Isiphi Indima Yencwadi Yezambulo kanye Nomphumela Wayo

Indima Yencwadi Yabani kanye Nomphumela

Ngudokotela uNeil Neilson

Kumyaka engaba 34 yobushade bakithi—futhi iminyaka embalwa ngaphambi kwalokho—ngibhala iphoyemu ngomhlaka 14 Februwari ngiyinikeza umkami.

Ungajabulisi.

Ngamunye wazo ube ngesihloko sothando lwami kuye, ukhomba iminyaka yobushade bakithi ngezindikimba, izinhlobo, kanye nemizwelo eyahlukahlukene. Ezinye zibe yizinto ezinzulu, ezinye zibe yizinto ezihlekisayo. Kodwa into eyodwa ibekonke: yiphoyemu elila.

Nayi inguqulo yalo nyaka, yena anayiboni ngaphandle kusihlwa ngoLwesibili. Wena awuyiboni. Futhi uma eyibona, uyayihlanganisa ngobuhle bendalo bakhe bobugcisa bempo. Uyimbongi enhle—imbongi yangempela—futhi uyayijabulela futhi ayikholwe. Futhi ngedumbe elincane elisemzwelweni wakhe, uyayihlaluthela njengomunye umsebenzi obungcwele obekufanele ukunakwa okufana nokwakShakespeare.

Kanti lokhu kusiletha kuZibhalo 19, okwabhala ngakho uC. S. Lewis,

“Ngingathi yiphoyemu elikhulu kunazo zonke eZibhalweni, kanye nelinye lamaculo amakhulu emhlabeni.”

Kanye nokusho, yiphoyemu elingcono kunelami.

Kunezinto eziningi ezisezingeni eliphezulu yobugcisa bem文学, ikakhulu izinto ezikhethekile zezibhalo zesiHebhere: isigqi, izakhi zokufananisa zencazelo, kanye nezifaniso nezifananiso ezikhuthazayo. Njengokuba uLewis ephawula, lezi zinto ezikhethekile zikwazi, ngokobubele bukaNkulunkulu, ukuphila ngisho nangezinye izilimi—ngokungafanani nendima, ekunzima ukuyihumusha. Futhi ngisho ngesiNgisi, singab appreciate ubukhazikhazi nobuhle bale phoyemu.

Hadi ukuthanda ukuhlola izinto ezikhethekile zem文学 nezibhalo zeZibhalo, ngiyancoma kakhulu uC. S. Lewis’s Reflections on the Psalms, kanye noLeland Ryken’s Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible. Kufanele ngongeze ukuthi uDkt. Ryken wasebenza njengomxhumanisi wezinto zem文学 kuwo wonke umsebenzi wokuhumusha we English Standard Version weBhayibheli, engikholelwa ukuthi unayo ekuseni namhlanje.

Kodwa iNdumiso 19 ayiyona kuphela into enhle yobugcisa bokubhalwa kwengoma. Iyindumiso ekhombisa abantu bakaNkulunkulu indlela yokubamba ukuhle nobuhle bokuzibonakalisa Kwake—kokubili emvelweni nangeZibhalo—kwaye ibe isitshengisa ukuthi yini impendulo yethu efanele kufanele ibe yini ekubhekene nobuqhawe obukhulu kangaka.

Leli thala, njengoba nizobona ukuthi lihlelwe ngobuhle—kwaye ngiyabonga ngendlela elahlelwa ngayo kwiphephandaba lethu ekuseni—lifika ngezigatshana.

Ivesi 1–6 zikhombisa lokho okubizwa ngokuvamile ngokuzibonakalisa kukaNkulunkulu okujwayelekile.

Ivesi 7–11 zikhombisa lokho okubizwa ngokuvamile ngokuzibonakalisa kukaNkulunkulu okukhethekile.

Ivesi 12–14 zikhombisa umphumela onamandla, owasayo, ongcwelisayo uNkulunkulu afuna kwethu ngumphumela walokho kuzibonakalisa.

