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Ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele
Amandla aguqula impilo yobuKristu
Kukhona okushodayo
UNomvula waphenduka eminyakeni emibili edlule. Wayethanda ibandla, efunda iBhayibheli, ethandaza nsuku zonke. Kodwa wayezwa sengathi kukhona okushodayo — isibindi ayesibona kwabanye, ukusondelana okujulile noNkulunkulu. Ngelinye ilanga, emhlanganweni womthandazo, umfundisi wamema labo abafisa ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele ukuba beze phambili. UNomvula waya phambili, ngenhliziyo evulekile. Ngalobo busuku, kwenzeka okuthile angakwazi ukukuchaza ngamazwi — kodwa akaphindanga waba njengakuqala. Akatholanga amandla angaphezu kwavamile. Wathola isibindi ayengenaso nokuzwela okomoya okwaguqula impilo yakhe yomthandazo.
Ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele kungenye yezimfundiso ezibaluleke kakhulu — nezingaqondakali kakhulu — zokholo lobuKristu. Akuyona into egcinelwe abambalwa abakhethiwe. Yisithembiso sikaBaba sabo bonke abakholwayo.
UJesu, ngaphambi kokuba akhuphukele ezulwini, akashongo ukuthi: 'Hambani nishumayele.' Wathi: 'Lindani' (ULuka 24:49). Nilindeni? Amandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Ngaphandle kwala mandla, abafundi babengakalungi. Ngala mandla, bashintsha umhlaba.
Lesi kwakuyisiyalezo sokugcina sikaJesu ngaphambi kokukhuphuka. Igama lesiGreki elithi 'amandla' ngu-dynamis — lapho kuvela khona igama 'dynamite'. Akuwona amandla okuzibonisa. Amandla okufakaza: ukuphila nokumemezela iVangeli ngesibindi, noma ngaphansi kwengcindezi.
Ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele kuhlukile ekuphendukeni. Ekuphendukeni, uMoya oNgcwele uhlala kuwe (KwabaseRoma 8:9). Ekubhapathizweni ngoMoya, ukugqokisa amandla (ULuka 24:49). Kufana nomahluko phakathi kokuba namanzi enkomishini nokuba inkomishi ichichima.
Ngosuku lwePhentekoste, isithembiso sagcwaliseka. Abafundi abayikhulu namashumi amabili bagcwaliswa nguMoya oNgcwele baqala ukukhuluma ngezinye izilimi — izilimi ababengazifundanga. Lokhu kwakuyisibonakaliso sokuqala esahambisana nokubhapathizwa.
Iphethini efanayo iyaphindaphinda ezEnzweni: endlini kaKorneliyuse (IzEnzo 10:44-46), e-Efesu (IzEnzo 19:6), eSamariya (IzEnzo 8:17). Esimweni ngasinye, uMoya wehlela futhi kwaba khona okubonakalayo — kuqinisekisa ukuthi ukubhapathizwa akuyona nje imicabango, kodwa yinto eyenzekayo ngempela.
Ukukhuluma ngezilimi Bonisa
Izilimi ekubhapathizweni ngoMoya oNgcwele zingaba yizinhlobo ezimbili:
Izilimi njengesibonakaliso — ukukhuluma ngezilimi okuhambisana nokubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele njengobufakazi bokuqala (IzEnzo 2:4, 10:46, 19:6). Akuncikile kumkholwa; uMoya unika amandla.
Isipho sezilimi ezahlukene — esinye sezipho zoMoya ezibhalwe ku-1 KwabaseKorinte 12:10, esisebenza enkonzweni ukwakha ibandla (ngokuhunyushwa). Akubona bonke ababhapathizwe ngoMoya abasebenza ngalesi sipho njalo.
Ubufakazi bokuqala bokubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele ukukhuluma ngezilimi — njengoba sikholwa neBhayibheli likuloba. Kodwa inhloso enkulu ayiyona ulimi ngokwalo: ngamandla okuphila nokufakaza.
Umprofethi uJoweli waprofetha amakhulu eminyaka ngaphambili: UNkulunkulu wayezothulula uMoya Wakhe phezu kwayo yonke inyama — hhayi abapristi kuphela, hhayi abaprofethi kuphela, kodwa amadodana, amadodakazi, abadala, izinsizwa, izinceku nezincekukazi. UPetru wacaphuna lesi siprofetho ngosuku lwePhentekoste (IzEnzo 2:16-17), eqinisekisa: isithembiso ngesabo bonke.
Futhi sisaqhubeka. UPawulu wabuza abase-Efesu: 'Namukela uMoya oNgcwele na mhla nikholwa?' (IzEnzo 19:2). Ngumbuzo ofanele nanamuhla. Ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele kungokwakho — cela nje ngokukholwa kuBaba (ULuka 11:13).
