Kule nqaku inomdla sikuzisa iingcebiso malunga neyona ndlela isebenzayo ukwazi uThixo, Ukuze ukwazi ukufikelela kubabalo kunye nemfesane yakhe ehlaziywa mihla le, iya kuba yintsikelelo enkulu!
Sondela kuThixo
Indlela yokwazi uThixo ngokunyanisekileyo
Namhlanje amanye amaKristu ngempazamo acinga ukuba ukwazi uThixo kukwazi nje ukuba ukhona. Abanye bacinga ukuba indlela yokwazi uThixo ikwimeko yokuqonda, kuba oku bahlala kuphela ngokuzama ukucengceleza nokuphinda iivesi eziseBhayibhileni.
Nangona kunjalo, kwibhayibhile, ukwazi uThixo ngumba ogqitha kwinyani elula yokwazi into okanye umntu ovela kubukrelekrele. Ibhayibhile isifundisa ukuba olu lwazi lunomlinganiso omkhulu xa uludibanisa nobomi obungunaphakade:
UYohane 17: 3 (NASB): Kwaye ubomi obungunaphakade buxhomekeke ekwazini kwethu, yokuphela Iidayos Amor, noYesu Kristu, ngubani omthumileyo.
Siyakumema ukuba ungene kobu bomi ngokufaka inqaku: Iindinyana zobomi obungunaphakade kunye nosindiso kuKristu Yesu. Kuyo sikubonisa iivesi ezithile ezithetha ngobomi obungunaphakade, esona sithembiso sikaThixo sosindiso ngoNyana wakhe uYesu Krestu.
Kodwa, ukuba ubomi obungunaphakade bufikelela ekumazini uThixo, kufanelekile ukuba sizibuze:
- Kuqulatha ntoni okanye kubandakanya ntoni ukwazi uThixo?
- Iyintoni intsingiselo yokwenene yokwazi uThixo?
- Ungamazi njani uThixo ngokwenyani?
Kungenxa yokuba ibhayibhile ithi uThixo akaziwa ngengqondo, iyakuba yinkolo leyo, kodwa ke ingumbandela wokuseka iqhina lokusondelana phakathi koThixo nathi. Ukufumanisa kunye nokuqonda kolo lwalamano lokuba singobani kuThixo nokuba usikhathalele njani.
Ngale ndlela kulungile ukungena kwinqaku, Ubusondeleyo noThixo: Ungabuhlakulela njani?. Kungenxa yokuba ukuba sifuna ukusondela kuYe ngokusondelelana, qiniseka ukuba uThixo uya kusondela kuthi kwaye simazi ngakumbi.
Umahluko phakathi kokwazi ngoThixo "nokwazi uThixo"
Njengoko bekutshiwo ngaphambili, namhlanje inxenye yabantu bakaThixo iwele kwimpazamo yokufuna ukumazi uThixo ngengqiqo, kwingqondo yomntu. AmaKrestu amaninzi akholelwa ekubeni ukumazi uThixo uyaliphinda ilizwi lakhe ebhayibhileni njengezikhwenene.
Nangona kuyinyani ukuba kunyanzelekile ukuba ufunde igama ukuze ube nolwazi ngoThixo, ukuba ngabaphulaphuli kuphela kwaye ungalithobeli kungakhokelela kumngcipheko wokwazi kuphela ngaye kwaye ungamazi.
EkaYakobi 1: 23-24 (RVA-2015): 23 Kuba xa umntu eliva ilizwi kodwa angalenzi, oku kuyafana nendoda ejonga ubuso bayo bemvelo esipilini. 24 Uye wazijonga imke kwaoko, ilibale ukuba ibinjani.
Ngale ndlela, kufanelekile ukuqonda umahluko phakathi kokwazi ngoThixo nokwazi uThixo. Isenzi sokwazi sixelela ukuba siyazi ukuba kukho into okanye umntu okhoyo, kunokuthiwa siyazi enye okanye enye ingcaciso.
