Ngaba uThixo uyindawo yakho yokusabela?
Ngamaxesha oxinzelelo, iiNdumiso zinamazwi amaninzi entuthuzelo kunye nethemba kuthi. Cinga ngeNdumiso 46 - “UThixo uyindawo yethu yokusabela namandla ethu, noncedo lwethu ngoku ebunzimeni. Ke ngoko asiyi koyika, nangona umhlaba ushenxisiwe, kwaye nangona iintaba zithwelwe phakathi kolwandle; ewe, amanzi ayo ayakhula, ayakhathazeka, Iintaba zinyikimile kukunyibilika. ((Iindumiso 46: 1-3)
Nangona kukho isiphithiphithi nengxaki zonke ezikujikelezileyo… UThixo ngokwakhe uyindawo yethu yokusabela. KwiNdumiso 9: 9 isixelela- INkosi iya kuba yindawo yokusabela kwababandezelekileyo, Ingxonde ngamaxesha engxingongo.
Uninzi lwexesha esiziqhayisa ngalo ngokuba 'bomelele,' de kufike into ebomini bethu kwaye isityhilela ukuba ubuthathaka bethu.
UPawulos 'wayeneliva enyameni' awayeyinikiwe ukuze azithobe. Ukuthobeka siyayiqonda indlela esibuthathaka ngayo, kwaye ukuba unamandla kwaye unamandla angakanani nguThixo. UPawulos wayesazi ukuba nawaphi na amandla awayenawo avela kuThixo, hayi kuye. UPawulos waxelela abaseKorinte- Kungoko ndikholisiweyo kukuswela amandla, kukuphathwa kakubi, ziintshutshiso, ziintshutshiso, zixinano, ngenxa kaKristu. Kuba xa sukuba ndiswele amandla, kuxa ndinamandla. (2 Kor. 12: 10)
Ihlala isithiwa masize esiphelweni, ngaphambi kokuba sibe nobudlelwane noThixo. Kutheni le nto? Sikhohlisiwe ukuba sikholelwe ukuba silawula kwaye siziinkosi zobomi bethu.
Eli lizwe langoku lisifundisa ukuba sanelise ngokupheleleyo. Siyazingca ngento esiyenzayo nesizibona ngathi siyiyo. Inkqubo yehlabathi isibhombu ngemifanekiso eyahlukeneyo esifuna ukuba siyilandele. Isithumela imiyalezo engathi uthenga le okanye le, uya kufumana uvuyo, uxolo nolonwabo, okanye ukuba uphila olu hlobo lobomi uya kwaneliswa.
Bangaphi kuthi abaye bamkela iphupha laseMelika njengendlela efanelekileyo yokufezekisa? Nangona kunjalo, njengoSolomon, uninzi lwethu luyavuka kwiminyaka yethu yokugqibela kwaye siyaqonda ukuba izinto zeli 'lizwe' azisiniki oko zikuthembisileyo.
Zininzi nezinye iivangeli kweli lizwe zisinika into esinokuyenza ukuze sikholise uThixo. Bathatha ukugxila kuThixo nakwinto asenzele yona basibeka kuthi, okanye komnye umntu. Ezi ezinye iivangeli ngobuxoki 'zisinika amandla' okucinga ukuba sinokufumana inkoliseko kaThixo. NjengamaYuda ngomhla ka-Paulos afuna ukuba amakholwa amatsha abuyele kubukhoboka bomthetho, abafundisi bobuxoki namhlanje bafuna ukuba sicinge ukuba sinokumkholisa uThixo ngento esiyenzayo. Ukuba banokusenza ukuba sikholelwe ukuba ubomi bethu obungenasiphelo buxhomekeke kwinto esiyenzayo, banokusigcina sixakeke kakhulu besenza oko basixelela ukuba sikwenze.
