Nge-8 kaJulayi-UKUHLAWULWA KWEGAZI LIKAKRESTU KWAKUYI-COPIUS NE-UNIVERSAL
Nge-8 kaJulayi-UKUHLAWULWA KWEGAZI LIKAKRESTU KWAKUYI-COPIUS NE-UNIVERSAL
AmaYuda ayecinga ukuba uMesiya kwakufuneka enziwe inyama kuphela ukuze abuyisele ubukumkani bakwaSirayeli kuzuko lwabo lwangaphambili. UYesu endaweni yoko weza emhlabeni ukuze asindise bonke abantu, ke ngoko ngenjongo yomoya. "Ubukumkani bam - wathi - abusuki kweli hlabathi." Ngoko ke intlawulelo eyaveliswa ngeGazi lakhe yayininzi kakhulu - oko kukuthi, akazange aphelele ekunikezeni amathontsi ambalwa, kodwa wanikela konke - kwaye ngokuzenza indlela yethu ngomzekelo, inyaniso yethu ngelizwi, ubomi bethu ngobabalo noMoya. Umthendeleko, wayefuna ukukhulula umntu kuwo onke amandla akhe: kwintando, engqondweni, entliziyweni. Akazange awulinganisele umsebenzi wakhe wokuhlangula kubantu abathile okanye kwizizwe ezithile ezibekekileyo: “Wasikhulula, Yehova, ngegazi lakho, kuzo zonke izizwe, neelwimi, nabantu, neentlanga; Ukusuka encotsheni yomnqamlezo, phambi kwehlabathi liphela, iGazi lakhe lehla emhlabeni, ladlula izikhewu, latyhutyha konke, kangangokuba indalo ngokwayo yangcangcazela phambi kwedini elikhulu kangaka. U-Yesu wayenguLowo ulindelweyo ebantwini kwaye bonke abantu kwakufuneka bakonwabele oko kuzingca kwaye bajonge eKalvari njengokuphela komthombo wosindiso. Ngoko ke, abathunywa bevangeli - abapostile beGazi - bahamba kwaye baya kuhlala behamba ukusuka ezinyaweni zomnqamlezo ukuze ilizwi lakhe kunye neenzuzo zakhe zifikelele kuyo yonke imiphefumlo.
UMZEKELO: Eyona ntsalela ibalaseleyo ehlanjwe kwiGazi elixabisekileyo likaKristu nguMnqamlezo oNgcwele. Emva kokufunyanwa okumangalisayo kweSt. Helena noSt. Macarius, yahlala eYerusalem kangangeenkulungwane ezintathu; amaPersi asithimba eso sixeko aza asizisa kuhlanga lwawo. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesine kamva umlawuli uHeraclius, emva kokuba eyoyisile iPersi, wayefuna ngokwakhe ukuyibuyisela kwisiXeko esiNgcwele. Wayesele eqalisile ukunyuka iqhina leCalvary xa, wamiswa ngamandla angaqondakaliyo, akazange akwazi ukuya phambili. Emva koko ubhishophu ongcwele uZekariya waya kuye waza wathi: “Mhlekazi, akunakwenzeka ukuba uhambe unxibe ubuyokoyoko obungako kulo mzila kangangoba uYesu wahamba ngokuthobeka nangentlungu elolo hlobo. Kuphela xa wabeka ecaleni iingubo zakhe ezityebileyo kunye namatye anqabileyo apho uHeraclius wakwazi ukuqhubeka nohambo lwakhe kwaye athathe indawo yoMnqamlezo oNgcwele ngezandla zakhe kwinduli yokubethelelwa. Nathi sizibanga singamaKristu okwenyaniso, oko kukuthi, sithwele umnqamlezo noYesu, yaye kwangaxeshanye sihlale sinamathele kubunewunewu bobomi nakwikratshi lethu. Ngoku, oku akunakwenzeka ngokupheleleyo. Kuyimfuneko ukuba sithobeke ngokunyanisekileyo ukuze sikwazi ukulandela indlela ephawulwe thina ngeGazi likaYesu.
INJONGO: Ngenxa yothando lweGazi eliNgcwele ndiya kuvuma ukuthotywa kwaye ndiya kusondela kumahlwempu kunye nabatshutshiswayo ngendlela yobuzalwana.
UBUHLUNGU: Siyakunqula, Yesu, siyakusikelela, ngokuba ngomnqamlezo wakho ongcwele nangeGazi lakho elinqabileyo ulikhulule ihlabathi.