Kuphelile

“Kufeziwe” kwakuwukukhala kokugcina lapho uJesu efa esiphambanweni. Manje ngiyazibuza: Yini ephelile? UJesu waphila iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nantathu futhi kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe wayehlale enza intando kaYise ngokuphelele. Umyalo waphezulu wawuwukufinyelela abafundi bakhe nabo bonke abantu ngothando lukaNkulunkulu ukuze bonke baphile ebuhlotsheni bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu. Kungenzeka kanjani lokhu? UJesu wakhonza abantu ngamazwi nangezenzo nangothando. Nokho, njengoba bonke abantu benza isono, kwakudingekile ukuba uJesu azinikele njengomhlatshelo oyisihlawulelo ngenxa yethu, ethwele wonke amacala. UJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, wakhashelwa, waboshwa, wagxekwa yiziphathimandla nabantu, wabhaxabulwa, wathweswa umqhele wameva, wahlekwa usulu futhi wakhafulelwa. Lapho isicelo sikaPontiyu Pilatu sizwakala sithi: Bethela! Mbethele esiphambanweni, uJesu wagwetshelwa ukufa engenacala futhi wabethelwa esiphambanweni. Kwafika ubumnyama ezweni. Lokhu cishe kuwuphawu lwendalo yonke lwesahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu ngesono kanye nabantu abalahla uMesiya wakhe, isithunywa sikaNkulunkulu esathatha isono phezu kwakhe. UJesu walenga esiphambanweni ebuhlungwini obungachazeki, ehlupheka, omile futhi esindwa yizono zabo bonke abantu. UJesu wakhuluma imisho eyisikhombisa eye yadluliselwa kithi.

UJesu wayeyiNkosi yempilo yakhe ngaso sonke isikhathi sothando lwakhe. Wathulula isifuba kuyise ngisho nangehora lokufa kwakhe. UJesu wasifela njengesoni esikhulu kunazo zonke. Ngakho uyise kwadingeka amshiye yedwa. UJesu wamemeza: “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni” (Marku 15,34). Kulamazwi athi “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami” uJesu wabonisa ukuthembela kwakhe okungenakunyakaziswa kuyise, u-Abba onothando, njengoba ayevame ukukhuluma naye kuyo yonke imithandazo yakhe.

Uthando olunganqamuki lukaYise neNdodana aluhambisani nokucabanga komuntu ngalesi sikhathi. Okwenzeka esiphambanweni angeke kuqondwe ngokuhlakanipha kwalomhlaba. UMoya oNgcwele, ngenxa yomqondo kaKristu, usiholela ekujuleni kobuNkulunkulu. Ukuze sikuqonde lokhu, uNkulunkulu usinika ukholo lwakhe.
UJesu wafa eshiywe uNkulunkulu ukuze abantu bakhe babize lo Nkulunkulu noYise futhi angasoze abalahla. Wathi: "Baba, ngiyawubeka umoya wami ezandleni zakho." (Luka 23,46), eqinisekile ukuthi yena noBaba bamunye njalo. Umphostoli uJohane ufakaza ngamazwi kaJesu, enanela ebumnyameni: “Kufeziwe” ( Johane 19,30).

Umsebenzi kaJesu Kristu wokuhlenga usuphelile. Ukukhululwa kwethu esonweni nasekufeni sekuphelele. UJesu wakhokha inani elingcwele ngenxa yethu. Ngokomthetho, isono siyinkokhelo, ukufa kukhokhelwa kuJesu. Isipho sikaNkulunkulu singukuphila okuphakade kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu (kusuka kwabaseRoma 6,23). Okwabonakala kwabangazi njengokwehluleka kukaJesu esiphambanweni empeleni kuwukunqoba Kwakhe. Wakunqoba ukufa futhi manje usinikeza ukuphila okuphakade. Othandweni lukaJesu olunqobayo

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