UYesu nguThixo
UYesu waxelela umfundi wakhe uTomas. “Ndim indlela, ndim inyaniso, ndim ubomi; Akukho namnye uzayo kuBawo ngaphandle kokuza ngam. Ukuba benindazile mna, ninge nimazile noBawo; ngoku ke niyamazi, nimbonile nokumbona. (KuYohane 14: 6-7Wathi uFilipu umfundi kuYesu, “'Nkosi, sibonise uYihlo, kosonela.'” UYesu wamphendula wathi: “Bendikunye nawe ixesha elide kangaka, kanti awukandazi, Filipu? Lowo undibonileyo mna umbonile uBawo; utsho njani ukuthi, Sibonise uYihlo? Akukholwa na ukuba mna ndikuye uBawo, abe ke uBawo ekum? Izinto endizithetha kuwe, andizithethi ngokuphuma kum; uBawo ohleli kum, nguye oyenzayo imisebenzi le. (KuYohane 14: 8-10)
Cinga ngento eyabhalwa nguPawulos kwabaseKolose ngoYesu: Ungumfanekiso kaThixo ongabonakaliyo, izibulo kwindalo yonke. Ngokuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto ezisemazulwini, ezisemhlabeni, ezinokubonakalayo nezingenakubonwa, nokuba ziitrone okanye ubukhosi, nokuba ziziphathamandla okanye amagunya. Zonke izinto zidalwe ngaye kwaye zidalelwa yena. Ungaphambi kweento zonke, nazo zonke izinto zikuye. Kwaye uyintloko yomzimba, ibandla, osisiqalo, izibulo kwabafileyo, ukuze ezintweni zonke azive kuqala. Kuba kwakholeka kuye uYise, ukuba kuye ngokupheleleyo kuhlale kuye, ukuzalanisa kuye izinto zonke, nokuba ziinto zonke ezisemhlabeni, nokuba zezisemazulwini, nokuba athe wazixolelanisa naye ngoxolo lwegazi lomnqamlezo wakhe. (Kol 1: 15-20)
Zininzi iimbono ezingasekelwanga Bhayibhile ngoYesu ezifundiswe namhlanje. I-Mormons iyakhanyela ukuba uYesu nguThixo, kodwa yiMjonge njengomzalwana omkhulu wokomoya kaSathana (UMartin 252). AmaNgqina kaYehova afundisa ukuba uYesu “wayenguthixo,” kodwa wayengenguye uThixo uSomandla, uNyana kaThixo, kodwa wayengenguye uThixo ngokwakhe (UMartin 73). Izazinzulu zamaKristu ziyakhanyela ukuba uYesu wayenguThixo, zathi “u-Kristu wokomoya” akanasono, kwaye u-Yesu ngokuba "yindoda"UMartin 162). I-Gnosticism yanamhlanje, okanye i-Theosophy iyayichasa imfundiso yebhayibhile malunga nobuntu nobuntu bukaThixo, kwaye iyabukhanyela ubuThixo bukaYesu nedini lakhe lesonoUMartin 291). I-Unitarian Universalism iyabuphika ubuthixo bukaYesu, imimangaliso yakhe, ukuzalwa kweentombi, kunye nokuvuka komzimba (UMartin 332). Intshukumo yeNew Age imgqala uYesu 'njengamandla asisiseko kwindalo,' hayi njengoThixo; kodwa endaweni yoko jonga umntu njengoThixo (UMartin 412-413). KuMuslim, uYesu ungomnye wabaprofeti baka-Allah, uMuhammad engumprofeti omkhulu (UMartin 446).
ITestamente Entsha uYesu nguThixo oweza esenyameni ukuze asifele izono zethu. Ukuba ufuna ubomi obungunaphakade, tyhila kuYesu oyinyaniso weTestamente eNtsha. UYesu wavakalisa - Kuba, njengoko uYise abavusayo abafileyo, abadlise ubomi, kwangokunjalo noNyana ubadlisa ubomi abo athandayo. Kuba kananjalo uYise akagwebi namnye; uthe umgwebo wonke wawunikela kuNyana; ukuze bonke bambeke uNyana, kwanjengoko bambekayo uYise. Lowo ungambekiyo uNyana, akambeki uYise owamthumayo. Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Lowo ulivayo ilizwi lam, akholwe ngulowo wandithumayo, unobomi obungunaphakade; akezi ekugwetyweni; uphume ekufeni, wangena ebomini. (KuYohane 5: 21-24)
UKUQHUBEKA:
UMartin, uWalter. Ubukumkani beenkonzo. IMinneapolis: IBethany House, 2003.
