Indima kaSambulo kanye Nomphumela Wako

Inkosazana kaSeweswe Indima Yayo

NgokuDr. Niyil Niyelson

Kuyo yonke iminyaka engama-34 yesikhathi sethu sokutshata—kwaye ngaphambi koko ngisho neminyaka embalwa—ndibhala ingoma yothando ngosuku lukaVawenti.

Ungavuyi kakhulu.

Ngamnye umyalezo ubhaliwe ngothando lwam ngaye, ukukhanya kweminyaka yeshadi yethu ngeemxholo ezahlukeneyo, iifomu, neemvakalelo. Abanye baye baba yindoda, abanye behlekisa. Kodwa enye into ibeyinto yonke: yiphephile kakhulu iphiramu.

Kwaye nanku umyalezo walo nyaka, awokuba uyabona okokuqala ngoLwesibini ebusuku. Awukwazi ukuyibona. Kwaye xa uyibona, uyakwazi ukuyibeka kwengqondo yakhe. Ungumntu obhalayo—ngumntu oqinisekileyo—kwaye uyakuthanda aze ayixabise. Kwaye ngokuthethelela kancinane, uyakuyihlalutya ngokungathi yinto efanelekileyo ukunikwa ingqwalaselo kaShakespeare.

Kwaye oko kusisa kuThixo 19, owathi uC. S. Lewis wabhala,

“Ndiyathatha oku ukubhalwa kwengoma enkulu kwiNcwadi yeZithixo kunye nezinye iingoma ezinkulu zehlabathi.”

Ngamanye amazwi, ingcono kuneyami.

Kukho into eninzi apha yenyaniso yezobugcisa, ngakumbi izinto ezahlukeneyo zeengoma zesiHebhere: isingqisho, izakhiwo ezifanayo zokuthetha, kunye neemfanekiso ezivusa ingqondo kunye nezifaniso. Njengo Lewis naye ubonisa, ezi zinto zihluke zikwazi ukuphila xa ziguqulwa zibe ezinye iilwimi—ngokungafaniyo nenkondla, kunzima kakhulu ukuguqulela. Kwaye ke kwisiNgesi, singakwazi ukuxabisa ubukhulu nobuhle bengoma le.

Ukuba unomdla wokuphonononga iimpawu zezobugcisa neengoma zeZithixo ngokweenkcukacha, ndingacebisa uC. S. Lewis’s Reflections on the Psalms, kunye noLeland Ryken’s Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible. Ndifanele ndongeze ukuba uDr. Ryken wasebenza njengomcebisi ngolwazi kulo lonke inkqubo yokuqopha i English Standard Version yeBhayibhile, endikholelwa ukuba unayo kule ntsasa.

Kodwa iZulu 19 ayiyona kuphela into yobugcisa obuhle bezingoma. Yiyinto etshengisa abantu bakaNkulunkulu indlela yokuqonda ubukhazikhazi nobuhle bokuziveza Kwake—zombini kwindalo nangeZibhalo—kuthi senze ukusabela kwethu okufanele kube njani phambi kwelizwi elikhulu kangaka.

Ithala eli, njengoba uyabona—kwaye ngiyabonga ngendlela elarrangewe ngayo kwibuleteni yethu kule molo—lifika kwizigaba.

Ivesi 1–6 ziveza into ekuthiwa ngokuvamile ukuziveza kukaNkulunkulu okujwayelekile.

Ivesi 7–11 ziveza into ekuthiwa ngokuvamile ukuziveza kukaNkulunkulu okukhethekile.

Ivesi 12–14 ziveza umphumela onamandla, owasayo, ongcwelisayo uNkulunkulu awuhlosele kithi njengethuba lokuziveza kwake.

Nanku umshoshoro wokuqala womugqa wengoma yezulu, ukuze njengoba ulalela, ukwazi ukuwulandela:

Ukufunda nokujabha ekuzivezeni kukaNkulunkulu okujwayelekile kunyusa ngokufunda nokujabha ekuzivezeni kukaNkulunkulu okukhethekile—kwaye zombini kunyusa, ekugcineni, ekujabheni ngevangeli nangevangelini emiphilweni yethu.

