Imininingwane evela ekudalweni kuka-Adam, UMichelangelo, c. 1508-1512
KUPHELA one uyasiqonda iSiphambano—Ukuthi asibona nje ababukeli kodwa sibahlanganyeli abakhuthele ekusindisweni komhlaba — kuyashintsha konke. Ngoba manje, ngokuhlanganisa wonke umsebenzi wakho kuJesu, wena uqobo uba "umhlatshelo ophilayo" 'ofihlwe' kuKristu. Uba yi- real Ithuluzi lomusa ngokufaneleka kweSiphambano sikaKristu futhi obambe iqhaza “ehhovisi” Lakhe elingcwele ngokuvuka Kwakhe.
Ngoba nafa, futhi impilo yenu ifihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu. (Kol 3: 3)
Konke lokhu kungenye indlela yokuthi manje usuyingxenye kaKristu, uyilungu elingokoqobo lomzimba Wakhe oyimfihlakalo ngokubhabhadiswa, hhayi nje "insimbi" efana nepayipi noma ithuluzi. Esikhundleni salokho, mKristu othandekayo, yilokhu okwenzekayo lapho umpristi egcoba ubuso bakho ngamafutha chrism:
… Abathembekile, abathi ngokubhabhadiswa bafakwa kuKristu futhi bahlanganiswa nabantu bakaNkulunkulu, benziwa abahlanganyeli ngendlela yabo emsebenzini wobupristi, wokuprofetha nowobukhosi kaKristu, futhi baneqhaza labo lokudlala emishini abantu abangamaKrestu bonke eSontweni naseMhlabeni. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 897
IHHOVISI LOBUKHOSI
Ngombhabhadiso, uNkulunkulu "ubethele" isono sakho nemvelo yakho endala okhunini lwesiphambano, futhi wakufaka uZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele, ngaleyo ndlela evula ukuvuka "komuntu uqobo" lwakho.
Thina esabhapathizelwa kuKristu Jesu sabhapathizelwa kukho ukufa kwakhe… Uma-ke, safa kanye noKristu, siyakholwa ukuthi nathi sizakuphila kanye naye. (Roma 6: 3, 8)
Lokhu kusho ukuthi ubhapathizo lukwenza ukwazi ukuthanda njengoNkulunkulu, futhi uphile njengoba yena ephila. Kepha lokhu kudinga ukulahlwa okuqhubekayo kwesono kanye "nobuntu obudala." Futhi yile ndlela obamba iqhaza ngayo ngobukhosi Ihhovisi likaJesu: ngokuba ngosizo loMoya oNgcwele, ube "ngumbusi" phezu komzimba wakho kanye nezinto ozithandayo.
Ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo wobukhosi, abantu abavamile banamandla okusiphula umthetho wesono ngaphakathi kwabo nasemhlabeni, ngokuzincisha kwabo nangobungcwele bempilo yabo ... Yini, empeleni, engokwasebukhosini ngomphefumulo njengokulawula umzimba ngokulalela uNkulunkulu? -CCC, hhayi. 786
Lokhu kulalela uNkulunkulu kusho futhi ukuzithoba, njengoba noKristu enza, ukuze ube yi inceku labanye. 'KumKristu, “ukubusa kungukumsebenzela.”' [1]CCC, hhayi. 786
IHHOVISI LESIPROFETHO
Ngombhabhadiso, udonselekile, futhi wahlonishwa ngokujule noJesu, ukuthi lokho akwenze emhlabeni uhlose ukuqhubeka nokukwenza wena—Hhayi nje njengomsele nje ohamba kancane — kodwa njengoba kunjalo Umzimba wakhe. Uyakuqonda lokhu, mngane othandekayo? Wena 
kukhona Umzimba wakhe. Lokho okwenziwa nguJesu futhi afuna ukukwenza “ngomzimba wakhe”, njengoba nje lokho okudingeka ukwenze namuhla kwenziwa ngomsebenzi wengqondo, umlomo nezitho zakho. Ukuthi uJesu usebenza kanjani ngawe nami sizohluka, ngoba maningi amalungu emzimbeni. [2]isib. Rom 12: 3-8 Kepha okungokwakho manje sekungokwakho; Amandla nokubusa kwakhe "kuyizibulo" lakho:
Bhekani, ngikunike amandla 'okunyathela izinyoka' nawofezela nasebandleni eliphelele lesitha futhi akukho lutho oluzokulimaza… Amen, amen, ngithi kuwe, noma ngubani okholwa kimi uzokwenza imisebenzi engiyenzayo , futhi ngiyokwenza enkulu kunale, ngoba ngiya kuBaba… (Luka 10:19; Johane 14:12)
Okuqakathekileyo emisebenzini kaKhristu ngumsebenzi Wakhe wokumemezela uMbuso kaNkulunkulu. [3]isib. ULuka 4:18, 43; Marku 16:15 Futhi-ke,
Abantu abavamile futhi bafeza umsebenzi wabo wokuprofetha ngokuvangela, "okungukuthi, ukumenyezelwa kukaKristu ngezwi nangobufakazi bempilo." -CCC, hhayi. 905
Ngakho-ke singamanxusa kaKristu, sengathi uNkulunkulu unxusa ngathi. (2 Kor. 5:20)
INDLELA YOKUPHILA
Kepha kujule kakhulu kunalokhu kubamba iqhaza kwi ngobukhosi futhi isiprofetho Umsebenzi kaJesu ukubamba iqhaza Kwakhe ngobupristi Ihhovisi. Ngoba bekukhona kuleli hhovisi, njengoba zombili umpristi omkhulu futhi umhlatshelo, ukuthi uJesu wabuyisana umhlaba noBaba. Kepha manje njengoba uyilungu loMzimba Wakhe, nawe uhlanganyela ebupristini bakhe bobukhosi nakulo msebenzi wokubuyisana; nawe hlanganyela emandleni okugcwalisa “Okusilelayo ezinhluphekweni zikaKristu.” [4]Col 1: 24 Kanjani?
