UJames oMpostile oMkhulu, oNgcwele wosuku luka-Julayi 25

(Ngomhla ka-44)

Ibali likaSt. James the Apostles
Lo Yakobi ngumntakwabo-John uMvangeli. Aba babini babizwa nguYesu xa babesebenza notata wabo kwisikhephe sokuloba kuLwandle lwaseGalili. UYesu wayesele ebize esinye isibini sabazalwana abasuka kwindawo efanayo: UPeter noAndreya. Uhambele phambili kancinane, wabona uYakobi, unyana kaZebhedi, noYohane umzalwana wakhe. Nabo babesesikhepheni ukuze balungise iminatha yabo. Emva koko wababiza. Bamshiya esikhepheni utata wabo nabaqeshwa, bamlandela ”(Marko 1: 19-20).

UJames wayengomnye weentandokazi ezintathu ezazinelungelo lokuzibonela uKwenziwa kumila kumbi, ukuvuswa kwentombi kaJayiro, kunye nosizi eGetsemane.

Iziqendu ezibini kwiincwadi zeVangeli zichaza ubume bale ndoda kunye nomntakwabo. UMateyu oNgcwele uxelela ukuba umama wabo weza-uMarko uthi ngabazalwana ngokwabo- bazokucela izihlalo zobukumkani ebukumkanini. Waphendula Waphendula uYesu wathi, Aniyazi into eniyicelayo. Ninako na ukuyisela indebe endiza kuyisela? Bathi kuye, Sinako ”(uMateyu 20:22). U-Yesu ke wabaxelela ukuba bayakuyisela indebe kwaye babelane naye ngobhaptizo lwentlungu kunye nokufa, kodwa ukuhlala kwakhe ngasekunene okanye ngasekhohlo yayingekuko ukunika - "yeyabo ilungiselelwe bona nguBawo. "(UMateyu 20: 23b). Kuhleli ukubonwa ukuba kuya kuthatha ixesha elingakanani ukuqonda impembelelo yokuzithemba kwabo "Sinako!"

Abanye abafundi bacaphuka ngenxa yamabhongo kaYakobi noYohane. Ke uYesu wabafundisa isifundo sonke senkonzo ethobekileyo: injongo yegunya kukukhonza. Akufuneki benyanzele ukuthanda kwabo kwabanye, okanye babalawule. Esi sisikhundla sikaYesu ngokwakhe. Wayengumkhonzi wabo bonke; inkonzo ebekwe kuye ibilidini eliphambili kubomi bakhe.

Ngesinye isihlandlo, uYakobi noYohane bangqina ukuba igama ababelithiywa nguYesu - "Oonyana beendudumo" - lalifanelekile. AmaSamariya akazange amamkele uYesu kuba wayesele eyicaphukela iYerusalem. “Bekubonile ke oko abafundi abafundi ooYakobi noYohane, babuza, besithi, Nkosi, uyafuna na ukuba sitsho, kuhle umlilo ezulwini, ubadle? Wajika uYesu, wabakhalimela… ”(Luka 9: 54-55).

Kuyabonakala ukuba uYakobi wayengowokuqala kubapostile ukubulawa. “Ngelo xesha, uKumkani uHerode wabeka izandla zakhe kwamanye amalungu ecawa ukuze awenzakalise. Wambulala ke uYakobi, umzalwana kaYohane, ngekrele. Wathi, akubona ukuba oko kuyawakholisa amaYuda, wabuya wambamba noPetros ”(Izenzo 12: 1-3a).

Ukucingisisa
Indlela iincwadi zeVangeli ezibaphatha ngayo abapostile isikhumbuza kakuhle ukuba buyintoni na ubungcwele. Kuncinci kakhulu kwiimpawu zabo ezintle njengeepropathi ezimileyo, ezibanika umvuzo wasezulwini. Endaweni yoko ugxininiso olukhulu kuBukumkani, kuThixo abanike amandla okuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo. Ngokubhekisele kubomi babo bobuqu, kuninzi kwinto yokuba uYesu uyabahlambulula ekunciphiseni, ubungqongqo, ukuthambeka.