Silukhanyiso lwehlabathiSample

Ukoyisa imicelimngeni ukuze Ukhanye ngokuqaqambileyo

Ukuphila njengokhanyiso lwehlabathi akusoloko kulula. Ubumnyama, obumele isono, ububi, nenkcaso, kaninzi bumelana nobukho bokukhanya. Njengamakholwa, sibizelwe ukuba sikhanye kwindawo apho ukholo lwethu lusenokungasoloko lwamkeleka okanye luqondwe. Oku kunokukhokelela kwiingxabano, ukungaqondani, okanye kwanentshutshiso. Ukanti, uYesu uyasiqinisekisa ukuba ubumnyama abunakukoyisa ukukhanya.

Ihlabathi lizaliswe ziziphazamiso neengcinezelo ezinokunciphisa ukukhanya kwethu. Ukoyika ukulahlwa, isilingo sokufuna ukuthobela, nokudinwa kukuzamana nobomi kunokwenza kube nzima ukuhlala ubonakalisa uKristu. Noko ke, umthombo wokukhanya kwethu asinguye ngokwethu kodwa nguYesu. Ulukhanyiso lokwenyaniso olusinika amandla okukhanya nakwezona meko zinzima.

Ukukhanya ngokuqaqambileyo kufuna unxibelelwano olunzulu noThixo. Ngomthandazo, ukufunda iLizwi laKhe, nokwayama kuMoya oyiNgcwele, sixhotyiselwa ukujongana nobunzima obuza nokuba kukukhanya kwihlabathi elimnyama. Amandla ethu okukhanya awaphumi kubuchule bethu kodwa kubabalo lwakhe.

Owona mceli mngeni mkhulu ekukhanyiseni ukukhanya kwethu kukuhenda ukuba simanyane. Kwibutho labantu elihlala likuxabisa ukulalanisa nokuthobelana, ukugqama kunokungakhululeki. Kodwa uYesu usibiza ukuba sahluke—ukuba sahlulwe. Ukwahluka kwethu njengamakholwa kuko okwenza ukukhanya kwethu kusebenze. Xa sisala ukuyekelela kwimilinganiselo yethu okanye ukufihla ukholo lwethu, sibonisa amandla aguqulayo evangeli.

Ekugqibeleni, ukukhanya esikuphetheyo kunamandla ngaphezu kwabo nabuphi na ubumnyama esidibana nabo. UYesu ngokwakhe ungumthombo wolu khanyiso, yaye sele eloyisile ihlabathi. Ngokuhlala siqhagamshelwe kuye kwaye sithembele kumandla akhe, sinokukhanya ngesibindi nangokuzithemba, sisazi ukuba ukukhanya kwakhe ngaphakathi kwethu akusayi kuze kucinywe.