UMSEBENZI WETHU KWABANTWANA NABASELULA PHAMBI KOKUGUQULA

Sihlala sibona ulutsha, abantwana kunye neentsana njengabamsulwa kodwa nguThixo kuphela owaziyo ngamnye kubo. Abaninzi baye bazibuza ukuba umgwebo wawela njani phezu kwabantwana ngemihla yoNogumbe kaNowa. Kuphela nguNowa nomfazi wakhe noonyana bakhe abathathu nabafazi babo abasindiswayo emva konogumbe. Abaseleyo batshabalala, abantu abakhulu, nabamithiyo, nabakwishumi elivisayo, nabantwana, neentsana. UThixo wanika abantu abatshabalalayo elinye ithuba; ngeli xesha ukuva iindaba ezilungileyo, (1^st Petros 3:18-20; 4:5-7). Njengoko ivangeli yayishunyayelwa kubo, abanye baguquka baza bamkela iindaba ezilungileyo kodwa abanye bala. Babenethuba lokuva kwiNkosi uYesu Kristu ngokuthe ngqo, njengabo bayibonayo nabayivayo entlango, ezitratweni nakwiitempile zakwaYuda naseYerusalem. Noko ke, abanye bazamkela iindaba ezilungileyo baza abanye abavumanga. Abo bamagama abhalwe encwadini yobomi yeMvana balo benjenjalo. “Ngenxa yoko zashunyayelwa iindaba ezilungileyo kwabafileyo, ukuze bagwetywe ngokwabantu besenyameni, kodwa badle ubomi ngokukaThixo, bekuwo umoya” (1)^st UPetros 4: 6).

Xa iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu yayisemhlabeni, ukuze izise iindaba ezilungileyo zosindiso olugqibeleleyo ngevangeli; Wabalekela kwimeko kunye nabafundi bakhe. Kwakuza abantwana kuYesu baza abafundi bakhe babalela. “Kwaza kwaziswa kuye abantwana, ukuze abeke izandla phezu kwabo, athandaze; basuka abafundi babakhalimela. Wathi ke uYesu, Bayekeni abantwana, ningabaleli ukuza kum; kuba ubukumkani bamazulu bobabo banjalo. Wazibeka izandla phezu kwabo, wemka apho.”—Mateyu 19:13-15. UYesu wabanyamekela abantwana waza wabakhalimela abafundi bakhe ngokuchasa ukuhambela phambili kwabantwana. Kwakukho umoya wobuntwana owawusebenza kodwa abafundi abazange bawubambe. UYesu wathi bubo abanjalo ubukumkani bukaThixo. Yamkela ivangeli ngokholo olufana nolomntwana. wazibeka izandla phezu kwabo. Ucinga ukuba ibe ngamabona-ndenzile? Hayi, uYesu wayesazi ukuba abantwana bayamfuna. Kodwa ngemihla kaNowa, akuzange kubekho bantwana bafikayo ukusa kwinqanaba likaNowa mhlawumbi wababeka izandla baze bakholelwe koko kwakusenziwa nguNowa baze basindiswe. Abazali kunye namakholwa kufuneka basebenze nzima ukuhambisa ivangeli ebantwaneni. Ukuba nenxaxheba kwisikolo seCawa njengomfundisi-ntsapho kungxamiseke ngokupheleleyo kwanokunikela ubungqina ebantwaneni. Khumbulani uYesu wathi, “Bayekeni abantwana, ningabaleli ukuza kum; kuba ubukumkani bamazulu bobabo banjalo.

