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UMoya oNgcwele wenza kwenzeke lokhu
Ingabe usukulungele ukuphuma "endaweni yokunethezeka" futhi ubeke ukholo lwakho nethemba kuKristu? Phakathi nesiphepho esinamandla, uPetru waphuma endaweni ephephile esikebheni. Nguye owayesesikebheni owayezimisele ukukholelwa kuKristu futhi enze okufanayo: “hamba phezu kwamanzi” (Mathewu 1)4,25-enye).
Uyasazi leso simo lapho uphika ukuthi uhlangene nento ngoba ikufaka enkingeni? Lolu hlobo lwento lwenzeka kakhulu kimi ngisemncane. "Bengizogqekeza iwindi ekamelweni likamfowethu? Kungani mina? Cha!" "Ingabe yimi engidubule imbobo emnyango weshede elingumakhelwane ngebhola lethenisi? Cha!” Futhi kuthiwani ngokumangalelwa ngokuba umngane nomvukela-mbuso, umphikisi, isitha soMbusi waseRoma? “Kodwa hhayi mina!” UPetru wamphika uKristu ngemva kokuba uKristu eboshiwe ensimini yaseGetsemane. Leli qiniso lokuphika libonisa ukuthi nathi singabantu, sibuthakathaka futhi asikwazi ukwenza lutho ngokwethu.
Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, uPetru, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wanikeza inkulumo enesibindi kubantu ababebuthene eJerusalema. Usuku lokuqala lwePhentekoste eBandleni Lesivumelwano Esisha lusibonisa lokho okungenzeka ngoNkulunkulu. UPetru waphuma okwesibili endaweni yakhe yokunethezeka, egcwele amandla okunqoba konke kaMoya oNgcwele. “Khona uPetru wasukuma nabayishumi nanye, waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wakhuluma kubo.” ( IzE 2,14). Lena kwakuyintshumayelo yokuqala kaPetru - ngesibindi, eyanikezwa ngokucacile nangamandla.
Wonke umsebenzi wabaphostoli esivumelwaneni esisha wenziwa waba nokwenzeka ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele. UStefanu wayengeke akwazi ukubekezelela isipiliyoni sakhe esibulalayo ukuba uMoya oNgcwele wawungekho. UPawulu wakwazi ukunqoba zonke izithiyo ukuze amemezele igama likaJesu Kristu. Amandla akhe avela kuNkulunkulu.
Uma sishiywa sizenzela thina, sibuthaka futhi asikwazi. Sigcwaliswe ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele, singakwazi ukuzuza noma yini uNkulunkulu asibekele yona. Uyasisiza ukuba siphume ‘endaweni yethu yokududuza’—“esikebheni”—futhi sithembe ukuthi amandla kaNkulunkulu azosikhanyisela, asiqinise futhi asiqondise.
Ngenxa yomusa kaNkulunkulu kanye nesipho sikaMoya oNgcwele ofikile kuwe, ungenza ukuzimisela ukuqhubekela phambili futhi uphume endaweni yakho yokunethezeka.
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