Labo abafuna ukudla isithelo somuthi wokuphila nesithelo somuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi
Labo abafuna ukudla isithelo
somuthi wokuphila nesithelo somuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi
KwabaseRoma 7:12 “Ngakho-ke umthetho ungcwele,
nomyalo ungcwele, ulungile, muhle.
Umthetho uyizwi elingcwele
likaNkulunkulu. Ngaphakathi koMthetho, kuneSivumelwano Semisebenzi kanye
neSivumelwano Somusa. ISivumelwano Semisebenzi sithi ngokugcina yonke imithetho
engu-613, umuntu angaba abantu bakaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, ama-Israyeli azama
ngenkuthalo ukugcina amalungiselelo oMthetho ngokuqinile, kodwa awazange akwazi
ukwenza kanjalo. Ekugcineni, bathola intethelelo yezono kuNkulunkulu
ngeminikelo yemihlatshelo. Ukuthola intethelelo yezono ngeminikelo
yemihlatshelo kuyisivumelwano somusa.
Labo abalwela ukugcina
imithetho ngaphakathi komthetho ekugcineni bawela esivumelwaneni semisebenzi,
noma umthetho. Lokhu kumela abaFarisi besikhathi sikaJesu. Amakholwa akumele
aphambanise umthetho nomthetho.
Abefundisi abaningi badida
amakholwa ngokufanisa “ukugcina incwadi yomthetho” kanye “nomthetho”. Akufanele bakuchaze
ngomthetho, kodwa ngokulandela umthetho.
Nokho, labo abathola uMesiya
ngomnikelo womhlatshelo emthethweni bangena esivumelwaneni somusa. Labo
abangena esivumelwaneni somusa badla isithelo somuthi wokuphila.
Nokho, labo abangena
esivumelwaneni semisebenzi ngaphakathi komthetho yilabo abadla isithelo somuthi
wokwazi okuhle nokubi. Labo abadla isithelo somuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi
yilabo abakholelwa ukuthi bangathola ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngemizamo yabo
siqu.
Kokubili iSihlahla Sokuphila
kanye Nomuthi Wokwazi Okuhle Nokubi kukhethwa ngokusekelwe ezinkolelweni
eziseZwini likaNkulunkulu, uMthetho. Labo “abangenakuzenzela bona, kodwa
kuphela labo abafuna insindiso ngoKristu” yilabo abadla isithelo
seSihlahla Sokuphila. Nokho, labo abafuna ukulunga ngemizamo yabo siqu yilabo
abadla isithelo somuthi wolwazi lokuhle nokubi.
UJesu walandisa umfanekiso
kakolweni nokhula. Ukolo umele labo abezwa ivangeli futhi badle isithelo
somuthi wokuphila. Yilabo ababeka ubunjalo babo emoyeni. Nokho, ukhula lumelela
labo abalwela ngenkuthalo ukubona ukulunga kwabo siqu. Yilabo ababeka ubunjalo
babo enyameni. UJesu wabatshela ukuthi bangalukhiphi ukhula, kodwa balushiye
endaweni. Ngisho nasezinhliziyweni zamakholwa, ukhula luhlala ndawonye.
UNkulunkulu uzowashisa kamuva.
Ezinhliziyweni zamakholwa,
umzimba kamoya (umqondo womoya) kanye nomzimba omusha (ingqondo ehlanzekile)
kuhlangana ndawonye. "Okusha" kuhlukile emzimbeni wenyama, osuka
kumuntu omdala. Ngenxa yokuthi lezi zibili ziphila ndawonye ezinhliziyweni
zamakholwa, kuvela ukudideka ngobuwena.
Labo “ababeka ubunjalo babo
endaweni entsha” bazibheka njengabaphathi bethempeli elidala.
Badla isithelo somuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi, futhi imimoya yabo ibambeke
enyameni, bafe. Basesihogweni. Nokho, labo ababeka ubuntu babo emzimbeni womoya
babheka uJesu njengenkosi yethempeli elisha. Imimoya yabangcwele idla isithelo
somuthi wokuphila, futhi ifinyelela ezulwini.
Kuvela ongcwele lapho
izingqondo ezimbili zihlangana. Ngakho-ke, abangcwele kufanele bazenzele okwabo
nsuku zonke. KwabaseRoma 7:21-23 : “Ngakho-ke ngithola umthetho wokuthi, lapho
ngithanda ukwenza okuhle, kukhona okubi kimina, ngokuba ngiyathokoza ngomthetho
kaNkulunkulu ngokomuntu ongaphakathi, kepha ngibona omunye umthetho ezithweni
zami, olwa nomthetho wengqondo yami, ungithumbela emthethweni wesono
osezithweni zami.
Kwabashisekeli bezomthetho, “ukugcina umthetho” kusho ukulandela uhlamvu
lomthetho, kodwa kubavangeli, kusho ukuthatha incwadi yomthetho enhliziyweni,
ukuholwa nguMoya oNgcwele, nokwenza ngokufanele. Ingabe ikholwa lizokwenza
ngokoqobo, noma lizokufaka enhliziyweni futhi liqondiswe nguMoya oNgcwele?
Lokhu kuncike ekutheni isiqu sabo sisenyameni noma sisemoyeni.
ETestamenteni Elidala, uMose wenyukela eNtabeni
iSinayi ukuze amukele izibhebhe ezimbili zamatshe eziqukethe amazwi
kaNkulunkulu. Lezi zibhebhe zazineMithetho Eyishumi, umyalo kaNkulunkulu wokuba
bonke abantu bayilalele. Nokho, lapho uMose engehli entabeni izinsuku
ezingamashumi amane, abantu benza ithole legolide balikhonza, bekholelwa ukuthi
linguNkulunkulu. Ekubona lokhu, uMose waphihliza izibhebhe ezimbili zamatshe.
