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Kukhona ivesi elilodwa elivelele eTestamenteni Elisha lapho umphostoli uPaul ekhona ukhuluma ngesiphambano sikaKristu njengobuwula kumaGreki kanye nesikhubekiso kumaJuda (Ⅰ Kor 1,23). Kulula ukubona ukuthi kungani enza lesi sitatimende. Kakade, amaGreki ayekholelwa ukuthi ubuciko, ifilosofi nemfundo kwakuyinto ephakeme kakhulu. Umuntu obethelwe angaludlulisa kanjani ulwazi nhlobo?

Emqondweni wamaJuda kwakuwukukhala nokufisa ukukhululeka. Kuwo wonke umlando wabo babehlaselwe yimibuso eminingi futhi bevame ukululazwa ngokuthatha amandla. Noma ngabe kwakungu-Asiriya, abaseBabiloni noma amaRoma, iJerusalema lase liphangiwe kaninginingi futhi izakhamuzi zalo zenziwa dengwane. Yini enye umHeberu ayengayifisa ukwedlula umuntu owayengabhekela udaba lwabo futhi axoshe isitha ngokuphelele? Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi uMesiya obethelwe esiphambanweni abe nosizo nakancane?

KumaGreki, isiphambano kwakuwubuwula. KumaJuda, kwakuwuhlupho, isikhubekiso. Maqondana nesiphambano sikaKristu, yini ekhona ephikisana ngokuqinile nakho konke okwakuphethe amandla? Ukubethelwa kwakululaza, kuyihlazo. Kwakululaza kakhulu ukuthi amaRoma, ayekhethekile kwezobuciko bokuhlukumeza, aqinisekisa izakhamuzi zawo ukuthi umRoma wayengeke abethelwe ...

UBilly Graham wayevame ukusebenzisa ibinzana ukukhuthaza abantu ukuthi bamukele insindiso esinayo kuJesu: Wathi, “Woza njengoba unjalo!” Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi uNkulunkulu ubona konke: okusemandleni ethu nokubi kakhulu futhi usasithanda. Ikholi ethi "woza nje unje" ingukubonakaliswa kwamazwi oMphostoli uPaul:

“Ngokuba uKristu wasifela sibi, sibuthakathaka; Cishe akukho muntu ofa ngenxa yomuntu olungileyo; ngenxa yobuhle angase abeke ukuphila kwakhe. Kodwa uNkulunkulu ubonisa uthando lwakhe ngathi ngokuthi uKristu wasifela siseyizoni ” (Roma 5,6-enye).

Abantu abaningi namuhla abacabangi ngisho nangesono. Isizukulwane sethu sesimanje kanye nesakamuva sicabanga kakhulu ngomuzwa "wokungabi nalutho", "ukuphelelwa ithemba" noma "ubuze", futhi sibona imbangela yomzabalazo waso wangaphakathi umuzwa wokuzizwa uphansi. Bangase bazame ukuzithanda njengendlela yokuba bathandeke, kodwa cishe, banomuzwa wokuthi baguge ngokuphelele, baphukile, nokuthi abasoze baphelela. UNkulunkulu akasichazi ngokushiyeka kwethu nokwehluleka kwethu; ubona impilo yethu yonke. Okubi njengokuhle futhi uyasithanda ngaphandle kwemibandela. Noma kungenzima kuNkulunkulu...