Ngelixa igama lokwazi, lidlula ngaphaya kokwazi into ethile okanye ulwazi oluthile. Ngakumbi nangakumbi ukuba olu lwazi lubandakanya uThixo, kuba aluthethi ngokwazi ngaye kuphela kodwa nokwazi ubunzulu bokuba Ungubani.
UThixo ufuna ukwaziwa njani
Kwincwadi yeVangeli kaYohane, uYesu ngamazwi awathetha namaYuda kwisahluko 5, usifundisa ukuba ukuba sifumana kuphela ulwazi ngoThixo ngezibhalo, oko kukuthi, amagama ngaphandle kokuqonda, oku kuya kuba yinto nje efileyo.
Kodwa ukuba siyaqonda ukuba izibhalo zinendalo ephilayo kwaye zihlaziya rhoqo ngokusebenza kukaMoya oyiNgcwele kuthi, sikholwa kuKristu, sinako ukumazi uThixo ngokwenyani.
UYohane 5:25 (TLA): 25 Inye into eqinisekileyo: ngoku xa abo bahlala kude noThixo beya kundiva, ndinguNyana wakhe. Ukuba bayandithobela, baya kufumana ubomi obungunaphakade.
Kwaye ukufuna ulwazi ngoThixo kwingqondo akusayi kuphila kuthi kwaye ngakumbi, kuya kugcina iintliziyo zethu zifile:
UIsaya 29:13 (NASB) Yatsho iNkosi: Kagakanani le dolophu isondela kum ngamazwi ayo kwaye undibeka ngemilebe yakhe, kodwa susa intliziyo yakho kum, kwaye ukundihlonela kwakhe lisiko nje elifundwe ngentliziyo,
Emva kokuthetha konke oku, injongo yeli nqaku kukuthetha ngendlela yokwazi uThixo ngendlela elula, njengoko efuna ukuba umazi. Kuqala siza kuthetha ngendlela engeyiyo yokwenza, emva koko ngentsingiselo yokwazi kwaye ekugqibeleni ziziphi iziphumo zomntu omazi ngokwenyani uThixo.
UThixo akaziwa ngokwabantu
Into yokuqala yokwazi xa ufuna ukwazi uThixo kukuba olu lwazi aluyonto yengqondo, ke uThixo akaziwa ngokwengcinga yomntu.
Ukwazi uThixo ngokusengqiqweni, lulwazi olulinganiselweyo, kuba iya kuba kukufezekisa kuphela oko ukuqonda komntu kunokumvumela ukuba akuqonde. Omnye wokusikelwa umda, umzekelo, luphawu olungaphaya kwendalo kaThixo, umntu ngekhe akwazi ukuluqonda olu hlobo ngengqiqo yakhe.
Nokuba sisebenzisa isizathu sodwa, umntu unokwazi ngemisebenzi eyenziwe nguThixo, kodwa abe engamazi. Imizekelo eliqela yoku inokufumaneka kwiTestamente eNdala yeBhayibhile.
Ingakumbi kwincwadi yeEksodus, apho uThixo kwizihlandlo ezininzi abonisa abantu bakhe amandla akhe. Ukanti abayekanga ukukhalaza, belibala ngezinto awazenzela zona, bebonisa ngoluhlobo ukuba abamazi.
Omnye umzekelo ngabaFarisi nababhali abangamaJuda, bonke abatoliki boMthetho; Bazixelele ngale nto ukuba bayamazi uThixo kwaye uthanda ntoni. Kodwa u Yesu weza kubabonisa nathi ukuba iyintoni na inzaliseko yomthetho kaThixo nento ayithandayo.
