Ubabalo….uthando lukaTHIXO ngakubalufaneleyo uthando lukaThixo olubonakaliswa kwabangathandwayo
"Grazia”Yeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kwi Bibbia, ngaphakathi inkolo yamaKrestu kunye umhlaba. Kubonakaliswe ngokucacileyo kwizithembiso zikaThixo ezityhilwe esiBhalweni kwaye zenziwa kuYesu Krestu.
Ubabalo luthando lukaThixo olubonakaliswe kongathandekiyo; uxolo lukaThixo olunikwe abangenakuphumla; Inkoliseko kaThixo.
Inkcazo yobabalo
NgokwamaKristu, uGrace unokuchazwa ngokubanzi ngokuthi "Inkoliseko kaThixo kwabangafanelekanga" okanye "ububele bukaThixo kwabangafanelekanga".
Kubabalo lwaKhe, uThixo ukulungele ukusixolela nokusisikelela, nangona singenako ukuphila ngokulungileyo. "Bonke bonile baza basilela kuzuko lukaThixo" (KwabaseRoma 3:23). “Ngoko ke, ngenxa yokuba sigwetyelwe ngokwaselukholweni, sinoxolo noThixo ngayo iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. Ngaye sizuze nokungena ngokukholwa kolu lubabalo sizizuzela kulo, siqhayise ngokuthemba uzuko lukaThixo ”(KwabaseRoma 5: 1-2).
Iingcaciso zale mihla nezasemhlabeni zikaGrace zibhekisa "kubuhle okanye ubuhle bembonakalo, isimilo, intshukumo okanye isenzo; nokuba ngumgangatho okanye ulonwabo oluthandekayo okanye olunomtsalane ”.
Yintoni uGrace?
"Ubabalo luthando olukhathalayo, olugobileyo kwaye olusindisayo". (UJohn Stott)
"[Ubabalo] uThixo ufikelela kubantu abamvukelayo." (Iibhulorho zikaJerry)
"Ubabalo luthando olungenamiqathango kumntu ongalufanelanga". (UPaolo Zahl)
"Iindlela ezintlanu zobabalo ngumthandazo, ukukhangela kwizibhalo, isidlo seNkosi, ukuzila ukutya kunye nobudlelane bobuKristu". (U-Elaine A. Heath)
UMichael Horton ubhala athi: “Ngobabalo, uThixo akenzeli nto ingaphantsi kwakhe. Ubabalo, ke ngoko, asiyonto yesithathu okanye into yokulamla phakathi koThixo naboni, kodwa nguYesu Krestu ngentlawulelo ”.
AmaKrestu aphila yonke imihla ngobabalo lukaThixo.Sifumana ukuxolelwa ngokobutyebi bobabalo lukaThixo nobabalo lukhokela ukungcwaliswa kwethu. UPaul usixelela ukuba "lubonakele lubabalo lukaThixo luzisa usindiso kubo bonke, lusifundisa ukuba sikulahle ukungahloneli Thixo, neenkanuko zehlabathi, siphile ubomi obulawulwayo, obuthe tye nobuzinikeleyo" (Tit 2,11:2). Ukukhula ngokomoya akwenzeki ngokukhawuleza; "Sikhula elubabalweni naselwazini lweNkosi noMsindisi wethu uYesu Krestu" (2 Petros 18:XNUMX). UGrace uguqula iminqweno yethu, izizathu zethu kunye nokuziphatha.