Umbuzo ovela kumngane: "Ungakwazi yini ukuchaza ukuthi usiqonda kanjani lesi sitatimende esilandelayo?:
“Ukumesaba uJehova kungukuqala kokuhlakanipha; bonke abenza imiyalo yakhe banengqondo enhle.” (AmaHubo 111:10, futhi, ngokufanayo, IzAga 9:10.)
Umbuzo omuhle: UKWESABA kungaba kanjani isiqalo sokuhlakanipha? Ikakhulukazi uma into esatshwayo inguNkulunkulu wothando?
Lesi sihloko sokwesaba iNkosi uJehova sisebenza ngamandla eTestamenteni Elidala, isambulo esanikezwa amaHeberu ayephila ngaphambi kokuba eze emhlabeni njengoJesu Kristu. Nasi isibonelo esisodwa ongaqala ngaso:
“Umhlaba wonke mawumesabe uJehova, bamesabe bonke abakhileyo ezweni, ngokuba ukhulumile, kwaba khona; (AmaHubo 33:8-9)
UJehova unguMdali. ITestamente Elidala livame ukumchaza njengoNkulunkulu onamandla nofuna ngenkani. Uyala ukuthi abantu bafunde ukumlalela. Uyabavuza abalalelayo futhi abajezise labo abangamlaleli futhi bamfulathele. Ngezinye izikhathi uyawushintsha umqondo Wakhe, futhi ngezinye izikhathi uMose nabanye ngokusobala babephikisana Naye, bemncenga ukuba afinyelele iziphetho ezihlukahlukene. (2 Samuweli 24:16) Angakwazi ngisho “ukubahleka” ababi. (AmaHubo 37:13) UDavide wake wakhala ngokuthi uNkulunkulu “usilahlile, wasilulaza; nokuthi Ulala ngenkathi ububi buyenziwa. (AmaHubo 44:9,23)
Incazelo engokomoya yalezi ziqephu zeTestamente Elidala, ezichazwe ku-Heavenly Doctrines ezinikezwe nge-Swedenborg, ibonisa ukuthi empeleni uNkulunkulu akajezisi muntu. Ubuhlungu nesijeziso semiphumela emibi kuvela ebubini obuxosha abantu ngaphakathi. UNkulunkulu uvumela isijeziso ukuba sibuyisele ukuhleleka, futhi uletha okuhle ebubini bakho - enza ngaso sonke isikhathi othandweni olungapheli oluyingqikithi Yakhe. Kodwa "umuntu wemvelo" - kuhlanganise nengqondo ephansi yasemhlabeni engaphakathi kwethu sonke - ubona uNkulunkulu onolaka, ongenamthetho futhi ophindiselayo. Eqinisweni, uNkulunkulu unothando, futhi ngumuntu wemvelo onolaka kuNkulunkulu, ezwa ukuthi uthukuthele ngathi.
Noma kunjalo, izindima eziningi zeTestamente Elidala zisikhuthaza ukuba sesabe uNkulunkulu ngandlela thize. AmaHubo 34 ichaza ngokucacile uhlobo lomuntu “owesaba” ngempela iNkosi. Lezi ziqephu zibhalelwe ikakhulukazi umuntu wemvelo kithi sonke, kanye nezingane - ukuze zisisize siqonde ukuthi emiqondweni yethu ephansi yemvelo kufanele silalele ngokucophelela iNkosi uNkulunkulu uMdali wethu, futhi siyilalele, ikakhulukazi iMithetho Yakhe Eyishumi.
Ekuqaleni lokhu kungase kuzwakale njengokwesaba uNkulunkulu njengoMniki-mthetho ngoba angase asijezise - ngakho-ke umuntu omusha, noma isoni esithukuthele, kukhulunywa ngokungagwegwesi: indlela yokuhlakanipha iwukuqala ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu owasidalayo futhi wabeka phambi kwethu. impilo yokuhleleka nokulunga. Uma sifunda ukulalela uMenzi wethu, siyokhula futhi sifunde ngothando lukaNkulunkulu, futhi ukwesaba esasinakho ekuqaleni kuyabushintsha ubuntu balo, futhi uthando lwethu ngoNkulunkulu lungakhula.
