'Singakwenza kanjani ukukhanya kwethu kukhanye'?
Kuye kwathiwa lapho abantu begcwaliswe ngoMoya oNgcwele, benobudlelwano obukhulayo noNkulunkulu futhi / noma bezama ukulandela isibonelo sikaJesu Kristu nsuku zonke, kunokukhanya okukhulu kubo. Kunomehluko ezinyathelweni zabo, kubuntu babo, ukusebenzela abanye nokuphathwa kwezinkinga.
Kusishintsha kanjani lokhu "kukhanya" noma umehluko futhi yini okufanele siyenze ngakho? IBhayibheli linemibhalo eminingana echaza ukuthi abantu bashintsha kanjani ngaphakathi uma beba ngamaKristu, kepha leli vesi, elamenyezelwa livela ezindebeni zikaJesu uqobo, libonakala liqukethe lokho kanye okudingeka sikwenze ngalolu shintsho lwangaphakathi.
KuMathewu 5:16, leli vesi lisho lokhu okulandelayo: "Ukukhanya kwenu makukhanye phambi kwabantu, ukuze babone imisebenzi yenu emihle, badumise uYihlo osezulwini."
Ngenkathi leli vesi lingazwakala lifihlekile, empeleni liyazichaza. Ngakho-ke ake sikhiphe leli vesi ngokuqhubekayo bese sibona ukuthi uJesu usitshela ukuba senzeni, nokuthi yiziphi izinguquko ezizokwenzeka lapho sidedela ukukhanya kwethu
Kusho ukuthini ukuthi "Shine your light"?
Ukukhanya okukhulunywe ngakho ekuqaleni kukaMathewu 5:16, kungukukhanya kwangaphakathi esixoxe ngakho kafushane esethulweni. Yilolo shintsho oluhle ngaphakathi kuwe; lokho kwaneliseka; lokho kuthula kwangaphakathi (noma ngabe isiphithiphithi sikuzungezile) ongeke ukwazi ukukuqukatha ngobuqili noma ngokukhohlwa.
Ukukhanya ukuqonda kwakho ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguYihlo, uJesu unguMsindisi wakho, futhi indlela yakho iqhutshelwa phambili ngokubandakanyeka kothando koMoya oNgcwele. Ukwazi ukuthi lokho owawuyikho ngaphambi kokuba wazi uJesu uqobo futhi wamukele umhlatshelo wakhe akuhlangene nokuthi ungubani manje. Uziphatha wena nabanye kangcono, njengoba uqonda ngokwengeziwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakuthanda futhi uzozinikeza zonke izidingo zakho.
Lokhu kuqonda kuyacaca kithi 'njengokukhanya' okukuwe, njengokukhanya kokubonga ukuthi uJesu ukusindisile nokuthi unethemba kuNkulunkulu ukubhekana nanoma yini engalethwa yilolo suku. Izinkinga ezazibukeka njengezintaba ezilinganiselwe ziba njengamagquma anganqotshwa lapho wazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungumqondisi wakho. Ngakho-ke uma uvumela ukukhanya kwakho kukhanye, yilokhu kwazi okusobala ukuthi ngubani uZiqu-zintathu kuwe okubonakala emazwini akho, ezenzweni zakho nasemicabangweni yakho.
UJesu ukhuluma nobani lapha?
UJesu wabelana ngalokhu kuqonda okumangalisayo okulotshwe kuMathewu 5 nabafundi bakhe, okubandakanya neziphimbo eziyisishiyagalombili. Le ngxoxo nabafundi yeza ngemuva kokuthi uJesu elaphe isixuku kulo lonke elaseGalile futhi wayephumule ngokuthula ezixukwini entabeni.
UJesu utshela abafundi bakhe ukuthi wonke amakholwa “awusawoti nokukhanya kwezwe” (uMathewu 5: 13-14) nokuthi bafana “nomuzi osegqumeni ongenakucasha” (Mathewu 5:14). Uqhuba leli vesi ngokuthi amakholwa kwakufanele afane nezibani zamalambu ezazingahlelelwe ukufihlwa ngaphansi kwebhasikidi, kepha zazibekwa phezu kwezinti zokukhanyisa indlela yabo bonke (Math. 5:15).
Lalisho ukuthini leli vesi kulabo ababelalele uJesu?
Leli vesi laliyingxenye yamazwi amaningi okuhlakanipha uJesu awanikeza abafundi baKhe, lapho kwembulwa khona kamuva, kuMathewu 7: 28-29, ukuthi labo abalalele “bamangala ngokufundisa kwakhe, ngokuba wabafundisa njengonamandla, futhi hhayi njengababhali. "
UJesu wayazi ukuthi yini eyayigcinelwe abafundi bakhe kuphela kodwa nalabo ababezomamukela kamuva ngenxa yomhlatshelo wakhe esiphambanweni. Wayazi ukuthi izikhathi ezinzima zazizofika nokuthi ngalezo zikhathi kwakudingeka sibe izibani ukuze abanye basinde futhi baphumelele.
Ezweni eligcwele ubumnyama, amakholwa kumele abe yizibani ezikhanya ebumnyameni ukuholela abantu hhayi kuphela ekusindisweni kepha nasezingalweni zikaJesu.
