Izifundo ezi-5 ezibalulekile ezivela kuPawulu ngezinzuzo zokupha

Yenza umthelela ekusebenzeni kwesonto ekufinyeleleni emphakathini wasendaweni nasemhlabeni ongaphandle. Okweshumi kwethu neminikelo yethu kungaphenduka izibusiso ezicebile zabanye.

Noma ngafunda leli qiniso ekuqaleni kohambo lwami lobuKristu, kumele ngivume ukuthi kwangithatha isikhashana ukuvuma ukwenza njalo. Ukufunda lokho umphostoli uPawulu akubhala ezincwadini zakhe kungivule amehlo ngabona izinzuzo ezingaba khona zokupha wonke umuntu ohilelekile.

UPaul wanxusa abafundi bencwadi yakhe ukuthi banikeze ingxenye yemvelo futhi ejwayelekile ohambweni lwabo lobuKristu. Wakubona kuyindlela yamakholwa ukunakekelana nokuhlala emunye ngenhloso. Akugcinanga lapho, uPawule waqonda ukubaluleka kwesipho esilungile ngekusasa lomKristu. Izimfundiso zikaJesu, njengalezi ezivela kuLuka, zazingakaze zibe kude nemicabango yakhe:

'Ungesabi, mhlambi omncane, ngoba uYihlo uthokozile ukukunika umbuso. Thengisa izinto zakho uphe abampofu. Lungisani izikhwama ezingagugiyo, ingcebo ezulwini, engasoze yaphela, lapho kungasondeli sela khona, kungoni nundu khona. Ngoba lapho umcebo wakho ukhona, lapho nenhliziyo yakho iyoba khona. (Luka 12: 32-34)

Ugqozi lukaPaolo lokuba ngumnikeli ophanayo
UPowula waphakamisa impilo kaJesu nenkonzo yakhe njengesibonelo esikhulu kunazo zonke sokupha.

"Ngoba uyawazi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, ukuthi, nakuba wayecebile, nokho waba mpofu ngenxa yenu, ukuze ngobumpofu bakhe nicebe nina." (2 KwabaseKorinte 8: 9)

UPawulu wayefuna ukuba abafundi bakhe baqonde izisusa zikaJesu zokupha:

Uthando lwakhe ngoNkulunkulu ngathi
Isihawu sakhe ngezidingo zethu
Isifiso sakhe sokuhlanganyela lokho anakho
UMphostoli wayenethemba lokuthi ngokubona le modeli amakholwa angazizwa ephefumulelwe njengaye ukubheka ukupha hhayi njengomthwalo, kepha njengethuba lokuba njengoKristu. Izincwadi zikaPaul ziye zalolonga ukuthi kusho ukuthini "ukuphilela ukupha".

Kuyena ngifunde izifundo ezinhlanu ezibalulekile ezaguqula isimo sami sengqondo nezenzo zami ekupheni.

Isifundo n. 1: Izibusiso zikaNkulunkulu zisilungiselela ukupha abanye
Bathi kufanele sibe yimifula yesibusiso, hhayi amadamu. Ukuze ube ngumnikeli ongcono, kuyasiza ukukhumbula ukuthi sinamalini esivele sinakho. Isifiso sikaPaul kwakungathi siphakamise ukubonga kuNkulunkulu, bese simbuza ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini afuna simnike kona. Lokhu kusiza ukuhlangabezana nesidingo futhi kusivimbele ekunamatheleni ngokuqinile ezintweni zethu.

"... futhi uNkulunkulu uyakwazi ukubusisa ngokuchichimayo, ukuze kuyo yonke into ngawo wonke umzuzu, unakho konke okudingayo, uvame kuyo yonke imisebenzi emihle." (2 Korinte 9: 8)

“Yala labo abacebile kuleli zwe lamanje ukuthi bangazikhukhumezi noma babeke ithemba labo engcebweni, engaqinisekile kangako, kodwa babeke ithemba labo kuNkulunkulu, osinikeza konke ngokucebile ukuze sikujabulele. Yala ukuba benze okuhle, bacebe emisebenzini emihle futhi baphane futhi bazimisele ukuhlanganyela “. (1 Thimothewu 6: 17-18)

“Manje lowo onika imbewu kumhlwanyeli nesinkwa sokudla uzonikeza futhi andise imbewu yakho futhi andise isivuno sokulunga kwakho. Uzonothiswa ngazo zonke izindlela ukuze ukwazi ukupha ngazo zonke izikhathi futhi ngathi ukuphana kwakho kuzohumusha kube ukubonga uNkulunkulu “. (KwabaseKorinte 9: 10-11)

Isifundo n. 2: isenzo sokunikela sibaluleke ukudlula inani
UJesu uncoma umfelokazi ompofu onikele ngomnikelo omncane esikhwameni sesonto, ngoba ukhiphe okuncane anakho. UPaul usicela ukuthi sivumele ukupha njalo kube omunye "wemikhuba yethu engcwele," noma ngabe iziphi izimo esizithola sikuzo. Okubalulekile ukuthi unqume ukwenza okusemandleni ethu, lapho sikwazi.

Ngakho-ke siyabona ukuthi uNkulunkulu usiphindisela kanjani isipho sethu.