KwiGenesis 6:1-8 . UNowa wayephila kwixesha apho abantu behlabathi babesenza ububi obuninzi; kwindinyana 3, uThixo wathi, “UMoya wam akayi kulawula ebantwini ngamaxesha onke, ekubeni eyinyama; imihla yakhe iya kuba yiminyaka elikhulu elinamanci mabini. (abantu baphila iminyaka engaphezu kwamakhulu alithoba kodwa ngoku ngenxa yokwanda kwesono uThixo wehlisela kwiminyaka eli-120, nto leyo ethetha ukuba ubomi bomntu emhlabeni bancitshiswa malunga nama-85%). Kwindinyana 5, ifundeka ngolu hlobo, ‘Wabona uThixo ukuba ububi babantu bandile ehlabathini, konke ukuyila kweengcinga zentliziyo yabo kubububi bodwa imihla yonke. Kwindinyana yesi-6 ifundeka ngolu hlobo, ‘Wazohlwaya uYehova, ngokuba emenzile umntu ehlabathini, kwaba buhlungu kuye entliziyweni. Kwindinyana yesi-7 uYehova wathi, ‘Ndiza kumcima phezu komhlaba umntu endimdalileyo. Ngapha koko kwindinyana 8, sifumanisa ukuba nguNowa kuphela owafumana ubabalo emehlweni kaYehova. UNowa wayenezalamane ezininzi ezineminyaka yonke kodwa akukho namnye kubo kwakubonakala ngathi uhlala kumalume wakhe uNowa. Abantwana bahlala phakathi kwabo bamoyikayo kwaye bafumana inkoliseko eNkosini, njengoNowa. Ubomi obuninzi balahleka kwisikhukula kwaye akukho bantwana, iintsana okanye abaselula bafunyanwa emkhombeni. UThixo akalolungisa ekugwebeni. Namhlanje, kwakhona, umntu uye wasilela kwakhona uThixo, inani labantu liye lakhula yaye isono siye safikelela kwelona hlabathi liphakamileyo. Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wezono zanamhlanje, izigidi zokuqhomfa minyaka le, iintsana ezimsulwa ezinganikwa thuba lakuphila. Iziyobisi notywala nokuziphatha okubi kwanamhlanje. Amadoda atshata oodade babo bemvelo; amadoda alala nonina nentombi. Abefundisi balala namalungu ecawe. Abafazi abazala abantwana namadoda ahlukeneyo hayi abayeni babo. Umgwebo ujikeleze ikona, asingomkhukula kodwa ngumlilo, ngeli xesha. UThixo unomonde kwaye unothando, ukanti ulungile ekugwebeni. Ngoku lixesha lokuguquka.

ULote akazange aphume eSodom nazo naziphi na iintsana, abantwana okanye abakwishumi elivisayo. KwiGenesis 18:20-21, uYehova wamtyelela uAbraham waza waxoxa naye ngeengxaki zaseSodom naseGomora; ngokuba sikhulu isikhalo somzi, nesono sinzima kunene. UAbraham wamthethelela uLote nezixeko kwiGenesis 18:23-33; wathi, “Uya kulitshabalalisa ilungisa kunye nongendawo, Yehova; mhlawumbi, ukuba uthe wafumana amalungisa amashumi mahlanu phakathi komzi. Kwaye kwindinyana 32, uYehova wathi, Andiyi kuwonakalisa ngenxa yeshumi. KwiGenesis 19:24 , “waza uYehova wanisa isulfure nomlilo ophuma kuYehova phezu kweSodom neGomora phezu kweSodom neGomora.” Kwezi zixeko zingamawaka abantu, akukho mntu ungengobantu abadala basindiswayo. Bonke abantwana batshabalala. Abantwana abazange bakhuliswe ngeendlela zeNkosi yaye ngenxa yoko behlelwa lishwangusha labazali babo. Sibakhulisa njani abantwana bethu namhlanje? Khumbula ukuba uYehova walumkisa kuLuka 17:32 , “Khumbulani umkaLote.”

