Kulumkele ukutyibilika! Ngu-Ellen White

NgoMatshi 3, 1522, kwiinyanga ezilishumi emva kokubanjwa kwakhe, uLuther wathi ndlela-ntle eWartburg waza waqhubeka nohambo lwakhe kumahlathi amnyama esinge eWittenberg.

Wayephantsi kolawulo lobukumkani. Iintshaba zazikhululekile ukumbulala; abahlobo babengavunyelwanga ukuba bamncede okanye bamfake endlwini. Urhulumente wasebukhosini, ekhuthazwa yinzondelelo ezimiseleyo yeTshawe uGeorge waseSaxony, wathabatha awona manyathelo aqatha nxamnye nabalandeli bakhe. Iingozi kukhuseleko lomhlaziyi zazinkulu kangangokuba uMnyuli uFriedrich, phezu kwazo nje izicelo ezingxamisekileyo zokubuyela eWittenberg, wambhalela emcela ukuba ahlale kwindawo yakhe yokurhoxa ekhuselekileyo. Kodwa uLuther wabona ukuba umsebenzi wevangeli wawusemngciphekweni. Ngoko ke, ngaphandle kokukhathalela ukhuseleko lwakhe, wagqiba kwelokuba abuyele kungquzulwano.

Ileta enenkalipho eya kumnyuli

Ukufika kwakhe kwidolophu yaseBorne, wabhalela umvoti waza wamchazela isizathu sokuba emke eWartburg:

Ndikunike imbeko eyaneleyo Ongamileyo,’ watsho, ‘ngokuzifihla kuluntu unyaka wonke. USathana uyayazi ukuba andiyenzanga ngenxa yobugwala. Ngendingene eWorms noba bekukho oosathana abangaka kulomzi ngathi kukho ii tiles eziphahleni. Ngoku uDuke George, lowo uPhakamileyo ukhankanya ngathi uyandoyikisa, akoyikwa kangako kunosathana omnye. Ukuba okwenzeka eWittenberg bekunokwenzeka eLeipzig [indawo yokuhlala uDuke Georg], bendiya kukhwela ihashe lam ngoko nangoko ndikhwele apho, nokuba—uBuKhulu bakho buya kundixolela le ntetho – bekukho inyambalala kaGeorg- Dukes ebeza kunisa ezulwini. , yaye nganye kuzo yayiza koyikeka izihlandlo ezisithoba kunaye! Uphezu kwantoni xa endihlasela? Ngaba ucinga ukuba uKristu, mhlekazi, ngumntu womququ? Ngamana uThixo wabususa umgwebo onzima phezu kwakhe!

Ndifuna uyazi ukuba ndiya eWittenberg ndiphantsi kokhuselo olunamandla kunolo lomvoti. Andizimiselanga kukucela uncedo lwakho eKuphakameni, kwaye ndikude nokufuna ukhuseleko lwakho. Kunoko, ndifuna ukukhusela ukuphakama kwakho. Ukuba bendisazi ukuba uPhakamileyo unokundithethelela okanye angandithethelela, ngendingazange ndize eWittenberg. Akukho krele lehlabathi linokuqhubela phambili oku; UThixo kufuneka enze yonke into ngaphandle koncedo okanye intsebenziswano yomntu. Lowo unokholo olukhulu unolona khuselo lubalaseleyo; kodwa uPhakamileyo, kubonakala kum, usebuthathaka kakhulu elukholweni.

Kodwa ekubeni uPhakamileyo unqwenela ukwazi okufuneka kwenziwe, ndiza kuphendula ngokuzithoba: Unyulo lwakho oluPhezulu selwenzile kakhulu kwaye akufanelekanga lutho. UThixo akasayi, engayi kuvumela, wena okanye mna ukuba sicebe okanye senze lo mcimbi. Mhlekazi, ndicela ulithobele eli cebiso.

Ke mna, uPhakamileyo uwukhumbule umsebenzi wakho njengoMnyuli, kwaye wenze imiyalelo yoKumkani wakhe kwizixeko nezithili zakho, ungabeki mqobo kuye nabani na ofuna ukundibamba okanye ukundibulala; kuba akukho bani unokuwachasa amagunya alawulayo ngaphandle kwalowo wawamisayo.

Wanga ke ngoko, ukuba uPhakamileyo, angawashiya amasango evulekile amasango, anike indlela ekhuselekileyo, ukuba iintshaba zam ziza buqu okanye zithumele abathunywa bazo ukuba baye kundifuna kummandla woBuphezulu bakho. Ngamana yonke into ingathatha ikhondo layo ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka okanye ukungabikho koBuphezulu bakho.

