KwiLevitikus kukho imigaqo emininzi yokuziphatha ekhethekileyo eyanikwa uMoses kumaSirayeli. Zazibhalwe ngocoselelo encwadini. Yayiyimigaqo yeMithetho Elishumi eyayichaza imisebenzi umntu anayo komnye umntu nayityala kuThixo. Ukuba amaSirayeli ayenokuthobela yonk’ into awayeyithembise uThixo, wayeya kuwaxabisa aze awenze uhlanga olunamandla kakhulu. Wayeza kubahlalisa kwilizwe lakwaKanan njengabantu abangcwele nabonwabileyo. Babeya kufumana ulonwabo nonqabiseko lwabo kuphela ekuzalisekiseni imiyalelo yakhe.

“Wathetha uYehova kuMoses, esithi, Thetha koonyana bakaSirayeli, uthi kubo, NdinguYehova, uThixo wenu. Ize ningenzi ngokokwenza kwelizwe laseYiputa, enibe nihleli kulo, ningenzi ngokokwenza kwelizwe lakwaKanan, endinikhokelela kulo, nize ningahambi ngokwemimiselo yabo.” ( Eksodus 2 . :18,3) UYehova wayefuna abantu ababeza kumkhonza ngokuthembeka baze bazahlule kuzo zonke ezinye iintlanga ezazingaloyiki igama lakhe. Wayeyazi ingozi yokunxulumana nabanquli-zithixo. Wayesazi ukuba ukujonga nokuva ngamasiko obuhedeni neentanda-bulumko ezingento yanto kwakuya kuba nomphumo owonakalisayo. Kwakukho ingozi yokuba unqulo olugabadeleyo lwabanquli-zithixo lwaluya kubatsala luze lulolonge olwabo unqulo. Nangona amava abazali ayenokubakhusela, isimilo sabantwana sasisongelwa ngokuqhubekayo. Babesoloko behendelwa ukuba baxelise imikhwa yabantu ababenxulumana nabo.

Lo mthetho uvela kuThixo ngokwakhe unentsingiselo kuthi kule mihla yokugqibela. Ububi buba namandla kwaye uSathana ulalela abo bangalumkanga ngazo zonke iintlobo zamaqhinga. Ukonwaba nokufuna uyolo zizinto zemihla ngemihla, yaye uluntu ngokubanzi lubonakala luzibhokoxa ngokungakhathali nokungabi nasimilo. Umgangatho wehlabathi awumele ube kumgangatho wabo bamthandayo nabamoyikayo uThixo. Ulindele ukuba abalandeli bakhe bahlukane nesono naboni. Ngenxa yokuba abo bathi bangabalandeli bakhe bonakalise igolide esulungekileyo yokuba nobuhlobo nehlabathi, abaxabisekanga kangako emehlweni akhe. Babengenalukholo lokwenene nonqulo lokwenene.

Uncedo kwabasweleyo

Imiyalelo eyanikelwa kuSirayeli wamandulo yayinenjongo efanayo nomyalelo uYesu awawunika abafundi bakhe entabeni. Omabini afanele akuchase ukuzingca aze akhuthaze ububele. UThixo usoloko ecinga ngamahlwempu yaye uxelela abantu bakhe indlela yokuwanyamekela. “Ekungeniseni kwenu isivuno selizwe lenu, uze ungavuni ugqibelele ekupheleni kwentsimi yakho, ungabhikici emva kokuvuna kwakho.”— Levitikus 3:19,9 .

Aze athi, Uze ungamcinezeli ummelwane wakho; Umvuzo womsebenzi uze ungahlali kuwe kude kuse.” ( Levitikus 3:19,13 ) Ngelishwa, ngokufuthi umvuzo uvalwa ngokungacingelwanga okanye ngenkohlakalo kubasebenzi yaye kufuneka bahlawule imalana abayifumana ngokusebenza nzima, okanye babandezeleke. Oku kungabikho kokusesikweni kusenziwa kwiindawo ezikude. Abaqeshi bahlala bebakhulu. Oko akufumanayo phantse kuxhase intsapho enye okanye ezimbini ezihlwempuzekileyo. Xa umntu onjalo esenza ukuba abasebenzi balindele umvuzo wabo osetyenzwe nzima, loo nto iyamcaphukisa uThixo.

