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Isimangaliso sePhentekoste
Isimangaliso sePhentekoste sithumele ukukhanya kwaso. Ukuzalwa noma ukuzalwa kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uJesu, kwakuwumvuthwandaba wothando lukaNkulunkulu. UJesu walubonakalisa lolu thando kwaze kwaba sekugcineni lapho ezinikela ngenxa yethu esiphambanweni ukuze asule izono zethu. Wabuye wavuka njengomnqobi phezu kokufa.
Lapho uJesu ekhuluma kusengaphambili nabaphostoli bakhe ngalezi zenzakalo ezizayo, abazange bakuqonde lokho ayezama ukubatshela kona. Babedidekile ngokuphelele ngemicimbi emenyezelwe. Futhi lapho bezwa: “Uma beningithanda, beniyakujabula ngokuthi ngiya kuBaba, ngokuba uBaba mkhulu kunami” (Johane 14,28), la mazwi ayeyimfumbe engaqondakali kuye.
Ngaphambi nje kokuba uJesu anyamalale efwini phambi kwamehlo abaphostoli lapho enyukela ezulwini, wabathembisa ukuthi babeyothola amandla kaMoya oNgcwele. UMoya oNgcwele uzokwehlela phezu kwabo futhi babe ngofakazi bakhe.
Ngosuku lwePhentekoste abaphostoli nabafundi babehlangene ndawonye. Kusenjalo kwagcwala indlu ukuhlokoma okuvela ezulwini kanye nomoya onamandla. “Kwabonakala kubo izilimi ezinjengomlilo, ezahlukana zahlala kulowo nalowo kubo.” ( IzE 2,3 IBhayibheli le-Butcher). Bonke bagcwala uMoya oNgcwele baqala ukushumayela ngezilimi ezahlukene.
Khona-ke uPetru wathatha izwi futhi wamemezela ivangeli ngensindiso yabantu abakholelwa kuJesu nomsebenzi wakhe wensindiso: abantu abashiya indlela yabo engalungile, balalela uMoya oNgcwele futhi benze lokho okufake ezinhliziyweni zabo. Baphiwe ngokucebile uthando futhi baphila ngokuthula, injabulo nobuhlobo obungenakunqamuka noNkulunkulu.
Isimangaliso sePhentekoste singaguqula impilo yakho ngamandla angcwele ngoMoya oNgcwele. Kukwenza ukwazi ukubeka phansi isimo sakho esidala esinesono esiphambanweni nemithwalo yakho esindayo. UJesu wakhokha lokhu ngomhlatshelo wakhe ophelele. Bakhululwa kulowo mthwalo, bahlengwa, futhi bagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele. Ungathola emazwini omphostoli uPawulu azoguqula impilo yakho yonke: “Ngakho-ke uma umuntu ekuKristu, uyisidalwa esisha; okudala kudlulile, bheka, sekufikile okusha” (2. AbaseKorinte 5,17).
Uma ukholwa lawa mazwi futhi wenze ngokufanele, ukubonile ukuzalwa kabusha kwakho njengomuntu omusha. Uthando lukaNkulunkulu luzokwenzela isimangaliso sePhentekoste lapho wamukela leli qiniso ngokwakho.
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