Kutheni imali ingcambu yazo zonke izinto ezimbi?
“Kuba ukuthanda imali yingcambu yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi. Bambi bathi, belangazelela imali, balushiya ukholo, bazibetha ngeentlungu ezininzi ”(1 Timoti 6:10).
UPawulos walumkisa uTimoti ngonxibelelwano phakathi kwemali nobubi. Izinto zexabiso kunye neeflethi ngokwendalo zithatha umnqweno wethu woluntu wezinto ezininzi, kodwa akukho sixa sinokuze sanelise imiphefumlo yethu.
Ngelixa sikhululekile ukuba sonwabele iintsikelelo zikaThixo kulo mhlaba, imali ingakhokelela kumona, ukhuphiswano, ubusela, ukuqhatha, ukuxoka, nazo zonke iintlobo zobubi. I-Exhibitor's Bible Commentary ithi: “Abukho ububi obungekhe bukhokelele abantu ekubeni buqale ukulawula ubomi babo.
Ithetha ukuthini le vesi?
"Kuba apho bukhona ubutyebi benu, yoba lapho nentliziyo yenu" (Mateyu 6:21).
Zimbini izikolo zeBhayibhile zokucinga ngemali. Ezinye iinguqulelo zale mihla zeZibhalo zibonisa ukuba kuphela ukuthanda imali kubi, hayi imali uqobo. Nangona kunjalo, kukho abanye ababambelela kwisicatshulwa sokwenyani. Nokuba yeyiphi na, into esiyinqulayo (okanye siyayixabisa, okanye sigxile kuyo, njl. UJohn Piper ubhala athi, “Inokwenzeka into yokuba xa uPaul wabhala la mazwi, wayeyazi kakuhle indlela ezakuba nzima ngayo, kwaye wabashiya njengoko wayebabhala kuba wayebona ukuba uthando lwemali lukhona ngokwenene. ingcambu yabo bonke ububi, bonke ububi! Wayefuna ukuba uTimoti (nathi) acinge nzulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba angasibona.
UThixo uyasiqinisekisa ngesibonelelo saKhe, ukanti sizama ukufumana umvuzo. Akukho sixa sobutyebi sinokuwanelisa umphefumlo wethu. Nokuba bubuphi na ubutyebi basemhlabeni okanye into esiyifunayo, senziwe ukuba sinqwenele ngakumbi kuMdali wethu. Ukuthanda imali kubi kuba siyalelwe ukuba singabinabo abanye oothixo ngaphandle koyedwa, uThixo oyinyaniso.
Umbhali wamaHebhere wabhala wathi: “Yibani nobomi ngaphandle kokuthanda imali, yanelani zizinto eninazo, kuba uThixo wathi: 'Andiyi kuze ndikushiye; Andisoze ndikushiye '”(KumaHebhere 13: 5).
Uthando kuko konke esikudingayo. Uthixo Luthando. NguMboneleli wethu, uMgcini, uMphilisi, uMdali kunye noBawo wethu Abba.
Kutheni le nto kubalulekile ukuba ukuthanda imali yingcambu yabo bonke ububi?
INtshumayeli 5:10 ithi: “Umntu othanda imali akaneli; Othanda ubutyebi akaze aneliswe yingeniso yakhe. Oku akunangqondo. “IsiBhalo sisixelela ukuba sigcine amehlo ethu ajonge kuYesu, uMbhali noMgqibelelisi wokholo lwethu. UYesu wathi makanike uKesare okukaKesare.
UThixo usiyalela ukuba sihlawule isishumi njengomcimbi wokunyaniseka kwentliziyo, hayi inani eliza kutshekishwa ngokwenkolo yethu kuluhlu lwezinto esiza kuzenza. UThixo uyazi ukutyekela kweentliziyo zethu kunye nesilingo sokugcina imali yethu. Ngokuyinika, igcina uthando lwemali kunye noThixo kwitrone yeentliziyo zethu. Xa sikulungele ukuyiyeka, sifunda ukuthembela ukuba uyasibonelela, hayi amandla ethu obuqili okwenza imali. I-Expositor's Bible Commentary iyacacisa: “Asikuko ukuba imali yingcambu yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi, kodwa 'kukuthanda imali'.