Nakhu ukusho kokuqala komugqa wengoma yendumiso, ukuze njengoba nilalele, ningayilandela:

Ukufunda nokujabha ekuzibonakalisa kukaNkulunkulu okujwayelekile kunyusa ngokufunda nokujabha ekuzibonakalisa kukaNkulunkulu okukhethekile—kwaye kokubili kunyusa, ekugcineni, ekujabheni ngevangeli nangevangelini eliphumela ezimpilweni zethu.

Ku funda lapha ukuthi uNkulunkulu afuna umhlaba Wake neLizwi Lake ukusisa ekugcineni ekudluliselekeni.

Kuqala, khona, kuvesi 1–6, umbhali wendumiso ukhulumela isif witnessesi sikaNkulunkulu esingabhaliwanga ngamazwi ekudalweni Kwake. Lokhu kubizwa ngokuvamile ngokuzibonakalisa okujwayelekile—ngesikhathi esithile kubizwa ngokuthi “incwadi yomhlaba.” Indawo yombhali wendumiso ukuthi amazulu, futhi ngokufanana nezinto zonke ezidalwe, zif witnessesa uMdali Wazo.

Kanjengoba uJames Boice, umfundisi wesikhathi eside eTenth Presbyterian ePhiladelphia, asho: incwadi yomhlaba inika ukuzibonakalisa kokuba khona kukaNkulunkulu namandla Akhe okukhulu kangaka ukuthi kufanele yondise umuntu wonke oyena emhlabeni ukumfuna uNkulunkulu, ukumthokozela ngokumletha ekubeni khona, nokumkhonza.

Lobu buhlonke bukaThixo abusi yilo esingayibiza ngokuthi yinhlonke yezitokisi. Uyabona ukuthi igama likaThixo lapha ngesiHebhere ngu El, igama elijwayelekile kakhulu elisho uThixo, uMdali. Inhlonke lapha ayisinhlonke sezitokisi — Izimpawu Zakhe njengokulunga, umusa, uthando, ubuhle, umusa. Ikhomba kakhulu ekubeni Khona, isikhulu, namandla Akhe ekudaleni konke okhona. Sihambe siyakadumisa ngakho lokhu ekuseni.

KwiRomans 1, uPawuli uthi inhlonke yezidalwa zikaThixo ayigqugquzeli kuphela ukukhulekwa kweSikhulu Sakhe esimangalisayo, kodwa iyafumaneka kuwo wonke umuntu oyedwa ebusweni bomhlaba. Amandla Akhe okupakade nendalo yaKhe yaziwa ngokucacile, ziqondwa ngokuqaphela okwake kwenziwa, ukuze abantu babe ngaphandle kwesizathu. Lo mbukwane omangalisayo wezinhlonke zikaThixo ekudaleni uyagqugquzela ukukhulekwa nokumangala — futhi uyafanela ukuletha isahluko kulabo abenqaba ukuvuma uMdali.

Kuyathakazelisa, kithina esibandakanyekile ekufundiseni — ikakhulu ekufundiseni kweKhristu — imigqa yokuqala engu-1-6 inemiphumela emihle kakhulu kwlokho esikwenza ekilasini kuzo zonke izifundo. Funda lapha ukuthi imvelo ifanelwe ukufundwa; ukuthi iyinhle, iyabonakala, iyaziwa. Asibambeki ngaphakathi kwesifundo sethu sakwa kwengqondo. Singaqaphela izibalo, ukuqhubeka, ukuhleleka. Singazilinganisa. Singakhomba izenzo zokuqala. Singafinyelela iziphetho ngokuthi imizamo yethu ingayithinta kanjani into ekhona, ibe yinhle noma ibe yimbi.

Imvelo iyakhuluma ngokuqhubeka — emini nobusuku. Iyakhuluma kuso sonke isikhala — iyafika emiphethweni yomhlaba. Akekho umuntu oyedwa emhlabeni ongeyena nobufakazi obungenazwi bukaThixo ngaphambi kwamehlo akhe.

