IBhayibheli livame ukusebenzisa amanzi nemifula njengezimpawu ezicebile ezimele impilo engokomoya, ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu, ukuhlanzwa, kanye noMoya oNgcwele.
AMANZI APHILAYO:
EBhayibhelini, amanzi avame ukuba umfanekiso wokuphila okuphakade kanye noMoya oNgcwele.
UJesu wayevame ukusebenzisa umfanekiso “wamanzi aphilayo” ukuchaza uMoya oNgcwele nokuphila okuphakade. EVangelini likaJohane, uJesu Kristu wathembisa ukuthi noma ubani ophuza amanzi awanikezayo akasoze oma, nokuthi “imifula yamanzi aphilayo” izogeleza ezinhliziyweni zabakholwayo.
UMFULA WOKUPHILA:
Kusukela kuGenesise kuya kusAmbulo, iBhayibheli lichaza umfula wokuphila ongokomfanekiso ogeleza uvela ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. KusAmbulo, lo mfula ocwebezelayo ugeleza uvela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu, uzungezwe yiSihlahla Sokuphila, omele ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu obuphelele obunikeza ukuphila kanye nokuphulukiswa kwezizwe.
UKUQEDA UKOMA OKUNGO NGOKOMOYA :
Lapho uJesu ekhuluma nowesifazane waseSamariya emthonjeni, uqhathanisa amanzi angokwenyama “namanzi aphilayo” angokomoya. Labo abaphuza amanzi awanikezayo ngeke baphinde bome.
UMOYA ONGCWELE
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John7:37-39
[37] Kepha ngosuku lokugcina olukhulu lomkhosi uJesu wema wamemeza wathi: “Uma ekhona owomileyo, akeze kimi, aphuze. [38] Okholwa yimi, njengokusho kombhalo, esiswini sakhe kuyakugobhoza imifula yamanzi aphilayo.” [39] Washo lokho ngoMoya abazakumamukela abakholwa nguye, ngokuba uMoya wayengakafiki, lokhu uJesu wayengakakhazimuliswa.
uJesu uthi “imifula yamanzi aphilayo” izogeleza isuka ezinhliziyweni zabakholwayo. Lokhu kubhekisela ngqo ekuhlaleni kukaMoya oNgcwele, okuletha ukuphila okuphakade okuchichimayo.
Lapho uJesu ekhuluma nowesifazane waseSamariya emthonjeni, uqhathanisa amanzi angokwenyama “namanzi aphilayo” angokomoya. Labo abaphuza amanzi awanikezayo ngeke baphinde bome.
KuJohane 7:37-38, uJesu umema obala noma ubani owomile ngokomoya ukuba eze kuYe aphuze. Uthembisa ukuthi noma ubani okholwa kuYe uzoba “nemifula yamanzi aphilayo” egeleza ngaphakathi ezinhliziyweni zabo, okubhekisela ekuthululweni kukaMoya oNgcwele .
UMONGO WEDILI ( THE CONTEXT OF THE FEAST )
ISIKHATHI :
UJesu wenza lesi simemezelo eJerusalema ngosuku lokugcina, olukhulu kakhulu loMkhosi Wamadokodo (noma Amatabernakele).
ISIKO LAMANZI:
Phakathi nalo mkhosi wesonto lonke, umpristi wayethwala amanzi echibini laseSilowama awathululele e-altare lethempeli. Lo mkhosi wawuyisikhumbuzo esijabulisayo sikaNkulunkulu enikeza amanzi ehlane.
ISIFUNDO SESONTO ( LESSON OF THE WEEK ) :
UJesu wasebenzisa lo mzuzu obonakalayo ukumemezela ukuthi ungumthombo wokugcina, waphakade walawo manzi.
Izincazelo Eziyinhloko Zemfundiso Yenkolo
UKOMA OKUNGOKOMOYA :
Isimemo sisebenza kulabo abaqaphela isidingo sabo esijulile, esiphuthumayo sensindiso nokuhlanzwa okungokomoya.
