Impendulo yombuzo wakudala othi "kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka"?

"Kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka?" Ngibuze lo mbuzo njengempendulo ebonakalayo ekuhluphekeni engikubonile, engikutholile noma engizwe ngakho. Nginenkinga yombuzo lapho unkosikazi wami wokuqala engishiya futhi elahla izingane zami. Ngiphinde ngakhala lapho umfowethu elele egumbini labagula kakhulu, ebulawa ukugula okungaqondakali, ukuhlupheka kwakhe kucindezela umama nobaba.

"Kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka okungaka?" Angazi impendulo

Kepha angazi ukuthi amazwi kaJesu ngokuhlupheka angikhuluma kakhulu. Ngemva kokuchazela abafundi bakhe ukuthi ubuhlungu babo ekuhambeni kwakhe okuseduze buzophenduka injabulo, uJesu wathi: “Nginitshele lezi zinto, ukuze nibe nokuthula kimi. Kulomhlaba uzoba nezinkinga. Kodwa yima isibindi! Mina ngilinqobile izwe ”(Johane 16:33). Ingabe ngizoyithatha iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngezwi layo? Ngizoba nesibindi?

INdodana kaNkulunkulu uqobo lwayo yangena kulo mhlaba ingumuntu, nayo uqobo yahlangabezana nokuhlupheka. Ngokufa esiphambanweni, wanqoba isono futhi, ephuma ethuneni, wakunqoba ukufa. Sinokuqiniseka ekuhluphekeni: UJesu Kristu unqobile lomhlaba nobunzima bawo, futhi ngolunye usuku uyosusa bonke ubuhlungu nokufa, ukulila nokukhala (Isambulo 21: 4).

Kungani lokhu kuhlupheka? Kubuza uJesu
Kubonakala sengathi iBhayibheli alinikezi impendulo eyodwa necacile embuzweni wokuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka. Nokho, okunye ukulandisa okuphathelene nokuphila kukaJesu kuyasinikeza isiqondiso. Kuvame kangakanani ukusikhuthaza, la mazwi kaJesu angasenza sizizwe singakhululekile. Asizithandi izizathu ezinikezwe nguJesu zokunye ukuhlupheka okubonwe ngabafundi bakhe; sifuna ukukhipha umqondo wokuthi uNkulunkulu angakhazinyuliswa ukuhlupheka kothile.

Isibonelo, abantu babezibuza ukuthi kungani umuntu othile azalwa eyimpumputhe, ngakho babuza ukuthi ngabe kungumphumela wesono somuntu othile. UJesu waphendula abafundi bakhe wathi: “Akonanga lo noma abazali bakhe. . . kodwa lokhu kwenzeka ukuze imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu ibonakaliswe kuye ”(Johane 9: 1-3). Lamazwi kaJesu angenze ngaginqa. Ngabe le ndoda kwakufanele ibe yimpumputhe kusukela izalwa ukuze nje uNkulunkulu enze iphuzu? Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi uJesu ebuyisa ukubona komuntu, wenza abantu baxabane nokuthi wayengubani ngempela uJesu (Johane 9:16). Futhi le ndoda eyake yaba yimpumputhe yayingakwazi "ukubona" ​​ngokucacile ukuthi uJesu wayengubani (Johane 9: 35-38). Ngaphezu kwalokho, nathi ngokwethu siyayibona “imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu. . kubonakaliswe kuye ”noma manje uma sicabanga ngokuhlupheka kwale ndoda.

Ngemuva kwesikhashana, Jesu waphindze wakhombisa kutsi kukholwa kungakhula kanjani ngenca yetinkinga umuntfu labhekene nato. KuJohane 11, uLazaru uyagula futhi odadewabo ababili, uMartha noMariya, bakhathazekile ngaye. Ngemuva kokuthi uJesu ezwe ukuthi uLazaru uyagula, "wahlala lapho ayekhona izinsuku ezimbili" (ivesi 6). Ekugcineni, uJesu watshela abafundi bakhe: “ULazaru ufile futhi ngenxa yenu ngiyajabula ukuthi bengingekho lapho ukuze nikholwe. Kepha masiye kuye "(amavesi 14-15, ukugcizelela kungezwe). Lapho uJesu efika eBethaniya, uMartha uthi kuye: "Ukube ubukhona, umfowethu ngabe akafanga" (ivesi 21). UJesu uyazi ukuthi usezomvusa uLazaru kwabafileyo, nokho uzwa ubuhlungu babo. "UJesu wakhala" (ivesi 35). UJesu uqhubeka athandaze: “'Baba, ngiyabonga ngokungilalela. Bengazi ukuthi uhlala ungilalela, kepha lokhu ngikusho ngenxa yabantu abalapha, ukuze bakholwe ukuthi ungithumile. ' . . UJesu wamemeza kakhulu: "Lazaru, phuma!" "(Amavesi 41-43, ukugcizelela kungeziwe). Sithola amazwi nezenzo zikaJesu okunzima ukugaya kule ndima: ukulinda izinsuku ezimbili ngaphambi kokuba ahambe, ethi uyajabula ukungabi khona futhi wathi ukukholwa (ngandlela thile!) Kungumphumela walokho. Kepha lapho uLazaru ephuma ethuneni, lawo mazwi nezenzo zikaJesu kungazelelwe kwaba nengqondo. "Ngakho-ke amaJuda amaningi ayevakashele uMariya futhi abona lokho uJesu akwenzile akholwa kuye" (ivesi 45). Mhlawumbe - njengoba ufunda lokhu manje - uhlangabezana nokukholwa okujulile kuJesu nakuBaba omthumile.

