Rimvume: isango elibanzi lokufa; UYesu: lisango elincinci eliya eBomini
NjengeNkosi enothando, uYesu wathetha la mazwi athuthuzelayo kubafundi baKhe- Intliziyo yenu mayingakhathazeki; uyakholelwa kuThixo, kholwa nakum. Endlwini kaBawo zininzi iindawo zokuhlala; ukuba bekungenjalo, ngendanixelelayo. Ndiyokulungiselela indawo. Ukuba ke ndimkile ndaya kunilungisela indawo, ndiya kubuya ndize, ndinamkelele kum ngokwam; ukuze apho ndikhona mna, nibe khona nani. Apho ke ndiya khona niyazi, nendlela niyayazi. (KuYohane 14: 1-4Wathi ngoko umfundi uTomas kuYesu, “'Nkosi, asazi apho uya khona, singathini na ke ukuyazi indlela?'” Impendulo kaYesu ibonisa indlela ubuKristu obumxinwa ngayo nobukhethekileyo - “'Ndim indlela, ndim inyaniso, ndim ubomi. Akukho namnye uzayo kuBawo engezi ngam. '” (KuYohane 14: 6UYesu wayethethile kwiNtshumayelo yakhe yaseNtabeni-- Ngenani ngesango elimxinwa; ngokuba libanzi isango, iphangalele nendlela, esa entshabalalweni; baninzi ke abangena ngalo. Kuba limxinwa isango kwaye inzima indlela esa ebomini, kwaye bambalwa abayifumanayo. '” (UMateyu 7: 13-14)
Sibufumana njani “ubomi obungunaphakade”? Kubhaliwe ngoYesu - “Kuye kwakukho ubomi, baye ubomi obo bulukhanyiselo lwabantu.” (KuYohane 1: 4UYesu wathi ngaye: Njengokuba ke uMoses wayiphakamisayo inyoka entlango, umelwe kukuphakanyiswa ngokunjalo uNyana woMntu; ukuze bonke abakholwayo kuye bangatshabalali, koko babe nobomi obungunaphakade. (KuYohane 3: 14-15UYesu wathi kwakhona - Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Lowo ulivayo ilizwi lam, akholwe ngulowo wandithumayo, unobomi obungunaphakade; akezi ekugwetyweni; uphume ekufeni, wangena ebomini. (KuYohane 5: 24) Kunye Kuba njengokuba uYise enabo ubomi kuye, ngokunjalo wamnika noNyana ukuba abe nobomi kuye. (KuYohane 5: 26UYesu waxelela iinkokeli zonqulo-- Ziphengululeni izibhalo, ngokuba nina niba ninobomi obungunaphakade kuzo; Kwaye ezi zingqina ngam. Kodwa nina anithandi ukuza kum ukuze nibe nobomi. (KuYohane 5: 39-40)
UYesu wathi kwakhona - Kuba isonka sikaThixo sesi sehlayo ezulwini, silinike ubomi ihlabathi. (KuYohane 6: 33) UYesu wazichaza 'njengomnyango,' Ndim isango. Ukuba umntu uthe wangena ngam, wosindiswa; uya kungena ephuma, afumane utyani. Isela alizi lingazele ukuze libe, lixhele, litshabalalise. Mna ndizele ukuze babe nobomi, babe nabo ke ngokugqithiseleyo. (KuYohane 10: 9-10) UYesu, njengoko uMalusi Olungileyo watshoyo - Ezam izimvu ziyaliva ilizwi lam, kwaye ndiyazazi, zona ziyandilandela. Mna ndizinika ubomi obungunaphakade; azisayi kutshabalala naphakade; akukho namnye uya kuzihlutha esandleni sam. (KuYohane 10: 27-28UYesu waxelela uMarta, phambi kokuba avuse umntakwabo ekufeni - “'Ndim uvuko nobomi. Lowo ukholwayo kum, nokuba ubethe wafa, wodla ubomi. Bonke abadla ubomi bekholwa kum, abasayi kufa naphakade; Uyakukholelwa na oku? (KuYohane 11: 25-26)
Cinga ngeminye 'iminyango' yosindiso: INgqina likaYehova kufuneka libhaptizwe kwaye lifumane ubomi obungunaphakade ngomsebenzi 'wendlu ngendlu'; uMormoni uyasindiswa (aphakanyiselwa ebukhosini) ngemisebenzi eyimfuneko kunye nemimiselo, kubandakanya ukubhaptizwa, ukuthembeka kwiinkokheli zecawe, ukunikela izishumi, ukumiselwa, kunye nemikhuba yetempile; i-Scientologist kufuneka isebenze nomphicothi zincwadi kwi 'engrams' (iiyunithi zamava amabi) ukulungiselela ukufikelela kwindawo 'ecacileyo' apho aya kuba nolawulo olupheleleyo kumcimbi we (MEST), amandla, indawo kunye nexesha; Ikholwa leNew Age kufuneka lisuse ikarma embi nge karma elungileyo, lisebenzisa ukucamngca, ukuzazisa, kunye nezikhokelo zomoya; Umlandeli kaMuhammad kufuneka agcine izinto ezintle kunezenzo ezimbi- ngethemba lokuba u-Allah uya kuba nenceba kubo ekugqibeleni; umHindu kufuneka afune ukukhululwa kwimijikelo engapheliyo yokuvela ngokutsha, esebenzisa iYoga kunye nokucamngca; kwaye umBhuda kufuneka afikelele kwi-nirvana ukuze aphelise yonke iminqweno kunye neminqweno ngokulandela inkqubo yeNdlela esiSibhozo ukugqibezela ukungabikho (I-Carden 8-23).
