Ukukholwa kwiminyaka ye-Covid-19
Uninzi lwethu alukwazi ukuya ecaweni ngeli bhubhane. Iicawe zethu zinokuvalwa, okanye singaziva singakhuselekanga ukuya. Uninzi lwethu alunakuba nokholo kuye nokuba yintoni. Nokuba singoobani, sonke sizifuna iindaba ezilungileyo ngoku kunanini na ngaphambili.
Uninzi lwabantu lucinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuba balunge ukuze uThixo akholiswe ngabo. Abanye bacinga ukuba bafanelwe kukuthandwa nguThixo. Ivangeli yeTestamente eNtsha isixelela ngenye indlela.
Okokuqala, nangona kunjalo, kufuneka sazi ukuba singaboni ngokwemvelo, hayi abangcwele. UPawulos wabhala kumaRoma - Akukho lungisa, hayi, nalinye; Akukho namnye uqondayo; Akukho namnye ufuna uThixo. Bonke batyekile; zihlangene kunye; Akukho wenza okulungileyo, hayi. (AmaRoma 3: 10-12)
Kwaye ngoku, icandelo elilungileyo: Ngoku ke kubonakaliswe ubulungisa bukaThixo, kungekho mthetho, bungqinelwa nguwo umthetho, nangabaprofeti, nangobulungisa bukaThixo, ngalo ukholo kuYesu Kristu, kubo bonke abakholwayo. Kuba akukho mehluko; kuba bonile bonke, basilela eluzukweni lukaThixo, begwetyelwe ngesisa lubabalo lwakhe ngako ukukhululwa okukuKristu Yesu, awathi uThixo wammisa, ukuba abe sisicamagushelo ngegazi lakhe, ngako ukukholwa, ukuze bubonakalaliswe ubulungisa bakhe, Ukunyamezelwa kwakhe izono zethu, ngenxa yokunyaniseka, ngenxa yezenzo zakhe ezibonisa ukuba unokholo kuye. (AmaRoma 3: 21-26)
Ulungelelwaniso (ukwenziwa 'okulungileyo' kunye noThixo, ukuziswa kubudlelwane 'naye') sisipho sasimahla. Yintoni 'ubulungisa' bukaThixo? Kuyinyani ukuba yena weza emhlabeni egutyungelwe inyama ukuze ahlawule ityala lethu lesono. Akabufuni ukulunga kwethu phambi kokuba asamkele kwaye asithande, kodwa usinika ukulunga kwakhe njengesipho sasimahla.
UPawulos uqhubeka kwincwadi yabaseRoma - Luphi na ngoko uqhayiso? Ayibandakanywa. Nguwuphi umthetho? Yemisebenzi? Hayi, kodwa ngomthetho wokholo. Ke ngoko, sigqiba kwelithi, umntu ugwetyelwa ngokholo, kungekho misebenzi yamthetho. (AmaRoma 3: 27-28) Akukho nto sinokuyenza ukuze silufanele usindiso lwethu lwanaphakade.
Ngaba ubufuna ubulungisa bakho kunobulungisa bukaThixo? Ngaba uzihambise ngokwakho kumacandelo amadala omnqophiso esele uzalisekisiwe kuKristu? UPawulos waxelela abaseGalati, abaguqukayo ekubeni nokholo kuKristu, ukuze bagcine iinxalenye zomnqophiso omdala - Nilahliwe kuye uKrestu, nina nizama ukugwetyelwa ngumthetho; Uwile kubabalo. Kuba thina ngoMoya sikulindela ngentembelo, ndikulindelo lwethemba lobulungisa. Kuba kwabakuKristu Yesu, akunamandla anto ukwaluka, kwanokungaluki, into enamandla lukholo. (KwabaseGalati 5: 4-6)
Kubo bonke ubomi bethu basemhlabeni, sihlala sisenyameni yethu enesono kwaye siwile. Nangona kunjalo, emva kokubeka ukholo lwethu kuYesu Krestu, uyasingcwalisa (usenza ukuba sifane naye) ngoMoya wakhe ohleliyo. Njengoko simvumela ukuba abe yiNkosi yobomi bethu kwaye anike ukuthanda kwethu kuthando lakhe kwaye athobele ilizwi lakhe, siyasonwabela iziqhamo zoMoya wakhe - Ke sona esoMoya isiqhamo luthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ukuzeka kade umsindo, ububele, ukulunga, intembeko, ubulali, ukuzeyisa. Akukho mthetho uchasene nezinto ezinjalo. Abo ke bakaKrestu bayibethelele emnqamlezweni, kunye neminqweno neenkanuko zayo. (KwabaseGalati 5: 22-24)
Ivangeli elula yobabalo yezezona ndaba zilungileyo. Ngeli xesha leendaba ezimbi kangaka, cinga iindaba ezilungileyo eziziswe kukufa, ukungcwatywa, kunye nokuvuka kukaYesu Krestu kweli lizwe lonakalisayo, eliqhekekileyo neliswelekileyo.