Lezi zibonelo zikhuluma ngezehlakalo ezithile futhi azinikezi impendulo ephelele yokuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka. Kodwa-ke, ayakhombisa ukuthi uJesu akesatshiswa ukuhlupheka nokuthi ukhona nathi ezinkingeni zethu. Lawa mazwi kaJesu angajabulisi kwesinye isikhathi asitshela ukuthi ukuhlupheka kungakhombisa imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu futhi kujulise ukholo lwalabo ababhekana nobunzima noma ababone ubunzima.

Isipiliyoni sami sokuhlupheka
Isehlukaniso sami saba ngesinye sezimo ezibuhlungu kakhulu empilweni yami. Kwakubuhlungu. Kepha, njengezindaba zokuphulukiswa komuntu oyimpumputhe nokuvuswa kukaLazaru, ngiyakwazi ukubona imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu nokholo olujulile kuye. UNkulunkulu ungibizele kuye futhi wahlela kabusha impilo yami. Manje angiseyena umuntu owadivosa ngokungafuneki; Ngingumuntu omusha.

Asibonanga lutho oluhle ekuhluphekeni kukamfowethu ngokungenwa yisifo samaphaphu esingavamile futhi ebuhlungwini abubangele abazali bami nomndeni wami. Kepha ngemizuzwana engaphambi kokufa kwakhe, ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingaba ngu-30 engaphansi kwesiduli, umfowethu wavuka. Abazali bami bamtshela ngabo bonke ababemthandazile nangabantu ababemvakashele. Bakwazile ukumtshela ukuthi bayamthanda. Bamfundela iBhayibheli. Umfowethu ushonile ngokuthula. Ngikholwa ukuthi ehoreni lokugcina lempilo yakhe, umfowethu - olwe noNkulunkulu impilo yakhe yonke - ugcine ebonile ukuthi uyindodana kaNkulunkulu. Ngikholwa ukuthi lokhu kunjalo ngenxa yalezo zikhathi zokugcina ezinhle. UNkulunkulu umthande umfowethu futhi wanika abazali bethu naye isipho esiyigugu sesikhathi esithile sindawonye, ​​okokugcina. Nansi indlela uNkulunkulu enza ngayo izinto: Uhlinzeka ngokungalindelekile futhi okulandelayo okungunaphakade ngengubo yokuthula.

Ku-2 KwabaseKorinte 12, umphostoli uPawulu uthi cela uNkulunkulu ukuthi asuse "iva enyameni yakhe." UNkulunkulu uphendula ngokuthi, "Umusa wami ukwanele, ngoba amandla ami enziwa aphelele ebuthakathakeni" (ivesi 9). Mhlawumbe awukatholi ukubikezela obukufuna, uthola ukwelashwa komdlavuza, noma ubhekene nobuhlungu obungapheli. Ungase uzibuze ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka kwakho. Thatha inhliziyo; UKristu "unqobile umhlaba". Gcina amehlo akho ehlungwa ukuze ubone "imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu" ekhonjisiwe. Vula inhliziyo yakho ngesikhathi sikaNkulunkulu "ukuze ukholwe." Futhi, njengoPawulu, thembela emandleni kaNkulunkulu phakathi nobuthakathaka bakho: “Ngakho-ke ngizozibonga ngokwengeziwe ngokuzithandela ngobuthakathaka bami, ukuze amandla kaKristu ahlale phezu kwami. . . Ngoba lapho ngibuthakathaka, kulapho-ke nginamandla ”(amavesi 9-10).