Ingxelo yencoko eyayiphakathi kukaYesu nomfazi ongumSamariya ingumzekelo obalaseleyo wendlela awalufeza ngayo ngokuthembeka uthumo lwakhe. Elambile, ediniwe luhambo, waphumla ngasequleni likaYakobi. Bekusemini emaqanda. Abafundi bakhe babengene eSikare ukuya kuthenga ukutya. Weza ke umfazi ezo kukha amanzi. Isicelo sakhe sokuba amnike into eselwayo samothusa. UmYuda wacela uncedo kumSamariyakazi? Yayingeyondlela ilungileyo yokuqalisa, kodwa ngaphantsi kweenkolelo zabo nokungazi, uYesu wayibona intswelo yokomoya. Wayelangazelela ukubonisa ubuncwane bothando lukaBawo kulo mphefumlo uleleyo.

Wamcela ukuba angabuyi ade aphumle azihlaziye. Yaye akazange acebise ukuba abize intlanganiso enkulu ngokwaneleyo ukuze akwenze kube yingenelo ukuba athethe ngemibandela embalwa ebalulekileyo. Hayi, umsebenzi wakhe nobuntu bakhe wawubonisa kulo mfazi yedwa. Wayengabonakali njengomntu othembisayo; wayehlala esonweni, exhalabele iingenelo zokwexeshana, enomdla kumanzi obomi kuphela ukuba amsindisa kwinkathazo yokukha amanzi, kwaye, njengoko sinokubona kwi-banal yakhe kunye nenkcaso engenamsebenzi, wayengaphenduli ngokupheleleyo emanzini. inyaniso yokomoya uYesu awayityhilayo phambi kwakhe.

Ukanti lo mfazi wayengomnye wabantu abambalwa kakhulu uYesu awabaxelela ngokuphandle ukuba wayenguMesiya. Ekugqibeleni amazwi akhe afika entliziyweni yakhe. Ukuphumelela kokomoya; Waqonda ukuba uYesu nguye owayemdinga. Ngoku wayeyishiyile imagi yakhe kwaye wayefuna ukwazisa uMsindisi kubamelwane bakhe kunye nabahlobo bakhe.

Isipho sexabiso elingenakulinganiswa

Umfazi ongumSamariya ufanekisela inkitha yabantu abo ilizwi leNkosi libhekiswa kubo. Yabantu abaxakeke zizinto zasemhlabeni kangangokuba abanaxesha laloo nto izisa uxolo. INkosi ifuna ukuzityhila kuthi, kodwa siyazivumela ukuba siphazanyiswe yiyo yonke into encinci kwaye ilizwi laYo lilahlekile. Kodwa akazivumeli ukuba adimazeke. Ukuba iNkosi ibingasiziselanga nto ixabisekileyo, mhlawumbi ibingayi kusebenza nzima ukuze ifumane ingqalelo yethu. Kwelinye icala, into ayinikelayo ayinakuhlawulwa ngegolide, ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na eyakha yangena entliziyweni yomntu. Uthando lwakhe ngathi luyamthintela ekusirhoxiseni isipho. Ukuba besinokuqonda ukubaluleka kwayo, besingayi kuthandabuza nangomzuzu omnye ukuyonwabela.

UYesu wathi kumSamariyakazi: “Ukuba ubusazi isipho sikaThixo, nokuba ungubani na lo uthi kuwe, ‘Ndiphe ndisele,’ unge ucele kuye wena, yaye uya kukunika amanzi aphilileyo.” ( Yohane 4,10:3,20 ) UYesu wathi kumfazi womSamariya: Hayi indlela ngokuqhelekileyo uYesu awathetha ngayo ngala manyathelo! Akashiyi mathandabuzo nangantoni na ngaloo nto. Ukuba lo mfazi ebesazi isipho sikaThixo, ebeya kusicela. Wonke umntu unokukholelwa oko. Kodwa kucacile ukuba uya kusabela kwisicelo sakhe. Xa sifunda ukuba yintoni na amanzi obomi kwaye sinxanelwe kakhulu ngokwethu, iNkosi ikwasiva isicelo sethu kwaye iyasiqinisekisa ukuba nathi singawafumana. Kungokwemvelo kuye ukuba asinike amanzi obomi njengoko kunxanelwe thina, eneneni nangakumbi. Kuba unika okungaphezulu, “kungaphaya komlinganiselo… ngaphezu koko sinokukucela okanye ukukuqonda” (Efese XNUMX:XNUMX).

