What is the fruit of faith according to the Bible? Because Christians often say, that they believe in Jesus Christ and that they believe God. But do they really believe in Him? Because many times, their words and actions don’t line up with what they say they believe. They don’t walk after the Spirit by faith but they walk by what their senses perceive and carnal mind say. What does the Bible say about the fruit faith?
Kuyini ukukholwa ngokweBhayibheli?
Manje ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, ubufakazi bezinto ezingabonwayo (amaHebheru 11:1 I-KJV)
Manje ukukholwa yisiqiniseko (isiqinisekiso, itayitela) wezinto [thina] ithemba nge, engubufakazi bezinto [thina] ababoni kanye nokuqiniseka ngeqiniso labo [ukholo olubona njengeqiniso langempela lokho okungambulwanga emizweni] (Heb 11:1 Amp)
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Faith is the assurance of the things hoped for and the evidence (ubufakazi) of things that are not seen.
Ake sibheke igama elithi 'ithemba'. Ithemba lihunyushwe lisuselwa egameni lesiGreki elithi ‘elpízõ’ nelisho ukuthi; ukulindela noma ukuthulula isifuba: – (babe, into) ithemba (-d) (okwe), ukwethemba.
Ithemba lisho ukuthi uyazethemba, nokuthi uyamethemba, ukuthi kukhona okuzokwenzeka. Wena lindela kuzokwenzeka.
There is no doubt in hope. But there is an assurance in hope; ukulindela ukuthi ‘okuthile’ kuzokwenzeka. Ithemba liyithemba.
Ngakho-ke, ukukholwa yisiqiniseko sezinto ozilindele ukuthi zenzeke. It is the evidence of things that are not seen.
“Cazonke lezozinto ezingekho, sengathi bakhona”
Faith is to call those things which are not as though they were (AmaRoma 4:17). Isikhathi sokuqala, ukuthi ukholo lwesithelo lwabonakala, kwaba ngesikhathi sokudalwa. God had faith in His Word and power. Wayazi, when He spoke the Word (uJesu, iZwi eliphilayo) lokho ngamandla aKhe (uMoya oNgcwele) kwaba khona. Bekungakabonakali okwamanje, kodwa uNkulunkulu wayewazi amandla eZwi laKhe.
God had this creation in His mind and spoke this creation into being. Wabiza lezozinto, okungenjalo, sengathi bakhona.
And if we are born again in Christ and have become spiritual, then we understand through faith that the worlds were created by the Word of God.
Ngokukholwa siyaqonda ukuthi umhlaba wakhiwe ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, ukuze okubonwayo akwenziwa kokubonwayo (amaHebheru 11:3)
Lisho ukuthini igama elithi ukukholwa?
Ukholo luhunyushwe egameni lesiGreki elithi ‘epistis' futhi izindlela: ukuncenga, leyo, ubufakazi; ukuqiniseka ngokuziphatha (weqiniso lenkolo, noma ukuba yiqiniso kukaNkulunkulu noma umfundisi wenkolo), ikakhulukazi ukuthembela kuKristu ukuze uthole insindiso; ukungaguquguquki kulowo mkhakha; ngokwandisa uhlelo lwezenkolo (Ivangeli) iqiniso ngokwalo: – isiqiniseko, inkolelo, kholwani, ukholo, ukwethembeka.
You are persuaded, unesiqiniseko. You are certain that ‘something’ is the truth. Ngakho-ke, you stand and keep on standing on that truth. Yebo, you stay faithful to the truth. Akukho futhi akekho ongakususa kulelo qiniso. Awuhlehli futhi awungabazi (Funda futhi: Ngabe ngizothola ukukholwa emhlabeni?).
Ukholo lwakho luqala nini?
Your faith begins when you are convinced that ‘okuthile’ kuyiqiniso. Uzwile, funda, noma ubone okuthile, futhi niyakholwa, lokho enikuzwile, funda, or saw is true.
UNkulunkulu unikeze mahhala kuwo wonke umuntu. Ngakho-ke wonke umuntu unenkululeko yokuzikhethela ukuze azikhethele ekuphileni. Wonke umuntu unelungelo lokuzikhethela, ukukholelwa eZwini likaNkulunkulu noma ukungakholelwa eZwini likaNkulunkulu.
