Yintoni kanye kanye unqulo?

Unqulo lunokuchazwa “njengokuhlonela okanye ukubonakalisa into eboniswa kwinto ethile okanye komnye umntu; ubambe umntu okanye into ngokubaluleka; okanye unike umntu okanye into indawo ebalulekileyo okanye imbeko. “Kukho amakhulu ezibhalo eBhayibhileni athetha ngonqulo kwaye anike isikhokelo kubo nokuba ngubani onokunqula.

Sisigunyaziso sebhayibhile sokuba sinqule uThixo, Yena yedwa. Sisenzo esenzelwe kungekuphela nje ukuhlonipha Lowo ufanelwe yimbeko, kodwa nokuzisa umoya wentobeko kunye nokuzithoba kubanquli.

Kutheni le nto sinqula, luyintoni kanye unqulo kwaye sinqula njani imihla ngemihla? Kuba esi sihloko sibalulekile kuThixo kwaye yiyo loo nto sidalwe, isiBhalo sisinika ulwazi oluninzi ngalo mbandela.

Yintoni unqulo?
Igama ukunqula livela kwigama lesiNgesi elidala elithi "weorþscipe" okanye "ixabiso lokuthumela inqanawa" elithetha "ukunika ixabiso". "Kwimeko yehlabathi, igama linokuthetha" ukubamba into ngokubaluleka ". Kwimeko yebhayibhile, igama lesiHebhere lonqulo ngu-shachah, elithetha ukudakumba, ukuwa, okanye ukuqubuda phambi kothixo. Kukubambelela kwinto ethile ngentlonipho, imbeko nembeko ukuba ekuphela komnqweno wakho kukuqubuda kuyo. UThixo ufuna ngokukodwa ukuba olu hlobo lonqulo lujolise kuye yedwa.

Kwimeko yayo yakudala, ukunqula kukaThixo umntu kwakubandakanya isenzo sedini: ukuxhela isilwanyana kunye nokuphalazwa kwegazi ukufumana uxolelo lwesono. Yayikukujongwa kwexesha xa uMesiya wayeza kuza abe lelona dini liphezulu, enika olona hlobo lonqulo lokuthobela uThixo kunye nothando lwethu ngesipho sakhe ekufeni kwakhe.

Kodwa uPawulos uyawahlaziya amadini njengonqulo kumaRoma 12: 1, “Ndiyanivuselela ngoko, bazalwana, ngeemfefe zikaThixo, ukuba niyinikele imizimba yenu ibe lidini eliphilileyo, elingcwele, elikholekileyo kuThixo. oku kukuncoma kwakho ngokwasemoyeni ”. Asisengamakhoboka omthetho, sinomthwalo wokuphatha igazi lezilwanyana ukucamagushela izono kunye nendlela yethu yokunqula. UYesu sele ehlawule ixabiso lokufa kwaye wenza idini legazi lezono zethu. Indlela yethu yokunqula, emva kovuko, kukuzizisa thina, ubomi bethu, njengombingelelo ophilayo kuThixo oku kungcwele kwaye uyakuthanda.

Kwi-My Estest for a Highest Oswald Chambers wathi, "Unqulo kukunika uThixo eyona nto akunike yona." Akukho nto yexabiso sinokuyivelisa kunqulo ngaphandle kwethu. Lidini lethu lokugqibela, ukubuyisela kuThixo kwa obu bomi wasinika bona. Yinjongo yethu kunye nesizathu sokuba sidalwe. Eyoku-1 kaPetros 2: 9 ithi "singabantu abanyuliweyo, ububingeleli basebukhosini, uhlanga olungcwele, ubutyebi obukhethekileyo bukaThixo, ukuze nivakalise iingoma zalowo wanibizayo ukuba niphume ebumnyameni, ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okungummangaliso." Sisizathu sokuba sibekho, ukuzisa unqulo kuLowo wasidalayo.

