Ngaba iBhayibhile ithembekile ngenyaniso ngoYesu Krestu?
Elinye lawona mabali anomdla ka-2008 abandakanya ilabhoratri yeCERN ngaphandle kweGeneva, eSwitzerland. NgoLwesithathu, nge-10 kaSeptemba 2008, izazinzulu zasebenza i-Large Hadron Collider, ulingelo lweebhiliyoni ezisibhozo zeerandi ezilungiselelwe ukubona ukuba kwenzeka ntoni xa iiproton zitshayisana ngokukhawuleza okukhulu ngokukhawuleza. "Ngoku sinokujonga phambili, utshilo umphathi weprojekthi," kwixesha elitsha lokuqonda imvelaphi kunye nokudaleka kwendalo iphela. " AmaKristu anakho kwaye kufuneka enomdla kolu hlobo lophando. Ulwazi lwethu lwenyani, nangona kunjalo, aluphelelanga kwinto enokuthi ubungqina benzululwazi.
AmaKristu akholelwa ukuba uThixo uyathetha (into leyo ethetha ukuba, nguThixo okwaziyo ukuthetha!). Kunjengokuba umpostile uPawulos wabhalela uTimoti wathi: "Sonke isibhalo, siphefumlelwe nguThixo nje, sikwancedela ukufundisa, ukohlwaya, ukululeka, ukuqeqesha okusebulungiseni, ukuze umntu kaThixo afaneleke, exhobele wonke umsebenzi olungileyo." (2 Tim. 3:16). Ukuba esi sibhalo asiyonyani- ukuba iSibhalo asiphefumlelwanga nguThixo-iVangeli, icawe, kunye nobukristu buqu bangumsi nje kunye nezipili-isanga esinyamalalayo xa sijongisisa. Thembela eBhayibhileni njengeLizwi likaThixo kubalulekile kubuKrestu.
Umbono wehlabathi wobuKristu uqikelela kwaye ufuna igama eliphefumlelweyo: ibhayibhile. Ibhayibhile sisityhilelo sikaThixo, "Isityhilelo sikaThixo esazisa ngaso inyaniso ngaYe, ngeenjongo zaKhe, amacebo akhe, nentando yaKhe engenakwaziwa ngenye indlela." Cinga nje ukuba ubudlelwane bakho nomnye umntu butshintsha njani xa omnye umntu ekufuna ukuvula-umntu oqhelene naye uba ngumhlobo osenyongweni. Kwangokunjalo, ubudlelwane bethu noThixo busekwe kumgaqo okhethwe nguThixo ukuba azityhile kuthi.
Konke oku kuvakala kulungile, kodwa kutheni umntu enokuthi akholelwe into ethethwa yiBhayibhile iyinyani? Ngaba ukukholwa kwimbali yezibhalo zeBhayibhile akufani nenkolelo yokuba uZeus walawula evela kwiNtaba iOlimpus? Lo ngumbuzo obalulekileyo ofanele uphendulwe ngokucacileyo kwabo banegama "lobuKrestu". Kutheni sikholelwa eBhayibhileni? Zininzi izizathu. Nazi ezimbini.
Okokuqala, kufuneka siyikholelwe iBhayibhile kuba noKrestu wayikholelwa iBhayibhile.
Ukuqiqa kunokuvakala kungqwabalala okanye isetyhula. Yiyo ayiyo. Njengokuba umfundisi wezakwalizwi wase-Bhritane u-John Wenham ephikisile, ubuKrestu bumiliselwe kuqala kwaye eyona nto iphambili ekukholweni emntwini: "Kude kube ngoku, amaKristu ebengalazi ubume beBhayibhile abanjelwe kwisangqa esikhohlakeleyo: nayiphi na imfundiso eyonelisayo yeBhayibhile kufuneka esekwe kwimfundiso yebhayibhile, kodwa imfundiso yebhayibhile yona iyarhana. Indlela yokuphuma kule ngxaki kukuqonda ukuba ukholo eBhayibhileni luvela ekukholweni kuKristu, hayi okwahlukileyo. Ngamanye amagama, ukuthembela eBhayibhileni kusekelwe kukuthembela kuKristu. Ngaba uKristu wayeyiloo nto athi wayeyiyo? Ngaba ungumntu nje omkhulu okanye uyiNkosi? Ibhayibhile ayinakukungqina ukuba uYesu Krestu uyiNkosi, kodwa ubukhosi bukaKrestu buza kukungqinela ukuba ibhayibhile lilizwi likaThixo. Kungenxa yokuba uKrestu wayethetha rhoqo ngegunya leTestamente eNdala (bona uMarko 9). igunya lokufundisa kwakhe esithi, "Ndithi kuwe" (bona uMateyu 5). U-Yesu wade wafundisa ukuba imfundiso yabafundi baKhe iya kuba negunya elivela kuThixo (bona uYohane 14:26). Ukuba uYesu Kristu uthembekile, amazwi akhe ngegunya leBhayibhile nawo kufuneka athembekile. U-Kristu uthembekile kwaye uthembekile kwiLizwi LikaThixo, nathi ke simele njalo. Ngaphandle kokholo kuKristu, awuyi kukholelwa ukuba iBhayibhile sisityhilelo sikaThixo, ngokholo kuKristu, awunakukunceda kodwa ukholwe ukuba iBhayibhile liLizwi likaThixo.
