Uthando lukaNkulunkulu olungenakulinganiswa

Yini engasiduduza ngaphezu kokubona uthando lukaNkulunkulu olungapheli? Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi: Ungathola uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngokugcwele! Naphezu kwazo zonke izenzo zakho ezimbi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wenzeni esikhathini esidlule, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wenzeni noma wawungubani. Ukungabi nasiphelo kothando lwakhe kubonakala emazwini omphostoli uPawulu: “Kepha uNkulunkulu ubonakalisa uthando lwakhe kithi ngalokhu, siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela.” ( Roma 5,8). Ungakwazi yini ukubamba ukujula kwalo mlayezo? UNkulunkulu uyakuthanda njengoba unjalo!

Isono siholela ekuhlukaneni okujulile noNkulunkulu futhi sinemiphumela elimazayo ebuhlotsheni bethu noNkulunkulu kanye nabanye abantu. Kusekelwe ekuzifuneni kwethu siqu, okusenza sibeke izifiso zethu ngaphezu kobuhlobo bethu noNkulunkulu nabanye. Naphezu kokuba sinesono, uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngathi ludlula bonke ubugovu. Ngomusa Wakhe, usinikeza insindiso emphumeleni wokugcina wesono - ukufa. Lensindiso, ukubuyisana noNkulunkulu, iwumusa ongafanelwe kangangokuthi asikho isipho esikhulu kunazo zonke. Siyakwemukela kuJesu Kristu.

UNkulunkulu welulela isandla sakhe kithi ngoJesu Kristu. Uyazembula ezinhliziyweni zethu, esiqinisekisa ngezono zethu futhi asenze sikwazi ukuhlangana Naye ngokukholwa. Kodwa ekugcineni isinqumo sikithi ukuthi siyayamukela yini insindiso nothando lwakhe: “Ngokuba ukulunga okuphambi kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa ngalokho okuvela ekukholweni; njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: “Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa” (Roma 1,17).
Singakhetha ukungena kulokho kuphila okudlulele okuyoqhubeka kukhula othandweni nasokholweni, siqhubekele phambili sibheke kulolo suku olukhazimulayo lovuko lapho siyoguqulwa sibe imizimba yomoya engaboli: “Kuhlwanyelwa kungumzimba wemvelo futhi kuyovuka umzimba womoya. . Uma kukhona umzimba wemvelo, kukhona nomzimba womoya.”1. AbaseKorinte 15,44).

Noma singakhetha ukwenqaba isipho sikaNkulunkulu sokuqhubeka nokuphila kwethu siqu, izindlela zethu, ukuphishekela iminako yethu yobugovu nezinjabulo eziyogcina zife. Kodwa uNkulunkulu uyabathanda abantu abadalile: “INkosi ayilibali isithembiso, njengoba abanye becabanga ukulibala; kodwa uyanibekezelela, engafuni ukuba kubhubhe namunye, kodwa ukuba bonke beze ekuphendukeni.”2. UPetrus 3,9).

Ukubuyisana noNkulunkulu kumelela ithemba elikhulu kunawo wonke esintwini ngakho-ke nakuwe uqobo. Lapho sikhetha ukwamukela isipho sikaNkulunkulu sokuphenduka ezonweni zethu ngokuphenduka futhi sibuyele Kuye ngokholo, Usilungisisa ngegazi likaJesu futhi asingcwelise ngoMoya Wakhe. Lokhu kuguquka kuwukuhlangenwe nakho okujulile, okuguqula ukuphila okusiholela endleleni entsha: indlela yothando, yokulalela futhi engasenabugovu kanye nobudlelwane obuphukile: "Uma sithi sinenhlanganyelo naye, kodwa sibe sihamba kuye. ubumnyama, siqamba amanga futhi asikhulumi iqiniso" (1. UJohannes 1,6-enye).

Sizalwa ngokusha ngothando lukaNkulunkulu olwambulwa kuJesu Kristu - olufanekiselwa ngokubhapathizwa. Kusukela manje kuqhubeke asisaphili ngokuqhutshwa yizinkanuko zobugovu, kodwa siphila ngokuvumelana nomfanekiso kaKristu nentando yomusa kaNkulunkulu. Ukuphila okungapheli, okuphakade emndenini kaNkulunkulu kuyifa lethu, esiyolithola lapho uMsindisi wethu ebuya. Yini engaduduza ukwedlula ukuzwa uthando lukaNkulunkulu oluhlanganisa konke? Ungangabazi ukuthatha le ndlela. Ulindeni?

nguJoseph Tkach

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