Ngaphambi kwebhayibhile, abantu bamazi njani uThixo?
Impendulo: Nangona abantu babengenalo igama likaThixo elibhaliweyo, babengekho ngaphandle kokufumana, ukuqonda nokuthobela uThixo. Ngokwenyani, zininzi iindawo zomhlaba namhlanje apho iiBhayibhile zingafumanekiyo, nangona kunjalo Abantu banokumazi kwaye bamazi uThixo, sisisityhilelo: UThixo utyhila emntwini into afuna ukuba ayazi ngaye, nangona ibingasoloko ibhayibhile, bezisoloko zikhona iindlela eziye zavumela umntu ukuba yamkela kwaye uyiqonde isityhilelo sikaThixo.Kukho amacandelo amabini esityhilelo: isambulo ngokubanzi kunye nesityhilelo esikhethekileyo.
Isityhilelo ngokubanzi sinento yokwenza nento uThixo ayinxibelelana nabantu kulo lonke uluntu. Umba wangaphandle wesityhilelo ngokubanzi nguloo Thixo kufuneka abe ngunobangela okanye imvelaphi. Kuba ezi zinto zikhona, kwaye kufuneka kubekho unobangela wobukho bazo, noThixo kufuneka abekho. KwabaseRoma 1: 20 ithi, "Kuba kwabonakala ngokucacileyo iimpawu zakhe ezingabonakaliyo, amandla akhe angapheliyo nobuThixo bakhe, kubonakala ngemisebenzi yakhe kwasekudalweni kwehlabathi, ukuze bangabi nakungxengxezeleka." Onke amadoda nabafazi kuzo zonke iindawo zehlabathi banokubona indalo kwaye bazi ukuba uThixo ukhona. INdumiso 19: 1-4 icacisa ukuba indalo ithetha ngokucacileyo ngoThixo ngolwimi olunokuqondwa ngumntu wonke. “Akukho ntetho, akukho mazwi; ilizwi labo alivakali ”(ivesi 3). Ukutyhilwa kwendalo kucacile. Akukho mntu unokuzithethelela ngenxa yokungazi. Akukho alibi kumntu ongakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo kwaye akukho sizathu sokungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo.
Omnye umba wesityhilelo ngokubanzi-oko uThixo akutyhilele kubo bonke-kukubazi kwethu. Lo ngumba wangaphakathi wesityhilelo. "Kuba kunokwaziwa ntoni ngoThixo kuyabonakala ngaphakathi kwabo." (KwabaseRoma 1:19). Abantu banenxalenye engabonakaliyo, bayazi ukuba uThixo ukhona. Ezi zinto zimbini zesityhilelo ngokubanzi zibonakaliswa kumabali amaninzi abavangeli basemazweni abadibana nezizwe zemveli abangazange bayibone iBhayibhile okanye bave ngoYesu, ukanti xa icebo lentlawulelo lizisiwe kubo bayazi ukuba uThixo ukhona, kuba babona ubungqina bobukho bakhe. kwindalo, kwaye bayazi ukuba bafuna uMsindisi kuba izazela zabo ziyabaqinisekisa ngezono zabo kunye nemfuno yabo kuye.
Ukongeza kwisityhilelo esiqhelekileyo, kukho isityhilelo esikhethekileyo esisetyenziswa nguThixo ukubonisa ubuntu na ukuthanda kwakhe. Isambulo esikhethekileyo asiza kubo bonke abantu, kodwa kuphela ngamanye amaxesha. Imizekelo yeSibhalo malunga nesityhilelo esikhethekileyo kukufumana amaqashiso (Izenzo 1: 21-26, kwaneMizekeliso 16: 33), iUrim neTumim (indlela ekhethekileyo yokuvumisa esetyenziswe ngumbingeleli omkhulu-jonga kwi-Ekisodo 28:30; (27: 21; Dut. 33: 8; Dut. 1: 28; 6 Sam. 2: 63; Ez. 20:3,6), amaphupha nemibono (Genesis 31: 11; Genesis 13,24: 2-28; Yoweli 16:7) NgeNgelosi yeNkosi (iGenesis 14: 3-2; IEksodus 2: 24; 16 Samuweli 1: 12; Zekaria 2: 23) kunye nenkonzo yabaprofeti (2 Samuweli 1: 1; Zakariya XNUMX: XNUMX). Ezi zalathiso aziloluhlu olugqibeleleyo lwesehlo ngasinye, kodwa yimizekelo elungileyo yolu hlobo lwesityhilelo.
IBhayibhile njengoko sisazi ikwayindlela ekhethekileyo yesityhilelo. Nangona kunjalo, ikuluhlu lwayo, kuba yenza ukuba ezinye iintlobo zesityhilelo ezikhethekileyo zingabi namsebenzi wangoku. KwanoPeter, owayekunye noJohn wayeyibonile incoko phakathi kukaYesu, uMoses kunye no-Eliya kwiNtaba yoTshintsho (uMateyu 17; uLuka 9), uxele ukuba la mava akhethekileyo angaphantsi kwelizwi lesiprofetho osenza kakuhle ukusinika ingqalelo "(2 Petros 1:19). Kungenxa yokuba iBhayibhile iyifom ebhaliweyo yalo lonke ulwazi olufunwa nguThixo ukuba sazi ngaye nangecebo lakhe. Ngapha koko, iBhayibhile iqulethe yonke into esiyifunayo ukuze sazi ukuba nolwalamano noThixo.
Phambi kokuba iBhayibhile isazi ukuba ibifumaneka, uThixo wasebenzisa iindlela ezininzi ukuzityhila nokuthanda kwakhe emntwini. Kuyamangalisa ukucinga ukuba uThixo akazange asebenzise iphakathi elinye, kodwa baninzi. Isibakala sokuba uThixo usinike iLizwi lakhe elibhaliweyo kwaye usigcinele lona ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje sisenza ukuba sibe nombulelo. Asinayo nceba yakhe nabani na othile osixelelayo ngento ethethwe nguThixo; singazifundela ngokwethu ukuba uthini!
Ewe, isityhilelo esicacileyo sikaThixo yayinguNyana wakhe, uYesu Krestu (Yohane 1: 14; Heb. 1: 3). Into yokuba uYesu wathabathela emntwini ukuba aphile kulo Mhlaba phakathi kwethu iyathetha. Xa wafela izono zethu emnqamlezweni, onke amathandabuzo asuswa ngento yokuba uThixo uluthando (1 Yohane 4: 10).