Kungani ukulalela uNkulunkulu kubalulekile?
Kusukela kuGenesise kuya kusambulo, iBhayibheli linokuningi okushiwo ngokulalela. Emlandweni weMiyalo Eyishumi, sibona ukuthi umqondo wokulalela ubaluleke kangakanani kuNkulunkulu.
UDutheronomi 11: 26-28 ukufingqa kanje: “Lalelani, nizobusiswa. Disobey nawe uzoqalekiswa. " ETestamenteni eNtsha sifunda ngesibonelo sikaJesu Kristu ukuthi amakholwa abizelwe empilweni yokulalela.
Ukuchazwa Kokulalela Ebhayibhelini
Umqondo ojwayelekile wokulalela eTestamenteni Elidala nelisha ubhekisele ekulaleleni noma ekulaleleni igunya eliphakeme. Elinye lamagama esiGrikhi okulalela lidlulisela umqondo wokuzibeka ngaphansi kothile ngokuzithoba kwigunya labo nomyalo. Elinye igama lesiGreki lokulalela eTestamenteni eNtsha lisho "ukuthembela".
Ngokusho kukaHolman's Illustrated Bible Dictionary incazelo emfushane yokulalela kwebhayibheli "ukulalela iZwi likaNkulunkulu nokwenza ngokufanele". I-Eerdman's Bible Dictionary ithi "Ukuzwa 'ngokweqiniso noma ukulalela kusho ukulalela okuyikho okwenza izilaleli zikukholelwe noma ukukholelwa lokho futhi okushukumisela isilaleli ukuba senze ngokuhambisana nezifiso zesikhulumi."
Ngakho-ke, ukuthobela uNkulunkulu kwebhayibheli kusho ukulalela, ukwethemba, ukuzithoba nokuzinikela kuNkulunkulu naseZwini lakhe.
Izizathu ezi-8 zokuthi kungani ukulalela uNkulunkulu kubalulekile
1. UJesu usibizela ekulaleleni
KuJesu Kristu sithola imodeli ephelele yokulalela. Njengabafundi bakhe, silandela isibonelo sikaKristu nemiyalo yakhe. Isisusa sethu sokulalela uthando:
Uma ungithanda, uzokulalela imiyalo yami. (Johane 14: 15, ESV)
2. Ukulalela kuyisenzo sokukhulekelwa
Ngenkathi ibhayibheli likugcizelela kakhulu ukulalela, kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ukulalela kwethu akulungile. Insindiso yisipho samahhala esivela kuNkulunkulu futhi akukho esingakwenza ukuze sikuthole. Ukulalela kobuKristu kweqiniso kuvela enhliziyweni yokubonga ngomusa esiwutholile eNkosini:
Futhi-ke, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, ngiyakuncenga ukuthi unikele imizimba yakho kuNkulunkulu ngakho konke akwenzele khona. Bayeke babe ngumhlatshelo ophilayo nobungcwele, uhlobo abayothola lwamukelekile. Le ndlela ngempela yokuyikhonza. (Roma 12: 1, NLT)
3. UNkulunkulu Uvuza Ukulalela
Kaningi sifunda eBhayibhelini ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubusisa futhi avuze ngokulalela:
"Futhi ezizukulwaneni zakho zonke izizwe zomhlaba zizobusiswa ezizukulwaneni zakho, ngoba ungilalele." (UGenesisi 22:18, NLT)
Manje uma ungilalela futhi ugcina isivumelwano sami, uyoba ngumcebo wami okhethekile phakathi kwabo bonke abantu bomhlaba; ngoba umhlaba wonke ungowami. (Eksodusi 19: 5, NLT)
UJesu waphendula wathi: "Kepha babusisiwe bonke labo abalalela izwi likaNkulunkulu, balisebenzise." (Luka 11: 28, NLT)
Kepha ungamane ulalele izwi likaNkulunkulu, kufanele wenze lokho elikushoyo. Ngaphandle kwalokho, uyazikhohlisa. Ngoba uma ulalela izwi futhi ungalaleli, kufana nokubheka ubuso bakho esibukweni. Uyazibona, uhambe futhi ukhohlwe ukuthi ubukeka kanjani. Kepha uma ugcina ngokucophelela umthetho ophelele okunikhulula, futhi uma wenza lokho akusho futhi ungakhohlwa okuzwile, uNkulunkulu uzokubusisa ngokwenza lokho. (Jakobe 1: 22-25, NLT)
4. Ukulalela uNkulunkulu kukhombisa uthando lwethu
Izincwadi zika-1 Johane noJohane 2 zichaza ngokucacile ukuthi ukulalela uNkulunkulu kukhombisa uthando ngoNkulunkulu.Ukuthanda uNkulunkulu kusho ukulandela imiyalo yakhe:
Ngalokhu siyazi ukuthi siyabathanda abantwana bakaNkulunkulu lapho sithanda uNkulunkulu futhi silalela imiyalo yakhe. Ngoba lolu uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ukuthi sigcine imiyalo yakhe. (1 Johane 5: 2–3, ESV)
Uthando lusho ukwenza lokho uNkulunkulu asiyale ngakho futhi wasiyala ukuba sithandane, njengoba nje nawe wazizwa kusukela ekuqaleni. (2 Johane 6, NLT)
5. Ukulalela uNkulunkulu kukhombisa ukholo lwethu
Lapho silalela uNkulunkulu, sibonisa ukuthi siyamethemba futhi siyamkholwa:
Futhi singaqiniseka ukuthi siyamazi uma silalela imiyalo yakhe. Uma umuntu ethi "Ngiyazi uNkulunkulu" kepha angalaleli imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, lowo muntu ungumqambimanga futhi akahlali eqinisweni. Kepha labo abalalela izwi likaNkulunkulu babonisa ngempela ukuthi bamthanda ngokuphelele kangakanani. Le yindlela esazi ngayo ukuthi sihlala kuye. Labo abathi bahlala kuNkulunkulu kufanele baphile izimpilo zabo njengoJesu. (1 Johane 2: 3-6, NLT)
6. Ukulalela kungcono kunomhlatshelo
Isisho esithi "ukulalela singcono kunomhlatshelo" sivame ukukhathaza amaKhristu. Ungaqondwa kuphela kusukela endaweni yokubukwa kweTestamente Elidala. Umtsetfo bekafuna kutsi ema-Israyeli anikele imihlatjelo kuNkulunkulu, kepha leyo mihlatjelo kanye neminikelo bekungakafaneli kutsi kutsatse indzawo yekulalela.
