UYesu Krestu: Ithemba neSithembiso sePasika

UThixo, uBawo wethu oseZulwini; uYesu Krestu, uNyana waKhe oyiNtanda; noMoya oyiNgcwele basondele kuthi buqu. Ukukhanya kwabo okungapheliyo nokwanaphakade, imfesane, nothando olukhululayo luthungelana nenjongo yendalo nelaphu lobukho bethu (bona Alma 30:44; Moses 6:62–63).

KwiBhunga langaphambili kobu ubomi eZulwini, “amakhwezi okusa beduma kunye, yaye bonke oonyana [neentombi] bakaThixo bamemelela ngovuyo” (Yobhi 38:7). Sakhetha ukhetho. Ngoku sihamba ngokholo. Ngamava ethu, sifumanisa isithembiso sobuhle bukaThixo, ukucaca, uvuyo, nenjongo embindini kokungaqiniseki kubomi basemhlabeni, ukudimazeka, kunye nemingeni.

Asenzelwanga ukuba sibhadule sodwa ekungaqinisekini okukhoyo. Singathetha nezulu, sakhe ukholo nokuba yinxalenye yosapho nosapho loluntu lwabaNgcwele, kwaye sibe ngabobona bantu bokwenyani, abakhululekileyo, abayinyaniso, abavuyayo ngokuvuma nangovuyo ukuthobela imiyalelo kaThixo. INtlawulelo—kuYe kwaya ngoYesu Krestu izisa lo mnqophiso wokuba yinxalenye.

Ithemba loBomi bukaYesu Krestu noButhunywa

Usuku ngalunye, ithemba nesithembiso sePasika liquka iintsikelelo neemfundiso uYesu Krestu awabelana ngazo ngexesha lobufundisi baKhe obugqibeleleyo basemhlabeni. Emiselwe kwangaphambili, uYesu Krestu wazalwa eKuphela koNyana oZelweyo kaThixo (bona Yakobi 4:5; Alma 12:33–34; Moses 5:7, 9). Yena wakhula ebulumkweni nasebukhulwini, nasekuthandweni nguThixo nabantu (bona Luka 2:52). Efuna kuphela ukwenza ukuthanda kukaYise, uYesu Krestu waxolela izono, waphilisa ubulwelwe, wavusa abafileyo, waza wathuthuzela abagulayo nabangamalolo.

Ngelinye ixesha, emva kokuzila ukutya iintsuku ezingama-40, Yena wangqina, “UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwam, ethe ngenxa yoko yandithambisela ukushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo kumahlwempu; indithume ukuba ndiphilise abantliziyo ityumkileyo, ndivakalisi inkululeko kubathinjwa, nokubuyiselwa kokubona kwabaziimfama, ndindulule abaqobekileyo bekhululekile” (Luka 4:18; bona kananjalo Isaya 61:1).

Nguye ngamnye wethu lowo.

KwiSidlo Sangokuhlwa Sokugqibela, uYesu Krestu wahlamba iinyawo zabaPostile baKhe (bona Yohane 13:4–8). Kuwo omabini Amazwe eliDala neLitsha, “amanzi aphilayo” “nesonka sobomi” yena ngokwaKhe wasungula umthendeleko. Kummiselo womthendeleko owugcwalisekileyo, sibiza uBawo kwaye sinqophisa ukuthabathela kuthi igama likaYesu Krestu, sisoloko simkhumbula, kwaye sigcine imiyalelo yaKhe, ukuze sisoloko sinoMoya waKhe ukuba ube kunye nathi (bona Luka 22:19–20; 3 Nifayi 18:7, 10–11).

Emyezweni waseGetsemane, uYesu wabandezeleka ngaphezu kokuba umntu anokubandezeleka ukuze akhulule kwaye ahlawulele thina. Igazi laliphuma kuzo zonke iintunja. Wavela iintlungu zabo bonke abantu, ukuze singabi nokuva iintlungu ukuba siya kuguquka (bona IMfundiso neMinqophiso 18:11; 19:16).

