Ukucamngca namhlanje: ukuzala kobuThixo

Ukulunga nobuntu bukaThixo uMsindisi wethu zabonakaliswa (cf. Tit 2,11:1,1). Siyabulela kuThixo osenza sonwabele intuthuzelo yethu eluhambeni lwethu lokuthinjwa, ekubandezelekeni kwethu. Ngaphambi kokuba ubuntu buvele, ukulunga kwakufihliwe: ukanti kwakukhona kwangaphambi koko, kuba inceba kaThixo ikho kwakudala. Kodwa ungazi njani ukuba inkulu kangaka? Yayisithembiso, kodwa ayizange izenze iviwe, kwaye ke ayikholwanga ngabaninzi. Amaxesha amaninzi nangeendlela ezahlukeneyo u-Yehova wathetha kubaprofeti (cf. Heb. 29,11: 33,7). Ndathi-ndineengcinga zoxolo, hayi ezenkxwaleko (cf. Jer 53,1:XNUMX). Kodwa waphendula wathini umntu, esiva ukubandezeleka kwaye engalwazi uxolo? Kude kube nini uthi: Luxolo, uxolo, noxolo akukho? Ngesi sizathu abavakalisi boxolo balila ngokukrakra (cf. Ngaba ngama-XNUMX, XNUMX) besithi: Nkosi, ngubani na okholiweyo kwisibhengezo sethu? (cf. Ngaba XNUMX: XNUMX).
Kodwa ngoku ubuncinane abantu bayakholwa emva kokuba bebonile, kuba ubungqina bukaThixo buye bathembeka ngokupheleleyo (cf. iNdumiso 92,5: 18,6). Ukuze angafihli nakwiliso elikhathazekileyo, wabeka umnquba wakhe elangeni (cf. iNdumiso XNUMX: XNUMX).
Nalu uxolo: aluthenjiswanga, kodwa luthunyelwe; awurhoxiswanga, kodwa unikelwe; akuprofetwanga, koko kuya kubakho. UThixo uBawo uthumele emhlabeni isaka, oko kukuthi, izele yinceba yakhe; Ingxowa eyayiqwengwe ngexesha lomnqweno ukuze ixabiso elalivale intlawulelo yethu liphume; ngokuqinisekileyo ingxowa encinci, kodwa igcwele, ukuba sinikwe iNcinci (cf. Ngaba 9,5) apho nangona kunjalo "ukuzala kobuThixo kuhlala emzimbeni" (Col 2,9). Xa ixesha elipheleleyo lafika, ukuzaliseka kobuThixo nako kwafika.
UThixo weza esenyameni ukuze azityhilele nakubantu abangabenyama, aze akuqonde ukulunga kwakhe ngokuzibonakalisa eluntwini. UThixo ezibonakalisa emntwini, ukulunga kwakhe akusenako ukufihlakala. Obuphi ubungqina obungcono bokulunga anokubunikela ngaphandle kokutya inyama yam? Eyam nje, hayi inyama awayenayo uAdam ngaphambi kwetyala.
Akukho nto ibonisa inceba yakhe ngaphezu kokuthatha usizi lwethu. Nkosi, ngubani le ndoda ukuba imkhathalele kwaye imnike ingqalelo? (I-Nd. 8,5; Heb 2,6).
Kule nto makazise umntu ukuba uThixo umkhathalele kangakanani, kwaye azi ukuba ucinga ntoni kwaye uziva njani ngaye. Musa ukubuza, mntu, ukuba ubandezeleka ntoni, kodwa ukuba usokola ntoni. Ukusuka kwinto awayezele yona kuwe, qaphela ukuba ubaluleke kangakanani kuye, kwaye uya kukuqonda ukulunga kwakhe ngobuntu bakhe. Njengokuba wazenza mncinane ngokumila esenyameni, wazibonakalisa ukulunga okukhulu; kwaye yeyona nto ndiyithandayo ngakumbi kokukhona iyehla yam. Ukulunga nobuntu bukaThixo uMsindisi wethu zabonakaliswa - utsho uMpostile - (cf. Tit 3,4: XNUMX). Ngokuqinisekileyo kukhulu ukulunga kukaThixo kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo bubungqina obukhulu bokulunga athe wanikela ngokudibanisa ubuThixo noluntu.