KuMathewu 24:12-13, UJesu wathi, ukuze ngaphambi kokubuya Kwakhe ezinsukwini zokugcina uthando lwabaningi luyophola. Isizathu esikhulu esenza uthando lwabaningi luphole ukuthi ububi buyokwanda. Yilokhu impela, esikubona emhlabeni wethu namuhla, ukwanda kobubi.
Kusho ukuthini ukungalungi?
Ukungalungi kuhunyushwe egameni lesiGreki ‘uhlobo‘ (G458 (futhi ivela ku-G459)) kanye nezindlela: okusemthethweni, leyo, ukwephulwa komthetho noma (ngokujwayelekile) ububi: – ububi obukhona, X ukweqa (-ion kwe) umthetho, Ukungalungi
Uma singawugcini uMthetho kaMoya wokuphila; uma singawalaleli amazwi futhi Imiyalo kaJesu Kristu kodwa esikhundleni salokho senze esifuna ukukwenza futhi sihambe ngentando, izinkanuko nezifiso zenyama uthando lwethu luyophola.
Siyabona ukuthi amazwi kaJesu mayelana nothando oluyophola, ziyagcwaliseka kulezi zinsuku.
Ukwehla kokuziphatha
Uma sibheka umhlaba, sibona ushintsho ekuziphatheni nasekuziphatheni kwabantu. Abantu abaningi banobugovu futhi baziphilela bona futhi bangenzi”anginandaba nenhlalakahle yabanye abantu. Abazolile, isineke nenhlonipho, kanye nokuzithoba kuziphathimandla, kodwa ukucasuka kalula nokucasuka nokungahloniphi, nabahlubukayo nabangalaleli iziphathimandla.
Emindenini eminingi, sibona izingane ezihlubukayo, abangabathandi futhi abangabahloniphi abazali babo futhi abangafuni ukuzithoba kubo, kodwa bamelana nabazali babo futhi babavukele.
Siyabona ukuthi abazali bagxila kubo ngokwabo nasemisebenzini yabo nasenjabulweni yabo, esikhundleni sokuba khona ngempela kwabashade nabo nezingane futhi bakhulise izingane zabo othandweni futhi ukumesaba uJehova
Sibona amalungu omndeni angenandaba futhi anakekelana. Kukhona okuhlukile, kodwa emindenini eminingi, siyabona ukuthi uthando seluphole. Ngokushesha nje lapho othile enza okuthile, eziphikisana nentando yomunye umuntu, umuntu uyacasuka futhi athukuthele.
Abantu benza abakufunayo, esikhundleni sokudela intando yabo, izinkanuko zabo, izifiso zabo, kanye nezidingo zabo komunye umuntu.
Wonke umuntu umatasa, bezenzela izinto zabo. Abekho abantu abaningi, abasebenzela abanye. Abanye bangase bacabange ukuthi basebenzela abanye, kodwa uma ubheka eduze, uzothola ukuthi basebenzela abanye kuphela ukuze bazuze bona futhi bazizwe belungile ngabo.
Kodwa ubani ozimisele ngokunikela ngempilo yakhe, ukukhonza uJesu nokusebenzela abanye?
Futhi ngenxa yokuthi ububi buyovama, Uthando lwabaningi luyobanda. Kepha lowo uyakukhuthazela kuze kube sekupheleni, okufanayo kuzosindiswa (Mathewu 24:12-13)
Ububi bungangena kanjani empilweni yamaKristu?
Ngisho nasebandleni ububi budlangile ezimpilweni zabantu, abazibiza ngamaKristu. Ububi bungangena empilweni yamaKristu ngokusebenzisa:
- Izimfundiso zamanga lokho kufundisa, Ngokwesibonelo, umusa wamanga nokuthi kulungile ukona, ukuthi ningenza noma yini eniyithandayo, ngokuba anisephansi komthetho, kodwa niphansi komusa (AmaRoma 6:15).
- Umoya wezwe
- Ifilosofi yempilo, which stands for absolute individual freedom (free-spirit)
Inqubo yokungcweliswa
In today’s church, there is a lack of desire among Christians to become transformed into the image of Christ and to walk in holiness and righteousness according to the Word of God.
Emasontweni amaningi sin is tolerated and accepted. Sin is no longer considered evil but sin is considered normal and part of life.
The terms ‘love of God’ and the ‘grace of God’ are used to make sinning approved.
Ngenxa yalokho, many Christians live in sin and are transgressors of the Law of the Spirit of life. They are seated in darkness instead of the light and are spiritually blind.
When we look at the Bible and look at what God means with love, we can conclude that we have driven far off the truth.
God’s definition of love is so different than our definition of love.
When we say that evil things are good and alright to do and accept them, while God says that they are evil and not alright and oppose His will, then the love of God is not present in our lives.
