Kutheni le nto uThixo engabaphilisi abantu bonke?
Elinye lamagama kaThixo nguYehova-Rapha, "INkosi ephilisayo." KwiEksodus 15: 26, uThixo ubanga ukuba ungumphilisi wabantu bakhe. Isicatshulwa ngokubhekisele ngqo kunyango lwezifo zomzimba:
Yathi: "Ukuba uthe waliphulaphula ngenyameko kwilizwi leNkosi uThixo wakho, wenza okuthe tye emehlweni akhe, wayithobela imiyalelo yakhe, wayigcina yonke imimiselo yakhe, andiyi kukwenza ubenesifo esixhokonxa amaJiphutha, kuba ndim. YiNkosi ephilisayo. (NLT)
Ibhayibhile inirekhoda inani leengxelo zokuphiliswa komzimba kwiTestamente Endala. Ngokufanayo, kubulungiseleli bukaYesu kunye nabafundi bakhe, imimangaliso yokuphilisa ibalaseliswa ngokucacileyo. Kwaye ukutyhubela iinkulungwane zembali yecawa, amakholwa aqhubekile nobungqina bamandla kaThixo okuphilisa abagulayo ngokwaphezulu.
Ke ukuba uThixo ngokwendalo uyazichaza ukuba ungumphilisi, kutheni le nto uThixo engabaphilisi abantu bonke?
Kutheni le nto uThixo wasebenzisa uPawulos ukuba aphilise utata kaPublius owayenomkhuhlane kunye nohudo, kunye nabanye abantu abaninzi abagulayo, kodwa ingengomfundi wakhe othandekayo uTimoti owayeneengxaki zesisu ezi rhoqo?
Kutheni le nto uThixo engabaphilisi abantu bonke?
Mhlawumbi unesigulo ngoku. Ngaba ukhe wathandazela zonke iivesi ezisebhayibhelini eziphilisayo, kwaye uyaphinda, uyabuza, kutheni le nto uThixo engandiphilisi?
Mhlawumbi usandula ukuphulukana nomntu omthandayo ngenxa yomhlaza okanye esinye isifo esibi. Kungokwemvelo ukubuza lo mbuzo: kutheni le nto uThixo ephilisa abanye abantu kodwa abanye?
Impendulo ekhawulezileyo necacileyo yombuzo ilele kulongamo lukaThixo. NguThixo olawulayo kwaye ekugqibeleni uyazi okona kulungileyo kwindalo yakhe. Ngelixa kuyinyani ngokuqinisekileyo oku, zininzi izizathu ezicacileyo ezinikiwe eZibhalweni zokucacisa ngakumbi ukuba kutheni uThixo angaphilisi.
Isizathu seBhayibhile sokuba uThixo akanakuphila
Ngoku, ngaphambi kokuntywila, ndifuna ukuvuma into: Andiziqondi ngokupheleleyo izizathu zokuba kutheni uThixo engaphili. Ndizabalaze 'neva enyameni' yam. Ndithetha ngeyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte 12: 8-9, apho umpostile uPawulos wathi:
Amaxesha amathathu ahlukeneyo ndithandaze eNkosini ukuba ayisuse. Nanini na xa wayesithi, "Ubabalo lwam yinto yonke oyifunayo. Amandla am asebenza kakuhle kubuthathaka. " Ke ngoku ndiyavuya ukuqhayisa ngobuthathaka bam, ukuze amandla kaKristu asebenze ngam. (NLT)
NjengoPaul, ndacela (kwimeko yam iminyaka) ukuba siphiliswe. Ekugqibeleni, njengompostile, ndaye ndagqiba ekubeni ndibuthathaka, ukuze ndiphilele ukwanela kobabalo lukaThixo.
Ngexesha lokukhangela kwam ngokunyanisekileyo iimpendulo malunga nokuphilisa, ndaba nethamsanqa lokufunda izinto ezimbalwa. Kwaye ke ndiya kudlulisela kuwe:
Isono asivunywa
Ngale nto kuqala siya kuzisika ngokwethu ukusukela: ngamanye amaxesha isifo sisiphumo sesono esingaziwanga. Ndiyazi, andikhange ndiyithande le mpendulo, kodwa ikhona eSibhalweni:
Vuma izono omnye komnye kwaye uthandazelane ukuze uphiliswe. Umthandazo onyanisekileyo womntu olungileyo unamandla amakhulu kwaye uvelisa iziphumo ezintle. (Yakobi 5: 16, NLT)
Ndifuna ukugxininisa ukuba isifo ayisosoloko sisiphumo ngqo sesono kubomi bomntu, kodwa iintlungu nezifo ziyinxalenye yeli lizwe liwile kwaye liqalekisiwe esiphila kulo ngoku. Kufuneka silumke ukuba singabeki tyala kuso sonke isigulo esonayo, kodwa kufuneka siqonde ukuba sisizathu esinokwenzeka. Ke, isiqalo esihle ukuba uyeza kwiNkosi ukuba iphiliswe kukufuna intliziyo yakho kwaye uvume izono zakho.