Ngoxa sifanele sibonakalise imfesane nothando kwabangamahlwempu, asimele sibathande abo bangamahlwempu ngenxa nje yobuhlwempu bawo “nokubeka isidima somkhulu” ( Levitikus 3:19,15 ) ngenxa nje yokuba emkhulu. Ingakanani lento iphunyeziweyo? Umntu unokuba nobutyebi obuninzi, afumane imbeko nozuko olukhulu ngenxa yesikhundla sakhe, nangona enentliziyo eyonakeleyo yaye ubomi bakhe bungafanelwanga kukuxeliswa. Isikhundla nobutyebi abenzi abantu; ke izandla ezihlambulukileyo, nentliziyo ehlambulukileyo, uya kumamkela uThixo.

Akukho nto ngaphandle kwenyaniso

“Nize ningebi, ningaxoki, ningakhohlisani.” ( Levitikus 3:19,11 ) Onke amaxoki aya kuphelela edikeni lomlilo. Nangona kunjalo, umntu uzixelela ubuxoki obungakumbi aze azenze ngathi ungaphezu kokuba abaninzi berhanela. Zonke inkohliso nokubaxwa kwezinto aziyonyani. Onyanisekileyo, olilungisa, akayi kwenza ngabom ingcamango engeyonyaniso ngentetho okanye ngezimbo zomzimba. Akayi kunika omnye umyalezo aziyo ukuba awulunganga. Ubuxoki bubandakanya injongo yokukhohlisa. Inkangeleko, intshukumo yesandla, inkangeleko yobuso inokuthetha ubuxoki ngendlela ephumelelayo njengamagama. Iimbekiselo neengqikelelo ezidlulisela ingcamango ebaxiweyo aziyonyaniso. Lo mpostile uthi, “Musani ukuxokisana.” ( Kolose 3,9:XNUMX ) Ukuwa kuka-Ananiyas noSafira kubonisa ukuba kwanakwixesha leVangeli, impindezelo ifikela kwabanetyala kanye njengokuba yenzayo ngexesha lamaYuda.

Ubungcwele begama likaThixo

Ize ningalifungi igama lam nixoka, nihlambele igama lothixo wenu; NdinguYehova.” ( Levitikus 3:19,12 ) Igama likaYehova lihlanjelwa ngeendlela ezininzi. Kudla ngokuthethwa kungacinganga yaye kungcoliswe kwincoko yemihla ngemihla ngokuyibiza. Ngokomzekelo, ngokuthi “NguThixo yedwa oyaziyo loo nto!” njl. Abanye bade balibize igama likaThixo bengacinganga emthandazweni. Igama lakhe elingcwele lifanele libizwe ngokundilisekileyo yaye lingaphumi ngokungakhathali rhoqo kwimithandazo yethu. “NKOSI uThixo uSomandla!” “Lingcwele yaye liyoyikeka igama lakhe!” ( ISityhilelo 4,8:111,9; INdumiso XNUMX:XNUMX ) Ubunyulu, ubungangamsha nokulunga kwakhe kusenokucamngca ngako, kodwa yimilebe engcwele kuphela emele ibize igama lakhe. Nangona singaliva ilizwi lakhe livakalisa umthetho entabeni, sinesizathu esikhulu sokoyika nokungcangcazela njengoko benzayo abantu emazantsi eSinayi ngoko. Umthetho kaThixo unzulu ngokungenakulinganiswa nanto. Asinakuziphepha izicelo zakhe. Kuba ngumlinganiselo womgwebo ozayo;

Isono Sokungazi

“Ke ukuba ubani othile wasebantwini balo ilizwe uthe wona ngokulahleka...makazise...idini... ukuba umbingeleli wenze intlawulelo ngenxa yakhe, woxolelwa.” ( Levitikus 3:4,27.28.31, 7,17 ,XNUMX isihlwele) Loo nto yayisebenza nakubalawuli nababingeleli. Nangona wayebizwe nguThixo ngokwaKhe kumsebenzi wabo ongcwele, oku akuzange kubenze bangabi nampazamo. Babehlala besengozini yokwenza isono. Nokuba yenziwa ngokungazi, yahlala isisono emehlweni asezulwini. Ukungazi, ngoxa kunciphisa ityala lomkreqi, ayisosizathu saneleyo ngeMini yoMgwebo. Lo mpostile uthi: “Ukuba nabani na ufuna ukwenza ukuthanda kwakhe, woyazi ukuba le mfundiso iphuma kuThixo kusini na.” ( Yohane XNUMX:XNUMX ) Abo bakufuna ngokupheleleyo ukwazi inyaniso kaThixo nabangayi kushiywa ebumnyameni.

