Injongo yokubhaptizwa kubomi bobuKristu
Iinkonzo zamaKristu zahluke kakhulu kwiimfundiso zazo ngobhaptizo.
Amanye amaqela enkolo akholelwa ukuba ubhaptizo lukuhlamba isono.
Abanye bakujonga ukubhaptizwa njengendlela yokukhutshwa kwemimoya emibi.
Abanye bafundisa ukuba ubhaptizo linyathelo elibalulekileyo lokuthobela kubomi bekholwa, kodwa kuphela kukuqondwa kwamava osindiso asele efezekisiwe. Ubhaptizo ngokwalo alunawo amandla okucoca okanye okusindisa esonweni. Lo mbono ubizwa ngokuba "kukubhaptizwa kwamakholwa".
Intsingiselo yobhaptizo
Ingcaciso ngokubanzi yegama elithi ubhaptizo "isiko lokuhlamba ngamanzi njengophawu lokuhlanjululwa nokuzingcwaliswa ngokwenkolo". Esi siko sasisenziwa rhoqo kwiTestamente eNdala. Oko kwakuthetha ukusulungekiswa okanye ukusulungekiswa kwisono nokuzinikela kuThixo.Kususela oko ubhaptizo lwasekwa okokuqala kwiTestamente eNdala, abaninzi baye balwenza ngokwesiko, kodwa abayiqondi ngokupheleleyo intsingiselo nokubaluleka kwalo.
Ubhaptizo lweTestamente eNtsha
KwiTestamente eNtsha, intsingiselo yobhaptizo ibonakala ngokucacileyo. UYohane uMbhaptizi wayethunyelwe nguThixo ukuba asasaze iindaba ezizayo zeMesiya, uYesu Krestu. UJohn wayeyalelwe nguThixo (Yohane 1:33) ukuba abhaptize abo bamkele umyalezo wakhe.
Ubhaptizo lukaYohane lwalubizwa ngokuba "lubhaptizo lwenguquko, ukuze kuxolelwe izono." (UMarko 1: 4, NIV). Abo babhaptizwa nguYohane baziqonda izono zabo kwaye bavuma ukuba bayakholelwa ukuba ngoMesiya ozayo baya kuxolelwa. Ubhaptizo lubalulekile kuba lubonisa ukuxolelwa nokucocwa kwisono esivela ekukholweni kuYesu Kristu.
Injongo yokubhaptizwa
Ubhaptizo lwamanzi luchaza ikholwa ngobuThixo: uYise, uNyana kunye noMoya oyiNgcwele:
"Hambani ke ngoko niye kubenza abafundi abantu beentlanga zonke, nibabhaptiza egameni loYise neloNyana nelikaMoya oyiNgcwele." (Mateyu 28:19, NIV)
Ubhaptizo lwamanzi lubonakalisa ikholwa kunye noKristu ekufeni kwakhe, ukungcwatywa kunye nokuvuka kwakhe:
“Ukuza kwakho kuKrestu, 'wawoluka', kodwa hayi ngokwenkqubo ebonakalayo. Yayiyinkqubo yokomoya - ukusika imeko yakho yesono. Kungenxa yokuba wangcwatywa noKristu xa wawubhaptizwa. Kwaye kunye naye uvuselwe kubomi obutsha kuba uthembele kumandla amakhulu kaThixo, owavusa uKrestu ekufeni “. (KwabaseKolose 2: 11-12, NLT)
"Ke sangcwatywa naye ngokubhaptizelwa ekufeni ukuze, njengokuba noKristu wavuka kwabafileyo ngozuko lukaYise, nathi siphile ubomi obutsha." (KwabaseRoma 6: 4, NIV)
Ubhaptizo lwamanzi sisenzo sokuthobela okholwayo. Kufuneka yandulelwe yinguquko, nto leyo ethetha "ukutshintsha". Uyasishiya isono sethu kunye nokuzingca ukuze sikhonze iNkosi. Kuthetha ukubeka ikratshi lethu, elidlulileyo kunye nazo zonke izinto zethu phambi kweNkosi. Kumnika ulawulo lobomi bethu.
“Waphendula ke uPetros, wathi, elowo kuni makabuye ezonweni zakhe, abuyele kuThixo, ebhaptizwe egameni likaYesu Kristu, ukuze nixolelwe izono. Emva koko uyakwamkela isipho soMoya oyiNgcwele. ' Abo bakholwayo koko kwathethwa nguPetros babhaptizwa kwaye bongezwa ebandleni - malunga namawaka amathathu xa bebonke ”. (IZenzo 2:38, 41, NLT)
Ubhaptizo lwamanzi bubungqina basesidlangalaleni: ukuvuma kwangaphandle kwamava angaphakathi. Xa sibhaptizwa, simi phambi kwamangqina avumayo ukuzazisa kwethu neNkosi.
Ubhaptizo lwamanzi ngumfanekiso omele iinyaniso ezinzulu zokomoya zokufa, ukuvuka nokucocwa.
Ukufa:
“Ndabethelelwa emnqamlezweni noKristu kwaye andisadluli ngoku, kodwa nguKrestu ophilayo kum. Ubomi endibuphilayo emzimbeni, ndibuphila ngokholo kuNyana kaThixo, owandithandayo wazinikela ngenxa yam ”. (Galati 2: 20, NIV)
Uvuko:
“Sangcwatywa naye ngokubhaptizelwa ekufeni ukuze, njengokuba uKristu wavuswa kwabafileyo ngozuko lukayise, nathi siphile ubomi obutsha. Ukuba sidityaniswe naye ngale ndlela ekufeni kwakhe, ngenene nathi simanywe naye eluvukweni ”. (KwabaseRoma 6: 4-5, NIV)
"Wayefe kwakanye ukoyisa isono, kwaye ngoku uphilela uzuko lukaThixo. Ke kufuneka uziqonde ukuba ufile esonweni kwaye uyakwazi ukuphila ngozuko lukaThixo ngoKrestu Yesu. Ungasivumeli isono silawule indlela ophila ngayo. musa ukunikezela kwiminqweno yakhe. Ungavumeli naliphi na ilungu lomzimba wakho ukuba libe sisixhobo sobubi, ukuze usetyenziswe esonweni. Endaweni yoko, zinikele ngokupheleleyo kuThixo kuba unikwe ubomi obutsha. Usebenzise umzimba wakho uphela njengesixhobo sokwenza okulungileyo ekuzukiseni uThixo. KwabaseRoma 6: 10-13 (NLT)
Ukucoca:
"Kwaye la manzi abonakalisa ubhaptizo olusisindisayo ngoku - hayi ukususwa kobumdaka emzimbeni kodwa kukuzinikela kwesazela esilungileyo kuThixo. Sikusindisa eluvukweni lukaYesu Krestu." (1 Petros 3:21, NIV)
"Kodwa niye nahlanjwa, nangcwaliswa, nagwetyelwa egameni leNkosi uYesu Kristu, nangoMoya kaThixo wethu." (1 Korinte 6:11, NIV)