Ukubeka izandla ngokuzumayo akekho umuntu onencazelo ehlukile kunaleyo ecatshangwa amaKristu amaningi. Ezincwadini eziya kuThimothewu, UPawulu wanikeza imiyalelo ecacile mayelana nesakhiwo nokuziphatha kwebandla. Ku 1 UThimothewu 5:22, UPawulu wayala uThimothewu ukuba angabeki izandla kumuntu ngokuzumayo. Wayesho ukuthini uPawulu ngokubeka izandla kungazelele muntu, because Jesus commanded believers to lay hands on the sick and they would recover? Does the Bible contradict Itself concerning the laying on of hands? Cha, iBhayibheli aliziphikisi futhi alisoze laziphikisa. IZwi LikaNkulunkulu Liyiqiniso; ngakho-ke, the Bible is reliable and trustworthy. Nokho, kufanele ufunde imiBhalo ngendlela efanele. Manje, let’s have a look at what Paul meant by not to lay hands suddenly on no man.
Okushiwo ukubeka izandla ngokuzumayo akukho muntu eBhayibhelini?
Uma sifunda 1 UThimothewu 5:22 esimweni esifanele, singaphetha ngokuthi 1 UThimothewu 5:22 akuhlangene nokubekwa kwezandla phezu kwabagulayo. Njengoba kulotshiwe ngaphambili, Jesus commanded believers to lay hands on the sick. UPawulu walandela uMoya ngokulalela iZwi. UPawulu wayengeke neze aphikisane neZwi futhi angalaleli iZwi, kodwa qinisa iZwi.
KuThimothewu 5:22 UPawulu akazange akhulume ngabagulayo, but Paul spoke about an elder that had sinned. Lesi sono saqinisekiswa ngofakazi ababili noma abathathu. (Funda futhi: Why did Timothy have ukukhuza umdala owonayo phambi kwabantu bonke ebandleni?)
Kungazelelwe beka izandla phezu komuntu, futhi ungahlanganyeli ezonweni zabanye abantu: zigcine uhlanzekile (1 UThimothewu 5:22)
Lapho uPawulu eyala uThimothewu ukuba angabeki izandla umuntu ngokuxhamazela, UPawulu wayesho ukuthi uThimothewu akufanele ajahe kakhulu:
- Gcoba noma ubeke ikholwa njengomdala ebandleni (ukubuthana)
- Phinda ugcobe noma ubuyisele umdala emsebenzini, owayenze isono
People are ordained in ministry through the laying on of hands
A person was ordained as servant in ministry and put into position in the church through the custom of laying on of hands. Siphinde safunda lokhu eNcwadini yeZenzo:
Leli zwi laba mnandi kuso sonke isixuku: futhi bakhetha uStefanu, indoda egcwele ukholo kanye loMoya oNgcwele, kanye noFiliphu, kanye neProchorus, kanye noNicanor, kanye noThimoni, kanye neParmenas, noNicolas umproselithe wase-Antiyokiya: Ababeka phambi kwabaphostoli: kwathi sebekhulekile, babeka izandla phezu kwabo (IzEnzo 6:5-6)
Njengoba bekhonza uJehova, futhi wazila ukudla, kusho uMoya oNgcwele, Ngahlukaniseleni oBarnaba noSawulu baye emsebenzini engibabizele kuwo. Sebezile ukudla bakhuleka, basebebeka izandla phezu kwabo, babamukisa (IzEnzo 13:2-3)
Timothy could not reinstate a sinning elder too hastily in the church through the laying on of hands.
He had to be sure that the person was profitable to function as an elder and to be an example and spiritual leader to the believers.
Timothy had to be certain that a person was godly, egcwele ukholo noMoya oNgcwele, futhi wahamba elandela uMoya ngokweZwi.
An elder had to walk righteously and live a holy life and be an example to the believers. Umdala wayengakwazi ukuhamba elandela inyama phakathi ukuhlubuka kuNkulunkulu Esonweni.
Inxusa loMbuso kaNkulunkulu lingahamba kanjani lilandela inyama esonweni?
Inxusa loMbuso kaNkulunkulu lingahamba kanjani ngasikhathi sinye embusweni wobumnyama futhi limele ubumnyama ngokulandela inyama esonweni?
