Amaphilisi Okukholwa Januari 31 "Makukhanye ukukhanya kwenu phambi kwabantu"

IVangeli ngeke lingene kahle emcabangweni, emasikweni, emsebeni wabantu, uma ubukhona obunamandla bamalungu la busilela ... Impilo kanye nezwi, emndenini, eqenjini lezenhlalo okungelabo futhi ngaphakathi komsebenzi abawenzayo. Kuzo kumele umuntu omusha avele ngempela, owadalwa ngokukaNkulunkulu ngobulungisa nangobungcwele beqiniso (cf. Ef 4,24:XNUMX). Kumele baveze le mpilo entsha ngokwesimo somphakathi namasiko ezwe lakubo, futhi bahloniphe namasiko ezwe. Ngakho-ke, kufanele balazi leli siko, balihlanze, balilondoloze futhi balithuthukise ngokuhambisana nezimo ezintsha, futhi ekugcineni baliphelelise kuKristu, ukuze ukholo lukaKristu nempilo yeBandla kungabi yizici eziseqeleni zomphakathi abaphila kuzo, kepha baqale ukungena kuwo futhi ukuyiguqula. Abantu abadala bazizwa bemanyene nezakhamizi zabo ngothando oluqotho, beveza ngokuziphatha kwabo ukuthi isibopho esisha sobumbano nobumbano lwendawo yonke, abaluthola emfihlakalweni kaKristu ... Lesi sibopho senziwa siphuthumayo ngokwengeziwe ukuthi amadoda amaningi awakwazi ukulalela iVangeli noma umazi uKristu ngaphandle kokuthi abeke abantu abasondelene nabo ...

Ngokwabo, abefundisi beBandla bayawuhlonipha kakhulu umsebenzi wabaphostoli weqembu: kufanele babafundise ngalowo mqondo wemfanelo abazinikela wona, njengamalungu kaKristu, phambi kwabo bonke abantu; ubanikeze ulwazi oluphelele lwemfihlakalo kaKristu, ufundise izindlela zezenzo zokwelusa futhi ubasize ebunzimeni ...

Ngakho-ke, ngenhlonipho egcwele yemisebenzi ethile kanye nezibopho zabefundisi nabantu, kwangathi lonke iBandla elincane linganikeza uKrestu ubufakazi obungenakuphikwa, obuphilayo futhi obuqinile, ngaleyo ndlela lube yisibonakaliso esikhanyayo salokho kusindiswa okufike kithi kuKristu.