Esethulweni sencwadi yakhe eya kwabaseRoma, uPaul uyaqhubeka nokunaba ngobizo lwakhe - "Ngaye samukele umusa nobuphostoli bokulalela ukholo ezizweni zonke ngegama lakhe, enibizwa ngegama likaJesu Kristu." (AmaRoma 1: 5-6)
Ikholi kaPawulu yeza ngoJesu
Ucingo lukaPaul lwavela ngokuqondile kuJesu - “Lapho ehamba wasondela eDamaseku, futhi kungazelelwe ukukhanya okukhulu kwamzungeza kuvela ezulwini. Wabe esewa phansi, wezwa izwi lithi kuye, 'Sawuli, Sawula, ungishushiselani?' Wasesithi: Ungubani, Nkosi? INkosi yabe isithi, 'Mina nginguJesu omzingelayo. Kunzima ngawe ukukhahlela izigaxa. ' Ngakho-ke, yathuthumela futhi yamangala, yathi, 'Nkosi, ufunani kimi?' INkosi yasisithi kuye: 'Vuka uye edolobheni, uzotshelwa okufanele ukwenze.' ” (Izenzo 9: 3-6)
NgoJesu uPhawuli wemukela umusa
Emavesini angenhla avela kwabaseRoma, igama elithi 'umusa' lisho amandla nemishini yenkonzo. Ngemuva kwekutsi Pawula ahlangane naJesu emgwacweni waseDamaseko, waya eDamaseku beseyimpumputhe emalanga lamatsatfu, kazange adle noma aphuze ngalesi sikhathi. Unkulunkulu watshela umfundi kaKhristu ogama lakhe lingu-Ananiya embonweni ukuthi aye lapho ayekhona uPawulu. Watshelwa ukuthi uPaul wayethandaza. U-Ananiya waya kuPawuli, wabeka izandla zakhe kuPowula wathi kuye - “... UMfowethu Saule, iNkosi uJesu, obonakale kuwe endleleni njengoba ufikile, ungithumile ukuthi uzokubona futhi ugcwaliswe ngoMoya oNgcwele."(Izenzo 9: 17b)
Ubuphostoli bukaPawulu
Igama elithi 'ubuphostoli'emavesini angenhla avela kwabaseRoma avela esiGrikhi'i-apostole'okusho' ukuthumela, noma ukuthunywa. ' UPawulu wathunywa nguJesu Kristu ngqo ukuba athathe ivangeli kwabeZizwe (Ngize 55). UPawulu wamukela umusa nobuphostoli ukuze afeze izicelo nemiyalo kaNkulunkulu (Ngize 795). UNkulunkulu wayenomsebenzi ayefuna ukuwufeza, futhi uNkulunkulu wamhlomisela lowo msebenzi. UPowula walemuka bona ivangeli belingelabo bokeizizwe. ' Igama lesiGrikhi lapha ezizweni lithi 'ethnos'futhi libhekisele ezizweni, noma ezizweni; labo ababehlukile ku-Israyeli (Ngize 774). Ngaphakathi AmaHubo 2: 7-8, kwakuprofethwe ukuthi uJesu wayezolidla ifa 'izizwe'- “Ngizomemezela isimemezelo: INkosi ithe kimi, 'UyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele. Cela kimi, ngikunike izizwe zibe yifa lakho, nemikhawulo yomhlaba ibe yeyakho. '"U-Isaya waprofeta -"Bheka! Inceku yami engiyisekelayo, okhethiweyo wami okhethiwe umphefumulo wami! Ngibeke uMoya wami phezu kwakhe; Uzoletha ubulungiswa kwabezizwe."(U-Isaya 42: 1) kanye no-Mina, iNkosi, ngikubizile ngokulunga, ngizakubamba isandla sakho; Ngizokugcina futhi ngikunikeze ube yisivumelwano kubantu, njengokukhanya kwabeZizwe, ukuvula amehlo oyimpumputhe, ukukhipha iziboshwa ejele, labo abahlala ebumnyameni endlini yetilongo."(U-Isaya 42: 6-7) U-Isaya waphinde waprofeta ukuthi oNgcwele, noma uMesiya wayezoba kanjani ukukhanya ezizweni zabeZizwe - "Impela uthi, 'Kuyinto encane kakhulu ukuthi kufanele ube yiNceku yami ukukhulisa izizwe zikaJakobe, futhi ubuyisele abagcinwe bakwa-Israyeli; Ngizokunika futhi ube ngukukhanya kwabezizwe, ukuthi ube yinsindiso yami kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba. '"(U-Isaya 49: 6)
