Amapilisi Okukholwa NgoDisemba 26 "Santo Stefano, owokuqala ukulandela ezinyathelweni zikaKristu"
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"UKristu wahlupheka ngenxa yethu, esishiya isibonelo sokuba ulandele ezinyathelweni zakhe" (1 Pt 2,21). Yisiphi isibonelo seNkosi okufanele sisilandele? Ingabe ukuvusa abafileyo? Ukuhamba phezu kolwandle? Akunjalo impela, kodwa ukuba mnene futhi uthobeke ngenhliziyo (Mt 11,29), futhi ungathandi abangane bethu kuphela, kepha nezitha zethu (Mt 5,44).
"Kungani ulandela ezinyathelweni zakhe," kubhala uSt. Umvangeli obusisiwe uJohane usho okufanayo: "Noma ubani othi uhlala kuKristu kumele aziphathe njengoba waziphatha" (1 Jn 2,6: 23,34). Ngabe uKristu waziphatha kanjani? Esiphambanweni wathandazela izitha zakhe, ethi: "Baba bathethelele, ngoba abazi ukuthi benzani" (Lk XNUMX:XNUMX). Eqinisweni balahlekelwe yimizwa futhi babanjwe ngumoya omubi, futhi ngenkathi besishushisa, bahlushwa usathane omkhulu kunabo. Kungakho kufanele sithandazele ukuthi bakhululwe kunokuba basole ukulahlwa kwabo.
Lokhu yikho kanye okwenziwe nguBusisiwe uStefanu, owaqala ukulandela ezinyathelweni zikaKristu. Eqinisweni, ngenkathi eshaywa yitshe ngamatshe, wakhuleka ezimele; wabe eguqa ngamadolo, wakhala ngamandla akhe onke ezitheni zakhe: "INkosi uJesu Kristu, ungabasho lesi sono kubo" (Izenzo 7,60:XNUMX). Ngakho-ke, uma sikholelwa ukuthi asikwazi ukulingisa iNkosi yethu, okungenani silingisa lowo owayenceku yakhe, njengathi.
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