UYINI UMZWA WOKOMOYA WOKUSABA UNKULUNKULU?
ITestamente Elisha kanye nezimfundiso zaseZulwini kusibizela ekuqondeni okuphakeme ngoNkulunkulu, nokwesaba uNkulunkulu, okuhlanganisa nomqondo wokwesaba okungcwele. Nasi isifinyezo esisodwa:
Ukwesaba igama leNkosi kusho, ngokomfanekiso, ukuthanda, ngoba wonke umuntu othanda omunye uyesaba ukulimaza omthandayo. Alukho uthando lweqiniso ngaphandle kwalokho kwesaba. Ngakho-ke, umuntu othanda uJehova uyesaba ukwenza okubi, ngoba ububi buphambana neNkosi, njengoba bephambana nemithetho yaKhe yobuNkulunkulu eZwini…. Ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kusho, ngokomfanekiso, ukuthanda izinto eziphathelene noNkulunkulu, ngokuzenza, nokwenqaba ukwenza izinto ezingqubuzana Naye.” (Ambulo sAmbuliwe 527)
Esinye isifinyezo esifushane somqondo ongokomoya sithi ukwesaba uJehova “njengokuqala kokuhlakanipha” kusho ukuthi kuwukuhlakanipha ukukhulekela uJehova.Abaprofethi namaHubo 361).
Incazelo eyengeziwe mayelana nokwesaba uNkulunkulu iza engxoxweni mayelana “nabancane nabakhulu” “abayesabayo” igama leNkosi (IsAmbulo 11:18). Ngemva kokufa bonke abantu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bangamaKristu noma cha, abancane nabakhulu ngokomoya, “abamesabayo uNkulunkulu, abahamba othandweni, nobuqotho benhliziyo, nobuqotho obuvela esimisweni senkolo, kubo bonke abanjalo, ngokukholwa okuzinzile kuNkulunkulu, ukuphila kwesisa, bahlanganiswa ndawonye ngokuqondene nemiphefumulo yabo nezingelosi zasezulwini, futhi ngaleyo ndlela bahlanganiswe neNkosi futhi basindiswe.” (I-Apocalypse Ichazwe 696:1)
Amavesi angokomBhalo asikhuthaza ukuba ‘sesabe uJehova’ nawo athi kufanele ‘sigcine futhi senze’ amazwi nemiyalo Yakhe—ngoba sikhulekela uNkulunkulu ngamaqiniso nangezinto zombili. “Ukwesaba” kuhlobene nokuqonda komuntu, futhi ubuhle ekuphileni buhlobene nentando engaphakathi kithi. Iqiniso laphezulu lingaletha ukwesaba okwesabekayo, ngoba lilahla ububi esihogweni. Kodwa okuhle kukaNkulunkulu akulahli, ngoba lapho umuntu emukela futhi enze ngobuhle bangempela, lokho kulunga kususa ukulahlwa. “Njengoba umuntu esebuhleni bothando kukhona ukumesaba uNkulunkulu;... ukwesaba nokwesaba kuyanyamalala futhi kube ukwesaba okungcwele okuhambisana nenhlonipho, njengoba nje umuntu esebuhleni bothando nasemaqinisweni….” (I-Apocalypse Ichazwe 696:6) Ngokufanayo, ukwesaba nokuhlonipha ekukhulekeleni kuyahlukahluka kuye wonke umuntu kuye ngesimo sethu sokuphila.
Ukwesaba akukho othandweni lukaNkulunkulu nomakhelwane:
Ukwesaba okungokomoya kuwukwesaba okungcwele okuhlala kulo lonke uthando lukamoya, ngokwehlukahlukana ngokwekhwalithi nenani lothando. Ekwesabeni okunjalo kukhona umuntu womoya, futhi uyazi ukuthi uJehova akenzi okubi kumuntu…, kodwa wenza okuhle kubo bonke, futhi ufisa ukumvusela wonke umuntu ezulwini. Kungakho ukwesaba umuntu ongokomoya kuwukwesaba okungcwele, funa ngempilo embi nangemfundiso yamanga umuntu afulathele futhi enze umonakalo kulolothando loBunkulunkulu olukuye. (I-Apocalypse Ichazwe 696:23)
Izindima eziningi emiBhalweni yaseSwedenborg zixoxa ngokuqhubekayo “ngokwesaba okungcwele” - ukwesaba kwethu ukulimaza uNkulunkulu nabantu esibathandayo.
