Sinokukwenza njani 'ukukhanya kwethu kukhanye'?
Kuye kwathiwa xa abantu bezaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, benobudlelwane obukhulayo noThixo, kunye / okanye bezama ukulandela umzekelo kaYesu Krestu yonke imihla, kubakho ukukhanya okukhulu kubo. Kukho umahluko kumanyathelo abo, ubuntu babo, inkonzo kwabanye kunye nolawulo lweengxaki.
Kusitshintsha njani oku "kulitha" okanye umahluko kwaye kufuneka senze ntoni ngako? Ibhayibhile inezibhalo ezininzi ezichaza indlela abantu abatshintsha ngayo ngaphakathi xa besiba ngamaKrestu, kodwa le ndinyana, evakaliswe ngomlomo kaYesu uqobo, ibonakala ngathi inento kanye ekufuneka siyenzile ngolu tshintsho lwangaphakathi.
KuMateyu 5:16, le ndinyana ichaza oku kulandelayo: "Malukhanye ngokunjalo ukhanyiselo lwenu phambi kwabantu, ukuze bayibone imisebenzi yenu emihle, bamzukise uYihlo osemazulwini."
Ngelixa le ndinyana inokuvakala njengefihlakeleyo, iyazicacisa. Ke masikhuphe le vesi ngakumbi kwaye sibone ukuba uYesu usixelela ukuba senze ntoni, kwaye zeziphi iinguqu eziza kwenzeka xa sijikeleza izibane zethu zikhanya.
Kuthetha ntoni "Khanyisa ukukhanya kwakho"?
Ukukhanya, ekubhekiselwe kuko ekuqaleni kukaMateyu 5:16, kukukhanya okungaphakathi esithe saxoxa ngako ngokufutshane kwintshayelelo. Olu lutshintsho oluqinisekileyo phakathi kwakho; ulwaneliseko; ukuzola kwangaphakathi (kwanaxa isiphithiphithi sikujikelezile) ongenakukuqulatha ngobuqhetseba okanye ulibele.
Ukukhanya kukuqonda kwakho ukuba uThixo unguBawo wakho, uYesu nguMsindisi wakho, kwaye indlela yakho iqhubela phambili kukuzibandakanya kothando loMoya oyiNgcwele. Kukwazi ukuba into owawuyiyo ngaphambi kokuba wazi uYesu kwaye wamkele idini lakhe akunanto yakwenza nokuba ungubani ngoku. Uyaziphatha wena kunye nabanye ngcono, njengoko uqonda ngakumbi nangakumbi ukuba uThixo uyakuthanda kwaye uya kukubonelela ngazo zonke iimfuno zakho.
Oku kuqonda kuyacaca kuthi "njengokukhanya" phakathi kwakho, njengokukhanya kombulelo wokuba u Yesu ukusindisile kwaye unethemba kuThixo ukuba ujongane nayo nayiphi na into enokuza nomhla. Iingxaki ezazikhangeleka njengezinga leentaba ziye zibe ziinduli ezinokoyiswa xa usazi ukuba uThixo sisikhokelo sakho. Ke xa uvumela ukukhanya kwakho kukhanye, yile nto yokwazi ukuba ngubani na uBathathu Emnye kuwe ebonakalayo kumagama, kwizenzo nangengcinga zakho.
Uthetha nabani apha uYesu?
U-Yesu wabelana ngale ngqiqo imangalisayo ibhalwe kuMateyu 5 kunye nabafundi bakhe, ekwabandakanya nezibetho ezisibhozo. Le ncoko nabafundi beza emva kokuba uYesu ephilise indimbane kulo lonke elaseGalili kwaye wayephumle ngoxolo esihlweleni esentabeni.
UYesu uxelela abafundi bakhe ukuba onke amakholwa "ayityuwa nokukhanya kwehlabathi" (Mateyu 5: 13-14) kwaye bafana "nesixeko esikwinduli engenakufihlwa" (Mateyu 5:14). Uqhuba le vesi esithi amakholwa ayakufana nezibane zezibane ezazingafanelanga zifihlwe phantsi kwebhaskithi, kodwa zibekwe kwiziteki zokukhanyisa indlela yabantu bonke (Mat. 5:15).
Yayithetha ntoni le vesi kwabo babephulaphule uYesu?
Le ndinyana yayiyinxalenye yamazwi amaninzi obulumko uYesu awawanikela kubafundi baKhe, apho ityhilwa kamva, kuMateyu 7: 28-29, ukuba abo babemamele "babemangalisiwe yimfundiso yakhe, kuba wayebafundisa njengonegunya, hayi njengababhali. "
UYesu wayeyazi into eyayigcinelwe hayi abafundi bakhe kuphela kodwa kwanabo babeza kuthi kamva bamamkele ngenxa yedini lakhe emnqamlezweni. Wayesazi ukuba amaxesha anzima ayeza kwaye ngaloo maxesha kwakufuneka sibe zizibane ukuze abanye baphile kwaye baphumelele.
Kwilizwe eligcwele ubumnyama, amakholwa kufuneka abe zizibane ezikhanya ebumnyameni ukukhokelela abantu kungekuphela elusindisweni kodwa nakwiingalo zikaYesu.
