Umbhali wamaHeberu uyaqhubeka esiyisa ‘eHholo’ lokukholwa – “Ngokukholwa uNowa, exwayisiwe ngokwaphezulu ngezinto ezingakabonwa, esaba uNkulunkulu, wakha umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe, ngawo walahla izwe, waba yindlalifa yokulunga okungokukholwa.” ((Funda amaHebheru 11:7.)
UNkulunkulu wamxwayisa ngani uNowa? Waxwayisa uNowa, “Ukuphela kwayo yonke inyama sekufikile phambi Kwami, ngokuba umhlaba ugcwele ubudlwangudlwangu ngenxa yabo; futhi bheka, ngizobabhubhisa kanye nomhlaba. Zenzele umkhumbi ngomuthi womgogo; wenze amagumbi emkhunjini, uwugubuzele ngaphakathi nangaphandle ngekolitayi; konke okusemhlabeni kuyakufa.” (UGenesise 6: 13-17) …Nokho, uNkulunkulu watshela uNowa— “Kepha ngiyakumisa isivumelwano saMi nawe; futhi uzongena emkhunjini, wena, amadodana akho, umkakho, nabafazi bamadodana akho kanye nawe.” (UGenesise 6: 18) …Sibe sesifunda, “Wenza njalo uNowa; njengakho konke uNkulunkulu ayemyale ngakho, wenze njalo.” (UGenesise 6: 22)
Safunda ku Heberu 11: 6 ukuthi ngaphandle kokukholwa akwenzeki ukumthokozisa uNkulunkulu, ngokuba ozayo kuNkulunkulu umelwe ukukholwa ukuthi ukhona, nokuthi ungumvuzi walabo abamfunayo ngenkuthalo. UNowa wamkholelwa uNkulunkulu, futhi ngokungangabazeki uNkulunkulu wamvuza uNowa nomkhaya wakhe.
Ngenxa yokuhlubuka komuntu kuNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu waletha isahlulelo emhlabeni wonke. UNowa kuphela nomkhaya wakhe abasala bephila ngemva kukazamcolo. UGenesise 6: 8 isikhumbuza - Kodwa uNowa wathola umusa emehlweni kaJehova.
Umkhumbi owakhiwa uNowa ungafaniswa nokuthi uKristu ungubani kithi namuhla. Ngaphandle kokuba uNowa nomkhaya wakhe babe semkhunjini, babeyobhubha. Ngaphandle uma “sikuKristu,” iphakade lethu lisengozini futhi angeke nje sihlupheke ngokufa kokuqala, ukufa kwenyama kwemizimba yethu, kodwa singase sihlupheke ngokufa kwesibili, okungena esimweni sokuhlukaniswa phakade noNkulunkulu.
Akekho kithi ongawufanelekela umusa kaNkulunkulu. UNowa akazange, nathi ngeke. Wayeyisoni njengathi sonke. UNowa waba indlalifa yokulunga kukaNkulunkulu okungokokholo. Kwakungekona ukulunga kwakhe. AmaRoma asifundisa - “Kepha manje ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngaphandle komthetho sekubonakalisiwe, kufakazelwa ngumthetho nabaprofethi, ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa nguJesu Kristu kubo bonke abakholwayo. Ngokuba akukho mehluko; ngokuba bonke bonile, basilalelwe inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, belungisiswa ngesihle ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okukuKristu Jesu, ammisayo uNkulunkulu abe-yinhlawulo ngegazi lakhe ngokukholwa ukuba kubonakaliswe ukulunga kwakhe, ngokuba ukulunga kwakhe kubonakaliswa kuNkulunkulu. ukubekezela kwakhe uNkulunkulu wayeziyekelile izono ezenziwe ngaphambili, ukuze abonakalise ukulunga kwakhe kulesisikhathi, ukuze abe olungileyo lomlungisisi walowo okholwa nguJesu. Kuphi-ke ukuziqhayisa? Ayifakiwe. Ngamuphi umthetho? Yemisebenzi? Cha, kodwa ngomthetho wokukholwa. Ngakho siphetha ngokuthi umuntu ulungisiswa ngokholo ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yomthetho. (AmaRoma 3: 21-28)
Namuhla, umkhumbi esiwudingayo uJesu Kristu. Singeniswa ebuhlotsheni obulungile noNkulunkulu ngokukholwa emseni uJesu kuphela asinike wona.