UTHANDO LOSindiso lukaThixo

Ngokutsho kukaYohane 3:16 , “Kuba wenjenje uThixo ukulithanda kwakhe ihlabathi, ude wancama uNyana wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo, ukuze bonke abakholwayo kuye bangatshabalali, koko babe nobomi obungunaphakade.” Umntu ngesono wazahlula kuThixo ukususela kuAdam noEva: kodwa uThixo ukususela ngoko uye wamisa icebo lokuxolelanisa umntu kwakhona. Eli cebo lalifuna uthando ukuze liphumelele. Njengoko kubhaliwe ngumzalwana uNeal Frisby kwintshumayelo ethi 'Ubuhlobo obungunaphakade-2' wathi, “Ukuze abonise umntu indlela awayebathanda ngayo, uThixo wagqiba kwelokuba eze emhlabeni njengomnye wethu, aze abanike ubomi bakhe. Ewe ungunaphakade. Ke, Weza wabunikela ubomi bakhe (kwisiqu sikaYesu Kristu, uThixo ethabathe imo yomntu) ngenxa yento awayecinga ukuba yayixabisekile (lonke ikholwa lokwenyaniso) okanye Wayengenakuyenza loo nto. Wabonisa uthando lwakhe lobuthixo.”

Ilizwi likaThixo ku2^nd UPetros 3:9 uthi, “INkosi ayilibali idinga, njengoko abathile baba iyalibala; kodwa uzeka kade umsindo ngenxa yethu, engathandi ukuba kutshabalale nabani na, kodwa ukuze bonke bafikelele enguqukweni.” Olu iseluthando lukaThixo lokuba abantu abaninzi beze elusindisweni. Usindiso lunobizo kulo. Okuphela komthombo wosindiso nguYesu Kristu. “Bubo ke obu ubomi obungunaphakade, ukuba mabakwazi, wena ukuphela koThixo oyinyaniso, naye uYesu Kristu omthumileyo (Yohane 17:3). Oku kucaciswa kuMarko 16:16, “Lowo ukholiweyo wabhaptizwa, wosindiswa; ke yena ongakholwayo, uya kugwetywa. Yaye oku kwalatha koko uYesu wakuxelela uNikodemo kuYohane 3:3, “Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Ukuba akathanga umntu azalwe ngokutsha, akanakububona ubukumkani bukaThixo.” Kufuneka uxolelaniswe noThixo, ngokuvuma ukuba ungumoni; yamkela isipho nothando lukaThixo oweza waza wafa endaweni yakho emnqamlezweni weKalvari, ummemele ebomini bakho njengoMsindisi neNkosi yakho. Lusindiso olo. Ngaba uzelwe ngokutsha?

Usindiso kukubonakaliswa kwento uThixo ayibeke ngaphakathi kuwe ngokumiselwa kwangaphambili, ibonakalisa ithemba lakho elizwini likaThixo xa wawushunyayelwa ngumntu; ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo. Eli themba eliselizwini likaThixo livelisa unyamezelo nokuba ungakanani na uphila kulo mhlaba, kude kuse ekufeni njengabazalwana kumaHebhere 11. Usindiso lubonakaliswa ngokuthanda kukaThixo njengoko kwabaseRoma. 8:28. Olu sindiso lumangalisayo lubonakaliswa ngokubizwa kwenu; kwanakwinjongo kaThixo.

Awunako ukusindiswa kwaye uyibonakalise, ngaphandle kokuba ubizwe nguThixo uYise. Kwaye ukuze iNkosi ikubize ukuba ubonakalise usindiso kumele ukuba yakwazi kwangaphambili (ukususela ekusekweni kwehlabathi). Ukuze uThixo akwazi kwangaphambili ukuze asindiswe, umele ukuba wakumisela kwangaphambili kwasekuqaleni. Ukumiselwa kwangaphambili kwimbambano yosindiso kukukwenza uvisisane nomfanekiselo woNyana wakhe ngokuzalwa ngokutsha; uze ube sisidalwa esitsha, izinto ezindala zidlule kwaye zonke izinto zisuke zaba ntsha. Kwaye ngokutsho kwaRom. 13:11 R Ngosindiso ke yambatha iNkosi uYesu Kristu; ningabi nandawo niyikhwelelisela inyama ukukhanuka ngayo. Oko kukwenza isono, indalo endala enasindiswa kuyo. Ubulwelwe bengqondo yendalo buhlala bukuthintela ukuba ungawuboni umfanekiso wokwenene woNyana kaThixo kuwe. UPawulos wathi kwabaseRoma 7: 14-25, xa ndifuna ukwenza okubi emzimbeni wam kuyaphazamisa.

