Imfihlakalo yothando lukaThixo uBawo
Yintoni kanye kanye le "mfihlakalo kaThixo", esi sicwangciso sisekwe yintando kaBawo, isicwangciso asityhilela sona uKrestu? Kwileta yakhe eya kwabase-Efese, uPaul unqwenela ukuhlawula imbeko kuBawo ngokuchaza isicwangciso sothando lwakhe, isicwangciso esenziwayo okwangoku, kodwa esisiseko sakudala: UKrestu. Usisikelele emazulwini wasigcwalisela zonke iintsikelelo zokomoya, egameni likaKristu. Kuba kuye wasinyula ngaphambi kokusekwa kwehlabathi, ukuze sibe ngcwele kunye nokugcwala emehlweni akhe. Usimisele kwangaphambili eluthandweni lwakhe, ukuba sibe ngabantwana bakhe, simkhuliswe naye, ukuze simnqwenele ukuthanda kwakhe. Ukuze sibhiyozele uzuko lobabalo, awasinika lona ngoNyana wakhe oyintanda, eligazi lakhe wasizuzela uxolelo noxolelo lwezono. Ubuye wasenzela ububele obungasifanelanga, obukhulu ngakumbi kubulumko nobukrelekrele, ukusazisa imfihlakalo yokuthanda kwakhe, icebo awayelimisile lokuhlanganisa ngokuzalisekileyo kwamaxesha kuKristu zonke izinto, ezisemazulwini abo basemhlabeni ».
Ngomzuzu wokubonga kwakhe, uSt. Paul ugxininisa ezi zinto zimbini zibalulekileyo zomsebenzi wosindiso: yonke into ivela kuYise kwaye yonke into igxile kuKristu. UBawo usekuqalekeni kwaye uKrestu usembindini; kodwa ukuba, ngenxa yenyani yokuba kwiziko, uKrestu umiselwe ukumanyanisa yonke into ngokwakhe, oku kuyenzeka ngenxa yokuba lonke icebo lentlawulelo liphume entliziyweni kayise, kwaye kulentliziyo yoyise kukho ingcaciso yayo yonke into.
Isiphelo selizwe sayalelwa ngale ntando yesiseko sikaBawo: wayefuna ukuba nathi njengabantwana kuYesu Krestu. Ukususela kulo lonke unaphakade uthando lwakhe lwalujolise kuNyana, loo Nyana u-St. Paul ambiza ngegama eliguqulayo: "Lowo uthandwayo", okanye endaweni yoko, ukunika ngqo isenzi sesiGrike: " uthandwe ngokugqibeleleyo ». Ukuqonda ngcono amandla wolu thando, kuyimfuneko ukukhumbula ukuba uYise ongapheliyo ukho kuphela nguBawo, ukuba umntu wakhe uphela nguBawo. Utata ongumntu wayengumntu ngaphambi kokuba abe nguyise; ubunjani bakhe bongezwa kumgangatho wakhe njengomntu nokwazisa ubuntu bakhe; Ke ngoko umntu unentliziyo yomntu ngaphambi kokuba abe nentliziyo katata, kwaye xa sele ekhulile ufunda ukuba nguyise, efumana isimo sakhe sengqondo. Kwelinye icala, kuBathathu Emnye onguBawo uYise kwasekuqaleni kwaye wahlulahluke kumntu kuNyana ngokuchanekileyo kuba enguBawo. Unguye ke uYise ngokupheleleyo, ekuzalisekeni okungenasiphelo kobawo; Akanabobunye ubuntu ngaphandle kobawo kwaye nentliziyo yakhe ayizange ibekhona kodwa njengentliziyo kabawo. Kukuzibonakalisa ngokwakhe, ke, ukuba uguqukele kuNyana ukuze amthande, ngomzuzwana apho wonke umntu azinikele kuye ngokunzulu. UBawo akafuni kuba liliso loNyana, sisipho kuNyana nomanyano kuye. Kwaye olu thando, masilukhumbule, kwaye lomelele kakhulu kwaye lubaluleke kakhulu, sigqibelele kakhulu kwisipho, ukuba nokudibana nothando olufanayo lo Nyana kudala umntu onguMoya oyiNgcwele. Ngoku, ikukuthanda kwakhe uNyana ukuba uYise wayefuna ukumazisa, ukumfaka, ukuthanda kwakhe amadoda. Umbono wakhe wokuqala yayikukusivelisa ubawo awayenabo malunga neLizwi, okuphela koNyana wakhe; Oko kukuthi, wayefuna ukuba, siphilele ubomi boNyana wakhe, sibekwe kuye kwaye siguqulwe kuye, siya kuba ngabantwana bakhe.
