5—Ukuphilisa Umphefumlo

Abaninzi kwabo beza kuKristu befuna uncedo babesiza nesifo phezu kwabo, ukanti akazange ale ukubaphilisa. Ayesithi amandla asuka kuYe akungena kule miphefumlo, baziqonde ukuba banesono, baze abaninzi babo baphiliswe kwisifo sabo sasemoyeni nakwizifo zasemzimbeni.UL 48.1

Phakathi kwaba kwaye kukho ofe amalungu waseKapernahum. Njengowayeneqhenqa, lo ofe amalungu wayephelelwe lilo lonke ithemba lokuphila. Isifo sakhe saye sisiphumo sobomi besono, kwaye eyona nto yayimgqiba ngobuhlungu yayikukuzisola. Kwaba lilize ukubhenela kwakhe kubaFarisi nakoogqirha ukuba ancedwe; basuka bamxelela ukuba akanako ukunyangwa nokuthi, uya kufa phantsi kwengqumbo kaThixo.UL 48.2

Le ndoda ife amalungu yayiphelelwe mpela lithemba. Kwathi kunjalo, yeva ngemisebenzi kaYesu. Abanye, abanesono nokungabi nakuzinceda njengayo, babephilisiwe, yaza yakhuthazeka ukuba ikholwe ukuba nayo, inganyangeka ukuba inokuthwalwa isiwe kuMsindisi. Noko kunjalo, ithemba lawa bhuma yakukhumbula unobangela wokugula kwayo, kodwa ayalilahla kuphele ithemba lokuba inako ukuphiliswa.UL 48.3

Ulangazelelo lwayo olukhulu wayikukukhululwa kumthwalo wesono. Yayinga ingabona uYesu ifumane isiqinisekiso soxolelo noxolo kunye nezulu. Yayiza kuthi yaneliseke kukuphila okanye kukufa, ngokwentando kaThixo.UL 48.4

Kwakufuneka ingachithanga xesha; inyama yayo eyayisele yonakele yayineempawu zokufa. Yacenga abahlobo bayo ukuba bayithwale ngomandlalo wayo bayise kuYesu, baza bakwenza oko ngovuyo. Kangangendlela ekwakuzele kuxinene ngayo yimfumba eyayibuthene ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwendlu apho uMsindisi Wayekhona, kwakunzima ukufikelela kuYe, okanye nokusondela ukuba akwazi ukuva ilizwi laKhe. UYesu wayefundisa ekhayeni likaPetros. Ngokwesiko labo, abafundi baKhe bahlala bemngqongile, kwaye “kukuhleli abaFarisi nabafundisi-mthetho, ababephume kuyo yonke imizana yelaseGalili neyelakwaYuda, naseYerusalem.” Luka 5:17. Abaninzi kwaba babeze bezintlola, befuna into abangamtyhola ngayo uYesu. Ngaphezu kwaba, kwakufumbe isihlwele esithanda iziyolo, abanolangazelelo, abanentlonipho, abafuna ulwazi, nabangakholelwayo. Izizwe ezahluka-hlukeneyo nazo zonke iindidi zoluntu ngokushiyana kwazo, zazimelwe apha. “Aye ekho amandla eNkosi ukuba abaphilise.” Indima 17. UMoya wobomi wafukama phezu kwentlanganiso, kodwa abaFarisi noogqirha abazange babuqonde ubukho bawo. Abazange beve sidingo, kwaza ukuphiliswa akwabi nto kubo. “Wahluthisa abalambileyo ngezinto ezilungileyo; wabandulula abazizityebi belambatha.” Luka 1:53.UL 48.5

Bazama-zama abathwele ogulayo ukutyhala bevula indlela ukuba baphumele kwisihlwele, kodwa abakwazi. Yalaqaza le ndoda igulayo inxunguphele ngokupheleleyo. Ingathini ukuphuncukana nethemba ngoku uncedo ekukade lufunwa lukufuphi kangaka? Yaya yacebisa, baza abahlobo bayo bayithwala bayisa phezu kophahla lwendlu bathi, bakuba beluvulile uphahla, bayithobela ezantsi ezinyaweni zikaYesu.UL 49.1

