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Ubuyena kuKristu
Abantu abaningi abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-50 bazokhumbula uNikita Khrushchev. Wayengumlingiswa oyikhaladi, onesiphepho okwathi njengomholi wezwe elaliyiSoviet Union, washaya isicathulo sakhe esihlokweni lapho ekhuluma noMhlangano-Jikelele WeZizwe Ezihlangene. Wayaziwa nangokuchaza ukuthi umuntu wokuqala osemkhathini, u-Yuri Gagarin waseRussia, “waya emkhathini kodwa akabonanga nkulunkulu”. Ngokuqondene noGagarin ngokwakhe, akukho rekhodi lokuthi wake wenza isitatimende esinjalo. Kodwa uKhrushchev wayeqinisile, kodwa hhayi ngenxa yezizathu ayenazo engqondweni.
Ngoba iBhayibheli ngokwalo lisitshela ukuthi akekho umuntu owake wabona uNkulunkulu ngaphandle koyedwa, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu uqobo, uJesu. KuJohane siyafunda: “Akakho owake wabona uNkulunkulu; izibulo, elinguNkulunkulu, osesifubeni sikaYise, uye wasitshela lona.” ( Joh 1,18).
Ngokungafani noMathewu, uMarku noLuka, ababhala ngokuzalwa kukaJesu, uJohane uqala ngobunkulunkulu bukaJesu, futhi usitshela ukuthi uJesu wayenguNkulunkulu kusukela ekuqaleni. Wayeyoba “uNkulunkulu unathi,” njengoba iziprofetho zabikezela. UJohane uchaza ukuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yaba umuntu futhi yaphila phakathi kwethu njengomunye wethu. Lapho uJesu efa futhi evuswa ekuphileni futhi ehlala ngakwesokunene sikaYise, wahlala engumuntu, indoda ekhazinyulisiwe, egcwele uNkulunkulu futhi egcwele umuntu. UJesu uqobo, iBhayibheli lisifundisa kona, uyinhlanganyelo ephakeme kakhulu kaNkulunkulu nesintu.
Eshukunyiswa uthando ngokuphelele, uNkulunkulu wenza isinqumo esikhululekile sokudala isintu ngomfanekiso wakhe siqu nokugxumeka itende lakhe phakathi kwethu. Kuyimfihlo yevangeli ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhathalela kakhulu isintu futhi uthanda umhlaba wonke - lokhu kubandakanya mina nawe kanye nawo wonke umuntu esimaziyo nesimthandayo. Incazelo eyinhloko yalemfihlakalo ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubonisa uthando lwakhe ngesintu kuyo ngokuhlangana nesintu, ngokuhlangana ngamunye wethu ngobuntu bukaJesu Kristu.
KwaJohannes 5,39 UJesu ucashunwa ethi: “Nihlola imiBhalo, nicabanga ukuthi ninokuphila okuphakade kuyo; futhi nguye ofakaza ngami; kodwa anifuni ukuza kimi, ukuze nibe-nokuphila.” IBhayibheli likhona ukuze lisiholele kuJesu, ukuze lisibonise ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzibophe ngokuqinile kuJesu ngothando lwakhe kangangokuthi akasoze asidedela. EVangelini, uNkulunkulu uyasitshela: “UJesu umunye nesintu futhi munye noYise, okusho ukuthi isintu sihlanganyela uthando lukaYise ngoJesu nothando lukaJesu ngoYise. Ngakho-ke iVangeli liyasitshela: Ngoba uNkulunkulu ekuthanda ngokuphelele futhi ngokungenakuvinjelwa, futhi ngenxa yokuthi uJesu usekwenzele konke obungeke ukwenzele kona, manje ungaphenduka ngokujabula, ukholwe kuJesu njengeNkosi noMsindisi wakho, wena ngokwakho phika, uthathe isinyathelo. isiphambano nimlandele.
Ivangeli akulona ubizo lokushiywa uNkulunkulu othukuthele wedwa, liwubizo lokwamukela uthando olungenaphutha lukaYise, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele futhi ujabule ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ukuthandile ngaphandle kwemibandela yonke imizuzwana yempilo yakho ibe nayo futhi. ngeke ayeke ukukuthanda kuze kube phakade.
Ngeke simbone ngokoqobo uNkulunkulu emkhathini, njengoba nje singeke simbone ngokoqobo lapha emhlabeni. Kungamehlo okukholwa lapho uNkulunkulu aziveza khona kithi – ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu.
nguJoseph Tkach
