Ku 1 UThimothewu 5:20, UPawulu wabhala ngomdala owonayo ebandleni nokuthi yini okufanele yenziwe uma umdala ona. UPawulu wayala uThimothewu ukuba angakutholi ukumangalela umdala ngaphandle kokuba icala lisekelwe kofakazi ababili noma abathathu.. Only when the accusation was based upon two or three witnesses, Timothy had to rebuke the sinning elder before the congregation so that the fear of God would remain. Let’s look at what the Bible says about the spiritual meaning and purpose of rebuking a sinning elder publicly (before all in the church).
Kwenzekani ngomdala owonayo ebandleni namuhla?
Namhlanje, amaKristu amaningi ayengase acabange noma asho ngokushesha: “Yeka into enokhahlo futhi enonya ongayenza!”, “O, lowomuntu ompofu (omdala)! Akufanele sikwenze ngaleyo ndlela, ngoba lowomuntu ompofu kakade wahlupheka ngokona” noma “IBhayibheli lisiyala ukuba sihambe othandweni, futhi lokhu akulona uphawu lokuhamba othandweni nokubonisa uthando kumakhelwane wakho. Akekho ofuna ukuba namahloni phambi kwebandla lonke, ngoba asiphelele, sonke siyona”.
Many Christians would say these things because bangabenyama instead of spiritual. They walk after the flesh instead of the Spirit.
Instead of being led by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, they’re led by their opinions, imizwa, nemizwelo. Nokho, this is very dangerous for the Body of Christ.
Ngenxa yalokhu, Christians don’t change their lives to the Word of God. Kunalokho, they adjust the words of God and Imiyalo kaJesu Kristu ngentando yabo, izinkanuko, kanye nezifiso. Bavala amehlo abo futhi benze izindlebe zabo zibe buthuntu eqinisweni likaNkulunkulu.
Kulesi sihloko, omdala ubhalwe ngendlela yesilisa ngoba kulula ukuyifunda. Kodwa kusebenza kokubili abesilisa nabesifazane.
Ungamukeli icala elibhekene nomdala, kodwa phambi kofakazi ababili kumbe abathathu. Abonayo basole phambi kwabo bonke, ukuze labanye besabe
1 UThimothewu 5:20
What does the Bible say about the characteristics of elders in the church?
Umdala uyalwa eNkosini uJesu Kristu futhi uyinxusa loMbuso kaNkulunkulu (njengoba wonke umKristu kufanele abe). The Bible says about the characteristics of an elder (umbhishobhi) that An elder should walk in righteousness and be blameless (okusho ukungabi nazono empilweni yakhe).
An elder should be a husband of one wife, ukuba nabantwana abathembekile, abangasolwa ngokuxokozela noma abangalawuleki. One that rules well his own house, ebeka abantwana bakhe ngokuzithoba kukho konke ukulunga.
Umdala kufanele angabi nacala, njengomphathi kaNkulunkulu; hhayi ngokuthanda wena, hhayi ngokushesha ukuthukuthela, hhayi iwayini, akekho umgadli, enganikezwanga imali engcolile.
Umdala kufanele abe umthandi wokungenisa izihambi, othanda amadoda amahle, ehluzekile, nje, '-ngcwele, futhi ezithobile. Kufanele abambelele ezwini elithembekile njengoba efundisiwe, ukuze ngemfundiso ephilileyo abe namandla okukhuthaza, nokukholisa ophikayo.
Umdala kufanele yalusa umhlambi kaNkulunkulu. Kufanele aqondise kuso, kungeyisikho ngokuvinjelwa, kodwa ngokuzithandela; kungeyisikho ngenzuzo engcolileyo, kodwa ngengqondo elungile; futhi hhayi njengenkosi phezu kwefa likaNkulunkulu. Kodwa umdala kufanele abe isibonelo emhlambini (IzEnzo 14:23, UThimothewu 1:6-9, 1 UPetru 5:1-3).
Abadala bangaboMbuso kaNkulunkulu futhi bawumelele
Every born again Christian, kuhlanganise nomdala, uyisakhamuzi soMbuso kaNkulunkulu. NjengomKrestu ozelwe ngokusha; a citizen of the Kingdom of God, you have a responsibility. You have to obey the law and the rules of the King and His Kingdom.