Their actions and lives show, noma bayakholwa eZwini likaNkulunkulu noma cha.
Abantu, abahamba ngokwenyama, njalo udinga uhlobo oluthile lobufakazi kanye/noma uphawu, before they believe. They are sense-oriented and they will only believe if they’ll see it with their natural eyes.
Kuvame ukwenzeka, when they get some kind of proof or a sign, ukuthi basazokungabaza. (Funda futhi: Bona kuqala bese uyakholwa noma kholwa kuqala bese ubona?).
Sonke siyazi ukuthi ukungabaza kuphambene nokukholwa. Doubt is the fruit of the old man; umuntu wenyama. If you doubt, you will not be able to walk in faith and bear the fruit of faith.
What are the four simple steps of faith in the process of regeneration?
Kodwa i okudaliwe okusha ngeke bahambe ngalokho abakubona endaweni yemvelo futhi ngeke besahamba ngokulandela inyama. But the new creations walk in obedience to the Word after the Spirit. They walk in faith and bear the fruit of faith. They abide in the Word of God and call those things which are not as though they were.
The new creations are not moved and ruled by their senses, imizwa, imizwelo, njll., But they are moved and ruled by the Spirit. Bangu 4 simple steps of faith in the process of regeneration.
The first step of faith
Isinyathelo sokuqala sokukholwa ukukholwa kuJesu Kristu; that He is the Son of God and that Jesus came in the flesh and became the Substitute for fallen man. Through His sacrifice at the cross, ngegazi laKhe, and the resurrection of the dead, He dealt with the sin problem. He restored the position of man and reconciled man back to God.
Uma ukholwa, you repent of your old life as a sinner and make Jesus your Saviour and Lord. Leso isinyathelo sokuqala osithathayo ekukholweni; believing in Jesus Christ, and His redemptive work futhi phenduka lempilo yakho yesono
The second step of faith
Manje kufika isinyathelo sesibili, which is regeneration in Christ. Wena bethela inyama yakho; wena uqobo, izinkanuko zakho, izifiso, opinions, way of thinking, izono, njll. Ngokusebenzisa ubhapathizo you lay down your life (Ubhapathizo lwamanzi luwuphawu lokufa kwenyama yakho). Uyakholwa ngakho-ke unokholo, that you burry the old you (Indoda endala) emanzini.
The third step of faith
Uyakuvuka ekufeni ungene ekuphileni okuphakade. Your spirit becomes alive, ngobhapathizo lukaMoya oNgcwele. Uzelwe ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu futhi uMoya oNgcwele uzohlala kuwe. Usuyindalo entsha; indodana kaNkulunkulu (lokhu kusebenza kokubili abesilisa nabesifazane), and His nature dwells in you. Now you believe that you are a new creation; ozelwe ngamanzi nangoMoya.
The final step of faith
Uyakholwa, ukuthi usuyisidalwa esisha. The old you is gone and the new you, owadalwa ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, uzelwe. As you believe that you are a new creation and that the past is gone, uzohamba futhi njengesidalwa esisha.
You shall be confident in Jesus Christ; the Word and shall walk in obedience to His words after the Spirit. The Bible shall guide you and be your co.
Ngakho-ke njengalokho namukele uKristu Jesu iNkosi, ngakho hambani kuye: Igxilile futhi yakhelwe kuye, njalo liqinisiwe ekukholweni, njengoba lifundisiwe, nichichima kulo ngokubonga (Kol 2:6,7)
Ukuthuthukisa kanjani ukukholwa?
Ukukholwa kwakho kuzothuthukiswa ngokuzwa iZwi likaNkulunkulu, ukusebenzisa iZwi likaNkulunkulu empilweni yakho nangokwenza iZwi likaNkulunkulu.
Ukukholwa kuvela ngokuzwa nokuzwa ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu (Rom 10:17)
Kodwa wena, bathandekayo, zakheni ekukholweni kwenu okungcwele kakhulu, ekhuleka ngoMoya oNgcwele (Judas 1:20)
Ngokuzwa iZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi ukuvuselela ingqondo yakho ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu, uzothuthukisa ukholo lwakho.
