• UKubaneka Kokukhanya—Okukhulu Nokuncane (Ingxenye 2)
    INqabayokulinda—1995 | Meyi 15

    • “Amandla Aphakeme” Ayacaciswa

       4, 5. (a) AbaFundi BeBhayibheli babeyibheka kanjani eyabaseRoma 13:1? (b) Yini kamuva eyaqondwa njengombono ongokomBhalo ngokuphathelene ‘namandla aphakeme’?

      4 Ukubaneka kokukhanya okukhazimulayo kwabonakala ngo-1962 ngokuphathelene neyabaseRoma 13:1, ethi: “Yonke imiphefumulo mayizithobe phansi kwamandla aphakeme [‘amagunya aphakeme,’ INguqulo Yezwe Elisha].” (King James Version) AbaFundi BeBhayibheli bokuqala babeqonda ukuthi “amandla aphakeme” okukhulunywa ngawo lapho ayebhekisela kuziphathimandla zezwe. Babeqonda lombhalo njengosho ukuthi uma umKristu ayebuthwe ngesikhathi sempi, wayeyophoqeleleka ukuba agqoke inyufomu, agaxe isibhamu, futhi angene ezinhlwini zempi, ezindaweni zokukanisa. Babenomuzwa wokuthi njengoba umKristu engenakumbulala umakhelwane wakhe, wayeyophoqeleleka ukuba adubule emoyeni uma kuvela isimo esibi kakhulu.a

      5 INqabayokulinda ka-May 15 neka-June 1, 1963 (ngesiNgisi, November 15 no-December 1, 1962), yanikeza ukukhanya okucacile ngokuphathelene nalendaba lapho ikhulumela amazwi kaJesu akuMathewu 22:21: “Buyiselani izinto zikaKesari kuKesari, kodwa izinto zikaNkulunkulu kuNkulunkulu.” Amazwi abaphostoli atholakala kuzEnzo 5:29 ayefaneleka: “Kumelwe silalele uNkulunkulu njengombusi kunabantu.” AmaKristu ayazithoba kuKesari—“amandla aphakeme”—uma nje lokhu kungadingi ukuba umKristu enze ngokuphambene nomthetho kaNkulunkulu. Kwaqondwa ukuthi ukuzithoba kuKesari kulinganiselwe, akuphelele. AmaKristu abuyisela kuKesari lokho kuphela okungangqubuzani nezimfuneko zikaNkulunkulu. Yeka ukuthi kwakwenelisa kanjani ukuthola ukuqonda okucacile kulendaba!