“Ngesikhathi sesilingo esinzima kakhulu, injabulo yabo echichimayo nobumpofu obedlulele kwavumbuka baba yisandla esivulekile. Ngiyafakaza ukuthi banikele ngakho konke abebenakho, futhi nangaphezu kwamandla abo ”. (2 KwabaseKorinte 8: 2-3)

"Ngosuku lokuqala lweviki ngalinye, yilowo nalowo kini makabeke eceleni inani lemali elanele iholo lakhe, akubeke eceleni, ukuze kuthi lapho ngifika kungadingeki niqoqe." (1 KwabaseKhorinte 16: 2)

"Ngoba uma kukhona ukutholakala, isipho siyamukeleka ngokususelwa kulokho onakho, hhayi ngokususelwa kulokho ongenakho." (2 KwabaseKorinte 8:12)

Isifundo n. 3: Ukuba nombono ofanele ngokunikela ngezinto kuNkulunkulu
Umshumayeli uCharles Spurgeon ubhale wathi: "Ukunikela uthando lweqiniso". UPaul uzizwe eneme ngokunikela ngempilo yakhe yonke ukusebenzela abanye ngokwenyama nangokomoya futhi usikhumbuza ukuthi okweshumi kufanele kuqhamuke enhliziyweni ethobekile nethemba. Izintela zethu akufanele ziqondiswe unecala, ukufuna ukunakwa noma esinye isizathu, kodwa ngesifiso sangempela sokukhombisa isihe sikaNkulunkulu.

"Yilowo nalowo kini makanikeze lokho anqume enhliziyweni yakhe ukunikela ngakho, hhayi ngokuzindela noma ngokucindezelwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu uthanda umuphi onamileyo." (2 Korinte 9: 7)

"Uma kunika, khona-ke yipha ngesandla esivulekile ..." (KwabaseRoma 12: 8)

"Uma nginikela konke enginakho kwabampofu futhi nginikela umzimba wami ebunzimeni engingaziqhayisa ngabo, kodwa anginalo uthando, angizuzi lutho". (1 KwabaseKorinte 13: 3)

Isifundo n. 4: Umkhuba wokupha usishintsha sibe ngcono
UPawulu wayewubonile umphumela wokushintshwa kweshumi owawunakho kumakholwa ayeka phambili ukunikela. Uma sinikela ngobuqotho emisebenzini yaKhe, uNkulunkulu uzokwenza umsebenzi omangalisayo ezinhliziyweni zethu njengoba esebenza kithina.

Sizobe sigxile kakhulu kuNkulunkulu.

… Kukho konke engikwenzile, ngikukhombisile ukuthi ngalolu hlobo lomsebenzi onzima kumele sisize ababuthakathaka, sikhumbule amazwi iNkosi uJesu uqobo eyasho ukuthi: “Kubusisekile ukupha kunokwamukela”. (Imisebenti 20:35)

Sizoqhubeka nokukhula ekuzwisaneni nasemseni

“Kepha njengoba uphuma phambili kukho konke - ebusweni, ekukhulumeni, olwazini, ebucayi obungaphelele nasothandweni esikuvulele lona - uyabona ukuthi nawe udlula kulo musa wokupha. Angikuyali, kepha ngifuna ukuhlola ubuqotho bothando lwakho ngokuluqhathanisa nobucayi babanye “. (2 KwabaseKhorinte 8: 7)

Sizokweneliswa yilokho esinakho.

“Ngoba ukuthanda imali kuyimpande yakho konke okubi. Abanye abantu, belangazelela imali, baphambukile okholweni futhi bazigwaza ngeminjunju eminingi ”. (1 Thimothewu 6:10)

Isifundo n. 5: Ukupha kufanele kube ngumsebenzi oqhubekayo
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukupha kungaba yindlela yokuphila yomuntu ngamunye namabandla. UPaul wayefuna ukugcina amasonto akhe amancane aqinile kulo msebenzi obalulekile ngokuwazisa, ukuwakhuthaza, kanye nokuphonsela inselelo lawo.

Uma sithandaza, uNkulunkulu uzosenza sikwazi ukukhuthazela naphezu kokukhathala noma ukudumazeka kuze kube yilapho ukupha kungumthombo wenjabulo, noma ngabe siyayibona imiphumela noma cha.

“Ngonyaka odlule ube ngowokuqala hhayi kuphela ukunikela, kodwa futhi ube nesifiso sokwenza kanjalo. Manje qeda umsebenzi, ukuze isifiso sakho sokwenza sihlanganiswe nokuqedwa kwakho ... "(2 KwabaseKorinte 8: 10-11)

“Masingakhathali ukwenza okuhle, ngoba sicela isikhathi esifanele sokuvuna isivuno uma singapheli amandla. Ngakho-ke, uma sinethuba, senza okuhle kubo bonke abantu, ikakhulukazi labo abangabomndeni. yamakholwa ". (Galathiya 6: 9-10)

"... kufanele siqhubeke nokukhumbula abampofu, yona kanye into ebengilokhu ngifuna ukuyenza." (Galathiya 2:10)

Izikhathi ezimbalwa zokuqala ngifunde ngohambo lukaPaul, ngakhishwa yibo bonke ubunzima okwakumele abukhuthazelele. Ngangizibuza ukuthi ukwaneliseka kungatholakala kanjani ngokunikela okungaka. Kepha manje sengibona kahle ukuthi isifiso sakhe sokulandela uJesu samphoqa kangakanani ukuthi "athulule". Ngiyethemba ngingawuthatha umoya wakhe wokupha nenhliziyo ejabulayo ngendlela yami. Ngethemba kanjalo nakuwe.

“Yabelana nabantu beNkosi abaswele. Zijwayezeni ukungenisa izihambi. " (KwabaseRoma 12:13)