Uhlelo Lwamahhala Lokufunda nokuthandaza okuhlobene ne 1 kaPetru 1:5

UJesu wathi, “Nginikhethile nina, nganibeka ukuba niphume, nithele izithelo, nezithelo zenu zihlale” (Joh. 15:16). Wathi futhi, “Ngaphandle kwami ningenze lutho” (Joh. 15:5). Ukuthela izithelo kungukuphila impilo ayiphilayo uJesu eselapha emhlabeni. Kuyagcizelelwa kulawa mavesi angenhla ukuthi lokho kungumyalo kaJesu nokuthi akhona amandla okuzithela izithelo. UPawulu usitshela ngezithelo eziyisishiyagalolunye ezivezwa uMoya oNgcwele kulabo abamvumeleyo behamba ngokukaMoya (Gal. 5:22, 23). Sizokhuluma kancane ngalezi zithelo. Masikhumbule ukuthi ngokwethu asinamandla okuzithela. Kepha ngamandla akhe singazithela.

Loluhlelo lwe-Life.Church Bible yisifundo sika-1 Petru esihambisana nochungechunge lukaMfundisi uCraig Groeschel oluthi, Kwehlukile. Kulo mhlaba, uzoba nezinkinga. Uzobhekana nokuphikiswa. Uzophonselwa inselelo. Futhi kunesizathu salokho: lo mhlaba awulona ikhaya lakho. ngakho-ke phendula inzondo ngothando, thola injabulo phakathi kwezilingo, futhi wethembele emandleni angaphezu kwakho siqu. Uhloselwe ukuba ... wehluke.

Emhlabeni kunabantu abanohlonze. Injabulo yabo iyathelelana, ukuthula kwabo kujulile, nozwelo lwabo luyaheha. Ukhethelwe ukuthi uphile ngokugqama ngesikhathi sakho emlandweni. Awugcinanga nje ngokunikezwa umsebenzi wokuphila ngokugqama, kodwa futhi ukuhlomele ngokugcwele ukuphila impilo enempilo nechumayo.

Ngencwadi yakhe egxile ethembeni ayibhalela ibandla lekhulu lokuqala, uPetru usikhuthaza ukuba sithembele futhi silalele, sihlale sigxilile okholweni lwethu njengoba sikhuthazelela izilingo noshushiso. Usikhumbuza ukuthi ngenxa yalokho esiyikho kuKristu, sinikwa amandla okuphila izimpilo ezingcwele, futhi singabheka phambili ekutholeni ifa laphakade.

Yini ekuvimbela ukuthi ukhuleke imithandazo emikhulu? Ekwabelaneni ngendaba yakhe yezimpendulo zikaNkulunkulu ezishintsha ukuphila emithandazweni enesibindi, uJulia Jeffress Sadler uletha inselelo yokuthatha uNkulunkulu eZwini Lakhe futhi umbone ehamba ngendlela engakaze ibonwe ngaphambilini. Kuleli sonto, sizofunda ukuthi singakhuleka kanjani ngesibindi futhi sibheke ngokulindela izimpendulo zikaNkulunkulu. Okuyivelakancane kweqiniso akukho ekuphenduleni kukaNkulunkulu imithandazo emikhulu kodwa ekuceleni kwethu imithandazo emikhulu.

Singaphila kanjani impilo kakhulu sigxile kuKristu? Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-7, olusekelwe kwethi Rooted in Love, incwadi yokubolekwa evela kubo bonke ababhishobhi besifunda saseLondon, sigcwele isikhuthazo esisebenzayo kanye nethemba eliklanyelwe ukukusiza ukuba ukhule njengomfundi futhi uthole izindlela zokubeka uNkulunkulu kwisikhungo sempilo yakho nsuku zonke.

Ingabe uzithola ukhathele ukubuka okuphakelayo kwakho kwezindaba muva nje ngoba uzizwa uhlukene phakathi kwemibono yesikhathi sethu? UJohn Mark Comer usikhuthaza ukuba silandele uJesu enkathini yokuthanda izwe okunenzondo ngokwandayo kuyilapho sigcina izinhliziyo zethu zithambile futhi zivulekile. Ukuthola ukuvuselelwa ngokomoya osukwini lwethu kuqala ngokuqaphela ukungqubuzana kwangaphakathi phakathi kwamanga esiwaphilayo neqiniso eliletha ukuthula esikulangazelelayo.

Singase singakuboni noma sikuzwe njalo, kodwa uNkulunkulu uhlala enathi... ngisho nalapho sibhekene nobunzima. Kulolu hlelo, Umxhumanisi Wokuthola Ithemba u-Amy LaRue ubhala ngokusuka enhliziyweni mayelana nomshikashika womndeni wakhe wokuba umlutha nokuthi injabulo kaNkulunkulu yagqashuka kanjani ngezikhathi zabo zobumnyama.

NjengamaKristu, asigonyiwe ezinkingeni zaleli zwe. Eqinisweni, uJohane 16:33 uthembisa ukuthi ziyofika. Uma ubhekene nezivunguvungu zempilo njengamanje, lesi sifundo singesakho. Kuyisikhumbuzo sethemba elisidlulisa ezivunguvungwini zokuphila. Futhi uma ungabhekene nanoma yiziphi izinkinga ngalesi sikhathi, kuzokunikeza isisekelo esizokusiza ezivivinyweni ezizayo.

Sonke sifuna ukukholelwa ukuthi kukhona okungcono okuzayo. Futhi uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi sidinga okungaphezu kwezipho ezibekwa ngaphansi kwesihlahla ukuze sithole injabulo. Esikudingayo ithemba. Yenziwe yi-NewSpring Church, lolu hlelo luzokusiza ukuthi uthole amandla ethemba nokuthi luwushintsha kanjani umbono wethu ngayo yonke into ezimpilweni zethu.

Ukuzalwa kukaKristu, ukufika Kwakhe, kuphawula icebo likaNkulunkulu lokuhlengwa kwethu. KuKristu, sibona isithombe esigcwele sethemba likaNkulunkulu, ukuthula, injabulo nothando. Izwi likaNkulunkulu liyiqiniso esazi ngalo futhi sihamba Naye nsuku zonke. Sethemba ukuthi lo mhlahlandlela uzokhuthaza futhi wenze lula isikhathi sakho osichithwa eZwini futhi unikezele insiza yemindeni enezingane ukwenza lokho ndawonye.

Ukhisimusi yisikhathi lapho sonke kufanele silindele ukungena kwezulu emhlabeni wethu onothuli, ongcolile. Ukhisimusi yisikhathi esisikhumbuza sonke ukuthi izimangaliso ziyenzeka ngempela, imithandazo iyaphendulwa nokuthi izulu liyimpendulo eyodwa nje. Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kukaMariya, uJoseph, uZakariya no-Elizabeth, umalusi namadoda ahlakaniphileyo, lokhu kuzinikela kuhlola ukubaluleka kukaKhisimusi wokuqala nokuthi uhlangana kanjani nempilo yethu ngayinye namuhla.

Ibhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi “ebukhoneni bakhe kukhona ukugcwala kwenjabulo” nokuthi “ukuthokoza kukaJehova kungamandla ethu”. Injabulo ayiwona nje omunye umzwelo; kuyisithelo sikaMoya kanye nesinye sezikhali ezingcono kakhulu kunqolobane yakho yokulwa nokudumazeka, ukudangala, kanye nokunqotshwa. Chitha izinsuku ezingu-31 ufunda lokho iBhayibheli elikushoyo ngenjabulo, futhi uziqinise ukuze ube umKristu ojabulayo ngokungenamibandela.