Iqiniso eliduduzayo likaNkulunkulu

Yini engakududuza ukwedlula ukwazi iqiniso lothando lukaNkulunkulu? Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ungaluthola lolo thando! Naphezu kwezono zakho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi udlule isikhathi esingakanani, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wenzeni noma ungubani. Ukujula kokuzinikela kukaNkulunkulu kuwe kubonakala emazwini omphostoli uPawulu: “Kepha uNkulunkulu ubonakalisa ukusithanda kwakhe ngalokhu ukuthi, siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela” ( Roma . . 5,8).
Umphumela omubi wesono ukuhlukaniswa noNkulunkulu. Isono sonakalisa futhi sibhidlize ubuhlobo, hhayi phakathi kwabantu noNkulunkulu kuphela kodwa naphakathi komunye nomunye. UJesu uyala ukuba sithande yena nomakhelwane bethu: “Ngininika umyalo omusha wokuba nithandane, njengoba nje nginithandile, ukuba nani nithandane.” ( Johane 13,34). Thina bantu asikwazi ukulalela lo myalo ngokwethu. Ubugovu buyisisekelo sesono futhi busenza sibheke ubuhlobo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi noNkulunkulu noma nalabo abasizungezile, njengobungenangqondo uma buqhathaniswa nathi nezifiso zethu siqu.

Nokho, uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngabantu ludlula ubugovu bethu nokungathembeki. Ngomusa Wakhe, oyisipho Sakhe kithi, singahlengwa esonweni kanye nomphumela waso wokugcina—ukufa. Icebo likaNkulunkulu lensindiso, ukubuyisana naye, linesihe futhi alifaneleki kangangokuthi asikho isipho esingake sibe ngaphezu kwalokho.

UNkulunkulu usibiza ngoJesu Kristu. Usebenza ezinhliziyweni zethu ukuze azembule kithi, asisole ngesimo sethu sokuba nesono, futhi asenze sikwazi ukusabela kuye ngokholo. Singakwamukela lokho akunikezayo - ukuhlengwa kokumazi nokuphila othandweni lwakhe njengabantwana bakhe. Singakhetha ukungena kuleyo mpilo ephakeme: “Ngokuba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa kuyo okungokukholwa kube ngukukholwa; njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa” (Roma 1,17).

Othandweni nokholo lwakhe silwela ngokuqinile kulolo suku olukhazimulayo lovuko, lapho imizimba yethu eyize iyoguqulwa ibe imizimba yomoya engafi: “Kuhlwanyelwa umzimba wemvelo, nomzimba womoya uyavuswa. Uma kukhona umzimba wemvelo, ukhona nomzimba womoya.”1. AbaseKorinte 15,44).

Singakhetha ukwenqaba isipho sikaNkulunkulu sokuqhubeka nokuphila kwethu siqu, izindlela zethu, ukuphishekela iminako yethu yobugovu nezinjabulo eziyogcina zife. UNkulunkulu uyabathanda abantu abadalile: “Ngakho-ke, iNkosi ayilibali ukufeza isithembiso sayo, njengoba abanye becabanga. Lokhu abakucabanga njengokuhlehlisa empeleni kuwukubonakaliswa kokubekezela Kwakhe ngawe. Ngoba akafuni ukuthi kube khona olahlekayo; angathanda ukuba bonke babuyele kuye” (2. UPetrus 3,9). Ukubuyisana noNkulunkulu kuwukuphela kwethemba leqiniso laso sonke isintu.

Lapho samukela isipho sikaNkulunkulu, lapho siphenduka esonweni ngokuphenduka futhi siphendukela kuBaba wethu osezulwini ngokholo futhi samukela iNdodana yakhe njengoMsindisi wethu, uNkulunkulu usithethelela ngegazi likaJesu, ngokufa kukaJesu esikhundleni sethu, futhi asingcwelise ngegazi lakhe. umoya. Ngothando lukaNkulunkulu olukuJesu Kristu sizalwa ngokusha - okuvela phezulu, esifanekiselwa ngokubhapathizwa. Khona-ke ukuphila kwethu akusasekelwe ezifisweni nasezinkambweni zethu zangaphambili zokuzazisa, kodwa emfanekisweni kaKristu nasentandweni yokuphana kukaNkulunkulu. Ukuphila okungapheli, okuphakade emndenini kaNkulunkulu kuyoba yifa lethu elingenakonakala, esiyolithola ekubuyeni koMhlengi wethu. Ngiyabuza futhi, yini engaduduza ukwedlula ukuzwa ubuqiniso bothando lukaNkulunkulu? Ulindeni?

nguJoseph Tkach

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