Ndibhala le nto ndingxamile ukwenzela ukuba ningaxhatshazwa kukuza kwam. Andiwenzi ishishini lam noDuke Georg, kodwa ngomnye umntu ondaziyo nondimazi kakuhle.

Incoko kunye nenzondelelo yempambano uStübner kunye noBorrhaus

ULuther akazange abuyele eWittenberg ukuya kulwa nemiyalelo yabalawuli basemhlabeni, kodwa ukuphazamisa amacebo nokuchasa amandla enkosi yobumnyama. Egameni likaYehova waphinda waphuma, waya kuyilwela inyaniso. Elumke kakhulu yaye ethobekile, kodwa ekwaqinile yaye eqinile, waqalisa umsebenzi, esithi yonke imfundiso nezenzo zifanele zivavanywe ngeLizwi likaThixo. 'Ngelizwi,' watsho, 'kukukhanyela nokugxotha oko kuzuze indawo kunye nempembelelo ngogonyamelo. Asilogonyamelo olufunwa ngabantu abaneenkolelo okanye abangakholwayo. Lowo ukholwayo uyasondela, kwaye lowo ungakholwayo uhlala mgama. Akukho kunyanzeliswa kunokwenziwa. Ndamela inkululeko yesazela. Inkululeko ngoyena ndoqo wokholo."

Eneneni lo mhlaziyi wayengenamdla wokudibana nabantu abalahlekisiweyo ababenenzondelelo yempambano ebangele ububi obungaka. Wayesazi ukuba la ngamadoda anomsindo akhawulezayo awathi, nangona ayezibanga ukuba akhanyiselwe ngokukodwa liZulu, ayengayi kuphambukisa nakuphina ukuphikiswana okanye nesona siluleko sithambileyo. Bahlutha igunya elikhulu yaye bafuna ukuba wonk’ ubani avume amabango abo ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo. Noko ke, ababini kwaba baprofeti, uMarkus Stübner noMartin Borrhaus, bafuna udliwano-ndlebe noLuther, nto leyo awayekulungele ukuyivumela. Wagqiba ekubeni abhence ukuzigwagwisa kwaba babhedengu yaye, ukuba kunokwenzeka, nokusindisa imiphefumlo eyayikhohliswe ngabo.

UStübner wayivula incoko ngokuchaza indlela awayefuna ukuyibuyisela ngayo icawa nokuguqula ihlabathi. ULuther waphulaphula ngomonde omkhulu waza ekugqibeleni waphendula wathi, “Kuyo yonke into oyithethileyo, andiboni nto ixhaswa siZibhalo. Lungxubusho nje lwentelekelelo.’ Ngala mazwi, uBorrhaus wabetha inqindi etafileni evutha ngumsindo waza wayikhwaza intetho kaLuther esithi unyelise umntu kaThixo.

“UPawulos wachaza ukuba imiqondiso yompostile yayisenziwa ngemiqondiso nezenzo zamandla phakathi kwabaseKorinte,” watsho uLuther. Ngaba nani nifuna ukububonisa ubupostile benu ngemimangaliso?” “Ewe,” baphendula abaprofeti. ULuther waphendula wathi: “Uthixo endimkhonzayo uya kukwazi ukubathambisa oothixo benu. Ngoku uStübner wamjonga lo mhlaziyi waza ngelizwi elinyanisekileyo wathi: “Martin Luther, ndiphulaphule ngenyameko! Ndiza kukuxelela ngoku kwenzeka ntoni emphefumlweni wakho. Uyaqala ukuqonda ukuba imfundiso yam iyinyani. "

ULuther wathi cwaka umzuzwana waza wathi, “UYehova uyakukhalimela, Sathana.

Ke kaloku abaprofeti baphelelwa kukuzibamba, badanduluka kabukhali, besithi, Moya! umoya!" ULuther waphendula ngendelelo epholileyo: "Ndiya kuwubetha umoya wakho emlonyeni."

Kwabakho ke ukukhala kwabaprofeti kwaphindaphinda; UBorrhaus, owayenobundlobongela ngakumbi kunabanye, wavuthuza waza wavutha ngumsindo wada wakhupha amagwebu emlonyeni. Ngenxa yaloo ncoko, abaprofeti bobuxoki bemka eWittenberg kwangaloo mini.