ITestamente eNtsha ihlala isilumkisa malunga nokuba sibuyele emgibeni wezobugqwetha, okanye usindiso olusekwe kwimfaneleko. ITestamente eNtsha ibeka ugxininiso kulwaneliseko lwento asenzela yona uYesu. UYesu wasikhulula 'kwimisebenzi efileyo,' ukuze siphile ngamandla oMoya kaThixo.
Ukususela kwabaseRoma sifunda - "Ke ngoko, sigqiba kwelithi, umntu ugwetyelwa ngokholo, kungekho misebenzi yamthetho. (I-ROM. 3: 28) Yintoni ukholo? Ukholo kwinto asenzele yona uYesu.
Siza kubudlelwane noThixo ngobabalo lukaYesu Krestu - "Kuba bonile bonke, basilela eluzukweni lukaThixo, begwetyelwe ngesisa lubabalo lwakhe ngako ukukhululwa ngentlawulelo kuYesu Kristu." (I-ROM. 3: 23-24)
Ukuba uzama ukufumana inkoliseko kaThixo ngenkqubo ethile yemisebenzi, yiva oko uPawulos wakuxelela abaseGalati ababebuyele emthethweni- Sisazi nje ukuba umntu akagwetyelwa ngokwasemisebenzini yomthetho, kuphela ke sikholwa kuYesu Kristu, ukuze sigwetyelwe nje ngokwaselukholweni kuKristu, kungengemisebenzi yomthetho; kuba ngemisebenzi yomthetho, akuyi kugwetyelwa nyama, Ke ukuba, sifuna nje ukugwetyelwa ngoKristu, sifunyanwa singaboni nathi ngokwethu, ndiyabuza ndithi, uKristu ungumlungiseleli wesono na ke ngoko? Ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo! Kuba, ukuba izinto endazichithayo, ndibuya ndakhe zona, ndiyaziqondakalisa ukuba ndingumgqithi. Kuba mna ngomthetho ndafa kumthetho, ukuze ubomi ndibudlele kuThixo. (Gal. 2:16-19)
UPawulos, ekubeni wayengumFarisie onekratshi owayefuna ukuzilunga ngokwakhe ngenkqubo yezomthetho yomthetho, waye washiya loo nkqubo ekuqondeni kwakhe okutsha kosindiso ngokholo kuphela kuKristu kuphela.
UPawulos ngenkalipho wabaxelela abaseGalati- “Yimani ngoko enkululekweni, athe uKristu wasikhululela kuyo, ukuze ningabanjiswa yidyokhwe yobukhoboka. Ewe, mna, Pawulosi, ndithi kuni, ukuba nithe naluka, uKristu akasayi kuninceda lutho. Kwaye ndiyangqina kwakhona kuye wonke umntu owalukileyo ukuba unetyala lokugcina umthetho uphela. Nilahliwe kuye uKrestu, nina nizama ukugwetyelwa ngokwasemthethweni; Uwile kumbabala. (Gal. 5:1-4)
Ke, ukuba siyamazi uThixo, kwaye sikholose sedwa kule nto asenzele yona ngoYesu Krestu, masiphumle kuye. Indumiso 46 iyasixelela- Yekani, nazi ukuba ndinguThixo. Ndiya kuphakanyiswa ezintlangeni, Ndiya kuphakanyiswa emhlabeni. (KwiNdumiso 46: 10) UnguThixo, asinguye. Andazi ukuba ingomso liza nantoni, andibi kunjalo?
Njengamakholwa, sihlala kwingxabano engapheliyo yenyama yethu eyonakeleyo noMoya kaThixo. Kwinkululeko yethu singahamba kuMoya kaThixo. Ngamana la maxesha enkathazo anokusenza sithembele ngokupheleleyo kuThixo kwaye sonwabele kwisiqhamo esivela kuMoya wakhe kuphela - Ke sona esoMoya isiqhamo luthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ukuzeka kade umsindo, ububele, ukulunga, intembeko, ubulali, ukuzeyisa. Akukho mthetho uchasene nezinto ezinjalo. (Gal. 5:22-23)
