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UJesu wayengeyedwa
Egqumeni elingaphandle kweJerusalema elaziwa ngokuthi iGolgotha, uJesu waseNazaretha wabethelwa esiphambanweni. Akuyena yedwa owadala izinkinga eJerusalema ngalolo suku lwasentwasahlobo. UPawulu uzwakalisa ukuxhumana okujulile nalesi senzakalo. Umemezela ukuthi wabethelwa kanye noKristu (KwabaseGalathiya 2,19) futhi ugcizelela ukuthi lokhu akusebenzi kuye kuphela. KwabaseKolose wathi: “Nafa kanye noKristu, wanikhulula ezandleni zamandla aleli zwe.” ( Kolose 2,20 Ithemba kubo bonke). UPawuli uqhubeka athi sangcwatshwa futhi savuswa kanye loJesu: “Nangcwatshwa kanye laye (uJesu) embhabhathizweni; Nani navuswa kanye naye ngokholo ngamandla kaNkulunkulu owamvusa kwabafileyo.” ( Kolose 2,12).
Ukhuluma ngani uPawulu? Wonke amaKristu axhumene, ngokuqaphela noma ngokungazi, esiphambanweni sikaKristu. Ingabe wawukhona lapho uJesu ebethelwa esiphambanweni? Uma umamukele uJesu Kristu njengoMsindisi noMsindisi, impendulo ithi: Yebo, wemukele ngokukholwa. Nakuba sasingekho ngaleso sikhathi futhi sasingakwazi, sasixhumene noJesu. Lokhu kungase kubonakale kuwukuphikisana ekuqaleni. Lisho ukuthini ngempela? Sifana noJesu futhi simqaphela njengommeleli wethu. Ukufa kwakhe kuyinhlawulo yezono zethu. Indaba kaJesu iyindaba yethu lapho sizihlanganisa, samukela futhi sivumelana neNkosi ebethelwe esiphambanweni. Izimpilo zethu zihlanganiswe nempilo Yakhe, hhayi kuphela inkazimulo yokuvuka, kodwa nobuhlungu nokuhlupheka kokubethelwa Kwakhe. Singakwamukela lokhu futhi sibe noJesu ekufeni kwakhe? UPawulu ubhala ukuthi uma siqinisekisa lokhu, khona-ke sesivuselwe ekuphileni okusha noJesu: “Kumbe anazi yini ukuthi thina sonke esabhapathizelwa kuKristu Jesu, sabhapathizelwa kukho ukufa kwakhe na? Sangcwatshwa kanye naye ngokubhapathizelwa ekufeni, ukuze njengalokho uKristu wavuswa kwabafileyo ngenkazimulo kaYise, nathi sihambe ekuphileni okusha.” 6,3-enye).
Impilo entsha
Kungani sivuselwe ekuphileni okusha noJesu? “Uma navuswa kanye noKristu, funani okwaphezulu, lapho ekhona uKristu, ehlezi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu” (KwabaseKolose. 3,1).
UJesu waphila impilo yokulunga futhi nathi sihlanganyela kulempilo. Asiphelele, yebo - asikapheleli ngisho kancane kancane - kodwa sibizelwe ukuhlanganyela empilweni entsha, echichimayo kaKristu: "Kepha ngize ukubanika ukuphila, ukuphila kuchichime ngokwengeziwe" (Johane. 10,10).
Lapho sizihlanganisa noJesu Kristu, ukuphila kwethu kungokwakhe: “Ngokuba uthando lukaKristu luyasiqhubezela, sazi ukuthi munye wafela bonke, ngakho bonke bafile. Ngakho wafela bonke, ukuze abaphilayo bangabe besaziphilela bona, kodwa baphilele yena owabafelayo wabuye wavuswa.”2. AbaseKorinte 5,14-enye).
Njengoba nje noJesu engeyedwa, nathi asisodwa. Ngokukholwa sizihlanganisa noJesu Kristu, singcwatshwa kanye naye futhi sihlanganyele ekuvukeni kwakhe. Ukuphila kwakhe kungukuphila kwethu, siphila kuye naye kithi. UPawulu wayichaza le nqubo ngala mazwi: “Ngibethelwe kanye noKristu. ngiyaphila, kodwa manje akumina, kodwa uKristu uphila kimi. Ngoba lokho engikuphila manje enyameni, ngikuphila ngokukholwa eNdodaneni kaNkulunkulu, eyangithanda futhi yazinikela ngenxa yami.” ( KwabaseGalathiya 2,19-enye).
Unathi ekulingweni kwethu nasekuphumeleleni kwethu ngoba impilo yethu ingekaye. Uthwala umthwalo, uthola ukuqashelwa futhi sithola injabulo yokuhlanganyela izimpilo zethu naye. Thatha isiphambano, uJesu wabuza abafundi bakhe, futhi ungilandele. Zihlanganise noJesu. Vumela impilo endala ife kanye nempilo entsha kaJesu kubuse emzimbeni wakho. Makwenzeke ngoJesu. Vumela uJesu ahlale kuwe, uzokunika ukuphila okuphakade!
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