Thola i AppOkugqamile: Ukubheka Ukholo Oluqinile Lwabantu AbangapheleleIsampula
Usuku 7: U-Pawulu
Ngosuku luka-3 sakhuluma ngesibindi sikaStefanu, eshumayela izindaba ezinhle zikaJesu nakuba kwamlahlekisela ukuphila kwakhe. Nokho, kwakukhona indoda eyayimi lapho, ibambe izingubo zamadoda abulala uStefanu. Igama lakhe kwakunguSawule. Abaningi bethu bajwayelene naye ngoba washintsha ngokuphelele lapho ehlangana noJesu kangangokuthi washintsha igama lakhe nomsebenzi wakhe wokuphila waqala ukushumayela ngokaJes/2>esikhundleni sokuphikisana yena. Eqinisweni, ingxenye enkulu yeTestamente Elisha yabhalwa uPawulu (owayebizwa ngokuthi uSawulu phambilini). Kuhlanganisa nezincwadi eziningi azibhalela amasonto ayeqala ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi azithola zinembile izindaba zikaJesu.
UPawulu wayeyindoda enesibindi kwasekuqaleni, kodwa nansi into—kwezinye izimo kungenzeka wedlulela. Nakuba abhala izinto ezijulile nezingokoqobo mayelana nendlela yokuthandana kahle (bheka amaRoma 12 kanye 1 KwabaseKorinte 13), futhi wayengumuntu. Impela, wayedinga ukubiza abantu ngezinye izikhathi, kodwa kwezinye izimo, ingabe wayenokhahlo kakhulu mhlawumbe? UPawulu wabhala kwabaseGalathiya mayelana nokungqubuzana noPetru (esifunda ngaye ngosuku 1. Khumbula ukuthi uPetru wagijima kanjani emlonyeni wakhe? Cabanga ngoPawulu noPetru bexoxa!). Sifunda futhi encwadini yezEnzo ukuthi ngesinye isikhathi uPawulu noBarnaba baxabana kakhulu ngokuthi umfana othile—uJohane Marku—kufanele ahambe nabo yini ohambweni (kwakungumzala kaBarnaba, kodwa wayebakhiphe ngebheyili ohambweni lwangaphambili) ukuthi bahlukana ngakho! UPawulu wathola umngani omusha (uSila) futhi uBarnaba wathatha uJohane Marku ngenye indlela.
Sonke singaba "nesibindi kakhulu" futhi sikhohlwe ukukhathalela imizwa yalabo abasizungezile ngezinye izikhathi, kodwa leyo akuyona indlela okufanele sibe nesibindi ngayo. Njengoba uPawulu abhala, uNkulunkulu akakaqedi ngathi; usekhona umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe. UNkulunkulu uyosebenzisa lokho esizimisele ukumnika kona; uzosilungisa ngobumnene futhi asiqondise lapho sithanda. Kunjalo nangalabo abasizungezile. Lapho ungavumelani nabanye futhi izinto zikuhambela kabi, lokho kungase kungabi ukuphela kwendaba—akekho ongenakuhlengwa—futhi uPawulu wayekwazi mathupha lokho. Nokho wayesamyeka uJohane Marku—cishe. Encwadini yakhe ayibhalela ibandla laseKolose, uPawulu empeleni ubhekisela eziqondisweni awanika zona zokuthi bamukele abanye ngaphandle kukaJohane Marku, yena kanye lowo muntu ayenempikiswano naye ngaphambili!
Njengoba ufika ekupheleni kwalezi zinsuku eziyisikhombisa, kwangathi ungathola ukuqonda isibindi ngendlela entsha. Isibindi asidingi ukuthi sibe sikhulu futhi sisabalaliswe ukuze bonke babone; kungase kungabi kakhulu noma kucasule njengoba ubucabanga; ngokuqinisekile akukalwa ngokuntula ukwesaba, kodwa ngezenzo naphezu kwalokho kwesaba; futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, isibindi simane siyisenzo sokuletha noma yini onayo kuJesu futhi umethembe ngomphumela.
Imibuzo Yokuzindla/Yengxoxo:
1. Wake waba “nesibindi kakhulu” futhi walimaza ubuhlobo ngenxa yalokho? Isiphi isibindi sendlela eyodwa esingasiza ukulungisa lobo budlelwane?
2. Imuphi umuntu ovela kulolu cwaningo ozihlanganisa naye kakhulu? Kungani?
3. Yisiphi isinyathelo esisodwa ongasithatha evikini elilandelayo ukuze uhambe ubheke isibindi?
Mayelana naloluHlelo
Isibindi asidingi ukuthi sibe sikhulu futhi sisabalaliswe ukuze bonke babone; kusuke kuyisenzo sokuletha noma yini onayo kuJesu futhi umethembe ngomphumela. Woza uhambe ohambweni lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ubheke ukholo oluqinile lwabantu abangaphelele.
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