Inkqayi yekhofi ebandleni

Ndingazi ngokuchanekileyo ukuba ndingayivavanya njani le ngxaki kwimbono yebhibilical. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuvela ukuba isenokuba yindlela elungileyo yokwandisa ubunhlobo, yaye isenokuba sisixhobo esihle sokuvangela. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuvela ukuba isenokudibanisa ibandla neshishini ngendlela enokuthandabuzeka.

Iingxaki

Njengoko mhlawumbi uyazi, uYesu wayenengxaki enkulu kunye nezishishini ezazisebenza etempileni ngamaxesha akhe. KuYohana 2:13-16, uYesu wabaxosha abantu ababebesebenzisa eso siza kuthengisa izilwanyana baze batshintshe imali. Mhlawumbi, ukuthengiswa kwezilwanyana kwakunzwa njengesilungeleleno kubo babefike umkude ukuya eYerusalem ngePhasika. Abahambi abanjalo babeya kufuna izilwanyana zokusenga, kodwa isenokuba yinto enzima kubo ukuthutha imifuyo eYerusalem ngenxa yoko. Ukuthengiswa kwezilwanyana etempileni kwakusenokuba yenzelwe ukunceda ukuthenga izilwanyana zokusenga kwindawo, njengesilungeleleno kubahambi abangaphandle kwelizwe iKhanan. Ukutshintshwa kwemali ukuya kwemali yendawo kwakusenokuba kunxulene nalesi silungeleleno. Kule meko, uYesu wabaxosha bonke abo babebesebenza etempileni. Njengoko uYohana echaza ibali, into yokuqala isenokuba ayizange ibe yokuba oosomishishini babengathembeki, kodwa kuphela ukuba babebesebenza kwindawo eyayigciniwe yaye ithileleke kuThixo.

Kusenokuba yinto yokuba ishishini lisenokubangela ukuba uluntu olungakholwayo lubone ibandla njengento engcwele kangangoko, kodwa kunoko njengokubonakaliswa kweshishini. Yaye mhlawumbi abafuna ukudibana noThixo baya kuthintwa okanye bangathintelwa ekufuneni kwabo ukudibana noThixo xa bengakuva isandi semali ezingqongileyo.

Kukho kwakhona umbuzo weSabbathi. Ngaba abakristu bafanele basebenze ngeCawa? Ngaba abakristu bafanele baxhase ishishini elabangela abasebenzi balo basebenze ngeCawa? Ngaba ibandla kufanele libe neshishini elisebenza ngeCawa? Ndiyathanda ukucinga ukuba abakristu bafanele bakuphepha ukusebenza ngeCawa nanini na kunokwenzeka, kodwa andinangxaki enkulu ngokuxhasa ishishini (nandiphathi mntu ukuba asebenze ngeCawa?). Ngaba oku kuthetha ukuba ibandla linokurithesha abangakholwayo okanye abo bafanele basebenze ngenkani ukuqhuba ikhefi? Loo nto iphuma ingqiqo kancinci kum.

Kude kube kumalunga nasebeni, ndiyathandabuza ukuba ibandla elinekefi linokulahlekelwa yimali ngaphezu kokuba lifumana, kodwa ndiyaziwa. Ngalokuyinto, ndiyacinga ukuba imali yebandla kufanele ifakwe njengedonari. Ukunika uThixo yinto yokuncoma, yaye yisinyanzelo sabakristu. Ibandla kufanele likuphephe ukutshintsha imali yabo ngeenzuzo zeshishini. Ngelixa ukwengeza akusiyo indaxto yokutshintsha, kuba yinto yokutshintsha kancinci ukuba ibandla lixhomekeke ekwengezeni rhoqo.

Izinzuzo

Noko, akukho uxhulumaniso oluthe ngqo phakathi kwetempile nebandla lanamhlanje. Ibandla lanamhlanje alisiyiyo isakhiwo esingcwele apho uThixo abonakalisa khona ubukho bakhe obukhethekileyo okanye ubukho bakhe beShekinah; ubukho bakhe obukhethekileyo buya kuhlala kwisi sakhiwo (Yohana 4:20-24). Kunoko, kubakristu itempileni ngoku uYesu (Yohana 2:21) ngokwakhe yaye abantu bebandla (1 Korinte 3:16-17). Ukumisela ishishini kwipropati yebandla isenokuba isingalwenzi ngxaki kwindawo engcwele kaThixo.

Yaye ngelwhile abafuna ukubona ikhefi njengesibonakaliso sokuba ibandla lithengisile, mhlawumbi abanye baya kuziva bamkelekile ngenxa yengcamango engaqhelekanga, engaqhelekanga. Mhlawumbi abo baphendukileyo kubakristu ngamava amasiko ebandla baya kufumana ibandla elinekefi linomtsalane, limamkelekile.

Kwakhona, ikhefi isenokwandisa ubunhlobo emzimbeni, yaye oku kunokuba yinto efunekayo. Ibanda la ekuqaleni labonakala lifumana inzuzo enkulu ngokutya kunye neemfuyo rhoqo (umzekelo, iZenzo 2:46). Mhlawumbi le isenokuba yindlela yokuba ibandla lanamhlanje libuyisele oku.

Kwevangeli, umntu unokufumana impumelelo enkulu ngokumema umntu angakholwayo ngamagama ekofu kwipropati yebandla (heyi, kukho igama elipholileyo lekhefi yebandla: The Church Grounds) kunokumema loo mntu kwinkonzo yebandla.

Kungenzeka ukuba ishishini linokwandisa imali yebandla efunekayo.

Iingqoqo

Ngokwakho, ndiyathanda ingcamango yokwandisa ubunhlobo, kunye nokwandisa amathuba okuvangela. Ngaxeshanye, ndiyathandabuza ekungeneni kwentengiselwano yabathengi kwinto endiyicinga njengomatmosphere wentsapho.

Umbuzo wokusebenza kwebandla ngeCawa ukhathaza. Ukuba ibandla elithile likholelwa ukuba linembaluleke ukugcina iSabbathi, ndiyacinga ukuba oku kunokuba yinto yokugqiba.

Kwakhona, nangona isakhiwo sebandla asiyiyo itempileni entsha, abantu bayiyo. Ukuqhuba ishishini ebangela abantu boThixo ngeCawa kunokungenela kwindawo kaThixo hayi ngomhlaba, kodwa ngokuphazamisa abantu bakhe (ngeempawu zoshishini okanye zesenzi).

Ndingacebisa ukuba eyona ndlela ilungileyo kukuvula ikhefi elingeyoshishini. Ukuba ibandla likholelwa ukuba ikhefi ibalulekile kwinkonzo, mhlawumbi ikhefi kufanele ibe yinkonzo, hayi ishishini. Yenza umoya wekefi, kodwa uxhase ngokupheleleyo ngedonari. Nikela ikofu, iibagel, iidonati, nantoni na oyiphakelayo. Vumela abantu basebenze ekhawuntareni baze bapakele njengokhonzelo lwediyakoni. Yamkelekile idonari zokutya neenkonzo, kodwa musa uzifunze (“ukucebisa” idonari, kum, yinto yokunyanzelisa – ibonakala kancinci njengokunyanzelisa, okanye ingqiqo njengokuziphatha).

Njengoko bekunjalo, thumela kubadala bakho abalungileyo nabakhokeli bebandla xa unengcamango elungileyo malunga nebandla elingakukhokelwa yiScripture. UThixo unokubapha ukuhlakanipa kwakhe kwisigqibo esinjalo.