Ekugcina, izinkondlo zikhuthaza hhayi nje kuphela ukufundwa kwezinkanyezi, okubonakala kuyinkomba ethile lapha, kodwa nawo wonke amacaphanga "encwadi yomhlaba." Sibona izibalo kanye nefiziksi—ukulinganisa, ukubala, amaphethini, i-oda. Futhi sesivele siqaphele ifomu lezinkondlo: yincwadi yezinkondlo, ubugcisa obuphezulu bokubhala obuhle kakhulu obunezimfaniso, ukuqhathanisa, ukuma kweliriki, kanye nenthythm.

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

Kanti uma uqaphela ezibonelweni zakho, isingeniso sithi, “Kuyayeluleka umqondisi”—lokhu kuhlelwe njengengoma yokuzingcebeleka.

Kukhona ukuqinisekisa kobugcisa bemiziki lapha futhi. Ngamanye amazwi, ngendlela ebanzi kakhulu, lokhu esinayo kulezi zinkondlo zokuqala eziyisithupha akuyona nje kuphela imandla okukhuleka uMdali omkhulu wezulu, kodwa ukuqinisekisa—ukuqinisekisa okukhazimulayo, ngiyakholwa—kwawo wonke umsebenzi wethu, wawo wonke umsebenzi wethu, onokwakhe njengomthofu izinto zezwe elidalwe nguNkulunkulu. Futhi ukuqaphela kwesipho esinjalo, ukudalwa okunjalo kuzo zonke izindlela zayo, ukusebenziseka kwayo, kanye nokuhlukahluka, kumele kukhuthaze wonke umuntu ukudumisa uMdali.

Kwa into uma uya emsebenzini kusasa ekuseni—noma ngisho njengoba uhlezi lapha ekuseni—bheka phakathi. Konke okuboni kubikisa inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu. Kungaba yimali, ubuciko, umthetho, ukukhiqiza, noma ngisho nokuzingcebeleka, ngawaphi nawo wonke umsebenzi, ngawaphi nawo wonke amacandelo alawula ukusetshenziswa kwawo, ngawaphi nawo wonke umphumela, izithelo zomsebenzi wakho—konke lokhu kubikisa inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu. Futhi njengoba uRomans 1 esithi futhi, siyayedelela leyo nkazimulo ngokuyingozi yethu. Yeka injabulo yobukhazikhazi nobuhle bezwe nawo wonke umntu kulo.

Kodwa umbhali wengoma akayeki lapho, ngoba isithombe sokwembulwa kukaNkulunkulu asikaka sona. U-Nkulunkulu uyazibonisa hhayi nje kuphela ekufakaza okungenamagama kokudalwa kwakhe, kodwa futhi—futhi ngendlela ethize kakhulu nangokujulile—eZwi lakhe, ekufakazeni kwakhe okugcwele, iZibhalo. Ngakho okwesibili, emavesini 7–11, umbhali wengoma ukhuluma ngokufakaza kukaNkulunkulu okubhaliweyo eZibhalweni, okuthiwa njalo ukwembulwa okukhethekile, kwesinye isikhathi kubizwa ngokuthi “incwadi yeZwi.”

Nokho, ukudlulela phambili ukusuka kwivesi 6 kuye kwivesi 7—ubonile ukuthi ngiyamisile—kubonke kwabanye kube njengokungazelele kangangokuthi baphetha ukuthi ezi kufanele kube zengoma ezimbili ezahlukene, zaxhunyiwa ndawonye ngobakho. Eqinisweni, ngicabanga ukuthi yisibonelo sokuthi umbhali wengoma uyakuqonda ukuthi lezi zihloko ezimbili—incwadi yomhlaba nencwadi yeZwi—zihlobene kakhulu futhi zixhumene.