“UMoya oNgcwele akuyona into engakhethwa empilweni yobuKristu. Ubalulekile. Ngaphandle Kwakhe, siba ngabenkolo nje. Ngaye, siba ngofakazi.”
Yima ucabange
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Usuke wabhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele? Uma kunjalo, le nto yayithinta kanjani impilo yakho? Uma kungenjalo, yini ekuvimbayo ukuba ufune?
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Yini umehluko phakathi kokuhlalwa nguMoya (ukuphenduka) nokugqokiswa ngamandla (ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya)?
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Ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya akusikho isiphetho, yisiqalo. Ucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna ukwenzani ngawe ngala mandla?
Kule viki
Uma ungakabhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele, beka isikhathi kule viki ukufuna. Thandaza ngokukholwa, ucele kuBaba (ULuka 11:13). Funa umfundisi wakho noma umfundisi ukuba athandaze nawe. Uma usuvele ubhapathiziwe, thandaza ucele kuNkulunkulu ukugcwaliswa kabusha — iBhayibheli libonisa ukuthi abafundi bagcwaliswa kaningi (IzEnzo 4:31). UMoya ufuna ukugeleza njalo empilweni yakho.
Ukuvala
“Baba, ngiyabonga ngesithembiso soMoya oNgcwele — owathenjiswa nguWe, owathunyelwa nguJesu, otholakalayo kimi. Ngifuna okuningi Kuwe. Ngigqokise amandla, hhayi ukuzibonisa, kodwa ukuba ngufakazi Wakho. Ngigcwalise ngoMoya Wakho. Kwangathi ngikhulume ngesibindi, ngiphile ngamandla futhi ngithande njengoba uJesu wathanda. Egameni likaJesu, Amen.”
Komfundisi
Inhloso
Ukwethula ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele njengesithembiso seBhayibheli sabo bonke abakholwayo, nobufakazi bokuqala bokukhuluma ngezilimi, kuhlukaniswe nezipho ezinye — ngaphandle kokudala ingcindezi yemizwa noma ukunciphisa isipiliyoni ezintweni ezibonakala ngaphandle.
Imibuzo enzima
- Kuthiwani uma ngifuna kodwa ngingamukeli? UNkulunkulu akagodli uMoya kulowo ocela ngobuqotho (ULuka 11:13). Kodwa isikhathi sikaNkulunkulu sibukhosi. Qhubeka ufune emthandazweni, ekukholweni nasemphakathini. Akuyona indaba yokufaneleka — indaba yokuvuleka nokuthemba.
- Kufanele yini ngikhulume ngezilimi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ngamukele? IBhayibheli liloba izilimi njengobufakazi bokuqala bokubhapathizwa ngoMoya ezEnzweni 2, 10 no-19. Akuyona 'ubufakazi' kwabanye — yisibonakaliso sesipiliyoni. Uma ufuna ngenhliziyo eqotho, uMoya uthembekile.
- Kungenzeka yini ukulahlekelwa ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele? Ukubhapathizwa yinto eyenzekayo ephawulayo, kodwa ukugcwala koMoya kudinga ukuvuselelwa (Kwabase-Efesu 5:18 — 'gcwaliswani' ngesiGreki kuqhubekayo). Yingakho iBhayibheli likhuluma ngokugcwaliswa okusha (IzEnzo 4:31).
- Ukukhuluma ngezilimi akuyona into yakudala? Izilimi aziphelelanga. Isithembiso 'singesenu, nesingesabantwana benu, nesingesabo bonke abakude' (IzEnzo 2:39). Izigidi zamaKristu emhlabeni wonke ziyayiphila le nto nanamuhla.
Amacebiso angokoqobo
- Lesi yisimfundiso esihlukile. Fundisa ngokuqina kweBhayibheli nangokuzwela kwelusa. Abanye abafundi bavela emasikweni angafundisi ngokubhapathizwa ngoMoya.
- Ungadali ingcindezi yemizwa. UMoya oNgcwele akudingi isimo noma ukulawulwa — usebenza noma yinini noma kanjani ethanda. Dala isimo sokukholwa nokuhlonipha, hhayi somsindo.
- Hlukanisa ngokucacile: ukuhlala koMoya (ukuphenduka, bonke abakholwayo banakho) vs. ukubhapathizwa ngoMoya (ukugqokiswa ngamandla, okufanele kufunwe).
- Uma othile eqenjini esevele ebhapathiziwe, mcele axoxe ngalokho akuzwa. Ubufakazi bomuntu siqu bunamandla.
- Thandazani ndawonye. Uma kungenzeka, phetha umhlangano ngomzuzu womthandazo walabo abafuna ukubhapathizwa.
Okwengeziwe
- Leitura: UMoya oNgcwele — Stanley Horton (isifinyezo)
- Video: Kuyini ukuBhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele? — Impendulo YobuKristu