Kulesi sihloko esithakazelisayo sikulethela amathiphu ngendlela ephumelela kakhulu ukwazi kanjani unkulunkulu, ukuze ukwazi ukufinyelela umusa wakhe nesihe sakhe esivuselelwa nsuku zonke, kuyoba isibusiso esikhulu!
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Indlela yokwazi uNkulunkulu ngokweqiniso
Amanye amaKristu namuhla enza iphutha acabanga ukuthi ukwazi uNkulunkulu kuwukwazi nje ukuthi ukhona. Abanye bacabanga ukuthi indlela yokwazi uNkulunkulu isengqondweni, ngoba lokhu basuke beneliswa ukufuna ukubamba ngekhanda nokuphindaphinda izindima zeBhayibheli.
Nokho, ngokomqondo weBhayibheli, ukwazi uNkulunkulu kuyindaba eyeqa iqiniso elilula lokwazi okuthile noma othile ngokomqondo. IBhayibheli lisifundisa ukuthi lolu lwazi lunobukhulu obukhulu ngokuluhlobanisa nokuphila okuphakade:
Johane 17:3 ( ESV ): Futhi ukuphila okuphakade kugoqela ukwaziwa nguwe, yikho kodwa UNkulunkulu kuyiqiniso, noJesu Kristuomthumileyo.
Sikumema ukuthi uhlolisise le mpilo ngokufaka isihloko: Amavesi okuphila okuphakade nensindiso kuKristu Jesu. Kuyo sikubonisa amavesi athile akhuluma ngokuphila okuphakade, okuyisithembiso sikaNkulunkulu esiyinhloko sensindiso ngeNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu.
Kodwa, uma ukuphila okuphakade kuhlanganisa ukwazi uNkulunkulu, kufanele sizibuze:
- Ukwazi uNkulunkulu kugoqelani kumbe kugoqelani?
- Ithini incazelo yangempela yokwazi uNkulunkulu?
- Ungamazi kanjani uNkulunkulu ngobuqotho?
Ngoba iBhayibheli lithi uNkulunkulu akaziwa ngengqondo, lokho kungaba inkolo, kodwa kunalokho umbuzo wokwakha isibopho sokusondelana phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nathi. Ukuthola nokuqonda kulokho kusondelana ukuthi singobani kuNkulunkulu nokuthi usinakekela kanjani.
Ngalo mqondo kulula ukufaka i-athikili, Ukusondelana noNkulunkulu: Ungakuthuthukisa kanjani?. Ngoba uma sifuna ukusondela kuye ngokusondelana, qiniseka ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyosondela kithi futhi siyokwazi ukumazi kangcono nakakhulu.
Umehluko phakathi kokwazi ngoNkulunkulu “nokwazi uNkulunkulu”
Njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, okwamanje ingxenye yabantu bakaNkulunkulu isiwele ephutheni lokufuna ukwazi uNkulunkulu ngokucabanga, ngomqondo womuntu. AmaKristu amaningi akholelwa ukuthi ukwazi uNkulunkulu kuwukuphindaphinda amazwi akhe eBhayibhelini njengopholi.
Nakuba kuyiqiniso ukuthi kuyadingeka ukufunda izwi lolwazi ngoNkulunkulu, ukuba izilaleli kuphela nokungalilaleli kungaholela engozini yokwazi kuphela Ngaye nokungamazi.
Jakobe 1:23-24 (NKJV-2015): 23 Ngoba nxa umuntu engumuzwi wezwi engalenziLokhu kufana nendoda ebuka ubuso bayo bemvelo esibukweni. 24 azibuke ahambe, akhohlwe masinyane ukuthi bekunjani.
Ngalo mqondo, kubalulekile ukuqonda umehluko phakathi kokwazi ngoNkulunkulu nokwazi uNkulunkulu. Isenzo sokwazi sisitshela ukuthi siyazi ukuthi okuthile noma othile ukhona, kungashiwo futhi ukuthi sinolwazi oluthile noma olunye ulwazi.
