Isimo sethu sengqondo sinemiphumela
Inhloso kaNkulunkulu ukuthi “sihambe ngokufanele iNkosi, sikholelwe kukho konke okuthokozisayo, sithele izithelo kuyo yonke imisebenzi emihle, sikhule ekwazini uNkulunkulu,” (Kol. 1:10). Ngisho nabampofu basenhlosweni kaNkulunkulu. ULazaru wayenokholo noma kungenjalo wayengeke athwelwe esifubeni sika-Abrahama. Uyabona yini ukuthi ukukholwa uma abafile esethembisweni sovuko okuzobenza bavuke kwabafileyo ngezwi leNkosi, (1st Thes. 4: 13-18). Izinhloso zikaNkulunkulu aziqondakali kaningi kepha konke kudumisa yena. ULazaru yize ayeziphethe kahle, ethembile futhi wahlala elindele kuNkulunkulu. Impilo yakhe yayiyithuba lokuthi isicebi, sibonise umusa, sisetshenziswe nguNkulunkulu ukusiza abantu. Isicebi sashaya wonke amathuba aso, kodwa inja yaso yabona izimpukane kuLazaru futhi yakhotha izilonda zakhe, okungcono kakhulu ebingakwenza. Isicebi sayishayela inqola yaso saphuma sinoLazaru esangweni lakhe; elinde imvuthuluka yokudla etafuleni lakhe, kepha wangathola sizi futhi isicebi salahlekelwa ithuba.
ULazaru wafa, khumbula, “Futhi kumiselwe abantu ukuba bafe kanye, kepha emva kwalokhu ukwahlulelwa,” (Heb. 9:27). Ngokufunda indaba kaLazaru, kwacaca ukuthi umuntu akufanele alinde kuze kube sekufeni emnyango, abheke ukuthi bazohlala kuphi ingunaphakade. Ekufeni, iphakade ngokushesha liba yinkinga. Endabeni kaLazaru, ngesikhathi efa izingelosi zeza ukuzomthwala zimngenise esifubeni sika-Abrahama. Ngesikhathi kufa isicebi wamane wangcwatshwa. Indaba kaLazaru nesicebi ikhombisa ukuthi emva kokufa akukho okungenziwa ngobuphakade. Ngakho-ke, ubuphakade yinkinga abantu okufanele bayicabangele ngaphambi kokuba kufike ukufa. Uma bekwenza, basenesikhathi sokwenza izinguquko futhi bamukele intando kaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabo. Futhi, kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi ukufa akukho ohlelweni lwethu lomuntu siqu. Kungafika noma nini futhi kungazuma. Ngakho-ke, kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi sikulungele ukuphakade ngokwamukela uJesu.
Esinye isifundo okufanele sisifundwe, endabeni kaLazaru nendoda ecebile; ngukuthi ezimpilweni zethu sinikezwa amathuba okukhombisa umusa futhi mhlawumbe sibonise isandla esihle sikaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zethu. ULazaru wayefisa ukondliwa imvuthuluka ewa etafuleni lesicebi. Isicebi, sigqoke okububende nelineni elicolekileyo, sasisebenza kamnandi nsuku zonke. Kodwa-ke, ulahlekelwe yithuba likaNkulunkulu, ngokwenqaba ukusiza uLazaru ngesikhathi sakhe sokudinga. Ungumuntu onjani, futhi ufeza yiphi injongo empilweni empilweni kumuntu wakho ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu. Ingabe unguLazaru noma kushiwo kangcono; ngubani uLazaru empilweni yakho? Ngabe wenza kanjani, futhi uzophelela kuphi?"Babusisiwe abanesihawu, ngokuba bayakuthola umusa, ”(Math. 5: 7).
