Kutheni kubalulekile ukuthobela uThixo?
Ukususela kwiGenesis ukuya kwiSityhilelo, iBhayibhile inezinto ezininzi ezithethayo ngokuthobela. Kwimbali yeMithetho Elishumi, sibona indlela ekubaluleke ngayo ukuthobela uThixo.
IDuteronomi 11: 26-28 iyishwankathela ngolu hlobo: “Thobela uya kusikelelwa. Sulalela uze uqalekiswe ”. KwiTestamente eNtsha sifunda ngomzekelo kaYesu Krestu ukuba amakholwa abizelwe kubomi bokuthobela.
Ingcaciso yokuthobela iBhayibhile
Umxholo wokuthobela kuzo zombini iTestamente eNdala neTsha ubhekisa kukuva okanye ukumamela kwigunya eliphezulu. Elinye lamagama esiGrike ukuthobela lidlulisela umbono wokuzibeka phantsi komntu ngokuzithoba kwigunya nomyalelo wabo. Elinye igama lesiGrike lokuthobela kwiTestamente eNtsha lithetha "ukuthemba".
Ngokutsho kweHolman's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, inkcazo emfutshane yokuthobela iBhayibhile "kukuva iLizwi likaThixo kwaye wenze ngokufanelekileyo." I-Eerdman's Biblical Dictionary ithi "ukuva" okwenyani okanye ukuthobela kubandakanya ukuva ngokwasemzimbeni okukhuthaza umphulaphuli kunye nenkolelo okanye ukuthembela oko kukhuthaza umphulaphuli ukuba enze ngokuhambelana neminqweno yesithethi.
Ke ngoko, ukuthobela uThixo ngokweBhayibhile kuthetha ukumamela, ukuthembela, ukuzithoba kunye nokuzinikela kuThixo nakwiLizwi lakhe.
Izizathu ezi-8 zokuba kutheni kubalulekile ukuthobela uThixo
1. UYesu usibizela ekuthobeleni
KuYesu Krestu sifumana umzekelo ogqibeleleyo wentobeko. Njengabafundi bakhe, silandela umzekelo kaKristu nemiyalelo yakhe. Isizathu sokuthobela luthando:
Ukuba uyandithanda, uya kuyithobela imiyalelo yam. (Yohane 14: 15, ESV)
2. Ukuthobela sisenzo sonqulo
Ngelixa iBhayibhile ibeka ugxininiso olomeleleyo ekuthobeleni, kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba amakholwa akagwetyelwa (kwenziwa amalungisa) ngokuthobela kwethu. Usindiso sisipho sesisa esivela kuThixo kwaye akukho nto sinokuyenza ukuze siyifanele. Ukuthobela okwenene kobuKristu kuphuma entliziyweni yombulelo ngobabalo esilufumene kwiNkosi:
Kwaye ke, mawethu, ndiyanicela ukuba niyinike imizimba yenu kuThixo kuko konke akwenzele kona. Bayeke babe lidini eliphilayo nelingcwele, uhlobo abaza kulwamkeleka. Ngokwenene le yindlela yokuyinqula. (KwabaseRoma 12: 1, NLT)
3. Imivuzo kaThixo Ukuthobela
Sihlala sifunda eBhayibhileni ukuba uThixo uyasikelela kwaye avuze ukuthobela:
Zisikelelwe ngembewu yakho zonke untlanga zehlabathi, ngenxa enokuba undiphulaphule. (IGenesis 22:18, NLT)
Ngoku ke ukuba nithe nandithobela, nawugcina umnqophiso wam, noba yinqobo kum kwizizwana zonke zomhlaba; kuba umhlaba wonke ngowam. (Eksodus 19: 5, NLT)
U-Yesu waphendula wathi: "Ngokukodwa ke, banoyolo abo balivayo ilizwi likaThixo balisebenzise". (Luka 11:28, NLT)
Kodwa ungamameli nje kwilizwi likaThixo, kodwa kufuneka uyenze le nto uyithethayo. Ngaphandle koko, uyaziqhatha. Kuba ukuba umamela ilizwi kwaye ungathobeli, kufana nokujonga ubuso bakho esipilini. Uyazibona, uhambe uye ulibale ukuba ujongeka kanjani. Kodwa ke ukuba uyawugcina umthetho ogqibeleleyo, onikhulula ngentlawulelo. (Yakobi 1: 22-25, NLT)
4. Ukuthobela uThixo kubonisa uthando lwethu
Incwadi yoku-1 kaYohane neyesi-2 kaYohane ikwenza kucace ukuba ukuthobela uThixo kubonisa ukuba uyamthanda uThixo.Ukuthanda uThixo kubandakanya ukulandela imiyalelo yakhe:
Sazi ngale nto ukuba siyabathanda abantwana bakaThixo, xa sukuba simthanda uThixo, siyigcina imithetho yakhe. Kuba ukumthanda uThixo kuko ukuthi, siyigcine imithetho yakhe; (1 Yohane 5: 2–3, ESV)
Uthando luthetha ukwenza oko uThixo asiyalele kona kwaye sasiyalela ukuba sithandane, njengoko naziva kwasekuqaleni. (2 Yohane 6, NLT)
5. Ukuthobela uThixo kubonisa ukholo lwethu
Xa simthobela uThixo, sibonisa ukuba sikholose kwaye siyakholelwa kuye:
Kwaye sinokuqiniseka ukuba siyamazi ukuba siyayithobela imiyalelo yakhe. Ukuba umntu uthi "Ndiyamazi uThixo" kodwa engayithobeli imiyalelo kaThixo, lo mntu ulixoki kwaye akahlali enyanisweni. Kodwa abo balithobelayo ilizwi likaThixo ngokwenene babonisa indlela abamthanda ngayo ngokupheleleyo. Sazi ngale nto ukuba sihleli kuye. Abo bathi bahlala kuThixo kufuneka baphile ubomi babo njengoYesu. (1 Yohane 2: 3-6, NLT)
6. Ukuthobela kungcono kunokuzincama
Ibinzana elithi "ukuthobela kungcono kunombingelelo" lihlala lixakekisa amaKristu. Inokuqondwa kuphela ngokwembono yeTestamente eNdala. Umthetho wawufuna ukuba abantu bakwaSirayeli banikele amadini kuThixo, kodwa loo minikelo kunye neminikelo ayizange yenzelwe ukuthatha indawo yokuthobela.
