Inkolo yeHlabathi: Bazi abafundi abayi-12 bakaYesu Kristu
UYesu Kristu wakhetha abafundi abali-12 phakathi kwabalandeli bakhe bokuqala ukuba babe ngamaqabane akhe asondeleyo. Emva kwekhondo elinzulu lobufundi nasemva kokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo, iNkosi yabathuma ngokupheleleyo abapostile (Mateyu 28:16-2, Marko 16:15) ukuqhubela phambili ubukumkani bukaThixo nokuzisa isigidimi seendaba ezilungileyo emhlabeni.
Sifumana amagama abafundi abali-12 kuMateyu 10:2-4, Marko 3:14-19 nakuLuka 6:13-16. La madoda aba ziinkokeli ezingoovulindlela kwibandla leTestamente eNtsha, kodwa ayengenaziphene nokungafezeki. Okubangel’ umdla kukuba, akukho namnye kwaba bafundi bali-12 abanyuliweyo owayesisifundiswa okanye urabhi. Babengenabo ubuchule obukhethekileyo. Babengengobantu bonqulo okanye abasulungekileyo, babengabantu nje abaqhelekileyo njengam nawe.
Kodwa uThixo wabanyula ngenjongo enye: ukutshisa amadangatye eVangeli awayeza kunwenwa kuwo wonke umhlaba aze aqhubeke evutha ngakumbi kangangeenkulungwane ezilandelayo. UThixo wanyula waza wasebenzisa ngamnye kwaba bafana baqhelekileyo ukuphumeza icebo lakhe elikhethekileyo.
Abafundi bakaYesu Kristu abali-12
Zinike imizuzwana embalwa ukuze ufunde izifundo zabapostile abali-12—amadoda awanceda ekukhanyiseni ukukhanya kwenyaniso okusezintliziyweni namhlanje nabiza abantu ukuba beze baze balandele uKristu.
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Umpostile uPetros
Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, umpostile uPetros ‘wayengumfundisi’ onokuthi inkoliso yabantu ifane naye. Ngomzuzu omnye wayehamba phezu kwamanzi ngokholo, emva koko wayetshona kumathandabuzo. Ngokungxama kunye neemvakalelo, uPetros waziwa kakhulu ngokukhanyela uYesu xa uxinzelelo lwaluphezulu. Nangona kunjalo, njengomfundi wayethandwa nguKristu, ebambe indawo ekhethekileyo phakathi kwabalishumi elinesibini.
UPetros, isithethi sabalishumi elinesibini, uphum’ izandla kwiincwadi zeVangeli. Nanini na xa kudweliswa amadoda, igama likaPetros lelokuqala. Yena, uYakobi noYohane babumba “amaqabane asondeleyo kaYesu.” Aba bathathu kuphela baye banikwa ilungelo lokubona ukwenziwa kumila kumbi, kunye nezinye izityhilelo ezibalaseleyo zikaYesu.
Emva kovuko, uPetros waba ngumvangeli okhaliphileyo nomvangeli wasemazweni kunye nenye yeenkokeli ezinkulu zebandla lokuqala. Benolangazelelo de kwasekupheleni, ababhali-mbali banikela ingxelo yokuba xa uPetros wagwetyelwa ukufa ngokubethelelwa emnqamlezweni, wacela ukujikela intloko yakhe emhlabeni ngenxa yokuba wayengaziva ekufanele ukufa ngendlela efanayo noMsindisi wakhe.
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Umpostile uAndreya
Umpostile uAndreya wamshiya uYohane uMbhaptizi ukuze abe ngumlandeli wokuqala kaYesu waseNazarete, kodwa uYohane akazange amkhathalele. Wayesazi ukuba uthumo lwakhe yayikukulathisa abantu kuMesiya.
Njengabaninzi bethu, uAndreya wayehlala emthunzini womntakwabo owayedume ngakumbi, uSimon Petros. UAndreya wakhokelela uPetros kuKristu, emva koko wahlala esihlalweni esingasemva njengoko umzalwana wakhe onomsindo waba yinkokeli phakathi kwabapostile nakwibandla lokuqala.
Iincwadi zeVangeli azisixeleli nto ingako ngoAndreya, kodwa ukufunda phakathi kwale migca kutyhila umntu onxanelwe inyaniso waza wayifumana kumanzi aphilileyo kaYesu.Fumana indlela umlobi olula wayiphosa ngayo iminatha yakhe elunxwemeni waza waqhubeka. Umlobi okhethekileyo wabantu.
