Thola i AppUmkhuleko: Ukuzinikela kwezinsuku ezingu-14 ngoTim KellerIsampula
Isazi semfundiso yenkolo esiyiNgisi sekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa uJohn Owen, sabhalela abefundisi abadumile nabaphumelelayo:
Umfundisi angase agcwalise izihlalo zakhe, umqulu wakhe wesidlo, imilomo yomphakathi, kodwa lokho umfundisi akuguqela ngamadolo ekusithekeni phambi kukaNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke, ukuthi ukhona futhi akasekho.
Ukuze uzithole okwangempela, bheka ukuthi yini ochitha isikhathi ucabanga ngayo lapho kungekho muntu okubukayo, lapho kungekho okukuphoqa ukuthi ucabange nganoma yini ngokukhethekile. Ezikhathini ezinjalo, ingabe imicabango yakho iya kuNkulunkulu? Ungase ufune ukubonakala njengomuntu othobekile, ongenakuzidla, kodwa ingabe uyasithatha isinyathelo sokuvuma izono zakho phambi kukaNkulunkulu? Uyafisa ukubhekwa njengomuntu oqondile, ojabulayo, kodwa ingabe ujwayele ukubonga uNkulunkulu ngakho konke onakho futhi umdumise ngalokho ayikho? Ungase ukhulume kakhulu ngokuthi “isibusiso” sokholo lwakho luyini nokuthi “uyithanda ngempela iNkosi,” kodwa uma ungamdumisi—ingabe lokho kuyiqiniso ngempela? Uma ungajabuli, uthobekile, futhi ungathembekile ngasese phambi kukaNkulunkulu, khona-ke lokho ofuna ukubonakala uyikho ngaphandle ngeke kuhambisane nalokho oyikho ngempela.
Ngaphambi nje kokuba anikeze abafundi bakhe uMthandazo WeNkosi, uJesu wanikeza imiqondo yokuqala, kuhlanganise nalona: “Lapho nikhuleka, ningabi njengabazenzisi, ngokuba bathanda ukukhuleka bemi emasinagogeni nasemakhoneni emigwaqo ukuze babonwe ngabantu. abanye. . . . Kodwa lapho uthandaza, ngena ekamelweni lakho, uvale umnyango, futhi uthandaze kuYihlo ongabonakali . . . ekusithekeni” (NgokukaMathewu 6:5–6). Uvivinyo olungenaphutha lobuqotho obungokomoya, uJesu uthi, ukuphila kwakho komthandazo wangasese.
Ingcaphuno yomthandazo kaTimothy Keller
Iphinde yanyatheliswa ngohlelo no-Dutton, ilungu le-Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © 2014 nguTimothy Keller
Umfundisi angase agcwalise izihlalo zakhe, umqulu wakhe wesidlo, imilomo yomphakathi, kodwa lokho umfundisi akuguqela ngamadolo ekusithekeni phambi kukaNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke, ukuthi ukhona futhi akasekho.
Ukuze uzithole okwangempela, bheka ukuthi yini ochitha isikhathi ucabanga ngayo lapho kungekho muntu okubukayo, lapho kungekho okukuphoqa ukuthi ucabange nganoma yini ngokukhethekile. Ezikhathini ezinjalo, ingabe imicabango yakho iya kuNkulunkulu? Ungase ufune ukubonakala njengomuntu othobekile, ongenakuzidla, kodwa ingabe uyasithatha isinyathelo sokuvuma izono zakho phambi kukaNkulunkulu? Uyafisa ukubhekwa njengomuntu oqondile, ojabulayo, kodwa ingabe ujwayele ukubonga uNkulunkulu ngakho konke onakho futhi umdumise ngalokho ayikho? Ungase ukhulume kakhulu ngokuthi “isibusiso” sokholo lwakho luyini nokuthi “uyithanda ngempela iNkosi,” kodwa uma ungamdumisi—ingabe lokho kuyiqiniso ngempela? Uma ungajabuli, uthobekile, futhi ungathembekile ngasese phambi kukaNkulunkulu, khona-ke lokho ofuna ukubonakala uyikho ngaphandle ngeke kuhambisane nalokho oyikho ngempela.
Ngaphambi nje kokuba anikeze abafundi bakhe uMthandazo WeNkosi, uJesu wanikeza imiqondo yokuqala, kuhlanganise nalona: “Lapho nikhuleka, ningabi njengabazenzisi, ngokuba bathanda ukukhuleka bemi emasinagogeni nasemakhoneni emigwaqo ukuze babonwe ngabantu. abanye. . . . Kodwa lapho uthandaza, ngena ekamelweni lakho, uvale umnyango, futhi uthandaze kuYihlo ongabonakali . . . ekusithekeni” (NgokukaMathewu 6:5–6). Uvivinyo olungenaphutha lobuqotho obungokomoya, uJesu uthi, ukuphila kwakho komthandazo wangasese.
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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