Yilapho sifunda khona ukuthi uNkulunkulu afuna njani umhlaba Wake naLizwi Lake ukusisa ekugcineni ekuphumeni.

Kuqala, kuthi, kuvesi 1–6, umshoshoro wezulwake wakhuluma ngofakazi kaNkulunkulu ngaphandle kwamazwi ekudalweni Kwake. Lokhu ekuthiwa ngokuvamile ukuziveza okujwayelekile—ngesikhathi esithile kubizwa ngokuthi “incwadi yomhlaba.” Induku yomshoshoro yayo y ukuthi izulu, ngokufananiswa nezinto zonke ezidalwe, zifakaza uMdali wazo.

Kunjengoba uJames Boice, umshumayeli wesikhathi eside eTenth Presbyterian ePhiladelphia, asho: incwadi yomhlaba inikeza ukuziveza kobukhona na manda kaNkulunkulu okukhulu kangaka okufanele kusise isidalwa sonke esikhona emhlabeni ukumfuna uNkulunkulu, ukumthokozela ngokumletha ekubeni khona, nokumthandazela.

Lokhu ukhazikeko lukaThixo alisilo ukhazikeko lwesimilo. Uzoqaphela ukuthi igama likaThixo lapha ngesiHebhere ngu El, igama elijwayelekile kakhulu elisho uThixo, uMdali. Futhi ukhazikeko lapha alikho ukhazikeko lwesimilo – Izimpawu Zakhe ezifana nokulunga, umusa, uthando, ubuhle, umusa. Kunoko kubhekisela ekubeni Khona, ukuhlonishwa, namandla Akhe ekudaleni zonke izinto. Sihlabeke umxhwele ngalo lonke ekuseni.

KwiRomans 1, uPawuli uthi ukhazikeko lokudalwa kukaThixo alwakh вдохновля только ekuwuhlonipheni Khe ngobukhazikeko Bakhe obamangalisa, kodwa luyatholakala kuwo wonke umuntu oyedwa ebusweni bomhlaba. Amandla Akhe ephakade kanye nemvelo Yakhe yathi yaziwa ngokucacile, yokuqondwa kwizinto ezidalwe, ukuze abantu babe ngaphandle kwesizathu. Lolu hlaziyo olumangalisa ukhazikeko lukaThixo ekudalweni lufanelwe ngokufanelekile ukuwuhlonipha nokumthwesa – futhi ngokufanelekile ulethe ushlambululo kulabo abenqaba ukumvuma uMdali.

Kuyathakazelisa, kithina esibandakanyeka kwezemfundo – ikakhulukazi imfundo yeKhristu – imigqa yoku-1 kuya ku-6 inemiphumela emihle kakhulu kwlokhu sikwenza ekilasini kuzo zonke izifundo. Sifunda lapha ukuthi imvelo ifanelwe ukufundwa; ukuthi iyinhle, iyabonakala, iyaqondakala. Asibambeki ngaphakathi kwesifundo sethu sakho. Singabuka izinhlobo, ukuqiniseka, ukuhleleka. Singazilinganisa. Singakhomba ukusebenzisana kwabantu. Singafinyelela iziphetho ngokuthi imizamo yethu ingayithinta kanjani into ekhona, ngomuhle noma ngomubi.

Imvelo iyakhuluma ngokuqhubekayo – emini nobusuku. Iyakhuluma kuso sonke isikhala – iyafika emiphethweni yomhlaba. Akekho umuntu oyedwa ongeyena nobufakazi obungenamagama bukaThixo ngaphambi kwamehlo akhe.

Ekugcineni, le sihlabelelo sikhuthaza hhayi nje kuphela ukufundwa kwezinkanyezi, okubonakala kuyinkomba ethile lapha, kodwa wonke amacaphethi "encwadi yomhlaba". Sibona izibalo nemiphakathi - ukulinganisa, ukubala, amaphethini, oda. Futhi sesivele siqaphele ifomu le sihlabelelo: yincwadi, umsebenzi wobugciko omkhulu kakhulu onesifaniso, umfanekiso, ukuma okubhalwe ngomlomo, kanye nenthythm.

