Dibana nompostile uYohane: 'Umfundi UYesu Wayemthanda'

Umpostile uYohane wayenomlinganiso wokuba ngumhlobo othandekayo kaYesu Kristu, umbhali weencwadi ezintlanu zeTestamente eNtsha kunye nentsika kwicawa yokuqala yamaKristu.

UYohane nomntakwabo uYakobi, omnye umfundi kaYesu, babengabalobi kuLwandle lwaseGalili xa uYesu wayebabiza ukuba bamlandele. Kamva bajoyina isangqa sangaphakathi sikaKristu, kunye nompostile uPetros. Aba bathathu (uPetros, uYakobi noYohane) babenelungelo lokuba kunye noYesu ekuvukeni kwentombi kaJayiro ekufeni, ekwenziweni kumila kumbi nasebudeni bokubandezeleka kukaYesu eGetsemane.

Ngesinye isihlandlo, xa ilali yaseSamariya yamkhanyelayo uYesu, uYakobi noYohane babuza ukuba bangaze behle umlilo ezulwini utshabalalise le ndawo. Oku kwamenza isiteketiso iBoanerges, okanye "abantwana beendudumo".

Ubudlelwane bangaphambili noJoseph Caiafa buvumele uJohn ukuba abekho kwikhaya lombingeleli omkhulu ngexesha lokuxoxwa kwetyala likaYesu .. Emnqamlezweni, uYesu wanikezela ngononophelo lukanina, uMariya, kumfundi ongachazwanga igama, mhlawumbi nguYohane, owamsa ku ikhaya lakhe (Yohane 19: 27). Abanye abafundi bathi uYohane usenokuba wayengumzala kaYesu.

UJohn wakhonza kwicawe yase Yerusalem iminyaka emininzi, emva koko wafudukela e-Efese. Intsomi engenabungqina ithi uYohane waziswa eRoma ngexesha lentshutshiso waphoswa kwioyile ebilayo kodwa wavela engenzakalanga.

IBhayibhile isixelela ukuba kamva uYohane wagxothelwa kwisiqithi sasePatmos. Ngokuqinisekileyo wabadlula bonke abafundi, esifa ngenxa yokwaluphala e-Efese, mhlawumbi malunga no-AD 98.

IVangeli likaYohane lahluke ngokungaqhelekanga kuMateyu, uMarko noLuka, iiVangeli ezintathu, okuthetha ukuba "ubonwa ngelihlo linye" okanye kwimbono efanayo.

UJohn uqhubeka egxininisa ukuba uYesu wayenguKristu, uNyana kaThixo, othunyelwe nguYise ukuba asuse izono zehlabathi. Isebenzisa amagama amaninzi okomfuziselo kaYesu, anje ngeMvana kaThixo, uvuko kunye nomdiliya. Kuyo yonke iVangeli kaYohane, uYesu usebenzisa ibinzana elithi "ndinguye," ezibonisa ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba unguYehova, "NDINGUYE" Omkhulu okanye uThixo ongunaphakade.

Nangona uYohane engazichazanga ngegama kwivangeli yakhe, ubhekisa kuye izihlandlo ezine "njengomfundi owayethandwa nguYesu."

Impumelelo yompostile uYohane
UJohn wayengomnye wabafundi bokuqala abakhethiweyo. Wayengumdala kwibandla lokuqala kwaye wanceda ekusasazeni umyalezo weendaba ezilungileyo. Uzukiswa ngokubhala iVangeli likaYohane; iileta 1 Yohane, 2 Yohane no-3 Yohane; kunye nencwadi yeSityhilelo.

U-John wayeyinxalenye yesangqa sangaphakathi sabathathu ababehamba noYesu kwanaxa abanye bengekho. UPawulos wabiza uYohane njengenye yeentsika zebandla laseYerusalem:

… Kwaye xa ooYakobi, uKefas, noYohane, ababebonakala beziintsika, baqonda ubabalo endalunikwayo, banika mna noBharnabhas isandla sasekunene sebandla, ukuba siye kwabeeNtlanga bona baluke. Kuphela, basicela ukuba sikhumbule amahlwempu, into enye endikulangazelele ukuyenza. (KumaGalati, 2: 6-10, ESV)
Amandla kaJohn
UJohn wayethembekile ngokukodwa ku Yesu, yayinguye yedwa kubapostile abalishumi elinambini ababekhona emnqamlezweni. Emva kwePentekoste, uJohn wajoyina uPeter ukuba ashumayele iVangeli eYerusalem engoyiki.

UJohn wenze utshintsho oluphawulekayo njengomfundi, ukusuka kuNyana weNdudumo owayenobushushu ukuya kumpostile onothando onothando. Kuba uYohane wazibonela ngawakhe uthando lukaYesu olungenamiqathango, walushumayela olo thando kwivangeli yakhe nakwiileta zakhe.

Ubuthathaka bukaYohane
Ngamaxesha athile, uJohn wayengasiqondi isigidimi sikaYesu sokuxolelwa, njengaxa wacela ukuba abase umlilo abangakholwayo. Wacela nesikhundla esikhethekileyo ebukumkanini bukaYesu.

Izifundo zoBomi zompostile uYohane
U-Kristu nguMsindisi onika umntu ngamnye ubomi obungunaphakade. Ukuba silandela uYesu, siqinisekile ngoxolelo nosindiso. Njengokuba uKristu esithanda, nathi simele sithande abanye. UThixo uluthando kwaye, njengamaKristu, kufuneka sibe ziindlela zothando lukaThixo kubamelwane bethu.

Idolophu yasekhaya
EKapernahum

Iimbekiselo ezenziwa nguYohane Umpostile eBhayibhileni
UJohn ukhankanywa kwiincwadi ezine zeVangeli, kwincwadi yeZenzo nanjengengxelo yeSityhilelo.

Occupation
Umlobi, umfundi kaYesu, umhambisi weendaba ezilungileyo, umbhali wezibhalo ezingcwele.

Umthi womnombo
Utata -
Umama kaZebhedi
Mzalwana uSalome-uYakobi

Iivesi eziphambili
KuYohane 11: 25-26
UYesu wathi kuye: “Ndim uvuko nobomi. Lowo ukholwayo kum, nokuba ubethe wafa, wodla ubomi. Bonke abadla ubomi bekholwa kum, abasayi kufa naphakade; Uyakholwa na koko? (NIV)

1 Yohane 4: 16-17
Kwaye siyazi kwaye sixhomekeke kuthando uThixo analo ngathi. Uthixo Luthando. Lowo uhlala eluthandweni uhlala kuThixo, noThixo kuye. (NIV)

ISityhi. 22: 12-13
“Yabona, ndiyeza kamsinya! Umvuzo wam unam, kwaye ndiya kunika bonke ngokoko bakwenzileyo. NguAlfa no-Omega, owokuqala nowokugqibela, isiqalo nesiphelo. (NIV)