Mamela indlela uC. S. Lewis achaza ngayo ukuxhumana phakathi kwengoma. Yisitatimende eside, kodwa sifanele ukulizwa. U-Lewis ubhala:

Kuqala ucabanga ngisibhakabhaka, ukuthi njengosuku nosuku umkhuba esiwabona lapho usibonisa ukukhazimula kwawo. Kuthiwa angacabanga ngilanga—ukujabula kombadadufu wokwenyuka kwawo, isivinini esingacabangi sokuhamba kwakhe nsuku zonke ukusuka empumalanga kuye entshonalanga; ekugcineni, ukushisa kwawo, hhayi ukushisa okuthambile kwesimo sezulu sethu, kodwa imisebe yelanga eqinile, ekhazimulayo, ephorisa izintaba, ifuna phakathi kweminye imifantu. Ivesi eliphambili okwakhelwe kulo lonke ingoma kusekelwe kulo: “akukho lutho olufihliwe ekushiseni kwakhe.” Uyangena yonke indawo ngothando lwakhe oluqinile, oluhlanzekile. Kuthiwa khona kanye, kwivesi lesi seveni, ukhuluma ngento ethile, engeke yena ibone njengento ethile, ngoba ifana nokukhanya kwelanga okungena yonke indawo, okwazi ukubona yonke into. Umthetho uhlanzekile, upakeme futhi unaphakade—ukhazimulayo, unzima, uhlanzekile, ujabulayo. Njengoba ezizwa yena, mhlawumbe kudelegazwe, emcwaningweni wonke wendawo apho azama khona ukucasha kuwo, uyazizwa ngomthetho, efuna phakathi kwendawo zonke zokucasha komphefumulo wakhe.

Nokuthi, u-Lewis ukhona emhlabathini oqinile weBhayibheli. Uyakhumbula loo mazwi avela kuHeberu 4: IZwi likaNkulunkulu liphilile, lisebenza, libukhali kunoma yiphi inkemba yezinhlanga ezimbili… lihlukanisa imicabango nezinhloso zenhliziyo. Futhi akukho ndalo efihliwe ekuboneni kwalo. Ilanga elomzimba, ngukukhanya kwalo okucwaninga nokushisa okushisayo, likhonya ngamandla kithi ukuya ekukhanyeni oku... okungapheli, oku... okuhlaba, okuhluleka, nokusindisa kokukhanya kweZwi likaNkulunkulu elibhaliwe.

Kuyathakazelisa: Ngibonise ngaphambili ukuthi igama likaNkulunkulu emavesini 1–6 ngu-El, igama elijwayeleke kakhulu, elingumDali. Kodwa lapha evesini 7, igama likaNkulunkulu liyashintsha. Yigama uYahweh—isigunyazo esenziwe, isigunyazo esigcinwe, uNkulunkulu okhuluma ka-Abrahama no-Isaka noYakobe noDavide. Futhi iNkosi, uJehova uNkulunkulu, ukhulume ngempela. Ukhulume ngamazwi angeniwa kithi emiBhayibhelini, abhaliwe ukuze zonke izizukulwane nabantu bonke nezilimi zonke ngamaxesha onke nasezindaweni zonke zibe nalezi zi... zokuzwisa ukuze zibambe.

Ungazi ukuthi okokuqala noma yimuphi umuntu abhala amazwi kaNkulunkulu—okungeniwa kokuqala nje...—kwakunguDeuteronomi 32, lapho uMose nabantu bezongena emhlabeni othembiwe uMose epasa ubuholi kuYoshua. Futhi sifunda kuDeuteronomi 31:9 kula mazwi: UMose wabhala lo mthetho. Lawa mazwi angashelela kalula, kodwa angamazwi amakhulu, aguqule imidlalo. Abantu ababengakuzwa uNkulunkulu kuphela bengakuzwa, kuzo zonke izizukulwane ezizayo, amazwi kaNkulunkulu—ngisho kithi.

