Yiba umenzi wokuthula ukuze ufanele ukubizwa ngokuthi uyindodana kaNkulunkulu. – St. Ephraim umSiriya (25, 197).
UmSindisi wabathokozisa abenzi bokuthula futhi wamemezela ukuthi bayoba amadodana kaNkulunkulu, okokuqala, labo abanokuthula nabo ngokwabo futhi abangaqali ukuhlubuka, kodwa bayeke impi yangaphakathi ngokubeka umzimba ngaphansi komoya, ukumisa ukuthula kwabanye, ukuhlala ngaphakathi. ukungezwani kanye nabo ngokwabo, futhi ndawonye.
Akekho onelungelo lokukhomba omunye lokho yena angenakho. Ngakho-ke, ngiyamangala ngokuphana okungenakuqhathaniswa kothando lukaNkulunkulu ngesintu. INkosi ithembisa imivuzo emihle hhayi kuphela ngoMsebenzi nokuthululwa komjuluko, kodwa futhi nohlobo oluthile lwenjabulo, ngoba ngaphezu kwakho konke okusenza sijabule ukuthula, futhi ngaphandle kwakho (lapho kuphulwa impi) akukho lutho oluletha injabulo.
Kushiwo kahle ukuthi: abenzi bokuthula “bayobizwa ngokuthi amadodana kaNkulunkulu” (Mathewu 5:9).
Njengoba Yena uqobo, njengeNdodana yeqiniso, wathula yonke into, wenza abantu ithuluzi lobuhle, wahlanganisa abasezulwini nabasemhlabeni, washo kufanele ukuthi labo abenza okufanayo, uma kungenzeka, bayoklonyeliswa igama elifanayo futhi baphakanyiselwe esithunzini. ubundodana, okuwumkhawulo ophakeme kakhulu. injabulo. – St. Isidore Pelusiot (52, 86).
Masihloniphe isipho soMhlawuleli-ukuthula, isipho sokuthi, sishiye umhlaba. Wasishiya (Johane 14:27) njengohlobo lwesibambiso sokuhlukana. Sizokwazi ukuthethiswa okukodwa, ukuthethisa ngamandla okuphikisa. …Masizinikele ngobuncane obuhlukile ukuze sizuze into ebaluleke kakhulu, okungukuthi, ngazwi linye. Masizinike ukunqoba ukuze nathi sinqobe. Bheka imithethonqubo yemiqhudelwano kanye nokuxhashazwa kwabagijimi:
kanye nabo ngokuvamile olele ngaphansi uyanqoba phezu kwalaba phezulu. Futhi sizobalingisa… – St. Gregory the Theology (18, 244).
(Umphostoli) UPawulu uthi: “Ngokwenza okuhle, masingadangali” ( Gal. 6, 9 ). Yilokhu esikwenzayo ezindabeni zasekhaya: lapho abantu ababili bexabana bodwa, bethathana eceleni, sibanikeza izeluleko eziphambene. Wenza kanjalo uNkulunkulu, noMose, owathi kuNkulunkulu: “Bathethelele isono sabo, uma kungenjalo, ngesule encwadini yakho” ( Eks. 32, 32 ). Futhi wayala ama-Israyeli ukuba abulalane, angazihawukeli ngisho nezihlobo zawo. Nakuba lezi zenzo ziphambene, zombili zivame umgomo ofanayo. USanta John Chrysostom (41, 391).
“Futhi egqokise izinyawo zakhe ukulungela ukumemezela ukuthula” (Efe. 6:15). Naka iqiniso lokuthi ngale ndlela abiza ngayo amandla athile omphefumulo, ngoba ngezinyawo zethu siphuma siye kuLowo othi: “Mina ngiyindlela” ( Johane 14, 6 ) futhi kumelwe sizigqoke. ekulungiseleleni ukushumayela ivangeli lomhlaba. – Busisa uJerome. Indalo, incwadi. 17 Kyiv, 1903, p. 383.
