Ukulungiselela Izinhliziyo Zethu NgePhasika: Ukuzinikela ngesikhathi sokuzilaIsampula

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Isimangalo esiyisisekelo somyalezo wobuKrestu ongokomlando ukuthi uJesu Kristu wavuswa kwabafileyo. Ukulingwa yize kungaba ngathi ukuthi sigxume masinyane kusuka ngoLwesihlanu kuya ngeSonto, ukusuka esiphambanweni kuya ovukweni, uMathewu uyama kancane futhi asilethe ekuthuleni nasekuthuleni kwethuna.
Abaningi baye bazama ukuqeda ithemba lobuKristu, basikisela ukuthi uJesu wayengafanga ngempela noma ukuthi abafundi ababezimisele babentshontshe isidumbu sakhe ukuze kufakazelwe abakushoyo ngoMsindisi ovukile. Kodwa-ke ukungenelela kukaMathewu phakathi kokuphefumula kokugcina nokubonakala kokuqala kukhuluma ngokungangabazi ngokufa okwakungokoqobo, ithuna elalithule, nesimo esabonakala ngaphandle kwethemba.
AmaRoma ayephelele ekwenzeni izigwebo ezinkulu, ikakhulukazi kulabo abasolwa ngokuvukela umbuso. Ukuthi uJosefa wakwazi ukulanda isidumbu sikaJesu kwakusho ukuthi ababulali babenelisekile ngomsebenzi wabo wezandla. AmaJuda, kulo lonke iTestamente Elidala, ayezonqwabelanisa amatshe ezigebengwini ezimbi kakhulu ukumela ukuthi kwabanye, ngeke kube khona ukuphila ngale kwethuna. Ukuthi itshe elikhulu laliyovala umnyango wethuna kwakusho ukuthi akukho themba lokuphila ngale kwaleli thuna. Ithuna lisathule, limnyama, lithule.
Lesi isiphetho obekufanele ngabe singesethu nesiphetho sesintu. Futhi-ke, ithemba lethu ukuthi ngalowo owangena ethuneni phambi kwethu, kukhona indlela yokuphuma nokungena ezweni elisha lokudala kukaNkulunkulu. Kuyithemba lokuthi ngoba umuntu weqa ithuna uqobo, nathi singathola impilo entsha naye. Ukuchazwa kukaMathewu ngethuna kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ithuna belithule futhi nokho ukuthula bekuzohlala usuku olulodwa kuphela.
Umkhuleko
Baba wethu, sikhumbuze ukuthi ubumnyama bethuna kungekudala buzonqotshwa ngokukhanya kosuku lwesithathu. Egameni likaKristu, Amen.
Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.
Isimangalo esiyisisekelo somyalezo wobuKrestu ongokomlando ukuthi uJesu Kristu wavuswa kwabafileyo. Ukulingwa yize kungaba ngathi ukuthi sigxume masinyane kusuka ngoLwesihlanu kuya ngeSonto, ukusuka esiphambanweni kuya ovukweni, uMathewu uyama kancane futhi asilethe ekuthuleni nasekuthuleni kwethuna.
Abaningi baye bazama ukuqeda ithemba lobuKristu, basikisela ukuthi uJesu wayengafanga ngempela noma ukuthi abafundi ababezimisele babentshontshe isidumbu sakhe ukuze kufakazelwe abakushoyo ngoMsindisi ovukile. Kodwa-ke ukungenelela kukaMathewu phakathi kokuphefumula kokugcina nokubonakala kokuqala kukhuluma ngokungangabazi ngokufa okwakungokoqobo, ithuna elalithule, nesimo esabonakala ngaphandle kwethemba.
AmaRoma ayephelele ekwenzeni izigwebo ezinkulu, ikakhulukazi kulabo abasolwa ngokuvukela umbuso. Ukuthi uJosefa wakwazi ukulanda isidumbu sikaJesu kwakusho ukuthi ababulali babenelisekile ngomsebenzi wabo wezandla. AmaJuda, kulo lonke iTestamente Elidala, ayezonqwabelanisa amatshe ezigebengwini ezimbi kakhulu ukumela ukuthi kwabanye, ngeke kube khona ukuphila ngale kwethuna. Ukuthi itshe elikhulu laliyovala umnyango wethuna kwakusho ukuthi akukho themba lokuphila ngale kwaleli thuna. Ithuna lisathule, limnyama, lithule.
Lesi isiphetho obekufanele ngabe singesethu nesiphetho sesintu. Futhi-ke, ithemba lethu ukuthi ngalowo owangena ethuneni phambi kwethu, kukhona indlela yokuphuma nokungena ezweni elisha lokudala kukaNkulunkulu. Kuyithemba lokuthi ngoba umuntu weqa ithuna uqobo, nathi singathola impilo entsha naye. Ukuchazwa kukaMathewu ngethuna kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ithuna belithule futhi nokho ukuthula bekuzohlala usuku olulodwa kuphela.
Umkhuleko
Baba wethu, sikhumbuze ukuthi ubumnyama bethuna kungekudala buzonqotshwa ngokukhanya kosuku lwesithathu. Egameni likaKristu, Amen.
Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.
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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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Lokhu kukhulekelwa kwenziwa ngabasebenzi beRedeemer Presbyterian Church futhi kwaqala kwathunyelwa ku-www.redeemer.com ngo-2012. Kusetshenziswa ngemvume.