Qaphela ukuthi leLizwi—lamazwi akhulunywe nguNkulunkulu—lichazwa kanjani. Okokuqala, amagama: umthetho, izimiso, imiyalo, imiyalo, ukwesaba, izimfuneko. Zonke zenza ukuqonda okubanzi kokukhuluma kukaNkulunkulu kithi emBhikoni. Ngenkathi ulwazi lwekitabhu yezwe lufuna ukumthanda nokumbonga ngenxa yemajesti yaKhe, ikitabhu yeLizwi—umthetho, imiyalo, ukwesaba—ifuna impendulo yokuziphatha nangokomoya. Kufanele simhloniphe. Kufanele simesabe. Kufanele simthobele.

Qaphela izichazamazwi: ziphelele, ziqinisekile, zilungile, zicoceke, ziyathembeka. Ubulele bencwadi kaNkulunkulu. Inyama yeqiniso. Akukho stitch enye yobuxoki noma iphutha kuwo.

Kwaye qaphela imisho echazayo ezenziwe ngamazwi achaza isithelo seLizwi likaNkulunkulu elithathiwe: livuselela umphefumulo. Lenzi umhlakaniphi ofunda. Linika injabulo enhliziyweni nokukhanya emehlweni. Liyangaphepha kuze kube phakade. Lyasixwayisa linika umklomelo omkhulu.

Ikitabhu yezwe—nenkulu yayo yonke, ubuhle, nesimanga, nokuzuzisa—ayikwazi ukunikeza ukwaneliseka nokujabula nokubusisa njengalezi.

Umshumayeli uyasikhuthaza ukuba sibone ukuzibandakanya kwethu emhlabeni—ukufunda kwethu, umsebenzi, izibizo zethu, ukujabula kwethu—ukubona konke lokho kumxholo weLizwi laKhe elivezwe, elililo funeka kakhulu kuneGolide, lumnandi kunobumnandi obukhulu.

Kunjengoba imisebenzi yethu iyisimangaliso, injengoba iyathakazelisa, iyathelela, kodwa ayiphelele, ayikhululi, ayanelisi ngaphandle kokudalulwa okukhethekile kweMbikoni. Ngempela, iseluleko sonke seMbikoni sisitshela ngokucacile ukuthi singenzi ukuqonda umhlaba osizungezile ngaphandle kweLizwi likaNkulunkulu elibhaliwe, elisenza sibone yonke into kumukhanya wenhliziyo yaKhe yokudala kwakhe nenhloso yaKhe yokugcina ukuze abuyisele yonke into kuye.

Ndingafuna nje ukusho ngokufushane: le yiyinye yezinto zeqiniso zeSibhalo ezingigcwalisile ngenjabulo njengoba ngicabanga ngalokho okuzokwenzeka kwikusasa lami. Ngoba ezindaweni lapho i-evangelikazi 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 bayalaphaya bafuna ukuqhuba izinto zeqiniso ze-evangelikazi nomgomo weSibhalo kuwo wonke ama-enggqo ekucabanga kwabantu ngazo zonke izinto.

Eqinisweni, bayangitshela ukuthi bayawathanda umlando wale ndzavel, lapho eminyakeni eyadlula amanyuvesi namakholishi asungulwa futhi aqinisa emgqeni weSibhalo. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi singasho ngokufanelekile ukuthi ukufunda kulo mndzango kunikeze ukuphila kwazo zonke izibusiso zenkultshwini yethu. Ngicabanga nokuthi kufanelekile ukusho ukuthi sisengozini kule ndzavel yokunganaki noma ukukhohlwa umlando lowo—noma ukuwuthatha kancane. Akunjalo e-Indonesia, lapho kunendlala yokufundiswa kobuKristu okwenziwa ngokuphelele ngokoSibhalo, okuhlanganiswe nokwanda kwabantu nokukhula kwezomnotho. Sizokhuluma kakhulu ngalokho kamuva.

Nokho into eyodwa ilapha: uma incwadi yomhlaba ikhuthaza ukukhulekwa koDadekazi oyidali ngokufanele ngalokho ayakenzile, singathi kutheni ukwedlula incwadi yelizwi ikhuthaze kithi ukumangala nokuthobeka nokukhulekwa nokulalela nokungcweliswa nokujabula. El anga Jehovah.