Ukusilela kokholo
Xa uYesu waphilisa abagulayo, kaninzi wathetha la mazwi: "ukholo lwakho lukusindisile."
KuMateyu 9: 20-22, uYesu waphilisa umfazi owayabandezeleke iminyaka emininzi ngokopha okungapheliyo:
Kwangoko ke kwangena kuye umfazi owayenengxaki yeminyaka elishumi elinambini ekhutshwa ligazi. Wachukumisa umqukumbelo wengubo yakhe, kuba wayecinga ukuba, "Ukuba ndingachukumisa ingubo yakhe, ndiya kuphiliswa."
Wajika uYesu, wayibona, wathi: “Ntombi, Yomelela! Ukholo lwakho lukusindisile. Kwaye loo mfazi waphiliswa ngalo mzuzu. (NLT)
Nantsi eminye imizekelo esebhayibhileni yokuphiliswa ekuphenduleni ukholo:
UMateyu 9: 28–29; UMarko 2: 5, uLuka 17:19; IZenzo 3:16; Yakobi 5: 14-16.
Kuyabonakala ukuba kukho ikhonkco elibalulekileyo phakathi kokholo kunye nokuphiliswa. Ngenxa yobuninzi bezibhalo ezidibanisa ukholo nokunyanga, kufuneka sigqibe kwelokuba ukuphilisa ngamanye amaxesha akunzeki ngenxa yokuswela ukholo, okanye endaweni yoko, uhlobo lokholo oluzukiswayo nguThixo. Kwakhona, kufuneka silumke ukuba singaniki ixesha ngalo lonke ixesha umntu engaphilanga, isizathu kukusilela kokholo.
Ukusilela ukucela
Ukuba asibuzi kwaye silangazelela ukuphiliswa, uThixo akasabeli. Xa uYesu wabona indoda esisiqhwala eyayigule iminyaka engama-38, yabuza, "Ngaba ungathanda ukuphilisa?" Ingabonakala ingumbuzo ongaqhelekanga kuYesu, kodwa kwangoko le ndoda yacela uxolo yathi: "Andikwazi, mnumzana," utshilo, "kuba akukho mntu undibeka echibini xa amanzi ebila. Omnye umntu uhlala esiza phambi kwam. " (Yohane 5: 6-7, NLT) UYesu wajonga entliziyweni yomntu kwaye wabona ukungathandabuzeki kwakhe ukuphiliswa.
Mhlawumbi wazi umntu olikhoboka lexinzelelo okanye intlekele. Abazi ukuba baziphathe njani ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka ebomini babo, kwaye ke ngoko baqala ukuhlenga-hlengisa iimeko zabo zesaxhala. Ngokunjalo, abanye abantu basenokungafuni ukunyangwa kuba banxibelelana kakhulu nesazisi sabo. Aba bantu banokoyika izinto ezingaziwayo zobomi ngaphaya kokugula kwabo okanye banqwenele ukujongana nenkxwaleko.
KuYakobi 4: 2 ngokucacileyo uthi: "Awunayo, kutheni ungabuzi." (ESV)
Imfuneko yokukhutshwa
Izibhalo zikwabonisa ukuba ezinye izifo zibangelwa yimpembelelo yokomoya okanye yeedemon.
Kwaye uyazi ukuba uThixo wamthambisa uYesu waseNazarete ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangamandla. Waye ke uYesu ehamba, esenza okuhle, ephilisa abo babephethwe nguMtyholi, ngokuba uThixo wayenaye. (Izenzo 10:38, NLT)
KuLuka 13, uYesu waphilisa umfazi owayekhubazekile ngumoya ombi:
Ngenye imini ngoMgqibelo xa wayefundisa kwindlu yesikhungu, wabona umfazi owayekhubazekile ngumoya ombi. Wayephindwe kabini iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo kwaye engakwazi ukuzimela. UYesu embona, wambiza wathi, "Mfazindini, uyaphila na kwisifo sakho!" Emva koko wayichukumisa kwaye yema nkqo. Hayi indlela awayemdumise ngayo uThixo! (Luka 13: 10-13)
KwanoPaul wabiza iliva lakhe enyameni ngokuthi "sisithunywa sikaSathana":
... Nangona ndizifumene izityhilelo ezintle ezivela kuThixo .Kwenzela ukuba ndingazingcali, ndinikwe iliva enyameni, isithunywa esivela kuSathana ukuba sindihlukumeze kwaye sindigcine ndingazingcolisi. (2 Kor. 12: 7, NLT)
Ke ngoko, kukho amaxesha apho idemon okanye imeko yokomoya kufuneka iqwalaselwe ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke.