Kangangexesha elithile impambano yayilawulwa; kodwa kwiminyaka ethile kamva kwaqhambuka ugonyamelo olukhulu nemiphumo emibi ngakumbi. ULuther wathi ngeenkokeli zalo mbutho: ‘Kubo iZibhalo Ezingcwele zaziyincwadi nje efileyo; badanduluka bonke, besithi, Mshologu! umoya!’ Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo andiyi kulandela apho umoya wakhe umkhokelela khona. Wanga uThixo ngenceba yakhe angandisindisa ebandleni apho kukho abangcwele kuphela. Ndifuna ukuba kubudlelane nabathobekileyo, ababuthathaka, nabagulayo, abazaziyo nabazivayo izono zabo baze bancwine baze bakhale kuThixo ngokusuka emazantsi ezintliziyweni zabo becela intuthuzelo nokukhululwa.”

UThomas Müntzer: Indlela inkanuko yezopolitiko inokukhokelela ngayo kwiziphithiphithi kunye nophalazo-gazi

UThomas Müntzer, oyena ukhutheleyo kwaba banenzondelelo yempambano, wayeyindoda enobuchule obukhulu, eyayinokuthi, xa iqeshwe ngokufanelekileyo, imenze akwazi ukwenza okulungileyo; kodwa wayengekaziqondi ii-ABC zobuKristu; wayengayazi neyakhe intliziyo, yaye wayeswele ukuthobeka kokwenene. Ukanti wayenomfanekiso-ngqondweni wokuba wayethunywe nguThixo ukuba aguqule ihlabathi, elibale, njengabanye abaninzi ababenenzondelelo, ukuba uhlaziyo lwalufanele ukuba luqale kuye ngokwakhe. Imibhalo ephosakeleyo awayeyifunde ebutsheni bakhe yayibubugwenxa ubuntu bakhe nobomi bakhe. Kwakhona wayenamabhongo ngokwesikhundla nempembelelo yaye engafuni ukuba ngaphantsi kwakhe nabani na, nkqu noLuther. Watyhola abaHlaziyi ngokumisela uhlobo oluthile loopopu nokuseka iicawa ezingacocekanga nezingcwele ngokunamathela kwabo eBhayibhileni.

UMüntzer wathi: “ULuther wazikhulula izazela zabantu kwidyokhwe kapopu. Kodwa wabashiya benenkululeko yenyama yaye akazange abafundise ukuthembela kuMoya baze bakhangele ngokuthe ngqo kuThixo ukuze bafumane ukukhanya.” UMüntzer wazigqala njengobizwe nguThixo ukuba alungise obu bubi bukhulu waza wavakalelwa kukuba oku kubangelwa yimpembelelo yoMoya. ukuba kuphunyezwe. Abo banoMoya banokholo lwenene, nokuba abazange balifunde ilizwi elibhaliweyo. “Abahedeni nabaseTurkey,” watsho, “bakulungele ngakumbi ukwamkela uMoya kunamaKristu amaninzi asibiza ngokuba ngamahlombe.”

Ukudiliza kuhlala kulula kunokwakha. Ukubuyisela umva amavili ohlaziyo nako kulula kunokutsalela inqwelo ukuya ethambekeni. Kusekho abantu abayamkelayo inyaniso eyaneleyo ukuba bayidlulisele kubahlaziyi, kodwa bathembele kakhulu ukuba bangafundiswa ngabo uThixo abafundisayo. Oko kusoloko kusikhokelela kude kwindawo uThixo afuna ukuyisa kuyo abantu bakhe.

UMüntzer wafundisa ukuba bonke abo banqwenela ukufumana umoya bamele babulale inyama baze banxibe iimpahla ezikrazukileyo. Kwakuya kufuneka bawutyeshele umzimba, bambathe ubuso obulusizi, bashiye onke amaqabane abo angaphambili, baze barhoxe kwiindawo ezisemagqagaleni ukuze babongoze inkoliseko kaThixo. “Ngoko,” watsho, “uThixo uya kuza athethe kuthi njengoko Wathethayo kuAbraham, kuIsake, nakuYakobi. Ukuba akenzanga oko, ebengayi kufaneleka ukuba sinikele ingqalelo yethu.” Ngaloo ndlela, njengoLusifa ngokwakhe, lo mntu ukhohliweyo wenza imibandela kaThixo waza akavuma ukuthobela igunya lakhe ngaphandle kokuba ahlangabezane naloo miqathango.