Naye uma ujabulela ukudaliwa koNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izinhlobo nemibonifesti—uma uthanda imvelo nokusebenza engadini yakho, uma uthanda ikhaya lakho nomsebenzi wakho nomndeni wakho nezinto zakho—khona kufanele, ngokufanelekile, ugijime kulawo ma-ithuba namahlandla lapho ungazwa khona lo Dadekazi oyidali akhuluma ngamazwi awo wonke umuntu nami.

Uthixo uthethile. Naye uya thetha. Futhi mina ngifuna ukusho: siyab敢a kanjani, thina njengabantu bakaThixo, ukwaneliswa ngofakazi bokudalwa abanalo izwi—kuyamangaza njengoba kunjalo—lapho sinalo ofakazi lwagcwele izwi, olokhu, ngokutsho kukaYakobe 1, lungasindisa imiphefumulo yethu.

Kodwa asikafiki ekupheleni kwendaba ye-psi yom. Ngokuba uThixo uyakhanda zonke izinhlolo zakhe—kokubili okujwayelekile nokukhethekile—ukusiyisa kwelinye indawo. Futhi ngakho siphetha emavesini 12–14, lapho umbhali we-psi ekhulumela injongo yokugcina yakho konke lokhu. Kungani incwadi yomhlaba, ekugcineni? Kungani incwadi yeZwi?

Ngokuba ekukhandleni kukaThixo, ukhanyiso olujwayelekile akolona ekugcineni lona. Linto elikhazikhazi—elibhali futhi eliwusizo ekuyisa wonke umuntu oyokwazi ukungakwenzi ukungavumi ukuqaphela nokukhanya uThixo njengumdali. Kodwa akanele ukugubha izipho zokudalwa kukaThixo nemisebenzi yethu.

Naye ekukhandleni kakaThixo, akolona ekugcineni lona ukhanyiso olukhethekile. IBhayibheli—elizwi likaThixo eliphefumlelwe, eliphumayo—ngenkathi lidingeka futhi libalulekile ekukholweni okwenziwa kanye nokulandela, ekugcineni lihloselwe ukusiyisa, ngomoya kaThixo, ekuthandazeni nasekukholweni nasekucwazeni nasekukholweni.

Sengaba abafundi abalungileyo beBhayibheli. Singalifunda, silwazi, thina kanye njabanye—futhi siphose injongo yaThixo kithi. Sengaba njengalabo abakuYohana 5:39, abayokuthi, “Nifuna imibhalo ngenxa yokuthi nithi kuyo ninempilo yangaphakade; yiyo eyofakaza ngami, kodwa anikufikanga kimi ukuba nibe na impilo.”

Naye sifika emavesini 12–14:

"Ubani oqonda iimpazamo zakhe? Ndixacile ezintweni ezifihlakeleyo. Mthibele umkhonzi wakho ekonakaleni; mabakwazi ukumlawula. Ngeke ngibe nacala yaye ngimsulwa wekaso transgression enkulu."

Nalapha siyabona impendulo uNkulunkulu ayifunayo. Umngani wami omuhle uDon Carson uyibeka ngale ndlela: yilokho uNkulunkulu akufunayo ekukhanyiseleni okujwayelekile nokukhanyiseleni okukhethekile. UCarson ubhala ukuthi uNkulunkulu afuna ngaphezu kokumangala phambi kwamandla adlulele, ngaphezu kokujabula kwakho ekukhulumeni, uNkulunkulu ozikhulumayo. Impendulo efanelekile ukuphenduka nokholo nokuthandaza ngokushisekela ukuthi uNkulunkulu uqobo lwakhe angasihlanzisa ngaphakathi aze enze amazwi nemicabango yethu ibe yinhle phambi kwamehlo akhe.

Ukuphenduka kwezono ezifihliwe—zelo ezingcwatywe kakhulu kangangokuthi kungenzeka singazi nokuthi zikhona.

Ukuphenduka kwezono eziqondile—izenzo zolaka ezibambekile ngokumelene nezilindelelo zikaNkulunkulu.

