Ngaba ubomi obobuthandayo kweli lizwe, okanye ukuKristu?

Ngaba ubomi obobuthandayo kweli lizwe, okanye ukuKristu?

AmaGrike athile awayeze kunqula kwitheko lePasika axelela uFilipu ukuba afuna ukubona uYesu. UFilipu uxelele uAndreya, baza bona baxelela uYesu. Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo, “'Lifikile ilixa lokuba uNyana woMntu azukiswe. Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Ukuba ukhozo lwengqolowa oluwe emhlabeni aluthanga lufe, lona luhlala lungabi nto; kodwa ukuba iyafa, ivelisa iinkozo ezininzi. Lowo uwuthandayo umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; lowo uwuthiyayo umphefumlo wakhe kweli hlabathi, wowulondolozela ubomi obungunaphakade. Ukuba ubani uthi andikhonze, makandilandele; apho ndikhona mna, woba khona apho nondikhonzayo; Ukuba umntu uthi andikhonze, uBawo wombeka. (Yohane 12: 23b-26)

U-Yesu wayethetha ngokubethelelwa kwakhe emnqamlezweni. Wayezele ukufa. Wayezele ukuhlawula ixabiso lezono zethu - Kuba lowo ungazani nasono, wamenza isono ngenxa yethu, ukuze thina sibe bubulungisa bukaThixo kuye. (2 Kor. 5: 21); “UKristu wasithenga, wasikhulula esiqalekisweni somthetho, ngokwenziwa isiqalekiso ngenxa yethu (kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uqalekisiwe wonke umntu oxhonywe emthini) ukuze intsikelelo ka-Abraham ibe sezintlangeni kuKristu Yesu, ukuze isithembiso sikaMoya samkelwe ngokholo. (Gal. 3:13-14) UYesu wayeya kuzukiswa. Wayeya kuyifeza intando kaYise. Wayeza kuvula ekuphela kocango apho umntu wayenokuxolelaniswa noThixo. Idini likaYesu lalijika itrone kaThixo yoMgwebo ibe yitrone yobabalo kwabo bathembela kuye - "Ke ngoko, bazalwana, ndinesibindi sokungena kweyona ngcwele ngegazi likaYesu, ngendlela entsha nengcwele, awasingcwalisela yona, ngenxa yomkhusane, oko kukuthi, inyama yakhe, sinoMbingeleli oMkhulu kwindlu kaThixo. masisondele sinentliziyo eyinyani siqinisekile ngokholo, sifefiwe isazela sethu esibi nemizimba yethu ihlanjiwe ngamanzi amsulwa. ” (Heb. 10:19-22)

Wayethetha ukuthini uYesu xa wayesithi 'Lowo uwuthandayo umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; lowo uwuthiyayo umphefumlo wakhe kweli hlabathi, wowulondolozela ubomi obungunaphakade'? Buquka ntoni ubomi bethu 'kweli hlabathi'? Cinga ngendlela uCI Scofield ayichaza ngayo le 'nkqubo yangoku' - "Ulungelelwaniso okanye ilungiselelo apho uSathana ahlele khona ihlabathi labantu abangakholwayo kwimigaqo yakhe yendalo, amandla, ukubawa, ukuzingca, amabhongo kunye nolonwabo. Le nkqubo yehlabathi iyamisela kwaye inamandla ngamandla omkhosi; isoloko ingaphandle inkolo, isayensi, inkcubeko kunye nenwele; kodwa, ukubona into kukhuphiswano lwesizwe kunye nolwezoqoqosho kunye namabhongo, ixhonywa kuyo nayiphi na intlekele yokwenyani kuphela ngumkhosi oxhobileyo, kwaye ilawulwa yimigaqo kaSathana. " (IScofield 1734) U-Yesu wachaza ngokucacileyo ukuba uBukumkani bakhe abuyonto yeli lizwe (KuYohane 18: 36). UYohane wabhala - “Musani ukulithanda ihlabathi okanye izinto ezisehlabathini. Ukuba umntu uyalithanda ihlabathi, uthando lukaYise alukho kuye. Kuko konke okusehlabathini, inkanuko yenyama, inkanuko yamehlo, noqhankqalazo lobu bomi, ayiphumi kuBawo, kodwa yehlabathi. Kwaye ihlabathi liyadlula, nenkanuko yalo; ke yena owenza ukuthanda kukaThixo uhleli ngonaphakade. (1Jn. 2: 15-17)

