Iipilisi zokholo uJanuwari 25 "Asinguye na lo mfo wayesitshutshisa?"

“Asishumayeli ngokwethu; kodwa uKristu Yesu iNkosi; ke thina, singabakhonzi benu ngenxa kaYesu ”(2 Kor 4,5: XNUMX). Ngubani ke lo ingqina livakalisa uKrestu? Nguye kanye owayemtshutshisile ngaphambili. Umangaliso omkhulu! Umtshutshisi wokuqala, apha ubhengeza uKrestu. Kuba? Ngaba ibinokuthengwa? Kodwa akukho mntu wayenokumqinisekisa ngale ndlela. Ngaba ukubona kukaKristu kulo mhlaba kwamfamekisa? UYesu wayesele enyukele ezulwini. USawule wayephume eYerusalem ezokutshutshisa iBandla likaKristu kwaye, kwiintsuku ezintathu kamva, eDamasko, umtshutshisi waba ngumshumayeli. Yimpembelelo enjani? Abanye bacaphula abantu abakwicala labo njengamangqina kubahlobo babo. Kwelinye icala, ndikunike ukuba ube lingqina lomntu owayelutshaba ngaphambili.

Usathandabuza nangoku? Bukhulu ubungqina bukaPeter noYohane kodwa… babengabendlu. Xa ubungqina, indoda eza kuthi kamva ife ngenxa kaKristu, inguye owayekade elutshaba, ngubani owayesenokungabaza ixabiso lobungqina bakhe? Ndiyayithanda kakhulu icebo likaMoya ...: Unika uPawulos owayengumtshutshisi, ukuba abhale iileta ezilishumi elinesine ... Kuba imfundiso yakhe ingenakuphikiswa, unike owokuqala olutshaba nomtshutshisi ukuba abhale ngakumbi kaPetros noYohane. Ngale ndlela, ukholo lwethu sonke lunokudityaniswa. Ngokubhekisele kuPawulos, eneneni, wonke umntu wamangaliswa wathi: "Asinguye na lo mntu wasibhudela eYerusalem, weza apha nje ukuba asikhokelele ngemixokelelwane?" (IZe. 9,21:26,14) UPawulos uthi: Ndiyazi kakuhle, "kunzima kum ukukhaba iimviko" (IZenzo 1:15,9). "Andikufanelanga nokuba kuthiwe ndingumpostile" (1 Cor 1,13: 14); "Ndenzelwe inceba kuba ndenze into ndingayazi" ... "Ubabalo lweNkosi yethu lwaphuphuma ngakumbi" (XNUMX Tm XNUMX-XNUMX).