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Impilo entsha egcwalisekile
Isihloko esiyinhloko eBhayibhelini amandla kaNkulunkulu okudala ukuphila lapho kwakungekho khona ngaphambili. Uguqula ubunyumba, ukungabi nathemba nokufa kube impilo entsha. Ekuqaleni, uNkulunkulu wadala izulu nomhlaba nakho konke okuphilayo, kuhlanganise nomuntu, engenzi lutho. Indaba yendalo kuGenesise ibonisa indlela isintu sakuqala esawela ngayo ekuwohlokeni okukhulu kokuziphatha okwaqedwa ngoZamcolo. Wasindisa umkhaya owabeka isisekelo sezwe elisha. UNkulunkulu wakha ubuhlobo no-Abrahama futhi wamthembisa yena nomkakhe uSara inzalo eminingi nezibusiso ezingenakubalwa. Naphezu kokuba inyumba ephindaphindayo emndenini ka-Abrahama - okokuqala uSara, kwase kuba u-Isaka noRebeka, futhi uJakobe noRaheli babhekana nobunzima bokuba nabantwana - uNkulunkulu wazigcwalisa ngokwethembeka izithembiso Zakhe futhi wenza kwaba nokwenzeka ukuzala inzalo.
Nakuba ama-Israyeli, inzalo kaJakobe, akhula ngenani, awela ebugqilini futhi abonakala njengabantu abangenakuphila - beqhathaniswa nengane esanda kuzalwa engenakuzisiza, engakwazi ukuzivikela noma ukuzondla futhi ngomusa wesimo sezulu. UNkulunkulu ngokwakhe wasebenzisa lesi sithombe esishukumisayo ukuchaza iminyaka yokuqala yabantu bakwa-Israyeli (Hezekeli 16,1-7). Bakhululwa esimweni sabo sokuphelelwa ithemba ngamandla amangalisayo kaNkulunkulu ophilayo. Angakwazi ukudala ukuphila ngisho nasezimweni ezibonakala zingenathemba. UNkulunkulu ungumbusi wokungenzeki!
ETestamenteni Elisha, ingelosi uGabriyeli yathunywa uNkulunkulu kuMariya ukuba iyomtshela ngokuzalwa kukaJesu okuyisimangaliso: “UMoya oNgcwele uyakukwehlela phezu kwakho, namandla oPhezukonke akusibekele; Ngakho-ke okungcwele okuzozalwa kuyothiwa iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.” (Luka 1,35).
Ngokwebhayoloji kwakungenakwenzeka, kodwa ngamandla kaNkulunkulu, ukuphila kwavela lapho kwakungeke kube khona. Ngemva kokufa kukaJesu Kristu esiphambanweni, ekupheleni kwenkonzo yakhe yasemhlabeni, sabona isimangaliso esikhulu kunazo zonke—ukuvuka kwakhe ekufeni wangena ekuphileni okungaphezu kwemvelo! Ngomsebenzi kaJesu Kristu, thina njengamaKristu sikhululiwe esijezisweni sokufa esasifanele izono zethu. Sibizelwe enkululekweni, esithembisweni sokuphila okuphakade, nakunembeza omuhle. “Ngokuba inkokhelo yesono ingukufa; Kodwa isipho esingafanelwe sikaNkulunkulu singukuphila okuphakade ngoKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu.” ( Roma 6,23 I-New Life Bible).
Ngenxa yokufa nokuvuka kukaJesu, sibona isiphetho sobuntu bethu obudala kanye nokuqala kokuzalwa kabusha komoya sinobuntu obusha phambi kukaNkulunkulu: “Ngakho-ke uma umuntu ekuKristu, uyisidalwa esisha; okudala kudlulile, bheka, sekufikile okusha” (2. AbaseKorinte 5,17). Siba umuntu omusha, ozelwe kabusha ngokomoya futhi anikezwe ubuyena obusha.
Sibona isandla sikaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zethu, siguqula izehlakalo ezibuhlungu nezibhubhisayo zibe okuhle okusondlayo nokusibumba ngomfanekiso wakhe. Impilo yethu yamanje iyophela ngelinye ilanga. Lapho sicabangela iqiniso elikhulu, siyabona: Ngenxa yobunyumba, ukuphelelwa ithemba nokufa, uNkulunkulu udala ukuphila okusha, okucebile, okwanelisayo. Unamandla okukwenza.
nguGary Moore
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