Kuthekani ngokungena kwindlela entsha nephilayo yobulungisa bukaThixo?

Kuthekani ngokungena kwindlela entsha nephilayo yobulungisa bukaThixo?

Umbhali wamaHebhere uvakalisa umnqweno wakhe wokuba abafundi bakhe bangene kwiintsikelelo zoMnqophiso oMtsha— “Ngoko ke, bazalwana, ekubeni sikholosekile nje ukuba singena kweyona ngcwele ngegazi likaYesu, ngendlela entsha, ephilileyo, awasivulela yona, ephumela ekhusini, oko kukuthi, ngayo inyama yakhe, sinombingeleli omkhulu nje phezu kwakhe. Masithi kwindlu kaThixo, sisondele sinentliziyo eyinyaniso, sinenzaliseko yokholo, sihlanjiwe iintliziyo zethu, sisusiwe isazela esingendawo, nemizimba yethu ihlanjwe ngamanzi amsulwa.” (Heb. 10: 19-22)

UMoya kaThixo ubiza bonke abantu ukuba beze etroneni yakhe baze bafumane ubabalo ngoko kwenziwe nguYesu Kristu. Le yenye yeengenelo eziphambili zoMnqophiso Omtsha osekelwe kwidini likaYesu.

Umbhali wamaHebhere wayefuna abazalwana bakhe abangamaYuda bayishiye ngasemva inkqubo yabaLevi baze baqonde oko uThixo wayebenzele kona ngoYesu Kristu. UPawulos wafundisa kwabase-Efese— “Sinayo sikuye inkululeko ngokuhlawulelwa ngegazi lakhe, ukuxolelwa ke kweziphoso zethu, ngokobutyebi bobabalo lwakhe, awasibabalayo ngabo, ngabo bonke ubulumko nokuqonda, esazisa imfihlelo yokuthanda kwakhe, ngokwengqibo yakhe; awathi kuKristu, icebo elizalisekileyo, elizalise ixesha, lokukumanyanisa zonke izinto kuye, ezisemazulwini nezisemhlabeni. (Funda eyabase-Efese 1:7-10.)

Le ‘ndlela’ yayingekho phantsi komthetho kaMoses, okanye inkqubo yabaLevi. Phantsi koMnqophiso oMdala, umbingeleli omkhulu kwakufuneka enze idini lesilwanyana ngenxa yesono sakhe, kunye namadini ezono zabantu. Inkqubo yabaLevi yabagcina abantu bekude noThixo, yayinganikeli ukufikelela ngokuthe ngqo kuThixo. Ebudeni beli xesha lale nkqubo, uThixo ‘wasijonga’ isono okwexeshana, de kwafika Lowo ungenasono waza wanikela ngobomi Bakhe.

Ubomi bukaYesu obungenasono abuzange buvule isango lobomi obungunaphakade; Ukufa kwakhe kwenzeka.

Ukuba sikholose nangayiphi na indlela ukukholisa uThixo ngobulungisa bethu, siqonde oko sikufundiswa kwabaseRoma ngobulungisa bukaThixo. “Kodwa ngoku kubonakaliswe ubulungisa bukaThixo ngaphandle komthetho, nangona umthetho nabaProfeti ubungqinela—ubulungisa bukaThixo obungokukholwa kuYesu Kristu kubo bonke abakholwayo. Kuba akukho kwahluka; kuba bonile bonke, basilelela eluzukweni lukaThixo, bagwetyelwa ngobabalo lwakhe njengesipho, ngako ukukhululwa ngentlawulelo ekuKristu Yesu, athe uThixo wammisa, ukuba abe sisicamagushelo ngegazi lakhe; yamkelwe ngokholo. Le nto ke yayiza kubonisa ubulungisa bukaThixo, kuba ekunyamezeleni kwakhe uThixo wazixolela izono zangaphambili. ukuze bubonakalaliswe ubulungisa bakhe ngeli xesha lakalokunje, ukuze abe lilungisa, kwanomgwebeli walowo waselukholweni lukaYesu.” (Roma 3: 21-26)

Usindiso luza ngokholo kuphela, ngobabalo kuphela, kuKristu kuphela.