AbaFarisi kwiTestamente eNtsha nangona babenengqiqo enkulu kwaye benolwazi oluninzi ngezibhalo, into ababeyibonakalisile yayilunqulo olukhulu olwalukude nokuba lulwazi lwenene ngoThixo, yiyo loo nto sibona uYesu ephendula abaFarisi:
UMarko 7: 7 (NLT): 7 Unqulo lwakho luyinkohliso kuba fundisa iingcamango zabantu ngokungathi kunjalo izigunyaziso kaThixo.
Into esinokuyitolika kule nto kukuba uYesu ngala mazwi usixelela ukuba ukwazi uThixo akwanelanga ukuthi uyaziwa.
Iziphumo zokwazi uThixo ngokwengqiqo yomntu
Ulwazi oluphosakeleyo ngoThixo lungakhokelela ekuveleni kwabantu besimo sokuziphatha esichasene neempawu ezintle ezithandekayo eNkosini. Iindlela zokucinga eziyingozi kangangokuba zichaphazela ubomi bokomoya kuKristu, zikhokelela ekuziphatheni ngaphandle koyilo lukaThixo.
Isimo sengqondo sokuzingca okanye isimilo
Emsebenzini, ukufumana ulwazi kwiindawo ezininzi kunokukhula emntwini ofumana isimo sengqondo sekratshi. Ingqondo inokwenza loo mntu akholelwe ukuba ungaphezulu ngokuhlonipha abanye.
Esi simo sengqondo sinokubakho kubomi bobuKristu, ngakumbi kubudlelwane phakathi kwabazalwana becawa. Ngokubanzi, oku kudla ngokwenzeka phakathi kwabazalwana esele behlanganisene ebandleni iminyaka emininzi, malunga nabo baqala kubomi babo obutsha kuKristu; Malunga nesi simo sengqondo, umpostile uPawulos usifundisa oku:
1 kwabaseKorinte 8: 1b-2: (TLA): Nangona kunjalo, kufuneka siqaphele olo lwazi lusenza sibe nebhongoNgelixa uthando lusomeleza ubomi bethu bobuKristu. 2 Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, ocinga ukuba unolwazi oluninzi, akazi nto kwaphela.
Ngalesi simo sengqondo, ukongeza ekuboniseni ukuba uThixo akaziwa ngokwenyani, ungabeka emngciphekweni wokuba sisikhubekiso kwamanye amakholwa kwaye oku akumnandi emehlweni kaThixo:
UMateyu 18: 6 (TLA): Kodwa ukuba umntu wenza ntoni enye yezi zincinci balandeli bam, yekani ukundithemba, nifanelwe kukubotshelwa ilitye elikhulu entanyeni yakho, uphoswe emazantsi olwandle.
Isimo esibonisa ukuba siyamazi uThixo kukwamkela ukuba lonke ulwazi oluqokelelweyo ebomini bethu kungenxa yokuba uThixo alivumele.
Kukuqonda ukuba ngamandla ethu asinakho ukufezekisa nto, luthando kuphela olomelezayo kwaye luqinise ubomi bethu bobuKristu, yiyo loo nto uPawulos eqhubeka esithi, ngeli xesha kuhlobo lweBhayibhile La Palabra (Spain):
1 kwabaseKorinte 8: 2-3 (BLP) 2 Ukuba umntu uthi wazi into, Ingaba lonto yi usahoya indlela yokwazi. 3 Kodwa ukuba uyamthanda uThixo, ke uyinjongo yothando lukaThixo.
Isimo sengqondo okanye indlela yokuziphatha
Isimo sokuhanahanisa kukubonakalisa into engeyiyo, ngenxa yoko, kukuziphatha okuchasene nenqobo yokuba kuyinyani kwaye kuyinyani. Abo bethu balandela uKrestu banoxanduva lokubonisa ngezenzo ukuba sithini, ngamanye amagama: Ukwenza kuKristu.
