Umculi Akaziwa
Ngoba usindiswe ngomusa
ngokholo… (Efe 2: 8)
YIBA wake wazibuza ukuthi kungani kungo “kholo” ukuthi sisindiswe? Kungani uJesu engaveli nje emhlabeni ememezela ukuthi ubuyisene noBaba, wasibiza ukuthi siphenduke? Kungani evame ukubonakala ekude kakhulu, engathinteki, engaphatheki, kangangokuba kwesinye isikhathi kufanele silwe nokungabaza? Kungani engaphinde ahambe phakathi kwethu, akhiqize izimangaliso eziningi futhi asivumele sibheke emehlweni Akhe othando?
Impendulo ingukuthi besizombethela futhi.
UKHOHLWA NGOKUSHESHA
Akulona iqiniso? Bangaki kithi abaye bafunda ngezimangaliso noma bazibonela thina uqobo: ukuphulukiswa ngokomzimba, ukungenelela okungachazeki, izenzakalo eziyimfihlakalo, ukuvakashelwa yizingelosi noma imiphefumulo engcwele, izibuko, okuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila emva kokufa, izimangaliso zoMthendeleko, noma imizimba yabangcwele engenakonakala? UNkulunkulu uvuse ngisho nabafileyo esizukulwaneni sethu! Lezi zinto ziqinisekiswa kalula futhi ziyabukeka kulesi sikhathi semininingwane. Kepha ngemuva kokufakaza noma ukuzwa ngalezi zimangaliso, siyekile ukona? (Ngoba yingakho uJesu eza, ukuqeda amandla esono phezu kwethu, ukusikhulula ukuze sikwazi ukuphinde sibe ngabantu ngokugcwele ngokuhlanganyela noZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele.) Cha, asikenzi lokho. Ngandlela thile, ngaphandle kwalobu bufakazi obuphathekayo bukaNkulunkulu, sibuyela ezindleleni zethu zakudala noma siwele ezilingweni ezintsha. Sithola ubufakazi esibufunayo, bese sibukhohlwa masinyane.
INKINGA EYINKINGA
Kuhlobene nemvelo yethu ewile, nesimo saso isono uqobo. Isono nemiphumela yaso kuyinkimbinkimbi, kuyinkimbinkimbi, kufinyelela nasezindaweni zokungafi ngendlela umdlavuza ofinyelela ngayo ngeziqu ezimbaxa ezinjengezindilinga eziyizigidi. Akuyona into encane ukuthi umuntu, owadalwa ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, wabe esona. Isono, ngokwemvelo yaso, siveza ukufa emphefumulweni:
Inkokhelo yesono ngukufa. (KwabaseRoma 6:23)
Uma sicabanga ukuthi “ikhambi” lesono lincane, sidinga ukubheka esiphambanweni kuphela bese sibona inani elakhokhwa ukusibuyisana noNkulunkulu. Ngokunjalo, umthelela isono esiye saba nawo emvelweni yethu yobuntu ushukumise umhlaba ngokoqobo. Konakalisile futhi kuyaqhubeka konakalisa umuntu kuze kufike ezingeni lokuthi noma ngabe ubengabheka ubuso bukaNkulunkulu, umuntu usenamandla okwenza inhliziyo yakhe ibe lukhuni futhi alahle uMdali wakhe. Kuyamangalisa! Abangcwele, njengoFaustina Kowalski, babona imiphefumulo ethi, noma bemi phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngemuva kokufa kwabo, bayithuke futhi bamuqalekise.
