Kwintshayelelo yencwadi yakhe eya kwabaseRoma, uPawulos uqhubeka ngokunaba ngakumbi kubizo lwakhe-- "Ngaye samkele ubabalo kunye nobupostile, ukuze sithobele ukholo phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe ngenxa yegama lakhe, enabizwa ngokuba nguYesu Krestu." (AmaRoma 1: 5-6)
Ubizo lukaPawulos lweza ngoYesu
Umnxeba kaPaul wavela ngqo kuYesu - Kuthe ekuhambeni kwakhe, wasondela eDamasko, waza ngesiquphe wabanekelwa ngeenxa zonke lukhanyiso oluvela ezulwini. Yawa emhlabeni, yeva izwi lisithi kuye, Sawule, Sawule, unditshutshiselani na? Ithe ke yona, Ungubani na, Nkosi? Ithe ke iNkosi, 'NdinguYesu, lo umtshutshisayo. Kunzima kuwe ukukhaba iimbebezi. ' Wankwantya, wakhwankqiswa, wathi, Nkosi, ufuna ukuba ndenze ntoni na? Yaza ke yathi kuye: 'Vuka uye esixekweni, uye kuxelelwa into omele uyenze.' (IZenzo 9: 3-6)
NgoYesu uPawulos wafumana ubabalo
Kwezi ndinyana zingasentla ezivela kwabaseRoma, igama elithi 'ubabalo' libhekisele kumandla nakwizixhobo zenkonzo. Emva kokuba uPawulos ehlangane noYesu kwindlela yaseDamasko, waya eDamasko wayengaboni iintsuku ezintathu, engadli, engaseli ngeli xesha. UThixo waxelela umfundi ka-Ananiyas embonweni ukuba aye apho wayekhona uPawulos. Waxelelwa ukuba uPawulos uyathandaza. UAnaniyas waya kuPaul, wabeka izandla kuPaul wathi kuye - "... Umzalwana uSawule, iNkosi uYesu, obebonakale kuwe apha endleleni njengoko ubuzile, undithumile ukuba uyakubona umbono wakho kwaye uzaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele."(Izenzo 9: 17b)
Ubupostile bukaPawulos
Ilizwi 'ubupostile'kwezi ndinyana zingasentla kweyabaseRoma isuka kwisiGrike'iapostole'kuthetha' ukuthumela, okanye ukuthunywa. UPawulos wathunyelwa ngokuthe ngqo nguYesu Krestu ukuba athathe ivangeli kwiiNtlanga.Ndaya 55). UPawulos wafumana ubabalo kunye nobupostile ukuze azalisekise amabango nemiyalelo kaThixo (Ndaya 795). UThixo wayenomsebenzi ku-Paul ukuba azalisekise, kwaye uThixo wamxhobisela uthumo. UPawulos waqonda ukuba ivangeli yeyabantu bonke 'iintlanga. ' Igama lesiGrike apha elithi izizwe 'I-ethnos'kwaye ibhekisa kwiintlanga, okanye ezizweni; abo bahlukileyo kwaSirayeli (Ndaya 774). In IiNdumiso 2: 7-8, kwaprofetwa ukuba uYesu wayeya kulidla ilifa 'iintlanga'- "Ndiwubhengezile lo mthetho uthi: 'Utsho uYehova kum ukuthi:' UnguNyana wam wena, ndikuzele namhlanje; Cela kum, ndikunike iintlanga zibe lilifa lakho, Iziphelo zehlabathi zibe zezakho.U-Isaya waprofeta- "Khangela! Umkhonzi wam endimxhasayo, umnyulwa wam, okholwa nguye umphefumlo wam. Ndibeka uMoya wam phezu kwakhe; Uya kuzisa ubulungisa kwiintlanga."(Isaya 42: 1) kunye no-Mna, Yehova, ndikubize ngobulungisa, ndibambe isandla sakho; Ndiza kukugcina ndikunike ube ngumnqophiso wabantu, njengokukhanya kwabeeNtlanga, ukuvula amehlo angaboni, ukukhupha amabanjwa entolongweni, abo bahleli ebumnyameni endlwini yejele."(UIsaya 42: 6-7U-Isaya waphinda waprofeta ukuba oyiNgcwele, okanye uMesiya uzakuba lukhanyiselo kwiintlanga -Inene, uthi, Yinto encinanana, ukuba ube ngumkhonzi wam wokuphakamisa izizwe zakwaYakobi, ubuyise abagciniweyo bakwaSirayeli; Ndikunika isikhanyiselo seentlanga, ukuba ube lusindiso lwam, ude ufike eziphelweni zehlabathi."(Isaya 49: 6)
Ivangeli yayikho kwaye ilungiselelwe bonke abantu
UPawulos wadibana neNkosi evukile, wayesazi ukuba uYesu wayenguMesiya owayeprofetwe. UPaul wayeqonda nokuba ivangeli yayingagalelwanga amaJuda kuphela, kodwa yayiyezizwe zonke. UPaul walikhulisa igama likaYesu kwaye wabhengeza into awayeyenzela abantu bonke. UPawulos wathi amaRoma awayebhalela nawo ayekwabizwa ngokuba 'nguYesu Kristu'. Umnxeba kaThixo unokuchazwa 'njengento yesenzo esabongoza abantu ukuba bamkele ngokholo usindiso olunikezwe nguKrestu' (Amathanga 265). UThixo wabhengeza ngo-IsayaKuba utsho uYehova, uMyili wezulu, Ngubani na onguThixo, uMenzi wehlabathi, uMseki walo, Ngubani na ongawumbanga lilize, ayikho enye. Andithethanga emfihlekweni, endaweni emnyama yomhlaba; Anditshongo embewini kaYakobi ukuthi, Ndifuneni ilize. Mna Yehova ndithetha ubulungisa, ndixela into ethe tye, Zihlanganiseni, nize; Sondelani kunye, nina nisindileyo ezintlangeni. Abazi, abathwala iinkuni zomfanekiso wabo oqingqiweyo, bathandaza kuthixo ongenakusindisa. Xela uvelise ityala lakho; Ewe, mabucebisane kunye. Ngubani na owakuxelayo oku, kwanini? Ngubani oxele kwelaxesha? Asindim na, mna Ndikhoyo? Kwaye akukho thixo wumbi ngaphandle kwam, nguThixo olilungisa noMsindisi; Akukho namnye ngaphandle kwam. Ndijonge, nisindiswe, nonke ziphelo zomhlaba. Kuba ndinguThixo, akukho wumbi."(UIsaya 45: 18-22) Ukuba uyalandela 'omnye'uthixo; ingenguye uThixo ophilayo noyinyani osebhayibhileni, ungakujonga okwenzelwe nguYesu? Yonke iBhayibhile yimbali lentlawulelo. UThixo ufuna ukuba uze kuye kwaye umthembe ukuba uyakuthanda. Ufuna ukuba wazi ukuba izono zakho zihlawulelwe nguYesu Krestu emnqamlezweni. Baninzi kakhulu oothixo okanye izithixo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo onokuthi ukhethe ukuzilandela; kodwa akukho namnye kubo onokukunika ubomi obungunaphakade. NguYesu kuphela ovukile kwabafileyo. NguYesu kuphela ohlawule ixabiso lezono zakho. Ukuba uyabuthemba ubulungisa bakhe, ayisiyiyo ukulunga kwakho, ungaphumla kuye. UYesu uyakuthanda. Uyakuthanda kangangokuba wakufela. Awuyi kuyiguqula intliziyo yakho nobomi bakho kuYe…
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