AMANZI APHILAYO :
Njengoba kucacisiwe evesini elilandelayo
John 7:39
[39] Washo lokho ngoMoya abazakumamukela abakholwa nguye, ngokuba uMoya wayengakafiki, lokhu uJesu wayengakakhazimuliswa.
“amanzi aphilayo” nguMoya oNgcwele. Uvuselela ( refreshes ) umphefumulo wokholwayo futhi uwenze akwazi ukukhiqiza izithelo ezingokomoya.
AMAKHOLWA NJENGEZITESHI ( CHANNELS ) :
Amanzi awahlali nje ngaphakathi kokholwayo; ayachichima ngaphandle. NgoMoya oNgcwele, impilo yokholwayo iba ithuluzi lokubusisa, ukuvuselela, nokududuza abanye ngomusa kaNkulunkulu.
UMfula Wokuphila
INDALO :
(Genesise 2)
Umfula uvela eNsimini yase-Edene ukuze unisele umhlaba, ubonisa inhloso kaNkulunkulu yokunikeza ukuphila ngokudala.
UKUDLA:
(Hezekeli 47)
Umprofethi uHezekeli ubona umfula ogeleza usuka ethempelini uletha ukuphila, uphulukisa amanzi afile oLwandle Olufile, futhi ubangele ukuba imithi ikhule ogwini lwalo.
IPHAKADE:
(IsAmbulo 22) Umphostoli uJohane uchaza “umfula wamanzi okuphila” ogeleza ucwebe njengekristalu usuka esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu, ofanekisela ukuphila okuphakade kanye nokuphulukiswa kokugcina kwezizwe.
UKUHLANZWA NOBUMSULWA
Amanzi asetshenziswa kabanzi emiBhalweni njengophawu lokuhlanzwa kwesono.
UKUNAKEKELA KUKANKULUNKULU EHLANE
Ngenxa yokuthi amazwe aseBhayibhelini agcwele ugwadule, amanzi aphinde abe uphawu lokukhululeka nokuhlenga kukaNkulunkulu ngezikhathi zobunzima.
Isaiah 44:3
[3] Ngokuba ngiyakuthela amanzi phezu kokomileyo, nezikhukhula phezu kokushileyo, ngithulule uMoya wami phezu kwenzalo yakho, nesibusiso sami phezu kwabantwana bakho;
John 4:10–26
[10] UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Uma ubusazi isipho sikaNkulunkulu nokuthi ngubani othi kuwe: ‘Ngiphuzise,’ nga ucele kuye, yena nga ekunikile amanzi aphilayo.” [11] Wathi kuye: “Nkosi, awuphethe lutho lokukha amanzi, umthombo ujulile; uwathathaphi, pho, lawo manzi aphilayo na? [12] Kanti wena umkhulu yini kunobaba uJakobe owasinika lo mthombo, waphuza kuwo, yena kanye namadodana akhe nemihlambi yakhe, na?” [13] Waphendula uJesu, wathi kuye: “Yilowo nalowo ophuza lawa manzi uyakubuye ome; [14] kepha lowo oyakuphuza amanzi engiyakumnika wona kasayikoma naphakade; kepha amanzi engiyakumnika wona, phakathi kwakhe ayakuba ngumthombo wamanzi aphuphumayo, kube ngukuphila okuphakade.” [15] Owesifazane wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ngiphe lawo manzi ukuba ngingomi, ngingabe ngiseza ukukha lapha.” [16] Wathi kuye: “Hamba ubize indoda yakho, uze lapha.” [17] Owesifazane waphendula wathi: “Anginandoda.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Usho kahle ukuthi: ‘Anginandoda;’ [18] ngokuba usuke waba namadoda ayisihlanu; le onayo kalokhu akusiyo indoda yakho. Lokhu ukusho ngeqiniso.” [19] Owesifazane wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ngiyabona ukuthi ungumprofethi wena. [20] Okhokho bethu babekhulekela kule ntaba; nina-ke nithi iseJerusalema indawo lapho kufanele kukhulekelwe khona.” [21] UJesu wathi kuye: “Sifazane, kholwa yimi, isikhathi siyeza, lapho ningasayikukhuleka kuBaba nakule ntaba naseJerusalema. [22] Nina nikhuleka kweningakwaziyo, thina sikhuleka kwesikwaziyo; ngokuba insindiso ivela kubaJuda. [23] Kodwa isikhathi siyeza, sesikhona namanje, lapho abakhulekayo abaqinisileyo beyakukhuleka kuBaba ngomoya nangeqiniso; ngokuba uBaba ufuna abakhuleka kuye abanjalo. [24] UNkulunkulu unguMoya; abakhuleka kuye bafanele ukukhuleka ngomoya nangeqiniso.” [25] Owesifazane wathi kuye: “Ngiyazi ukuthi uMesiya uyeza, othiwa uKristu; nxa esefikile yena, uyakusitshela konke.” [26] UJesu wathi: “Nginguye mina engikhuluma nawe.”
