ISABATHA NOKUPHANA  

UKUZINDLA

Sonke sinesifiso sobungcwele nokuphelela. Sifisa ukuphila okugcwele ubuhle futhi silangazelela umphakathi "ophelele", umhlaba okahle. Imithetho yeSabatha ihlanganisa okungaphezu nje komyalelo wokuba nosuku olulodwa lokuphumula isonto ngalinye. Ngobizo lokugubha unyaka weJubili, uNkulunkulu unikeza abantu Bakhe abakhethiwe ukunambitha kusengaphambili ukuthi buyoba njani ubungcwele baphakade - isibikezelo seSabatha laphakade.  

Incwadi kaMose kanye neTestamente Elisha ikhuluma ngeSabatha kanye nonyaka weJubili njengendlela yokugcina ukuphana, ubulungiswa, nokubuyiselwa phakathi kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu. Umndeni ngamunye wesizwe wawuthembele ekubeni nendawo eyanele ukuze wondle wonke amalungu omphakathi.  

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, imithetho yeSabatha iyasisekela njengabantu ngabanye. Isisiza ukuba sithole ukuphumula emsebenzini futhi sithole isikhathi sokudumisa uNkulunkulu, kuyilapho umsebenzi wethu unikeza izidingo zethu zansuku zonke. Kodwa ngaphezu kokusisiza njengabantu ngabanye, imithetho yeSabatha igxile ekuphileni njengomphakathi. Imithetho isikhombisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu unjani nokuthi thina njengabantu - ikakhulukazi njengamaKristu - sidalelwe ukuphila emphakathini. Izimpilo zethu ezihlanganyelwe kufanele zibonakale ngokuphana njengophawu lomusa kaNkulunkulu, esiwuzwile thina ngokwethu. Ukuphila kwethu kufanele kubonakale ngobulungiswa, esibenza butholakale kwabanye ngoba uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu wokulungisa. Izimpilo zethu kufanele futhi zibonakale ngokubuyiselwa, ngokusiza abantu abasizungezile ukuthi bathathe indawo yabo emphakathini ngesizotha. Namuhla akusho ukuthi kufanele sibe nesiza. Kunalokho, singazibophezela ekwesekeni abanye ukuze bathole umsebenzi, sibe nendawo enhle yokuhlala kanye nempilo enempilo yomphakathi.  

Emazweni wonke, omakhelwane bethu bahlanganisa nabantu abaphila emhlabeni jikelele. Sinesibopho sokucabangela imiphumela yemvelo yendlela yethu yokuphila. Uma siphatha izinsiza zemvelo kanye nesimo sezulu ngenhlonipho nangokucophelela, sizokwenza impilo neSabatha e-Afrika, e-Asia, kanye nomhlaba wonke. Ukuphana akunamingcele yendawo.

IMIBUZO YOKUZINDLA  

• Ingabe mina ngokwami ​​ngihlangabezane nokuphana, ubulungiswa, noma ukubuyiselwa ngabanye abantu?  
• Sifundani ngoNkulunkulu lapho abantu bephana, belwa nokungabi nabulungiswa futhi besiza ukubuyisela isithunzi sabanye abantu?  
• Ngingayizwa kanjani imiyalelo yeSabatha-ngaphandle kokuphumula-njengethuba lobulungiswa emphakathini?  
• Yiyiphi ingxenye yempilo yami engingayenza ngezindlela ezintsha ukuphana?  

IZIHLOKO ZOMTHANDAZO  

• Sithandazela abantu ababhekana nokungabi nabulungiswa okukhulu.  
• Sithandazela labo abasemaphethelweni omphakathi abafisa impilo enesithunzi.  
• Sithandazela ukuthi ibandla libonise ukupha nokulunga kukaNkulunkulu.  
• Nkosi, ngibonise ukuthi ngingabelana kanjani ngobulungiswa Bakho kanye nokuphana kwakho ekuphileni kwami ​​kwansuku zonke.

UMTHANDAZO OPHAKANYISIWE  

Siyabonga, Baba oseZulwini, ngokupha kwakho okungenakulinganiswa kithi. Kuphelela ekunikeleni kwakho iNdodana yakho ukuba isifele. Akagcinanga ngokusibonisa umusa nokulunga kwakho ngokuphila kwakhe emhlabeni, kodwa wenze sakwazi ukwamukela umusa nokulunga kwakho ngokufa esiphambanweni nangokuvuka kwakhe ngePhasika.   

Siphe ukuhlakanipha namandla ngoMoya oNgcwele ukuze siphile impilo yokuphana nokulunga. Futhi usisize sinakekele indalo Yakho ngoba senziwe ngomfanekiso Wakho. Siphe amehlo okubona abadinga ukubuyiselwa ukuze sibe imigudu yothando Lwakho namuhla. Ameni.

U-Marc Jost, uNobhala Jikelele we-Swiss Evangelical Alliance (ingxenye ekhuluma isiJalimane), eSwitzerland.