Masichaze kuqala ukuba kuthetha ukuthini kanye kanye ukuba ‘umntu olungileyo’.
Kulungile! Ngowuphi umgangatho?
Ukusebenzisa umgangatho esizithathele wona akutshoyo nto inkulu. Umgangatho obalulekayo ngokaThixo. Ekugqibeleni, asiyiyo iJaji yokugqibela; nguYe.
UThixo akafani nathi. Ugqibelele, yaye umgangatho waKhe wokuziphatha ugqibelele. Ukulunga kukuba ungabi nasono. Isono kukungathobeli imiyalelo kaThixo[2]. Inyaniso kukuba, sonke sonile saza saphoswa kukubuqaqawuli bukaThixo[3].
UThixo unobulungisa bokuziphatha, okuthetha ukuba uyasinyanya ububi aze athande okulungileyo. Ngoko usinike umgangatho, ImiThetho Elishumi[5], ukubonisa okulungileyo nokungalunganga.
Uvavanyo loMntu Olungileyo
Zithelekise nalo mgangatho ulandelayo. Yiba nyanisekile, uThixo akanakukhohliswa.
ImiThetho Elishumi
Uze ungabi nabanye oothixo phambi kwam. (Ngaba ubelisoloko umthanda uThixo ngaphezu kwakho konke?)
Uze ungazenzeli umfanekiso oqingqiweyo. (Okhutyushwe emthini, elityeni, okanye engqondweni yakho.)
Uze ungawuthathi ngelize uGama likaThixo. (Ukusetyenziswa kakubi kwegama likaThixo. OMG, Jesus Christ.)
Khumbula uSuku lweSabatha, ulugcine lungcwele.
Hlonepha uyihlo nonyoko.
Uze ungabulali. (uThixo ucinga ukuba inzondo ilingana nokubulala) [6]
Uze ungafebi. (Oku kubandakanya ukunqwenela [7] nokuziphatha ngokwesondo ngaphandle komtshato [8])
Uze ungabi. (Ixabiso alibalulekanga)
Uze ungaxoki. (Ubunzima besi sono abutshintshi [9])
Uze ungamxhamli. (Ukhe wanqwenela kakhulu izinto zabanye?)
Ezi zishwankathela umthetho wokuziphatha kaThixo. Ngelishwa, sonke siwile saphoswa kukumkanikazi womgangatho kaThixo[10]. UThixo ulilungisa; kufuneka ahlwaye ububi naphi na apho bufumaneka—kubandakanya ngaphakathi kuthi[11].
Intlawulo efunekayo yesono sethu kukufa[12], okubonisa ukuba imisebenzi elungileyo ayinakuyihlawula. Kodwa uThixo ulilungisa kwaye unenceba; masibonisane ukuba ikhona na indlela esinokuxolelwa ngayo.
Abanye bacinga ukuba imisebenzi elungileyo iya kuyihlawula into yesono sabo, kodwa uThixo uthi intlawulo yesono kukufa[12], hayi imisebenzi elungileyo. Umgudu wabantu awunakusisindisa[14].
Abanye bacinga ukuba xa beyeka isono okanye bephenduka, uThixo uya kungahoyi izono zabo. Kufuneka siphenduke[15] size sijike kude nesono, kodwa ukuphenduka akunakuhlawula isono sethu.
Yeyiphi inzuzo kumntu ukuba afumane ihlabathi liphela, aze alahle umphefumlo wakhe? (Mateyu 16:26)
Singasinda njani kwisigwebo sikaThixo?
“Kuba uThixo walithanda ihlabathi kangaka, waza wanikela ngoNyana waKhe okuphela kozelweyo, ukuze wonke okholwa kuye angatshabalali, abe nobomi obungunaphakade.” – Yohane 3:16
Ukukholwa kuYesu kusanelisa njani ubulungisa bukaThixo, kusisindisa kwisigwebo saKhe?
UYesu wazalwa yintombi enyulu[16] waphila ubomi obugqibeleleyo obungenasono[17]. Emva koko wafela izono zethu[18], waza emva kweentsuku ezintathu wavuka kwabafileyo. Uvuko lwaKhe lwabonisa ukuba ungunyana kaThixo.
“Ke uThixo ubonakalalisa uthando lwaKhe kuthi, kuba ngelixa sasisesabonayo, uKristu wafela thina.” – Roma 5:8
UYesu wafela ooni abafana nathi. Ubulungisa bukaThixo busaneliswe kukufa kwaKhe.
“Kuba uThixo wenza lowo wayengazi sono waba sisono ngenxa yethu, ukuze thina sibe bubulungisa bukaThixo kuye.” – 2 Korinte 5:21
UYesu wayenguThixo ngenene kwanenguMntu ngenene[19], ngenxa yoko wazinambitha ukufa ngenxa yabo bonke[20].
“Kuba noKristu wahlupheka kanye ngenxa yezono, olilungisa ngenxa yabangenabulungisa, ukuze asizise kuThixo.” – 1 Petros 3:18
Ukufa nokuvuka kukaYesu kuthetha ukuba uThixo angamxolela umntu ngokusemthethweni, aze amnike ubomi obungunaphakade—hayi kuba ulungile, kodwa kuba uYesu ulungile.
Ukufumana olu xolelo, uThixo ubiza ukuba siphenduke[21] size sikholwe kuYesu[22]. Musa ukuthembela kumgudu wakho okanye kubulungisa bakho; endaweni yoko, jika uye kuThixo uze uthembe kuYesu yedwa[23]. Ngoko uya kufumana ubomi obungunaphakade. Sisipho sasimahla kubo bonke abathemba kuYe.
Funda iBhayibhile ukuze ufunde ngakumbi ngoThixo.
“Akukho sosindiso komnye; kuba akakho omnye umDlalo wegama phantsi kwezulu onikiweyo phakathi kwabantu esimele sisindiswe ngalo.” – IZenzo 4:12
“Kuba umvuzo wesono kukufa, kodwa isipho sikaThixo bubomi obungunaphakade eKristu Yesu iNkosi yethu.” – Roma 6:23
“[uThixo] uyalaya bonke abantu endaweni yonke ukuba baphenduke, ngokuba umisele umhla awuya kugweba ngawo ihlabathi ngobulungisa” – IZenzo 17:30-31
“Kholwa eNkosini uYesu Kristu, uya kusindiswa” – IZenzo 16:31
Funda ngakumbi ngosindiso nento ethetha ukuthemba uYesu.
[1] Hebhere 9:27
[2] 1 Yohane 3:4
[3] Roma 3:23
[4] iNdumiso 7:11
[5] Eksodus 20
[6] 1 Yohane 3:15
[7] Mateyu 5:28
[8] 1 Korinte 6:18
[9] IsiTyhilelo 21:8
[10] Roma 3:23
[11] Nahum 1:3, Roma 2:6
[12] Roma 6:23
[13] Efese 2:8-9, Isaya 64:6, Tito 3:5
[15] iNdumiso 51:17, Imizekeliso 28:13
[16] Mateyu 1:23
[17] Hebhere 4:15, 1 Petros 2:22
[18] 1 Korinte 15:3-6
[19] Filipi 2:6
[20] Hebhere 2:9
[21] IZenzo 3:19, 2 Korinte 7:10, Luka 13:5, 15:7, Luka 24:46-47
[22] Yohane 3:16, 1:12, Efese 2:8-9, Roma 5:1, 10:9-13, 1 Yohane 3:23, IZenzo 16:31, Galati 3:22, 2 Timoti 3:15
[23] Yohane 14:6, IZenzo 4:12