Ukuzinikela kosuku: kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka?

"Kungani uNkulunkulu ekuvumela ukuhlupheka?" Ngibuze lo mbuzo njengempendulo e-visceral yokuhlupheka engikubone, okuhlangenwe nakho noma engizwile ngayo. Ngixakene nalo mbuzo lapho umkami wokuqala engishiya futhi elahla izingane zami. Ngiphinde ngakhala futhi lapho umfowethu elele edonsa kanzima ekwelashweni, efa ngokugula okungaqondakali, ukuhlupheka kwakhe kuhlukumeza umama nobaba.

"Kungani uNkulunkulu ekuvumela ukuhlupheka okungaka?" Angazi impendulo.

Kodwa angazi ukuthi amazwi kaJesu ngokuhlupheka akhulume kimi ngamandla. Ngemuva kokuchazela abafundi bakhe ukuthi usizi lwabo ngokuhamba kwakhe olusondele luzophenduka injabulo, uJesu wathi: “Nginitshelile lezi zinto, ukuze nibe nokuthula kimi. Kulomhlaba uzoba nezinkinga. Kepha yiba nesibindi! Mina ngihlulile umhlaba ”(NgokukaJohane 16: 33). Ngabe ngiyothatha iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezwini layo? Ngabe ngizobekezela?

INdodana kaNkulunkulu yangena kulomhlaba njengomuntu futhi naye uqobo wahlupheka ngokuhlupheka. Ngokufa kwakhe esiphambanweni, wanqoba isono futhi, ephuma ethuneni wanqoba ukufa. Sinalokhu okuqinisekile 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, ecacile yombuzo wokuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka. Ezinye izindaba ngesikhathi sokuphila kukaJesu, kepha zisinikeza ukuholwa. Njengoba besikhuthaza nje, la mazwi kaJesu angenza sizizwe singakhululekile. Asizithandi izizathu ezinikezwa nguJesu ngenxa yokunye ukuhlupheka okwafakazwa ngabafundi bakhe; sifuna ukukhipha umbono wokuthi uNkulunkulu angadunyiswa ngokuhlupheka kothile.

Isibonelo, abantu babezibuza ukuthi kungani umuntu othile eyimpumputhe kusukela azalwa, ngakho babuza ukuthi ngabe lokho kubangelwa isono somuntu othile. UJesu waphendula wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Lo muntu nabazali bakhe abonanga. . . kepha lokhu kwenzeka ukuze imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu ibonakaliswe kuye ”(NgokukaJohane 9: 1-3). Lamagama kaJesu angenza ngashayeka. Ingabe le ndoda bekufanele ibe yimpumputhe kusukela yazalwa ukuze uNkulunkulu alungile? Kodwa-ke, lapho uJesu evuselela ukubonwa komuntu, wenza abantu baba nenkinga yokuthi uJesu wayengubani ngempela (NgokukaJohane 9: 16). Futhi le ndoda ebikade iyimpumputhe ikwazi "ukubona" ​​ukuthi uJesu wayengubani (NgokukaJohane 9: 35-38). Ngaphezu kwalokho, nathi ngokwethu sibona "imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu .. . kuboniswe kuye ”ngisho namanje njengoba sicabanga ngokuhlupheka kwale ndoda.

Ngemuva kwesikhashana nje, uJesu uphinda akhombise ukuthi ukukholwa kungakhula kanjani ngenxa yobunzima bomuntu. KuJohane 11, uLazaru uyagula futhi odadewabo ababili, uMarta noMaria, bakhathazekile ngaye. Ngemuva kokuba uJesu ezwe ukuthi uLazaru uyagula, “wahlala lapho ayenezinsuku ezimbili” (ivesi 6). Ekugcineni, uJesu wathi kubafundi: “ULazaru ufile, futhi ngiyajabula ngoba angizange ngikhona, ukuze nikholwe. Kepha ake siye kuye ”(ivesi 14-15, kugcizelelwa). Lapho uJesu efika eBhethaniya, uMarta uthi kuye: "Ukube ubukhona, umfowethu ngabe akafanga" (ivesi 21). UJesu uyazi ukuthi usezovusa uLazaru kwabafileyo, kepha yena uzwa izinhlungu zabo. "UJesu wakhala" (ivesi 35). UJesu uyaqhubeka nokuthandaza: “'Baba, ngiyabonga ngokungilalela. Bengazi ukuthi uhlala uzizwa, kodwa bengikusho ukuze kusizakale abantu abakhona, okungenzeka bakholelwe ukuthi ungithumile. ” . . UJesu wambiza ngokuzwakalayo 'Lazaru, phuma!' ”(Amavesi 41-43, kugcizelelwa). Kulesi sigaba sithola amagama nezenzo zikaJesu ezinesisu esinzima: linda izinsuku ezimbili ngaphambi kokuhamba, uthi ujabule ngokungabikhona futhi usho ukuthi inkolelo izoba (ngandlela thile!) Ukuvela kulokhu. Kepha lapho uLazaru ephuma ethuneni, lawo mazwi nezenzo zikaJesu ngokuzumayo zinengqondo. "Ngakho-ke amaJuda amaningi ayehambele uMariya futhi esebonile ukuthi uJesu wenzani akholwa kuye" (ivesi 45). Mhlawumbe, njengoba ufunda lokhu manje, uhlangabezana nokukholelwa okujulile kuJesu nakuYise omthumile.

