Indalo eNtsha

INTONI Kwenzeka ntoni xa umntu enikela ngobomi bakhe kuYesu, xa umphefumlo ubhaptizwa kwaye ngenxa yoko ungcwaliselwe uThixo? Ngumbuzo obalulekileyo kuba, ngapha koko, sithini isibheno sokuba ngumKristu? Impendulo ilele kufundo lokuqala lwanamhlanje…

UIsaya ubhala athi, “Yabonani, ndidala amazulu amatsha nehlabathi elitsha; . . . Esi sicatshulwa sibhekisa ekugqibeleni kuMazulu amatsha kunye noMhlaba oMtsha oya kuza emva kokuphela kwehlabathi.

Xa sibhaptizwa, siba yiloo nto iNgcwele uPawulos ayibiza ngokuba ‘sisidalwa esitsha’—oko kukuthi, “amazulu amatsha nomhlaba omtsha” sele silindelwe “kwintliziyo entsha” uThixo asinika yona kubhaptizo apho sonke isono santlandlolo nesomntu siqu sikhoyo. itshatyalalisiwe. ^[1]cf. IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-1432 Njengoko isitsho kwisifundo sokuqala:

Izinto zamandulo aziyi kukhunjulwa okanye zithi qatha engqondweni.

Senziwe batsha ngaphakathi. Kwaye oku kungaphezulu nje “kokuguqula igqabi elitsha” okanye “ukuqala phantsi”; kungaphezu kokucinywa kwezono zakho. Kuthetha ukuba amandla esono phezu kwakho aphulwe; oko kuthetha ukuthi ubukumkani bukaThixo bungaphakathi kwenu; kuthetha ukuba ubomi obutsha bobungcwele bunokwenzeka ngobabalo. Ngaloo ndlela, iSt.

Ngoko ke thina, sisusela kweli xesha, asisazi namnye ngokwenyama; nokuba besifudula besimazi uKristu ngokwenyama, kungoku asisamazi ngokwenyama. Ngoko ke, okuKristu, usisidalwa esitsha; izinto ezindala zidlule; yabona, zifikile izinto ezintsha. ( 2 Kor 5:16-17 )

Le yinyani enamandla, kwaye kutheni ulwimi esilusebenzisa namhlanje kubantu abasebenzisa iziyobisi lunokulahlekisa. Abanye bathi, “Xa sele ndilikhoboka, ndihlala ndilikhoboka lamanyala,” okanye “ndilikhoboka lephonografi” okanye “utywala”, njl.

Yimani ngoko enkululekweni, athe uKristu wasikhululela kuyo; yima uqinile kwaye ungabuyeli kwakhona kwidyokhwe yobukhoboka. (Gal 5: 1)

...kodwa kuKristu, omnye ngu indalo entsha-yabona, zifikile izinto ezintsha. Ngoko ke, musa ukubuphila ubomi bakho njengalowo usoloko esemngciphekweni wokukreqa, usoloko usemthunzini ‘wendoda endala,’ usoloko uzigqala “ngokomzimba.”

Kaloku uThixo akasinikanga moya wabugwala, koko usinike owamandla nowothando nowokuzibamba. ( 2 Tim 1:7 )

Ewe, ubuthathaka bezolo yimbangela yokuthobeka kwanamhlanje: kufuneka utshintshe indlela ophila ngayo, ususe izilingo, nokuba utshintshe izihlobo ukuba zenza izinto ezingafanelekanga. ^[2]‘Musani ukulahlekiswa: “Unxulumano olubi lonakalisa izimilo ezilungileyo.”— 1 Kor. 15:33 Kwaye kufuneka ufumane zonke izipho eziyimfuneko ukuze ukondle kwaye uhlale uqinisa intliziyo yakho entsha, njengomthandazo kunye neeSakramente. Oko koko kuthethwa “kukuma ngokuqinileyo.”

Kodwa phakamisa intloko yakho, mntwana kaThixo, kwaye uvakalise ngovuyo olukhulu ukuba, ngokwe-ontological, awuyondoda ubuyiyo izolo, ingenguye laa mfazi wayekho ngaphambili. Esi sisipho esimangalisayo esithengwe sahlawulwa ngegazi likaKristu!

Nanifudula nibubumnyama, ke ngoku nikukukhanya, niseNkosini nje; ( Efe 5:8 )

Sifile esonweni sethu, uKristu “uye wasivusa kunye naye, waza wasihlalisa naye emazulwini”. ^[3]cf. Efe 2:6 Nokuba unokukhubeka, ubabalo lwe-Confession lubuyisela indalo entsha oyiyo ngoku. Akusenakusilela kodwa, ngoKristu, ukutyhila ukulunga kobuthixo “ukuze nobomi bukaYesu bubonakale emzimbeni [wakho]. ^[4]cf. 2 Kor 4:10

Wakuguqula ukulila kwam, kwaba kukuqamba; Yehova, Thixo wam, ndiya kubulela kuwe ngonaphakade. (Indumiso yanamhlanje)