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"Usuku 34: Isibikezelo"
Ujohane unikela okuningi kweVangeli lakhe ezinsukwini eziyisithupha zokugcina zempilo kaJesu. KuJohane 12, uJesu ubikezela ukuthi “hlobo luni lokufa azokufa ngalo” - lokho obekuzokhulula ukubanjwa kukaSathane emhlabeni, kukhulise uJesu ekunqobeni ezenzakalweni zokubethelwa nokubethelwa, futhi kudonse abantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba kuye (v. 32). Kepha lapha ubuye abuye abukeze ithempulethi yakhe esangulukisayo yabo bonke abazolandela ngemuva kwakhe baziwa njengabafundi bakhe.
Kusukela ezinsukwini zokuqala zenkonzo yakhe kuJohane, uJesu ubelokhu ebhekise “ehoreni” lakhe - isikhathi esimisiwe lapho ezobhekana nokuhlupheka nokufa ngenxa yezono zomhlaba. Kodwa ngalokhu kululazwa uJesu ubuye akhanye ngokumangazayo “inkazimulo” kaNkulunkulu esintwini. Unkulunkulu “ukhazimulisa igama lakhe” hhayi ngenkonzo kaKristu yasemhlabeni kuphela kodwa nangokufa kwakhe. Ujohn ufanekisela leli qiniso kusenesikhathi ngokuphetha ngokuthi “siyibonile (noma‘ sayibona ’) inkazimulo yakhe… igcwele umusa neqiniso” (1:14).
Okumangalisa ngokufanayo nguyena uJesu esihlangana naye lapha, uthembeke ngokwanele ukuthi angavuma ukuthi “manje umoya wami ukhathazekile” (v. 27) njengoba eqala ukuzwa ubuhlungu asezobhekana nabo. Kungumfanekiso omangalisayo womuntu oshiywe ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu lapho ebhekene nobuhlungu obungachazeki, azi ukuthi inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ekugcineni iyona nto ebaluleke kakhulu. Futhi kuba yisikhathi sokufundisa nakubafundi.
Imbewu yizinto eziphilayo okufanele zife ukuze zikhiqize kabusha; baphethe isithembiso sempilo yangakusasa. Phezulu, ukufa kukaKristu kubukeka emhlabeni njengenhlekelele, kepha ngokuwela "emhlabeni" (v. 24), uyakwazi ukuvusa abalandeli futhi alethe "amadodana amaningi enkazimulweni" (Hebheru 2:10). Kodwa-ke, ukulandela uKristu kuthwala izindleko: abafundi abaningi bokuqala kwakufanele bafe ukufa okubuhlungu ngokwabo, okwenza uTertullian aphethe ngokuthi “igazi labafel 'ukholo liyimbewu yesonto.” Abafundi bakaKristu kumele njalo "bafe" kubo ukuze bathole "ithemba eliphilayo" (1 Peter 1: 3-5) kuKristu. Lapha umbono kaDietrich Bonhoeffer mayelana nokuba ngumfundi uqinisile: "lapho uKristu ebiza umuntu, uthi makeze afe."
Umkhuleko
Nkosi evukile, wasithanda kakhulu waze wafa ukusisindisa esonweni. Sithandazela ukuthi leli qiniso lisinikeze ukuthobeka, lisiholele ekudumiseni njalo, futhi lisinike isibindi sokuphila sishiywe ngokuphelele entandweni yakho yothando. Ngomusa wakho yenza lezi zinto zibe njalo, ngoba sizithandazela egameni lakho. Amen.
Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.
Ujohane unikela okuningi kweVangeli lakhe ezinsukwini eziyisithupha zokugcina zempilo kaJesu. KuJohane 12, uJesu ubikezela ukuthi “hlobo luni lokufa azokufa ngalo” - lokho obekuzokhulula ukubanjwa kukaSathane emhlabeni, kukhulise uJesu ekunqobeni ezenzakalweni zokubethelwa nokubethelwa, futhi kudonse abantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba kuye (v. 32). Kepha lapha ubuye abuye abukeze ithempulethi yakhe esangulukisayo yabo bonke abazolandela ngemuva kwakhe baziwa njengabafundi bakhe.
Kusukela ezinsukwini zokuqala zenkonzo yakhe kuJohane, uJesu ubelokhu ebhekise “ehoreni” lakhe - isikhathi esimisiwe lapho ezobhekana nokuhlupheka nokufa ngenxa yezono zomhlaba. Kodwa ngalokhu kululazwa uJesu ubuye akhanye ngokumangazayo “inkazimulo” kaNkulunkulu esintwini. Unkulunkulu “ukhazimulisa igama lakhe” hhayi ngenkonzo kaKristu yasemhlabeni kuphela kodwa nangokufa kwakhe. Ujohn ufanekisela leli qiniso kusenesikhathi ngokuphetha ngokuthi “siyibonile (noma‘ sayibona ’) inkazimulo yakhe… igcwele umusa neqiniso” (1:14).
Okumangalisa ngokufanayo nguyena uJesu esihlangana naye lapha, uthembeke ngokwanele ukuthi angavuma ukuthi “manje umoya wami ukhathazekile” (v. 27) njengoba eqala ukuzwa ubuhlungu asezobhekana nabo. Kungumfanekiso omangalisayo womuntu oshiywe ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu lapho ebhekene nobuhlungu obungachazeki, azi ukuthi inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ekugcineni iyona nto ebaluleke kakhulu. Futhi kuba yisikhathi sokufundisa nakubafundi.
Imbewu yizinto eziphilayo okufanele zife ukuze zikhiqize kabusha; baphethe isithembiso sempilo yangakusasa. Phezulu, ukufa kukaKristu kubukeka emhlabeni njengenhlekelele, kepha ngokuwela "emhlabeni" (v. 24), uyakwazi ukuvusa abalandeli futhi alethe "amadodana amaningi enkazimulweni" (Hebheru 2:10). Kodwa-ke, ukulandela uKristu kuthwala izindleko: abafundi abaningi bokuqala kwakufanele bafe ukufa okubuhlungu ngokwabo, okwenza uTertullian aphethe ngokuthi “igazi labafel 'ukholo liyimbewu yesonto.” Abafundi bakaKristu kumele njalo "bafe" kubo ukuze bathole "ithemba eliphilayo" (1 Peter 1: 3-5) kuKristu. Lapha umbono kaDietrich Bonhoeffer mayelana nokuba ngumfundi uqinisile: "lapho uKristu ebiza umuntu, uthi makeze afe."
Umkhuleko
Nkosi evukile, wasithanda kakhulu waze wafa ukusisindisa esonweni. Sithandazela ukuthi leli qiniso lisinikeze ukuthobeka, lisiholele ekudumiseni njalo, futhi lisinike isibindi sokuphila sishiywe ngokuphelele entandweni yakho yothando. Ngomusa wakho yenza lezi zinto zibe njalo, ngoba sizithandazela egameni lakho. 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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