Engcatshwa waza watyholwa ngobuxoki, uYesu Krestu wenziwa intlekisa waza watyakatywa, waza wathwaliswa isithsaba sameva kwintloko yaKhe ethobekileyo (bona Mateyu 27:26, 29; Marko 15:15, 17, 20, 31; Luka 22:63; Yohane 19:1–2). “Watyunyuzwa ngenxa yezenzo zethu ezigwenxa … siphiliswe ngemivumbo yakhe” (Isaya 53:5). Yena “waphakanyiselwa phezulu emnqamlezweni” ukuze asisondeze kuYe (bona 3 Nifayi 27:14–15). Kanti nasemnqamlezweni, uYesu Krestu waxolela (bona Luka 23:34). Wacela uYohane ukuba anyamekele unina (bona Yohane19:26–27). Yena waziva eshiyiwe (bona Mateyu 27:46; Marko 15:34). Ukuze sizaliseke isibhalo, Yena wathi Unxaniwe (bona Yohana 19:28). Xa konke kwafezwayo, Yena ngokwaKhe “wanikela umoya” (Luka 23:46; bona kananjalo Yohane 10:17–18).

UYesu Krestu uyayazi indlela yokusinceda kwizigulo zethu, ubulwelwe, ubulolo, ukuba wedwa, nobunzima (bona Alma 7:12). Iimbandezelo ezinje zihlala ziza njengesiphumo sokhetho lwabanye. Yena kananjalo uyayazi indlela yokuvuyisana nathi kulonwabo lwethu nombulelo, indlela yokulila kunye nathi xa uvuyo lwethu luzele. Ngobubele, Yena usibiza egameni laKhe, ngelizwi laKhe, emhlambini waKhe. Yena ubiza wonke umntu kuyo yonke indawo. Yena uyasimema ukuba sibone kwaye siqonde ubomi basemhlabeni ngembono yanaphakade. Njengokuba sihamba ngokuthe tye kwaye sigcina iminqophiso yethu, Yena uthembisa ukuba zonke izinto zinako ukusebenza kunye ukuze kulungelwe thina (bona IMfundiso neMinqophiso 90:24; KwabaseRoma 8:28).

Ngexesha laKhe nangendlela, ubuyiselo luyeza—hayi kwindlela izinto ebeziyiyo kuphela kodwa nakwezo izinto zinokuba zizo. Ngokwenene, uYesu Krestu unokusikhulula kubukhoboka nesono, ekufeni nasesihogweni, yaye unako ukusinceda sizalisekise ubuni bethu obungcwele njengoko siba ngaphezulu kunokuba besicinga, ngokholo nenguquko.

Ngenxa kaYesu Krestu, ukufa akusosiphelo. NgePasika sibhengeza:

Ngomyalelo nangamandla avela kuYise waKhe, uYesu wayenokubuncama ubomi bakhe aze abuthabathe kwakhona (bona Yohane 10:17). Ngelixa umzimba waKhe wawulele engcwabeni, uYesu Krestu wayelungiselela kwaye elungelelanisa kwihlabathi lemimoya, ebhengeza “inkululeko yabo kumakhamandela okufa” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 138:16).

Ngentsasa yosuku lwesithathu, Yena wavuka engcwabeni. Yena wathetha noMariya. Yena wabonakala kubafundi ababini endleleni eya e-Emawusi, kubaPostile baKhe, nabanye. (Bona Mateyu 28; Marko 16; Luka 24; Yohane 20.)

Ngobungqina be-chiasmatic, wamema abafundi baKhe ukuba baphose iminatha yabo kwelinye icala lenqanawa; ngeli xesha; nangona izele ziintlanzi, iminatha ayizange iqhawuke (bona Yohane 21:6–11; Luka 5:3–7). Yena wondla abafundi waza wamncenga uPetros izihlandlo ezithathu ukuba ondle izimvu zaKhe kwaye namatakane (bona Yohane 21:12–17). Yena wenyuka waya ezulwini, ebhengeza ukuba abafundi baKhe ngoko kunye nathi ngoku kufuneka babelana ngeendaba ezizukileyo zePasika nevangeli yaKhe kuzo zonke izizwe, izalamane, nabantu (bona Mateyu 28:19–20; Marko 16:15).

UYesu Krestu nguMalusi wethu Olungileyo neMvana kaThixo. Yena wanikela ngobomi baKhe ngenxa, kwaye unikela ngobomi baKhe, kwizimvu zaKhe. Emyezweni nasemnqamlezweni, Yena wathwala into enganyamezelekiyo kwaye wasihlawulela. Ngexesha naphakade, Yena usibonisa ngomzekelo indlela “ukufa kuvula indlela eya kunaphakade.”