Abantu ngokwemvelo bathanda okumangalisayo kunye nayo yonke into encoma ikratshi labo. Izimvo zikaMuntzer zamkelwa sisiqingatha somhlambi omncinane awayewongamele. Wandula ke wakugxeka konke ucwangco nezithethe zonqulo lwasesidlangalaleni, esithi ukuthobela iinkosana kufana nokuzama ukukhonza uThixo noBheliyali. Emva koko wahamba phambi kweqela lakhe ukuya kwindlu yecawa eyayihanjelwa ngabahambi ngezonqulo abasuka macala onke waza wayitshabalalisa. Emva kwesi senzo sobundlobongela wanyanzelwa ukuba awushiye lo mmandla kwaye wabhadula kwiindawo ngeendawo eJamani wada waya kutsho naseSwitzerland, kuyo yonke indawo exhokonxa umoya wemvukelo kwaye esolula icebo lakhe lenguqu epheleleyo.

Kwabo babesele beqalisile ukuyilahla idyokhwe yobupopu, ukusikelwa umda kwegunya likarhulumente kwakusiba nzima kakhulu kubo. Iimfundiso zikaMüntzer zemvukelo, awathi ngenxa yazo wabhenela kuThixo, zabakhokelela ekubeni bayeke ukuzibamba baze balawule ngokukhululekileyo ikhethe neminqweno yabo. Kwalandela ezona ziganeko zoyikekayo zoqhushululu nezidubedube, yaye amasimi aseJamani ayezele ligazi.

UMartin Luther: Ukubekwa ibala ngokucinga kwehobe

Intuthumbo kaLuther awayejamelene nayo kwakudala ngaphambili kwisisele sakhe e-Erfurt yawucinezela umphefumlo wakhe ngokuphindwe kabini kunoko wayeyibona impembelelo yempambano kuHlaziyo. Iinkosana zaqhubeka ziphindaphinda, yaye abaninzi bakholelwa koko, ukuba imfundiso kaLuther yayingunobangela wale mvukelo. Nangona esi sityholo sasingenasihlahla ngokupheleleyo, sasinokubangela unxunguphalo olukhulu kumhlaziyi. Ukuze umsebenzi weZulu uthotywe, uwunxulumanise neyona nzondelelo yempambano iphantsi, kwabonakala kungaphezu kokuba wayenokunyamezela. Kwelinye icala, uMunzer nazo zonke iinkokeli zemvukelo zazimthiyile uLuther ngenxa yokuba wayengazichasanga nje iimfundiso zabo waza walikhanyela ibango labo lokuphefumlelwa nguThixo, kodwa wabavakalisa nokuba bangabavukeli begunya likarhulumente. Beziphindezela, bamgxeka njengomhanahanisi ophantsi. Wabonakala etsale ubutshaba bamankosana nabantu.

Abalandeli bamaRoma bavuya ngenxa yokulindela intshabalalo eyayisemnyango yoHlaziyo, bade bambek’ ityala uLuther ngeempazamo awayezenzile ukuze azilungise. Ngokuxoka besithi boniwe, eli qela linenzondelelo yempambano lakwazi ukuzuza uvelwano lwamaqela amakhulu abemi. Njengokuba kudla ngokuba njalo ngabo bathabatha icala eliphosakeleyo, babegqalwa njengabafeli-nkolo. Abo benza konke okusemandleni abo ukutshabalalisa umsebenzi woHlaziyo ngoko babesizelwa yaye benconywa njengamaxhoba enkohlakalo nengcinezelo. Konke oku kwakungumsebenzi kaSathana, eqhutywa ngumoya ofanayo wemvukelo owabonakaliswa okokuqala ezulwini.

Iphulo likaSathana lokufuna ukongama liye labangela ukungavisisani phakathi kweengelosi. ULusifa onamandla, “unyana wokusa,” wayefuna uzuko negunya elingaphezu koko kwafunyanwa nguNyana kaThixo; yaye akuvunyelwa oko, wagqiba kwelokuba avukele urhulumente wezulu. Ngoko waphethukela kwimikhosi yeengelosi, wakhalaza ngentswela-bulungisa kaThixo, waza wavakalisa ukuba wonelwe kakhulu. Ngokugqwetha kwakhe wazisa isinye kwisithathu sazo zonke izithunywa zezulu ecaleni kwakhe; kwaye ilahleko yabo yayinamandla kangangokuba babengenako ukulungiswa; babambelela kuLusifa baza bagxothwa ezulwini kunye naye.