PHO, INGABE KUFANELE NGESABE UNKULUNKULU?
Empeleni, lapho sithanda othile, sithanda ukucabanga ngezinto ezinhle esingamenzela zona. Kodwa mhlawumbe into yokuqala ebalulekile - ukuqala kokuhlakanipha - ukugwema noma yini engalimaza umuntu noma ngandlela-thile ibe namandla. Uthando oluvuthayo lungaba namandla kakhulu uma singacabangi ngemiphumela engaba khona yamazwi noma izenzo zethu. Umguquki wenkolo onamandla kakhulu angenza izithembiso ezingaphezu kwalokho umuntu wakhe wangaphakathi ongasekela kuze kube yilapho esethathe izinyathelo ezintsha zangempela ekuphileni kwakhe. Ngaleyo ndlela “ukwesaba” ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kuyingxenye yokuqala noma eyinhloko yothando lwethu nganoma ubani, kuhlanganise nothando ngoNkulunkulu.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kunokwesaba uNkulunkulu okuphambene nalokho ngokwako okungakuqali ukuhlakanipha. "Ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kubantu ababi akulona uthando, kodwa ukwesaba isihogo." (Ambulo sAmbuliwe 527) Lokhu kwesaba kwemvelo “kuwukwesaba, ukwesabeka kanye nokwesaba izingozi nezijeziso, kanjalo nesihogo…” (I-Apocalypse Ichazwe 696:23) – kude nokwesaba okuhambisana nothando ngoNkulunkulu.
Izincazelo zeTestamente Elidala eziveza uNkulunkulu njengothukuthele, oguquguqukayo, futhi ongenamthetho zikhuluma ngalomqondo ophansi womoya, futhi akufanele zithathwe njengeqiniso ngoNkulunkulu - nakuba zifanekisela ukuthi bangaki abantu abanombono kaNkulunkulu. Futhi zisibonisa iqiniso elibalulekile - ukuthi uNkulunkulu uMdali ukhona, futhi le ndawo yonke, nempilo yami, kungaphezu nje kwempahla yami yomuntu siqu engingadlala ngayo, ngiyijabulele, futhi ngizakhele isithombe sami siqu. Futhi uma ngiyindalo futhi ngiphila ngendlela Yakhe, mhlawumbe angangenza ngijabule kulo mhlaba waKhe.
Amaqiniso alo Nkulunkulu nendalo Yakhe angaziwa ngempela kuphela ngohlobo oluphakeme olungokomoya olugeleza othandweni - kodwa ukwesaba okungokwemvelo okuphansi kungase kufike kuqala ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Lapho umuntu ezihlola ngokunengqondo futhi ethola “okuthile okubi, futhi ezitshela ukuthi, ‘Lesi yisono,’ futhi asigweme ngokwesaba isijeziso saphakade . . . (Inkolo YeQiniso yobuKhrestu 525)
Ngesinye isikhathi uJakobe wavuka esaba ngemva kwephupho elinamandla ngoNkulunkulu, wathi: “Impela uJehova ukhona kule ndawo; futhi ngangingazi…. Yesabeka kanjani le ndawo! Lokhu akusikho okunye ngaphandle kwendlu kaNkulunkulu…., futhi leli yisango lezulu.” (Genesise 28:16-18) Ngemva kwesikhashana sokuzindla, wenza isifungo: “Uma uNkulunkulu eyakuba nami, angigcine kule ndlela engiyihambayo, anginike isinkwa ukuba ngidle, nezingubo zokugqoka, ukuze ngibuyele endaweni yami. indlu kayise ngokuthula, uJehova uyakuba nguNkulunkulu wami….” (Genesise 28:20-21) Asazi ukuthi lesi sifungo sokwesaba nesobugovu senza uJakobe waba umlandeli kaJehova ohlakaniphile yini, kodwa izahluko zakamuva ziyambonisa uJakobe njengolalela uNkulunkulu.