Esihogweni, isicebi saphakamisa amehlo aso, sisebuhlungwini futhi sabona u-Abrahama ekude noLazaru esifubeni sakhe. Uzobe ukuphi uma ufa? Isicebi sathi kuBaba u-Abrahama, “ngihawukele (qaphela ukuthi emva kokuhlwithwa lokhu ngeke kwenzeke), bese uthumela uLazaru ukuthi agcobhoze isihloko somunwe wakhe emanzini futhi apholise ulimi lwami ngoba ngiyahlukumezeka kulokhu ilangabi. U-Abraham wambiza ngendodana futhi wamkhumbuza ukuthi wayenethuba emhlabeni kodwa akazange alisebenzise, futhi kwase kwephuze kakhulu manje. Ngaphandle kwalapho kunegebe elikhulu elihlukanisiwe elihlukanisa uLazaru ePharadesi nendoda ecebile esihogweni, (Luka 16: 19-31). Mhlawumbe isicebi besingalisebenzisa ithuba esilinikezwe ngoLazaru esangweni laso. Qaphela isango lakho; kungenzeka kube noLazaru emnyango wakho. Khombisa umusa; cabanga ngabampofu njalo nawe. Inhloso kaNkulunkulu namanani waphakade kumele kube phambili emqondweni wawo wonke umuntu.
Ukuthi umuntu uhlwempu akusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu akananjongo ngempilo yakhe. UJesu Kristu wathi, “Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo; kepha aninami njalo, ”(Johane 12: 8). Ungabadeleli abampofu abakuKristu. Inhloso kaNkulunkulu konke okubalulekile. Uma unika abampofu, uboleka uNkulunkulu. Ohawukela ompofu uboleka iNkosi; futhi lokho anikele ngakho uzombuyisela ngakho futhi, ”(Izaga 19:17). Indaba yabacebile nabampofu isesandleni sikaNkulunkulu. Ngenkathi sishumayela ukuchuma, futhi sibabukela phansi abampofu abaphakathi kwethu, khumbula inhloso kaNkulunkulu ngomuntu ngamunye isesandleni sikaNkulunkulu. Ingcebo yinhle, kepha bangaki abantu abacebile abajabule empeleni futhi abangathatheki yingcebo yabo.
Kwazi bani ukuthi umpostoli uPawuli ubengacebe kangakanani ukube ubengathengisa izintshumayelo zakhe, njengoba kwenza abashumayeli namuhla. Banezincwadi eziningi, ama-CD, ama-DVD, namakhasethi abawanikeza umphakathi kanye namalungu abo ikakhulukazi ngemali eningi. Abampofu phakathi kwethu abakwazi ukukhokhela lezi ngakho-ke bashiywa ngaphandle kwezibusiso ezicatshangelwayo. Cabanga nje umphostoli ngamunye nohlu lwezimoto zakhe, onogada, ukuxhumana kwezepolitiki, izingubo zokugqoka eziningi; amakhaya ezingxenyeni ezehlukene zezwe noma zomhlaba, kanye nama-akhawunti amakhulu asebhange uqobo njengoba sibona namuhla. Okuthile akulungile ngempela futhi inkinga akuyona nje abashumayeli kuphela, kodwa futhi nabalandeli. Abantu abaziniki isikhathi sokuhlola imibhalo futhi bafanise izimpilo zabantu banamuhla nalabo abakwiHeberu 11. Laba ngabantu esizoma nabo phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
"Izwe lalingabafanele: Bamangala ezingwadule, nasezintabeni, nasemihumeni, nasemihumeni yomhlaba - Bonke bathola umbiko omuhle ngokukholwa," (Heb. 11: 38-39). Kukho konke lokhu, khumbula uLazaru nakanjani uzolingana nabangcwele kumaHeberu 11. Wanqoba ubumpofu kanye nezingcindezi zalokhu kuphila ngokuthembela eNkosini uJesu Kristu. Cabanga ukuthi bangaki kithi abangathi akuyona inhloso kaNkulunkulu, ukube besisesicathulweni sikaLazaru. Yini umuntu angayinikeza ukuze anane ngokuphila kwakhe? (Marku 8: 36-37). Zingaki izimoto umuntu angashayela ngazo ngasikhathi sinye, ungalala emibhedeni emingaki ngasikhathi sinye? Izindinganiso zaphakade kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi zibe ngokombono wethu, izinqumo kanye nokwahlulela. Ungagcina lapho uLazaru ekhona (iPharadesi) noma lapho isicebi esingenagama sikhona (Ichibi Lomlilo). Ukuzikhethela kungokwakho. Bathi isimo sakho sengqondo siyikho konke. Uyini umbono wakho ngezwi likaNkulunkulu? Ingunaphakade lidinga ukucatshangelwa.
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