Imfihlakalo yothando lukaNkulunkulu uBaba

Uyini ngempela lo “mfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu”, lolu hlelo olusungulwe ngentando kaBaba, uhlelo uJesu asembulele lona? Encwadini ayibhalela abase-Efesu, uSanta Paul ufisa ukukhokha udumo olumbekile kuYise ngokuchaza uhlelo olukhulu lothando lwakhe, icebo elenziwa njengamanje, kodwa elinemvelaphi yalo yakudala phambilini: “Makabongwe uNkulunkulu nobaba weNkosi yethu uJesu UKrestu. Wasibusisa emazulwini wasigcwalisela zonke izibusiso ezingokomoya, egameni likaKristu. Ngoba kuye wasikhetha ngaphambi kokusekelwa komhlaba, ukuze sibe ngabangcwele futhi sibenamacala emehlweni akhe. Usimisele kusengaphambili othandweni sakhe ukuba sibe ngabantwana bakhe bokuthathwa njengezimfanelo zikaJesu Kristu, ngokwamukelwa kwentando yakhe. Ukuze sigubhe inkazimulo yomusa, asinika wona ngeNdodana yakhe ethandekayo, egazi lakhe esazuza ngayo ukuhlengwa kanye nokuthethelelwa kwezono. Waphakamisa umusa wakhe kithi, obukhulu kakhulu ekuhlakanipheni nasekuqondeni, ukuze asazise imfihlakalo yentando yakhe, icebo ayelithathile lokuletha ukugcwaliseka okuhlelekile kwezikhathi kuKristu zonke izinto, lezo ezisezulwini labo abasemhlabeni ».

Emzuzwini wokubonga kwakhe, uSt. Paul ugcizelela izici ezimbili ezibalulekile zomsebenzi wensindiso: konke kuvela kuYise futhi konke kugxile kuKristu. UBaba usemvelaphi kanti noKristu usesikhungweni; kepha uma, ngenxa yokuba sesikhungweni, uKristu umiselwe ukuhlanganisa yonke into engaphakathi kuye, lokhu kwenzeka ngoba lonke icebo lokuhlenga liphume enhliziyweni kayise, futhi kule inhliziyo kayise kunencazelo yako konke.

Isiphetho somhlaba wonke sasiyalelwe yile ntando kaYise eyisisekelo: wayefuna ukuba nathi njengabantwana kuJesu Kristu. Kusukela kulo lonke iphakade uthando lwakhe beluqonde kwiNdodana, leyo Ndodana uSt. Paul ayibiza ngegama eliqhakambisayo: "lowo ethandwayo", noma kunalokho, ukunikela ngokufanelekile inkomba yesenzo sesiGrikhi: "lowo uthandwe ngokuphelele ». Ukuzwisisa kangcono amandla alolu thando, kuyadingeka ukukhumbula ukuthi uYise ongapheliyo ukhona kuphela njengoYise, ukuthi umuntu wakhe wonke uqukethe ngokuba nguYise. Ubaba ongumuntu wayengumuntu ngaphambi kokuba abe ubaba; ukubhala kwakhe kuyangezelelwa kwikhwalithi yakhe njengomuntu womuntu nokucebisa ubuntu bakhe; Ngakho-ke umuntu unenhliziyo yomuntu ngaphambi kokuba nenhliziyo yoyise, futhi lapho esekhulile ufundela ukuba nguyise, athole isimo sakhe sengqondo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuZiqu-zintathu waphezulu uBaba nguYise kwasekuqaleni futhi uzihlukanisa nomuntu weNdodana ngokunembile ngoba unguYise. Ngakho-ke, unguYise ngokuphelele, ekugcwaleni okungapheli kobubaba; akanabo obunye ubuntu ngaphandle koyise futhi inhliziyo yakhe ayikaze ibe khona kepha njengenhliziyo kayise. Kungakho-ke ukuthi uphendukela eNdodaneni ukuze imthande, ngomzuzwana lapho wonke umuntu wakhe ezinikele ngokujulile. UBaba akafuni ukuba nje kodwa ukubheka iNdodana, isipho kwiNdodana futhi nobunye naye. Futhi lolu thando, masilukhumbule, futhi siqine kakhulu futhi siyingqayizivele, isipho ngokuphelele, ukuthi ukuhlangana nothando oluhlanganyele lweNdodana kwakha ubuntu bukaMoya oNgcwele. Manje, kungukuthanda kwakhe iNdodana ngqo uBaba ayefuna ukwethula, ukufaka, ukuthanda kwakhe amadoda. Umbono wakhe wokuqala kwakuwukusinikeza ubuntu ayenabo mayelana neZwi, iNdodana yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo; okungukuthi, wayefuna ukuthi, ngokuphila impilo yeNdodana yakhe, ifakwe kuye futhi iguqulwe kuye, nathi sizokuba ngabantwana bayo.