Nakuba igama elithi ukwazi lidlulela ngalé kokwazi okuthile noma ulwazi oluthile. Ngisho nangokwengeziwe uma lolu lwazi lubandakanya uNkulunkulu, ngoba akusho ukwazi Ngaye kuphela kodwa ukwazi ngokujulile ukuthi ungubani.
UNkulunkulu ufuna umazi kanjani?
EVangelini likaJohane, uJesu emazwini awabhekisa kumaJuda esahlukweni 5, usifundisa ukuthi uma sithola ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu kuphela ngemibhalo, okungukuthi, amazwi angenakuqonda, lokhu kufana nencwadi efile kuphela.
Kodwa uma siqonda ukuthi imibhalo inesimo esiphilayo esivuselelwa njalo ngokusebenza kukaMoya oNgcwele kithi ngokukholwa kuKristu, siyokwazi ukumazi uNkulunkulu ngendlela eqotho.
Johane 5:25:25 into eyodwa eqinisekile: manje lapho abahlala kude noNkulunkulu beyongizwa mina, mina engiyiNdodana yakhe. Uma ningilalela, niyoba nokuphila okuphakade.
Futhi kungukuthi ukufuna ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu ngokuhlakanipha ngeke kusivuselele futhi ngisho nangaphezulu, kuyogcina izinhliziyo zethu zifile:
(Isaya 29:13) Yabe isithi iNkosi: Malini lomuzi usondela kimi ngamazwi awo futhi ungidumisa ngezindebe zakhe, kodwa susa inhliziyo yakho kimi, futhi ukuhlonipha kwakhe kimi kumane kuyisiko elifundwa ngekhanda,
Sengikushilo konke lokhu, inhloso yalesi sihloko iwukukhuluma ngendlela yokwazi uNkulunkulu ngendlela elula, ngendlela afuna ukwaziwa ngayo. Okokuqala, kuyoxoxwa ngendlela engalungile yokukwenza, bese kuba ngencazelo yangempela yokumazi futhi ekugcineni iyini imiphumela esobala yomuntu omazi ngempela uNkulunkulu.
UNkulunkulu akaziwa ngengqondo yomuntu
Into yokuqala okufanele siyazi uma sifuna ukwazi uNkulunkulu ukuthi lolu lwazi aluyona into ehlakaniphe kakhulu, ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu akaziwa ngokucabanga komuntu.
Ukwazi uNkulunkulu ngokucabangela kuwulwazi olulinganiselwe, njengoba kuphela lokho ukuhlakanipha komuntu okungamvumela ukuba akuqonde okwakuyofinyelelwa. Omunye wemikhawulo, isibonelo, yisimo sikaNkulunkulu esingaphezu kwemvelo, umuntu ngeke akwazi ukuqonda imvelo eshiwoyo ngokucabanga kwakhe.
Ngisho nokusebenzisa ingqondo kukodwa, umuntu angase azi ngemisebenzi eyenziwa uNkulunkulu, kodwa angamazi. Izibonelo ezimbalwa zalokhu zingatholakala eTestamenteni Elidala leBhayibheli.
Ikakhulukazi encwadini ka-Eksodusi, lapho uNkulunkulu abonisa khona abantu bakhe amandla akhe izikhathi eziningi. Nokho abazange bayeke ukukhononda, bekhohlwa lokho ayebenzele kona, bebonisa ngalesi simo sengqondo ukuthi abakaze bamazi.
Esinye isibonelo ngabaFarisi nababhali abangamaJuda, bonke abahumushi boMthetho; bazitshela ngalokhu ukuthi bayamazi uNkulunkulu nokuthi yini emthokozisayo. Kodwa uJesu weza ukuze abonise bona kanye nathi ukuthi yikuphi ukugcwaliseka kweqiniso komthetho kaNkulunkulu nokuthi yini eyayimthokozisa ngempela.