If we disobey God and don’t walk according to His Word, then we walk in iniquity and sin. When we walk in iniquity and in sin, we don’t belong to Him and don’t know Him and we certainly don’t walk in love, as so many people believe they are.
What is true love?
True love is being obedient to God and keeping His commandments, because you love God with all your heart, umphefumulo, ingqondo, namandla. When you obey His words and keep His commandments and do what He says, you please God and show that you love Him through your works.
Many Christians say, that God’s words, commandments and Law are outdated and not valid and applicable anymore. But the people that say this are false Christians. They are not born of God and don’t belong to God and don’t know Him at all.
They are wrong, because the Bible says, that God is the same, izolo, namuhla, naphakade. Therefore God’s will never change. That’s why God is trustworthy and we can trust in God and His Word. God’s commandments and the moral part of the law, which originates from His nature and reveals His will, are still valid.
We are not saved by our works, we are saved by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. But as soon as we become sons of God (lokhu kusebenza kokubili abesilisa nabesifazane) ngokholo nokuzalwa kabusha kuKristu, we shall no longer live after the flesh, kodwa ngoMoya.
We shall walk in love and obey the Father and keep His commandments and do His will.
As sons of God, we walk in righteousness and please the Father, instead of walking in sin and pleasing ourselves and our previous father the devil (the father of fallen man)..
But why is it, that so many times, we do our best to please people and to win people for ourselves and be accepted by the people? Because we are afraid of rejection. We are afraid of losing them or that they won’t like us.
Hhayi-ke, it is better to lose a person, than to lose God and His favor. It’s better to be denied by friends, Amalungu omndeni, uzakwabo, mangale, njll. than to be denied by Jesus Christ.
We should love our God, with all our heart, ingqondo, umphefumulo, namandla, above everything and everyone else. It is the first commandment, which God and Jesus gave us.
Leaving God’s commandments
If we don’t obey and keep His commandments, we shall walk in iniquity and sin. When we walk after the flesh in iniquity and sin, we show that we don’t love God. You can say that you love God, but your actions speak louder than words. Your actions will prove if you really love God or not.
If you don’t love God, you can’t love your fellow-man, because the real love of God is not present in your life.
That’s why the love of many shall wax cold. Because many people left God and left His words amd commandments.
They do what pleases them and walk according to their own will, izinkanuko, and desires instead of God’s commandments.
UJesu uthi: Lowo onemiyalo Yami, futhi uyazigcina, nguyena ongithandayo: futhi ongithandayo uyothandwa nguBaba waMi, futhi ngizomthanda, futhi ngizozibonakalisa Mina kuye (UJohane 14:21)
Uma nigcina imiyalo Yami, niyakuhlala othandweni lwami; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, futhi bahlale othandweni lwakhe (UJohane 15:10)
Uma nje ugcina imiyalo yakhe, you will stay in His love. When we look at the commandments of God and the commandments of Jesus, we see that the commandents of Jesus are exactly the same as the commandments of God, because Jesus did the will of His Father on earth. Empeleni, Jesus even gave us more commandments and sharpened the commandments of God.
Uma sibheka impilo kaJesu, we see that Jesus only wanted one thing and that was to do the will of the Father. Jesus fully surrendered and submitted Himself and His will to His Father’s will.
If we want to follow Jesus, we should follow His example. We should do the same and crucify our own will and surrender and submit ourselves to Him. We should ask ourselves: what does Jesus want me to do? Do I live in His will? Do I really walk in His commandments?
Keeping God’s commandments
When we walk in His commandments, we will stay and walk in His love. When we stay and walk in His love, then we shall bear the fruit of love.
We shall be longsuffering,we shall be kind, we shall not envy, we shall not vaunt, not be puffed up, not behave unseemly, not seek ourselves, not be provoked, not think evil, we shall not rejoice in iniquity but rejoice in the truth.
We shall bear all things, we shall believe all things, we shall hope all things, we shall endure all things and we shall keep the commandments of Jesus.
When we don’t keep His commandments, we will not keep His (ngokomoya) law and therefore we shall walk in lawlessness (ububi obukhona) kanye nesono.
Lowo owenza isono weqa nomthetho: ngoba isono ukwephula umthetho
1 UJohane 3:4
In the last days, Uthando lwabaningi luyobanda
If we do not keep His commandments, we sin. Khumbula, what we sow in the flesh, we shall also reap of the flesh, and love is not a fruit of the flesh. Therefore if we remain carnal and walk after the flesh, the love of God shall not be present in our lives and the love of many shall wax cold.
Jesus commanded us to endure till the end. We should keep walking in His commandments and not depart from them, not even a little, so that the love of God shall abound in our lives until the end. A love that doesn’t compromise with sin, but separates from sin. Let us be on our guard and prevent that the love shall wax cold (Funda futhi: The love and the grace of God don’t compromise with sin‘).
“Yiba usawoti womhlaba”