Njengoba uJesu abhekana neSanhedrini, owagcina eqoshwe indlela yokuthi abethelwe esiphambanweni, nathi makholwa sizolwa nomhlaba ozozama ukususa ukukhanya noma uthi kungamanga futhi akuveli kuNkulunkulu.
Izibani zethu ziyizinhloso zethu uNkulunkulu azimisile empilweni yethu, ingxenye yohlelo lwakhe lokuletha amakholwa embusweni waKhe naphakade ezulwini. Lapho samukela lezi zinhloso - lezi zingcingo zingena empilweni yethu - izintambo zethu zikhanyiswa ngaphakathi bese zikhanya ngathi ukuze zibonwe abanye.
Ingabe leli vesi lihunyushwe ngokuhlukile kwezinye izinguqulo?
"Ukukhanya kwenu makukhanye phambi kwabantu abangabona imisebenzi yenu emihle futhi bakhazimulise uYihlo oseZulwini," nguMathewu 5:16 ovela ku-New King James Version, okuyigama elifanayo elingabonakala ku-King James Version ye-la IBhayibheli.
Ezinye izinguqulo zaleli vesi zinokuhluka okucashile kokuhunyushiwe kwe-KJV / NKJV, njengeNew International Version (NIV) neNew American Standard Bible (NASB).
Amanye amahumusho, njengeBhayibheli elikhulisiwe, achaze kabusha "imisebenzi emihle" eshiwo evesini yaba "imisebenzi emihle nokuziphatha okuhle" nokuthi lezi zenzo zikhazimulisa, zivuma futhi zidumise uNkulunkulu. siyabuzwa, “Manje njengoba ngikubeke lapho esiqongweni segquma, phezu kwesisekelo esikhanyayo - khanya! Gcina indlu ivulekile; yiphani ngezimpilo zenu. Ngokuzivulela abanye, uzosunduza abantu bavulele uNkulunkulu, lo Baba osezulwini ophanayo ”.
Kodwa-ke, wonke amahumusho asho umuzwa ofanayo wokukhanyisa ukukhanya kwakho ngemisebenzi emihle, ngakho-ke abanye bayakubona futhi bakubone okwenziwa uNkulunkulu ngawe.
Singaba kanjani ukukhanya emhlabeni namuhla?
Manje kunanini ngaphambili, sibizelwa ukuba yizinkanyiso zomhlaba olwa namandla wenyama nawomoya kunanini ngaphambili. Ikakhulukazi njengoba okwamanje sibhekene nezinkinga ezithinta impilo yethu, ubunikazi bethu, ezezimali kanye nokuphatha kwethu, ubukhona bethu njengezibani zikaNkulunkulu kubaluleke kakhulu.
Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi izenzo ezinkulu yilokho okushiwo ukuba izibani kuYe.Kodwa kwesinye isikhathi kuyizenzo zokukholwa ezincane ezikhombisa kakhulu abanye uthando lukaNkulunkulu kanye nokulungiselela kwethu sonke.
Ezinye izindlela esingaba ngazo izibani emhlabeni namuhla zifaka phakathi ukukhuthaza abanye ezilingweni zabo kanye nobunzima babo ngocingo, imiyalezo, noma ukuxhumana ubuso nobuso. Ezinye izindlela kungaba ukusebenzisa amakhono akho namakhono akho emphakathini noma enkonzweni, njengokucula ekhwayeni, ukusebenza nezingane, ukusiza abadala, mhlawumbe nokuthatha ipulpiti ushumayele intshumayelo. Ukuba yisibani kusho ukuvumela abanye ukuthi baxhumane nalokhu kukhanya ngokusebenza nangokuxhuma, unikeze ithuba lokwabelana nabo ukuthi unenjabulo kaJesu yokukusiza ezilingweni zakho nasosizini lwakho.
Njengoba ukhanyisa ukukhanya kwakho ukuze abanye bakubone, uzobona futhi ukuthi kuya ngokuya kuncipha ukuthola ukuqashelwa okwenzile nokuthi ungakudlulisela kanjani lokho kudumisa kuNkulunkulu. Ukube bekungekho ngaye, ngabe awusendaweni lapho ubungakwazi khona. khanya ngokukhanya futhi ukhonze abanye othandweni Naye. Ngenxa yokuthi Ungubani, usube ngumlandeli kaKristu oyikho.
Khanyisa ukukhanya kwakho
UMathewu 5:16 yivesi ebelibongwa futhi lithandwa iminyaka eminingi, lichaza ukuthi singobani kuKristu nokuthi lokho esikwenzela Yena kuletha inkazimulo nothando kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu.
Ngenkathi uJesu ehlanganyela lamaqiniso nabalandeli Bakhe, babebona ukuthi wayehlukile kwabanye ababeshumayeza udumo lwabo. Isibani sakhe esikhanyayo sikhanyisiwe ukubuyisela abantu kuNkulunkulu uBaba nakho konke okwethu.
Siba nokukhanya okufanayo lapho sabelana ngothando lukaNkulunkulu nabanye njengoba noJesu enza, sibakhonza ngezinhliziyo ezinokuthula futhi sibaqondise elungiselelweni kanye nasesiheni sikaNkulunkulu. Njengoba senza izibani zethu zikhanye, siyabonga ngamathuba esinawo okuba yilaba. imisebe yethemba labantu idumise uNkulunkulu ezulwini