Unokuphila okuphakade na?

IBhayibheli libonisa ngokucacile indlela eholela ekuphileni okuphakade. Okokuqala, kumele sikubone ukuthi sonile kuNkulunkulu: "Bonke bonile futhi bayasilela enkazimulweni kaNkulunkulu" (KwabaseRoma 3:23). Sonke senze izinto ezingamjabulisi uNkulunkulu futhi zisenza sifanelwe isijeziso. Njengoba zonke izono zethu, ekugcineni, zimelana noNkulunkulu waphakade, isijeziso saphakade esanele: "Ngoba inkokhelo yesono ingukufa, kepha isipho sikaNkulunkulu singukuphila okuphakade kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu" (Roma 6: 23).

Kodwa-ke, uJesu Kristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yaphakade engenasono (1 Petru 2:22), waba ngumuntu (NgokukaJohane 1: 1, 14) futhi wafa ukuze akhonze isijeziso sethu: "Kunalokho uNkulunkulu ukhombisa ubukhulu bothando lwakhe ngaye thina kule: ukuthi ngenkathi siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela ”(KwabaseRoma 5: 8). UJesu Kristu wafa esiphambanweni (NgokukaJohane 19: 31-42) ethatha isijeziso esasifanele (2 KwabaseKhorinte 5:21). Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu, wavuka kwabafileyo (1 KwabaseKhorinte 15: 1-4), ekhombisa ukunqoba kwakhe isono nokufa: "Ngomusa wakhe omkhulu wasibuyisela ethembeni eliphilayo ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu kwabafileyo" (1 Phetro 1: 3).

Ngokholo, kufanele silahle isono futhi siphendukele kuKristu ukuze sisindiswe (Izenzo 3:19). Uma sibeka ukholo lwethu kuye, sithembela ekufeni kwakhe esiphambanweni njengokukhokhwa kwezono zethu, sizothethelelwa futhi sizothola isithembiso sokuphila okuphakade ezulwini: "Ngoba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuze noma ngubani okholelwa kuye angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade ”(NgokukaJohane 3:16); "Ngoba uma ngomlomo wakho uvuma ukuthi uJesu uyiNkosi futhi ukholwa ngenhliziyo yakho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo, uzosindiswa" (KwabaseRoma 10: 9). Ukukholwa kuphela emsebenzini owenziwe nguKhristu esiphambanweni ukuphela kwendlela yeqiniso eya ekuphileni! “Eqinisweni kungomusa wokuthi nisindisiwe, ngokukholwa; futhi lokhu akuveli kuwe; kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu. Akusikho ngenxa yemisebenzi ukuze kungabikho muntu oziqhayisa ngayo ”(Kwabase-Efesu 2: 8-9).

Uma ufuna ukwamukela uJesu Kristu njengoMsindisi wakho, nansi isibonelo somkhuleko. Khumbula, nokho, ukuthi ngeke kukusindise ukusho lokhu noma yimuphi omunye umthandazo. Kungukuzinikela kuKristu kuphela okungakusindisa esonweni. Lomkhuleko umane uyindlela yokubonisa ukholo lwakho kuNkulunkulu nokumbonga ngokukunikeza insindiso. “Nkosi, ngiyazi ukuthi ngonile kuwe, ngifanele nokujeziswa. Kepha uJesu wathatha isijeziso ebesingifanele, ukuze kuthi ngokukholwa kuye ngithethelelwe. Ngiyasilahla isono sami futhi ngibeka ithemba lami kuwe ukuze ngisindiswe. Ngiyabonga ngomusa wakho omangalisayo nangokuthethelela kwakho okumangazayo: ngiyabonga ngesipho sokuphila okuphakade! Ameni! "