Izizathu zokuba ukungoneliseki kungamthobeli uThixo
Isenokuba yeyona nto ilula kuzo zonke iimpawu zobuKristu, ngaphandle kokuthobeka, ulwaneliseko. Ewe andonwabanga. Kwimeko yam yokuwa andonelisekanga yindalo. Andonwabanga kuba ndihlala ndidlala engqondweni yam oko uPaul Tripp akubiza ngobomi "ukuba bekuphela": ukuba nje bendinemali eninzi kwiakhawunti yam yebhanki, ndingavuya, ukuba nje ndinayo icawe elandela ubunkokeli bam, ukuba kuphela abantwana bam baziphathe ngcono, ukuba nje bendinomsebenzi endiwuthandayo…. Ngomnombo ka-Adam, "ukuba" kuphela babengenasiphelo. Kunqulo-zithixo lwethu lokuzinqula, sihlala sicinga ukuba ukutshintsha kweemeko kuya kusizisela ulonwabo kunye nokuzaliseka. Kithi, ingca ihlala iluhlaza ngaphandle kokuba sifunda ukufumana ulwaneliseko lwethu kwinto egqithileyo nengonaphakade.
Kuyabonakala ukuba, umpostile uPawulos walwa nale mfazwe ingaphakathi idandathekisayo. KwabaseFilipi 4, uxelela ibandla apho ukuba "wayifundile imfihlo" yokuba onwabile kuzo zonke iimeko. Ngaba iyimfihlo? Ibekwe kwiPhil. 4: 13, iivesi esiyiqeshileyo ukwenza ukuba amaKhristu abukeke njengoPopye kunye noChristina njengesipinatshi, abantu abanokukufezekisa ngokwenyani nantoni na ingqondo yabo enokuyiqonda (ingcinga ye-New Age) ngenxa kaKristu: "Ndingayenza Konke ngaye (uKristu) uyandomeleza ”.
Ngokwenyani, amazwi kaPaul, ukuba aqondwe ngokuchanekileyo, banzi ngakumbi kunenkcazo yokuchuma kwaloo ndinyana: enkosi ku-Kristu, singakufumana ukuzalisekiswa nokuba zinjani na iimeko ngenye imini ebomini bethu. Kutheni le nto ulwaneliseko lubalulekile kwaye kutheni ilula kangaka? Kubalulekile ukuqonda kuqala ukuba sinesono esinzulu kangakanani ukungoneliseki kwethu.
Njengeengcali zonyango lomphefumlo, iiPuritans zibhale kakhulu kwaye zacinga nzulu ngesi sihloko sibalulekileyo. Phakathi kwemisebenzi emihle yePuritan ekwanelisekeni (imisebenzi eliqela yeePuritan ngesi sihloko iphinde yashicilelwa yiBhanari yeNyaniso) nguJeremiah Burroughs 'The Rare Jewel of Christian Content, uThomas Watson's The Art of Divine Content, Thomas's Crook in the Lot IBoston yintshumayelo yaseBoston egqwesileyo ebizwa ngokuba "Sisono soCamagushelo sesihogo". I-e-ncwadi ebalaseleyo nengabizi mali i-The Art kunye neGrace yeLungelo lokuFumaneka iyafumaneka kwiAmazon eqokelela iincwadi ezininzi zeePuritan (kubandakanya ezintathu ezisandisiweyo), ukushumayela (kubandakanya nentshumayelo yaseBoston) kunye namanqaku okoneliseka.
Ukucaciswa kukaBoston ngesono sokungoneliseki kukukhanya komthetho weshumi kubonisa ukungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo okuqhubela phambili ukuswela ulwaneliseko. UBoston (1676-1732), umfundisi kunye nonyana weScotland Coadors, ugcina ukuba umthetho weshumi uyakwalela ukungoneliseki: avarice. Ngoba? Kuba:
Ukwaneliseka kukungakholelwa kuThixo, ukwaneliseka kukuthembela ngokupheleleyo kuThixo.
Ukungoneliseki kufana nokukhalaza ngesicwangciso sikaThixo. Kumnqweno wam wokuba ngukumkani, ndicinga ukuba icebo lam lilungile kum. Njengoko uPaul Tripp ebeka kakuhle, "Ndiyazithanda kwaye ndinesicwangciso esihle ngobomi bam."
Ukungoneliseki kubonisa umnqweno wokuzimela geqe. Jonga hayi. 2. NjengoAdam noEva, sinqwenela ukungcamla umthi oya kuthi usiguqule sibe ngamakhosi abongamileyo.
Ukungoneliseki kunqwenela into angakhange akonwabele ukuba angasinika yona. Wasinika unyana wakhe; ke, ngaba asinakuthembela kuye ngezinto ezingenamsebenzi? (Roma 8: 32)
Ukungathobeki ngokungacacanga (okanye mhlawumbi akungacacanga) ukunxibelelana ukuba uThixo wenze impazamo. Iimeko zam zangoku azilunganga kwaye kufanele ukuba zahluke. Ndiya konwaba kuphela xa betshintsha ukuze banelise iminqweno yam.
Ukungazithembi kuyabuphika ubulumko bukaThixo kwaye kuphakamisa ubulumko bam. Ngaba ayisiyiyo kanye into eyenziwa nguEva emyezweni ngokuthandabuza ukulunga kweLizwi likaThixo? Ke ngoko, ukungoneliseki kwakuyeyona nto iphambili kwisono sokuqala. "Utshilo nyhani na uThixo?" Lo ngumbuzo embindini wakho konke ukungoneliseki.
Kwicandelo lesibini, ndiza kuvavanya icala elifanelekileyo lale mfundiso kunye nendlela uPawulos akufunde ngayo ukoneliseka nokuba nathi singakwazi njani. Kwakhona, ndiza kucela ubungqina bookhokho bethu abangama-Puritan ngolwazi olungenasiseko lwebhayibhile.