Yintoni okanye oyithandayo?

Yintoni okanye oyithandayo?

Kwileta kaPawulos eya kwabaseRoma, ubhala malunga netyala phambi koThixo woluntu lonke - Kuba ityhilekile ingqumbo kaThixo ivela emazulwini, ichase konke ukungahloneli Thixo, nentswela-bulungisa yabantu, abayithintelayo inyaniso ngokuswela ukulungisa. (KwabaseRoma 1: 18) Kwaye ke uPawulos usixelela ukuba kutheni… "Kuba ke oko kwazekayo ngoThixo kuyabonakala ngaphakathi kwabo, kuba uThixo ukubonakalisile kubo" (KwabaseRoma 1: 19) UThixo usinike ubungqina obucacileyo ngendalo yakhe. Nangona kunjalo, sithatha isigqibo sokutyeshela ubungqina Bakhe. UPaul uqhubeka nomnye 'kuba' "Kuba, nangona babemazi uThixo, abamzukisanga njengoThixo, kwaye abanombulelo, kodwa baba lilize kwiingcamango zabo, kwaye iintliziyo zabo zobudenge zenziwa mnyama. Bathi besiba bazizilumko, besuka baba zizidenge, babutshintsha ubuqaqawuli boThixo ongenakonakala, baba ngumfanekiselo owenziwe ngathi ngumntu onokonakala - neentaka nezilwanyana ezinyaweni ezine nezinto ezinambuzelayo. (AmaRoma 1: 21-23)

Xa siyala ukwamkela inyani kaThixo eboniswe ngokucacileyo kuthi sonke, iingcinga zethu ziba lilize kwaye iintliziyo zethu 'zimnyama.' Siya kwicala eliyingozi lokungakholelwa. Sisenokuvumela uThixo ukuba angabikho ezingqondweni zethu kwaye aziphakamise nangabanye abantu ukuba bathixo ngesikhundla. Sidalelwe ukunqula, kwaye ukuba asinquli Thixo oyinyaniso nophilayo, siya kuzinqula, abanye abantu, imali, okanye nantoni na yonke into.

Sidalwe nguThixo kwaye singabakhe. AbaseKolose basifundisa ngoYesu- 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. (KwabaseKolose 1: 15-16)

Ukunqula kubonisa ukuhlonela nokudumisa. Yintoni okanye oyithandayo? Ngaba wakhe wema ukuze ucinge ngale nto? UThixo kwimithetho yakhe eya kumaHebhere wathi, NdinguYehova, uThixo wakho, owakukhupha ezweni laseYiputa, endlwini yobukhoboka. Uze ungabi nathixo ngaphandle kwam. (IEksodus 20: 2-3)

Kwilizwe lethu le-postmodern namhlanje, abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba zonke iinkolo zikhokelela kuThixo. Kuyacaphukisa kakhulu kwaye akuqhelekanga ukubhengeza ukuba ngoYesu kuphela umnyango wobomi banaphakade. Kodwa nangona oku kungathandwa kakhulu, nguYesu kuphela ukuphela kwendlela yosindiso olungonaphakade. Kukho ubungqina obungokwembali bokuba uYesu wafa emnqamlezweni, kwaye nguYesu kuphela owabonwa ephila emva kokuba efile ngabantu abaninzi. Oku akunakuthethwa ngezinye iinkokeli zonqulo. IBhayibhile inikela ubungqina ngenkalipho ngobuThixo bakhe. UThixo nguMdali wethu, kwaye ngoYesu ukwanguMhlawuleli wethu.

Kwilizwe elalithanda inkolo ngexesha likaPawulos, wabhala oku kwabase-Korinto. "Kuba umyalezo womnqamlezo bubudenge kwabo batshabalalayo, kodwa kuthi, thina basindiswayo, lingamandla kaThixo. Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ndiya kubutshabalalisa ubulumko bezilumko, Ingqondo yeengqondi ndiyitshitshise. Siphi na isilumko? Uphi umbhali? Uphi umhambisi weli xesha? Ngaba uThixo akenzanga bubudenge ubulumko beli lizwe? Kuba, ebulumkweni bukaThixo, ngalo lonke ihlabathi, ukungamazi uThixo, kwakholeka emehlweni kaThixo, ukusindisa abo bakholwayo, ngabo ubudenge bokuthetha. AmaYuda acela umqondiso, kwaye amaGrike afuna ubulumko; kodwa sishumayela uKrestu ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni, kumaJuda sisikhubekiso nakumaGrike, kodwa kwabo babiziweyo, amaJuda kwanamaGrike, uKrestu ungamandla kaThixo nobulumko bukaThixo. Ngenxa yokuba into kaThixo ebubudenge ilumkile kunabantu, nento kaThixo engenamandla yomelele kunabantu. (1 kwabaseKorinte 1: 18-25)