Yintoni enokwaziwa nguThixo?
Kwincwadi yakhe eya kwabaseRoma, uPaulo waqala wachaza ubutyala BukaThixo kwihlabathi liphela - Kuba ityhilekile ingqumbo kaThixo ivela emazulwini, ichase konke ukungahloneli Thixo, nentswela-bulungisa, abayithintelayo inyaniso ngokunxaxha, kuba oko kwazekayo ngoThixo kuyabonakala ngaphakathi kwabo, kuba uThixo ubabonisile. Kuba ekudalweni kwehlabathi, iimpawu zakhe ezibonakala zingenakubonwa ngokucacileyo, eziqondela izinto ezenziweyo, kwa-amandla akhe angonaphakade, nobuThixo bakhe, ukuze bangabi nazintlaba. (AmaRoma 1: 18-20)
UWarren Weirsbe uphawula kwinkcazo yakhe yokuba umntu kwasekuqalekeni kwendalo, ubemazi uThixo. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko ufumaneka kwibali lika-Adam no-Eva, umntu wahlukana noThixo, wamala.
Itsho kwezi ndinyana zingasentla ukuba Oko ke ukwaziwa nguThixo kuyabonakala kubo, ngokuba uThixo ubonakalisile kubo. Yonke indoda nomfazi bazalwa benesazela. Yintoni asibonise yona uThixo? Usibonisile indalo yakhe. Cinga ngendalo kaThixo esingqongileyo. Isixelela ntoni ngoThixo xa sibona isibhakabhaka, amafu, iintaba, izityalo nezilwanyana? Isixelela ukuba uThixo nguMdali okrelekrele obalaseleyo. Amandla akhe kunye nobuchule bakhe bukhulu kakhulu kunobethu.
Zithini izinto zikaThixo 'ayibonakali' iimpawu?
Okokuqala, UThixo ukuyo yonke indawo. Oku kuthetha ukuba uThixo ukho kuyo yonke indawo ngaxeshanye. UThixo 'ukho' kuyo yonke indalo yakhe, kodwa engaphelelanga kwindalo yakhe. Ubunganga bukaThixo abuyonxalenye eyimfuneko ukuba ungubani na, kodwa sisenzo esikhululekileyo sokuthanda kwakhe. Inkolelo ebubuxoki ye-pantheism ibopha uThixo kwindalo iphela kwaye imenza ukuba abe phantsi kwayo. Nangona kunjalo, uThixo ugqithisile kwaye akaxhomekeki kwimida yendalo yakhe.
UThixo uyazi yonke into. Unolwazi olungenasiphelo. Uyazazi zonke izinto, kubandakanya naye ngokugqibeleleyo nangokugqibeleleyo; nokuba kudlulile, okwangoku, okanye elizayo. Isibhalo sisixelela ukuba akukho nto ifihlakeleyo kuye. UThixo uyazi zonke izinto ezinokwenzeka. Uyayazi ikamva.
NguThixo onamandla onke. Unamandla onke kwaye unamandla okwenza nantoni na ayithandayo. Unokwenza nantoni na evisisana nendalo yakhe. Ayinakukhangela kububi. Akanakho ukuzikhanyeza. Akanakuxoka. Akanako ukuhenda okanye ahendwe ukuba enze isono. Ngenye imini abo bakholelwa ukuba banamandla kwaye bakhulu baya kufuna ukuzimela kuye, kwaye onke amadolo aya kuqubuda kuye ngenye imini.
UThixo akanakuguquka. Akaguquki 'kubuqu, iimpawu, ukwazi, nentando yakhe.' Akukho kuphuculwa okanye ukonakaliswa kunokwenzeka kuThixo. UThixo 'akaguquguquki,' ngokubhekisele kwisimo sakhe, amandla akhe, iiplani zakhe kunye neenjongo zakhe, izithembiso zakhe, uthando Nenceba yakhe, okanye ubulungisa Bakhe.
UThixo ulilungisa, ulilungisa. Ulungile. UThixo uyinyaniso.
UThixo ungcwele, okanye sahlukane kwaye siphakanyiswe ngaphezulu kwazo zonke izidalwa zakhe nakubo bonke ububi obukuko nesono. Kukho umsantsa phakathi koThixo nomoni, kwaye uThixo anganwenwa ngentlonipho nangokoyika kuphela ngenxa yento ayenzileyo uYesu. (Amehlo 80-88)
UKUQHUBEKA:
UTiesson, uHenry Clarence. Izifundo kwiTheology yeTyhulethi. I-Grand Rapids: UWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1979.
Weirsbe, Warren W., The Weirsbe Bible Commentary. I-Colorado Springs: UDavid C. Cook, ngo-2007.