Melika: ufile esonweni kwaye ufuna impilo entsha!
UYesu uxelela abafundi bakhe - 'ULazaro, umhlobo wethu, ulele; ndiyaya ukuba ndimvuse.' Baphendula bathi - “'Nkosi, ukuba ulele, uya kuphila.'” Emva koko uYesu wacacisa ukuba uthetha ukuthini-- “'ULazaro ufile. Ndiyavuya ke ngenxa yenu, ukuba ndibe ndingekho khona, ukuze nikholwe. Noko ke masiye kuye. (KuYohane 11: 11-15Ngexesha lokufika kwabo eBhethani, uLazaro wayesele esengcwabeni iintsuku ezine. AmaYuda amaninzi ayeze kuthuthuzela uMariya noMarta ngokusweleka komntakwabo. Akuva ngoko uMarta ukuba uYesu uyeza, wamhlangabeza, wathi kuye. “'Nkosi, ukuba ubulapha umntakwethu ngengafanga. Nangoku ndiyazi ukuba, ongathi ukucele kuThixo, oko wokunika uThixo. (KuYohane 11: 17-22Impendulo kaYesu kuye yathi - “Umnakwenu uya kubuya avuke.” UMarta waphendula - Ndiyazi ukuba uya kubuya avuke eluvukweni, ngomhla wokugqibela. ” (KuYohane 11: 23-24Waphendula uYesu wathi, “'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)
UYesu wayesele etshilo ngaye; “'Ndim isonka sobomi'” (KuYohane 6: 35), “'Ndikukukhanya kwehlabathi'” (KuYohane 8: 12), “'Ndim umnyango'” (KuYohane 10: 9), Kunye “'Ndim umalusi olungileyo'” (KuYohane 10: 11). Ngoku, uYesu waphinda wabhengeza ubuThixo baKhe, wathi unawo ngaphakathi kwakhe amandla ovuko nawobomi. Ngokutyhilwa kwaKhe “Ndi…” u Yesu watyhila ukuba uThixo angawaxhasa ngokomoya amakholwa; banike ukukhanya ukuze bakhokele ubomi babo; basindise kumgwebo ongunaphakade; kwaye anikele ngobomi bakhe ukuze abakhulule esonweni. Ngoku watyhila ukuba uThixo wayenako nokubavusa ekufeni kwaye abanike ubomi obutsha.
UYesu njengo bomi, weza kunikela ngobomi bakhe, ukuze bonke abakholwayo kuye babe nobomi obungunaphakade. Ukuhlawulelwa kwethu kwakufuna ukufa kukaYesu, kwaye ubomi bethu bobuKrestu obunyanisekileyo buyafuna ukufa- ukufa kobuntu bethu obudala okanye indalo endala. Cinga ngamazwi kaPawulos aya kumaRoma-- Sisazi nje ukuba umntu wethu omdala wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni kunye naye, ukuze umzimba wesono uphele, ukuze singabi saba ngamakhoboka esono. Kuba lowo ufileyo ukhululwe esonweni. Ukuba ke safa noKristu, siyakholwa ukuba sodla ubomi kwakunye naye, sisazi ukuba uKrestu ke uvukile kwabafileyo, akasafi. Ukufa akusayi kuba nagunya kuye. Kuba ukufa awakufayo, wakufa kwisono kwaba kanye; Ubomi ke abudlayo, ubudlela kuThixo. (AmaRoma 6: 6-10)
Kuba abo baya kuthi usindiso ngesisa "Inkolo elula," okanye nangayiphi na indlela ilayisensi yesono, cinga ngento eyathethwa nguPawulos kwabaseRoma- Ngokukwanjalo nani zibaleleni ekuthini, ukuba nifile kwisono, kodwa ningabadla ubomi kuThixo, nikuKristu Yesu, iNkosi yethu. Ke ngoko isono masingalawulwa emzimbeni ofayo, ukuze nithobele iinkanuko zawo. Kwaye amalungu enu musani ukunikela njengezixhobo zokungalungisi esonweni, kodwa zinikeleni kuThixo njengabaphilayo ekufeni, namalungu enu njengezixhobo zobulungisa kuThixo. ” (AmaRoma 6: 11-13)
NguYesu kuphela onokukhulula umntu kulawulo lwesono. Akukho nkolo inokuyenza le nto. Ukuzihlaziya ngokwakho kunokutshintsha ezinye izinto kubomi bomntu, kodwa akunako ukutshintsha imeko yokomoya yalomntu-ngokomoya uhlala esesesonweni. Kukuzalwa ngokutsha ngokomoya kuphela okunokunika umntu indalo entsha engathambekiyo esonweni. UPawulos waxelela abaseKorinte - Anazi na, ukuba umzimba wenu uyitempile yoMoya oyiNgcwele ongaphakathi kwenu, eninaye evela kuThixo; Kuba nathengwa ngexabiso. Mzukiseni ke uThixo ngomzimba wenu nangomoya wenu, izinto ezizezikaThixo ezo. ” (1 Kor. 6: 19-20)
