ISABATHA NESIKHUMBUZO          

UKUZINDLA

Le ndima yeBhayibheli isimemezelo somthetho wesine. INkosi iyasiyala ukuba sibambelele kwiSabatha, usuku lokuphumula emva kwezinsuku eziyisithupha zokusebenza - usuku lokuvuselelwa . Phakathi nendawo yokuphumula kukhona ubizo lokukhumbula: "futhi ukhumbule" (Duteronomi 5:15). ISabatha nesikhumbuzo kuxhumene ngokujulile, kodwa kanjani futhi ngani?  

Masikhumbule ukuthi uhlelo lokuphumula kwamasonto onke kwawo wonke umuntu lwalungenakho ukufana kunoma iyiphi impucuko yasendulo. AmaGreki ayecabanga ukuthi amaJuda awasebenzi ngoba ayefuna usuku olulodwa lokuphumula isonto ngalinye. Bheka isipho esimangalisayo sikaNkulunkulu seSabatha!  

"Uzokhumbula" kwakunamaqiniso amabili. Okokuqala: "Naniyizigqila eGibhithe." Okwesibili: "UJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ukukhiphile eGibhithe." Ngamanye amazwi, waphucwa inkululeko yakho, manje uJehova usekukhululile. ISabatha liyisikhumbuza ukuthi singaphila kanjani sikhululekile ebugqilini ngenxa kaNkulunkulu. Likhuluma ngesihloko senkululeko, okungukuthi inkululeko ebugqilini bemisebenzi yethu.  

Minyaka yonke ngikhumbula ngo-Mayi 8, 1945. Ubaba wayebuthelwe umbuso wamaNazi futhi kwakudingeka asebenze imini nobusuku. Lapho elalela i-BBC ngasese futhi ezwa ngokuqhubekela phambili kwamasosha aseMelika, wabaleka futhi wafika edolobheni lakubo e-Luxembourg ngosuku olushiwo ngenhla lwesivumelwano. Ephuma ebugqilini bamaNazi futhi eya enkululekweni, wababonga ngendlela emangalisayo abakhululi bakhe. Wonke umuzwa wokukhululwa uba yingxenye yobuntu bethu kanye nobufakazi bethu.

Ngaphambi kokuba uJesu azembule kimi, ngangihlala ngokwesaba nsuku zonke. Lapho uMoya oNgcwele efika ezohlala enhliziyweni yami, wafaka ukuthula kukaKristu ekujuleni kobuntu bami. Lolu hlobo lokuthula luhlala lukhona. Ngakhululwa ekwesabeni kwami ​​okukhulu. Ngiyabazi futhi ngiyabukhumbula ubunjalo bami kuKristu, futhi ngabela ufakazi bami nabanye.

Kukhumbule, kodwa hhayi ngokwakho kuphela. NgeSabatha, izinceku, izigqila, ngisho nabafokazi bayophumula nathi (Duteronomi 5:14). Masikhumbule labo abasese “bugqilini” futhi abangakayitholi inkululeko yabo.

IMIBUZO YOKUZINDLA  

• UNkulunkulu, uBaba wethu, akabheki izisebenzi kuqala, kodwa amadodana namadodakazi. Ucabangani ngalesi sitatimende? ISabatha likusiza kanjani ukukhumbula lokho?   
• Yibuphi ubufakazi bakho bokukhululwa noma benkululeko ojabulela ukubukhumbula nokwabelana ngabo?   
• Ukuze sikhululeke, kumele sikhumbule. Ingabe kuyiqiniso lokho? Ukwenza kanjani?   
• Obani “izinceku zaseGibhithe” zanamuhla? Lezo ongafuni ukuzikhohlwa? Yilabo ofuna ukutshala impilo yakho kubo?

IZIHLOKO ZOMTHANDAZO   

• Siyakhuleka ukuba uNkulunkulu, uBaba wethu, asikhulule ekwesabeni nasekugqilazweni okubi ekuphileni kwethu ngoJesu Kristu.   
• Siyakhuleka ukuba sifunde ukuphila njengamadodana namadodakazi kaNkulunkulu, uBaba wethu, owasikhulula ukuba siphile ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele nangokwezwi lakhe.   
• Sithandazela ukuthi ukubonga kanye, ngakho, injabulo ikhule ezinhliziyweni zethu, emindenini yethu, kanye nasemabandleni ethu.   
• Sithandazela ukukhululwa kwezigqila zanamuhla (amasosha ezingane, izisulu zokushushumbiswa kwabantu nezingane, njll).  
• Sithandazela ukusekela kukaNkulunkulu nokukhululwa kwalabo ababoshiwe ngenxa yokholo lwabo.

UMTHANDAZO OPHAKANYISIWE  

Ngiyabonga Baba. Awunginikanga umoya wobugqila ongibuyisela empilweni yokwesaba. Uma kukhona, Ungilethe emndenini waKho, okungenza ngibe yindodana yaKho, indodakazi yaKho. Kungakho ngisho ngokuzwakalayo nangokucacile: “Abba! Baba!” Kuyiqiniso ngoba umoya Wakho uyafakaza ukuthi ngingumntwana Wakho. Jesu, ngiyindlalifa yempilo yakho nenhliziyo yakho. Nomaphi lapho ongikhulule khona, ngithume ukuba ngibuyisele obathandayo kuBaba wethu. Futhi uma kufanele ngihlupheke ngenxa Yakho, ngiyokwamukela, ngokuba lapho-ke inkazimulo yaKho iyokwambulwa, manje naphakade. Ameni. ( Roma 8, 14-17 )

uPaul Hemes, Umfundisi we-HET (ikolishi lezenkolo) i-St. Légier, eSwitzerland.