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USUKU LWESIHLANU

Indlela Entsha Yokuhamba kanye Nendlela Entsha Yokubona

AMAVESI: NgokukaJohane 5:1-15; NgokukaJohane 9:1-11

Ngiyabona ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule ungase uthi, “Konke lokhu kuzwakala kukuhle, Lysa. Kodwa inhliziyo yami isabuhlungu futhi umuntu ongizwise ubuhlungu akakaze axolise.” 

Ngiyakuthola. Ukwelapha kungase kuzwakale kungenakwenzeka uma kungazange kube nesixazululo nalabo abasilimazile. Sifuna bavume ukuthi babenephutha. Ukwenza izinto zilunge. Ukuxolisa okungenani.

Kodwa ngifunda ukuthi ikhono lethu lokuphulukisa alinakuncika ekukhetheni kwanoma ubani ngaphandle kwethu.

Ukuqala ngqa ukuqaphela leli qiniso kwakusohambweni lokuya eZweni Elingcwele lapho umqondisi wami efundisa ngezimangaliso ezimbili kuphela zokuphulukisa uJesu azenza eJerusalema okukhulunywa ngazo encwadini kaJohane.

Okokuqala kwaba ukuphulukiswa emachibini aseBethesda.

KuJohane 5 , sifunda ngendoda eyayiyisishosha eyayicabanga ukuthi idinga ukubambisana nabanye abantu ukuze ikwazi ukufika emanzini lapho izingelosi ziwanyakazisa, ngokwenkolelo-ze abaningi ababekholelwa kuyo. Ngakho, lapho uJesu efika futhi embuza ukuthi uyafuna yini ukuphulukiswa, impendulo yale ndoda yamangalisa. Wanikeza uJesu izaba ezisekelwe eqinisweni lokuthi akekho owayezomsiza ukuba angene emanzini.

Akumangalisi yini ukuthi le ndoda yayigxile kakhulu kulokho okwakudingeka abanye bakwenze kangangokuthi yacishe yaphuthelwa yilokho uJesu ayengakwenza?

Ngaphandle kokukhuluma ngabanye abantu, uJesu wamyala ukuba asukume, athabathe uhlaka lwakhe, ahambe. IBhayibheli libe selithi, “Masinyane lowo muntu waphulukiswa” (NgokukaJohane 5:9). Ukuphulukiswa kwakungahileli muntu ngaphandle kwendoda eyayife uhlangothi kanye noJesu.

Esinye isimangaliso sokuphulukisa sitholakala kuJohane 9 nendoda eyimpumputhe. Kule ndaba, sithola abafundi befuna ukwazi ukuthi izenzo zikabani ezabangela ubumpumputhe bale ndoda. Kodwa uJesu wayichitha imicabango yabo. Akazange abeke icala noma ihlazo kunoma ubani. Wathi ubumpumputhe balendoda “benzeka ukuze imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu ibonakaliswe kuyo” (NgokukaJohane 9:3). UJesu wafela amathe emhlabathini, waxova udaka, walugcoba emehlweni empumputhe, wayiyala ukuba ihambe iyogeza echibini laseSilowama. Qaphela ukuthi uJesu akenzanga ukuphulukisa kuncike kwabanye abantu abazenzayo noma abanakho.

UJesu wanikeza umyalo. Impumputhe yalalela. UJesu waphulukisa. Impumputhe yaqhubekela phambili. Umqondisi wami eJerusalema ngalolo suku wathi “enye yalezi zimangaliso yasikhombisa indlela entsha yokuhamba futhi enye yasibonisa indlela entsha yokubona.”

Angikwazanga ukubamba ijenali yami ukuze ngirekhode lesi sambulo ngokushesha ngokwanele. Ngabhala, “Ukuze ngiqhubekele phambili, ukuze ngibone ngale kwalobu bumnyama obukhona, kuphakathi kwami neNkosi. Angidingi ukulinda abanye ukuthi benze noma yini. Kufanele ngimane ngilalele lokho uNkulunkulu angicela kona njengamanje. UNkulunkulu unginike indlela entsha yokuhamba. Futhi uNkulunkulu unginike indlela entsha yokubona. Kuyintethelelo. Futhi kuhle.”

Ikhono lethu lokuphulukisa alinakuncika kwabanye abafuna intethelelo yethu, kodwa kuphela ekuzimiseleni kwethu ukuthethelela.

Ikhono lethu lokuphulukisa alinakuncika ekutholeni imiphumela eyanele yokungalaleli kwabo, kodwa kuphela ekulaleleni kwethu ukwethemba ubulungiswa bukaNkulunkulu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siyabubona noma cha.

Ukuphulukiswa kwami kuyisinqumo sami. Nokuphulukiswa kwakho? Kungozwelo olukhulu ukuthi ngithi ukuphulukiswa kwakho kuyisinqumo sakho futhi.

Singakwazi ukuphulukisa. Singathethelela. Singamethemba uNkulunkulu. Futhi awekho lawo maqiniso amahle angabanjwa ngomunye umuntu.

PHENDULA: Uke wazithola ubambeke endaweni yokukholelwa ukuthi ikhono lakho lokuphilisa lincike kwabanye abantu kanye nokukhetha kwabo? Chitha isikhathi emthandazweni namuhla unikela konke okulimazayo futhi ukhulule labo abakuzwise ubuhlungu kuJesu. Mcele ukuthi akusize ukholwe ukuthi uyakwazi ukukuphilisa... ukwenza umphefumulo wakho uphile. 

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