Abaprofeti bobuxoki banokuvakalisa ukufa, kodwa nguYesu kuphela onokubiza ubomi

Abaprofeti bobuxoki banokuvakalisa ukufa, kodwa nguYesu kuphela onokubiza ubomi

Emva kokuba uYesu etyhile kuMarta, ukuba waye luvuko nobomi; ingxelo yembali iyaqhubeka - Athi kuye, Ewe, Nkosi, ndiyakholwa ukuba wena unguye uKristu, uNyana kaThixo, lowo uzayo ehlabathini. Waza etshilo wemka, waya wabiza uMariya umsakwabo ngasese, wathi, UMfundisi ukho, uyakubiza. Uthi yena, akuva oko, asuke kamsinya eze kuye. (Ke uYesu ebengekangeni phakathi komzi; wayesekuloo ndawo uMarta wamhlangabeza ekuyo. Athe ngoko amaYuda abenaye endlwini emkhuza, akubona ukuba uMariya uphakame kamsinya, waphuma, amlandela esithi, Uya engcwabeni, ukuya kulila khona. UMariya ngoko, akufika apho uYesu ebekhona, akumbona, wawa ezinyaweni zakhe, esithi kuye, Nkosi, ukuba ubulapha, ange engafanga umnakwethu. Uthe ngoko uYesu, akumbona elila, namaYuda abeze naye elila, wafutheka, wakhathazeka. Wathi, Umbeke phi na? Bathi kuye, Nkosi, yiza ubone. UYesu walila. Ayesithi ngoko amaYuda, Yabonani ke ukumthanda kwakhe! Ke abathile kuwo bathi, Ubengenako na lo, wawavulayo amehlo emfama, ukwenza ukuba nalo angafi? Abuye ke uYesu afutheke ngaphakathi kwakhe, eze engcwabeni. Laye ke lingumqolomba, kubekwe ilitye kuwo. Athi uYesu, Lisuseni ilitye. Athi kuye uMarta, udade wofileyo, Nkosi, uselenuka, kuba untsuku-ne efile. Athi uYesu kuye, Anditshongo na kuwe ukuthi, Ukuba uthe wakholwa, wolubona uzuko lukaThixo? Balisusa ngoko ilitye apho abelele khona ofileyo. Wawaphakamisa ke amehlo uYesu, wakhangela phezulu, wathi, Bawo, ndiyabulela kuwe kuba undivile. Mna ke bendisazi ukuba uhleli undiva; ke nditsho ngenxa yesihlwele esixhonteleyo, ukuze bakholwe ukuba wena wandithuma. Akuzithetha ezi zinto, wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Lazaro, phuma. Waphuma ofileyo lowo ebotshiwe iinyawo nezandla ngezithandelo, nobuso bakhe bujikelwe ngeqhiya. Athi kubo uYesu, Mkhululeni, nimyeke ahambe. (KuYohane 11: 27-44)

Ngokuvusa uLazaro ekufeni, uYesu weza namazwi aKhe- “'Ndim uvuko nobomi'” kwinyani. Abo babone lo mmangaliso babona amandla kaThixo okuvusa umntu ofileyo ebomini. UYesu wayethe ukugula kukaLazaro kwakungekho "Kude kube sekufeni," kodwa yayenzelwe uzuko lukaThixo. Ukugula kukaLazaro akuzange kubangele ukuba afe ngokomoya. Ukugula kwakhe kunye nokufa okwethutyana ngokwasemzimbeni, kwasetyenziswa nguThixo ukubonisa amandla negunya likaThixo phezu kokufa. Umoya kaLazaro nomphefumlo wakhe wawushiye umzimba wakhe okwethutyana. Amazwi kaYesu - “'Lazaro, phuma,'” wabiza umoya nomphefumlo kaLazaro ukuba ubuyele emzimbeni wakhe. ULazaro ekugqibeleni wayeza kufa ngokusisigxina ngokwasemzimbeni, kodwa ngokholo kuYesu, uLazaro wayengeke ahlukaniswe noThixo ngonaphakade.