IVangeli lalikhona futhi lenzelwe bonke abantu
UPawulu wayehlangane neNkosi evukile, futhi wayazi ukuthi uJesu wayenguMesiya owayeprofethwe. UPowula godu wakuzwisisa ukuthi ivangeli bekungelona elenzelwe amaJuda kuphela, kodwa lalenzelwe zonke izizwe. UPawuli waphakamisa igama likaJesu futhi wamemezela lokho akwenzele bonke abantu. UPawulu wathi amaRoma ayewabhalela nawo ayengabizwa nangokuthi 'ababizwa' bakaJesu Kristu. Ucingo lukaNkulunkulu lungachazwa ngokuthi 'leso senzo somusa lapho emema abantu ukuba bamukele ngokholo insindiso enikezwe nguKristu' (I-Thiessen 265). UNkulunkulu wamemezela ngo-Isaya - "Ngoba isho kanje iNKOSI, ukuthi ngubani owadala amazulu, ngubani uNkulunkulu, owabumba umhlaba, wawenza, Ngubani owawumbayo, Ngubani ongawudalelanga ize, Ngubani owabumba ukuba uhlalwe? akekho omunye. Angikhulumanga ekusithekeni, endaweni emnyama yomhlaba; Angishongo enzalweni kaJakobe ukuthi, 'Ngifuneni ngeze'; Mina, iNkosi, ngikhuluma ukulunga, ngimemezela izinto ezilungile. Buthanani nize; sondelani ndawonye nina eniphunyukile ezizweni. Abanalo ulwazi, abaphethe izinkuni zesithombe sabo esibaziweyo, bakhuleke kunkulunkulu ongenakusindisa. Tshela futhi ulethe udaba lwakho; Yebo, mabenze izeluleko ndawonye. Ngubani owamemezela lokhu kusukela endulo? Ngubani otshele kusukela ngaleso sikhathi? Anginaye, Nkosi? Futhi akekho omunye uNkulunkulu ngaphandle Kwami, uNkulunkulu olungileyo noMsindisi; akekho ngaphandle kwami. Bhekani kimi, nisindiswe, nina nonke mikhawulo yomhlaba! Ngoba nginguNkulunkulu, futhi akekho omunye."(U-Isaya 45: 18-22) Uma ulandela 'elinye'unkulunkulu; hhayi uNkulunkulu ophilayo noyiqiniso weBhayibheli, ungacabanga ngalokho akwenzele khona uJesu? Lonke iBhayibheli liyindaba yokuhlenga. UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuthi uze kuye futhi wethembe ukuthi uyakuthanda. Ufuna wazi ukuthi izono zakho zikhokhelwe nguJesu Kristu esiphambanweni. Kunonkulunkulu abaningi noma izithixo eziningi kakhulu ongazikhetha ukuzilandela; kepha akukho noyedwa kubo ongakunika impilo yaphakade. NguJesu kuphela ovukile kwabafileyo. NguJesu kuphela okhokhele inani lezono zakho. Uma uthembela ukulunga kwakhe, hhayi ukulunga kwakho, ungaphumula kuye. UJesu uyakuthanda. Ukuthanda kakhulu waze wakufela. Ngeke yini uphendulele inhliziyo yakho nokuphila kwakho kuYe…
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