NgeSonto lesithupha ngesikhathi esijwayelekile: phakathi kwabokuqala ukufakaza
UMark usitshela ukuthi isimangaliso sokuqala sikaJesu sokuphilisa senzeka lapho ukuthinta kwakhe kuvumela umdala ogulayo ukuthi aqale ukukhonza. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, wonke umuntu edolobhaneni lakubo likaJesu lokutholwa wafuna usizo lwakhe olunamandla. Lesi bekuyisikhathi esifanelekile sokuba iqhawe lendawo liqoqe isixuku esithandekayo. Ngenkathi ukuthandwa okungazelelwe kushukumisela uJesu ukuba ahambe ayothandaza futhi abafundi bakhe bazama ukumbuyisa, wabamema ukuba bamlandele emkhankasweni omkhulu kunokuba babecabanga. Uma uJesu ayefuna ukufakazela ukuthi ukuthandwa kwakungeyona injongo yakhe, ukuthinta onochoko kwasebenza. Ake silalele le ndaba futhi sikhumbule abangcwele abangajwayelekile njengoFrancis wase-Assisi noMama Teresa abenza izenzo ezifanayo ngezikhathi zabo. Kepha ububele bukaJesu namandla okuphulukisa kuyizici ezisobala kakhulu kule ndaba. Ukubeka lesi sehlakalo ngokomongo, singakhumbula ukuthi abantu abaningi besikhathi sikaJesu babenemfundiso yenkolo yomvuzo nesijeziso, bekholelwa ukuthi indawo yonke isebenza ngomthetho we-karma ovuza okuhle futhi ujezise okubi. Le nkolelo ingamukeleka kakhulu kwabacebile: "abantu ababusisiwe" bangathatha udumo ngempilo yabo enhle, ingcebo, namanye amalungelo ahlukahlukene noma inhlanhla enhle.
Ukucabanga okuvela ngokunengqondo kule mfundiso ukuthi abantu abanokushoda kwezenhlalo (bacabanga ubumpofu, izifo, ukukhubazeka ngokwengqondo, isizinda esingahloniphekile, ibala lesikhumba, ubulili noma ubunikazi bobulili) banesibopho sokuncipha umphakathi obanikeza kona. Kalula nje, iba yindlela yokuthi abacebile bathi, "Ngiyaphila, udoti wena." UJesu wenqaba ukuvaleleka kulelo zinga eliqinile. Lapho onochoko eza kuye, uJesu waphendula ngenhlonipho ebona ngasikhathi sinye isithunzi somuntu futhi yagxeka ubungakhethi bomphakathi. UJesu akagcinanga ngokuphulukisa umuntu kodwa wabonisa nokuthi olunye uhlelo lwezenhlalo lusebenza kanjani. Ukuthinta kukaJesu kwakuyisakramente lokuphulukisa, uphawu lokuhlangana kanye nesimemezelo sokuthi le ndoda yayikwazi ngokuphelele ukufakaza ngomsebenzi kaNkulunkulu emhlabeni. Ngenkathi uJesu ethumela le ndoda kumpristi, wayewuphinda kabili umyalezo wakhe wonke wevangeli. Ezingeni lenkolo, uJesu wakhombisa inhlonipho ngompristi, umphathi wezenkolo owayengasho ukuthi umuntu uphilile futhi angabamba iqhaza emphakathini. Ngaphansi kokuyalelwa nguJesu, le ndoda yamema umpristi ukuthi enze umsebenzi wakhe wokwakha umphakathi. Ezingeni elijulile, uJesu wathuma indoda njengomvangeli, umuntu okubukeka kwakhe okwakumemezela ubukhona bombuso kaNkulunkulu futhi wasola imikhuba eyedwa ethanda abathile kunabanye. Umyalo kaJesu wokuthi le ndoda iye kumpristi ngaphambi kokutshela noma ubani omunye yasebenza njengesimemo kubaholi; bangaba phakathi kwabokuqala ukufakaza okwenziwa uNkulunkulu ngaye. Uma sifuna ukuhlola ukuthi lesi sehlakalo sisitshelani, singazibuza ukuthi abafundi bakaJesu abasafufusa bebengacabangani ngalesi sikhathi.Izinto zibukeka ziqale kahle ngenkathi beshiya amanetha abo bezobuka uJesu enqoba udeveli futhi elapha abagulayo. Cishe bavumile ukumlandela endaweni, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yendlela udumo lwakhe olubonakala ngayo kubo. Kodwa-ke izinto zaba yingozi. Wathini ngabo lapho inkosi yabo ithinta abanochoko? Ngakho-ke kungani umfana owayazi uJesu umzuzu nje wathunyelwa njengomethuli wezindaba ezinhle? Ngabe babengakhokhi imali yabo ngokushiya imibhede nezikebhe zabo? Akufanele yini okungenani zithunyelwe ukuthi zihambe nozakwabo ukuze aqiniseke ukuthi wayeyiqonda kahle imfundiso yenkolo?
UJesu wayebheka izinto ngendlela ehlukile. Ngokombono kaJesu, ukungabi nalwazi nokwazi kwale ndoda ephulukisiwe kwamenza waba ngaphezu kwabafundi ababecabanga ukuthi sebevele bayamqonda uJesu. Njengendoda eyabe iyimpumputhe kaJohane 9, ubufakazi bale ndoda babungaba lula nje: "Ngangikhishwa inyumbazane futhi wangithinta wangiphulukisa. " UJesu wathumela indoda eyayiphilisiwe ukuba ivangeli isikhulu senkolo. Ngokwenza kanjalo, uJesu wanikeza abalandeli bakhe isifundo sokuqala ngokuthobeka esidingekayo ukuze babe abafundi. UJesu wayithinta le ndoda, wayiphulukisa futhi wayinika umsebenzi wokuthi imemezele: "UNkulunkulu ungenzele izinto ezimangalisayo, kusukela manje izizukulwane zonke zizothi ngibusisiwe." Isithunywa saba umlayezo. Izindaba ezimnandi zale ndoda ephulukisiwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu akafuni ukuthi noma ngubani akhishwe inyumbazane. Umusa wakhe kwaba ukuthi iVangeli lakhe lavela kokuhlangenwe nakho kwensindiso okushiya imfundiso yenkolo ingakhulumi. Amandla nesibindi sakhe kwakuyovela phakade ekwazini ukuthi wayethandwa futhi amukelwa nokuthi akekho noyedwa umuntu owayengamsusa. Izindaba zokuqala zikaMark zokuphulukisa zikhombisa ukuthi umyalezo wokuvangela womfundi kumele uqhamuke ekuhlangabezaneni nesihawu sikaKristu. Izithunywa ngokwazo ziba ngumyalezo kuze kube yilapho zikhonza ngokuthobeka futhi zimemezela uthando lukaNkulunkulu olungenamkhawulo.