Uma uThimothewu ayengamisa umuntu owonayo njengomdala noma abuyisele umdala owonayo, khona-ke uThimothewu wayezoba a umhlanganyeli wesono.
This spiritual law applied to the church then, and this spiritual law still applies to the church today. Sin means rebellion against God and disobedience to His Word.
Lapho uzalwa ngokusha kuKristu futhi ube isidalwa esisha, awuseyona indalo endala, ophila esimweni sakhe sokuwa kanye nemvelo yakhe yenyama ehlubukayo. You’re redeemed from your sinful rebellious nature that always resists God and rebels against the words of God.
Ngakho-ke, if you really have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, ngeke usahlubuka.
Indalo entsha ithanda uNkulunkulu ngaphezu kwakho konke
Lapho uzalwa kabusha kabusha, ungahlubuki uNkulunkulu neZwi laKhe, ngenxa yokuguqulwa kwemvelo yakho. Uzothobela iZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi umlalele. Because you don’t want to do anything that displeases God, defile the church, futhi kulimaze noma kulimaze uMbuso kaNkulunkulu.
Ofuna ukukwenza nje ukujabulisa nokuphakamisa uNkulunkulu. Yilokho isifiso inhliziyo entsha yendalo entsha, othanda uNkulunkulu ngaphezu kwakho konke.
Manje, uma ufuna ukujabulisa futhi uphakamise uJesu Kristu noYise, uyakholwa futhi ulalele amazwi kaJesu, gcina imiyalo yakhe, futhi enze intando yaKhe.
You will do what He wants you to do and what He commanded you to do.
Ukuzalwa kabusha kusho uBaba omusha, inhliziyo entsha, imvelo entsha, isikhundla esisha, a new life, and a new Kingdom.
Yize uhlala kulomhlaba, awusiye owalomhlaba kanye nesizukulwane somuntu owile (Indalo endala) yini.
Uyi-a indalo entsha futhi bangabakaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, you obey God and His Word.
Nenza lokho akushoyo, anikwenzi okwezwe nombusi walo mhlaba (usathane) isho. Khumbula, you will obey the person you believe in and love.
UThimothi wayazi kanjani uma umuntu ephila impilo engcwele?
There were two ways to judge whether someone was living a holy and sanctified life:
- Ngokuhlukanisa imimoya, ngoMoya oNgcwele
- By looking at the fruit of a person’s life (kuhlanganise nokuphila komkhaya)
Umuntu angaba qotho kakhulu futhi abe nomusa ekubukekeni kwakhe futhi enze izinto ezilungile ngokwenkolo phambi kwabantu, kodwa ngokushesha nje lapho kungekho bantu eduze nalapho kungekho muntu obhekayo, umuntu wenza izinto ekusithekeni eziphambene nentando kaNkulunkulu.
Umuntu angaphila uhlobo oluthilekufihliwe ukuphila okumbaxa-mbili. Esimweni esinjalo, uMoya oNgcwele kuphela ongambula imisebenzi nenhliziyo yomuntu. UMoya oNgcwele uyakutshela, uma umuntu eqotho ngempela njengoba eziveza noma cha.
UNkulunkulu unamandla futhi ubona yonke into
UNkulunkulu unamandla futhi ubona yonke into! Nothing is hidden from God. God reveals every dark, hidden place in someone’s life. Lapho abantu becabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu akakuboni abakwenzayo, it only proves that they don’t know God or the Word; uJesu.
UMoya oNgcwele uyakwazi okungaphakathi enhliziyweni yomuntu. Nguye yedwa owembula lezozinto, ezifihliwe emehlweni emvelo yomuntu. Kungakho sidinga uMoya oNgcwele ezimpilweni zethu futhi simlalele. Ukuze sibe namehlo omoya futhi sihlukanise imimoya.
Abefundisi abaningi ebandleni balandela inyama
Lapho abantu begcotshwa enkonzweni futhi benza isono noma bephikelela esonweni, kukhombisa ukuthi izikhonzi ezona azihambi ngokukaMoya kodwa zihamba ngokwenyama. Ngoba uma izikhonzi zihamba ngoMoya, kabayikugcwalisa inkanuko yenyama lesono (KwabaseGalathiya 5:16).
