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Ikhwalithi Kababa Eyingqikithi
Kuyamangaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu kufanele athande izoni; nokho kuyiqiniso. Unkulunkulu uthanda izidalwa eseziphenduke zaba ezingathandeki futhi (umuntu ubengacabanga) ezingathandeki… Uthando phakathi kwabantu luvuswa ngokuthile kothandiweyo, kodwa uthando lukaNkulunkulu lukhululekile, luyazenzakalela, alunancazelo, alunasizathu. Unkulunkulu uyabathanda abantu ngoba ukhethe ukubathanda. —J. I. Packer, Ukwazi uNkulunkulu
Unkulunkulu mkhulu futhi akanakuqondakala. Kunokwengeziwe kuNkulunkulu kunalokho ebesingathemba ukukuqonda kulo mhlaba. Ngenhlanhla, ngenxa yobukhulu bakhe obumangalisayo, wakhetha ukwembula izingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu afinyelela kakhulu ngazo kithi. Futhi kunesici esisodwa asivezile esingakholakali kunazo zonke.
“…ugcwele uthando … ugcina uthando kwabayizinkulungwane…” (Eksodusi 34:6-7)
Unothando.
Lesi sici esisodwa sikaNkulunkulu siwumgogodla wakho konke esikufunayo; impendulo kuyo yonke imibuzo esiyibuzayo mayelana nokumazi nokumenza aziwe.
Bangani abathandekayo, masithandane, ngokuba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu. Wonke umuntu onothando uzelwe nguNkulunkulu futhi uyamazi uNkulunkulu. Lowo ongathandiyo akamazi uNkulunkulu, ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando. UNkulunkulu ulubonakalise kanje uthando lwakhe phakathi kwethu: Wathumela emhlabeni iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ukuba siphile ngayo. Yilolu uthando: akukhona ukuthi thina samthanda uNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuthi yena wasithanda futhi wathumela iNdodana yakhe ibe-yinhlawulo yezono zethu. (1 KaJohane 4:7-10)
Ekujuleni ngaphakathi komunye nomunye wethu kunesifiso sokuthandwa. Futhi nakuba singase sithole uthando oluthile ngezinga elilinganiselwe ezintweni izwe elisinikeza lona, uthando lweqiniso esilufunayo lungatholakala kuphela Kuye, ngoba uluthando esilufunayo.
O Nkulunkulu, angikwazi ukukubonga ngokwanele ngalokho Ongenzele khona! Uthando lwakho alupheli futhi alunamibandela. Ngiyakhuleka ukuthi wenze lolo thando lubonakale empilweni yami njengoba ngixhumana nabanye. Ngaphambi kothando Lwakho, bengilahlekile, kodwa manje sengitholakele! Phila ngami ngendlela yokuthi uthando Lwakho lulethe abanye Kuwe! Ameni.
Mayelana naloluHlelo
Safundiswa kusukela ekuqaleni ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguBaba wethu futhi singabantwana Bakhe. Kodwa ukuhlobana noNkulunkulu njengoBaba akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi—ikakhulukazi uma obaba bethu basemhlabeni bezabalaza ukukhombisa uthando ebesilulangazelela. Kulolu cwaningo lwezinsuku ezingu-16, uPete Briscoe udonsela ukunaka kwethu kuNkulunkulu owenelisa konke ukulangazelela kwethu uthando—egqamisa indlela umBhalo uwembula ngayo ukuthi unguBaba wethu olungileyo nophelele.
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