USanta wosuku lwangoDisemba 27: indaba kaSt. John the Apostle

Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 27
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Indaba ka-St. John the Apostle

NguNkulunkulu obizayo; abantu bayaphendula. Ubizo lukaJohane nomfowabo uJakobe luchazwe ngokulula emaVangelini, kanye nalawo kaPetru nomfowabo u-Andrew: UJesu wababiza; balandela. Ukuphelela kwempendulo yabo kuboniswa yindaba. UJakobe noJohane “babesesikebheni, noyise uZebedewu, beyolungisa amanetha. Wababiza futhi ngokushesha bashiya isikebhe sabo noyise bamlandela ”(uMathewu 4: 21b-22).

Kulabo ababengabadobi bokuqala abathathu - uPetru, uJakobe noJohane - lokho kukholwa kwakudingeka kuvuzwe ngobungane obukhethekile noJesu.Yibo kuphela ababenelungelo lokuba khona ekuguqulweni isimo, ekuvukeni kwendodakazi kaJayiru kanye nosizi eGetsemane. Kodwa ubungani bukaJohn babukhetheke nakakhulu. Isiko limnika iVangeli Lesine, yize izifundiswa eziningi zemiBhalo yanamuhla zikubheka kungeke kwenzeke ukuthi umphostoli nomvangeli babe ngumuntu oyedwa.

Ivangeli likaJohane likhuluma ngaye "njengomfundi uJesu amthandayo" (bheka uJohn 13:23; 19:26; 20: 2), lowo owalala eceleni kukaJesu eSidlweni Sokugcina, nalowo uJesu unikeze udumo olukhulu lokunakekela unina ngenkathi uJohn emi ngaphansi kwesiphambano. “Sifazane, nansi indodana yakho…. Bheka unyoko ”(Johane 19: 26b, 27b).

Ngenxa yokujula kweVangeli lakhe, uJohn uvame ukubhekwa njengokhozi lwemfundiso yenkolo, ehamba phezulu ezifundeni eziphakeme lapho abanye ababhali bengazange bangene khona. Kepha amaVangeli ahlala ekhuluma ngokusobala aveza ezinye izici zobuntu. UJesu wanikeza uJakobe noJohane isidlaliso "amadodana okuduma". Yize kunzima ukwazi kahle ukuthi bekusho ukuthini, kunikezwa umkhondo ezimweni ezimbili.

Kowokuqala, njengoba uMathewu esho, umama wabo ucele ukuvunyelwa ukuhlala ezindaweni ezihloniphekile embusweni kaJesu, omunye ngakwesokunene sakhe, omunye ngakwesobunxele sakhe. Ngenkathi uJesu ebabuza ukuthi bangayiphuza yini inkomishi ayezoyiphuza futhi babhapathizwe ngobhapathizo lwakhe losizi, baphendula ngenjabulo, "Singakwazi!" UJesu wathi babezohlanganyela indebe yakhe impela, kodwa akakwazanga ukunika lowo ohlezi ngakwesokunene sakhe. Kwakungokwalabo ababegcinelwe uYise. Abanye abaphostoli babethukutheliswe yisifiso sabazalwane esasinephutha, futhi uJesu wathatha leli thuba wabafundisa ubunjalo begunya: “… [Ngubani] ofuna ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwenu, uzakuba yisigqila senu. Kanjalo neNdodana yomuntu ayizelanga ukukhonzwa, kepha ukukhonza nokunikela ukuphila kwayo, kube yisihlengo sabaningi ”(Mathewu 20: 27-28).

Kwesinye isenzakalo, "amadodana wokuduma kwezulu" abuza uJesu ukuthi akufanele yini babize umlilo ovela ezulwini kumaSamariya angenalusizo, angavumanga ukwamukela uJesu ngoba wayesendleleni eya eJerusalema. Kepha uJesu "waphenduka wabakhuza" (bheka uLuka 9: 51-55).

NgePhasika lokuqala, uMary Magdalene "wagijima waya kuSimoni Petru nakomunye umfundi uJesu ayemthanda wathi kubo:" Bayisusile iNkosi ethuneni futhi asazi ukuthi bayibekephi "(Johane 20: 2). UJohn uyakhumbula, mhlawumbe ngokumamatheka, ukuthi yena noPeter bagijime babambene, kodwa-ke "omunye umfundi wagijima kakhulu kunoPetru wafika kuqala ethuneni" (Johane 20: 4b). Akangenanga, walinda uPeter wamngenisa kuqala. "Naye omunye umfundi wangena, okunguye ofike kuqala ethuneni, wabona, wakholwa" (Johane 20: 8).

UJohn wayenoPetru lapho kwenzeka isimangaliso sokuqala sokuqala ngemuva kokuvuka kwakhe - ukuphulukiswa kwendoda eyayikhubazekile kusukela azalwa - okwaholela ekutheni bachithe ubusuku ndawonye ejele. Okuhlangenwe nakho okuyindida kovuko mhlawumbe kuqukethwe emazwini ezEnzo: "Bebheka isibindi sikaPetru noJohane futhi bebabona njengabantu abavamile nabangenalwazi, bona [ababebuza] bamangala futhi bababona njengabangane bakaJesu" (Izenzo 4 : 13).

Umphostoli uJohane ngokwesiko kubhekwa njengombhali wezincwadi ezintathu ezivela eTestamenteni Elisha kanye nencwadi yeSambulo. IVangeli lakhe liyindaba yomuntu uqobo. Ubona uJesu okhazimulayo nobunkulunkulu esevele esezenzakalweni zempilo yakhe yasemhlabeni. ESidlweni Sokugcina, uJesu kaJohane ukhuluma sengathi ubesezulwini. John's iVangeli lenkazimulo kaJesu.

Ukuzindla

Usekude kakhulu nokukhathazeka ukuhlala esihlalweni sobukhosi samandla noma ukubiza umlilo ovela ezulwini ukuze ube yindoda engabhala: "Indlela esasazi ngayo uthando ukuthi wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yethu. ; ngakho-ke kufanele sibeke imiphefumulo yethu ngenxa yabafowethu ”(1 Johane 3:16).