Inyama kanye nazo zonke izinkanuko nezinkanuko isifile kuKristu ngakho inyama ayisaphili. Lokhu kusho ukuthi uma abefundisi bebandla benza imisebenzi yenyama, kufakazela ukuthi inyama yabo ayifanga kuKristu kodwa isaphila. (Funda futhi: Kusho ukuthini ukona kwabaholi besonto ngabo?).
Hambani ngoMoya, futhi aniyikufeza inkanuko yenyama
KwabaseGalathiya 5:16
Umfundisi owonayo unenhliziyo embi yokungakholwa
Ngaphandle kokufakazela ukuthi umfundisi ulandela inyama, it shows that the person doesn’t fear the Lord but is prideful and that there is evil in the heart of the person.
Ngoba ngaphakathi, enhliziyweni yabantu, qhubeka imicabango emibi, ukuphinga, ubufebe, ukubulala, ubusela, ukuhaha, ububi, inkohliso, ukuxega, iso elibi, ukuhlambalaza, ukuziqhenya, ubuwula: Zonke lezi zinto ezimbi zivela ngaphakathi, futhi ungcolise indoda (Maka 7:21-23)
Qaphela, bazalwane, funa kube nanoma ngubani kini inhliziyo embi yokungakholelwa, Ekusukeni KuNkulunkulu Ophilayo. Kepha khuthazane nsuku zonke, Ngenkathi ibizelwa usuku; funa noma ngubani kini abe lukhuni ngokukhohlisa kwesono (amaHebheru 3:12-14)
Umfundisi webandla unezibopho kuNkulunkulu, uJesu, uMoya oNgcwele, namaKristu.
Ngakho-ke, isikhonzi kufanele siphile impilo engcwele ezinikele kuNkulunkulu.
Uma umfundisi engaphili impilo engcwele, kodwa ngasese wenza isono, bese kuba yibandla lonke (ukubuthana) becomes a partaker of the minister’s sin.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, uma isikhonzi sihlala esonweni, kufakazela ukuthi udeveli usenegunya phezu kwempilo yakhe. The minister is a isigqila sikaSathane and of sin, esikhundleni senceku kaKristu neyokulunga.
Abefundisi kufanele bagcine ibandla; umzimba kaJesu Kristu uhlanzekile
UThimothewu wayengumlindisango webandla; Umzimba kaKristu. Umsebenzi wakhe kwakuwukugcina umzimba kaKristu uhlanzekile futhi ungcwele futhi avimbele umzimba kunoma yikuphi ukungcola. Yingakho uPawulu ayala uThimothewu ukuba angabeki izandla kumuntu ngokuzumayo. Lokhu kusho ukungenzi (kabusha)gcoba noma ubuyisele othile emsebenzini ngokushesha okukhulu.
Paul knew that there would be a considerable chance that after a while, umuntu angaphinda aphinde awele esonweni esifanayo kanye/noma enze esinye isono.
Isiphambano sisho ukuvalelisa enyameni; the sinful, rebellious nature that won’t submit to the will of God.
UPawulu wayala uThimothewu ukuba angabeki muntu ngokuzumayo. What Paul commanded Timothy to do still applies to the church today.
Kusho ukuthini ukubeka izandla ngokuzumayo eBandleni Lanamuhla?
In today’s church, leaders should not be too hasty to lay hands and appoint or re-ordain or reinstate someone that committed sin or still walks in sin. Nor should church leaders be too hasty to ordain someone in ministry that is a new convert.
Vumela ukuguqulwa okusha, okokuqala nje, zikhuze futhi zivuthwe ngokomoya. Vumela osanda kuphenduka enze izinto uJesu ayala wonke amakholwa ukuba azenze, okuwukushumayela ivangeli likaJesu Kristu; iZwi, beka izandla phezu kwabagulayo, khipha amademoni, njll.
Namuhla, there are many ministers that fall into sin. Kwezinye izimo, umuntu uzoxoshwa futhi akhishwe enkonzweni isikhathi esifushane. Umholi owonayo uvuma izono zakhe, uyaphenduka noma asole omunye, futhi ngokushesha, umholi uzobuyiselwa esikhundleni.
Especially when the person is a family member or friend of the pastor, kwenye indawo, abaholi bebandla, ibhodi lesonto, njll.