As a born again Christian and follower of Jesus Christ, uyinxusa; ummeleli kaJesu Kristu noMbuso waKhe.
You are no longer a representative of the kingdom of darkness. Lokhu kusho, that you don’t live in submission to the ruler of the darkness (usathane) and obey him. Awukwenzi lokho usathane, Umhlaba, and your flesh (umphefumulo nomzimba) sho futhi uyale ukuba wenze.
Lokho kungenxa yokuthi, you have crucified the flesh in Christ and live in submission to Christ. You obey Jesus Christ (iZwi) and you do what is written in the Bible.
Futhi abakaKristu babethele esiphambanweni inyama kanye nokuhuheka nezinkanuko
KwabaseGalathiya 5:24
Umdala owonayo unodeveli njengoyise
When an elder sins it means that the elder lives after the flesh and listened and obeyed the devil instead of God. Umdala, who sins rebels against God and disobeys His Word by fulfilling the desires and lusts of his flesh.
Through his deed of unrighteousness, he has rejected the Word and denied Jesus Christ. I isenzo somdala sibonisiwe lowo uphila ngaphansi kwegunya lakhe futhi lowo amlalelayo.
Nina ningabakayihlo uSathane, lezinkanuko zikayihlo lizazenza. Wayengumbulali kusukela ekuqaleni, futhi ahlala eqinisweni, ngoba alikho iqiniso kuye. Uma ekhuluma amanga, ukhuluma okwakhe: ngoba ungumqambimanga, noyise wayo. Futhi ngoba ngithi kini iqiniso, awungikholwa. Yimuphi kini ongikholisa ngesono? Futhi uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, kungani ningangikholwa? Lowo ongokaNkulunkulu uyawezwa amazwi kaNkulunkulu: ngalokho anibezwa, ngoba kalisibo abakaNkulunkulu (UJohane 8:44-47)
Look at the Insimu yase-Edene. Adam and Eve didn’t have a sinful nature, but they believed the words of the serpent (usathane) and followed up his advice. While God was very clear and warned them what kind of evil would happen to them, if they ate the fruit from the forbidden tree.
Naphezu kwesixwayiso sikaNkulunkulu, they believed the words of the devil instead of the words of God. Through their deed of eating from the forbidden tree, they rejected God and His truth and obeyed the devil and his lie and sinned.
It is the same for everyone that walks in sin. Bona lahla uJesu (iZwi) nemiyalo yaKhe, futhi nikholwe futhi nilalele amanga kadeveli, osebenza ngenyama nangenqubo yezwe.
Kungani uThimothewu kwadingeka akhuze umdala owonayo ngaphambi kwakho konke?
Timothy had to rebuke the sinning elder in front of the whole congregation, so that every believer would have and keep ukwesaba nokwesaba uNkulunkulu uSomandla; uMdali wezulu nomhlaba nakho konke okungaphakathi.
Ukwesaba iNkosi kwakumele kuhlale ebandleni. Because without the fear of the Lord, amakholwa ayengena ezindleleni azikhethele wona. They would do what they wanted to do and live after their own will, njengomhlaba nje, esikhundleni se Intando kaNkulunkulu.
The believers had to know that you can’t play games with the Almighty God and this is still the case.
Uyajabula umuntu owesaba njalo: kepha oyenza lukhuni inhliziyo yakhe uyakuwela ebubini
Izaga 28:14
How to prevent spiritual lukewarmness in the church?
UPawulu wayala uThimothewu ukuba alalele futhi agcine lo myalo. Ukuze amakholwa angabi sivivi ngokomoya kuNkulunkulu futhi angabi nandaba nesono.
UPawulu wabona isimo esingokomoya sebandla. Wayebona izindawo zomoya: umbuso kaNkulunkulu kanye nombuso wobumnyama.
Paul knew when a sinning elder would teach the believers in the Word of God (Ibhayibheli), lomoya omubi owawubusa empilweni yomdala owonayo, would come upon all the believers (ibandla).
Kungakho uPawulu wayeqinile futhi ecophelela ngokuvumela nokuqoka amakholwa ezikhundleni zobuholi.
UPawulu wayazi kahle kakhulu, what sin is and what sin produces in a person’s life.