Injongo ephezulu
I-CS Lewis ibibhale kwincwadi yakhe, i-The Pain of Pain: "U-Thixo uhlebeza kuthi kweziyolo zethu, uyathetha ngesazela sethu, kodwa udandathekile kubuhlungu bethu, yi-megaphone yakhe evusa ilizwe elingevayo".
Sisenokungayiqondi ngelo xesha, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha uThixo ufuna ukwenza okungaphezulu kokuphulukisa imizimba yethu. Rhoqo, kubulumko bakhe obungenasiphelo, uThixo uya kusebenzisa ukubandezeleka ngokwasemzimbeni ukuphuhlisa isimilo sethu kunye nokuvelisa ukukhula ngokomoya kuthi.
Ndifumene, kodwa kuphela ngokujonga emva ebomini bam, ukuba uThixo wayenenjongo eziphezulu zokundivumela ndilwe nesiphene sokukhubazeka iminyaka. Endaweni yokundiphilisa, uThixo wasebenzisa uvavanyo ukundibuyisela, okokuqala, ukuya ekuthembekeni kuye, kwaye okwesibini, kwindlela yenjongo kunye nolwazelelo awayelucwangcisile ngobomi bam. Wayeyazi indawo endiya kuba nemveliso kwaye yanelise ukumkhonza, kwaye wayeyazi indlela eyondithatha ukuba indifumane apho.
Andikucebisi ukuba ungaze uyeke ukuthandazela ukuphiliswa, kodwa ndicela uThixo ukuba akubonise esona sicwangciso okanye eyona njongo ibalaseleyo anokuyifumana ngentlungu yakho.
Uzuko lukaThixo
Ngamanye amaxesha xa sithandazela ukuphiliswa, imeko yethu isuka kubi iye iba mandundu. Xa oku kusenzeka, kunokwenzeka ukuba uThixo uceba ukwenza into enamandla nengummangaliso, into eza kuzisa uzuko olungakumbi kwigama lakhe.
Ukufa kukaLazaro, uYesu walinda ukuya eBhethani kuba wayesazi ukuba uzokwenza ummangaliso ongummangaliso apho, ukuze kuzukiswe uThixo.Bantu abaninzi ababone ukuvuswa kukaLazaro babeka ukholo lwabo kuYesu Krestu. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo ndibone amakholwa esokola kabuhlungu kwaye ade abulawa kukugula, kodwa ngawo abonakalisa ubomi obungenasiphelo kwicebo likaThixo losindiso.
Ixesha likaThixo
Ndicela uxolo ukuba oku kubonakala kungathandekiyo, kodwa sonke kufuneka sife (Amahebhere 9: 27). Kwaye njengenxalenye yesimo sethu sokuwa, ukufa kuhlala kuhamba kunye nezifo kunye nokubandezeleka xa sishiya imizimba yethu yenyama kwaye singena kubomi bokufa.
Ke esinye sezizathu zokuba ukuphiliswa kungathathi indawo kukuba lixesha likaThixo lokuzisa ikholwa ekhaya.
Ngeentsuku ezingqonge uphando lwam kwaye ndibhala olu phononongo lokuphilisa, umamazala wam wasweleka. Ndikunye nomyeni wam kunye nosapho, sambona esenza uhambo lwakhe olusuka emhlabeni ukuya kubomi banaphakade. Sele efikelele kwiminyaka engama-90, kwabakho ukubandezeleka okukhulu kwiminyaka yakhe yokugqibela, iinyanga, iiveki kunye neentsuku. Kodwa ngoku ukhululekile entlungwini. Iphilile kwaye iphelele ebusweni boMsindisi wethu.
Ukufa lolona nyango luphezulu lwekholwa. Kwaye sinesithembiso esihle esingakwaziyo ukulinda xa sifika kwindawo yethu yokugqibela ekhaya kunye noThixo ezulwini:
Zonke iinyembezi ziya kusula emehlweni abo kwaye akusayi kubakho kufa, ntlungu, iinyembezi okanye ntlungu. Zonke ezi zinto zimkile ngonaphakade. (ISityhilelo 21: 4, NLT)