Ngaba abo baphile okanye bafe? NguMichael Carducci
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Rhoqo ngonyaka ekwindla sifumana utshintsho lombala wamagqabi. Ivuselela iimvakalelo xa uhlaza lwazo oluqaqambileyo lujika lube bomvu, violet kunye negolide tyheli. Ixesha lokukhula liza kuphela. Inzululwazi ngale nto ilula kakhulu: "Uhlaza olubunayo lutyhila imibala yokwenyani yegqabi..." Njengoko amaqondo obushushu kunye nokukhanya kwemini kuncipha, igqabi eliluhlaza (chlorophyll) kuwo wonke umthi liyancipha ngokuthe ngcembe. Amagqabi ayesoloko ebomvu, emfusa okanye etyheli, kuphela iklorofili eluhlaza eyayiwagcina ephila kwaye ewondla yayiyifihla ngokupheleleyo le nyaniso. Umsebenzi wechlorophyll egqabeni wawunceda ukuba uphile kwaye ukhule.
Umzekelo wokutshintsha kwamagqabi usisifundo kuthi. Ngamnye wethu ukhethekile kwaye ngumntu. Asikuphela nje ukuba sibukeka ngokwahlukileyo, sikwanayo nembali eyodwa kunye nobuntu. Nangona abantakwabo kwintsapho enye banokuhlakulela iimpawu ezahlukeneyo kunye nokuziphatha kwikhaya elifanayo. Kodwa njengamaKristu sinento efana namagqabi aluhlaza emithini. Njengoko simamkela uYesu kunye noko asenzele kona ngamnye wethu, nathi siyaguqulwa. Ngamnye wethu uyatshintsha. Ayipheleli ekuziphatheni kwethu, kodwa nentliziyo yethu, izinto esizikhathaleleyo kunye noko sikufanisayo. Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 15,51:57 ithi: “Asiyi kulala sonke, kodwa siya kwenziwa ngakumbi sonke.” Ekugqibeleni, indinyana XNUMX ithi, “Makubulelwe kuThixo osinika uloyiso ngoYesu Kristu.
Lwafezwa njani olu loyiso? Ecaleni kwendlela engcwele. Hayi kuphela kwingcwele yomnqophiso omdala, kodwa ngaphezu kwayo yonke ingcwele yasezulwini. »
Ngokunjalo uKrestu uthe ngoku waba ngumbingeleli omkhulu, osinike izinto ezilungileyo. Uye wangena kwingcwele enkulu, egqibeleleyo ezulwini, engazange yakhiwe ngumntu nengeyonxalenye yale ndalo. Into eyamvulela indlela yokungena kweyona ngcwele yayiligazi lakhe, awathi ngalo wasizisela usindiso olungunaphakade...Igazi likaKristu, nangona kunjalo, linempembelelo enkulu ngokungenakulinganiswa nanto. Kuba xa uKristu, eqhutywa nguMoya ongunaphakade, wazinikela kuye uThixo, waba lidini elingenasiphako. Yiyo loo nto igazi lakhe lisihlambulula kude kuse embindini; ikhulula izazela zethu kumthwalo wezenzo ezikhokelela ekufeni ekugqibeleni, ukuze ngoku sibe nako ukukhonza uThixo ophilayo ... ukuze bonke ababiziweyo bazuze ilifa elingunaphakade uThixo alithembisileyo. Kuba uKristu wafa ukuze abasindise kwisohlwayo sesono.” ( Hebhere 9,11.12.14.15:XNUMX, XNUMX, XNUMX, XNUMX, NW.
Ngokutsho kwezi ndinyana, ubulungiseleli bukaYesu kwingcwele yasezulwini bububulungiseleli babo bonke. Igazi lakhe lachithwa ukuze "siguqule" sonke. Umfanekiso wokutshintsha kombala wamagqabi ekwindla nawo usebenza kuwo wonke umntu! Sonke siyaguqulwa xa simamkela uYesu njengoMsindisi wethu. Asinakukwazi ukuziguqula ngokwethu, yingubo yeklorofili esenza sibe nobuntu. I-chlorophyll yinto enika ubomi esigqibezelayo kwaye ixube ubuntu bethu kunye nembali, isiguqulela ngaphezu koko sikuko ngokwethu. Ngoko ke, xa uThixo ejonge kwabahlawulelweyo, ubona igqabi eliluhlaza lobomi obufezekileyo bukaYesu ebomini babo. Ubona unyana wakhe kuthi, egubungele i-ego yethu ngohlaza lwakhe olunamagqabi.
Sisodwa, ngaphandle kwegqabi eliluhlaza, sigwetyelwe ukufa emva komboniso omangalisayo wemibala yethu esizikhethele yona. Ngelixa zinokukhanya, zikwangumqondiso wokufa.
Ukuguqulwa akuyona into embi okanye into efumaneka kuphela kubantu abavela kwi-LGBTQ + spectrum, kodwa kubo bonke abavumayo umbingelelo owenzelwe thina emnqamlezweni. Eli dini lisisebenzela kwingcwele yasezulwini kwaye lafuziselwa kwingcwele yasemhlabeni: bubomi nokufa kukaYesu. Okulusizi kukuba ekugqibeleni siza kubona ukuba abaninzi basala isipho. Abazange bafune ukuvumela ibhanki yamandla ibachaphazele, eyayihlawuliswa ngokupheleleyo emnqamlezweni ngulowo wayesithanda ngokunzulu. Indoda eyalayo isambatho somtshato ( Mateyu 22,11:13-XNUMX ) ngumzekelo wabo bagatyayo yonke impumelelo emangalisayo. UMsindisi wethu wazincama ngenxa yokusithanda kwakhe waza wazenza zifumaneke kuthi engcweleni ukuze singabuni njengamagqabi asekwindla size siwe emthini ngenxa yokuba siswele uhlaza olunamagqabi—kuba igazi elixabisekileyo likaYesu (ichlorophyll) alikho. kumagqabi aluhlaza atshintshile.
“Kumzekeliso kaMateyu 22 kuziswa umzekeliso womtshato. Umtshato wenziwa apho kuphela emva komgwebo ogocagociweyo... Abo bafunyanwa beswele bayakhutshelwa ngaphandle, kodwa bonke abeza eluvavanyweni benxibe iingubo zomtshato bamkelwe nguThixo yaye bafunyanwa bekufanelekele ukuthabatha ebukumkanini bakhe baze bahlale etroneni yakhe. Lo msebenzi wokuvavanywa kwesimilo, wokuhlalutya lowo ulungele ubukumkani bukaThixo, wenziwa kumgwebo wophando, inkonzo yokugqibela kwingcwele engasentla.impikiswano enkulu, 428)
Inguqu ayiyonto imbi. Inguqulelo iyimfuneko kubo bonke abanethemba lokungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo, isidlo sangokuhlwa somtshato. Eyona ngcamango ilungileyo kukusebenzisa isithembiso uYesu awasenzela sona waza wasinikela ngesisa: Sisenokusambatha ilaphu elixabisekileyo nelinika ubomi—isambatho somtshato esibonakalisa uMdali noMhlawuleli.
umthombo: Coming Out Ministries Incwadana kaNovemba ka-2022.
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