Inkosi isesikhepheni
Ukubulaleka kokuphila emhlabeni kuyaqala ukufikelela, kwabaninzi, kwaye unokuba yinto enye. Abanye bethu banexhala kakhulu ngomso kangangokuba asikuthandi ukukhanya kwelanga, uvuyo okanye ukufunda kwiimpazamo zanamhlanje. UThixo unguMoya (uJohn 4: 24) kwaye amehlo akhe abukele yonke indalo yakhe. Akukho mfihlakalo ifihlakeleyo kuye. Uhambo lobomi lufana nendoda ehamba elwandle kubomi. Awusenzanga isikhephe okanye ulwandle kodwa kuya kufuneka uhambe ngesikhephe xa usiza emhlabeni. Xa ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kulungile kwaye kulungile, ngokukhanya kwelanga okuninzi kunye nokubanjwa okuhle (intsikelelo kunye nempumelelo entle) emanzini, intliziyo yakho ibonakala izolile. Iintsuku ziyaxelwa kwangaphambili, ilanga liyakuphuma, ulwandle luzolile kwaye imimoya ivuthuza kamnandi. Akukho nto ibonakala ingahambi kakuhle kwaye uyakuthanda ukuthula kwakho. Ngamanye amaxesha ubomi bethu bujonga njalo; sikhululekile kangangokuba akukho nto ikhangeleka ngathi ayinamsebenzi. Abantu bahlangabezana phantse nazo zonke iimfuno zethu. Kuzolile kwaye isikhephe sobomi sihamba kakuhle.
Kodwa ke iinkqwithela zobomi ziqala ukusishukumisa isikhephe, uthi oku akuqhelekanga; kuba bekusoloko kulungile. Ngequbuliso, waphulukana nomsebenzi wakho wakhangela omnye kwaye zonke izithembiso. Uyaphelelwa yimali kwaye awunamali. Abahlobo baqala ukubhitya kwaye ungaqala ukuthintela amalungu osapho. Izaqhwithi zobomi ziza ngokungalindelekanga, kwaye oku kuyenzeka kube kanye. Khumbula, uYobhi ebhayibhileni kunye neziphepho ezaqubisana naye waphulukana nako konke, (Yobhi 1: 1-22), wathi umfazi wakhe kuye, “Usabambelele na ekugqibeleleni kwakho? Mlahle uThixo, ufe. ”(Yobhi 2: 9). Ngaba kungumbono olungileyo ukuvavanya ubomi babanye abantu, abahamba ngomkhumbi okanye abahamba ngolwandle. Kungcono ukuqala ngokufunda Heb. 11: 1-40. Xa inkosi isesikhepheni, inokukhalimela umoya kwaye izise ukuzola, inokukukhuthaza ukuba ube nesibindi okanye inokukuvumela ukuba ujongane nobutyobo benqanawa eyaphukileyo. Lilonke, khumbula ukuba iNkosi yayisesikhepheni.
Usenokuba nesithukuthezi, xa usentolongweni okanye xa ulele esibhedlele; konke kuyinxalenye yezaqhwithi kulwandle lobomi ohamba kuzo. Ukuba unoYesu Krestu ebomini bakho, awuwedwa: kuba wathi, Andiyi kuze ndikushiye, (Dut. 31: 6 no Heb. 13: 5). Kwakhona Mat. 28:20, "Yabonani, mna ndinani yonke imihla, kude kube sekuphelisweni kwephakade eli." Ukuba awuguquki kwaye wamkele uYesu njengoMsindisi neNkosi yakho awuyi kuba sengozini nomtyholi. UJohn uMbhaptizi noStephen kuhambo lwabo kulwandle lobomi, baqubisana nomgwebo okhohlakeleyo; Kodwa inkosi yayisesikhepheni, ibonisa uStefano iingelosi kunye noNyana woMntu behleli ngasekunene kukaThixo, njengoko babemxuluba ngamatye. Njengokuba babemxuluba ngamatye uMaster wayembonisa izinto malunga nekhaya lakhe elitsha. Ikholwa ligoduka ngenqanawa, kuba umhlaba ayilo khaya lethu.
UYobhi nangona wayejamelene nezinto ezimbi, kubandakanya ingqibelelo yakhe phambi kwabantu; akazange athandabuze ukuba iNkosi yayisesikhepheni ngelixa yayihamba kulwandle lobomi. Okona mzuzu uphantsi kulwandle lobomi, bonke bamshiya, kodwa wayemthemba u-Master. Ukuqinisekisile ukuthembela kwakhe kuMninimzi kuYobhi 13:15, xa wathi, “Nokuba angandibulala, ndolindela kuye.” UYobhi akazange alithandabuze ilizwi likaThixo. Kuhambo lwakhe lobomi wayeqinisekile ukuba zonke izinto zisebenzisene ukulunga kwakhe (Roma 8:28). Wayeqinisekile ukuba iNkosi isemkhombeni kunye naye; ngokuba wathi, Ndihlala ndinawe. Kwakhona kwiZenzo 27.1-44, uya kumbona uPawulos kwesinye sezikhephe ebomini bakhe kwaye iNkosi yayikunye naye esikhepheni. INkosi yamqinisekisa ukuba iyakulunga naxa isikhephe sendalo ababehamba ngaso sasiqhekeka; Inqanawa yokomoya yokwenene awayehamba ngayo kulwandle lobomi yayilungile, kuba iNkosi yayisesikhepheni. Khumbula ibali le, "Iinyawo zishicilela imiqondiso yexesha." Wayecinga ukuba usebenza ngenyawo kodwa kanti uMphathi wayemthwele. Ngamanye amaxesha u-Master usebenza ixesha elongezelelekileyo ethwele xa kubonakala ngathi sinikezele. Ubabalo lwam lukwanele, iNkosi yaxelela uPawulosi kolunye uqhwithela, esikhepheni, kulwandle lobomi, (2nd Kor. 12: 9).
