Umusa….uthando lukaNKULUNKULU kwabangafaneleki uthando lukaNKULUNKULU oluboniswa abangathandeki
"Grazia”Ingabe umqondo obaluleke kakhulu ku- I-Bibbia, ngaphakathi UbuKristu futhi Mondo. Kubonakaliswe ngokucacile ezithembisweni zikaNkulunkulu ezembulwe emiBhalweni futhi zenziwa kuJesu Kristu.
Umusa uluthando lukaNkulunkulu olukhonjiswa kongathandeki; ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu okunikezwa abangaphumuli; Umusa ongafanelwe kaNkulunkulu.
Incazelo yomusa
Ngamagama obuKristu, uGrace ngokuvamile angachazwa ngokuthi "umusa kaNkulunkulu kulabo abangafaneleki" noma "umusa kaNkulunkulu kwabangafaneleki".
Ngomusa Wakhe, uNkulunkulu uzimisele ukusixolela futhi asibusise, yize singeke siphile ngokulunga. "Bonke bonile futhi bayasilela enkazimulweni kaNkulunkulu" (KwabaseRoma 3:23). “Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yokuthi silungisisiwe ngokukholwa, sinokuthula noNkulunkulu ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu. Ngaye futhi sazuza ukufinyelela ngokukholwa kulomusa esizithola sikuwo, futhi siyajabula ethembeni lenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ”(KwabaseRoma 5: 1-2).
Izincazelo zesimanje nezasemhlabeni ngoGrace zibhekisa "ebuhleni noma ebuhleni besimo, imikhuba, ukunyakaza noma isenzo; kungaba ikhwalithi noma isipho esihle noma esikhangayo ”.
Uyini uGrace?
"Umusa uluthando olukhathalelayo, luguqa lusindise". (UJohn Stott)
"[Umusa] uNkulunkulu ufinyelela kubantu abamhlubukayo." (UJerry Bridges)
"Umusa uthando olungenamibandela kumuntu ongamfanele". (UPaolo Zahl)
"Izindlela ezinhlanu zomusa umthandazo, ukuphenya imibhalo, isidlo seNkosi, ukuzila ukudla kanye nokuhlangana kobuKristu." (U-Elaine A. Heath)
UMichael Horton uyabhala: “Ngomusa, uNkulunkulu akanikezi okungaphansi kwakhe. Ngakho-ke umusa awuyona into yesithathu noma into yokulamula phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nezoni, kodwa nguJesu Kristu osebenzela ukuhlenga ”.
AmaKrestu aphila nsuku zonke ngomusa kaNkulunkulu.Sithola ukuthethelelwa ngokokunotha komusa nomusa kaNkulunkulu kuqondisa ukungcweliswa kwethu. UPawulu usitshela ukuthi "umusa kaNkulunkulu ubonakele, uletha insindiso kubo bonke abantu, usifundisa ukulahla ukungamhloniphi uNkulunkulu nezinkanuko zomhlaba futhi siphile impilo elawulwayo, eqotho futhi ezinikele" (Tit 2,11:2). Ukukhula ngokomoya akwenzeki ngokuphazima kweso; "sikhula emseni naselwazini lweNkosi noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu" (2 Petru 18:XNUMX). Umusa uguqula izifiso zethu, izisusa nokuziphatha kwethu.