Kungani uNkulunkulu engalaphi bonke abantu?
Elinye lamagama kaNkulunkulu nguJehova-Rapha, "iNkosi ephulukisayo." Ku-Eksodusi 15:26, uNkulunkulu uthi ungumphilisi wabantu bakhe. Indima ikhuluma ngokuphulukiswa ezifweni zomzimba:
Yathi: "Uma ulalela izwi leNkosi yakho ngokucophelela wenze okulungile emehlweni akhe, ulalele imiyalo yakhe futhi ugcina yonke imiyalo yakhe, khona-ke ngeke ngikuhluphe ngezifo engithumele kwabaseGibhithe, ngoba yimina INkosi ephilisayo. " (NLT)
Ibhayibheli liqopha inani elikhulu lokulandisa kokuphulukiswa ngokomzimba eTestamenteni Elidala. Ngokufanayo, enkonzweni kaJesu neyabafundi bakhe, izimangaliso zokuphilisa ziyaqokonyiswa kakhulu. Futhi kuwo wonke amakhulu eminyaka omlando wesonto, amakholwa aqhubekile nokufakaza ngamandla kaNkulunkulu okuphilisa abagulayo ngokwaphezulu.
Ngakho-ke uma uNkulunkulu ngokwemvelo yakhe ezisholo ukuthi ungumphilisi, kungani uNkulunkulu engaphilisi wonke umuntu?
Kungani uNkulunkulu asebenzisa uPawulu ukuthi aphulukise ubaba kaPublius owayegula ngumkhuhlane kanye nohudo, kanye nabanye abantu abaningi abagulayo, kodwa hhayi umfundi wakhe othandekayo uThimothewu owayephethwe yizifo ezivamile zesisu?
Kungani uNkulunkulu engalaphi bonke abantu?
Mhlawumbe uhlushwa ukugula njengamanje. Wake wathandazela wonke amavesi eBhayibheli aphilisayo owaziyo, futhi, uyamangala, kungani uNkulunkulu engeke angiphilise?
Mhlawumbe usanda kulahlekelwa ngumuntu omthandayo ngenxa yomdlavuza noma esinye isifo esibi. Kungokwemvelo ukubuza lo mbuzo: kungani uNkulunkulu elapha abanye abantu kodwa hhayi abanye?
Impendulo esheshayo necacile yombuzo ilele ebukhosini bukaNkulunkulu. UZimu uphethe futhi ekugcineni uyakwazi okulungele indalo yakhe. Yize lokhu kuyiqiniso nakanjani, kunezizathu eziningi ezicacile ezinikezwe emBhalweni zokuchaza ngokwengeziwe ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu kungenzeka angapholi.
Izizathu eziseBhayibhelini zokuthi uNkulunkulu akakwazi ukuzelapha
Manje, ngaphambi kokumba, ngifuna ukuvuma okuthile: Angizwisisi ngokuphelele zonke izizathu zokuthi kungani uNkulunkulu engalaphi. Sekuyiminyaka ngilwa 'neva enyameni' yami. Ngibhekisela ku-2 Korinte 12: 8-9, lapho umphostoli uPawulu athi:
Izikhathi ezintathu ezihlukene ngathandaza eNkosini ukuba imsuse. Lapho ethi, “Umusa wami uyikho konke okudingayo. Amandla ami asebenza kangcono ebuthakathakeni. " Ngakho-ke manje ngijabule ngokuqhosha ngobuthakathaka bami, ukuze amandla kaKristu akwazi ukusebenza ngami. (NLT)
NjengoPaul, ngancenga (kimi iminyaka) ukuthola usizo, ukuphulukiswa. Ekugcineni, njengomphostoli, nginqume ebuthakathakeni bami ukuze ngiphile ngokwanele komusa kaNkulunkulu.
Ngesikhathi ngisesha ngobuqotho izimpendulo ngokuphulukiswa, ngaba nenhlanhla yokufunda izinto ezimbalwa. Ngakho-ke ngizozidlulisela kuwe:
Isono asivunywa
Ngalesi kuqala sizosika siziphishekele: kwesinye isikhathi lesi sifo singumphumela wesono esingaziwanga. Ngiyazi, angizange ngiyithande le mpendulo, kodwa ikhona lapho emBhalweni:
Vuma izono zakho komunye nomunye futhi uthandazelane ukuze welashwe. Umthandazo oqotho womuntu olungileyo unamandla amakhulu futhi uveza imiphumela emihle. (Jakobe 5: 16, NLT)
Ngifuna ukugcizelela ukuthi izifo ngaso sonke isikhathi aziwumphumela oqondile wesono empilweni yomuntu, kepha izinhlungu nezifo kuyingxenye yalelizwe eliwile futhi eliqalekisiwe esiphila kulo njengamanje. Kumele siqaphele ukuthi singasoli konke ukugula okunesono, kodwa futhi kufanele sinanzelele ukuthi yisizathu esingenzeka. Ngakho-ke, indawo enhle yokuqala uma uza eNkosini ukuzolashwa ukufuna inhliziyo yakho bese uvuma izono zakho.