Yena, owayenguBawo kuphela ngaphambi kwelizwi, wayefuna ukuba ngutata kuthi, ukuze uthando lwethu lube ngolunye nothando olungapheliyo awalunikela kuNyana. Ke bonke ubunamandla kunye namandla ololo thando athululelwa emadodeni, kwaye sasingqongwe ngumnqweno wokuqina wentliziyo yakhe kabawo. Kwangoko saba yinto yothando olungenasiphelo, olugcwele yinkxalabo, onesisa, ogcwele amandla nobubele. Ukusukela okoko uBawo phakathi kwakhe noNyana wabangela ukuba abantu babe kumanyene no-Kristu, wazibophelela kuye ngonaphakade entliziyweni yakhe kwaye akanakuphela ukujonga kuNyana kude nathi. Ubengenakusenza ukuba singene nzulu ngakumbi kwingcamango nakwintliziyo yakhe, okanye asinike ixabiso elikhulu emehlweni akhe kunokuba ujonge kuthi kuNyana wakhe amthandayo.
AmaKristu okuqala ayeliqonda ilungelo elikhulu awayenalo lokubuyela kuThixo njengoBawo; kwaye inkulu inzondelelo eyayihamba nesikhalo sabo: “Abha, Bawo! ». Kodwa singenza njani ukuba singavusi enye inzondelelo, eyangaphambili, leyo ke yona nzondelelo kaThixo! Umntu onqabile ukuchaza ngamazwi okuqala komntu kunye nemifanekiso yasemhlabeni leyo ikhala kuqala eyongeza kubutyebi boBathathu Emnye, ngokugcwala kovuyo lobuThixo ngaphandle, ukukhala kukaBawo: «Bantwana bam! Bantwana bam kuNyana wam! ». Ngapha koko, uBawo wayengowokuqala ukuba nemihlali, ukuba nemihlali kukatata omtsha awayefuna ukuwakhuthaza; Kwaye uvuyo lwamaKristu okuqala yayiyeyona nto imnandi yovuyo lwasezulwini, into ke leyo, nangona yayinamandla, yayisisabela nje esibuthathaka kwinjongo yokuqala kaTata yokuba nguBawo.
Ukujongwa ngamehlo abutsha oonobumba ababecinga ukuba bangamadoda kuKristu, ubuntu abuzange bume ngendlela engaqondakaliyo, ngokungathi uthando lukaBawo lwalubhekiswa kumadoda ngokubanzi. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo ukuba loo mfihlakalo yayiqwalasele yonke imbali yehlabathi nawo wonke umsebenzi wosindiso, kodwa yema emntwini ngamnye ngokukodwa. U-St Paul usixelela ukuba kuloo mmandla wokuqala uBawo "wasinyula". Uthando lwakhe lujolise kuye ngamnye wethu ngokwakhe; waphumla, ngendlela ethile, kumntu ngamnye ukuba amenze, ngokwahlukileyo, unyana. Olu khetho alubonisi apha ukuba uBawo uthathe abanye ukuba babakhethe abanye, kuba olu khetho lwaluchaphazela bonke abantu, kodwa oko kuthetha ukuba uYise wazithathela ingqalelo iimpawu zakhe zobuqu kwaye wayenothando oluthile kumntu ngamnye, olwahlukileyo kuthando awalubhekisa kwabanye . Ukususela ngalo mzuzu ukuya phambili, Intliziyo yakhe yobawo wanika ngamnye umntu owayenekamva elixhalabisayo eligcwele inkxalabo, ehambelana nabantu abahlukileyo awayefuna ukubadala. Ngamnye wakhethwa nguye ngokungathi nguye kuphela, ngenkuthalo efanayo yothando, ngokungathi wayengqongwe sisihlwele sabahlobo. Kwaye ixesha ngalinye ukhetho luvela kubunzulu bothando olungenakulinganiswa.
