Izinto ezi-5 esizifunda ekukholweni kukaJoseph ngoKhisimusi

Umbono wami wobuntwana kaKhisimusi wawunemibalabala, uhlanzekile futhi umnandi. Ngikhumbula ubaba emasha phansi esontweni ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi ecula "We Three Kings". Ngibe nombono wamakamela onamagciwane, ngaze ngavakashela engcolile, ngokuzikhethela kwakhe. Kwesinye isikhathi wayejikijela ukungcola kwakhe ngakwezibukeli. Umbono wami wezothando wesitebele nohambo lwala madoda amathathu ahlakaniphile lwanyamalala.

Awusekho umqondo wobuntwana wokuthi uKhisimusi wokuqala konke kwakuyinjabulo nokuthula kubalingiswa abakhulu. UMary noJoseph babhekana nemizwa nezinselelo ezahlukahlukene ezibandakanya ukukhaphela, ukwesaba nesizungu. Ngamanye amagama, uKhisimusi wokuqala unikeza ithemba elikhulu kubantu bangempela ezweni eliwile imikhosi yabo kaKhisimusi isilela emgomweni wasenganekwaneni.

Abaningi bethu bayamazi uMary. Kepha uJoseph naye ufanele ukubhekisiswa. Ake sicabangele izifundo ezinhlanu zokholo lukaJosefa ngalo Khisimusi wokuqala.

1. Ngokholo uJosefa wakhombisa umusa ngaphansi kwengcindezi
“Wazalwa ngale ndlela uJesu uMesiya. Unina, uMaria, wayethembisene umshado noJoseph. Kepha ngaphambi kokuba umshado wenziwe, eseyintombi nto, wakhulelwa ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele. UJoseph, ayethembisene naye umshado, wayeyindoda elungile futhi engafuni ukumhlaza isithunzi esidlangalaleni, ngakho-ke wanquma ukuhlukana nokuthembisana kwakhe ”(Mathewu 1: 18-19).

Umusa nokuzinikela kuyahambisana. Impela iZaga zisitshela ukuthi abalungileyo nabo bakhombisa ukuhlonipha izilwane zabo (P ro. 12:10). Isiko lethu lihlushwa ukungabi namusa. Ukuphawula okunenzondo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kukhombisa ukuthi namakholwa ayabawisa abakholwa nabo. Isibonelo sikaJosefa somusa singasifundisa okuningi ngokholo lapho sidumazekile.

Ngokombono womuntu, uJosefa wayenelungelo lokuthukuthela. Ingoduso yakhe yahamba idolobha ngokungalindelekile izinyanga ezintathu yabuya nezinyanga ezintathu ikhulelwe! Indaba yakhe yokuvakashela ingelosi futhi eseyintombi nto kodwa ekhulelwe kumele ukuthi yamenza watatazela.

Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi akhohliswe kangaka ngesimilo sikaMariya? Futhi kungani engenza indaba ehlekisayo ngokuvakasha kwengelosi ukufihla ukukhashelwa kwakhe?

Inhlamba yokungabi namthetho yamlandela uJesu impilo yakhe yonke (ngokukaJohane 8:41). Emphakathini wethu odebesele ngokuziphatha, asikwazi ukuqonda ngokuphelele ihlazo leli lebula elaliliphethe ngokwesiko likaMary. Izincwadi ezibhalwe esikhathini esingaphansi kwekhulu leminyaka esidlule zinikeza umbono wenhlamba nemiphumela yephutha lokuziphatha. Incwadi yokuyekethisa yayanele ukukhipha owesifazane emphakathini ohloniphekile nokuvikela umshado ohloniphekile.