Okwesibini, kufuneka siyikholelwe iBhayibhile kuba icacisa ngokuchanekileyo kwaye iyabutshintsha ngamandla ubomi bethu.
Ibuchaza njani ubomi bethu? Ibhayibhile iyavakala kwimeko yokuziva unetyala kwindalo iphela, umnqweno kwindalo yonke wethemba, ubunyani benyani, ubukho bokholo kunye nokuzincama. Ezi ndidi zikhula kakhulu eBhayibhileni kwaye ziyabonakala, kumanqanaba ahlukeneyo, ebomini bethu. Kwaye kulungile kwaye kubi? Abanye banokuzama ukubukhanyela ubukho babo, kodwa ibhayibhile iyicacisa ngcono into esiba nayo sonke: ubukho bokulunga (ukubonakaliswa kukaThixo ogqibeleleyo nongcwele) kunye nobukho bobubi (iziphumo ezilindelekileyo zendalo ewileyo nenenkohliso) .
Kwakhona cinga ngendlela iBhayibhile ebutshintsha ngayo ngamandla ubomi bethu. Isithandi sobulumko uPaul Helm ubhale wathi, "UThixo [kunye neLizwi laKhe] bavavanywa ngokumva nokumthobela kwaye bafumanisa ukuba ulungile njengeLizwi lakhe." Ubomi bethu buba luvavanyo lokuthembeka kweBhayibhile. Ubomi bomKristu kufuneka bube bubungqina bokunyaniseka kweBhayibhile. Umdumisi wasibongoza ukuba “sive, sibone ukuba ulungile uYehova; Hayi, uyolo lomfo ozimela ngaye ”(Iindumiso 34: 8). Xa sinamava kaThixo, xa sisabela kuye, amazwi aKhe abonakalisa ukuba ngumgangatho onokuthenjwa. Njengomphathi wenqanawa kumaxesha amandulo owayethembele kwimephu yakhe ukuba imse kwindawo yakhe yokugqibela, umKristu uthembela kwiLizwi LikaThixo njengesikhokelo esingenakusilela kuba umKristu uyabona apho imse khona. UDon Carson wathetha into efanayo xa echaza into yokuqala etsala umhlobo wakhe eBhayibhileni: "Umtsalane wakhe wokuqala eBhayibhileni nakuKristu wavuselelwa ngokuyinxalenye ngumnqweno wokufunda, kodwa ngakumbi ngumgangatho Wayebazi ubomi babafundi abangamaKristu. Ityuwa yayingalahlekanga incasa yayo, ukukhanya kusakhanya. Ubomi obutshintshileyo bubungqina beLizwi eliyinyani.
Ukuba oku kuyinyani, kufuneka senze ntoni? Okokuqala: mdumiseni uThixo: akazange athule. UThixo wayenganyanzelekanga ukuba athethe; kodwa wenjenjalo. Uphume ethule wazazisa. Into yokuba abanye bangathanda ukuba uThixo azityhile ngokwahlukileyo okanye nangaphezulu ayitshintshi into yokuba uThixo azityhile ngendlela abona ngayo. Okwesibini, ngenxa yokuba uThixo ethethile, kufuneka sizabalazele ukumazi ngothando lomfana oleqa intombazana encinci. Lo mfana ufuna ukumazi ngakumbi nangakumbi. Ufuna ukuba ndithethe kwaye xa esenza njalo uzibhaptiza kuwo onke amagama. Kuya kufuneka sinqwenele ukwazi uThixo ngenzondelelo efanayo, yobutsha, kwanokuthanda. Funda iBhayibhile, ufunde ngoThixo.Nyaka omtsha, ke cinga ngokulandela ishedyuli yokufunda iBhayibhile njengeKhalenda yokuFunda yemihla ngemihla kaM'Cheyne. Kuya kukuthatha kwiTestamente eNtsha kunye neeNdumiso kabini kunye nayo yonke iTestamente eNdala kube kanye. Okokugqibela, khangela ubungqina bokuba iBhayibhile iyinyaniso ebomini bakho. Sukuzenza iimpazamo; Inyaniso yeBhayibhile ayixhomekekanga kuwe. Nangona kunjalo, ubomi bakho bubonisa ukuthembeka kwesiBhalo. Ukuba usuku lwakho belurekhodwe, ngaba ukhona umntu oya kuqiniseka ngakumbi okanye ngenene ngenyaniso yeZibhalo? AmaKristu aseKorinte yayiyileta kaPawulos yokuncoma. Ukuba abantu babezibuza ukuba bangamthemba na uPawulos, kufuneka nje bajonge abantu abakhonza nabo. Ubomi babo bangqina ubunyaniso bamazwi kaPawulos. Kukwanjalo nakuthi. Kufanele ukuba siyileta yendumiso yeBhayibhile (2 Kor. 14:26). Oku kufuna uvavanyo olunyanisekileyo (kwaye mhlawumbi olubuhlungu) lobomi bethu. Sinokufumana iindlela zokuba silityeshele iLizwi LikaThixo, nangona ubomi bomKristu bungafezekanga, kufuneka bubonakalise okwahlukileyo. Njengoko sihlola ubomi bethu kufuneka sifumane ubungqina obunyanzelisayo bokuba uThixo uyathetha kwaye iLizwi lakhe liyinyani.