Faka lesi sihloko esakhayo ukuze ufunde nathi mayelana nengxoxo ka uJesu noNikhodemu. Lapho iNkosi ichaza ukuthi ungazalwa kanjani ngokusha, ukuze ungene embusweni wezulu.
uJesu noNikhodemu
Kulesi senzakalo sizobe sicabanga ngesiqephu seBhayibheli lapho uJesu ekhuluma nendoda engumJuda okuthiwa uNikodemu. Lesi siqephu seBhayibheli sikaJesu noNikodemu sitholakala evangelini likaJohane 3:1-15.
Ngaphambi kokuhlangana kukaJesu noNikodemu, iNkosi yayenze eJerusalema naphambi kwabantu abaningi, inani elikhulu lezimangaliso. UJesu wayeseJerusalema lapho kugujwa umkhosi ongcwele wePhasika.
Umkhosi ongcwele wePhasika wawungesinye sezenzakalo ezintathu zaminyaka yonke okwakumelwe, ngokomyalo kaNkulunkulu, wonke umJuda athathe uhambo oluya emzini waseJerusalema. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, amaJuda avela kuzo zonke izifunda zendawo yasePalestine atholakala edolobheni.
Hlanganani lapha ibalazwe lasePalestine ngesikhathi sikaJesu, ngoba kulula ukuyihlaziya. Ngenxa yokubaluleka kokuqonda nakakhulu ukubaluleka kwesigijimi nobukhulu beNkosi uJesu Kristu.
Kulesi sixhumanisi uyophinde ube nethuba lokubona izici ezinjengenhlangano yezombangazwe, izimfundiso zenkolo, amaqembu omphakathi nezinye zezindawo uJesu athuthela kuzo lapho esemhlabeni.
ukholo olungaphelele
Ngemva kwezibonakaliso ezinkulu nezimangaliso uJesu azenza ngePhasika eJerusalema, isiqephu sithi abaningi bakholwa kuye.” Kodwa kuJesu lokhu kwakuwukukholwa okungaphelele, ngoba kwakubonakala ngezimangaliso ababezibona kuphela.
Lolo kholo olungaphelele lwabangela ukuba uJesu angabamukeli njengabalandeli beqiniso bendlela yakhe. Omunye wabantu owasebenzisa lokhu kucabanga okunengqondo ukuze akholelwe ukuthi uJesu wayengumuntu uNkulunkulu ayenaye; Kwakuyindoda okuthiwa nguNikhodemu.
Kamuva uJesu noNikhodemu Banomhlangano wangasese. Ngoba le ndoda, umFarisi nomholi phakathi kwamaJuda yasibona isidingo sokwazi okwengeziwe ngoJesu. Phakathi nale ngxoxo iNkosi ithatha ithuba lokumenza abone isidingo sokuzalwa kabusha, ngaphezu kokukholwa ukuze angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
UJesu uyayazi ingaphakathi labo bonke abantu
Ngaphambi kokuphela kosuku lwePhasika, uJesu wayesefikile kakade eJerusalema futhi lapho efika wahlanza ithempeli. Lesi senzakalo samukelwa iningi lamaJuda ayeyizisulu zokuphangwa abashintshi bemali nabathengisi abathengisa izilwane zomhlatshelo.
Ngoba uJesu wayebhekane negunya bonke laba baphangi nababenza inzuzo ngokushintsha indlu kaYise ibe imakethe. Okwaholela ekusoleni okukhulu phakathi kwabantu, asebekhulile, ngemva kokubona izibonakaliso uJesu azenza lapho enza izimanga ezinkulu.
Umvangeli uJohane ubhala ngaphambi kwesiqephu sika uJesu noNikhodemu; ukuthi abantu abaningi eJerusalema bakholwa kuJesu lapho bembona enza izimangaliso. Izinto ezimangalisayo abantu ababezibona njengezibonakaliso ezinikezwe igunya laphezulu.
Johane 2:23-25:23 Lapho uJesu eseJerusalema emkhosini wePhasika, abaningi bakholwa egameni lakhe lapho bebona izibonakaliso azenzayo.. 24 kodwa uJesu, Noma kunjalo, babengathenjwa, ngoba yena wayebazi bonke, 25 futhi wayengadingi muntu ukuba afakaze kuye ngalowo muntu, ngoba Wayekwazi okungaphakathi endodeni.
