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Hope: A Study in Scripture

USUKU 1 KWEZINGU- 12

UKHOLO. ITHEMBA. UTHANDO.

Ngu-Annie Harley

“Manje-ke kuhlala lokhu kokuthathu: ukholo, ithemba, nothando. Kepha okukhulu kulokhu luthando.”— 1 KwabaseKorinte 13:13 (NIV)

Ukholo, ithemba, nothando, yizici ezintathu ezichaza abalandeli bakaKristu. 1 KwabaseKorinte 13:13 ichaza ukuthi ngisho noma konke okunye kushabalala, ukholo, ithemba, nothando kuyohlala. Umfundisi uDavid Guzik uthi, “Izinto ezintathu ezinkulu eziphishekelwa ukuphila kobuKristu azizona ‘izimangaliso, amandla, nezipho.’ Ziwukholo, ithemba, nothando. Kuwo wonke umBhalo, lezi zihlukaniso ezintathu zitholakala ndawonye (KwabaseGalathiya 5:5-6; KwabaseKolose 1:4-5; 1 KwabaseThesalonika 1:3, 5:8; 2 KuThimothewu 1:12-13; 1 KaPetru 1:21-22)

Ukholo “liwukuba ngokoqobo kwalokho esinethemba ngakho; kuwubufakazi bezinto esingenakuzibona” (KumaHeberu 11:1 NLT). NgokomBhalo, ukholo nethemba akuhlukaniseki. Awukwazi ukuba nokholo ngaphandle kwethemba lensindiso, futhi akunakwenzeka ukuba nethemba ngaphandle kokukholelwa okholweni. Uthando luchazwa njengolukhulu kakhulu ngoba kwakungenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu ngezwe ukuthi wathumela indodana yakhe uJesu ukuba izokufa futhi ivuswe kwabafileyo, inqobe isono, ukuze sithole ukuphila kokholo nethemba. Uthando luyimfanelo kaNkulunkulu. (1 KaJohane 4:8) 

Ukholo nothando kubonakala kuyimisebenzi esobala kakhulu yempilo yobuKristu. Kodwa-ke, ithemba lingase lizwakale njengomqondo ongaqondakali. Kungase kuzwakale kudida. Ithemba lingazwakala njengokuphambanisa iminwe yethu futhi sifise okuhle. Futhi yileyo kanye indlela abantu abaningi ababheka ngayo ithemba. Izikhathi eziningi, silinganisa ithemba nomcabango oyisifiso lapho umphumela ungaziwa. Imicabango efana nokuthi, Ngethemba ukuthi ngeke line kusasa noma ngithemba ukuthi umngani wami ngeke athole izindaba ezimbi ngempilo yakhe.  

Kodwa lelo akulona igama leBhayibheli. Umqondo ongemuva kwegama esilihumusha ngokuthi ithemba eTestamenteni Elisha ukuthi lifana nehange lemiphefumulo yethu. Hhayi isifiso, kodwa ukulindela ngokuqiniseka. Kuyiqiniso elijabulisayo! Njengabalandeli bakaKristu, ithemba liwukuba nokuqiniseka ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguye athi Unguye, okuveza ukulindela ukuthi uzokwenza lokho athi uzokwenza. Ukuzethemba kutholakala esimweni sikaNkulunkulu. Njengoba sifunda ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani ngokufunda iZwi, siyakwazi ukulindela ukuthi izithembiso zakhe ziyiqiniso. 

Ithemba leBhayibheli lihlala ligxilile esikhathini esizayo. Kuwo wonke umbhalo, ithemba lihlale liqondiswe kulokho okuzayo. Linikeza umbono wokubona ngale komzuzu wamanje. Noma ngabe yini obhekene nayo njengamanje, khuthazeka ukuthi ungathemba ngokuqiniseka.

Ezinsukwini eziyishumi nambili ezizayo, silindele ngokwethemba. Njengoba sifunda inkonzo yezinsuku zonke, sithandazela ukuthi “uNkulunkulu wethemba anigcwalise ngenjabulo yonke nangokuthula njengoba nethembele kuye, ukuze nichichime ngethemba ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele” (KwabaseRoma 15:13 NIV).”

Yima kancane futhi ucabange: Ngilidinga kuphi ithemba?

Ziqeqeshe: Kujenali yakho, bhala phansi ukuthi iyiphi ingxenye yempilo odinga ithemba. 

Thandaza: Cela uNkulunkulu ukuthi akunike ithemba ngokuqiniseka ukuthi ungubani kanye nasezithembisweni Zakhe. 

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Hope: A Study in Scripture

1 KwabaseKorinte 13:13 ithi, “Manje-ke kumi lokhu kokuthathu: ukholo, ithemba nothando. Kodwa okukhulu kulokhu luthando.” Ukholo, ithemba, nothando, yizici ezintathu ezichaza abalandeli bakaKristu. Kuwo wonke umbhalo, lezi zihlukaniso ezintathu zitholakala ndawonye. Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-12 lwabesifazane luzohlola ingqikithi namandla aguqula impilo yethemba kuKristu Jesu.

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