Ingabe uNkulunkulu usasithanda?

Iningi lethu selineminyaka eminingi lifunda iBhayibheli. Kuhle ukufunda amavesi ajwayelekile bese uzisonga ngawo njengokungathi yingubo yokulala efudumele. Kungenzeka ukuthi ukujwayelana kwethu kusenze singanaki imininingwane ebalulekile. Uma sizifunda ngamehlo amasha kanye nombono omusha, uMoya oNgcwele ungasisiza ukuthi sibone okuningi futhi ungasikhumbuza ngezinto esizikhohliwe.

Ngiphinde ngifunde incwadi yeZenzo zabaPhostoli, ngihlangane nesiqephu okungenzeka ukuthi usifundile ngaphandle kokunaka kakhulu: “Wababekezelela ehlane iminyaka engamashumi amane” ( IzEnzo 1 Kor.3,18 1984). Ngasikhumbula leso siqephu futhi ngezwa kuthiwa uNkulunkulu kwakufanele abekezelele abakwa-Israyeli abakhalayo nabakhalayo njengokungathi babewumthwalo omkhulu Kuye.

Kodwa ngase ngifunda okubhekiselwe kuyo: “Nabona futhi ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu wanisiza kanjani endleleni edabula ehlane. Kuze kube manje usekuthwele njengobaba ethwala ingane yakhe"5. mose 1,31 Ithemba labo bonke).

Inguqulo entsha yeBhayibheli kaLuther ka-2017 manje ithi: "Futhi iminyaka engamashumi amane wamthwala ehlane" (Izenzo 1).3,18) noma njengoba i-MacDonald Commentary ichaza: "Ukunakekela izidingo zomuntu". Akungabazeki ukuthi yilokho uNkulunkulu akwenzela ama-Israyeli, naphezu kwakho konke ukukhononda kwawo.

Ngibone ukukhanya. Yebo wayebanakekele, babenokudla, amanzi nezicathulo ezingagugi. Nakuba ngangazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayengeke amvumele alambe, angizange ngibone ukuthi wayexhumene kangakanani nokuphila kwakhe. Kwakukhuthaza kakhulu ukufunda ukuthi uNkulunkulu wathwala abantu bakhe njengobaba ethwala indodana yakhe.

Ngezinye izikhathi siba nomuzwa wokuthi uNkulunkulu unobunzima bokusebenzelana nathi noma ukuthi ukhathele ukubhekana nathi nezinkinga zethu eziqhubekayo. Imithandazo yethu ibonakala ifana ngokuphindaphindiwe futhi silokhu sibambeke ezonweni esizijwayele. Ngisho noma ngezinye izikhathi singase sithukuthele futhi senze njengama-Israyeli angabongi, uNkulunkulu uyasikhathalela kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sikhala kangakanani; ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngiqinisekile angathanda ukuthi simbonge kunokukhononda.

AmaKristu asenkonzweni yesikhathi esigcwele, kodwa nawo wonke amaKristu akhonza futhi asekela abantu nganoma iyiphi indlela, angakhathala futhi aphele amandla. Kulesi simo, umuntu uqala ukubheka izingane zakubo njengama-Israyeli angabekezeleleki, okungase kube isilingo sokubhekana nezinkinga zabo “ezicasulayo”. Ukubekezela kusho ukubekezelela into ongayithandi noma ukwamukela into embi. UNkulunkulu akasiboni kanjalo! Sonke singabantwana Bakhe futhi sidinga inhlonipho, uzwelo, kanye nokunakekelwa kothando. Njengoba uthando lwakhe lugeleza kithi, singabathanda omakhelwane bethu kunokuba nje sibakhuthazelele. Uma kunesidingo, sizokwazi ukuthwala umuntu lapho amandla akhe engasaneli endleleni.

Khumbula ukuthi uNkulunkulu akagcinanga ngokunakekela abantu Bakhe ehlane, kodwa ukubambe ngezandla zakhe zothando. Uyakuthwala njalo, ekuthanda futhi ekunakekela noma usakhala ukhohlwe ukubonga. Uthando lukaNkulunkulu olungenamibandela lukuzungezile empilweni yakho yonke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyakubona noma cha.

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