Uzozakha ekukholweni kwakho okungcwele kakhulu futhi uzohamba njengokusho kweZwi. Niyakukhuleka ngoMoya oNgcwele, lokho kungukukhuleka ngezinye izilimi.
UMoya wazi kahle, okudingayo nokuthi yiziphi izithiyo empilweni yakho, Usiza ubuthakathaka bakho, ngakho-ke Uyakunxusela.
Ngokunjalo noMoya uyasiza ubuthakathaka bethu: ngoba kasikwazi okumele sikuthandazele njengoba kufanele: kodwa uMoya uqobo usikhulumela ngokububula okungenakuphinyiswa (Rom 8:26)
IZwi elembulwa nguMoya
Ngaphambi kokuba ube azalwe kabusha, ubungazi, okwakulotshwe eZwini likaNkulunkulu. Ubungamazi uJesu, nokuthi ungubani uNkulunkulu, wahamba ebumnyameni. Noma mhlawumbe ulifundile iZwi likaNkulunkulu, kodwa awuqondanga okulotshiweyo.
Kodwa manje, ukuthi nemukele uMoya oNgcwele, futhi bangenile ekukhanyeni Kwakhe, niyakufunda iZwi laKhe ngoMoya waKhe. Uzaqonda okulotshiweyo, ngoba uMoya oNgcwele uyokwembula iZwi likaNkulunkulu (okunguMoya) kwakho.
UMoya unjalo i key to understanding the Word of God; UnguMfundisi wakho. Awudingi zonke izinhlobo zothisha. UMoya oNgcwele uyakunifundisa kulo lonke iqiniso futhi aniqondise. He shall raise you in His Word, ukuze nihambe ekukholweni.
Uzokwenza, lokho iZwi elikutshela ukuba ukwenze, futhi uyophila njengoba iZwi elikushoyo, esikhundleni salokho uhlelo lwezwe, abantu, or your senses say. Niyakuhamba kuye nihambe eqinisweni.
Imisebenzi iyokulandela
Ngoba njengoba umzimba ngaphandle komoya ufile, kanjalo nokukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi kufile (UJames 2:26)
Ukukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi kufile. Ngokufunda iZwi likaNkulunkulu, applying the Word, and therefore doing the Word of God, uyakuhamba kuYe. Uzogcina imiyalo Yakhe futhi umlalele.
Uyokhuluma futhi uphile ngokweZwi. Uma wenza iZwi, imisebenzi iyakukulandela, njengoba nje imisebenzi yayilandela uJesu, ngoba Wahamba emva kukaMoya. Inqobo nje uma uhlala kuYe; iZwi, and the works shall follow you.
Cimani yonke imicibisholo evuthayo ngokholo
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ethatha isihlangu sokukholwa, eniyakuba namandla ngayo ukucima yonke imicibisholo evuthayo yomubi (Efe 6:16)
Ngeke uhlale uthola ukwamukelwa okufudumele futhi mhlawumbe abantu abaseduze nawe ngeke bakuthande, futhi nginizingele.
Usathane uzozama konke angakwenza, ukukubuyisela enyameni, ukuze aphinde abuse phezu kwenu, esikhundleni se wena obusa phezu kwakhe.
Uyakukumangalela engqondweni yakho, he shall raise thoughts in your mind which oppose the Word of God.
Kuphuma kuwe, wenzani ngale micabango. Do you feed them, noma nibathumbe kuJesu Kristu futhi nibaphonse phansi?
The devil not only uses your mind, but also people to attack you.
Usathane unenhloso eyodwa futhi ukukucekela phansi. Uzokwenza konke okusemandleni akhe futhi uzosebenzisa wonke angakwazi, to accomplish his mission.
Kodwa uma uhlala kuYe; iZwi, khona-ke ngokholo ningacisha konke imicibisholo yakhe evuthayo, hhayi abanye, kodwa konke. Ukukholwa yisihlangu sakho, kodwa kufanele uyibambe, akekho omunye ongakwenzela lokho. Ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuzakha okholweni lwakho olungcwele kakhulu.
