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Isigaba 2: U-Erasmus Uvuliwe NjengoMngabazi

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Lesi sihloko sisekelwe ekuhumeni okwenziwe ngo-1823 ngu-Eward Thomas Vaughan. Ulwazi luye lwanamuhla olunokusizwa kweCoPilot AI, nokuguqulwa okwengeziwe kanye nokugunyazwa kokugcina ngabasebenzi bokuhlela be-Thirdmill.

Khasa ngenkulumo yakho—hhayi nje kuphela ngokwentando yasimahla, kodwa ngemfundiso yenkolo yonke—lapho uthi khona ukuthi uma igunya eliphelele leSibhalo kanye nemiyalelo yeKhotho ingenekho endleleni, ungajabula ukujoinana naBamangabazi ngoba ukhungathekile kakhulu yizitatimende.

Lowo mazwi—“igunya eliphelele nemiyalelo yeKhotho”—uyakhohlisa. Uzwakalisa ukuhlonipha iSibhalo neKhotho, kodwa ushintsha ukuthi ungathanda ukukhululeka ukwamukela ukungabazi. Yiluphi uhlobo lweKhristu olukhuluma kanje? Uma ubhekisela emfundisweni engabalulekanga, khona-ke, abantu abaningi bayathanda ukuba nekululeka ukuyabuza. Lokho akuyinto entsha.

Eqinisweni, abakholwa abaningi benziwa lokho kululeka lapho benqatsha inkanuko eqinile. Ngaphandle kwalokho, njengokwelizwi lakho uphakamisa, ucabanga ukuthi abakholwa ngokujamile banamathela emfundo engabalulekanga futhi baxabane ngayo ngobuwula. Kodwa uma ukhuluma ngezinto ezibalulekile, khona-ke uthi ufisa ukungagcizeleli lutho oluthile kuyabukeka kakhulu. Akhona umkholwa wangempela angathi, “Kude naBamangabazi, ngikulungele ukuma ngokuqinile kwilizwi likaThixo, ngigcizelela okhufundisa—hambile ngezinto ezingabalulekanga, ngikulungele ukuba ngeqiniso. Yini eyabuhlungu kunokungaqiniseki?”

Kwabe usongeza, “Ngikulungele ukunikeza isahlulelo sakho kuwo wonke umuntu, noma ngiyakuqondi noma cha.” Ngempela, Erasmus? Akwanele ukunikeza iSibhalo? Kufanele unikeze nemiyalelo yeKhotho? Uthi iKhotho ingayala okhuluwe yiSibhalo? Hhayi, ikhona inkululeko yokwahlulela imfundiso, njengokukaPaul owayalile ngo 1 Corinthians 14:29? Uboneke uphikisana nomqondo wokwahlulela imiyalelo yeKhotho, kodwa uPaul ugcizelela ngayo.

Lesi umkhuba omusha wokuthobeka kwenu—ukuthobela ngobumpumputhe ubuholi bomuntu—uyokusisusa ngelungelo lokuhlola imfundiso. Iphi iNkosi ekuyalile lokho? Yiphi iKhristu yokuthi, “Ngiyathobela, noma ngingaqondi”? Uyakha imikholelo ngaphandle kokuyiqonda. Kodwa iNkosi iyalaqha labo abangaqondi lokho abakholelwa kubo. Kukhona okholwa kanjani ngaphandle kokuqonda?

Kubonakala sengathi uphakamisa ukuthi ukukholwa akudingi ukuqiniseka. Kodwa uma “ukwazi” kusho ukuqonda ngokugcwele into, khona ukuqonda kancane akwanele. Awukwazi ukugcikiza ukuthi uqonda ingxenye eyodwa kaNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokuqonda konke ngaye. Kumele siqonde uNkulunkulu kuqala ngaphambi kokuthi siqonde enye into ekuhlanganisweni.

Nitshaba, amazwi akho abonisa ukuthi ukukholwa akunandaba—inani ukuthula kugciniwe. Lapho isithunzi, ukuphepha, noma ingcebo isengozini, kubonakala sengathi uyakhuthaza umbono wokuphinda lokho abanye bakusho: “Bayakha, ngiyakha; bayalahla, ngiyalahla.” Uhlabisa phansi imfundiso yeKhristu ukuze ibe yiphupho nje lefalsosofi, elingafanele ukulwela ngoba yiyo ebangela ukungqubuzana. Uyakha njengoMpaisekhazi owafuna ukuthulisa zombili izinhlangothi, uphakamisa ukuthi silwa ngenxa yento engenangqondo. Lokho umyalezo oyinyani ngemuva kwamazwi akho, u-Erasmus—futhi ngisola ukuthi uyazi lokho engingakushi.

Noma kunjalo, ngiyakuvumela ukushiya amazwi akho kuze kube manje, uma nje ungawaphindi. Kodwa qaphela iMoya kaNkulunkulu, obona ngakolunye ulimi olwenziwe ngobuchule futhi ahlolisise inhliziyo. Ngikushilo lokho ukukuvimbela ekusoleni ukuthi siyabathula noma sinamandla kakhulu. Indlela yakho ibonisa ukuthi ukhulisa umoya ka-Lucian noma u-Epicurean ongakholelwa kuNkulunkulu futhi agibele labo abakholelwa. Masiqinise, masiyabuthanda inyama, futhi singabi namihloni. Ungakhetha ukuthanda abasola nokho—kuze iKhristu ikubize kuthile okukhulu.

uMoya oNgcwele akayena Skeptika. Akawabanga amazwi asemaphutheni ezinhliziyweni zethu, kodwa iqiniso eliqinisiwe, elisuka ezimpandeni zempilo—iqiniso eliqinisekile kunanoma yini esiyoke sazizwe.

Nokwamanye into. Uthi ukuthi ezinye zezifundiso zeKhristu zibalulekile, ezinye azibalulekile; ezinye zifihliwe, ezinye zembulwa. Uyaliphindaphinda ilizwi labanye, noma uzama ukuveza ubuhle bezwi? Ucashunela amazwi kaPawuli —Romans 11:33) — noIsaya —Isaiah 40:13).

Kulula ukusho lezi zinto uma ubhala kubantu abavamile, hhayi ngqo kuLuthera. Kodwa ngithemba ukuthi usakwazi ukunika uLuthera ukuqonda okuthile kweSibhalo. Uma kungenjalo, ngiyakuqinisekisa ukuthi uyenza.

Mvumele ngenze umehluko: uThixo nelizwi lakhe elibhaliwe awafani — njengokudala noMdali wakhe. Yiqiniso, izinto eziningi zifihliwe kuThixo. Uyazisho yena: Matthew 24:36), Acts 1:7), John 13:18), no 2 Timothy 2:19).

Kodwa abaphilosoferi abambalwa — nawe uyabaphindaphinda lapha — bathi uSibhalo ngokwaso sinezifundiso ezifihliwe. Abakaze bakufakazele lokhu. Akakaze abonise isibonelo esisodwa ukuxhasa isigwebo sakhe. Kodwa lezi zindlela zokucabanga ziye zavimbela abantu ekufundeni uSibhalo, zaze zenza zibukeke sengathi azifaneleki — ukuze izitsho zefilosofi kaSathana zingathatha imbewu eBandleni.