Ukukhanyiselwa

Ingabe ukukhanyiselwa kuyinto yangempela? Ingabe kuyinto okufanele amakholwa Amasha AmaKristu ayifune?

Njengegama lemfundiso yenkolo, “ukukhanyiselwa” kuhlotshaniswa kabanzi nezinkolo ezaqala e-Asia (ikakhulukazi ubuBuddha), hhayi nobuKristu noma iSonto Elisha LobuKristu. Ngenxa yalokhu kuhlotshaniswa, imibono yethu yokukhanyiselwa inesibopho sokuthambekela ezithombeni ezingacacile zezindela ezithole ukuhlakanipha ngokuzindla emagqumeni entaba. Futhi kuyaphawuleka ukuthi uma sicabanga "ngokukhanyiselwa" ngale migqa, sivame ukukuthatha njengento efinyelelwayo - njengesimo sengqondo esidlulele umuntu anaso noma ongenakho. Kuphakathi kokuthi siyindela entabeni noma ijoka elijwayelekile: akukho phakathi.

Lo mqondo we-pop-culture wokukhanyiselwa awunalutho noma awuhlangene nhlobo nobuKristu. Kodwa ukukhanya akufanele kube okungaqondakali noma okwezindela. Igama lichaza nje isimo sokuthola ukukhanya. Kepha hhayi ukukhanya kwenyama: ukukhanya esinakho lapho sikhanyiswa kungukukhanya kwengqondo-ukukhanya kokuqonda. Kalula nje, ukukhanya kuyisimo lapho izingqondo zethu zingabona khona ngokucacile. Ukukhanyiselwa kuwukungabe usaba “sebumnyameni,” ukungabe usazabalaza “nenkungu” yokucabanga. Lapho sikhanyiselwa, sibona izinto zomcabango wethu ngokucacile.

Ngakho yebo, imiBhalo YamaKristu ayisho lutho ‘ngokuthola’ ukukhanyiselwa. Abasitsheli ukuthi kufanele silinde ukuphiwa amandla angaqondakali okuqonda. Kodwa emiBhalweni, iNkosi inokuningi engakusho ngomehluko phakathi kwengqondo esebumnyameni nengqondo ekwaziyo ukubona. Nasi isibonelo:

Isibani somzimba yiso. Ngakho-ke nxa iso lakho lilihle, nomzimba wakho wonke uyakukhanya. Kepha nxa iso lakho lilibi, nomzimba wakho ubumnyama. (Luka 11:34)

Nakhu okunye:

… ohamba ebumnyameni akazi lapho eya khona. (Johane 12:35)

Kulezi ziqephu, iNkosi ibonakala ikhuluma ngokukhanya okubonakalayo nobumnyama benyama. Inkulumo mayelana nokuhamba ebumnyameni nokungayazi indlela yomuntu ngokuqinisekile iyinkomba yesipiliyoni sangaphandle, sezinzwa. Kodwa kwezinye izindawo Ukwenza kucace ukuthi lapho ekhuluma ngokukhanya nobumnyama, usebenzisa lawo mazwi ngendlela engokomfanekiso. Lokho Akhuluma ngakho ngempela yizinkolelo zethu—okungukuthi, izinto amehlo ethu omoya azibonayo noma angaziboni. Uthi: “Mina ngizé njengokukhanya ezweni, ukuze yilowo nalowo okholwa yimi angahlali ebumnyameni.”Johane 12:46). Phawula ukuthi usho kanjani ukuthi ungumthombo wokukhanya kwethu kwangaphakathi. Unika izingqondo zethu amandla okubona — Ungukukhanya Komhlaba (Johane 8:12, 9:5).

Uma ukukhanya kungokweNkosi ukunikeza, khona-ke “ukukhanya” igama lesimo sengqondo lapho sithola khona isipho Sakhe sokukhanya. Lona umqondo wobuKristu wokukhanyiselwa. Ukukhanyiselwa wukuvumela iNkosi ukuthi ivule amehlo engqondo yethu—ukuyivumela ukuthi isifundise, imvumele ukuthi isibonise lokho esasingakaze sikubone ngaphambili. Lokhu, nakho, kuyinto akhuluma ngayo ezindimeni eziningi:

Ngisenezinto eziningi engizonitshela zona, kodwa ningekuthwale manje. Nokho, lapho esefikile yena, uMoya weqiniso, uzoniholela kulo lonke iqiniso…. (Johane 16:12, 13)

Ngibize, ngiyakukuphendula, ngikubonise izinto ezinkulu nezinamandla ongazazi. (Jeremiya 33:3)

Kubalulekile ukubamba ukuxhumana phakathi "kokukhanyiselwa" kanye "nokuboniswa okuthile." Ukukhanya kungase kuzwakale kungenakuthola, kodwa wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi kunjani ukuboniswa izinto ababengakaze bazibone ngaphambili—kokubili izinto ezibonakalayo, njengamaphethini emisebenzini yobuciko, nezinto ezicatshangwayo.