Imiyalelo yebhayibhile yonqulo
IBhayibhile ithetha ngonqulo ukusuka kwiGenesis ukuya kwiSityhilelo. Ibhayibhile iyonke iyahambelana kwaye icacile ngesicwangciso sikaThixo sonqulo kwaye icacisa ngokucacileyo umyalelo, injongo, isizathu, kunye nendlela yokunqula. Isibhalo sichaza ngokucacileyo kunqulo lwethu ngezi ndlela zilandelayo:

1. Uyalelwe ukuba anqule
Umyalelo wethu kukunqula kuba uThixo wadala umntu ngenxa yesi sizathu. U-Isaya 43: 7 usixelela ukuba sidalelwe ukuba simnqule: "Lowo ubizwa ngegama lam, endamdalela uzuko lwam, endamenzayo ndamenza."

Umbhali weNdumiso 95: 6 usixelela ukuba: "Yizani, siqubude simnqule, siguqe phambi koYehova uMdali wethu." Ngumyalelo, into elindelweyo ukusuka kwindalo ukuya kuMdali. Kuthekani ukuba asiyenzi? ULuka 19:40 usixelela ukuba amatye ayakukhala ekunquleni uThixo, Unqulo lwethu lubaluleke kakhulu kuThixo.

2. Indawo yonqulo
Eyona nto sigxile kuyo kunqulo lwethu ngokungathandabuzekiyo ibhekiswe kuThixo nakuYe kuphela. KuLuka 4: 8 u Yesu waphendula wathi: "Kubhaliwe kwathiwa: 'Nqula u Yehova uThixo wakho umkhonze yena yedwa." Nangexesha lokubingelelwa kwezilwanyana, ngaphambi kovuko, abantu bakaThixo babekhunjuzwa ngokuba wayengubani na, nemimangaliso emikhulu awayebenzele yona, negunya lendlela yokunqula uThixo omnye ngedini.

I-2 Kumkani 17: 36 ithi "yiNkosi, eyakukhupha eYiputa ngamandla amakhulu nangengalo eyolukileyo, kufuneka unqule wena. KuYe uya kuqubuda kuye kwaye Unikele amadini kuye. Ayikho enye indlela ngaphandle kokunqula uThixo.

3. Isizathu sokuba sithande
Kutheni sithanda nje? Kungenxa yokuba Yena yedwa ufanelekile. Ngubani okanye yintoni enye efanelwe bubuthixo obadala izulu nomhlaba? Uphethe ixesha ngesandla sakhe kwaye ujonge ngokuzimeleyo kuyo yonke indalo. IsiTyhilelo 4:11 siyasixelela, "Ufanele, Nkosi yethu, Thixo, ukwamkela uzuko, nembeko, namandla, ngokuba nguwe odale zonke izinto, ngentando yakho zadalwa zabakho."

Abaprofeti beTestamente eNdala babhengeza isidima sikaThixo kwabo bamlandelayo. Emva kokufumana umntwana ukuba ludlolo, u-Anna kweyoku-1 kaSamuweli 2: 2 uxele eNkosini ngomthandazo wakhe wokubulela: “Akukho namnye ungcwele njengoYehova; akukho wumbi ngaphandle kwakho; Akukho liwa linjengoThixo wethu.

4. Siyamhlonela njani
Emva kovuko, ibhayibhile ayichazi ngqo ekuchazeni iivesi ekufuneka sizisebenzisile ukumnqula, ngaphandle kwelinye. U-John 4: 23 usixelela ukuba "kuza ilixa, nangoku selikho, xa abanquli abayinyaniso baya kumnqula uBawo ngoMoya nangenyaniso; kuba uBawo ufuna abanjalo ukumnqula."

UThixo ungumoya kwaye eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 6: 19-20 isixelela ukuba sigcwele uMoya wakhe: “Anazi na ukuba imizimba yenu ziitempile zoMoya oyiNgcwele, ongaphakathi kwenu, enamamkelayo evela kuThixo? Awungowakho; nathengwa ngexabiso. Mzukiseni ke uThixo ngemizimba yenu ”.

Siyalelwe ukuba simzisele unqulo olusekwe enyanisweni. UThixo uyayibona intliziyo yethu kwaye uloyiko alufunayo lolo luvela kwintliziyo emsulwa, eyenziwe ngcwele ngokuxolelwa, ngesizathu esifanelekileyo nangenjongo: yokuyihlonipha.