Kowesifazane wase Samariya uJesu ubeka umunwe wakhe endaweni yesono nehlazo empilweni yalo wesifazane. Amanzi akhuluma ngawo akusikho ukuqeda ukoma okungokwenyama, kodwa ukoma okungokomoya—ukoma okuye kwazibonakalisa empilweni yalo wesifazane ngochungechunge lobudlelwano obuphukile nobunesono. Ingxoxo iphetha ngoJesu emtshela ngokusobala ukuthi unguMesiya othenjisiwe, futhi uyahamba ayotshela wonke umuzi ukuthi uphume uzolalela lokho uJesu akushoyo. Amanzi okuphila uJesu akhuluma ngawo ayisibonelo sokuhlanzwa nokuqabuleka ngokomoya, okuyinto lona wesifazane ayeyidinga ngaphezu kokudinga amanzi ayewakha emthonjeni nsuku zonke.
UJesu uphinde asebenzise okwenyama ukukhomba okungokomoya. Abantu badinga “amanzi aphilayo” ukuze banike imimoya yabo ukuphila ngaphezu kokuba bedinga amanzi ukuze banike imizimba yabo ukuphila. Lapha, sitshelwa ukuthi “amanzi aphilayo” uJesu awanikezayo ngempela uMoya oNgcwele. Nguye ozokwazi ukuhlanza nokwanelisa umoya owomileyo.
Isaiah 43:19
[19] Bhekani, ngiyakwenza okusha; kuyakuqhamuka manje, angithi niyakwazi na? Yebo, ngiyakwenza indlela ehlane nemifula kwahlongasibi.
AMANZI ABALULEKE KAKHULU EMPILWENI YOMUNTU
Umzimba womuntu ojwayelekile ungamanzi angaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-50. Amanzi nawo ayadingeka kungakhathaliseki ukuthi asetshenziselwa ukuphuza noma ukugeza noma ukubhukuda. Emazweni athuthukile, amanzi avame ukuthathwa kalula. Kodwa ezizweni eziningi ukuntuleka kwamanzi ahlanzekile kuyinkinga eyinhloko yezempilo yomphakathi; ngisho nalapho amanzi ahlanzekile etholakala, kuthatha isikhathi esiningi nomzamo ukuwathola. Ukukhathazeka ngamanzi ahlanzekile kwakuvame ukuba yinto eyinhloko nasezikhathini zasendulo.
IBhayibheli lisebenzisa amanzi njengesingathekiso kwezinye izindawo, futhi likhuluma “ngamanzi okuphila.”
Ngezinye izikhathi ubizwa ngokuthi Inkulumo Yamanzi Okuphila (efana neNkulumo Yesinkwa Sokuphila kuJohane 6:22–59). KuJohane 4, uJesu uhleli emthonjeni eSamariya lapho owesifazane eza ukuzokha amanzi. Lokhu bekuyoba umsebenzi wansuku zonke kuye.Owesifazane ongumSamariya ngaleso sikhathi uza ukuzofuna amanzi.
John 4:9
[9] Khona owesifazane waseSamariya wathi kuye: “Yini ukuba wena ongumJuda ucele ukuphuziswa yimi engingowesifazane waseSamariya na?” Ngokuba abaJuda abadlelani namaSamariya.
