Ngaba ungumhlobo kaThixo?
UYesu, nguThixo ngokwasenyameni, wawathetha la mazwi kubafundi bakhe - “Nizizihlobo zam nina, ukuba nithi nikwenze konke endinimisela khona mna. Andisatsho ukuthi ningabakhonzi; ngokuba umkhonzi akakwazi okwenziwa yinkosi yakhe; ndinibize ngokuba nizizihlobo, ngokuba zonke izinto endaziva kuBawo, ndanazisa zona. Asinini enanyula mna, kodwa ndanyula nina, ndanimisela ukuba niye kuthwala isiqhamo, nokuze iziqhamo zenu zihlale, ukuze oko nikucelayo kuBawo egameni lam aninike. (KuYohane 15: 14-16)
UAbraham wayesaziwa 'njengomhlobo' kaThixo. UNdikhoyo wathi kuAbraham: “'Phuma ezweni lakowenu, kwikhaya lakho, nasendlwini kayihlo, uye ezweni endokubonisa lona. Ndikwenze uhlanga olukhulu; Ndiya kukusikelela ndize ndilikhulise igama lakho; ube yintsikelelo. Ndibasikelele abakusikelelayo, ndimtshabhise okuqalekisayo; zisikeleleke ngawe zonke izizwe zehlabathi. (IGenesis 12: 1-3) U-Abraham wenza oko wayeyalelwe nguThixo. UAbram wayehlala ezweni lakwaKanan, kodwa umtshana wakhe uLote wayehlala ezixekweni. ngakumbi eSodom. ULote wayethinjwe kwaye ke uAbraham waya wamhlangula. (IGenesis 14: 12-16) Emveni kwezi zinto, lafika ilizwi likaYehova kuAbraham ngombono, wathi uThixo kuye, Ndilikhaka lakho, umvuzo wakho omkhulu kunene. (Gen. 15:1Xa uAbraham wayeneminyaka engama-99 ubudala u-Yehova wabonakala kuye wathi - “'NdinguThixo uSomandla; hamba phambi kwam ube ngogqibeleleyo. Ndiya kuwubeka umnqophiso wam phakathi kwam nawe, ndikwandise kakhulu kunene. (IGenesis 17: 1-2Ngaphambi kokuba uThixo agwebe iSodom ngenxa yezono zayo, weza kuAbraham wathi kuye - Ndomfihlela na uAbraham into endiza kuyenza? Kanti uAbraham uya kuthi abe luhlanga olukhulu, olunamandla, zisikeleleke ngaye iintlanga zonke zehlabathi. Kuba ndaze yena, ukuze abawisele umthetho abantwana bakhe, nendlu yakhe emva kwakhe, bagcine indlela kaYehova, benze ubulungisa nokusesikweni, ukuze uYehova amenzele uAbraham into ayithethileyo kuye. ”UAbraham wathethelela iSodom neGomora, esithi, Yabona, ndingothuli nothuthu, ndizimisele ukuthetha neNkosi. (Gen. 18:27UThixo wasiva isicelo sika-Abraham - Kwathi, xenikweni uThixo wayonakalisayo imizi yaloo mmandla, uThixo wamkhumbula uAbraham, wamkhupha uLote phakathi kobhukuqo olo, ekubhukuxheni izixeko awayehleli kuzo uLote. (Gen. 19:29)
Okwahlula ubuKrestu kuzo zonke ezinye iinkolo ehlabathini kukuba kuseka ubudlelwane obunomvuzo phakathi koThixo nomntu. Umyalezo omangalisayo weendaba ezilungileyo okanye "iindaba ezilungileyo," kukuba wonke umntu uzalwe phantsi kwesigwebo sokufa ngokwasemoyeni nangokwasemzimbeni. Yonke indalo yathotyelwa kwesi sigwebo emva kokuba uAdam noEva bevukele uThixo. NguThixo yedwa onokuyilungisa le meko. UThixo unguMoya, kwaye lidini lanaphakade kuphela elinokwanela ukuhlawulwa kwezono zomntu. UThixo kwakufuneka eze emhlabeni, azigqume esenyameni, aphile ubomi obungenasono, afe ukuze ahlawule izono zethu. Wakwenza oku kuba uyasithanda kwaye ufuna ukuba nolwalamano nathi. Ufuna ukuba ngabahlobo baKhe. Kuphela yinto eyenziwa nguYesu, bubulungisa baKhe kuphela obufanele thina obunokusenza sicoceke phambi koThixo. Alikho elinye idini elinokwanela. Asinakuze sizihlambulule ngokwaneleyo ukuze sikholise uThixo. Kukusebenzisa kuphela oko kwenziwa nguYesu emnqamlezweni okusenza ukuba sikulungele ukuma phambi koThixo. UnguThixo “ohlangula” ngonaphakade. Ufuna simazi. Ufuna sithobele ilizwi lakhe. Siyindalo yaKhe. Cinga la mazwi angaqhelekanga uPawulos awasebenzisayo ukumchaza kwabaseKolose- Ungumfanekiso kaThixo ongabonakaliyo, izibulo kwindalo yonke. Ngokuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto ezisemazulwini, ezisemhlabeni, ezinokubonakalayo nezingenakubonwa, nokuba ziitrone okanye ubukhosi, nokuba ziziphathamandla okanye amagunya. Zonke izinto zidalwe ngaye kwaye zidalelwa yena. Ungaphambi kweento zonke, nazo zonke izinto zikuye. Kwaye uyintloko yomzimba, ibandla, osisiqalo, izibulo kwabafileyo, ukuze ezintweni zonke azive kuqala. Kuba kwamyolisa uBawo ukuba kuye kuhlala kuye konke ukuzaliseka kuye, nokuthi ngaye axolelane naye izinto zonke, nokuba ziphi na izinto ezisemhlabeni, nokuba zezisemazulwini, nokuba enze uxolo ngalo igazi lomnqamlezo wakhe. Nani, enibe nifudula niziintshaba ngengqondo yakho ngenxa yemisebenzi engendawo, ngoku uxolelanise nomzimba wenyama yakhe ngokufa, ukuba aningcwalise nimsulwa, ningenantlonelo emehlweni akhe. (Kol 1: 15-22)
Ukuba ufunda zonke iicawa zehlabathi awusayi kufumana umntu okumemayo kubuhlobo obusondeleyo noThixo njengoko ubuKhristu bokwenyani benza. Ngobabalo lukaYesu Krestu, siyakwazi ukusondela kuThixo. Siyakwazi ukumnika ubomi bethu. Singabeka ubomi bethu ezandleni Zakhe sisazi ukuba usithanda ngokupheleleyo. UnguThixo olungileyo. Ushiye ezulwini ukuba alahlwe ngabantu kwaye asifele. Ufuna ukuba simazi. Ufuna ukuba uze kuye ngokholo. Ufuna ukuba ngumhlobo wakho!
