Yini noma ukhonza bani?
Encwadini kaPawulu eya kwabaseRoma, ubhala ngecala phambi kukaNkulunkulu wabo bonke abantu - "Ngoba ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwembulwa lusezulwini ngokumelene nakho konke ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu nokungalungi kwabantu, abacindezela iqiniso ngokungalungi" (KwabaseRoma 1: 18) Futhi-ke uPawulu usitshela ukuthi kungani… "Ngoba lokho okungaziwa nguNkulunkulu kuyabonakala kubo, ngoba uNkulunkulu ubakhombisile" (KwabaseRoma 1: 19) UNkulunkulu usinike ubufakazi obucacile Ngaye ngokwakhe ngendalo yakhe. Kodwa-ke, sinquma ukungabunaki ubufakazi Bakhe. UPaul uyaqhubeka ngesinye isitatimende 'ngoba'… “Ngoba, yize babemazi uNkulunkulu, abaze bamkhazimulisa njengoNkulunkulu, futhi bengambongi, kepha baba yize le micabango yabo, nezinhliziyo zabo zobuwula zaba mnyama. Bethi bahlakaniphile, baba yiziwula, bashintsha inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongenakonakala baba ngumfanekiso owenziwe umuntu owonakalayo - nezinyoni nezilwane ezinezinyawo ezine nezinto ezinwabuzelayo. ” (AmaRoma 1: 21-23)
Lapho senqaba ukwamukela ubuNkulunkulu bukaNkulunkulu obukhonjiswa ngokusobala kithi sonke, imicabango yethu iba yize futhi izinhliziyo zethu 'zimnyama.' Sisendleleni eyingozi eya ekungakholweni. Singavumela nokuthi uNkulunkulu angabi khona ezingqondweni zethu futhi azikhulise thina nabanye abantu ukuba anikeze uNkulunkulu isimo. Sidalelwe ukuthi sikhonze, futhi uma singamkhonzi uNkulunkulu weqiniso futhi ophilayo, sizokhulekela thina, abanye abantu, imali, noma yini nokunye.
Sidalwe uNkulunkulu futhi singabakhe. AbaseKolose basifundisa ngoJesu - “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. " (KwabaseKolose 1: 15-16)
Ukukhuleka kukhombisa inhlonipho nokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu. Yini noma ukhonza bani? Wake wama ukucabanga ngalokhu? UNkulunkulu, emiyalweni yakhe eya kumaHeberu wathi, “NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhipha ezweni laseGibithe, endlini yobugqila. Ungabi nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami. (U-Eksodusi 20: 2-3)
Emhlabeni wethu we-postmodern namuhla, abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi zonke izinkolo ziholela kuNkulunkulu. Kuyakhungathekisa kakhulu futhi kuyathandeka ukumemezela ukuthi ngoJesu kuphela onomnyango wokuphila okuphakade. Kepha noma kungathandeki lokhu, nguJesu kuphela oyindlela yokusindiswa kwaphakade. Kunobufakazi obungokomlando bokuthi uJesu wafa esiphambanweni, futhi nguJesu kuphela owabonakala ephila ngemuva kokufa kwakhe ngabantu abaningi. Lokhu ngeke kushiwo abanye abaholi benkolo. IBhayibheli lifakaza ngesibindi ngobuNkulunkulu Bakhe. UNkulunkulu unguMdali wethu, futhi ngoJesu futhi unguMhlengi wethu.
Ezweni elikholwa kakhulu ngosuku lukaPawulu, wabhala lokhu kwabaseKhorinte okulandelayo - “Ngoba umyalezo wesiphambano ubuwula kulabo ababhubhayo, kepha kithina esisindiswayo ingamandla kaNkulunkulu. Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: 'Ngiyakuchitha ukuhlakanipha kwabahlakaniphileyo, ngenze ize ukuqonda kwabaqondileyo.' Uphi ohlakaniphile? Uphi umbhali? Uphi umphangi walesi sikhathi? Ngabe uNkulunkulu akenzanga ngobuwula ukuhlakanipha kwaleli zwe? Ngoba njengoba, ekuhlakanipheni kukaNkulunkulu, umhlaba ngokusebenzisa ukuhlakanipha akamazi uNkulunkulu, kwamjabulisa uNkulunkulu ngobuwula bomyalezo owashunyayelwa ukusindisa abakholwayo. KubaJuda bacela isibonakaliso, amaGrikhi afune ukuhlakanipha; kodwa sishumayela uKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni, kumaJuda isikhubekiso nakumaGrikhi ubuwula, kepha kulabo ababiziweyo, amaJuda namaGrikhi, uKrestu amandla kaNkulunkulu nokuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu. Ngoba ubuwula bukaNkulunkulu buhlakaniphile kunabantu, nobuthakathaka bukaNkulunkulu bunamandla kunabantu. " (1 KwabaseKhorinte 1: 18-25)