Kwenzeka ntoni kumKristu emva kokuba efile?
Sukukhalela ingqekembe, kuba ibhabhathane lihlile. Le yimvakalelo xa umKristu eswelekile. Ngelixa sibuhlungu ngokuphulukana nokufa kukaMkristu, sikwavuya nokuba lowo umthandayo ungene ezulwini. Ukuzila kwethu ngenxa yomKristu kuxutywe nethemba kunye novuyo.
IBhayibhile isixelela ngokwenzekayo xa umKristu eswelekile
Xa umKristu esifa, umphefumlo womntu uhanjiswa ezulwini ukuze ube noKristu. Umpostile uPawulos wathetha ngale nto kweyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte 5: 1-8:
Kuba siyazi ukuba xa le ntente sihlala kuyo idiliziwe (oko kukuthi, xa sisifa kwaye siwushiya lomzimba wasemhlabeni), siyakuba nekhaya ezulwini, umzimba ongunaphakade owenzelwe nguThixo ngokwakhe hayi ngezandla zabantu. Siyadinwa yimizimba yethu yangoku kwaye sinqwenela ukunxiba imizimba yethu yasezulwini njengempahla entsha ... sifuna ukunxiba imizimba yethu emitsha ukuze le mizimba ifayo iginywe bubomi ... sazi ixesha elide okokoko sihlala kule mizimba asisekho ekhaya ngayo Mnumzana. Kuba siphila ngokukholwa kwaye singaboni. Ewe, sinentembelo epheleleyo kwaye sinqwenela ukuba kude kwezi zinto zomzimba, kuba emva koko siya kuba sekhaya neNkosi. (NLT)
Ethetha namaKrestu kwakhona kwi-1 kwabaseTesalonika 4:13, uPawulos wathi, "... sifuna ukuba kwenzeke ntoni kumakholwa aswelekileyo, ukuze ungabi lusizi njengabantu abangenathemba" (NLT).
Ukubhuqwa bubomi
Ngenxa kaYesu Krestu owafa wabuya wavuka, xa umKristu esifa, sinako ukubandezeleka ngethemba lobomi obungunaphakade. Singasokola sisazi ukuba abantu esibathandayo "baginywe bubomi" ezulwini.
Umvangeli waseMelika kunye nomfundisi uDwight L. Moody (1837-1899) wakhe wathi kwibandla lakhe:
“Ngenye imini uza kufunda emaphepheni ukuba u-DL Moody wase-East Northfield uswelekile. Ungakholelwa nelinye ilizwi! Ndiza kuphila ngaloo mzuzu kunangoku.
Xa umKristu esifa wamkelwa nguThixo .Kufutshane ngaphambi kokuba afe uStefano kwiZenzo 7, wajonga ezulwini wabona uYesu Krestu enoThixo uYise, bemlindile: “Khangelani, ndiwabona amazulu evulekile noNyana woMntu emi endaweni leyo. Uzuko lwesokunene sikaThixo. (IZenzo 7: 55-56, NLT)
Uvuyo phambi koThixo
Ukuba ulikholwa, usuku lwakho lokugqibela apha iya kuba ngumhla wokuzalwa kwakho ngonaphakade.
UYesu wasixelela ukuba kubakho uvuyo ezulwini xa umphefumlo usindiswa: "Ngokunjalo, kubakho uvuyo phambi kweengelosi zikaThixo xa esona nesono esinye siguquka" (Luka 15:10, NLT).
Ukuba izulu livuya ngenguquko yakho, kuya kubhiyozelwa kangakanani ke ukubongwa kwakho?
Ixabisekile emehlweni eNkosi ukufa kwabakhonzi bakhe abathembekileyo. (Ndum. 116: 15, NIV)
UZefaniya 3:17 uthi:
UNdikhoyo uThixo wakho unawe, gorha elinamandla lokusindisa. Wokholiswa nguwe; eluthandweni lwakhe akasayi kuphinda akucekise, kodwa uya kuba nemihlali ngawe. (NIV)
UThixo osithandayo kakhulu, evuya ngathi ngengoma, uya kusibulisa ngokuqinisekileyo xa sigqiba ugqatso lwethu apha emhlabeni. Iingelosi zakhe kwaye mhlawumbi namanye amakholwa esiye sazi nawo aya kuba lapho ukuze abekho kumsitho.
Emhlabeni izihlobo kunye nezihlobo ziya kubandezeleka kukuphulukana nobukho bethu, ngelixa ezulwini kuya kubakho uvuyo olukhulu!
