Kungani imali iyimpande yabo bonke ububi?

“Ngoba ukuthanda imali kuyimpande yakho konke okubi. Abanye abantu, belangazelela imali, baphambuka ekukholweni bazigwaza ngeminjunju eminingi ”(1 Thimothewu 6:10).

UPawulu waxwayisa uThimothewu ngokuhlobana phakathi kwemali nokubi. Izinto ezibizayo nezikhanyayo ngokwemvelo zithwebula ukulangazelela kwethu umuntu ngezinto eziningi, kepha alikho inani eliyoke lenelise imiphefumulo yethu.

Ngenkathi sikhululekile ukujabulela izibusiso zikaNkulunkulu kulomhlaba, imali ingaholela emoneni, ukuncintisana, ukweba, ukukopela, ukuqamba amanga, nazo zonke izinhlobo zobubi. “Abukho ububi obungeke butholwe yimali buholele abantu lapho buqala ukulawula izimpilo zabo,” kusho i-Exhibitor’s Bible Commentary.

Lisho ukuthini leli vesi?
"Ngokuba lapho kukhona ingcebo yakho, nenhliziyo yakho iyakuba lapho" (Mathewu 6:21).

Zimbili izikole zokucabanga eziseBhayibhelini ngemali. Ezinye izinguqulo zanamuhla zemiBhalo ziphakamisa ukuthi ukuthanda imali kuphela kubi, hhayi imali uqobo. Kodwa-ke, kukhona abanye abanamathela embhalweni ongokoqobo. Akunandaba, konke esikukhonzayo (noma esikuthandayo, noma esigxile kukho, ngaphezulu) kunoNkulunkulu kuyisithixo. UJohn Piper ubhala ukuthi “Kungenzeka ukuthi ngenkathi uPaul ebhala la mazwi, wayazi kahle ukuthi bazoba inselele kangakanani, nokuthi wabashiya njengoba wababhala ngoba wabona ukuthi uthando lwemali lukuphi ngempela impande yabo bonke ububi, bonke ububi! Futhi ubefuna uThimothewu (nathi) acabange ngokujulile ukuze akubone. "

UNkulunkulu uyasiqinisekisa ngelungiselelo Lakhe, kepha silwela ukuziphilisa. Ayikho ingcebo enganelisa imiphefumulo yethu. Akunandaba ukuthi iyiphi ingcebo yasemhlabeni noma into esiyifunayo, senziwa ukuba sifise okwengeziwe kuMdali wethu. Ukuthanda imali kubi ngoba siyaliwe ukuthi singabi nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle koyedwa, uNkulunkulu weqiniso.

Umbhali wencwadi yamaHeberu wabhala: “Gcinani izimpilo zenu zingenalo uthando lwemali, yaneliswa yilokho eninakho, ngoba uNkulunkulu wathi: 'Angisoze ngakushiya; Angisoze ngakushiya ”(KumaHeberu 13: 5).

Uthando yilokho esikudingayo. UNkulunkulu uluthando. Ungumhlinzeki wethu, uMondli, uMelaphi, uMdali kanye noBaba wethu u-Abba.

Kungani kubalulekile ukuthi ukuthanda imali kuyimpande yabo bonke ububi?
UmShumayeli 5:10 uthi: “Othanda imali akeneli; labo abathanda ingcebo abaneliswa yinzuzo yabo. Lokhu futhi akunangqondo. “Umbhalo usitshela ukuthi sigcine amehlo ethu ethe njo kuJesu, uMsunguli noMphelelisi wokholo lwethu. UJesu ngokwakhe wathi nika uKesari okukaKesari.

