Ngabe impilo oyithandayo kulomhlaba, noma ikuKristu?

Ngabe impilo oyithandayo kulomhlaba, noma ikuKristu?

Amanye amaGriki ayeze ukuzokhuleka emkhosini wePhasika atshela uFiliphu ukuthi afuna ukubona uJesu. UFiliphu watshela u-Andreya, nabo bamtshela uJesu. UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “'Isikhathi sesifikile sokuthi iNdodana yomuntu ikhazinyuliswe. Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Uma inhlamvu kakolweni iwela emhlabathini ingafi, ihlala yodwa; kodwa uma ifa, ithela okusanhlamvu okuningi. Lowo othanda impilo yakhe uzolahlekelwa yiyo, loba ngubani ozonda impilo yakhe kulumhlaba uzayigcinela impilo elaphakade. Uma umuntu engikhonza, makangilandele; lapho ngikhona, nenceku yami iyakuba khona lapho. Uma umuntu engikhonza, uBaba uyakumhlonipha lowo. ” (Johane 12: 23b-26)

UJesu wayekhuluma ngokubethelwa Kwakhe okwakusondela. Wayezele ukuzokufa. Wayezele ukuzokhokha inani laphakade lezono zethu - "Ngoba wamenza ongazi isono ukuba abe yisono ngenxa yethu, ukuze thina sibe ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kuye." (2 Kor. 5: 21); “UKristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho, esenziwe isiqalekiso ngenxa yethu (ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi,‘ Uqalekisiwe wonke umuntu olengiswa esihlahleni ’) ukuze isibusiso sika-Abrahama sehlele kwabezizwe kuKristu Jesu, singathola isithembiso sikaMoya ngokukholwa. ” (Gal. 3:13-14) UJesu wayezokhazinyuliswa. Wayezofeza intando kaYise. Wayezovula umnyango okuwukuphela kwawo umuntu ayengabuyisana ngawo noNkulunkulu. Umhlatshelo kaJesu wawuzoguqula isihlalo sobukhosi sokwahlulela sikaNkulunkulu sibe yisihlalo somusa kulabo ababeka ithemba labo kuye - “Ngakho-ke, bazalwane, ngesibindi sokungena kweYingcwelengcwele ngegazi likaJesu, ngendlela entsha nephilayo asingcwelisa yona, ngeveli, okungukuthi, inyama Yakhe, futhi sinompristi omkhulu wendlu kaNkulunkulu, masisondele ngenhliziyo yeqiniso siqinisekile ngokukholwa, izinhliziyo zethu zifafazwe kunembeza omubi nemizimba yethu igezwe ngamanzi amsulwa. ” (Heb. 10:19-22)

Wayesho ukuthini uJesu lapho ethi 'Lowo othanda impilo yakhe uzolahlekelwa yiyo, futhi lowo ozonda impilo yakhe kuleli zwe uyoyigcinela impilo yaphakade'? Impilo yethu 'kulomhlaba' iqukethe ini? Cabanga ukuthi uCI Scofield uyichaza kanjani le 'simiso yomhlaba yamanje' - "Ukuhleleka noma ukuhleleka kukaSathane okuhlelise umhlaba wabantu abangakholwayo ezimisweni zakhe zaphezulu zokusebenzisa amandla, ukuhaha, ubugovu, isifiso sobumnandi nenjabulo. Lolu hlelo lomhlaba luyakha futhi lunamandla ngamandla ezempi; kuvame ukuthi kube ngaphandle kwezenkolo, kwezesayensi, okwezenkolo, nenhle; kepha, ngokubona ngezimbangi zezwe nezentengiselwano, kufinyelela kunoma iyiphi inkinga yangempela kuphela ngamabutho ahlomile, futhi kubuswa izimiso zikaSathane. ” (IScofield 1734) UJesu washo ngokusobala ukuthi umbuso wakhe awusiwo owaleli zwe (Johane 18: 36). UJohane wabhala - “Musani ukuthanda izwe noma izinto ezisezweni. Uma umuntu ethanda izwe, uthando lukaYise alukho kuye. Kuko konke okusemhlabeni - inkanuko yenyama, izinkanuko zamehlo, nokuziqhenya kwempilo - akuveli kuYise kepha kungokomhlaba. Futhi izwe liyadlula, nenkanuko yalo; kepha owenza intando kaNkulunkulu uhlala kuze kube phakade. ” (1 Joh. 2:15-17)