KwiZenzo 7: 54-60, uStefano wema phambi kwebhunga, isihlwele sabamangaleli nombingeleli omkhulu; waphendula ngezityholo abekwa zona ngokunxulumene neendaba ezilungileyo. Ngexesha lokuzithethelela kwakhe wathetha kakhulu eqala kwimbali yabo: “Ke kaloku, bathe bakuziva ezi zinto, bahlabeka entliziyweni, bamtshixizela amazinyo. Ke yena, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wajonga phezulu, wathi nko (ukusuka kwisikhephe sakhe sobomiEzulwini, wabona ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo, noYesu emi ngasekunene kukaThixo. Wathi, Yabonani, ndiwabona amazulu evulekile, ndimbona uNyana woMntu emi ngasekunene kukaThixo. UYesu wabonisa uStefano ukuba wayeyazi imeko awayekuyo kwaye wambonisa izinto zobukhulu obungunaphakade; ukumazisa ukuba "NDINGUYE" wayesemkhombeni kunye naye. Isihlwele kwivesi 57-58, "Bakhwaza ngelizwi elikhulu, bazivingca iindlebe zabo, bamgila ngamxhelo mnye, bamkhuphela ngaphandle komzi, bamxuluba ngamatye, -— Baxuluba uStefano, ebiza UThixo, esithi, Nkosi Yesu, yamkela umoya wam. Waguqa ngamadolo, wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Nkosi, ungabamiseli esi sono. Akutsho, walala ubuthongo. ” Kuba iNkosi yayinaye emkhombeni, ingakhathalelwanga ukuxulutywa ngamatye; Njengokuba babemxuluba ngamatye uThixo wamnika izityhilelo noxolo kwanokuthandazela abachasi bakhe. Uxolo lwengqondo lokuthandazela abo bamxuluba ngamatye, wabonisa iNkosana yoxolo yayinaye, kwaye yamnika uxolo lukaThixo olugqithisele kuko konke ukuqonda. Uxolo lukaThixo bubungqina bokuba uMphathi wayesemkhombeni kaStefano. Xa uhamba ngamaxesha amabi kwaye umtyholi ehlasela, khumbula ilizwi likaThixo nezithembiso zakhe (INdumiso 119: 49); Uxolo luya kuza phezu kwakho ngovuyo, kuba bubungqina bokuba iNkosi isesikhepheni. Ayinakuze itshone kwaye kuzolile. Nokuba angagqiba kwelokuba akugoduse njengoPaul, uStefano, uYakobi umntakwabo Yohane othandekayo, uYohane uMbhaptizi okanye nabaphi na abapostile, kuyakubakho uxolo njengobungqina bokuba iNkosi yayinani esikhepheni. Nokuba usentolongweni okanye ugula esibhedlele okanye ulilolo, hlala ukhumbula amazwi kaYesu Kristu (xa ndandigula ndisentolongweni) kuMat. 25: 33-46. Uyazi ukuba kuzo zonke iimeko zakho, uYesu Krestu unawe, ukusukela mhla waguquka wamamkela njengeNkosi noMsindisi wakho. Nokuba ziphi na izaqhwithi zobomi eziza ngendlela yakho kwisikhephe kulwandle lobomi, qiniseka ukuba inkosi ihlala ecaleni kwakho. Ukholo kwilizwi likaThixo ngamanye amaxesha luza kukwenza umbone kwisikhephe sakho.
Namhlanje, njengokuba uhamba ngomkhumbi, iingxaki kunye nezilingo ziya kuza kuwe. Ukugula, indlala, ukungaqiniseki, abazalwana bobuxoki, abangcatshi kunye nokunye okuninzi kuya kudlula kwindlela yakho. Usathana usebenzisa ezo zinto ukuzisa ukudana, uxinzelelo, intandabuzo nokunye okuninzi. Kodwa camngca ngelizwi likaThixo ngamaxesha onke, ukhumbule izithembiso zakhe ezingasokuze zisilele, emva koko uxolo novuyo ziya kuqala zikhukula umphefumlo wakho; usazi ukuba iNkosi ikwisikhephe sobomi kunye nawe. Ukuzithemba kuYesu Krestu kuzisa ukuphumla kwentliziyo.
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