Lapho abantu besisiza ukuba sibone, sikubiza lokho kufunda, futhi sikubheka njengokujwayelekile. Ukuze iNkosi isibonise lokho esingazange sikubone akuhlukile kangako. Ukukhanyiselwa akuyona into engaqondakali. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njenganoma yiluphi uhlobo lokufunda, luhamba kancane. Iza (futhi ihamba) ngamadigri. Ukukhanyiselwa akuyona into amakhosi ahlakaniphile anayo futhi abalimi abafana nathi abangenayo. Kuyinqubo.

Akuyona inqubo engaqondakali, kodwa ijulile. INkosi ifuna ukusikhombisa lokho esingakubonanga. Ukubona izinto esingakaze sizibone ngaphambilini kuhlale kuwukuzizwisa okunamandla. Ufuna ukusibonisa amaqiniso ahluke ngokuphelele ezintweni amehlo ethu asitshela ukuba sikholwe. Umehluko phakathi kokubona la maqiniso nokungawaboni umehluko phakathi kokukhanya nobumnyama. Cabanga ukuthi ubuyimpumputhe impilo yakho yonke, futhi ungazi, futhi kungazelelwe uthole ikhono lokubona okokuqala ngqa. Yilokho kanye okwenzekayo iNkosi efuna ukusinika yona—kuphela akuwona amehlo emizimba yethu, kodwa amehlo engqondo yethu, efuna ukuwavula. Ukukwazi ukubona lokho esingakaze sikubone kuyisipho esimangalisayo. Nokho, ukukhanyiselwa kulula. Kulula njengokubheka iqiniso futhi ulibone - njengoba nje amehlo ethu ebheka amafu nezihlahla, futhi azibone.

Ngakho-ke, ingabe amakholwa Amasha angamaKristu afune ukukhanyiselwa? Nakanjani! Kodwa asikho isidingo sokuzindla eziqongweni zezintaba ukuze sikuthole. Uma sifuna ukubona izinto zikamoya, esikudingayo ukuzimisela ukuvumela iNkosi ibe ukukhanya kwethu. EMfundisweni YaseZulwini yeBandla Elisha siyatshelwa:

... wonke umuntu, ngisho nanamuhla, ophendukela eNkosini yedwa lapho efunda iZwi, futhi ethandaza kuye, uyakhanyiselwa kulo. (Imfundiso yeNkosi 2)

3. We must briefly say here, too, what themes concerning the Lord are found in general and in particular throughout the Prophets of the Old Testament, from Isaiah to Malachi:

1. The Lord came into the world in the fullness of time, which is to say, when the Jews no longer knew Him, and when for that reason nothing of the church remained. And if the Lord had not then come into the world and revealed Himself, mankind would have perished in eternal death. He Himself says in John, “If you do not believe that I am [who I am], you will die in your sins” (John 8:24).

[2] 2. The Lord came into the world to execute a last judgment, and by doing so conquer the hells that were reigning at the time. This He did by combats, that is, by temptations or trials, which He permitted His humanity from His mother to undergo, and by continual victories in them then. If the hells had not been conquered, no one could have been saved.

[3] 3. The Lord came into the world to glorify His humanity, that is, to unite it to the Divinity that He had in Him from conception.

[4] 4. The Lord came into the world to establish a new church which would acknowledge Him as its Redeemer and Savior, so as to be redeemed and saved through love for and faith in Him.

[5] 5. At the same time He did so in order to set heaven in order, in order for it to be in harmony with the church.

[6] 6. His suffering of the cross was the last combat, or temptation or trial, by which He thoroughly conquered the hells and fully glorified His humanity.

That the Word deals with no other matters will be seen later in a short work on the Sacred Scripture.