UKUCABANGA NOKUPHILA

UHarold W. Percival

ISAHLUKO III

IZINJONGO ZOMTHETHO WOKUTHOLA

Isigaba 1

Umthetho wokucabanga ezinkolweni nasezingozini.

UKUPHIKISA imfundiso yokuthi umuntu ungumenzi wakhe phetho ukuthi abantu abanakukhetha ekudalweni kwabo, futhi akukho ukukhetha mayelana nabo phetho; nokuthi akukho okungaphezu koyedwa ukuphila emhlabeni. Yabo Okuhlangenwe nakho kungakhombisa lokho ubulungiswa akuvamile ukukhishwa; ukuthi abalungile kaningi behlelwa amashwa, nokuthi ababi bavame ukuchuma; ukuthi imivuzo nezinhlupheko ngokuvamile ziza esintwini ngaphandle kwenkathi ehlakaniphile; ukuthi ababuthakathaka nabampofu bayacindezelwa, nokuthi abanamandla nabacebile bangathola ngaphandle kokujeziswa abakufunayo; nokuthi akukho okulingana ithuba kwabo bonke. Esinye isici esiphikisana nokwamukelwa kwe- umthetho wokucabanga as phetho inkolelo yokubuyisana. Uma abantu bengase bakhululwe emiphumeleni yabo izono ngomhlatshelo womunye, akukho Isizathu okwenkolelo ku ubulungiswa.

The ngethemba wenjabulo yaphakade ku izulu, Kanye ukwesaba lokuhlupheka okuphakade ku isihogo, njengomvuzo noma ukujeziswa ngezenzo zomuntu omfushane ukuphila emhlabeni, futhi kusekelwe ekwamukeleni noma ekwenqatshweni kwemfundiso nje, kuthuntubeza umbono futhi kuphazamise ukuqonda. Ukumiselwa kusengaphambili kusho ukuthi ngamunye umenzi ngesikhathi sokuzalwa kudalelwe okuhle noma okubi: isitsha sehlazo noma udumo. Lo mbono, uma ukholwa ngaphandle kokungabaza, ugqilaza amakholwa.

Labo abamukela kuphela uNkulunkulu othi, ngokuthanda kwakhe, akhiphe ukusola noma umusa, aphakamise noma abeke phansi, futhi anikeze ukuphila or ukufa; labo abagculisekile ngencazelo yokuthi wonke umcimbi uyintando yawo uNkulunkulu noma izindlela zeProvidence, ziwukuthi, ngokubamba lezo zinkolelo nje, azikwazi ukubamba umthetho wokucabanga as phetho. Abanye abantu bakholelwa kwabaningi onkulunkulu, nabanye kunkulunkulu othile, oyonikeza izifiso zabo futhi avune izono uma kuhlawulelwa ngeminikelo nokunxusa. Abantu abakholelwa ukuthi banonkulunkulu onjalo, abafuni a umthetho abangakwazi ukunxusa izinjongo zabo zobugovu futhi bathole impendulo oyifunayo.

Cha inkolo angahlukana ne umthetho wokucabanga, njenge phetho: kuyisisekelo sokuziphatha umthetho. Cha inkolo ayinakho ukuziphatha umthetho; kufanele kube kuzo zonke izinhlelo zenkolo; futhi kwezinye ifomu Ikona. Ngakho-ke izici zokuziphatha zazo zonke inkolo zabelwa bonke ngezinga elithile. Kwalokhu Isizathu imizamo yenziwe ngempumelelo ukukhombisa i identity of izinkolo ezintweni eziyisisekelo, isimiso sabo sokuziphatha siyisibopho phakathi kwabo. Nokho, inkolo ngayinye ibeka ukulawulwa kokuziphatha umthetho ezandleni zaleyo ngxenye uNkulunkulu inkolo kabani. Amandla akhe kukholakala ukuthi makhulu kangangokuthi yena akaboshiwe ngokuziphatha umthetho, ngokuba ngaphezu kwawo; yingakho ukukholelwa entandweni ka uNkulunkulu kanye nezindlela zeProvidence; ngakho futhi, kwabanye abantu, abanye ukungabaza yokuphatha lokho uNkulunkulu, futhi ekugcineni ukukholelwa emandleni angaboni futhi Ithuba.

Enye Isizathu kungani abanye abantu bengase bangafuni ukwamukela umthetho wokucabanga as phetho ukuthi abayibambe. Azikho uhlelo lwe-Universe; abazi lutho nature we onkulunkulu, noma izingxenye i onkulunkulu ukudlala ekudaleni, ekulondolozeni nasekuguquleni umhlaba obonakalayo; abazi okuncane mayelana nature we umenzi kanye nokuxhumana kwayo ne- onkulunkulu. Ukwehluleka kwabantu ukubamba lezi amaphuzu kungenxa yokungabikho kwesilinganiso esijwayelekile lapho i nature nobudlelwano babo bonke ndaba kanye nezidalwa ezisemihlabeni engabonakali nezindiza zazo, nasendizeni ebonakalayo ebonakalayo, zingalinganiswa. Ngenxa yobuthakathaka nobugovu bakhe, umuntu wemukela amandla njengaleso silinganiso; Ngakho-ke isimiso sakhe sokuziphatha singase sibe njalo kwesokudla. Umuntu ubona kweyakhe uNkulunkulu umuntu omkhulu; ngaleyondlela uyavinjelwa ekuboneni uhlelo lwe ngicabanga, ngaphandle kwalokho angeke abe nesihluthulelo sezimfihlakalo zendiza ebonakalayo.