Ulonwabo olungenasiphelo

“Ke yena othe wasela kuwo amanzi, endiya kumpha wona mna, akasayi kuza anxanwe naphakade, kodwa amanzi endiya kumpha wona aya kuba kuye umthombo wamanzi ampompozela ebomini obungunaphakade.” ( Yoh. 4,14:5,6 ) Nantsi inzaliseko epheleleyo; ubomi obupheleleyo, ulonwabo olungenasiphelo kunye nosindiso lwanaphakade. Hayi indlela esikuxabisa ngayo oko uYesu afuna ukukwenzela abalandeli bakhe: ubomi obumangalisayo afuna bona ngabo. Akafuni ukuba abantu Bakhe babe nayo nayiphi na iminqweno engazalisekiyo okanye balambele baze banxanelwe ilize iintsikelelo ezingenakufikelelwa. “Banoyolo abo balambela banxanelwe ubulungisa, kuba baya kuhluthiswa!” ( Mateyu 5:33,23 ) Intsikelelo uMoses awayinika uNafetali yeyabo bonke abantwana bakaThixo: “Yanelani naluyolo, nizaliswe yintsikelelo kaYehova.” uYehova.”—Duteronomi 6,35:XNUMX. UYesu wathi: “Ndim isonka sobomi. Lowo uzayo kum, akasayi kulamba, kwaye lowo ukholwayo kum akasayi kunxanwa naphakade.” ( Yohane XNUMX:XNUMX ) Ngoko ke

Kumhlaba omtsha kukho “umlambo wamanzi obomi, ubengezela njengekristale, uphuma etroneni kaThixo neyeMvana” ( ISityhilelo 22,1:17,13 ). Uphuma kuThixo, kuba “ungumthombo wamanzi aphilileyo.” ( Yeremiya 7,16.17:XNUMX ) Umthombo wamanzi aphilileyo afumaneka kuThixo. Umthi wobomi, omi macala omabini omlambo, ufunxa amandla awo obomi angenakuphela kumsinga wobomi. Hayi indlela ekumnandi ngayo ukusela kulo mlambo! Iimbongi zivuma ngaye; Naphi na apho ingcinga ngaye iye yangena ezintliziyweni zabantu, iye yavusa unxano ekungekho nto yimbi inokwanelisa. Nabani na osela kulo mlambo uyakhululeka kubo bonke ububi kwaye azaliswe luvuyo kunye nolonwabo olungunaphakade. Wonke umntu ebeya kucima unxano lwakhe ngamanzi ayo ayikristale ukuba ebenako. Ukuthululwa kobomi bukaThixo; emikhukulani yawo kukho ngonaphakade nezulu. Ithi ngabahlawulelweyo: “Abayi kuba salamba, bangabi sanxanwa; ngokuba iMvana ephakathi kwetrone iya kubadlisa, ibakhokelele emithonjeni yamanzi aphilileyo; zonke iinyembezi emehlweni abo.”— ISityhilelo XNUMX:XNUMX, XNUMX;

Sele!

Ngoku oku akuxelelwanga kuthi ukuba sivuselele inkanuko yethu yokoyisa. Kangangoko konke oku kungaphaya kweyona ntelekelelo yethu yasendle, kukwangaphaya kwamandla ethu obuntu. Konke oku kuboniswa kuthi kungekhona njengento ephazamisayo, ekhawulezayo yekamva elingaqinisekanga, kodwa njengento enokufunyanwa kwaye yonwabele namhlanje. “Kuba zonke izinto zezenu, ngokwangoku, nokuba zeziza kubakho; “Amandla exesha elizayo” ajoliswe kwixesha langoku (Hebhere 1:3,21.22, 6,4.5). Ukuba kukho othi anxanwe, makeze; nosukuba ethanda, makawathabathe amanzi obomi ngesisa!” ( ISityhilelo 22,17:7,37 ) Ngoko ke, uYesu wathabatha amanzi obomi ngesisa. UYesu uthi kubo bonke abantu abaphila emhlabeni, kuquka nathi: “Ukuba nabani na unxaniwe, makeze kum aze asele!” ( Yohane XNUMX:XNUMX ) Ngoko ke, uYesu wathi:

Lonke ulangazelelo likuYesu

Ukusela amanzi obomi kukusela ubomi bukaThixo. Elinjani lona ukumangalisa ithuba emntwini! Sinokuzalisa ngobomi bukaThixo kwaye sibuthabathe ngokulula nangendalo njengamanzi xa sinxaniwe. Ubomi bakhe bukuzo zonke izipho zakhe, ukuze xa sicima unxano lwethu lokwenyama ngamanzi acocekileyo, sibusele ubomi bakhe. Kodwa zininzi ezinye izinto esizinxanelwe, ingeyiyo nje into eyanelisa iminqweno yethu yenyama. Konke ukulangazelela, konke ukulwela, konke ukunganeliseki, nokuba kusemthethweni okanye akukho mthethweni, kukunxanwa komphefumlo. NguYesu kuphela onokuluphelisa olunxano. Lowo ukholwayo kum, akasayi kunxanwa naphakade.” (Yohane 6,35:XNUMX)

Khawuleza!

