Ndingathanda ukufuduka emzimbeni, ndilahle intente kwaye ndibe noThixo, kodwa njani? NguJim Wood

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"Kodwa sinentembelo, kwaye sinqwenela kanye ukuba siwushiye umzimba, siye kuhlala neNkosi." (2 Korinte 5,8: XNUMX)

Abanye bafuna ukusebenzisa le ndinyana ukubonisa ukuba xa sisifa, imiphefumlo yethu iyaphuma emizimbeni yethu ize ingene ebusweni bukaThixo. Ngaba uyiqonde kakuhle le ndinyana?

Ekuqaleni, oko kuvakala kulungile. Kodwa ngaba kusenokwenzeka ukuba samkela imbono eqhelekileyo apha? Ngaba le nkcazelo imele ijongwe ngokwenene? Masibone!

Umbhali nguPawulos, umvangeli wasemazweni kunye nomfundisi wezakwalizwi kwibandla lamaKristu lokuqala. Amazwi akhe siwathathe ngendlela engekho mxholweni. Ukuze sibe nobulungisa, sijongisisa ngoku. Masibuyele emva kwisahluko ukuze siqonde ukuba uPawulos uthetha ngantoni apha. Uthetha ngexesha lakhe njengomvangeli wasemazweni nangeendleko zokuzahlulela kwakhe.

“Siyabandezelwa, sihlazekile, siyatshutshiswa, siwiswa phantsi, sisesichengeni sokufa rhoqo ngenxa kaYesu.” ( 2 Korinte 4,8:11-14 ) Konke oku, kwanokufa ngokwako; siyanyamezeleka, “sisazi ukuba lowo wayivusayo iNkosi uYesu . . . uya kusivusa nathi.” (Indinyana XNUMX)

UPawulos ukhangele phambili kuvuko

Uvuko athetha ngalo apha lithemba elikhulu lamaKristu: uvuko kwabafileyo. UPawulos wayesele eyichazile kwileta yakhe yokuqala eya kwibandla laseKorinte. Kuyabonakala ukuba uPawulos wayekhangele phambili kwimini yaxa “abafileyo beya kuvuswa” ( 1 Korinte 15,52:1 ). Akathethi nto ngokufa okukhulula umphefumlo nokuwuvumela ukuba unyukele kuThixo. Uthetha ngovuko lwabafileyo kumzimba omtsha, oguqukileyo nongonakaliyo (15,51 Korinte 53:XNUMX-XNUMX).

Emva kweyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte nalapha ekuqaleni kwesahluko 5: “Siyazi ukuba, xa ithe yachithwa umnquba wethu wasemhlabeni, sinesakhiwo esiphuma kuThixo emazulwini, indlu engenziwanga ngazandla, eya kuhlala ngonaphakade. 1 )

Abaphengululi bayavuma ukuba “umnquba wethu wasemhlabeni” ngumfanekiso wemizimba yethu. INew Geneva Translation ithetha “ngomzimba esiphila kuwo apha emhlabeni, intente eya kuthi ngenye imini idilizwe.”

Ngala mazwi, uPawulos uyibona indawo yokuhlala intente njengeyexeshana, itshatyalaliswe. Uyithelekisa nenye into elunge ngakumbi: “isakhiwo esisemazulwini, esiphuma kuThixo, indlu engenziwanga ngazandla, engunaphakade; Amagama esiGrike azoba umfanekiso wesakhiwo esiqinileyo, esihlala sihleli esakhiwe nguThixo ngokwakhe, isakhiwo esiya kuhlala ngonaphakade.

Le ntetho ingokomfuziselo isikhumbuza kwakhona ngovuko uPawulos aluchazayo kweyoku- 1 kwabaseKorinte 15 : “Siza kumila kumbi,” ubhala athi. “Kuba kumele oku konakalayo ukwambatha ukungonakali, noku kufayo ukwambatha ukungafi.” ( indinyana 53 ) Le ntente yasemhlabeni ayibufanelanga ubomi obungunaphakade. Ayihlali ngonaphakade. UThixo ulungise isakhiwo sasezulwini “esinganziwe ngazandla”.

