Ingabe IBhayibheli Liyakhuluma Ngesihlanzo?
Impendulo yeBhayibheli
Cha. Alikho igama elithi “isihlanzo” eBhayibhelini noma imfundiso yokuthi imiphefumulo yalabo asebafa iya esihlanzweni ukuze bahlanzwe.a Qhathanisa lokho okufundiswa iBhayibheli ngesono nokufa, nalokho okushiwo imfundiso yokuthi kukhona isihlanzo.
Akuyona indawo yesihlanzo esusa izono zethu, kodwa igazi likaJesu nokuba nokholo kuye. IBhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi “igazi likaJesu iNdodana [kaNkulunkulu] lisihlanza kuso sonke isono,” nokuthi ‘uJesu Kristu wasikhulula ezonweni zethu ngegazi lakhe.’ (1 Johane 1:7; IsAmbulo 1:5) UJesu wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ‘kwaba yisihlengo sabaningi’ ukuze kuhlanzwe izono zabo.—Mathewu 20:28.
Abantu abafile abezwa lutho. “Abaphilayo bayazi ukuthi bayokufa; kodwa abafileyo bona abazi lutho.” (UmShumayeli 9:5) Uma umuntu eseshonile akabe esezwa lutho, ngakho asikho isihlanzo noma umlilo ongasusa izono zakhe.
Uma umuntu esefile akabe esajeziselwa izono azenzile. IBhayibheli lithi “inkokhelo yesono ngukufa” futhi “lowo ofile ukhululiwe esonweni sakhe.” (Roma 6:7, 23) Isijeziso esiphelele sesono ukufa.
a Incwadi i-Orpheus: A General History of Religions ithi imfundiso yesihlanzo “ayitholakali ndawo emaVangelini.” Ngokufanayo i-New Catholic Encyclopedia ithi: “Lapho kuhlolwa, kutholakale ukuthi le mfundiso yamaKatolika yesihlanzo isekelwe emasikweni, hhayi emiBhalweni Engcwele.”—Uhlelo Lwesibili, Umqulu 11, ikhasi 825.
b Bheka i-New Catholic Encyclopedia, Uhlelo Lwesibili, Umqulu 11, ikhasi 824.