Umahluko okhethekileyo wobuKristu kukugqibelela kwawo. Amazwi okugqibela kaYesu xa wayexhonywe esifa emnqamlezweni Kugqityiwe. ” (KuYohane 19: 30). Wayethetha ukuthini? Umsebenzi kaThixo wosindiso wagqitywa. Intlawulo efunekayo ukwanelisa ingqumbo kaThixo yenziwe, ityala lahlawulwa ngokupheleleyo. Kwaye ihlawulwe ngubani? NguThixo owenzayo. Akukho nto yayishiyelwe umntu ukuba ayenze ngaphandle kokukholelwa kwinto eyenziweyo. Yile nto ingakholelekiyo kubukristu-ityhila ubulungisa bokwenene bukaThixo. Indoda nomfazi wokuqala awabadalayo abamthobelanga (uAdam noEva). Ukungathobeli kuka-Adam noEva kwabangela ingxaki. Yayiyingxaki enokusonjululwa nguThixo kuphela. UThixo wayelilungisa kwaye engcwele uThixo, wahluke ngokupheleleyo kububi. Ukuze umntu abuyiselwe kubudlelane na Ye, umbingelelo ongunaphakade kwakufuneka wenziwe. UThixo waba lelo dini kuYesu Kristu. Sonke sihlala siphantsi kokwahlulwa ngonaphakade noThixo ngaphandle kokuba samkela intlawulo ekuphela kwayo eyaneleyo yokusizisa kubukho bukaThixo.
Lowo ngummangaliso kaYesu. Unguye kwisityhilelo sikaThixo sokwenene. U-Thixo wayewuthanda umhlaba awudale kakhulu, weza weza egutyungelwe inyama, ukuze asindise mna nawe. Uyenzile yonke. Yiloo nto isela emnqamlezweni owasweleka ecaleni kukaYesu wayenokuba kunye noYesu eparadesi, kuba kwakufuneka ukholo kuYesu kuphela, ayikho enye into kwaye akukho okunye.
UbuKristu abuyonqulo. Inkolo ifuna umntu kunye nemizamo yakhe. UYesu weza kuzisa ubomi. Weza kunika inkululeko kwinkolo. Inkolo ilize. Ukuba uzama nangayiphi na indlela ukufumana indlela yakho ngonaphakade, uya kuphoxeka. U-Yesu weza kusinika ubomi. Akukho myalezo mkhulu wokuba. Ilula, kodwa inzulu. Usibiza sonke ukuba size kuye, sikholose ngaye kwinto ayenzileyo. Ufuna ukuba simazi kunye noxolo kunye novuyo olungasinika lona kuphela. UnguThixo onothando nenceba.
Ukuba uphila ubomi benkolo, ndingakubuza… ingaba udiniwe? Ngaba udiniwe kukusebenza nokuzabalaza, kodwa ungazi ukuba wenze ngokwaneleyo? Ngaba udiniwe ngamasiko aphindaphindiweyo? Yiza kuYesu. Beka ithemba lakho kuye. Nikela intando yakho kuye. Mvumele ukuba abe yiNkosi yobomi bakho. Wazi zonke izinto. Ubona zonke izinto. Ulawula zonke izinto. Akasoze akushiye okanye akushiye, kwaye akasoze alindele ukuba wenze into angayi kukunika amandla namandla okuyenza.
UYesu wathi - Ngenani ngesango elimxinwa; ngokuba libanzi isango, iphangalele nendlela, esa entshabalalweni; baninzi ke abangena ngalo. Kungenxa yokuba limxinwa isango kwaye inzima indlela ekhokelela ebomini, kwaye bambalwa abayifumanayo. Balumkeleni abaprofeti ababuxoki, abeza kuni ngezambatho zeegusha, ngaphakathi ke beziingcuka eziqwengayo. Niya kubazi ngeziqhamo zabo.(UMateyu 7: 13-16a) Ukuba ulandela umntu ozibanga ukuba ungumprofeti kaThixo, kuya kuba bubulumko ukujonga ngenyameko iziqhamo zakhe. Ithini imbali eyinyani yobomi babo? Ngaba umbutho oyinxalenye yokuxelela inyani? Bubuphi ubungqina bokuba babengoobani kwaye benza ntoni? Inyaniso malunga neenkokeli ezininzi zenkolo kunye nabaprofeti iyafumaneka. Ngaba unesibindi sokuyicinga? Ubomi bakho banaphakade buxhomekeke kuyo.
Iingxelo:
UCarden, uPaul, ed. UbuKristu, iicawa kunye neenkolo. Ithuba: Ukupapashwa kweRose, ngo-2008.