Wawaluleka njani uPawulos amakholwa amatsha eeNtlanga avela e-Efese? UPawulos wabhala - “Nditsho ke ngoko, ndiyangqina eNkosini, ukuba anisayi kuphinda nihambe njengoko zihamba ngako nezinye iintlanga, ngamampunge engqiqo yazo, zenziwe mnyama iingqondo, zingazani nobomi bukaThixo, ngenxa ukungazi okukubo, ngenxa yobumfama beentliziyo zabo; abathi bona bakuba beziphene, bazinikele kuko okungamanyala, ukuze basebenze ukungcola konke, bebawa; Ke nina animfundanga ngokunjalo uKristu, ukuba kanti sele nimvile, nafundiswa kuye, njengoko inyaniso ikuYesu. nihlaziywe ke kuwo umoya wengqiqo yenu, nimambathe umntu omtsha, othe ngokukaThixo wadalelwa ebulungiseni, nasebungcweleni benyaniso. Ke ngoko, lahlani ubuxoki, 'Elowo makathethe inyaniso nommelwane wakhe,' kuba singamalungu omnye komnye. 'Qumbani, ningoni': ilanga malingade litshone nicaphukile, kananjalo musani ukumkhwelela indawo uMtyholi lo. Lowo ubayo makangabi seba; kanye ke makabulaleke esebenza okulungileyo ngezandla zakhe, ukuze abe nako ukwabela osweleyo. Makungaphumi nanye intetho ebolileyo emlonyeni wenu; mayibe yesukuba ilungele ukuxuma oko kuluncedo, ukuze ibabale abevayo. Kanjalo musani ukumenza buhlungu uMoya oyiNgcwele kaThixo, owathi kuye natywinwa, naqiniselelwa imini yentlawulelo. Mabukhweleliswe kuni bonke ubukrakra, nomsindo, nengqumbo, nengcolo, nonyeliso, ndawonye nolunya lonke. Ke nina yibani nobubele omnye komnye, nibe nemfesane kakhulu, nixolelane, njengokuba naye uThixo wanixolelayo ekuKristu. (Efe. 4: 17-32)
Ngaba kukhona ukuthandabuza ukuba iMelika isikelelwe ngenyaniso kaThixo. Sisizwe esinenkululeko yonqulo ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-200. Sinelizwi likaThixo-iBhayibhile. Ifundisiwe kumakhaya ethu nasezicaweni zethu. IiBhayibhile zingathengwa ezivenkileni kwilizwe lethu lonke. Sinezinto ezininzi zeecawa esinokuya kuzo. Sinezikhululo zikamabonakude noonomathotholo ezivakalisa ilizwi likaThixo. UThixo usikelele iMelika ngenene, kodwa senza ntoni naye? Ngaba ilizwe lethu liyayibonisa inyani yokuba sibe nokukhanya nenyaniso ngakumbi kunalo naliphi na elinye ilizwe kwimbali yanamhlanje? Kuya kucaca ngakumbi emini ukuba siyakwala ukukhanya kukaThixo, endaweni yoko samkela ubumnyama njengokukhanya.
Umbhali wamaHebhere walumkisa amaHebhere ngobunyani bokohlwaya phantsi koMnqophiso omtsha wobabalo- Lumkani, ningamali lowo uthethayo. Kuba xa bengasindanga abo bamnqulayo lowo uthethileyo emhlabeni, wobeka phi na ke thina, ukusindisa kwethu lowo uthethayo usemazulwini? kodwa ngoku uthembisile, esithi, Kusaya kuba ngumzuzwana endiya kuthi mna ndinganyikimisi mhlaba wodwa, ndinyikimise nalo izulu. Ngoku ke kuthi, kusaya kuba ngumzuzwana, kubonakalalisa ukususwa kwezinto ezishukunyiswayo, njengezinto ezenziweyo, ukuze zihlale zona ezingenakuzanyazanyiswa. Masithi ngoko, sisamkela ubukumkani obungenakuzanyazanyiswa nje, sibe nombulelo, simkhonze ngawo uThixo ngokukholekileyo, sinokuhlonela nokoyika; Kuba uThixo wethu ungumlilo odlayo. (Heb. 12:25-29)
Njengoko uDonald Trump evakalisa into abantu abaninzi baseMelika abafuna ukuyibona isenzeka- iMelika iphinde ibe "nkulu"; akukho namnye wabagqatswa bakaMongameli onokuyenza le nto. Iziseko zokuziphatha zelizwe lethu ziye zawa - zilala zingamabhodlo. Sithi okubi kulungile, nokuba kulungile kubi. Sibona ukukhanya kumnyama, kwaye ubumnyama njengokukhanya. Sinqula yonke into ngaphandle koThixo. Sigcina yonke into ngaphandle kwelizwi lakhe. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo amaMelika ngaxesha lithile angavuya xa efunda amazwi ale Ndumiso- Hayi, uyolo lohlanga oluThixo wayo inguThixo, abantu abanyulileyo, baba lilifa kuye. (KwiNdumiso 33: 12Kodwa ngoku kusenokwenzeka ukuba simamele okubhalwe nguDavide-- Abangendawo baya kujikwa kwelabafileyo, zithi zonke iintlanga zimlibale uThixo. (KwiNdumiso 9: 17)
Melika umlibele uThixo. Akukho ndoda okanye mfazi unokusindisa isizwe sethu. NguThixo kuphela onokusisikelela. Kodwa iintsikelelo zikaThixo zilandela ukuthobela ilizwi lakhe. Asinakulindela ukuba sisizwe esikhulu kwakhona xa simkile kuThixo. Wazisa olu hlanga. Unokuyikhupha. Jonga imbali. Zingaphi izizwe ezingasekhoyo ngonaphakade? AsingoSirayeli. Asinazo izithembiso eBhayibhileni njengazo. Sisisizwe seeNtlanga esasikelelwe nguThixo ngenkululeko enkulu nenyaniso. Kwi-2016, siyikhanyele inyaniso kwaye inkululeko yethu iyanyamalala.
U-Thixo usinike inkululeko yangonaphakade ngobomi nokufa kwakhe. Usinike nenkululeko yezopolitiko. Endaweni yokuba sikhululeke ngokomoya kuKristu, sikhethe ubukhoboka besono. Leliphi ixabiso esiya kudinga ukulihlawula ngaphambi kokuba sivuke kwinyaniso yethu?