Ewe kunjalo, olu khetho lwalukhululekile kwaye lwalubhekiswa kuye ngamnye kuthi ngenxa yobungakanani bexesha elizayo, kodwa ngenxa yesisa esinyulu sikaBawo. UBawo akanatyala emntwini; wayengumbhali wayo yonke into, umntu owayesenza ukuba ubuntu obungabonakali buvele phambi kwamehlo akhe. U-St Paul unyanzelisa ukuba uBawo aqulunqe isicwangciso sakhe esikhulu ngokuvuma kwakhe, ngokwenkululeko yokuzikhethela. Uthathe kuphela kuye kwaye isigqibo sakhe sasixhomekeke kuye kuphela. Eyona nto ichukumisayo, sisigqibo sakhe sokuba asenze abantwana bakhe, azibophelele kuthi ngothando olungagungqiyo lukatata. Xa sithetha ngokuvunywa komlawuli, sithetha inkululeko enokuphinda idlale kwaye sizonwabise ngezinto ezihlawulelwa abanye ngaphandle kokonzakala kubo. Kubukhosi bakhe obugqibeleleyo uBawo akazange asebenzise amandla akhe njengejoke; Kwinjongo yakhe yasimahla, waziphatha ngentliziyo yakhe njengoyise. Ukuvunywa kwakhe kuye kwamenza ukuba abe lilunge ngokupheleleyo, ekuzonwabiseni ngezidalwa zakhe ngokubanika isikhundla sabantwana; kanye njengoko wayefuna ukubeka amandla akhe onke eluthandweni kuphela.
yayinguye owazinikelayo isizathu sokuba asithande ngokupheleleyo, njengoko wayefuna ukusinyula "kuKristu". Ukhetho olwenziwe ngokuqwalaselwa komntu ngamnye njengoluya kuba nexabiso kuphela elathiwa nguBawo, xa edala, liya kuyivuma kumntu wonke ngenxa yesithunzi sakhe njengomntu. Kodwa ukhetho olujonga uKrestu ngalo lonke ixesha lufumana ixabiso elingaphezulu kwesinye. Unyana unyula ngamnye kubo abaza kunyula uKrestu, okuphela kwakhe; kwaye kuyamangalisa ukucinga ukuba ngokujonga kuthi kuqala wabona uNyana wakhe kuthi kwaye ngale ndlela usijongile kwasekuqaleni ngaphambi kokusibiza ukuba sibekhona, kwaye akayeki ukusijonga. Sikhethwe kwaye siyaqhubeka ngalo lonke ixesha ukukhethwa lolo luhlo lwamehlo oluzimanya ngokuzithandela noKristu.
Esi sesona sizathu sokuba olo khetho lokhetho oluqinisekileyo noluchazayo liguqulela ekubeni yinzuzo eninzi, ukuthulula kwayo iSt. U-Bawo wasixhasa ngobubele bakhe kwaye wasizalisa ngobutyebi bakhe, kuba uKrestu, owayesicamngca ngoku, wayegweba konke ukukhululeka. Ukuze sibe ngabantwana kuNyana omnye kwakuyimfuneko ukuba sabelane ngobukhulu bobomi bakhe baphezulu. Ukusukela mhla uBawo wafuna ukusibona kuNyana wakhe wasinyula kuye, yonke into asinike yona lo Nyana sayinikwa nathi: kaloku isisa sakhe asinakuba sasinjalo. umda. Kwinqanaba lokuqala elibhekiswe kuthi, uBawo ke ngoko wayefuna ukusinika amandla obuqaqawuli obungaphaya kokomntu, alungiselele ikamva eliqaqambileyo, asidibanise nolonwabo lobuThixo, emisela ukusukela ngoko yonke imimangaliso ubabalo oluya kuthi luvelise emphefumlweni wethu nangalo lonke uvuyo. ukuba uzuko lobomi bokungafi luya kusizisela. Kobu butyebi bukhazimlayo, awayefuna ukusambesa ngabo, saqala ukubonakala emehlweni akhe: ubutyebi babantwana, okubonakalisa kunye nonxibelelwano lobutyebi bakhe njengoBawo, kwaye kwelinye icala, bancitshiswa baba ngu kuphela, ebedlula kwaye ibashwankathela zonke ezinye izibonelelo: ubutyebi bokufumana uBawo, oye waba "nguBawo" esona sipho sikhulu sisamkelileyo nesinokusifumana: oyena mntu kaBawo kulo lonke uthando lwakhe. Intliziyo kayise ayinakuze isuswe kuthi: yinto yethu yokuqala neyona nto iphakamileyo.