Ukugcina imiyalelo kaNkulunkulu kuhlangene ngani nensindiso yami? Umthetho uqala kuphi futhi ukungabi namthetho kuqala kuphi? Indikimba ewulolonge kakhulu umlando weBandla lama-Adventist. Ibhalwe nguColin Standish

Isikhathi sokufunda: imizuzu eyi-13

Enye yezinselele ezinkulu amaKristu abhekana nazo namuhla iwukuthola ukulingana okuphelele phakathi kokuthethelela nobuKristu obunqobayo. Kokubili singakuthola kuphela ngalokho uJesu akwenza nasaqhubeka ekwenza, okungukuthi ngokufa kwakhe nangenkonzo yakhe njengomPristi Ophakeme wethu. Ngicabanga ukuthi kukhona labo abangathanda ukuthi sigcizelele kakhulu ukulungisiswa kunokungcweliswa; kodwa ngeke sikwenze lokho, ngoba lokho kuyosho ukwenqaba iZwi likaNkulunkulu.

Owayengumongameli wenkomfa kawonkewonke yamaSeventh-day Adventist uRobert H. Pierson (1966–1979) wake wangitshela ukuthi wayengashumayeli ukulungisiswa ngaphandle kokungcweliswa noma ukungcweliswa ngaphandle kokulungisiswa. Kule minyaka edlule ngizame ukulandela isimiso esifanayo; isimiso esivela eZwini likaNkulunkulu: Ukuthethelela nokuhlanzwa kushunyayelwa ndawonye evangelini.

Ukuphila angeke kuvuselelwe ngaphandle kokuthethelelwa kwezono, ngoba icala nokulahlwa kuyasisinda; kodwa hhayi ngalowo owanikela ukuphila kwakhe kuJesu.

Isisekelo SeBhayibheli

Ukulungisiswa nokungcweliswa kuxhumene ngokuphindaphindiwe emiBhalweni. Nazi ezinye izibonelo zombhalo: “Kodwa uma sizivuma izono zethu, yena uthembekile futhi ulungile ukuba asithethelele izono zethu [ukulungisiswa] futhi asihlanze kukho konke ukungalungi [ukungcweliswa].” ( 1 Joh.

“Ukuze baphenduke ebumnyameni, baye ekukhanyeni, basuke emandleni kaSathane, baye kuNkulunkulu, ukuze bamukele ukuthethelelwa kwezono nefa phakathi kwabangcwelisiweyo ngokukholwa kimi.” ( IzEnzo 26,18:XNUMX )

“Futhi usithethelele amacala ethu, njengoba nathi sibathethelela abanamacala kithi. Ungasingenisi ekulingweni, kodwa usikhulule kokubi [ekungcwelisweni].” ( Mathewu 6,12:13-XNUMX )

Ukukholwa okufanayo okulungisisayo nakho kuyangcwelisa. “Sesilungisisiwe ngokholo, sinokuthula kuNkulunkulu ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu.”—Roma 5,1:XNUMX.

IZwi likaNkulunkulu liyaqinisekisa ukuthi umhlatshelo uyathethelela futhi ungcwelise. “Kakhulu kangakanani sesilungisisiwe ngegazi lakhe, siyakusindiswa ngaye olakeni!” ( Roma 5,9:XNUMX )

“Ngokuvumelana naleyo ntando singcwelisiwe kanye kuphela ngokunikelwa komzimba kaJesu Kristu.” ( KumaHeberu 10,10:XNUMX )

Ukulungisiswa kudinga okungaphezu nje kwemvume yethu; kufuna omunye wemisebenzi enzima kakhulu kumuntu. “Ngaphambi kokuthi uNkulunkulu asithethelele, udinga izinhliziyo zethu zonke. Yilabo kuphela abahlale belungele ukuzinikela ngokholo olusebenzayo noluphilayo olusebenza ngothando futhi oluhlanza umphefumulo abangahlala belungisisiwe.« (Imilayezo Ekhethiwe 1, 366)

UNkulunkulu unikeza konke!

Lo msebenzi asiwenzi sodwa. Senza ukukhetha futhi senze ngokuvumelana nakho ukuze sisindiswe, kodwa uNkulunkulu unikeza amandla okukwenza. “Ngakho-ke, bathandekayo, njengokuba benilalela ngaso sonke isikhathi, kungesikho phambi kwami ​​kuphela, kodwa ikakhulu manje ngingekho, sebenzelani ukusindiswa kwenu ngokwesaba nangokuthuthumela. Ngokuba nguNkulunkulu osebenza kini kokubili ukuthanda nokwenza njengentando yakhe enhle.” ( Filipi 2,12:13-XNUMX ) Ngakho-ke, uMbuso kaNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu osebenzayo.

