AS Ngabhala Amaqiniso Anzima emasontweni amabili edlule, njengabaningi benu, ngakhala obala ngakhala — ngashaqeka ngokwethuka okukhulu hhayi kuphela okwenzeka emhlabeni wethu, kodwa futhi nokuqaphela ukuthula kwami. Uma "uthando oluphelele lususa konke ukwesaba" njengoba kubhala uMphostoli uJohane, mhlawumbe-ke ukwesaba okuphelele kukhipha lonke uthando.
Ukuthula okungcwele umsindo wokwesaba.
ISIGwebo
Ngiyakuvuma lokho ngenkathi ngibhala Iqiniso Elinzima izincwadi, ngaba nomuzwa ongajwayelekile kamuva ukuthi ngangingaqondile ukubhala amacala abhekene nalesi sizukulwane—Yena, amacala okuqongelela omphakathi, osekulele amakhulu eminyaka ambalwa manje. Usuku lwethu luyisithelo somuthi omdala kakhulu.
Imbazo ilele empandeni yakhe.
UJesu ngokwakhe wathi:
Noma ngubani owenza one walaba abancane abakholelwa kimi ukuba one, bekungaba ngcono kuye uma kungagxishwa itshe lokusila elikhulu entanyeni yakhe aphonswe olwandle. (Marku 9:42)
Ukukhipha isisu ukubhujiswa ngokomzimba "kwabancane," futhi kungukucekelwa phansi okungakaze kube khona. Kepha ukubhujiswa okukhulu kakhulu manje kuyenzeka emiphefumulweni "yabancane" ngaphandle kwesibeletho. Abakhishwe isisu kungenzeka basuke baye ngqo ezulwini; kepha laba abanye "abancane" baholelwa endleleni ebanzi futhi elula eholela ekubhujisweni — ikakhulukazi ukubhujiswa ngokomoya nemiphumela yaphakade. Lokhu kwenzeka ngesiko lokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo nezocansi, futhi kunjalo okugcina kufike ekwamukelweni ngenkani kwezinye izindlela zokuphila, ikakhulukazi leyo ukuncibilika kwesithombe sowesilisa nowesifazane, okungumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu uqobo. Yebo, wona kanye umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu uguquliwe — ukushaywa okuqonde ngqo kuZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele, lowo mfanekiso wobuNkulunkulu we umndeni.
Futhi ngiyawezwa futhi la mazwi enhliziyweni yami:
The imbuka yokugcina.
Lokho okungalungile manje sekulungile, futhi lokho okulungile manje sekubhekwa njengokungabekezelelani.
Bayonikhipha emasinagogeni; impela, isikhathi siyeza lapho noma ngubani onibulalayo eyocabanga ukuthi ukhonza uNkulunkulu. (Johane 16: 2)
IZINHLOBO
Emasontweni amabili edlule, ngibonile ukuthi lo muzwa we kufundwa isigwebo phambi kweNkantolo yaseZulwini akuyona eyami kuphela. Kusuka esikhwameni seposi:
Kuleli sonto eledlule ngizwe ukuthi kukhona okuqediwe — bekungumqondo ofana nalowo wesikhathi sokufa lapho kubethelwa, kodwa kuhambelana nendlela uKristu asebenza ngayo emhlabeni.
Futhi omunye umfundi:
Uwafundile amacala abhekene neWest kokuthunyelwe kwakho kokugcina [okuyisihlanu Okuqinile] kubhulogi. Ucabanga ukuthi sizoba yini isahlulelo sejaji elinothando, elinesihe, nelinobulungiswa kula macala?
Futhi enye:
Izolo ebusuku bengicabanga ukuthi kufana nokuthi sisensimini futhi sikhathele kanti uJesu uthi "phumula"…. Yebo, kubonakala sengathi kunesiphetho sesigwebo esikhishiwe, futhi umthandazo ngeke usivimbe. Ngikholwa ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele uyakuqinisekisa lokhu kwabangcwele.
