Ukucamngca ngalemini: UThixo walubonakalisa uthando lwakhe ngoNyana
Akukho namnye wakha wambona uThixo, okanye wamazisa, kodwa yena ngokwakhe uzityhile. Waza wazityhila elukholweni, oluvunyiweyo lodwa ukumbona uThixo, eneneni, uThixo, iNkosi, noMdali wendalo iphela, lowo wazidalayo zonke izinto waza wazilungisa zonke izinto ngokolungelelwano, akathandi abantu nje kuphela, kodwa ukwanexesha elide. -imbandezelo. Kwaye wayesoloko enje, usenjalo kwaye uya kubanje: onothando, olungileyo, unonyamezelo, othembekileyo; nguye yedwa olungileyo ngenene. Yaye ekubeni ethabathe icebo elikhulu nelingenakuthetheka entliziyweni yakhe, ulidlulisela kuNyana wakhe yedwa.
Ke ngoko, ngalo lonke ixesha awathi ngalo waligcina kwaye waligcina icebo lakhe lobulumko emfihlakalweni, kwabonakala ngathi akasikhathalelanga kwaye akazange acinge kuthi; kodwa wathi ngoNyana wakhe oyintanda, wakutyhila waza wazisa oko kwakulungisiwe kwasekuqaleni, wasinika yonke into kunye: ukuba sinandiphe iingenelo zakhe, sicamngce, siziqonde. Ngubani phakathi kwethu obenokulindela zonke ezi nceba?
Emva kokuba elungelelanise yonke into ngaphakathi kuye kunye noNyana, wasivumela ukuba kude kube lixesha elikhankanywe ngasentla ukuba sihlale kwinceba yethuku eliphazamisekileyo kwaye sitsalwe kude kwindlela elungileyo ziziyolo kunye nokubawa, silandela ukuthanda kwethu. Ngokuqinisekileyo akazange akholiswe zizono zethu, kodwa uye wanyamezela; kananjalo wayengenako ukulivumela elo xesha lokuchasa umthetho, kodwa walilungiselela ixesha langoku lokusesikweni, ukuze, esigqala ngelo xesha njengababufanelekeleyo ubomi ngenxa yemisebenzi yethu, sibe nokubufanelekela ngenxa yenceba yakhe, size ngaloo ndlela sibufanelekele ngenxa yenceba yakhe. ukuze, emva kokuba simbonakalisile uYehova ukungakwazi kwethu ukungena ebukumkanini bakhe ngamandla ethu, sibe nako ukwenjenjalo ngamandla akhe.
Kwandula ke xa okungekho sikweni kwethu kwafikelela incopho yako kwaza kwacaca ngoku ukuba kuphela sisohlwayo nokufa okwakungaphezu kwako njengomvuzo, yaye ixesha elalimiselwe kwangaphambili nguThixo lalifikile lokutyhila uthando lwakhe namandla akhe (okanye ukulunga okukhulu nothando lukaThixo! ), akazange asithiye, engazange asilahle, engazange aziphindezele. Eneneni, wasinyamezela ngomonde. Ngenceba yakhe wazithabathela kuye izono zethu. Ngokuzithandela wanikela ngoNyana wakhe njengexabiso lentlawulelo yethu: lowo ungcwele ngenxa yongendawo, lowo umsulwa ngenxa yabangendawo, ilungisa ngongendawo, lowo ungenakonakala ngenxa yokonakala, lowo ungafiyo ngowabantu abafayo. Yintoni eyayinokuzicima izono zethu, ukuba kwakungekho bulungisa bakhe? Thina bantu abalahlekisiweyo nabangendawo bebenokukufumana njani okusesikweni ukuba bekungekho kuye uNyana kaThixo okuphela kwakhe?
Owu utshintshiselwano olumnandi, ndalo engenakuxelwa, Owu ubutyebi obungenakulinganiswa nanto: ubugwenxa babaninzi buxolelwe ngomntu omnye olilungisa, nobulungisa bomnye bususa ubugwenxa babaninzi!
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