Inkolo Yomhlaba: Yazi abafundi bakaJesu Kristu abayi-12
UJesu Kristu wakhetha abafundi abayi-12 phakathi kwabalandeli bakhe bokuqala ukuba babe abangane bakhe abaseduze. Ngemuva kwenkambo enkulu yokuba ngumfundi kanye nokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo, iNkosi yathuma abafundi ngokuphelele (NgokukaMathewu 28: 16-2, Marku 16: 15) ukuthi bathuthukise umbuso kaNkulunkulu futhi balethe umyalezo wevangeli emhlabeni.
Sithola amagama abafundi abayi-12 kuMathewu 10: 2-4, Marku 3: 14-19 nakuLuka 6: 13-16. Lamadoda aba ngabaholi abaphayona besonto leTestamente eNtsha, kepha babengenaphutha nokungapheleli. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi akekho noyedwa kubafundi abayi-12 abakhethiwe owayeyisazi noma urabi. Babengenamakhono angajwayelekile. Kwakungekho okholwayo noma ocwengisisiwe ababengabantu abavamile, njengawe nami.
Kepha uNkulunkulu wabakhethela inhloso eyodwa: ukuthi bavuthele amalangabi eVangeli elalizosakazeka ebusweni bomhlaba futhi aqhubeke nokuvutha ngokukhanya emakhulwini eminyaka alandelayo. UNkulunkulu wakhetha futhi wasebenzisa ngamunye walaba bafana abajwayelekile ukufeza icebo lakhe elikhethekile.
Abafundi abayi-12 bakaJesu Krestu
Thatha imizuzwana embalwa ufunde izifundo zabaphostoli abayi-12: amadoda asize ukuvula isibani seqiniso esisahlala ezinhlizweni futhi abiza abantu ukuba beze balandele uKristu.
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Umphostoli uPhetro
Akungabazeki ukuthi, umphostoli uPetru wayeyisihlobo esingu "duh" abantu abaningi abangazihlukanisa nabo. Umzuzu owodwa wayehamba phezu kwamanzi ngokholo, wabe esecwila ekungabazeni. Ngokuxhamazela nangokomzwelo, uPetru waziwa kakhulu ngokwenqaba uJesu lapho ingcindezi yayisiphezulu. Noma kunjalo, njengomfundi wayethandwa nguKristu, ehlala endaweni ekhethekile phakathi kwabayishumi nambili.
UPeter, umkhulumeli wabayishumi nambili, ubonakala emaVangelini. Noma nini lapho kubalwa amadoda, igama likaPeter liqala. Yena, uJakobe noJohane bakha isiyingi sangaphakathi sabangane bakaJesu abaseduze.Laba abathathu banikezwa ilungelo lokubona ukuguqulwa isimo, kanye nezinye izambulo zikaJesu ezimangazayo.
Ngemuva kovuko, uPeter waba ngumshumayeli wevangeli onesibindi nesithunywa sevangeli futhi waba ngomholi omkhulu webandla lokuqala. Ukugqugquzelwa kuze kube sekupheleni, izazi-mlando zibika ukuthi ngenkathi uPeter egwetshelwa ukubethelwa esiphambanweni, wacela ukujikisa ikhanda lakhe emhlabathini ngoba wayengazizwa efanelwe ukufa ngendlela efanayo noMsindisi wakhe.
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Umphostoli uAndrew
Umphostoli u-Andreya wamshiya uJohane uMbhapathizi waba ngumlandeli wokuqala kaJesu waseNazaretha, kepha uJohane wayengenandaba. Wayazi ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe kwakuwukuqondisa abantu kuMesiya.
Njengabaningi bethu, u-Andrew wayehlala ethunzini lomfowabo odume kakhulu, uSimon Peter. U-Andrew wahola uPeter waya kuKristu, wabe esethatha isihlalo sangemuva ngenkathi umfowabo onomsindo waba ngumholi phakathi kwabaphostoli nasebandleni lokuqala.
AmaVangeli awasitsheli okuningi ngo-Andrew, kepha ukufunda phakathi kwemigqa kuveza umuntu owomele iqiniso walithola emanzini aphilayo kaJesu. Funda ukuthi umdobi olula wawawisa kanjani amanetha akhe ogwini waqhubeka. ukuba ngumdobi wabantu ovelele.
