Impela uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu

Abadala phakathi kwethu ngokungangabazeki bazoyikhumbula ifilimu edumile yango-1965 ethi The Greatest Story Ever Told, lapho uJohn Wayne adlala indima encane yokusekela yenduna yekhulu yaseRoma ephethe ukuqapha uKristu esiphambanweni. UWayne wayenomusho owodwa kuphela othi: “Ngempela wayeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu,” kodwa kuthiwa ngesikhathi sokuzilolonga, umqondisi uGeorge Stevens wayenomuzwa wokuthi ukusebenza kukaWayne kwakuyinto evamile kakhulu, ngakho wamyala ngokuthi, Hhayi kanje - sho inhlonipho. Wayne wavuma ngekhanda: Yeka ndoda! Ngempela, wayeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu!
Ukuthi le-anecdote iyiqiniso noma cha, ifinyelela iphuzu: noma ubani ofunda noma okhuluma lo musho kufanele akwenze lokho ngenhlonipho. Ulwazi induna yekhulu eyalubonakalisa ngokuyisimangaliso ukuthi uJesu Kristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu luthi insindiso yethu sonke.
“Kodwa uJesu wakhala kakhulu wafa. Iveyili lethempeli ladabuka kabili kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi. Kodwa induna yekhulu eyayimi lapho ibona ukuthi wayefa njani, yathi: “Ngempela lo muntu ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.” (Marku 15,37-enye).

Ungasho nje, njengabanye abaningi, ukuthi ukholelwa ukuthi uJesu wayeyindoda elungile, enomusa, engumfundisi omkhulu, futhi ukushiye kanjalo. Ukube uJesu wayengeyena uNkulunkulu osesimweni somuntu, ukufa kwakhe kwakuyoba ize futhi thina sasingeke sisindiswe.
“Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.” ( Joh. 3,16).

Ngamanye amazwi, ngokukholwa kuye yedwa, ukukholwa lokho uJesu akusho Ngaye - wayeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe yodwa - singasindiswa. Nokho uJesu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu - lowo owazithoba ukuze eze ezweni lethu elinesiphithiphithi futhi afe ukufa okuyihlazo ezandleni zethuluzi elinonya lokuhlushwa. Ikakhulukazi ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka, siyakhumbula ukuthi uthando lwakhe lwaphezulu lwamshukumisela ukuba azinikele ngezindlela ezimangalisayo kuwo wonke umhlaba. Njengoba senza lokhu, masikukhumbule ngenhlonipho.

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