Kulilize ukwenza ngathi uThixo uyaziwa, ukuba iinyani zethu zibonisa okwahlukileyo. Ngale ndlela, uThixo waziwa kuphela ngaphandle, kwaye ke ubomi bobuKrestu bobuxoki buphiliwe; Umpostile uYakobi akabongozi ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
UThixo akaziwa ngeemvakalelo okanye iimvakalelo
Xa ukwiphulo lokwazi uThixo, iimvakalelo kunye neemvakalelo ezinokubakho kule nkqubo azonelanga ukuba umazi. Ngale ndlela, kulungile ukuba uqaphele, kuba iimvakalelo zifana nogwebu, olukhawulezayo okanye oludlulayo.
Ukuba ulwazi lwethu ngoThixo silusekela kuphela kwiimvakalelo okanye kumava emvakalelo, ngekhe ihlale ixesha elide kwaye kungasayi kuba njalo kubomi bethu bobuKristu. Oku akuthethi ukuba iimvakalelo kunye neemvakalelo akufuneki zibekho, ngokuchaseneyo yinto yendalo emntwini.
Nangona kunjalo, baya kuba sempilweni ukuba siyayazi indlela yokubaphatha ngaphandle kokubavumela ukuba basilawule. Kuba zombini iimvakalelo kunye neemvakalelo zinokudlala ngathi, zisikhokelele ekwenzeni ezinye izinto esingafanelekanga ukuzenza.
Zombini iimvakalelo kunye neemvakalelo zinokulahlekisa kwaye zinokusidida, zisibangele ukuba siphambuke kwindlela yokwazi uThixo. Ngale ndlela banokuba yingozi kwaye bangabi sempilweni, iBhayibhile isifundisa oku:
Imizekeliso 14:12 (ESV-2015): Kukho indlela ebonakala ilungile emntwini, pero ekugqibeleni yindlela yokufa.
UYEREMIYA 17: 9: Inenkohliso intliziyo, ngaphezu kwazo zonke izinto, kwaye ngaphandle koncedo. Ngubani na oya kuyazi?
IMizekeliso 28:26: Okholosa ngentliziyo yakhe usisiyathakodwa Ohamba ngobulumko uya kusindiswa.
Ngokwale mfundiso asinakuzithemba ezethu iimvakalelo, kuba zinokusenza siwe kwaye siphambuke kwindlela yolwazi lwenene lukaThixo.
Ukugcina iimvakalelo
Ngokubhekisele kwiimvakalelo, kufuneka zigcinwe zijongiwe, zingeniswe phantsi kolawulo kunye nolwalathiso loMoya oyiNgcwele kaThixo. Kungale ndlela kuphela apho ilizwi likaThixo liya koyisa njengowona mthombo wolwazi lwenyani hayi le nto umntu afuna ukuyicinga okanye acinge ukuyikholelwa okanye ayenze ngesizathu seemvakalelo.
Yeremiya 10:23 (JBS): Ndiyazi, NKOSI, ukuba umntu akayonkosi yendlela yakhe, ni lomntu ohambayo ngu eyalela amanyathelo akhe.
Ke ngoko, iimvakalelo azilutyhili ulwazi ngoThixo, ngokuchaseneyo zinokusikhokelela ekwenzeni izinto ezingayalelwanga yiNkosi. Ukutyhilwa okuyinyani kolwazi ngoThixo kuvela kubudlelwane obukhethekileyo kunye nobuntu kubudlelane kunye nokusondelelana neNkosi.
Uyazi njani uThixo, eyona ntsingiselo yakhe
Ngokwesichazi-magama se-VINE, igama lokwazi eBhayibhileni livela kwigreek Ginosko (G1097) eneentsingiselo ezihambelanayo ezinje ngezi: Ukuba nolwazi, ukuqonda, ukuqonda, okanye ukuqonda ngokupheleleyo.