Ngokomthetho kaMose, noma ubani onecala lokuphinga wayezokhandwa ngamatshe (Lev. 20:10). Ku "Isipho Esingachazeki", uRichard Exley uchaza izigaba ezintathu zomshado wamaJuda nokuzibophezela kwesibopho. Kuqale kwaba nokuthembisana, inkontileka ebekwe ngamalungu omndeni. Kwabe sekufika ukubandakanyeka, "ukuvunyelwa esidlangalaleni kokuzibophezela". Ngokusho kuka-Exley, “ngalesi sikhathi lezi zithandani zibhekwa njengendoda nenkosikazi, yize umshado ungakaqedwa. Ukuphela kwendlela yokuthembisana umshado eyayingaphela kwakuwukufa noma isehlukaniso ... '

“Isigaba sokugcina esomshado uqobo, lapho umkhwenyana esethatha umakoti wakhe amyisa ekamelweni lomshado bese eqeda umshado. Lokhu kulandelwa yidili lomshado “.

Kwakungakaze kube khona ukuzalwa kwentombi nto ngaphambili. Kwakungokwemvelo ngoJosefa ukungabaza incazelo kaMariya. Kodwa-ke ukholo lukaJoseph lwamkhombisa ukuthi abe nomusa noma imizwa yakhe igijima ngaphakathi kuye. Wakhetha ukumlahla buthule futhi amvikele ehlazweni lomphakathi.

UJoseph ulingisa impendulo efana nekaKristu ekukhaselweni. Umusa nomusa kushiya umnyango uvulekile kulowo owonile ukuze aphenduke futhi abuyiselwe kuNkulunkulu nakubantu bakhe. Endabeni kaJoseph, lapho isithunzi sikaMary sesisusiwe, yena kuphela kwadingeka abhekane nokungabaza indaba yakhe. Akazange azisole ngendlela alusingathe ngayo lolu daba.

Umusa kaJoseph kuMariya - lapho ekholwa ukuthi umhlubukile - ukhombisa umusa okhiqizwa ukholo ngisho nangaphansi kwengcindezi (Galathiya 5:22).

2. Ngokholo uJosefa wakhombisa isibindi
"Kepha emva kokucabanga ngalokhu, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuye ephusheni, yathi: 'Josefa, ndodana kaDavide, ungesabi ukuthatha uMariya abe ngumkakho, ngokuba lokho akukhulelweyo kuvela kuMoya oNgcwele. '"(Math. 1:20).

Kungani uJosefa ayesaba? Impendulo esobala ukuthi wesaba ukuthi uMariya wayehilelekile noma wayekade enenye indoda, ukuthi wayeziphethe kabi hhayi umuntu ayekholelwa ukuthi uyikho. Njengoba ayengakaze ezwe ngoNkulunkulu ngaleso sikhathi, wayengamkholelwa kanjani uMariya? Wayengamethemba kanjani? Indodana yenye indoda yayingakhulisa kanjani?

Ingelosi yehlisa lokhu kwesaba. Kwakungekho omunye umuntu. UMary wayemtshele iqiniso. Wayephethe iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

Ngicabanga ukuthi okunye ukwesaba nakho kwamcasula uJoseph. Ngalesi sikhathi uMary wayenezinyanga ezintathu ekhulelwe. Ukumthatha njengomkakhe kwamenza wabukeka engenasimilo. Lokhu kungaba namuphi umphumela esikhundleni sakhe emphakathini wamaJuda? Ingabe ibhizinisi lakhe lokubaza laliyohlupheka? Ingabe babezoxoshwa esinagogeni futhi bagwenywe yimindeni nabangane?

Kepha kwathi lapho uJoseph ezwa ukuthi leli kwakuyicebo likaNkulunkulu ngaye, zonke ezinye izinto ezikhathazayo zanyamalala. Wabeka eceleni ukwesaba kwakhe futhi walandela uNkulunkulu ngokukholwa. UJoseph akazange aziphike izinselelo ezihilelekile, kepha wamukela uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa okunesibindi.

Lapho sazi futhi sikholwa kuNkulunkulu, nathi sithola isibindi sokubhekana nokwesaba kwethu futhi simlandele.

3. Ngokukholwa uJosefa wathola ukuholwa nokwambulelwa
"Uzozala indodana, uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJesu, ngoba nguye ozosindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo" (uMathewu 1:21).

Lapho sebehambile, ingelosi yeNkosi yavela kuJosefa ephusheni. Wathi: “Sukuma uthathe umntwana nonina ubalekele eGibhithe. Hlala lapho ngize ngikutshele, ngoba uHerode uzofuna ingane ukuthi ambulale '”(uMathewu 2:13).