Ungacingi ukuba xa ufika usele kukukhukhumala kuba awufanelekanga. Ingqikelelo ayikho ekuseleni. UYEHOVA ukhalazela ukuba siyathandabuza ukwamkela isimemo sakhe nokusela amanzi obomi ngesisa: “Mangalisweni koko, mazulu, utsho uYehova; Ngokuba benze isono esiphindwe kabini abantu bam: bandishiyile mna, thende lamanzi aphilileyo, bazimbele amaqula, amaqula azele yimingxuma, angenakuqulatha manzi kuwo!”

UYesu usisondeza kakhulu kuThixo

Asimele soyike ukuba iBhayibhile iya kusivumela ukuba senze into elunge kakhulu kuthi nelungiselelwe abantu abafaneleke ngakumbi kunathi. Iinjongo zikaThixo ngamnye wethu azinamda. Unqwenela ukufikelela kuye. Akanelisekanga yindoda ehlala kude lee naye, apho kufika kuphela imisinga emincinane, ethontsizayo yentsikelelo yakhe. Ufuna bahlale emthonjeni, apho amanzi obomi asoloko empompoza ngobuninzi. Ukuze aphumeze olu sukelo, uYesu weza kulo mhlaba. Abantu babezishiyile kuThixo, wonke umntu wahamba indlela yakhe. Emva koko uYesu weza ukuze asibonise ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuphila emthonjeni. “Sabubukela ubuqaqawuli bakhe, ubuqaqawuli kanye bowokuphela kwamzeleyo uYise, ezele lubabalo nayinyaniso.” ( Yohane 1,14:XNUMX ) Yena ngokwakhe wasela kumthombo wobomi; ubomi bukaYise babonakaliswa kuye bonke, wathi, esibonisa indlela enqweneleka ngayo, wasinika nathi.

Amanzi aphilisa isono

“Kodwa thina sinesono, sikude noThixo,” sitsho. Ayingomqobo lo! “Ke ngoku, nina enibe nifudula nikude, nithe naba kufuphi ngalo igazi likaKristu.” ( Efese 2,13:13,1 ) Umthombo ovuliweyo ‘unxamnye nesono nokungcola. Isono yayikukuba sawushiya umthombo. “Ngenguquko nokuphumla ninokusindiswa.” ( Isaya 30,15:12,3 ) Sibakho usindiso xa siphethukela kuThixo kuba uzinikela ukuba asisindise. Uhlangulo aluphelelanga kwaye alusebenzi. Kaloku yena ugqibelele, ngokokuba unguThixo ngenkqu, ngenxa yoko, sesakhe isibabalo, sizuza kuye zonke izinto eziyimfuneko. Kwakuxa umjelo wakhe womile kuphela apho kuya kufuneka silambe, kungekhona umzuzwana ngaphambili. Ubuncwane bakhe bubutyebi bethu. UThixo ungamandla obomi bethu. Uyingoma yethu. “Ungumthombo onzulu wovuyo lothando”. Ngoko ke siya “kukha amanzi ngovuyo emithonjeni yosindiso” (Isaya 12,6:XNUMX). Kukho ngaphezu kokwaneleyo kuthi nakumntu wonke esifuna ukunceda. Singadala kwaye sidale kwaye sihlala sivuya, kuba kuYehova akukho kudaniswa. “Kuba Lowo Ungcwele kaSirayeli mkhulu phakathi kwakho.”— Isaya XNUMX:XNUMX .