Imvelo iyakhuluma. Ngiyathanda umugqa: ilanga lifana nomyeni oqhamuka ekamelweni lakhe.

Futhi uma uqaphela eBhayibhelini lakho, isingeniso sithi, "Kowayela umqambi" - lokhu kuhlelwe njengesihlabelelo sokucula.

Kukhona ukuqinisekisa kwezobuciko bomculo lapha futhi. Ngamanye amagama, ngendlela ebanzi kakhulu, lokho esinayo kulezi zingu-6 zokuqala hhayi nje kuphela umyalelo wokukhanya kweGrand Creator yend universo, kodwa ukuqinisekisa - ukuqinisekisa okukhazimulayo, ngiyakholwa - kwemisebenzi yethu yonkana, imisebenzi yethu yonke, enezinto zokusetshenziswa zencwadi yomhlaba kaThixo. Futhi ukuqaphela kwesipho esinjalo, ukudalwa okunjalo kuyo yonke into, ukuhleleka kwayo, ukusebenziseka kwayo kanye nokwehlukahlukana, kumele kukhuthaze wonke umuntu ukudumisa uMdali.

Kwa into uma uyaya emsebenzini ekuseni - noma njengoba uhlezi lapha ekuseni - buka nxanye. Yonke into oyibonayo ikhala ngobukhazikhazi bukaThixo. Kungaba yimali, ubuciko noma umthetho noma imanufakchuthi noma iministeri, izinto zokusetshenziswa nemisetshenzana yobugciko bakho, imithetho ekhona ukuze ilawule ukusetshenziswa kwayo, izinzuzo nemiphumela yemisebenzi yakho - yonke into idumisa ubukhazikhazi bukaThixo. Futhi njengoba uRomans 1 esithi futhi, siyayedelela leyo nkazimulo ngokuyingozi yethu. Yeka kuthethelelwa lokhu kobuhle nobukhazikhazi bomhlaba nayo yonke into kuwo.

Kodwa umbhali wengoma akayeki lapho, ngoba lo mfanekiso wokwembulwa kukaNkulunkulu awukaphelelangi. U-Nkulunkulu uzibonakalisa hhayi nje kuphela ekufakaza okungenamagama kokudalwa kwake, kodwa futhi—futhi ngendlela ethile kakhulu nangokujulile—eZwi lakhe, ekufakazeni kwake okugcwele, iZibhalo. Ngakho okwesibili, emavesini 7–11, umbhali wengoma ukhuluma ngokufakaza kukaNkulunkulu okubhaliweyo eZibhalweni, okuthiwa njalo ukwembulwa okukhethekile, kwakathi kwabanye abhekisela kuko njenge “incwadi yeZwi.”

Nokho, ukudlulela phambili kwemavesi 6 kuye kuvesi 7—ubona ukuthi ngiyamisile—kubonke kwabanye kube njengokungazelelwe kangangokuthi baphetha ukuthi ezi kufanele zibe ziengoma ezimbili ezahlukene, zaxhunyiwa ndawonye ngobakabaka. Eqinisweni, ngicabanga ukuthi yisibonelo sokuthi umbhali wengoma uyakuqonda ukuthi lezi zihloko zimbili—incwadi yomhlaba nencwadi yeZwi—zihlobene ngendlela engenakugwenywa futhi esondelene.

