Thetha le mibuzo yokuphilisa kunye neendinyana ezisebhayibhile kumntu omthandayo
Isikhalazo sokuphiliswa siphakathi kwemithandazo yethu engxamisekileyo. Xa sibandezeleka, singabhenela kuGqirha oMkhulu, u-Yesu Krestu, ukuba asiphilise. Ayinamsebenzi ukuba sifuna uncedo emzimbeni okanye kumoya wethu; UThixo unamandla okusenza ngcono. Ibhayibhile inika iivesi ezininzi esinokuzibandakanya kwimithandazo yethu yokuphiliswa:
Ndikhoyo, Thixo wam, ndikubizile ndicela uncedo kwaye undiphilisile. (Ndum. 30: 2, NIV)
INkosi iyabaxhasa ebhedini yabo egulayo kwaye ibabuyisela ebhedini yabo eligulayo. (Iindumiso 41: 3, NIV)
Ngexesha lobulungiseleli bakhe basemhlabeni, uYesu Kristu wathi imithandazo emininzi yokuphilisa, ngokungummangaliso waphilisa abagulayo. Nazi ezinye zezi ziqendu:
Umphathi-khulu waphendula wathi, "Mnumzana, andifanelanga ukuba ungene phantsi kophahla lwam. Thetha ilizwi, isicaka sam sophiliswa. (Mateyu 8: 8, NIV)
Waye uYesu eyihamba yonke imizi nemizana, efundisa ezindlwini zabo zesikhungu, evakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo zobukumkani, ephilisa izifo zonke nezikhuhlane zonke. (Mateyu 9: 35, NIV)
Yathi kuye: “Ntombi, ukholo lwakho lukuphilisile. Hamba ngoxolo, uzikhulule ekubandezelweni kwakho. (UMarko 5: 34, NIV)
... Kodwa isihlwele sayifunda sayilandela. Wabamkela waza wabaxelela ngobukumkani bukaThixo kwaye waphilisa abo bafuna ukuphiliswa. (Luka 9: 11, NIV)
Namhlanje inkosi yethu iyaqhubeka ithulula ihalalm yakhe yokuphilisa xa sithandazela abagulayo:
“Kwaye umthandazo wabo owenziwa ngokholo uya kuphilisa abagulayo kwaye iNkosi ibaphilise. Kwaye nabani na owenze izono uya kuxolelwa. Vuma izono omnye komnye kwaye uthandazelane ukuze uphiliswe. Umthandazo onyanisekileyo womntu olungileyo unamandla amakhulu kunye neziphumo ezintle ". (Yakobi 5: 15-16, NLT)
Ngaba ukhona umntu omaziyo ofuna ukuchukunyiswa nguThixo? Ngaba uyafuna ukuthandaza umhlobo ogulayo okanye ilungu losapho? Baphakamise kuGqirha oMkhulu, kwiNkosi uYesu Krestu, ngale mithandazo yokuphilisa kunye neendinyana ezisebhayibhileni.
Umthandazo wokuphilisa abagulayo
Nkosi ethandekayo yeNceba noyise weNtuthuzelo,
Nguwe endijika kuye ndicela uncedo ngamaxesha obuthathaka nangamaxesha anzima. Ndicela ukuba ube kunye nesicaka sakho kwesi sifo. Indumiso 107: 20 ithi uthumela iLizwi lakho kwaye uphilise. Ke nceda uthumele iLizwi lakho lokuphilisa kumkhonzi wakho. Egameni likaYesu, ususa bonke ubuthathaka nezifo emzimbeni wakhe.
Nkosi ethandekayo, ndiyakucela ukuba ubuguqule obu buthathaka bube namandla, obu bunzima bube yimfesane, iintlungu zibe luvuyo kunye nentlungu ibe kukuthuthuzela abanye. Ngamana umkhonzi wakho unokukholosa ngenceba yakho nangethemba lokunyaniseka kwakho, nokuba uphakathi nale mbandezelo. Makhe azaliswe ngumonde noyolo ebusweni bakho njengoko elindele ukuchukumisa kwakho.
