Abo bafuna ukutya isiqhamo somthi wobomi kunye nesiqhamo somthi wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi
Abo bafuna ukutya isiqhamo
somthi wobomi kunye nesiqhamo somthi wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi
KwabaseRoma 7:12 "Ngoko
ke umthetho ungcwele; nomyalelo ungcwele, unobulungisa, ulungile."
Umthetho lilizwi elingcwele
likaThixo. Ngaphakathi koMthetho, kukho uMnqophiso weMisebenzi kunye
noMnqophiso wobabalo. UMnqophiso weMisebenzi uthi ngokugcina yonke i-613
yoMthetho, ubani unokuba ngabantu bakaThixo. Ngoko ke, amaSirayeli azama
ngenkuthalo ukuwagcina ngokungqongqo amalungiselelo oMthetho, kodwa akazange
akwazi ukwenjenjalo. Ekugqibeleni, bafumana uxolelo lwezono kuThixo ngamadini.
Ukufumana uxolelo lwezono ngamadini nguMnqophiso wobabalo.
Abo bazabalazela ukugcina
imithetho ngaphakathi emthethweni ekugqibeleni bawela kumnqophiso wemisebenzi,
okanye umthetho. Oku kufanekisela abaFarisi bexesha likaYesu. Amakholwa
akufuneki abhidanise umthetho kunye nomthetho.
Abafundisi abaninzi
babhidanisa amakholwa ngokufanisa "ukugcina incwadi yomthetho" kunye
"nomthetho." Akufunekanga bayicacise ngomthetho, kodwa ngokulandela
umthetho.
Nangona kunjalo, abo
bamfumanayo uMesiya ngedini ledini emthethweni bangena kumnqophiso wobabalo.
Abo bangena kumnqophiso wobabalo batya isiqhamo somthi wobomi.
Nangona kunjalo, abo bangena
kumnqophiso wemisebenzi ngaphakathi emthethweni ngabo batya isiqhamo somthi
wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi. Abo batya isiqhamo somthi wokwazi okulungileyo
nokubi ngabo bakholelwa ukuba banokuzuza ubulungisa bukaThixo ngemigudu yabo.
Zombini uMthi woBomi noMthi
wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi zikhethwa ngokusekelwe kwiinkolelo ezikwiLizwi
likaThixo, uMthetho. Abo "abangenako ukwenza oko ngokwabo, kodwa kuphela
abo bafuna usindiso ngoKristu" ngabo bathabatha kwisiqhamo soMthi woBomi.
Nangona kunjalo, abo bafuna ubulungisa ngemizamo yabo ngabo bathabatha
kwisiqhamo soMthi wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi.
UYesu wenza umzekeliso
wengqolowa nomdiza. Ingqolowa imele abo bayivayo ivangeli kwaye bathabathe
kwisiqhamo somthi wobomi. Ngabo babeka ubuni babo emoyeni. Noko ke, umdiza
umela abo bazabalazela ngenkuthalo ukubuqonda ubulungisa babo. Ngabo babeka
ubuni babo enyameni. UYesu wabaxelela ukuba bangawukhukuli umdiza, kodwa
bawushiye apho. Kwasezintliziyweni zamakholwa, ukhula luhlala kunye. UThixo uya
kubatshisa kamva.
Ngaphakathi kweentliziyo
zamakholwa, umzimba womoya (ingqondo yomoya) kunye nomzimba omtsha (ingqondo
entsha) ziphila kunye. "Okutsha" kwahlukile kumzimba wenyama, osuka
kubuntu obudala. Ngenxa yokuba ezi zibini zihleli kunye ezintliziyweni zamakholwa,
kuvela ukubhideka malunga nokuba bangoobani na.
Abo “babeka ubuni babo kwindawo
entsha” bazigqala njengeenkosi zetempile endala. Badla
isiqhamo somthi wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi, umoya wabo uvaleleke enyameni, ube
ngofileyo. Basesihogweni. Noko ke, abo bazibeka kumzimba wokomoya babona uYesu
njengenkosi yetempile entsha. Oomoya babangcwele badla isiqhamo somthi wobomi,
baze bafezekise izulu.
Ingcwele ivela xa iingqondo
ezimbini zihlangana. Ke ngoko, abangcwele kufuneka mihla le bazenzele ezabo
iinkcukacha. Roma 7:21-23 : “Ndifumana ngoko lo mthetho, wokuba kuthi,
sukuba ndithanda ukwenza okulungileyo, kusuke kubekho okubi kum; kuba
ndikholiswa ngumthetho kaThixo ngokomntu ongaphakathi;
Kubantu abalandela umthetho, “ukugcina umthetho” kuthetha ukulandela incwadi
yomthetho, kodwa kubavangeli, kuthetha ukuthabatha incwadi yomthetho
ngentliziyo, ukukhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, nokwenza ngokufanelekileyo. Ngaba
ikholwa liya kwenza oko ngokoqobo, okanye liyakuthabatha entliziyweni
likhokelwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele? Oku kuxhomekeke ekubeni bangoobani na
basenyameni okanye basemoyeni.
KwiTestamente eNdala, uMoses wenyuka iNtaba
yeSinayi ukuze afumane amacwecwe amabini amatye anamazwi kaThixo. La macwecwe
ayequlethe iMithetho Elishumi, umyalelo kaThixo wokuba bonke abantu
bawuthobele. Noko ke, xa uMoses engazange ehle entabeni kangangeentsuku
ezingamashumi amane, abantu benza ithole legolide baza balinqula, bekholelwa
ukuba linguThixo. Ekubona oku, uMoses wawaqhekeza amacwecwe amatye amabini.
