Izinto ezi-5 esizifunda kukholo lukaJoseph ngeKrisimesi

Umbono wam wobuntwana weKrisimesi wawunemibala, ucocekile kwaye umnandi. Ndikhumbula utata ematsha ezantsi ngasecaweni ngeKrisimesi ecula "We Three Kings". Ndaye ndanaso nesibulala zintsholongwane umbono weenkamela, de ndindwendwela engcolileyo, ngokuzikhethela kwakhe. Ngamanye amaxesha wayejula ukungcola kwakhe kwicala lababukeli. Umbono wam wothando lwesitali kunye nohambo lwamadoda amathathu azizilumko luye lwanyamalala.

Imkile ingcamango yobuntwana yokuba iKrisimesi yokuqala yayilulonwabo noxolo kubalinganiswa abaphambili. UMary noJoseph banoluhlu lweemvakalelo kunye nemiceli mngeni ebandakanya ukungcatshwa, uloyiko kunye nesizungu. Ngamanye amagama, iKrisimesi yokuqala inika ithemba elininzi kubantu bokwenyani kwilizwe eliwileyo imibhiyozo yabo yeKrisimesi isilela kumxholo wasentsomini.

Uninzi lwethu luyamazi uMariya. Kodwa uJoseph ukwafanelwe kukujongwa ngakumbi. Makhe siqwalasele izifundo ezihlanu zokholo lukaJoseph ngeKrisimesi yokuqala.

1. Ngokholo uYosefu wabonakalisa ububele ebandezelekile
“Le yindlela awazalwa ngayo uYesu uMesiya. Unina, uMaria, wayeganene noJoseph. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba umtshato uqhubeke, esenyulu, wakhulelwa ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele. UJoseph, lowo wayethembisene naye, wayeyindoda elilungisa, engafuni ukumhlaza esidlangalaleni, ngenxa yoko wagqiba kwelokuba ayeke ukuthula. ”(Mateyu 1: 18-19).

Ububele nokuzinikela zihamba kunye. Inene, iMizekeliso isixelela ukuba amalungisa nawo abonisa imbeko kwizilwanyana (P ro. 12:10). Inkcubeko yethu ihlupheka kukuswela ububele. Amagqabantshintshi abonisa intiyo kumajelo onxibelelwano abonisa ukuba nkqu nabakholwayo bayabawisa abo bakholwa kunye nabo. Umzekelo kaYosefu wobubele ungasifundisa okuninzi malunga nokholo xa uphoxekile.

Ngokwembono yomntu, uYosefu wayenelungelo lokuba nomsindo. Isithandwa sakhe sashiya idolophu ngokungalindelekanga iinyanga ezintathu saza sabuya sineenyanga ezintathu sikhulelwe! Ibali lakhe lokundwendwela ingelosi kwaye uyintombi nto kodwa ukhulelwe kufuneka ukuba wamenza waxengaxenga.

Kwenzeka njani ukuba akhohliswe kangaka ngesimilo sikaMariya? Kwaye kwakutheni ukuze enze ibali elihlekisayo ngotyelelo lwengelosi ukufihla ukungcatshwa kwakhe?

Ibala lokungabikho mthethweni lalilandela uYesu ebomini bakhe bonke (Yohane 8:41). Kuluntu lwethu olungenantlonelo ngokuziphatha, asinakuze siliqonde ngokupheleleyo ihlazo leli phepha elalikwinkcubeko kaMariya. Iincwadi ezibhalwe ngaphantsi kwenkulungwane eyadlulayo zinika umbono webala kunye neziphumo zempazamo yokuziphatha. Ileta yokulalanisa yayanele ukukhuphela ngaphandle umfazi kuluntu olufundileyo kunye nokuthintela umtshato ohloniphekileyo.

