UNkulunkulu unathi

Sibheke kuKhisimusi, inkumbulo yokuzalwa kukaJesu eminyakeni eyizi-2000 edlule futhi ngaleyo ndlela ku-Imanuweli "uNkulunkulu unathi". Siyakholwa ukuthi Wazalwa iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, indoda yenyama negazi, futhi wagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele. Sifunda ngesikhathi esifanayo amazwi kaJesu abonisa ukuthi ukuBaba, ukuthi uhlala kanjani kithi nathi kuye.

Yebo kunjalo! UJesu wanikela ngesimo sakhe sobunkulunkulu lapho eba umuntu. Wabuyisana nathi, bazalwane bakhe ababethweswe icala, noBaba wethu ngokuchitheka kwegazi esiphambanweni. Ngakho-ke, manje sesimsulwa emehlweni kaNkulunkulu futhi sibahle ngokuphelele njengeqhwa elisanda kuwa.
Munye kuphela umbandela wokuthola le njabulo emangalisayo: kholwa leli qiniso, lezi zindaba ezinhle!

Ngibeka lesi simo ngamazwi avela encwadini ka-Isaya 55,8-13 kanje: Imicabango nezindlela zikaNkulunkulu zinamandla kakhulu kunezethu, njengoba nje nezulu liphakeme kunomhlaba. Imvula neqhwa akubuyeli ezulwini, kunalokho kumanzisa umhlaba futhi kuthele izithelo ezondle abantu, izilwane nezitshalo. Kodwa akugcini lapho, izwi likaNkulunkulu lizwakala nangabantu abaningi futhi liletha izibusiso ezicebile.

Kungumsebenzi wethu ukuphuma ngenjabulo nangokuthula futhi simemezele lezi zindaba ezinhle. Khona-ke, njengoba umprofethi u-Isaya asho, ngisho nezintaba namagquma aphambi kwethu kuyojabula futhi kumemeze ngokwethaba, futhi yonke imithi yasendle iyoshaya ihlombe futhi ihlabe umkhosi ngenjabulo, futhi . . . kaNkulunkulu.

Umprofethi u-Isaya wamemezela u-Imanuweli cishe eminyakeni engamakhulu ayisikhombisa ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe futhi uJesu weza ngempela emhlabeni ukuze alethe ithemba, ukuqiniseka nokuphila okuphakade kubantu abacindezelwe nabadangele. Okwamanje, usebuyele ngakuyise futhi ulungiselela konke ukuze sibe naye maduze. UJesu uzobuya azosithatha asiyise ekhaya.

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