Masiphawule ukuba uPawulos akathethi ngayo nayiphi na imeko ephakathi emva komnquba wentente naphambi kwesakhiwo esingunaphakade ezulwini. Akakhange ajonge phambili kwesi simo sethutyana, njengoko siza kubona kungekudala. Ukholo lwakhe nethemba, kwelinye icala, ligxile ekupheleni kwexesha, umhla wovuko, xa “siya kwenziwa kumila kumbi sonke” ( 1 Korinte 15,51:XNUMX ).

"Kodwa sinentembelo, kwaye sinqwenela kanye ukuba siwushiye umzimba, siye kuhlala neNkosi." (2 Korinte 5,8: XNUMX)

Ngaba le vesi ithi imiphefumlo yethu iya kukhululwa kwintolongo yemizimba yethu ukuze ibe noYEHOVA? Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku siwuphononongile umxholo ukubona ukuba utoliko olunjalo lufanelekile na.

Isahluko esingaphambili ( 2 Korinte 4 ) salatha kuvuko lwabafileyo “ngexa lexilongo lokugqibela” ( 1 Korinte 15,51:53-XNUMX ). Indinyana yokuqala yesahluko sesihlanu ikwachaza umzimba wasemhlabeni njengentente nje yaye iwuthelekisa “nesakhiwo” esisisigxina esiya kuba naso ngonaphakade ezulwini.

Phakathi kokufa novuko “sihamba ze”

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku uPawulos akathethanga nto malunga nenqanaba eliphakathi. Kodwa uthetha ngako oku kwindinyana yesi-2 neyesi-3.

“Kuba kulo mnquba siyancwina, silangazelela ukwambatha, saleke indlu yethu yasemazulwini, ukuba sifunyanwa sambethe, singangelanga;

Apha uPawulos uvakalisa ukungoneliseki kwakhe ngumzimba wakhe wasemhlabeni, onesiphelo. Wandula ke atshintshe emfanekisweni wentente yomzimba aye kumfanekiso wesambatho somzimba. Umnqweno wentliziyo yakhe kukwambatha indlu yasezulwini – isakhiwo esingunaphakade sikaThixo ezulwini. Akafuni kufunyanwa enganxibanga - oko kukuthi, engenamzimba ngokupheleleyo, efile.

Indinyana elandelayo ikwenza kucace ngakumbi oku: “Kuba thina bakulo mnquba siyancwina, sisindwa ngumthwalo, ngenxa yokuba sinqwenela ukuba singabahluthwa, kodwa sambathiswe, ukuze okufayo kuginywe bubomi.” ( 2 Korinte 5,4:XNUMX ) Ngoko ke, oku kusenza singabi naluvalo, singabi naluxanduva.

Ngoku uphinda athethe ngomzimba njengentente. Kwesi simo uyancwina okanye uyancwina. Mhlawumbi naye usentlungwini. Ngoba? Ngenxa yokuba “uyasindwa ngumthwalo” - ubandezelekile, uhlazekile, uyatshutshiswa, uwiswe phantsi, ugwetyelwe ukufa ngenxa kaYesu ( 2 Korinte 4,8:10-XNUMX ). Unqwenela ukuba lo mlo uphele kwakamsinyane. Kodwa ngaba uyafuna ukufa? Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho ndlela! Akafuni ukufa, ze, "ukunganxitywa." Ufuna ukubambathiswa, “ambathiswe” umzimba wakhe wasezulwini, ongunaphakade—angaze afe.

Ihlelo lokufa okanye ukulangazelela ubomi?

UPawulos akakhuthazi ihlelo labafi apha. Akabaniki nasiphi na isizathu sokuba bavakalise ukuba onke amakholwa afanele azibulale ukuze aye ngqo ezulwini noThixo. Hayi! Ufuna nje ukutsiba yonke into yokufa. Ufuna ukufa kwakhe “kuqwengwe bubomi.” Akakwazi ukulinda ukuba ibali liphele kwaye elilandelayo liqale. Yiloo ndlela kanye ndivakalelwa ngayo!

"Kodwa sinentembelo, kwaye sinqwenela kanye ukuba siwushiye umzimba, siye kuhlala neNkosi." (2 Korinte 5,8: XNUMX)

Abantu abaninzi abayiqondi kakuhle le vesi kwaye bacinga ukuba ukushiya umzimba kuthetha ukuba sekhaya neNKOSI. Oku kunokuba kufutshane nentsingiselo, kodwa kukufutshane kuphela. Inxaki phakathi kokufuduka nokuba sekhaya sisiphumo sokufunda nje phezulu. Ubuncinane asiyonto awayethetha ngayo uPawulos.