KwiTestamente eNtsha igama elithi ukwazi (Ginosko) limisela ubudlelwane obusondeleyo bexabiso, kunye nokubaluleka phakathi kwalowo owaziyo nalowo waziwayo. Injalo imeko yamakholwa kunye nolwazi lwabo ngoThixo nenyaniso yakhe, imizekelo yeendinyana eziqulethe eli gama kwaye nazo zigcina le ntsingiselo, zezi zilandelayo:
UYohane 8: 32 (NASB): Bayayazi inyani, yaye inyaniso iya kunikhulula.
KumaGalati 4: 9: Kodwa ngoku udibene noThixookanye ngoku uThixo ukwazile.
1 Yohane 2: 3 (NIV): Sazi njani ukuba siye samazi uThixo? Ukuba siyayithobela imiyalelo yakhe.
UYohane 14:20 (NASB): Ngaloo mini baya kwazi ukuba mna ndikuye uBawo, nina nikum, nam ndikuni.
1 Yohane 4: 6 (NIV): SingabakaThixo, kwaye bonke abantu abamaziyo uThixo nos mamela; kodwa ongaveli kuThixo akasiphulaphuli. Yiyo loo nto sahlula phakathi koMoya wenyaniso kunye nomoya wenkohliso.
4: 8: Lowo ungenaluthando akazanga amazi uThixo, kuba uThixo uluthando.
1 Yohane 4: 16a (KJV): Kwaye siyalwazi, siyakholwa lolo thando analo uThixo kuthi.
Masilwele ukwazi kwaye sikhule elubabalweni
Njengoko kunokubonwa kwiivesi zangaphambili, ukwazi uThixo kunxulumene ngokusondeleyo nokubonakaliswa koMoya oyiNgcwele kuthi ngokukholelwa kuYesu Krestu. Kodwa olu lwazi lunokuthetha ukufikelela kwinjongo okanye injongo, umzekelo:
2 Petros 3: 18a (KJV): Kunoko, khula elubabalweni naselwazini lweNkosi noMsindisi wethu uYesu Kristu.
UHoseya 6: 3 (PDT): Masizame ukumazi uYehova, ude uqiniseke kuyo ngokungathi isifingo siya kuza.
Ngokubanzi nangokweentsingiselo ebezinikwe ngaphambili igama elithi Ginosko, inokuqondwa ukuba indlela yokwazi uThixo kukusekwa kobudlelwane bomntu kunye nobumbano kunye neNkosi kunye nelizwi lakhe.
Iziphumo zendlela yokumazi kakuhle uThixo
Xa umntu elandele ikhondo elifanelekileyo kuphando lwakhe lokwazi uThixo, uqala ukubonakalisa iziphumo ezithile ekuziphatheni kwakhe. Ezinye zezi ziphumo zezi:
- Qonda ukuba ukungena kulwazi ngoThixo kungonyana wakhe uYesu Kristu kuphela
- Yazi ukuba ukwazi uThixo ngumbandela wobuqu: Nje ukuba ukholwe kuYesu Krestu, uThixo unendlela eyodwa yokuzazisa kuye wonke umntu. Ke ngoko le nkqubo yinto yobuqu phakathi kukaThixo kunye nekholwa kuYesu Krestu.
- Qonda ukuba ixesha elikhethekileyo lomanyano olufanayo kufuneka lunikezelwe ekubeni yedwa kwaye usondelene neNkosi. Kude lo mthendeleko ube ngumkhwa kwikholwa.
- Ukuthatha ixesha lokuthandaza, lowo umaziyo uThixo ukhulisa isidingo sokuthandaza nokuthetha noThixo ngamaxesha onke.
- Yenza ukufunda ilizwi likaThixo kube ngumkhwa oqhubekayo.
- Phuhlisa ukuthobeka kwengcinga.
- Bonakalisa uxolo olungenakuqhekeka nakweyiphi na imeko, ngenxa yobudlelwane neNkosi.
Ukugqiba esi sihloko simnandi, siyakumema ukuba uqhubeke nenqaku elilandelayo; NguThixo kuphela owaziyo intliziyo yam enzulwini.