Kepha uSamuyeli wamphendula wathi: “Yini ethandwa kakhulu yiPhakade: iminikelo yakho nemihlatshelo yakho kushisiwe noma ukulalela izwi lakhe? Lalelani! Ukulalela kungcono kunomhlatshelo nokuzithoba kungcono kunokunikela ngamafutha ezinqama. Ukuhlubuka kuyisono njengobuthakathi nenkani njengokukhonza izithombe. Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yokuthi wenqabile umyalo weNkosi, ukwenqile ukuba yinkosi. " (1 Samuweli 15: 22-23, NLT)
7. Ukungalaleli kuholela esonweni nasekufeni
Ukungalaleli kuka-Adamu kwaletha isono nokufa emhlabeni. Lesi yisisekelo segama elithi "isono sokuqala". Kepha ukulalela okuphelele kukaKristu kubuyisela ubungane noNkulunkulu kubo bonke abakholwayo kuye:
Njengoba, ngokuqondene nokungalaleli komuntu [kuka-Adamu], abaningi benziwa izoni, ngakho-ke, ukuze umuntu alalele [uKristu] abaningi bayokwenziwa abalungileyo. (Roma 5:19, ESV)
Ngoba njengoba ku-Adamu wonke umuntu efa, kanjalo nakuKristu bayakuphila bonke. (1 Kor. 15:22, ESV)
8. Ngokulalela, sithola izibusiso zempilo engcwele
NguJesu Kristu kuphela ophelele, ngakho-ke kuphela okwazi ukuhamba ngokulalela okungenasono nokuphelele. Kepha uma sivumela uMoya oNgcwele ukuthi usiguqule ngaphakathi, sikhula ebungcweleni. Lokhu kwaziwa njengenqubo yokungcweliswa, nayo engachazwa njengokukhula ngokomoya. Lapho sifunda iZwi likaNkulunkulu, sichitha isikhathi noJesu futhi sivumela uMoya oNgcwele ukuthi usiguqule ngaphakathi, yilapho sikhula kakhulu ekulaleleni nasebungcweleni njengamaKristu:
Abantu abajabulayo abalandela imiyalo yaphakade bajabule. Bajabule labo abalalela imithetho yakhe futhi bamfune ngenhliziyo yabo yonke. Azivumelani nobubi futhi zihamba kuphela ezindleleni zawo. Usiyalele ukuthi sigcine imiyalo yakho ngokucophelela. O, ukube izenzo zami bezingakhombisa njalo izimiso zakho! Ngakho-ke ngeke ngibe namahloni lapho ngiqhathanisa impilo yami nemiyalo yakho. Njengoba ngifunda iziqondiso zakho zokulunga, ngizokubonga ngokuphila ngendlela engifanele ngayo! Ngiyakugcina izimiso zakho. Ngiyacela ungangilahli! (IHu. 119: 1-8, NLT)
Yilokhu okushiwo nguPhakade: uMhlengi wakho, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli: “NginguNkulunkulu waphakade, NKULUNKULU wakho okufundisa okulungele futhi ekuhola ezindleleni okufanele uzilandele. Sengathi ulalele imiyalo yami! Lapho-ke ubungeke ube nokuthula okugeleza njengomfula omnandi nobulungisa obekugudluza njengamagagasi olwandle. Inzalo yakho ngabe ifana nesihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle - sikhulu kakhulu ukubala! Kwakungeke kube nesidingo sokubhujiswa kwakho noma ukusika isibongo. "(Isaya 48: 17-19, NLT)
Ngenxa yokuthi sinalezi zethembiso, bangane abathandekayo, masizihlanze kukho konke okungcolisa imizimba yethu noma komoya. Futhi sisebenzela ubungcwele obugcwele ngoba sesaba uNkulunkulu. (2 KwabaseKhorinte 7: 1, NLT)
Leli vesi elingenhla lithi: "Masisebenzele ubungcwele obugcwele." Ngakho asifundi ukulalela ubusuku bonke; kuyinqubo esiyiphishekela impilo yethu yonke ukuyenza inhloso yansuku zonke.