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Umpostile uYakobi
UYakobi unyana kaZebhedi, owayedla ngokubizwa ngokuba nguYakobi Omkhulu ukuze amahlule komnye umpostile ogama linguYakobi, wayelilungu lesangqa esingaphakathi sikaKristu, esasiquka umntakwabo, umpostile uYohane noPetros. UYakobi noYohane abafumananga kuphela igama lesidlaliso elikhethekileyo eNkosini - "oonyana beendudumo" - banelungelo lokuba sembindini nakwiziko leziganeko ezithathu zamandla angaphezu kwendalo kubomi bukaKristu. Ukongeza kwezi mbeko, uYakobi wayengowokuqala kwabalishumi elinesibini ukufela ukholo ngo-44 AD.
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Umpostile uYohane
Umpostile uYohane, umntakwabo Yakobi, uYesu wamthiya igama lokuba ngomnye ‘woonyana beendudumo,’ kodwa wayethanda ukuzibiza ngokuba ‘ngumfundi owayethandwa nguYesu. Ngomoya wakhe ovuthayo kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe okukhethekileyo kuMsindisi, wafumana indawo eyongezelelweyo kwisangqa esingaphakathi sikaKristu.
Impembelelo enkulu kaYohane kwicawa yamaKristu yokuqala kunye nobuntu bakhe obukhulu kunobomi bumenza abe isifundo esinomdla ngomlinganiswa. Imibhalo yakhe ityhila iimpawu ezingafaniyo. Ngokomzekelo, ngentsasa yokuqala yeIsta, enenzondelelo nehlombe awayenalo, uYohane wabalekela kuPetros engcwabeni emva kokuba uMariya waseMagadala enikela ingxelo yokuba ngoku lalingenanto. Nangona uYohane waphumelela ugqatso waza waqhayisa ngale mpumelelo kwiVangeli yakhe (Yohane 20: 1-9), ngokuthobeka wamvumela uPetros ukuba angene kuqala engcwabeni.
Ngokutsho kwembali, uYohane waphila ixesha elide kunabo bonke abafundi bakhe, befa ngenxa yokwaluphala e-Efese, apho washumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zothando waza wafundisa ngokuchasene noqhekeko.
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Umpostile uFilipu
UFilipu wayengomnye wabalandeli bokuqala bakaYesu Kristu yaye akazange achithe xesha wabiza abanye, abanjengoNathaniyeli, ukuba benze okufanayo. Nangona kuncinane okwaziwayo ngaye emva kokunyukela kukaKristu, ababhali-mbali beBhayibhile bakholelwa ukuba uFilipu washumayela ivangeli eFrigiya, eAsia Minor, waza wafa njengomfeli-nkolo apho eHirapoli. Fumana indlela ukukhangela kukaFilipu inyaniso okwamkhokelela ngayo ngokuthe ngqo kuMesiya othenjisiweyo.
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Umpostile uBhartolomeyu
UNathaniyeli, ekukholelwa ukuba ngumfundi kaBhartolomeyu, wadibana noYesu okokuqala okubuhlungu.” Xa umpostile uFilipu wambizayo ukuba eze kuhlangana noMesiya, uNathaniyeli wayethandabuza, kodwa walandela. Xa uFilipu wammisa kuYesu, iNkosi yathi: “Nanko umSirayeli oyinyaniso, ekungekho buxoki kuye.” UNataniyeli wakhawuleza wafuna ukwazi "Undazi njani?"
UYesu wayitsala ingqalelo yakhe xa waphendula wathi, “Ndikubonile uphantsi komkhiwane ngaphambi kokuba uFilipu akubize. Ke, loo nto yamnqanda uNataniyeli endleleni yakhe. Othukile yaye emangalisiwe, wathi: “Rabhi, wena unguye uNyana kaThixo; wena unguye ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.”
UNathaniyeli wafumana imigca embalwa kuphela kwiincwadi zeVangeli, nangona kunjalo, ngelo xesha waba ngumlandeli othembekileyo kaYesu Kristu.