Abadala abangcwele basitshela udaba olunjalo. Enye indela yaqhamuka eSkete izovakashela obaba bayo, ababehlala endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi amaCells, lapho abefundisi abaningi babehlala ezitokisini ezihlukene. Njengoba ngaleso sikhathi sasingekho isitokisi samahhala ayengahlala kuso, omunye wabadala, owayenesinye isitokisi, esasingahlali muntu, wasinikeza isivakashi. Abazalwane abaningi baqala ukuvakashela umhambi, ngoba wayenomusa womoya wokufundisa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Ikhehla elimnikeze isitokisi lakubona lokhu lafikelwa umona. Wacasuka futhi wathi: “Sekuyisikhathi eside ngihlala kule ndawo, kodwa abazalwane abezi kimi, ngaphandle nje kwevelakancane, bese kuba ngamaholidi, kodwa abazalwane abaningi beza kulo muntu othophayo cishe nsuku zonke.” Khona-ke wayala umfundi wakhe: “Hamba umtshele ukuba aphume esitokisini, ngoba ngiyasidinga.” Umfundi, esefikile kumhambuma, wathi kuye: "UBaba ungithumile endlini yakho engcwele; uzwile ukuthi uyagula." Wabonga wacela umdala ukuthi amkhulekele kuNkulunkulu ngoba wayehlushwa yisisu. Umfundi, ebuyela kumdala, wathi: “Ucela indawo yakho engcwele ukuba imthwale izinsuku ezimbili, lapho engathola khona isitokisi. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu, umdala waphinda wathumela lo mfundi kumfokazi: “Hamba umtshele ukuthi aphume esitokisini sami. Umfundi waya kumhambuma wathi: “Ubaba wakhathazeka kakhulu lapho ezwa ngokugula kwakho; ungithume ukuthi ngizwe ukuthi uzizwa ungcono yini?" Wacela ukudlulisa lokhu: “Ngiyabonga, nkosi engcwele, uthando lwakho! Wanginakekela kakhulu! Ngemithandazo yenu, ngizizwa ngingcono.” Umfundi, ebuya, wathi kumdala wakhe: “Futhi manje ucela indawo yakho engcwele ukuba ilinde kuze kube yiSonto; khona-ke uzohamba masinyane. Wafika uSonto kanti umzuli wahlala ngokuthula esitokisini sakhe. Umdala, evutha umona nentukuthelo, wathatha induku wahamba wayoshaya umzuli esitokisini. Ekubona lokhu, umfundi wakhuphukela kumdala wathi kuye: “Uma ungiyala, ngizahamba ngibone ukuthi abazalwane bafikile yini kuye, okuthi lapho ekubona, akhubeke. Ngemva kokuthola imvume, lo mfundi waqhubeka futhi, engena kumhambuma, wathi kuye: “Bheka, ubaba uyeza ezokuvakashela. Sheshani nimhlangabeze nimbonge, ngoba lokhu ukwenza ngenxa yobuhle benhliziyo nothando ngani.” Umshwibi wasukuma masinyane, waya ukumhlangabeza ngomoya wenjabulo. Ebona umdala, ngaphambi kokuba asondele, wawa phansi phambi kwakhe, ekhulekela futhi ebonga: “INkosi mayikuvuze, baba othandekayo, ngezibusiso zaphakade endlini yakho ongilungisele yona ngenxa yegama layo! Kwangathi uKristu iNkosi anganilungisela eJerusalema lasezulwini, phakathi kwabangcwele Bakhe, indawo yokuhlala ekhazimulayo nekhanyayo! Umdala ekuzwa lokhu wathinteka enhliziyweni, waphosela induku, wagijima waya ezingalweni zomhambi. Baqabulana eNkosini, umdala wamemela isivakashi esitokisini sakhe ukuze badle ukudla ndawonye bebonga uNkulunkulu. Bebodwa, umdala wabuza umfundi wakhe: “Ake ungitshele, ndodana yami, ingabe uwatshele umfowenu lawo mazwi engiyale ukuba awatshele wona?” Khona-ke umfundi wavuma: “Ngizokutshela, Nkosi, iqiniso: ngenxa yokuzinikela kwami kuwe, baba nomfundisi, angizange ngilokothe ukumtshela lokho ebenikuyalile, futhi angizange ngidlulisele nelilodwa lamazwi akho.” Umdala, ekuzwa lokhu, wawa ngasezinyaweni zomfundi wathi: “Kusukela namuhla kuqhubeke unguBaba, mina ngingumfundi wakho, ngokuba uKristu wawukhulula kokubili umphefumulo wami nomphefumulo womfowethu emgudwini wezoni ngesono. ukuhlakanipha kwakho nezenzo zakho zigcwele ukumesaba uNkulunkulu. nothando”. INkosi yanikeza umusa wayo, futhi bonke bahlala ekuthuleni kukaKristu, bekhululwe ngokukholwa, ukunakekelwa okungcwele, kanye nenhloso enhle yomfundi. Ethanda umdala wakhe ngothando oluphelele ngoKristu, wayesaba kakhulu ukuthi uyise ongokomoya, ethathwe intukuthelo yomona nentukuthelo, angawela esiphambekweni esasizobhidliza yonke imisebenzi yakhe, ayeyithathe kusukela ebusheni bakhe ebusheni bakhe. inkonzo kaKristu ngenxa yokuPhila okuPhakade.
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