Uyazi umpostile uPawulos, owayekhe nguSawule waseTarso
Umpostile uPaulos, owaqala njengenye yezona ntshaba zinenzondelelo zobuKristu, wathathwa ngesandla ngu Yesu Krestu ukuba abe ngoyena mthunywa wevangeli. UPaul ngokungakhathali wahamba kwilizwe lakudala, ezisa umyalezo wosindiso kwabeeNtlanga. UPawulos ungomnye wexesha elizeleyo lobuKristu.
Impumelelo yompostile uPawulos
Xa uSawule waseTarso, owathi wabizwa ngokuba nguPawulos kamva, wabona uYesu ovusiweyo endleleni eya eDamasko, uSawule waguqukela kubuKristu. Wenza uhambo olude kathathu lobufundisi kulo lonke elaseRoma, etyala iicawa, eshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo, kwaye esomeleza amaKrestu okuqala.
Kwiincwadi ezingama-27 zeTestamente eNtsha, uPawulos kuthiwa ungumbhali wazo zili-13. Ngelixa wayezidla ngelifa lakhe lobu Yuda, uPawulos wabona ukuba iindaba ezilungileyo zezakwabeeNtlanga. UPawulos wabulawa ngenxa yokholo lwakhe kuKristu ngamaRoma, malunga ne-64 okanye i-65 AD
Amandla ompostile uPawulos
UPaul wayenengqondo ekrelekrele, ulwazi olunomtsalane lwefilosofi kunye nenkolo, kwaye wayenokuphikisana nabaphengululi abafundileyo bomhla wakhe. Kwangelo xesha, inkcazo yakhe ecacileyo neqondakalayo yeVangeli yenza iileta zakhe ezazisiya kumabandla okuqala isiseko semfundiso yobuKrestu. Isithethe simbonisa uPawulos njengendoda encinci, kodwa wanyamezela ubunzima obukhulu kuhambo lwakhe lobuvangeli. Ukunyamezela kwakhe ejongene nengozi kunye nentshutshiso kuye kwabakhuthaza abavangeli basemazweni abaninzi ukusukela ngoko.
Ubuthathaka bukampostile uPawulos
Phambi kokuguquka kwakhe, uPawulos wakwamkela ukuxulutywa ngamatye kukaStefano (IZenzo 7:58) kwaye wayengumtshutshisi ongenanceba webandla lokuqala.
Izifundo zobomi
UThixo angamtshintsha umntu. UThixo wanika uPawulos amandla, ubulumko, kunye nonyamezelo ukuze enze umsebenzi awayewunikwe nguYesu. Enye yeentetho zikaPawulos ezidumileyo yile, "Ndingazenza zonke izinto ngoKristu ondomelezayo" (Filipi 4:13, NKJV), isikhumbuza ukuba amandla ethu okuphila ubomi bobuKristu avela kuThixo, hayi aphuma kuthi.
UPawulos waphinda wachaza 'iliva enyameni yakhe' elalimenza angakhukhumali lilungelo elixabisekileyo awayelinikwe nguThixo. Ngokuthi "kuba xa ndibuthathaka, kuxa ndinamandla" (2 kwabaseKorinte 12: 2), uPawulos wayesabelana ngeyona mfihlelo inkulu yokuthembeka: ukuxhomekeka ngokupheleleyo kuThixo.
Uninzi loHlaziyo lwamaProtestanti lwalusekelwe kwimfundiso kaPawulos yokuba abantu basindiswa ngobabalo, hayi imisebenzi: "Kuba usindiswe ngobabalo, ngokholo-kwaye oku akuveli kuwe, sisipho sikaThixo-" ( Kwabase-Efese 2: 8, NIV) Le nyaniso iyasikhulula ukuba siyeke ukuzabalazela ukulunga ngokwaneleyo kwaye sonwabe endaweni yosindiso lwethu, olufezekiswa ngumbingelelo wothando kaYesu Krestu.
Idolophu yasekhaya
ITarso, eKilikiya, namhlanje kumazantsi eTurkey.
Isalathiso kumpostile uPawulos eBhayibhileni
KwiZenzo 9-28; KwabaseRoma, kwabase-1 kwabaseKorinte, kwabase-2 kwabaseKorinte;
Occupation
UmFarisi, umenzi weentente, umvangeli ongumKristu, umthunywa wevangeli, umbhali wezibhalo.
Iivesi eziphambili
Izenzo 9: 15-16
Kodwa iNkosi yathi kuHananiya: “Hamba! Le ndoda sisixhobo sam esinyuliweyo sokuvakalisa igama lam ezintlangeni, kookumkani bazo nakubantu bakwaSirayeli. Ndombonisa ukuba zinkulu kwezinto ezinzima amelwe kukuziva ngenxa yegama lam. (NIV)
KwabaseRoma 5: 1
Ngenxa yoko, ngenxa yokuba sigwetyelwe ngokholo, sinokuthula kunye noThixo ngeNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu (NIV)
KumaGalati 6: 7-10
Sukukhohliswa: UThixo akanakuhlekwa. Umntu uvuna into ayihlwayeleyo. Ukuba uhlwayela imbewu yesimo esidala, uya kuvuna ilahleko esa ekufeni; ukuba uhlwayela imbewu yesimo esitsha phantsi koMoya kaThixo, uya kuvuna indyebo esa kobona bomi bungenasiphelo. Masingadinwa ke kukwenza okulungileyo, kuba xa sizingisa, lode lifike ixesha lokuvuna. Ekubeni ke sinethuba lokwenza okulungileyo, sibafundisa bonke abantu, ngokukodwa abo bakusapho lwamakholwa. (NIV)
2 Timoti 4: 7
Ndiwulwile umlo olungileyo, ugqatso ndilugqibile, ukholo ndilugcinile. (NIV)