Amacwecwe amabini amatye aqhekekileyo afanekisela itempile endala, eyenziwe
ngamatye, emiselwe ukudilika. Abo bahleli kwitempile endala bachazwa
njengendoda endala. Indoda endala, emiselwe ukufa, imelwe kukufa kukaYesu
Kristu emnqamlezweni.
Emva kokuba uMoses etshabalalise ithole legolide, wenza amanye
amacwecwe amatye amabini. UThixo wabaxelela ukuba bawabhale la macwecwe mabini
ezintliziyweni zabo baze bagcine iMithetho Elishumi. “Ukugcina” kuthetha ukubagcina ezintliziyweni zabo
nokwenza ngokuvisisana nokuthanda kukaThixo. Oku akuthethi ukwenza ngonobumba,
kodwa ukwenza ngentsingiselo engqondweni. La macwecwe mabini amatye afuzisela
itempile entsha esekwe ezintliziyweni zabo. Abo bahleli kwitempile entsha
bamelwa njengamadoda amatsha. Umntu omtsha umele abo bazelwe ngokutsha ngoMoya
oyiNgcwele, oko kukuthi, ubomi obuvusiweyo bukaYesu Kristu.
KWABASEROMA 6:4-5 Ngoko ke sangcwatywa naye ngokubhaptizelwa ekufeni;
ukuze, njengokuba uKristu wavuswayo kwabafileyo ngalo uzuko loYise, sithi
ngokunjalo nathi sihambe sinobomi obutsha. Kuba xa similiselwe kuye ngentsobi
yokufa kwakhe, somiliselwa kuye nangeyokuvuka kwakhe.”
Ukuqukumbela, imiphumo yomthetho iyahluka kuxhomekeka kwimeko yengqondo
umntu awujonga ngayo nawenza ngayo. Ukuba umntu uwujonga umthetho
njengevangeli, ufumana inkokhelo yoMoya oyiNgcwele. Ukuba umntu uwajonga amazwi
omthetho njengokuthobela umthetho, uba ngumthetho, ezabalazela ukwenza izinto
ngokoqobo, ngokungathi uyinkosi yomthetho.
Umzekelo, ngokwemfundiso yeWestminster, umbuzo 99. Yeyiphi imigaqo
ekufuneka siyithobele ukuze siyiqonde ngokuchanekileyo iMithetho eliShumi?
Phendula. Ukuyiqonda ngokuchanekileyo iMithetho eliShumi, le migaqo
ilandelayo kufuneka igcinwe:
1 Umthetho ugqibelele, ufuneka ukuba umntu egqibelele ebulungiseni
bakhe, ewululamele ngokucokisekileyo kuse emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni, ade
azaliseke, azalise zonke izenzo, athintele sonke isono, kwanesona sincinane.
KwiCatechism yaseHeidelberg, umbuzo we-114 uyabuza, "Ngaba abo
baguqukayo baze babuyele kuThixo bayigcine ngokugqibeleleyo yonke le
mithetho?"
Impendulo: Hayi. Kwanabona bantu bangcwele kweli hlabathi abanako
ukuthobela ngokugqibeleleyo. Noko ke, amakholwa afanele enze konke
okusemandleni ukuze agcine yonke imithetho kaThixo, kungekhona nje inxalenye
ethile.
Ngale ndlela, imfundiso ithi amakholwa kufuneka azabalazele ukuyigcina
imiyalelo, ngoko nangona besithi amakholwa angena kumnqophiso wobabalo,
imfundiso eyenziwe ngumntu ibangela ukuba amakholwa angene kumnqophiso
wemisebenzi.
Abangcwele balwa idabi ezintliziyweni zabo, kwaye ukoyisa isiqu senyama,
ukukhula kwasemoyeni kuyimfuneko. Kunokuba azabalazele ukugcina lonke
ilungiselelo lomthetho ngesenzo, amakholwa afanele kuqala aqonde oko iintliziyo
zawo zokwenyama zikufunayo ngamalungiselelo omthetho. UThixo unqwenela ukuba
amakholwa aqonde ubume besono kwaye angabhijelwa siso.
Ukuze enze ngokuvisisana nokuthanda kukaThixo, amakholwa amele mihla le
azenzele ezawo iinkcukacha aze ahlaziye iingqondo zawo zokomoya. Bamele
bakhumbule ukuba ngoxa besifa mihla le enyameni, bahleli ezulwini ngokuphathelele
iingqondo zabo zokomoya. Nokuba amakholwa aphila mihla le phakathi kwezulu
nesihogo, ukuba abeka ubuni bawo ezulwini, uThixo uya kubakhokela. Kunokuba
azabalazele ukuwugcina ngokungqongqo umthetho obhaliweyo, amakholwa afanele
agwebe oko akuko iintliziyo zawo ngaphakathi komthetho.
Ukuba ikholwa liyasilela ukumisa ubuni balo, liya kuba ngumntu ofuna
ukutya isiqhamo somthi wobomi kunye nesiqhamo somthi wokwazi okulungileyo
nokubi yonke imihla.
Ukuba ikholwa
alizalwa ngokutsha, aliyi kusindiswa. Noko ke, ukuba ikholwa elizelwe ngokutsha
lenza isono, uThixo uya kulihlaba ngameva kaSathana.
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