Kodwa lena akuyona indlela iBhayibheli elisiyala ngayo ukuba siphathe umdala owonayo noma abanye abaholi bebandla.
Kulesi sikhathi, abantu babhekana kalula nesono. Basishalazela isono futhi basibheka njengesijwayelekile. Ngobani? AmaKristu amaningi anenyama futhi akholelwa amanga kadeveli futhi asebenzisa izaba eziningi ukuze avume isono. Bathi, “Sonke siyona, singa zonke izoni, Izikhathi zishintshile, siphila esikhathini esihlukile manje, Kufanele sithande futhi singalahli, UJesu wasitshela ukuthi singahluleli”, njll.
Kodwa zonke lezi zingamanga avela kuSathane! Ngenxa yalamanga, there are only a handful of Christians that long for a sanctified and holy life in Jesus Christ and a holy body.
Kungani amaKristu amaningi ebuyela esonweni esifanayo?
AmaKristu amaningi ayona, phenduka, futhi baqhubeke nempilo yabo. And in no time, they fall back into the same old sin. There is no true remorse anymore, futhi ngalokho, no true repentance. Ngoba uma bekukhona ukuzisola kwangempela nokuphenduka, AmaKhristu ngeke abuyele enkolweni efanayo kaninginingi.
Zingenyama futhi azithandi futhi zesabe iNkosi ngaphezu kwakho konke. Kunalokho, bayazithanda futhi (izinto nezinjabulo ze) Umhlaba. They want to do the will of the flesh and fulfill the lusts and desires of the flesh. Esikhundleni sokulawulwa nguMoya oNgcwele nokuhamba ngokulunga nokuzonda isono, balawulwa yimimoya yaleli zwe futhi bavumele isono futhi bahambe ngesono nobubi.
Abacabangi isono njengokubi nobugqila kuDeveli nokufa. They don’t acknowledge and recognize the spiritual cause of sin. Ngoba izimpande zesono zingokomoya hhayi okwenyama. Yingakho abantu bebuyela esonweni esidala esifanayo ngokuphindaphindiwe futhi bavumele imimoya engcolile ukuba ilawule izimpilo zabo.
Uma kunesono esikhona ebuholini bebandla, kakhulu kangakanani isono sizakuba khona empilweni yamaKrestu?
Siyini isono ngokwebhayibheli?
Njengoba kulotshiwe ngaphambili, sin is rebellion against God and disobedience to His Word. Kusho ukuthi ngeke ukholwe, thola, futhi ulandele amazwi Akhe futhi wenze amazwi Akhe empilweni yakho. Kunalokho, uyalungisa futhi uguqule amazwi Akhe ukuze afaneleke empilweni yakho futhi uphile impilo yakho, ukufeza intando yakho yenyama, izinkanuko, kanye nezifiso. Futhi yilokho okwenzeka emasontweni amaningi. Bashintsha futhi balungise iZwi likaNkulunkulu entandweni, izinkanuko, nezifiso zabantu.
Ukwazi lokhu, ungaphetha ngokuthi abaholi abaningi besonto nabavakashi besonto bahamba esonweni. Bahamba ngokuhlubuka kuNkulunkulu naseZwini laKhe. Ukuphila ngokwentando nemibono yabo, esikhundleni sentando kaNkulunkulu, nokubeka eyabo imithetho esikhundleni sokugcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu.
Bacabanga ukuthi bajabulisa uNkulunkulu. Kepha empeleni, bayathanda futhi bakhonze usathane, ngokuphika iZwi likaNkulunkulu nangokulungisa nokuguqula iZwi libe nolwazi lwalo mhlaba nasentandweni yenyama., isifiso, nezinkanuko zomuntu.
Many churches are not founded upon the Word, but upon the knowledge of this world and their own philosophies, Imibono, okutholakele, kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho. Kodwa ulwazi lwezwe nemibono yomuntu, okutholakele, futhi okuhlangenwe nakho akulenzi iqiniso futhi akuholeli abantu ekuphileni okuphakade.
IZwi likaNkulunkulu kuphela eliyilo futhi eliyohlala liyiQiniso futhi liholela ekuphileni okuphakade.
‘Yiba usawoti womhlaba’
