UJesu neBhayibheli bathini ngokukhokha izintela?
Unyaka ngamunye ngesikhathi sentela kuphakama le mibuzo: Ingabe uJesu wayekhokha izintela? Yini Jesu layifundzisa bafundzi bakhe mayelana nentela? Futhi lithini ibhayibheli ngentela?
Ukutadisha ngokucophelela ngale ndaba kuveza ukuthi umBhalo ucacile kule ndaba. Noma singase singavumelani nokuthi uhulumeni uyisebenzisa kanjani imali yethu, umsebenzi wethu njengamaKristu uchazwa eBhayibhelini. Kufanele sikhokhe izintela zethu futhi sikwenze ngokwethembeka.
Ingabe UJesu Wayekhokha Intela Ebhayibhelini?
KuMathewu 17: 24-27 sifunda ukuthi uJesu empeleni wayekhokha izintela:
Ngemuva kwekutsi Jesu kanye nebafundzi bakhe bafike eKapernawume, labakhokhelela intela yemadrakema lababili baya kuPhetro babuza, "Umfundzisi wakho akayikhokhi intela yethempeli?"
"Yebo, kuyenzeka," uphendula.
Lapho uPhetro engena endlini, uJesu wayengowokuqala ukukhuluma. "Ucabangani, Simon?" amasonto. "Amakhosi omhlaba aqoqa imali nezintela kubani kubantwana bawo noma kwabanye?"
"Kwabanye," kuphendula uPeter.
"Ngemuva kwalokho izingane azikhululwa," kusho uJesu. "Kepha ukuze ungabakhubekisi, iya echibini lakho uphonse umugqa wakho. Thola inhlanzi yokuqala oyibambayo; vula umlomo wakhe futhi uzothola uhlamvu lwemali lwedrakma amane. Thatha ubanikeze intela yami neyakho. " (NIV)
AmaVangeli kaMathewu, uMarku noLuka balandisa ngenye indaba, lapho abaFarisi bezama ukugebha uJesu ngamazwi akhe bathola nesizathu sokummangalela. KuMathewu 22: 15-22 siyafunda:
Ngemuva kwalokho abaFarisi baphuma bahlela ukumbamba ngezwi lakhe. Bathumela abafundi babo kuye kanye nabakwaHerode. Bathe: “Mfundisi, Siyazi ukuthi ungumuntu ophelele nokuthi ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngokweqiniso. Awuthonywa amadoda, ngoba awunaki ukuthi ngingubani. ngakho-ke uthini umbono wakho? Ngabe kulungile ukukhokha izintela kuKhesari noma cha? "
Kepha uJesu, eyazi inhloso yabo embi, wathi: “Bazenzisi, kungani nizama ukunginxapha? Ngikhombise imali esetshenziselwe ukukhokha intela. " Bamlethela udenariyu, bababuza, bathi: “Ngumfanekiso kabani lo? Umbhalo ubhalwe ngubani? "
"Cesare," baphendula.
Wayesethi kubo: "Nikani uKesari okukaKesari, nokukaNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu."
Lapho bezwa lokhu, bamangala. Ngakho bamshiya bahamba. (NIV)
Isigameko esifanayo siphinde siqoshwe kuMarku 12: 13-17 nakuLuka 20: 20-26.
Thumela kwiziphathimandla zikahulumeni
Abantu babekhala ngokukhokha intela ngisho nangesikhathi sikaJesu. UMbuso WaseRoma, owawunqobile kwa-Israyeli, wabeka umthwalo osindayo wezimali ukukhokha ibutho lawo, uhlelo lomgwaqo, izinkantolo, amathempeli konkulunkulu baseRoma nengcebo induku yombusi. Kodwa-ke, amaVangeli akashiyi kungabaza ukuthi uJesu akazange afundise abalandeli bakhe ngamazwi kuphela, kodwa ngokwesibonelo, ukunika uhulumeni yonke intela efanele.
KwabaseRoma 13: 1, uPawulu uletha ukucaciselwa okwengeziwe kulo mqondo, kanye nesibopho esikhulu ngokwengeziwe kumaKristu:
"Wonke umuntu kumele azithobe kubaphathi bakahulumeni, ngoba alikho elinye igunya ngaphandle kwalelo elisungulwe nguNkulunkulu. Iziphathimandla ezikhona sezisungulwe uNkulunkulu." (NIV)
Kuleli vesi singaphetha ngokuthi uma singakhokhi intela, sihlubuka kubaphathi abamiswe uNkulunkulu.
