Ukucamngca kwanamhlanje: Ubhaptizo lukaYesu

Kubhaptizo uKrestu uyakhanya, nathi singena kubuqaqawuli bakhe; U-Kristu ufumana ubhaptizo, masizame kunye naye ukuze anyukele ebuqaqawulini kunye naye.
UYohane uyabhaptiza, uYesu uyasondela kuye, mhlawumbi ukuzokungcwalisa lowo abhaptizwa ngaye emanzini, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukungcwaba indoda enkulu emanzini. Ngcwalise iJordan ngaphambi kokuba usingcwalise uze usingcwalisele thina. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba wayengumoya nenyama uyingcwalisa ngoMoya nasemanzini.
UmBhaptizi akasamkeli isicelo, kodwa uYesu uyanyanzelisa.
Ndim ekufuneka ndibhaptizwe kuwe (cf. Mt 3:14), utsho njalo isibane elangeni, ilizwi eLizwini, umhlobo kuMyeni, ongoyena mkhulu phakathi kwabo bazelwe ngumfazi kulowo ulizibulo kwindalo yonke, lowo esibelekweni sikanina waxhuma ngovuyo kulowo wathi, esafihlakele esibelekweni, wamkela uzuko lwakhe, owandulela lowo nowayezakusandulela, kulowo wayesele ebonakele kwaye ebeya kubonakala kwakhona ngexesha layo.
"Kufuneka ndibhaptizwe nguwe," kwaye ongeze, "egameni lakho." Wayesazi ukuba uyakufumana ubhaptizo wokubulawelwa ukholo okanye, njengoPeter, uya kuhlanjwa kungekuphela ngeenyawo.
UYesu unyuka emanzini kwaye uphathe i-cosmos yonke phezulu. Ubona isibhakabhaka saqhekeka kwaye sivulekile, isibhakabhaka uAdam wayezivalele yena nembewu yakhe yonke, abo babebonakala ezulwini isibhakabhaka esijikelezwe njengekrele elivuthayo.
Kwaye uMoya unikela ubungqina kubuThixo buka-Kristu: uzinikezela ngokufuziselayo kuLowo ulingana ngokupheleleyo naye. Ilizwi liphuma emazantsi esibhakabhaka, lisuka kubunzulu obufanayo apho wayevela khona ngelo xesha owathi wafumana ubungqina.
UMoya ubonakala ngokubonakala njengehobe, kwaye, ngale ndlela, ubuhlonipha isidima kwaye ngenxa yoko, akufanele kulityalwe ukuba kwakudala ihobe lalinguye owayevakalise ukuphela komkhukula.
Masikuhlonele ke ubhaptizo luka-Kristu ngalo mhla, kwaye sibhiyozele ukuba ulungile njani lo mthendeleko.
Zihlambulule ngokupheleleyo kwaye uqhubeke kule nyulu. UThixo akavuyi nganto ngokoguquka nosindiso lomntu. Emntwini, phofu, onke amazwi angcwele athethiwe kwaye kuye iimfihlakalo zesityhilelo zazaliseka.
Yonke into yenziwe ukwenzela ukuba ube lilanga elininzi, oko kukuthi, amandla obomi kwamanye amadoda. Yibani zizibane ezigqibeleleyo ngaphambi kokukhanya okukhulu. Uya kubhangiswa bubungangamsha bakhe obungaqhelekanga. Ukukhanya koBathathu Emnye kuya kukufikelela, kucace kakhulu kwaye ngokuthe ngqo, okwangoku ukuza kuthi ga ngoku uye wafumana i-ray enye, ivela kuThixo omnye, ngoKristu Yesu iNkosi yethu, kuye uzuko namandla ehle kuwo onke amaxesha. Amen.