Kungani kufanele sithandaze kubaNgcwele beBandla?
Ngamunye wethu ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa, kakade kusukela phakade ufakwe ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu.Siyazi kahle indaba kaSaint Paul owaphila iminyaka eminingi njengoSawulu ehlukumeza amaKristu. Khona-ke uNkulunkulu wambiza, wamvusa, kwase kuba noshintsho olusheshayo lwempilo kuye. Uma uNkulunkulu esibiza, uyasibamba, ukwenzele ukwenza umuntu omusha azalwe kabusha kithi, avuse kithi isidalwa esisha esibonwa ingunaphakade ngesu lensindiso; futhi wonke umusa uvame ukuvusa imvelaphi yethu. Asikwazi ukugcizelela ngokwanele lesi sidingo esiyisisekelo sempilo yethu kamoya: ukuziveza ebuntwini bethu, njengoba sisekuNkulunkulu.Angibhekiseli lapha ekuqaliseni abantu abakhuluma ngakho, kodwa ngibhekise kokuvela kuNkulunkulu, kuMvelinqangi. isithombe uNkulunkulu asigxiviza kithi kusukela kwaphakade futhi okufanele sizame ukukubona kithi ngokwethu. Futhi ukuze senze lokhu kumelwe sazi indlela yokulalela uNkulunkulu, sazi indlela yokuphila ebunyeni obuphelele noNkulunkulu, njengoba nje abangcwele babephila.
UJesu weza emhlabeni ukuzoqeda konke ukuhlukana phakathi kwethu noNkulunkulu nakho konke ukuhlukana esiphila kithi. Ukwehlukana, imifantu esiyithwele ngaphakathi kwethu miningi: uma sithi akwenzeki ukubuyisana nomuntu, kusho ukuthi kukhona “uqhekeko” kithi; uma sizama ukubeka eceleni izinto esingafuni ukuzwa ngazo noma esicabanga ukuthi izimo ezithile azikwazi ukuxazululeka, kusho ukuthi kunoqhekeko kithi. UNkulunkulu usimema ukuba sibuyisane ngoJesu Kristu, simnike konke ngoba ungukubuyisana kwethu. Sazi kahle ukuthi nsuku zonke, lapho sizama ukuphila lendlela yokubuyisana nathi kanye noNkulunkulu, sibhekana nokulinganiselwa kwethu, ukungabi namandla kwethu futhi sifuna usizo ngokubheka phezulu ezulwini.
Kungani sithandaza kuNkosikazi Yethu? Kungani sizinikezela kuye? Kungani sithandaza kuSt. Mikayeli, izingelosi, abangcwele? Ngokuphathelene nalokhu, kuhle ukufunda lokho oNgcwele uPawulu asitshela kona: “Aniseyibo abafokazi nezimenywa, kodwa niyizakhamuzi ezikanye nabangcwele namalungu omndeni kaNkulunkulu, nakhiwe phezu kwesisekelo sabaphostoli nabaprofethi, futhi ninoKristu Jesu ngokwakhe. njengetshe legumbi.”—Efe 2,19:20-XNUMX. Lapho sijoyina iBandla lomhlaba wonke, iBandla lezulu, kulapho sisizwa khona kakhulu ebuthakathakeni bethu, yingakho sikhuleka ezingelosini nabangcwele, ngoba lokhu sinxusa kuqala Inhliziyo KaMariya Emsulwa, ngoba akekho angasisiza njengaye.Kumelwe sazi kakhudlwana ukuthi ukuhlanganyela neBandla lasezulwini kuqinisa ubunye phakathi kwethu, kuqinisa ubunye bethu noNkulunkulu futhi kusisize sibe yizikhali zokubuyisana kwabakude, ngokuba imiphefumulo esesihlanzweni, yalabo abahlukunyezwa amathonya kaSathane, yalabo abanenhliziyo enhle nje encane nabadinga usizo lwabafowabo. UJesu ufisa ukusebenza kithi ngaso sonke isikhathi, ufisa ukubuyisana nathi futhi abuyisane nezwe ngathi, kodwa angakwenza lokho kuphela uma umphefumulo wethu uvulekile. Umphefumulo wethu uvame ukuvala ekuqulweni kwecala, lapho ukuqulwa kwecala kusicela ukuba sibhekane nokwehlukile kulokho esasikubonile futhi sikuhlelile. Sibusisiwe, uma, njengabangcwele, sazi ukwethemba uNkulunkulu naphezu kokulingwa, uma sazi ukwamukela ukulingwa njengesipho, njengokuthunywa, uma ekulingweni sikwazi ukuba yizibonakaliso nezinsimbi zokubuyisana emhlabeni. .