Lithetha ukuthini igama elithi ubabalo eBhayibhileni?
Lithetha ntoni igama ubabalo ebhayibhileni? Ngaba uThixo uyasithanda?
Uninzi lwabantu becawa bathetha ngobabalo kwaye bade bacule iingoma ngalo. Bayazi ukuba weza ngoYesu Krestu (Yohane 1:14, 17), kodwa bambalwa abayaziyo eyona nkcazo yakhe! Ngaba yinkululeko, ngokwebhayibhile, yokwenza le nto siyifunayo?
Xa uPawulos wabhala la mazwi: “… anikho phantsi komthetho, niphantsi kobabalo” (KwabaseRoma 6:14) wasebenzisa igama lesiGrike u-charis (Strong's Concordance # G5485). UThixo usisindisa kule charis. Kuba le yindlela yosindiso lomKrestu, ibaluleke kakhulu kwaye into uMtyholi ayenza ngako konke okusemandleni akhe ukudida intsingiselo yokwenene yobabalo!
Izibhalo zithi uYesu wakhulela ku-charis (Luka 2:52), eguqulelwe njenge "favour" kwi-KJV. Amanqaku amaninzi aseludinini abonisa "ubabalo" njengolunye uguqulo.
Ukuba ubabalo luthetha uxolelo olungasifanelanga kuLuka 2, ngokuchaseneyo nobabalo okanye ubabalo, kwenzeka njani ukuba uYesu, ongazange one, akhule axolelwe ngokungasifanelanga? Inguqulelo apha ka "nceda" icacile ukuba ichanekile. Kulula ukuyiqonda indlela uKristu akhula ngayo ethanda uYise kunye nabantu.
KuLuka 4: 22 abantu babemangalisiwe ngamazwi obabalo (athandekayo ebantwini) aphuma emlonyeni wakhe. Apha igama lesiGrike likwacharis.
KwiZenzo 2: 46-47 sifumana abafundi "benesisa kubo bonke abantu". KwiZenzo 7: 10 siyifumana isisiwa kuYosefu emehlweni kaFaro. I-KJV iguqulele i-charis njenge "ubabalo" apha, ngokuchasene nobabalo, njengakwezinye iindawo (IZenzo 25: 3, uLuka 1:30, iZenzo 7:46). Akucaci ukuba kutheni abanye bengayithandi le nguqulelo. Oku kuthetha ukuba akunamsebenzi ukuba wenzani wakuba wamkele uYesu Kristu njengoMsindisi wakho. Nangona kunjalo, amakholwa amaninzi ayazi ukuba kubalulekile into eyenziwa ngamaKristu! Sixelelwe ukuba kufuneka siyigcine imiyalelo (Izenzo 5:32).
Umntu ufumana ubabalo ngezizathu ezibini ezahlukeneyo. Okokuqala, uYesu wasifela sisengaboni (KwabaseRoma 5: 8). Uninzi lweNgqobhoko luya kuvuma ukuba olu lubabalo lukaThixo lusebenza (jonga kuYohane 3:16).
Ukurhoxiswa kwesigwebo sentambo kuthi yinxalenye yokuqala yenkqubo yosindiso. UmKristu ugwetyelwe (izono ezidlulileyo ezihlawulelweyo) ngokufa kukaKristu. AmaKristu akanakwenza nto ngenxa yezono zawo ngaphandle kokwamkela eli dini. Umbuzo ngowokuba kutheni le nto umntu efumana olu lubabalo lumangalisayo kwasekuqaleni.
UBawo wethu waseZulwini akakholwanga ziingelosi ezonileyo ngosindiso kwaye akaziniki thuba lokuba babe ngabantwana (KumaHebhere 1: 5, 2: 6 - 10). UThixo wakhetha umntu ngenxa yokuba singumfanekiso wakhe. Inzala yawo wonke umntu ibonakala ingubawo kwindalo (Izenzo 17:26, 28-29, 1Jn 3: 1). Abo bangakholelwayo ukuba umntu umfanekiselo woMdali wakhe abakwazi nokuqonda ukuba kutheni sifumana uthando okanye ubabalo lokugwetyelwa.
Esinye isizathu sokufumana ubabalo kukuba isombulula impikiswano phakathi kobabalo nemisebenzi. Ukhula njani uthandele nawuphi na umphathi? Igcina izikhokelo zayo okanye imiyalelo!
Nje ukuba sikholelwe kwidini likaYesu ukuhlawulela izono zethu (ukwaphula umthetho), siguquke (sigcine imiyalelo), kwaye sibhaptizwe, samkela uMoya oyiNgcwele. Ngoku singabantwana beNkosi ngobukho bomoya wakhe. Sinembewu yakhe kuthi (jonga 1Jn 3: 1 - 2, 9). Ngoku sikhulile (ubabalo) emehlweni aKhe!
AmaKristu okwenyani aphantsi kobabalo olukhulu okanye ubabalo lukaThixo kwaye kufuneka agqibelele. Usijongile njengaye nawuphi na utata olungileyo obajongileyo abantwana bakhe kwaye ebathanda (1 Petros 3:12, 5:10 - 12; Mateyu 5:48; 1Jn 3:10). Uyabathanda ukohlwaya xa kufuneka njalo (KumaHebhere 12: 6, IsiTyhilelo 3:19) Ke ngoko sigcina imiyalelo yakhe eBhayibhileni kwaye sihlala sithandwa nguye.