Wayazi, ukuthi nini isono kwaba tolerated esontweni, kwakungeke kuthathe isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba lonke ibandla lithinteke ngobubi futhi lalizofa ngokomoya.
When an elder or any other person in the church walks in sin, kusho ukuthi umuntu uhamba ebumnyameni kanye nalobo bubi (ubumnyama) is present in the heart of the person.
Abadala kufanele baphile ukuphila okungcwele futhi bahambe ngokulunga
In the many letters that Paul wrote to the saints, wabanxusa njalo ukuba baphile ngcwele, bahambe ngokulunga, bakhumule umuntu omdala. Njalo uPawulu wayekhumbuza amakholwa, lokho ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu, base beba a indalo entsha.
Paul taught them, how they should walk as the new creation in this new (ngokomoya) life that was given to them in Christ by the umusa kaNkulunkulu.
Ngoba njengoNkulunkulu, UJesu Kristu, noMoya oNgcwele, Ophila kuMkristu ozelwe ngokusha ngoMoya, bangcwele futhi balungile, kufanele kanjalo nomKristu ozelwe ngokusha, owenziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, yibani ngcwele nihambe ekulungeni.
Njengezingane ezilalelayo, lingazilungisi izinkanuko zenu zakuqala ekungazini kwenu: kodwa njengalokhu onibizile ungcwele, Manje yiba ngcwele ngazo zonke izingxoxo; Ngoba kulotshiwe, Yiba Ngcwele; Ngoba ngingcwele. (1 UPetru 1:14-17)
UNkulunkulu unikile amadodana Akhe (kokubili abesilisa nabesifazane), everything in Christ to resist the devil and sin.
He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in High Places, so that we’ll be able to live holy and walk in righteousness in obedience to God and His Word, and represent and manifest the Kingdom of God on earth.
Ngegazi likaJesu futhi Umsebenzi wakhe wokuhlenga, senziwe ngcwele futhi nilungile. Ngakho-ke, uzophila futhi uhambe njengesidalwa esisha ebungcweleni nasekulungeni. Just like Jesus walked in holiness and righteousness through obedience to His Father and doing His will.
Inqobo nje uma ulalele iZwi, futhi ulalele futhi wenze iZwi, you stay in Christ and live after the Spirit in freedom under the blood.
Umoya wokubandlulula ebandleni
UThimothewu kwakufanele awugcine lo myalo, naphezu kobudlelwane bakhe nomdala owonayo (an acquaintance, umngane, noma ilungu lomndeni), futhi naphezu kwakhe (social) isimo nengcebo.
UThimothewu akakwazanga ukuvumela noma yikuphi ukubandlulula esontweni. Kwakufanele aphathe abantu ngokulinganayo, kuhlanganise nabadala abonayo. Uma uThimothi ephatha abantu ngendlela engalingani, he would be led by a spirit of partiality. (Funda futhi: Umoya ka-Eli).
Ningakhethi abantu ekwahluleleni; kodwa lizakuzwa omncane lomkhulu; ungabesabi ubuso bomuntu; ngoba ukwahlulela kungokukaNkulunkulu: nesizathu esinzima kakhulu kuwe, ngilethe kimi, futhi ngizokuzwa (Duteronomi 1:17)
Bafowethu, ningabi nokukholwa yiNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, iNkosi yenkazimulo, ngokuhlonipha abantu (UJames 2:1)
Ibandla kumele limphathe kanjani umdala owonayo?
Ebandleni Lanamuhla, akuvamile noma akwenzeki, ukuthi umdala owonayo noma umshumayeli owonayo uyasolwa phambi kwebandla.
Ezinsukwini zakudala, kwakungokwemvelo ukuthi umdala owonayo avume izono zakhe futhi waphenduka phambi kwebandla lonke nokuthi wakhishwa esikhundleni sakhe waphucwa izikhali emisebenzini yakhe. Kepha namuhla cishe yonke 'indaba' ebuholini bokomoya ixazululwa ngemuva kweminyango evaliwe endaweni yangasese. Izikhathi eziningi kugcinwa kuyimfihlo.
Ngezinye izikhathi, kodwa hhayi njalo, umdala owonayo uzosuswa esikhundleni okwesikhashana, so that ’the issue’ can appease. But after a short time, lowo muntu uyophinde agcotshwe njengomdala ebandleni elilodwa noma kwelinye ibandla.
