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Umpostile uPaul uthi: "Abanye babonisa ukuba abamazi uThixo" (1 Cor 15,34:XNUMX). Ndithi bonke abo bangafuni ukuguqukela kuThixo bazifumana bekule nto yokungazi.Baye, enyanisweni, bayala le nguqulelo kuba becinga nje ukuba uThixo onobumnandi obungenasiphelo uqinile kwaye unzima; bacinga ukuba inceba engenasiphelo inzima kwaye ayinakoyiswa; Bakholelwa ukuba banogonyamelo kwaye bayoyikeka lowo unqwenela ukunqulwa kuphela. Ke okhohlakeleyo uzixokisa ngokuzenza isithixo, endaweni yokwazi uThixo ukuba unjani.

Boyika ntoni aba bantu banokholo oluncinci? Ngaba uThixo akafuni ukubaxolela izono zabo? Kodwa wababethelela emnqamlezweni ngezandla zakhe. Yintoni enye abayoyikayo, emva koko? Ukuba buthathaka kwaye babe sesichengeni ngokwabo? Kodwa ulwazi kakuhle udongwe asikhuphe kulo. Ke, boyike ntoni? Ngaba uqhele ububi kakhulu ukuze ukwazi ukukhulula imixokelelwane yemikhwa? Kodwa uNdikhoyo wabakhulula abo babebanjiwe (Nd 145,7: 5,20). Ngaba ke, boyika ukuba uThixo, ecatshukiswa bubuninzi bezono zabo, angathandabuzi ukubanika isandla sothando? Ukanti, apho isono siphuphuma khona, lubabalo luphuphuma ngakumbi (Rom 6,32:XNUMX). Ngaba inkxalabo ngempahla, ukutya okanye ezinye izinto zobomi ziyabathintela ekuncameni izinto zabo? Kodwa uThixo uyazi ukuba siyazidinga zonke ezi zinto (Mt XNUMX: XNUMX). Yintoni enye abayifunayo? Yintoni eme endleleni yosindiso lwabo? Ngokuchanekileyo inyani yokuba abamhoyi uThixo, abakholelwa kumazwi ethu. Ke yiba nokholo kumava abanye!