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Imizimba yethu Njengendawo Engcwele

Izinto zashintsha eTestamenteni Elisha kodwa futhi zahlala zinjalo. Unkulunkulu usengomunye. Ubungcwele bakhe budinga ukuthi sihlanzwe ukuze singene ebukhoneni bakhe. Kithina, lokho kufezwa ngokukholelwa kulokho uJesu akwenza esiphambanweni.

Konke uJesu akwenza ngenxa yethu kwakunamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo. Waphuma waya ehlane—indawo esasingayilindela ukuthola amandla obubi—futhi wasinqoba isilingo sikaSathane. Leso senzakalo salandelwa ukuqala kwenkonzo yakhe, eyafinyelela kuvuthondaba ngokunqoba udeveli, “onamandla okufa” (KumaHeberu 2:14). Ujesu wabethelwa esiphambanweni ngaphandle komuzi ongcwele (KumaHeberu 13:12). Wayengcolile ngoba izono zethu zaziphezu kwakhe, futhi iJerusalema lalingumhlabathi ongcwele.

Ukufa nokuvuka kukaJesu kuyasingcwelisa—kusenza sifanelekele ukuba khona kukaNkulunkulu. Izono zethu “zasuswa” (KwabaseRoma 11:27; bheka futhi 1 KaJohane 3:5). Nakuba siyizoni ezingcolile, singcwele uma sikuKristu. Nakuba singaphelele, ukungapheleli kwethu akunakwa ngenxa kaJesu. Kulula kanjalo, nokho kujule.

Sithambekele ekucabangeni ukuthi ama-Israyeli ayenelungelo elingokomoya ngezindlela eziningi kunathi. Phela, babenobukhona bukaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabo. Babephila ezweni lapho amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo, kwelika moya yayingokoqobo. Sivame ukucabanga ukuthi siyoba ngokomoya ngokwengeziwe, silalele kakhulu uNkulunkulu, ukube nje besinakho ababenakho, ukube lezo zikhumbuzo eziqhubekayo zikaNkulunkulu bezingokoqobo kithi.

Itestamente Elisha lithi banjalo.

Asidingi itabernakele noma ithempeli ukumaka indawo engcwele. Imizimba yethu iyindawo engcwele. Upawulu ubiza imizimba yethu yasemhlabeni “ngetende” (2 KwabaseKorinte 5:4) ngoba sihlaliswe wubukhona obufanayo bobuNkulunkulu obagcwalisa iNgcwelengcwele etabernakele nasethempelini (KwabaseRoma 8:9–11). Ekugcineni imizimba yethu, ikhaya lasemhlabeni lomoya wethu, iyokufa, futhi indawo yawo izothathelwa indawo “indlu engenziwanga ngezandla” (2 KwabaseKorinte 5:1–3), indawo yokuhlala yasezulwini—i-Edeni entsha, izulu elibuyela emhlabeni ( IsAmbulo 22:1–3).

Njengoba uNkulunkulu ehlala kumakholwa namuhla ngoMoya wakhe, ibandla ngalinye—umbuthano ngamunye wamakholwa—liyindawo engcwele. Yingakho uPawulu, lapho ngokudabukisayo etshela abaseKorinte ukuba baxoshe umKristu ongaphenduki owayephila esonweni, wabayala ukuba “banikele lo muntu kuSathane” (1 KwabaseKorinte 5:5). Ibandla liyindawo engcwele. Ngaphandle kwenhlanganyelo yamakholwa kwakukhona ukubusa kukaSathane. Yilapho isono nokuzibhubhisa sasikukhona.

Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi sizibheke ngamehlo angaphezu kwawemvelo. Ungumntwana kaNkulunkulu, ulungele indawo engcwele, hhayi ngenxa yalokho okwenzayo noma ongakwenzi, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ukuKristu, owamukelwa nguNkulunkulu (KwabaseRoma 8:15; KwabaseGalathiya 4:5). Ukhishiwe endaweni yobumnyama futhi “udluliselwe . . . embusweni weNdodana yakhe ethandekayo” (KwabaseKolose 1:13)

Akumele, hhayi nakancane, sikhohlwe ukuthi singobani kuKristu—nokuthi lokho kusho ukuthini emhlabeni.