Yena, owayenguYise kuphela ngaphambi kweZwi, wayefuna futhi ukuba ngubaba ngokweqiniso kithi, ukuze uthando lwakhe ngathi lube munye nothando lwaphakade alunikela eNdodaneni. Ngakho-ke, ubukhulu namandla amakhulu alolo thando athululelwa emadodeni, futhi sasizungezwe wumfutho wobunzima benhliziyo yakhe nobaba. Masinyane saba yinto yothando olunothile olungapheliyo, eligcwele ukukhathazeka nokuphana, ligcwele amandla nobumnene. Kusukela esikhathini lapho yena uqobo neNdodana uYise bekhulisa umfanekiso wobuntu obuhlangene kuKristu, wazibopha kithi unomphela enhliziyweni yakhe kayise futhi ngeke esakwazi ukubuka iNdodana yakhe kithi. Ubengenakusenza singene ngokujulile emcabangweni nasenhlizweni yakhe, futhi akazange asinike inani elikhulu emehlweni akhe kunokuba asibheke ngeNdodana yakhe ethandekayo kuphela.

AmaKhristu okuqala aqonda ukuthi kulilungelo elikhulu kanjani ukwazi ukubuyela kuNkulunkulu njengoYise; futhi kwaba nentshiseko enkulu ehambisana nokukhala kwabo: “Abba, Baba! ». Kepha singeke kanjani ukuvusa enye intshiseko, eyedlule, leyo intshiseko yaphezulu! Akekho onesibindi sokusho ngemibono yabantu nangezithombe zasemhlabeni lokho ukukhala kokuqala okungezwe ekucebeni kwempilo kaZiqu-zintathu, ngokuchichima kwenjabulo yaphezulu kwabangaphandle, ukukhala kukaYise: «Bantabami! Bantabami eNdodaneni yami! ». Eqinisweni, uBaba wayengowokuqala ukujabula, ukuthokozela ngobaba obusha ayefuna ukukhuthaza; futhi injabulo yamaKhristu okuqala yayiwukuphela kwenjabulo yakhe yasezulwini, okuwukuthi, yize ayephilile, bekuyimpendulo ebuthakathaka kuphela enhlosweni kaBaba yokuqala yokuba uBaba wethu.

Lapho ubhekene nalolo hlobo lwamehlo olusha ngokuphelele olwalubhekiswe emadodeni kuKristu, ubuntu abuzange bakheke bodwa, ngokungathi uthando lukaYise belubhekiswe kubantu bebonke. Ngokungangabazeki ukuthi lo mehlo wawugxile kuwo wonke umlando wezwe nawo wonke umsebenzi wensindiso, kodwa futhi wawuma kuwo wonke amadoda ikakhulukazi. U-St Paul usitshela ukuthi kulokho kubuka kuqala kuka Baba "wasikhetha". Uthando lwakhe lwaluhlose ngamunye wethu mathupha; waphumula, ngendlela ethile, kumuntu ngamunye ukuba amenze, ngoyedwa, indodana. Ukukhetha akukhombisi lapha ukuthi uBaba uthathe abanye ukuthi bangahlukanisi abanye, ngoba lolu khetho lwaluthinta bonke abantu, kepha kusho ukuthi uBaba wabheka ngamunye ngesimo sakhe futhi enothando oluthile ngalowo nalowo, oluhlukile othandweni alubhekise kwabanye . Kusukela kulowomzuzu kuqhubeke, inhliziyo kayise wanikeza yilowo nalowo owayenamaphutha agcwele ukukhathazeka, ayezivumelanisa nobuntu obuhlukile ayefuna ukubadala. Ngamunye wakhethwa nguye kungathi uyena kuphela, ngentshiseko efanayo yothando, sengathi akakazalwa yinqwaba yabangane bakhe. Futhi isikhathi ngasinye lapho ukukhetha kwakusuka ekujuleni kothando olungenakulungiseka.

