Iminyaka yoxanduva ebhayibhileni nokubaluleka kwayo

Ubudala bokuziphendulela bubhekisa kwixesha lobomi bomntu xa athe wakwazi ukugqiba ukuba uyamthemba na uYesu Kristu ngosindiso.

KubuYuda, i-13 lixesha apho amakhwenkwe angamaJuda afumana amalungelo afanayo nalawo sele ekhulile kwaye abe "ngumntwana womthetho" okanye i-bar mitzvah. UbuKristu baboleka amasiko amaninzi kubuYuda; Nangona kunjalo, amanye amahlelo obuKristu okanye iicawa ezizodwa zibeka iminyaka yobudala bokuziphendulela ingaphantsi kwe-13.

Oku kuphakamisa imibuzo emibini ebalulekileyo. Umntu kufuneka abhaptizwe eneminyaka emingaphi? Kwaye ngaba iintsana okanye abantwana abafa ngaphambi kweminyaka yoxanduva baya ezulwini?

Ubhaptizo lomntwana ngokuchasene nekholwa
Sicinga ukuba abantwana nabantwana abamsulwa, kodwa iBhayibhile ifundisa ukuba bonke bazalwa benesono, bazuze ilifa ukungathobeli kuka-Adam kuThixo kwiGadi yase-Eden. Yiyo le nto iCawa yamaRoma Katolika, iCawa yamaLuthere, i-United Methodist Church, i-Episcopal Church, i-United Church of Christ, namanye amahlelo ebhaptiza iintsana. Inkolelo yeyokuba umntwana uya kukhuselwa ngaphambi kokuba afikelele kwiminyaka yobudala.

Ngokuchaseneyo, amahlelo amaninzi obuKrestu afana nama Southern Baptist, iCalvary Chapel, iAssemblies of God, amaMennonite, abafundi bakaKrestu, nabanye benza ubhaptizo lwamakholwa, apho umntu kufuneka afikelele kubudala bokuziphendulela ngaphambili ubhaptizwe. Ezinye iicawa ezingakholelwa kubhaptizo lweentsana zenza ukunikezelwa kwabantwana, umsitho apho abazali okanye amalungu osapho azibophelela ekufundiseni umntwana ngeendlela zikaThixo ade afikelele kwiminyaka yobudala yokuphendula.

Nokuba zithini na iindlela zokubhaptiza, phantse zonke iicawa ziqhuba izifundo zonqulo okanye iiklasi zesikolo seCawa zabantwana besebancinci. Njengoko bekhula, abantwana bafundiswa iMithetho Elishumi ukuze bazi ukuba siyintoni isono kwaye kutheni kufuneka basiphephe. Bafunda kananjalo ngedini likaKristu emnqamlezweni, bebanika ulwazi olusisiseko ngecebo likaThixo losindiso. Oku kuyabanceda bathathe isigqibo esifanelekileyo xa befikelela kubudala bokuphendula.

Umbuzo wemiphefumlo yabantwana
Nangona iBhayibhile ingalisebenzisi igama elithi “iminyaka yoxanduva,” umba wokufa kwabantwana ukhankanyiwe kweyesi-2 kaSamuweli 21-23. UKumkani uDavide wakrexeza noBhatshebha, owakhulelwayo wazala umntwana owathi kamva wasweleka. Emva kokukhala usana, uDavid wathi:

“Ngoxa umntwana wayesaphila, ndazila ukutya ndalila. Ndacinga, "Ngubani owaziyo? Unaphakade angaba nenceba kum aze amvumele aphile “. Kodwa ngoku xa efile, kutheni ndizila ukutya? Ngaba ndingayibuyisa kwakhona? Ndiya kuye, kodwa akabuyi eze kum; "(2 Samuweli 12: 22-23, NIV)
UDavide wayeqinisekile ukuba xa eswelekile uya kunyana wakhe, owayesezulwini. Wayenethemba lokuba uThixo, ngenceba yakhe, akangekhe ambeke umntwana ngesono sikayise.

Kangangeenkulungwane, iCawa yamaRoma Katolika ifundise imfundiso ye-infantile limbo, indawo apho imiphefumlo yeentsana ezingabhaptizwanga yaya khona emva kokufa, ingezizo izulu kodwa indawo yolonwabo lwanaphakade. Nangona kunjalo, iCatechism yangoku yeCawa yamaKatolika isusile igama elithi "limbo" kwaye ngoku ithi: "Ngokubhekisele kubantwana abasweleke bengabhaptizwanga, iCawa ingabanikela ngenceba kaThixo, njengoko isenza kwimisitho yayo yokungcwaba. .. sivumele ukuba sibe nethemba lokuba ikhona indlela yosindiso yabantwana abasweleke bengabhaptizwanga “.

“Kwaye sibonile kwaye sangqina ukuba uYise wamthumela uNyana wakhe ukuba abe nguMsindisi wehlabathi,” itsho eyoku-1 kaYohane 4:14. Uninzi lwamaKrestu lukholelwa ekubeni "ihlabathi" elisindiswe nguYesu liquka abo bangakwaziyo ukwamkela uKrestu nabo bafa phambi kokuba bafikelele kwiminyaka yobudala yokuphendula.

Ibhayibhile ayisixhasi ngokungagungqiyo okanye siyiphikise iminyaka yoxanduva lokuphendula, kodwa njengeminye imibuzo engaphendulwanga, eyona nto ingcono kukuphonononga umba ngokukhanya kweZibhalo emva koko uthembe uThixo ukuba unothando kwaye ulilungisa.