Thola i AppuJesu UyangithandaIsampula
Uyathanda
Namuhla sibheka ukubaluleka kwalokho uMesiya—uJesu Kristu—akwenza ngoba izenzo Zakhe ziveza ingqikithi yothando. Wadela ukuphila Kwakhe ukuze ahlawulele izono zomhlaba—ukuze akhokhe inhlawulo yezono zakho kanye nezami. Ngakho kusho ukuthini ukuthi, “Ujesu uyangithanda?” Lisho ukuthini leli gama elithi “uthando”?
uJesu wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe esiphambanweni ukuze anikhulule esonweni nasekufeni. Manje impilo entsha isiyatholakala ngesikhathi ukholwa Kuye futhi uthola isipho Sakhe sensindiso. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ungathola:
ukuthula lapho ukukhathazeka bekuyokuchaza ngenye indlela,
ukukhululeka ehlazweni lapho icala lingakuchaza,
ukukhululeka esonweni lapho bekuyokwenza isigqila,
ubunikazi bokuphelela komoya (ubungcwele)
ukutholwa emndenini kaNkulunkulu esikhundleni sokuhlala wedwa,
nesiqinisekiso sokuthi uyathandwa.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi uthandwa umuntu obaluleke kakhulu egumbini, obaluleke kakhulu endaweni yonke. Futhi lokhu kusho ukuthi uJesu—onguNkulunkulu—ubonise uthando Lwakhe ngawe ngesenzo esimangalisayo: Wanikela ngokuphila Kwakhe ngokuzithandela ukuze akukhulule.
Njengoba uqinisekisa izinkolelo zakho mayelana nothando lukaNkulunkulu ngawe, nawu umkhuleko wokukusiza wenze ngezifiso inkolelo yakho yokuthi uJesu waveza uthando lwakhe ngawe ngenkathi ehlupheka esiphambanweni.
Jesu Othandekayo,
Ngikhetha ukuthola intethelelo owayenza ngesikhathi ungifela esiphambanweni. Ngikholwa ukuthi Walufakazela uthando Lwakho kimi ngenkathi Ukhokha inani lokungihlenga. Ngiyabonga ngokungithathela isono sami. Ngiyabonga ngokungifela endaweni yami. Ngiyabonga ngokusinika izipho zokuthethelela, ukuphila okuphakade, nobudlelwane obuhle noNkulunkulu. Jesu, wabonakalisa uthando Lwakho kimi ngezenzo. Ngisize manje ngibonise uthando lwami Kuwe ngezenzo zami. Ameni.
Ngakho-ke, yisiphi isenzo sokuzidela esikhulu kunazo zonke umuntu angasenza ukuze abonise uthando lwakhe ngomunye? uJesu wawuphendula lombuzo. Nakhu akusho: “Akakho onalo uthando olukhulu kunalolu: ukuba umuntu adele ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yabangane bakhe” (NgokukaJohane 15:13). Ngenkathi uJesu esho lamazwi, wayebikezela lokho ayezokwenza esiphambanweni: anikele ngokuphila Kwakhe ngenxa yakho, mngani Wakhe.
Uthando luzibonakalisa ngezenzo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi lapho isenzo sokuzidela sikhula, uthando luqotho kakhulu. Ubakhombisa kanjani abantu empilweni yakho ukuthi uyabathanda?
Mayelana naloluHlelo
Uma othile ekubuza, "Yini okufanele ngiyikholelwe ukuze ngibe umKristu?" ungathini? Ngokusebenzisa amagama alula engomeni ethandwayo, “uJesu uyangithanda, lokhu ngiyazi, ngoba iBhayibheli lingitshela kanjalo”, intatheli eyaphenduka umfundisi ikusiza ukuthi uqonde ukuthi yini oyikholelwayo nokuthi kungani. Umbhali othengisa kakhulu uJohn S. Dickerson ngokucacile futhi achaza ngokwethembeka izinkolelo zobuKristu ezibalulekile futhi ubonise ngokunamandla ukuthi kungani lezi zinkolelo zibalulekile.
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