Ngokomthetho kaMoses, nabani na owayenetyala lokukrexeza wayegityiselwa ngamatye (Lev. 20:10). Kwi "Isipho esingachazekiyo", uRichard Exley ucacisa amanqanaba amathathu omtshato wamaJuda kunye nokuzibophelela kokuzibophelela kuthethathethwano. Kuqala kwabakho ukubandakanyeka, ikhontrakthi echazwe ngamalungu osapho. Emva koko kwafika ukubandakanyeka, "ukuqinisekiswa esidlangalaleni kokuzibophelela". Ngokuka-Exley, “ngelixesha isibini sithathwa njengendoda nomfazi, nangona umtshato ungagqitywanga. Ekuphela kwendlela uthethathethwano olunokuphela ngayo yayikukufa okanye uqhawulo-mtshato ... '

“Inqanaba lokugqibela ngowona mtshato, xa umyeni ethatha umtshakazi wakhe amsa egumbini lomtshato aze awugqibe umtshato. Oku kulandelwa ngumsitho womtshato ”.

Akuzange kuzalwe ntombi nto. Kwakungokwemvelo ukuba uYosefu angayithandabuzi ingcaciso kaMariya. Nangona kunjalo ukholo lukaJoseph lwamkhokelela ekubeni abe nobubele naxa iimvakalelo zakhe zazijikeleza ngaphakathi kuye. Wakhetha ukumala ngokuzolileyo kwaye amkhusele ekuhlazekeni esidlangalaleni.

UJoseph ubonakalisa impendulo efana noKristu ekungcatshweni. Ububele nobabalo lushiya ucango luvulekile kulowo wonileyo ukuba aguquke kwaye abuyele kuThixo nakubantu bakhe. Kwimeko kaYosefu, xa igama likaMariya licacisiwe, kwafuneka ajongane nokuthandabuza ibali lakhe. Wayengazisoli ngendlela awusingathe ngayo lo mbandela.

Ububele bukaYosefu kuMariya-xa wayekholelwa ukuba wamngcatsha-bubonisa ububele obuveliswa lukholo naphantsi koxinzelelo (Galati 5:22).

2. Ngokholo uYosefu wabonakalisa isibindi
"Kodwa emva kokuqwalasela oku, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuye ephupheni yathi," Yosefu, nyana kaDavide, ungesabi ukuthatha uMariya ekhaya njengomfazi wakho, kuba oko kukhulelweyo kuye kuvela kuMoya oyiNgcwele " (Mat. 1:20).

Kwakutheni ukuze uYosefu oyike? Impendulo ecacileyo kukuba wayesaba ukuba uMariya wayebandakanyekile okanye wayehleli nenye indoda, ukuba wayeziphethe kakubi kwaye kungekhona umntu okholelwa ukuba wayenguye. Ekubeni wayengevanga kuThixo ngelo xesha, wayeza kumkholelwa njani uMariya? Wayenokumthemba njani? Wayenokukhulisa njani enye indoda?

Ingelosi yaluphelisa olu loyiko. Kwakungekho mntu wumbi. UMary wayemxelele inyani. Wayephethe uNyana kaThixo.

Ndicinga ukuba olunye uloyiko luye lwamcaphukisa uJoseph. UMariya wayenenyanga ezintathu ekhulelwe ngeli xesha. Ukumthatha njengomfazi wakhe kwamenza wangathi uziphethe kakubi. Iyakuba nefuthe elinjani kwisikhundla sakhe kuluntu lwamaYuda? Ngaba ishishini lakhe lokuchwela laliza kuba sengxakini? Ngaba babeza kugxothwa kwindlu yesikhungu baze baphetshwe ziintsapho nabahlobo?

Kodwa wathi akuva ukuba eli licebo likaThixo ngaye, zonke ezinye iinkxalabo zanyamalala. Wabeka uloyiko ecaleni, walandela uThixo ngokholo. UJoseph akazange ayikhanyele imiceli mngeni ebandakanyekileyo, kodwa wamkela icebo likaThixo ngokholo olomeleleyo.

Xa sisazi kwaye sikholelwa kuThixo, nathi sifumana isibindi sokujongana noloyiko lwethu simlandele.

3. Ngokholo uYosefu wafumana isikhokelo nesityhilelo
"Uya kuzala unyana, umthiye ke igama elinguYesu; kuba yena eya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo" (Mateyu 1:21).