Kodwa, njengoba kungase kubonakale kulesi siqephu seBhayibheli, uJesu akazange ayithembe le ndlela yokukholelwa. Yini uJesu ayibona ephikisana nalolu hlobo lokukholwa? Impendulo ithi uJesu ngale kokulalela okushiwo yilaba bantu, Wayazi ingaphakathi noma inhliziyo yomuntu ngamunye wabo. Washo kahle uJesu, ecaphuna imibhalo eku-Isaya 29:13:
Mathewu 15:7-8 (NKJV)bazenzisi! U-Isaya waprofetha kahle ngani, lapho ethi: 8Lomuzi ungihlonipha ngezindebe zomlomo, kodwa inhliziyo yawo ikude nami".
UJesu wayengawathembi amakholwa okuqala eJerusalema
Kungakho uJesu engazange akwethembe lokhu kukholwa, okwabonakaliswa kuye amakholwa okuqala eJerusalema. Kwakuwukholo olukude kakhulu nalolo olujabulisa ngempela uNkulunkulu.
Ukukholwa kweqiniso uJesu afuna ukukubona ezinhliziyweni zabantu hhayi kuphela lokhu okuthi: Ngiyakholwa kuNkulunkulu. Lokhu kuwukukholwa, okuyiqiniso, okunikeza ukufinyelela ekuphileni okuphakade ensindisweni kuKristu Jesu.
Johane 17:3 (KJV-2015) KANYE lokhu kungukuphila okuphakade: ukuba bazi wena, owukuphela kukaNkulunkulu weqiniso, noJesu Kristu omthumileyo.
EBhayibhelini singathola inqwaba yamazwi akhuluma kithi ngokuphila okuphakade, aqukethe isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu sensindiso ngeNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu. Yingakho sikumema ukuba uzifunde lezi amavesi okuphila okuphakade nokusindiswa kuKristu Jesu uzindle ngakho.
UJesu ebona umthetho owawukhona kumaJuda aseJerusalema, wabona kunesidingo sokwenza izinguquko ezinqala phakathi kobuJuda. Isibonelo salokhu kwakuwukuhlanzwa kwethempeli, lapho futhi lapho amemezela khona ukuthi ngezinsuku ezintathu wayezovuswa kwabafileyo.
Kodwa lesi kwakuyisimemezelo abantu abanokholo lweqiniso kuphela ababengasiqonda lapho kufika usuku lokugcwaliseka kwezwi lakhe:
NgokukaJohane 2:22:22 Ngakho kwathi esevukile kwabafileyo. abafundi bakhe bakhumbula ukuthi wayekushilo lokho, bakholwa ngumbhalo nasezwini alikhulumayo uJesu.
UJesu eJerusalema wahlangabezana nenkolo yobuJuda eyadlulela ngalé kokuthi inokholo lweqiniso kuNkulunkulu, nokukholelwa ezwini lakhe. Sebephenduke abantu benkolo nje, ababambelele emthethweni, abazi umthetho, kodwa bengamazi uNkulunkulu.
Akuwona wonke umuntu othi uyakholelwa okholelwa kuNkulunkulu
Ivangeli esifunda ngalo endimeni yalo uJesu noNikhodemu, futhi isikhanyisela eqinisweni lokuthi: Akuwona wonke umuntu othi uyakholelwa okholwa kuNkulunkulu. “Abaningi bakholwa egameni laKhe lapho bebona izibonakaliso azenzayo,” uJohane uyasitshela.
Kodwa lezi zibonakaliso futhi zabeka uJesu njengesisulu sokuzondwa amaJuda, ayethi akholelwa kuNkulunkulu futhi alalela imiyalo yakhe. LamaJuda enkolo amlandela uJesu hhayi ngokunembile ngoba ayekuqonda ayembona ekwenza, yingakho iNkosi ithi:
NgokukaJohane 6:26 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: ufuna ukuba nami ngoba ngibaphakele kungeyisikho ukuthi bazwisise izibonakaliso ezimangalisayo.
NgokukaJohane 8:31 ZULXNUMX; Khona-ke uJesu waqala ukutshela abaJuda ababekholwe nguye ukuthi:Uma niqhubeka nigcina imfundiso yami, niyakuba ngabalandeli bami isibili-.
LamaJuda, ukuze nje abone izibonakaliso, athi akholwe ngomlomo kuphela, kodwa lapho uJesu efuna ukuba alandele izimfundiso zakhe, kwawakhathaza lokhu. Ngokuphendula labo ababethi bayakholwa baveza okwakusezinhliziyweni zabo: inzondo lenhlamba eNkosini.