Ukuba wabiziweyo wasabela, kungenxa yokuba izinto zonke zisebenzelana nabo bamthandayo uThixo. Ukusabela kwakho kubizo kuyimbonakaliso yokuba uthando lukaThixo lukwindawo ethile kuwe apho uThixo alufihle khona. Zonke ezi zinto ziza kusenza sifane nomfanekiselo woNyana wakhe, uYesu Kristu. Olu bizo lukhokelela ekugwetyelweni, ngento eyenziwa nguYesu emnqamlezweni waseKalvari nangaphaya. Ubonakalisa ithemba lakho kuyo ngokwamkela ubizo lokugwetyelwa. Uyazukiswa xa ugwetyelwe. nigwetyelwe, ngokuba nikhululwe kuzo zonke izono ngokuhlanjwa kwegazi likaYesu Kristu. KwabaseKolose 1:13-15 bathi, “Owasihlangulayo egunyeni lobumnyama, wasifudusela ebukumkanini boNyana wakhe oyintanda, esinayo sikuye inkululeko ngokuhlawulelwa ngegazi lakhe, uxolelo lwezono; umfanekiselo kaThixo ongenakubonwa, owamazibulo kwindalo yonke.” Ngoku sisemfanekisweni woNyana wakhe, silindele ukuzaliseka okupheleleyo, yaye yonke indalo iyancwina ukuze ikubone oko kuzala ( Roma 8:19 ) kuba ukulangazelela kwendalo kulinde ukutyhileka koonyana bakaThixo.). Ngaba uyinxalenye yaba nyana bakaThixo okanye usabotshelelwe ebumnyameni. Ixesha lifutshane kwaye kungekudala liya kuba selisemva kakhulu ukuba lingatshintshwa ebumnyameni liye ekukhanyeni; kwaye nguYesu Krestu kuphela onokuyenzela intliziyo eguqukayo. Ume phi kwesi sigwebo?  UYesu kuMarko 9:40 wathi, “Kuba ongachasiyo ungecala lethu.” Ngaba ukunye noYesu njengokukhanya okanye ukunye nosathana njengobumnyama. Izulu nedike lomlilo ziyinyani kwaye kufuneka wenze isigqibo ngeyona ndawo uya kuyo; ixesha liyahamba ucango luzakuvalwa kungekudala kwaye awukwazi ukuma phakathi kwezimvo ezimbini. Ukuba uYesu Krestu unguye ekufuneka umlandele kodwa ukuba usathana uluvuyo lwakho mdanise kumculo wakhe.

Xa uvumelana nomfanekiselo woNyana wakhe, ngoko ufana nesithunzi sakho; kwaye awukwazi ukwahlulwa kumfanekiso wakho wokwenyani. UYesu ungumfanekiso wokwenene yaye sifana nesithunzi somfanekiso wakhe; siba ngongahlukaniyo. Yiyo loo nto amaRoma. 8:35 wabuza umbuzo omkhulu, “Ngubani na oya kusahlula eluthandweni lukaKristu? Funda kwabaseRoma. 8 ngomthandazo: Yaye ekuphenduleni umbuzo wokugqibela, uPawulos wathi: “Kuba ndeyisekile ukuba nakufa, nabomi, nazithunywa zezulu, nazilawuli, nanto zikhoyo, nanto zizayo, nakuphakama, nabunzulu, naziingelosi, nazilawuli. Esinye isidalwa siya kuba nako ukusahlula thina eluthandweni lukaThixo, olukuye uKristu Yesu, iNkosi yethu.” Isigqibo sesakho NGOKU, ukuba uzalwe ngokutsha ube noYesu Krestu okanye uhlale esonweni unyaniseke kuSathana ubhubhele edikeni lomlilo. Eli lithuba lakho, namhlanje yimini yosindiso kwaye eli lixesha lokundwendwelwa kwakho, emva kokuba ufumene kwaye ulifundile eli phecana lincinci; nasiphi na isigqibo osenzayo, kuya kufuneka usishiye naso. UThixo unguThixo wothando nenceba; ukwanjalo nguThixo wobulungisa nomgwebo. UThixo uya kugweba aze asohlwaye isono. Yini na ukuba ufele esonweni sakho, UGUQUKE UGUQUKE? Ukuba awuzalwanga ngokutsha, ulahlekile.

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