AbaFarisi eTestamenteni Elisha naphezu kokuhlakanipha kwabo okukhulu nolwazi lwabo olukhulu lwemibhalo, abakubonakalisa kwakuyinkolo enkulu eyayikude nokuba ulwazi lweqiniso ngoNkulunkulu, yingakho sibona uJesu ephendula abaFarisi:
Marku 7:7 (NLT): 7 Ukukhonza kwakho kuyize ngoba fundisa imibono yabantu sengathi injalo igunya kaNkulunkulu.
Esingakuchaza kulokhu ukuthi uJesu ngala mazwi usitshela ukuthi ukwazi ngoNkulunkulu akwanele ukusho ukuthi uyaziwa.
Imiphumela yokwazi uNkulunkulu ngengqondo yomuntu
Ulwazi oluyiphutha ngoNkulunkulu lungabangela ukuvela kwabantu bezimo zengqondo eziphambene nezimfanelo ezinhle ezijabulisa iNkosi kakhulu. Izimo zengqondo ezilimazayo kangangokuthi zithinta ukuphila kukamoya kuKristu, ngaleyo ndlela ziholele ekuziphatheni okubonakala ngaphandle komklamo kaNkulunkulu.
Isimo sengqondo sokuqhosha noma ukuziphatha
Ezweni, ukuzuza ulwazi ezindaweni eziningi kungenza umuntu olutholayo abe nesimo sengqondo sokuqhosha. Ubuhlakani bungenza lowo muntu akholelwe ukuthi uphakeme kunabanye.
Lesi simo sengqondo singabonakala nasempilweni yobuKristu, ikakhulukazi ebudlelwaneni phakathi kwabazalwane bebandla. Ngokuvamile, lokhu kuvame ukwenzeka phakathi kwabazalwane asebeneminyaka eminingi bebuthana ebandleni, mayelana nalabo abaqala impilo yabo entsha kuKristu; Mayelana nalesi simo sengqondo, umphostoli uPawulu uyasifundisa:
1 Korinte 8:1-2: (NIV): kufanele siqaphele lolo lwazi lusenza siziqhenye, kuyilapho uthando luqinisa ukuphila kwethu kobuKristu. 2 Ngokuqinisekile lowo ocabanga ukuthi wazi okuningi empeleni akazi lutho.
Ngalesi simo sengqondo, ngaphezu kokubonisa ukuthi awumazi ngempela uNkulunkulu, ungase futhi ube sengozini yokuba yisikhubekiso kwamanye amakholwa futhi lokhu akujabulisi emehlweni kaNkulunkulu:
( Mathewu 18:6 ) Kodwa uma umuntu enzeni enye yalezi ezincane balandeli bami yekani ukungethemba, nifanele ukuboshelwa itshe elikhulu entanyeni yenu, liphonswe phansi olwandle..
Isimo sengqondo esibonisa ukwazi uNkulunkulu siwukuqaphela ukuthi lonke ulwazi esiluqongelele ekuphileni kwethu kungenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu uluvumele.
Kuyaqaphela ukuthi ngamandla ethu akukho esingakwenza, uthando kuphela oluqinisa futhi lwakha ukuphila kwethu kobuKristu, yingakho uPawulu eqhubeka ethi, kulokhu enguqulweni yeBhayibheli elithi The Word (Spain):
1 Korinte 8:2-3 (ESB) 2 Uma umuntu ethatha ngokuthi kukhona akwaziyo, yilokho namanje akunaki ukuthi wazi kanjani. 3 Kodwa uma umthanda uNkulunkulu, khona-ke uyinto yolwazi lukaNkulunkulu lothando.
Isimo sengqondo sokuzenzisa noma ukuziphatha
Isimo sengqondo sokuzenzisa siwukubonisa lokho empeleni okungesikho, ngakho-ke, ukuziphatha okuphambene nobuhle bokuba qotho nokuba yiqiniso. Labo phakathi kwethu abalandela uKristu banomthwalo wemfanelo wokubonakalisa ngezenzo lokho esikushoyo, ngamanye amazwi: Ukuba Okufanele Ukwenze kuKristu.