Ngokuvamile sibhekana neqiniso kuphela emakhanda ethu. Kodwa kubalulekile ukuthi uthando nomusa kaNkulunkulu kudlule ezinhliziyweni zethu. Lapho sicabangela lokho okuchazwa kwabaseRoma 5: Yeka ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubasebenzela kangakanani abantu abaphambukayo nabahlubukayo - umuntu angamangala. UNkulunkulu wabonisa uthando olungenabugovu lwendawo yonke ngokudala indlela yensindiso yomuntu:

“Kepha uNkulunkulu uyabonakalisa ukusithanda kwakhe ngalokhu ukuthi, siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela... Ngokuba uma sabuyisana noNkulunkulu ngokufa kweNdodana yakhe, siseyizitha, kakhulu kangakanani-ke esiyakusindiswa. ngokuphila kwakhe, njengoba manje sesithole ukubuyisana.”—Roma 5,8.10:XNUMX, XNUMX.

Bonke bangathola uthando nomusa wakhe. UJehova usihawukele kuwo wonke umusa. “INkosi ayilibali isithembiso, njengalokhu abanye becabanga ukuthi iyalibala, kepha iyanibekezelela, ingathandi ukuba kubhubhe namunye, kodwa ukuba bonke beze ekuphendukeni.”— 2 Petru 2,9:XNUMX;

Umusa kaNkulunkulu awunamkhawulo - wanele wonke umuntu. “Kepha umusa weNkosi yethu wavama kakhulukazi kanye nokukholwa nothando olukuKristu Jesu” (1 Thimothewu 1,14:XNUMX).

1888, ingqophamlando

Eminyakeni yokuqala yokuhlangana kwethu kwakukhona abantu ababeshumayela umthetho neSabatha ngobufakazi obuqinile. Kodwa base bekhohliwe ukholo uJesu alubonisa kithi, esingagcina ngalo umthetho kaNkulunkulu kuphela.

Lokhu kwavela ezintshumayelweni zika-Ellet Wagoner ku-General Conference ka-1888. Ngemva kuka-1888 nabanye bashumayela ukulungisiswa ngokholo. Lesi sigijimi sanamathela emthethweni nasemazwini acacile emiBhalo: Yilabo abagcina umthetho kuphela abayongena embusweni wezulu. “Kepha uma uthanda ukungena ekuphileni, gcina imiyalo.” ( Mathewu 19,17:1 ) Futhi lowo ogcina imiyalo yakhe uhlala kuNkulunkulu, noNkulunkulu kuye.”— 3,24 Johane XNUMX:XNUMX .

Yilawa mandla okunqoba anikezwa nguNkulunkulu. Nokho, izimfundiso nezinqubo ezingokomthetho nezingenamthetho zisibangela izinkinga.

Ingabe siyatholana futhi?

Lapha ngithanda ukuqhathanisa iqiniso likaNkulunkulu namaphutha abulalayo omthetho nokungabi namthetho [cf. bheka ithebula ekugcineni kwalesi sihloko]:

1. Imfihlakalo Yamandla KaNkulunkulu
Yinye kuphela indlela yokuba abangcwele bagcine umthetho, futhi yilapho kuphela uJesu ehlala kubo, ngamandla akhe. “Ngiyaphila, kodwa akumina, kodwa uKristu uphila kimi. Ngokuba lokho engikuphila manje enyameni, ngikuphila ngokukholwa eNdodaneni kaNkulunkulu, eyangithandayo, yazinikela ngenxa yami.”—Galathiya 2,20:XNUMX.

Ngeshwa, isazi sezomthetho sizama ukugcina umthetho ngaphandle kokuvumela impilo yakhe ukuthi igcwalise impilo yakhe yansuku zonke ngamandla uJesu asibonisa wona ngokukhethekile. Lokhu kuzinikela kuchazwa ngokucacile uJakobe: “Ngakho-ke zithobeni kuNkulunkulu. Kodwa melanani nodeveli! Futhi uyonibalekela." ( Jakobe 4,7: XNUMX Elberfelder )

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umuntu ongenamthetho ucabanga ukuthi ukulandela imiyalo kaNkulunkulu akuhlangene nensindiso. Njengomthetho, ukholelwa ngisho nokuthi umthetho awukwazi ukugcinwa nhlobo, nakuba kufanele senze konke esingakwenza ukuze sifinyelele umgomo.