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Umphostoli uJames
UJames indodana kaZebedewu, ovame ukubizwa ngokuthi uJames Omkhulu ukumhlukanisa nomunye umphostoli ogama lakhe linguJakobe, wayeyilungu lesigungu sangaphakathi sikaKristu, esasihlanganisa umfowabo, umphostoli uJohane noPetru. UJames noJohn abagcinanga nje ngokuthola igama lesidlaliso elikhethekile elivela eNkosini - "izingane zokuduma kwezulu" - baba nelungelo lokuba maphakathi nesikhungo semicimbi emithathu engaphezu kwemvelo empilweni kaKristu. Ngaphezu kwalezi zihlonipho, uJames wayengowokuqala kwabayishumi nambili owabulawelwa ukholo lwakhe ngo-44 AD
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Umphostoli uJohane
Umphostoli uJohane, umfowabo kaJakobe, waqanjwa igama nguJesu enye “yamadodana okuduma”, kodwa wayethanda ukuzibiza "ngomfundi uJesu amthandayo". Ngobushushu bakhe bomlilo nokuzinikela kwakhe okukhethekile kuMsindisi, wathola indawo enhle embuthanweni wangaphakathi kaKristu.
Umthelela omkhulu kaJohn esontweni lokuqala lamaKrestu nobuntu bakhe obukhulu kunokuphila kumenza abe nesifundo esimangazayo ngomlingiswa. Imibhalo yakhe yembula izici ezihlukile. Isibonelo, ekuseni lokuqala lePhasika, ngentshiseko yakhe ejwayelekile nentshiseko, uJohn wagijimela kuPetru ethuneni ngemuva kokuthi uMary Magdalene ebike ukuthi manje selingenalutho. Yize uJohn awunqoba lo mjaho futhi eqhosha ngalokhu kuzuzwa eVangelini lakhe (Johane 20: 1-9), ngokuthobeka wavumela uPetru ukuthi angene kuqala ethuneni.
Ngokwesiko, uJohn waphila isikhathi eside kunabo bonke abafundi bakhe, efa ngenxa yokuguga e-Efesu, lapho ashumayela khona ivangeli lothando futhi efundisa ngokuhlubuka.
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Umphostoli uFiliphu
UFiliphu wayengomunye wabalandeli bakaJesu Kristu bokuqala futhi akachithanga sikhathi wabiza abanye, abanjengoNathanayeli, ukuba benze okufanayo. Yize kuncane okwaziwayo ngaye ngemuva kokunyuka kukaKristu, izazi-mlando zeBhayibheli zikholelwa ukuthi uFiliphu washumayela ivangeli eFrigiya, e-Asia Minor, futhi wafela umfel 'ukholo lapho eHierapolis. Thola ukuthi ukufuna kukaFiliphu iqiniso kwamholela kanjani ngqo kuMesiya othenjisiwe.
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Umphostoli Bartholomew
UNathanayeli, okukholakala ukuthi ungumfundi uBartolomewu, wahlangana okokuqala noJesu okwethusayo.Lapho umphostoli uFiliphu embiza ukuthi eze ezohlangabeza uMesiya, uNathanayeli wayengabaza, kodwa walandela noma kunjalo. Ngenkathi uFiliphu emethula kuJesu, iNkosi yamemezela: "Nangu um-Israyeli weqiniso, okungekho kuye amanga." UNathanel wavele wafuna ukwazi "Ungazi kanjani?"
UJesu wabamba ukunaka kwakhe lapho ephendula, "Ngikubone ngenkathi usaphansi komkhiwane ngaphambi kokuba uFiliphu akubize." Yebo, lokho kwamvimba uNathanayeli. Wethuka futhi emangele, wathi: “Rabi, uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu; uyinkosi yakwa-Israyeli ”.
UNathanayeli wathola imigqa embalwa kuphela emaVangelini, kodwa, ngaleso sikhathi waba ngumlandeli othembekile kaJesu Kristu.
