Umkhuleko: Ukuzinikela kwezinsuku ezingu-14 ngoTim KellerIsampula

Khona-ke, amandla emithandazo yethu awekho ngokuyinhloko emzamweni wethu nasekuzameni kwethu, noma kunoma iyiphi indlela, kodwa asekelwe olwazini lwethu ngoNkulunkulu. Ungase uphendule, “Kodwa uNkulunkulu wakhuluma amazwi azwakalayo kuJobe esesivunguvungwini. Ngifisa sengathi uNkulunkulu akhulume nami kanjalo.” Impendulo iwukuthi—sinokuthile okungcono, ukubonakaliswa okucace ngendlela engenakubalwa kwesimo sikaNkulunkulu. “Endulo uNkulunkulu wakhuluma kokhokho bethu ngabaprofethi izikhathi eziningi nangezindlela ezihlukahlukene, kodwa kulezi zinsuku zokugcina ukhulume kithi ngeNdodana yakhe . . . ukukhanya kwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nomfanekiso woqobo wobuntu bakhe” (KumaHeberu 1:1-3).

UJesu Kristu uyiZwi likaNkulunkulu (NgokukaJohane 1:1–14) ngoba akusekho ukuxhumana okugcwele, komuntu siqu, nokuhle kukaNkulunkulu okunokwenzeka. Asikwazi ukulibheka ngqo ilanga ngamehlo ethu. Inkazimulo yayo yayizosiqeda ngokushesha futhi iqede ukubona kwethu. Kufanele siyibheke ngesisefo, bese sibona amalangabi amakhulu nemibala yayo. Lapho sibheka uJesu Kristu njengoba eboniswa kithi emiBhalweni, sibheka inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ngesisefo sesimo somuntu. Lesi ngesinye sezizathu eziningi, njengoba sizobona, zokuthi amaKristu athandaze “egameni likaJesu.” NgoKristu, umthandazo uba yilokho uMgqugquzeli Wenguquko waseScotland uJohn Knox akubiza ngokuthi “ukukhuluma noNkulunkulu okuqotho nokujwayelekile,” noJohn Calvin akubiza ngokuthi “ingxoxo ejulile” yamakholwa noNkulunkulu, noma kwenye indawo “ukuhlanganyela kwabantu noNkulunkulu”—izindlela ezimbili zokuxhumana. “Ngoba ngaye [UKristu] . . . sibe nokufinyelela kuBaba ngaMoya munye” (Kwabase-Efesu 2:18).

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