UZiqu-zintathu

Isizathu sethu singase sibe nzima nombono weBhayibheli wokuthi uNkulunkulu unguZiqu-zintathu - abathathu koyedwa noyedwa kwabathathu. Akufanele kusimangaze ukuthi kungani amaKristu amaningi ebiza uZiqu-zintathu ngemfihlakalo. Ngisho nomphostoli uPawulu wabhala: “Imfihlakalo yokukholwa yinkulu, njengalokhu wonke umuntu kumelwe ayivume.”1. UThimothi 3,16).

Kepha noma ngabe ungakanani izinga lokuqonda kwakho imfundiso kaZiqu-zintathu, into eyodwa ongaqiniseka ngayo: UNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu uzinikele ngokungaguquguquki ukukufaka ebudlelwaneni obuhle bempilo kaBaba, yeNdodana, nekaMoya oNgcwele.

Abekho onkulunkulu abathathu, kodwa munye kuphela, futhi lo Nkulunkulu, okuwukuphela kukaNkulunkulu weqiniso, uNkulunkulu weBhayibheli, unguYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. UBaba, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele bahlala komunye nomunye, kungashiwo, okungukuthi, impilo abayiphilayo igcwele ngokuphelele komunye nomunye. Ngamanye amagama, ayikho into efana nokuthi uBaba wehlukene neNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. Futhi akekho uMoya oNgcwele ohlukile kuYise neNdodana.

Lokho kusho ukuthi: uma Uma ukuKristu ufakiwe ebudlelwaneni nasenjabulweni yempilo kaNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu. Kusho ukuthi uBaba uyakwemukela futhi unobudlelwano nawe njengoba enza nakuJesu. Kusho ukuthi uthando uNkulunkulu alubonisa kanye kanye ekwandeni kukaJesu Kristu lukhulu njengothando uBaba abenalo njalo ngawe - futhi uzoba nalo njalo.

Lokhu kusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu kuKristu umemezele ukuthi ungowakhe, nokuthi ufakiwe, nokuthi ubalulekile. Kungakho impilo yonke yobuKristu imayelana nothando - uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngawe nothando lukaNkulunkulu olukuwe.

UJesu wathi: “Ngalokhu bonke bayokwazi ukuthi ningabafundi bami lapho nithandana.” ( Johane 13,35). Uma ukuKristu, uthanda abanye ngoba uBaba neNdodana bahlala kuwe ngoMoya oNgcwele. KuKristu ukhululekile ekwesabeni, ukuzidla, nenzondo ekuvimbela ukuba ujabulele ukuphila kukaNkulunkulu - futhi ukhululekile ukuthanda abanye ngendlela uNkulunkulu akuthanda ngayo.
UYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele bamunye, okusho ukuthi akukho senzo sikaYise okungesona futhi isenzo seNdodana noMoya oNgcwele.

Isibonelo, ukusindiswa kwethu kuza ngentando engaguquki kaBaba, ohlale ebophezelekile ukuthi asibandakanye enjabulweni nasekuhlanganyeleni neNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. UBaba wathumela iNdodana eyaba ngumuntu ngenxa yethu - yazalwa, yaphila, yafa, yavuswa kwabafileyo, yabe isinyukela ezulwini njengendoda ngakwesokunene sikaYise njengeNkosi, uMhlengi noMlamuleli, emva kwayo othathwe kithi uhlambulule izono. Ngemuva kwalokho uMoya oNgcwele wathunyelwa ukungcwelisa nokuphelelisa iSonto empilweni engunaphakade.

Lokhu kusho ukuthi insindiso yakho ingumphumela oqondile wothando namandla ahlala ethembekile kaBaba, akhonjiswe ngokungenakuphikwa nguJesu Kristu, futhi asinikwa wona ngoMoya oNgcwele. Akukona ukukholwa kwakho okusindisa. NguNkulunkulu yedwa - uYise, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele - okusindisayo. Futhi uNkulunkulu ukunikeza ukukholwa njengesipho sokuvula amehlo akho eqinisweni lokuthi ungubani - nokuthi ungubani njengengane yakhe ethandekayo.