Intetho yaphazamiseka. UMsindisi wajongana nenkangeleko kubuso obuneenyembezi, wabona amehlo abongozayo ethe ntsho kuYe. Wayeyazi kakuhle into enqwenelwa nguloo mphefumlo unomthwalo. YayinguKristu owazisa ukoyiseka kwisazela sawo lo mphefumlo usesekhaya. Xa wawuguquka ezonweni zawo ukholelwa kumandla kaYesu okuba angawuphilisa, inceba yoMsindisi yayisele iyivuyisile intliziyo yawo. UYesu wayelindele ukubonakala kokuqala kokholo lukhula lusiba kukoyisaka kokuba nguYe kuphela umncedi womoni, waza walubona lukhula lusomelela ngawo wonke amalinge 75UL 49.2

okuza phambi kwaKhe. YayinguKristu owatsalela abagulayo kuYe. Ngoku, ngamazwi afika ngathi ngumculo endlebeni yophulaphuleyo, uMsindisi wathi “Mntwana wam, yomelela; zixolelwe izono zakho.” Mateyu 9:2.UL 49.3

Umthwalo wetyala uqengqeleka uphuma kumphefumlo wogulayo. Akakwazi ukuthandabuza. Amazwi kaKristu atyhila amandla okufunda intliziyo. Ngubani ongakhanyela amandla waKhe okuxolela isono. Ithemba lithabatha indawo yokuphelelwa lithemba, luze uvuyo luthabathe indawo yobumnyama obucinezelayo. Intlungu yomntu yasemzimbeni imkile, kwaye umzimba wakhe uwonke wenziwe ngokutsha. Engenzanga sicelo simbi, walala ekwinzolo ezaliswe luxolo.UL 49.4

Baninzi ababebukele ngomdla owothusayo yonke intsukumo kulo mboniso umangalisayo. Abaninzi baziva bebizwa ngamazwi kaKristu. Ingaba bona babengaguli emphefumlweni ngenxa yesono? Ingaba bona babenganxanelwanga ukukhululwa kulo mthwalo?UL 50.1

Bathi abaFarisi, ngokoyikela ukulahlekelwa yimpembelelo kwisihlwele, bathi ezintliziyweni zabo, “Uyanyelisa. Ngubani na onako ukuxolela izono, mnye kwaphela, nguThixo?” Marko 2:7, R.V.UL 50.2

Wawathi ntshoo amehlo aKhe kubo, basuka boyika babuya umva. UYesu wathi, “Yini na ukuba nicinge izinto ezikhohlakeleyo ezintliziyweni zenu? Kuba okukhona kulula kukuphi na, kukho ukuthi, Zixolelwe izono zakho; kukho nokuthi Vuka uhambe? Kodwa ukuze nazi ukuba unalo igunya emhlabeni uNyana woMntu lokuxolela izono (selesithi onedumbe), Vuka, uthabathe ukhuko lwakho, uye endlwini yakho.” Mateyu 9:4-6.UL 50.3

Emva koo, lowo wayethwelwe kwithala ukuya kuYesu, waphakama wema ngeeenyawo enokuthamba namandla obutsha. Wathi kwangoko “waluthabatha ukhuko, waphuma phambi kwabo bonke, ngokokude bathi nqa bonke, bamzukisa uThixo, besithi, Asizanga sikubone okunje.” Marko 2:12.UL 50.4

Kwakufuna okungengaphantsi kwamadla okudala ukubuyisela impilo kuloo mzimba wawonakele. Kwalona elo lizwi lathetha ubomi kwindoda eyadalwa eluthulini lomhlaba, lathetha ubomi kumlwelwe ofayo. Kwawona loo mandla anika ubomi emzimbeni layenza ntsha intliziyo. Lowo wathi ekudaleni “wathetha, kwabakho,” waza ‘wawisa umthetho yena, kwema” (Ndumiso 33:9)0, wathetha ubomi kumphefumlo ofileyo ekugqitheni umthetho nezono. Ukuphiliswa komzimba yayingumqondiso wamandla awayenza ngokutsha intliziyo. UKristu wamyalela owayefe amalungu ukuba asukume ahambe, “ukuze nazi,” watsho, “ukuba uNyana woMntu unalo igunya emhlabeni lokuxolela izono.”UL 50.5

