Amaphilisi Wokholo kaJanuwari 17 "Ukubuyisa umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu kumuntu"

Yini ukusetshenziswa kokudalwa uma ungamazi uMdali wakho? Abantu bangaba kanjani "nengqondo" uma bengayazi iLogos, iZwi likaYise, abaqala ukuba kulo? (Jn 1,1ss)… Kungani uNkulunkulu ayezenzile ukube wayengafuni ukwaziwa yibo? Ukuze lokhu kungenzeki, ebuhleni bakhe ubenza babe ngabahlanganyeli bomfanekiso wakhe uqobo, iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu (Heb 1,3; Col 1,15). Ubadala ngomfanekiso wakhe nango (Gen 1,26: XNUMX). Ngokwenzelwa lokhu, bazokwazi isithombe, iZwi likaYise; kuyena bazokwazi ukuthola umbono kaBaba futhi, ngokwazi uMdali, bazokwazi ukuphila impilo yenjabulo yangempela.

Kodwa ngokungabi nangqondo kwabo abantu basidelele lesi sipho, baphendukele kuNkulunkulu futhi basikhohlwa ... Yini-ke eyayidingeka ukuze uNkulunkulu ayenze uma engavuseleli "ukuba kwabo ngokomfanekiso", ukuze abantu bakwazi ukumazi futhi? Futhi ungakwenza kanjani lokhu, uma kungenjalo ngobukhona besithombe sikaNkulunkulu, uMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu? Amadoda awakwazanga ukukwenza; zenziwe nje ngokwesithombe. Ngisho nezingelosi azikwazi ukukwenza, ngoba nazo azisona isithombe.

Ngalokho izwi likaNkulunkulu lafika uqobo lwalo, ongumfanekiso kaBaba, ukubuyisa "ukuba ngokomfanekiso" wabantu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lokhu bekungeke kwenzeke ukube ukufa nenkohlakalo bekungabhujiswanga. yingakho ngokufanelekile athathe isidumbu esifayo ukuqeda ukufa kuye nokubuyisela abantu ngokwesithombe.