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Iingxenye 2: Erasmus Utyhilwa NjengoMngabazi

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Kwenzeka ukuba sithethe ngenyathelo lakho – hayi nje kuphela malunga nenkululeko yokukhetha, kodwa malunga nenkolo ngokubanzi – apho uthi ukuba igunya elipheleleyo leSibhalo kunye nemigaqo yeKhotho ayiMisi, uya kuthi ngokuzithandela ujoyine Abangabazi kuba ukhungatheke kakhulu ziingqiniseko.

La mazwi – “igunya elipheleleyo kunye nemigaqo yeKhotho” – ayac滑alisa. Uzwakalisa ukuhlonela iSibhalo kunye neKhotho, kodwa ubonisa ukuba uthanda ukuba inkululeko yokwamkela ingoqo. Ngawaphi amaKristu athetha njengo? Ukuba ubhekisa kiminzi imicimbi, ke kunjalo, abantu abaninzi banqwenela ukuba bakhululeke ukubuza imibuzo. Ayonto intsha.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, amaKristu amaninzi sele ewasebenzisa loo nkukuleko xa enqatshwa yi-dogmatism eqinile. Ngaphandle kokuba, njengoko amazwi akho ecebisa, ucinga ukuba amaKristu ngokubanzi abambelele kwimicimbi efanelekileyo yaye baphikisana ngayo ngobupofu. Kodwa ukuba uthetha ngeenkolelo ezibalulekileyo, ke kuthetha ukuba uthanda ukungangabazi kwako konke kucela umngeni. AmaKristu ayowazi kuthi, “Kude nawelekehlanga namaBangabazi, ndizama ukuma ngokuqinileyo kwilizwi likaThixo, ndiqinisekisa ukuba lithetha ntoni – yaye nakwizinto ezingabalulekanga, ndizama ukuzithemba. Yintoni embi kunokungaqiniseki?”

Kuthi uongeza, “Ndiyazithoba ngokuzithandela ibezeko lakam, nokuba ndiyayiqonda nokuba andiyiqondi.” Ngawaphi, Erasmus? Akwanele ukuthoba iSibhalo? Kufuneka nawe uthobe imigaqo yeKhotho? Uthi iKhotho ingayala into eSibhalo singayali? Ukuba kunjalo, ikhona inkukuleko yokutwahlula inkolo, njengoko uPaul angenza ngayo ku 1 Corinthians 14:29? Ubonelela ngokuchasene nenkolelo yokwahlula imigaqo yeKhotho, kodwa uPaul uyagcina oko.

Lokhu ukuthobeka okwakho okusha—ukuthobela ngobumpumputhe ubutorhu be abantu—kusikhupha ilungelo lokuhlola imfundiso. Iphi iSibhalo esifuna njalo? Yiphi iKhristu yokuthi, “Ngithobela, ngingayiqondi”? Uprofesa ukukholwa ngaphandle kokuqonda. Kodwa iSibhalo siqalekisa labo abangayiqondi into abazoithi bakholwa. Kwenziwa njani ukukholwa ngaphandle kokuqonda?

Kubonakala usikisela ukuthi ukukholwa akudingi ukuqiniseka. Kodwa uma "ukwazi" kusho ukuqonda ngokugcwele into, ukuqonda kancane akwenele. Awukwazi ukuthi uqonde ingxenye eyodwa kaThixo ngaphandle kokuqonda ngaye. Kumele siqonde uThixo ngaphambi kokuthi siqonde enye into ekuhlanganisweni.

Nitshaba, amazwi akho abonisa ukuthi ukukholwa akunandaba—inani ukuthula kugciniwe. Lapho isidume, ukuphepha, noma ingcebo isengozini, ubonakala uyakhuthaza umbono wokuphindaphinda abanye abathi: “Bayakhi, ngiyakhi; bayakuphika, ngiyakuphika.” Uthoba imfundiso yeKhristu ibe yombono wefilosofi nje, awufanele ukulwela ngoba ubiza ukungqubuzana. Uveza wena njengoMpumlwane owufunayo ukuthulisa zombili izinhlangothi, uphakamisa ukuthi silwela into engenangqondo. Lokho yimlayo oyikhoyo ngemuva kwamazwi akho, Erasmus—futhi ngisola ukuthi uyazi okungekho ngikusho.

Nokho, ngiyakuvumela amazwi akho asheleze okwamanje, uma nje ungawaphindaphindi. Kodwa qaphela iMoya kaThixo, obona ngakumlimi ulimi oluhlelekile futhi ahlolisise inhliziyo. Ngikushilo lokho ukukuvimbela ekusoleni ukuthi siyabathukuthela noma sikhulu kakhulu. Indlela yakho ibonisa ukuthi ukhulisa umoya kaLucian noma omunye Epicurean ongakholi kuThixo futhi agibele labo abakhola. Masiqine, masishishe ngiqiniso, futhi singabi namihloni. Ungakhetha ukuthanda Skeptics bakho kanye Academics—kuze iKhristu ikubizele kwinto enkulu.

IMoya iNgcwele ayisikho Skeptic. Akalobanga imibono engacaci ezinhliziyweni zethu, kodwa iqiniso eliqinisiwe, elisuka ezimpandeni zempilo—iqiniso eliqinisekile kunanoma yini esiyoke isipiliyone.

Nokwamanye into. Nithi ezinye iinkolelo zeKhristu zibalulekile, ezinye azibalulekile; ezinye zifihliwe, ezinye zivezwe. Ngaba nikhopisha abanye, okanye nizama ukuziqhayisa? Nithi zicatshulwa amazwi kaPawulos —Romans 11:33) — noIsaya —Isaiah 40:13).

Kulula ukusho oku xa nibhala uluntu jikelele, hayi ngqo kuLuthero. Kodwa ngethemba ukuba nisakwazi ukumnika uLuthero ukuqonda okuthile kweSibhalo. Ukuba akunjalo, ndiya kuqinisekisa ukuba niyakwenza.

Mvumele ndinike umahluko: uThixo kunye nelizwi likaThixo elibhaliweyo azifani — kanye njengokuba uMdali noYilo lwakhe zahlukile. Ewe, zinto ezininzi zifihliwe kuThixo. Uyisho ngokwakhe: Matthew 24:36), Acts 1:7), John 13:18), no 2 Timothy 2:19).

Kodwa abaphilosoferi abaninzi — nawu nikhala nabo apha — bathi iSibhalo ngokwaso sineenkolelo ezifihliweyo. Abazange bayiqinisekise le nto. Akakaze abonise umzekelo mnye wokuxhasa inkozo yakhe. Kodwa le mikono iye yavimbela abantu ukufunda iSibhalo yaye yabonakala ingabalulekanga — ukuze iindaba zobuxoki zikaSathana zingene ezingcambu eBandleni.