A Ilizwi alizange liqhume esibhakabhakeni…. yayingengombane, inyikima, okanye umbono wamazulu evuleka ngesityhilelo sokuba uThixo uyamthanda umntu. Endaweni yoko, uThixo wehla wangena esibelekweni somfazi, kwaye uthando ngokwalo lwaba ngumzimba womntu. Uthando lwaba yinyama. Umyalezo kaThixo waba uphilile, uyaphefumla, uyabonakala.
UKUFUNA UTHANDO
Mhlawumbi le yingxaki yobudala bethu. Hayi ukungabikho komyalezo. Amazulu hayi! Naphi na apho umntu ajika khona, unokufumana "umyalezo" weendaba ezilungileyo. Intambo kamabonakude, unomathotholo, i-intanethi… umyalezo ukhala njengexilongo. Kodwa into engekhoyo ihlala ibonisa loo myalezo: wemiphefumlo edibene noLuthando uqobo, emva koko ibe ziinqanawa zolo Luthando. Singawufumana phi lo myalezo Umzimba womntu namhlanje?
Ukuba ubuKrestu buvela nje ngengqokelela yemithetho nezithintelo, uthotho lweemfuno kunye nokuzalisekiswa njengendlela yokungena ezulwini, akumangalisi ke ngoko ukuba kunomdla omncinci kwingqondo yale mihla. Abantu batsaleleka eluthandweni, hayi kwimfundiso yalo; Oko kukuthi, bayatsaleleka kwi ubuso bothando. Abantu bayifumana phi namhlanje? Kuba ngokuqinisekileyo bajonge. Ewe bayakhwaza kwi-intanethi yabo yenethiwekhi, iiwebhusayithi zevidiyo, kunye nezixhobo zemiyalezo ekhawulezileyo, bejonge ukuqaphela, bakhunjulwe kwaye bathandwe. Ngaba umnqweno wothando unokufezekiswa ngokupheleleyo kwiscreen sevidiyo? Akunjalo, enyanisweni, azikho iindlela zonxibelelwano eziye zafumaneka ngokubanzi, ukanti abantu bale mihla abakaze babe ngamalolo! Ukhangela uthando kwaye kaninzi kunokuba angalufumani!
Ngaba thina maKristu siyakuqonda oku? Okanye ngaba sixakeke kakhulu sithumela amabali amnandi nge-imeyile yethu? Ngaba sikhathazeke kakhulu ngokufunda iindaba eziphambili ukuze sibone ukuba lisondele kangakanani ilizwe ekuweni, okanye ngaba sibalekela kumda walo ukuze sibe bubuso bothando kwabo bakulungeleyo ukutsiba? Ngaba sidityaniswe neempawu zamaxesha, nathi, okanye ngaba siba ngumqondiso wamaxesha-umqondiso kunye nomthendeleko wothando?
BONISA UTHANDO
UThixo uluthando, kwaye uthando lwaba yinyama. Wayehlala phakathi kwethu, kodwa okona kubaluleke kakhulu, wakhonza kwaye wanikela ngobomi bakhe. Intsingiselo yoku iyamangalisa, kwaye ihamba nayo indlela kuwo onke amaKrestu abhaptiziweyo. Indlela yothando.
Ngoko ke, ukuba mna nenkosi nomfundisi ndizihlambile iinyawo zenu, nani nifanele ukuhlambana iinyawo. Ndikunikile umzekelo ukuba ulandele, ukuze, njengoko ndenze ngako kuwe, nawe wenze. (UYohane 13: 14-15)
Uthando lukaThixo aluzange lubonakaliswe kwisibhengezo esingesomntu; ayizange iphele ngeNgelosi uGabriyeli. Kwaba ngumyalezo obonakalayo onokuthi "ungcamle ubone." Akwanelanga ukuba sithethe ngeVangeli; usapho kunye nabahlobo bethu kufuneka ukubona oko kuthi. Bamele babubone ubuso bothando, kungenjalo, "ukushumayela" kwethu, umthandazo onyanisekileyo wokuthandaza, ukucela uxolo, ukucaphula kwizibhalo, njl. umngcipheko wokuba ube yinyumba, kwaye mhlawumbi unokusebenza ukunciphisa nokuhlazisa oko sikushumayelayo.
Ngoku ningamalungu omzimba kaKristu, kwaye uYesu unqwenela ukuphila ubomi baKhe obungaphezu kwendalo ngawe. Njani? Ngaphandle kwaKhe, u Yesu wathi, awunakwenza nto. Kwaye ke yonke imihla kufuneka uthabathe umnqamlezo wakho, uzikhanyele, kwaye umlandele. Mlandele yonke imihla ukuya eGolgotha, ngamanye amaxesha umzuzu ngamnye, ubeka phantsi ukuthanda kwakho, ukuthanda wena-omkhulu "Ndi" -emnqamlezweni. Yizise ekufeni ukuze uthando olutsha luvuke ngaphakathi kwakho. Le ayisiyiyo into yokuphelisa ubuntu bakho ngokokude ube ngumbutho wezombi. I-kenosis, ukukhutshwa kwayo yonke into engeyoThixo eyiyo isenza ubuntu kwaye ukugqwetha ungubani ngokwenene: unyana okanye intombi eyenziwe ngokomfanekiso kaThixo. Ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, uThixo ufuna ukukuphakamisela kubomi obutsha, indalo entsha, apho isiqu sokwenene, esidalwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo, siyinto yokwenene. Ayisiyonyani nje yomoya, eyimfihlakalo, kodwa inyani ephilayo, ephefumlayo, ebonakalayo — enye ene ubuso ukuba ihlabathi liyabona. Ngale ndlela, mna nawe siza kuba utshintshe uChristus, “Omnye uKristu.” Siba Nguye ubuso babanye banxanelwe yena. Kwaye xa beMfumana kuthi, sinokwalatha kumthombo we amanzi aphilayo.
UKUPHILA IVANGELI
Njengoko udibana nosapho kunye nabahlobo kwezi ntsuku zokugqibela zeKrisimesi yeOctave, mababone uthando lwakho ngaphezu kokuluva. Mabayibone inkonzo yakho, umonde wakho, nokuthamba kwakho; mabangavi nje kuphela amazwi akho oxolelo kodwa babone kwindlela ozijonga ngayo, imbonakalo yobuso bakho, kunye nomdla onyanisekileyo kubo. Mamela, sukuthetha nje. Vumela abanye babone inzondelelo yakho yokubabeka kwindawo yokuqala, iminqweno yabo, iminqweno yabo, nokuba ichasene neyakho. Vumela ukholo lwakho lokuzithanda lubonakale kubo bonke, hayi kakhulu ngento oyithethayo, kodwa ngento oyenzayo.
Ke amazwi akho aya kuba sisandi sothando, endaweni yexilongo le-ego. Emva koko uya kuqala ukuphilisa ubulolo obubi kumntakwenu xa eqala ukuva loo nto.
Uthando lomntu, njengokuba uKristu waba semzimbeni wenyama. Nika uthando ulusu. Yiba bubuso bukaKristu.
Bazalwana bam, uKrestu wenza uthando izinyuko ezakwenza ukuba onke amaKristu anyukele ezulwini. Bambelela kuyo, ke ngoko, ngako konke ukunyaniseka, nika omnye ubungqina bokuba uyasebenza. —St. UFulgentius waseRuspe, Unqulo lweyure Vol. 1, iphe.1256
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