Ixesha loguqulelo lelona xesha lilungileyo lokusaba umgwebo kaThixo ngosindiso: Kubantwana nakubantu abadala. Eli linqanaba lobomi basemhlabeni ekufuneka sinikele ingqalelo kuyo yonke. Kuba unaphakade wosapho lonke unokusetyenzwa ngoku okanye ukwahlukana ngonaphakade kunokwenzeka ekuguqulelweni, ukuba naliphi na ilungu losapho liyasilela ukumamkela uYesu Krestu njengeNkosi noMsindisi. Eli lixesha lokwabelana ngevangeli nabantwana bayo yonke iminyaka, ubanike ithuba lokwamkela uYesu Krestu njengeNkosi noMsindisi. UPawulos wathi kumaGalati 4:19: “Bantwanana bam, endibuye ndanenimba ngabo, ade uKristu amiliswe kuni.” Kukho imfuneko enzulu yokuba ikholwa ngalinye likhumbule oko kwenzekayo ngemihla yonogumbe kaNowa nokusinda komzi kaLote kwintshabalalo yeSodom neGomora. Shumayela ivangeli likaYesu Krestu ebantwaneni, abamele babandezeleke nokholo lwabantwana kuNogumbe kaNowa okanye intshabalalo eSodom naseGomora. Zinike ixesha lokuvangela abantwana, ube ngumfundisi wesikolo seCawe, ngaphezu kwako konke, vumela onke amalungu osapho athande abantwana bawo nezalamane ngokwaneleyo ukuba abandezeleke ekuzalweni ade uKristu abunjwe kubo. Ukuba usindisiwe khumbula iziphumo ezibi abajongene nazo aba bantwana xa beshiywe; kwaye abanye basenokuba ziinkedama, yicinge kwakhona. Shumayela kwaye ufundise abantwana ngoYesu Krestu ngoku. Bakhokele ukuba bamkele uKristu, bafundise ukuba bazifunda njani izibhalo ezingcwele ukubanceda bakhule elukholweni. Banike lonke icebo likaThixo. Isitshixo apha kukuzijuxuza ekuzalweni ade abunjwe uKrestu kwaba bantwana, abathi usathana abahlasele ngaphaya kokucinga.

Emva kwenguqulelo kuza imbandezelo enkulu. Kwenzeka ntoni kubantwana nakubantu abaselula? Ukuba abazali bamkile kwenzeka ntoni ebantwaneni nakubancinci. Khumbula ukuba izigwebo zexilongo nezitya aziyi kuba nanceba kwabo bangazenziyo. Ndibabonile abantwana abamalunga ne-4 years bethetha ngoKrestu kwaye beshumayela nakumanqanaba abo. Umntu othile wazinika ixesha lokubeleka de uKristu abunjwe kubo. Abanye abantwana banobuchule kwizinto zemfundo, abanye bangena eyunivesithi beneminyaka eli-10 ukuya kweli-15 ubudala; balumke kakhulu, kodwa abamazi uKristu. Abazali, kule mihla bangxamele ukufundisa abantwana babo ukuba baphumelele ebomini ngaphandle kokwazi amandla okusindisa kaYesu Krestu. Ukuba wena umzali okanye umzalwana okanye isalamane nisindisiwe, ngoko uya kukwazi ukuba zeziphi izinto eziphambili kufuneka umntwana, ukuba uYesu Kristu wayeza kubuya namhlanje. Ukuphosa inguqulelo yomntwana kuya kuba buhlungu kakhulu. Baba ngamaxhoba kubantu abadala nakwinkqubo yehlabathi yomchasi-Kristu. Ngaba unokuba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wabantwana bakho abashiywe ngasemva emva kokuba uxwiliwe. Oku kunokwenzeka kwaye kujikeleze ikona. Ukuba niyabathanda abantwana ngoko nibeleke nize nibe buhlungu de uKristu abunjwe kubo. Khangela kwiSityhi.8:7, ixilongo lokuqala, “Esokuqala isithunywa savuthela ixilongo, kwabakho isichotho nomlilo, ziphithikezwe negazi, zaphoswa emhlabeni, saza isahlulo sesithathu semithi satsha, nayo yonke ingca eluhlaza. yatshiswa yaphela.” Ngaba unokuwuthelekelela umothuko aya kuva umntwana, ngubani oza kumkhusela kwaye baphi abazali?” ISityhi. 13:16 sifunda oku: “Lenza ukuba bonke, abancinane nabakhulu, abazizityebi nabangamahlwempu, abakhululekileyo nabangamakhoboka, ukuba banikwe uphawu esandleni sabo sokunene, nokuba kusebunzi, nokuba kungabikho bani unako ukuthenga nokuthengisa, ngaphandle kokuthenga. lowo unophawu, nokuba ligama lerhamncwa, nokuba linani legama lalo. Unethuba elingakanani umntwana oshiywe ngasemva, ngubani oza kukhokela umntwana kwaye umntwana uya kuxhomekeka kubani? Konke oku kungenxa yokuba akukho mntu wathabatha ixesha lokukhokelela umntwana kuYesu Kristu. Akukho mntu wazala wada wabunjwa nguKristu kuloo mntwana. Abazali abaninzi kunye nabantu abadala bacingela iziqu zabo kwaye bayalibala ukufikelela ebantwaneni. Abakwishumi elivisayo basengabantwana yaye bafuna ingqalelo novelwano.

