Isono: Kungani UKhisimusi Ungowabo Bonke Abantu

Ngo Danny Saavedra

“Ngisho ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa nguJesu Kristu kubo bonke abakholwayo; ngokuba akukho mahluko; ngokuba bonke bonile, basilelwe inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu; balungisisiwe ngesihle ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okukuKristu Jesu.”—KwabaseRoma 3:22–24 (NLT)

Minyaka yonke sigubha uKhisimusi. Yisikhathi esihle senjabulo nezindaba ezimnandi. Sihlobisa izihlahla, sihlanganisa izintambo ngamalambu, sicule amaculo amahle, futhi sinikeze izipho ezinhle. Futhi minyaka yonke thina maKrestu sithanda ukukhumbuza wonke umuntu ukuthi "uJesu uyisizathu sonyaka." Kepha kukangaki sihlala njalo sibheke kungani Uyisizathu sesizini. Kungani kunesizini ngempela? Kungani uJesu ashiye izulu weza eMhlabeni?

Impendulo emfushane? Isono sethu. Uyabona, iNkosi isithanda kakhulu. Wasenza ngomfanekiso waKhe nangokufana Naye (UGenesise 1:27). Sasiyigugu elikhazimulayo endalweni kaNkulunkulu, esenzelwe ukumdumisa futhi sijabulele ubudlelwane obuhle phambi kwakhe kuze kube phakade njengabantwana Bakhe abathandekayo. Lokhu bekungukuphela kwethu, esenzelwe ukuba sikuthokozele. . . Yilokho u-Adam no-Eva ababhekana nakho. Bahamba noNkulunkulu, bakhuluma noNkulunkulu, futhi bakujabulela ukuba khona Kwakhe. Bafanele baphile ukubizwa kwabo futhi bajabulele izithelo Zensimu (Genesise 2: 15-16). Kodwa-ke konke konakala. . . lapho ukuwa kwenzeka.

U-Adamu no-Eva bavumela ukuqhosha nezifiso zabo zobugovu — isifiso sabo sokuba “njengoNkulunkulu” —kwabafiphaza ukwahlulela kwabo. Futhi ngoba bazivumele ukuthi bakhohliswe yinyoka, bona, nathi sonke, bawa emseni. Kulowo mzuzu, uPawulu uyasitshela, "isono sangena ezweni ngomuntu oyedwa, nokufa kwangena ngesono, futhi ngale ndlela ukufa kweza kubantu bonke, ngoba bonke bonile" (KwabaseRoma 5:12). Ingxenye embi kakhulu ukuthi yona kanye into ababeyifuna, ukufana noNkulunkulu, base benayo vele. Babephethe umfanekiso waKhe futhi befana naye futhi ukubhalwa Kwakhe kwakusezinhliziyweni zabo nasemiphefumulweni yabo.

Kwi Sono nokuHlengwa, uJohn Garnier usho kanje, “Isono, ngaleyo ndlela siveza ukuhlukanisa nobutha kuNkulunkulu, noma, ngamanye amazwi, ukwahlukana kokuziphatha phakathi kwesoni noNkulunkulu, okungukufa ngokomoya; okuphambene nalokhu ngukusheshiswa, noma ukunikwa impilo, okungukuthi, ukubuyisana noNkulunkulu. ” Isono sika-Adamu no-Eva sathelela zonke izingane zabo, wonke umuntu emlandweni wesintu. Kwadala uqhekeko, ukwahlukana phakathi kwethu noNkulunkulu ongcwele futhi ophelele. Yonke ingane ezelwe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi izelwe ifile ngokomoya, ihlukanisiwe noNkulunkulu — ngaphandle koyedwa. Ngakho-ke, uma sizalwa sifile ngokomoya, uma sekwenzekile ukufa komzimba, kuba ukufa unomphela okungenalo ithuba lokubuyisana.

KwabaseRoma 6:23 (NIV), uPaul uthi, "Ngokuba inkokhelo yesono ingukufa." Isono esiseNsimini yase-Edene silethele ukufa komoya masinyane phezu kwabo bonke abantu, futhi isikweletu sokugcina sesono sakho ukufa okuphelele okwenzeka ekufeni kwenyama, ngakho-ke, ukuvala isikweletu sesono (okuwukufa), okuthile ( noma omunye umuntu) kwakudingeka afe esikhundleni sesoni. Ngalesi sizathu, isenzo somhlatshelo sadingeka ukuze sikhokhele isikweletu sesono. Kungani? Ngoba izindleko zesono sethu ukufa “futhi ngaphandle kokuchitheka kwegazi akukho ukuthethelelwa” (AmaHebheru 9:22 NIV).  

Isikhathi sokuqala salokhu sibonakala ngqo ngemuva kokuwa. KuGenesise 3:21 (NLT), ithi, "INkosi uNkulunkulu yenzela u-Adamu nomkakhe ingubo ngezikhumba zezilwane." Uyabona, ukuze uNkulunkulu agqokise u-Adamu no-Eva futhi asuse amahloni abo, kwakufanele abulale isilwane, ukuze achithe igazi laso. Kepha nansi into, "Akunakwenzeka ukuthi igazi lezinkunzi nelezimbuzi lisuse izono" (KwamaHebheru 10: 4 NIV). Kwakumele kungenele. Futhi yilokhu okwenza indaba kaKhisimusi ibe namandla kangaka!

Indaba kaKhisimusi imayelana nesikhathi lapho icebo likaNkulunkulu elikhazimulayo laba ngokoqobo. Kanjani? "Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuze yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade" ( NgokukaJohane 3:16 NIV). UJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ephelele, wathi, “Nangu mina. . . ” (KumaHeberu 10: 7 NIV) futhi “wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yezono zethu, njengoba nje noNkulunkulu uBaba wethu ehlelile” (KwabaseGalathiya 1: 4 NLT). Wakhokha inkokhelo yezono zethu, kwaba unomphela, ukuze asinike isipho sikaNkulunkulu, “esingukuphila okuphakade ngoKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu” (KwabaseRoma 6:23 NLT). Ngenxa kaJesu, singakhazimulisa futhi sijabulele uNkulunkulu ngokuseduze kakhulu ukwedlula u-Adamu no-Eva. Asigcini nje ngokuhamba noNkulunkulu, kepha sinoMoya kaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kwethu!