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IMPI YOMPHEFUMULO
Uma bekufanele ngisho ukuthi kunjani ukulandela uJesu esikhathini samanje samasiko, bengizothi kuzwakala njengempi yomphefumulo.
Sizwa lokhu kungqubuzana okuqhubekayo hhayi nje "ngaphandle" emasikweni noma eziphakelini zethu zedijithali kodwa ngaphakathi kwenyama yengqondo nemizimba yethu—uhlobo lokudonsisana kwangaphakathi olukhathazayo ngokomzwelo futhi oluqeda amandla ngokomoya, ukudabuka kwemiphefumulo yethu.
Kungani sizizwa sikhathele kangaka? Sikhathazekile?
Kungani sizizwa sishayiwe futhi silimele kangaka?
Kungani nsuku zonke kuzwakala kuyimpi ukuze nje uhlale uthembekile, uqhubeke ulandela uJesu?
Nawu umbono: mhlawumbe yingoba kunjalo.
Emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka, abafundisi beNdlela kaJesu basebenzisa umfanekiso ongasekho enkathini yanamuhla, “wezitha ezintathu zomphefumulo.”
Umhlaba.
Inyama.
Nodeveli.
Babona izitha ezintathu zomphefumulo njengohlobo oluphikisana noZiqu-zintathu kuNkulunkulu uqobo.
Nakuba umusho othi umhlaba, inyama, nodeveli ungasetshenziswanga nguJesu noma ababhali beTestamente Elisha, ulimi nezigaba zisetshenzisiwe. Esinye sezisho zikaPawulu ezidume kakhulu sithi: “Yilwa ukulwa okuhle kokholo.” (1 KuThimothewu 6:12). Watshela abase-Efesu ukuba ‘bahlome izikhali zonke zikaNkulunkulu, ukuze ukwazi ukumelana namaqhinga kaSathane.'' (Kwabase-Efesu 6:11) futhi wathandazela ukuba umfundisi wabo uThimothewu'' (1 KuThimothew 1:18). Ubheka ukuqaphela ukuthi “ukulwa kwethu asibambene negazi nenyama, kodwa . . . ngokumelene namandla omoya omubi” nokuthi “izikhali esilwa ngazo azizona izikhali zezwe,” noma kunjalo wathi ‘sinamandla kaNkulunkulu okubhidliza izinqaba. (Bheka Kwabase-Efesu 6 futhi 2 KwabaseKorinte 10:4).
Lolu bekuwulimi oluphikisana kakhulu nebandla elakhulela empilweni nasezimfundisweni zikarabi owayengenalo udlame. Noma kunjalo, abalobi beTestamente Elisha kanye nesonto lokuqala obaba nomama besonto babevame ukusebenzisa lomfanekiso wempi ukuze bachaze amandla angaphakathi omphefumulo.
Singase sizilahle lezi zigaba ezintathu, kodwa kuthiwani ngaleyo ngxabano engapheli ezifubeni zethu elimaza ukuthula kwethu? Kungani izwe liyisiphithiphithi esingaka? Kungani nginje?
Uzizwa ukhathele ngaziphi izindlela njengamanje? Onyakeni odlule bekuyimpi ekanjani ukuhlala uthembekile ekulandeleni uJesu?
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Ingabe uzithola ukhathele ukubuka okuphakelayo kwakho kwezindaba muva nje ngoba uzizwa uhlukene phakathi kwemibono yesikhathi sethu? UJohn Mark Comer usikhuthaza ukuba silandele uJesu enkathini yokuthanda izwe okunenzondo ngokwandayo kuyilapho sigcina izinhliziyo zethu zithambile futhi zivulekile. Ukuthola ukuvuselelwa ngokomoya osukwini lwethu kuqala ngokuqaphela ukungqubuzana kwangaphakathi phakathi kwamanga esiwaphilayo neqiniso eliletha ukuthula esikulangazelelayo.
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