UNkulunkulu usiyala ukuthi sikhokhe okweshumi njengendaba yokwethembeka kwenhliziyo, hhayi inombolo okufanele ihlolwe ngokwenkolo ohlwini lwethu lwezinto ezizokwenziwa. UNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthambekela kwezinhliziyo zethu kanye nesilingo sokugcina imali yethu. Ngokuphisana ngayo, kugcina uthando lwemali noNkulunkulu esihlalweni sobukhosi sezinhliziyo zethu. Lapho sizimisele ukukuyeka, sifunda ukwethemba ukuthi Uyasinikeza, hhayi ikhono lethu lobuqili lokwenza imali. “Akuyona imali eyimpande yazo zonke izinhlobo zobubi, kodwa 'uthando lwemali',” kuchaza i-Expositor's Bible Commentary.

Ngabe leli vesi ALISHO UKUTHINI?
“UJesu waphendula wathi: 'Uma ufuna ukuphelela, hamba uthengise ngempahla yakho, uyinike abampofu, khona uzakuba negugu ezulwini; Bese uza ungilandele ”(uMathewu 19:21).

Umuntu uJesu akhuluma naye wayengeke enze lokho uMsindisi wakhe ayekucele. Ngeshwa, izinto zakhe zahlala ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu esihlalweni sobukhosi senhliziyo yakhe. Yilokhu uNkulunkulu asixwayisa ngakho. Akazondi ingcebo.

Usitshela ukuthi amacebo akhe ngathi angaphezulu kakhulu kwalokho ebesingakubuza noma sikucabange. Izibusiso zakhe zintsha nsuku zonke. Sidalwe ngomfanekiso wakhe futhi siyingxenye yomndeni Wakhe. UBaba wethu unezinhlelo ezinhle ngempilo yethu: ukusenza siphumelele!

UNkulunkulu uzonda konke esikuthanda ngaphezu kwakhe. UnguNkulunkulu onomona! UMathewu 6:24 uthi: “Akekho ongakhonza amakhosi amabili. Kuphakathi kokuthi uyozonda enye bese uthanda enye, noma uyozinikela kokunye udelele enye. Ungeke wakhonza uNkulunkulu noMali ”.

Uyini umongo weyoku-1 Thimothewu 6?
“Kepha ukuzinikela ngokweneliseka kuyinzuzo enkulu, ngoba asilethanga lutho emhlabeni futhi asikwazi ukukhipha lutho emhlabeni. Kepha uma sinokudla nezingubo, sizokwaneliswa yikho. Kepha labo abafisa ukulunga bawela esilingweni, ogibeni, ezifisweni eziningi ezingenangqondo nezilimazayo ezifaka abantu ekubhujisweni nasekubhujisweni. Ngoba uthando lwemali luyimpande yazo zonke izinhlobo zobubi. Kungenxa yalokhu kulangazelela ukuthi abanye baphambukile ekukholweni futhi bazibhoboza ngobuhlungu obuningi ”(1 Thimothewu 6: 6-10).

UPawulu wabhalela uThimothewu le ncwadi, omunye wabangane bakhe abakhulu nabafowabo okholweni, kodwa-ke wayehlose ukuthi ibandla lase-Efesu (elalisele ezandleni zikaThimothewu) nalo lilalele okuqukethwe yincwadi leyo. “Kule ndima, umphostoli uPawulu usitshela ukuthi sifise uNkulunkulu nazo zonke izinto zikaNkulunkulu,” kubhala uJamie Rohrbaugh weBelieve.com. "Usifundisa ukuphishekela izinto ezingcwele ngothando olukhulu, kunokugxilisa izinhliziyo zethu nokuthanda kwethu ingcebo nengcebo".

Isahluko 6 sonke sikhuluma ngesonto lase-Efesu kanye nokuthambekela kwabo ekuqhezukeni basuke engqungqutheleni yobuKristu. Ngaphandle kweBhayibheli abazohamba nalo njengoba sinamuhla, bathonywe babuyele emuva ngezimpawu ezahlukahlukene zezinye izinkolo, umthetho wamaJuda kanye nomphakathi wabo.

