Ukubekezela kwabangcwele

I-Westminster Confession of Faith ichaza Ukukhuthazela Kwabangcwele ngokuthi, “Bona, labo uNkulunkulu abamukele ngoThandekayo Wakhe, ababiziwe ngokoqobo, futhi bangcweliswa ngoMoya Wakhe, ngeke ngokuphelele noma ekugcineni bawe esimweni somusa, kodwa bayohlala bebekezela ngokuqinisela kukho kuze kube sekupheleni, basindiswe phakade.” NgokukaJohane 10:28-29 uthi, “Ngizinika ukuphila okuphakade, azisoze zabhubha naphakade, futhi akekho ongazihlwitha esandleni sami. Ubaba onginike zona mkhulu kunabo bonke; akakho ongazihlwitha esandleni sikaBaba. Yeka ukuthi lokhu kuyiqiniso elimangalisayo! Labo abasindisiwe ngempela bayophikelela kuze kube sekugcineni futhi bangalahlekelwa insindiso yabo. Lokhu akusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulinda ukuze abone ukuthi siyakhuthazela yini kuze kube sekupheleni, futhi uma singaqiniseli, silahlekelwa insindiso yethu…“Unkulunkulu usilungisisa ngokuphelele ngesenzo sokuqala sangempela sokukholwa okusindisayo, kodwa lolu uhlobo lokukholwa olukhuthazelayo, futhi luthela izithelo 'ekulaleleni kokholo'…Unkulunkulu uyasebenza ukwenza abakhethiweyo Bakhe babekezele” (Ukufisa uNkulunkulu). Njengoba sizalwa nguNkulunkulu, sivikelekile phakade.

I-Westminster Confession of Faith iqhubeka ithi “lokhu kubekezela kwabangcwele akuxhomekile ekukhetheni kwabo siqu, kodwa ekungaguquleni komthetho wokhetho, ogeleza othandweni olukhululekile nolungaguquki lukaNkulunkulu uBaba; phezu kokuphumelela kokulunga nokunxusa kukaJesu Kristu, ukuhlala kukaMoya, nenzalo kaNkulunkulu ephakathi kwabo, nesimo sesivumelwano somusa: kukho konke okuvela futhi okuba yiqiniso nokungabi naphutha kwaso.” Abakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu bangaba nesiqiniseko sokuthi ukusindiswa kwabo nguNkulunkulu, ngokubuyisana kukaJesu, ukuthululwa koMoya waKhe, kanye nesimo sesivumelwano somusa sincike Kuye … hhayi kubo (Ujeremiya 32:40). Yeka isiqinisekiso esibusisekile esinaso ngenxa kaJesu owathatha isijeziso sezono zethu. Kwakunguye owayeyilungiselelo sokupheleliswa kwethu. 

Yebo, AmaKrestu, sizokona. Nakuba, okusehlukanisa nezwe ukuthi sinoMoya ohlezi ngaphakathi kithi—osingcwelisa kuze kube phakade. Akumele nanini senze ukuthula ngesono sethu; kumele senze yonke imizamo ukuze sikuzonde. Kuyasiqinisa idolo ukwazi ukuthi amaKrestu angeke aphume ngokuphelele noma ekugcineni asuke esimweni somusa. Ngenxa yokuthi uMoya wakhe ukithi, siyakhuthazela kuze kube sekupheleni (1 Johane 3:9). Umsebenzi wakhe oqhubekayo, hhayi ukuzibophezela kwethu ekukholweni, yiwo osivimbayo ekuweni (KwabaseFilipi 1:6). Bangane bami, mbongeni uJehova ngamandla akhe angcwele asinika wona ngomusa ukuze sife ngokwethu futhi sikhule ekukholweni, ekulungeni nasekuqondeni. Ngemva kokufika emfundisweni yenkolo Eguquliwe nokubamba Izimfundiso Zomusa, ithemba lensindiso yami likuKristu kuphela. ImiBhalo ingitshela ngenxa yomusa Wakhe nokukhethwa okungenamibandela, angisoze ngahlwithwa esandleni Sakhe. Ngayeka ukubheka kimina ukuze ngithole isiqiniseko sensindiso yami ngoba akukho lapho okulele khona. Ngiyisoni esonakele, esikhethwe nguNkulunkulu ngokungenamibandela, sihlawulelwe nguKristu, nginqotshwe umusa ongenakuvinjelwa, futhi ukuphepha kwaso kwaphakade kuncike ekulungisisweni uNkulunkulu anginikeza kona. Umusa kaNkulunkulu olondolozayo ungena emnkantsheni wamathambo okuba khona kwami. Uma ngibheka Kuye, nginokholo lokuthi angisoze ngawa ekubambeni Kwakhe kwaphakade kimi. MaKhrestu, uma sinokholo kuJesu ngokweqiniso, akufanele sikhathazeke ngokuthi siyoke silahlekelwe yinsindiso yethu, ukucabanga ngale ndlela akuhambisani neBhayibheli futhi kubukela phansi ukufa okuphelele okuvikela isono uKristu asikhokhela. KwabaseRoma 8:30 ithi, “Labo abamisile ngaphambili, labo futhi wababiza, futhi labo ababizile ubuye wabalungisisa, futhi labo abalungisile futhi wabakhazimulisa.”

Ngu-Hannah Colton

Imibuzo yengxoxo kujenali:

1. Sikona kanjani ukubekezela?

2. Ukukhuthazela kuhlobene nokuphila okuphakade. Uma kuziwa ekuphileni okuphakade, ucabangani ngakho?

3. Kungakanani ukubekezela okuncike emandleni akho?

4. Kudingani ukubekezela?

5. Inikezani le mfundiso?

Okuningi ku-Ukubekezela Kwabangcwele