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"Usuku lwama-28: Ukulila"
Yize uZakariya akhuluma lawa mazwi, ayengamazwi eNkosi. Kodwa kungenzeka kanjani lokhu? Unkulunkulu bekangasho kanjani ukuthi, “Bangibuka, abamgwazile na?” Ingabe uNkulunkulu angalimala? Okuxaka nakakhulu, ngabe uNkulunkulu “angahlatshwa” - okukhombisa ukubulawa? Ngamanye amazwi, ingabe uNkulunkulu angafa?
Ujesu Kristu wasigcwalisa lesi siprofetho. Kwakungekhona nje ukuthi wayenguNkulunkulu ophelele, futhi wayengumuntu ngokugcwele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba isiprofetho sabikezela, uJesu wayeyindodana "eyiyo yodwa" futhi "eyizibulo" likaYise (Johane 3:16). Wafa futhi, esiphambanweni, wahlatshwa: "Elinye lamasosha lamgwaza ohlangothini ngomkhonto, khona manjalo kwaphuma igazi namanzi" (Johane 19:34).
Lesi siprofetho, nokho, sasho okwengeziwe. Lithe labo abamgwazayo bazokhala ngoba uNkulunkulu uzobathululela “umoya womusa nokunxusa ukuba bathole umusa.” Ngamanye amagama, uMoya ubengavula amehlo abo ukuze babone ukuthi benzeni nokuthi isono sabo besibucayi kangakanani. Lesi sililo sasizosabalala kepha sisondelene - “izwe liyolila, umndeni ngamunye uwedwa.”
Ngokwengxenye, lesi siprofetho sagcwaliseka ngePhentekoste. Upetru wathi kubalaleli bakhe, “Nambethela [uJesu] izandla zabangenamthetho” (Izenzo 2:23). Kwathi-ke, lapho bezwa ivangeli, “bahlabeka enhliziyweni” kwathi abangu-3 000 basindiswa ngalolo suku (Izenzo 2: 37-41). Namuhla, lesi siprofetho sisagcwaliseka. Njengoba uMoya usigcwalisa ngomusa, siyalila ngokufa kukaKristu ngoba siyazi ukuthi "walinyazwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu" (u-Isaya 53: 5). Osizini lwethu, nokho, siyajabula futhi ngoba ukufa kwakhe “kwasilethela ukuthula, nangemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe” (u-Isaya 53: 5).
Umkhuleko
Nkosi, siyavuma ukuthi isono sethu samhlaba uJesu. Ngakho-ke, siyakhala futhi sikucela ukuthi uthele uMoya wakho womusa nesihe. Ngokuthobeka, siyajabula ukuthi umusa wakho awupheli - ngenkathi siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela (KwabaseRoma 5: 8). Egameni likaKristu, Amen.
Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.
Yize uZakariya akhuluma lawa mazwi, ayengamazwi eNkosi. Kodwa kungenzeka kanjani lokhu? Unkulunkulu bekangasho kanjani ukuthi, “Bangibuka, abamgwazile na?” Ingabe uNkulunkulu angalimala? Okuxaka nakakhulu, ngabe uNkulunkulu “angahlatshwa” - okukhombisa ukubulawa? Ngamanye amazwi, ingabe uNkulunkulu angafa?
Ujesu Kristu wasigcwalisa lesi siprofetho. Kwakungekhona nje ukuthi wayenguNkulunkulu ophelele, futhi wayengumuntu ngokugcwele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba isiprofetho sabikezela, uJesu wayeyindodana "eyiyo yodwa" futhi "eyizibulo" likaYise (Johane 3:16). Wafa futhi, esiphambanweni, wahlatshwa: "Elinye lamasosha lamgwaza ohlangothini ngomkhonto, khona manjalo kwaphuma igazi namanzi" (Johane 19:34).
Lesi siprofetho, nokho, sasho okwengeziwe. Lithe labo abamgwazayo bazokhala ngoba uNkulunkulu uzobathululela “umoya womusa nokunxusa ukuba bathole umusa.” Ngamanye amagama, uMoya ubengavula amehlo abo ukuze babone ukuthi benzeni nokuthi isono sabo besibucayi kangakanani. Lesi sililo sasizosabalala kepha sisondelene - “izwe liyolila, umndeni ngamunye uwedwa.”
Ngokwengxenye, lesi siprofetho sagcwaliseka ngePhentekoste. Upetru wathi kubalaleli bakhe, “Nambethela [uJesu] izandla zabangenamthetho” (Izenzo 2:23). Kwathi-ke, lapho bezwa ivangeli, “bahlabeka enhliziyweni” kwathi abangu-3 000 basindiswa ngalolo suku (Izenzo 2: 37-41). Namuhla, lesi siprofetho sisagcwaliseka. Njengoba uMoya usigcwalisa ngomusa, siyalila ngokufa kukaKristu ngoba siyazi ukuthi "walinyazwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu" (u-Isaya 53: 5). Osizini lwethu, nokho, siyajabula futhi ngoba ukufa kwakhe “kwasilethela ukuthula, nangemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe” (u-Isaya 53: 5).
Umkhuleko
Nkosi, siyavuma ukuthi isono sethu samhlaba uJesu. Ngakho-ke, siyakhala futhi sikucela ukuthi uthele uMoya wakho womusa nesihe. Ngokuthobeka, siyajabula ukuthi umusa wakho awupheli - ngenkathi siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela (KwabaseRoma 5: 8). 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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