Futhi hhayi nje kuphela ukuphenduka, kodwa umthandazo wokuvikelwa kukaNkulunkulu: Mvikela umkhonzi wakho ezonweni eziqondile; zingabi nawo amandla phezu kwami.

Kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho, umthandazo wokuphenduka, ngaphezu komthandazo wokuvikelwa phambi kokulingwa. Ngiyakholwa ukuthi lo ngumthandazo wokholo olusindisayo, ngoba uDavide uthandaza umshumayelo ongaqondakali: Ngimenyezele ngibe msulwa… khona-ke ngiyoba msulwa yini enzonweni enkulu.

Kuthini okungenza uDavide abe msulwa yini? Kuthini okungenza thina abe msulwa yini? Hhayi ukumsulwa kwethu kwangempela—asimusulukile empeleni. uDavide wayekwazi lokhu kahle. Funda uZulu lwama-32. Funda uZulu lwama-51. Akashoyi ukumsulwa njengesisekelo sokwamukelwa kwakhe phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Uyakhala ukuze uNkulunkulu ammenyezele.

Ngimenyezele ngibe msulwa, uyakhala—yaye khona-ke kuphela ndiyoba msulwa.

Kuthini lokho? Ngiyakholwa ukuthi lapha, lifihliwe emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka ngaphambi kokuthi uJesu afike emhlabeni, kukhona umshumayelo ogqama wokuthi uBible uwubiza ngokuthi ungumshumayelo—umshumayelo omuhle wokuthi uNkulunkulu angabaxolela kanjani abantu ngomusa aze ebabuyisela.

Ngekitabhu yezwe, siyakuqonda ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungumdali ohlukahlukene.

Ngencwadi yeLizwi, siqonda ukuthi Ungcwele futhi ulungile—nokuthi ngokuphambana okubi, thina, njengoDavide, singabavukeli abaphikisana noNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zethu. Asincedi futhi asithembi, asikwazi ukuzisindisa ekuphathekeni kwethu okubi.

KwaDavide waphonsa yena ekuseni kweNkulunkulu—uNkulunkulu owakhetha, ngobubele bakhe, ukunganiphathi njengokufanele izono zethu, kodwa wasixolela, wathi niDavide nawathetha thina bengenacala. Akungenxa yokuthi thina singenacala, kodwa kungenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu wakhetha ukubuka ekufeni kweNdodana yakhe, uJesu—owakhe uDavide wabona kuphela emthunzini, nawonke noNibona ngokucacile—okufa kwakhe sibungaza ndawonye lapho sihlanganyela eSikweni leNkosi.

uJesu, yedwa oLungileyo, yedwa owakha iphutha futhi engenacala, wafa endaweni yethu njengesibolo sethu—owenacala ngenxa yezoni, owengenacala ngenxa yezoni—khokhela inani lethu lokuvukela uNkulunkulu ongcwele. UNkulunkulu uyamkele loko kulipha. Ngemithamo yokufa kukaJesu, wathi usingenacala naingenacala phambi kwakhe.

Wayazi yini ukuthi iNcibijane 19 ithi ukulungiswa ngokholo yedwa? Yeka uzuko.

Kodwa ngisho loko akusona isiphetho. INcibijane iphela ngalowo verse ojwayelekile, oyinhle:

"Mawabe amazwi omlomo wami nokucabanga kwenhliziyo yami kukwamukeleka phambi kwakho, eyNkosi, iDwala lami neNhlengiso yami."

Davide wazi ukuthi uxolelwe ngencazelo yobubele bukaNkulunkulu. Manje uthandaza ukuthi umlomo wakhe nenhliziyo yakhe—yonke into ayikhulumayo na yonke into acabanga ngayo na yena—ziyamukeleka zibe mnandi kuNkulunkulu. Ngamanye amazwi, uthandaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu olungisayo angcwelise. Ngumshumayeli 1 Johane 1:9: Uma sivuma izono zethu, uNkulunkulu uthembekile njengokulungile kuthethelela izono zethu na ukusihlanza kuzo zonke izenzo zethu ezingezinhle.

