"Ubungane bukaNkulunkulu" bukaSanta Irenaeus, umbhishobhi

INkosi yethu, iZwi likaNkulunkulu, yahola amadoda kuqala ukuba akhonze uNkulunkulu, yabe isibenza abangane bayo njengezinceku, njengoba yena uqobo athi kubafundi bakhe: “Angisanibizi ngokuthi niyizinceku, ngoba inceku ayikwazi okwenziwa yinkosi yayo; kepha nginibize ngokuthi bangabangani, ngokuba konke engikuzwe kuBaba nginazisile ”(Jn 15: 15). Ubungane bukaNkulunkulu bubunikeza ukungafi kulabo abawulahla ngokufanele.
Ekuqaleni, uNkulunkulu wabumba u-Adamu hhayi ngoba edinga umuntu, kodwa ukuze abe nomuntu ozothela kuye izinzuzo zakhe. Ngempela, uLizwi wayedumisa uYise, ehlale kuye njalo, hhayi phambi kuka-Adamu kuphela, kodwa nangaphambi kwendalo yonke. Yena uqobo ukumemezele: "Baba, ngikhazimulise phambi kwakho, ngalolo dumo ebenginalo nawe umhlaba ungakabikho" (Jn 17: 5).
Usiyalile ukuthi simlandele hhayi ngoba edinga inkonzo yethu, kodwa ukuze sizinikeze insindiso. Eqinisweni, ukulandela uMsindisi kubamba iqhaza ekusindisweni, njengoba ukulandela ukukhanya kusho ukuthi uzungezwe ukukhanya.
Ukukhanya okhanyayo empeleni akuyona eyokukhanyisa isibani futhi kukhanye, kepha kungukukhanya okukhanyayo futhi kumenze akhanye. Akaniki lutho ngokukhanyisela, kepha kuvela kulo ukuthi uthola inzuzo yobukhazikhazi nayo yonke enye inzuzo.
Lokhu futhi kuyiqiniso ngokukhonza uNkulunkulu: akukulethi lutho kuNkulunkulu, futhi ngakolunye uhlangothi uNkulunkulu akadingi inkonzo yabantu; kodwa kulabo abamkhonzayo futhi bamlandelayo ubanikeza impilo, ukungonakali nenkazimulo yaphakade. Unika imihlomulo yakhe kulabo abamkhonzayo ngoba bethi bayamkhonza, nakulabo abamlandelayo ngoba bethi bayamlandela, kepha yena akazuzi kubona.
UNkulunkulu ufuna insizakalo yamadoda ukuze athole ithuba, yena olungile futhi onesihe, ukuthulula izinzuzo zakhe kulabo abaphikelela ekukhonzeni kwakhe. Ngenkathi uNkulunkulu edinga lutho, umuntu akadingi ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu.
Udumo lomuntu luqukethe ukuphikelela ekukhonzeni uNkulunkulu. Futhi ngenxa yalesi sizathu iNkosi yathi kubafundi bakhe: "Awungikhethanga, kepha nginikhethile" (Jn 15: 16), ngaleyo ndlela kukhombisa ukuthi akubanga yibo amkhazimulise ngokumlandela, kepha abathi yena balandela iNdodana kaNkulunkulu bakhazimuliswa nguye. Futhi: "Ngifuna labo onginike bona babe nami lapho ngikhona, ukuze bacabangisise ngenkazimulo yami" (Jn 17: 24).