UYehova uya kukukhokela, angaphezi, awuhluthise umphefumlo wakho ekubaleleni kwelanga, awomeleze amathambo akho; uya kuba njengomyezo onyakanyiswa yimvula, nanjengomthombo wamanzi angatshiyo.” ( Isaya 58,11:36,9.10 ) “Badla ubutyebi bendlu yakho; Ngokuba ukuwe umthombo wobomi.” ( INdumiso 17,22:1,12.13, XNUMX ) Kuphela ngabo basela kuYesu namhlanje baze bahlanjululwe esonweni kumthombo wobomi babo abaya kusela kumlambo oqukuqela uphuma etroneni. Nabani na ongayinxanelwayo namhlanje akayi kuba nanto yakwenza yona ngoko. Ubukho bukaThixo bubuqaqawuli nomtsalane wezulu, yaye uYesu ububengezela bozuko lwakhe. Olu zuko silunikwe ngoYesu (Yohane XNUMX:XNUMX). Kamsinya nje sakuba silufumene, siyakhululwa kulawulo lobumnyama yaye “siguqulelwa ebukumkanini boNyana wothando lwakhe.” Aze ke amandla ehlabathi elizayo asebenze kuthi kwaye asenze sibe nenxaxheba “kwilifa labangcwele ekukhanyeni” ( Kolose XNUMX:XNUMX, XNUMX ).

Unxano lwaphela

Kuphela kungokusela kukaYesu ngoku nangokuyoliswa nguye esiya kuthi sivisisane nomoya nendawo esezulwini. Ngoku sinokuluvavanya uvuyo lwabasindisiweyo size senze isigqibo sokuba siyabafuna okanye asibafuni. Lowo uyigatyayo ekukhanyeni, uhleli ngonaphakade. Abantu abayi kuba nako ukummangalela uYehova ngokuphatha kwabo ngokungekho sikweni nangokubafihlela indlela elinqweneleka ngayo izulu. Akukho mntu uya kukwazi ukuthi, “Ukuba besisazi ukuba lihle kangakanani na, ngesanyule ngokwahlukileyo.” Kuba into eyenza izulu libe yinto enqwenelekayo inikelwa kubantu abasemhlabeni ngoYesu Kristu. Apha unokufumana amava ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukunganxanwa.

Ukuvumela umthombo wobomi ungene entliziyweni yakho: intsikelelo kwabo bandingqongileyo

Lowo ukholwayo kum, njengoko satshoyo isibhalo, kuya kumpompoza imilambo yamanzi aphilileyo, iphuma embilinini wakhe. Wakutsho ke oku ngaye uMoya, ababeza kumamkela abo bakholwayo kuye.” ( Yohane 7,38.39:3,16, XNUMX ) UThixo uzinikela ngomoya wakhe, yaye ngaye uhlala kwinyama efayo. Abo bomelezwayo ngaye kumntu wabo ongaphakathi bamkela uYesu ezintliziyweni zabo kwaye bazaliswe “kwinzaliseko kaThixo” ( Efese XNUMX:XNUMX ). Ngaloo ndlela ke ithende lobomi likuye, kwagqabhuka imijelo yentsikelelo, imilambo yamanzi aphilileyo, iphuma kuye. UYesu wazaliswa nguMoya, kwaye imilambo yamanzi aphilileyo impompoza iphuma kuye ezulwini. Ngoko wamseza umSamariyakazi amanzi obomi ukuze angabi sanxanwa.

Wonke umntu owabelana noYesu ngamava awayenawo koku kudibana uqonda into enye: akukho bani unokuwavumela amanzi obomi aqukuqelele kubo ukuze asindise abanye ngaphandle kokuhlaziyeka nokuziqinisa. Oseza abanye uya kuhlaziyeka naye.” ( IMizekeliso 11,25:4,32 ) Kwakunjalo nakuYesu. Wathi akuqalisa ukuthetha neli bhinqa, wayelambile yaye ediniwe. Kodwa ngokubanyamekela, wahlaziyeka waza womelezwa, kangangokuba xa abafundi bakhe babuyayo baza bambongoza besithi, “Rabhi, yitya!” wakwazi ukuthi kubo, “Ndinokutya endikutyayo eningakwaziyo nina.” ( Yohane XNUMX:XNUMX ) Babecinga ukuba kukho umntu omzisele ukutya, kodwa ukutya kwakhe yayikukuba enze ukuthanda kukaYise. UThixo akabizi abantu ukuba bazidlele bona ngokwabo enkonzweni yakhe, kodwa ukuba basele kumthombo wobomi baze bamzukise, evumela umlambo onika ubomi ukuba uwele phakathi kwabo, baseza imiphefumlo yabo kwaye bomeleze amathambo abo kwaye bawenze intsikelelo kwabanye. amandla ukuba bakhonze ngokuzithandela kwabo.

Ellet Wagoner, Izifundo kwiVangeli kaYohane. Amanzi Obomi. UYohane 4:5-15: I nyaniso ekhoyo, ngoJanuwari 19, 1899.