Akusizi ukwenza sengathi uNkulunkulu uyaziwa, uma amaqiniso ethu ebonisa okuphambene. Ngale ndlela, uNkulunkulu waziwa ngokukha phezulu, ngakho-ke kuphila impilo yobuKristu bamanga; umphostoli uJakobe akakhuthazi ngale ndlela elandelayo:
UNkulunkulu akaziwa ngemizwa noma ngemizwa
Lapho umuntu efuna ukwazi uNkulunkulu, imizwa nemizwelo engatholwa ngaleyo nqubo akwanele ukumazi. Ngalo mqondo, kuhle ukuqapha, ngoba imizwa ifana negwebu, elingapheli noma lesikhashana.
Uma ulwazi lwethu ngoNkulunkulu lusekelwe emizweni noma kulokho esiye sabhekana nakho, ngeke kuhlale isikhathi eside, ingasaphathwa eyokuphila kwethu kobuKristu. Lokhu akusho ukuthi imizwa nemizwelo akufanele ibe khona, ngokuphambene nalokho, kuyinto engokwemvelo kakhulu kumuntu.
Nokho, bayoba nempilo enhle uma sazi ukuthi singabhekana kanjani nabo ngaphandle kokubavumela ukuba basilawule. Ngoba kokubili imizwelo nemizwa kungadlala ngathi, kusiholele ekwenzeni izinto okungafanele sizenze.
Kokubili imizwa nemizwelo ingasikhohlisa futhi ingasidida, isenze silahlekelwe indlela yokwazi uNkulunkulu. Ngalo mqondo zingaba yingozi futhi zingabi nempilo, iBhayibheli liyasifundisa:
IzAga 14:12 (NKJV-2015): Kukhona indlela ebonakala ilungile kumuntu, Pero ekugcineni ngumgwaqo wokufa.
Jeremiya 17:9 Inhliziyo iyakhohlisa ngaphezu kwakho konke, futhi ngaphandle kokwelashwa. Ubani ozohlangana naye?
IzAga 28:26: Owethemba eyakhe inhliziyo uyisiwula, kodwa ohamba ngokuhlakanipha uyalondeka.
Ngokwalezi zimfundiso, asinakuthemba imizwa yethu, ngoba ingasenza siwe futhi isichezukise endleleni yolwazi lweqiniso ngoNkulunkulu.
Gcina imizwa kude
Mayelana nemizwa, lokhu kufanele kuvinjwe, kubekwe ngaphansi kokulawula nokuqondiswa uMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu. Kungale ndlela kuphela lapho izwi likaNkulunkulu liyonqoba khona njengowukuphela komthombo wolwazi lweqiniso futhi hhayi lokho umuntu afuna noma acabanga ukukukholelwa noma akwenze ngenxa yomqondo ongokomzwelo.
(Jeremiya 10:23) Ngiyazi, Jehova, ukuthi umuntu kayinkosi yeyakhe indlela, ni womuntu ohambayo iyala izinyathelo zakho.
Ngakho-ke imizwa ayivezi ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu, kunalokho ingasiholela ekwenzeni izinto ezingayalwanga yiNkosi. Isambulo sangempela solwazi ngoNkulunkulu sivela ebudlelwaneni obuyingqayizivele nobomuntu siqu ekuhlanganyeleni nasekusondeleni neNkosi.
Indlela yokwazi uNkulunkulu, incazelo yayo yangempela
Ngokwesichazamazwi se-VINE, igama elithi ukwazi eBhayibhelini livela kwelesiGreki elithi Ginosko (G1097) elinezincazelo ezifanayo ezinjengokuthi: Ukuba nolwazi, ukuqaphela, ukuqonda, noma ukuqonda ngokugcwele.
