Luyintoni Uthando Lokwenene?Isampulu
Ukulangazelela Uthando
Iintliziyo zethu zonke zilangazelela uthando nokuba siyakwazi oku okanye asikwazi. Senziwe ukuba sithandane ngokwenene. Uthixo Luthando. Ngaba ulangazelela ukwazi uthando lokwenene lukaThixo? Emva koko ulangazelele ukumthanda ngokwenyani ngentliziyo yakho yonke, ngomphefumlo, ngengqondo, nangamandla akho onke njengembuyekezo?
Kodwa luyintoni uthando lokwenene? Eli gama kanye lineentsingiselo ezininzi. Singatsho ngazwi linye sithi, "Ndiyayithanda ikofu. Ndiyalithanda iqabane lam. Ndiyamthanda uYesu." Sinokulazi njani uthando lokwenene ngokwenene? Ikhangeleka njani? Ivakala njani? Ngaba ibalulekile na?
Uthando lokwenyani lungaphezulu kwemvakalelo nje, imizwa, uthumo, okanye imfundiso. Uthando lokwenene ngumnqweno wokwenene wempilo-ntle yomnye. Uthando lokwenene oluzisa uzuko kuThixo yeyona njongo yobomi kunye nobukho becawe.
Abanye bathi ubufundisi yeyona njongo iphambili yecawa: “Owona msebenzi mkhulu weCawa kukushumayela kwehlabathi. Ubuthunywa becawe bubufundisi” (Oswald J. Smith).
Abanye baya kuthi lunqulo: “Ubufundisi asiyonjongo yokugqibela yecawe. Unqulo lulo. Ubufundisi bukhona ngenxa yokuba unqulo alukho. Unqulo yeyona nto iphambili, hayi ubuthunywa, kuba uThixo ungoyena mntu uphambili, hayi umntu. Xa esi sizukulwana siphelile, kwaye izigidi ezingenakubalwa zabahlawulelweyo ziwa ngobuso phambi kwetrone kaThixo, ubufundisi abuyi kuba sabakho. Yimfuno yokwexeshana. Kodwa unqulo luhlala ngonaphakade. " ( UJohn Piper).
UThixo uyalela abantu bakhe ukuba bamthande ngentliziyo, ngomphefumlo nangamandla ephela. UYesu uyakuphinda oku, esixelela ukuba owona mthetho mkhulu ngowokuba simele siyithande iNkosi uThixo wethu ngentliziyo yethu iphela, ngomphefumlo wethu uphela, ngengqondo yethu iphela nangamandla ethu ephela. Usixelela ukuba bonke abantu baya kwazi ukuba singabafundi Bakhe ngokuthandana kwethu. Wandula ke uPawulos acacise kwincwadi yakhe eya kwabaseKorinte ukuba ukholo, ithemba nothando zonke zizidima ezihlala zihleli, kodwa eyona inkulu kuzo zontathu luthando.
Ubuthunywa kunye nonqulo lusisiqhamo sothando lokwenene.
Malunga nesi Sicwangciso
Wonke umntu ufuna ukwazi ukuba uthando luyintoni kanye kanye. Kodwa bambalwa abantu abajonga oko iBhayibhile ikutshoyo ngothando. Uthando yeminye yemixholo ephambili esiBhalweni kunye neyona nto ibalulekileyo ebomini bobuKristu. Esi sicwangciso esivela kwi-Thistlebend Ministries sihlola intsingiselo yothando eseBhayibhileni kunye nendlela yokumthanda ngakumbi uThixo kunye nokuthanda abanye.
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