Impela, lokhu kukhetha bekukhululekile ngokuphelele futhi kubhekiswe kulowo nalowo hhayi ngenxa yokufanelana nekusasa lakhe, kodwa ngenxa yokuphana okumsulwa kukaYise. UBaba akazange akweleta lutho kumuntu; wayengumbhali wayo yonke into, lowo owenza ukuba ubuntu obungaveli bukhona buvele phambi kwamehlo akhe. USt. Paul ugcizelela ukuthi uBaba usungule uhlelo lwakhe olukhulu ngokuvuma kwakhe, ngokwenkululeko yakhe yenkululeko. Wathatha ugqozi kuye kuphela futhi isinqumo sakhe sincike kuye kuphela. Ngakho-ke, okuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu isinqumo sakhe sokusenza izingane zakhe, azibophele nakanjani uthando lukayise olungenakuphikwa. Uma sikhuluma ngokuvunywa kombuso, kusho inkululeko engaphela futhi ibe yinto yokudlala futhi ihlanganyele nemicabango abanye abakhokhela yona ngaphandle kokuzilimaza. Ebukhosini bakhe ngokuphelele uYise akazange asebenzise amandla akhe njengehlaya; enhlosweni yakhe yenkululeko, wanikela ngenhliziyo kayise. Ukuvunywa kwakhe kwamenza wahlangana nobuhle ngokuphelele, ekuzithokoziseni izidalwa zakhe ngokuzinika isikhundla sezingane; njengoba wayefuna ukubeka amandla akhe kuphela othandweni lwakhe.

kwakunguye owazinika isizathu sokusithanda ngokugcwele, njengoba ayefuna ukusikhetha "kuKristu". Isinqumo esenziwe ngokucabanga komuntu ngamunye ngaleyo ndlela sasiyoba nalolo lwazi kuphela ukuthi uBaba, ekudaleni, wayezokwazisa wonke umuntu ngenxa yeqiniso lesithunzi sakhe njengomuntu. Kepha ukukhetha okubheka uKristu njalo kuthola inani eliphakeme ngokungenamkhawulo. UYise ukhetha ngamunye njengoba ayeyokhetha uKristu, iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa; futhi kuyamangaza ukucabanga ukuthi, uma esibuka, uqala ukubona iNdodana yakhe kithi nokuthi ngale ndlela usibhekile, kusukela ekuqaleni, ngaphambi kokusibiza ukuthi sibe khona, nokuthi angeke ayeke ukusibuka. Sikhethwe futhi siyaqhubeka ngaso sonke isikhathi ukukhethwa yilokho ukubuka kobaba okusihlanganisa ngokuzithandela noKristu.

Lesi yisizathu esenza lokho kukhetha kokuqala nokucacile kuhumushe kube yizinzuzo eziningi, ukuthunyelwa kwayo iSt. UBaba wasiphakamisela umusa wakhe kithi futhi wasigcwalisa ngengcebo yakhe, ngoba noKristu, ayesecabanga ngaye manje, wabeka bonke inkululeko. Ukuze sibe yizingane kuleyo Ndodana eyodwa kwakudingeka ukuthi sabelane ngobukhulu bempilo yakhe yaphezulu. Kusukela lapho uBaba efuna ukusibona eNdodaneni yakhe futhi asikhethe kuyo, konke ayenikeze leNdodana nakho sanikwa khona: ngakho-ke ukuphana kwakhe akunakuba nakho. imikhawulo. Esikubukeni kokuqala kithina uBaba wayefuna ukusinikeza ubukhazikhazi obedlula obomuntu, alungiselele isiphetho esikhanyayo, asihlanganise ngokuseduze nenjabulo yakhe yaphezulu, emisa kusukela lapho izimangaliso zonke zomusa ezaziyobe zikhiqize emphefumulweni wethu kanye nayo yonke injabulo ukuthi inkazimulo yempilo yokungafi ibingasiletha. Kulesi ngcebo ebabazekayo, ayefuna ukusigqokisa ngayo, saqala ukuvela emehlweni akhe: ingcebo yezingane, okuyisibonakaliso nokuxhumana kwengcebo yakhe njengoYise, kanti ngakolunye uhlangothi, yancitshiswa yaba eyedwa, eyayidlula futhi ifingqa zonke ezinye izinzuzo: ingcebo yokuba nobaba, osephenduke "uBaba wethu" isipho esikhulu kunazo zonke esisitholile futhi esingasithola: yena uqobo uYise othandweni lwayo lonke. Inhliziyo kayise kayisoze isuswe kithi: iyifa lethu lokuqala neliphezulu.