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Ukuguquka kukaSawulu endleleni eya eDamaseku isixoxwe izikhathi eziningi futhi kufanekisela ukuguqulwa okuningi - labo abathintwa umusa kaMoya oNgcwele futhi baqala kabusha. Ukuphila kukaPawulu kwashintsha lapho eba nokholo kuJesu. Khumbula ukuthi uPawulu wayebizwa nangokuthi uSawulu. Ungadidwa ngamagama amabili.
Encwadini yeZenzo 9:1-2 abalandeli bakaKristu babebizwa ngokuthi abantu “beNdlela” ngoba amaKristu athi ukukholwa kuJesu “kuwukuphela kwendlela” yokusindiswa (Funda NgokukaJohane 14:6). UPawulu wayengumholi wenkolo yamaJuda oqhoshayo futhi engafuni ukuvuma ukuthi inkolo yakhe yayinephutha.
USawulu wahamba endleleni eya eDamaseku enokufa enhliziyweni yakhe - ukuyoshushisa labo abangabalandeli be "Ndlela". Emgwaqweni waseDamaseku, uSawule wabhekana nokukhanya okwamvala amehlo, okukhazimula kunelanga lasemini. Khona-ke wezwa izwi lithi kuye: "Sawulu, Sawulu, ungizingelelani?" ( IzEnzo 9:4) Lapho uSawulu ebuza ukuthi ubani owayekhuluma naye, izwi laphendula, "Mina nginguJesu, lowo omzingelayo. ( IzEnzo 9:5-6)
U-Ananiya akaqiniseki ukuthi uSawulu wayengakholwa kuJesu. Evesini 11, uJehova watshela u-Ananiya ukuthi ukubona uSawulu ethandaza kwakuyoba ubufakazi bokuthi useshintshile.
USawulu wayeyimpumputhe! UNkulunkulu wamthobisa uSawule ukuze abone ukuthi wayemdinga kakhulu kangakanani uJesu. Lapho umuntu ephelelwa yithemba, uJesu uyasondela. NgokwezEnzo 9:19b-22 uSawulu waba nenguquko engamazinga awu-180 empilweni yakhe, ushintsho olukhulu.
Lena incazelo kaPawulu yalokho okwenzeka kuye—nakithi esikholelwa kuKristu—Funda 2 KwabaseKorinte 5:17. Ababaningi abantu “abanesipiliyoni soMgwaqo waseDamaseku” okuphawulekayo njengoSawule, kodwa sonke kufanele sikwazi ukuthi: “Ukuphila kwami kuye kwashintsha kusukela lapho ngathola uJesu Kristu.” Ungakusho lokho? Ungakwazi ukwabelana ngesikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu ekuthobisa khona ukuze akusondeze Kuye?
Ngaleso sikhathi sokwesaba, ukuzisola nokukhanyiselwa, uSawulu waqonda ukuthi uJesu ngempela wayenguMesiya weqiniso, nokuthi wayesiza ekubulaleni nasekubopheni abantu abangenacala. USawulu waqaphela ukuthi naphezu kwezinkolelo zakhe zangaphambili njengomFarisi, manje wayeselazi iqiniso ngoNkulunkulu futhi wayebophekile ukumlalela.
Ngaleso sikhathi uSawule waba umuntu omusha ngempela, ongenakuguqulwa. Wazalwa kabusha. Futhi wakhetha ukumaka lelohora lenguquko ngokuchitha igama lesiHeberu elithi Sawulu kuPawulu - ukuze aqale futhi.
Ukuguquka kukaSawulu endleleni eya eDamaseku isixoxwe izikhathi eziningi futhi kufanekisela ukuguqulwa okuningi - labo abathintwa umusa kaMoya oNgcwele futhi baqala kabusha. Ukuphila kukaPawulu kwashintsha lapho eba nokholo kuJesu. Khumbula ukuthi uPawulu wayebizwa nangokuthi uSawulu. Ungadidwa ngamagama amabili.
Encwadini yeZenzo 9:1-2 abalandeli bakaKristu babebizwa ngokuthi abantu “beNdlela” ngoba amaKristu athi ukukholwa kuJesu “kuwukuphela kwendlela” yokusindiswa (Funda NgokukaJohane 14:6). UPawulu wayengumholi wenkolo yamaJuda oqhoshayo futhi engafuni ukuvuma ukuthi inkolo yakhe yayinephutha.
USawulu wahamba endleleni eya eDamaseku enokufa enhliziyweni yakhe - ukuyoshushisa labo abangabalandeli be "Ndlela". Emgwaqweni waseDamaseku, uSawule wabhekana nokukhanya okwamvala amehlo, okukhazimula kunelanga lasemini. Khona-ke wezwa izwi lithi kuye: "Sawulu, Sawulu, ungizingelelani?" ( IzEnzo 9:4) Lapho uSawulu ebuza ukuthi ubani owayekhuluma naye, izwi laphendula, "Mina nginguJesu, lowo omzingelayo. ( IzEnzo 9:5-6)
U-Ananiya akaqiniseki ukuthi uSawulu wayengakholwa kuJesu. Evesini 11, uJehova watshela u-Ananiya ukuthi ukubona uSawulu ethandaza kwakuyoba ubufakazi bokuthi useshintshile.
USawulu wayeyimpumputhe! UNkulunkulu wamthobisa uSawule ukuze abone ukuthi wayemdinga kakhulu kangakanani uJesu. Lapho umuntu ephelelwa yithemba, uJesu uyasondela. NgokwezEnzo 9:19b-22 uSawulu waba nenguquko engamazinga awu-180 empilweni yakhe, ushintsho olukhulu.
Lena incazelo kaPawulu yalokho okwenzeka kuye—nakithi esikholelwa kuKristu—Funda 2 KwabaseKorinte 5:17. Ababaningi abantu “abanesipiliyoni soMgwaqo waseDamaseku” okuphawulekayo njengoSawule, kodwa sonke kufanele sikwazi ukuthi: “Ukuphila kwami kuye kwashintsha kusukela lapho ngathola uJesu Kristu.” Ungakusho lokho? Ungakwazi ukwabelana ngesikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu ekuthobisa khona ukuze akusondeze Kuye?
Ngaleso sikhathi sokwesaba, ukuzisola nokukhanyiselwa, uSawulu waqonda ukuthi uJesu ngempela wayenguMesiya weqiniso, nokuthi wayesiza ekubulaleni nasekubopheni abantu abangenacala. USawulu waqaphela ukuthi naphezu kwezinkolelo zakhe zangaphambili njengomFarisi, manje wayeselazi iqiniso ngoNkulunkulu futhi wayebophekile ukumlalela.
Ngaleso sikhathi uSawule waba umuntu omusha ngempela, ongenakuguqulwa. Wazalwa kabusha. Futhi wakhetha ukumaka lelohora lenguquko ngokuchitha igama lesiHeberu elithi Sawulu kuPawulu - ukuze aqale futhi.
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