Ngaba uyakholelwa kwizipoki? Masibone ukuba ithini iBhayibhile
Uninzi lwethu besiwuva lo mbuzo xa sasingumntwana, ngakumbi ngeHalloween, kodwa asicingi nto kangako ngathi njengabantu abadala.
Ngaba amaKristu ayakholelwa kwiziporho?
Ngaba zikho iziporho eBhayibhileni? Isigama ngokwaso siyaboniswa, kodwa oko kuthetha kona kunokuba yinto edidayo. Kolu fundo lifutshane, siza kubona ukuba ithini iBhayibhile ngesiporho kunye nezigqibo ezinokuthi zifikelele kwiinkolelo zethu zobuKristu.
Ziphi ke iziporho ezisebhayibhileni?
Abafundi bakaYesu babekwisikhephe kuLwandle lwaseGalili, kodwa wayengekho kunye nabo. UMatteo usixelela okwenzekileyo:
Kuthe ke kusasa, phuma kubo uYesu, ehamba phezu kolwandle. Bathe bakumbona ehamba phezu kolwandle, bankwantya. "Sisiporho," batsho, bakhwaza kukoyika. Kodwa kwaoko uYesu wathi kubo: “Yomelelani! Mna lo. Sukoyika". (Mateyu 14: 25-27, NIV)
UMarko noLuka banika ingxelo ngesi siganeko sinye. Ababhali beVangeli abaniki ngcaciso ngegama lesiporho. Kuyathakazelisa ukuqaphela ukuba iKing James Version yebhayibhile, eyapapashwa ngo-1611, isebenzisa igama elithi "umoya" kwesi sicatshulwa, kodwa yathi yakuphuma iNguqulelo eNtsha ngo-1982, yaliguqulela eli gama labuya "kwisiporho". Uninzi lweenguqulelo kamva, kubandakanya i-NIV, i-ESV, i-NASB, iAmplified, uMyalezo, kunye neNdaba ezimnandi, zisebenzisa igama elithi ghost kule vesi.
Emva kokuvuka kwakhe, uYesu wabonakala kubafundi bakhe. Babuya bankwantya.
Baye boyika kwaye boyika, becinga ukuba babona isiporho. Athi kubo, Yini na ukuba nikhathazeke? Kungani na ke ukuba kunyuke izicamango ezintliziyweni zenu? Jonga izandla neenyawo zam. Ndim! Ndichukumiseni, nibone; umshologu awunanyama namathambo, njengokuba nindibona ndinaye. (Luka 24: 37-39, NIV)
UYesu wayengakholelwa kwiziporho; wayeyazi inyaniso, kodwa abapostile bakhe ababalaseleyo babelamkele eli bali lidumileyo. Xa bedibana nento abangayivanga, bayithabatha ngokukhawuleza ukuba sisiporho.
Lo mbandela udideka ngakumbi xa, kwezinye iinguqulelo ezindala, kusetyenziswe igama elithi "isiporho" endaweni yokuthi "umoya". Inguqulelo kaKing James ibhekisa kuMoya oyiNgcwele nakuYohane 19:30 ithi:
Xa ngoko uYesu wabeyamkele iviniga, wathi, Kugqityiwe! Wathoba intloko, wawushiya umphefumlo wakhe.
Inguqulelo entsha yeKing James iguqulela isiporho somoya, kubandakanya konke ukubhekiswa kuMoya oyiNgcwele.
USamuweli, isiporho okanye enye into?
Kwavela into enesiporho kwisehlo esichazwe ku-1 Samuweli 28: 7-20. Ukumkani uSawule wayelungiselela ukulwa namaFilistiya, kodwa uNdikhoyo wamshiya. USawule wayefuna ukuxela kwangaphambili ngesiphumo sedabi, ke waya kugqirha, igqwirha lase-Endor. Wamyalela ukuba akhumbule umoya womprofeti uSamuweli.
"Umntu obhubhileyo" wexhego lavela kwaye umntu ophakathi wamangaliswa. Lo mzalwana wamngxolisa uSawule, emva koko wamxelela ukuba akazukuphulukana nedabi kuphela kodwa nobomi bakhe kunye nobabantwana bakhe.
Abaphengululi bahlulahlulwe malunga nokuba yayiyintoni imbonakalo. Abanye bathi yayiyidemon, ingelosi ewile, izenza uSamuweli. Bayabona ukuba uphume emhlabeni endaweni yokwehla ezulwini kwaye uSawule akamjongi. USawule wayejonge phantsi. Ezinye iingcali zikholelwa ukuba uThixo wangenelela wenza ukuba uSamuweli abonakalise umoya kaSamuweli.
Incwadi kaIsaya ikhankanya iziporho kabini. Imimoya yabafileyo iprofetwa ukubulisa ukumkani waseBhabheli esihogweni:
Ubukumkani babangasekhoyo obulungele ukuhlangana nawe ekufikeni kwakho; vusa imimoya yabafi ukuba ize kukubulisa, bonke abo babeziinkokheli ehlabathini; ubavuse ezitroneni zabo, bonke bephela bengookumkani bezizwe. (Isaya 14: 9, NIV)
Kwaye ku-Isaya 29: 4, umprofeti ulumkisa abantu baseYerusalem ngokuhlaselwa lutshaba, nokuba bayazi ukuba isilumkiso sakhe asiyi kuvakala.
Uhliselwe ezantsi, uya kuthetha usemhlabeni; Ukuthetha kwakho kuya kuthetha eluthulini. Ilizwi lakho liya kubakho emhlabeni; Incoko yakho iya kuthi, (NIV)
Inyaniso malunga nozipho ezisebhayibhileni
Ukubeka impikiswano yesiporho ngokwembono, kubalulekile ukuqonda imfundiso yeBhayibhile ngobomi emva kokufa. Izibhalo ezingcwele zithi xa abantu besifa, umoya wabo kunye nomphefumlo baya kwangoko ezulwini okanye esihogweni. Masingajikelezi umhlaba:
Ewe, siqinisekile ngokupheleleyo kwaye singathanda ukuba kude nale mizimba yasemhlabeni, kuba siyakuba sekhaya neNkosi. (2 kwabaseKhorinte 5: 8, NLT)
Oko kuthiwa zizipoki ziidemon ezizenza njengabantu abafileyo. USathana kunye nabalandeli bakhe banamaxoki, bezimisele ukusasaza isiphithiphithi, uloyiko kunye nokungamthemba uThixo.Ukuba bayakwazi ukukholisa abanesidima, njengomfazi wase-Endor, onxibelelana nabafi, ezo zidemon zinokutsala abaninzi kuThixo oyinyaniso:
… Ukuthintela uSathana ukuba angasothusi. Kungenxa yokuba asazi malunga neepateni zayo. (2 Korinte 2:11, NIV)
Ibhayibhile isixelela ukuba kukho indawo yomoya, engabonakaliyo emehlweni abantu. Inabantu kunye neengelosi zakhe, uSathana kunye neengelosi zakhe eziwileyo okanye iidemon. Ngaphandle kwamabango abantu abangakholwayo, azikho iziporho ezihambahamba emhlabeni. Imimoya yabantu abangasekhoyo ihlala kwenye yezi ndawo zimbini: izulu okanye isihogo.