Izibhebhe ezimbili zamatshe eziphukile zifanekisela ithempeli elidala, elenziwe
ngamatshe, elizobhidlika. Labo abahlezi ethempelini elidala bachazwa
njengekhehla. Umuntu omdala, omiselwe ukufa, umelwe ukufa kukaJesu Kristu
esiphambanweni.
Ngemva kokubhubhisa ithole legolide, uMose wenza ezinye izibhebhe
zamatshe ezimbili. UNkulunkulu wabatshela ukuthi balobe lezi zibhebhe ezimbili
ezinhliziyweni zabo futhi bagcine iMithetho Eyishumi. “Ukugcina” kusho ukubagcina ezinhliziyweni zabo nokwenza
ngokuvumelana nentando kaNkulunkulu. Lokhu akusho ukwenza ngohlamvu, kodwa
kunalokho ukwenza ngencazelo emqondweni. Lezi zibhebhe ezimbili zamatshe
zifanekisela ithempeli elisha elimiswe ezinhliziyweni zabo. Labo abahlezi
ethempelini elisha bamelelwa njengamadoda amasha. Umuntu omusha umele labo
abazelwe kabusha ngoMoya oNgcwele, okungukuthi, ukuphila okuvusiwe kukaJesu
Kristu.
KwabaseRoma 6:4-5 “Ngakho sembelwa kanye naye ngokubhapathizelwa ekufeni, ukuze
njengalokho uKristu wavuswa kwabafileyo ngenkazimulo kaYise, kanjalo nathi
sihambe ekuphileni okusha. Ngokuba uma sihlanganiswe naye ekufananeni kokufa
kwakhe, siyakuba-khona futhi ekufananeni kokuvuka kwakhe.”
Sengiphetha, imiphumela yomthetho iyahlukahluka kuye ngesimo somqondo
umuntu awubuka futhi enze ngokuvumelana nawo. Uma umuntu ebheka umthetho
njengevangeli, uthola isiqondiso sikaMoya oNgcwele. Uma umuntu ebheka amazwi
omthetho njengomthetho, umuntu uba ngomthetho, elwela ukwenza ngokoqobo,
njengokungathi ungumphathi womthetho.
Isibonelo, ngokwemfundiso ye-Westminster, Umbuzo 99. Yimiphi imithetho
okufanele siyigcine ukuze siqonde iMithetho Eyishumi ngendlela efanele?
Phendula. Ukuze uqonde iMithetho Eyishumi ngendlela efanele, le
mithetho elandelayo kufanele igcinwe:
1. Umthetho uphelele, udinga wonke umuntu ukuba ahambisane ngokugcwele
nokulunga kwawo, awulalele ngokuphelele kuze kube phakade, agcwalise
ngokuphelele futhi ngokugcwele yonke imisebenzi, futhi enqabele zonke izono,
ngisho nencane kakhulu.
KuCatechism yaseHeidelberg, umbuzo 114 uyabuza, "Ingabe labo abaphendukayo
futhi baphendukele kuNkulunkulu bangagcina yonke le mithetho
ngokuphelele?"
Impendulo: Cha. Ngisho nabantu abangcwele kakhulu kulo mhlaba abakwazi
ukuthola ukulalela okuphelele. Noma kunjalo, amakholwa kufanele enze yonke
imizamo yokugcina yonke, hhayi nje eminye yemithetho kaNkulunkulu.
Ngale ndlela, imfundiso ithi amakholwa kumele alwele ukugcina
imiyalelo, ngakho noma bethi amakholwa angena esivumelwaneni somusa, imfundiso
eyenziwe umuntu yenza amakholwa angene esivumelwaneni semisebenzi.
Abangcwele balwa impi ezinhliziyweni zabo, futhi ukuze banqobe ubumina
benyama, ukukhula komoya kuyadingeka. Kunokuba alwele ukugcina zonke
izinhlinzeko zomthetho ngesenzo, amakholwa kufanele aqale aqonde lokho
izinhliziyo zawo zenyama ezikufisayo ngamalungiselelo omthetho. UNkulunkulu
ufisa ukuthi amakholwa abone isimo sesono futhi angabhajwa kuso.
Ukuze enze ngokuvumelana nentando kaNkulunkulu, amakholwa kufanele
azenzele owakhe usuku nosuku futhi avuselele izingqondo zawo ezingokomoya.
Kumelwe bakhumbule ukuthi nakuba befa nsuku zonke enyameni, bahlezi ezulwini
ngokuqondene nezingqondo zabo ezingokomoya. Ngisho noma amakholwa ephila nsuku
zonke phakathi kwezulu nesihogo, uma ebeka ubuyena ezulwini, uNkulunkulu
uyobahola. Kunokuba alwele ukugcina ngokuqinile okubhalwe emthethweni,
amakholwa kufanele ahlulele ubunjalo bezinhliziyo zabo ngaphakathi komthetho.
Uma ikholwa lihluleka ukumisa ubuyena, liyoba umuntu ofuna ukudla
isithelo somuthi wokuphila nesithelo somuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi nsuku zonke.
Uma ikholwa
lingazalwa ngokusha, ngeke lisindiswe. Nokho, uma ikholwa elizelwe ngokusha
lenza isono, uNkulunkulu uyolihlaba ngameva kaSathane.
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