Johane 8:48 Khona-ke amaJuda athile athi kuye: “Nxa sithi ungowezizwe ongathandeki, nokuthi unedemoni, asinalo icala.
Kulezi zikhathi nanjengalamaJuda kwenzeka okufanayo kwabaningi abathi bakholelwa eNkosini. UNkulunkulu uzibonakalisa empilweni yakhe ngendlela emangalisayo.
Kodwa lapho becelwa yiNkosi ukuthi bahlale kuye futhi bagcine izwi layo. Lamakholwa awawuthathi umthwalo nokuzibophezela okuza nokholo lwangempela.
Bagcina beyishiyile indlela yokulandela uJesu, la makholwa ngokuvamile afuna uNkulunkulu eshukunyiswe ukuxazulula inkinga ethile, kodwa abanandaba nengunaphakade alinikezayo.
UJesu noNikodemu, omunye wabaFarisi
Kuze kube manje sesibonile ukuthi uJesu wazi kanjani ngokubona okwakusenhliziyweni yomuntu ngamunye. Futhi phakathi kwamadoda ayemangele kakhulu kunalokho akholwe kuJesu ngenxa yezibonakaliso azenzayo, kwakukhona othile ogama lakhe linguNikodemu.
UNikodemu naye wayengumFarisi, ngalesethulo isiqephu seBhayibheli sikaJohane 3:1-15 siyaqala. Indoda le yayingomunye wamaJuda ayemesaba uJesu.
Ngolwazi uNikodemu ayenalo njengomFarisi, uveza uJesu ekuqaleni kwengxoxo yakhe, njengoRabi noma umfundisi. UNikodima naye wayesobala ukuthi lezi zibonakaliso uJesu azenza zazingenziwa kuphela umuntu onegunya elivela kuNkulunkulu.
Kodwa uJesu, eyazi inhliziyo yomuntu ngamunye, wayazi ukuthi ulwazi lukaNikodemu lwalunganele. Kwakudingekile ukuba amenze aqonde ukuthi ngaphezu kokukholelwa ezibonakalisweni, kwakufanele azalwe kabusha.
Kodwa masikhumbule ukuthi le ndima iqala ngokuveza uNikodemu njengomunye wabaFarisi. Ngakho, kubalulekile ukuma isikhashana ukuze sazi ukuthi babengobani abaFarisi, ukuze siqonde ukuthi yini eyayisengqondweni kaNikhodemu lapho efuna uJesu.
Babengobani abaFarisi?
Ngokwe-etymologically, igama elithi umFarisi livela egameni lesiHeberu elithi perushim, elinencazelo ehlukile noma emsulwa. Indlela yokukhuluma yala magama ithi parush, ukukhombisa isenzo sokuhlukanisa.
Leli gama lamukelwa njengencazelo yelinye lamahlelo lamaJuda ezikhathi zikaJesu. Futhi amaJuda aleli hlelo amukela igama labaFarisi, ezibheka njengabahlukile kwamanye amaJuda.
Ukuhlukana okunjalo kwakungenxa yeqiniso lokuthi abaFarisi babekholelwa ukuthi balukhuni kunamanye amaJuda. Ngokuphathelene nokugcwalisa nokulandela ngokwethembeka lokho okubhekiselwe ezinkonzweni, izenzo zemikhosi kanye nemithetho yamaJuda.
AbaFarisi babenenani elikhulu lamalungu, ababeziqhenya ngenkolo yabo. Phakathi komphakathi wamaJuda wesikhathi sikaJesu, lelihlelo lalihlonishwa kakhulu ngenxa yolwazi nencazelo elalinalo ngemibhalo engcwele.
Yilokho umphakathi kanye nabo ababekukholelwa, ukuthi babefeza umyalo kaNkulunkulu. Nokho, babewonakalisile umthetho, befaka amasiko abo esikhundleni sawo, befuna ukugcwalisa umthetho ngaphandle kuphela. AbaFarisi babekholelwa ovukweni ngakho-ke ensindisweni, kodwa ngendlela engafanele.
Njengoba bathi insindiso kufanele izuzwe ngemisebenzi, ngokuvumelana ngokuqinile noMthetho kaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, uma bezikholelwa futhi bezibiza ngokuthi bahlukene ngoba bezibheka bemsulwa, ubumsulwa obunjalo babungaphandle kuphela.