Ngaba unqulo kukucula nje?
Iinkonzo zethu zanamhlanje zecawa zibamba amaxesha okudumisa nokunqula. Ngapha koko, ibhayibhile ibaluleke kakhulu kumculo obonisa ukholo lwethu, uthando lwethu, nokunqula kwethu uThixo iNdumiso 105: 2 ithi "mvumeleni, simdumiseni; uyibalisa yonke imisebenzi yakhe ebalulekileyo ”kwaye uThixo uyayithanda indumiso yethu ngengoma nangomculo. Ngokwesiqhelo ixesha lokudumisa inkonzo yecawe ihlala iyeyona ndawo imnandi kunye neyona nto iphambili kwinkonzo yeengoma ngelixa lonqulo lelona xesha limnyama nelinoxolo. Kwaye kukho isizathu.

Umahluko phakathi kokudumisa nokunqula ulele kwinjongo yako. Ukudumisa kukubulela uThixo ngezinto asenzele zona. Sidumisa uThixo ngomculo nangengoma "ngayo yonke imisebenzi yakhe emangalisayo" asenzele yona.

Kodwa ke, unqulo, kwelinye icala, lixesha lokuhlonela, ukunqula, ukuhlonipha nokunika imbeko kuThixo, hayi ngenxa yento ayenzileyo kodwa ngenxa yento ayiyo. UnguYehova, ndiNguye (Eksodus 3:14); NguEl Shaddai, uSomandla (iGenesis 17: 1); Ungoyena uPhakamileyo, ogqwesileyo ngaphezu kwendalo yonke (Iindumiso 113: 4-5); NguAlfa no-Omega, isiqalo nesiphelo (IsiTyhilelo 1: 8). Nguye kuphela uThixo, ngaphandle kwaKhe akukho wumbi (Isaya 45: 5). Ufanele ukunqulwa sithi, ukumhlonela nokumnqula.

Kodwa isenzo sonqulo asikokucula nje. IBhayibhile ichaza iindlela ezininzi zonqulo. Umdumisi usixelela kwiNdumiso 95: 6 ukuba siguqe ngamadolo phambi kweNkosi; U-Yobhi 1: 20-21 uchaza ukunqula uYobhi ngokukrazula ingubo yakhe, ukucheba intloko kunye nokuwa phantsi. Ngamanye amaxesha kufuneka sizise umnikelo njengendlela yokunqula njengaku-1 yeziKronike 16:29. Sikwamnqula uThixo ngomthandazo sisebenzisa ilizwi lethu, ukuzola kwethu, iingcinga zethu, izizathu zethu kunye nomoya wethu.

Ngelixa isiBhalo singazichazi iindlela ezithile esiyalelwe ukuba sizisebenzise elunqulweni lwethu, kukho izizathu ezingalunganga kunye nezimo zendlela zonqulo. Sisenzo sentliziyo kunye nokubonakalisa imeko yentliziyo yethu. UJohn 4: 24 usixelela ukuba "kufuneka sinqule ngoMoya nangenyaniso." Kufuneka size kuThixo, singcwele kwaye samkele ngentliziyo emsulwa engenazinjongo zingcolileyo, nto leyo ethi "sinqule ngokwasemoyeni" (KwabaseRoma 12: 1). Kufuneka size kuThixo ngentlonipho yokwenene kwaye ngaphandle kwekratshi kuba nguYe kuphela ofanelekileyo (iNdumiso 96: 9). Siza nembeko noloyiko. Olu lunqulo lwethu oluthandekayo, njengoko kusitshiwo kumaHebhere 12:28: "Kungoko ke, ngenxa yokuba sisamkela ubukumkani obungenakuzanyazanyiswa, sinombulelo; ngenxa yoko sinqula uThixo ngendlela eyamkelekileyo, sinentlonelo nokoyika."