Ngamandla eNtlawulelo kaKrestu noVuko Ekufeni, imizimba yethu nemiphefumlo iya kudibana eluvukweni lwasenyameni. Siya kuba nobuqaqawuli, sibuyiselwe kwimbonakalo nakwimo yenyama, ilungu ukuya kwelinye. Kwaneenwele zeentloko zethu ziya kubuyiselwa. Siya kukhululeka kwizigulo zexesha, izifo, ingozi yomzimba, nokungasebenzi kakuhle kwengqondo. INtlawulelo kaKrestu inokusisikelela ukuba soyise lonke uhlobo lokwahlukana kwasemoyeni nokufa kwasemoyeni. Kwimeko yenguquko, sikhululiwe kuso sonke isono nosizi kwaye sivulelwe kuzaliseko lothando novuyo lwanaphakade. Sisulungekile, sicocekile, sikhululekile, sinokubuyela kolona nxulumano lwethu losapho siluxabisayo kubukho obuzukileyo, beselestiyali bukaThixo uBawo wethu noYesu Krestu.

Siza kubona abo sibathandayo kwakhona. Xa sidityaniswa nabo sibathandayo, siyakubonana ngembono yanaphakade—nothando olukhulu, ukuqonda, nobubele. INtlawulelo kaYesu Krestu ingasinceda sikhumbule oko kubalulekileyo kwaye silibale into engafanelekanga. Ukubona uMsindisi wethu nobudlelwane ngokholo olukhulu nombulelo kuzisa uxolo, kuphakamisa imithwalo, kuxolelanisa iintliziyo, kwaye kumanyanise iintsapho ngexesha naphakade.

Ithemba loBuninzi noVuyo

IPasika kuYesu Krestu iquka ukuvula iingcango zezulu, ukwanda kwesiqhamo somdiliya, kwaye nemihlaba echulumancisayo. IPasika kuYesu Krestu iquka ukuthuthuzela nokunyamekela abahlolokazi neenkedama, abalambileyo nabangenakuzinceda, aboyikayo, abaxhatshazwayo, okanye ababanjwe bemsulwa engozini. Ecinga ngaye ngamnye, uYesu Krestu uyasimema ukuba sibone kwaye silungiselele ngothando novelwano, njengoko Yena esenza.

Kuzo zonke izinto ezilungileyo, uYesu Krestu ubuyisela ngobuninzi (bona Yohane 10:10; Alma 40:20–24). Yena uthembisa ukuba “umhlaba uzele, kwaye kukho okwaneleyo nokunokuqoqoshwa” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 104:17). Ukubuyisela kwaKhe zonke izinto kubandakanya ukuzaliseka kwevangeli yaKhe, igunya lobubingeleli baKhe namandla, nemimiselo engcwele neminqophiso efumaneka eBandleni laKhe, ebizwa ngegama laKhe, nkqu IBandla likaYesu Krestu labaNgcwele beMihla yokuGqibela.

IPasika kuYesu Krestu ibandakanya izindlu ezingcwele ezingakumbi zeNkosi eziza kufutshane kubantwana bakaThixo kwiindawo ezininzi, ezisa ezintliziyweni zethu imfundiso “yabasindisi eNtabeni yeZiyon” (bona Obhadiya 1:21). INkosi isinika indlela engcwaliseleyo, engazicingeliyo ukuba sinikele emhlabeni oko abangasekhoyo esibathandayo bakudingayo nomnqweno wabo kunaphakade abangenakuzifumanela bona.

Linjalo ithemba lam, isithembiso, nobungqina bam. Ndingqina uThixo uBawo wethu, uMsindisi noMkhululi wethu, uYesu Krestu; noMoya oyiNgcwele. NgePasika nakwimihla yonke, yanga singafumana ithemba lanaphakade nesithembiso kwicebo likaThixo elinyulu lolonwabo, nendlela yalo yomnqophiso wenguqu yobungcwalisa ukusuka kubomi basemhlabeni ukuya kubomi obungenasiphelo nobomi banaphakade. Usuku ngalunye yanga ukuqinisekiswa kweNtlawulelo kaYesu Krestu kuphakamise imithwalo yethu, kusincede sithuthuzele abanye kwiintlungu zabo, kwaye kukhulule imiphefumlo yethu ukuze ifumane uvuyo lwaKhe olupheleleyo.

Ngethemba nesithembiso sePasika, uYesu Krestu ugcwalisa ulangezelelo lweentliziyo zethu kwaye aphendule imibuzo yemiphefumlo yethu.