Thola i AppUmkhuleko: Ukuzinikela kwezinsuku ezingu-14 ngoTim KellerIsampula
UJesu ungumlamuleli phakathi kwethu noNkulunkulu ( 1 KuThimothewu 2:5; cf. KumaHebheru 8:6; 12:24 ). Wonke amazwe namasiko asendulo ayenamathempeli, ngoba abantu bake bazi ngokuzalwa ukuthi kunegebe, umhosha ozamulayo phakathi kwethu nowaphezulu. UNkulunkulu mkhulu futhi thina sibancane—uNkulunkulu uphelele futhi thina asinamaphutha. Amathempeli kwakuyizindawo lapho kwenziwa umzamo wokuvala lelo gebe. Imihlatshelo nemihlatshelo yenziwa futhi imicikilisho yayigcinwa “abalamuli” (abapristi) abangochwepheshe ababefuna ukusondeza ubunkulunkulu obukude. Yonke le mizamo yaqondwa njengengxenye futhi iyizicucu. Ayikho inkolo eyayithi leli gebe lingavaleka.
Ngokwesibonelo, u-Aristotle wathi nakuba kungase kwenzeke ukukhuleka nokushweleza konkulunkulu, ubungani bangempela obuseduze nonkulunkulu babungenakwenzeka. Isazi sefilosofi sacabanga ukuthi ubungane budinga ukuba bobabili abantu babelane ngokulinganayo njengabalinganayo. Kufanele zifane. Kodwa njengoba uNkulunkulu emkhulu ngokungenakulinganiswa kunabantu, “amathuba okuba ubungani ayaphela.”
Manje, nokho, sesinomlamuli nompristi omkhulu wokuqeda bonke abapristi (KumaHeberu 4:14-15). Ususa igebe ukuze sazi uNkulunkulu njengomngani (cf. Eksodusi 33:11). Kungoba iNdodana kaNkulunkulu “yenziwe yafana nabo, yaba umuntu ophelele ngazo zonke izindlela, ukuze ibe umpristi ophakeme onesihe nothembekile” ( KumaHeberu 2:17 ). Futhi ngenxa yokuthi “asinaye umpristi omkhulu ongenakuzwelana nobuthakathaka bethu, kodwa . . . silingiwe ngazo zonke izindlela, njengoba nje silingwa-kodwa singenasono,” siyakwazi “ukusondela esihlalweni somusa sikaNkulunkulu ngokuqiniseka” (KumaHeberu 4:15-16).
Nakhu-ke isimangalo u-Aristotle—empeleni, zonke ezinye izazi zefilosofi nabafundisi benkolo bezwe—ayeyokuthola kucasula. UNkulunkulu angaba kanjani umngani wethu oseduze? Besingasondela kanjani kuYe ngokuqiniseka okuphelele? Kungenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu waba njengathi, wafa ngokufanayo futhi wabhekana nokuhlupheka nokufa. Wakwenza ukuze sithethelelwe futhi silungisiswe ngokholo ngaphandle kwemizamo yethu kanye nokufaneleka kwethu. Yingakho singasondela.
Ingcaphuno yomthandazo kaTimothy Keller
Iphrintwe kabusha ngohlelo no-Dutton ilungu le-Penguin Group (USA) LLC, I-Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © 2014 nguTimothy Keller
Ngokwesibonelo, u-Aristotle wathi nakuba kungase kwenzeke ukukhuleka nokushweleza konkulunkulu, ubungani bangempela obuseduze nonkulunkulu babungenakwenzeka. Isazi sefilosofi sacabanga ukuthi ubungane budinga ukuba bobabili abantu babelane ngokulinganayo njengabalinganayo. Kufanele zifane. Kodwa njengoba uNkulunkulu emkhulu ngokungenakulinganiswa kunabantu, “amathuba okuba ubungani ayaphela.”
Manje, nokho, sesinomlamuli nompristi omkhulu wokuqeda bonke abapristi (KumaHeberu 4:14-15). Ususa igebe ukuze sazi uNkulunkulu njengomngani (cf. Eksodusi 33:11). Kungoba iNdodana kaNkulunkulu “yenziwe yafana nabo, yaba umuntu ophelele ngazo zonke izindlela, ukuze ibe umpristi ophakeme onesihe nothembekile” ( KumaHeberu 2:17 ). Futhi ngenxa yokuthi “asinaye umpristi omkhulu ongenakuzwelana nobuthakathaka bethu, kodwa . . . silingiwe ngazo zonke izindlela, njengoba nje silingwa-kodwa singenasono,” siyakwazi “ukusondela esihlalweni somusa sikaNkulunkulu ngokuqiniseka” (KumaHeberu 4:15-16).
Nakhu-ke isimangalo u-Aristotle—empeleni, zonke ezinye izazi zefilosofi nabafundisi benkolo bezwe—ayeyokuthola kucasula. UNkulunkulu angaba kanjani umngani wethu oseduze? Besingasondela kanjani kuYe ngokuqiniseka okuphelele? Kungenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu waba njengathi, wafa ngokufanayo futhi wabhekana nokuhlupheka nokufa. Wakwenza ukuze sithethelelwe futhi silungisiswe ngokholo ngaphandle kwemizamo yethu kanye nokufaneleka kwethu. Yingakho singasondela.
Ingcaphuno yomthandazo kaTimothy Keller
Iphrintwe kabusha ngohlelo no-Dutton ilungu le-Penguin Group (USA) LLC, I-Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © 2014 nguTimothy Keller
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