Esihlokweni esedlule, kuxoxiwe ngokugcotshwa kabusha komdala owonayo. Ngakho-ke lokhu ngeke kuxoxwe ngakho kulesi sihloko. Uma ungakayifundi indaba, futhi ngingathanda ukuyifunda, bese ungachofoza isixhumanisi esilandelayo: Wayesho ukuthini uPawulu ngokubeka izandla kungazelele muntu?
In the name of false love and grace sin is accepted in the church
Ukukhuza umdala owonayo phambi kwabantu akusewona umkhuba. Iphushwa ngaphansi kwengubo ye uthando nomusa, futhi ixazululwe endaweni eyimfihlo. Kodwa lena akuyona indlela kaNkulunkulu (kanye noJesu) wants the church to deal with sin.
I umzimba kaKristu; the church is one body and not a divided body and should live holy.
The church needs to obey the Head Jesus (iZwi), Esikhundleni sikaDeveli (umbusi womhlaba).
Especially the elders and leaders of the church should be spiritually mature, and walk as adult sons of God after the Word and the Spirit and bear the isithelo sikaMoya.
Kufanele baphile ngokungcwele nangokulunga futhi babe isibonelo kumaKristu.
Kufanele bakhulise amakholwa eZwini likaNkulunkulu, ukuze bafane nabo, and like Jesus and walk after the Spirit instead of the flesh.
Ngeshwa, abadala abaningi bahlala bengokwenyama. Baholwa umoya walelizwe futhi baphila njengezwe. They approve and accept sin in the church and change the Word of God.
They change the gospel of Jesus Christ and the words of God in the Bible to their own opinion, feelings and the carnal will, izinkanuko nezifiso, ukuze amaKristu enyama, kuhlanganise nabo, angaphila njengomhlaba, doing what they want and keep walking in sin.
Iyini inhloso yokukhuza isono phambi kwabo bonke ebandleni?
When the sin of an elder is exposed in the church and the sinning elder is rebuked before all, bese ephuma ehhovisi, it ensures that:
- AmaKristu agcina ukwesaba iNkosi (inhlonipho) futhi ube nenhlonipho ngoNkulunkulu neZwi laKhe
- AmaKristu ayazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu olungileyo futhi uzonda isono futhi Yena (nabantu baKhe) angeke abe nenhlanganyelo nesono
- AmaKristu ayakhuthazwa futhi ayanxuswa ukuba aphile ukuphila okungcwele futhi amelane nesono, futhi uhlale ulalela iZwi
- AmaKristu ahlala ethembekile futhi azimisele ngezinto zoMbuso kaNkulunkulu futhi awavilaphi futhi asivivi
- IBandla lihlala ephapheme futhi eqaphile futhi uqaphele isono nemiphumela yaso
- Preventing lukewarmness among Christians
- Gossip and speculations about the matter and the sinning elder will be prevented in the church
Umdala kufanele enze lokho umdala akushumayelayo
Lapho umdala owonayo ehlala egcotshiwe noma ezomiswa kabusha ngemva kwesikhashana bese ebuyela esonweni esifanayo., ngabe umdala usathembekile?
When a sinning elder commands the believers to stay obedient to the Word and live according to what the Bible says, kodwa umdala akakwenzi futhi akakwenzi lokho akushumayelayo, ucabanga ukuthi amakholwa azohlonipha umdala akholwe futhi alalele imiyalelo yakhe?
The believers shall have little or no reverence and don’t believe his words let alone apply his words in their lives.
They shall think, “”Ha hear him talking! Telling us what we can’t do, but he does what he commands us not to do.”
Many elders are just like the Pharisees that acted piously in the presence of people. Bayala abantu ukuthi balalele amazwi kaNkulunkulu, kodwa ekusithekeni, lapho kungekho owabukelayo, they disobeyed the words of God.
Nokho, uJesu, Owayeyizibulo lesidalwa esisha, wabona futhi wazi konke ngoMoya. Wayezazi izinhliziyo zabo futhi wembula izinhliziyo zabo phambi kwabantu. UJesu akazange afihle lutho futhi akazange afihle, but He exposed evil and wabhubhisa imisebenzi yobumnyama.
