Ukuzalwa Ngokutsha—Ngaba Yindlela Esa Elusindisweni?
UKUBA ubunokubuzwa kuthiwe “Uzelwe ngokutsha na?” ubuya kuphendula uthini. Izigidi zamakholwa ehlabathini jikelele beziya kuvumela phezulu zithi: “Ewe!” Kaloku zikholelwa ukuba ukuzalwa ngokutsha yeyona nto yahlula amaKristu okwenyaniso, nekuphela kwendlela yokusindiswa. Zivumelana ngamxhelo mnye nabefundisi bezakwalizwi abafana noRobert C. Sproul owathi: “Ukuba umntu akazalwanga ngokutsha . . . akangomKristu.”
Ngaba nawe ukholelwa ukuba ukuzalwa ngokutsha kukubeka endleleni esa elusindisweni? Ukuba kunjalo siqinisekile ukuba ungathanda ukunceda izalamane nabahlobo bakho bayifumane nabo loo ndlela baze bahambe ngayo. Noko ke ukuze bayifumane, kufuneka bawuqonde umahluko phakathi komntu ozelwe ngokutsha nongazalwanga ngokutsha. Unokubacacisela njani oko kuthethwa kukuzalwa ngokutsha?
Abantu abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba ibinzana elithi “ukuzalwa ngokutsha” libhekisela kumntu oye wavuma esidlangalaleni ukuba uza kukhonza uThixo noKristu, yaye ngenxa yoko uyaphila elukholweni. Esinye isichazi magama side sithi umntu ozelwe ngokutsha “idla ngokuba ngumKristu oye wavuselela ukholo lwakhe ngokukodwa emva kokuba echukunyiswe yinto ethile yonqulo.”—Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary—Eleventh Edition.
Ungothuka na xa ungafumanisa ukuba iBhayibhile iyayiphikisa loo ngcaciso? Ngaba ungathanda ukwazi eyona nto ifundiswa liLizwi likaThixo ngokuzalwa ngokutsha? Ngokuqinisekileyo uya kungenelwa xa uwuhlolisisa ngokucokisekileyo lo mbandela. Ngoba kutheni? Kaloku, ukuyazi kakuhle eyona nto ithethwa kukuzalwa ngokutsha kuya kuchaphazela ubomi nekamva lakho.
Ifundisa Ntoni Yona IBhayibhile?
Ibinzana elithi “ukuzalwa kwakhona” lifumaneka kwindawo enye eBhayibhileni, kuYohane 3:1-12, kwincoko eyayiphakathi kukaYesu nenkokeli yonqulo yaseYerusalem. Eso sicatshulwa seBhayibhile uya kusifumana kwibhokisi ehamba neli nqaku. Sicela usifunde ngokucokisekileyo.
Kule ngxelo, uYesu uthetha ngeenkalo eziliqela zoku “kuzalwa kwakhona.”a Ingxubusho kaYesu isinceda sikwazi ukuphendula le mibuzo mihlanu ilandelayo:
◼ Kubaluleke kangakanani ukuzalwa ngokutsha?
◼ Ngaba siyazikhethela ukuzalwa ngokutsha?
◼ Yintoni injongo yako?
◼ Kwenzeka njani?
◼ Ukuzalwa ngokutsha kubutshintsha njani ubomi bomntu?
Makhe siphendule ngamnye wale mibuzo.
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a Igama elithi ‘ukuzalwa ngokutsha’ lifumaneka kweyoku 1 kaPetros 1:3, 23. Nalo lelinye lamabinzana eBhayibhile achaza “ukuzalwa kwakhona.” Omabini la mabinzana avela kwisenzi sesiGrike ugen·naʹo.
[Ibhokisi/Umfanekiso okwiphepha 4]
“Nifanele Nizalwe Kwakhona”
“Ke kaloku kwakukho umntu wakubaFarisi, igama lakhe yayinguNikodemo, umlawuli wamaYuda. Yena weza kuye ngobusuku waza wathi kuye: “Rabhi, siyazi ukuba wena njengomfundisi uze uvela kuThixo; kuba akukho bani unokwenza le miqondiso uyenzayo ngaphandle kokuba uThixo unaye.” Ekuphenduleni uYesu wathi kuye: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Ngaphandle kokuba nabani na azalwe kwakhona, akanakububona ubukumkani bukaThixo.” UNikodemo wathi kuye: “Anganako njani na umntu ukuzalwa xa sele emdala? Akanakungena esibelekweni sikanina isihlandlo sesibini aze azalwe, andibi kunjalo?” UYesu waphendula wathi: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Ngaphandle kokuba nabani na azalwe ngamanzi nomoya, akanakungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo. Oko kuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama, noko kuzelwe ngumoya kungumoya. Musa ukumangaliswa ngenxa yokuba ndikuxelele ukuba, Nimele nizalwe kwakhona. Umoya uvuthuza apho ufuna khona, yaye uyasiva isandi sawo, kodwa akuwazi apho uvela khona nalapho uya khona. Unjalo wonk’ ubani ozelwe ngumoya.” Ekuphenduleni uNikodemo wathi kuye: “Zinokwenzeka njani na ezi zinto?” Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Ungumfundisi kaSirayeli ukanti akuzazi na ezi zinto? Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Oko sikwaziyo siyakuthetha noko sikubonileyo sinikela ubungqina ngako, kodwa nina anibamkeli ubungqina esibunikelayo. Ukuba ndinixelele izinto zasemhlabeni ukanti anikholwa, niya kukholwa njani ukuba ndinixelela izinto zasezulwini?”—Yohane 3:1-12.