2. Indaba yesisusa
Abangcwele bagcina umthetho ngoba bethanda uJesu. "Ngokuba uthando lukaKristu luyasiqhubezela." (2 Korinte 5,14:XNUMX)

Osemthethweni uyawugcina umthetho ukuze asindiswe ngawo. Nakuba imisebenzi iyingxenye yempilo yomKristu ophendukile, akasindiswanga ngalokho akufezile. “Ngokuba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa, nalokhu akuveli kini, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, akuveli ngemisebenzi, ukuze kungabikho ozibongayo. Ngokuba thina singumsebenzi wakhe, sidalelwe kuKristu Jesu imisebenzi emihle, ayilungisela ngaphambili uNkulunkulu ukuba sihambe kuyo.”— Efesu 2,8:10-XNUMX;

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, owephula umthetho ucabanga ukuthi kusemthethweni uma ezama ngisho nokugcina umthetho. Kodwa iBhayibheli lisho ngokucacile: Ngaphandle kokuzinikela akukho ukusindiswa. Phikelelani ukungena ngesango elincane; ngokuba ngithi kini: Abaningi bayakufuna ukungena, bahluleke” ( Luka 13,24:XNUMX ).

3. Thanda isoni, uzonde isono
Abangcwele bayolingisa uJesu. Wayesizonda isono kodwa ethanda isoni. Ngakho-ke, ngozwela olukhulu, wayengasho kowesifazane owayebanjwe ephinga: ‘Nami angikulahli; hamba, ungabe usona.” ( Johane 8,11:XNUMX ) Nakuba isono simzwisa ubuhlungu uJesu, uyasihawukela isoni. Lokhu kwacaca ikakhulukazi kowesifazane wasemthonjeni kaJakobe, uNikodemu, nabathelisi nabafundi.

Umthetho uvame ukuzonda isono kanye nesoni. Uvame ukulahla ngonya labo ababanjwe ezonweni zabo. Ubheka izono zabanye ngengilazi sikhulisi, nakuba azi ukuthi unokuningi okufanele akunqobe.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isigelekeqe sisebenza “ngokuphana” okukhululekile. Uthi uyasithanda isoni, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo uthethelela isono. Kuvamile ngomuntu onjalo ukuba agaxe isoni okufanele sivume isono saso ngokungathi sína futhi sizisole kabuhlungu ngesono saso, futhi asiqinisekise: “Ungakhathazeki! UNkulunkulu uyakuthanda futhi uyaqonda.” Isimo sengqondo esinjalo siyingozi. Ngeshwa, abangenamthetho bathambekele ekuyekeleni ukuphila kwesoni futhi balahle labo abaphila ngokuvumelana noNkulunkulu.

4. Ukukhululwa ezonweni
AmaKristu eqiniso awalokothi athi aphelele, ngisho noma enqoba usuku nosuku ngamandla kaJesu. UNkulunkulu wathi uJobe wayephelele: “Khona-ke uJehova wathi kuSathane, ‘Ingabe uyiqaphele inceku yami uJobe? Ngokuba ayikho into enjalo emhlabeni, umuntu ongenasici nolungileyo, omesaba uNkulunkulu, ogwema okubi!’ ( Jobe 1,8:9,20 ) Kodwa uJobe waxwayisa ngengozi esobala yokuphelela: ‘Uma ngizibonakalisa ngilungile, ngiyokwenza ukulunga kwami. umlomo uyalahla, noma ngingenacala, uyakungibiza ngobubi. Anginacala, nokho anginandaba nomphefumulo wami; ngiyadelela ukuphila kwami.”—Jobe 21:XNUMX-XNUMX.

Kwakukhona izikhathi ezimpilweni zamadoda angcwele kaNkulunkulu lapho ayengabheki kuNkulunkulu futhi ekhubeka. Khona-ke basethemba ngokubonga isithembiso esitholakala kweyoku-1 Johane 2,1:XNUMX : “Bantwana bami, nginilobela lokhu ukuze ningoni. Futhi uma umuntu ona, sinoMmeli kuBaba, uJesu Kristu, olungileyo.”