Yini enye impendulo esingayipha kuNkulunkulu onjalo onokusindisa, onosikhululile ekulahleni kwethu nokungathembi, kodwa ukuphendula ngezimpilo ezishushwa yinjika, ezishushwa ngumusa Wake—impilo yokulalela nokulandela ubungcwele kuzo zonke izici zempilo yethu?

Kwa-kho-ke, sibona ukunyakaza okugcwele kwalesi sihlabelelo:

Kungathi uma sijabula ngokufakaza okungenamagama kaNkulunkulu ekudalweni okujwayelekile, singathi-ke njabulo ngakumbi kufakaza okunamagama kaNkulunkulu ekudalweni okukhethekile? Ukubandakanyeka kwethu emhlabeni kaNkulunkulu kumele kusikhuthaze ukuba sigijimele kuLizwi likaNkulunkulu, lapho siyeza khona uNkulunkulu akhulumisayo.

Kodwa-ke, uma sijabula ngokufakaza okunamagama kaNkulunkulu ekudalweni okukhethekile, singathi-ke njabulo ngakumbi—futhi namhlanje—sivezeleni ekusebenzeni Kwake kokusola, ukuthethela, ukulungisa, nokungcwelisa. Thobekile futhi sithande, njengoDavide, sigijimele Kuye ukuze enze lolo msebenzi nathi—hambisana nje, uma kwenzeka sabekwa ekunakekeleni loko kudala, kodwa sihlala sijabula injika kaNkulunkulu yokumemezela ukungabi nacala kwethu, sibamba ukufa kukaJesu njengesisekelo sokumemezela loko, futhi silandela ubungcwele nokulalela okushushwa yinjika Kuye ongumDwalazi wethu oqinileyo noMkhululi othethelelwayo.

Kwa-kho, bazalwane nabahesteri, jabula emhlabeni kaNkulunkulu kanye nemibizo Akunike yona ukuze uyigcwalise. Njabulo ngakumbi, jabula kuLizwi likaNkulunkulu nakho konke okhulumisayo ngako Ngaye kanye nezinhloso Zakhe zokukhulula. Kodwa okungcono kakhulu, landela umzila weZihlabelelo 19—landela incwadi yomhlaba kanye nencwadi yelizwi kuze kube yinjika: injika yokuthi uNkulunkulu uyabathethela aboni ngenxa yokuthi uJesu wafa ekhoneni, kanye nendaba yokuthi ngale njika singakhuluma futhi sicinge futhi siphile ngakathoko ekuboneni Kwake.

Lowo mkhondo—lo mkhondo wencwadi yomhlaba, incwadi yelizwi, ukulungiswa nokungcweliswa—ungase ube ekupheleni komugqa womculo weZihlabelelo 19, kodwa hhayi ekupheleni komugqa womculo wezinhloso zokukhulula kukaNkulunkulu ekudalweni Kwake nakuwe.

Kwaye sizovala ngokuthula umculo owuchaza injongo yokugcina yalolu hlobo olukhulu lukaNkulunkulu—ukuziveza yena ngokuthi simazi, sithethelelwe, futhi sihambe ekungcweliseni phambi kwakhe. Uzokuzwa ngokuhle kakhulu emserenini wokugcina:

"Qeda, khona, ukudalwa kwakho okusha; hlanzekile, bengenasici, makube njalo kithi. Makubone ukusindiswa kwakho okukhulu kuye kuphelele ukubuyiselwa; kushintshwe ekhazikweni kube ekhazikweni…. KuJesu Kristo yedwa makube inkazimulo nokudumisa."

Niel Nielson ungumongameli weKholishi yeCovenant eLookout Mountain, GA.

Lesi sihloko sisekelwe kurekhodi yencazelo yentshumayelo kaDkt. Nielson. Ihlelwe kancane yiCopilot kanye nezisebenzi zezifundiswa e Third Millennium Ministries.