Ayithethi ntoni le vesi?
“Uphendule ke uYesu wathi, Ukuba ufuna ukugqibelela, hamba uye kuthengisa ngeempahla zakho, uzinike amahlwempu, woba nobutyebi ke emazulwini; Yiza ke undilandele ”(Mateyu 19:21).
Indoda awayethetha nayo uYesu yayingenakwenza into eyayifunwa nguMsindisi wayo. Ngelishwa, izinto zakhe zihleli ngaphezulu koThixo etroneni yentliziyo yakhe. Yile nto uThixo asilumkisa ngayo. Akabuthiyi ubutyebi.
Usixelela ukuba izicwangciso zakhe ngathi zingaphezulu lee kunendlela esinokuyicinga okanye siyicinge. Iintsikelelo zakhe zintsha yonke imihla. Sidalwe ngokomfanekiso wakhe kwaye siyinxalenye yosapho lwaKhe. UBawo wethu unezicwangciso ezilungileyo ngobomi bethu: ukusenza siphumelele!
UThixo uyayithiya yonke into esiyithandayo ngaphezu kwakhe, nguThixo onomona! UMateyu 6:24 uthi: “Akukho bani unokukhonza iinkosi ezimbini. Nokuba uya kuyithiya le ayithande leya, okanye uzinikele kwenye udele enye. Aninako ukukhonza uThixo kwanemali ”.
Uthini umxholo woku-1 kuTimoti 6?
“Kodwa ukuzinikela kunye nokwoneliseka kuyinzuzo enkulu, njengoko singakhange size nanto ehlabathini kwaye asinakho ukuthatha nantoni na emhlabeni. Ukuba sinako ukutya nempahla, masaneliswe zezo zinto. Kodwa abo banqwenela ukuba lilungisa bawela ekuhendweni, emgibeni, kwiminqweno emininzi engekho ngqiqweni neyenzakalisayo ethi itshonise abantu ekonakaleni nasekonakaleni. Kuba ukuthanda imali yingcambu yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi. Kungenxa yolu langazelelo ukuba inxenye ishenxise ukholo, yazibetha ngeentlungu ezininzi ”(1 Timoti 6: 6-10).
UPaul wabhala le leta eya kuTimoti, omnye wabahlobo bakhe abasenyongweni kunye nabazalwane abakholwayo, nangona kunjalo wayenenjongo yokuba icawe yase-Efese (esele ekhathalelweni lukaTimoti) nayo imamele imixholo yale leta. "Kule ndawo, umpostile uPawulos usixelela ukuba sinqwenele uThixo nazo zonke izinto zikaThixo," ubhale watsho uJamie Rohrbaugh kwiBelieve.com. "Isifundisa ukuba silandele izinto ezingcwele ngothando olukhulu, kunokuba sijolise iintliziyo zethu kunye nothando kubutyebi nakubutyebi."
Isahluko sesi-6 sonke sithetha ngebandla lase-Efese kunye notyekelo lwabo lokukhukuliseka bemke kwelona buKristu. Ngaphandle kweBhayibhile ukuba bahambe nayo njengoko sinayo namhlanje, baphenjelelwa ngapha nangapha ziimpawu ezahlukeneyo zezinye iinkolo, umthetho wamaJuda kunye noluntu lwabo.
UPawulos ubhala ngokuthobela uThixo, ulwaneliseko ukuba usekelwe kuThixo, ulwe umlo olungileyo wokholo, uThixo njengomboneleli wethu nolwazi olungeyonyani. Uyakha kwaye ke nezikali zokubancothula ebubini kunye nothando lwemali olungasasebenziyo, ebakhumbuza ukuba kuKristu sifumana ulwaneliseko lokwenyani, kwaye uThixo usibonelela-kungekuphela koko sikusweleyo, kodwa esisikelela ngokuqhubekekayo. ngaphaya!
UZondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary of the New Testament ucacisa esithi: “Umfundi wale mihla xa efunda le mifanekiso ineminyaka engama-2300 XNUMX yabalinganiswa abaneziphene uya kufumana imixholo eqhelekileyo, kwaye oko kuya kungqina ibango likaPawulos lokuba imali yingcambu yobuhlobo obuqhekekileyo. , ukuqhawuka kwemitshato, udumo olubi nazo zonke iintlobo zobubi “.
Ngaba abantu abazizityebi basemngciphekweni omkhulu wokushiya ukholo?
Thengisa ngeempahla zakho uphe amahlwempu. Ziboneleni iingxowa ezingasayi kuze ziguge, nobutyebi ezulwini obungasayi kuze busilele, apho kungasondeli sela kungasonakalisi nanundu ”(Luka 12:33).
Akunyanzelekanga ukuba umntu abe sisityebi ukuze anikezele kwisilingo sokuthanda imali. "Ukuthanda imali kuvelisa intshabalalo ngokubangela ukuba umphefumlo ulahle ukholo," ucacisa uJohn Piper. "Ukholo kukukholosa okuonelisekileyo kuKristu ekubhekiswa kuko nguPawulos." Ngubani ohluphekileyo, inkedama kwaye osweleyo kuxhomekeke ekubeni ngubani onezixhobo zokwabelana anokukunika zona.
IDuteronomi 15: 7 isikhumbuza ukuba "Ukuba nabani na uhlwempuzekile phakathi kwamaSirayeli akuyo nakwesiphi na isixeko selizwe akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho, musa ukuba lukhuni entliziyweni yakhe." Zombini ixesha nemali zibalulekile, ukufikelela kwabo basweleyo ngeendaba ezilungileyo, iimfuno zabo zomzimba ukuze baphile kufuneka zifezekiswe.
UMarshal Segal ubhalele ukufuna uThixo esithi: "Ukulangazelela imali engaphezulu nangakumbi kunye nokuthenga izinto ezingakumbi kubi, kwaye okuhlekisayo kukuba, kubi kwaye kubulala ubomi nolonwabo oluthembisayo." Ngokuchasene noko, abo banokuncinci kakhulu banokonwaba, kuba bayazi ukuba imfihlelo yokwoneliseka bubomi kuthando lukaKristu.
Nokuba sisityebi, sihlwempuzekile okanye siphakathi, sonke sijamelene nesilingo esiveliswa yimali.
Singazikhusela njani iintliziyo zethu kuthando lwemali?
"Ubulumko yindawo yokubalekela njengemali yokusabela, kodwa inzuzo yolwazi yile: ubulumko buyabalondoloza abo banabo" (INtshumayeli 7:12).
Singazikhusela iintliziyo zethu kuthando lwemali ngokuqinisekisa ukuba uThixo uhlala ehleli kwitrone yeentliziyo zethu. Vuka uchithe ixesha uthandaza naye, nokuba lifutshane. Ukulungelelanisa iishedyuli kunye neenjongo kunye nentando kaThixo ngomthandazo kunye nexesha eLizwini likaThixo.
Inqaku le-CBN licacisa ukuba “imali ibaluleke kakhulu kangangokuba amadoda aya kuxoka, aqhathe, anyotye, anyelise abulale ukuze ayifumane. Ukuthanda imali kuyeyona nto iphambili kunqulo-zithixo “. Inyaniso nothando lwakhe luya kuzikhusela iintliziyo zethu kuthando lwemali. Kwaye xa siwela esilingweni, asikude kude ukuba sibuyele kuThixo, ohlala esilindele ngeengalo ezivulekileyo zokusixolela nokusanga.