Njengoba siqhubeka sehla ehholo lokholo eligcwele ithemba…U-Abraham uyilungu lethu elilandelayo – “Ngokukholwa u-Abrahama walalela ebizwa ukuba aphume aye endaweni abezakuyamukeliswa njengefa. Waphuma engazi lapho eya khona. Ngokukholwa wahlala ezweni lesithembiso njengowezizwe, ehlala ematendeni kanye no-Isaka noJakobe, izindlalifa kanye naye zesithembiso esifanayo; ngokuba wayelindele umuzi onezisekelo, omakhi nomenzi wawo nguNkulunkulu. ( Hebheru 11:8-10 )
U-Abrahama wayehlala e-Uri lamaKaledi. Kwakuyidolobha elalinikezelwe kuNannar, unkulunkulu wenyanga. Sifunda ku UGenesise 12: 1-3 - “UJehova wayesethi ku-Abrama: 'Phuma ezweni lakini, nasezihlotsheni zakho, nasendlini kayihlo, uye ezweni engiyakukukhombisa lona. ngiyakukwenza isizwe esikhulu; ngiyakukubusisa, ngenze igama lakho libe likhulu; futhi niyakuba yisibusiso. Ngiyakubabusisa abakubusisayo, ngiqalekise okuqalekisayo; futhi imindeni yonke yomhlaba iyakubusiswa ngawe.’”
Kusukela esikhathini sika-Adamu no-Eva, amadoda nabesifazane babemazi uNkulunkulu weqiniso. Nokho, abazange bamkhazimulise futhi babengazibongi izibusiso Zakhe. Ukukhonza izithombe, noma ukukhulekela onkulunkulu bamanga kwaholela ekonakaleni okuphelele. Sifunda kuPawulu kwabaseRoma - “Ngokuba ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwambulwa luvela ezulwini phezu kwakho konke ukungamhloniphi uNkulunkulu nokungalungi kwabantu abacindezela iqiniso ngokungalungi, ngoba lokho okwaziwayo ngoNkulunkulu kusobala kubo, ngoba uNkulunkulu ukubonakalisile kubo. Ngokuba kusukela ekudalweni komhlaba okungabonwayo kwakhe kuqondakala ngezenzo zakhe, amandla akhe aphakade nobuNkulunkulu bakhe, ukuze bangabi-nazaba, ngokuba bemazi uNkulunkulu, kabamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulu. , manje sebebonga, kodwa baba yize emicabangweni yabo, nezinhliziyo zabo eziwubuwula zaba mnyama. Bethi bahlakaniphile, baba yiziwula, baguqula inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo yaba ngumfanekiso womuntu onokonakala, nezinyoni, nezilwane ezinezinyawo ezine, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo.” (Roma 1: 18-23)
UNkulunkulu wabiza u-Abrahama, umJuda wokuqala, waqala into entsha. UNkulunkulu wabiza u-Abrahama ukuba azihlukanise nenkohlakalo ayephila kuyo— “Ngakho u-Abrama wahamba njengoba nje uJehova ayeshilo kuye, futhi uLoti wahamba naye. U-Abrama wayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa nanhlanu lapho ephuma eHarana. ( Genesise 12:4 )
Ukholo lweqiniso alusekelwe emuzweni kodwa ezwini likaNkulunkulu. Sifunda ku KwabaseRoma 10: 17 - "Ngakho-ke ukukholwa kuza ngokuzwa, nokuzwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu."
AmaHeberu abhalelwa lawomaJuda ayentengantenga okholweni lwawo kuJesu. Abaningi babo babefuna ukubuyela emthethweni weSivumelwano Esidala kunokuba bathembe ukuthi uJesu wayesigcwalisile iSivumelwano Esidala futhi wamisa Isivumelwano Esisha ngokufa nokuvuka kwakhe.
Yini othembele kuyo namuhla? Ingabe usukile enkolweni (imithetho eyenziwe ngumuntu, ifilosofi, nokuziphakamisa) waya ekukholweni kuJesu Kristu yedwa. Insindiso yaphakade iza ngokukholwa kuKristu kuphela ngomusa Wakhe kuphela. Ingabe usungenile ebuhlotsheni noNkulunkulu ngokukholwa emsebenzini kaKristu oqediwe? Yilokhu iTestamente Elisha elisibizela kukho. Ngeke yini uvule inhliziyo yakho ezwini likaNkulunkulu namuhla...
Ngaphambi kokuba uJesu afe, waduduza abaphostoli bakhe ngala mazwi: “'Inhliziyo yenu mayingakhathazeki; niyakholwa nguNkulunkulu, kholwani nayiMi. Endlini kaBaba waMi kukhona izindlu eziningi; uma bekungenjalo, bengiyakunitshela. ngiya ukunilungisela indawo. Uma ngihamba nginilungisela indawo, ngobuye ngize, nginemukele kimi; ukuze lapho ngikhona, libe khona lani. Nalapho ngiya khona niyakwazi, nendlela niyayazi.' UTomase wathi kuye: “Nkosi, asazi lapho uya khona; singayazi kanjani indlela na? UJesu wathi kuye: Mina ngiyindlela, neqiniso, nokuphila; Akekho oza kuBaba ngaphandle kokuba eze ngami.’” (Johane 14: 1-6)
