Singabuphila njani ubomi obungcwele namhlanje?
Uziva njani xa ufunda amazwi kaYesu akuMateyu 5:48: "Kufuneka nibe ngabazalisekileyo, njengokuba uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile" okanye amazwi kaPeter ku-1 Peter 1: 15-16: "kodwa njengalowo unibizayo Yibani ngcwele nani, ngenxa yehambo yenu yonke. Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Yibani ngcwele, ngokuba ndingcwele mna. Ezi ndinyana zicelomngeni nakowona makholwa anamava. Ngaba ubungcwele ngumyalelo ongenakwenzeka wokungqina nokuxelisa ebomini bethu? Ngaba siyabazi ukuba bunjani ubomi obungcwele?
Ukuba ngcwele kubalulekile ukuze uphile ubomi bobuKristu, kwaye ngaphandle kobungcwele akukho namnye oya kuyibona iNkosi (KumaHebhere 12:14). Xa ukuqonda kobungcwele bukaThixo kulahlekile, kuyakukhokelela ekungahlonelweni ebandleni. Kufuneka sazi ukuba ungubani kanye kanye uThixo kwaye singoobani esinxulumene naye, ukuba siyayishiya inyani efumaneka ebhayibhileni, kuyakubakho ukunqongophala kobungcwele ebomini bethu nakwamanye amakholwa. Ngelixa sinokubucinga ubungcwele njengezenzo esizithathayo ngaphandle, eneneni buqala kwintliziyo yomntu xa bedibana belandela uYesu.
Buyintoni ubungcwele?
Ukuqonda ubungcwele, kufuneka sijonge kuThixo, uzichaza "njengongcwele" (iLevitikus 11:44; iLevitikus 20:26) kwaye uthetha ukuba wahluliwe kwaye wahluke ngokupheleleyo kuthi. Ubuntu bohlukanisiwe noThixo sisono. Lonke uluntu lonile kwaye lwasilela kuzuko lukaThixo (KwabaseRoma 3:23). Ngokuchasene noko, uThixo akanasono kuYe, kunoko ukukukhanya kwaye akukho bumnyama kuYe (1 Yohane 1: 5).
UThixo akanakubakho phambi kwesono, okanye anyamezele ukreqo kuba ungcwele kwaye "amehlo akhe amsulwa kakhulu ukuba angabona ububi" (Habhakuki 1:13). Kufuneka siqonde ukuba sinzulu kangakanani isono; umvuzo wesono kukufa, utsho amaRoma 6:23. UThixo ongcwele nolilungisa kufuneka ajongane nesono. Nabantu bafuna ubulungisa xa kwenziwe impazamo kubo okanye komnye umntu. Iindaba ezimangalisayo zezokuba uThixo waqubisana nesono emnqamlezweni kaKristu kunye nokuqondwa kwezi zinto zisisiseko sobomi obungcwele.
Iziseko zobomi obungcwele
Ubomi obungcwele kufuneka bakhelwe kwisiseko esifanelekileyo; isiseko esiqinileyo nesinyanisekileyo kwiindaba ezilungileyo zeNkosi uYesu Krestu. Ukuqonda indlela yokuphila ubomi obungcwele, kufuneka siqonde ukuba isono sethu sikwahlula kuThixo oyingcwele. Yimeko esongela ubomi ukuba phantsi komgwebo kaThixo, kodwa uThixo uze kusisindisa kwaye asihlangule kuso. U-Thixo weza emhlabeni wethu eyinyama negazi ebuntwini bukaYesu, nguThixo ngokwakhe ovala umsantsa wokwahlukana phakathi kwakhe nobuntu ngokuzalwa esenyameni engena kwilizwe elinesono. UYesu waphila ubomi obugqibeleleyo, obungenasono kwaye wathabatha isohlwayo esasifanele izono zethu-ukufa. Wazithathela kuye izono zethu, kwaye ngokubuyisela, bonke ubulungisa baKhe banikwa thina. Xa sikholwa kwaye sithembele kuye, uThixo akasasiboni isono sethu kodwa ubona ubulungisa bukaKristu.
Ukuba nguThixo ngokupheleleyo kwaye engumntu opheleleyo, wakwazi ukufezekisa into ebesingasoze sikwazi ukuyenza sodwa: ukuphila ubomi obugqibeleleyo phambi koThixo. Konke oko kungumbulelo kuYesu ukuba sinako ukuma ngokuzithemba kubulungisa baKhe nobungcwele. Samkelwa njengabantwana boThixo ophilayo, nangedini elinye likaKristu ngalo lonke ixesha, "ubenze bagqibelela ngonaphakade abo bangcwaliswayo" (KumaHebhere 10:14).
Ubomi obungcwele buba njani?
Ekugqibeleni, ubomi obungcwele bufana nobomi awabuphilayo uYesu, yayinguye yedwa emhlabeni owayephila ubomi obugqibeleleyo, obungenasiphako nobungcwele phambi koThixo uYise. UYesu wathi wonke umntu ombonileyo umbonile uBawo (Yohane 14: 9) kwaye singamazi ukuba unjani uThixo xa sijonga kuYesu.
Wazalelwa emhlabeni wethu phantsi komthetho kaThixo kwaye wawulandela ngokwale leta. Nguwo owona mzekelo wethu wobungcwele, kodwa ngaphandle kwakhe asinathemba lokuphila. Sidinga uncedo loMoya oyiNgcwele ohleli kuthi, ilizwi likaThixo elihlala kuthi ngokobutyebi kwaye silandele uYesu ngokuthobela.