Okuhlangenwe nakho kwezomthetho kuchazwe kwabaseRoma: “Ngokuba angikwazi engikwenzayo. Ngoba angikwenzi engikufunayo; kepha engikuzondayo ngiyakwenza... Ngokuba okuhle engikuthandayo angikwenzi; kodwa okubi engingakufuniyo, yikho engikwenzayo.” ( KwabaseRoma 7,15.19:7,24, XNUMX ) Akumangalisi ukuthi ebabaza: “Muntu wosizi! Ngubani ozongihlenga kulo mzimba ofayo na?” ( KwabaseRoma XNUMX:XNUMX )

Ngeshwa, akakayitholi impendulo yeqiniso yombuzo wensindiso, okuwukungcwelisa ukuphila kwakhe kuJesu: “Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu!” ( ivesi 25 ) “Kodwa makabongwe uNkulunkulu ophayo. thina ukunqoba ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu!” ( 1 Korinte 15,57:XNUMX )

Lokhu kuholela obambe umthetho ekuzihluleleni, ekukhungathekeni, ekudikibaleni nakwezinye izinkinga ezingokwengqondo; abanye baye baphelelwa ithemba kangangokuthi bashiya umphakathi wobuKristu noma bazibulala. Kubo bonke abantu, okusemthethweni kubi kakhulu.

Okuhlangenwe nakho komuntu ophule umthetho kuyafana kodwa nokho kuhlukile. Njengomuntu ogcina umthetho, akakwazi ukugcina umthetho ngoba ukholelwa ukuthi abangcwele bazoqhubeka nokwenza izono aze afike uJesu. Akahlushwa ukukhungatheka noma izinkinga ezingokwengqondo zezomthetho; unethezeke ngokuphelele ekuvikelekeni kwakhe kwenyama. Kubi nokho ukuhlushwa nokudumala ngoSuku Lokwahlulela, lapho ekugcineni ebona ukuthi ulahlekile.

“Ngakho-ke niyakubazi ngezithelo zabo. Akubona bonke abathi kimi: Nkosi, Nkosi, abayakungena embusweni wezulu, kuphela abenza intando kaBaba osezulwini. Abaningi bayakuthi kimi ngalolo suku: Nkosi, Nkosi, asiprofethanga yini egameni lakho na? Asikhiphanga imimoya emibi ngegama lakho na? Asizenzanga izimangaliso eziningi egameni lakho na? Khona ngiyovuma kubo: Angizange nginazi; Sukani kimi, nina benzi bokubi.”—Mathewu 7,20:23-XNUMX.

5. Ukuthula, ukuthula kwamanga noma ukuxabana
Abangcwele banokuthula okukhulu: »Abathanda umthetho wakho banokuthula okukhulu; ngeke bakhubeke.”—IHubo 119,165:XNUMX.

Abomthetho bahlushwa icala, ukukhungatheka nokwehluleka; uwela ngokuphindaphindiwe esonweni nasekuphelelweni ithemba okujulile. Akanawo amandla kaMesiya okumqinisekisa ngentethelelo nokumelana nobubi ngawo. »Ophika isono sakhe ngeke aphumelele; kepha ozivumayo azishiye uyakuthola umusa.” ( IzAga 28,13:XNUMX ) Ngakho-ke

Izigebengu zihlala ngokuvikeleka kwenyama. Abanye basakhumbula lapho “imfundiso yenkolo entsha” ihlaba umxhwele amalungu amaningi ebandla lethu, lapho kungazelelwe kwase kuba nezimonyo eziningi nobucwebe. Ukuphuza iwayini nezinye iziphuzo ezidakayo kwanda. Kwaba nomuzwa wokuthi izincwadi zoMoya Wesiprofetho zazisemthethweni kakhulu. Abanye bawadayisa, abanye bawashisa. ISabatha lalithathwa kalula, futhi okweshumi kwakusemthethweni, abambalwa basho. Abaningi bashiya inhlanganyelo yethu futhi bajoyina amabandla eZindaba Ezinhle, kwase kuba amabandla aseBhabhiloni awile - futhi ekugcineni bashiya ubuKristu ngokuphelele. Yeka umphumela odabukisayo!

6. Ukuphila Okuphakade
Abangcwele bayozuza ukuphila okuphakade, kodwa hhayi ngoba kubafanele. Cha, bayahlabelela, “Lilifanele iWundlu elahlatshwa.” ( IsAmbulo 5,12:XNUMX ) Bakuqaphela ngokugcwele ukungafaneleki kwabo siqu. Ngokuba nguJesu yedwa ofaneleyo, bayakubeka ngasezinyaweni zakhe umqhele wokuphila awubeka phezu kwabo.