Owayegogekile wazuza kuKristu ukuphiliswa kwako kokubini, umphefumlo nomzimba. Wayedinga impilo omphefumlo ngaphambi kokuba onwabele impilo yomzimba. Ngaphambi kokuba kuphiliswe isifo somzimba, kufuneka uKristu azise ukukhululeka engqonweni, awuhlambulule umphefumlo esonweni. Akufuneki esi sifundo singahoywa. Namhlanje maninzi amawaka agula sisifo somzimba athi, njengowayegogekile, alangazelele isigidimi, “Izono zakho zixolelwe.” Umthwalo wesono, nokungaphumzi kwaso, kwakunye neminqweno enganelisekiyo, usisiseko sezifo zaso isono. Awakwazi la mawaka ukufumana ukukhululeka ade eze kuMphilisi womphefumlo. Uxolo, ekuphela kwaKhe onako ukulunika, lunokubuyisela amandla engqondweni, nempilo emzimbeni. UL 51.1

Isiphumo sento eyenzeka ebantwini kukuphiliswa kowayengumlwelwe kwaba ngathi izulu lavuleka latyhila ubuhle belizwe elihle kakhulu. Yathi xa indoda eyayiphilisiwe idlula phakathi kwesihlwele, idumisa uthixo kwinyathelo ngalinye ethwele umthwalo wayo ngokungathi ithwele iintsiba, abantu babuya umva beyivulela indlela, bathi, bethe matsha-matsha, bayijonga bayiqwalasela, bezithethela phantsi bebodwa, “Sibone izimanga namhlanje.” Luka 5:26.UL 51.2

Ekhayeni lendoda eyayigogekile, kwabakho uvuyo olukhulu xa ibuyela kusapho lwayo, ithwele ngokulula umandlalo eyayithwelwe ngawo kuthiwe chu kusukwa ekhaya kungethuba lide ngaphambi koko. Bahlanganisana beneenyembezi zovuyo, bengawakholelwa kakuhle amehlo abo. Yema phambi kwabo isemandleni apheleleyo obuntu. Ezo ngalo ababezibona zingenabo ubomi zazikhawuleza ukuthobela intando yakhe. Ulusu olwaluse lushwabene lumbatshile ngoku lwaluhlaziyekile lungqombe. Yayihamba ngokuqinileyo nangokukhululekileyo. Zonke iindawo eziyimivulambo ebusweni kwinkangeleko yayo zazibhalwe uvuyo nethemba, imbonakalo yobunyulu noxolo ithabathe indawo yeempawu zesono nembulaleko. Umbulelo wovuyo wanyuka uphuma kwelo khaya, waza uThixo wazukiswa ngoNyana waKhe, owabuyisela ithemba kophelelwe lithemba namandla kobethiweyo. Le ndoda nosapho lwayo babekulungele ukubuncama ubomi babo ngenxa kaYesu. Kwakungekho ntandabuzo yalwenza mfiliba ukholo lwabo, kungekho nokungakholwa okwangcolisa ukuthembeka kwabo kuYe owazisa ukukhanya kwikhaya labo elalimnyama.UL 51.3

“Mbonge uYehova mphefumlo wam,
Ilibonge igama lakhe elingcwele
Into yonke engaphakathi kwam.
Mbonge uYehova, mphefumlo wam,
Ungayilibali yonke impatho yakhe entle:
Uloxolela bonke ubugwenxa bakho;
Ulophilisa zonke izifo zakho;
Ulokhulula ubomi bakho esihogweni; . . .
Buhlaziyeke ubutsha bakho njengokhozi.
NguYehova umenzi wemisebenzi yobulungisa,
Nezigwebo ngenxa yabacudisiweyo bonke. . . .
Akenzi kuthi ngokwezono zethu,
Akasiphathi ngokobugwenxa bethu. . . .
Kunjengokusikwa yimfesane koyise kubantwana,
Ukusikwa yimfesane kukaYehova kwabamoyikayo.
Ngokuba uyakwazi yena ukubunjwa kwethu,
Ekhumbula ukuba siluthuli.”UL 52.1

Indumiso 103:1-14.