Nceda ubuyise isicaka sakho empilweni, Bawo othandekayo. Susa konkeyika kunye nokuthandabuza entliziyweni yakhe ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, kwaye ukuba wena, Nkosi uzukiswe ebomini bakhe bonke.
Njengoko uphilisa kwaye uvuselela umkhonzi wakho, Nkosi, ngamana wakusikelela wakudumisa.
Yonke le nto ndiyathandaza ngegama likaYesu Krestu.
Amen.
Ukuthandazela umhlobo ogulayo
Mnumzana omhle,
Uyazi [igama lomhlobo okanye ilungu losapho] ngcono kunam. Yazi isigulo sakho kunye nomthwalo osithweleyo. Uyayazi nentliziyo yakhe. Mnumzana, ndicela ukuba ube nomhlobo wam ngoku ngelixa usebenza ebomini bakhe.
Nkosi, makwenziwe kuwe ebomini bomhlobo wam. Ukuba kukho isono esifuna uvumo kwaye sixolelwe, nceda umncedise ayibone imfuno yakhe aze avume.
Nkosi ndithandazela umhlobo wam njengokuba iLizwi lakho lindixelela ukuba ndithandaze, ukuba uphilise. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba umamele lomthandazo onyanisekileyo ophuma entliziyweni yam kwaye ukuba unombulelo omkhulu kwisithembiso sakho. Ndiyakholelwa kuwe, Nkosi, ukuba uphilise umhlobo wam, kodwa ndiyathemba nangecebo onalo ngobomi bakhe.
Mnumzana, andisoloko ndiqonda iindlela zakho. Andazi ukuba kutheni umhlobo wam kufanele ukuba abandezeleke, kodwa ndiyathemba. Ndicela ujonge ngenceba nangobubele ujonge kumhlobo wam. Yondla umoya wakhe kunye nomphefumlo ngalo mzuzu wokubandezeleka kwaye umthuthuzele ngobukho bakho.
Myeke umhlobo wam azi ukuba ulapho kunye naye kobu bunzima. Banike amandla. Kwaye unakho, ngalobu bunzima, azukiswe ebomini bakhe nakum.
Amen.
Ukuphiliswa ngokomoya
Okubi ngakumbi kukuphiliswa emzimbeni, thina bantu sifuna ukuphiliswa ngokomoya. Ukuphiliswa ngokomoya kuza xa siphilisiwe okanye "sizalwe ngokutsha" ngokwamkela ukuxolelwa nguThixo kunye nokusindiswa kuYesu Krestu. Nazi iivesi ezingokuphiliswa kokomoya ukubandakanya kwimithandazo yakho:
Ndiphilise, Yehova, ndiphile; ndisindise ke, ndiza kusindiswa, kuba inguwe ocekisayo. (Yeremiya 17: 14, NIV)
Kodwa wahlatywa ngenxa yezikreqo zethu, watyunyuzwa ngenxa yezenzo zethu ezigwenxa; isohlwayo esasisizisela uxolo yayikuye kwaye nakwimanxeba asiphilisileyo. (Isaya 53: 5, NIV)
Ndiya kukuphilisa ukuthamba kwabo, ndibathande ngokukhululekileyo, kuba umsindo wam ubuyile kubo. (Hoseya 14: 4, NIV)
Ukuphiliswa ngokweemvakalelo
Olunye uhlobo lonyango esinokuthandazela luvakalelo okanye ukuphiliswa komphefumlo. Kuba siphila kwihlabathi eliwele kunye nabantu abangafezekanga, amanxeba emvakalelo akanakuphepheka. Kodwa ke uThixo uphilisa ngenxa yale mikhwa.
Uphilisa intliziyo eyaphukileyo kwaye ubopha amanxeba abo. (Indumiso 147: 3, NIV)