UYesu wathi nguYe "Ubomi." Ithetha ntoni le nto? UYohane wabhala - “Kuye kwakukho ubomi, baye ubomi obo bulukhanyiselo lwabantu.” (KuYohane 1: 4Kwakhona wabhala - Lowo ukholwayo kuNyana, unobomi obungunaphakade; ke lowo ungamviyo uNyana, akayi kubona bomi, ingqumbo kaThixo ihleli kuye. (KuYohane 3: 36UYesu walumkisa abaFarisi bonqulo - Isela alizi ngaphandle ukuze libe, libulale, litshabalalise. Mna ndizele ukuze babe nobomi, babe nabo ke ngokugqithiseleyo. (KuYohane 10: 10)

KwiNtshumayelo yakhe yaseNtabeni, uYesu walumkisa - Balumkeleni abaprofeti ababuxoki, abeza kuni ngezambatho zeegusha, ngaphakathi ke beziingcuka eziqwengayo. Niya kubazi ngeziqhamo zabo. Ngaba abantu bakha iidiliya emithaneni enameva okanye amakhiwane enkunzaneni? Ngokunjalo yonke imithi elungileyo ivelisa iziqhamo ezihle, ke wona umthi ongenguwo uvelisa iziqhamo ezibi. Umthi olungileyo awunako ukuthwala isiqhamo esibi, kanjalo nomthi ombi awunakuvelisa ziqhamo zihle. Wonke umthi ongavelisi ziqhamo zihle uyagawulwa, uphoswe emlilweni. Ke ngoko niya kubaqonda ngeziqhamo zabo. '” (Mat. 7: 15-20Sifunda kumaGalati- Ke sona esoMoya isiqhamo luthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ukuzeka kade umsindo, ububele, ukulunga, intembeko, ubulali, ukuzeyisa. Akukho mthetho uchasene nezinto ezinjalo. (Gal. 5:22-23)

Umphathiswa wobuxoki uJoseph Smith wazisa "Enye" ivangeli, enye apho yena wayeyinxalenye ebaluleke kakhulu kuyo. Umprofeti wesibini we-LDS u-Brigham Young wenza le ngxelo ngo-1857 - “… Kholelwa kuThixo, Kholelwa kuYesu, kwaye ukholwe kuJoseph uMprofeti wakhe, nakuBrigham umlandeli wakhe. Kwaye ndiyongeza, 'ukuba uyakholelwa entliziyweni yakho kwaye uvume ngomlomo wakho ukuba uYesu unguKrestu, ukuba uJoseph wayengumProfeti, kwaye uBrigham wayelilandela lakhe, uyakusindiswa ebukumkanini bukaThixo, " (Isibhengezo sesibini 3-4)

Sifunda kwakhona kumaGalati- Iyabonakala ke yona imisebenzi yenyama, eyile: ukrexezo, umbulo, ukungcola, uburheletyo, unqulo-zithixo, ubugqwirha, intiyo, iimbambaniso, ooburharha, umsindo, oophuma-silwe, iinkanuko, ookubulala, oomona, ookubulala, ubunxila, ubuhenyu, nokunye okunje; endinixelelayo ngenxa engaphambili, njengokuba besendinixelele kade, ukuba abazenzayo izinto ezinjalo abayi kubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo. (Gal. 5:19-21) Kukho ubungqina obucacileyo bembali bokuba bobabini uJoseph Smith noBrigham Young babengabakrexezi (ITanner 203, 225). UJoseph Smith wayeyindoda enamanyala; xa wala umfazi womnye wabapostile bakhe, wathabatha intombi encinci kaHeber C. Kimball yaba ngumfazi wakhe (Tanner xnumx). UJoseph Smith wasebenzisa ubugqi ukuze enze iNcwadi kaMormoni isebenzise ilitye lesonka (Tanner xnumx). Kwiqhayiya lakhe (uphawu uThixo aluthiyileyo), uJoseph Smith wakha wathi- “Ndilwa imposiso yobudala; Ndidibana nobundlobongela bamahlokondiba; Ndijongana neenkqubo ezingekho mthethweni ezivela kumagunya olawulo; Ndilinqumle iqhina lamandla e-gordian, ndaza ndasombulula iingxaki zezibalo zeeyunivesithi, ngenyaniso-yenyani yedayimane; Kwaye uThixo 'uyisandla sam sasekunene' ” (Tanner xnumx) Bobabini uJoseph Smith noBrigham Young babengamadoda anyhashazayo. UJoseph Smith wafundisa ukuba uThixo wayengenguye nje umntu ophakamileyo (Tanner xnumx), kwaye ngo-1852, uBrigham Young washumayela ukuba uAdam “NguBawo wethu noThixo wethu” (Tanner xnumx).

