INDODA NOMFAZI NOMNTWANA

UHarold W. Percival

ISAHLUKO V

UKUKHANYA KUKUSUKA KU-ADAMU KUYA KUYESU

UYesu, 'uManduleli' woKufihla ukungafi

Abo banokwazi ngakumbi ngeemfundiso zokuqala zobuKristu banokuya ku "buKristu, kwiinkulungwane ezintathu zokuqala," nguAmmonius Saccas.

Phakathi kwezinye izinto iincwadi zeVangeli ezinokuthetha ngesizukulwana sikaYesu nokubonakala kwakhe njengomntu:

UMateyu, Isahluko 1, ivesi 18: Ke kaloku ukuzalwa kukaYesu Kristu kwaye kungolu hlobo: Kwathi, akubon 'ukuba unina uMariya useleganelwe uYosefu, bengekahlangani, wafunyanwa emithi ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. (19) Ke uJoseph umyeni wakhe, eyindoda elilungisa, engavumi ukumenza isibonelo esidlangalaleni, wafuna ukumshiya ngasese. (20) Ke kaloku, akubon 'ukuba ubacinga ezi zinto, naso isithunywa seNkosi sibonakele ephupheni, sisithi, Yosefu, nyana kaDavide, musa ukoyika ukumthabathela kuwe uMariya, umfazi wakho; ngowakhe uMoya oyiNgcwele. (21) Uya kuzala unyana, umbize ngegama elinguYesu; kuba yena eya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo. (23) Uyabona, intombi le iya kumitha, izale unyana, Bambize ngegama elinguImanuweli, oko kukuthi, uThixo unathi, (25) Ke yena [uYosefu] akamazi, wada wazala unyana wakhe wamazibulo. Wamthiya igama elinguYESU.

ULuka, Isahluko 2, ivesi 46: Kwathi ke, emva kweentsuku ezintathu, bamfumana etempileni, ehleli phakathi koogqirha, beva bobabini, ebabuza. (47) Kwaye bonke ababemvile bamangaliswa kukuqonda kwakhe kunye neempendulo. (48) Baza bakumbona bakhwankqiswa. Unina wathi kuye, Mntwana wam, yini na ukuba usenjenje? Uyabona, uyihlo nam ndikufunile usizi. (49) Uthe ke kubo, Benindifunela ntoni na? Beningazi na ukuba ndimelwe kukuba ngumsebenzi kaBawo? (50) Ke bona abayiqondanga into awayeyithetha kubo. (52) Waye uYesu esanda ebulumkweni nasebukhulwini, nasekuthandweni nguThixo nangabantu.

Isahluko 3, ivesi 21: Ke kaloku, xa babhaptizwayo bonke abantu, kwenzekile ukuba noYesu abhaptizwe, athandaze, izulu lavulwa. (22) Kwaye uMoya oyiNgcwele wehla embonakalo enomzimba onjengehobe phezu kwakhe, kwaye kwavakala ilizwi liphuma ezulwini, lisithi, Wena ungu Nyana wam oyintanda; ndikholisiwe nguwe. (23) Waye yena uYesu eqala ukuba ngathi abe neminyaka engamashumi amathathu ubudala, njengoko (wayefanele) unyana kaJosefu, owayengunyana kaHeli, (24) owayengunyana kaMatati, owayengunyana kaLevi. wayengunyana kaMelki, unyana kaJanna, unyana kaJosefu. . .

Landela zonke iivesi ukusuka kwi-25 ukuya kwi-38:

(38). . . wayengunyana kaSete, owayengunyana ka-Adam, owayengunyana kaThixo.