Owesifazane ubuza uJesu ukuthi kungani ezimisele ukuhlangana naye, ecabanga ukuthi amaJuda amaningi ayengeke akhothame acele amanzi kumSamariya. UJesu usebenzisa leli thuba ukuguqula ingxoxo iye kolunye uhlangothi.
UJesu uyaphendula, “Wonke umuntu ophuza la manzi uzophinde ome, kodwa noma ubani ophuza amanzi engimnika wona akasoze ome. Ngempela, amanzi engimnika wona azoba ngumthombo wamanzi ogeleza kuye, kube ngukuphila okuphakade”
John 4:13-14
[13] Waphendula uJesu, wathi kuye: “Yilowo nalowo ophuza lawa manzi uyakubuye ome; [14] kepha lowo oyakuphuza amanzi engiyakumnika wona kasayikoma naphakade; kepha amanzi engiyakumnika wona, phakathi kwakhe ayakuba ngumthombo wamanzi aphuphumayo, kube ngukuphila okuphakade.”
Owesifazane akaqondi kahle, ecabanga ukuthi, uma ebengathola la manzi, ubengeke achithe isikhathi esiningi ezama ukuthola amanzi nsuku zonke emthonjeni. Kuleli qophelo, ucabanga ukuthi uJesu ukhuluma ngohlobo oluthile lwamanzi omlingo oluzohlangabezana nezidingo zakhe ezingokwenyama.
UJesu uguqula ingxoxo isuke ezidingweni ezingokwenyama iye ezidingweni ezingokomoya ngokutshela owesifazane ukuba ahambe ayolanda umyeni wakhe. Uphendula ngokuthi akanayo indoda. UJesu uthi, “Uqinisile uma uthi awunandoda. Iqiniso liwukuthi, ube namadoda amahlanu, futhi indoda onayo manje akuyona indoda yakho. Lokho osanda kukusho kuyiqiniso impela”
John 4:17-18
[16] Wathi kuye: “Hamba ubize indoda yakho, uze lapha.” [17] Owesifazane waphendula wathi: “Anginandoda.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Usho kahle ukuthi: ‘Anginandoda;’ [18] ngokuba usuke waba namadoda ayisihlanu; le onayo kalokhu akusiyo indoda yakho. Lokhu ukusho ngeqiniso.”
KuJohane 7, uJesu ukhuluma ngala manzi okuphila noma amanzi aphilayo futhi. “UJesu wema wathi ngezwi elikhulu, ‘Noma ubani owomileyo makeze kimi aphuze. Okholwa yimi, njengoba kusho umbhalo, imifula yamanzi aphilayo iyogeleza ngaphakathi kwakhe.’ Ngalokhu wayesho uMoya, lowo labo abakholwa kuye ababezomamukela kamuva”
John 7: 37-38
[37] Kepha ngosuku lokugcina olukhulu lomkhosi uJesu wema wamemeza wathi: “Uma ekhona owomileyo, akeze kimi, aphuze. [38] Okholwa yimi, njengokusho kombhalo, esiswini sakhe kuyakugobhoza imifula yamanzi aphilayo.”
Ekugcineni, amanzi okuphila akhulunywa ngawo kusAmbulo 21-22, esilandisa ngezibusiso zalabo abazochitha ingunaphakade noNkulunkulu emazulwini amasha nasemhlabeni omusha. KusAmbulo 21:6 uNkulunkulu uthi, “Owomileyo ngiyomnika amanzi mahhala emthonjeni wamanzi okuphila.” Lesi isithombe sokuphakelwa okungokomoya okuningi. IsAmbulo 22:1 sichaza kabanzi: “Ingelosi yangibonisa umfula wamanzi okuphila, ocwebezelayo njengekristalu, ugeleza esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu neseWundlu.” Isimemo sokugcina sikhishwa kusAmbulo 22:17, “Owomileyo makeze; nalowo othandayo makathathe isipho samanzi okuphila samahhala.”