Ukuntula ukholo
Lapho uJesu ephulukisa abagulayo, ezikhathini eziningi washo la mazwi: "Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile."
KuMathewu 9: 20-22, uJesu waphulukisa owesimame owayephethwe iminyaka eminingi ngokopha okungapheli:
Ngaleso sikhathi kweza kuye owesifazane owayesehlupheke iminyaka eyishumi nambili ekhipha igazi njalo. Uthinte umphetho wengubo yakhe, ngoba wacabanga ukuthi, "Uma nje ngingathinta ingubo yakhe, ngizophiliswa."
Lapho uJesu embona wathi kuye: “Ndodakazi, khuthaza! Ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile. " Owesifazane waphiliswa ngaleso sikhathi. (NLT)
Nazi ezinye izibonelo eziseBhayibhelini zokwelapha ngokuphendula ukholo:
UMathewu 9: 28-29; UMakho 2: 5, uLuka 17:19; Imisebenti 3:16; Jakobe 5: 14-16.
Ngokusobala, kunokuhlobana okubalulekile phakathi kokholo nokuphulukiswa. Ngokukhishwa ngobuningi bemibhalo exhumanisa ukholo nokusindiswa, kufanele siphethe ngokuthi ukuphulukiswa kwesinye isikhathi akwenzeki ngenxa yokuntuleka kokholo, noma kunalokho, uhlobo oluhle lokholo oluhlonishwa uNkulunkulu. Futhi, kufanele siqaphele ukuthi singathathi kalula uma umuntu othile engalashwa, isizathu ukuntula kokholo.
Ukwehluleka ukucela
Uma singaceli futhi silangazelela ukwelashwa, uNkulunkulu ngeke aphendule. Ngenkathi uJesu ebona indoda eyisiqhwala eyayigule iminyaka engama-38, yabuza yathi, "Ungathanda yini ukulapha?" Kungabonakala njengombuzo ongajwayelekile kuJesu, kodwa ngokushesha indoda yaxolisa: "Angikwazi, mnumzane," kusho yena, "ngoba anginaye umuntu ongifaka echibini lapho amanzi ebilisa. Omunye umuntu uhlala eza phambi kwami. " (Johane 5: 6-7, NLT) UJesu wabheka enhliziyweni yomuntu futhi wabona ukwenqaba kwakhe ukwelashwa.
Mhlawumbe wazi othile ongumlutha wengcindezi noma usizi. Abazi ukuthi baziphathe kanjani ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka empilweni yabo, futhi ngakho-ke baqala ukuhlelela umoya wabo wezinxushunxushu. Ngokunjalo, abanye abantu bangahle bangafuni ukwelashwa ngoba baxhumanise ubunikazi babo eduze kakhulu nokugula kwabo. Lababantu bangasaba izici zokuphila ezingaziwa ngaphezu kokugula kwabo noma bafise ukunakwa okuhlinzekwa usizi.
UJakobe 4: 2 usho ngokucacile ukuthi: "Awunayo, kungani ungabuzi." (ESV)
Isidingo sokukhululwa
Imibhalo ibuye ikhombise ukuthi ezinye izifo zibangelwa yithonya lomoya noma lamademoni.
Futhi uyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamgcoba uJesu waseNazaretha ngoMoya oNgcwele nangamandla. Ngakho-ke uJesu wahamba enza okuhle futhi ephulukisa bonke ababecindezelwe yidemoni, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayenaye. (Izenzo 10:38, NLT)
KuLuka 13, uJesu welapha owakhubazeka ngumoya omubi:
Ngolunye usuku ngoMgqibelo ngenkathi uJesu efundisa esinagogeni, wabona owesifazane owayekhubazekile umoya omubi. Wayesephindwe kabili iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili futhi engakwazi ukusukuma. Lapho uJesu embona, wambiza wathi, "Owesifazane othandekayo, welapha ngokugula kwakho!" Ngemuva kwalokho wamthinta futhi wakwazi ukuma aqonde. Wayemdumisa uNkulunkulu kanjani! (Lukha 13: 10-13)
Ngisho noPawulu wabiza iva lakhe enyameni ngokuthi "isithunywa sikaSathane":
... Noma ngithole izambulo ezinhle kangaka ezivela kuNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, ukuze ungangigabisi, nganikwa iva enyameni, ingelosi kaSathane ukuba ingihlukumeze futhi ingivikele ekuziqhenyeni. (2 Kor. 12: 7, NLT)
Ngakho-ke, kunezikhathi lapho kufanele kubhekwane nesizathu sobudemoni noma ngokomoya ngaphambi kokulashwa.
