Yini noma yini into oyikholelwayo?
UPawulu uqhubeke nenkulumo yakhe kwabaseRoma - “Okokuqala, ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Kristu ngani nonke, ukuthi ukholo lwenu lukhulunywa emhlabeni wonke. Ngoba uNkulunkulu ungufakazi wami, engimkhonza ngomoya wami ivangeli leNdodana yakhe, ukuthi ngaphandle kokuyeka ngikhuluma ngawe njalo emithandazweni yami, ngicela uma, ngandlela thile, manje sengingathola indlela intando kaNkulunkulu ukuba ize kuwe. Ngoba ngilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze ngidlulisele kini isipho esithile esingokomoya, ukuze nina niqine - okungukuthi, ukuze ngigcineke ngikhuthazekile kanye nani ngokholo lwenu nobabili. ” (AmaRoma 1: 8-12)
Amakholwa amaRoma ayaziwa 'ngokholo' lwawo. Isichazamazwi seBhayibhile sibonisa ukuthi igama elithi 'ukholo' lisetshenziswa kabili eTestamenteni Elidala amahlandla amabili kuphela. Kodwa-ke, igama elithi 'ukwethemba' litholakala eTestamenteni Elidala izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-150. Elithi 'ukholo' lingaphezu kwegama leTestamente eNtsha. Kusukela esahlukweni 'seholo lokukholwa' esikumaHeberu sifunda - “Manje ukholo luyinto yezinto ezinethemba, ubufakazi bezinto ezingabonwayo. Ngoba ngalo abadala bathola ubufakazi obuhle. Ngokholo siyaqonda ukuthi imihlaba yadalwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, ukuze izinto ezibonakalayo zenziwe ngezinto ezibonakalayo. ” (Heberu 1: 1-3)
Ukukholwa kusinikeza 'isisekelo' sethemba lethu lokuhlala phezu kwethu futhi lenze ngokoqobo lezo zinto esingakwazi ukuzibona. Ukuze sibe nokholo kuJesu Kristu, kufanele sizwe ukuthi Ungubani nokuthi usenzele ini. Ifundisa kwabaseRoma - "Ngakho-ke ukukholwa kuza ngokuzwa, nokuzwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu." (KwabaseRoma 10: 17) Ukukholwa okusindisa 'ukuthembela mathupha' nokuzinikela kuJesu uJesu Krestu (Pfeiffer 586). Akukhathalekile ukuthi umuntu unokholo olungakanani uma lokho kukholwa kukuthile okungelona iqiniso. 'Yinto' yokholo lwethu ebaluleke kakhulu.
Lapho umuntu ethemba uJesu Kristu njengeNkosi noMsindisi wabo, 'akukho kuphela isimo esishintshiwe phambi kukaNkulunkulu (ukuzithethelela), kepha kukhona ukuqala komsebenzi wokuhlenga nokungcwelisa uNkulunkulu.' (Pfeiffer 586)
U-Heberu usifundisa futhi - "Kepha ngaphandle kokukholwa akwenzeki ukumjabulisa, ngoba oza kuNkulunkulu kumele akholwe ukuthi ukhona, nokuthi ungumvuzi walabo abamfuna ngenkuthalo." (Heberu 11: 6)
Njengengxenye yokukholwa kwabo kwiNkosi yabo uJesu Kristu, amakholwa eRoma anesidingo kwakumele alahle izinkolo zenkolo yamaRoma. Kwakudingeka futhi balahle i-eclecticism yenkolo, lapho izinkolelo zazithathwa emithonjeni ehlukahlukene, ebanzi, ehlukahlukene. Uma bekholelwa ukuthi uJesu 'wayeyindlela, neqiniso, nokuphila,' khona-ke zonke ezinye 'izindlela' bekufanele zaliwe. Kungenzeka ukuthi amakholwa amaRoma ayebhekwa njengabacasukelayo ngoba impilo iningi lamaRoma; kufaka phakathi idrama, ezemidlalo, imikhosi, njll. kwenziwa ngegama likathile wabahedeni futhi kwaqala ngomhlatshelo kulowo nkulunkulu. Babengeke futhi bakhonze ezindaweni eziphakemeyo zenkolo yombusi noma bakhulekele unkulunkulukazi waseRoma (umuntu owaziwa njengombuso) ngoba kwephula ukukholelwa kwabo kuJesu. (Pfeiffer 1487)
UPowula bekathanda amakholwa wamaRoma. Wayebathandazela futhi efisa ukuba kanye nabo ukuze asebenzise izipho zakhe ezingokomoya ukubakhuthaza futhi abaqinise. Kungenzeka ukuthi uPawulu wayenomuzwa wokuthi wayengeke neze avakashele eRoma, futhi incwadi yakhe ababeyibhalela yayiyoba isibusiso esikhulu kubo, njengoba kunjalo nakithi sonke namuhla. Ekugcineni uPawulu wayezovakashela eRoma, eyisiboshwa futhi afelwe ukholo ngenxa yalokho.
IZINDABA:
UPfeiffer, uCharles F., uHoward F. Vos, noJohn Rea. Isichazamazwi seWycliffe Bible. Peabody, Hendrickson Publishers. 1998.
