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KAKHULU isikhathi, Ngikhulume ngokuhlala ngigxile kuNarrow Pilgrim Road, "nginqaba isilingo ngakwesokunene sakho, futhi uzikhohlisa ngakwesobunxele sakho." Kepha ngaphambi kokuthi ngikhulume ngokuqhubekayo ngendaba ebalulekile yesilingo, ngicabanga ukuthi kuzosiza ukwazi okwengeziwe nge nature yomKristu — ngokwenzeka kuwe nakimi kuBhaphathizo — nokuthi yini okungenzeki.

Lapho sibhapathizwa, uSt. Paul ufundisa ukuthi siba "yindalo entsha" kuKristu: “Izinto zakudala zidlulile; bheka, sekuvele izinto ezintsha. ” ^[1]I-2 Cor 5: 17 UNkulunkulu, empeleni, uphefumulela uMoya waKhe kithi ukuze uMoya waKhe ube munye nowethu, wenze umoya wethu, ube ngowethu inhliziyo okusha. Kukhona ukufa kweqiniso nokubuyiselwa komuntu umoya lokho kuyenzeka, kangangokuthi uSt. Paul uthi:

… Wafa, futhi impilo yakho ifihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu. (Kol 3: 3)

USt. John wase-Avila uluthatha kahle lolu "vuko" lwabafileyo ngokomoya ngoBhaphathizo:

UKristu unomoya ophilayo, umoya ophilisayo ovusa labo abafisa ukuphila. Ake siye kuKristu, masifune uKristu, onomoya wokuphila. Akunandaba ukuthi umubi kangakanani, ulahlekile kangakanani, uphazamiseke kangakanani, uma uya kuye, uma umfuna, uzokuphilisa, uzokuwina futhi akulungise futhi akusindise. —USt. UJohn wase-Avila, Intshumayelo ngeSonto lePhentekoste, kusukela INavarre Bible, “AbaseKorinte”, iphe. I-152

U-Athanasius uphinde wathi:

… INdodana kaNkulunkulu yaba ngumuntu ukuze nathi sibe nguNkulunkulu. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,n. 460

Amagama abalulekile lapha ukuze singahle sibe njengoYe. ^[2]Ukuqondwa ngomqondo wokuthi imiphefumulo yethu ayifi futhi ihlanganyela ezimfanelweni zobunkulunkulu, kepha ingathathi ukulingana noNkulunkulu, omkhulu ngokungapheli futhi okuvela kuye konke ukuphila. Ngakho-ke, ukukhonza nokudumisa kungokukaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele kuphela. Ubhapathizo lusenza sikwazi ukufana noKristu, kepha olwethu kuphela ukusebenzisana nomusa lokho kuzokwenza lo msebenzi uqedwe, ngoba ngokwengxenye, sisengaphansi kwesimo esiwile. 

Okokuqala, siyaqhubeka sibhekana nemiphumela yesono, njengokugula, ukuhlupheka nokufa. Kungani? Ngokubhabhadiswa, “inhliziyo” yethu noma umoya wethu uba yingxenye yalokhu ubunkulunkulu; kodwa imvelo yomuntu yomuntu: yabo Isizathu, ukuqonda, Futhi kuthanda bazuze ifa “lesilonda” sesono sokuqala, okuwukuthambekela ebubini okuthiwa inkanuko. Futhi-ke, imizimba yethu iyaqhubeka nokuthobela izinkanuko zenyama. ^[3]isib. IsAm 20: 11-15

Ukubhabhadiswa, ngokudlulisela impilo yomusa kaKristu, kusula isono sangempela futhi kubuyisele indoda kuNkulunkulu, kepha imiphumela yemvelo, ibuthakathaka futhi ithambekele ebubini, iphikelela kumuntu futhi imbizele empini engokomoya. -CCC, hhayi. 405

Impi engokomoya-ke, ingenye ye ukuguqulwa: ukuletha umzimba, ingqondo, nentando kuvumelane nokwenziwe kabusha umoya. Kuyabambana ukuletha ukuwa kwethu imvelo yomuntu ubumbane okusha ne ubunkulunkulu usinikeze ku-Baptism. Ngakho-ke, uSt. Paul uyabhala:

Lomcebo siwuphethe ezitsheni zobumba, ukuze amandla amakhulu abe ngawakaNkulunkulu, angaveli kithina… ngaso sonke isikhathi sithwele emzimbeni ukufa kukaJesu, ukuze nokuphila kukaJesu kubonakalise emzimbeni wethu. (2 Kor 4: 7-10)

Le mpilo kaJesu ibonakala kithi ngale ndlela: ngokuletha ekufeni konke lokho kuphambene ne- ukuthanda. Lapho uNkulunkulu ebeka u-Adamu no-Eva njengabaphathi phezu kwayo yonke indalo, lobo buphathi babuzisa nakubo uqobo:

“Ukubusa” emhlabeni uNkulunkulu akunikeza umuntu kusukela ekuqaleni kwagcwaliseka ngaphezu kwakho konke ngaphakathi komuntu uqobo: ukuzilawula. -CCC, hhayi. 377

Ngakho-ke, bafowethu nodadewethu, uhambo lwamaKrestu lwehla ngomgwaqo “uNarrow Pilgrim Road” ngolunye lokuthola kabusha, ngomusa, lokhu ukuzilawula ngempilo yangaphakathi yomkhuleko ukuze sibe, kuzo zonke izici zobuntu bethu, sibe ngumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, onguye ukuthanda.

Kodwa ukusebenza njalo ngokumelene nathi kuyisilingo…

ISIFINYEZO NOMBHALO

Ukubhabhadiswa kusenza sihlanganyele nobungcwele, kepha umsebenzi wokuletha umzimba wethu, ingqondo nentando yethu ekuhlanganyeleni nawo, uyaqhubeka.

… Usinikeze izithembiso zakhe eziyigugu nezinkulu kakhulu, ukuze ngazo uphume enkohlakalweni esemhlabeni ngenxa yentshisekelo, futhi ube ngabahlanganyeli bemvelo yaphezulu. (2 Pet. 1:14)

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