Izimpilo zabo zihlanganiswe ngokuphelele noJesu kangangokuthi ababoni ukuthi izenzo zabo zothando zafakazela ukuphenduka kwabo kweqiniso. Kungakho uJesu ethi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Konke enakwenza komunye walaba bafowethu abancane kunabo bonke, nikwenzile nakimi.” ( Mathewu 25,40:XNUMX ) Ngakho-ke, uJesu wathi kubo: “Impela, ngiqinisile ngithi kini;

Bazalwa kabusha ngempela: “Uma niye nahlanza imiphefumulo yenu ngokulalela iqiniso othandweni lobuzalwane olungadayiwe, thandanani ngaso sonke isikhathi ngokusuka enhliziyweni ehlanzekile! Ngokuba nazalwa ngokusha, kungengambewu ephelayo, kodwa ngembewu engafiyo, okuyizwi eliphilayo likaNkulunkulu elihlala njalo.”— 1 Petru 1,22:23-XNUMX;

Kuyadabukisa ukuthi abaphula umthetho nabasemthethweni balwa kanzima futhi balahlana. Ekugcineni bayothola ukuthi isiphetho sabo siyefana. Akekho kubo oyophila phakade.

Impela yisikhathi, ivangeli laphakade, umlayezo Kristu ukulunga kwethu, ukushumayela ngokusobala kangangokuthi ababambelele emthethweni nabangenamthetho ngokufanayo bayobona amaphutha ezikhundleni zabo—babone ukuthi ukuphila kwabo okuphakade kusengozini. Sengathi bonke ekugcineni bangabona indlela emangalisayo kaJesu: uMsindisi wafa ukuze athethelele futhi asingcwelise. Sithola lokhu kulungisiswa nokungcweliswa ngokushesha nje lapho sethemba ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyasithethelela futhi uJesu angasivuselela.

Ngiyabancenga abasemthethweni abakhungathekiswa ukwehluleka kwempilo yabo esemthethweni: bamelane nesilingo sokuwela ibhuloho elikhohlisayo eliwela indlela ewumngcingo eya ekuphileni okuphakade eliholela ekamu lezigelekeqe! Kunalokho, vumela uJesu akunike usuku ngalunye! Mcele njalo ekuseni amandla akhe okunqoba zonke izilingo nenkohliso kaSathane!

Ngiyazi ukuthi nami ngiyawudinga lo mthandazo ngoba ngiyabazi ubuthakathaka bami obuningi. Usuku ngalunye, lolu suku, engiluthola kuJesu, ngicela amandla akhe okumelana nobubi lapho ngilingwa - ngoba ngidinga amandla angenamkhawulo weZulu ukuze nginqobe.

Futhi ngiyanxusa kumgebengu: Ungathuswa wubuso obungasho lutho bempilo yakho uze weqe umgwaqo wokuthethelelwa, uye ekamu lomthetho, futhi ucabange ukuthi ungaphila ngokuphelele, uthembele emandleni omuntu. Lokho akunakwenzeka! Amandla kaNkulunkulu kuphela nalokho uJesu akwenzile nakwenzayo okungathethelela futhi kuvuselele. Yilokho kuphela okungaholela abesilisa nabesifazane embusweni wezulu.

okusemthethweni	abangcwele	abephula umthetho
balwele ukugcina umthetho ngaphandle kokuzinikela ngokuphelele kuJesu nsuku zonke	gcina umthetho ngoba uJesu ukubo uphila futhi ugcina umthetho lapho	ungakholwa ukuthi umuntu kumele alalele umthetho ukuze asindiswe
bafuna ukugcina umthetho ukuze bahlengwe	gcina umthetho ngoba uJesu uyabathanda ngigqugquzelekile ukwenza kanjalo	kholwa ukuthi kusemthethweni ukuzama ukugcina umthetho
zonda isono nesoni	uzonde isono kodwa uthande isoni	thanda isoni futhi uthethelele isono
bayehluleka emizamweni yabo yokugcina umthetho	bayanqoba usuku nosuku ngamandla kaJesu, kodwa bangalokothi bathi baphelele	qhubeka usenza isono aze afike uJesu
ukulwa nomuzwa wecala, ukukhungatheka nokwehluleka	ube nokuthula kwangempela	phila ngokulondeka kwenyama
ulahlekelwe ukuphila okuphakade	uthole ukuphila okuphakade	ulahlekelwe ukuphila okuphakade

Kufushaniswe kancane.

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngesiJalimane ngesi-: Isisekelo sethu esiqinile, 2-1997

Koku: Isisekelo Sethu Esiqinile, January 1996