Cinga namhlanje kwifowuni yakho yokuxelisa ukulunga kukaSt
“Ndabhaptizwa ngamanzi; kodwa phakathi kwenu kukho eningamaziyo nina, lowo uzayo emva kwam, endingakufanelekelanga ukukhulula iimbadada zakhe ”. UYohane 1: 26–27
La ngamazwi athobekileyo okwenene kunye nobulumko. UJohn uMbhaptizi wayenomlandeli olungileyo. Uninzi lweza kuye ukuba abhaptizwe kwaye wayefumana udumo oluninzi. Kodwa ukungaziwa kwakhe akuzange kuye entlokweni yakhe. Endaweni yokuba ayiqonde indima yakhe ekulungiseleleni indlela "lowo uzayo". Wayeqonda ukuba kufanele kunciphe xa uYesu wayeqala ubulungiseleli baKhe esidlangalaleni. Kwaye, ke ngoko, ngokuthobekileyo yalatha abanye kuYesu.
Kule ndawo, uYohane wayethetha nabaFarisi. Ngokucacileyo babenomona ngokuthandwa kukaJohn kwaye bambuza ukuba ungubani. Ngaba wayenguKristu? Okanye uEliya? Okanye uMprofeti? UJohn wayiphika yonke le nto kwaye wazichaza njengomntu ongakufanelekelanga nokukhulula imitya yeembadada zalowo uza emva kwakhe. Ngenxa yoko, uJohn uzibona "engafanelekanga".
Kodwa yile ntobeko eyenza ukuba uYohane abe mkhulu ngokwenene. Ubukhulu abuveli ekuziphakamiseni okanye ekuziphakamiseni. Ubukhulu buza kuphela ekuzalisekeni kwentando kaThixo, Kwaye, kuYohane, intando kaThixo yayikukubhaptiza kwaye yalathe kwabanye abo babesiza emva kwakhe.
Kukwabalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba uYohane waxelela abaFarisi ukuba "abamazi" lowo uzayo emva kwakhe. Ngamanye amagama, abo bazele likratshi nohanahaniso abayimfama kwinyaniso. Abakwazi ukubona ngaphaya kwabo, nto leyo kukuswela ubulumko okungakholelekiyo.
Cinga namhlanje kwifowuni yakho yokuxelisa ezi mpawu zintle zikaYohane uMbhaptizi. Ngaba uyabona ukuba uxanduva lwakho ebomini njengolo lujolise ekubekeni amehlo akho kuKristu kwaye ujonge abanye kuye? Ngaba uyavuma ngokuthobekileyo ukuba nguYesu omele ukukhula kwaye awunguye omnye ngaphandle komkhonzi wakhe ongafanelekanga? Ukuba ungazama ukukhonza ukuthanda kukaThixo ngokuthobeka okupheleleyo, nawe uya kuba sisilumko ngokwenene. Kwaye njengoYohane, abaninzi baya kumazi uKristu ngenkonzo yakho engcwele.
Nkosi, ndizalise ngentobeko yokwenene. Ngamana ndingazi kwaye ndikholelwe ngentliziyo yam yonke ukuba andibufanelanga ubomi obungakholelekiyo bobabalo ondinike bona. Kodwa ekuqondeni okuthobekileyo, ndinike ubabalo endiludingayo lokuba ndikukhonze ngentliziyo yam yonke ukuze abanye bakwazi ngawe. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.