Kutheni le nto iBhayibhile isilumkisa ngokunqula izinto ezingalunganga?
IBhayibhile iqulethe izilumkiso ezininzi ngokuthe ngqo ngokubhekisele kunqulo lwethu. Kwincwadi yeEksodus, uMoses wanika abantwana bakwa-Israyeli umthetho wokuqala kwaye ujongane nokuba ngubani na ekufuneka amkele unqulo lwethu. IEksodus 34:14 isixelela ukuba "masinganquli omnye uthixo, kuba u-Yehova, ogama lakhe linguKhwele, nguThixo onekhwele."

Ingcaciso yesithixo "yiyo nantoni na encomekayo, ethandwayo okanye ehlonitshwayo" Isithixo sinokuba sisidalwa esiphilayo okanye sinokuba yinto. Kwilizwe lethu langoku inokuzibonakalisa njengomsebenzi wokuzonwabisa, ishishini, imali, okanye nokuba nembono yokuzibona ngokwethu, ukubeka iimfuno zethu kunye neemfuno zethu phambi koThixo.

KuHoseya isahluko 4, umprofeti uchaza ukunqula izithixo njengokukrexeza kokomoya kuThixo.Ukungathembeki kokunqula nantoni na ngaphandle koThixo kuya kubangela ingqumbo kaThixo kunye nesohlwayo.

KwiLevitikus 26: 1, uNdikhoyo uyalela abantwana bakwa-Israyeli wathi: “Musa ukuzenzela izithixo, ungazenzeli umfanekiso oqingqiweyo okanye ilitye, ungazibekeli ngamatye aqingqiweyo elizweni lakho ukuze uqubude phambi kwalo. NdinguNdikhoyo, uThixo wakho. Kwakhona kwiTestamente eNtsha, eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 10:22 iyathetha ngokungavusi umona kaThixo ngokunqula izithixo nokunqula ubuhedeni.

Ngelixa uThixo engacacanga malunga nendlela yethu yonqulo kwaye asinike inkululeko esiyidingayo yokuvakalisa unqulo lwethu, ujolise ngqo kuye ekungafanelekanga ukuba simnqule.

Singamnqula njani uThixo kule veki?
Unqulo alusosenzo sexesha elinye ekufuneka senziwe kwindawo ethile yenkolo ngosuku olumiselweyo lwenkolo. Ngumcimbi wentliziyo. Yindlela yokuphila. UCharles Spurgeon wathi kungcono xa esithi, “Zonke iindawo ziindawo zonqulo kumKristu. Naphi na apho akhoyo, kufuneka abekhona kwimeko yokudumisa ”.

Simnqula uThixo imini yonke ngenxa yento ayiyo, sikhumbula ubungcwele bakhe obunamandla onke. Sinokholo kubulumko bakhe, amandla akhe aphezulu, amandla nothando. Siphuma kunqulo lwethu sineengcinga, amazwi nezenzo.

Sivuka sicinga ngokulunga kukaThixo ngokusinika olunye usuku lobomi, simzukise. Siguqa emthandazweni, sinikezela ngemini yethu kunye neziqu zethu kuye kuphela ukwenza into ayifunayo. Ngokukhawuleza siye kuye kuba sihamba ecaleni kwakhe kuyo yonke into esiyenzayo nangomthandazo ongapheliyo.

Sinika eyona nto ayifunayo uThixo: sizinika.

Ilungelo lokunqula
U-AW Tozer uthe: "Intliziyo eyaziyo uThixo ingamfumana uThixo naphina… umntu ozaliswe nguMoya kaThixo, umntu odibene noThixo kwintlanganiso edlalayo, angalwazi uvuyo lokumnqula, nokuba kukuthula kobomi okanye kwisaqhwithi. yobomi ".

KuThixo unqulo lwethu luzisa uzuko olifanele igama lakhe, kodwa kumnquli luzisa uvuyo ngokuthobela okupheleleyo nokuzithoba kuye.Akuyiyo nje into egunyazisiweyo kunye nolindelo, kodwa kukwalilungelo kunye nelungelo lokwazi. ukuba uThixo usomandla akafuni nto ngaphandle kokumnqula.