Njengoko siqhubeka sihamba sisehla kwiholo yokholo ezele lithemba… UAbraham lilungu lethu elilandelayo – “Ngokholo uAbraham wathi, xa ebizwa, wakululamela ukuba aphume, aye kuloo ndawo abeya kuyamkela ukuba ibe lilifa. Waphuma engazi apho aya khona. Ngokholo wahlala emhlabeni wedinga, wanga ukowasemzini, ehleli eminqubeni, ndawonye noIsake noYakobi, beziindlalifa zalo elo dinga kunye naye; kuba wayewulindele umzi lo uneziseko, ungcibi, umbangi wawo, inguThixo. ( Hebhere: 11:8-10 )
UAbraham wayehlala eUre yamaKaledi. Yayisisixeko esasinikelwe kuNannar, uthixo wenyanga. Sifunda kuyo IGenesis 12: 1-3 - Ke kaloku uYehova wathi kuAbram: “Hamba, umke ezweni lakowenu, nasendlwini kayihlo, nasendlwini kayihlo, uye ezweni endokubonisa lona. Ndiya kukwenza uhlanga olukhulu; ndiya kukusikelela, ndilikhulise igama lakho; ube yintsikelelo. ndiya kubasikelela abakusikelelayo, ndibaqalekise okuqalekisayo; yaye ziya kuzisikelela ngawe zonke iintsapho zomhlaba.’”
Ukususela kwixesha lika-Adam noEva, amadoda nabafazi babemazi uThixo oyinyaniso. Noko ke, abazange bamzukise yaye bengenambulelo ngeentsikelelo Zakhe. Unqulo-zithixo, okanye ukunqulwa koothixo bobuxoki kwakhokelela ekonakaleni ngokupheleleyo. Sifunda kuPawulos kwabaseRoma— “Kuba ityhilekile ingqumbo kaThixo ivela emazulwini, ichase konke ukungahloneli Thixo, nentswela-bulungisa yabantu, abayithintelayo inyaniso ngokuswela ukulungisa; Kuba kwasekudalweni kwehlabathi, iindawo zakhe ezibe zingenakubonwa zibonwa kakuhle, ziqondeke, ngezinto ezenziweyo, kwa-amandla akhe angunaphakade, nobuThixo bakhe, ukuze bangabi nakuziphendulela, ngenxa enokuba babemazi uThixo, abamzukisa ngokoThixo. , ngoku babenombulelo, kodwa baba yinto engento ezicamangweni zabo, zaza iintliziyo zabo ezizizidenge zenziwa mnyama. Bathi ke bona bazizilumko, besuka baba ziziyatha, baza ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo ongenakonakala babananisela intsobi yomfanekiselo womntu onokonakala, noweentaka, nowezinto ezizitho zine, nezinambuzane. (Roma 1: 18-23)
UThixo wabiza uAbraham, umYuda wokuqala, waza waqalisa into entsha. UThixo wabiza uAbraham ukuba azahlule kubuqhophololo awayephila ngabo – Wemka ke uAbram njengoko wathethayo uYehova kuye, wahamba naye uLote. UAbram ubeminyaka imashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu ezelwe, ekundulukeni kwakhe kwaHaran. (IGenesis 12: 4)
Ukholo lokwenyaniso alusekelwanga kwimvakalelo kodwa kwilizwi likaThixo. Sifunda kuyo KwabaseRoma 10: 17 - "Ke ngoko ukholo luza ngokuva, nokuva ngalo ilizwi likaThixo.
AmaHebhere abhalelwa loo maYuda ayehexa ukholo lwawo kuYesu. Uninzi lwabo lwalufuna ukubuyela kumthetho woMnqophiso oMdala endaweni yokuthemba ukuba uYesu wawuzalisekisa uMnqophiso oMdala kwaye wawuseka uMnqophiso oMtsha ngokufa nokuvuka kwakhe.
Uthembele ngantoni namhlanje? Ngaba ujikile elunqulweni (imithetho eyenziwe ngumntu, intanda-bulumko, nokuziphakamisa) waya kukholo kuYesu Kristu yedwa. Usindiso olungunaphakade luza ngokukholwa kuphela kuKristu ngobabalo lwakhe kuphela. Ngaba ungene kubudlelwane noThixo ngokholo kumsebenzi ogqityiweyo kaKristu? Yile nto iTestamente eNtsha isibizela kuyo. Ngaba awuzukuyivula intliziyo yakho kwilizwi likaThixo namhlanje...
Ngaphambi kokuba uYesu afe, wabathuthuzela abapostile bakhe ngala mazwi: “ ‘Intliziyo yenu mayingakhathazeki; kholwani kuThixo, nikholwe nakum. Endlwini kaBawo zininzi iindawo zokuhlala; ukuba bekungenjalo, ngendanixelelayo. Ndiyemka, ndiya kunilungisela indawo; ukuba ke ndimkile ndaya kunilungisela indawo, ndiya kubuya ndize, ndinamkelele kum ngokwam; ukuze apho ndikhona mna, nibe khona nani. Apho ndiya khona niyakwazi, nendlela niyayazi.” Wathi uTomas kuye: “Nkosi, asazi apho uya khona, singayazi njani na indlela?” UYesu wathi kuye: “Ndim indlela? , inyaniso, nobomi. Akukho bani uzayo kuBawo ngaphandle kokuza ngam.” (Yohane 14: 1-6)