Bakuba bemkile, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuYosefu ephupheni. Wathi: “Vuka, uthathe umntwana nonina, usabele eYiputa. Hlala apho de ndikuxelele, kuba uHerode uza kufuna ukuba umntwana ambulale. ”(Mateyu 2:13)

Xa ndiziva ndothukile kuba andiqinisekanga ngenyathelo elilandelayo, inkumbulo yendlela uThixo amphatha ngayo uYosefu iyandiqinisekisa. Kuyo yonke le mbali, uThixo walumkisa kwaye wakhokela uYosefu inyathelo nenyathelo. Ibhayibhile ithi uThixo usabelana ngolwazi nabo bahamba naye (Yohane 16:13) kwaye asiyalele indlela yethu (P ro. 16: 9).

Iindlela zikaThixo zihlala zindishiya ndibhidekile. Ukuba bendikhokele iminyhadala yeKrisimesi yokuqala, bendiya kuthintela ukungavisisani kunye nokungaqondani phakathi kukaMariya noJoseph ngokuthumela ingelosi kuYosefu ngaphambi kokuba ahlangane noMariya. Ndiya kumlumkisa ngesidingo sabo sokubaleka ngaphambi kokuba bahambe ebusuku. Kodwa iindlela zikaThixo asizizo ezam - zingcono (Isa. 55: 9). Kwaye ke nexesha layo. UThixo wathumela uJoseph ulwalathiso ngexesha awayefuna ngalo, hayi ngaphambili. Iya kwenza okufanayo nakum.

Ngokholo uYosefu wamthobela uThixo
"Xa uYosefu evukayo, wenza njengoko ingelosi yeNkosi yamwisela umthetho wamzisa uMariya ekhaya njengomfazi wakhe" (Mateyu 1:24).

UJoseph ubonakalisa intobelo yokholo. Izihlandlo ezithathu xa ingelosi yathetha naye ephupheni, yathobela kwangoko. Impendulo yakhe ekhawulezileyo yathetha ukubaleka, mhlawumbi ngeenyawo, eshiya ngasemva into abangakwaziyo ukuyiphatha nokuqala phantsi kwindawo entsha (Luka 2:13). Omnye wokholo oluncinci usenokuba walinda ukuba agqibe aze ahlawulwe ngeprojekthi yokuchwela awayesebenza kuyo.

Ukuthobela kukaJoseph kubonakalise ukuzithemba kubulumko bukaThixo kunye nelungiselelo lezinto ezingaziwayo.

5. Ngokholo uYosefu wayiphila yonke imali yakhe
“Kodwa ukuba akanako ukunikela ngetakane, makaphathe amahobe amabini okanye amantshontsho amabini amavukuthu. Ngale ndlela ke umbingeleli uya kumcamagushela, aze ahlambuluke ke ”(Levitikus 12: 8).

"Banikela nangedini njengoko kufunwa ziimfundiso zeNkosi: 'amahobe amabini alilayo okanye amavukuthu amabini amavukuthu" (Luka 2:24).

NgeKrisimesi, thina, ngakumbi abazali noomawokhulu, asifuni ukuba abantu esibathandayo bazive bephoxekile okanye bangaphoxeki ngabahlobo babo. Oku kunokusinyanzela ukuba sichithe ngaphezulu kunoko kufanelekileyo. Ndiyayixabisa into yokuba ibali leKrisimesi libonisa ukuthobeka kukaJoseph. Ngolwaluko lukaYesu-kwa-Nyana kaThixo mnye-uMariya noJoseph abanikanga ngegusha, kodwa banikela ngomnikelo omncinci wehobe okanye amahobe. UCharles Ryrie uthi kwi-Ryrie Study Bible ukuba oku kubonisa intlupheko yosapho.

Xa silingwa ukuba sisabele, sizisizele, silibazise ukuthobela, okanye sizithobe kakhulu ngeli xesha lonyaka, kwanga umzekelo kaJoseph womeleza ukholo lwethu ukuze siphile ngenkalipho kwaye sihambisane noMsindisi wethu.