Kodwa uSamuweli waphendula wathi: “Yintoni eyona nto ikholekileyo kuNdikhoyo: kukunyusa amadini akho atshiswayo, yimibingelelo yakho? Mamela! Ukuthobela kulunge ngakumbi kunombingelelo kunye nokuthobela kulunge ngakumbi kunikela ngamanqatha eenkunzi zeegusha. Imvukelo inesono njengobugqwirha kunye neenkani njengokunqula izithixo. Ngenxa yokuba ulicekisile ilizwi likaYehova, naye ukucekisile ukuba ungabi kumkani. (1 Samuweli 15: 22-23, NLT)
7. Ukungathobeli kukhokelela kwisono nokufa
Ukungathobeli kuka-Adam kwazisa isono nokufa ehlabathini. Esi sisiseko segama "isono santlandlolo". Kodwa ukuthobela okugqibeleleyo kukaKristu kubuyisela ubuhlobo noThixo kubo bonke abakholwa kuye:
Kuba njengokuba kwathi, ngokungeva komntu omnye [uAdam], abaninzi benziwa aboni, ngokunjalo kuya kuthi, nangokuva komnye lo [uKristu], abaninzi benziwe amalungisa. (KwabaseRoma 5:19, ESV)
Kuba, njengokuba kuye uAdam bafa bonke, ngokunjalo nakuye uKristu baya kudliswa ubomi bonke. (1 Kor. 15:22, ESV)
8. Ngokuthobela, sifumana iintsikelelo zobomi obungcwele
NguYesu Krestu kuphela ogqibeleleyo, yiyo kuphela onokuhamba ekuthobeleni okungenasono nokugqibeleleyo. Kodwa xa sivumela uMoya oyiNgcwele ukuba asiguqule ngaphakathi, sikhula ebungcweleni. Oku kwaziwa njengenkqubo yokungcwaliswa, enokuthi ichazwe njengokukhula ngokomoya. Okukhona sifunda iLizwi likaThixo, sichitha ixesha noYesu, kwaye sivumela uMoya oyiNgcwele ukuba asitshintshe ngaphakathi, kokukhona sikhula ekuthobeleni nakubungcwele njengamaKristu:
Abantu bengqibelelo abalandela imiyalelo yoNaphakade bayavuya. Hayi, uyolo lwababambe izingqiniso zakhe, Abamquqelayo ngentliziyo epheleleyo! Abalalanisi kububi kwaye bahamba emendweni wabo kuphela. Usithumele ukuba sigcine imiyalelo yakho ngononophelo. Akwaba imisebenzi yam ibiyibonisa yonke imihla imithetho yakho. Ngoko ke andiyi kuba nazintloni xa ndibuthelekisa ubomi bam nemithetho yakho. Njengoko ndifunda imimiselo yakho yobulungisa, ndiya kubulela kuwe ngokuphila ngendlela endifaneleyo! Ndiya kuyigcina imimiselo yakho. Nceda unganikezeli! (INdumiso 119: 1-8, NLT)
Utsho uYehova wemikhosi, uMkhululi wakho, oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli, ukuthi, Mna ndinguYehova, uThixo wakho; Yivani imithetho yam. Emva koko uya kuba noxolo olugeleza njengomlambo oswiti kunye nobulungisa obuqengqeleka phezu kwakho njengamaza elwandle. Imbewu yakho ngeyaba njengentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle - engenakubalwa! Akuyi kubakho mfuneko yokutshatyalaliswa okanye ukusika igama lokugqibela. "(U-Isaya 48: 17-19, NLT)
Kuba sinazo ezi zithembiso, zintanda, masizihlambulule kuyo yonke into enokungcolisa umzimba okanye umoya. Kwaye sisebenzela ubungcwele obugqibeleleyo kuba sisoyika uThixo (2 K / Kor. 7: 1, NLT)
Le vesi ingasentla ithi, "Masisebenzele ubungcwele obupheleleyo." Ke asikufundi ukuthobela ngokukhawuleza; yinkqubo esiyilandelayo ebomini bethu ukuyenza ibe yinjongo yemihla ngemihla.