Ngakho-ke ngiyanincenga, bazalwane, ngobubele bukaNkulunkulu ukuba ninikele imizimba yenu ibe ngumhlatshelo ophilayo, ongcwele, othokozisayo uNkulunkulu, okuyinkonzo yenu yomoya. (KwabaseRoma 12: 1)
Yonke imicabango, izwi, nesenzo sakho, lapho kuhlanganiswe neNkosi ngothando, kungaba yindlela umusa osindisayo weSiphambano odonswa ngayo emphefumulweni wakho, nakwabanye.
Kuyo yonke imisebenzi yabo, imithandazo, nokwenza kwabo abaphostoli, impilo yomndeni neyasemshadweni, umsebenzi wansuku zonke, ukukhululeka kwengqondo nomzimba, uma kufezwa kuMoya — impela nobunzima bempilo uma bezalwa ngokubekezela — konke lokhu kuba imihlatshelo yokomoya eyamukelekayo UNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu. -CCC, hhayi. 901
Nalapha futhi, lapho “sinikela” ngale misebenzi, imithandazo, nezinhlupheko — njengoJesu—bathatha amandla wokuhlenga ukuthi
kugeleza ngqo kusuka enhliziyweni eqashisayo yoMhlengi.
… Ubuthakathaka bakho konke ukuhlupheka kwabantu kuyakwazi ukufakwa ngamandla afanayo kaNkulunkulu abonakaliswe esiphambanweni sikaKristu… ukuze zonke izinhlobo zokuhlupheka, ezinikezwe impilo entsha ngamandla alesi Siphambano, zingabe zisaba ubuthakathaka bomuntu kepha amandla kaNkulunkulu. —ST. UJOHN PAUL II, ISalvifici Doloros,n. 23, 26
Ukuze thina — ukuze ubupristi bethu obungokomoya busebenze kahle — kudinga ukuthi ukulalela kokholo. UMama wethu uyisibonelo sobupristi obungokomoya beSonto, ngoba waba ngowokuqala ukuzinikela njengomhlatshelo ophilayo ukuze uJesu anikezwe umhlaba. Akunandaba noma yini esihlangana nayo empilweni, kokuhle nokubi, umthandazo womKristu wobupristi kufanele ufane:
Bheka, ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi. Kwangathi kungenziwa kimi ngokwezwi lakho. (Luka 1:38)
Ngale ndlela, i ukumnika umusa kuzo zonke izenzo zethu ziyabaguqula, kube sengathi, "isinkwa newayini" kuguqulwa kube uMzimba neGazi likaKristu. Ngokungazelelwe, yini ngokombono womuntu ebonakala njengezenzo ezingenanjongo noma ukuhlupheka okungenangqondo 
babe '“Yiphunga elimnandi,” umhlatshelo owamukelekayo, ojabulisa uNkulunkulu.' [5]UPhil 4: 18 Ngoba, lapho ebumbene ngokukhululekile neNkosi, uJesu uqobo ungena emisebenzini yethu ukuze "Angiphili mina, kodwa uKristu uphila kimi." [6]IGal 2: 20 Yimiphi imiphumela okuyiyo “ukuguquka kwesidumbu sakho” kube yizinto “ezingcwele nezijabulisa uNkulunkulu” uthando.
Ngakho-ke yibani ngabalingisi bakaNkulunkulu, njengabantwana abathandekayo, futhi hlalani othandweni, njengoba noKristu wasithanda futhi wazinikela ngenxa yethu njengomhlatshelo kuNkulunkulu kube yiphunga elimnandi… ukuba ngubupristi obungcwele bokunikela ngemihlatshelo yokomoya eyamukelekayo kuNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu (Efe 5: 1-2,1 Peter 2: 5)
UTHANDO LUNQOBA KONKE
Bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, ake nginciphise le mfundiso ibe yizwi elilodwa: uthando. Kulula kanjalo. “Thanda, futhi wenze okuthandayo,” wake washo kanjalo u-Augustine. [7]St Aurelius Augustine, Intshumayelo ku-1 Johane 4: 4-12; hhayi. 8 Lokho kungenxa yokuthi lowo othanda njengoba uKristu asithanda uyohlala ebamba iqhaza emsebenzini wakhe wobukhosi, wokuprofetha nowobupristi.
Ngakho-ke gqokani njengabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, abangcwele nabathandekayo, uzwela olusuka enhliziyweni, umusa, ukuthobeka, ubumnene, nokubekezela, nibekezelelana, nithethelelane, uma umuntu enesikhalazo ngomunye; njengoba iNkosi ikuthethelele, kanjalo nani kufanele nenze kanjalo. Futhi phezu kwakho konke lokhu gqoka uthando, okungukuthi, isibopho sokupheleliswa. Futhi ukuthula kukaKristu makulawule izinhliziyo zenu, ukuthula enabizelwa kukho nasemzimbeni munye. Futhi bonga. Izwi likaKristu malihlale kini ngokucebile, njengakho konke ukuhlakanipha nifundisane, niyalane, nihlabelelela uNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zenu amahubo, amaculo, nezingoma zikamoya. Futhi noma yini eniyenzayo, ngezwi noma ngesenzo, kwenzeni konke egameni leNkosi uJesu, nibonga uNkulunkulu uYise ngayo. (Khol. 3: 12-17)
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