Ukucamngca "ngoMamkeli wokomoya" nguTertullian, umbingeleli

Indoda iyodwa ethandazayo, isitshixo esisezantsi kunye ne-monochrome

Umthandazo lidini lokomoya, elicime amadini amandulo. Uthi, "Yintoni endikhathalelayo, ngamadini akho angenakubalwa?" Ndanelisekile ngamadini anyukayo eenkunzi zeegusha, namanqatha eenkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo; Andilithandi igazi leenkomo nelamatakane neebhokhwe. Ngubani na ofuna ezi zinto kuwe? (cf. Ngaba u-1, 11).
Into efunwa yiNkosi ifundiswa yivangeli: "Liyeza ilixa," utsho, "xa abanquli bokwenyani beya kumnqula uBawo ngoMoya nangenyaniso. Ngokwenene uThixo unguMoya ”(Jn 4: 23) kwaye ke ngoko ufuna abakhonzi abanjalo.
Singabanquli bokwenyani kunye nababingeleli bokwenyani abathi, bethandaza ngomoya, ngomoya, banikele umbingelelo womthandazo, umbuki zindwendwe ofanelekileyo nowamkelekileyo kuThixo, umamkeli lowo wawucelayo kwaye wazibonelela.
Eli xhoba, lizinikele ngentliziyo iphela, londliwa lukholo, ligcinwe yinyaniso, liphelele ngobumsulwa, licocekile ngobunyulu, lathweswa isithsaba sothando, kufuneka sihambisane nesibingelelo sikaThixo ngemihombiso yemisebenzi emihle phakathi kweendumiso neengoma, kwaye Uya kucela yonke into kuThixo.
Yintoni ke le aya kuyikhanyela uThixo kumthandazo ophuma emoyeni nasenyanisweni, ngubani na obenqwenela njalo? Zingaphi ubungqina bokusebenza kwayo esiye sifunde, sive kwaye sikholwe!
Umthandazo wamandulo owawuhlangulwa emlilweni, kumarhamncwa asendle kunye nendlala, kodwa wawungekamkeli fom kuKristu.
Hayi indlela ebanzi ngayo intsimi yesenzo somthandazo wamaKristu! Umthandazo wamaKristu awunakubiza ingelosi yombethe embindini womlilo, awuyi kuyivala imihlathi yawo kwiingonyama, awuyi kuzisa isidlo sasemini sabalambileyo, awuyi kunika isipho sokuzikhusela kwiintlungu, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo sinika amandla okunyamezela. kwaye unyamezele abo bahluphekileyo, uxhobise amandla omphefumlo ngokholo kumvuzo, bonisa ixabiso elikhulu lentlungu eyamkelweyo egameni likaThixo.
Siva ukuba kumaxesha amandulo umthandazo wawubetha, uchitha umkhosi weentshaba, uthintela isibonelelo semvula kwiintshaba. Ngoku, kwelinye icala, kuyaziwa ukuba umthandazo ususa yonke ingqumbo yobulungisa bukaThixo, uyathandeka kwiintshaba, ubongoza abatshutshisi. Wayekwazi ukuxhwila amanzi ezulwini, kunye nokucela umlilo. NguThixo kuphela ophumeleleyo, kodwa u-Kristu wayengafuni ukuba ibe ngunobangela wobubi kwaye wanika onke amandla okulunga.
Kungoko umsebenzi wakhe ekuphela kwakhe kukukhumbuza imiphefumlo yabafileyo kwindlela enye yokufa, ukuxhasa ababuthathaka, ukuphilisa abagulayo, ukukhulula abanayo, ukuvula iingcango zentolongo, ukukhulula imixokelelwane yabamsulwa. Ihlamba izono, iyala izilingo, icime iintshutshiso, ithuthuzele abantliziyo zityhafileyo, ikhuthaze abanesisa, ikhokele abahambi, ithobise iinkqwithela, ibambe abenzi bobubi, ixhase amahlwempu, ithambise iintliziyo zabantu abazizityebi, iphakamise abawileyo, ixhase ababuthathaka , ixhasa abomeleleyo.
Iingelosi nazo ziyathandaza, zonke izidalwa ziyathandaza. Izilwanyana zasekhaya nezinoburhalarhume ziyathandaza kwaye ziguqe ngamadolo kwaye, xa ziphuma ezitalini okanye emiqolombeni, zijonga esibhakabhakeni hayi ngemihlathi evaliweyo, kodwa zisenza umoya wokukhala ungcangcazele ngendlela efanelekileyo kubo. Nditsho neentaka xa zivuka, ziphakama zisiya esibhakabhakeni, kwaye endaweni yezandla zivula amaphiko azo zimile okomnqamlezo zitswine into enokubonakala ngathi ngumthandazo.
Kodwa kukho inyani ebonisa ngaphezulu kokunye uxanduva lomthandazo. Nantsi into eyathandazwa yiNkosi.
Kuye makubekho imbeko namandla ngonaphakade kanaphakade. Amen.