Umfundisi wecawe yaseNgilandi uCharles Kingsley (1819-1875) wathi, “Aizobumnyama ukuba nihambe, kuba uThixo ukukukhanya. Akayedwa, kuba uKristu unawe. Ayililo ilizwe elingaziwayo, kuba uKrestu ulapho. "
Uthando olungunaphakade lukaThixo
Izibhalo azisiniki umfanekiso womntu ongakhathaliyo nocekeceke nguThixo. Hayi, kwibali lonyana wolahleko, sibona utata onovelwano ebaleka esiya kumbamba unyana wakhe, wavuya ukuba umfana ubuyile ekhaya (uLuka 15: 11-32).
"... Ulula nje kwaye ungumhlobo wethu, utata wethu - wethu ongaphezu komhlobo, utata nomama - uThixo wethu ongenasiphelo, olungele uthando ... Ubuthathaka ngaphezu kwayo yonke into yokuba umntu angakhulelwa ngumyeni okanye Umfazi, ilungu losapho ngaphaya kwayo yonke into enokukwazi ukukhulelwa yintliziyo yoyise okanye umama “. Umphathiswa waseScotland uGeorge MacDonald (1824-1905)
Ukufa kwamakristu kukubuyela kwethu kuThixo; iqhina lethu lothando alinakuze liqhawulwe ngonaphakade.
Kwaye ndiqinisekile ukuba akukho nto inokuze isahlule eluthandweni lukaThixo.Ukufa nobomi, iingelosi, iidemon, uloyiko lwethu namhlanje okanye amaxhala ethu ngomso - nditsho namandla esihogo awasohlukanisi Uthando lukaThixo, akukho gunya ezulwini phezulu nasemhlabeni phantsi - inene, akukho nto kwindalo yonke eya kuba nako ukwahlula nothando lukaThixo olutyhilwe kuKrestu Yesu iNkosi yethu. (KwabaseRoma 8: 38-39, NLT)
Xa ilanga litshona emhlabeni, ilanga liya kusivezela ezulwini.
Ukufa sisiqalo nje
Umbhali waseScotland uSir Walter Scott (1771-1832) wayenyanisile xa wathi:
“Ukufa: ukulala kokugqibela? Hayi, kukuvuka kokugqibela. "
“Cinga indlela ukufa okungancedi ngayo! Endaweni yokulahla impilo yethu, isazisa "kubutyebi obungunaphakade". Ukutshintshela impilo enkenenkene, ukufa kusinika ilungelo kumthi wobomi "ophilisa iintlanga" (Izityhilelo 22: 2). Ukufa kunokubathatha okwethutyana abahlobo bethu kuthi, kodwa kusazisa kuphela kuloo mhlaba apho kungekho bantu bavalelisayo “. -Ugqirha Erwin W. Lutzer
“Kuxhomekeke kuyo, iyure yakho yokufa iya kuba lelona xesha lilungileyo owakha walazi! Umzuzu wakho wokugqibela uya kuba lelona xesha lakho lityebileyo, kungcono kunosuku lokuzalwa kwakho iya kuba ngumhla wokufa kwakho. -Charles H. Spurgeon.
Kwidabi lokugqibela, i-CS Lewis ibonelela ngale paradesi:
“Kodwa kubo yayisisiqalo nje sebali lokwenyani. Ubomi babo bonke kweli hlabathi ... ibisisiqulatho nje kunye nephepha lesihloko: ngoku ekugqibeleni babeqala iSahluko sokuQala seBali eliKhulu esingazange sifundwe mntu emhlabeni: esiqhubeka ngokungenasiphelo: apho isahluko ngasinye silunge ngakumbi kunangaphambili. "
"KumKrestu, ukufa ayisosiphelo solonwabo kodwa ngumnyango ovela kwihlabathi apho amaphupha kunye nokuzonwabisa kuncipha, kwihlabathi apho amaphupha kunye nokuzonwabisa okwanda ngonaphakade." -Randy Alcorn, izulu.
“Ngalo naliphi na ixesha ngonaphakade, sinokuthi 'sisiqalo nje esi.' "- Ongaziwayo
Akusekho kufa, ntlungu, iinyembezi okanye ntlungu
Mhlawumbi esinye sezithembiso ezonwabisayo zamakholwa zokujonga ezulwini zichazwe kwiSityhilelo 21: 3:
Ndeva itrone enkulu itrone, isithi, Yabona, indlu kaThixo iphakathi kwabantu bakhe. Uya kuhlala nabo emnqubeni, bona babe ngabantu bakhe. UThixo ngokwakhe uya kuba nabo. Iya kusula zonke iinyembezi emehlweni abo kwaye akusayi kubakho kufa, iintlungu, ukukhala okanye iintlungu. Zonke ezi zinto zimkile ngonaphakade. "