Lithini iLizwi likaThixo ngeNgelosi enguMgcini?

ILizwi LikaThixo lithi: «Uyabona, ndithumela ingelosi phambi kwakho, ukuba ikugadle, ukuba ungene kwindawo endiyilungiselele yona. Hlonipha ubukho bakhe, uphulaphule ilizwi lakhe kwaye ungamvukeli ... Ukuba uphulaphula izwi lakhe kwaye wenze le nto ndikuxelela yona, ndiza kuba lutshaba lweentshaba zakho kunye neqela labachasayo "(Ex 23, 2022). "Kodwa ukuba sikhona isithunywa sezulu kunye naye, inye kuphela umkhuseli phakathi kwewaka, ukubonisa umntu umsebenzi wakhe [...] yiba nenceba kuye" (uYobhi 33, 23). "Kuba ingelosi yam inawe, iya kukukhathalela" (Bar 6, 6). "Ingelosi yeNkosi ijikeleza abo bamoyikayo ize ibasindise" (Ps 33: 8). Umsebenzi wayo "kukulinda kuwo onke amanyathelo akho" (Ps 90, 11). U-Yesu uthi "iingelosi [zabantwana] ezulwini zihlala zibubona ubuso bukaBawo osezulwini" (Mt 18, 10). Ingelosi egada iya kukunceda njengoko wenzayo noAzariya namahlakani akhe kwiziko elivutha umlilo. Kodwa ke isithunywa sikaThixo, esasihle noAzariya nabalingane bakhe esithandweni somlilo, basicima umlilo suka kubo, benza ingaphakathi lesithando somlilo, njengendawo apho umoya wayezele ngumbethe. Ke umlilo awubachukumisanga konke konke, awenzakalanga nto kubo, khange ubanike nakuphi na ukuphathwa gadalala ”(Dn 3, 4950).

Ingelosi iya kukusindisa kanye njengoko wenzayo noPeter oyiNgcwele: «Kwaye nantsi ingelosi yeNkosi iziswa kuye kwaye ukukhanya kukhanya esiseleni. Wachukumisa ecaleni kukaPeter, wamvusa wathi, "Vuka ngokukhawuleza!" Kwaye imixokelelwane yawa ezandleni zakhe. Kwaye ingelosi kuye: "Bopha ibhanti lakho kwaye ubophe iimbadada zakho." Wenze njalo ke. Ingelosi yathi: "Thatha ingubo yakho, undilandele!" ... Ucango luvulwe lodwa phambi kwabo. Baphuma ke, bahamba ngendlela, yema ngesiquphe ingelosi kuye. UPeter, emva koko, wathi: "Ngoku ndiqinisekile ukuba iNkosi ithumele ingelosi yakhe ..." (Izenzo 12, 711).

KwiCawe yokuqala, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kwakukholelwa kwingelosi eyayigada, kwaye ngenxa yesi sizathu, xa uPeter wayekhululwayo ejele waya endlwini kaMarco, umlindi ogama linguRode, waqonda ukuba yayinguPeter, egcwele luvuyo ukubaleka ukuyokunika iindaba ngaphandle kokuvula ucango. Kodwa abo bamvileyo bakholelwa ukuba wayonile kwaye bathi: "Uya kuba yingelosi yakhe" (Izenzo 12: 15). Imfundiso yeCawa icace gca kule nqaku: "Ukususela ebuntwaneni kuse kwilixa lokufa ubomi bomntu bujikelezwe kukukhuselwa kwabo kunye nokuzicelela kwabo. Ikholwa ngalinye linengelosi ecaleni kwakhe njengomkhuseli kunye nomalusi, ukumkhokelela ebomini "(Ikati 336).

KwanoYosefu oMariya noMariya babenengelosi yabo. Kuyenzeka ukuba ingelosi eyalela uYosefu ukuba athathe uMariya njengomtshakazi (Mt 1) okanye abalekele eJiphutha (Mt 20, 2) okanye abuyele kwaSirayeli (Mt 13, 2) wayeyingelosi yakhe egadileyo. Yintoni eqinisekileyo kukuba kwinkulungwane yokuqala umfuziselo wengelosi eselugcinweni sele ubonakala ezibhalweni zooBawo abaNgcwele. Sele sithetha ngaye kwincwadi eyaziwayo yenkulungwane yokuqala uMalusi we-Ermas. U-Eusebius wase-Kesareya ubabiza ngokuba "ngabafundisi" bamadoda; ISt. Basil «ohamba nabo»; ISt. Gregory Nazianzeno "izihlangu ezikhuselayo". UOrigen uthi "ngeenxa zonke indoda ihlala ingelosi yeNkosi emkhanyisela, emgada kwaye ayikhusele kubo bonke ububi".

UBawo Angel Peña