Yintoni ebangela ukuba sibandezeleke? Kukuthanda kukaThixo?
La ukubandezeleka yaye intlungu, ngakumbi xa ichaphazela abamsulwa, ibangela ingxaki enkulu yobomi. Kwanomnqamlezo ngokwawo sisixhobo sentuthumbo, umthi uYesu Kristu wabethelelwa kuwo. m Kodwa yintoni unobangela wokubandezeleka? Kwelinye icala ubuthathaka besidalwa esingumntu, kwelinye sisono, intswela-bulungisa nobundlobongela behlabathi.
Kodwa ukuba yonke into ivela kuThixo kwaye siyabulela kuye yonke into iqhubeka ikhona, ngaba uThixo ufuna ukwenzakala kwethu? Impendulo nguhayi! UThixo akanqweneli ububi, ukugula okanye ukufa, kodwa uyazivumela ukuba ziphile ukuhlonela inkululeko yethu.
Noko ke, uThixo akazange asishiye ebubini, kodwa wathumela uNyana wakhe ukuze asisindise kwaye anike intsingiselo ekubandezelekeni. Ukongeza kuyo nayiphi na ingcaciso esengqiqweni esinokuyiphuhlisa, enyanisweni, ubuKristu bumele ekuphela kweyeza lokwenyani lomdlalo wokubandezeleka. Sikholelwa ukuba uThixo ngokwakhe, ngoNyana wakhe, wabelana ngobuntu bethu kwaye weva intlungu, intswela-bulungisa, intshutshiso, kunye nokufa.
UThixo waguqula intlungu nokubandezeleka kwaba luthando
Njengoko kucatshulwe kwiVangeli kaYohane, uThixo wanikela ngonyana wakhe oyintanda ukuze asinike ubomi obungunaphakade. Ngale ndlela, uYesu Krestu wazimanya nemfesane yakhe wonke umntu, nabo bonke abo babandezelekileyo, abagulayo, abangcungcuthekiswayo okanye abaphawulwe sisifo. Ngalo lonke ixesha sibona a ubhuti okanye udade obandezelekileyo, sinokububona ubukho bukaKristu kwaye sizibophelele ekuthomalaliseni intlungu yakhe kunye Philisani amanxeba akhe.
Kambe ke, iimbandezelo zikaKrestu, azisikhulula ebubini; uthando lwakhe ngathi, uthando olwanikela ubomi de kwasekufeni emnqamlezweni. Intando kaThixo kukuthanda kude kube sekupheleni, nokwamkela indebe yomnqweno.
Ngaloo ndlela, i imbandezelo nokufa kukaKristu baba ngumqondiso wothando lukaThixo, waza umnqamlezo, ophuma kwisixhobo sentuthumbo, waguqulwa waba sisixhobo sosindiso. Ngokufanayo, iimbandezelo zethu kunye neentlungu ezimsulwa nazo zizuza intsingiselo xa ziba ngumqondiso'uthando.