Ukususela ekuweni kwakhe, uSathana uye waqhubeka nalo msebenzi mnye wemvukelo nowobuxoki. Uhlala esebenzela ukukhohlisa iingqondo zabantu aze abenze bathi isono bubulungisa nobulungisa sisono. Hayi indlela oye waba nempumelelo ngayo umsebenzi wakhe! Kukangaphi abakhonzi bakaThixo abathembekileyo befunjwa kukukhalinyelwa nongcikivo ngenxa yokumela inyaniso ngokungenaloyiko! Amadoda angamagosa kaSathana kuphela ayanconywa kwaye azukiswe kwaye ade agqalwe njengabafeli-nkolo. Kodwa abo bafanele bahlonelwe ngenxa yokuthembeka kwabo kuThixo baze ngaloo ndlela baxhaswe bayacalulwa yaye bayarhanelwa yaye abathenjwa. Udabi lukaSathana aluzange luphele xa wagxothwayo ezulwini; iye yaqhubeka ukususela kwinkulungwane ukusa kwinkulungwane, de kube namhlanje ngowe-1883.

Xa ezakho iingcinga zithathelwa ilizwi likaThixo

Abafundisi abanenzondelelo yempambano bazivumela ukuba bakhokelwe zizimvo baze babize yonke ingcinga yengqondo njengelizwi likaThixo; ngenxa yoko bagabadela. Bathi ke uYesu, wabamisela abalandeli bakhe ukuba babe njengabantwana; baxhentsa ezitratweni, baqhwaba izandla bade bajulana entlabathini. Bambi bazitshisa iiBhayibhile zabo, bedanduluka besithi, “Umbhalo uyabulala, kodwa uMoya udlisa ubomi!” Abalungiseleli babeziphatha ngeyona ndlela ingxolayo nengafanelekanga epulpitini, maxa wambi bade batsibe besuka epulpitini besiya ebandleni. Ngale ndlela babefuna ukubonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba zonke iindlela nemiyalelo zazivela kuSathana nokuba yayingumsebenzi wabo ukwaphula zonke iidyokhwe nokubonisa iimvakalelo zabo ngokunyanisekileyo.

ULuther wazichasa ngenkalipho ezi ziphoso waza wavakalisa kwihlabathi ukuba uHlaziyo lwahluke ngokupheleleyo kwesi siphendu. Nangona kunjalo, waqhubeka etyholwa ngolu xhatshazo ngabo babenqwenela ukubeka ibala lomsebenzi wakhe.

Ingqiqo, ubuKatolika, ukunyaniseka kunye nobuProtestanti xa kuthelekiswa

ULuther wayikhusela ngokungenaloyiko inyaniso ekuhlaselweni macala onke. Ilizwi likaThixo liye langqineka lisisixhobo esinamandla kuzo zonke iimfazwe. Ngelo gama walwa nxamnye namandla azimiseleyo kaPopu kunye nentanda-bulumko eqiqileyo yabaphengululi, lo gama wayemi ngokuqinileyo njengelitye ngokuchasene nenzondelelo yempambano eyayifuna ukuxhamla kuHlaziyo.

Nganye kwezi zinto zahlulayo ngendlela yayo iyalitshitshisa ilizwi eliqinisekileyo lesiprofeto kwaye iphakamise ubulumko bomntu kumthombo wenyaniso nolwazi olungokonqulo: (1) Ingqiqo iyenza ingqiqo iyenze ibe sisibakala sonqulo. (2) UbuRoma Katolika bubanga upopu wabo owongamileyo impefumlelo engazange iphazamiseke evela kubapostile yaye ayizange itshintshe ukutyhubela iminyaka. Ngale ndlela, naluphi na uhlobo lokuwela umda kunye norhwaphilizo lusemthethweni ngesambatho esingcwele sekhomishini yabapostile. (3) Impembelelo eyabangwa nguMüntzer nabalandeli bakhe iphuma kumthombo ongaphezu kweminqweno yentelekelelo, yaye impembelelo yayo ijongela phantsi lonke igunya lomntu okanye lobuthixo. (4) Noko ke, ubuKristu bokwenyaniso buthembele eLizwini likaThixo njengobuncwane obukhulu benyaniso ephefumlelweyo nanjengomlinganiselo nelitye lokuhlola layo yonke impefumlelo.

ukusuka Imiqondiso Yamaxesha, ngo-Oktobha 25, 1883