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UNkulunkulu makabe yilokhu ayikho
Kithina sonke esinezingane, nginemibuzo embalwa. “Ingabe ingane yakho yake ayizange ikulalele?” Uma uphendula ngoyebo, njengabo bonke abanye umzali, sifika embuzweni wesibili: “Ingabe uke wayijezisa ingane yakho ngenxa yokungalaleli?” Saside kangakanani isijeziso? Ukukubeka ngokusobala, “Uyitshelile yini ingane yakho ukuthi isijeziso ngeke siphele?” Kuzwakala kuyahlanya, akunjalo?
Thina, esingabazali ababuthakathaka nabangaphelele, siyazixolela izingane zethu ngokungalaleli. Kunezikhathi lapho sikhipha isijeziso secala, uma sibona kufanelekile esimweni. Ngicabanga ukuthi bangaki kithi abazizwa kufanelekile ukujezisa izingane zabo impilo yabo yonke?
Amanye amaKristu afuna sikholelwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu, uBaba wethu waseZulwini, ongabuthakathaka futhi ongaphelele, ujezisa abantu unomphela, ngisho nalabo abangakaze bezwe ngoJesu. Bathi, Nkulunkulu, gcwala umusa nesihe.
Ake sithathe isikhashana ukucabangisisa ngalokhu, ngoba kukhona igebe elikhulu phakathi kwalokho esikufunda kuJesu nalokho amanye amaKristu akholelwa ngakho ngesahlulelo saphakade. Isibonelo, uJesu usiyala ukuba sithande izitha zethu futhi senze okuhle kulabo abasizondayo futhi abasishushisayo. Amanye amaKrestu akholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu akagcini ngokuzonda izitha zakhe, kepha ngokoqobo uziyeka zishe esihogweni, ngokungenaluzwela nangokuphehlwa kuze kube phakade.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uJesu wathandazela amasosha ambethela esiphambanweni: “Baba, bathethelele, ngokuba abakwazi abakwenzayo.” Amanye amaKristu afundisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uthethelela abambalwa kuphela abanqumele kusengaphambili ukubanika kona ngaphambi kokudalwa kwezwe. thethelela. Ukube lokho bekuyiqiniso, umthandazo kaJesu ubungeke wenze umehluko omkhulu kangaka, akunjalo?
Umthwalo osindayo
Umholi wentsha engumKristu watshela iqembu lentsha indaba ebuhlungu yokuhlangana nendoda. Naye ngokwakhe wazizwa ephoqelekile ukushumayela ivangeli kule ndoda, kodwa wakugwema ukwenza kanjalo ngesikhathi bexoxa. Kamuva uthole ukuthi lo mlisa washona engozini yomgwaqo ngalo lolo suku. “Lo muntu manje useSihogweni,” etshela intsha engamaKristu esencane, evule amehlo, “lapho ehlushwa khona ngokuhlushwa okungenakuchazwa.” Khona-ke, ngemva kwekhefu elimangalisayo, wanezela: "futhi lokho kuyangisinda emahlombe ami manje". Wabatshela ngamaphupho amabi anawo ngenxa yokungenzi lutho. Wayelele embhedeni ekhala ecabanga ukuthi le ndoda empofu izohlupheka phakade esihogweni somlilo.
Ngiyazibuza ukuthi abanye abantu bakwazi kanjani ukulinganisa ukholo lwabo ngobuchule kangangokuthi, ngakolunye uhlangothi, bakholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulithanda izwe kangangokuba waze wathumela uJesu ukuba alisindise. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, bakholelwa (ngokholo oluqinile) ukuthi uNkulunkulu akahlakaniphile ngendlela esabekayo ekusindiseni abantu futhi kufanele abathumele esihogweni ngenxa yokungakwazi kwethu. “Umuntu usindiswa ngomusa, hhayi ngemisebenzi,” basho kanjalo, futhi kufanele. Banombono, ngokuphambene nevangeli, wokuthi isiphetho saphakade somuntu sincike empumelelweni noma ekuhlulekeni komsebenzi wethu wokushumayela ivangeli.
UJesu unguMsindisi, uMsindisi noMhlengi!
Njengoba thina bantu sizithanda izingane zethu, kangakanani uNkulunkulu azithanda kakhulu? Umbuzo ongaphenduliwe - uNkulunkulu uyakuthanda ngokungenamkhawulo kunanini ngaphambili.
UJesu wathi: “Uphi phakathi kwenu ubaba ongathi, uma indodana yakhe icela inhlanzi, anikele ngenyoka esikhundleni sezinhlanzi? Ngakho uma nina enibabi nikwazi ukupha abantwana benu izipho ezinhle, kakhulu kangakanani uYihlo osezulwini uzakubapha abawucelayo uMoya oNgcwele!” 11,11 futhi 13).
Iqiniso linjengoba nje uJohane esitshela: UNkulunkulu ulithanda ngempela izwe. “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade. Ngoba uNkulunkulu kazange athumele iNdodana yakhe emhlabeni ukuthi yahlulele umhlaba, kodwa ukuze umhlaba usindiswe ngayo.” ( Joh 3,16-enye).
Ukusindiswa kwaleli zwe - izwe uNkulunkulu alithanda kakhulu waze wathumela iNdodana yakhe ukuba ilisindise - kuncike kuNkulunkulu futhi kuye kuphela uNkulunkulu. Ukube insindiso ibincike kithi nasempumelelweni yethu ekuletheni ivangeli kubantu, ngabe impela kuzoba nenkinga enkulu. Noma kunjalo, akuxhomekile kithi, kodwa kuNkulunkulu kuphela. UNkulunkulu wathumela uJesu ukuba enze lo msebenzi wokusisindisa, futhi wawenza.
UJesu wathi, “Ngokuba lokhu kuyintando kaBaba, ukuba wonke obona iNdodana akholwe kuyo abe nokuphila okuphakade; futhi mina ngizomvusa ngosuku lokugcina.” (Joh 6,40).
Insindiso ngumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, futhi uYise, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele bakwenza kahle impela. Kuyisibusiso ukuba yingxenye yomsebenzi omuhle wobuvangeli. Kepha kufanele futhi sazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uvame ukusebenza yize singeke sikwazi.
Ngabe uzizwe unecala ngokwehluleka kwakho ukushumayeza umuntu ivangeli? Dlulisela umthwalo kuJesu! UNkulunkulu akaxakekile. Akekho oshelela iminwe yakhe futhi kufanele aye esihogweni ngenxa yabo. UNkulunkulu wethu muhle futhi unesihe futhi unamandla. Ungamethemba ukuthi uzokumela wena nabo bonke abantu ngale ndlela.
ngu-Michael Feazell
