ISIKHUMBUZO SEZINGELOSI ZABAQaphi
Amazwe angama-80 manje aswele amanzi asongela impilo nezomnotho ngenkathi amaphesenti angama-40 omhlaba - abantu abangaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-2 - bengenawo amanzi ahlanzekile noma indle. —Ibhange Lomhlaba; Umthombo Wamanzi wase-Arizona, UNov-Dec 1999
KUNGANI amanzi ethu ayahwamuka? Ingxenye yesizathu ukusetshenziswa, enye ingxenye ushintsho olukhulu esimweni sezulu. Noma ngabe yiziphi izizathu, ngikholwa ukuthi kuwuphawu lwezikhathi…
AMANZI: UMTHOMBO WOKUPHILA OKUPHAKADE
UJesu wathi kuNikodemu.
"Amen, amen, ngithi kuwe, akekho ongangena embusweni kaNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokuzalwa ngamanzi nangoMoya. (UJohn 3: 5)
UJesu wabhapathizwa eJordani, hhayi ngoba kwakudingeka abhapathizwe, kodwa njengomKristu uphawu, uphawu kithi. Insindiso iza kithi emanzini okuzalwa kabusha. Njengoba uMose namaHeberu badabula uLwandle Olubomvu bebheke eZweni Lesithembiso, nathi kufanele sidlule emanzini oMbhapathizo sibheke ekuPhileni okuPhakade.
Pho afanekiselani amanzi? Kalula nje, uNkulunkulu, futhi ngokuqondile, UJesu Kristu. UJesu wema emanzini eJordani sengathi uthi, “Kumelwe udabule kimi ukuze ungene ekuphileni okuphakade”.
Amen, Amen, ngithi kini: Mina ngiyisango lezimvu. (UJohn 10: 7)
UMTHOMBO WAKHO KONKE UKUPHILA - UNKULUNKULU
Ngisazindla Ngemfihlakalo Yokuqala Ekhanyayo (Ubhapathizo LukaJesu), igama elithi "H2O" lafika kimi.
I-H2O ifomula yamakhemikhali yamanzi: izingxenye ezimbili ze-hydrogen, ingxenye eyodwa ye-oxygen. Ngenxa yokuthi yonke indalo kaNkulunkulu iwuhlobo lolimi olukhomba Kuye futhi lukhulume Ngaye, singase sicabangele uZiqu-zintathu ngendlela engokomfanekiso ngale ndlela:
H = uNkulunkulu uBaba
H = uNkulunkulu iNdodana
O = uNkulunkulu uMoya
O"H" ababili bachazwa njengamalungu amabili okuqala obuNkulunkulu ngoba uJesu wathi,
... ongibonayo ubona ongithumileyo. (UJohn 12: 45)
I-Hydrogen iyisici esilula kunazo zonke, futhi kukholakala ukuthi iyimpande yazo zonke izakhi. UNkulunkulu unguMdali wakho konke. Igama elithi "umoya" livela esiGrekini pneuma, okusho ukuthi "umoya" noma "ukuphefumula". Umoya-mpilo umoya esiphila ngawo nesiphefumula ngawo. Okokugcina, lapho i- hydrogen nomoya-mpilo kuvutha ndawonye, i-byproduct amanzi. UZiqu-zintathu uyilangabi eliphilayo lothando, elikhiqiza amanzi eNsindiso.
UPHAWU LWEZIKHATHI
Ngikholelwa ukuthi ukudlikizeka okungavamile esikubona emvelweni namuhla kufana nezono zesintu ( Roma 8:19-23 ). Umhlaba usebenza ngokushesha ukususa uNkulunkulu kunembeza wesizwe (okungukuthi, imithetho), emsebenzini, ezikoleni, futhi ekugcineni, emndenini. Isithelo salokhu ukoma okukhulu, okungaqediwe kothando.
Okuhambisana nalokhu ngokwemvelo ukushoda kwamanzi okukhulayo, i-H2O, ukuhwamuka, ukushiya umhlaba, futhi ngaleyo ndlela abantu abaningi bomele lowomthombo onikeza ukuphila.
Yebo, izinsuku ziyeza, isho iNkosi uJehova, lapho ngiyakuthuma indlala ezweni, kungabi yindlala yesinkwa, nokoma amanzi, kodwa eyokuzwa izwi likaJehova. (Amosi 8: 11)
Uma abantu bephendukela kuNkulunkulu futhi futhi bacele la “manzi aphilayo,” ukoma kwabo kuyoqedwa. Ngokuba uNkulunkulu uluthando… umfudlana wothando ochichimayo, ongapheli.
