Ingabe ungumngane kaNkulunkulu?
UJesu, uNkulunkulu osenyameni, wakhuluma la mazwi kubafundi Bakhe - “'Ningabangane Bami uma nenza noma yini enginiyala ngayo. Angisanibizi ngokuthi niyizinceku, ngoba inceku ayazi ukuthi inkosi yayo yenzani; kepha nginibize ngokuthi ningabangane, ngokuba konke engikuzwile kuBaba nginazisile khona. Aningikhethanga nina, kodwa mina nganikhetha, nganimisela ukuba nihambe nithele izithelo, nokuthi izithelo zenu zihlale, ukuze noma yini eniyakukucela kuBaba egameni lami aninike khona. (Johane 15: 14-16)
U-Abrahama wayaziwa ngokuthi “umngane” kaNkulunkulu. INkosi yasisithi kuAbrahama: “'Phuma ezweni lakini, nasemndenini wakho, nasendlini kayihlo, uye ezweni engizokukhombisa lona. Ngiyakukwenza isizwe esikhulu; Ngizokubusisa ngenze igama lakho libe likhulu; uzakuba yisibusiso. Ngiyakubabusisa abakubusisayo, ngiqalekise okuqalekisayo; imindeni yonke yomhlaba iyakubusiswa kuwe. '” (Gen. 12:1-3) U-Abhrahama wenza lokho uNkulunkulu ayemtshele ukuthi akwenze. U-Abrama wayehlala ezweni laseKhanani, kepha uLoti indodana yomshana wakhe wayehlala emizini. ikakhulukazi eSodoma. ULoti wathunjwa futhi u-Abrahama wahamba wamophula. (Gen. 14:12-16) “Emva kwalezi zinto” izwi likaJehova lafika ku-Abrahama ngombono, uNkulunkulu wathi kuye: “Ngiyisihlangu sakho, umvuzo wakho omkhulu kakhulu.” (Gen. 15:1Ngenkathi u-Abrahama eneminyaka engama-99 ubudala iNkosi yabonakala kuye yathi - “'NginguNkulunkulu uSomandla; hamba phambi kwami ungabi nacala. Ngiyakwenza isivumelwano sami phakathi kwami nawe, ngikwandise kakhulu. ” (Gen. 17:1-2Ngaphambi kokuba uNkulunkulu ahlulele iSodoma ngezono zalo, weza ku-Abrahama wathi kuye - Ngingamfihlela yini u-Abrahama lokhu engikwenzayo, lokhu u-Abrahama uyakuba yisizwe esikhulu, esinamandla, zonke izizwe zomhlaba zibusiswe ngaye na? Ngoba ngiyamazi, ukuze ayale abantwana bakhe nendlu yakhe emva kwakhe, ukuba bagcine indlela yeNkosi, benze ukulunga nokwahlulela, ukuze uJehova alethe ku-Abrahama lokho akukhulume kuye. '”U-Abrahama wabe esekhulumela iSodoma neGomora -“' Manje-ke, mina sengiluthuli nomlotha sengikuthathile ukukhuluma neNkosi. '” (Gen. 18:27UNkulunkulu wasizwa isicelo sika-Abrahama - "Kwathi lapho uNkulunkulu ebhubhisa imizi yasethafeni, uNkulunkulu wakhumbula u-Abhrahama, wamukisa uLoti phakathi kokugumbuqelwa, lapho egumbuqela nemizi abehlala kuyo uLoti." (Gen. 19:29)
Okwehlukanisa ubuKrestu kuzo zonke ezinye izinkolo emhlabeni ukuthi kusungula ubudlelwano obuzuzisayo phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu. Umlayezo omangalisayo wevangeli noma "izindaba ezinhle," ukuthi wonke umuntu uzalwa ngaphansi kwesigwebo sokufa ngokomoya nangokwenyama. Yonke indalo yanikezwa lesi sigwebo ngemuva kokuba u-Adamu no-Eva behlubuke kuNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu kuphela owayengalungisa lesi simo. UNkulunkulu unguMoya, futhi umhlatshelo waphakade kuphela onokwanela ukukhokhelwa kwezono zabantu. UNkulunkulu kwakufanele eze emhlabeni, azemboze ngenyama, aphile impilo engenasono, futhi afe ukukhokhela izono zethu. Wenze lokhu ngoba Uyasithanda futhi ufuna ukuba nobudlelwano nathi. Ufuna sibe ngabangane Bakhe. Yilokho uJesu akwenza kuphela, ukulunga kwaKhe kuphela okufanelekile kithina okungasenza sihlanzeke phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Awukho omunye umhlatshelo oyokwanela. Asinakuze sizihlanze ngokwanele ukujabulisa uNkulunkulu. Ukusebenzisa kuphela lokho uJesu akwenza esiphambanweni okusenza sikufanele ukuma phambi kukaNkulunkulu. UnguNkulunkulu “okhulula” ingunaphakade. Ufuna simazi. Ufuna silalele izwi lakhe. Siyindalo Yakhe. Cabanga ngalawa magama amangalisayo uPawulu awasebenzise ukumchaza kwabaseKolose - “Ungumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonakali, izibulo kwindalo yonke. Ngoba ngaye zadalwa zonke izinto ezisezulwini futhi ezisemhlabeni, ezibonakalayo nezingabonakali, noma ngabe izihlalo zobukhosi noma ubukhosi noma izikhulu noma amandla. Zonke izinto zidalwe ngaye futhi zidalelwa yena. Futhi ungaphambi kwezinto zonke, futhi kuye zonke izinto zimi kuye. Futhi uyikhanda lomzimba, ibandla, oyisiqalo, izibulo kwabafileyo, ukuze ezintweni zonke abe negunya. Ngoba kwamjabulisa uBaba ukuthi kuye ukugcwala konke kuhlale kuye, nokuthi ngaye kubuyisane zonke izinto kuye, kuYe, noma ngabe izinto ezisemhlabeni noma ezisezulwini, enze ukuthula ngegazi lesiphambano sakhe. Futhi wena, owawukade wahlukaniswa futhi uyizitha engqondweni yakho ngemisebenzi emibi, manje usekubuyisile emzimbeni wenyama wakhe ngokufa, ukunikela ngcwele futhi umsulwa phambi kwakhe. (Kolose 1: 15-22)
Uma utadisha zonke izinkolo zomhlaba ungamtholi umuntu okumema ukuba ube nobuhlobo obusondelene noNkulunkulu njengoba kwenza ubuKristu beqiniso. Ngomusa kaJesu Kristu, sikwazi ukusondela kuNkulunkulu. Siyakwazi ukumnika izimpilo zethu. Singabeka izimpilo zethu ezandleni Zakhe sazi ukuthi usithanda ngokuphelele. UnguNkulunkulu olungile. Ushiye ezulwini ukuthi alahlwe yisintu futhi asifele. Ufuna simazi. Ufuna ukuthi uze kuye ngokholo. Ufuna ukuba ngumngane wakho!