Mamela ukuthi uC. S. Lewis achaza kanjani lo xhumano ngazo zengoma. Yisitatimende eside, kodwa sifanele ukulizwa. U-Lewis ubhala:

Kuqala ucabanga ngisib небо, ukuthi njengosuku nosuku umkhuba esibona kuwo ubonisa ukukhazimula kwawo. Kuthiwa angacabanga ngilanga—ukujabula okukhazimulayo kwawo ekusithekeni, isivinini esingacabangiwa sokuhamba kwake nsuku zonke ukusuka empumalanga ukuya eNtshonalanga; ekugcineni, ukushisa kwawo, hhayi ukushisa okuthambile kwesimo sezulu sethu, kodwa imisebe ekhazimulayo, ekhungathekisayo, nemisinga yayo emhlatshayo, ifuna phakathi kwemigodi yonke. Isigama esibalulekileyo esisekelwe kuyo yonke ingoma ukuthi “akukho okufihliweyo ekushiseni kwake.” Iphela yonke ngom ardor yayo eqinile, ekhanyayo. Kuthiwa ngesizathu esithile, kuvesi lesi seveni, ukhuluma ngento ethile, engenjengokuthi yinto ethile, ngoba ifana nokukhanya okungapheli, okwazi ukubona yonke. Umthetho uhlanzekile, upakeme futhi unaphakade—ukhazimulayo, unzima, uyabulisa. Njengoba ezizwa yilanga, mhlawumbe erhengwini, emhloleni phakathi kwemisebe yayo yonke, yena uzizwa ngomthetho, efuna phakathi kwindawo yonke yomphefumlo wakhe.

Naye kunjalo, Lewis ukhona emhlabathini oqinileyo weBhayibheli. Uyakhumbula loo mazwi avela kuHeberu 4: IZwi likaThixo liphila, lisebenza, libukhali kuno noma yiphi intsiba ezimbili… lihlukanisa imicabango nemiqondo yinhliziyo. Futhi akukho ndawo efihlekile emehlweni akhe. Ilanga lomzimba, ngokuqhafuza kwalo okulucwazayo nokushisa okukhulu, likhonya ngamandla kuthi ku ukukhanya okuvela ngaphezulu—okungenamkhawulo—okungena, okumhlophe-okushisayo, okwahlulela nokusindisa kokukhanya kweZwi likaThixo elibhaliweyo.

Kuyathakazelisa: Ngibonise ngaphambili ukuthi igama likaThixo emavesini 1–6 nguEl, igama elijwayelekile, elingumDali. Kodwa lapha emvesini 7, igama likaThixo liyashintsha. Yigama likaYahweh—uThixo owenziwe isithembiso, ogcina isithembiso, okhuluma ka-Abrahama no-Isaaka noYakobe noDavide. Futhi iNkosi, uJehova uThixo, ukhulume ngempela. Ukhulume ngamazwi angeniwa kithi kwiZibhalo, abhaliwe phansi ukuze zonke izizukulwane nazo zonke izizwe nawo wonke amaqembu olimi kuzo zonke izikhathi nezindawo zibe nalezi ziBhalo zokuzingubha.

Ungazi ukuthi okokuqala noma yimuphi umuntu abhala amazwi kaThixo—okungenani kudeleyo njengoba ngazi—kwakunguDeuteronomi 31, lapho uMose nabantu sebekulungele ukuwela emhlabeni othemiweyo uMose anika uYoshua ubuholi. Futhi sifunda kuDeuteronomi 31:9 ngamazwi: UMose wabhal’ umthetho. Lawa mazwi angahamba kancane, kodwa angamazwi amakhulu, ashintsha umdlalo. Abantu ababengakuzwa uThixo kuphela bengakuzwa, kuzo zonke izizukulwane ezizayo, amazwi kaThixo—naye kithi.

Qaphela ukuthi leLizwi—lamazwi ashiwo nguThixo—lichazwa njani. Kuqala, amagama: umthetho, imiyalelo, imiyalo, imithetho, ukwesaba, imimiselo. Zonke zenza ukuqonda okubanzi kokukhulumisana kukaThixo nathi emBhikoni. Ngenkathi ulwazi lwekitabhu yezwe lufuna ukumthanda nokumbulela ngenxa yemajesti akhe, ikitabhu yeLizwi—umthetho, imithetho, ukwesaba—ifuna impendulo yomuzwa nengokomoya. Kufanele simthande. Kufanele simesabe. Kufanele simthobele.

