UNkulunkulu akanasidingo

E-Areyophagu umphostoli uPawulu wethula izithombe zabase-Athene kuNkulunkulu weqiniso: “UNkulunkulu owenza umhlaba nakho konke okukuwo, yena, iNkosi yezulu nomhlaba, akahlali emathempelini enziwe ngezandla. Futhi akavumeli ukukhonzwa ngezandla zabantu njengomuntu oswele okuthile, njengoba yena ngokwakhe enika wonke umuntu ukuphila nokuphefumula nakho konke.” ( IzEnzo 17,24-enye).

UPawulu wembula umehluko phakathi kwezithixo noNkulunkulu weqiniso onguziqu-zintathu. UNkulunkulu weqiniso akanasidingo, unguNkulunkulu ophayo onika ukuphila, wabelana ngakho konke okuhle anakho ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando. Izithixo zona zidinga izandla zabantu, ezizidalayo ukuze zibakhonze.

Kodwa kuthiwani uma uNkulunkulu ubengumuntu oyedwa, njengoba kufundiswa i-Unitarianism, eyenqaba imfundiso kaZiqu-zintathu nobunkulunkulu bukaJesu waseNazaretha? UNkulunkulu wayephila kanjani ngaphambi kokudala futhi yini ayeyoyenza ngaphambi kokuba kuqale isikhathi?

Lo Nkulunkulu ngeke kuthiwe unothando lwaphakade ngoba kwakungekho muntu ophilayo ngaphandle kwakhe. UNkulunkulu onjalo uswele futhi udinga indalo ukuze akwazi ukuba nothando. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu uyingqayizivele. UJesu wembula lokho uNkulunkulu weqiniso akwenza ngaphambi kokudala: “Baba, ngithanda ukuba lapho ngikhona labo onginike bona babe nami, ukuze babone inkazimulo yami onginike yona; ngokuba wangithanda izwe lingakasekelwa (Johane 1).7,24).

Ubudlelwano phakathi kukaNkulunkulu uBaba neNdodana yakhe bufana naphakade, iNdodana iyamthanda uYise: “Kodwa izwe malazi ukuthi ngiyamthanda uBaba futhi ngenza njengoba nje uBaba engiyalile” (Johane 1)4,31).

UMoya oNgcwele uluthando: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu akasinikanga umoya wokwesaba, kepha owamandla, nowothando, nowokuqonda” (2. UThimothi 1,7).

Kunenhlanganyelo yaphakade yothando phakathi kukaYise, iNdodana noMoya, yingakho uJohane wakwazi ukubhala ukuthi uNkulunkulu uluthando: «Bathandekayo, masithandane; ngokuba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu, nalowo othanda uzelwe nguNkulunkulu, uyamazi uNkulunkulu. Lowo ongathandiyo akamazi uNkulunkulu; ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando (1. UJohannes 4,7-enye).

UNkulunkulu wothando onguMthathu emunye uphethe ukuphila kuye: “Ngokuba njengalokhu uYise enokuphila ngokwakhe, kanjalo wayinikela neNdodana ibe nokuphila ngokwayo” (Johane. 5,26).

UNkulunkulu uhluke ngokuphelele kubo bonke abanye onkulunkulu. Uphelele kuye. UNkulunkulu ongunaphakade, ophethe ukuphila kuye futhi ongadingi lutho, wanika indalo yakhe kanye nesintu sonke ukuphila futhi wavula indlela yokuphila okuphakade ngoJesu Kristu. Ongenasidingo wadala indawo yonke ngesenzo somusa nothando. Abanye bangase baphethe ngokuthi uNkulunkulu akanandaba nathi ngoba akasidingi. UNkulunkulu uyasithanda futhi wasidala ngomfanekiso wakhe ukuze sibe nobudlelwane naye futhi sibe nobuhlobo obuseduze naye. UNkulunkulu ufuna simkhulekele, hhayi ngenjongo yokuhlangabezana nanoma yisiphi isidingo kuye, kodwa ukuze kuzuze thina, ukuze simazi futhi sihlobane naye futhi sihlale kulobo buhlobo.

Ungambonga uNkulunkulu uBaba ngokuthi ngeNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu ukunike indawo yonke, ukuphila kwakhe kanye nesimemo sokuphila okuphakade.

ngu-Eddie Marsh