Ukucamngca namhlanje: Umzimba osisindisileyo
UThixo nayo yonke imisebenzi kaThixo luzuko lomntu; kwaye umntu yindawo apho bonke ubulumko namandla kaThixo ahlanganisene khona.Njengoko ugqirha ebonisa ubuchule bakhe ekuguleni, ngokunjalo noThixo uzibonakalisa ebantwini. Kungoko ke uPaulos aqinisekisayo: "Izinto zonke uThixo uzivalele ebumnyameni bokungakholwa, ukuze abonise inceba kubo bonke" (Roma 11:32). Ayibhekiseli kumandla omoya, kodwa kwindoda eyazibeka phambi koThixo kwimeko yokungathobeli yaza yalahleka ukungafi. Kodwa kamva wafumana inceba kaThixo ngokulunga nangaye uNyana wakhe. Yiyo loo nto kuye enesidima sonyana owamkelweyo.
Ukuba umntu uya kufumana ngaphandle kwekratshi elingenanto uzuko oluyinyani oluvela kwinto eyenziweyo nakulowo wayidalayo, oko kukuthi, kuThixo usomandla, umyili wazo zonke izinto ezikhoyo, nokuba uya kuhlala ukumthanda ngokuzithoba ngentlonipho kunye nokubonga okungagungqiyo, uya kufumana uzuko olukhulu ngakumbi kunye nenkqubela phambili ngakumbi nangakumbi ngale ndlela ade ade afane nalowo waswelekayo ukumsindisa.
Ewe, uNyana kaThixo ngokwakhe wehla "esenyameni efana naleyo yesono" (Rom 8: 3) ukusigweba isono kwaye, emva kokusohlwaya, asikhuphe ngokupheleleyo kuluntu. Wabiza umntu ukuba afane naye, wamenza umlingisi kaThixo, wambeka kwindlela ebonakaliswe nguYise ukuze abone uThixo kwaye amnike uYise njengesipho.
ILizwi likaThixo labeka ukuhlala kwakhe phakathi kwabantu kwaye laba nguNyana woMntu, ukuqhela umntu ukuba aqonde uThixo nokumqhelanisa noThixo ukuze ahlale emntwini ngokwentando kaBawo. Ngesi sizathu uThixo ngokwakhe wasinika "njengophawu" losindiso lwethu, lowo wazalwa yiNtombi Enyulu, nguEmmanuel: kuba ikwayiloo Nkosi inye eyasindisa abo kubo ngokwabo babengenako ukusindiswa.
Yiyo le nto uPawulos, ebonisa ubuthathaka obugqithisileyo bomntu, uthi "Ndiyazi ukuba okulungileyo akuhlali kum, oko kukuthi, kwinyama yam" (Rom 7:18), kuba ukulunga kosindiso lwethu akuveli kuthi, kodwa kuvela kuThixo Kwaye kwakhona uPawulos uyadanduluka: «Ngelishwa! Ngubani na oya kundihlangula kulo mzimba ugwetyelwe ukufa? (Roma 7:24). Emveni koko azise umkhululi: Uthando olukhululekileyo lweNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu (cf. Rom. 7:25).
UIsaya ngokwakhe wayekuxele kwangaphambili oku: Zomelezeni, izandla ezibuthathaka kunye namadolo agexayo, isibindi, intliziyo elahlekileyo, zithuthuzeleni, musani ukoyika; qaphela uThixo wethu, asebenze ubulungisa, uya kunika umvuzo. Yena ngokwakhe uya kuba lusindiso lwethu (cf. Is 35, 4).
Oku kubonisa ukuba asinalo usindiso kuthi, kodwa kuThixo, osincedayo.
ka-Saint Irenaeus, ubishophu