USanta Thomas umPhostoli, uSanta wosuku lukaJulayi 3

(1st century - 21 Disemba 72)

Indaba kaSt. Thomas Umphostoli

Mpofu Tommaso! Ubeke umbono futhi ubelokhu ebizwa ngokuthi "Ukungabaza uThomas" kusukela lapho. Kepha uma ebungabaza, naye wakholwa. Wenza lokho okuyisimemezelo esicace kakhulu sokukholwa kwiTestamente eliSha: "Nkosi yami noNkulunkulu Wami!" futhi, ngaleyo ndlela ezwakalisa ukukholwa kwakhe, wanikeza amaKhristu umthandazo ozoshiwo kuze kuphele isikhathi. Uphinde wancoma amazwi ancoma kuJesu kuwo wonke amaKhristu alandela: “Ngabe nikholwe ukuthi kungani nongibona? Babusisiwe labo abangabonanga nabakholwayo ”(NgokukaJohane 20:29).

UThomas kufanele adume ngokufanayo ngesibindi sakhe. Mhlawumbe lokho akusho kwakuxakile - ngoba wabaleka, njengabo bonke abanye, kwaba nokuxabana - kodwa wayengeke abe qotho lapho eveza ukuthi wayezimisele ukufa noJesu. IBethaniya ngemuva kokushona kukaLazaru. Njengoba iBhethaniya yayiseduze neJerusalema, lokhu kwakusho ukuhamba phakathi kwezitha zayo futhi icishe yaholela ekufeni. Ngokubona lokhu, uTomase wathi kwabanye abaphostoli: "Masiye nathi sizokufa naye" (Johane 11: 16b).

Ukuzindla
UThomas uhlanganyela isiphetho sikaPeter onamawala, uJakobe noJohane, "amadodana okuduma", uFiliphu kanye nesicelo sakhe sokuhlanya sokubona uYise, impela bonke abaphostoli ebuthakathakeni babo kanye nokuntula ukuqonda. Akumelwe siziqede ngokweqile la maqiniso, ngoba uKristu akazange akhethe amadoda angenanzuzo. Kepha ubuthakathaka babo bobuntu bugcizelela iqiniso lokuthi ubungcwele buyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu, hhayi indalo yomuntu; inikezwa abesilisa nabesifazane abajwayelekile abanobuthakathaka; nguNkulunkulu oguqula buthakathaka kancane kancane abe ngumfanekiso kaKristu, onesibindi, oqiniseka futhi onothando.