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Kungani Kunethemba?

Akuthathi isikhathi eside ukubheka emhlabeni wonke, ebumnyameni bamanje nobubi obusizungezile, futhi siphethe ngokuthi asinaso isizathu esincane sokuba nethemba. Sonke sizwa ubuhlungu nokuhlupheka. Ukuthula nokuphepha kunzima ukukuthola. Ukungabi nabulungiswa, usizi, ukugula, ubumpofu nobudlova konke kukhona.

Kodwa uLizwi waba yinyama wakha phakathi kwethu (NgokukaJohane 1:14). Lapho uJesu engena endaweni, ithemba laba nokwenzeka. Ukufika kukaKristu kuletha ithemba.

Uma sithemba umsebenzi kaKristu esiphambanweni ukuze sithole insindiso, sisindiswa ngokukholwa (Kwabase-Efesu 2:8). Uma kubhekwa ukuthi ithemba liwukukholwa esikhathini esizayo, thina njengamakholwa sinethemba, sinalo futhi lingelethu ukulithatha. Kuyisisekelo solwazi lwethu olusindisayo, ukuqonda kanye nokholo kuKristu. Futhi uma sikholwa ukuthi uKristu wathwala isisindo sesono sethu esiphambanweni futhi wanqoba ukufa ekuvukeni Kwakhe, uPetru uthi sizalelwa ethembeni  eliphilayo elinethemba lokunqoba kukaJesu ngenxa yethu, kungakhathaleki izilingo nezinsizi zalo mhlaba.

Sesilungisisiwe, sithokoza ethembeni lenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, naphakathi kokuhlupheka. Eqinisweni, njengamakholwa, ukuhlupheka kuveza ithemba, ngoba siyazi ukuthi naphezu kwezinhlupheko zamanje, uthando lukaNkulunkulu luthululiwe ngenxa yethu kuKristu. Njengabalandeli Bakhe, impilo izoba nzima, kodwa ithemba lethu alikho emseni wezimo zethu futhi umbono wethu awugcini kulokho okubonwayo, kodwa ugoqwe eqinisweni leVangeli kuze kube phakade. Sinethemba futhi singathemba ngoba sinikezwe lona kuKristu.

Imindeni Enezingane Ezincane

IZINGANE, Uma ubheka emhlabeni namuhla kunokulimala, ubuhlungu, nokuhlupheka okuningi. Ucabanga ukuthi ukuba nethemba kuKUsiza kanjani kulokhu? Uma ithemba lethu likuJesu sidlula kanjani ekuhluphekeni? Yiziphi ezinye zezindlela obeka ngazo ithemba lakho kanye nokuthembela Kuye? Singabasiza kanjani abanye ababhekene nezikhathi ezinzima? (bakhuthaze ukuthi babeke ithemba labo kuJesu)

Funda KwabaseRoma 5:1-5. IZINGANE, Yini le esingaqhosha/ siziqhayise ngayo? (ithemba lethu enkazimulweni kaNkulunkulu) KuJesu sinokungena emseni kaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa kwethu kuye futhi simi ekuthuleni noNkulunkulu. Yiziphi ezinye zezinto oye wabhekana nazo noma owake wabona abanye bedlula kuzo ezibangele ukuhlupheka? Ukuhlupheka kuvezani? (ukubekezela) ukubekezela kuletha ini? (isimilo) Yini ekhiqizwa isimilo? (themba) Yini esingayithola ngokudlula ezikhathini zokuhlupheka? (ukubekezela, isimilo, nethemba)

Funda NgokukaLuka 1:18-25.  IZINGANE, Ngemva kokuzwa izindaba zokuthi wayezoba nomntwana ngisho nalapho esekhulile, uZakariya wasabela kanjani engelosini? (wabuza ngezindaba) Kwenzekani kuZakariya? (waphoqeleka ukuba athule kwaze kwazalwa umntwana) U-Elisabethe wabonga kakhulu kuNkulunkulu ngokumnika ithuba lokuthola umntwana ngemva kokulinda isikhathi eside. Ingabe wake wathembela kokuthile isikhathi eside? Uma kunjalo, kuyini?  Lokho kwakwenza wazizwa kanjani? Buza abazali bakho ukuthi yini abebeyilindele nokuthi kwabenza bazizwa kanjani.