Uyisebenzisa kanjani imiyalelo ukuthwala isiqhamo kuThixo
Umbuzo obuza impendulo emva kwamaRoma 7 yindlela amaKristu afanele awusebenzise ngayo umthetho kaThixo obonakaliswe kwiTestamente eNdala. Isizathu sokuba lo mbuzo ubuze impendulo kukuba uPawulos wathetha izinto ngomthetho ezibonisa ubuthathaka bakhe nokungabi namandla okusigwebela nokusingcwalisa. KwabaseRoma 8: 3, "Oko umthetho wawungenakukwenza, kubuthathaka njengoko wawunjalo ngokwasenyameni ..."
Intlonipho yomthetho ayinakukuthethelela
Ndiphikisile ukuba ukugcinwa komthetho akunako ukusithethelela kwigumbi lenkundla kaThixo: ukuba isigwebo sakhe siyatshintsha sinetyala, uya kuba kungenxa yokuba sithembele kubulungisa bukaKrestu nasekufeni kwakhe, hayi ekuthobeleni umthetho. Kwaye ukuba iintliziyo zethu ziguquka ukusuka ekuvukeleni ukuya ekuthobeleni, ayizukubangelwa ngumthetho, kodwa nguMoya kaKristu osebenza ezintliziyweni zethu. Ndihlala ndijongise ingqalelo yakho kwabaseRoma 7: 4, “Ke ngoko, bazalwana bam, nani nenziwa nawufa kuwo umthetho ngomzimba kaKristu, ukuze nimanywe nomnye umntu, kunye nalowo wavuswa kwabafileyo. , ukuze sivelisele uThixo isiqhamo. ”Ngamanye amazwi, ukuba sifuna ukuthwala isiqhamo sothando ebomini bethu - kwaye siza kuthwala esi siqhamo, ukuba singabantwana bakaThixo - ke kufuneka sisilandele ngendlela engawuthathi umthetho indlela zethu zokuqala okanye eziphambili okanye ezinokutshintsha.
Siza kuthini ke ngomthetho?
Kodwa oku kubhekisa rhoqo ekufeni emthethweni kuphakamise umbuzo kubaninzi benu: sizakwenza ntoni ngomthetho emva koko? Ngaba simele sifunde iincwadi zikaMoses? Ngaba kufuneka siyifunde iMithetho Elishumi kunye neminye imithetho yeTestamente eNdala? Yintoni esinokuyenza ngabangcwele beTestamente eNdala abathi bathetha izinto ezinje, "Kodwa uvuyo lwakhe lusemthethweni weNkosi, kwaye ecamngca ngomthetho wakhe imini nobusuku" (Iindumiso 1: 2). “Umthetho weNkosi ugqibelele, uyahlaziya umphefumlo; Ubungqina beNkosi buqinisekile, benza izilumko zilumke… Zinqweneleka ngaphezu kwegolide, ewe, igolide engcwengiweyo. zimnandi ngakumbi kunobusi, nokuvuza kwekama ”(INdumiso 19: 7, 10). “Hayi indlela endiwuthanda ngayo umthetho wakho! Ndicamngca imini yonke ”(Ndumiso 119: 97).
Kwaye nalapha kumaRoma sinomoya ofanayo. KwabaseRoma 7:22 UPawulos uthi, "Ndivumelana nomthetho kaThixo entliziyweni yomntu." Kwaye kumaRoma 7:25 ithi, "Mna ngokwam ndikhonza umthetho kaThixo ngengqondo yam, kodwa ngenyama yam ndikhonza umthetho wesono." Olu lonwabo emthethweni kwaye oku "ukukhonza umthetho kaThixo" akuvakali njengokuphela "njengokufa emthethweni".
Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, jonga nam amaRoma 3: 20-22. U-Pawulos uqala ayicacise (kwindima yama-20) ukuba “ngemisebenzi yomthetho akukho nyama iya kugwetyelwa emehlweni akhe; kuba isono saziwe ngokubakho komthetho ”. Ngamanye amagama, "ukuthotyelwa komthetho" ngekhe kuguqule isigwebo sethu sibe netyala kwaye kungabi sisizathu sokwamkelwa kwethu kwisigqibo sokugqibela. Esona sicelo sam amaxesha ngamaxesha sokwamkelwa kukaThixo kukuba andikholosanga ekugcineni kwam umthetho okanye ukungcwaliswa kwam okungagqibelelanga okwenziwe nguMoya, okuthengwe ngegazi, kodwa egazini nakubulungisa bukaKristu. Lo ngumthandazo wam ofezekileyo kwiholo lasezulwini ngoku nangonaphakade. "Ngemisebenzi yomthetho akukho nyama iya kugwetyelwa."