Ukungaqondi kakuhle kuvela kamsinya nje yakuba indinyana ikhutshwe emxholweni. Ngelishwa, sikholisa ukwenza oku rhoqo - kubandakanywa nam. [Ukuba nindibhaqile ndisenza oku, ncedani nizise oku kum!] Kwabo babambelele kwingcamango yobumbano lwengqondo, ulwimi olukweyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte 5,8:XNUMX ngokuqinisekileyo luluncedo kakhulu. Uphantse wangakwazi ukumelana naye.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku sibonile ukuba uPawulos ufuna ukukhululwa kumzimba wakhe odiniweyo - intente yakhe, njengoko eyibiza (5,1: 5,2). Ulangazelela umzimba omtsha—indlu engakhiwanga ngazandla, eyakhiwe nguThixo – umzimba ongenakonakala, ongenakufa ( XNUMX:XNUMX ).

Ngokwembono kaPawulos, ukufa bekuya kuba kukuhamba ze. Ebengathanda ukubuphepha obu bunqunu (5,3). Wayeya kukutsiba ngovuyo ukufa ( 5,3:5,4 ). Wayefuna ukuba ngomnye wabo babeza kuphila ekugqibeleni, “ukuze oko kufayo kuginywe bubomi” ( XNUMX:XNUMX ).

Sele iqhekeza lobomi obungunaphakade

Yaye ngoku indinyana yesi-5: “Ke lowo wasilungisela le njongo nguThixo, owasinika nokusinika isinyaniso soMoya.” Ukuphila ngonaphakade kwimizimba efezekileyo? Elo yayilicebo lokuqala uThixo awayenalo ngathi. UThixo usinika ubungqina bezicwangciso zakhe ezilungileyo ngekamva lethu: “isinyaniso soMoya.”

Idiphozithi yintlawulo ephantsi njengaxa uthenga indlu. Apha uPawulos walatha kumandla aguqulayo kaMoya oyiNgcwele, osebenza ngaphakathi nangebandla nangamalungu alo. Le diphozithi bubungqina bamandla okuguqula aya kuthi ke asenze sigqibelele kwaye singafi.

Ngoko ke sihlala somelele, sisazi ukuba xa sikowethu emzimbeni, asikokwaseNkosini. Kuba sihamba ngokholo, asihambi ngakubona.”— 5,6.7:XNUMX, XNUMX .

UPawulos ubeka ithemba lakhe kwisiqinisekiso sikaThixo somzimba omtsha, ongafiyo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku unentlawulo kuphela (uMoya oyiNgcwele), kodwa oko kwanele kuye okwangoku. ‘Usesekhaya emzimbeni’ yaye ‘akakho sekhaya neNKOSI. Akakabikho ebusweni bukaYehova ngokwenyama; ke uMoya kaThixo uselekho, nangoku unaye.

Unokuqiniseka njani uPawulos ngeli hlabathi lingabonakaliyo – nokuba likuMoya oyiNgcwele ngoku okanye ngovuko oluzayo? Ngokholo!

Ngoku kwindinyana yethu ekujoliswe kuyo: “Ke thina soyisekile, sinomnqweno wokuwushiya umzimba, siye kuhlala neNkosi.”— 2 Korinte 5,8:XNUMX .

Ukholo lunika uPawulos intembelo ngekamva lakhe, kodwa umele amkele inyaniso yangoku. Akazifumani iimeko kweli hlabathi zinomtsalane kwaphela. Akalokhoboka lokuthanda izinto eziphathekayo. Akanalo ithemba okanye umnqweno wokumgcina apha.

Kudala wazitshisa iibhulorho zakhe ngasemva kwakhe, elungele ukushiya konke okusemhlabeni emva kwakhe, abe ngokupheleleyo ebusweni bukaYehova.

Umongo wendinyana yethu uyibeka icace into yokuba uPawulos wayengakholelwa kumphefumlo ophuma emzimbeni ekufeni uze udada ukhululekile ukuba ube noYEHOVA. Kunoko, wayenethemba lokutsiba ukufa ngokupheleleyo aze afumane umzimba omtsha, ongafiyo owawuya kuthabathel’ indawo inyama yakhe yasemhlabeni eyonakeleyo. Konke onokuthi Amen!

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