Ngaphambi kwebhayibheli, abantu bamazi kanjani uNkulunkulu?

Impendulo: Yize abantu babengenalo iZwi likaNkulunkulu elilotshiwe, bebengenawo amandla okuthola, ukuqonda nokulalela uNkulunkulu. Empeleni, kunezingxenye eziningi zomhlaba namuhla lapho amaBhayibheli engatholakali, abantu bangakwazi futhi bazi uNkulunkulu.Yisambulo: uNkulunkulu wembula kumuntu lokho afuna ukuba azi ngaye. Noma bekungakaze kube yibhayibheli, bekulokhu kunezindlela ezivumela umuntu ukuthi thola futhi uqonde ukwambulwa nguNkulunkulu Kunemikhakha emibili yesambulo: ukwambulwa jikelele nokwambulwa okukhethekile.

Isambulo esijwayelekile siphathelene nalokho uNkulunkulu akhuluma ngakho emhlabeni wonke nabantu bonke. Isici sangaphandle sesambulo esijwayelekile yileso uNkulunkulu okumele abe yimbangela noma imvelaphi yaso. Njengoba lezi zinto zikhona, futhi kufanele kube khona isizathu sokuba khona kwazo, noNkulunkulu kumele abe khona. AmaRoma 1: 20 ithi, "Ngokubonakala kwakhe okungabonakali, amandla akhe aphakade nobunkulunkulu bakhe, kubonakala ngemisebenzi yakhe kusukela ekudalweni komhlaba, kubonakala ngokucacile, ukuze bangabi nazaba." Bonke abesilisa nabesifazane kuzo zonke izingxenye zomhlaba bayakwazi ukubona indalo futhi bazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona. AmaHubo 19: 1-4 abuye acacise ukuthi indalo ikhuluma ngokusobala ngoNkulunkulu ngolimi olwaziwa yibo bonke abantu. “Abanankulumo, abanawo amazwi; izwi labo alizwakali ”(ivesi 3). Ukudalulwa kwemvelo kucacile. Akekho umuntu ongazithethelela ngesisekelo sokungazi. Ayikho i-alibi yomuntu ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu futhi asikho isizathu sokuba umuntu akholelwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu akekho.

Enye into yesambulo esejwayelekile - lokho uNkulunkulu akwembulele bonke - ubukhona bokwazi kwethu. Lesi isici sangaphakathi sokwambulwa. "Ngoba lokho okungaziwa ngoNkulunkulu kuyabonakala kubo." (KwabaseRoma 1:19). Njengoba abantu benengxenye engabonakali, bayazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona. Lezi zici ezimbili zezambulo ezijwayelekile zibonakaliswa ezindabeni eziningi zezithunywa zevangeli ezihlangana nezizwe zabomdabu ezingakaze zibonwe ibhayibheli noma ezwe ngoJesu, nokho lapho kwethulwa uhlelo lokuhlenga bayazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona, ngoba babona ubufakazi bokuba khona Kwakhe. ngokwemvelo, futhi bayazi ukuthi badinga uMsindisi ngoba unembeza wabo uyabaqinisekisa ngezono zabo nangesidingo sabo Ngaye.

Ngaphezu kwesambulo esivamile, kukhona isambulo esikhethekile uNkulunkulu asisebenzisayo ukukhombisa ubuntu uqobo nentando yaKhe. Isambulo esikhethekile asifiki kubo bonke abantu, kodwa kwabanye kuphela ngezikhathi ezithile. Izibonelo ezivela embhalweni ophathelene nokwambulwa okukhethekile zibonisa inkatho (Izenzo 1: 21-26, kanye neZaga 16:33), i-Urimi neTummimi (inqubo ekhethekile yokubhula esetshenziswa umpristi omkhulu - bheka u-Eksodusi 28:30; (Izinombolo 27: 21; Duteronome 33: 8; 1 Samuweli 28: 6; no-Ezra 2:63), amaphupho nemibono (UGenesise 20: 3,6; UGenesise 31: 11-13,24; Joweli 2:28). NgeNgelosi yeNkosi (UGenesise 16: 7-14; u-Eksodusi 3: 2; 2 Samuweli 24: 16; Zakariya 1: 12) kanye nenkonzo yabaprofethi (2 Samuweli 23: 2; Zakariya 1: 1). Lezi zinkomba azilona uhlu oludlulelayo lokwenzeka ngakunye, kepha ziyizibonelo ezinhle zalolu hlobo lwesambulo.

IBhayibheli njengoba sazi nalo liyindlela ekhethekile yesambulo. Kodwa-ke, kusigaba sakho, ngoba kwenza ezinye izinhlobo zesambulo esikhethekile zingabi namsebenzi ezikhathini zamanje. Ngisho noPeter, obebone ingxoxo phakathi kukaJesu, uMose no-Elija eNtabeni yokuGuqulwa (uMathewu 17; uLuka 9), uveze ukuthi lesi sigameko esikhethekile besingaphansi kwegama elithi lesiprofetho owenza kahle ukusinika lona ukunaka ”(2 Petru 1:19). Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi iBhayibheli liyindlela ebhaliwe yolwazi lonke uNkulunkulu afuna silwazi Ngaye nangecebo Lakhe. Eqinisweni, iBhayibheli liqukethe konke esikudingayo ukwazi ukuba nobuhlobo noNkulunkulu.

Ngakho-ke ngaphambi kwebhayibheli njengoba sazi ukuthi likhona, uNkulunkulu wasebenzisa izindlela eziningi ukuziveza yena nentando Yakhe ebuntwini. Kuyamangaza ukucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu akazange asebenzise oyedwa kuphela, kodwa abaningi. Iqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu usinikeze iZwi lakhe elilotshiwe futhi usilondolozele lona kuze kube namuhla lisenza sibonge. Asinaso isihe somunye umuntu obika kithi okushiwo uNkulunkulu; singazifundela ngokwethu lokho akusho!

Impela, isambulo sikaNkulunkulu esicacile sasiyiNdodana yakhe, uJesu Kristu (NgokukaJohane 1: 14; Heberu 1: 3). Iqiniso lokuthi uJesu wathatha isimo somuntu ukuze aphile kulo Mhlaba phakathi kwethu likhuluma kakhulu. Lapho efela izono zethu esiphambanweni, konke ukungabaza kwasuswa ngeqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu uluthando (1 Johane 4: 10).