Esi sisiphelo sikaPawulos ukuza kuthi ga ngoku: akukho lungelo, akukho namnye. Kodwa ngoku liyintoni ithemba lethu? Ivela phi? Uthi kwivesi 21: "Kodwa ngoku, ngaphandle komthetho, ubulungisa bukaThixo bubonakalisiwe, bungqinwa nguMthetho nabaProfeti, (22) nobulungisa bukaThixo ngokholo kuYesu Kristu kubo bonke abakholwayo. ". Ithemba labantu abangalungisiyo ngathi kunye nabo bonke abahlobo kunye neentshaba zethu kukuba uThixo wenze ubulungisa obunokwenzeka kuthi esingenabo obusekelwe kwimisebenzi yomthetho, kodwa esekwe kuYesu Krestu. Uyibiza ngokuba "bubulungisa bukaThixo ngokukholwa kuYesu Krestu." Singathathwa njengamalungisa ngenxa yobomi nokufa kukaKristu ukuba simthemba njengoMsindisi, iNkosi noTyebo bethu.
Ubungqina bomthetho
Kodwa qaphela ibinzana elibalulekileyo ekupheleni kwevesi 21: "ukuze ungqinwe nguMthetho nabaProfeti." Obu bunye ubulungisa bungengomsebenzi womthetho bungqinwa ngumthetho. Umthetho uyakungqina oku. Esi sisizathu esicacileyo sokuba uPawulos angadlala ngomthetho kwaye kutheni singafuni ukuwulahla umthetho. Umthetho ngokwawo usixelele ukuba ukugcinwa komthetho akunakuthethelela kwaye kwalatha komnye "ubulungisa" obuya kutyhilwa ngenye imini.
Ke, xa uPawulos esiya kumaRoma 3: 28, uthi, "Kuba sigqiba kwelithi, umntu ugwetyelwa ngokholo, nokuba imisebenzi yomthetho iyintoni na," ngokholo? "Kwaye uyaphendula:" Ngamana ngekhe! Siyawumisa wona umthetho ”. Ke umthetho ngokwawo ubonakalise injongo engenakukufikelela thina okanye kuthi, kodwa xa siyiphumezileyo loo njongo (yokugwetyelwa nokungcwaliswa!) Ngokukholwa kuKristu, umthetho ngokwawo uya kuzalisekiswa kwaye umiselwe. "Injongo yomthetho nguKrestu ubulungisa kubo bonke abakholwayo" (KwabaseRoma 20: 31, inguqulelo efanelekileyo)
Kuyacaca ke ukuba asife kumthetho ngazo zonke iindlela esinokucinga ngazo. Siyavuya ngomthetho ngandlela thile (KwabaseRoma 7:22) kwaye emthethweni sibona ubungqina "bobulungisa bukaThixo ngokukholwa kuKrestu" (KwabaseRoma 3:21), kwaye umthetho siwumisa ngokukholwa kuKrestu (KwabaseRoma 3: 31); Injongo yomthetho nguKrestu.
Ke, ukucacisa indlela esimele ukuwusebenzisa ngayo umthetho ngokusemthethweni, masiye kwenye indawo kwenye yeeleta zikaPawulos apho athetha ngqo ngalo mbuzo, 1 kuTimoti 1: 5-11.
1 kuTimoti 1: 5-11: Ukusetyenziswa komthetho ngokusemthethweni nangokungekho mthethweni
Okokuqala qaphela ibinzana eliphambili kwivesi 8: "Kodwa siyazi ukuba umthetho ulungile ukuba usetyenziswa ngokusemthethweni." Ke apha uPawulos usilumkisa ukuba ungawusebenzisa umthetho ngokusemthethweni okanye ngokungekho mthethweni. Uqikelelo lwam kukuba ukusilela ekuthobeleni umthetho kuya kukhokelela ekusetyenzisweni ngokungekho mthethweni komthetho. Kodwa masibone ukuba uthini umxholo apha.
Kwivesi 5-7 uPawulos uthi iyintoni injongo yakhe kuko konke ukushumayela nobulungiseleli bakhe nokuba kutheni abanye abantu besilele ukufezekisa oku ngendlela abawusebenzisa ngayo umthetho. Ithi, ukuqala kwivesi yesi-5: "Injongo yemfundo yethu luthando oluphuma entliziyweni esulungekileyo, isazela esilungileyo kunye nokholo olunyanisekileyo." Kukho injongo kunye nendlela yokufika apho. Qaphela ukuba indlela eya eluthandweni ayingomsebenzi womthetho. Ngamanye amagama, indlela yokulandela uthando kukujolisa ekuguqulweni kwentliziyo kunye nokuqonda kunye nokuvusa nokomeleza ukholo. Uthando alwenziwanga kuqala okanye ngokuthatha isigqibo ngokujonga kuluhlu lwemiyalelo yokuziphatha kunye nokuzama ukuyithobela. Yiyo le into ekufuneka siyifele.
