Ukuzalwa Ngokutsha—Kufeza Ntoni?
KWAKUTHENI ukuze uYesu asebenzise ibinzana elithi “ukuzalwa . . . ngomoya” xa wayethetha ngokubhaptizwa ngomoya oyingcwele? (Yohane 3:5) Igama elithi “ukuzalwa,” xa lisetyenziswa njengesafobe lithetha “isiqalo,” njengaxa kuthethwa “ngokuzalwa kohlanga.” Ngenxa yoko ibinzana elithi “ukuzalwa ngokutsha” lithetha “isiqalo esitsha.” Ngoko ke izafobe ezithi “ukuzalwa” “nokuzalwa ngokutsha” zibonisa ukuba kuza kubakho ubuhlobo obutsha phakathi kukaThixo nabantu ababhaptizwe ngomoya oyingcwele. Olu tshintsho lobuhlobo lwenzeka kanjani?
Xa umpostile uPawulos wayechaza indlela uThixo abalungiselela ngayo ukulawula ezulwini abantu, wenza umzekelo ngobomi bentsapho. Wabhalela amaKristu omhla wakhe ewaxelela ukuba ayeza ‘kwenziwa oonyana’ yaye loo nto yayiza kwenza ukuba uThixo awaphathe “njengoonyana.” (Galati 4:5; Hebhere 12:7) Ukuze ubone indlela umzekelo wokwamkelwa nje ngoonyana okunceda ngayo uqonde indlela olwenzeka ngayo olu tshintsho xa umntu ebhaptizwa ngomoya oyingcwele, khawuphinde ucinge ngalaa mzekelo walaa nkwenkwe ibifuna ukufunda kwisikolo sabantwana bomthonyama.
Utshintsho Olubangelwa Kukwenziwa Oonyana
Kulaa mzekelo usekuqaleni, laa nkwenkwe ayikwazi ukufunda kwesa sikolo kuba ingengomntwana womthonyama. Ngoku masithi ngenye imini kwenzeka utshintsho olukhulu. Kukho umntu wohlanga lomthonyama oyamkela ngokusemthethweni njengonyana wakhe. Oko kuyichaphazela njani le nkwenkwe? Ekubeni ngoku yamkelwe njengonyana, inako ukufumana amalungelo afanayo nawabanye abantwana bomthonyama—kuquka nelungelo lokufunda kwesa sikolo. Ukwamkelwa kuyivulele amathuba amatsha ngokupheleleyo.
Lo mzekeliso ukuchaza kakuhle oko kwenzeka kwabo bazalwa ngokutsha. Nazi ezinye izinto efana ngazo le mizekelo. Le nkwenkwe inokufunda kwesa sikolo kuphela xa iyifikelele imfaneleko—yokuba ngumntwana womthonyama. Kodwa yona ngokwayo akukho nto inokuyenza ukuze ibe ngumntwana womthonyama. Ngendlela efanayo kukho abantu abaza kuya kuBukumkani bukaThixo okanye urhulumente wasezulwini, kodwa baza kuya kuphela xa befikelela imfaneleko efunekayo—“ukuzalwa ngokutsha.” Kodwa bona akukho nto banokuyenza ukuze bayifikelele loo mfaneleko kuba ixhomekeke kuThixo.
Yintoni etshintshe imeko yalaa nkwenkwe? Kukwamkelwa ngokusemthethweni. Kodwa ke yona inkwenkwe ayitshintshanga, nasemva kokuba iye yamkelwa njengonyana. Nakuba kunjalo, emva kokuba kulandelwe inkqubo esemthethweni, amalungelo ayo aye atshintsha. Iye yaba nesiqalo esitsha—ngokungathi iye yazalwa ngokutsha. Iye yaba ngunyana nto leyo eyinike ilungelo lokufunda kwesi sikolo nokuba ngumntwana wale ntsapho yalo tata uyamkele ngokusemthethweni.
Ngendlela efanayo uYehova uye wayitshintsha imeko yeqela labantu abangafezekanga ngokubamkela ngokusemthethweni njengabantwana bakhe. Umpostile uPawulos, owayengoweloqela wabhalela amanye amakholwa wathi: “Nifumene umoya wokwenziwa oonyana, moya lowo esithi ngawo sidanduluke sisithi: ‘Abha, Bawo!’ Umoya lowo ngokwawo ungqinelana nomoya wethu ukuba singabantwana bakaThixo.” (Roma 8:15, 16) Ewe, ngenxa yokwamkelwa loo maKristu aye aba yinxalenye yentsapho kaThixo, okanye “abantwana.”—1 Yohane 3:1; 2 Korinte 6:18.
Kakade ukwamkelwa kwabo nguThixo akuzange kubatshintshe, kuba baqhubeka bengafezekanga. (1 Yohane 1:8) Kodwa ke njengokuba uPawulos wachaza, emva kokuba zifikelelwe iimfaneleko zokwamkelwa imeko yabo yatshintsha. Kwangaxeshanye, umoya kaThixo wabaqinisekisa aba nyana bamkelweyo ukuba babeza kuhlala noKristu ezulwini. (1 Yohane 3:2) Oko kuqinisekiswa ngumoya oyingcwele kubenza babujonge ngenye indlela ubomi. (2 Korinte 1:21, 22) Ewe baba nesiqalo esitsha—esifana nokuzalwa ngokutsha.
IBhayibhile ithi xa ithetha ngaba nyana abamkelwe nguThixo: “Baya kuba ngababingeleli bakaThixo nabakaKristu, balawule njengookumkani kunye naye iminyaka eliwaka.” (ISityhilelo 20:6) Oonyana bakaThixo abamkelweyo baya kuba ngookumkani boBukumkani bamazulu, okanye urhulumente wasezulwini kunye noKristu. Umpostile uPetros waxelela amanye amakholwa ukuba aye zakufumana ‘lilifa elingenakonakala elingadyobhekanga nelingambatshiyo,’ ‘elibekelwe wona emazulwini.’ (1 Petros 1:3, 4) Ilifa elixabiseke ngokwenene!
Noko ke lo mbandela wolawulo uphakamisa omnye umbuzo. Ukuba abantu abazalwa ngokutsha baza kulawula njengookumkani ezulwini, baza kulawula oobani? Loo mbuzo uza kuphendulwa kwinqaku elilandelayo.
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