AmaRoma 13: 2 anikeza lesi sixwayiso:
"Ngenxa yalokho, labo abavukela igunya bavukela lokho uNkulunkulu akumisile kanti nalabo abakwenza lokho bayoziletha isahlulelo." (NIV)
Ngokuqondene nokukhokhwa kwentela, uPawulu wayengeke akwenze kucace ukwedlula njengoba kwenzeka kwabaseRoma 13: 5-7:
Ngakho-ke, kuyadingeka ukuzithoba kubaphathi, hhayi kuphela ngenxa yokujeziswa okungenzeka, kodwa nangenxa kanembeza. Lesi futhi isizathu esenza ukhokhe izintela, ngoba abaphethe bayizisebenzi zikaNkulunkulu, ezinikela ngaso sonke isikhathi kuhulumeni. Nikeza wonke umuntu lokho obakweleta kona: Uma ukweleta intela, khokha intela; uma ungena, bese uyangena; uma ngihlonipha, khona-ke ngiyahlonipha; uma udumo, ke udumo. (NIV)
UPeter wabuye wafundisa ukuthi amakholwa kufanele azithobe kubaphathi bakahulumeni:
Ukuze uthando lweNkosi, zithobe kubo bonke abantu igunya, noma ngabe inkosi yinhloko yombuso, noma izikhulu azibekile. Ngoba inkosi ibathume ukuthi bayojezisa abenzi bokubi futhi bahloniphe labo abenza okuhle.
Kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuthi izimpilo zakho ezihlonishwayo zithulise labo bantu abangazazi abakusola ngobuwula. Ngoba ukhululekile, nokho uyisigqila sikaNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke ungasebenzisi inkululeko yakho njengezaba zokwenza okubi. (1 Petru 2: 13-16, NLT)
Kunini lapho kungafanele khona ukubika kuhulumeni?
Ibhayibheli lifundisa amakholwa ukulalela uhulumeni kepha futhi aveza umthetho ophakeme: umthetho kaNkulunkulu. KuzEnzo 5: 29, uPhetro nabaphostoli bathi kubaphathi bamaJuda: "Simelwe ukulalela uNkulunkulu kunanoma iliphi igunya lomuntu." (NLT)
Lapho imithetho esungulwe iziphathimandla zabantu ingqubuzana nomthetho kaNkulunkulu, amakholwa azithola esesimweni esinzima. UDaniel weqa ngamabomu umthetho womhlaba lapho eguqa phambi kweJerusalema futhi ethandaza kuNkulunkulu. Ngesikhathi seMpi Yomhlaba Yesibili, amaKhristu afana neCorieie Boom ayephula umthetho eJalimane ngokufihla amaJuda angenacala kumaNazi ayebulala.
Yebo, kwesinye isikhathi amakholwa kufanele athathe isibindi sokulalela uNkulunkulu ngokwephula umthetho womhlaba. Kodwa ukukhokha izintela akuyona enye yalezo zikhathi. Yize kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa uhulumeni nenkohlakalo kuhlelo lwethu lwamanje lwentela kuyizinkinga ezikhathazayo, lokhu akusho ukuthi amaKristu awazithobi kuhulumeni ngokwemiyalo yeBhayibheli.
Njengezakhamizi, singasebenza futhi kufanele sisebenze ngaphakathi komthetho ukushintsha izinto ezingezona ezebhayibheli zohlelo lwethu lwamanje lwentela. Singasebenzisa ngokunenzuzo kukho konke ukuncishiswa okusemthethweni kanye nezindlela zokuthembekile zokukhokha inani eliphansi lentela. Kepha angeke sishaye indiva iZwi likaNkulunkulu, elisitshela ngokusobala ukuthi singaphansi kweziphathimandla zikahulumeni endabeni yokukhokha izintela.
Isifundo esivela kubathelisi ababili abasebhayibhelini
Amanani entela ayephathwa ngendlela ehlukile ngosuku lukaJesu. Esikhundleni sokukhokha ku-IRS, ukhokha ngqo kumthelisi wendawo, onqume ngokunganqikazi ukuthi uzokhokha ini. Abathelisi abaholanga iholo. Bakhokhelwa ngokukhokha abantu okungaphezulu kokufanele. Amadoda la ahlala akhaphela izakhamizi njalo anganendaba ukuthi acabangani ngazo.
ULevi, owaba ngumphostoli uMathewu, wayeyisikhulu samasosha saseKapernawume owayekhokha intela nokuthengiswa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe ngokulandela ukwahlulela kwakhe. AmaJuda ayemzonda ngoba esebenzela iRoma futhi ekhaphela abantu ayehlala nabo.
UZakewu wayengomunye wabathelisi okukhulunywa ngaye emaVangelini. Umthelisi omkhulu wesifunda saseJeriko wayaziwa ngokungathembeki kwakhe. UZakewu futhi wayengumuntu omfishane, owathi ngelinye ilanga wakhohlwa isithunzi sakhe wakhwela esihlahleni ukuze ayobheka kangcono uJesu waseNazaretha.
Ngenkathi kuhlanekezelwa njengoba laba babuthelisi babebili, isifundo esibucayi siphuma ezindabeni zabo ezisebhayibhelini. Akekho kulaba bantu abahahayo okhathazekile ngemali yokulalela uJesu. Akekho futhi owabuza ukuthi kuyini lokho. Lapho behlangana noMsindisi, bamane balandela futhi uJesu waguqula izimpilo zabo unomphela.
UJesu usashintsha izimpilo nanamuhla. Akunandaba ukuthi senzeni noma silonakalise kanjani idumela lethu, singathola intethelelo kaNkulunkulu.