SikuKristu; indawo yethu yanaphakade yokuthuthuzela kunye nethemba
Ngeli xesha lokuzama kunye noxinzelelo, imibhalo kaPawulos kwisahluko sesibhozo sencwadi yabaseRoma isinika intuthuzelo enkulu. Ngubani omnye ngaphandle kukaPawulos onokubhala esazi ngokubandezeleka? UPawulos waxelela abase-Korinto ngezinto awayejamelana nazo njengomthunywa wevangeli. Amava akhe aquka intolongo, ukubetha, ukubetha, ukuxuluba ngamatye, iingozi, indlala, ukunxanwa, ukubanda kunye nobunqunu. Ke 'esazi' ebhalela amaRoma- Kuba ndigqiba kwelithi, iintlungu zeli xesha lakalokunje azinakulinganiswa nobuqaqawuli obu buza kutyhilwa kuthi. (KwabaseRoma 8: 18)
“Ngokulangazelela kwendalo kulinde ngolangazelelo ukutyhilwa koonyana bakaThixo. Kuba indalo yathotyelwa kokuphuthileyo, kungengakuthanda, kodwa ngenxa yalowo wasibeka ethembeni; kuba indalo ngokwayo iya kukhululwa ebukhobokeni bokonakala, isingiswe kwinkululeko yozuko lwabantwana bakaThixo. Siyazi ke ukuba yonke indalo iyancwina, inenimba ngexesha lokuzalwa kwangoku. (AmaRoma 8: 19-22) Umhlaba awudalelwanga ukuba ube ngamakhoboka, kodwa unjalo namhlanje. Yonke indalo iyahlupheka. Izilwanyana kunye nezityalo ziyagula kwaye ziyafa. Indalo ibolile. Nangona kunjalo, ngenye imini iya kuhlangulwa kwaye ikhululwe. Yenziwa ntsha.
Ayisiyiyo le nto kuphela, sithe nathi, siziqhamo zokuqala zoMoya, nathi siyancwina, silindele ukwamkelwa, inkululeko yomzimba wethu. (KwabaseRoma 8: 23Emva kokuba uThixo esihlali kunye noMoya wakhe, silangazelela ukuba kunye neNkosi-ebusweni Bakhe, ukuze siphile naye ngonaphakade.
Ngokukwanjalo ke noMoya uncedisana nobuthathaka bethu. Kuba asazi ukuba masithandaze ntoni njengoko kufuneka, kodwa ke yena uMoya ngokwakhe uyasithandazela ngezikrokro ezingenakuthetha. (KwabaseRoma 8: 26) UMoya kaThixo uyancwina kunye nathi kwaye uziva ubunzima beentlungu zethu. UMoya kaThixo usithandazela njengoko esabelana nathi ngemithwalo yethu.
Kwaye Siyazi ukuba zonke izinto zisebenza kunye zilunge kwabo bamthandayo uThixo, kwabo babiziweyo ngokwenjongo yakhe. Kuba abo wayeselebazi ngenxa engaphambili, wabamisela ngenxa engaphambili ukuba bafane nomfanekiso woNyana wakhe, ukuze abe ngowamazibulo kubazalwana abaninzi. Kwaye abo wayeselebazi kwangaphambili, abo wababizayo; ababizayo ke abo, wabagwebela nokuzenza. abo ke wabagwebelayo, wabuya wabazukisa nokubazukisa bona. (AmaRoma 8: 28-30) Isicwangciso sikaThixo sigqibelele, okanye sigqibelele. Iinjongo zesicwangciso sakhe zilungile, kwaye luzuko Lakhe. Usenza njengoYesu Krestu (singcwalise) ngeemvavanyo zethu kunye nokubandezeleka kwethu.
Sithini na ke kwezi zinto? Ukuba uThixo ungakuthi ngubani onokusichasa? Lowo, gxebe, ungamconganga owakhe unyana, kodwa wamnikela ngenxa yethu sonke, angathini na ukuba angasibabali zonke izinto, ndawonye naye? Ngubani na oya kumangalela abanyulwa bakaThixo? NguThixo olungisayo. Ngubani na ogwebayo? NguKristu owafayo, wabuya wavuka, engasekunene kukaThixo, osicelayo. (AmaRoma 8: 31-34) Nangona isenokubonakala ngathi ayifani, uThixo ungakuthi. Ufuna sithembele kwilungiselelo lakhe kwaye asinyamekele, naphantsi kweemeko ezinzima.
Emva kokuba siphendukele kuThixo enguqukweni kwaye sibeka ukholo lwethu kuye kuphela kunye nexabiso alihlawulele intlawulelo yethu ngokupheleleyo, asisekho phantsi kokugwetywa kuba sabelana ngokulunga kukaThixo. Umthetho awusenakusilahla. SinoMoya wakhe ngaphakathi kuthi, kwaye usenza ukuba singahambi ngokwenyama, kodwa sikuMoya wakhe.
Kwaye ekugqibeleni, uPaul ubuza- Ngubani na oya kusahlula eluthandweni lukaKristu? Yimbandezelo na, yimbandezelo na, yintshutshiso na, yindlala na, bubuze na, yingozi na, likrele? Njengoko kubhaliwe kwathiwa: 'Ngenxa yakho sibulawa imini yonke; yiyo loo nto sesifana neegusha eziya kuxhelwa. Ukanti kuzo zonke ezi zinto singaphezu koyiso kuye Lowo wasithandayo. (AmaRoma 8: 35-37Akukho kwanto uPaul wadlula kuyo yaMhlukanisa nothando kunye nenkathalo kaThixo. Akukho nto siyigqitha kweli lizwe liweleyo inokwahlukanisa nothando lwaKho. Sikhuselekile kuKristu. Ayikho enye indawo yokhuseleko olungonaphakade, ngaphandle kukaKristu.
"Kuba ndeyisekile ukuba ukufa, nokuba bubomi, nazingelosi, nazintloko, naphantsi kwamandla, naziphina izinto ezikhoyo, nezinto ezizayo, nokuphakama, ubunzulu, nayo nayiphi na into edaliweyo, ayinako ukwahlula nothando lukaThixo kuYesu Krestu iNkosi yethu. (AmaRoma 8: 38-39)
UYesu yiNkosi. UyiNkosi yabo bonke. Ubabalo asinike lona sonke luyamangalisa! Kweli lizwe sinokudibana nentliziyo enkulu, inkxwaleko kunye nengxakeko; kodwa sikuye uKrestu sikhuselekile ngonaphakade kunonophelo lwake nothando.
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