Umzimba wenyama awayephila kuwo uYesu usenokuba wawungaziwa ngokubanzi. Oku kwenziwa kube nokwenzeka sisibakala sokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa uYuda wahlawulwa amaqhosha esilivere angama-30 ukuze achaze uYesu kubafundi bakhe, ngokumanga. Kodwa kwiindinyana ezahlukahlukeneyo zeBhayibhile kuyabonakala ukuba igama elithi UYESU lalimele ukumela isiqu, uMenzi, okanye imvakalelo-nomnqweno, kuwo wonke umzimba womntu, kwaye hayi umzimba. Nangona kunjalo, u-Yesu ongekho emzimbeni njengomnqweno wokuzazi-kunye neemvakalelo wahamba emhlabeni esemzimbeni wenyama ngelo xesha, kanye njengokuba ngoku wonke umzimba womntu ungaphakathi kuwo imvakalelo yokungafi-umnqweno wokuzazi ngaphakathi. Umzimba womfazi, okanye umnqweno wokuzazi-ukuziva emzimbeni wendoda. Kwaye ngaphandle kwalo mntu uzicingelayo akukho mntu.

Umahluko phakathi kwemvakalelo yomnqweno njengoYesu ngelo xesha kunye neminqweno kumzimba womntu wale mihla, kukuba uYesu wayesazi ukuba unguMenzi ongafiyo, uLizwi, imvakalelo yomnqweno emzimbeni, ngoxa kungekho mntu waziyo. Intoni uvukile, nokuba ulele. Ngapha koko, injongo yokuza kukaYesu ngelo xesha yayikukuxelela ukuba wayengumntu ongafiyo in umzimba, kwaye hayi umzimba ngokwawo. Yaye ngokukhethekileyo weza kumisela umzekelo, oko kukuthi, “umanduleli” wento umntu afanele ayenze, aze abekho, ukuze azifumane esesemzimbeni aze ekugqibeleni akwazi ukuthi: “Mna noBawo sinoBawo. Nye"; nto leyo eyayithetha ukuba yena, uYesu, eziqonda njengoMenzi kumzimba wakhe wenyama, ngaloo ndlela wayesazi ngobudlelwane bakhe obuthe ngqo bobuNyana neNkosi yakhe, uThixo (Thinker-and-Knower) ye-Triune Self yakhe.

Phantse iminyaka eyi-2000 idlulile ukususela oko uYesu wahamba emhlabeni ngomzimba wenyama. Ukususela ngoko iicawe ezingenakubalwa zakhiwe ngegama lakhe. Kodwa umyalezo wakhe awuqondanga. Mhlawumbi ayenzelwe ukuba umyalezo wakhe uqondwe. Kukuzazi komntu ekufuneka esindise umntu ekufeni; Oko kukuthi, umntu kufuneka azazi, njenge-Doer ngelixa esemzimbeni-azazi ukuba wahlukile kwaye wahlukile emzimbeni wenyama-ukuze afezekise ukungafi. Ngokufumana kukaYesu emzimbeni womntu, umntu unokuthi atshintshe umzimba wakhe wesini ukuze ube umzimba ongabelani ngesondo wobomi bokungafi. Ukuba oku kunjalo, kungqinwa ngento eseleyo kwiincwadi zeTestamente eNtsha.

KwiVangeli ngokukaSt. John kuthiwa:

Isahluko 1, iivesi 1 ukuya kwi5: Ekuqalekeni ube ekho uLizwi, uLizwi wayekuThixo, uLizwi enguThixo. Yena lowo ebekho ekuqalekeni kuThixo. Zonke izinto zabakho ngaye; ngaphandle kwakhe akubangakho nto idaliweyo. Ubomi babungaphakathi kuye. Ubomi baba lukhanyiso lwabantu. 5Olu khanyiso lukhanya ebumnyameni; kwaye ubumnyama ababuqiqi.

Ezi ziziteyitimenti ezishukumisayo. Ziphindaphindwe ngokungapheliyo kodwa akukho mntu kubonakala ukuba uyazi ukuba zithetha ukuthini. Bathetha ukuba uYesu, uLizwi, uvakalelo lomnqweno, uMlingisi okwinxalenye yakhe oziqu ezintathu, wathunyelwa eluntwini ukuza kuxela ngoYesu, imvakalelo yomnqweno wakhe, kunye “noThixo,” uMcingeli-ukwaziyo weli Lungu . Ke yena lo Yesu, ebesazi ukuba wahlukile emzimbeni wakhe, waye lukhanyiso, ke bona ubumnyama ababuqondanga.