Bobabini uJoseph Smith noMuhammad balibona igunya labo lingaphezulu kokomoya nje. Bobabini baba ziinkokheli zasekuhlaleni nezasemkhosini ezaziziva zinegunya lokuthatha isigqibo sokuba ngubani oza kuphila, kwaye ngubani ozakufa. Inkokeli yokuqala kaMormoni, u-Orson Hyde, wabhala kwiphephandaba le-1844 Mormon- "Umdala u-Rigdon unxulumana noJoseph noHyrum Smith njengomcebisi wecawe, kwaye wandixelela e-Far West ukuba kunyanzelekile kwiCawa bathobele igama likaJoseph Smith, okanye ubongameli, ngaphandle kombuzo okanye kubuzwe. nokuba bekukho ongavumiyo, bachebe imiqala yabo isuswe kwindlebe iye kuye ” (Tanner xnumx). UAnees Zaka noDiane Coleman babhale- “UMuhammad, kwindawo awayekuyo, wayenamabhongo kwaye esenza ngabom. Ibango lobuprofeti, ngokusekwe kwiziqendu ezinje zokuthimba, zamnika iwonga kunye negunya phakathi kwabantu baseArabhu. Ukubhengezwa kwencwadi kaThixo kwatywina elo gunya. Njengokuba amandla akhe ekhula, nomnqweno wakhe wokulawula ngakumbi wakhula. Wasebenzisa zonke iindlela ukuze oyise kwaye oyise. Ukuhamba ngeenqwelo ezirhuqwayo, ukunyusa umkhosi, ukuthimba abathinjwa, ukuyalela ukuba abulawe esidlangalaleni - zonke zazisemthethweni kuye, kuba 'wayengumthunywa onyuliweyo ka-Allah " (54).

Usindiso ngobabalo lukaYesu Krestu lwahluke mpela kwiinkolo ezenziwa nguJoseph Smith noMuhammad. UYesu wazisa ubomi emntwini; UJoseph Smith noMuhammad bakulungele ukuthatha ubomi. UYesu wanikela ngobomi baKhe ukuze abo bathembela kuye baxolelwe ngonaphakade izono zabo; UJoseph Smith noMuhammad bobabini bazaliswa ngamabhongo nekratshi. UYesu Krestu weza kukhulula abantu esonweni nasekufeni; UJoseph Smith noMuhammad baba ngamakhoboka abantu kwinkolo - kwimizamo eqhubekayo yokuzama ukukholisa uThixo ngokuthobela imimiselo namasiko. U-Yesu weza kubuyisa ubudlelwane bomntu noThixo obabulahlekile okoko kwawa uAdam emyezweni; UJoseph Smith noMuhammad bakhokele abantu ukuba babalandele-nokuba bangasongelwa ngokufa.

UYesu Kristu uhlawule ixabiso lezono zakho. Ukuba uthembele emsebenzini wakhe ogqityiweyo emnqamlezweni kwaye uzinikele kubukhosi baKhe ebomini bakho, uyakufumana isiqhamo soMoya kaThixo esisikelelekileyo njengenxalenye yobomi bakho. Ngaba awuyi kuye namhlanje…

Iingxelo:

Tanner, Jerald, kunye noSandra Tanner. I-Mormonism-Ngaba uMthunzi okanye iNyani? ISalt Lake City: Icandelo le-Utah Lighthouse Ministry, ka-2008.

UZaka, iAnees, kunye noDiane Coleman. Iimfundiso eziQhelekileyo zeKurani ngokuKhanya kweBhayibhile eNgcwele. IPhillipsburg: UPapasho lweP & R, 2004