Futhi mhlawumbe umbhali olandelayo ukubeka kumongo (ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi le yisikhathi senjabulo nokuthula, futhi ngubani phakathi kwethu ofuna ukucabanga ngezinto ezingokoqobo ezimnyama zosuku lwethu? Futhi-ke, ngiyaphinda futhi: iqiniso liyasikhulula):
Ngempela, angiyena umuntu wembubhiso nobumnyama, ngijabulela impilo… Njengoba ngangiphezulu (ngilungiselela ukuya kumamuvi), lokhu kweza kimi: "Inhlekelele phezu kwenhlekelele, inhlekelele phezu kwenhlekelele."
Bengidinga nje ukwabelana ngalokho… mhlawumbe ukuthula ngaphambi kokuba isiphepho siphele futhi nepikinikini izosheshe iphele.
IZINTO EZINTATHU ZIHLALE… ITHEMBA LINGENYE YABO
Bangani abathandekayo, njengoba uKhisimusi esondela, singakwazi futhi kumele silivuselele ithemba lethu kuKristu. Isihe asikapheli! Kunesikhathi ngalo mzuzu ngamunye wethu sokuba siphenduke ngokunganaki, silahle uthando lwethu nesono, futhi siguqe ngamadolo phambi kukaJesu, sisasesibelethweni sikanina Wakhe, sithi:
Jesu, ngichithe isikhathi. Ngichithe amathuba. Angizange ngiphenduke njengoba ngazi ukuthi kufanele ngibe khona. Angikaphenduli othandweni Lwakho kimi. Uyabona, namanje, ngiza ngingenanhlaka yempepho nemure, ngingenalutho engingakupha lona. Izandla zami azinalutho… anginakho engingakubonisa. Lutho, ngaphandle kwenhliziyo evuma ukukwemukela (IsAm. 3: 17-21). Imbi, inuka, futhi ayinakho ukunethezeka, ifana nesitebele, kepha ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke uyenqabe. Ngenhliziyo ethobekile nephukile ngeke uyilahle (IHubo 51: 19). Yebo Jesu ngiyakwamukela. Kwangathi imfudumalo yesifiso sami ingakulethela induduzo, Nkosi yami, Nkosi yami, noNkulunkulu wami.
Ngifisa ukusho ngenhliziyo yami yonke kulabo abafunda lokhu namuhla, lalela isexwayiso esithunyelwa yiZulu: ISIKHATHI SISEMFUSHANE. Futhi ngasikhathi sinye, ngiyaphinda ngithi: UNGESABI! Ngoba uma uthandaze lowo mthandazo eceleni kwami ngobuqotho, khona-ke uMercy uzogcotshwa enhliziyweni yakho, futhi iWundlu likaNkulunkulu elisusa izono zomhlaba lizokusibekela ezinsukwini ezizayo.
Ubusisiwe Usana OlunguJesu: Ngiyakuthanda! Ngiyabonga ngesihe sakho! Wena unguGood uqobo. Yiba nomusa kuleli zwe, Wundlu othandekayo, yiba nomusa kuwo wonke umphefumulo, ikakhulukazi labo ababanjwe kakhulu isitha, labo abenziwe lukhuni kakhulu ukulwa noMbuso wakho. Yebo, shintsha izinhliziyo zabo ukuze badumaze isitha Sokuthula, nokuthi uMercy neSiphambano bazonqoba unomphela.
Sijwayele ukucabanga nge-Apocalypse njengesahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu esintwini, isenzo sobulungiswa obumsulwa. Kepha kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi i-Apocalypse is Mercy, ngoba uNkulunkulu ngeke avumele ububi ukuthi buqhubeke buqede okuhle unomphela, futhi abuqede. - UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uFulton Sheen, (kufakwe ngamagama, ireferensi ayaziwa)