Enye yeendaba ezilungileyo zikaSathana ezithandwayo namhlanje yigospile yempumelelo. Sele isasazeke iminyaka emininzi; ngakumbi ukusukela ukuba i-televangelism yathandwa kangaka. U-Oral Roberts, njengomfundisi oselula, wabanga ukuba unesityhilelo xa iBhayibhile yakhe ivuleka ngenye imini kwivesi yesibini yencwadi yesithathu kaJohn. Ivesi ifundwe - "Sithandwa, ndiyakhunga ukuba uphumelele kuzo zonke izinto kwaye ube sempilweni, kanye njengokuba umphefumlo wakho uphumelela." Ukuphendula, wathenga uBuick kwaye wathi uziva ukuba uThixo umxelele ukuba ahambe ephilisa abantu. Ekugqibeleni wayeya kuba yinkokeli yomzobo wobukumkani benkolo kwiidola ezili-120 lezigidi ngonyaka, aqeshe abantu abangama-2,300 XNUMX.ⁱ UKenneth Copeland waya kwiYunivesithi yaseOral Robert, emva koko waba ngumqhubi wenqwelomoya kunye nomqhubi wenqwelo. Ubulungiseleli beCopeland ngoku buqeshe abantu abangaphezu kwama-500, kwaye ngonyaka bathatha amashumi ezigidi zeedola.ⁱⁱ UJoel Osteen wayefunda kwiyunivesithi yaseOral Robert, kwaye ngoku ulawula ubukhosi bakhe benkolo; kubandakanya icawe ehamba abantu abangaphezu kwama-40,000, kunye nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lonyaka lwezigidi ezingama-70 zeedola. Ixabiso lakhe lilonke liqikelelwa ngaphezulu kwe-56 yezigidi zeedola. Yena nenkosikazi yakhe bahlala kwikhaya elixabisa ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezili-10 zeedola.ⁱⁱⁱ Kwenziwe ikomishini ezimeleyo yokuphonononga ukungabikho koxanduva lokuphendula ekuhlawuleni irhafu. Esi sisiphumo sikaSenator uChuck Grassley okhokelela kuphando lwabashumayeli abathandathu bokuchuma kwethelevishini kuquka uKenneth Copeland, Bishop Eddie Long, Paula White, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyers, noCreflo Dollar. ^iv

U-Kate Bowler, unjingalwazi we-Duke kunye nembali yevangeli yokuphumelela uthi "IVangeli yokuphumelela yinkolelo yokuba uThixo ubanika impilo kunye nobutyebi kwabo banokholo olufanelekileyo." Kutshanje upapashe incwadi enomxholo Uyolo, emva kweminyaka elishumi kudliwanondlebe nodliwanondlebe. Utsho esithi aba bashumayeli bempumelelo banayo "Iifomula zokomoya zendlela yokufumana imali kaThixo." ^v IVangeli yokuchuma ichaphazela abantu kwihlabathi liphela, ngakumbi e-Afrika naseMzantsi Korea.^vi Ngo-2014, igqwetha laseKenya lathintela iicawe ezintsha ukuba zingasekwa ngenxa ye “Ukufota ngommangaliso” uqhambuko. Kulo nyaka nje kuphela, uphakamise iimfuno zokunika ingxelo ezintsha kubandakanya; Ubuncinci beemfuno zemfundo yobufundisi kubafundisi, iimfuno zobulungu becawa, kunye nolawulo lombutho weambrela kuzo zonke iicawa Umongameli waseKenya, u-Uhuru Kenyatta, wasikhaba esisindululo emva kokuhlaselwa ngama-Evangelicals, amaSilamsi, kunye namaKatolika eKenya. Isizwe Semihla ngemihla, elinye lamaphephandaba aphambili eKenya labiza iinzame zegqwetha jikelele “Ngexesha elifanelekileyo,” kuba "Ngokurhweba ngemimangaliso engeyonyani nangeentshumayelo ezithembisa ukuphuculwa kwamalungu, ezi nkokeli zingamanyani zecawa ziye zenza into enkulu ngokulandela kwaye zaxhaphaza umhlambi wazo ngokukhohlisayo ukuze zizuzele izinto ezibonakalayo."^vii

Cinga ngengcebiso uPawulos awayinika umfundisi oselula uTimoti- “Ke kaloku ukuhlonela uThixo, kukwanela kunye nokuhluthiswa. Kuba asizanga nanto ehlabathini, kwaye ke asinakuphuma nanto. Ukuba sinako ukudla nempahla yokunxiba, masaneliswe zezo zinto. Kodwa abo bafuna ukuba zizityebi beyela ekuhendweni nakwisirhintyelo, nakwiinkanuko ezininzi zobudenge neziyingozi, ezitshabalalisa abantu entshabalalweni nasekonakaleni. Kuba ukuthanda imali yingcambu yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi, abathe baphambuka elukholweni, ngokuzola, nokuzihlaba izihlabo ezininzi. (1 Tim. 6:6-10Ukujonga izinto zeli hlabathi, phawula indlela uSathana azisebenzise ngayo ukuhenda uYesu - Wabuya uMtyholi wamthabatha wamsa entabeni ephakame kakhulu, wambonisa zonke izikumkani zehlabathi, nozuko lwazo. Athi kuye, Zonke ezi zinto ndokunika, ukuba uthe wawa phantsi, waqubuda kum. (UMateyu 4: 8-9) Ivangeli yenene kaYesu Krestu kunye neendaba ezilungileyo azisiyonto enye. IVangeli yokuchuma ivakala ngakumbi njengesilingo esanikwa nguSathana kuYesu. UYesu akazange athembise ukuba abo bamlandelayo baya kuba zizityebi ngokwemigangatho yelihlabathi; endaweni yoko, wathembisa ukuba abo bamlandelayo baya kujongana nentshutshiso (KuYohane 15: 18-20). Ukuba uYesu ebengacela abashumayeli abachumileyo banamhlanje ukuba benze le nto wayicela umlawuli osisityebi ukuba ayenze… bangayenza? Ingaba unga?

Izibonelelo:

Scofield, CI, ed. I-Scofield Study Bible. ENew York: IOxford Press, ngo-2002.