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Wake wafisa ukuthi othile angqongqoze emnyango wakho akutshele ukuthi umalume ocebile ongakaze uzwe ukuthi ushonile ekushiye nenqwaba yemali? Umbono wokuthi imali izovela ngaphandle uyajabulisa, uyiphupho labantu abaningi kanye nesisekelo sezincwadi namafilimu amaningi. Yini obungayenza ngomcebo wakho osanda kuwuthola? Angayithinta kanjani impilo yakho? Ngabe izolungisa zonke izinkinga zakho futhi ikuhambise endleleni eya empumelelweni?
Awudingi ukwenza lesi sifiso. Sekwenzekile vele. Unesihlobo sakho esicebile esishonile. Ushiye incwadi yefa lapho akubeka khona njengomhlomuli omkhulu. Lokhu ngeke kuphonselwe inselelo noma kuguqulwe kunoma iyiphi inkantolo. Akukho kulokhu okuya enteleni noma kubameli. Konke kungokwakho.
Isici sokugcina sobuntu bethu kuKristu ukuba yifa. Lokhu kusiletha esiqongweni sesiphambano sobunikazi bethu - manje sesisekupheleni okukhulu: “Singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu nezindlalifa kanye noKristu, owahlanganyela nathi ifa” (Gal. 4,6-7 futhi Rom. 8,17).
Isivumelwano esisha saqala ukusebenza lapho uJesu efa. Siyizindlalifa zakhe futhi zonke izithembiso uNkulunkulu azenza ku-Abrahama zingezakho (Gal. 3,29). Izithembiso ezisentandweni kaJesu azinakuqhathaniswa nezithembiso zasemhlabeni ezitholakala entandweni kamalume: imali, indlu noma imoto, izithombe noma izinto zakudala. Siphethe ikusasa elihle neliqhakazile elingacatshangwa yinoma ubani. Kodwa akucabangeki kithi ukuthi kuyosho ukuthini ngempela ukuhlala ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ukuhlola ingunaphakade, ukuya ngesibindi endaweni okungekho muntu kuyo ngaphambili!
Uma senza incwadi yefa, akudingekile ukuba sizibuze ukuthi yini esele kahle kithi. Singaqiniseka ngefa lethu. Siyazi ukuthi siyothola ukuphila okuphakade (Thithu 3,7), kanye nombuso (wenkosi) kaNkulunkulu, othenjiswe bonke abamthandayo.” ( Jak. 2,5). Sinikezwe uMoya oNgcwele njengesiqiniseko sokuthi ngelinye ilanga siyokwamukela konke okuthenjisiwe entandweni (Efe. 1,14); liyoba yifa elikhulu ngokwedlulele nelikhazimulayo (Efe. 1,18). UPawulu wathi kwa-Efe. 1,13: kuye nani, ngemva kokuzwa izwi leqiniso, ivangeli lokusindiswa kwenu, kuye nani, lapho senikholwa, nabekwa uphawu ngoMoya oNgcwele wesithembiso. Ngomqondo othile, kakade sesisendleleni eya ekuchumeni. Ama-akhawunti asebhange agcwele.
Ungacabanga ukuthi kungaba njani ukuthola ingcebo engaka? Mhlawumbe singazizwa ngokucabanga ngomlingiswa weDisney we-curmudgeon McDuck. Lo mlingiswa wekhathuni uyisicebi esingcolile esithanda ukuya endaweni yakhe yokugcina imali. Esinye sezenzo azithandayo ukubhukuda ezintabeni zegolide. Kepha ifa lethu noKristu lizoba lihle kakhulu kunengcebo eningi yaleyo curmudgeon.
Singobani? Ubuyena bethu bukuKristu. Sibizelwe ukuba ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, senziwa indalo entsha futhi sambozwa ngomusa wakhe. Kulindeleke ukuthi sithele izithelo futhi siveze impilo kaKristu, futhi ekugcineni sonke sizodla ifa lengcebo nenjabulo esibe nakho nje kuphela kulokhu kuphila. Akufanele nanini sizibuze ukuthi singobani futhi. Futhi akufanele sifune ukuthi singobani kunoma yini noma kunoma ngubani omunye ngaphandle kukaJesu.
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