Eyona ngongoma ibalulekileyo malunga nomsebenzi awayekuthunyelwe kuwo, nguYesu, yayikukuxelela ukuba abanye banokuqonda njengabaSebenzisi beLungu elinye leTruneune, oko kukuthi, 'ngoonyana bakaBawo ngamnye.' Ukuba ngeloxesha kukho abo bamqondayo kwaye bamlandela, kubonisiwe kwivesi 12:

Kodwa bonke abamamkelayo, wabanika amandla okuba babe ngoonyana bakaThixo, abo ke bakholwayo kwigama lakhe: (13) abangazalwanga ngagazi, nangakuthanda kwanyama, nangakuthanda Intando yomntu, kodwa mayenzelwe nguThixo.

Kodwa akukho nto iviwayo kwezi kwiincwadi zeVangeli. Iincwadi zeVangeli zaziza kuxela abantu ngokubanzi, kodwa abo bantu babefuna ukwazi okungaphezulu koko waxelelwa esidlangalaleni, bamkhangela, kanye njengokuba wayefuna uNikodemo, ebusuku; Kwaye abo babemfuna kwaye benqwenela ukuba ngoonyana bo “thixo” babo bafumana mfundiso leyo ingakwazanga ukunikwa uninzi. KuYohane, Isahluko 16, ivesi 25, uYesu uthi:

Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni ngokuntsonkotha. Liyeza ilixa lokuba andisayi kuphinda ndithethe kuni, kodwa ndiya kunibonisa ngokucacileyo kuBawo.

Oku angakwenza kuphela emva kokuba ebazi ngokwaneleyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba bangamagama, nto leyo eyabenza bazi njengabo.

Igama, uvakalelo lomnqweno, emntwini, sisiqalo sezinto zonke, kwaye ngaphandle kwawo umhlaba awunakuba senjenje. Yinto umntu acinga ayenzayo kunye nomnqweno wakhe kunye neemvakalelo eziya kumisela ikamva loluntu.

UYesu weza ngexesha elibalulekileyo kwimbali yoluntu, xa imfundiso yakhe inokunikwa kwaye iqondwe ngabathile, ukuzama ukuguqula ukucinga komntu kwimfazwe kunye nentshabalaliso kubomi be-Conscious Immortality. Kule nto wayengumanduleli wokufundisa, ukucacisa, ukubonakalisa, kunye nokubonisa ngokomzekelo wakhe indlela yokuwenza ungafi komzimba wakhe wenyama, ukuze, njengoko wayebaxelele abo abashiye umva ukuba: apho ndikhona, nibe khona nani.

Emva kokubonakala phakathi koogqirha etempileni xa wayeneminyaka eyi-12, akukho nto iviwayo kuye de wabonakala xa wayeneminyaka emalunga ne-30, emlanjeni iJordani, ukuba abhaptizwe nguJohn. Okwethutyana yayilithuba leshumi elinesibhozo leminyaka lokulungiselela ukufihlwa, ngexesha apho wayekulungele ukungafi komzimba wakhe. Kubhalwe ku:

UMateyu, Isahluko 3, ivesi 16: Ke kaloku, akubhaptizelwa uYesu, wenyuka kwaoko emanzini, nanko izulu livulekile kuye, wabona umoya kaThixo usihla njengehobe, kwaye enesibane kuye: (17) kwaye yabona izwi liphuma ezulwini, lisithi, Lo nguNyana wam oyintanda, endikholisiweyo nguye.

Oko kwakubonisa ukuba yayinguYesu, uKristu. Njengoko uYesu, uKrestu, waye emnye noThixo; Oko kukuthi, uMenzi wayehlangene noMcingeli-wakhe owaziyo, uThixo wakhe, ngokungafihlisi umzimba wakhe wokomzimba kwaye wazinikezela kuye emsebenzini njenge "Forerunner" nanjengoMyalelo kaMelkitsedeke, umbingeleli kaThixo Osenyangweni.