ETestamenteni Elisha igama elithi know (Ginosko) linquma ubudlelwano obuseduze benani, kanye nokubaluleka phakathi kwalowo owaziyo nalowo owaziwayo. Injalo indaba yamakholwa kanye nolwazi lwawo ngoNkulunkulu nangeqiniso lakhe, izibonelo zamavesi aqukethe leli gama futhi agcina le ncazelo, yilezi ezilandelayo:
Johane 8:32 (KJV) Bayolazi iqiniso, futhi iqiniso liyonikhulula.
Galathiya 4:9: Kodwa manje njengoba usuhlangene noNkulunkulunoma-ke, manje njengoba uNkulunkulu ekwazile,
1 Johane 2:3 (NIV): Sazi kanjani uma sesimazi uNkulunkulu? Uma silalela imiyalo yakhe.
(Johane 14:20) Ngalolo suku bazokwazi ukuthi Mina ngikuBaba, nani nikiMi, nami ngikini.
1 Johane 4:6 (NIV): SingabakaNkulunkulu, futhi wonke umuntu omaziyo uNkulunkulu nos lalela; kodwa ongesiye okaNkulunkulu akasilaleli. Kanjalo sihlukanisa phakathi koMoya weqiniso nomoya wenkohliso.
4: 8: Lowo ongathandiyo akamazi uNkulunkulungoba uNkulunkulu uluthando.
1 Johane 4:16 (NKJV) Thina siyalwazi, sakholwa wuthando uNkulunkulu analo ngathi.
Masilwele ukwazi futhi sikhule emseni
Njengoba kubonakala emavesini adlule, ukwazi uNkulunkulu kuhlobene eduze nokubonakaliswa kukaMoya oNgcwele kithi ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu. Kodwa lolu lwazi lungabuye lusho ukufinyelela umgomo noma inhloso, isibonelo:
2 Petru 3:18a (NKJV): Kunalokho, khulani emseni nasolwazini lweNkosi noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu.
Hoseya 6:3 (PDT): Masilwele ukumazi uJehova, uze uqiniseke ngakho sengathi kuzosa.
Ngokuvamile futhi ngokwezincazelo ezinikezwe ngaphambili igama elithi Ginosko, kungabonakala ukuthi indlela yokwazi uNkulunkulu iwukusungulwa kobudlelwane bomuntu siqu nobunye obuvamile neNkosi nezwi lakhe.
Imiphumela yendlela yokwazi uNkulunkulu ngokuphumelelayo
Lapho umuntu eselandele indlela efanele ekufuneni kwakhe ukwazi uNkulunkulu, uqala ukubonisa imiphumela ethile ekuziphatheni kwakhe. Eminye yale miphumela yilena:
- Qonda ukuthi ukungena kolwazi ngoNkulunkulu kungendodana yakhe uJesu Kristu kuphela
- Qaphela ukuthi ukwazi uNkulunkulu kuyindaba yomuntu siqu: Lapho usukholelwa kuJesu Kristu, uNkulunkulu unendlela eyingqayizivele yokuzibonakalisa kumuntu ngamunye. Ngakho-ke le nqubo iyinto yomuntu siqu phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nekholwa kuKristu Jesu.
- Qonda ukuthi isikhathi esikhethekile sobunye kufanele sinikezelwe ukuze ube wedwa futhi usondelene neNkosi. Kuze lokhu kuhlangana kube umkhuba ekholweni.
- Zinike isikhathi sokuthandaza, lowo owazi uNkulunkulu uba nesidingo sokuthandaza nokukhuluma noNkulunkulu ngaso sonke isikhathi.
- Yenza ukufunda izwi likaNkulunkulu kube umkhuba oqhubekayo.
- Hlakulela ukuthobeka komcabango.
- Bonisa kunoma yisiphi isimo ukuthula okungenakunqamuka, ngenxa yobuhlobo neNkosi.
Ukuze siqedele lesi sihloko esihle kangaka, sikumema ukuba uqhubeke nesihloko esilandelayo; UNkulunkulu kuphela owazi inhliziyo yami ngokujulile.
