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)

2. Specifically, the Word meant here is the same Word that was given through Moses and the Prophets, and the Evangelists, as can be clearly seen from the fact that it embodies the very same Divine truth from which angels acquire all their wisdom, and from which people acquire their spiritual intelligence. For this same Word that people have in the world is also the one that angels have in heaven. Only the one people have in the world is natural, while in heaven it is spiritual.

So, because it embodies Divine truth, it embodies the emanating Divinity as well. And this Divinity not only emanates from the Lord, but also embodies the Lord Himself.

Because it embodies the Lord Himself, therefore He alone is the subject in each and every thing written in the Word. From Isaiah to Malachi not one thing is to be found that does not have to do with the Lord, or in an opposite sense, something opposed to Him.

[2] The reality of this is something no one has yet seen, but it is nevertheless possible for everyone to see it, provided he is aware of it, and when reading gives thought to it, and if he knows moreover that the Word contains not only a natural sense but also a spiritual one, and that the names of persons and places in the natural sense symbolize something connected with the Lord, and so something having to do with heaven and the church received from Him, or something opposed to them.

Since each and every thing in the Word has to do with the Lord, and the Word is the Lord because it embodies Divine truth, it is clear why we are told, “And the Word...became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory.” Also why we are told, “While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light.... I have come as a light into the world; whoever believes in Me does not abide in darkness.” The light is Divine truth, thus the Word.

As a result, everyone, even at this day, who turns to the Lord alone when he reads the Word, and prays to Him, is enlightened as regards it.