Injongo ephakeme
I-CS Lewis ibhale encwadini yakhe, Inkinga yezinhlungu: "UNkulunkulu usikhalela ezinenjabulo zethu, ukhuluma ngonembeza bethu, kepha uyamemeza ebuhlungwini bethu, kuyindlela yakhe yokuvusa umhlaba oyisithulu".
Kungenzeka singakuqondi ngaleso sikhathi, kepha kwesinye isikhathi uNkulunkulu ufuna ukwenza okungaphezu kokuphulukisa imizimba yethu yenyama. Imvamisa, kubuhlakani bakhe obungenamkhawulo, uNkulunkulu uzosebenzisa ukuhlupheka ngokomzimba ukuthuthukisa isimilo sethu nokukhiqiza ukukhula ngokomoya kithi.
Ngithole, kepha ngokubheka emuva empilweni yami, ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayenenhloso ephakeme yokungivumela ngilwe nokukhubazeka okubuhlungu iminyaka. Esikhundleni sokungipholisa, uNkulunkulu wasebenzisa isivivinyo ukungiphindisela emuva, okokuqala, kuye ekuthembekeni okuthembekile kuye, futhi okwesibili, endleleni yenhloso kanye nesiphetho ayesihlelele impilo yami. Wayazi lapho engangizokhiqiza khona kakhulu futhi ngigculiseke ngokumkhonza, futhi wayazi indlela ezongithatha ukungiyisa lapho.
Angikusikisele ukuthi ungayeki ukuthandazela ukuphulukiswa, kodwa futhi ngicela uNkulunkulu akukhombise uhlelo oluphambili noma inhloso enhle angayifinyelela ngobuhlungu bakho.
Inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu
Kwesinye isikhathi lapho sithandazela ukwelashwa, isimo sethu sisuka esibi siye esibi. Lapho lokhu kwenzeka, kungenzeka ukuthi uNkulunkulu uhlela ukwenza okuthile okunamandla nokumangalisayo, into ezoletha inkazimulo eyengeziwe egameni lakhe.
Lapho kushona uLazaru, uJesu walinda ukuya eBhethaniya ngoba wayazi ukuthi uzokwenza isimangaliso esimangazayo lapho, kube yinkazimulo kaNkulunkulu. Abantu abaningi abakubonayo ukuvuka kukaLazaru babeka ukholo lwabo kuJesu Kristu. Ngokuphindaphindiwe ngibone amakholwa ehlupheka kakhulu aze afe ngenxa yokugula, kepha ngayo, akhombise izimpilo ezingenakubalwa eziya ezinhlelweni zikaNkulunkulu zensindiso.
Isikhathi sikaNkulunkulu
Ngixolise uma lokhu kubonakala kungenangqondo, kodwa sonke kufanele sife (KumaHeberu 9:27). Futhi njengengxenye yesimo sethu sokuwa, ukufa kuvame ukuhambisana nezifo nokuhlupheka lapho sishiya imizimba yethu yenyama bese singena ekufeni.
Ngakho-ke esinye sezizathu zokuthi ukuphulukiswa kungenzeka kungenzeki ukuthi yisikhathi sikaNkulunkulu sokuletha amakholwa ekhaya.
Ezinsukwini ezizungeze ucwaningo lwami nokubhala lolu cwaningo lokupholisa, umamezala wami ushonile. Kanye nomyeni wami nomndeni wami, sambona enza uhambo lwakhe olusuka emhlabeni luya empilweni yaphakade. Njengoba esefinyelele eminyakeni engama-90, kube nokuhlupheka okuningi eminyakeni yakhe yokugcina, izinyanga, amasonto nezinsuku. Kepha manje usekhululekile ebuhlungwini. Kuyaphiliswa futhi kuphelele phambi koMsindisi wethu.
Ukufa kungukuphulukiswa okuphezulu kwekholwa. Futhi sinalesi sithembiso esihle esingakwazi ukusilinda lapho sifika lapho sifika khona ekugcineni ekhaya ezulwini ezulwini:
Zonke izinyembezi ziyosulwa emehlweni abo futhi ngeke kusaba khona ukufa, izinhlungu, izinyembezi noma ubuhlungu. Zonke lezi zinto zihamba kuze kube phakade. (Isambulo 21: 4, NLT)