Ingelosi, Ekhulula Imiphefumulo Esihlanzweni nguLudovico Carracci, c1612
LONKE USUKU LWEMIPHEFUMLO
Njengoba bengingekho ekhaya isikhathi esiningi ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, ngisaqhubeka nokuthola izinto eziningi, ngakho-ke ngiphelelwe yisigqi ngokubhala kwami. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ngizobe sengisendleleni engcono ngeviki elizayo.
Ngibheke futhi ngithandaza nonke, ikakhulukazi abangane bami baseMelika njengokhetho olubuhlungu olusondela kungekudala…
ISUKA kuphela okuphelele. Iqiniso!
Kodwa-ke omunye angabuza, "Ngingangena kanjani eZulwini, uma-ke, ngoba ngikude kakhulu nokuphelela?" Omunye angaphendula athi, “Igazi likaJesu lizokugeza!” Futhi nalokhu kuyiqiniso noma nini lapho sicela ngobuqotho intethelelo: Igazi likaJesu lisusa izono zethu. Kepha ngabe lokho kungenza ngibe nokuzidela ngokuphelele, ngithobeke, ngibe nesisa - okusho. ngokugcwele ubuyiselwe kumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu engidalwe kuye? Umuntu oqotho uyazi ukuthi lokhu akuvamile ukwenzeka. Imvamisa, nangemuva kokuvuma izono, kusekhona izinsalela “zomuntu omdala” —isidingo sokuphulukiswa okujulile kwamanxeba esono nokuhlanzwa kwenhloso nezifiso. Ngamafuphi, bambalwa kithi abayithanda ngokweqiniso iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu konke inhliziyo yethu, umphefumulo, namandla, njengoba siyaliwe.
Kungakho, lapho umphefumulo othethelelwe kodwa ongaphelele ufa emseni kaNkulunkulu, iNkosi, kukho kokubili isihe nobulungisa Bayo, inikeza umusa wokugcina wesiHlanzo. [1]Nakuba kungafanele kuqondwe njengomusa wokugcina owake wanikezwa umphefumulo phakade. Akulona ithuba lesibili, kodwa kunalokho, ukufaneleka esikuzuze esiphambanweni. Kuyi-a isimo ukuthi a igcinwe umphefumulo uyadlula ukuze uwuphelelise futhi ngaleyo ndlela uwenze wamukele futhi uhlanganiswe ekukhanyeni okumsulwa nothando lukaNkulunkulu. Kuyisimo lapho ubulungisa bukaNkulunkulu bulungisa khona futhi buphulukise umphefumulo wokungabi nabulungisa lowo mphefumulo ongazange ukubuyisele emhlabeni—ukungabi nabugovu, ukuthobeka, nothando okwakumelwe umphefumulo ukuveze, kodwa ungakwenzi.
Ngakho-ke, masingathathi kalula isipho sikaNkulunkulu sokuthethelelwa, esihlanza zonke izono. Ngokuba inhloso kaKristu akukhona kuphela ukubuyisana noBaba, kodwa futhi buyisela nathi ngomfanekiso Wakhe—ukuziphindaphinda kithi.
Bantwana bami, engibuye ngisemihelo ngenxa yabo, uKristu aze abunjwe kini! ( Galathiya 4:19 )
Ukubuyisana, okungukuthi, ukuthethelelwa kwezono zethu kuwukuphela isiqala. Omunye umsebenzi kaKristu wokuhlenga uwukungcwelisa ukuze “siphile, sinyakaze, sibe khona” [2]Izenzo 17: 28 ebunyeni obuphelele noYise, neNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele. Futhi lobu bunye, okungenani emoyeni, abuhloselwe ukuba yinto egodliwe kuphela eZulwini, sengathi lempilo ayinakho ukuthula nenhlanganyelo eyabangcwele. Njengoba uJesu asho,
Ngize ukuze babe nokuphila babe nakho ngokuchichimayo. (Johane 10:10)
Ngakho-ke, isihlanzo siwuphawu lwaphakade lwethemba lokuthi, naphezu kokungapheleli kwethu, uNkulunkulu uzowuqeda umsebenzi Wakhe wokuhlenga kulabo ababuyisana Naye. Isihlanzo siphinde sibe isikhumbuzo sokuthi lokhu kuphila kuhloselwe ukusiletha ebunyeni noNkulunkulu lapha futhi manje.
Bathandekayo, manje singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu; esiyakuba yikho akukembulwa. Siyazi ukuthi lapho ebonakaliswa siyofana naye, ngoba siyombona njengoba enjalo. Wonke umuntu onaleli themba kuye uzenza ohlanzekile, njengoba yena ehlanzekile. ( 1 Johane 3:2-3 )
Okokugcina, Isihlanzo sisikhumbuza ukuthi singuMzimba Owodwa kuKristu, nokuthi “abangaphelele” abangaphambi kwethu bayayidinga imithandazo yethu, njengoba ukufaneleka kwethu kungenza ukuziphindiselela ngalokho abangasakwazi ukukwenza.
Kulomkhosi wokukhumbula bonke abashona ngokwethembeka, masimbonge uNkulunkulu ngesipho esiyiPurgatory, futhi sithandazele ukuthi asheshe yonke imiphefumulo ekugcwaleni koMbuso ngalobo busuku.
KUFUNDWA OKUFUNDILE
Ngiyabonga okweshumi nemithandazo yenu—
zombili bezidingeka kakhulu.
Ukuhamba noMark ku The Manje iZwi,
chofoza isibhengezo esingezansi ukuze ubhalise.
I-imeyili yakho ngeke yabiwe nanoma ngubani.