Ubomi obungcwele bubomi obutsha.
Ubomi obungcwele buqala xa sisuka esonweni siye kuYesu, sikholelwa ukuba ukufa kwakhe emnqamlezweni kwasibhatalela isono. Okulandelayo, samkela uMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye sinobomi obutsha kuYesu. Oku akuthethi ukuba asizukuphinda siwele esonweni kwaye "ukuba sithi asinasono, siyazikhohlisa kwaye inyaniso ayikho kuthi" (1 Yohane 1: 8) . Nangona kunjalo, siyazi ukuba "ukuba siyazivuma izono zethu, kuyinyani kwaye kulungile ukusixolela izono zethu kwaye usicoce kuko konke ukungabi nabulungisa" (1 Yohane 1: 9).
Ubomi obungcwele buqala ngotshintsho lwangaphakathi oluqala ngokuchaphazela bonke ubomi bethu ngaphandle. Kufuneka sizinikele "njengedini eliphilayo, elingcwele, elikholekileyo kuThixo" Olu ke lulunqulo lwenene kuye (KwabaseRoma 12: 1). Samkelwe nguThixo saza sabhengezwa singcwele ngedini likaYesu lokuhlawulela izono zethu (KumaHebhere 10:10).
Ubomi obungcwele babonakaliswa ngumbulelo kuThixo.
Bubomi obubonakaliswa ngumbulelo, intobeko, uvuyo nokunye okuninzi ngenxa yako konke uMsindisi neNkosi uYesu Krestu abasenzele kona emnqamlezweni. UThixo uYise, uNyana noMoya oyiNgcwele banye kwaye akukho namnye ufana nabo. Babodwa abafanelwe yindumiso nozuko kuba "akukho uyingcwele njengoYehova" (1 Samuweli 2: 2). Impendulo yethu kuko konke iNkosi eyenzele kona kufuneka isishukumisele ukuba siphile ubomi bokuzinikela kuye ngothando nokuthobela.
Ubomi obungcwele abusayifani imodeli yeli lizwe.
Bubomi obulangazelela izinto zikaThixo hayi ezomhlaba. KumaRoma 12: 2 ithi: “Musani ke ukuthatha isimilo sabantu beli phakade, kodwa guqukani ngokutshintsha ingqondo yenu. Emva koko uya kuba nakho ukuvavanya kwaye uvume ukuba yintoni ukuthanda kukaThixo: ukulunga kwakhe, ukuthanda kwakhe kunye nokugqibelela ”
Iminqweno engaveli kuThixo inokubulawa kwaye ingabi namandla phezu kwekholwa. Ukuba simoyike kwaye simoyike uThixo, siya kujonga kuye kunezinto zehlabathi kunye nenyama enomtsalane. Siya kufuna ngakumbi ukwenza ukuthanda kukaThixo kunokwethu. Ubomi bethu buya kujongeka buhlukile kwinkcubeko esikuyo, ephawulwe yiminqweno emitsha yeNkosi njengoko siguqukayo kwaye sisuka esonweni, sifuna ukucocwa yiyo.
Singabuphila njani ubomi obungcwele namhlanje?
Singakwazi ukujongana nathi ngokwethu? Hayi! Akunakwenzeka ukuba uphile ubomi obungcwele ngaphandle kweNkosi uYesu Krestu. Kufuneka sazi uYesu kunye nomsebenzi wakhe wokusindisa emnqamlezweni.
UMoya oyiNgcwele nguYe oguqula iintliziyo neengqondo zethu. Asinathemba lokuphila ubomi obungcwele ngaphandle kwenguqu efumaneka kubomi obutsha bekholwa. Ku-2 Timoti 1: 9-10 ithi, “Usisindisile wasibizela kubomi obungcwele, hayi ngento esiyenzileyo kodwa eyinjongo yakhe nobabalo lwakhe. Olu lubabalo sanikwa ngoKristu Yesu, lingekabikho ixesha lokuqala; kodwa ngoku lubonakalalisiwe ngokuvela koMsindisi wethu, uYesu Kristu, owabhubhisa ukufa, wabukhanyisa ubomi nokungonakali, IVangeli “. Yinguqu esisigxina njengoko uMoya oyiNgcwele esebenza ngaphakathi kwethu.
Yinjongo yakhe nobabalo lwakhe oluvumela amaKristu ukuba aphile obu bomi butsha. Akukho nto umntu anokuyenza ukwenza olu tshintsho eyedwa. Njengokuba uThixo evula amehlo neentliziyo kubunyaniso besono namandla asindisayo egazi likaYesu emnqamlezweni, nguThixo osebenza kwikholwa aze aliguqule lifane naye, bubomi bokuzinikela kuMsindisi ongu wasifela wasixolelanisa noBawo.
Ukwazi kokubini imeko yethu yesono kuThixo oyingcwele kunye nobulungisa obugqibeleleyo obubonakaliswe ebomini, ekufeni nasekuvukeni kukaYesu Krestu sesona sidingo sikhulu. Kukuqala kobomi bobungcwele nobudlelwane obuxolelaniswe noMoya oyiNgcwele. Yile nto kufuneka umhlaba uyive kwaye uyibone kubomi bamakholwa ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwesakhiwo secawe - abantu ababekelwe bucala u Yesu ozinikela kwintando yakhe ebomini babo.