Thola i AppUkulungiselela Izinhliziyo Zethu NgePhasika: Ukuzinikela ngesikhathi sokuzilaIsampula
"Usuku 18: Inceku Ekhethiwe"
Ezahlukweni ezedlule, uNkulunkulu ngomprofethi u-Isaya ubelokhu akha icala; uthi noma siphishekela izithixo zamanga, ziyaqhubeka nokusikhohlisa, zigqilaze futhi ekugcineni zisihlule. Kulesi siqephu, "inceku" ekhethiwe kaNkulunkulu ibizwa ukuthi ilethe ubulungiswa futhi ikhulule labo ababoshwe "emigodini engaphansi" (v. 7). Lesi kwaba yisifundo ku-Israyeli futhi sisalokhu siyisifundo nakithi namuhla.
Isimo sokukhonza izithombe ukuthi sikhonza futhi sikhonze lokho okungakufanele. Umongo womyalezo wobuKristu, nokho, ukuthi uJesu Kristu “oKhethiweyo,” ofanelwe ngempela ukukhonzwa, usikhonze kuqala.
Singakwazi kanjani ukuthokoza kukaNkulunkulu ngendlela yokuthi siqale ukubuyisela izithombe ezimpilweni zethu ngokukhonza kweqiniso? Emavesini 1-4, sifundiswa ukuthi “Bheka” lowo uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe “athokoza” ngaye. Ukubona kusho ukubona nokubheka. U-Isaya ubiza u-Israyeli ukuthi abone futhi acabangele iNkosi ngenceku yakhe; oqokwe uNkulunkulu, futhi esekelwa nguMoya wakhe. Ngokubuka le nceku siyakwazi ukuhlukanisa ngokusobala okungokoqobo kulokho okungumbombayi, "isithombe sensimbi" esigcwele "umoya ongenalutho" (u-Isaya 41) kuya encekwini egcwele uMoya eze enyameni (Johane 1). Le nceku, osekude yasibona, iyazi ukuthi silimele futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi sisengcupheni yokulahla ithemba futhi sizoqedela umsebenzi waso ngobumnene bomngani (v. 3). Bhekani injabulo iNdodana eyitholile ekukhonzeni uYise kuze kube sekufeni, ngenxa yenu. Bese, "thokoza" kuJesu futhi ukhululeke.
Umkhuleko
Baba, Ndodana noMoya oNgcwele, siyakudumisa ukuthi ukugcwala kobuNkulunkulu kuyasebenza futhi kubonakala ngokuphelele lapha kule ndima ukuqeda ukukhonza izithombe nokuhlupheka okuvela kukho. Siyakubonga ngezwi lakho ukuze sigqolozele kulo futhi sizindle ngokuthi uvumelana kanjani nabantu bakho. Siyajabula ngawe ngokuthumela inceku-inkosi, uJesu Kristu, "ngokweqiniso" ozikhululile izithunjwa "(Luka 4:18). Egameni likaKristu, Amen.
Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.
Ezahlukweni ezedlule, uNkulunkulu ngomprofethi u-Isaya ubelokhu akha icala; uthi noma siphishekela izithixo zamanga, ziyaqhubeka nokusikhohlisa, zigqilaze futhi ekugcineni zisihlule. Kulesi siqephu, "inceku" ekhethiwe kaNkulunkulu ibizwa ukuthi ilethe ubulungiswa futhi ikhulule labo ababoshwe "emigodini engaphansi" (v. 7). Lesi kwaba yisifundo ku-Israyeli futhi sisalokhu siyisifundo nakithi namuhla.
Isimo sokukhonza izithombe ukuthi sikhonza futhi sikhonze lokho okungakufanele. Umongo womyalezo wobuKristu, nokho, ukuthi uJesu Kristu “oKhethiweyo,” ofanelwe ngempela ukukhonzwa, usikhonze kuqala.
Singakwazi kanjani ukuthokoza kukaNkulunkulu ngendlela yokuthi siqale ukubuyisela izithombe ezimpilweni zethu ngokukhonza kweqiniso? Emavesini 1-4, sifundiswa ukuthi “Bheka” lowo uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe “athokoza” ngaye. Ukubona kusho ukubona nokubheka. U-Isaya ubiza u-Israyeli ukuthi abone futhi acabangele iNkosi ngenceku yakhe; oqokwe uNkulunkulu, futhi esekelwa nguMoya wakhe. Ngokubuka le nceku siyakwazi ukuhlukanisa ngokusobala okungokoqobo kulokho okungumbombayi, "isithombe sensimbi" esigcwele "umoya ongenalutho" (u-Isaya 41) kuya encekwini egcwele uMoya eze enyameni (Johane 1). Le nceku, osekude yasibona, iyazi ukuthi silimele futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi sisengcupheni yokulahla ithemba futhi sizoqedela umsebenzi waso ngobumnene bomngani (v. 3). Bhekani injabulo iNdodana eyitholile ekukhonzeni uYise kuze kube sekufeni, ngenxa yenu. Bese, "thokoza" kuJesu futhi ukhululeke.
Umkhuleko
Baba, Ndodana noMoya oNgcwele, siyakudumisa ukuthi ukugcwala kobuNkulunkulu kuyasebenza futhi kubonakala ngokuphelele lapha kule ndima ukuqeda ukukhonza izithombe nokuhlupheka okuvela kukho. Siyakubonga ngezwi lakho ukuze sigqolozele kulo futhi sizindle ngokuthi uvumelana kanjani nabantu bakho. Siyajabula ngawe ngokuthumela inceku-inkosi, uJesu Kristu, "ngokweqiniso" ozikhululile izithunjwa "(Luka 4:18). Egameni likaKristu, Amen.
Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.
Mayelana naloluHlelo
Yini ukuzila? Yisikhathi lapho silindele ukunqoba kokukhanya nempilo kaKristu phezu kobumnyama besono nokufa. Njengoba sisuka kwinkonzo yomlotha ngoLwesithathu siye ePhasika, sikhunjuzwa ngeqiniso lobuthakathaka bethu nomusa kaNkulunkulu ohlelayo.
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