Njengokuba u Yesu wahlangabezana neSanhedrin, eyathi ekugqibeleni yaveza indlela yokuba abethelelwe emnqamlezweni, nathi makholwa sizokulwa nelizwe eliya kuzama ukuthatha ukukhanya kuthi okanye libange ukuba liyinyani kwaye ayingoThixo.
Izibane zethu ziinjongo zethu athe waziseka uThixo ebomini bethu, inxenye yesicwangciso sakhe sokuzisa amakholwa kubukumkani baKhe nakubunaphakade ezulwini. Xa sisamkela ezi njongo- ezi fowuni zingene ebomini bethu - iiwick zethu zikhanyisiwe ngaphakathi kwaye zikhanyise ngathi ukuze babonwe ngabanye.
Ngaba le ndinyana iguqulelwe ngokwahlukileyo kwezinye iinguqulelo?
“Malukhanye ukhanyiselo lwenu phambi kwabantu abanokubona imisebenzi yenu emihle, bamzukise uYihlo osemazulwini,” nguMateyu 5:16 ovela kwiNew King James Version, ekwaligama elinye elinokubonwa kwiKing James Version ye la IBhayibhile.
Ezinye iinguqulelo zale ndinyana zinomahluko okrelekrele ovela kwiinguqulelo zeKJV / NKJV, ezinjengeNew International Version (NIV) kunye neNew American Standard Bible (NASB).
Ezinye iinguqulelo, ezinjenge Bhayibhile eyandisiweyo, ziyichaze ngokutsha "imisebenzi elungileyo" ekhankanywe kule vesi yaba "zizenzo ezilungileyo nokuziphatha okuhle" kwaye ezi zenzo ziyamzukisa, ziyamvuma kwaye zimzukise uThixo. Siyabuzwa, “Ngoku ekubeni ndikubeke apho phezu kwenduli, kwisiseko esiqaqambileyo- khazimla! Gcina indlu ivulekile; Yibani nesisa ngobomi benu. Ngokuzivulela abanye abantu, uya kutyhala abantu ukuba bavuleleke kuThixo, lo Bawo wasezulwini unesisa ”.
Nangona kunjalo, zonke iinguqulelo zithetha imvakalelo efanayo yokukhanyisa ukukhanya kwakho ngemisebenzi elungileyo, ke abanye babone kwaye baqonde into eyenziwa nguThixo ngawe.
Singaba lukhanyiso njani kwihlabathi namhlanje?
Ngoku ngakumbi kunanini na ngaphambili, sibizelwe ukuba zizibane zelizwe elilwa ngamandla omzimba nawomoya njengangaphambili. Ngokukodwa njengoko sijongana nemicimbi echaphazela impilo yethu, ubunikazi, ezemali kunye nolawulo, ubukho bethu njengezikhanyiso zikaThixo kubaluleke kakhulu.
Abanye bakholelwa kwelokuba izenzo ezinkulu koko kuthetha ukuba zizibane kuYe.Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha zizinto ezincinci zokholo ezibonisa kakhulu uthando lukaThixo kunye nolungiselelo kuthi sonke.
Ezinye zeendlela esinokuba zizikhanyiso kwihlabathi namhlanje zibandakanya ukukhuthaza abanye kwizilingo zabo kunye nobunzima ngokutsala umnxeba, ukuthumela imiyalezo, okanye ukujongana ubuso ngobuso. Ezinye iindlela inokuba kukusebenzisa izakhono zakho kunye neetalente ekuhlaleni okanye kubulungiseleli, njengokucula kwikwayara, ukusebenza nabantwana, ukunceda abadala, mhlawumbi uthathe ipulpiti ushumayele intshumayelo. Ukukhanya kuthetha ukuvumela abanye ukuba banxibelelane nolo khanyiso ngenkonzo kunye nonxibelelwano, unike ithuba lokwabelana nabo ngendlela onovuyo lukaYesu lokukunceda ngayo kwizilingo noxinzelelo lwakho.
Njengokuba ukhanyisela ukukhanya kwakho ukuze abanye bakubone, uyakubona ukuba kuya kuncipha ukuqaphela okwenzileyo kunye nendlela onokuthi ulukhokele ngayo olo dumo kuThixo. khanya ngokukhanya kwaye ukhonze abanye ngothando lwaKhe, ngenxa yokuba enguye, uye waba ngumlandeli kaKrestu.
Khanyisa ukukhanya kwakho
UMateyu 5: 16 yivesi eye yaxatyiswa yathandwa iminyaka emininzi, icacisa ukuba singoobani kuKristu kunye nendlela esimenzela yona izisa uzuko nothando kuThixo uBawo wethu.
Njengokuba u Yesu wabelana nabalandeli baKhe ngale nyaniso, babebona ukuba wahlukile kwabanye abashumayela uzuko lwabo. Ukukhanya kwakhe okukhanyayo kukhanyisiwe ukubuyisela abantu kuThixo uBawo nako konke okusenzela thina.
Sibe kukukhanya okufanayo xa sabelana ngothando lukaThixo nabanye njengoko uYesu wenzayo, sibakhonza ngeentliziyo ezizolileyo kwaye sibakhokelela kulungiselelo nenceba kaThixo.Njengoko sikhanyisa izibane zethu, sinombulelo ngamathuba esinokuba nawo oku. izibane zethemba zabantu kwaye bamzukise uThixo ezulwini.