Qaphela izichazamazwi: ziphelele, ziqinisekile, zilungile, zicoceke, ziyathembeka. Ubulelezi obuphelele bokwembulwa kukaThixo. Inyani ephelele. Akukho stitch eyodwa yobuxoki noma iphutha kuwo.

Kwaye qaphela imisho echazayo ezenziwe ngamazwi achaza isiphumo seLizwi likaThixo elithathiwe: livuselela umphefumlo. Lenziwa ngumuntu mng’ani. Linika injabulo enhliziyweni nokukhanya emehlweni. Liyangaphepha kuze kube phakade. Lyasixwayisa linika umklomelo omkhulu.

Ikitabhu yezwe—nenkulu yayo yonke, ubuhle nobamangaza nayo yonke, ukusebenziseka kwayo—ayikwazi ukunikeza ukwaneliseka nokujabula kanye nezibusiso ezinjalo.

Umshumayeli uyasikhuthaza ukuba sibone ukuzibandakanya kwethu emhlabeni—ukufunda kwethu, umsebenzi wethu, ukubizwa kwethu, ukujabula kwethu—ukubona konke lokho kumxholo weLizwi lakhe elivezwe, elingathandeka kakhulu kuneGolide, lumnandi kunobumnandi obukhulu kunobuhle.

Kuhle njengokubizwa kwethu, njengokuthakazelisa nokukhiqiza njengoba bekunjalo, bakhuthele, abalahleki, ekugcineni abanelisekile ngaphandle kokwembulwa okukhethekile kweziBhalo. Ngempela, iseluleko sonke seziBhalo sisitshela ngokucacile ukuthi singenzi ukuqonda umhlaba osizungezile ngaphandle kweLizwi likaThixo elibhaliwe, elisenza sibone yonke into kumukhanya wenhliziyo zikaThixo ngendalo yakhe nenhloso yakhe yokugcina yokudlulisa nokuvumelanisa zonke izinto kuye.

Ndingakwazi ukusho nje ngokufushanayo: yiqiniso elilodwa phakathi kwamaqiniso eSibhalo ayigcwalisile ngenjabulo njengoba ngicabanga ngalokho okuzokwenzeka kwikusasa lami. Ngoba ezindaweni lapho iinjiva inamandla khona, lapho ibandla likhula khona, lapho ukwanda kwabantu nokukhula kwezomnotho kukhula ngokushesha—ezindaweni ezinjengo-Indonesia ne-India, futhi maduze Cambodia ne-Laos—khona kukhula ukunyakaza okukhulu kwezemfundo yobuKristu. Abaholi bebandla bayalwela ukuqhuba amaqiniso e-injiva nefomula yeSibhalo kuzo zonke izindawo zokucabanga kwabantu ngazo zonke izinto.

Eqinisweni, bayangitshela ukuthi bayawathanda umlando wale ndzwe, lapho emakhulu eminyaka eyedlule izikole nezunivesithi zasungulwa futhi zakhelwa phezu fomula yeSibhalo. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi singasho ngokufanelekile ukuthi ukufunda kulo mndeni kunikeze ukuphila kwakho konke kobuntu bezinzwe zethu. Ngiyacabanga nokuthi kufanelekile ukusho ukuthi sisengozini kule ndzwe yokunganaki noma yokukhohlwa kwalomlando—noma ukuwuthatha kancane. Akunjalo e-Indonesia, lapho kunendlala yokufundiswa kobuKristu okwenziwa ngezibhalo, kuhambisana nokwanda kwabantu nokukhula kwezomnotho. Sizokhuluma kakhulu ngalokho kamuva.

Nokho into eyodwa ilapha: uma incwadi yomhlaba ikhuthaza ukukhulekwa koDadekazi ngenxa yalomhlaba ayenzile, singathi kakhulu kunalokho incwadi yelizwi ikhuthaza kithi ukumangala nokuthobeka nokukhulekwa nokulalela nokungcweliswa nokujabula. El anga Jehovah.