Abantu bahlala besibona isono sabo. Umthetho kaThixo unikelwe kwizazela zawo kanye njengokuba kwakunjalo kumpostile uPawulos. Wayengazi ukuba ungumenzi-mthetho, kodwa wathi wakufika umthetho, sabuya saphila isono waza wafa. Wabulawa ngumthetho waza emva koko, ngokuguquka kwizono zakhe aze ngokukholwa kuYesu, waxolelaniswa noThixo waza waxolelwa nguye.

Amava kaPawulos ebeya kuba namava kumawaka namhlanje ukuba ebethobela izazela zawo ngokuthembeka njengaye. Akazange aqalise imfazwe nxamnye nomthetho kaThixo ngenxa yokuba yayisisixhobo esamgwebayo saza sambulala; okuphikisanayo! Uthi umthetho owawumiselwe ubomi wazisa ukufa kumenzi-mthetho kodwa ubomi kumlandeli.

Umntu namhlanje uyathanda ukumisela owakhe umlinganiselo aze anyathele ekuphela komlinganiselo oyinyaniso. Kodwa xa isazela esileleyo sivuswa kwaza ukukhanya kuvunyelwa ukuba kukhanye kumagumbi amnyama entliziyo yakhe, ufumanisa ukuba uye wawaphula engazi umthetho kaThixo. Ucelwa ukuba aguquke kwizono azenzileyo aze ambathe uYesu ngokholo nobhaptizo.

Abanye bathi baphila ngokona kolwazi lwabo, bengazi ukuba babengaboni phambi koThixo. Ngoko ke, bavakalelwa kukuba babengenakusoleka yaye abazisoli. Kodwa ilizwi likaThixo licacile. Bonke ababekulangazelela ukuyiqonda ngomthandazo babenokubona ukuba yinyaniso. Ngenxa yesi sono sokungazi, njengakwimihla kaMoses, uThixo uya kufuna idini: idini lentliziyo eyaphukileyo netyumkileyo (Iindumiso 51,19:XNUMX). Ekubeni siphethe iBhayibhile, sonke sifanele siyazi size siyenze inyaniso. Kodwa bambi bayala ukuziguqula iinkolelo okanye izenzo zabo, besithi ukunyaniseka kwabo kuya kubasindisa. Abanjalo basengozini yokwenza isono sokuzigwagwisa baze bangaphili ngalo lonke ulwazi ababenalo. Ukuzigocagoca ngokunzulu kunye nofundisiso olunzulu lwezibhalo kunye nomthandazo onyanisekileyo ziyimfuneko ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba umntu akawuphepheli umnqamlezo, kodwa ukhokelelwa kuyo yonke inyaniso, nokuba lingakanani na ixabiso lokuzincama, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ukuthobela akukhululekanga.

Izono ezingaziyo azifuni kuzithethelela, kodwa inguquko. Akukho mntu ufanele acinge ukuba ngenxa yokuba uYesu wafa waza wathwala ityala lomntu, ekuphela kwento amele ayenze kukwamkela uxolelo. Ungamvumeli azive ngathi akuyomfuneko ukuba azisole ngezono ekudala ezenza. Ububele bukaThixo bunomda, yaye isohlwayo sokwaphula umthetho Wakhe ngokuqinisekileyo siya kufika, nangona “umgwebo wongendawo ungakhawulezi uphumezwe.” ( INtshumayeli 8,11:XNUMX ) Ukuba nobubele kukaThixo kuya kusifikela. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba siphila kwixesha apho impindezelo ingalandeli ngoko nangoko izenzo ezibi, isono asiphetshwa kangako yaye “iintliziyo zoonyana babantu zizele kukwenza okubi” (ibid.).

Imiqondiso Yamaxesha, Julayi 22, 1880