Cha inkolo angahlukana ne umthetho wokucabanga as phetho. Nokho izimfundiso zenkolo ngokuvamile azihambisani nayo. Bakwenza kubonakale ngendlela engaqondakali, ezindabeni nasezimfundisweni ezifihla umthetho. Noma kunjalo lezi amafomu esetshenziswa yi-Triune Selves ukufundisa kwabo abenzi okuningi kwe umthetho wokucabanga njenge abenzi angazuza. I ukholo ebambelele “ezindleleni zeProvidence,” “ulaka lwe uNkulunkulu” kanye “noqobo Isono” ukubalula lezi ezimbalwa, ngisho nokungabaza okukhuluma nje Ithuba futhi ingozi, yisiteshi lapho umenzi edlula khona ngesikhathi efundiswa yi Ukukhanya we Intelligence.

The umthetho wokucabanga as phetho isebenza ku ukuthula futhi ayibonwa. Inkambo yawo ayizwakali ngezinzwa. Ngisho nemiphumela yayo endizeni ebonakalayo ayidonseli ukunaka ngaphandle kwalapho ingavamile noma ingalindelekile. Bese kuthiwa ngabanye abantu izingozi, futhi kuthiwa Ithuba; ngabanye, izimangaliso noma intando uNkulunkulu, futhi kufunwa incazelo izinkolo. Akuqondakali ngokuvamile ukuthi inkolo iyona maqondana Phakathi abenzi futhi onkulunkulu baye imfashini out of nature. The uNkulunkulu noma onkulunkulu okuyizinto abantu abazikhonzayo nature onkulunkulu. Lokhu Iqiniso kubonakala ku- izimpawu ngalokho bafuna ukukhonzwa. Lezi nature onkulunkulu, nokho, akhonjelwe ekupheleleni kwe-Triune Selves: adalwe ngokuhlanganisiwe abenzi ye-Triune Selves. I-Triune Selves ihlinzeka ngezingxenye ezihlanganisiwe zazo abenzi izindlela zokufeza ukukhulekela ngenxa—ngisho nokukhulekela okudingekayo— nature onkulunkulu. “Ubunkulunkulu” bomuntu ngamunye, obukhuluma ngaphakathi, bu umcabangi okwakhe I-Triune Self. I-Triune Selves ifundisa abafundi babo abenzi, nokusebenzisa izinkolo njengendlela yokufundisa. Ngakho-ke umenzi emzimbeni womuntu uvunyelwe ukucabangela okomuntu siqu uNkulunkulu njengomdali wayo nomthombo wamandla, nanjengomlawuli we ubulungiswa ngokwezimiso zokuziphatha. Kuze kube manje uNkulunkuluizenzo noma ukweqiwa kwakhe akungeni enkambisweni yokuziphatha—yona kanye ikhodi ebizwa ngokuthi uNkulunkulu— umenzi ukholelwa “ezindleleni ezingaphenduki zeProvidence.”

Ngezinye izikhathi izingxenye ezincane umthetho wokucabanga zitholakala ku izinkolo; kodwa-ke anemibala ukuze ahambisane nomzimba wemfundiso yenkolo. Lapho i- umenzi ivuthwa ngokwanele ukuze ibone ukuthi iboshelwe umuzwa emzimbeni owenziwe umuntu uqobo nature, kanye nokwehlukanisa phakathi kwe onkulunkulu or uNkulunkulu ngakolunye uhlangothi, futhi, ngakolunye, the Ukukhanya ithola kulo Intelligence, bese ngalokho Ukukhanya Ngabe umenzi baqonde umqondo ozalwa nawo ubulungiswa, okwangempela izincazelo “lolaka lwe uNkulunkulu” kanye nemfundiso yokuqala Isono.

Izingozi futhi Ithuba amagama asetshenziswa abantu abangacabangi kahle lapho bezama ukulandisa ngezenzakalo ezithile. Noma ubani ocabangayo kufanele aqiniseke ukuthi ezweni elihleleke njengaleli akukho ndawo yamagama ingozi futhi Ithuba. Yonke isayensi yemvelo incike ekuphindaphindeni okuthile amaqiniso ngokulandelana okuthile. A ngokomzimba umthetho izindlela amaqiniso kubhekwe kanye nesiqiniseko sokuphindaphinda kwazo ngokulandelana okuhlelekile. Engokomzimba enjalo imithetho lawula zonke izenzo zomzimba, kusukela ekuhlwanyeleni kuya ekuvuneni, kusukela emanzini abilayo kuya ekuthuthweni komkhumbi, kusukela ekudlaleni i-fiddle kuya ekudlulisweni kukagesi komsindo nezithombe ngomsakazo.

Kungenzeka yini ukuthi asikho isiqiniseko sokulandelana okuhlelekile kwe amaqiniso nezenzakalo lapho sifuna ukuziphatha umthetho, ukuze uziphathe kahle? Kukhona onjalo umthetho, futhi ilandisa ngalokho okuthiwa izingozi: Yonke into ekhona endizeni ebonakalayo iyi- ingaphandle a wacabanga okumele ilungiswe ngalowo okhiphe i wacabanga, ngokuvumelana neyakhe umthwalo wemfanelo nasekuhlanganisweni kwe isikhathi, isimo nendawo.