Naye uma ujabulela ukudala kukaThixo kuzo zonke izindlela nezibonakaliso—uma uthanda imvelo nokusebenza egadini lakho, uma uthanda ikhaya lakho nomsebenzi wakho nomndeni wakho nezinto zakho—khona kufanele, ngokufanelekile, ugijime kulawo maqhubu nawo makhontakthi lapho ungasebenzisa khona ukuzwa loMdidikazi akhulume ngamazwi awo nawe na nami siqonde.

UThixo uthethile. Naye uThixo uyathetha. Nase ndifuna ukuthi: singaba njani, thina bakwaThixo, siyeke kule ngxelo engenazwi yendalo—imangalisayo njengoko injalo—xa sinolu ngxelo lupheleleyo lwegama, olokuthi, ngokukaYakobe 1, lusindise imiphefumlo yethu.

Kodwa isihambi sesatifikile ekupheleni kwendaba yesi siqalo. Kuba uThixo uyazimisele ukuba lonke ulwazi Lwakhe—zombini ngokubanzi nangekhethekileyo—lukhokele kwindawo ethile. Kwaye ke ngoko sijika kwimibhalo 12–14, apho umbhali wesatifikile athetha ngenjongo yokugqibela yoku yonke. Kutheni lelibha lohlobo lwehlabathi, ekugqibeleni? Kutheni lelibha leLizwi?

Kuba kwingcazo zikaThixo, ulwazi olubanzi aliyeli ekupheleni kwalo. Linto emnandi—ilunge ngokuqinisekileyo yaye iyasetyenziswa ekukhokeleni wonke umntu ongeke amkele ngabomu ukuya kuvuma nokukhanya uThixo njengoMdali. Kodwa aliyelethi ngokwaneleyo ukubhiyozela iimpahla zikaThixo zokudala neemisebenzi yethu.

Kwaye kwingcazo zikaThixo, ne ulwazi olukhethekileyo aliyeli ekupheleni kwalo. IBhayibhile—iLizwi likaThixo eliphefumlelweyo, eliphumayo—ngexesha elifunekayo yaye elibalulekileyo ku bakholwa abayeza kukholo nokulandela, ekugqibeleni kwenzelwe ukukhokelela, ngomoya kaThixo, ekuthandazeni nasekukholweni naso ubuhlanti nokuthembela.

Siyabakwazi ukuba ngabafundi abagqwesileyo beBhayibhile. Siyayifunda, siyayazi, yaye siyayonandipha ifuthe yayo—kodwa isengakwazi ukushiywa injongo yakaThixo kuthi. Siyabakwazi ukufana nabo kuYohana 5:39, abayikhankanya uYesu, “Uyafuna imibhalo kuba ucinga ukuba kuzo unempilo yokungenisa; yaye zi yiyo elo ezikhulumela ngam, kodwa ungafuni ukuza kum ukuze ube na mpilo.”

Kwaye ke ngoko sifika kwimibhalo 12–14:

"Ngubani onokwahlukanisa iimpazamo zakhe? Ndikhulumeleni njengomntu olungileyo ongenatyala kwizono ezifihlakeleyo. Mthibeleni umkhonzi wakho kwimpazamo eqhayisayo; mayingabi nawo ulawulo phezu kwam. Ke kaloku ndiya kuba ngumntu olungileyo yaye ongenatyala kwityala elikhulu."

Ngapha sifuna ukubona impendulo uThixo ayifunayo. Umhlobo wam omuhle uDon Carson uyibeka ngale ndlela: yile nto uThixo ayifunayo ekubonakaleni okujwayelekile nasekubonakaleni okukhethekile. UCarson ubhala ukuthi uThixo ufuna ngaphezu kokumangala phambi kwamandla adlulele, ngaphezu kokujabula kwakho ekuthandweni kukaThixo oyintu, okhulumayo. Impendulo efanelekile y ukuziphendulela nokholo nokuthandaza ngokushisekela ukuthi uThixo ngokwakhe angasihlambulisa ngaphakathi aze enze amazwi nemicabango yethu ibe yinhle phambi kwakhe.

Ukuziphendulela kwezono ezifihliwe — ezingcwatywe kakhulu kangangokuthi singazazi nokuthi zikhona.

