UKUVUSELELWA KWELENTEN
Usuku 24
INI isipho esinaso ngeSakramente Lobhapathizo: the ubumsulwa womphefumulo uyabuyiselwa. Futhi uma singona ngemuva kwalokho, iSakramente Lempendulo liyakubuyisa lokho kungabi namacala futhi. UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuthi mina nawe singabi msulwa ngoba uyathokoza ngobuhle bomphefumulo ohlanzekile, owenziwe kabusha ngomfanekiso waKhe. Ngisho nesoni esinenkani kakhulu, uma sinxusa isihe sikaNkulunkulu, sibuyiselwa ebuhleni obukhulu. Umuntu angasho ukuthi emphefumulweni onjalo, UNkulunkulu uyazibona. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ujabulisa ubumsulwa bethu ngoba Uyazi ukuthi kulapho sikwazi khona ukujabula kakhulu.
Ubumsulwa babubaluleke kakhulu kuJesu kangangokuthi waxwayisa,
Noma ngubani owenza omunye walaba abancane abakholelwa kimi ukuba one, kungaba ngcono ukuthi afakwe itshe lokusila elikhulu entanyeni yakhe aminziswe ekujuleni kolwandle. Maye emhlabeni ngenxa yezinto ezidala isono! Izinto ezinjalo kumele zize, kodwa maye kulowo eziza ngaye! (Math 18: 6-7)
Uma sikhuluma isilingo, Inhloso kaSathane ukwenza ukuthi mina nawe silahlekelwe ubumsulwa bethu, inhlanzeko yethu yenhliziyo, ngaphandle kwayo esingenakumbona uNkulunkulu. Lokho, futhi kuphazamisa ukulingana komuntu kwangaphakathi nokuthula, bese kuthi kaningi, kube nokuthula komhlaba osizungezile. Sibona imiphumela yokulahleka kobumsulwa eNsimini yase-Edene ngezindlela ezintathu.
Ngenkathi u-Adamu no-Eva bedla isithelo esihlahleni esenqatshelwe, umBhalo uyakusho lokho “Tavuleka amehlo abo bobabili, bazi ukuthi bahamba ze. ” [1]IGen 3: 7 Umphumela wokuqala wokulahleka msulwa umuzwa we amahloni. Kungumuzwa ongenakugwemeka ojwayelekile kulo lonke uhlanga lwesintu ukuthi umuntu wenze okuthile okuphambene nemvelo yabo, okuphikisana nakho Love, zakhiwe ngomfanekiso kabani.
Okwesibili, u-Adamu no-Eva bayahlangabezana ukwesaba, ikakhulukazi, ukwesaba uNkulunkulu. “Ngikuzwile engadini,” kusho u-Adamu eNkosini, "Kodwa nganginovalo, ngoba nganginqunu, ngakho ngacasha…" [2]IGen 3: 10
Umphumela wesithathu ukubeka icala. “Owesifazane ongibeke lapha kanye nami — unginikile isithelo sesihlahla, ngakho ngasidla.” Owesifazane waphendula wathi: "Inyoka ingikhohlisile, ngabe sengiyidla." Esikhundleni sokuthola izono zabo, baqala bazithethelela…. Futhi uqala kanjalo umjikelezo we amahloni, ukwesaba, Futhi esola okuthi, uma kungaphenduki, kuveze inqwaba yezifo zokomoya nezingokwenyama nokwehlukana ngokwehlukana — izithelo zokulahleka kobumsulwa.
Umbuzo uwukuthi, sihlala kanjani simsulwa ezweni elihlale lisichaya ebubini cishe yonke indawo lapho siphendukela khona? Impendulo itholakala esibonelweni sikaJesu. Iminyaka yakhe emithathu yokusebenza wachitha cishe ngokuphelele phambi kwezoni. Njengoba wadla ne-riff-raff, wakhulumisana neziphingi, futhi wahlangana njalo nabangenwe ngamademoni… uJesu wahlala kanjani emsulwa?
Impendulo ukuthi uhlala ehlala enhlanganyelo noYise, njenge isibonelo okwethu:
Njengoba uBaba engithandile, nami nginithandile; hlalani othandweni lwami. Uma nigcina imiyalo yami, niyakuhlala othandweni lwami, njengalokho nami ngigcinile imiyalo kaBaba ngihlala othandweni lwakhe. (Johane 15: 9-10)
Lokhu "kuhlala" empeleni Umthandazo veza ku ukwethembeka entandweni kaBaba. Kwakungenxa yalokhu ukuhlala kuYise uJesu akwazi ukubona, ngothando lukaYise, wedlula inhliziyo ebulalayo, enenkanuko, futhi ehahayo yafika esimweni sobumsulwa nobuhle umphefumulo owawunaso okungenzeka ukuze sibe ngokukholwa kuye. Yindlela akwazi ngayo ukumemeza, "Baba, bathethelele, abakwazi abakwenzayo." [3]ULuka 23: 34 Kanjalo futhi, uma sihlala kuYise, ngeke nje kuphela sithole amandla okumelana nesilingo, kepha sizothola amandla okuthanda Akhe amehlo. Futhi kungekudala, ngizokhuluma ngalokhu kuhlala, okuyiyona ngempela inhliziyo yalokhu kuhoxa.
Ozethembayo ulahlekile. Othembela kuNkulunkulu angenza zonke izinto. —USt. U-Alphonsus Ligouri (1696-1787)
Uma kukhulunywa ngesilingo, kufanele thina ikakhulukazi hhayi ukuzethemba thina. Kusasa sizobheka ngokucophelela ifayela le- amanga esilingo efuna ukweba ubumsulwa bethu ngezindlela eziningi nezicashile — nokuthi ungamelana kanjani nakho.
ISIFINYEZO NOMBHALO
Ubumsulwa abukhulisi amandla ethu enjabulo kuphela, kepha busenza sikwazi ukubona abanye ngamehlo kaKristu.
Ngiyesaba ukuthi, njengoba inyoka yakhohlisa u-Eva ngobuqili bayo, imicabango yakho ingamosheka isuke ekuzinikeleni okuqotho nokumsulwa kuKristu ... Yile ndlela esingazi ngayo ukuthi simunye naye: noma ngubani othi uhlala kuye ukuze aphile njengaye. (2 Kor. 11: 3; 1 Joh. 2: 5-6)
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