Ootitshala bezomthetho abangawunyanzelisi umthetho ngokusemthethweni
Emva koko uPawulos usazisa ngamadoda athile enza ingxabano nomthetho, kwaye awafikeleli kwinjongo zothando! Ivesi 6: “Kuba bambi abathi, bezishiye nje ezo zinto [oko kukuthi," intliziyo esulungekileyo, isazela esilungileyo, nokholo olunyanisekileyo "], babuyela kwiingxoxo ezingenasiqhamo, (7) befuna ukuba ngabafundisi bomthetho, nangona bengaqondi abakutshoyo nezihloko abaqinisekisa ngazo iingxelo “.
Aba "bafundisi bomthetho" abaqondi ukuba injongo yomthetho, eluthando, ayilandelwa "yimisebenzi yomthetho", kodwa yinguqu yangaphakathi yokomoya engenako ukuziswa ngumthetho ngokwawo. Abayiqondi. UPaul uthi abayazi le nto bathetha ngayo. Bazama ukufundisa umthetho, kodwa bayashenxa kwimicimbi yentliziyo, isazela nokholo. Kwaye oko kuthetha ukuba abawusebenzisi umthetho. Kungenxa yoko le nto bengafikeleli kwinjongo zothando.
Owu, kufuneka silumke kangakanani na apha! Kukho amakhulu abantu namhlanje abazicebisayo eMelika njengootitshala bezomthetho: umthetho womtshato, umthetho wokukhulisa abantwana, umthetho wocwangciso lwezezimali, umthetho wokukhula kwecawa, umthetho wobunkokeli, umthetho wovangelo, umthetho wemishini. , umthetho wobulungisa ngokobuhlanga. Kodwa nanku umbuzo ophambili: Ngaba bayaqonda ukuba amandla eVangeli azisa utshintsho abalufunayo? Ndithetha nje oku ukukuxwayisa.
Ngaba unomathotholo ubonakalisa ukuba ufunda kwaye amanqaku kunye neencwadi ozifundayo zigcwele kukusetyenziswa komthetho ngokusemthethweni? Ngaba izithethi kunye nababhali bayayiqonda indlela yokufela emthethweni nokuba ngabakaKristu ngokholo kuphela njengeyona ndlela ibalulekileyo yokuba ngabantu abathandekayo esifanele ukuba ngabo? Ngoobani namhlanje awayeza kuthetha la mazwi noPawulos: “[Bafuna] ukuba ngabafundisi boMthetho, kwanokuba abayiqondi into abayithethayo kwanemixholo abayithethayo ngokuzithemba”? Ngamanye amagama, abayifumani. Abayiqondi indlela yevangeli yokutshintsha kwabantu ngendlela ezukisa uKristu. Kuya kufuneka sizilungiselele kwaye sikwazi ukuvavanya ezi zinto. Yiyo loo nto uPawulos wabhalela uTimoti oku.
Ukusetyenziswa komthetho ngokusemthethweni: Qaphela ukuba ayingowamalungisa
Ewe, yintoni ke ukusetyenziswa kwelayisensi komthetho kwesi sicatshulwa? Landela ingcinga yakhe kwivesi yesi-8: "Kodwa siyazi ukuba umthetho ulungile, ukuba usetyenziswa ngokusemthethweni." Yintoni leya? Ivesi 9 liyacacisa. Okokuqala, kuthetha ukuba "ukuqonda ukuba umthetho awenzelwanga umntu olilungisa, kodwa abo bangekho mthethweni nabavukelayo…". njl. Dwelisa imizekelo elishumi elinesine yokwaphulwa komthetho (kulandela iskim semithetho elishumi, izibini ezithathu zokuqala zishwankathela itafile yokuqala yeDecalogue kwaye eminye ishwankathela itafile yesibini).