UJesu usabona futhi wazi konke. NgoMoya Oyingcwele, Usaveza okwenzeka ebumnyameni. Jesus reveals everything, inqobo nje uma ibandla liqhubeka nokuhamba ekukhanyeni kwaKhe.
Ukuvuma isono phambi kwabo bonke
Lapho ezinsukwini zakudala, abadala abonayo bazivuma izono zabo phambi kwabo bonke, it ensured that elders would think twice before they listened to their flesh and gave in to the will, izifiso nezinkanuko zenyama nesono sabo.
Baqhubeka bemesaba uNkulunkulu futhi behlonipha iZwi laKhe. Babengeke balokothe baguqule noma yini mayelana namazwi kaNkulunkulu kanye lungisa iZwi ezifisweni nasezinkanukweni zabo.
Akekho owayefuna ‘ukuthotshiswa’ phambi kwabantu. Akekho owayefuna ukuphawulwa njengomdala owonayo.
Abantu babephapheme ngokomoya futhi beqaphile. Kwakukhona ukumesaba uJehova nokuqaphela isono.
Babazi ukuthi isono siwuphawu lokuhlubuka nokungamlaleli uNkulunkulu.
Babazi ukuthi isono asinandawo ebandleni. Ngoba ibandla limele ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kanye negunya likamoya lika uMbuso kaNkulunkulu Kumhlaba.
AmaKristu ayazi ukuthi isono sisho ukulalela udeveli nokuthi isono sabangela ukwehlukana phakathi kwawo noNkulunkulu.
Emabandleni anamuhla anamuhla, isono sivunyelwe. Umdala owonayo akasakhuzwa phambi kwabantu futhi ngenxa yalokho ukwesaba uJehova kucishe kuphele. Asikho isifiso phakathi kwabantu sokumelana nesono nokuphila ukuphila okungcwelisiwe nobungcwele kuKristu.
AmaKristu amaningi afuna ukuphila njengezwe futhi awafuni ukudela ukuphila kwawo. Bahlala bengokwenyama futhi baphile impilo yabo siqu ngokulandela inyama.
Umdala owonayo uklolodela uJesu futhi ulimaza uMbuso kaNkulunkulu
Many elders and pastors of the church keep living like the world. They live after the flesh instead of the Spirit. Abavakashi besonto abasabhekani nezono zabo. Abalungiswa, ngoba abadala nabashumayeli abaningi bahamba ezonweni bona. Benza lokho okubathokozisayo futhi bagxile kubo nombuso wabo. Abanandaba nenhlalakahle kamoya yamakholwa kanye noMbuso kaNkulunkulu.
Zikhathi zonke, lapho umdala noma umshumayeli enza isono, he mocks Jesus and defiles the body of Christ. Through his deed of disobedience to God he damages the Kingdom of God.
A sinning elder or preacher doesn’t walk in love and doesn’t love God above all. Kodwa umdala owonayo uzithanda yena nenyama yakhe ngaphezu kwakho konke. Uyisigqila somzimba wakhe nokaSathane.
Lalela uJesu umelane nesono
Ngakho-ke, let us become serious again regarding the Kingdom of God. Kufanele kube nesifiso kuwo wonke amakholwa ukulalela uJesu futhi aphile ubungcwele futhi ahambe ngokulunga entandweni kaNkulunkulu. Ngoba ikholwa liMthanda ngaphezu kwakho konke ikholwa ligcina imiyalo Yakhe.
Melana nezono, esiza ngezilingo zikasathane enyameni. Ithi cha ukona, esikhundleni sokuba a Isigqila Sesono.
UJesu wasinqoba isono ngomsebenzi Wakhe ophelele wokuhlenga. Uma uzalwa kabusha (inyama yakho yafa kuKristu, nomoya wakho uvusiwe kwabafileyo) Uyindalo entsha. Uhlezi kuKristu futhi ukunikeze konke okudingayo ukuze umelane nodeveli nesono futhi ubonakalise uMbuso kaNkulunkulu emhlabeni.
Akekho osenezaba. Akekho ongasola omunye, ngisho nosathane. Wonke umKristu unesibopho ngezenzo zakhe siqu ekuphileni futhi uyolandisa ngoSuku olukhulu Lokwahlulela.
‘Yiba usawoti womhlaba’
