Isintu sinokuzikhethela

Ngokombono womuntu, amandla nentando kaNkulunkulu kuvame ukuqondwa kabi emhlabeni. Imvamisa abantu basebenzisa amandla abo ukubusa nokubeka intando yabo kwabanye. Kubo bonke ubuntu, amandla esiphambano angumqondo ongajwayelekile nowubuwula. Umbono wezwe wamandla ungaba nomthelela omubi kumaKrestu futhi uholele ekuchazelweni kabi kombhalo nomlayezo wevangeli.

“Lokhu kuhle futhi kuyabongeka emehlweni kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu, othanda ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe futhi bafinyelele olwazini lweqiniso.”1. UThimothi 2,3-4). Umuntu angafinyelela esiphethweni esivela kule miBhalo sokuthi uNkulunkulu unamandla onke futhi ngenxa yokuthi ufuna ukusindisa bonke abantu, kufanele bamlandele. Wayezosebenzisa amandla akhe nentando yakhe ukuze aphoqelele injabulo yabo futhi ngenxa yalokho insindiso yendawo yonke yayiyophoqelelwa. Kodwa lokho akusona isimilo saphezulu!

Nakuba uNkulunkulu enamandla onke, amandla nentando Yakhe kufanele kuqondwe esimweni sokulinganiselwa Azibekele sona. Kusukela kuGenesise kuya kusAmbulo, kusukela kuAdamu noEva kuya ekwahlulelweni kokugcina, kunesihloko eBhayibhelini esembula intando kaNkulunkulu yokusindisa, kodwa futhi nenkululeko yesintu esiyinikwe uNkulunkulu yokumelana naleyo ntando. Kusukela ekuqaleni, isintu siye saba nokuzikhethela ukwamukela noma ukwenqaba lokho okufunwa uNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu wembula intando Yakhe ku-Adamu no-Eva lapho ethi: «UJehova uNkulunkulu wamyala umuntu, wathi: Ungadla kuwo wonke umuthi osensimini, kodwa ungadli kuwo umuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi; ngoba mhla usidla uyakufa” (1. mose 2,16-17). Icala lenzeka ngoba babenenkululeko yokunqaba imiyalelo yakhe bazenzele okwabo. Isintu siye saphila nemiphumela yalokho kukhetha kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Osukwini lukaMose, uIsrayeli wakhuthazwa ukuba alalele intando kaNkulunkulu, kodwa ukukhetha kwaba kubo: “Ngimisa izulu nomhlaba njengofakazi ngani namuhla: ngibekile phambi kwenu ukuphila nokufa, isibusiso nesiqalekiso, ukuba nikhethe ukuphila nokuphila. hlala, wena nenzalo yakho” (5. (Funda uMose 30,19).

Osukwini lukaJoshuwa, uIsrayeli wanikezwa okunye ukukhetha okukhululekile: “Kepha uma ningathandi ukukhonza uJehova, khethani namuhla ukuthi ngubani eniyakumkhonza: onkulunkulu ababekhonza oyihlo ngaphesheya komfula, nonkulunkulu bama-Amori eniyakumkhonza ezweni lakubo. phila. Kepha mina nendlu yami siyakumkhonza uJehova” (Joshuwa 24,15). Lezi zinqumo zibalulekile nanamuhla futhi isintu singazikhethela ukuhamba ngendlela yaso, silandele onkulunkulu baso, sikhethe noma senqabe ukuphila okuphakade noNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu akagcizeleli ukuba kuthotshelwe.

UNkulunkulu uyajabula futhi kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuthi bonke abantu basindiswe, kepha akekho ophoqeleka ukwamukela lokho akunikelayo. Sikhululekile ukuthi sithi "yebo" noma "cha" entandweni kaNkulunkulu. Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi insindiso ngoJesu Kristu iyatholakala ngokujwayelekile akuyona yonke into. Ivangeli liyizindaba ezinhle kubo bonke abantu.

ngu-Eddie Marsh