Kutheni le nto uThixo ekhetha ababuthathaka behlabathi?

Lowo ucinga ukuba unokuncinane, unento yonke kuThixo. Ewe, kuba nangona uluntu lufuna ukuba sikholwe, ubutyebi abuyiyo yonke into, ubutyebi emoyeni. Unokuba nemali eninzi, izinto ezininzi, izinto ezininzi eziphathekayo kodwa ukuba awunalo uxolo entliziyweni nasengqondweni, ukuba awunalo uthando ebomini bakho, ukuba uphila phantsi koxinzelelo, ukungonwabi, ukungoneliseki. ukuphoxeka, zonke izinto onazo azinaxabiso. Yaye uThixo wathumela uYesu Kristu emhlabeni ukuze asenzele wonk’ ubani kodwa ngaphezu kwako konke kwaba babuthathaka, ngoba?

UThixo uthanda ababuthathaka

UThixo akasisindiseli ngoko sinako kodwa ngenxa yoko sikuko. Akanamdla kwi-akhawunti yethu yebhanki, i-dialectic yethu, akanamdla kwikhosi yethu yokufunda, i-intelligence quotient yethu. Ichaphazela iintliziyo zethu. Ukuthobeka kwethu, ububele bethu bomphefumlo, ukulunga kwethu. Kwaye nalapho apho intliziyo iye yaqiniswa yiziganeko zobomi, ngamanxeba, ngokungabikho kothando ebuntwaneni mhlawumbi, ngenxa yentlungu, ngayo yonke imbandezelo, Ulungele ukunyamekela nokuphilisa iintliziyo ezaphukileyo, ukubuyisela umphefumlo. Ukubonisa ukukhanya ebumnyameni.

UThixo ubiza abangenamandla, nabangamagwala, nabacekiswayo, nabacekisiweyo, nabakhukhumeleyo, nabangamahlwempu, nabangenamandla, nabahluthiweyo.

Umpostile uPawulos Ithi: “UThixo unyule abaswele amandla ehlabathini, ukuba adane abomeleleyo.” ( 1 Korinte 1,27:1b ) Ngoko ke, simele ‘siluqonde ubizo lwenu, bazalwana; bebaninzi, bebaninzi abazizidwangube.”—1,26 Korinte XNUMX:XNUMX.

Masikhumbule ukuba “uThixo unyule into ephantsi, edelekileyo, ebonakala idelekile ehlabathini, into engeyiyo, ukuba ayitshitshise into engekhoyo” ( 1 Kor 1,28:1 ) ukuze aqinisekise ukuba “akukho mntu unokuqhayisa phambi koThixo” ( 1,29 Kor. :3,27) okanye abanye. UPawulos uyabuza: “Kuya kuba njani na ngoko ukuqhayisa kwethu? Ayibandakanywanga. Ngamthetho onjani? Ngomthetho wezabasebenzi? Hayi, kodwa ngomthetho wokholo” (Roma XNUMX:XNUMX).