Lokhu kusenza siqonde izikhathi eziningi uJesu akhuluma ngazo ngabaFarisi njengabazenzisi, benkolo noma bamanga. Ngoba nabo babezikholelwa ukuthi baphakeme kunabanye abantu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bangamaJuda noma cha.
UJesu noNikhodemu, umholi phakathi kwamaJuda
Ukwethulwa kwale ndoda esiqeshini esisuka uJesu noNikhodemu, udlulela ngalé kokuba umFarisi. Umvangeli uqedela isethulo sakhe ngokusitshela ukuthi naye ungumholi phakathi kwamaJuda.
Lokho kusho ukuthi uNikodemu wayengeyena nje noma yimuphi umFarisi, futhi wayeyilungu leSanhedrin yamaJuda. Okungukuthi, inkantolo ephakeme noma inkantolo yamaJuda, kangangokuthi uNikodemu wayeyindoda eyayijabulela idumela elihle, ngenxa yesikhundla noma isikhundla sayo emphakathini waseJerusalema.
Emavesini eBhayibheli acashunwe ngezansi singabona okunye kwalokhu. Okokuqala, umvangeli uJohane ubona uNikodemu njengelungu leSanhedrini futhi okwesibili, uJesu ngokwakhe umchaza njengomfundisi wakwa-Israyeli, orabi babenegama elihle phakathi kwamaJuda:
Johane 7:50-51:50 uNikodima, owathi Ngangiye ngiyokhuluma noJesu ebusuku futhi wayengomunye wabo, lo wathi: 51 – Umthetho wethu uyamgweba yini umuntu ungamuzwanga, ungazi ukuthi wenzeni na?? -
Johane 3:9-10:9 UNikodima wambuza: - yenzaY Kungenzeka kanjani lokhu? – 10 UJesu waphendula wathi: - Kanti wena ungumfundisi wakoIsrayeli, kanti kawukwazi yini?? -
Ngakho-ke, njengoba engumFarisi futhi engumholi phakathi kwamaJuda, uNikodemu, kumelwe ukuba wayenomthwalo omkhulu wolwazi. Kodwa, naphezu kwalo lonke lolu lwazi, ngidinga ukuyofuna uJesu ukuze ngikwazi ukuba nengxoxo yangasese Naye, ngikwazi ukuqonda ukuthi iNkosi yayithini.
Lokhu kusishiya nesifundo esikhulu, futhi lawo amandla okuqonda umuntu angaba nawo. Akuhlangene nekhono lokuqonda amaqiniso angokomoya afihlwe ezwini likaNkulunkulu, njengoNikodemu, lokho uJesu ayefuna ukumfundisa kona.
Kungani eya kobona uJesu ebusuku?
Lapho efika eJerusalema ngePhasika, uJesu waba nezingxabano eziningana nabaholi bamaJuda. Kokubili nabapristi bethempeli, njengeSanhedrini nabahumushi boMthetho, njengababhali nabaFarisi.
Lezi zingxabano zenza uJesu wathola ukungathandwa ngabaholi abakhulu bamaJuda. Uma sibheka ivesi lamashumi amahlanu elicashunwe ngenhla, sibona ukuthi uNikodemu uhamba eyokhuluma noJesu ebusuku.
Lokhu kuziphatha kukaNikhodemu kungaqondwa ngezindlela ezimbili, okokuqala, wayefuna ukuzivikela ngenxa yesikhundla sakhe noma isikhundla sakhe emphakathini, ukuze bangamboni ekhuluma noJesu ngasese. Okwesibili, kwakuwukunqoba ukuchema kwakhe siqu kwangaphakathi ukuqaphela ukuhlakanipha okuphakeme okwakukuJesu.
Kwakunzima kuye ukunqoba, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuthi lokhu kuhlakanipha okuphakeme kwathwalwa yindoda yaseGalile. Ukuthi, ebuJudeni bangaleso sikhathi, ukuba umGalile kwakuyinto ephansi kakhulu phakathi kwamaJuda.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uNikodemu wayazi ukuthi uJesu wayengaveli kunoma yisiphi isikole esihlonishwayo sorabi eJerusalema. KuNikhodemu kwakungelula ukuya kuJesu ukuze akhulume ngezindaba zenkolo ezibaluleke kakhulu.
