Ukugxiliswa Othandweni: Ukuphila Impilo YobuKristu NgokugcweleIsampula

 Woza Uzobona 

Yini eyakudonsela enkolweni yobuKristu kuqala? 

Indaba kaJohane oNgcwele yokubizwa kwabafundi bokuqala yakhiwe ngokucophelela. Ukuqala kweVangeli lakhe kulandiswa ‘ngezinsuku’ (‘ngosuku olulandelayo . . . ngakusasa’). Akagcini ngokulandelana kwezikhathi - kunalokho, ubonisa ukuqhubeka kwenkonzo kaJesu, kanye nendlela uJohane uMbhapathizi ambonisa ngayo njengoMesiya. Umbhabhadisi umemezela ukuthi uJesu uyiWundlu likaNkulunkulu (usethule lowomusho esigabeni esidlule, kuvesi 29). Lolu ulimi lukaMesiya, oluqondisa iziprofetho zika-Isaya, iwundlu lika-Abrahama lomhlatshelo nezithembiso ze-apocalyptic. ‘Bheka, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu’ laliyozuza ngokushesha isithakazelo salabo ababebheke Lowo Ozayo. Abafundi bakaJohane uMbhapathizi bamangele. Umbuzo uJesu awubuzayo - kubo nakithi - uthi ‘Nifunani?’ Ilukuluku lengqondo ngokuvamile liyisiqalo ekufuneni ukholo. uJesu uyabamema ukuba beze bazobona; bayamdumisa njengomfundisi; bamlandele lapho ehlala khona. Sithola ukuthi omunye walaba bafundi boMbhapathizi empeleni ngu-Andreya, yena futhi umeme umfowabo uSimoni Petru. Ukufuna ubuhlakani kungasithatha kuze kube manje. Cishe uJesu waqala ukuphendula imibuzo yabo mayelana nokuthi kungase kusho ukuthini ngaye ukuba uMesiya, kodwa basesohambweni. Kwehlela kuFiliphu kanye noNathanayeli esigabeni esilandelayo seVangeli ukwenza impendulo ejule kakhudlwana - nakuba kulesi sigaba isikha phezulu kakhulu (‘Ngakubona phansi komkhiwane’). 

Kuzothatha uhambo olude kakhulu, ukulalela nokubuka uJesu ngaphambi kokuba la madoda amukele ngempela ukuba umfundi. Kodwa lokho KULUNGILE - uJesu usithatha njengoba sinjalo, hhayi ezweni elinomqondo wokubumbana ngokomoya. Lapho sifika endaweni lapho singasho khona, sino-Andreya, ‘Simtholile uMesiya’ - yilapho uhambo luqala khona ngempela ukuqala. IVangeli likaJohane lizothatha abafundi kulolo hambo - lisuka ekuthakazelweni nasekufuneni ukwazi kwengqondo liye ezibonakalisweni eziyisikhombisa ezikhomba uJesu njengoba enjalo ngempela - ukushintsha amanzi abe iwayini, ukuphulukisa, ukuphakela abangu-5,000 futhi ekugcineni (futhi mhlawumbe yini eyenza ukuboshwa nokufa kwakhe kungenakugwenywa. ) evusa uLazaru kwabafileyo. Abafundi bona bayovuselwa ukholo, baphonswe inselele yokuba umfundi, futhi bamenyelwe ebuhlotsheni obusha obusekelwe othandweni. Azipheleli endabeni yeVangeli - uTomase uyangabaza, uPetru uyaphika, futhi uJuda ukhaphela uJesu. Ezimpilweni zethu, futhi, ukulandela kwethu uJesu akuqondile. Sizokonakala futhi singathembeki njengabafundi bokuqala. Kodwa okujabulisayo ukuthi uyasibamba. UNkulunkulu uthembekile ngisho nalapho singenalo ukholo. Akakuyeki. ILent isikhumbuza ukuthi, lapho senza iphutha, ukuvuma izono, ukuthethelelwa kanye nokubuyiselwa kungasenza sikwazi ukuqhubeka nohambo.

Imibuzo Yokuzindla

1. Zindla ngokuthi ukuphi ohambweni lwakho noJesu. Lapho uzithola umenywe ukuba ‘Woza uzobona’, kwenzekani ngokulandelayo?

2. Yini ongathanda ukuthi yenzeke ngokulandelayo ohambweni lwakho lobuKristu?

3. Yini ongafuna ukuyisho kuNkulunkulu, kubangani bakho besonto, kumfundisi wakho mayelana ‘nokulandelayo’?