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UKUBALULEKA KOKUBHABHADISWA KOMUNTU OKHOLWA NGU JESU KRISTU

Ubhapathizo lobuKristu lungenye yezimiso ezimbili uJesu azisungula ebandleni. Ngaphambi nje kokwenyuka kwakhe, uJesu wathi:

1. “Hambani niyokwenza izizwe zonke zibe abafundi, nibabhapathize egameni likaYise neleNdodana nelikaMoya oNgcwele, nibafundise ukulalela konke enginiyale ngakho. Futhi impela nginani njalo, kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi”

Matthew 28:19-20

UJesu wasondela, wakhuluma kubo, wathi: “Ngiphiwe amandla onke ezulwini nasemhlabeni; ngalokho hambani nenze izizwe zonke abafundi, nibabhapathize egameni likaYise neleNdodana nelikaMoya oNgcwele, nibafundise ukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho; bhekani, mina nginani izinsuku zonke kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe.”

Le miyalelo icacisa ukuthi ibandla linesibopho sokufundisa izwi likaJesu, lenze abafundi, futhi libhapathize labo bafundi. Lezi zinto kufanele zenziwe yonke indawo (“zonke izizwe”) kuze kube “sekupheleni kwesikhathi.” Ngakho-ke, uma kungekho esinye isizathu, ubhapathizo lubalulekile ngoba uJesu waluyala.

Ubhapathizo lwaluqhutshwa ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwebandla. AmaJuda asendulo ayebhapathiza amaproselite ukuze abonise isimo “sokuhlanzwa” sabaguquki. UJohane uMbhapathizi wasebenzisa ubhapathizo ukulungisa indlela yeNkosi, edinga wonke umuntu, hhayi abeZizwe kuphela, ukuba abhapathizwe ngoba wonke umuntu udinga ukuphenduka. Nokho, ubhapathizo lukaJohane, olubonisa ukuphenduka, alufani nobhapathizo lobuKristu, njengoba kubonakala kuzEnzo 18:24–26 kanye no-19:1–7. Ubhapathizo lobuKristu lunencazelo ejulile.

Ubhapathizo kumelwe lwenziwe egameni likaYise, iNdodana, noMoya—yilokhu okwenza kube ubhapathizo “lobuKristu”. Uma sisindiswa, “sibhapathizwa” ngoMoya sibe nguMzimba kaKristu, okuyibandla elihlanganisa yonke indawo.  Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 12:13 ithi, “Sonke sabhapathizwa ngoMoya owodwa ukuze sibe umzimba owodwa—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi singamaJuda noma ngabeZizwe, izigqila noma abakhululekile—futhi sonke sanikwa uMoya owodwa ukuba siphuze.” Ubhapathizo ngamanzi, okuvame ukushiwo igama elithi ubhapathizo lobuKristu, “luwukulingisa kabusha” ubhapathizo loMoya.

Ubhapathizo lobuKristu luyindlela umuntu avuma ngayo obala ukholo nokuba umfundi. Emanzini obhapathizo, umuntu uthi, ngaphandle kwezwi, “Ngiyavuma ukholo kuKristu; uJesu uhlanze umphefumulo wami esonweni, futhi manje senginokuphila okusha kokungcweliswa.”

Ubhapathizo lobuKristu lubonisa, ngendlela ephawulekayo, ukufa, ukungcwatshwa, nokuvuka kukaKristu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lubonisa nokufa kwethu esonweni nokuphila okusha kuKristu. Njengoba isoni sivuma iNkosi uJesu, siyafa esonweni (KwabaseRoma 6:11) futhi sivuselwa empilweni entsha (KwabaseKolose 2:12). Ukucwiliswa emanzini kusho ukufa esonweni, futhi ukuphuma emanzini kusho impilo engcwele ehlanziwe elandela insindiso. AmaRoma 6:4 akubeka ngale ndlela: “Ngakho-ke sangcwatshwa kanye naye ngokubhapathizelwa ekufeni ukuze, njengoba uKristu avuswa kwabafileyo ngenkazimulo kaYise, nathi siphile impilo entsha.”

Ngokulula nje, ubhapathizo lwamanzi luwubufakazi bangaphandle boshintsho lwangaphakathi empilweni yokholwayo. Ubhapathizo lobuKristu luyisenzo sokulalela iNkosi ngemva kokusindiswa; Nakuba ubhapathizo luhlobene eduze nensindiso, akuyona imfuneko ukuze usindiswe. IBhayibheli libonisa ezindaweni eziningi ukuthi ukulandelana kwezenzakalo 1) umuntu ukholelwa eNkosini uJesu futhi 2) uyabhapathizwa. Lokhu kulandelana kubonakala kuzEnzo 2:41, “Labo abamukela isigijimi [sikaPetru] babhapathizwa” (bheka futhi kuzEnzo 16:14–15).

Umuntu omusha okholwa kuJesu Kristu kufanele afise ukubhapathizwa ngokushesha okukhulu. KuzEnzo 8 uFiliphu ukhuluma “izindaba ezinhle ngoJesu” kumthenwa waseTopiya, futhi, “njengoba behamba endleleni, bafika emanzini athile umthenwa wathi, ‘Bheka, nanka amanzi. Yini engavimbela ukuba ngibhapathizwe?’” (amavesi 35–36). Ngokushesha, bamisa inqola, uFiliphu wabhapathiza indoda. Ezimweni eziningi namuhla, ubhapathizo olusheshayo ngemva kokusindiswa alunakwenzeka. Noma kunjalo, umkholwa omusha kufanele afune ubhapathizo lwamanzi ngokushesha okukhulu.

Ubhapathizo lubonisa ukuzihlanganisa kokholwayo nokufa kukaKristu, ukungcwatshwa, nokuvuka kwakhe. Nomaphi lapho ivangeli lishunyayelwa khona futhi abantu bedonseleka ekukholweni kuKristu, kufanele babhapathizwe.