Ukuzalwa kukaYohane oBhaptizi, uSanta umhla we-24 kaJuni
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UYesu wabiza uYohane njengoyena mkhulu kunabo bonke ababengaphambi kwakhe: "Ndithi kuni, phakathi kwabo bazelweyo ngabafazi, akukho namnye mkhulu kunoYohane ..." Kodwa uYohane wayevumelana ngokupheleleyo noko kwongezwa nguYesu: "[Y] et omncinanana ebukumkanini bukaThixo mkhulu kunaye ”(Luka 7:28).
UJohn wachitha ixesha lakhe entlango, engazixhamli. Waqala ukubhengeza ukufika koBukumkani kwaye wabiza wonke umntu kuhlaziyo olusisiseko lobomi. Injongo yakhe yayikukulungiselela uYesu indlela.Ukubhaptizwa kwakhe, wathi yayikukuguquka. Kodwa kwakuza kuza oza kubhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangomlilo. UJohn wayengakulungelanga nokukhulula iimbadada zakhe. Isimo sakhe sengqondo ngoYesu sasi: “Kufuneka ikhule; Ndimele ukunciphisa ”(Yohane 3:30).
UJohn wazithoba ekufumaneni phakathi kwesihlwele saboni ababeze kubhaptizwa lowo wayesele esazi ukuba unguMesiya. "Ndifuna ukubhaptizwa nguwe" (uMateyu 3: 14b). Kodwa uYesu wagxininisa, "Vumela ngoku, kuba kufanelekile ukuba sizalisekise bonke ubulungisa" (Mateyu 3: 15b). UYesu, oyinyani othobekileyo njengoThixo ongunaphakade, wayenomdla wokwenza oko kwakufuneka kuye nawuphi na umJuda olungileyo. Ngaloo ndlela uYesu wangena esidlangalaleni ekuhlaleni kwabo babelindele uMesiya. Kodwa ngokuba yinxalenye yolo luntu, wayenza into yokuba ngumesiya.
Ubukhulu bukaYohane, indawo yakhe ebalulekileyo kwimbali yosindiso, kubonakala kugxininiso olukhulu olubekwa nguLuka kwisibhengezo sokuzalwa kwakhe kunye nomsitho ngokwawo - omabini la malungiselelo ayedibana ngokufanayo neziganeko ezifanayo ebomini bukaYesu.UYohane watsala abantu abaninzi. kunxweme leJordani kwaye abanye babecinga ukuba anganguMesiya. Kodwa wayesoloko ebhekisa kuYesu, ade athumele abanye babalandeli bakhe ukuba babe ngabafundi bakaYesu bokuqala.
Mhlawumbi uluvo lukaYohane lokuza koBukumkani bukaThixo lwalungazalisekiswa ngokugqibeleleyo kubulungiseleli bukaYesu. Impendulo kaYesu yabonisa ukuba uMesiya umfuziselo ofana nalowo woMkhonzi Obandezelekileyo kuIsaya. UJohn ngokwakhe wayenokwabelana ngemodeli yokubandezeleka kukaMesiya, ephulukana nobomi bakhe ngenxa yokuziphindezela kukaHerodiya.
Ukucingisisa
UJohn ucela umngeni kuthi maKristu kwisimo sokuziphatha kobuKristu: ukuxhomekeka ngokupheleleyo kuYise, kuKristu. Ngaphandle koMama kaThixo, akukho namnye wayenomsebenzi ophakamileyo kuphuhliso losindiso. Kodwa ke omncinci ebukumkanini, u Yesu wathi, mkhulu kuye, ngesona sipho sicocekileyo asinikayo uBawo. Umtsalane kaJohn kunye nokungqwabalala, isibindi sakhe esomeleleyo ekugxekeni ububi, konke kuvela kwisiseko sakhe kunye nokubekwa ngokupheleleyo kobomi bakhe ekuthandeni kukaThixo.