Bafanele baphathwe njani abantu abangamahlwempu ngokutsho kweBhayibhile?
Bafanele baphathwe njani abantu abangamahlwempu ngokutsho kweBhayibhile? Ngaba kufuneka basebenzele naluphi na uncedo abalufumanayo? Yintoni ekhokelela kwintlupheko?
Zimbini iintlobo zabantu abahluphekileyo eBhayibhileni. Uhlobo lokuqala ngabo bahlwempuzekileyo nabasweleyo, amaxesha amaninzi iimpazamo zabo. Uhlobo lwesibini ngabo bathwaxwe yindlala kodwa ngabantu abomeleleyo abonqenayo. Nokuba abayikusebenza ukuze bangafumani mali okanye bayokwala ukusebenzela uncedo olwenziweyo (jonga iMizekeliso 6:10 - 11, 10: 4, njl.). Bahlwempuzeke ngakumbi ngokuzikhethela kungethuba.
Abanye abantu baphelela ekubeni bahlwempuzekile ngenxa yokutshatyalaliswa kwesityalo sabo ngenxa yentlekele yemvelo. Umlilo omkhulu unokubangela ilahleko yekhaya kunye nokuzihlalela kosapho. Emva kokuswelekelwa ngumyeni, umhlolokazi unokufumanisa ukuba unemali encinci kwaye akanantsapho yokumnceda.
Ngaphandle kwabazali, umntwana oyinkedama uba lihlwempu kwaye ulihlwempu phantsi kweemeko ezingaphaya kolawulo lwayo. Ukanti abanye banentlupheko ebafinyayo ngenxa yokugula okanye iziphene ezibathintelayo ekwenzeni imali.
Intando kaThixo kukuba sikhulise intliziyo yemfesane kwabangamahlwempu nabaxhwalekileyo kwaye, xa kunokwenzeka, sibabonelele ngeemfuno zobomi. Ezi mfuno zibandakanya ukutya, indawo yokuhlala, kunye nempahla. U-Yesu wafundisa ukuba nangona utshaba lwethu lufuna izinto ezibalulekileyo ebomini, kufuneka simncede (uMateyu 5:44 - 45).
Ibandla lokuqala leTestamente eNtsha lalinqwenela ukunceda abo bangathathi ntweni. Umpostile uPawulos akazange akhumbule amahlwempu kuphela (amaGalati 2: 10) kodwa wakhuthaza nabanye ukuba benze njalo. Ubhale wathi: "Ngenxa yoko, ngenxa yokuba sinethuba, senza okuhle kubo bonke, ngakumbi abo bangabendlu yokholo" (Galati 6:10).
Umpostile uYakobi akathethi nje kuphela ukuba luxanduva lwethu ukunceda abo bahluphekayo, kodwa ukwalumkisa ukuba ukubanika izinto ezingafunekiyo akwanelanga (Yakobi 2:15 - 16, jonga neMizekeliso 3:27)! Luchaza unqulo lwenene lukaThixo njengolubandakanya utyelelo lweenkedama nabahlolokazi kwiingxaki zabo (Yakobi 1:27).
Ibhayibhile isinika imigaqo malunga nokuphathwa kwamahlwempu. Umzekelo, nangona uThixo engabonakalisi mkhethe kuba umntu eswele (iEksodus 23: 3, kwabase-Efese 6: 9), ukhathalele amalungelo abo. Akafuni nabani na, ngakumbi iinkokheli, ukuba axhamle abasweleyo (u-Isaya 3:14 - 15, uYeremiya 5:28, uHezekile 22:29).
Uziva kangakanani uThixo xa ebaphatha abo bangathathi-ntweni kunathi? INkosi ibajonga abo bahlekisa ngehlwempu njengabamhlekisayo, "Ogculela ihlwempu ungcikiva uMdali wakhe" (IMizekeliso 17: 5).
KwiTestamente eNdala, uThixo wayalela amaSirayeli ukuba angazihlanganisi iikona zamasimi abo ukuze amahlwempu nabasemzini (abahambi) baziqokelelele ukutya. Le yayiyenye yeendlela iNkosi eyabafundisa ngayo ngokubaluleka kokunceda abo basweleyo nokuvula iintliziyo zabo kwingxaki yabo bangathathi-ntweni (Levitikus 19: 9 - 10, iDuteronomi 24:19 - 22).
Ibhayibhile ifuna ukuba sisebenzise ubulumko xa sinceda amahlwempu. Oku kuthetha ukuba akufuneki sibanike yonke into abayicelileyo. Abo bafumana uncedo mabalindele (kangangoko banakho) ukulusebenzela kwaye bangafumani nje "into engento" (iLevitikus 19: 9 - 10). Amahlwempu omeleleyo kufuneka enze umsebenzi othile ubuncinci okanye akufuneki atye! Abo banakho kodwa bayala ukusebenza akufuneki bancedwe (2Th. 3:10).
Ngokwebhayibhile, xa sinceda abo bangamahlwempu akufuneki sikwenze ngokukrokra. Asifanele kananjalo sincede abangathathi ntweni kuba siziva ngathi kufuneka sikwenze ukukholisa uThixo.Siyalelwe ukuba sinikezele ngoncedo ngentliziyo evumayo nenesisa (2 kwabaseKorinte 9: 7).