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Uthando lukaNkulunkulu
Izimbali zasentwasahlobo zinwebe ngamandla kodwa nokho ngobumnene futhi zibambe amakhanda azo ngasemisebeni yelanga efudumele. Uyingqayizivele uMdali wethu osebenzisa lonke uthando namandla phezu kwezinto ezibonakalayo nezingabonakali. Lapho sibheka futhi siqaphela leli qiniso, siyamangala. Kunezinto esingazichaza ngokobuntu, kodwa kunezinto esingeke siziqonde ngaphandle kukaMoya oNgcwele.
“Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.” ( Joh. 3,16).
Uthando lukaNkulunkulu, oluwumgogodla wakhe, lungena kithina bantu, ngisho noma sifuna ukumelana nalo ngobulukhuni bezinhliziyo zethu. Ngokufanayo nezimbali, ngokuqaphela noma ngokungazi sinesifiso esijulile sokufudumala nokukhanya endaweni emnyama yasemhlabeni. Kungakho amakhanda nezinhliziyo zethu zibheke kuNkulunkulu wethu onguMdali, esingamukela kuye uthando lwakhe, ukukhanya nokuphila kwakhe.
Isipho sikaNkulunkulu esinomusa sothando lwaphezulu sithinta mina nawe uqobo, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo nabo bonke abantu emhlabeni. Akekho umuntu oshiywe ngaphandle othandweni lukaNkulunkulu, kodwa wonke umuntu ubusiswe ngothando lukaNkulunkulu. Ngeshwa, abantu abaningi basangamnaki uNkulunkulu noma baze bakhiphe zonke izindlela ukuze balwe nesipho sakhe esihle sothando. Lokhu kuyadabukisa futhi kuyadabukisa, ngoba uthando afuna ukusinika lona yiNdodana yakhe ethandekayo, uJesu. Akwenzeki ukuthola isipho esikhudlwana. Njengoba uBaba ethanda iNdodana yakhe uJesu, uyakuthanda mina nawe. Masithembeke ndawonye kuNkulunkulu, izwi lakhe nothando lwakhe olungenakulinganiswa. UJesu weza ezweni elisenkingeni namuhla njengangaleso sikhathi. Waphila phakathi kwethu, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe esiphambanweni ngenxa yokusithanda.
Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi ukuphila kwethu kuphelile lapho sifa. Kodwa uJesu wasitshela: “Mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila.” (Joh 11,25). Yingakho nganquma ukukholelwa kuJesu nasemazwini akhe. Manje ngihlala noJesu futhi ngibeka ukholo lwami futhi ngithembele kuye. Ngokholo lwami, engilunikwe nguNkulunkulu, ngiphila impilo yami entsha ebudlelwaneni baphakade noBaba neNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Ngiphinde ngathola lobu budlelwane baphakade njengesipho. Akugcini ngokufa kwami, kodwa kuyovuswa uJesu lapho ebuya ovukweni nomzimba wokuvuka engiyophila ngawo phakade phambi kwakhe.
Othandweni lwakhe, uJesu wanikeza lobu budlelwane, ukuphila okuphakade nokuvuka hhayi kimina kuphela, kodwa nakuwe nakubo bonke abantu abalwamukela ngokubonga uthando lukaNkulunkulu.
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