Yini engase yaziwe ngoNkulunkulu?
Encwadini kaPawulu eya kwabaseRoma, uPawulu waqala ukuchaza ukumangalelwa kukaNkulunkulu emhlabeni wonke - “Ngoba ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwembulwa lusezulwini ngokumelene nakho konke ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu nokungalungi kwabantu, abacindezela iqiniso ngokungalungi, ngoba lokho okungaziwa nguNkulunkulu kuyabonakala kubo, ngokuba uNkulunkulu ubakhombisile. Ngoba selokhu kudalwa umhlaba, izimfanelo zakhe ezingabonakali zibonakala kahle, ziqondakala ngezinto ezenziwayo, yebo, amandla Akhe nobuNkulunkulu Bakhe, ngakho-ke akunazaba. ” (AmaRoma 1: 18-20)
UWarren Weirsbe uveza ekuphawuleni kwakhe ukuthi umuntu kusukela ekuqaleni kwendalo, wayemazi uNkulunkulu. Kodwa-ke, njengoba kutholakala endabeni ka-Adamu no-Eva, umuntu wafulathela uNkulunkulu futhi wamenqaba.
Kusho emavesini angenhla ukuthi 'okungaziwa nguNkulunkulu kuyabonakala kubo, ngoba uNkulunkulu ubakhombisile.' Wonke amadoda nowesifazane bazalwa benonembeza. Yini uNkulunkulu asibonisile yona? Usikhombisile indalo yakhe. Cabanga ngendalo kaNkulunkulu asizungezile. Kusitshelani ngoNkulunkulu lapho sibona isibhakabhaka, amafu, izintaba, izitshalo nezilwane? Lisitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguMdali ohlakaniphe kakhulu. Amandla akhe namandla akhe makhulu kakhulu kunawethu.
Yini eyekaNkulunkulu 'akubonakali' izimfanelo?
Okokuqala nje, UNkulunkulu ukhona. Lokhu kusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona yonke indawo ngasikhathi sinye. UNkulunkulu 'ukhona' kuyo yonke indalo yakhe, kepha akakhawulelwe yindalo yakhe. Ukwazi amandla kaNkulunkulu akuyona ingxenye edingekayo yokuthi ungubani, kepha kuyisenzo samahhala sentando yaKhe. Inkolelo yamanga ye-pantheism ibopha uNkulunkulu endaweni yonke futhi imenze abe ngaphansi kwayo. Kodwa-ke, uNkulunkulu ungaphezu kwamandla futhi akabhekani nemikhawulo yendalo yakhe.
UNkulunkulu wazi konke. Ungenamkhawulo olwazini. Wazi zonke izinto, kubandakanya naye ngokuphelele futhi ngokuphelele; ngabe lidlulile, lamanje, noma elizayo. Umbhalo usitshela ukuthi akukho okufihliwe kuYe. UZimu wazi zoke izinto ezingenzeka. Uyalazi ikusasa.
UNkulunkulu unamandla onke. Unamandla onke futhi uyakwazi ukwenza noma yini ayithandayo. Angenza noma yini ehambisana nemvelo Yakhe. Akabukeli ubuso bokubi. Angeke azidele. Akakwazi ukuqamba amanga. Ngeke alinge noma alingwe ukuba enze isono. Ngelinye ilanga labo abakholwa ukuthi banamandla futhi abakhulu kunabo bonke bazofuna ukucasha kuYe, futhi wonke amadolo ngolunye usuku ayoguqa kuye.
UNkulunkulu akaguquki. Akaguquki 'kumqondo, izimfanelo, ukuqonda nentando yaKhe.' Akukho ngcono noma ukuwohloka okungenzeka kuNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu akahluki, ngokuqondene nesimo Sakhe, amandla Akhe, amacebo nezinhloso Zakhe, izithembiso zaKhe, uthando nesihe sakhe, noma ubulungiswa Bakhe.
UNkulunkulu ulungile futhi unobulungisa. UNkulunkulu ulungile. UNkulunkulu uyiqiniso.
UNkulunkulu ungcwele, noma uhlukaniswe futhi waphakanyiswa ngaphezu kwazo zonke izidalwa zaKho nakubo bonke ububi bokuziphatha nesono. Kunokungqubuzana phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nesoni, futhi uNkulunkulu angafikelwa kuye ngenhlonipho nangokumangala kuphela ngemfanelo yalokho uJesu akwenzile. (Amanoni 80-88)
UKUFANELELA:
UTiesson, uHenry Clarence. Izinkulumo kuTheology Ehlelekile. Ama-Grand Rapids: UWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1979.
Weirsbe, Warren W., The Weirsbe Bible Commentary. AmaColorado Springs: UDavid C. Cook, ngo-2007.