Okokugqibela, kubalulekile ukuyicingisisa kakuhle, mangaphi amathuba abanawo aba bantwana ngokuchasene nezi zibhalo zibini ukuba bashiywe ngasemva. Okokuqala, ISityhi. 9:1-6 , “———Kwaye kwathiwa kubo, bangababulali, bathuthunjiswe iinyanga ezintlanu; indoda." Oku kwaba ziinyanga ezintlanu. Okwesibini, iSityhi. 16:13-14 , kulapho kuphuma khona amasele amathathu angoomoya abangcolileyo noomoya beedemon, emlonyeni wenamba, nerhamncwa, nomprofeti wobuxoki, ngaloo ndlela balihlanganisela ndawonye ihlabathi liphela. idabi lemini enkulu kaThixo uSomandla. Ngokunyaniseka nangokunyaniseka leliphi ithuba umntwana, usana okanye okwishumi elivisayo analo nxamnye namandla anjalo ngaphandle kukaKristu, ngaphandle kokuba ke kusemva kwexesha ukuba ashumayele kwaba bantwana? Akukho mzali okanye usapho olunokubancedisa okanye lubakhusele okanye lubakhokele phantsi kwale meko. Bukela kwaye uthandazele abantwana bakho kunye nabanye abantwana abakungqongileyo.

Namhlanje ngumhla wosindiso, ukuba uyabathanda abantwana bakho nabantwana ngokubanzi, eli lixesha lokuba ubulaleke ukubazisa kuKristu ukuze basindiswe. Zibekele ixesha kunye nomzamo wokubona ukuba ubulaleka ekuzalweni ade uKristu abunjwe ebantwaneni kuba ubukumkani bamazulu bubobabo banjalo. Eli hlabathi langoku liya kutshatyalaliswa ngomlilo emva kwentlungu yokushiywa ngasemva, imigwebo yamaxilongo asixhenxe nezitya zomgwebo ezisixhenxe nezinye. Ukuba usindisiwe yenza indawo entliziyweni yakho ukusindiswa kwabantwana. Ixesha liyaphela. Yiba novelwano entliziyweni yakho ngaba bantwana, bashumayele, kwaye ube nentlungu ekuzalweni, ade uKristu abunjwe kubo. Ngomzamo wakho abaninzi baba bantwana baya kwenza uguqulelo baze basinde kwintuthumbo yokuthabatha uphawu okanye igama okanye inombolo okanye banqule irhamncwa. UYesu Kristu ubukele, isivuno sivuthiwe kodwa bambalwa abasebenzi abakhoyo. Ngoku lelona xesha lilungileyo lokufundisa abantwana nabancinci ngelizwi likaThixo; ukuze babe nako ukuya ekuguquleleni. Ubungqina ebantwaneni ngaphambi kokuba imikhosi yeedemon ibenzele indlwane kubo. UYesu Kristu akakaluvali ucango okwangoku. Yenza ngoku ngenxa yothando lwabantwana, banokuba ngabakho.

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