Yintoni okanye yintoni le nto ukholo lwakho?
UPawulos uqhubeka nentetho yakhe eya kwabaseRoma - Kuqala ke, ndiyabulela kuThixo wam ngoYesu Kristu ngenxa yenu nonke, kuba ukholo lwenu luxelwa ehlabathini liphela. Kuba ulingqina lam, endimkhonzayo ngomoya wam kwiindaba ezilungileyo zoNyana wakhe, ukuba andiyeki ukunikhankanya qho emithandazweni yam, ndicela ukuba, ngandlela thile, okokugqibela ndingayifumana indlela Intando kaThixo ukuba ize kuwe. Kuba ndilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze ndiniphathise izipho zoMoya, ukuze nizimaseke, oko kukuthi, ukuze ndikhuthazwe ndim kunye nani ngalo ukholo olukuthi sobabini. (AmaRoma 1: 8-12)
Amakholwa amaRoma ayesaziwa 'ngokholo' lwawo. Isichazi magama seBhayibhile sibonisa ukuba igama elithi 'ukholo' lisetyenziswa kwiTestamente Endala amatyeli amabini kuphela. Nangona kunjalo igama elithi 'ukuthembela' lifumaneka kwiTestamente Endala ngaphezulu kwezihlandlo ezili-150. 'Inkolo' ligama leTestamente eNtsha. Ukusuka 'kwiholo yokholo' kwisahluko samaHebhere sifunda- “Ke kaloku ukholo yinto yezinto ezithenjiweyo, ubungqina bezinto ezingabonwayo. Kuba ngazo abantu abadala bafumana ubungqina, Ngokholo siyaqonda ukuba indalo le yonke yenziwe yabakho ngelizwi likaThixo, ukuze izinto ezibonakalayo zingaveli ngezinto ezibonakalayo. (Hebhere 1: 1-3)
Ukholo lusinika 'isiseko' sethemba lethu lokuhlala kwaye lenze izinto esingaziboniyo. Ukuze sibe nokholo kuYesu Krestu, kufuneka sive ngaye ukuba ungubani na kwaye asenzele ntoni. Ifundisa kwabaseRoma - "Ke ngoko ukholo luza ngokuva, nokuva ngalo ilizwi likaThixo. (KwabaseRoma 10: 17) Ukusindisa ukholo 'kukuthembela ngokwakho' kunye nokuzinikela kwiNkosi uYesu Krestu (Pfeiffer 586). Ayinamsebenzi ukuba umntu unokholo olungakanani ukuba olo kholo luyinto engeyonyani. Yinto 'yokholo lwethu ebalulekileyo.
Xa umntu ethemba uYesu Krestu njengeNkosi noMsindisi, 'akukho kuphela indawo eguqulweyo phambi koThixo (ukuzithethelela), kodwa kukho ukuqala komsebenzi wokukhulula nokungcwalisa.' (Pfeiffer 586)
AmaHebhere nawo asifundisa- Kodwa ngaphandle kokholo akunakwenzeka ukumkholisa, kuba lowo uzayo kuThixo kufuneka akholwe ukuba ukho, kwaye ungumvuzi wabo bamfuna ngenkuthalo. (Heb. 11: 6)
Njengenxalenye yokholo lwabo kwiNkosi yabo uYesu Krestu, amakholwa eRoma ayimfuneko kwakufuneka azigatye iicawa zonqulo zaseRoma. Kwakufuneka balahle i-eclecticism yenkolo, apho iinkolelo zazithathwa kwimithombo eyahlukeneyo, ebanzi, eyahlukeneyo. Ukuba babekholelwe ukuba uYesu 'wayindlela, yinyaniso, nobomi,' zonke ezinye iindlela 'zinokuchaswa. Amakholwa amaRoma kusenokwenzeka ukuba ayejongwa njengongathandekiyo ngenxa yobuninzi bobomi baseRoma; kubandakanya idrama, imidlalo, iminyhadala, njl.njl. yenziwa egameni lothixo othile wobuhedeni kwaye yaqala ngokubingelela kolo thixo. Kananjalo abanakho ukunqula kwiindawo zonqulo zerhuluneli okanye banqule uthixokazi ongumRoma (umntu obekekileyo) kuba oko kuchasene nokukholelwa kwabo kuYesu. (Pfeiffer 1487)
UPawulos wayebathanda amakholwa amaRoma. Wayebathandazela kwaye elangazelela ukuba kunye nabo ukuze asebenzise izipho zakhe zokomoya ukubakhuthaza nokubomeleza. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba uPawulos wayecinga ukuba akanakuze atyelele eRoma, kwaye ileta yakhe kubo yayiya kuba yintsikelelo enkulu kubo, njengoko kunjalo nakuthi namhlanje. Ekugqibeleni uPawulos wayenokutyelela eRoma, njengebanjwa aze abulawe ngenxa yokholo lwakhe.
IINKONZO:
UPfeiffer, uCharles F., uHoward F. Vos, noJohn Rea. Isichazi-magama seBhayibhile seWycliffe. Peabody, Hendrickson Publishers. Ngo-1998.
