Thola i AppUkulungiselela Izinhliziyo Zethu NgePhasika: Ukuzinikela ngesikhathi sokuzilaIsampula
"Usuku 25: Umalusi Omuhle"
Isithombe sabantu bakaNkulunkulu njengomhlambi wezimvu sivela kaningana kulo lonke iBhayibheli. Engxenyeni yokuqala kaHezekeli 34, abelusi bamanje (ababusi bakwa-Israyeli) bayasolwa ngokusebenzisa kwabo kabi amandla (34: 1-22). Umprofethi uchaza ngesimo lapho babekhuluphele futhi becebile ngenxa yalabo bantu okwakufanele babanakekele. Sitshelwa ukuthi ngenxa yalokho, uNkulunkulu wayezoletha isahlulelo kubo. Isahluko siyashintsha ekugxileni kwaso njengoba isexwayiso siphenduka isithembiso sekusasa emavesini angenhla. Inkosi ayizukusindisa izimvu zayo kuphela, izophinda ibeke inkosi ezofana noDavide ezobelusa ngendlela ezoletha ukuthula kwaphakade (v. 25). Kwakuwukuthula nokuphumula okwalahlwa yisono ngenxa yesono (Genesise 3:15; 4: 8) futhi abaprofethi abanjengoHezekeli ababelokhu bekhomba ngabo kusukela lapho (u-Isaya 9: 6-7). Yilapho lapho siphakamisa khona amehlo ethu ukubona uJesu, oyindodana yenkosi efanelekile kaNkulunkulu futhi ophikisana nobuholi obukhohlakele obuchazwe engxenyeni yokuqala yesahluko.
Ababhali bevangeli basitshela ukuthi uJesu weza ukuzomemezela izindaba ezinhle kwabampofu, inkululeko yeziboshwa kanye nokubona kwabangaboni (Luka 4:18). NguJesu okhalela iJerusalema ngoba bebengazi ukuthi yini ezobalethela ukuthula (Luka 19:41). NguJesu onikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yezimvu zakhe ukuze sibe nokuthula noNkulunkulu nomunye nomunye. Futhi nguJesu ngolunye usuku oyoletha ukuthula okuphakade emhlabeni ngokubuya kwakhe (Isambulo 21). Okwamanje, kunezikhathi zokudumazeka nokuhlupheka okungenza kwesinye isikhathi silahle ithemba lokuthi uNkulunkulu uzosifeza isithembiso sakhe. Ukungabi nabulungisa kwezwe elisizungezile kungasenza singathembi. Kungalezo zikhathi lapho kufanele sicabange ngoJesu njengomalusi wethu omuhle futhi sikhumbule ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yezimvu zakhe, ngolunye usuku “siyohlala endlini yeNkosi kuze kube phakade.”
Umkhuleko
Nkosi Jesu, ngiyabonga ngothando lwakho nokunakekela izimvu zakho. Ngiyabonga ngokunikela ngempilo yakho esiphambanweni ukuze ngazi ukuthula kwakho futhi ngamukeleke emndenini wakho. Ngalesi sikhathi sokucabanga, ngenxa yothando lwakho kimi, ngisize ngithole izindlela zokufuna ukuthula ebudlelwaneni bami futhi ngibeke impilo yami kwabanye. Egameni likaKristu, Amen.
Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.
Isithombe sabantu bakaNkulunkulu njengomhlambi wezimvu sivela kaningana kulo lonke iBhayibheli. Engxenyeni yokuqala kaHezekeli 34, abelusi bamanje (ababusi bakwa-Israyeli) bayasolwa ngokusebenzisa kwabo kabi amandla (34: 1-22). Umprofethi uchaza ngesimo lapho babekhuluphele futhi becebile ngenxa yalabo bantu okwakufanele babanakekele. Sitshelwa ukuthi ngenxa yalokho, uNkulunkulu wayezoletha isahlulelo kubo. Isahluko siyashintsha ekugxileni kwaso njengoba isexwayiso siphenduka isithembiso sekusasa emavesini angenhla. Inkosi ayizukusindisa izimvu zayo kuphela, izophinda ibeke inkosi ezofana noDavide ezobelusa ngendlela ezoletha ukuthula kwaphakade (v. 25). Kwakuwukuthula nokuphumula okwalahlwa yisono ngenxa yesono (Genesise 3:15; 4: 8) futhi abaprofethi abanjengoHezekeli ababelokhu bekhomba ngabo kusukela lapho (u-Isaya 9: 6-7). Yilapho lapho siphakamisa khona amehlo ethu ukubona uJesu, oyindodana yenkosi efanelekile kaNkulunkulu futhi ophikisana nobuholi obukhohlakele obuchazwe engxenyeni yokuqala yesahluko.
Ababhali bevangeli basitshela ukuthi uJesu weza ukuzomemezela izindaba ezinhle kwabampofu, inkululeko yeziboshwa kanye nokubona kwabangaboni (Luka 4:18). NguJesu okhalela iJerusalema ngoba bebengazi ukuthi yini ezobalethela ukuthula (Luka 19:41). NguJesu onikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yezimvu zakhe ukuze sibe nokuthula noNkulunkulu nomunye nomunye. Futhi nguJesu ngolunye usuku oyoletha ukuthula okuphakade emhlabeni ngokubuya kwakhe (Isambulo 21). Okwamanje, kunezikhathi zokudumazeka nokuhlupheka okungenza kwesinye isikhathi silahle ithemba lokuthi uNkulunkulu uzosifeza isithembiso sakhe. Ukungabi nabulungisa kwezwe elisizungezile kungasenza singathembi. Kungalezo zikhathi lapho kufanele sicabange ngoJesu njengomalusi wethu omuhle futhi sikhumbule ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yezimvu zakhe, ngolunye usuku “siyohlala endlini yeNkosi kuze kube phakade.”
Umkhuleko
Nkosi Jesu, ngiyabonga ngothando lwakho nokunakekela izimvu zakho. Ngiyabonga ngokunikela ngempilo yakho esiphambanweni ukuze ngazi ukuthula kwakho futhi ngamukeleke emndenini wakho. Ngalesi sikhathi sokucabanga, ngenxa yothando lwakho kimi, ngisize ngithole izindlela zokufuna ukuthula ebudlelwaneni bami futhi ngibeke impilo yami kwabanye. 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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