Lezi zibonelo zikhuluma ngezigameko ezithile futhi azinikezi impendulo ephelele yokuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ukuhlupheka. Benza, nokho, bakhombisa ukuthi uJesu akesatshiswa ukuhlupheka nokuthi unathi ezinkingeni zethu. Lawa ngezinye izikhathi amazwi kaJesu angathandeki asitshela ukuthi ukuhlupheka kungakhombisa imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu futhi kujulise ukholo lwalabo ababona noma babona ubunzima.

Isipiliyoni sami sokuhlupheka
Isehlukaniso sami ngesinye sezinto ezangibuhlungu kakhulu empilweni yami. Kwakungubuhlungu. Kepha, njengezindaba zokuphiliswa komuntu oyimpumputhe nokuvuka kukaLazaru, ngiyayibona imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu ngakusasa nokuthembela okujulile kuye. UNkulunkulu ungibizele kuye futhi wahlela kabusha impilo yami. Manje angiseyena umuntu owenze isehlukaniso esingafuneki; Ngingumuntu omusha.

Asibonanga lutho oluhle ngokuhlupheka komfowethu ngenxa yokutheleleka kwamaphaphu okungejwayelekile nobuhlungu obabubangela kubazali nomndeni wami. Kepha emizuzwini ngaphambi kokunyamalala kwakhe - ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-30 ngaphansi kokudukelwa - umfowethu wavuka. Ababelethi bami bamlandisa ngawo wonke umuntu owayemthandazile nangabantu ababeze ukuzombona. Bakwazi ukumtshela ukuthi bayamthanda. Bamfundela ibhayibheli. Umfowethu washona ngokuthula. Ngikholelwa ehoreni lokugcina lokuphila kwakhe, umfowethu - olwe noNkulunkulu impilo yakhe yonke - usekuzwisisile ukuthi wayeyindodana kaNkulunkulu. Ngikholwa ukuthi lokhu kunjalo ngenxa yalezo zikhathi ezinhle zokugcina. UNkulunkulu wamthanda umfowethu futhi wamnika yena nabazali bakhe isipho esiyigugu sesikhathi esithile sindawonye, ​​okokugcina. Le yindlela uNkulunkulu enza ngayo izinto: unikeza okungalindelekile nemiphumela yaphakade engubeni yokuthula.

Kweyesi-2 kwabaseKhorinte 12, umphostoli uPawulu uthi ucele uNkulunkulu asuse "iva enyameni yakhe". Unkulunkulu uphendula athi: "Umusa wami wakwanele, ngoba amandla ami enziwa aphelele ebuthakathakeni" (ivesi 9). Mhlawumbe awukayitholi i-prognosis obuyifuna, uphathwa umdlavuza, noma uke wabhekana nobuhlungu obungamahlalakhona. Mhlawumbe uyazibuza ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu ekuvumela ukuhlupheka kwakho. Thatha inhliziyo; UKristu "wanqoba umhlaba". Gcina amehlo akho ebheke "imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu" ekubonisweni. Vula inhliziyo yakho isikhathi sikaNkulunkulu "ongakholelwa kuso". Futhi, njengoPaul, thembela emandleni kaNkulunkulu phakathi nobuthakathaka bakho: “Ngakho-ke ngizoqhosha ngokuzithandela okukhulu kunobuthakathaka bami, ukuze amandla kaKristu abe phezu kwami. . . Ngoba lapho ngibuthakathaka, kulapho-ke nginamandla khona ”(amavesi 9-10).

Ngabe ufuna izinsiza ezengeziwe ngalesi sihloko? "Ukufuna uNkulunkulu ekuhluphekeni", uchungechunge olunethezekayo lokuzinikela lwamasonto amane namuhla, kuqinisa ithemba esinalo kuJesu.

Uchungechunge lwe-Devotional "Ngifuna uNkulunkulu ekuhluphekeni"

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