UPaul ubhala ngokulalela uNkulunkulu, ukwaneliseka okugxile kuNkulunkulu, ukulwa impi enhle yokholo, uNkulunkulu njengomhlinzeki wethu nolwazi olungamanga. Uyakha bese esikalini sokubasiphula ebubini nasothandweni lwemali olungasasebenzi, ebakhumbuza ukuthi kukuKristu lapho sithola ukwaneliseka kwangempela, futhi uNkulunkulu usinikeza - hhayi nje lokho esikudingayo, kepha usibusisa ngokuqhubekayo. laphaya!

I-Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary of the New Testament iyachaza: “Umfundi wanamuhla ofunda le midwebo eneminyaka engu-2300 XNUMX yabalingiswa abanamaphutha uzothola izingqikithi eziningi ajwayelekile, futhi uzoqinisekisa lokho okushiwo uPaul ukuthi imali iyimpande yobungani obuchithekile. , imishado ephukile, idumela elibi nazo zonke izinhlobo zobubi “.

Ingabe abantu abacebile basengozini enkulu yokushiya ukholo?
“Thengisa izinto zakho uphe abampofu. Zinikeni izikhwama ezingasoze zaguga, ingcebo ezulwini, engasoze yaphela, lapho kungasondeli sela khona, kungoni nundu khona ”(Luka 12:33).

Akudingeki ukuthi umuntu acebe ukuze anqotshwe isilingo sothando lwemali. "Ukuthanda imali kuveza ukubhujiswa kwayo ngokwenza umphefumulo ulahle inkolo," kuchaza uJohn Piper. "Ukholo ukwethembela kuKrestu okwenelisiwe uPawulu akhuluma ngakho." Ngubani ompofu, oyintandane futhi oswele kuncike ekutheni ngubani onezinsizakusebenza zokwabelana ngazo ukuze akunikeze.

UDuteronomi 15: 7 usikhumbuza ukuthi "Uma noma ngubani empofu phakathi kwabafowenu bakwelinye lamadolobha ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona, ​​ungabi lukhuni enhliziyweni noma ulukhuni kuye." Kokubili isikhathi nemali kubalulekile, ukuze kufinyelelwe kulabo abaswele ngevangeli, izidingo zabo zomzimba ukuze baphile kumele zifezeke.

UMarshal Segal wabhala nge-Desiring God: "Ukulangazelela imali ethe xaxa nokuthenga izinto eziningi ngokwengeziwe kubi, futhi okuxakayo nokuthi kuyadabukisa kuyantshontsha futhi kubulale impilo nenjabulo ethembisayo." Ngokuphambene nalokho, labo abanokuncane kakhulu bangaba abajabula kakhulu, ngoba bayazi ukuthi imfihlo yokwaneliseka iyimpilo othandweni lukaKristu.

Noma ngabe sicebile, sihluphekile noma siphakathi nendawo, sonke sibhekene nesilingo esilethwa yimali.

Singazivikela kanjani izinhliziyo zethu othandweni lwemali?
"Ukuhlakanipha kuyisiphephelo njengoba nemali iyisiphephelo, kepha inzuzo yolwazi yilena: ukuhlakanipha kuyabalonda labo abanakho" (UmShumayeli 7:12).

Singazivikela izinhliziyo zethu othandweni lwemali ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uhlala njalo esihlalweni sobukhosi sezinhliziyo zethu. Vuka uzinike isikhathi sokuthandaza Naye, noma ngabe sifushane. Qondanisa amashejuli nezinhloso nentando kaNkulunkulu ngomthandazo nesikhathi eZwini likaNkulunkulu.

Lo mbhalo we-CBN uchaza ukuthi “imali ibaluleke kakhulu ukuthi amadoda aqambe amanga, akhohlise, afumbathise, ahlambalaze futhi abulale ukuze ayithole. Uthando lwemali luphenduka ukukhonza izithixo kokugcina “. Iqiniso nothando lwakhe kuzovikela izinhliziyo zethu othandweni lwemali. Futhi lapho siwela esilingweni, asikude kakhulu ukuba sibuyele kuNkulunkulu, ohlale esilindele ngezandla ezimhlophe ukuba asithethelele futhi asigone.