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Ukungcwelisa

Ukungcweliswa kumane kuyinqubo yokufana kakhulu noNkulunkulu. Amakholwa aye afane kakhulu naye ngobungcwele ngenxa yokubonga kuNkulunkulu ngalokho akwenzile ezimpilweni zabo. Igama lesiGreki elithi “ngcwelisa” lisho “ukuhlukanisela” izinhlelo zikaNkulunkulu ezikhethekile. UPawulu wanxusa amakholwa amasha eThesalonika ukuba aphile lolu hlobo lwempilo, eveza ukuthi kwakuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuba ahambe noJesu, kanjalo ajabulise uNkulunkulu ngokuphila kwawo (1Thimothewu 4:1,3). Waveza ukuthi ukuphila okungcwele kuyasebenza kakhulu nokuthi ukwenqaba umyalo kaNkulunkulu kuletha imiphumela (ivesi 8). UNkulunkulu ubize abantu bakhe ukuthi benze izinqumo zansuku zonke ngokusebenzisa ukubheka okuhlukile: indlela yeqiniso levangeli.

Uma umuntu ebeka ukholo lwakhe kuKristu, ungcwelisiwe, noma “wenziwe ngcwele” ngomhlatshelo kaJesu Kristu kube kanye kuphela (AmaHeberu 10:10). Isono siqediwe ngokuphelele, ukufa kunqotshiwe futhi ukuphila okuphakade kuseduze. Lezi yizindaba ezinhle! Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ikholwa lingena enqubweni yokuphila konke yokuhlanzwa futhi libe njengoNkulunkulu ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele (1Thimothewu 4: 8). UPawulu unanela leli qiniso, ememezela ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayeyongcwelisa abaseThesalonika “ngakho konke,” futhi abagcine “bengenacala ekufikeni kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu” (1Thimothewu 5:23)

Abalandeli bakaJesu namuhla bangabambelela kuleso sithembiso, ngoba “uthembekile onibizayo, futhi uyokwenza” (1Thimothewu 5:24).

Umkhuleko Wanamuhla:

Jesu ngiyabonga ngomsebenzi owenzayo enhliziyweni yami nasempilweni yami. Ngicela uqhubeke ungingcwelisa kuze kufike lolo suku engiyoba nawe ngalo epharadesi. Ameni.

Ukuzinikela kucashuniwe The Jesus Bible, NIV Edition