Elinye lamavangeli kaSathane athandwa kakhulu namuhla yivangeli lokuchuma. Sekusabalale iminyaka eminingi; ikakhulukazi njengoba itelevangelism yathandwa kangaka. U-Oral Roberts, njengomfundisi osemncane, wathi unesambulo lapho iBhayibheli lakhe livuleka ngelinye ilanga evesini lesibili encwadini yesithathu kaJohn. Leli vesi lifundwa - "Sithandwa, ngiyakhuleka ukuba uphumelele kuzo zonke izinto futhi ube nempilo, njengoba nje umphefumulo wakho uchuma." Ephendula, wathenga uBuick wathi uzizwa sengathi uNkulunkulu umtshele ukuthi ahambe ayophulukisa abantu. Ekugcineni uzoba ngumholi womdwebo wobukhosi benkolo ngamadola ayizigidi ezingama-120 ngonyaka, aqashe abantu abangama-2,300 XNUMX.ⁱ UKenneth Copeland waya eyunivesithi i-Oral Robert, ngemuva kwalokho waba ngumshayeli nomshayeli wemoto kaRobert. Inkonzo yeCopeland manje iqashe abantu abangaphezu kwama-500, futhi minyaka yonke ithatha amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi.ⁱⁱ UJoel Osteen naye wafunda enyuvesi i-Oral Robert, manje usephethe umbuso wakhe wezenkolo; kufaka phakathi isonto elinabantu abangaphezu kwama-40,000, kanye nesabelomali saminyaka yonke sama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-70. Inani lakhe lilinganiselwa ngaphezu kwamadola ayizigidi ezingama-56. Yena nomkakhe bahlala ekhaya elibiza ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10 zamaRandi.ⁱⁱⁱ Kusungulwe ikhomishini ezimele ukuthi iphenye ngokuntuleka kokuzibophezela kwamaqembu enkolo angaxoshi ntela. Lokhu kube ngumphumela weSenator uChuck Grassley ohola ukuphenywa kwabashumeli abayisithupha abachuma phambili kwezethelevishini okubalwa kubo uKenneth Copeland, Bishop Eddie Long, Paula White, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyers, noCreflo Dollar. ^iv

UKate Bowler, uprofesa waseDuke futhi ongumlobi wevangeli lokuchuma uthi "IVangeli lokuchuma yinkolelo yokuthi uNkulunkulu ubanika impilo nengcebo labo abanokholo olufanele." Usanda kushicilela incwadi enesihloko esithi Ubusisiwe, ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi exoxa nama-televangelists. Uthi laba bashumayeli abaphumelelayo banayo “Amafomula angokomoya wokuthi ungayithola kanjani imali yezimangaliso zikaNkulunkulu.” ^v IVangeli lokuchuma lithinta abantu emhlabeni jikelele, ikakhulukazi e-Afrika naseNingizimu Korea.^vi Ngo-2014, ummeli Jikelele waseKenya wavimba amasonto amasha ukuthi angasungulwa ngenxa yokuthi “Fakingisimangaliso” ukubheduka. Kulo nyaka nje, uphakamise izidingo ezintsha zokubika ezibandakanya; izidingo eziphansi zemfundo yenkolo yabefundisi, izidingo zobulungu besonto, nokuphathwa kwenhlangano yezambulela kuwo wonke amasonto. UMengameli waseKenya, u-Uhuru Kenyatta, wasichitha lesi siphakamiso ngemuva kokuhlaselwa ngama-Evangelicals, amaSulumane, namaKhatholika eKenya. IDaily Nation, elinye lamaphephandaba ahamba phambili eKenya ibize imizamo yommeli-jikelele "Ngesikhathi," ngoba "Ngokushushumbisa ngezimangaliso ezingekho emthethweni nangezintshumayelo ezethembisa inqubekela phambili yamalungu, laba baholi besonto abangenacala baye bathola imali enkulu ngokulandela futhi bahlukumeza umhlambi wabo ngesihluku ukuze bazizuzele izinto ezibonakalayo."^vii

Cabanga ngeseluleko uPawulu asinikeza umfundisi osemusha uThimothewu - “Manje ukumesaba uNkulunkulu nokwaneliswa kuyinzuzo enkulu. Ngoba asilethanga lutho kulomhlaba, futhi nakanjani asikwazi ukuphuma ngaphandle. Futhi uma sinokudla nokugqoka, sizokweneliswa yilokhu. Kepha labo abafisa ukuceba bawela ekulingweni nasogibeni, nasezinkanukweni eziningi zobuwula nezilimazayo eziminza abantu ekubhujisweni nasencithakalweni. Ngoba ukuthanda imali kuyimpande yazo zonke izinhlobo zobubi, abanye abaye baphambuka kukholelwa ukholo lwabo ekuhaha, bazihlaba ngosizi oluningi. ” (1 Thim. 6: 6-10Uma ubheka izinto zaleli zwe lamanje, qaphela ukuthi uSathane uzisebenzise kanjani ukulinga uJesu - “USathane wabuye wamthatha wamyisa entabeni ephakeme kakhulu, wambonisa yonke imibuso yomhlaba nenkazimulo yayo. Wasesithi kuye: Zonke lezizinto ngizakunika zona, uba ungawa phansi ungikhonze. (UMathewu 4: 8-9) IVangeli leqiniso likaJesu Kristu nevangeli lokuchuma akuzona izingoma ezifanayo. IVangeli lokuchuma lizwakala kakhulu njengesilingo uSathane asinika uJesu. UJesu akazange athembise ukuthi labo Abamlandelayo bayoceba ngokulandela izindinganiso zalo mhlaba; kunalokho, Wethembisa ukuthi labo abamlandelayo bazobhekana nokuzondwa nokushushiswa (Johane 15: 18-20). Uma uJesu ebengacela abashumayeli banamuhla bokuchuma ukuthi benze lokho akucele umbusi osemusha ocebile ukuthi akwenze… ngabe bazokwenza? Unga?

Izinsiza:

Scofield, CI, ed. I-Scofield Study Bible. ENew York: I-Oxford Press, 2002.