Akudingeki siqonde izinkomba “zomfula” eJerusalema Elisha ngokoqobo. Isithombe siyindawo lapho uNkulunkulu ehlala khona nabantu baKhe futhi ehlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo zabo. Ezikhathini zasendulo, idolobha elinokunikezwa okuqhubekayo kwamanzi amasha, ahlanzekile lalibhekwa njengendawo enhle ehlanzekile, noma ephilayo. Indawo yokuhlala kaNkulunkulu neyomkholwa kuze kube phakade ifanekiswa njengomfula ocwebezelayo ogeleza enhliziyweni yayo; ngamanye amazwi, yindawo lapho kungeke kudingeke khona isidingo.
Akudingeki ukulinda amazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha ukuze kutholakale izibusiso zamanzi okuphila. Ngenxa yokuthi uMoya oNgcwele uza ukuhlala ngaphakathi komkholwa, umKristu angakuzwa lokhu manje. UMoya oNgcwele ngaphakathi komkholwa uzoqeda konke ukoma okungokomoya, inqobo nje uma umkholwa ezothatha lokho uMoya akuhlinzekayo futhi alandele ukuhola kukaMoya ngezikhathi ezithile.
Ngamafuphi, amanzi okuphila ayisibonelo esikhuluma ngomsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele empilweni yomkholwa, enikeza ukuhlanzwa okungokomoya nokuqabuleka okuqhubekayo.
UJesu ubhekisela ku-Isaya 55:1 no-Isaya 58:11—izigaba eziveza ithemba likaMesiya ngendlela efanayo ngamanzi anikeza ukuphila (bheka u-Eksodusi 17:1–6; IHubo 78:15–16; 105:40–41; IzAga 18:4; Isaya 12:3; Hezekeli 47:1–11; noZakariya 14:8). Lapho ethi imifula yamanzi aphilayo izogeleza ivela kwabakholwayo, uJesu wayethi ungukugcwaliseka kweziprofetho neziprofetho zamanzi zemiBhalo. Ngenxa yokuthi unguMniki-kuphila, labo abakholwa kuYe bayoba nokuphila okuphakade ngaphakathi kwabo futhi abasadingi ukufuna ukuphila emithonjeni yangaphandle.
UNkulunkulu ubeka uMoya waKhe ngaphakathi kwekholwa ngalinye (Roma 8:9), futhi ikholwa ngalinye linokuphila okuphakade (Johane 6:47) kanye nobufakazi bokuphila (kuMoya oNgcwele) ngaphakathi. Kungalowo mqondo ukuthi “imifula yamanzi aphilayo” igeleza ivela ezinhliziyweni zabakholwayo. Umhlaziyi uJoseph Benson wabhala ukuthi okholwayo “uzothola izibusiso ezingokomoya, noma ukuxhumana komusa waphezulu, ngobuningi obukhulu, kangangokuthi ngeke nje aqabuleke futhi aziduduze, kodwa uzoba negalelo ekuvuseleleni nasekududuzeni abanye” (I-Benson Commentary on the Old and New Testaments).
UPawulu uchaza indlela, ngothando, uKristu angcwelisa ngayo ibandla Lakhe, eligeza ngamanzi ezwi Lakhe (Efesu 5:25-26). Umlobi wamaHebheru uyaqhubeka nesihloko, ephawula ukuthi izinhliziyo zethu zifafazwa futhi “imizimba yethu ihlanzwe ngamanzi ahlanzekile” (Hebheru 10:22). UPetru wengeza ngokuthi amakholwa ahlanzwa njengokungathi ngamanzi (1 Petru 3:20-21). Ekugcineni, ekuboniseni okuhle kwenkonzo kaJesu, uJohane uthi iWundlu liyoba uMalusi, liholele abantu balo emanzini okuphila (IsAmbulo 7:17). Lokhu kukhumbuza ingoma kaDavide yeHubo 23 lapho uMalusi ehola uDavide eceleni kwamanzi athule futhi ebuyisela umphefumulo wakhe (IHubo 23:2-3). UJesu nguye onikeza ngokukhululeka ukuphila okuphakade. “Uma nina . . . nazi ukupha abantwana benu izipho ezinhle, kangakanani-ke uYihlo osezulwini uzakubapha uMoya oNgcwele labo abamcelayo!” (Luka 11:13).
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