UYesu ulithemba elibekwe phambi kwethu!
Umbhali wamaHebhere womeleza ithemba lamakholwa angamaJuda kuKristu - “Kuba xa uThixo wenza isithembiso ku-Abraham, kuba akukho namnye umkhulu kunaye anokumfungayo, wazifunga yena, esithi, Inene, ndiya kukusikelela; Waza ngokunjalo, enokunyamezela, walifumanisa idinga. Kuba abantu okunene bafunga lowo umkhulu kubo, sithi kubo isifungo siphelise yonke impikiswano, sise engqinisekweni. Kungoko athe uThixo, ezimisele ukubonakalisa ngokukodwa kwiindlalifa zedinga ukungaguquleki kwecebo lakhe, wakugqinisisa ngesifungo; ukuze sibambelele ekubambeni kwethemba elibekwe phambi kwethu. Eli themba sinalo njengeankile yomphefumlo, liqinisekile kwaye liqinile, kwaye lingena kuBukho emva kwesigqubuthelo, apho umanduleli angene khona ngenxa yethu, noYesu, esenguMbingeleli oMkhulu ngonaphakade ngokohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke. (Hebhere 6: 13-20)
Ukusuka kwi-CI Scofield-Ukugwetyelwa sisenzo sobalo esingcwele apho umoni okholwayo 'evakaliswa' elilungisa. Akuthethi ukuba umntu 'wenziwe ulungisa' kuye kodwa wambatha ubulungisa bukaKristu. Ukugwetyelwa kuvela kubabalo. Kungenxa yomsebenzi wokuhlangula nokucamagushela kukaKristu owazalisekisa umthetho. Kungokholo, hayi imisebenzi. Inokuchazwa njengesenzo sokugweba sikaThixo apho athi ngokuchanekileyo amphathe njengelungisa lowo ukholwayo kuYesu Krestu. Ikholwa eligwetyelweyo livakaliswe nguMgwebi ngokwaKhe ukuba akananto abekwa yona.
Sazi ntoni ngoAbraham? Wagwetyelwa ngokwaselukholweni. KwabaseRoma sifunda - Yintoni na ngoko esiya kuthi, uAbraham, ubawo wethu, ufumene yona ngokwenyama? Kuba uAbraham, ukuba wayegwetyelwe ngokwasemisebenzini, ange eneqhayiya; akanalo ke phambi koThixo. Kuba sithini na isibhalo? Sithi ke, Wakholwa uAbraham kuThixo, kwaza oko kwabalelwa kuye ebulungiseni. Ke kaloku, kulowo usebenzayo, umvuzo awubalelwa ngokwaselubabalweni; Ke kulowo ungasebenziyo kodwa ukholwa kulowo ugwebela abangenabuthixo, ukholo lwakhe lubalelwa ebulungiseni. ” (AmaRoma 4: 1-5)
Kumnqophiso ka-Abraham uThixo wathi kuAbram - “Phuma ezweni lakowenu, kowenu, nasendlwini kayihlo, uye ezweni endokubonisa lona; Ndiya kukwenza uhlanga olukhulu, Ndiya kukusikelela ndize ndilikhulise igama lakho; ube yintsikelelo. Ndibasikelele abakusikelelayo, ndimtshabhise okuqalekisayo; zisikeleleke ngawe zonke izizwe zehlabathi. (IGenesis 12: 1-3) Emva kwexesha uThixo waqinisekisa umnqophiso kwaye waphindaphinda kuwo IGenesis 22: 16-18, "'…Ndizifungile... "
Umbhali wamaHebhere wayezama ukukhuthaza amakholwa angamaHebhere ukuba aphendukele kuKristu ngokupheleleyo kwaye athembele kuye kwaye ashiye inkqubo yonqulo yamaLevi.
"...ukuze kuthi, ngezinto ezimbini ezingenakuguquleka, angenako ukuxoka ngazo uThixo, sithi thina, basindileyo, sabamba ithemba elibekwe phambi kwethu, somelele.. ” Isifungo sikaThixo sasinaye kwaye kuYe, kwaye akanako ukuxoka. Ithemba elalibekwe phambi kwamakholwa angamaHebhere nakuthi namhlanje nguYesu Krestu.
"...Eli themba sinalo njengeankile yomphefumlo, eliqinisekileyo nelizinzileyo, nelingena kuBukho ngasemva kwevel, ”U-Yesu ungene kwigumbi likaThixo kwitrone kaThixo. Sifunda kamva kumaHebhere - "Kuba uKristu akangenanga kweyona ngcwele inokwenziwa ngezandla, engumfuziselo weyenyaniso; ungene ezulwini ngokwalo, ukuze abonakale ngoku ebusweni bukaThixo ngenxa yethu." (Hebhere 9: 24)
"...apho umanduleli angene ngenxa yethu khona, uYesu, eba ngumbingeleli omkhulu ngonaphakade, ngokohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke.. "
Amakholwa angamaHebhere kwakufuneka ajike ekuthembeleni kububingeleli bawo, athembele ekuthobeleni umthetho kaMoses, kwaye athembele kubulungisa bawo; kwaye bathembe into uYesu awayebenzele yona.
UYesu kunye noko asenzele kona ngu anchor ngenxa yemiphefumlo yethu. Ufuna simthembe kunye nobabalo ame ngalo elindele ukusinika!