Yini eyenza siqonde namuhla, ukuthi uNikodemu wakhetha amahora obusuku ukuba avakashele uJesu. Ngakho lalingenakubonwa yinoma yiliphi elinye ilungu leSanhedrini yamaJuda.
Uzelwe ngokusha, ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu
Lapho uNikodemu efika phambi kukaJesu, uthethelela ukuvakasha kwakhe ngala mazwi alandelayo:
Johane 3:2b (RVC): Rabi, siyazi ukuthi ungumfundisi ovela kuNkulunkulu, ngoba akekho ongenza lezi zibonakaliso ozenzayo uma uNkulunkulu engenaye.
Okokuqala uNikodemu ngegama elithi “siyazi”, lenza uJesu abone ukuthi kwakungeyena kuphela owayekhiphe lokho okunengqondo. Ukuthi othile wenza izibonakaliso ezinjalo, kwakungenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu wayephezu kwakhe.
Kusho ukuthi, uma sincika kulesi sicaphuno esilandelayo, ukuthi amalungu amaningana eSanhedrin noma abaFarisi avumelana ngesiphetho esifanayo nesikaNikodemu:
NgokukaJohane 12:42 (BLPH): Naphezu kwakho konke, kwakukhona abaningi, ngisho naphakathi kwabaholi bamaJuda, ababekholelwa kuJesu. Kodwa abazange balokothe bakubonise obala, ngoba besaba ukuthi abaFarisi bazowaxosha esinagogeni.
Ebuyela engxoxweni uJesu noNikhodemu, sinomFarisi phambi kweNkosi. Kodwa, yini eyahlukanisa lomFarisi kwabanye abaFarisi kanye nabanye abayinhloko?
Umehluko ukuthi uNikodemu wayefuna ukwazi kabanzi ngoJesu, iNkosi yayiyazi imicabango kaNikodemu, yingakho emphendula ngaphandle kokuba abuze imibuzo:
NgokukaJohane 3:3 UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: ongazalwa ngokusha angewubone umbuso kaNkulunkulu-.
Ngingangena kanjani embusweni kaNkulunkulu?
Umbuzo uJesu awuphendula wawusenhliziyweni kaNikhodemu futhi wawuthi: Ngingangena kanjani embusweni kaNkulunkulu? Uhlobo lwempendulo uJesu alunikeza lomFarisi nenduna lwaluvamile kakhulu kuYe, ngendlela engokomfanekiso noma ngomfanekiso.
Kodwa kule mpendulo, uJesu wayefundisa uNikodemu iphuzu elibalulekile elibaluleke kakhulu mayelana nensindiso: Umuntu akanakuzisindisa, njengoba umbhalo-ngqangi wabaFarisi wawuvikela.
Imvelo yesono yomuntu ayimvumeli ukuthi azisindise, noma yimiphi imisebenzi awenzile empilweni. Umuntu udinga ukwembatha imvelo entsha, abulale endala futhi lokhu kungenziwa kuphela ngoKristu Jesu.
Kufa ukuzalwa kabusha, kodwa ngisho nasekuhlakanipheni komuntu uNikodemu akuthwala, akazange ayiqonde le ndlela entsha yokuzalwa uJesu ayefuna ukumfundisa yona:
NgokukaJohane 3:4 UNikodima wathi kuye: “Kanti umuntu angazalwa kanjani esemdala na? Angangena esizalweni sikanina, azalwe ngokusha, na? -
UNikodemu wayengaluqondi ulimi uJesu ayekhuluma ngalo ngoba wayewachaza amazwi kaJesu njengoba enjalo nangendlela yakhe yokucabanga enengqondo. LomFarisi oqinile ekuchazeni umthetho wayengakwazi ukuqonda ukuthi uJesu wayemfundisa uhlobo oluthile lokuzalwa, ukuzalwa ngomoya.
Sikumema ukuthi uqhubeke uzakha ezwini, ungene lapha: ¿UJesu wayekhuluma luphi ulimi nabafundi bakhe?? Siyazi ukuthi phakathi nokuphila kwakhe nasemsebenzini wakhe wasobala emhlabeni uJesu wakhuluma nabantu ebafundisa isigijimi soMbuso kaNkulunkulu ngemifanekiso. Kodwa uJesu wayekhuluma kanjani nabafundi bakhe? noma, Yiluphi ulimi uJesu alukhuluma nabafundi bakhe nabanye abantu? Ngena lapha ukuze ufunde ngalesi sihloko okuphikiswana ngaso namuhla.