Mina ngokwami ngikholelwa incazelo eqondile ethi “Ukumesaba uJehova kungukuqala kokuhlakanipha”. Ukulalela nokholo kuvame ukuqala ngezinga eliphansi, ukwesaba okungokwemvelo.
Futhi lokho kwesaba kuqukethe umuzwa ozwakalayo wokuthi kunoNkulunkulu onguMdali (“NGIKHONA”) ofuna abantu benze ngokwezimiso Zakhe azidalile. Ngale ndlela ukwesaba, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kuwukuqala kokuhlakanipha.
Nakuba ekuqaleni kusekelwe ekuzithandeni, ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kungaba yingxenye kaNkulunkulu ethi “Makube-khona ukukhanya” okuqala ukuzalwa kabusha kwethu okungokomoya, futhi kuhambisane nombono wethu wokuqala “ukuthi kukhona okuphakeme” kunathi. (Bheka Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 20: ukuthi “umuntu uqala ukwazi okuhle nokuyiqiniso kukhona okuphakeme.”) Uma usesimweni sobumnyama obesabekayo, futhi ucabange ukuthi “kukhona okuphakeme,” into enhle neyiqiniso ngaphezu kokulawula kwakho, kungenzeka ukuthi uyaqala. ukuvumela ukukhanya koMdali wakho kukubonise indlela.
Yiqiniso, ukwesaba okuphansi kwezinga eliphansi kudinga ukuvuthwa futhi kukhule kube ukwesaba okungokomoya. Uma siphenduka futhi sigwema okubi, sivula umnyango wethu eNkosini, futhi simvumele ukuba asihole ekuguqulweni ngokomoya nasekuzalweni kabusha (ukuzalwa kabusha). Usiholela ekwesabeni okungcwele, othandweni oluhle oluhluke kakhulu “ebumnyameni ebusweni bokujula” (isimo sethu sengqondo ngaphambi kokuzalwa kabusha; Genesise 1:2)
Yebo, ngisho nokuqala ekwesabeni okungokwemvelo kwesihogo, uma WENZA kulokho kwesaba ngokumisa into embi oyenzayo, usuqala ukuhlakanipha, ngokukholelwa ukuthi ukwesaba kungokoqobo - ngoba uNkulunkulu ungokoqobo, futhi ukuphila ngemva kokufa okungajabulisi kungokoqobo. Futhi, uzikhomba endleleni eya endleleni kaNkulunkulu. Lokhu kuqalisa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kungase kuzwakale kungaqinisekile, kuguqubele, ngisho kuwubuphukuphuku - nokho kuvela emzweni wokuthi impoqo evela kuMenzi wakho ingokoqobo futhi inengqondo. Futhi uma wenza kusukela kuleyo nkolelo, khona-ke inkolelo iqala ukuba ngokoqobo ngaphakathi kwakho - isiqalo esincane sokuhlakanipha. Uma uphinda futhi uqhubeka kukho, iNkosi ikuholela ekwesabeni okungcwele okugeleza othandweni. Isihluthulelo lapha singaba uma uzimisele ukwenza izimfundiso zikaNkulunkulu nangezikhathi lapho UNGAMVA ukwesaba Yena noma isihogo. Mhlawumbe lesi yisikhathi lapho ukuhlakanipha kuqala khona.
Abantu abaphila emgudwini wokuqondisa kukaNkulunkulu “baqhutshwa njalo bebheke ezintweni ezijabulisayo, noma yikuphi ukubonakala okungase kuvele.” (I-Arcana Coelestia 8478:4) Bathembela kuNkulunkulu ngokwesaba okungokomoya ukwenza okuphambene nothando Lwakhe, noma ukulimaza abanye, ngoba befisa ukukhonza abanye abantu endalweni kaNkulunkulu, nokwamukela ngaphakathi kubo okuthile okuvela kuNkulunkulu.
“Uzongibonisa indlela yokuphila. Ebusweni bakho kukhona ukugcwala kwenjabulo; ngakwesokunene sakho kukhona okuthokozisayo kuze kube phakade. (AmaHubo 16:11)