AmaHebhere, Isahluko 7, ivesi 15: Kwaye isabonakala ngakumbi: kuba emva kokufana kukaMelkitsedeke kuye kwavela omnye umbingeleli, (16) Lowo wenziweyo, hayi emva komthetho womthetho ongokwenyama, kodwa ngamandla olawulo ubomi obungenasiphelo. (17) Kuba ungqina, Wena ungumbingeleli ngonaphakade, emva kohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke. (24) Kodwa le ndoda, ngenxa yokuba ihlala ihleli, inobubingeleli obungenakuguqulwa. Isahluko 9, ivesi 11: Ke yena uKristu, efike wangumbingeleli omkhulu wezinto ezilungileyo eziza kubakho, ngowona mnquba mkhulu ugqibelele ngakumbi, ungenakwenziwa ngazandla, oko kukuthi, ingesosakhiwo.

Iziphumo zokuqala ezishiywe nguYesu ziimpawu zomhlaba kuphela ezibonisa indlela yobomi bangaphakathi ekufuneka buphilwe ukuze bazi kwaye bangene ebukumkanini bukaThixo. Njengokuba kubhaliwe, xa ubani wabuza kwiNkosi, ukuba buya kuza nini ubukumkani bakhe? waphendula wathi: "Xa zimbini ziya kuba mbini kwaye ngaphandle koko kungaphakathi; Indoda iyindoda, umfazi okanye umfazi. ”Oko kuthetha ukuba umnqweno kunye nokuziva ngekhe kungalungelelani kwimizimba yabantu ngomnqweno wokumiliselwa kwimizimba yamadoda kwaye uzive ulungelelaniswe kwimizimba yabasetyhini, kodwa uya kudityaniswa kwaye ulungelelene kwaye zihlanganiswe ekungabelani ngesondo, ukungafi, imizimba egqibeleleyo yobomi banaphakade-itempile yesibini-nganye njenge-Doer-Thinker-Knower, i-Triune Self epheleleyo, kwiNdawo yokuDala.

Uninzi lwezinto ezingonwabisiyo ezidlulileyo ebezisoloko zikho eluntwini phantse iminyaka eyi-2000 ziqala ngokungathanga ngqo ekuguqukeni kweengqondo zabantu ngenxa yeemfundiso eziphosakeleyo ngokubhekisele kwintsingiselo ye "tratuit." Intsebenzo enkulu yale nto yabangelwa lutshintsho, utshintsho, ukongezwa, kunye nokucinywa okwenziwe kwimithombo yentsusa yemithombo. Ngenxa yezo zizathu iindinyana zeBhayibhile azinakuxhomekeka ekubeni aziphakanyiswanga kwaye ngokwemithombo yantlandlolo. Uninzi lweenguqu ezazijolise kumzamo wokuchaza "ubathathu emnye" njengabantu abathathu emnye, njengoThixo oMntu wonke, nangona kunjalo, yayenzelwe kuphela abo bayihlelo. Abanye abantu baya kuthi emva kwexesha babone ukuba akunakubakho namnye umntu onguThixo kwindalo iphela, kodwa ukuba ukho umntu kaThixo othetha emntwini — njengokuba elowo enokungqina ukuba ngubani oya kumamela uMcingeli-uKwazi okwazi kwakhe into ezintathu ezithetha entliziyweni yakhe. njengesazela sakhe. Iyaqondakala le nto xa umntu efunda indlela yokusebenzisa isazela sakhe. Uya kuthi ke aqonde ukuba ulilungu le-Doer kwinxalenye yakhe engu-Triune-njengoko kuboniswe kula maphepha, nangakumbi, UkuCinga nokuPhelela.

Mfundi makaqaphele ukuba umzimba ongafiyo kaYesu ungaphaya kokubandezeleka emzimbeni, kwaye, njengokuba uDoor-Sicinga-uKazi lomntu wakhe oziqu ezintathu, wangena kwimeko yeBliss engaphaya kokuqonda kwanayiphi na indlela yokucinga yomntu.

Kukwanjalo nomfundi wokugqibela, kuba kungekudala okanye emva kwexesha kufuneka, kwaye ekugqibeleni, akhethe ukuthabatha inyathelo lokuqala kwiNdlela eNkulu yokuNgafihlwa.

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