Indlela yokumchasa uMtyholi, kwizilingo zakhe
UNyana kaThixo wathetha nomtshakazi, emxelela oku: “Xa uMtyholi enihenda, mxeleleni ezi zinto zintathu: ‘Amazwi kaThixo akanakungqinelana nenyaniso; Akukho nto iya kumnqabela uThixo; mtyholi, awunako ukundinika olona thando lunyanisekileyo uThixo andinika lona.' (Incwadi II, 1)
Utshaba lukaThixo lukhusela iidemon ezintathu
«Utshaba lwam luneedemon ezintathu ngaphakathi kwalo: eyokuqala ihlala kumalungu ayo esini, eyesibini entliziyweni yayo, eyesithathu emlonyeni wayo. Owokuqala ufana nomqhubi wenqwelo-moya ongenisa amanzi emkhombeni, athi kancinane azalise isitya; xa amanzi ephuphuma, inqanawa iyantywila. Le nqanawa ingumzimba ohlukunyezwa zizilingo zeedemon kwaye ihlaselwe yimimoya yokubawa kwayo; kanye njengokuba amanzi e-voluptuousness engena kwisitya, ngendlela efanayo intando ingena emzimbeni ngolonwabo olufunyanwa ngumzimba ngokwawo ngeengcinga ezivuthayo; kwaye ekubeni ayichasi ngezohlwayo okanye ukuziyeka, amanzi okuzonwabisa ayanda kwaye wongeza imvume, kwaye yenza okufanayo enqanaweni, ukuze ingafiki kwizibuko losindiso. Idemon yesibini, ehlala entliziyweni, ifana ne-apile worm, eqala ukuhlutha ngaphakathi, emva koko, emva kokushiya ilindle layo, idla isiqhamo sonke de sisonakalise ngokupheleleyo. Umtyholi wenza ngendlela efanayo: okokuqala uhlasela intando kunye neminqweno yayo emihle, efaniswa nengqondo apho onke amandla nako konke okulungileyo komoya ahlala khona; ke, emva kokuba eyiqongqothe intliziyo yako konke okulungileyo, wazisa iingcinga nokuthanda ihlabathi kuyo; ekugqibeleni iwutyhalela umzimba kwiziyolo zawo, ithomalalisa amandla angcwele nolwazi olubuthathaka; koku kuvela ukuzonya kunye nokubuthiya ubomi. Ewe, le ndoda yi-apile engenangqondo, ngamanye amazwi yindoda engenantliziyo; ngaphandle kwentliziyo, eneneni, ungena eBandleni lam, ekubeni engafumani naluphi na uthando lobuthixo. Idemon yesithathu ifana nomtoli okrola efestileni kwabo bangamjongiyo kuye. Kwenzeka njani ukuba idemon ingamlawuli lowo ingathethiyo ngaphandle kwayo? Kuba eyona nto uyithanda kakhulu yeyona nto uthetha ngayo rhoqo. Amazwi akrakra angxwelerha abanye anjengeentolo ezitsolileyo, ezidubula ngalo lonke ixesha ekhankanya umtyholi; ngelo xesha umntu omsulwa uyakrazulwa yiloo nto ayithethayo kwaye abantu abalula bayahlaziswa yiyo. Ngoko ke mna, ndiyiNyaniso, ndifunga ukuba ndiya kumgweba njengozothekileyo kumlilo wesulfure; nangona kunjalo, okoko nje umzimba nomphefumlo zimanyene kobu bomi, ndinikela kuye inceba yam. Ke kaloku, nantsi into endiyicelayo kuye, endiyicelayo kuye: ukuba uhlala encedisa kwizinto ezingcwele; ongoyikiyo ihlazo; ukuba akafuni kuzukiswa nokuba akaze athethe igama elibi likaMtyholi.” Incwadi I; 13
Ingxoxo phakathi kweNkosi nomtyholi
INkosi yethu yathi kwidemoni: "Wena owadalwa ndim, owabubonayo ubulungisa bam, ndixelele phambi kwakhe ukuba kutheni uwile kabuhlungu, okanye ucinga ntoni xa uwile." Umtyholi waphendula wathi: “Ndabona izinto ezintathu kuwe: Ndabuqonda ubungangamsha bakho ubuqaqawuli bakho, ndicinga ngobuhle bam nobuqaqawuli bam; 34 ndakholwa ke ukuba uzukiswa ngaphezu kweento zonke, nibuvelela ubuqaqawuli bam; ngeso sizathu bendinebhongo ndagqiba ekubeni mandingapheleli ekulinganeni nawe kodwa ndigqithe kuwe. Ndandisazi ke ukuba ninamandla kunani nonke; Okwesithathu ndazibona izinto ezizayo njengoko zimelwe kukuvela, nozuko nembeko yakho ayinasiqalo nasiphelo. Kaloku ndandizikhweletela ezi zinto kwaye ngaphakathi kwam ndandicinga ukuba ndiza kuvuma ngokuzithandela ukunyamezela intlungu nentuthumbo okoko nje wawungasekho kwaye ngale ngcinga ndawa kabuhlungu; yiyo loo nto kukho isihogo." Incwadi I; XNUMX
Indlela yokuchasa umtyholi
«Yazini ukuba umtyholi ufana nenja yokuzingela ephuncuke kwintambo: xa ekubona ufumana impembelelo yoMoya oyiNgcwele, ubalekela kuwe kunye nezilingo zakhe kunye neengcebiso zakhe; kodwa ukuba uthe wamchasa ngento enzima nekrakrayo, ekruqulayo emazinyweni akhe, usuka emke kwaoko, angakulimazi. Ngoku, yintoni enzima enokumelana nomtyholi, ukuba ingelulo uthando lukaThixo nokuthobela imiyalelo yakhe? Xa ebona ukuba olu thando nokuthobela kuphunyelelwa kwimfezeko kuwe, uhlaselo lwakhe, imigudu yakhe nokuthanda kwakhe kuya kubhangiswa ngoko nangoko kuze kwaphulwe, ekubeni uya kucinga ukuba ukhetha nakuphi na ukubandezeleka kunokuba waphule imiyalelo kaThixo.” Incwadi IV 14