Ukuziphendulela kwezono eziqondile — imisebenzi yokuzenzela ngokumelene nezilindelo zikaThixo.

Futhi hhayi nje ukuziphendulela, kodwa umthandazo wokuvikelwa kukaThixo: Nguwe, mvimbela umkhonzi wenu ezonweni eziqondile; zingabi ngabahloli bami.

Kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho, umthandazo wokuziphendulela, ngaphezu komthandazo wokuvikelwa phambi kokulingwa. Ngiwakholelwa ukuthi lo ngumthandazo wokholo olusindisayo, ngoba uDavide uthandaza umshumayelo ongaqondakali: Nguwe, ndikhulule… khona-ke ngiyoba ngumuntu ongenacala ongenasici kwzono ezinkulu.

Yini engeza uDavide angabi nacala aze abe ngumuntu ongenacala? Yini engeza usenza abantu abangenacala? Hhayi ukungenacala kwethu — asingenacala. UDavide wayazi lokhu kahle. Funda uZulu 32. Funda uZulu 51. Akasho ukungenacala njengesisekelo sokwamukelwa kwakhe phambi kukaThixo. Ukhonza ukukhishwa kukaThixo.

Nguwe, ndikhulule, akhale — y khona-ke kuphela ndiyoba ngumuntu ongenacala.

Yini le? Ngiwakholelwa ukuthi lapha, efihliwe emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka ngaphambi kokufika kukaJesu emhlabeni, kukhona umshumayelo omuhle wokuthi uBible ibiza iinjil — izindaba ezinhle zokuthi uThixo angabaxolela njani abantu ngomusa aze abasindise.

Kwincwadi yomhlaba, siyazi ukuthi uThixo uyindalo esebusayo.

Ngeencwadi yLizwi, siqonda ukuba Ungcwele yaye ulungile—kwaye ngokungafaniyo okubi, thina, njengoDavide, singabagwaji abaphikisana noThixo ezintliziyweni zethu. Asinancedi asinayethemba, asikwazi kuzikhulula kwimeko yethu yokugwaza.

Kwaye nguDavide ke waziphosa kuc慈愍 loThixo—uThixo owakhetha, ngomusa wakhe, ukuba angasiphathi njengoDavide okanye thina ngokusihlawula, kodwa asixolele, asidlangalalise njengoDavide yaye asidlangalalise thina njengabantu abayiyo. Hayi kuba silungile, kodwa kuba uThixo akhetha ukujonga ekufeni koNyana wakhe, uJesu—owakhe uDavide wabona kuphela emthunzini, yaye owakhe thina sibona ngokucacileyo—okufeni kwakhe sibhiyozela kunye xa si thatha isidlo seNkosi.

uJesu, yedwa oLungileyo, yedwa owakhe wayenguMntu ogqibeleleyo yaye engenasici, wafe yetha endaweni yethu njengo wethu endaweni—owakhe ogqibeleleyo wafe yetha oguquguqukayo— uhlawulela ixabiso lokuphikisana kwethu noThixo ongcwele. Yaye uThixo wamukela loo mali. Ngokufaneleka kokufeni kukaJesu, wabamba njengabantu abayiyo yaye abangenasici phambi kwakhe.

Uyalwazi na ukuba uZimo 19 ubamba ukulungiswa ngokholo yedwa? Yintoni na ukuzukiswa.

Kodwa nokuba yiyo into yokugqibela. uZimo uphela ngaloo vesi lihle, lathi:

"Mawazi amazwi omlomo wam yaye imedithelo yentliziyo yam ithandeke phambi kwakho, O Nkosi, ilitye lam yaye uHlanguyi wam."

Davide uyazi ukuba uxolelwe nguThixo ngobizo lwake oluthe rhoqo. Ngoku uthandazela ukuba umlomo wakhe yaye intliziyo yakhe— yonke into ayithethayo yaye yonke into ayicingayo yaye ayivayo—ithandeke yaye ijabulise uThixo. Ngamanye amazwi, uthandazela ukuba uThixo olungisayo ubambi ukuhlambulula. Yaye ngoku 1 uYohane 1:9: Ukuba sivuma izono zethu, uThixo uthembekile yaye ulungile ukusixolela izono zethu yaye kutshabalalisa kude kuso sonke isenzo sethu esingafanelanga.