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Umphostoli uMathewu
ULevi, owaba umphostoli uMathewu, wayeyisikhulu samasiko aseKapernawume esasikhokhisa intela ukungenisa nokungenisa kwamanye amazwe ngokusekelwe esahlulelweni sakhe. AmaJuda ayemzonda ngoba wayesebenzela iRoma futhi ekhaphela abantu bakubo.
Kodwa lapho uMathewu, umthelisi ongathembekile, ezwa amazwi amabili kuJesu: “Ngilandele,” washiya konke walalela. Njengathi, wayefuna ukwamukelwa nokuthandwa. UMathewu wabona uJesu njengomuntu ofanele ukuzidela ngenxa yakhe.
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Umphostoli uThomas
Umphostoli uThomas uvame ukubizwa ngo "Doubt Thomas" ngoba wenqaba ukukholelwa ukuthi uJesu uvukile kwabafileyo waze wabona futhi wathinta amanxeba enyama kaKristu. Ngokuqondene nabafundi, noma kunjalo, umlando unikeze uThomas i-rap bum. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ngamunye wabaphostoli abangu-12, ngaphandle kukaJohane, washiya uJesu ecaleni lakhe futhi wafela eKalvari.
UThomas wayejwayele ukweqisa. Phambilini ubekhombisile ukholo olunesibindi, ezimisele ngokubeka impilo yakhe engcupheni ukuze alandele uJesu aye eJudiya. Kunesifundo esibalulekile esingasifunda esifundweni sikaThomas: Uma sifuna ngempela ukwazi iqiniso, futhi sethembekile kithina nakwabanye mayelana nezinkinga zethu nokungabaza kwethu, uNkulunkulu uzohlangana nathi ngokuthembeka futhi asembule, njengoba nje enza ekaThomas.
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Umphostoli uJames
UJames the Main ungomunye wabaphostoli obumnyama kakhulu oseBhayibhelini. Ukuphela kwezinto esazi ngokuqinisekile yigama lakhe nokuthi wayekhona egumbini eliphezulu laseJerusalema ngemuva kokuba uKristu enyukele ezulwini.
Ku-Twelve Ordinary Men, uJohn MacArthur uphakamisa ukuthi ubumnyama bakhe kungenzeka ukuthi babuphawu lokuphila kwakhe. Thola ukuthi kungani ukungaziwa ngokuphelele kukaJames the Less kungaveza okuthile okujulile ngomlingiswa wakhe.
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Umphostoli uSimoni uSimoni
Ngubani ongathandi imfihlakalo enhle? Umbuzo odidayo eBhayibhelini ukuthi ungubani ngempela uSimon the Zealot, umphostoli oyindida weBhayibheli.
Imibhalo ayisitsheli lutho ngoSimone. KumaVangeli, kukhulunywa ngaye ezindaweni ezintathu, kodwa ukubala igama lakhe kuphela. KuzEnzo 1: 13 sifunda ukuthi wayekhona nabaphostoli egumbini eliphezulu laseJerusalema ngemuva kokuba uKristu enyukele ezulwini. Ngaphandle kwale mininingwane embalwa, singacabanga ngoSimoni nokuqokwa kwakhe njengeshisekayo.
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ISan Taddeo
Ehlelwe kanye noSimon the Zealot noJames the the Less, umphostoli uThaddeus uqedela iqembu labafundi abaziwa kancane. Ku-Twelve Ordinary Men, incwadi kaJohn MacArthur ekhuluma ngabaphostoli, uThaddeus ubonakala njengendoda enesisa futhi enomusa ekhombisa ukuthobeka kwengane.
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Phansi kusuka
UJuda Iskariyothe ungumphostoli owakhaphela uJesu ngokumanga. Ngalesi senzo esiphakeme sokukhaphela, abanye bangathi uJudas Iskariyothe wenza iphutha elikhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, abantu baba nemizwa exubekile ngoJuda. Abanye bazizwa benomuzwa wenzondo kuye, abanye bazizwa bemhawukela futhi abanye sebembheka njengeqhawe. Noma ngabe usabela kanjani kuJuda, into eyodwa iqinisekile, amakholwa angazuza kakhulu ngokubhekisisa impilo yakhe.