Amapilisi Okukholwa Januwari 7 "Abantu abangena ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu"

Bathandekayo, sifundiswa yilezi zimfihlakalo zomusa waphezulu, sigubha usuku lolibo lwethu kanye nokuqala kokubizwa kwabantu ngenjabulo yokomoya. Sibonga uNkulunkulu onesihe, njengoba kushiwo ngumphostoli, "sibonga uBaba ngenkulu injabulo esenze ukuthi sikwazi ukubamba iqhaza emcimbini wabangcwele ekukhanyeni. Ngempela, nguye osikhululile emandleni obumnyama futhi wasidlulisela embusweni weNdodana yakhe ethandekayo ”(Col 1,12-13). Futhi u-Isaya wayeseprofethile: “Abantu abahamba ebumnyameni babona ukukhanya okukhulu; Kulabo ababehlala emhlabeni omnyama ukukhanya kukhanye ”(Is 9,1)….

U-Abhrahama walubona lolu suku futhi walijabulela; kwathi lapho ekuqonda ukuthi izingane zokholo lwayo zizabusiswa ohlwini lwayo, okunguKristu, kwathi zibona ukuthi ngokukholwa uzoba nguyise wabo bonke abantu, "wanika uNkulunkulu inkazimulo, azi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi noma yini uNkulunkulu ayithembisayo, inawo namandla okuyenza ifezeke ”(Jn 8,56; Gal 3,16:4,18; Rom 21: 86,9-98,2). UDavida wahlabelela kumahubo kuze kube namuhla, ethi: "Zonke izizwe ozidalile zizofika zikhothame phambi kwakho, Nkosi, zikhazimulise igama lakho" (IHu XNUMX: XNUMX); Abuye athi: "INkosi ibonakalisile ukusindiswa kwayo, emehlweni abantu iveze ubulungisa bayo" (Ps XNUMX).

Manje sesiyazi ukuthi lokhu kwenzekile selokhu inkanyezi yahola amaGi, ebaqhubela ezindaweni ezikude, ukuba bazi futhi bakhonze iNkosi yezulu nomhlaba. Futhi ngokuqinisekile nathi, nale nsizakalo yesimo senkanyezi, sinxuswa ukuba sidumise, ukuze nathi silalele lomusa wonke umuntu awumema kuKristu. Noma ubani eBandleni ophila nesihawu nobumsulwa, noma ngubani onambitha izinto zasezulwini hhayi izinto zasemhlabeni (Col 3,2), unjengokukhanya kwasezulwini: kuyilapho egcina ukunambitheka kokuphila okungcwele, cishe inkanyezi, ukhombisa abaningi indlela eholayo kuMnu. Bathandekayo, nonke kufanele niphathane usizo…, ukuze nikhanye, njengabantwana bokukhanya, embusweni kaNkulunkulu (Mt 13,13; Efe 5,8).