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IVangeli - isimemezelo sikaNkulunkulu sothando ngathi
AmaKristu amaningi akhathazekile futhi awaqiniseki, ingabe uNkulunkulu usawathanda? Bakhathazeka ngokuthi uNkulunkulu uzobakhipha, futhi okubi nakakhulu, ukuthi usebaxoshile kakade. Mhlawumbe unokwesaba okufanayo. Ucabanga ukuthi kungani amaKristu ekhathazeke kangaka? Impendulo imane nje ukuthi uthembekile kuwena. Bayazi ukuthi bayizoni. Baqaphela kabuhlungu ukwehluleka kwabo, amaphutha abo, izenzo zabo ezimbi - izono zabo. Baye bafundiswa ukuthi uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ngisho nokusindiswa kwabo, kuxhomeke endleleni abamlalela ngayo uNkulunkulu. Ngakho balokhu betshela uNkulunkulu indlela abazisola ngayo futhi becela intethelelo, benethemba lokuthi uNkulunkulu uyobathethelela futhi angafulatheli uma ngandlela-thile bevusa umuzwa ojulile, wangaphakathi wokukhathazeka.
Kungikhumbuza iHamlet, umdlalo kaShakespeare. Kule ndaba, uPrince Hamlet wafunda ukuthi umalume wakhe uKlaudius wabulala uyise kaHamlet futhi washada nonina ukuze athathe isihlalo sobukhosi. Ngenxa yalokho, uHamlet uhlela ngasese ukubulala umalume wakhe / usingababa wakhe ngesenzo sokuziphindiselela. Ithuba elihle liyavela, kodwa iNkosi iyathandaza, ngakho uHamlet ukuhlehlisa ukuhlasela. Uma ngimbulala ngesikhathi sokuvuma kwakhe izono, uzoya ezulwini, kuphetha uHamlet. Uma ngilinda ngimbulale esephinde ona kodwa engakakwazi, uzongena esihogweni. Abantu abaningi babelana ngemibono kaHamlet ngoNkulunkulu nangesono somuntu.
Lapho befika okholweni, batshelwa ukuthi uma futhi baze bangaphenduki futhi bakholwe, babeyohlukaniswa ngokuphelele noNkulunkulu futhi igazi likaKristu liyosebenza futhi ngeke libasebenzele. Ukukholelwa kuleli phutha kwabaholela kwelinye iphutha: njalo lapho bewela esonweni, uNkulunkulu wayesusa umusa wakhe kubo futhi igazi likaKristu lalingeke lisabasibekela. Yingakho - lapho abantu bethembekile mayelana nesono sabo - bezibuza impilo yabo yonke yobuKristu ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubaxoshile yini. Akukho kulokhu okuyizindaba ezinhle. Kodwa ivangeli liyizindaba ezinhle. Ivangeli alisitsheli ukuthi sihlukene noNkulunkulu nokuthi kukhona okumele sikwenze ukuze uNkulunkulu asiphe umusa wakhe. IVangeli lisitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu uBaba kuKristu uyoletha zonke izinto, kuhlanganise nawe nawe, kuhlanganise nabo bonke abantu (KwabaseKolose. 1,19-20) ubuyisane.
Akukho mgoqo, akukho ukwahlukana phakathi komuntu noNkulunkulu ngoba uJesu wabadiliza futhi ngenxa yokuthi ebuntwini bakhe wadonsela isintu othandweni lukaYise1. UJohannes 2,1; Johane 12,32). Okuwukuphela kwesithiyo esiwumcabango (KwabaseKolose 1,21) esikusungule thina bantu ngobugovu bethu, ukwesaba nokuzimela. Ivangeli alikona ukwenza noma ukukholelwa noma yini eyenza uNkulunkulu aguqule isimo sethu sisuka kokungathandwa siye kwesithandwa.
Uthando lukaNkulunkulu aluncikile kunoma yini esiyenzayo noma esingayenzi. Ivangeli liyisimemezelo salokho osekuvele kuyiqiniso - isimemezelo sothando olungaguquki lukaBaba ngesintu sonke oluvezwe kuJesu Kristu ngoMoya oNgcwele. UNkulunkulu wakuthanda ngaphambi kokuba uphenduke noma ukholwe noma yini, futhi akukho lutho wena noma omunye umuntu ake alwenza oluyokushintsha lokho (Roma 5,8; 8,31-enye).
Ivangeli limayelana nobudlelwane, ubuhlobo noNkulunkulu oba ngokoqobo kithi ngesenzo sikaNkulunkulu uqobo kuKristu. Akuyona indaba yesethi yezimfuneko, futhi akukhona nje ukwamukela ngokuhlakanipha iqoqo lamaqiniso enkolo noma eBhayibheli. UJesu Kristu akasimelanga nje kuphela esihlalweni sokwahlulela sikaNkulunkulu; wasidonsela kuye wasenza kanye naye kanye naye ngoMoya oNgcwele ukuba sibe ngabantwana bakhe abathandekayo.
Akuyena omunye ngaphandle kukaJesu, uMhlengi wethu, owathatha zonke izono zethu phezu kwakhe, lowo ngoMoya oNgcwele futhi osebenza kithi ukuthanda nokwenza ngokwentando yakhe enhle (KwabaseFiliphi 4,13; Kwabase-Efesu 2,8-10). Singazinikela ngenhliziyo yonke ukuze simlandele, sazi ukuthi uma sehluleka, usesithethelele kakade. Cabanga ngakho! UNkulunkulu akasiye unkulunkulu osibhekile kude, laphaya ezulwini, kodwa uYise, neNdodana noMoya oNgcwele enihlala kuye nina nabo bonke abanye, niluka futhi enikhona (Izenzo 1)7,28). Ukuthanda kakhulu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungubani noma wenzeni, kangangokuthi kuKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu eyangena enyameni yomuntu - nangoMoya oNgcwele enyameni yethu - Wenza ukuhlukaniswa kwakho, ukwesaba kwakho, Wakususa. izono zakho futhi wakuphulukisa ngomusa wakhe osindisayo. Wasusa yonke imigoqo phakathi kwakho naye.
Ususe yonke into kuKristu eyake yakuvimbela ukuba ungayitholi ngokuqondile intokozo nokuthula okutholakala ngokuphila ebuhlotsheni obuseduze, ubungane, kanye nobaba onothando oluphelele Naye. Yeka umlayezo omuhle uNkulunkulu asinike wona ukuba siwuhlanganyele nabanye!
nguJoseph Tkach