Lokhu kungabethembi ubuhle Bami kungizwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu. Uma ukufa Kwami kungazange kukuqinisekise ngothando Lwami, yini ezokwenza? … Kunemiphefumulo edelela umusa Wami kanye nabo bonke ubufakazi bothando Lwami. Abafuni ukuzwa ukubizwa Kwami, kepha badlulela kwalasha wesihogo. —UJesu kuya eSt Faustina, Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, Idayari, n. 580
ISIXAZULULO ESILULA
UJesu wazithathela lesi sigameko esilimazayo esintwini, ngokuthatha isimo sethu sobuntu futhi “amunce” ukufa uqobo. Ube esehlenga imvelo yethu ngokuvuka kwabafileyo. Ukushintshanisa lo Mhlatshelo, unikeza isisombululo esilula ekuxakaneni kwesono nemvelo ewile:
Noma ngubani ongawamukeli umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengengane ngeke angene kuwo. (UMakho 10:15)
Kunokuningi kulesi sitatimende kunokuhlangana iso. UJesu usitshela ngempela ukuthi uMbuso kaNkulunkulu uyimfihlakalo, unikezwa ngesihle, ongatholwa kuphela yilowo owemukelayo onjengomntwana ukwethemba. Leyo, ukholo. Isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthi uBaba wathumela iNdodana Yakhe ukuzothatha indawo yethu esiphambanweni kwakuwukuthi buyisela ubudlelwano bethu Naye. Futhi ukumane umbone ngokuvamile akwanele ukubuyisela ubungani! UJesu, onguLuthando uqobo, wahamba phakathi kwethu iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nantathu, emithathu yayo iminyaka yomphakathi egcwele izibonakaliso ezimangazayo, kepha nokho wenqatshwa. Omunye angathi, “Awu kungani uNkulunkulu engavezi nje inkazimulo Yakhe? Bese sikholwe! ” Kepha uLucifer nabalandeli bakhe abayizingelosi abambonanga yini uNkulunkulu enkazimulweni yaKhe? Kodwa nokho bamlahla ngenxa yokuziqhenya! AbaFarisi babona izimangaliso zakhe eziningi futhi bamuzwa efundisa, nokho nabo bamenqaba futhi baletha ukufa kwakhe.
UKHOLO
Isono sika-Adamu ka-Eva empeleni sasiyisono ukwethemba. Abamkholwanga uNkulunkulu ngenkathi ebavimba ukuba badle isithelo sesihlahla sokwazi okuhle nokubi. Leso silonda sihlala esimweni somuntu, ku inyama, futhi sizokwenza lokho size sithole imizimba emisha ovukweni. Lizibonakalisa njenge inkanuko okuyisifiso sokufuna izifiso eziphansi zenyama kunokufuna impilo ephakeme kaNkulunkulu. Kuyimizamo yokusuthisa ukufisa kwethu kwangaphakathi ngezithelo ezingavunyelwe kunokuba nothando namacebo kaNkulunkulu.
Ikhambi lalesi silonda elinamandla okusisusa kude noNkulunkulu linjalo ukholo. Akuyona inkolelo nje engokwengqondo kuYe (ngoba ngisho nosathane uyakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, nokho, ulahlekelwe ukuphila okuphakade) kepha uyamvuma uNkulunkulu, ukuhleleka Kwakhe, nendlela Yakhe yothando. Okokuqala ukwethemba ukuthi Uyangithanda. Okwesibili, kukholwa ukuthi ngonyaka ka-33 AD, uJesu Kristu wafela izono zami, wavuka kwabafileyo—ubufakazi yalolo thando. Okwesithathu, ukugqoka ukholo lwethu ngemisebenzi yothando, izenzo ezibonisa ukuthi singobani ngempela: izingane ezenziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu oluthando. Ngale ndlela-lokhu indlela yokukholwa—Sibuyiselwe ebunganeni noZiqu-zintathu (ngoba asisasebenzi ngokumelene nemiklamo yaKhe, "ukuhleleka kothando"), futhi empeleni, savuswa kanye noKristu ezulwini ukuze sibambe iqhaza empilweni yakhe yobuNkulunkulu ingunaphakade. .
Ngoba singumsebenzi wezandla zakhe, sidalelwe kuKristu Jesu ngemisebenzi emihle uNkulunkulu ayilungiselele ngaphambili, ukuze siphile kuyo. (Efe 2: 8. 10)
Ukube uJesu ubezohamba phakathi kwethu kulesi sizukulwane, besizombethela esiphambanweni futhi. Kungokholo kuphela ukuthi sisindiswa, sihlanzwe ezonweni zethu, futhi senziwe sisha… sisindiswe ngobudlelwano bothando nokwethembana.
Bese kuthi… sizombona ubuso nobuso.
Ngabe uzoxhasa umsebenzi wami kulo nyaka?
Akubusise futhi ngiyabonga.
Ukuhamba noMark ku The Manje iZwi,
chofoza isibhengezo esingezansi ukuze ubhalise.
I-imeyili yakho ngeke yabiwe nanoma ngubani.
