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Ukuze ube muhle kakhulu ukuthi ungaba yiqiniso
Iningi lamaKrestu alikholwa ivangeli—licabanga ukuthi insindiso iza kuphela ngokuyizuza ngokholo nangokuphila ngokuziphatha okuhle. "Awutholi lutho empilweni mahhala." “Uma kuzwakala kukuhle kakhulu ukuba yiqiniso, cishe akunjalo.” Lawa maqiniso aziwayo okuphila agxiliswa komunye nomunye wethu ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokuhlangenwe nakho komuntu siqu. Kodwa isigijimi sobuKristu siyaphikisana. Ngempela, ivangeli lingaphezu kobuhle. Inikeza isipho.
Isazi semfundiso yenkolo esashona uThomas Torrence sakubeka ngalendlela: “UJesu Kristu wanifela ngokunembile ngenxa yokuthi ninesono futhi ningamfanele neze futhi ngalokho wanenza abakho, ngisho nangaphambi nangaphandle kokukholelwa kwakho kuYe. ngothando lwakhe ukuthi akasoze akuyeka.Noma ungamlahla uzifake esihogweni uthando lwakhe alusoze lwaphela". (The Mediation of Christ, Colorado Springs, CO: Helmers & Howard, 1992, 94).
Ngempela, lokho kuzwakala kukuhle kakhulu ukuba kube yiqiniso! Mhlawumbe yingakho amaKristu amaningi engakholelwa ngempela. Mhlawumbe yingakho amaKristu amaningi ecabanga ukuthi insindiso itholwa kuphela yilabo abayithola ngokholo nangokuphila okuhle ngokuziphatha.
Nokho, iBhayibheli lithi uNkulunkulu usevele wasinika konke – umusa, ukulunga, nensindiso – ngoJesu Kristu. Akukho esingakwenza ukuze sisize. Lokhu kusimela okuphelele, lolu thando olungachazeki, lomusa ongenamibandela, asikwazanga ngisho nokuthemba ukuzizuzela ukuphila okuyinkulungwane.
Iningi lethu lisacabanga ukuthi ivangeli limayelana nokwenza ngcono ukuziphatha komuntu. Sikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uthanda kuphela labo "abaqondisa futhi bahambe endleleni efanele." Kodwa ngokweBhayibheli, ivangeli alikhulumi ngokuthuthukisa ukuziphatha. Ku 1. UJohane 4,19 lithi ivangeli limayelana nothando - hhayi ukuthi siyamthanda uNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuthi uyasithanda. Sonke siyazi ukuthi uthando alukwazi ukuvela ngenkani noma ngobudlova noma umthetho noma isivumelwano. Kunganikezwa kuphela futhi kwamukelwe ngokuzithandela. UNkulunkulu uyakujabulela ukusinika futhi ufuna sikwamukele obala, ukuze uKristu ahlale kithi futhi asenze sikwazi ukuthanda yena kanye nomunye nomunye.
In 1. AbaseKorinte 1,30 umi uJesu Kristu ungukulunga kwethu, ukungcweliswa kwethu kanye nokuhlengwa kwethu. Asikwazi ukumnika ubulungisa. Kunalokho, simethemba ukuthi uyikho konke kithi esingenamandla kukho. Ngenxa yokuthi wasithanda kuqala, siye sakhululeka ezinhliziyweni zethu ezinobugovu ukuze sithande yena kanye nomunye nomunye.
UNkulunkulu wakuthanda ungakazalwa. Uyakuthanda noma uyisoni. Akasoze ayeka ukukuthanda ngisho noma wehluleka nsuku zonke ukuphila ngokuziphatha kwakhe kokulunga nokunomusa. Lezo yizindaba ezinhle - iqiniso levangeli.
nguJoseph Tkach