Umthetho, utsho uPawulos, awenzelwanga mntu ulilungisa, kodwa wenzelwe abangekho mthethweni nabavukelayo. Oku kuvakala kakhulu njengamaGalati 3:19. UPawulos uyabuza: "Uyintoni na ngoko umthetho?" Kutheni le nto yongezwa iminyaka engama-430 emva kokuba u-Abraham agwetyelwe ngokwaselukholweni? Uphendule wathi, Longezwa ngenxa yezikreqo. Ayitsho ukuba yongezwa ngenxa yobulungisa. Yongezwa ngenxa yolu hlobo lwezinto esizifunda kolu luhlu kwi-1 Timoti 1: 9-10. Umthetho wawunendima ekhethekileyo ekufuneka uyidlalile ekumiseleni umgangatho wokuziphatha ongqongqo kunye neenkcukacha osebenzayo, utshilo uPawulos, ukugcina abantu bevalelwe (kwabaseGalati 3: 22) okanye phantsi komkhapheli okanye umgcini (Galati 3: 24) kude kube sekuzeni kaKristu kunye nokugwetyelwa ngokholo kunokugxila kuye. Umthetho uyalele ugwebe kwaye ubonise uMhlanguli ozayo. Utsho ke uPawulos kumaGalati 3:25, "Kodwa ngoku ukuba ukholo lufikile, asisekho phantsi komkhapheli."
Oku, kubonakala kum, yile nto ithi uPawulos ku-1 Timoti 1: 9, "umthetho awenzelwa ilungisa, kodwa abo bangekho mthethweni." Ngamanye amagama, ukuba umthetho uwenzile umsebenzi wokugweba nokugweba ukukuzisa kuKristu ukuze ugwetyelwe kwaye utshintshe, awusekho kuwe-ngaloo ndlela. Kukho ezinye izinto onokuzenza ngayo, kodwa ayisiyiyo le nto kuthethwa ngayo apha. Eyona nto iphambili apha kukuba umthetho unesigwebo, ukugweba kunye nokuthintela umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe kubantu abangenabulungisa.
Kodwa kumalungisa-kubantu abaze ku-Kristu bezothethelelwa kwaye beza ku-Kristu ukuze bafumane amandla okomoya angaphakathi okuthanda, le ndima yomthetho igqithile. Ukusukela ngoku ukuya phambili, indawo apho sifuna khona amandla okuthanda ayingomthetho wemiyalelo kodwa iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKristu.
Ndicinga ukuba oku sikubona ngamandla kwiivesi 10b-11. Qaphela indlela uPawulos awushwankathela ngayo wonke umthetho ekufuneka uchasene nawo kwaye ucinezela: "konke okuchasene nemfundiso ephilileyo, ngokweendaba ezilungileyo ezizukileyo zikaThixo osikelelekileyo." Ke ngoku ivelaphi indlela yokuziphatha engachasani nemfundiso ephilileyo, kwaye ngaba iyahambelana nevangeli yozuko lukaThixo osikelelekileyo? Impendulo: ivela kuloo vangeli. Kuvela kwintliziyo emsulwa, isazela esilungileyo kunye nokholo olunyanisekileyo olubizwa yile vangeli. Umthetho awuvelisi ubomi bothando obuhambelana nevangeli. Igospile ivelisa ubomi bothando obuhambelana nevangeli.
Ukugwetyelwa ngokholo kuphela, ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yomthetho, kunye nokungcwaliswa ngokholo ngamandla oMoya, kuvelisa ubomi bothando obuhambelana nevangeli lozuko lukaThixo osikelelekileyo. Yeha kwabo bazama ukulungisa ubuntu bakho okanye umtshato wakho okanye abantwana bakho okanye iimali zakho okanye ubizo lwakho okanye icawe yakho okanye ukuthunywa kwakho okanye ukuzibophelela kwakho ebulungiseni kodwa abayiqondi le mfundiso ivangeli kwaye baguqula amabhunga bawenze umthetho omtsha.
Benza ntoni na ke abo bagwetyelwayo ngomthetho kaMoses?
Yifunde kwaye ucingisise ngayo njengabo basweleke kuye njengesiseko sokugwetyelwa kwakho namandla okungcwaliswa kwakho. Yifunde kwaye ucamngce ngayo njengabo uKristu ubulungisa bakho kwaye noKrestu ungcwaliso lwakho. Oko kuthetha ukuba uyayifunda kwaye uylamle kuyo ukuze wazi uKrestu ngcono kwaye umgcine ngakumbi. UKrestu noBawo banye (Yohane 10:30; 14: 9). Ke ukwazi uThixo weTestamente eNdala kukwazi uKristu. Okukhona ububona ubuqaqawuli bakhe kwaye ulixabisile ixabiso lakhe, kokukhona uya kuguqulwa ufane naye (2 kwabaseKorinte 3: 17-18) kwaye uya kuyithanda indlela awayeyithanda ngayo, eyinzaliseko yomthetho (KwabaseRoma 13:10).
Ndiyaphinda. Uya kwenza ntoni ngomthetho, wena ugwetyelwayo ngokholo lodwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yomthetho? Yifunde kwaye uyiphonononge ukuze wazi ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Ubulungisa nenceba kaThixo ekuKristu, ubulungisa bakho kunye nobomi bakho.