Sibizelwe ukubangcwele…
UPawulos uyaqhubeka nencwadi yakhe eya kwabaseRoma-- "Bonke abantu abaseRoma, abaziintanda zikaThixo, ababiziweyo ukuba babe ngabangcwele: bathi, Makube lubabalo, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu." (KwabaseRoma 1: 7)
Uthetha ukuthini uPawulos xa ebhekisa kumaRoma 'njengeengcwele'? Eli gama 'ingcwele' lihlala lithetha ngomntu ongcwele, obekelwe bucala nguThixo 'ngokungenalusini' ngenxa yenkonzo yakhe. Ithetha ukuthini 'ngokungaphephekiyo'? Kuthetha ukhuselekile.
Umntu uba ngcwele ngantoni? Okokuqala, kufuneka 'bazalwe ngokutsha' kwaye 'bagwetyelwe.' Siyazalwa ngokutsha xa sizalwa ngoMoya kaThixo ngokholo kwinto uYesu asenzele yona. Ukugwetyelwa kukaThixo sisenzo sokugweba apho 'abhengeza ngokusesikweni kwaye amphathe njengelungisa lowo ukholwayo kuYesu Krestu'.
Phantsi koMnqophiso oMdala (iTestamente eNdala), ababingeleli babenikela imibingelelo yeentlobo ezahlukeneyo ezaziziintlobo okanye 'izithunzi' zombingelelo wokugqibela kaYesu Krestu. Ukufa kukaYesu okuhlawulelayo kuzalisekisa umthetho weTestamente eNdala. Ngoku singonwabela iintsikelelo zoMnqophiso oMtsha (iTestamente eNtsha). Ngokholo kwinto eyenziwe nguYesu sinokuphinda sihlaziywe, sigwetyelwe kwaye singcwaliswe ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.
Ukuba uzithobile ukuze uphile phantsi komthetho weTestamente eNdala, ndingakubuza, uyaqonda ukuba ithetha ukuthini iTestamente eNtsha? UYesu uxelela abafundi bakhe - “Musani ukucinga ukuba ndizé kutshabalalisa umthetho, okanye abaProfeti. Andize kuchitha, ndiza kuzalisekisa. (Mat. 5:17Idini leTestamente eNtsha likaYesu Krestu liphezulu ngandlela zonke kuninzi lwamadini eTestamente eNdala. AmaHebhere asifundisa - “Kuba umthetho, unesithunzi nje sodwa sezinto ezilungileyo eziza kubakho, ungenaso sona isimilo sazo izinto, awuze ube naloo madini bawasondeza iminyaka ngeminyaka, ukubenza bagqibelele abo basondelayo."(Heb. 10:1)
AmaHebhere ayaqhubeka nokusifundisa -Ngale ntando singcwalisiwe ngokuqhutywa komzimba kaYesu Krestu. Kwaye wonke umbingeleli umi, elungiselela yonke imihla, esenza amadini aphindaphindiweyo amadini afanayo, angenakususa izono. Kodwa lo mntu, emva kokuba esondeze idini elinye lezono, uhlala phantsi ngasekunene kukaThixo, ethabathela kwelo xesha elinde, zide iintshaba zakhe zenziwe isihlalo seenyawo zakhe. Kuba ngamnikelo omnye ubenze bagqibelela ngokungapheliyo abo bangcwaliswayo."(Heb. 10:10-14)
NjengoMormon okholwayo, 'ndayahlulelwa' ukuba ndikhonze kuloo ntlangano. NjengomKristu weTestamente eNtsha, ndibekelwe bucala ukuba ndikhonze uYesu Kristu. NguThixo kuphela onokusingcwalisa, akukho mntu unako. UPawulos wayeqonda ukuba yena, kunye namakholwa aseRoma, 'babebekelwe bucala' kuThixo. Yena, njengoko kufanelekile, wayezijonga njengomkhonzi kaYesu Kristu. Ungumkhonzi kabani? Ngaba ukhonza umbutho womntu okanye uThixo? AbaseKolose bayasifundisa- Kuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto ezisemazulwini nezisemhlabeni, ezinokubonakalayo nezingenakubonwa, nokuba ziitrone okanye ubukhosi, nokuba ngabaphathi, nokuba ngamagunya. Zonke izinto zidalwe ngaye kwaye zidalelwa yena. (Kol 1: 16) Sonke sidalwe ngoThixo nangoThixo. Ngaba uzinikele kuye kwaye wathembela kwinto akwenzele yona? Ngaba uyamvumela ukuba akusebenzisele injongo yakhe?