Kuthetha ukuthini ukuguquka esonweni?

IWebster's New World College Dictionary ichaza inguquko ngokuthi “kukuguquka okanye ukuzisola; ukuziva usizi, ngakumbi ngokwenza impazamo; ukunyanzelwa ukuzisola; ukuzisola ". Inguquko yaziwa njengokutshintsha kwengqondo, ukujika, ukubuyela kuThixo, ukujika esonweni.

Ukuguquka kubuKrestu kuthetha ukushenxa ngokunyanisekileyo, kokubini engqondweni nasentliziyweni, ukusuka buqu kuye kuThixo.Oko kuthetha ukutshintsha kwengqondo ekhokelela kwizenzo: ukuzikhulula kuThixo ukuya kwindlela yesono.

Isichazi-magama se-Eerdmans Biblical sichaza inguquko ngengqondo yayo iphela "njengotshintsho olupheleleyo lwendlela ebandakanya isigwebo sexesha elidlulileyo kunye nolungelelwaniso ngabom lwexesha elizayo."

Inguquko esebhayibhileni
Kwimeko yebhayibhile, uguquko kukuqonda ukuba isono sethu siyamcaphukisa uThixo.Ukuguquka kunokuba yinto engathethekiyo, njengokuziva sisoyika ngenxa yokoyika ukohlwaywa (njengoKayin) okanye kunokuba nzulu, njengokuqonda ukuba kungakanani na Izono kuYesu Krestu kunye nendlela osindiswa ngayo wasisusa ngobunyulu (njengokuguquka kukaPawulos).

Izicelo zokuguquka zifumaneka kwiTestamente eNdala, njengoHezekile 18:30:

Ngako oko ndiya kunigweba elowo ngokwendlela yakhe, ndlu kaSirayeli; itsho iNkosi uYehova. Guquka! Suka kuzo zonke iziphoso zakho; isono ke asiyi kusitshitshisa. (NIV)
Esi sibizo singokwesiprofetho esiya enguqukweni sisikhalo sothando sokuba amadoda nabafazi babuye baxhomekeke kuThixo.

Yizani sibuyele eNkosini, kuba ikrazukile, ukuze isiphilise. usihlisile wasibopha. (Hoseya 6: 1, ESV)

Ngaphambi kokuba uYesu aqalise ubulungiseleli bakhe basemhlabeni, uYohane uMbhaptizi wayeshumayela:

Guqukani, kuba ubukumkani bamazulu busondele. (Mateyu 3: 2, ESV)
UYesu wacela nenguquko:

UYesu wathi: “Lifikile ixesha, ubukumkani bukaThixo bukufuphi. Guqukani, nikholwe kwiindaba ezilungileyo ezi. (UMarko 1:15, NIV)
Emva kovuko, abapostile baqhubeka nokubiza aboni ukuba baguquke. Apha kwiZenzo 3: 19-21, uPetros washumayeza amadoda angasindiswanga akwa-Israyeli:

Guqukani ke ngoko, nibuye umva, ukuze zicinywe izono zenu; ukuze amaxesha okuhlaziya eze evela ebusweni beNkosi; athume uKrestu omiselwe nina, uYesu, umelwe kukwamkela izulu, kude kufike ixesha lokubuyiselwa kwakhe. Zonke izinto uThixo awathetha ngomlomo wabaprofeti bakhe abangcwele kwakudala. "(ESV)
Inguquko kunye nosindiso
Inguquko yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yosindiso, efuna ukusuka kude kubomi obulawulwa sisono uye kubomi obubonakaliswa kukuthobela uThixo. UMoya oyiNgcwele ukhokelela umntu ekubeni aguquke, kodwa inguquko yona ayinakubonwa "njengomsebenzi olungileyo" ongeza kusindiso lwethu.

Ibhayibhile ithi abantu basindiswa kuphela ngokholo (kwabase-Efese 2: 8-9). Nangona kunjalo, akunakuba nokholo kuKristu ngaphandle kokuguquka kwaye kungabikho nguquko ngaphandle kokholo. Zombini azinantlandlolo.