Thola i AppUmkhuleko: Ukuzinikela kwezinsuku ezingu-14 ngoTim KellerIsampula
Kwabase-Efesu 1:15-19
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi kuzo zonke izincwadi zakhe, imithandazo kaPawulu yabangani bakhe ayinakho ukunxusa ukuba izimo zabo zishintshe. Kuyaqinisekiswa ukuthi baphila phakathi kwezingozi nobunzima obuningi. Babhekana nokushushiswa, ukufa ngenxa yezifo, ukucindezelwa amandla anamandla, nokuhlukaniswa nabathandekayo. Ukuba khona kwabo kwakungavikeleki kangako kunokwethu namuhla. Nokho kule mithandazo awuboni nesisodwa isicelo sokucela umbusi ongcono, ukuvikeleka emabuthweni abaphangi, ngisho nesinkwa sesidlo esilandelayo. UPawulu akazikhulekeli izimpahla esivame ukuba nazo eduze kwaphezulu ohlwini lwethu lwezicelo.
Ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi kwakuyoba okungalungile ukuthandazela izinto ezinjalo? Lutho neze. Njengoba uPawulu ayazi, uJesu ngokwakhe usimema ukuba sicele “isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla” nokuthi uNkulunkulu ‘ayosikhulula ebubini. Ku-1 Thimothewu 2, uPawulu uqondisa abafundi bakhe ukuba bathandazele ukuthula, uhulumeni omuhle, kanye nezidingo zomhlaba. Ngakho-ke, emithandazweni yakhe uPawulu akasiniki isibonelo somthandazo esitholakala emhlabeni wonke ngendlela efanayo noJesu. Kunalokho, kuzo wembula lokho ayevame ukukucela kubangane bakhe—lokho ayekholelwa ukuthi kwakuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu uNkulunkulu ayengabapha yona.
Yini leyo? Kungu—kumazi kangcono. UPawulu uchaza lokhu ngombala nangemininingwane. Kusho ukuba “namehlo ezinhliziyo zabo . . . ukukhanyiselwa” (Kwabase-Efesu 1:18). NgokweBhayibheli, inhliziyo iyisikhungo sokulawula komuntu siqu. Kuyinqolobane yezibopho zomuntu eziwumgogodla, uthando olujulile, namathemba amaningi ayisisekelo alawula umuzwa wethu, ukucabanga, nokuziphatha. Ukuba 'namehlo enhliziyo akhanyiselwe' ngeqiniso elithile kusho ukulingena lisibambe ngokujule kangangokuba lishintshe wonke umuntu. Ngamanye amazwi, singase sazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungcwele, kodwa lapho amehlo ezinhliziyo zethu esekhanyiselwe kulelo qiniso, khona-ke asigcini nje ngokuliqonda ngokucabangela, kodwa ngokomzwelo sithola ubungcwele bukaNkulunkulu bumangalisa futhi buhle, futhi ngokuzithandela sigwema izimo zengqondo nokuziphatha okungase kubonakale. yayingamjabulisi noma imehlise. Kwabase-Efesu 3:18 , uPawulu uthi ufuna uMoya ubanike “amandla . . . ukuze baqonde” zonke izinzuzo zesikhathi esidlule, zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo abazithola lapho bekholelwa kuKristu. Yebo, wonke amaKristu ayazi ngalezi zinzuzo ezingqondweni zawo, kodwa umthandazo ungowokuthile okungaphezu kwalokho—uwukuba nomqondo ocace kakhudlwana wokuba ngokoqobo kobukhona bukaNkulunkulu kanye nokuphila okwabiwe Naye.
Ingcaphuno yomthandazo kaTimothy Keller
Iphinde yanyatheliswa ngohlelo no-Dutton, ilungu le-Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © 2014 nguTimothy Keller
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi kuzo zonke izincwadi zakhe, imithandazo kaPawulu yabangani bakhe ayinakho ukunxusa ukuba izimo zabo zishintshe. Kuyaqinisekiswa ukuthi baphila phakathi kwezingozi nobunzima obuningi. Babhekana nokushushiswa, ukufa ngenxa yezifo, ukucindezelwa amandla anamandla, nokuhlukaniswa nabathandekayo. Ukuba khona kwabo kwakungavikeleki kangako kunokwethu namuhla. Nokho kule mithandazo awuboni nesisodwa isicelo sokucela umbusi ongcono, ukuvikeleka emabuthweni abaphangi, ngisho nesinkwa sesidlo esilandelayo. UPawulu akazikhulekeli izimpahla esivame ukuba nazo eduze kwaphezulu ohlwini lwethu lwezicelo.
Ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi kwakuyoba okungalungile ukuthandazela izinto ezinjalo? Lutho neze. Njengoba uPawulu ayazi, uJesu ngokwakhe usimema ukuba sicele “isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla” nokuthi uNkulunkulu ‘ayosikhulula ebubini. Ku-1 Thimothewu 2, uPawulu uqondisa abafundi bakhe ukuba bathandazele ukuthula, uhulumeni omuhle, kanye nezidingo zomhlaba. Ngakho-ke, emithandazweni yakhe uPawulu akasiniki isibonelo somthandazo esitholakala emhlabeni wonke ngendlela efanayo noJesu. Kunalokho, kuzo wembula lokho ayevame ukukucela kubangane bakhe—lokho ayekholelwa ukuthi kwakuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu uNkulunkulu ayengabapha yona.
Yini leyo? Kungu—kumazi kangcono. UPawulu uchaza lokhu ngombala nangemininingwane. Kusho ukuba “namehlo ezinhliziyo zabo . . . ukukhanyiselwa” (Kwabase-Efesu 1:18). NgokweBhayibheli, inhliziyo iyisikhungo sokulawula komuntu siqu. Kuyinqolobane yezibopho zomuntu eziwumgogodla, uthando olujulile, namathemba amaningi ayisisekelo alawula umuzwa wethu, ukucabanga, nokuziphatha. Ukuba 'namehlo enhliziyo akhanyiselwe' ngeqiniso elithile kusho ukulingena lisibambe ngokujule kangangokuba lishintshe wonke umuntu. Ngamanye amazwi, singase sazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungcwele, kodwa lapho amehlo ezinhliziyo zethu esekhanyiselwe kulelo qiniso, khona-ke asigcini nje ngokuliqonda ngokucabangela, kodwa ngokomzwelo sithola ubungcwele bukaNkulunkulu bumangalisa futhi buhle, futhi ngokuzithandela sigwema izimo zengqondo nokuziphatha okungase kubonakale. yayingamjabulisi noma imehlise. Kwabase-Efesu 3:18 , uPawulu uthi ufuna uMoya ubanike “amandla . . . ukuze baqonde” zonke izinzuzo zesikhathi esidlule, zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo abazithola lapho bekholelwa kuKristu. Yebo, wonke amaKristu ayazi ngalezi zinzuzo ezingqondweni zawo, kodwa umthandazo ungowokuthile okungaphezu kwalokho—uwukuba nomqondo ocace kakhudlwana wokuba ngokoqobo kobukhona bukaNkulunkulu kanye nokuphila okwabiwe Naye.
Ingcaphuno yomthandazo kaTimothy Keller
Iphinde yanyatheliswa ngohlelo no-Dutton, ilungu le-Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © 2014 nguTimothy Keller
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