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Umpostile uMateyu
ULevi, owaba ngumpostile uMateyu, wayeligosa lerhafu eKapernahum elalirhafisa izinto ezisuka kwamanye amazwe nezithunyelwa ngaphandle ngokusekelwe kumgwebo wakhe. AmaYuda ayemthiyile kuba wayesebenzela iRoma waza wangcatsha abantu bakowabo.
Kodwa xa uMateyu, umqokeleli werhafu onganyanisekanga, weva amazwi amabini kaYesu athi: “Ndilandele,” washiya yonke into waza wathobela. Njengathi, wayefuna ukwamkelwa nokuthandwa. UMateyu wamgqala uYesu njengomntu ofanelwe yintlawulelo ngenxa yakhe.
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Umpostile uTomas
Umpostile uTomas udla ngokubizwa ngokuba “nguTomas othandabuzayo” kuba wala ukukholelwa ukuba uYesu uvukile kwabafileyo wada wabona waza wachukumisa amanxeba kaKristu. Ngokuphathelele abafundi, nangona kunjalo, imbali inike uTomas i-rap bum. Ngapha koko, umpostile ngamnye kwabali-12, ngaphandle kukaYohane, wamshiya uYesu ebudeni betyala lakhe waza wafa eKalvari.
UThomas wayetyekele ekuzibaxeni izinto. Ngaphambili wayebonise ukholo lwenkalipho, ekulungele ukubeka ubomi bakhe esichengeni ukuze alandele uYesu kwelakwaYuda. Kukho isifundo esibalulekileyo esinokufundwa kwisifundo sikaTomas: Ukuba ngokwenene sifuna ukwazi inyaniso, kwaye sinyanisekile kuthi nakwabanye ngobunzima bethu namathandabuzo ethu, uThixo uya kuhlangana nathi ngokuthembeka aze asityhile, kanye njengokuba Wenzayo. kuTomas.
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Umpostile uYakobi
UYakobi oMncinane ngomnye wabapostile abantsundu eBhayibhileni. Ekuphela kwezinto esizaziyo ngokuqinisekileyo ligama lakhe nokuba wayekho kwigumbi eliphezulu eYerusalem emva kokuba uKristu enyukele ezulwini.
Kwishumi elinesibini lamadoda aqhelekileyo, uJohn MacArthur ucebisa ukuba ubumnyama bakhe bube bube luphawu lobomi bakhe. Fumanisa ukuba kutheni ukungaziwa ngokupheleleyo kukaYakobi oMncinane kunokuveza into enzulu ngomlingiswa wakhe.
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Umpostile oNgcwele uSimon
Ngubani ongathandi imfihlakalo elungileyo? Umbuzo odidayo eBhayibhileni ngoyena kanye uSimon umZealot, umpostile ongaqondakaliyo weBhayibhile.
Izibhalo azisixeleli kwanto ngoSimon. Kwiincwadi zeVangeli, ukhankanywa kwiindawo ezintathu, kodwa kuphela ukudwelisa igama lakhe. KwiZenzo 1:13 sifunda ukuba wayekunye nabapostile kwigumbi eliphezulu eYerusalem emva kokuba uKristu enyukele ezulwini. Ngaphandle kwezo nkcukacha zimbalwa, sinokuqikelela kuphela kuSimon kunye nokubizwa kwakhe njengenzondelelo.
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San Thaddeus
Edweliswe kunye noSimon umZeloti noYakobi oMncinane, umpostile uThaddeus ugqibezela iqela labafundi abangaziwayo kangako. Kwincwadi kaJohn MacArthur ethetha ngabapostile, kwincwadi kaJohn MacArthur ethetha ngendoda ethambileyo nenobubele ebonakalisa ukuthobeka kobuntwana.
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Ezantsi ukusuka
UYudas Skariyoti ngumpostile owangcatsha uYesu ngokumanga. Ngenxa yesi senzo sibalaseleyo sokungcatsha, bambi basenokuthi uYudas Skariyoti wenza eyona mpazamo inkulu embalini.
Ekuhambeni kwexesha, abantu baye baba neemvakalelo ezahlukeneyo ngoYudas. Abanye baziva bemthiyile, abanye banosizi, kwaye abanye bade bamgqale njengeqhawe. Nokuba usabela njani kuYudas, inye into eqinisekileyo, amakholwa anokufumana inzuzo enkulu ngokubujonga nzulu ubomi bakhe.