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UMKHULEKO:

Nkulunkulu, ngisize ngihlale ngixhumene nawe namuhla.

UKUFUNDA:

Kulula ukuwafunda kabi lawa mavesi kwabaseGalathiya. Avame ukucashunwa ngokungeyikho ethi “izithelo” zikaMoya. Kungase kubonakale sengathi uPawulo usinika uhlu lwezimpawu ezehlukene, ezingaxhumene ezizovela empilweni yomlandeli kaJesu. Kodwa uPawulo akasho ukuthi “izithelo;” usho ngokuqondile “isithelo.” Usebenzisa ibizo elisebunyeni. Ngakho, uthini uPawulu lapha?

Isazi sezenkolo sangekhulunyaka leshumi nesishiyagalombili u-Jonathan Edwards safundisa ngalo mbono, sithi, “… Kubonakala sengathi zonke izibusiso zobuKristu zihlanganiswe futhi zixhunyaniswe ndawonye, ​​ukuze kuxhunyanwe futhi kuncikwe komunye nomunye.”

“Ngokuhlanganisiwe” iyindlela epholile, yekhulunyaka leshumi nesishiyagalombili yokusho ukuthi “zonke izibusiso zobuKristu” ziboshiwe noma zihlanganiswe ndawonye. Lokhu kusho ukuthi asikwazi ukuvele sikhule endaweni eyodwa noma ezimbili bese sishiya ezinye zingakathintwa. Uma kuwukukhula ngokomoya kwangempela, zonke lezi zici zizokhula kanyekanye. 

Lokhu kubalulekile ukukuqonda; ngaphandle kwalokho, kulula ukufunda lokhu njengohlu lwezinto okufanele zenziwe— noma uhlu “lokuba njalo”. Sizizwa sinengcindezi yokuthi ngandlela thize sidale lezi zici ngokuzimisela nangomzamo. Ngokusekelwe kwisimo sethu sobuntu nobuntu bethu, ezinye zalezi zimfanelo zingase zize kalula. Kodwa abanye banomuzwa wokuthi akunakwenzeka—futhi singase silingeke ukuba sicabange ukuthi uNkulunkulu akanandaba nokushintsha lezo zingxenye zethu.

Kodwa uma sikhuluma ngesithelo, hhayi izithelo, kukhona ukulinganisa ekukhuleni kwethu. Angeke ube nenjabulo ngaphandle kothando, ukuthula ngaphandle kobumnene, ubuhle obungenakho ukuzithiba—okungenani hhayi ngendlela ehlalayo uNkulunkulu ayifunayo lomusa ekuphileni kwakho. Zonke zixhumene futhi ziyakhula eduze kokunye nokunye. Akuzona izithelo ezihlukene, kodwa ziyizici ezihlukene zesithelo esifanayo, isithelo esikhula ngamandla kaNkulunkulu kuphela lapho siphila kuye.

Ngakho-ke, ungadikibali ukuthi uhlanganisa kanjani lezi zimpawu zomlingiswa—akulona uhlu lwezinto okufanele ulwenze ukuthi uluqedele. NguNkulunkulu okunika ukuthi ubuke kancane umsebenzi azimisele ukuwenza empilweni yakho njengoba uhamba naye.  

UKUZINDLA

Lesithelo sikaMoya sikhula ngokuhlala sixhumene nomthombo, umvini ngokwawo, onguJesu. Njengoba ucabanga ngalomfanekiso, sinjani isimo samanje senhlabathi yenhliziyo yakho? Ingabe yomile noma inamanzi amaningi? kulinywa kalula noma kuhlanganiswe ngokuqinile? Ngabe kukhona okunye okutshaliwe lapho okuqhudelana noJesu onendlela yakhe empilweni yakho?

Mema uNkulunkulu ukuba anyakaze enhliziyweni yakho ngendlela entsha futhi umcele ukuba akubonise ukuthi kungaba njani ukuhlala ugxilile futhi uncike othandweni lwakhe.