replaces them with worldly knowledge and wisdom of man.
The devil wants to build the church upon human knowledge and powers. Because the devil knows that without Jesus; iZwi, Isonto alinawo amandla nhlobo. Ngaphandle kwalokho, it will ensure that Christians shall depart from the Word and keep living in sin.
Isono sinikeza ukufinyelela futhi Amandla kuDeveli nesihogo. Lapho isonto liyabekezelela futhi livumela isono, Amandla amaningi azonikezwa uDeveli nangombuso wakhe.
Uma nje amaKhristu ahlala esonweni, umbuso wobumnyama; UDeveli nesihogo, have power and dominion over their lives. Ngenxa yalokho, UDeveli unamandla phezu kwesonto.
Isonto Phila ebumnyameni futhi ilawulwe amandla obumnyama futhi iholwa ukuhlakanipha nolwazi lwaleli zwe kanye nezambulo zamanga. Lokhu kuhlakanipha nolwazi lomhlaba kanye nalezi zambulo zamanga zihlubuka eZwini nentando kaNkulunkulu.
Kwenzekani lapho amasango esihogo enqoba isonto?
Abeluleki bombuso wobumnyama bayakukhuthaza abaholi bebandla ukuze bakhohliswe futhi baphambuke eZwini nendlela yokuphila engcwele. The church thinks she is inspired by the Holy Spirit and that she lives in freedom. But the truth is that she is bound by hell.
The lifestyle of carnal Christians gives access to the devil and hell. They will be inspired by the evil spirits of darkness and follow up their counsel. Ngenxa yalokho, Christians become lukewarm and tolerant.
The church shall no longer intercede for the people and guard the spiritual gates of the church, but shall leave the gates wide open for sin and death to enter.
They think that they are merciful and walk in love by being tolerant to people and by allowing pagan religions and philosophies and allowing sin. Nokho, the truth is that they are workers of iniquity and servants of the devil.
Ngenxa yalokhu kuziphatha komuntu, the Body of Christ is affected by sin and death. Isono sanda njengomdlavuza emzimbeni.
Everything that takes place in the spiritual world will eventually become visible in the church, in the lives of Christians.
Ngakho-ke, if the gates of hell have prevailed against the church, this becomes visible in the lives of the members of the church and the fruit they bear.
A lukewarm church that walks in sin
They shall persevere in sin and live in rebellion against the Word and grieve the Holy Spirit. Bayoba lufudumele futhi balale ngokomoya. Ulimi lwabo luyakuba yithuluzi likaDeveli futhi luzosetshenziselwa umbuso wakhe.
Bazophila njengomhlaba, khalaza, futhi be unforgiving. Ngeke bajabule, ecindezelekile, kwehle ngokwesaba, ukuzidabukela, ukwenqaba, nokuzibulala (imicabango). Bahlukanise, niphambani nokunye ukungcola kocansi nokuhlanekezela, futhi bayothintwe ukugula, okuholela ekufeni.
Lapho lezi zinto zenzeka esontweni noma ebandleni, Akuyena uNkulunkulu noma uJesu’ iphutha. Kepha kuyiphutha lesonto, Lokho akuzange kuhlale kuthembekile futhi kuthembekile eZwini noMoya oNgcwele, but are led astray and entered self-chosen paths. Isonto libeke izeluleko zezwe ngaphezu kweseluleko seNkosi. (Funda futhi: Yeka ukusola uNkulunkulu).
Ngakho-ke, let the church of Jesus Christ repent and renounce sin, nge Ukususa isono kusuka phakathi kwakhe. Lokhu kusho, ukuthi isonto ngeke lizivumele ukuholwa izinzwa zalo zenyama, imizwa, imizwelo, ukucabanga, nokuqonda (inyama). Kepha ukuthi isonto lizoholwa yiZwi noMoya oNgcwele.
Isibopho seSonto likaJesu Kristu
If there are members in the church who don’t live according to the Word and do things that go against the will of God, then it’s the church’s responsibility and task to confront the person. Ukuze umuntu akwazi ukuphenduka esonweni ngobufakazi beZwi.
Nokho, if the person is not willing to repent, then it’s the responsibility of the church to remove the person from the church and deliver the person to satan.
Lokhu kungazwakala kukhahlo, Kepha kuyadingeka. Ngoba ngesono somuntu, UDeveli nesihogo bazongena esontweni futhi bathinte izimpilo zabanye abakholwayo. Kungakho kubaluleke kakhulu ukususa isono emzimbeni kaKristu.
Ukugcina
Vumela ibandla libuyele eZwini, Susa izono nobubi phakathi kwakhe, futhi uthathe isikhundla sakhe kuJesu Kristu. So that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church. Kepha ukuthi isonto liba yisonto eliphilayo nesonto elinqobayo, lokho kuhlale kuJesu Kristu.
Uma ufuna ukufunda kabanzi ngamaqhinga kaDeveli nokuhlaselwa kwakhe esontweni, Ungafunda okuthunyelwe okulandelayo kwebhulogi ngokuchofoza kwizixhumanisi:
- ISonto leWorld lilungiselelwe Umphik'ukristu
- Izimfundiso Zibulala Isonto Kangakanani Isonto; uMzimba kaKristu
- Ingabe uJesu waphonswa esontweni?
- Ibandla lihlezi ebumnyameni
- Kwenzenjani bandla?
- Ubabona kanjani abaprofethi bamanga?
- Abefundisi abaningi bahola izimvu ziye kwalasha
- Amandla kasathane asetshenziswa yisono
- Izimpisi ezingutsheni zezimvu zidala usizi
‘Yibani usawoti womhlaba’