Lapho ngizizwa ngishaywa luvalo ngoba angiqiniseki ngesinyathelo esilandelayo, inkumbulo yendlela uNkulunkulu aphatha ngayo uJoseph iyangiqinisekisa. Kuwo wonke lo mlando, uNkulunkulu waxwayisa futhi waqondisa uJoseph igxathu negxathu. Ibhayibheli lithi uNkulunkulu usabelana ngemibono nalabo abahamba Naye (Johane 16:13) futhi aqondise indlela yethu (P ro. 16: 9).

Izindlela zikaNkulunkulu zivame ukungishiya ngididekile. Ukube ngangiqondise imicimbi kaKhisimusi wokuqala, ngangiyogwema ukungezwani nokungaqondi phakathi kukaMariya noJoseph ngokuthumela ingelosi kuJoseph ngaphambi kokuhlangana noMariya. Ngangimxwayisa ngesidingo sabo sokubaleka ngaphambi kokuthi bahambe ebusuku kakhulu. Kepha izindlela zikaNkulunkulu akuzona ezami - zingcono (Isaya 55: 9). Futhi kunjalo nesikhathi sayo. UNkulunkulu uthumele uJoseph isiqondiso asidingayo ngesikhathi asidinga ngaso, hhayi ngaphambili. Izokwenza okufanayo nakimi.

4. Ngokholo uJosefa walalela uNkulunkulu
"Lapho uJosefa evuka, wenza lokho ingelosi yeNkosi eyayimyalile futhi waletha uMariya ekhaya njengomkakhe" (Mathewu 1:24).

UJoseph ukhombisa ukulalela kokholo. Kathathu lapho ingelosi ikhuluma naye ephusheni, walalela ngaso leso sikhathi. Ukuphendula kwakhe ngokushesha kwakusho ukubaleka, mhlawumbe ngezinyawo, ashiye ngemuva lokho ababengakwazi ukukuthwala baqale kabusha endaweni entsha (Luka 2:13). Omunye wokholo oluncane kungenzeka walinda ukuqeda bese ekhokhelwa iphrojekthi yokubaza ayesebenza kuyo.

Ukulalela kukaJoseph kukhombise ukuthembela kwakhe ekuhlakanipheni kukaNkulunkulu kanye nelungiselelo lakhe elingaziwa.

5. Ngokukholwa uJosefa wayephila ngokwamandla akhe
“Kepha uma engenamandla okuthenga iwundlu, wophatha amajuba amabili noma amaphuphu amabili amajuba, elinye libe ngumnikelo wokushiswa, elinye libe ngumnikelo wesono. Ngaleyo ndlela umpristi uzomenzela ukubuyisana futhi uzobe ehlanzekile ”(Levitikusi 12: 8).

"Banikela nangomhlatshelo njengoba kufunwa izimfundiso zeNkosi: 'amajuba amabili okulila noma amaphuphu amabili amajuba'" (Luka 2:24).

NgoKhisimusi, thina, ikakhulukazi abazali nogogo nomkhulu, asifuni ukuthi abantu esibathandayo bazizwe bedumele noma cha ngabangane babo. Lokhu kungasiphoqa ukuthi sisebenzise imali engaphezulu kwalokhu okufanele sikwenze. Ngiyabonga ukuthi indaba kaKhisimusi ikhombisa ukuthobeka kukaJoseph. Ekusokeni kukaJesu - yona le Ndodana kaNkulunkulu - oMariya noJoseph abazange banikele ngemvu, kepha banikela ngomnikelo omncane wejuba noma amajuba. UCharles Ryrie uthi kwiRyrie Study Bible ukuthi lokhu kukhombisa ubumpofu bomndeni.

Lapho silingeka ukuba sisabele, sizidabukele, siphuze ukulalela, noma sizitotose kakhulu kule sizini, kwangathi isibonelo sikaJosefa singaqinisa ukholo lwethu ukuze siphile ngesibindi futhi sihambisane noMsindisi wethu.