Iipilisi Zokholo Januwari 7 "Abantu abantywiliselwe ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu"

Zintanda, sifundiswe zezi mfihlelo zobabalo lobuthixo, sibhiyozela ngovuyo lokomoya usuku lweziqhamo zethu zokuqala kunye nokuqala kobizo lwabantu. Masibulele kuThixo onenceba, njengoko esitsho uMpostile, “sibulela ngovuyo uBawo osenze ukuba sikwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba kwilungelo labangcwele ekukhanyeni. Ewe, wasikhulula emandleni obumnyama, wasifudusela ebukumkanini boNyana wakhe oyintanda ”(Col 1,12-13). Kwaye uIsaya wayesele eprofetile: “Abantu ababehamba ebumnyameni babona ukukhanya okukhulu; Kwabo bahlala kwilizwe lobumnyama ukukhanya kwakhanya ”(Is 9,1)….

UAbraham wawubona lo mhla, wawunandipha. wathi akuqonda ukuba abantwana benkolo yakhe bazakusikelelwa kwinzala yakhe enguKrestu, wathi akubona ukuba ngokholo uya kuba nguyise weentlanga zonke, wamnika uzuko uThixo, esazi kakuhle ukuba yonke into ayithembisileyo uThixo, unalo negunya lokuyizalisa ”(Jn 8,56; Gal 3,16; Rom 4,18-21). UDavide udumise kwiindumiso unanamhla, esithi: "Zonke izizwe owazidalayo ziya kuza ziqubude phambi kwakho, Nkosi, ukuba lizukise igama lakho" (Nd 86,9); Kwaye kwakhona: "INkosi ibonakalisile usindiso lwayo, emehlweni ezizwe ityhile ubulungisa bayo" (Nd 98,2: XNUMX).

Ngoku siyazi ukuba oku kwenzekile okoko inkwenkwezi ikhokele iiMagi, zibagxotha kwiindawo ezikude, ukuba bazi kwaye banqule uKumkani wezulu nomhlaba. Ngokuqinisekileyo nathi, ngale nkonzo inenkwenkwezi, siyakhuthazwa ukuba sinqule, ukuze nathi siluthobele olu lubabalo lumema wonke umntu kuKristu. Nabani na eCaweni ophila ngokuhlonela uThixo nangobunyulu, nabani na onambitha izinto zasezulwini hayi ezasemhlabeni (Col 3,2), ufana nokukhanya kwesibhakabhaka: ngelixa egcina ubuqili bobomi obungcwele, phantse inkwenkwezi, ubonakalisa iindlela ezininzi ezikhokelela kuMhlekazi. Zintanda, sonke kufuneka sincedane…, ukuze nikhanye njengabantwana bokukhanya ebukumkanini bukaThixo (Mt 13,13; Eph 5,8).