Ukukholwa eminyakeni ye-Covid-19
Abaningi bethu asikwazi ukuya esontweni ngalesi sifo. Amasonto ethu angavalwa, noma singazizwa siphephile. Abaningi bethu kungenzeka bangabi nakho ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu. Akunandaba ukuthi singobani, sonke sizidinga izindaba ezinhle manje kunanini ngaphambili.
Abantu abaningi kakhulu bacabanga ukuthi kumele kube kuhle ukuthi uNkulunkulu abavume. Abanye bacabanga ukuthi kufanele bafanelwe uNkulunkulu. IVangeli leTestamente eliSha lomusa lisitshela okuhlukile.
Okokuqala, noma kunjalo, kufanele sazi ukuthi singaboni ngokwemvelo, hhayi abangcwele. UPawulu wabhala encwadini yabaseRoma - “Akekho olungile, cha, akekho; akekho oqondayo; kakho ofuna uNkulunkulu. Bonke baphambukile; bahlangene bangazuzisi; Akekho owenza okuhle, akekho noyedwa. ” (AmaRoma 3: 10-12)
Futhi manje, ingxenye enhle: Kepha manje sekwembulwa ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngaphandle komthetho, kufakazelwa ngumthetho nabaprofethi, yebo ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu, ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu, kubo bonke abakholwayo. Ngoba akukho mehluko; ngoba bonke bonile futhi bayasilela enkazimulweni kaNkulunkulu, belungiswa ngokukhululekile ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okukuKristu Jesu, uNkulunkulu ammisa abe yisihlawulelo ngegazi lakhe, ngokukholwa, ukukhombisa ukulunga Kwakhe, ngoba ukubekezelela uNkulunkulu wayedlulisa izono ezake zenziwa ngaphambili, ukukhombisa ukulunga Kwakhe njengamanje, ukuze abe olungile nalowo okufanelekeleyo wokholo kuJesu. " (AmaRoma 3: 21-26)
Ukulungisiswa (ukwenziwa 'okulungile' noNkulunkulu, ukulethwa ebudlelwaneni 'obulungile' naYe) kuyisipho samahhala. Kuyini 'ukulunga' kukaNkulunkulu? Kuyiqiniso ukuthi yena uqobo weza emhlabeni esembozwe ngenyama ukuzokhokha isikweletu sethu saphakade. Akudingi ukulunga kwethu ngaphambi kokuthi asamukele futhi asithande, kepha usinikeza ukulunga kwakhe njengesipho samahhala.
UPawulu uyaqhubeka kwabaseRoma - “Kukuphi-ke ukuziqhayisa? Ayikhishwa. Ngumuphi umthetho? Kwemisebenzi? Cha, kepha ngomthetho wokholo. Ngakho-ke, siphethe ngokuthi umuntu ulungisiswa ngokukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yomthetho. ” (AmaRoma 3: 27-28) Akukho esingakwenza ukufanelekela ukusindiswa kwethu kwaphakade.
Ngabe ufuna ukulunga kwakho kunokulunga kukaNkulunkulu? Ngabe usuzihambise ezingxenyeni zesivumelwano esidala esase sigcwalisiwe kuKristu? UPawulu watshela abaseGalathiya, ababeguqukile ekukholweni kuKristu baya ekugcineni izingxenye zesivumelwano esidala - “Nihlukanisiwe noKristu, nina enizama ukulungisiswa ngomthetho; uwile emseni. Ngoba thina ngoMoya silindela ngabomvu ithemba lethemba lokulunga ngokukholwa. Ngoba kuKristu Jesu ukusoka nokungasoki akulutho, kepha ukholo olusebenza ngothando. ” (Galathiya 5: 4-6)
Empilweni yethu yonke emhlabeni, sihlala sisenyameni yethu enesono futhi esile. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokubeka ukholo lwethu kuJesu Kristu, uyasingcwelisa (asenze sifane Naye) ngoMoya wakhe ohlala ngaphakathi. Njengoba simvumela ukuba abe yiNkosi yezimpilo zethu futhi anikele ngentando yethu entandweni yakhe futhi alalele izwi lakhe, sijabulela izithelo zoMoya wakhe - “Kepha izithelo zoMoya ziluthando, nenjabulo, nokuthula, nokubekezela, nomusa, nobuhle, nokukholeka, nobumnene, nokuzithiba. Akukho mthetho ophikisana nalezo. Futhi abangabakaKristu babethele inyama inyama kanye nezinkanuko nezifiso zayo. ” (Galathiya 5: 22-24)
IVangeli lomusa olula liyizindaba ezinhle kakhulu ezake zakhona. Kulesi sikhathi sezindaba ezimbi kangako, cabanga ngezindaba ezinhle ezalethwa ukufa, ukungcwatshwa, nokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu kulelizwe elimazayo, elephukile nelifa.
