Amaphilisi Okukholwa Januwari 27 "Namuhla lo mbhalo ugcwalisiwe"

Hlakaza kuqala eTestamenteni Elidala, ukuze ukwazi ukuphuza kusuka ku-New. Uma ungaphuzi owokuqala, ngeke ukwazi ukuphuza owesibili. Phuza kuze kufike kokuqala ukomisa ukoma kwakho, uphuze uye kwesesibili ukuze uqede nya ukoma kwakho ... Phuza bobabili i-chalice, leyo yeTestamente eliDala neleTestamente eliSha, ngoba bobabili niphuza uKristu. Phuza uKristu ongumvini (Joh 15,1: 1), phuza uKristu oyitshe lapho amanzi avela khona (10,3 Kor 36,10: 46,5). Phuza uKristu okuwumthombo wokuphila (IHu 7,38); uphuze uKristu ngoba "ungumfula ojabulisa idolobha likaNkulunkulu" (IHu 8,3); ungokuthula futhi "imifula yamanzi aphilayo igeleza isuka esifubeni sakhe" (Jn 4,4:XNUMX). Phuza uKristu ukuze uqede ukoma kwakho ngegazi okhululwa ngalo; phuza uKristu, phuza izwi lakhe: izwi lakhe yiTestamente eliDala nelisha. Umbhalo oNgcwele udakiwe, udliwe ngempela, bese ubisi lweZwi laphakade ligobhoza emphefumulweni futhi ulinikeze amandla: "Umuntu ngeke aphile ngesinkwa sodwa, kepha ngalo lonke izwi elivela emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu" (Dt XNUMX , XNUMX; Mt XNUMX). Phuza leli gama, kepha uliphuze ngokulandelana kwalo: okokuqala eTestamenteni Elidala, bese kuba yiNew.

Eqinisweni, uthi, cishe ngokukhathazeka: “Abantu abahamba ebumnyameni, babona lokhu kukhanya okukhulu; ukukhanya kukhanya kuwe enihlala emhlabeni omnyama ”(Is 9,2 LXX). Ngakho-ke phuza ngokushesha ukuze ukukhanya okukhulu kukhanye kuwe: hhayi ukukhanya okuvamile, kosuku, ilanga noma inyanga, kodwa ukukhanya okucibekisa isithunzi sokufa.