Thola i AppUmkhuleko: Ukuzinikela kwezinsuku ezingu-14 ngoTim KellerIsampula
IBhayibheli likhuluma ngoNkulunkulu, yingakho umkhuba wokuthandaza ugcwele kuwo wonke amakhasi alo. Ubukhulu bomthandazo abuyilutho ngaphandle kokwandiswa kobukhulu nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zethu. UmBhalo uwubufakazi obude baleliqiniso.
KuGenesise sibona zonke izinzalamizi—u-Abrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe—zithandaza ngendlela evamile futhi engaqondile. Umkhuleko ka-Abrahama ophikelelayo ocela umusa kaNkulunkulu emizini yamaqaba yaseSodoma naseGomora uyamangalisa (Genesise 18:23ff). Ku-Eksodusi, umthandazo wawuyindlela uMose avikela ngayo ukukhululwa kuka-Israyeli eGibhithe. Isipho somthandazo senza u-Israyeli abe mkhulu: “Yisiphi esinye isizwe esikhulu esingaba onkulunkulu baso eduze kwaso ngendlela uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu aseduze ngayo lapho sikhuleka kuye na?” (Duteronomi 4:7).
Khona-ke, ukwehluleka ukuthandaza akukhona nje ukwephula umthetho othile wenkolo—ukwehluleka ukuphatha uNkulunkulu njengoNkulunkulu. Kuyisono enkazimulweni yakhe. “Makube kude nami,” kusho umprofethi uSamuweli kubantu bakhe, “ukuba ngone kuJehova ngokwehluleka ukunithandazela.”— 1 Samuweli 12:23 . INkosi uDavide yaqamba ingxenye enkulu yePsalter, incwadi yomthandazo kaNkulunkulu ephefumulelwe, egcwele ukunxusa “nina eniphendula umkhuleko” (IHubo 65:2). Indodana yakhe uSolomoni yakha ithempeli eJerusalema futhi yalinikezela ngomthandazo omuhle kakhulu. Isicelo esiyinhloko sikaSolomoni ngethempeli sasiwukuba uNkulunkulu ezwe kulo imithandazo yabantu bakhe—ngempela, umthandazo kaSolomoni ophakeme kunawo wonke wawuwukucela isipho somthandazo ngokwaso. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayenethemba lokuthi labo abavela kwezinye izizwe babeyozwa “igama lakho elikhulu . . . nikhuleke nibheke kuleli thempeli” (1 AmaKhosi 8:42). Futhi sibona umthandazo uwukuqaphela ubukhulu bukaNkulunkulu.
Ingcaphuno yomthandazo kaTimothy Keller
Iphinde yanyatheliswa ngohlelo no-Dutton, ilungu le-Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © 2014 nguTimothy Keller
KuGenesise sibona zonke izinzalamizi—u-Abrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe—zithandaza ngendlela evamile futhi engaqondile. Umkhuleko ka-Abrahama ophikelelayo ocela umusa kaNkulunkulu emizini yamaqaba yaseSodoma naseGomora uyamangalisa (Genesise 18:23ff). Ku-Eksodusi, umthandazo wawuyindlela uMose avikela ngayo ukukhululwa kuka-Israyeli eGibhithe. Isipho somthandazo senza u-Israyeli abe mkhulu: “Yisiphi esinye isizwe esikhulu esingaba onkulunkulu baso eduze kwaso ngendlela uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu aseduze ngayo lapho sikhuleka kuye na?” (Duteronomi 4:7).
Khona-ke, ukwehluleka ukuthandaza akukhona nje ukwephula umthetho othile wenkolo—ukwehluleka ukuphatha uNkulunkulu njengoNkulunkulu. Kuyisono enkazimulweni yakhe. “Makube kude nami,” kusho umprofethi uSamuweli kubantu bakhe, “ukuba ngone kuJehova ngokwehluleka ukunithandazela.”— 1 Samuweli 12:23 . INkosi uDavide yaqamba ingxenye enkulu yePsalter, incwadi yomthandazo kaNkulunkulu ephefumulelwe, egcwele ukunxusa “nina eniphendula umkhuleko” (IHubo 65:2). Indodana yakhe uSolomoni yakha ithempeli eJerusalema futhi yalinikezela ngomthandazo omuhle kakhulu. Isicelo esiyinhloko sikaSolomoni ngethempeli sasiwukuba uNkulunkulu ezwe kulo imithandazo yabantu bakhe—ngempela, umthandazo kaSolomoni ophakeme kunawo wonke wawuwukucela isipho somthandazo ngokwaso. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayenethemba lokuthi labo abavela kwezinye izizwe babeyozwa “igama lakho elikhulu . . . nikhuleke nibheke kuleli thempeli” (1 AmaKhosi 8:42). Futhi sibona umthandazo uwukuqaphela ubukhulu bukaNkulunkulu.
Ingcaphuno yomthandazo kaTimothy Keller
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