Yini enye impendulo esingayipha uThixo osindisileyo, osikhululile ekubeni singenamandla futhi singenathemba, ngaphandle kokuphendula ngokuphila okutshiswe yinjil, okutshiswe ngumusa Wake—ukuphila okul obeyelayo nokulandela ubungcwele kuzo zonke izici zokuphila kwethu?

Kwa-kunjalo-ke ukunyakaza okugcwele kwalesi sihlabelelo:

Kungathi uma sijabula ngokufakaza okungenamagama kaThixo ekudalweni okujwayelekile, singathi-ke kujabula ngakumbi ngokufakaza okunenamagama kaThixo ekudalweni okukhethekile? Ukubandakanyeka kwethu emhlabeni kaThixo kumele kusikhuthaze ukuba sigijimele kuLizwi likaThixo, lapho thotho thiva kha Thixo akhulumisayo.

Kodwa-ke, uma sijabula ngokufakaza okunenamagama kaThixo ekudalweni okukhethekile, singathi-ke, njengalolu lusafile, kufanele sivuleleke ekusebenzeni Kwake kokusola, ukuthethela, ukulungisa, nokungcwelisa—ukuthi thotho thiva, njengoDavide, sigijimele Kuye ukuze enze lese msebenzi nathi—hhayi kanye nelinye, kanjalo uma siphethe lolo thango kudala, kodwa thotho thiva sijabula injil yezindaba ezinhle zokumemezela kwakaThixo kwukhululwa kwethu, thotho thiva sithatha ukufa kukaJesu njengesisekelo sokumemezela, thotho thiva silandela ubungcwele nothembelo injil elikhuthazayo, ekuthobeleni Kuye othi yinduka yethu neyiNkosi yethu.

Kwa-kunjalo-ke, bazalwane nabahesteri, jabula emhlabeni kaThixo nakubizo alunika lona ukuze niwugcwalise. Njengalolu lusafile, jabula kuLizwi likaThixo nakho konke anako kusitsho ngaye naphehlengiso Zakhe zokudlulisa. Kodwa-ke, okulungele kakhulu, landela umzila weZihlabelelo 19—landela incwadi yomhlaba nencwadi yelizwi kuze kufike injil: izindaba ezinhle zokuthi uThixo athethela aboni ngenxa yokuthi uJesu wafa ekhrosini, nenzil yezindaba ezinhle zokuthi ngale njil thotho thiva sikhuluma sithotho siphila ngokwemibono Yakhe.

Lowo mkhondo—lo mkhondo wencwadi yomhlaba, incwadi yelizwi, ukulungiswa nokungcweliswa—ingaba yikhambi lomculo weZihlabelelo 19, kodwa hhayi yikhambi lomculo wezinhloso zikaThixo zokudlulisa ekuhlaleni Kwake nakuwe.

Naye sizovala ngokuthula ingoma echaza injongo yokugcina yale njongo enkulu kaThixo—ukuziveza yena ngokwakhe ukuze simjane, sikhululwe, futhi sihambe ekungcweliseni phambi kwakhe. Uzokuzwa ngokwakhe ngendlela emuhle kulo verse lokugcina:

"Qeda, khona, ukudalwa kwakhe okusha; kube nguThixo njengaye, kube nguThixo njengaye. Sibone ukusindiswa kwakhe okukhulu kuye kube njengaye; kushintshwe ekhazikweni kube ekhazikweni…. KuJesu Kristo yedwa kube inkazimulo nokudumisa."

Niel Nielson ungumongameli weCovenant College eLookout Mountain, GA.

Lesi sihloko sisekelwe kumbhalo othiwa nguDkt. Nielson. Si yehlisiwe kancane nguCopilot kanye nezisebenzi zezokufundisa e Third Millennium Ministries.