Izizathu eziyi-12 zokuthi kungani iGazi likaKristu libaluleke kakhulu
IBhayibheli libheka igazi njengophawu nomthombo wokuphila. ULevitikusi 17:14 uthi: "Ngoba impilo yazo zonke izidalwa yigazi lakhe: igazi lakhe lingukuphila kwakhe ..." (ESV)
Igazi lidlala indima ebalulekile eTestamenteni Elidala.
Ngesikhathi sePhasika lokuqala lamaJuda ku-Eksodusi 12: 1-13, igazi lewundlu lalibekwa esiqongweni nasezinhlangothini zohlaka ngalunye lomnyango njengophawu lokuthi ukufa sekwenzekile, ngakho-ke iNgelosi yokuFa yayizodlula.
Kanye ngonyaka ngeSuku Lokubuyisana (i-Yom Kippur), umpristi omkhulu wayengena eNgcwele yabaNgcwele ukuzonikela ngomhlatshelo wegazi ukuze kuxolelwe izono zabantu. Igazi lenkunzi nembuzi lalifafazwa e-altare. Impilo yesilwane ithululiwe, inikezwe ngegama lempilo yabantu.
Ngenkathi uNkulunkulu engena esivumelwaneni nabantu bakhe eSinayi, uMose wathatha igazi lezinkabi wafafaza inxenye yalo e-altare nenxenye kubantu bakwa-Israyeli. (U-Eksodusi 24: 6-8)
Igazi likaJesu Kristu
Ngenxa yobudlelwano bayo nokuphila, igazi libonisa umnikelo ophakeme kunayo yonke kuNkulunkulu. Ubungcwele bukaNkulunkulu nobulungisa bakhe bufuna ukuba isono sihlawuliswe. Ukuphela kwesijeziso noma inkokhelo yesono ukufa kwaphakade. Ukunikela ngesilwane kanye nokufa kwethu uqobo akuyona imihlatshelo eyanele ukukhokhela isono. Ukuhlawulelwa kudinga umhlatshelo ophelele futhi ongacunuli, onikelwa ngendlela eyiyo.
UJesu Kristu, okuwukuphela komuntu uNkulunkulu ophelele, weza ezonikela ngomhlatshelo omsulwa, ophelele naphakade ukuze akhokhele isono sethu. Izahluko 8-10 zamaHeberu zichaza kahle ukuthi uKristu waba kanjani uMphristi Omkhulu waphakade, engena ezulwini (eNgcwele yabaNgcwele), unomphela, hhayi egazini lezilwane ezinomhlatshelo, kodwa egazini lakhe eliyigugu esiphambanweni. UKristu wathulula impilo yakhe emhlatshelweni wokugcina wokuxolelwa kwezono zethu nezono zomhlaba.
ETestamenteni eNtsha, igazi likaJesu Kristu liba yisisekelo sesivumelwano esisha somusa sikaNkulunkulu. Ngesikhathi seSidlo Sokugcina, uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Le ndebe ethelwa nina yisivumelwano esisha egazini lami. ". (Luka 22: 20, ESV)
Izingoma ezithandekayo ziveza isimo esiyigugu nesinamandla segazi likaJesu Kristu. Manje ake sihlaziye imibhalo ukuze baqinisekise inchazelo yabo ejulile.
Igazi likaJesu linamandla oku:
I-Riscattaci
Ngaye sinokuhlengwa ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa kweziphambeko zethu, ngokwengcebo yomusa wakhe ... (Kwabase-Efesu 1: 7, ESV)
Ngegazi lakhe - hhayi igazi lezimbuzi nelamathole - wangena eNgcwelengcwele kwaba kanye kuphela futhi waqinisekisa ukuhlengwa kwethu kuze kube phakade. (Heberu 9:12, NLT)
Sibuyisele emuva noNkulunkulu
Ngoba uNkulunkulu wethula uJesu njengomhlatshelo wesono. Abantu balungile noNkulunkulu lapho bekholelwa ukuthi uJesu wadela impilo yakhe ngokuchitha igazi lakhe (KwabaseRoma 3:25, NLT)
Khokha isihlengo sethu
Ngoba uyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhokha isihlengo ukuze akusindise empilweni engenalutho oyizuze kokhokho bakho. Futhi isihlengo asikhokhela kwakungeyona nje igolide noma isiliva. Kwakuyigazi eliyigugu likaKristu, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu elingenasono futhi elingamiseli. (1 Petru 1: 18-19, NLT)
Futhi bahlabelela iculo elisha, bethi: "Uyakufanelekela ukuthatha isikhumba uvule uphawu, ngoba ubulewe, futhi ngegazi lakho uye wahlelela abantu uNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izinhlanga, izilimi, abantu nezizwe ... (Isambulo 5: 9, ESV)
Hlanza isono
Kepha uma sihlala ekukhanyisweni, njengoba uNkulunkulu esekukhanyeni, lapho-ke sinenhlanganyelo ehlangene negazi likaJesu, iNdodana yakhe, lisihlanza ezonweni zonke. (1 Johane 1: 7, NLT)
thethelela
Eqinisweni, ngokomthetho cishe yonke into ihlanjululwa ngegazi futhi ngaphandle kokuchitheka kwegazi akukho ukuxolelwa kwezono. (Heberu 9:22, ESV)
sindise
... nakuJesu Kristu. Ungufakazi othembekile walezi zinto, owokuqala ukuvuka kwabafileyo nombusi wawo wonke amakhosi omhlaba. Lonke udumo kulabo abasithandayo nabasikhulule ezonweni zethu ngokuchitha igazi lakhe ngenxa yethu. (Isambulo 1: 5, NLT)
Kuyasithethelela
Njengombana sesilungisisiwe ngegazi lakhe, sizosindiswa kakhulu kuye ngolaka lukaNkulunkulu. (KwabaseRoma 5: 9, ESV)
Hlanza unembeza wethu onecala
Ngaphansi kohlelo oludala, igazi lezimbuzi nezinkunzi nomlotha wenkonyane bekungahlanza imizimba yabantu ekungcoleni okungokwesiko. Cabanga nje ukuthi lingakanani igazi likaKristu elihlanza kakhulu onembeza bethu bezenzo zesono ukuze sikhonze uNkulunkulu ophilayo. Ngoba ngamandla oMoya waphakade, uKristu wazinikela kuNkulunkulu njengomhlatshelo ophelele wezono zethu. (Heberu 9: 13-14, NLT)
ngcwelise
Ngakho-ke noJesu wahlupheka ngaphandle kwesango ukuze angcwelise abantu ngegazi lakhe. (Heberu 13:12, ESV)
Vula indlela ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu
Kepha manje senibumbene kuKristu Jesu. Nanikade nikude noNkulunkulu, kepha manje senisondele kuye ngegazi likaKristu. (Efesu 2:13, NLT)
Ngakho-ke, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, singangena ngesibindi endaweni engcwele kunazo zonke ezulwini ngenxa yegazi likaJesu. (Heberu 10:19, NLT)
Siphe ukuthula
Ngoba uNkulunkulu kukho konke ukugcwala kwakhe wayekujabulela ukuhlala kuKristu, futhi ngaye uNkulunkulu ubuyisanise konke naye. Wenza ukuthula nakho konke okusezulwini nasemhlabeni ngegazi likaJesu esiphambanweni. (KwabaseKolose 1: 19-20, NLT)
Nqoba isitha
Futhi bayinqoba ngegazi leWundlu nangezwi lobufakazi babo, futhi abayithandanga impilo yabo kwaze kwaba sekufeni. (Isambulo 12:11, NKJV)