Yini engaqeda ukholo lwakho?
Inqobo nje uma uhlala eZwini likaNkulunkulu futhi uhamba ngokwemithetho Yakhe, uyakuhlala ekukholweni. But you must stay awake and watchful ngezikhathi zonke. You must never let your guard down. Gcina ingqondo yakho ingangeni nolwazi lwaleli zwe, futhi uhlale uthembekile eZwini. Lapho wondla ingqondo yakho ngolwazi lwalo mhlaba, khona-ke kuyovela ukungabaza. Ngoba ulwazi lwalomhlaba luphambene nolwazi lweZwi.
Ngakho-ke ukukholwa kungachithwa ngu ukungabaza. Lokhu kungabaza kungavela ngaphakathi kuwe, kumbe ngaphandle:
- Ukungabaza ngaphakathi; ukungabaza kungangena uma ungakavuseleli ingqondo yakho ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu. Kungenzeka ukuthi kwezinye izindawo zempilo yakho, awukayivuseleli ingqondo yakho ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu, kuleyo ndawo ingqondo yakho yomuntu isabusa, esikhundleni sikaMoya. Lokhu kuzoqinisekisa ukuthi uzoqhubeka uphila ngokulandela inyama.
- Ukungabaza ngaphandle; ukungabaza kungangena futhi ngaphandle, ngezimfundiso zamanga, ngokuhlakanipha komhlaba njll. . UPawulu waxwayisa amakholwa izikhathi eziningi ngabafundisi bamanga namafilosofi abantu, ngubani ozobadukisa, kude ekukholweni kuKristu Jesu.
Hlala kuYe
Ngakho-ke njengalokho namukele uKristu Jesu iNkosi, ngakho hambani kuye: Igxilile futhi yakhelwe kuye, njalo liqinisiwe ekukholweni, njengalokhu lathi lilaywa, nichichima kulo ngokubonga. Xwayani funa kube khona oniphanga ngefilosofi nangenkohliso eyize, ngokwesiko labantu, emva kwemithetho yomhlaba, futhi hhayi emva kukaKristu. Ngokuba kuhlezi kuye ukugcwala konke kobuNkulunkulu ngokomzimba (Kol 2:6-9).
Inqobo nje uma uhlala kuYe futhi uhamba ngokweZwi, khona aniyikunyakaziswa, futhi uyokuma futhi ahambe ekukholweni. Kodwa uma ungahambi ngokweZwi, kodwa ngokwalokho okushiwo yizwe (amafilosofi, isayensi njll.) uzolalela umhlaba futhi ngeke ukwazi ukuhamba ngokukholwa. Ngoba izwe liyizitha kuNkulunkulu neZwi laKhe.
What is the fruit faith?
Ukholo lwesithelo yisithelo sikaMoya. Lapho usuwamukele uMoya oNgcwele, umoya wakho uzophila futhi uyohlala ebunyeni noMoya oNgcwele. Umoya wakho uyobusa phezu kwenyama yakho; umphefumulo nomzimba.
Aniyikuphila ngalokho inyama yenu; izinzwa zakho zisakutshela, kodwa niyakuhamba ngalokho iZwi noMoya elinitshela khona, ngakho-ke uyohamba ngokukholwa, futhi uthele isithelo ukholo.
Hlala ethembeni
Ngakho gcina ukukholwa, thela izithelo ukholo, futhi nilwele iZwi. Makungabikho ontshontsha ukukholwa kwenu, noma ngabe abantu bakujikela.
Kuningi kakhulu okumele sikubhale mayelana nesithelo sokholo, ngoba lonke iVangeli likhuluma ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu. Ukuhamba komKrestu ozelwe ngokusha kumayelana nokukholwa. Ngithanda ukuphetha le post ngalombuzo olandelayo:
Uma kuyisikhathi sakho sokuya Ekhaya, ungasho, lokho uPawulu akusho?
Ngikulwele ukulwa okuhle, Sengiyiqedile inkambo yami, ngigcinile ukukholwa (2 UThim 4:7)
‘Yibani usawoti womhlaba’
