Uthando lukaNkulunkulu olumangalisayo

Indaba kaKhisimusi isikhombisa uthando lukaNkulunkulu olukhulu ngendlela emangalisayo. Kuyasikhombisa ukuthi iNdodana kaBaba waseZulwini uqobo yafika yazohlala phakathi kwabantu. Iqiniso lokuthi thina bantu senqaba uJesu aliqondakali. Akukho ndawo evangelini lapho kukhulunywa khona ngesixuku esikhulu sabantu esibukele ngokwesaba okungenakuzisiza njengoba abantu abanonya bedlala amandla abo ezombusazwe futhi besusa usongo lwabo olukhulu, uJesu. Isigaba esibusayo sasifuna ukuba uJesu abulawe, asuswe esikhundleni—futhi izixuku zenza lokho kanye. Kodwa ukukhala: "Mbethele, mbethele esiphambanweni!" sho okungaphezu nje kokuthi: sifuna lo muntu anyamalale endaweni yesigameko. Kula mazwi kukhuluma umunyu omkhulu ngenxa yokuntula ukuqonda.

Kuyamangaza ukuthi iNdodana kaBaba oseZulwini yaba ngomunye wethu; futhi kuyamangaza nakakhulu ukuthi thina bantu samlahla, samphatha kabi futhi sambethela esiphambanweni. Kuyinto engenakwenzeka ukuthi uJesu angakubekezelela ngokuzithandela futhi akubekezelele konke lokhu lapho izwi elilodwa elivela Kuye laliyobiza izixuku zezingelosi ukuba zizomvikela? "Noma ucabanga ukuthi bengingeke ngibuze kubaba, futhi angangithumela masinyane amalegiyona ezingelosi angaphezu kweshumi nambili na?" (Mathewu 26,53).

Inzondo yethu ngoJesu kufanele ukuthi yamshaya uBaba, iNdodana kanye noMoya oNgcwele njengebhawodi elivela eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka - noma kufanele kube khona umoya okhululayo wobukhosi obungakhulumeki osebenza lapha. Ingabe uNkulunkulu woziqu-zintathu wayengakubonanga kusengaphambili ukwenqatshwa kwamaJuda namaRoma? Ingabe kwamthola enganakile ukuthi sixazulule isisombululo sakhe ngokubulala indodana yakhe? Noma ingabe ukwenqaba kwesintu iNdodana yoMninimandla onke kwahlanganiswa njengesici esibalulekile enqubweni yethu yokusindiswa kwasekuqaleni? Kungenzeka yini ukuthi indlela kaZiqu-zintathu yokubuyisana ihilela ukwamukela inzondo yethu?

Ingabe isihluthulelo sokubuyisana asinakuba ekwamukeleni ngokuzithandela ubumpumputhe bethu obungokomoya obulingwa uSathane nokwahlulelwa okuwumphumela? Isiphi isono esinganyanyeka ukwedlula ukuzonda uNkulunkulu—nokubulala ngegazi? Ubani owayengaba nekhono elinjalo? Iyiphi inhlawulo engaba ephakeme kakhulu, yomuntu siqu, futhi engokoqobo ukwedlula leyo yeNkosi yethu, eyamukela ngokuzithandela futhi yabekezelela ulaka lwethu futhi yahlangana nathi ekonakaleni kwethu okuyihlazo kakhulu?

UYise, iNdodana kanye noMoya oNgcwele bazimisele kakhulu ngothando lwabo ngathi, futhi abafuni lutho ngaphandle kokuthi samukele lolu thando ngayo yonke imizwa yethu. Kodwa bangafinyelelwa kanjani abantu abaye badideka kangangokuthi bacasha kuNkulunkulu onguziqu-zintathu ngenxa yokwesaba? Singajwayela ukubona uJesu njengesisulu solaka lukaNkulunkulu kangangokuthi siyehluleka ukubona umbono osobala kakhulu owembulwe eTestamenteni Elisha esitshela ukuthi wabekezelela ulaka lwethu. Ngokwenza kanjalo, ngenkathi ethatha ukuklolodelwa nokuklolodelwa kwethu, Wahlangana nathi ekujuleni kobumnyama bobuntu bethu futhi waletha ubuhlobo Bakhe noBaba kanye nokugcotshwa Kwakhe ngoMoya oNgcwele ezweni lethu lesimo sobuntu esonakele.

UKhisimusi awugcini nje ngokusitshela indaba ethandekayo yoMntwana kaKristu; indaba kaKhisimusi futhi imayelana nothando olukhulu ngendlela emangalisayo kaNkulunkulu onguziqu-zintathu - uthando oluhlose ukuhlangana nathi esimweni sethu esingenakuzisiza nesiphukile. Wazithwalela imithwalo nokuhlupheka ukuze afinyelele kithi, waze waba umhlatshelo wobutha bethu ukuze afinyelele kithi ebuhlungwini bethu. UJesu, iNdodana kaBaba wethu waseZulwini, Ogcotshiweyo ngoMoya oNgcwele, wabekezelela ukuklolodelwa kwethu, wathwala ubutha bethu nokwaliwa kwethu ukuze anikele ukuphila kwethu kwangempela kanye nathi kuBaba nakuMoya oNgcwele kuze kube phakade naphakade. Futhi wakwenza lokho kusukela emkhombeni kuya ngale kwesiphambano.

nguC Baxter Kruger